yesterday, the rafah crossing that egypt to the southern gaza strip open since the first time since hamas launched its assault on israel to allow 20 trucks to carry 18. today, the humanitarian chief of the un for the second convoy of 20—30 trucks could enter the region, delivering much—needed aid but admits the un and israel are having tough but fair discussions about how trucks will be inspected. meanwhile, israel has confirmed increased attacks in gaza, and is urging civilians still on the north to move south. translation: ., ., translation: for their own safe , translation: for their own safety. move _ translation: for their own safety, move southward, - translation: for their own safety, move southward, we| translation: for their own - safety, move southward, we will continue to attack in the area of gaza city and increasing tax. we are the humanitarian aid that is entering rafah from egypt, to ensure that the water and medicine is distributed in this humanitarian area we have set. ~ , , set. mr president! president biden says _ set. mr president! president biden says his _ set. mr president! president| biden says his administration is remaining committed to ensuring that civilians in gaza are continuing to have access to food, water and medical care without diversion by hamas. he told reporters that he was talking to israel.— told reporters that he was talking to israel. their duty to respect _ talking to israel. their duty to respect international - talking to israel. their duty i to respect international law... both us and uk governments are still working to free those american and british citizens still trapped in gaza. overnight, israeli aircraft struck a compound beneath a mosque in the occupied west back that the military said was being used by militants to organise attacks and palestinian medics say at least one person was killed as israel plans to intensify strikes in the region. —— west bank. greg mackenzie, bbc news. our correspondent rushdi abu—alouf is in the southern gazan city of khan yunis, where most of the supplies have been kept in warehouses while they are checked by united nations aid officials. earlier, he was at the rafah crossing and told us what he saw at the border. yeah, wejust left rafah, crossing back in khan younis, the place where most of the — like, all of the trucks that were brought today are now in a warehouse for the un. a drop in the ocean, everybody here is describing this aid, but it's hope that opened for 2.3 million people. a window of hope opened today after transferring those 20 trucks carrying essential medical kit, including a portable operation room that should be placed somewhere here in this hospital soon. the meeting in the un is to make sure of two things. one thing is to make the priority for this very small amount of aid. second is to make sure that hamas is not involved in distributing or taking any of these. we understand from very early in the morning from a senior hamas source that hamas has agreed to some form of not intervening in this. they said the crossing is open from our side and we are not going to intervene. the un will handle the distribution of what they have today — a very small amount of medicine and food and probably some medical equipment, but very big hope after that, that egypt might want a sustainable humanitarian corridor to feed those people who need in this area, especially the people in the southern part of gaza city. we are talking about two thirds of the population in this area. we understand that more than 11,500 trucks are on the other side of the border in egypt, waiting for that meeting to finish and for the mechanism to to be clear. once everybody is happy with the outcome of that meeting and the outcome of the first shipment, i think tomorrow or after tomorrow, it's a matter of time, we can see more and more goods and food are delivered. but for now, we are certain to say that nothing has been distributed. all of the 20 trucks that were loaded back to back on the no—man�*s—land between egypt and gaza is now in warehouse for day one. we have to say that today was relatively less fighting, less air strikes and less hamas rockets into israel. there is no official ceasefire. we tried to ask hamas about it. they said we are not aware of any ceasefire, but we noticed after covering two weeks of this war that today is different. today, less fighting, today, less fire. the father of the freed american hostage who was seized at gunpoint by hamas, has told the bbc that his daughter is doing well, after being held for nearly two weeks in gaza. mother and daughter judith and natalie raanan are the first hostages to be freed since hamas's deadly attack on southern israel earlier this month. originally from illinois, they were in israel visiting family. hamas says they were released for humanitarian reasons. our north america corrrespodent, nomia iqbal, is in chicago where she has been talking to family and neighbours of the released hostages. this is a very close community, in the suburb of chicago where judith and natalie raanan are from. the local rabbi is leading prayers hoping for their safe return. earlier i spoke to the father of natalie he said he had a two minute conversation with his daughter in which he said she was doing well and he said to me she will probably need some time to get over what happened and he described her as a tough girl. according to hamas, the mother and daughter were released on humanitarian grounds. we know that the us and the uk had been working with the qatari government to get it citizens out. president biden did speak withjudith and natalie raanan on the phone from the oval office. the father did say to me that he hoped that natalie will be back here in chicago next week for her 18th birthday but that it has been really difficult for the community to fully celebrate their return because there are extended members of there are extended members of the family who are still unaccounted for in gaza. in the past couple of hours, the pentagon has confirmed that the us is sending a high—altitude defence system called thaad and additional patriot missile defence batallions to the middle east. the us defence secretary, lloyd austin, said they're deploying the missile defense systems to protect us forces in the region. mr austin also said he was placing additional troops on prepare—to—deploy order. the pentagon has already placed some 2,000 troops on a heightened state of readiness, in case they need to deploy to the region. joining me is bradley bowman who is the senior director of the center on military and political power at the foundation for defense of democracies. thank you forjoining us. we have heard from israelis that they have intensified extracts overnight. talk to us about the rationale behind that. it overnight. talk to us about the rationale behind that.- rationale behind that. it would be fairly standard _ rationale behind that. it would be fairly standard war - rationale behind that. it would be fairly standard war plan, i rationale behind that. it would be fairly standard war plan, if| be fairly standard war plan, if you will, for a military to escalate airstrikes before a major ground in cogentin and the idea is to kill as many of your adverse areas as possible and to make the going easier for the ground troops. i suspect that is exactly what the israeli defence forces are doing right now.— doing right now. that is a situation _ doing right now. that is a situation in _ doing right now. that is a situation in gaza - doing right now. that is a situation in gaza and - doing right now. that is a - situation in gaza and meanwhile they have been targeting areas in the west bank in what they say was a hamas cell. how do you suspect they would retaliate in what capacity did i have left? i retaliate in what capacity did i have left?— retaliate in what capacity did i have left? i think hamas has significant _ i have left? i think hamas has significant military _ i have left? i think hamas has significant military capacity i significant military capacity and most of them i suspect a hiding in the underground warren of tunnels, allowing palestinian civilians absorb most of the fire using them as human shields but the bottom line is the horrible attack on october seven fundamentally shuttered basic assumptions on israel and israel is not willing to allow a terrorist group to do what they did on october seven to retain military capabilities to do it again. the only way to change thatis again. the only way to change that is going on the ground. israel knows it will be difficult and costly but they feel they have no choice. we are showing. _ feel they have no choice. we are showing, images of the israeli troops gathering along the garden border. images of tanks and infantry soldiers as well. —— along the gazan banks. are we talking days or weeks before the attack? the satellite _ before the attack? the satellite imagery i've l before the attack? tue: satellite imagery i've seen before the attack? tte: satellite imagery i've seen are some indications suggesting it could come soon but i think israel, he wants to proceed when it feels it is ready and on its own timing. it will not let anyone else dictate the timing. ithink let anyone else dictate the timing. i think they would probably rather continue a few additional airstrikes to make the path forward easierfor the troops. it does appear it will come soon. troops. it does appear it will come soon-— troops. it does appear it will come soon. ~ , ., come soon. we said before you “oined come soon. we said before you joined us _ come soon. we said before you joined us about _ come soon. we said before you joined us about the _ come soon. we said before you joined us about the united i joined us about the united states announcing it will send a defence systems to the middle east. what is your reaction to that announcement? the latest ste -. that announcement? the latest ste. it that announcement? the latest step- it came — that announcement? the latest step. it came at _ that announcement? the latest step. it came at a _ that announcement? the latest step. it came at a few - that announcement? the latest step. it came at a few hours i step. it came at a few hours ago. the movement of the eisenhower carrier strike group was already headed there, and left the naval base on october 14 but left the naval base on october 1a but me announcement in the last few hours announcing where they were going, it will be interesting if they go the arabian sea, the gulf of oman or the arabian gulf because the islamic republic of iran, the entity providing all the arms and training to hamas, not to mention hezbollah in the north. is that the to iran and the general consensus is it will not be iran to get involved but using proxy forces like hezbollah. the power it has this huge?— hezbollah. the power it has this hue? ., , ., this huge? that is right. hamas is widely used _ this huge? that is right. hamas is widely used as _ this huge? that is right. hamas is widely used as the _ this huge? that is right. hamas is widely used as the junior i this huge? that is right. hamas is widely used as the junior to l is widely used as the junior to the hezbollah varsity, which has about 200,000 rockets and missiles. it would be a major development if hezbollah entered this in a big way and president biden and secretary austin have looked in the camera and they do not, do not! the primarily talking about not have hezbollah enter and they want to give israel to give the timespace and means to take the hezbollah group off the chessboard and it remains to be seen if iran that that —— allow that to happen. t seen if iran that that -- allow that to happen.— that to happen. i was seeing other nations _ that to happen. i was seeing other nations making - that to happen. i was seeing j other nations making similar moves? t other nations making similar moves? ~' ., , , moves? i think there has been stron: moves? i think there has been strong diplomatic _ moves? i think there has been strong diplomatic support i moves? i think there has been strong diplomatic support for i strong diplomatic support for israel after this october seven terrorist attack which many are saying the most significant single day of murder ofjewish people since the holocaust. there are a few countries that will be able to get the combat power there as quickly as united states. will have two carrier strike groups in the area within the next week. not to mention f 15, f—16s, a defence and marine expeditionary unit is on board amphibious vehicles. this is a major power but we are already seeing iran testing united states, including with their launch of missiles from yemen. anthony albanese has confirmed he will become the first australian prime minister to visit china since 2016. he will travel to beijing early next month, where he is due relations between the two governments have improved since mr albanese took office last year. live now to sydney, where we can speak to our correspondent phil mercer. i suspect that they have been significant compromises on both sides. in 2020 china imposed a very hefty tariffs on a number of australian goods, including wine in particular, and australia took its complaint over these restrictions to the world trade organisation. now, in recent days, it would seem that china has agreed to review these controversial tariffs in these controversial tariffs in the next four or five these controversial tariffs in the next four orfive months, and australia is suspending its action in the world trade organisation. and these compromises, these concessions, have allowed both sides to nail down a day for anthony albanese's official visit to china. so in two weeks' time, the australian prime minister will be in beijing, meeting with president xijinping and other officials from the chinese government. so, as you say, this is significant because it's the first time or will be the first time an australian leader will visit china for seven years. give us a sense of— china for seven years. give us a sense of the _ china for seven years. give us a sense of the importance i china for seven years. give us a sense of the importance of. a sense of the importance of this relationship, and the strength of the trading partnership.— strength of the trading partnership. strength of the trading artnershi -. ~ ., .,, partnership. well, china has really underpinned - partnership. well, china has. really underpinned australia's recent prosperity. about a third of all australia's international trade is with china. china is by far australia's most important trading partner, and in recent years we have seen political and trade relations between these two countries really go into the deep freeze, but there has been a thought since may of last year. —— thaw since may of last year. —— thaw since may of last year. —— thaw since may of last year. that was since anthony albanese came to power. his left of centre government has been far less confrontational than the conservative administration it took over from. conservative administration it took overfrom. mr conservative administration it took over from. mr albanese conservative administration it took overfrom. mr albanese he has said that his ambition is to stabilise relations with china. he does concede that there will be disagreements along the way, so mr albanese's visited china in two weeks' time is being seen here in australia is a step towards rehabilitating a relationship with china, as we say, given its economic importance to australia, that visit by mr albanese he beijing will be extremely significant. you will surely also — extremely significant. you will surely also be _ extremely significant. you will surely also be acutely - extremely significant. you will surely also be acutely aware i extremely significant. you will| surely also be acutely aware of the that china is playing among some of the pacific island nations, who have often looked towards australia in previous decades, but china has had an increasingly important role as well. how will he try to balance that relationship? t balance that relationship? i think what we've seen in balance that relationship? t think what we've seen in recent years as a range of geopolitical dispute, disrupting the bilateral relationship between china and australia. taiwan, freedom of navigation on the south china sea, the origins of covid, and also china's growing ambitions in the pacific region, as you say. this is a region that australia and new zealand have traditionally considered their spheres of influence. china's influences rising in the region, so it isjust one of a number of issues that australia has to manage. and of course, anthony albanese, the prime minister, is of the view that if you can negotiate and have a good relationship with china then he will understand better what china's ambitions in the region are. but safe to say i think australia has been quite worried about what china is eyeing in terms of opportunities and influence in the pacific region. fascinating as ever, phil— the pacific region. fascinating as ever, phil mercer, - the pacific region. fascinating as ever, phil mercer, thank. the pacific region. fascinating i as ever, phil mercer, thank you so much. a major clean—up operation is underway around the uk after the heavy rain brought by storm babet caused flooding in many communities. flood warnings have been issued for a number of areas, including derbyshire, where the river derwent rose to record levels. the environment agency has warned flooding from major rivers could continue until tuesday. our midlands correspondent navtej johal reports from derbyshire. when the river derwent went overboard. this is a walkway in derby city centre, more suitable for waiting. the river burst its banks overnight, flooding the city's museum of making and leaving locals stunned. the people of derby have never seen anything like this before. the river has reached a record high level, and this building which sits on and this building which sits on a world unesco heritage site is currently under water. tt’s currently under water. it's devastating. _ currently under water. it's devastating. we - currently under water. tt�*s devastating. we woke up to this this morning. we've got a lot of upset members of staff, and here we are. we are closed. we don't know how long we're going to closed for, and it's really, really difficult to tell.- really difficult to tell. three severe flood _ really difficult to tell. three severe flood warnings i really difficult to tell. three severe flood warnings have | really difficult to tell. three i severe flood warnings have been in place for the river derwent in place for the river derwent in derbyshire today, the only place in england where this has happened. the impact is being felt up the road as well. the town's for all club looking more like a swimming pool. tt’s more like a swimming pool. it's 'ust sad more like a swimming pool. tt�*s just sad because we are a community football club. we should have been playing today. that's all we do, we work all week, we work hard, and we come here to play football.— here to play football. storm babet has — here to play football. storm babet has also _ here to play football. storm babet has also considered, | babet has also considered, continued problems elsewhere. in this south yorkshire village, homes were evacuated. people also had to leave flooded properties in chesterfield last night where the water continued to cause havoc. and nottinghamshire also felt the brunt of babet. meanwhile, a severe flood warning meant the county council want people to be ready to leave their homes. the flooding has also caused serious issues on public transport. king's cross station in london closed due to overcrowding, a railfirm telling passengers not to travel and several rail services have experienced severe disruption. the good news is the floodwater is receiving in many places, but this has been the type of weather event that will take more just to get over. —— just a clean—up to get over. there are still 1a flood warnings in place across scotland and people in the worst—hit areas face a lengthy clean—up after substantial downpours led to widespread flooding. our scotland editor james cook reports. this is what storm babet did to this town. the coastguard rescued scores of people here. hundreds of homes and businesses were swamped. tt businesses were swamped. tt looks west today. it is just mad. looks west today. it is 'ust mad. , ., ~ ., looks west today. it is 'ust mad. , ., . ., , looks west today. it is 'ust mad. , ., ~ ., , ., mad. george wilson and his dog baile not mad. george wilson and his dog bailey got out — mad. george wilson and his dog bailey got out in _ mad. george wilson and his dog bailey got out 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situation remains very serious i affect it. the situation i remains very serious and precarious, and we also know that there is always a delayed reaction between improving weather conditions and the risk of flood. �* , ., ., ., of flood. there's another one! get out of _ of flood. there's another one! get out of the _ of flood. there's another one! get out of the way! _ of flood. there's another one! get out of the way! this i of flood. there's another one! get out of the way! this video | get out of the way! this video filmed near _ get out of the way! this video filmed near dundee _ get out of the way! this video filmed near dundee is - get out of the way! this video filmed near dundee is a i filmed near dundee is a reminder of the dangers that persist, with dozens of flood alerts and warnings still in place. in inverurie, the emergency services have been going door—to—door, warning people to be ready in case an evacuation order is issued. and this is why. well, the rain just keeps falling here in aberdeenshire, and this is the result. this is the don, which as you can see from that picnic table, has already spilt over its banks. in the prediction is that this will get even higher. but tonight, it is homes near the river dee which are flooding in peter guber. more misery for more families. a hurricane that hit mexico's north—western coast with winds of up to 130km/h has been downgraded to a tropical storm. authorities have warned of flash—flooding and mudslides over the weekend as norma could bring up to ascm of rain. more than 100,000 people in the state of baja california sur have been left without power. residents of los cabos have been told to leave their homes and go to emergency shelters. tributes have been paid to one of england's greatest ever footballers, sir bobby charlton, who has died at the age of 86. the club charlton played for almost all his career, manchester united, said he was a giant of the game who was admired for his sportsmanship and integrity. ben croucher has this report. from charlton, it is worth trying... b. from charlton, it is worth trying- - -— from charlton, it is worth t in... �* ., trying... a great goalscorer and the score _ trying. .. a great goalscorer and the score of— trying... a great goalscorer and the score of great i trying... a great goalscorer. and the score of great goals, charlton transcended generations and even football itself. his fellow world cup winner geoff hurst described him as a great colleague and friend who will be missed by all of the country beyond sport alone. a true gentleman, said david beckham. a national hero. it isn'tjust david beckham. a national hero. it isn't just a david beckham. a national hero. it isn'tjust a sad day for football, but everything bobby represented. he was a player who won all there was to win, but he wasn't defined by his success. , . . , but he wasn't defined by his success. , ., _ ., ., success. his legacy on the game in this country _ success. his legacy on the game in this country is _ success. his legacy on the game in this country is enormous, i in this country is enormous, but what he will always have, i think, is the love and affection of all the people, even the youngsters now. everyone's heard of bobby charlton. tb everyone's heard of bobby charlton-— everyone's heard of bobby charlton. �* . ., ., ., charlton. b affection no more fond than _ charlton. b affection no more fond than at _ charlton. b affection no more fond than at old _ charlton. b affection no more fond than at old trafford, i fond than at old trafford, where this morning a book of condolence will open to pay tribute, where his impact will be forever felt, where tribute, where his impact will be foreverfelt, where his memory will live on, even for those too young to have seen him play. t those too young to have seen him play-— those too young to have seen him 43, ., ., , ., him play. i have always been a fan, him play. i have always been a fan. through — him play. i have always been a fan, through my _ him play. i have always been a fan, through my grandad. i him play. i have always been a fan, through my grandad. two| him play. i have always been a i fan, through my grandad. two he has done so much for the club over the years. yes, sorry, i am speechless. to over the years. yes, sorry, i am speechless.— over the years. yes, sorry, i am speechless. to me, he's 'ust am speechless. to me, he's 'ust a s mbol am speechless. to me, he's 'ust a symbol of fl am speechless. to me, he's 'ust a symbol of everything i am speechless. to me, he'sjust a symbol of everything united i a symbol of everything united stand — a symbol of everything united stand for~ _ a symbol of everything united stand for. . a symbol of everything united stand for-— stand for. england manager gareth southgate _ stand for. england manager gareth southgate said i stand for. england manager gareth southgate said the l gareth southgate said the privilege of seeing him allowed him to understand the pride and emotion in representing england and simply confirmed my mind his standing as one the gentlemen of the game, a sentiment echoed by a former england captain.— england captain. when you consider — england captain. when you consider what _ england captain. when you consider what he _ england captain. when you consider what he has i england captain. when you i consider what he has achieved in the game, and he was a giant of ourgame. i in the game, and he was a giant of our game. i mean, world cups. he won the lot. and if there was anyone that could have been arrogant, it could have been arrogant, it could have been arrogant, it could have been him, but he certainly wasn't any of that. he was so nice and humble and kind. what he was, nice and humble and kind. what he was. a _ nice and humble and kind. what he was. a few— nice and humble and kind. what he was, a few that _ nice and humble and kind. what he was, a few that have - nice and humble and kind. what he was, a few that have come . he was, a few that have come since i've been able to replicate or surpass. his name will be forever remembered in this game. his memory will not be forgotten. just time to bring you one update on the situation in israel. we have heard from the israeli defence forces' spokesman with regard to the northern border and hezbollah, which he says is playing a very dangerous game and that is israel has responded with measured, tactical and confined responses. you can read all the insight and analysis on our website. hello. although storm babet is now easing away, we'll continue to see flooding and disruption over the next day or so. now, let's just take a look at where the rain has fallen over the past 2a hours. it's been heavy and persistent across parts of england, wales, and particularly for northern and eastern scotland too. if we have a look atjust how much rain has fallen since wednesday with this storm babet, many areas have seen between 100mm and 200mm. now, for places, that's almost twice the expected monthly rainfall. thankfully, though, sunday is looking drier with lighter winds, too, so a window of much quieter weather on the way. for the rest of the overnight period through into the early hours of monday, still a few showers around across the far north of scotland, one or two in the west. elsewhere, 2—9 degrees are overnight lows for most of us. could be a touch cooler first thing in the countryside. but the low pressure that's been such a troublemaker over recent days is drifting away towards the north on sunday. the isobars become more widely spaced, showing that it's not going to be as windy as it has been — the breeze just coming in from a westerly direction. so that'll bring one or two showers for north—west scotland, perhaps a few for wales, the south—west of england as well. but as they drift eastwards, they tend to ease away, so much drier, thankfully, for eastern scotland, right down towards east anglia and the south—east. a largely dry day towards northern ireland, too, and temperatures ranging between around about ten for stornoway to about 16 down towards the london region. but then, we will see the next area of low pressure just moving in later on monday. now, this is storm bernard. it's been named by the portuguese weather service, and it's going to bring the next spell of wet and windy weather on monday. so we start off monday on a dry note. some mist and some fog patches. could be a touch of frost. but it clouds over from the south, and during the afternoon, this area of rain will spill its way in. to the north of that, most places looking dry, around about 10—16 degrees, but the wet and the windy weather in the south will just push its way a little bit further north. so, into tuesday, you can see where we're expecting to see some showers around, turning a little bit breezy again towards the east coast. a bit of uncertainty exactly where this rainfall is going to be by this stage, but could be quite unwelcome for some of us. turning a little bit milder as we see the rain coming in from the south after that window of drier weather for some of us sunday into monday. things really are looking fairly autumnal and unsettled through much of the week ahead. bye for now. this is bbc news. the headlines: israel says it's intensifying its bombing campaign in the gaza strip. a military spokesman urged civilians to keep moving south for their own safety. he said the attacks would help reduce risks for israeli troops as they prepare for an expected ground offensive against hamas. the un's humanitarian chief says talks have been taking place to allow a second aid convoy into gaza later on sunday. un agencies have described conditions in gaza as catastrophic and are calling fora — catastrophic and are calling for a ceasefire. father of freed us hostage says she is very happy, after being released by hamas as efforts to free the remaining captives continue. mother and daughterjudith and natalie raanan are now the first hostages to be freed since hamas's deadly attack on southern israel earlier this month. now on bbc news, click. this week, we are going atomic at the european organization for nuclear research, cern.