the rafah crossing is on the egyptian border — and is the only route not bordering israel — which means it's currently the only potential way to deliver humanitarian aid into gaza. we'll have the very latest on the aid trying to get into gaza in the next hour. in other developments in the conflict today, israel has confirmed that 212 people are being held hostage in gaza. defence officials said israeli strikes overnight killed dozens of palestinian fighters, including the deputy chief of hamas rocket forces. israel has been carrying out intensive aerial bombing of gaza since the hamas attacks inside israel two weeks ago, in which 1,400 people were killed. the palestinian health ministry says about 4,600 gazans, mainly civilians, have been killed in the israeli air strikes. -- 4700. that includes 55 people overnight. israel's military has warned civilians in gaza — to keep moving south for their own safety, as it prepares to increase pressure on hamas, which is designated a terrorist origanisation by the uk, us and other western governments. the israeli defence forces said one of its aircraft also targeted a mosque in the palestinian city ofjenin, in the occupied west bank. israel says the mosque was used by a hamas cell — as a base to plan and execute attacks against civilians. the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has met soldiers at the israel lebanon border. he reiterated his support for the troops in their fight against the iranian—backed hezbollah, a group that like hamas, is considered a terrorist organisation by the uk, us and others. mr netanyahu said they will make the biggest mistake of their life should they decide to start a war with israel. translation: we are | having a double battle - at the lebanon—israel border to make sure hezbollah backs off and the other battle, there in the south to ensure a decisive victory that will crush hamas. if hezbollah decides to enter the war, it will miss the second lebanon war. it will make the mistake of its life. we will strike it with a force it cannot even imagine. and the significance for it and the state will be devastating. live now to our correspondent paul adams injerusalem. before we talk about mr netanyahu and what he has been saying, i'm going to briefly ask you, were going to speak to the united nations relief agency in a moment, but i'm want to ask you, we've been hearing different versions about what is going into gaza today. we heard at one point that it was fuel, but that was denied. what do we know? i think our was denied. what do we know? i think your introduction _ was denied. what do we know? i think your introduction was _ was denied. what do we know? i think your introduction was accurate, - your introduction was accurate, there is a second convoy of aid trucks carrying food, medicine and water and they are currently in the process of being checked, a process that the israelis are adamant should take place to make sure they are not carrying anything else before the trucks are allowed in and allowed to go to you and distribution points. the confusion earlier was that we were looking at pictures that appeared to show fuel trucks on the move, butjust to be absolutely clear about this, the israelis have not allowed any fuel into gaza for more than two weeks now. those trucks appear to have been carrying existing and rapidly dwindling un stocks with in the gaza strip. they are held at a close point close to the rafah crossing, so i think that is where the confusion came from. to be clear, no fuel is allowed in at all. the head of unrwa is saying that they have just three days supply left and without it, he says, there will be no humanitarian assistance.— there will be no humanitarian assistance. �* , . ~ . , assistance. let's talk a little bit about benjamin _ assistance. let's talk a little bit about benjamin netanyahu - assistance. let's talk a little bit - about benjamin netanyahu addressing troops. give me a flavour of what he has been saying. he troops. give me a flavour of what he has been saying-— has been saying. he has really been outlinin: a has been saying. he has really been outlining a moment _ has been saying. he has really been outlining a moment of _ has been saying. he has really been outlining a moment of peril- has been saying. he has really been outlining a moment of peril on - has been saying. he has really been outlining a moment of peril on two. outlining a moment of peril on two fronts. 0n the one hand, the major conflict raging in gaza and expecting to get even bigger when he finally takes the decision to send troops in on the ground. and then this escalating, slowly escalating conflict that has been going on on israel's northern border with skirmishes involving the lebanese militia group has blood mac. they been getting worse and worse, though skirmishes. the israelis have been firing back and there have been casualties on both sides. the israelis have taken the step of evacuating tens of thousands of civilians from towns along the northern border in case hezbollah decides to launch any kind of concerted attack. —— hezbollah, the lebanese militant group. lebanon is being warned if you make the mistake of thinking that you can exploit this moment when our attention is focused on the cell and somehowjoin in in the war, you are absolutely going to regret it. he spoke about the second lebanon war of 2006 when israel launched a massive bombardment in lebanon. it was incredibly costly and setback hezbollah for many years and he is saying that that will be like a dream considering what israel will unleash. it is a war of words to help stop this from augmented further. . ~ , ., . we talked very briefly to him about the eight heading into gaza. we had a few conflicting bits of information coming to us, so were going to cross live now. —— aid. live now to tama al—rifai — she is the director of external relations & communications and spokesperson for unrwa. that is the united nations relief and works agency. can you clarify for us. we have seen a number of big trucks, convoys heading into gaza to the rafah crossing, is there any fuel going into gaza today that you know of? ., ., ~' fuel going into gaza today that you know of? ., ., ~ ., know of? hello, i would like to confirm that _ know of? hello, i would like to confirm that no _ know of? hello, i would like to confirm that no fuel _ know of? hello, i would like to confirm that no fuel has - know of? hello, i would like to confirm that no fuel has gone i know of? hello, i would like to i confirm that no fuel has gone into gaza today or yesterday or over the last two weeks. there was a confusion over pictures, footage of these trucks, but they are trucks that are on the egyptian side getting ready to cross and being inspected and then there are trucks that are already inside gaza, close to the border. there has been no crossover and definitely no crossover and definitely no crossover of fuel. at this location, unrwa is really stepping up the call to enable fuel to go into gaza because without it, it will not be possible for us, the largest humanitarian agency in the gaza strip, to work after a couple of days from today. just strip, to work after a couple of days from today. just explained to eo - le days from today. just explained to peeple what _ days from today. just explained to peeple what the — days from today. just explained to people what the fuel _ days from today. just explained to people what the fuel is _ days from today. just explained to people what the fuel is used - days from today. just explained to people what the fuel is used for. l days from today. just explained to | people what the fuel is used for. it is notjust people what the fuel is used for. it is not just to people what the fuel is used for. it is notjust to put into cars, it is used in hospitals, desalination plants and you as well. give a clear explanation of why fuel is so important to gaza.— explanation of why fuel is so im ortant to gaza. , , important to gaza. fuel is extremely im ortant, important to gaza. fuel is extremely important. for— important to gaza. fuel is extremely important, for the _ important to gaza. fuel is extremely important, for the trucks _ important to gaza. fuel is extremely important, for the trucks that - important, for the trucks that carried the food, water, medicines, blankets and everything around gaza. for the trucks. fuel is also important for generators that generate electricity. it is even more important to generate electricity in hospitals for all the life—support equipment and machines to be able to function. and fuel is important for generators that generate electricity for the water desalination plants, without which, everybody in gaza does not have access to clean drinking water. if there is no fuel, there is no humanitarian aid. there is no drinking water or life—support in hospitals. drinking water or life-support in hositals. �* , drinking water or life-support in hositals. �*, . ~ . drinking water or life-support in hositals. �* , . ~' . . drinking water or life-support in hositals. �*, . ~ . . , hospitals. let's talk about what is able to enter _ hospitals. let's talk about what is able to enter gaza _ hospitals. let's talk about what is able to enter gaza because - hospitals. let's talk about what is able to enter gaza because we . hospitals. let's talk about what is l able to enter gaza because we saw the trucks moving in yesterday from agent through the rafah crossing. we are hearing about 17 going in today. —— from egypt. are hearing about 17 going in today. -- from egypt-— -- from egypt. that is what we are heafina -- from egypt. that is what we are hearing as — -- from egypt. that is what we are hearing as well, _ -- from egypt. that is what we are hearing as well, but _ -- from egypt. that is what we are hearing as well, but they _ -- from egypt. that is what we are hearing as well, but they are - -- from egypt. that is what we are hearing as well, but they are still l hearing as well, but they are still undergoing verification. i want to give some context. gaza has been under blockade for 17 years which severely affected its economy. 60% of the inhabitants are already dependent on food aid before this crisis. before october seven, dependent on food aid before this crisis. before octoberseven, gaza seemed around 100 trucks full of food and fuel assistance. while we are all extremely happy that 20 trucks went in yesterday after two weeks of a full siege, just for contacts, 20 versus 100 before this war. we are going to need much, much more aid if we want to respond to a humanitarian crisis of this scale and scope of what we are witnessing in gaza today. qm. and scope of what we are witnessing in gaza today-— and scope of what we are witnessing in gaza today. 0k, thank you so much for talkin: in gaza today. 0k, thank you so much for talking to — in gaza today. 0k, thank you so much for talking to us. _ in gaza today. 0k, thank you so much for talking to us. that _ in gaza today. 0k, thank you so much for talking to us. that is _ in gaza today. 0k, thank you so much for talking to us. that is the _ in gaza today. 0k, thank you so much for talking to us. that is the un - for talking to us. that is the un agency that works within gaza to help people. we've been hearing from other agencies as well. i spoke to the international committee of the red cross a little earlier and they explained to us how difficult life has become, some even calling it catastrophic, the emergency that is happening in gaza. what is life exactly like for people on the ground there? our correspondent were sports —— report from one of the camps. about 2,000 families living in these tents. they are people displaced from the north, in gaza. this is, a camp has been built by the unrwa. i was speaking to the families here. they said they are struggling to find water. they are struggling to find food. they are struggling to find a bathroom. they said the bathroom here is a real challenge. they said security, also, is a real challenge because as you know, hamas has been under really heavy attack by israel for the last two weeks or so, so there is no police around the area to maintain law and order, a few problems here, social problems in the area. but those people, they said, we have been given very little food, very little water, very little medicine to the people who are in need for this. this is an example of how 700,000 people who are displaced from the north are living in a very difficult condition in gaza city. the unrwa is planning to have more and more camps like this, once the egyptians are allowing more tents, more food, more fuel and more medicine. the situation is dire. i spoke earlier to sarah davies, who's a public relations officer for the international committee of the red cross. as you as everyone has really seen over the last more than two weeks now, the humanitarian situation for people in gaza is dire and only increasing. the needs are increasing. people have had... ..to leave their homes with horrific scenes coming out where there's smoke and dust, people are rummaging in the rubble with their bare hands. we know that the medical system, the health care system is really on its knees right now. health care providers, medical personnel have been working almost nonstop for over two weeks. this is not sustainable. we also know that so many people, as i've said, have had to relocate, but there's no place for them to really go. people are sleeping in the streets. my colleagues in gaza have told me that people are sleeping in the stairwells of hospitals. children, elderly people, they're walking tens of kilometres southwards. the essential services, things like wastewater services, are very damaged. they're not running as efficiently as possible. and i think it's important to remember that even before this current round of armed hostilities, essential services in gaza were under pressure and they were struggling before this conflict broke out. talk to me about hospitals, because we talk a lot, don't we, about people moving to the south of gaza, moving to safety on the advice of the israeli government. but there are people in the north of gaza stuck in hospitals. what's happening to them? how do they get moved? well, for some people, they cannot be moved. some people physically cannot make the walk if they don't have transport. we know that ambulances are under a lot of pressure right now trying to respond to the needs. there are people who rely on hospitals and there are also people who will not leave their homes. under international humanitarian law, these people are still protected. they are still civilians and should be treated as such. what is the most important need right now for people in gaza? because we talk about water, we talk about fuel, food, medical supplies. what is it that if you had had the ability to bring it in right now, what would it be? i believe at the moment, of course, the needs are immense, but we have notjust aid ready, supplies ready, but personnel, medical teams and surgical teams who are ready to deploy and begin to alleviate some of these immediate wounds. some of the situations where people have burns. they have smoke inhalation. they've been living on the streets. the medical needs are so high right now. obviously of course, as well as water and food. that was sarah davies there. we are going to talk about what is happening in israel and the potential ground approach and the intensive bombing of gaza. the israel defence forces spokesperson, lieutenant colonel peter lerner, has given us an update on the military campaign. he spoke to my colleague katya adler. the people of gaza are paying for the failed leadership of hamas. they have failed the people of gaza. our responsibility, primarily, is to ensure and secure the people of israel once more. we can't live in a situation where we are afraid that somebody will come over into our bedrooms and butcher our babies. that is unacceptable and it won't happen. unfortunately, unfortunately, we need to try and be persistent that hamas can never have this, wield this sword of death against our heads. we know what will happen if we do not destroy and dismantle hamas. we're not willing to raise a white flag to terrorism. we can't bow our heads to these terrorist organisations because, if we do, they will chop it off. if we have a look at international law, while there is a right to defend yourself, there is also obligations to respect the rules of law, taking care of the civilian population. you say that you're listening to the united nations. they are calling for a humanitarian ceasefire. they are saying that the gaza civilians are suffering disproportionately, as aid agencies talk about collective punishment, which is illegal under international law. so would there be a humanitarian corridor, at least, that israel could guarantee for the civilians that it has sent from other parts of gaza to the south? we've sent people from the north of gaza to the south of gaza to exactly differentiate them between them and the terrorists, to get them out of harm's way. and indeed, the south of gaza is safer than the north of gaza precisely because of our operations. and i would say that we need to keep in mind that what we operate and our... ..we operate on the basis of the laws of armed conflict, and we are operating within that, within that realm. here in the uk, about 500 homes in the nottinghamshire town of retford are being evacuated because of flooding caused by storm babet. the county council has declared a major incident and urged everyone to leave. the river idle has reached record levels — and they are still rising... ..threatening the town. the environment agency says flooding from the storm, which has caused widespread damage in scotland and the north east of england, could last until tuesday. our correspondent andy gill updated us on the situation in retford. well, you can see some of the floodwater behind me and the police have closed this road off to stop people coming through. as you say, 500 homes are potentially affected by this severe flood warning. a severe flood warning is the most serious you can get. it means there's a threat to life. it means there's a risk to injury. the problem is flooding on the river idle in this part of nottinghamshire and the communities potentially affected are retford itself eton, gaston, ordsall and west retford. now, even though there's no significant rainfall expected now. the authorities say that the water levels are still rising and they could reach record levels. the nottinghamshire county council and the local resilience forum have declared a major incident and the county council leader, who's also the local mp here, has urged people to cooperate with the emergency authorities if people are asked to leave their homes. elsewhere across england, there are nearly 200 serious flood warnings in place. that's not quite as bad as severe also, and 50 flood alerts in place. -- 150 —— 150 flood alert. again, a slightly lower level of threat there. the areas affected by the serious flood warnings are south yorkshire, the river dee in wales and scotland and people in shropshire, worcestershire and herefordshire have also been told to that they could experience some flooding as well. you mentioned the travel. the aftermath of storm babet is continuing to affect travel. the train operating companies say that travel could be severely disrupted right up until the end of the day. services in yorkshire, east anglia and wales among the worst—affected there. and the train operating companies in network rail are advising people to check before they travel and if you are travelling to allow more time for yourjourney. andy, it sounds like a very serious situation indeed. and just looking at those pictures, the flood is everywhere. i want to ask you how unusual or unusual this is that that part of the world? i was in south yorkshire yesterday, which is not too farfrom here. they had severe flooding in a village near rotherham in 2007 and they thought that would be the end of it. they were saying there that they've not seen anything like this. i think the fact that it's a sunny day now, but i think the fact that the river levels are still predicted to rise, it shows you that this is an unusual and a difficult situation here, and which is why the emergency services and the local authorities are saying to people that it may look sunny at the moment, but there is potentially still a real problem and they should cooperate if asked to do so. and how residents coping with all of this, andy? have you spoken to anyone? what are they all doing? not spoken to any person myself. a colleague of mine has spoken to residents who have come out there. back in south yorkshire where we were yesterday. the people there really are badly affected by it. the levels there reached six feet and really people there are going to face severe problems. it's the human side of things that is really affected. it's notjust the kind of losing your television, losing your three—piece suite, although that obviously is a real problem. but people are talking about sentimental things, which they're never going to get back. one woman, for example, had a piano which had been left to her by an aunt who'd recently died. great sentimental value. her home has been completely flooded and she's not going to get that back. now it's time for a look at today's sport with chetan. over to you. we start at the cricket world cup where the two remaining unbeaten teams are going head to head in dharmasala with the hosts india taking on new zealand. put into bat, new zealand made 273 from their 50 overs, daryll mitchell with 130 the black caps top scorer. mohammed shami taking five wickets. india chasing 274 to win got their innings under way shortly the openers rohit sharma and shubman gill both gone for 46 and 26 respectively. india currently 104—2. football fans have been continuing to gather at manchester united's stadium to remember club legend and world cup winner sir bobby charlton, who died on saturday at the age of 86. a book of condolence has been opened at old trafford — with a digital version also created. a world and european champion, sir bobby was diagnosed with dementia three years ago. his 106 caps and 49 goals for england were records at the time. during his career at united, he won three league titles, the european cup and the fa cup. people who came into contact with sir bobby will have realised that here you have a very humble, ordinary man from the northwest of england who became a football player and achieved extraordinary things on the football pitch, things that will be remembered forever. one match to come in the premier league later as aston villa host west ham. villa have won each of their last ten home league games, a stat that stretches back to last season when new manager unai emery took over. west ham boss david moyes is full of admiration for the work his counterpart has done at villa park. we are not thinking what we did. we are thinking that we are focused on what we can do, how we can improve and how we are going to face the next match. and of course, we are feeling comfortable with our support, with our fans. villa park is special, but what is special when we were not winning and has been special as well now and when we are being comfortable there. that was the villa manager. real madrid footballer viniciusjr has praised sevilla for acting swiftly to eject and report a fan to authorities for allegedly racially abusing him. the alleged incident took place in real madrid's 1—1 draw at the ramon sanchez—pizjuan stadium on saturday evening. posting on x, formerly twitter, after the game, vinicius said... in a statement sevilla say... and that's all the sport for now. thank you very much indeed. will be backin thank you very much indeed. will be back in a few moments with more news. stay with us here on bbc news. hello. well, the sun is back out again. but, of course, we've had a huge amount of rainfall in the last few days. let's take a look at these figures. and in eastern scotland, it looks as though in excess of 200 millimetres of rain injust that one storm. wakefield there, 144 millimetres. the south of england also had a lot of rainfall. and just because the sun is out, it doesn't necessarily mean that the threat is completely over. you may want to check the environment agency website, sepa, as well in scotland to see what those river levels are doing. because sometimes, there is quite a delay from the moment when it starts raining to when the peak of the flood waters arrive. but in terms of the weather, at least, it's quiet across most of the uk today. 12 degrees in newcastle, around 15 in london, about the average for the time of the year. and we've got quite a chilly evening on the way, with clear skies and light winds. there might be even a touch of frost at least early in the night across parts of northern britain. you can see barely above freezing there at 5am in aberdeen. but much milder in the south—west of the country, around 13 in plymouth. that's because we have a south—westerly wind. a weather front is approaching. there'll be some rain around tomorrow i think in the very far south—west of the uk. but i think the bulk of the country on monday, again, another decent day, with bright or sunny skies. however, rain is threatening to reach the south later on monday and into tuesday. this next weather front sweeps in from the south. so i think more wet weather to come at least across some parts of the country. so, yes, we're in a sort of spell of drier weather now, but more rain is forecast. it's not going to be anywhere near as widespread and persistent — at least, not until tuesday or wednesday. later on wednesday, it does look as though the weather is going to go downhill once again, as another very large area of low pressure sweeps in off the atlantic. and i think it's initially western parts of the uk that get the rain early on wednesday. here it is, the next weather front. heavy rain for south—western england, for wales, northern ireland too. and then later on wednesday, that weather front will progress towards the north and the east of the country, and with that, some very strong winds. so the outlook overall is looking unsettled. no two days are going to be the same. temperatures will be around average. and if you look at these weather icons, i think at least rain showers most days for most of us. this is bbc news. the headlines... a second convoy of trucks carrying aid has arrived at the rafah crossing between egypt and the gaza strip. they are being checked at a verification point. it's not yet clear if they are going to be allowed into gaza. israel's military vows to intensify air strikes on gaza, before its expected ground offensive. it also says it struck a hamas cell, sheltering in a west bank mosque. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu meets troops at the israel lebanon border. he warns his brotherfaces counter—strikes of unimaginable magnitude if itjoins the war. polls are open in argentina for the first round of presidential elections. far—right frontrunner, javier milei, promises to adopt the us dollar as legal tender, if he wins. the second convoy of trucks carrying aid is at the rafah crossing between egypt and the gaza strip. they are being checked at a verification point. all are being examined to ensure they are only carrying humanitarian aid. we don't yet know whether they will be allowed to cross into gaza. let's get the latest from yolande knell injerusalem. i mean, they haven't made clear the exact mechanism that's being used to check these lorries. we knew that there were many, many lorries that were waiting in northern sinai to go into gaza, but then just 17 made their way into the egyptian side of the rafah crossing. a short time ago, we heard about it on egyptian state media. they will be undergoing very stringent security checks there before they are allowed to pass into gaza. and of course, we have been hearing from the un that compared to the enormous needs that there are now for the 2.3 million people living in the gaza strip, this is reallyjust a drop in the ocean. and to put that into perspective, before this siege of gaza began by the israeli military, after those terrible hamas attacks that killed 1,400 israelis, there used to be about 200 lorries a day that passed through the israeli—controlled kerem shalom crossing into the gaza strip, taking in the food that was needed there, also fuel. and what is crucial is that in these lorry loads going in at the moment, fuel is not being allowed to enter. and we know that hospitals are running desperately, desperately low on fuel to run their generators. fuel, of course, is needed to pump away the sewage that is now accumulating in gaza with real fear about waterborne diseases. it's needed to pump water out, to run water filters. it could be used if fuel was allowed in to get the desalination plant in the south of the gaza strip going again as well. and yolande, in the meantime, the israeli military has said that it's intensifying airstrikes on gaza and it's reiterated its warning to palestinians still in the north that they should flee to the south. that's right. and we've seen evidence already of this intense bombardment of the gaza strip going on. the israeli military says it's carrying out these airstrikes to prepare the ground for the next stage in the war expected to be a ground invasion. we've had the israeli military chief of staff, telling infantry troops that they will go into the gaza strip. the israeli military said in a briefing a while ago that it hit a number of hamas and islamicjihad sites in gaza. it had killed an operative, the deputy leader of the hamas forces responsible for firing rockets into southern israel, according to the israeli military. and it said it killed a number of other palestinian fighters as well. i mean, a key point that was being raised by gazaan officials, of course, the health ministry there controlled by hamas, said some 55 people were killed in these latest strikes, but the strikes weren't just in the north of the gaza strip. they were also in the south in khan yunis and rafah, two of the towns that people are being told to leave the north for. there were these leaflets that were dropped on parts of gaza city that residents there told me about just yesterday. they said that the people who didn't leave those neighbourhoods in the north really could be classed as accomplices to a terrorist organisation if they decided not to heed this israeli evacuation order. the israeli military making clear it's very interested in particular in people leaving from gaza city. so that does seem to be a potential focus of the next stage of its operations. but according to what we hear, there are hundreds of thousands of palestinians who are still in the northern part of the gaza strip, many of them civilians. live now to brussels. this is the skyline of gaza, two plumes of smoke rising on the horizon. the israeli military has made it clear that it is intensifying its bombardment of gaza, head of a potential ground invasion. the timings of that are still very much up in the air. unclear when or how it is going to happen. the situation in gaza is made all the more complicated by the fact that there are over 200 hostages in gaza taken by hamas and also the whole network of tunnels which are spread out across gaza made a ground incursion by israeli forces very tricky indeed. what's another part of the story is very much the regional outlook and the wife of many international partners is that regionally, this is going to become something a lot bigger than it is now. we have heard from the last hour or so from mr netanyahu talking to troops on the border and saying that the country is facing a battle on two fronts. what of the regional implications of this conflict? let's cross live now to brussels. joost hiltermann is programme directorfor the middle east and north africa at the international crisis group. thanks forjoining us. we have heard from mr netanyahu talking to troops on the border. he seems worried about this spreading regionally? there is good reason to be worried. it could easily spread. on the border between israel and lebanon, that he could also see it in the occupied west bank orjerusalem. what we have seen in the border between israel lebanon so far is that the mutual deterrence between and israel, 17 years ago, has been and israel, 17 years ago, has been an uptake and violence, a growing number of tit—for—tat attacks, some lethal, but by and large, either side has escalated beyond that and that seems to suggest that israel doesn't want to be fighting a two front war and don't seem to be ready either. there are still deterrence measures in place that seem to resonate. but that could change for two reasons. one, 70 makes a mistake, somebody hits the other side with a number of casualties that prove unacceptable, or certain is that if israel perceives with a ground invasion in gaza and causes more destruction that reddy has, thenit more destruction that reddy has, then it would have no choice and act as well. ., , , . ~ . then it would have no choice and act as well. ., ,, .~ . . , .~ as well. you speak about a mistake happening- — as well. you speak about a mistake happening- after— as well. you speak about a mistake happening. after that _ as well. you speak about a mistake happening. after that explosion - as well. you speak about a mistake happening. after that explosion at | happening. after that explosion at their gaza hospital, there were protests in lebanon on, outside the us embassy and the french embassy. there is a fear, isn't there, that the us have, that the europeans have and that also regional players have that this will spread. what do you think there deterrence are? what is stopping this from spreading right now? ., , . , ., now? from the israeli side, iwould sa the now? from the israeli side, iwould say the us — now? from the israeli side, iwould say the us has _ now? from the israeli side, iwould say the us has indicated _ now? from the israeli side, iwould say the us has indicated to - now? from the israeli side, iwould say the us has indicated to israel . say the us has indicated to israel that it should not respond to provocations or proceed provocations. when it comes to the us, it is an effect that there are two large flotillas of us military in the mediterranean that are clearly there to tell them that if you act, there will be a massive response. sew there seems to be working for the moment. we have seen no signed from iran that it wants to be involved. we have seen as demonstrations in the street in lebanon on and throughout the world, in solidarity with the palestinians. it is a way to blow off steam, is not the same as escalating the conflict. ., ~ not the same as escalating the conflict. . ~ , ., , . conflict. thank you very much indeed for 'oinin: conflict. thank you very much indeed forjoining us- _ we have had warnings from aid agencies and groups about the impact of what is happening in gaza on people living within gaza, on palestinians and of course, they are lacking the very basics, food, fuel, water, medicine. there have been a number of convoys moving into gaza through that rafah crossing with egypt that made the —— but many aid agency saying 20 tracks is not enough, hundred trucks is the minimum. for more on this i'm joined now by tarikjasarevic who's a spokesperson for the world health organization, who joins us from geneva. we know that without clean drinking water, without sanitation plants working because of the lack of fuel, without clean water, this could end “p without clean water, this could end up being some sort of health catastrophe in gaza? indeed, what's needed right — catastrophe in gaza? indeed, what's needed right now _ catastrophe in gaza? indeed, what's needed right now is _ catastrophe in gaza? indeed, what's needed right now is to _ catastrophe in gaza? indeed, what's needed right now is to have - catastrophe in gaza? indeed, what's needed right now is to have a - needed right now is to have a sustained access to gaza to bring any medical supplies but also clean water and fuel. hospitals cannot run without fuel and without clean water. this is something that we have seen, many hospitals, they are using the last reserves, they are rationing the last litres of fuel they have. if you don't have fuel, you simply don't have a light, you cannot have surgical theatres, you cannot have surgical theatres, you cannot run incubators and other things that you need to provide life support to patients. so yes, yesterday we were able to begin trucks full of surgical and trauma material as well as medicines for chronic diseases, but that's not nearly enough and we need access. we have more supplies being ready on the egyptian side and we are ready to bring those in. what we really need is a security guarantee that this aid can safely get in. houdini those guarantees _ this aid can safely get in. houdini those guarantees from? - this aid can safely get in. houdini those guarantees from? go - this aid can safely get in. houdini i those guarantees from? go ahead. this has been negotiated from a political level. we as humanitarians and their stunning ready to provide support palestinians. we just hope that what happened yesterday it was just the first of a un supplies coming in and it's encouraging to see that there have been other convoys today. what we really also need is to look at the situation in hospitals in north of gaza in light of the evacuation there. that includes hospitals. it almost impossible to allocate hospitals from north gaza because people there cannot be moved. many of them are in incubators, people are in unstable conditions and it's difficult to move them. we want israel to reconsider this order.- move them. we want israel to reconsider this order. israel has even warned — reconsider this order. israel has even warned that _ reconsider this order. israel has even warned that if _ reconsider this order. israel has even warned that if you - reconsider this order. israel has even warned that if you are - reconsider this order. israel has even warned that if you are in l reconsider this order. israel has - even warned that if you are in north gaza, then you could potentially be endangered because obviously, there is going to be intensified bombing there. you need to move south but it is important to underline that there are many people who just can't do that. are many people who 'ust can't do that. .. , are many people who 'ust can't do that. . . , . are many people who 'ust can't do that. , . �* , are many people who 'ust can't do that. , . �*, , that. exactly and it's very difficult question - that. exactly and it's very difficult question that - that. exactly and it's very difficult question that is l that. exactly and it's very - difficult question that is being asked to health workers there, working still on those hospitals in gaza. there are more than 2000 patients in hospital but also people in their homes cannot simply move. people with diseases, mental health diseases and people with disabilities. just in gaza, there are more than 50,000 women. to ask health workers to try to help patients whose evacuation would be difficult for those people is something very difficult. people who are on life support simply cannot be moved so this is why we were pleading with israel to reconsider this order. ~ ., pleading with israel to reconsider this order. ~ . ., pleading with israel to reconsider thisorder. . ., , this order. what sort of response has a pleading — this order. what sort of response has a pleading had _ this order. what sort of response has a pleading had so _ this order. what sort of response has a pleading had so far? - this order. what sort of response has a pleading had so far? we i this order. what sort of response | has a pleading had so far? we are still waiting _ has a pleading had so far? we are still waiting to _ has a pleading had so far? we are still waiting to see _ has a pleading had so far? we are still waiting to see what _ has a pleading had so far? we are still waiting to see what will- still waiting to see what will happen. ourvoice still waiting to see what will happen. our voice is being joined by other agencies to say we have to understand the situation of civilian population. hospitality —— hospitals are running at the top of their capacity. patients are being treated in corridors, and yards in front of hospitals. health workers and ambulances have to be very difficult choices on who to treat and who to leave behind. i think eventually what we need is end of hostilities. as long as there are a and hostilities, more people will be injured and there will be more casualties. it’s injured and there will be more casualties-_ injured and there will be more casualties. �*, . , . injured and there will be more casualties. �*, . ., casualties. it's really important to net ou casualties. it's really important to get you want _ casualties. it's really important to get you want to — casualties. it's really important to get you want to talk _ casualties. it's really important to get you want to talk about - casualties. it's really important to get you want to talk about what's| get you want to talk about what's happening and the implications if things don't move on in terms of humanitarian aid so i think you once more for your time. i want to show the live shot of gaza. this is what's happening right now and as always, if you want to know more about what is happening, get insights and information, go to the live page of the bbc website. it's being updated as i speak and it's constantly updated by correspondence on the ground and in the uk as well. polls have opened in argentina for the first round of the presidential elections. the far right candidate javier milei is among the frontrunners. also standing are the incumbent minister of economy, sergio massa, from the center—left coalition, and the former minister of security, patricia bullrich, from the center—right. our south america correspondent katy watson reports from buenos aires. well, the one thing that matters to every single argentinian here is the economy. this is a country that is seeing inflation well over 100%. everybody�*s lives are getting more and more difficult every day. so all the candidates are pushing, you know, an improvement on the economy. but as you said, javier milei is the front—runner. he is offering drastic solutions, including blowing up the central bank, bringing in the dollar as the official currency. the other two candidates perhaps are a little bit less drastic, shall i say, on the proposals. but that's what people here want. they want these drastic proposals because they want to see change in a country that has been teetering on the edge of an economic collapse for years now. yeah, you mentioned that inflation that what, 138%, over 40% poverty in argentina. i mean, the economy very much is the focus for people. and what are the candidates saying they're going to do differently from each other in terms of the economy? well, that's what is so interesting about these elections, because javier milei has thrown open the elections. incumbent peronist minister, economy minister is seen as, you know, the status quo, but actually, you know, nothing is going to change under him. when you've got, you've obviously got patricia bullrich, the former security minister. you know, she's, again, one of the political kind of big hitters. again, no change for a lot of people here in argentina. so javier milei is seen as somebody, he's an outsider. he's not one of the political cast. that's what, you know, he's touting himself as. and so that's what people want, is they want different solutions. you know, it's notjust about having welfare packages. it's notjust about trying to offer, you know, options of trying to stabilise the economy. it's just thinking up very, very different solutions. but, of course, people are very concerned about that here in argentina, about the instability, about how the markets react to that. but you've also got, you know, other issues beyond the economy that people want to talk about. so javier milei, for example, talks about liberalising arms, restricting abortion rights. he's also talked about talked down the atrocities of argentina's dictatorship. so all of these discussions are going on in argentina. but it's the economy, every single time you speak to every single voter going in the doors behind me who say theyjust want to be able to live their lives as normal. more now on storm babet, which is hitting parts of england and scotland hard. our scotland reporter katie hunter visited a flood home in brechin. this isjust one living room in one home in brechin, which was really, really badly affected by the storm. you can see there is just mud and debris everywhere. if you walk through into the living room, into the hallway and into the kitchen there, you can see. just gives you an idea of some of the damage. and then continuing out through the hall and outside, there are sandbags down here which clearly didn't stand a chance. this house is around 20 meters or so from the river and on friday morning, the flood defences were overwhelmed. the water poured over the flood defences into the street and into people's homes here. and you can see just some of the belongings that were in that house until the floodwater hit. and we can speak now to ewan clarke, who lives here. ewan, thank you so much for speaking to us, especially at this time. can you just explain to us what happened in the early hours of friday morning? well, my dad phoned at about 4:00 in the morning, to see if it was over. and ijust looked around, the dog was looking at me. i looked down, it was flooded. the first thing that i'd done was go to the front door as you would. and i opened the front door and the waterjust come right in. took me off my feet, tried my hardest to close that door and just couldn't. and ijust picked up the dog and fled from my life, basically. and you made it. when you came back and just saw the state of your house and the mud, i mean, it must have just been awfulfor you. just can't believe it, really. it'sjust, i knew there was going to be damage, but i didn't think there would be this much damage. and i knew it was going... well, i didn't think it was going to flood, to be honest, but it was, it was just going to come up to my door, going to be like a deep end of a swimming pool. and in terms of what's next in terms of insurance, how do you stand there? i've not got insurance. as soon as you put in that you're on this street, you're basically void from insurance unless you've got stupid money. but when we were speaking earlier, you were saying that the community is very much coming together. just speak about that for me. the community has come together. i cannot thank everybody enough for what they've done. i just wish that angus council could come in and do something. but the community, that's unbelievable. unbelievable, the community spirit. well, euan, thank you so much for speaking us and i hope you get back on your feet as quickly as possible. and like i said earlier, this isjust one house, one example of what's happened here in brechin and in other places across scotland as well. and as well as flooding to homes, there's been damage to roads, to railways, to bridges. and engineers and experts are out today assessing the damage because the red weather warning here only subsided at 6:00 last night. it's a lovely day here in brechin and people are relieved about that. the next few days are due to, the weather is due to be good, but after that there is some rain forecast. people here are just hoping that it is nothing like what they have experienced over the last few days. let's go back to our top story. i want to return to what is happening in the middle east. dr hanan ashrawi is a veteran palestinian politician who's spent decades campaigning for palestinian liberation. she spoke to victoria derbyshire about what's happening in the gaza strip. absolutely. it's more than catastrophic. there is really a genocide in the making. the people are notjust besieged and bombed and homes demolished and all that, half of the people, 1.2 million, are now homeless, displaced and terrified. there is no water, there is no electricity, there is no food, there is no medicine, no medical suppliers and no fuel. so they are worried that the hospitals will run out of fuel to run the generators. they have about 13,500 injured, and how can they feed them? how can they deal with them? the hospitals have been bombed. schools have been bombed. homes have been bombed. and universities have been bombed. it's incredible. this is total devastation. it's beyond catastrophe. i don't know what it is. it's a deliberate attempt at the total destruction of all requirements of a normal life. israel, the israeli government would absolutely reject that, as you know. they say they target, they are targeting hamas and their military structures, they say they do not target civilians and that they have a right to defend themselves, in the wake of the hamas massacre on israeli people. if you call that a massacre, you should see all the massacres that happened to the palestinians, if you use the logic of revenge. but certainly, since the creation of the state of israel, we have been subject as palestinians to a series of massacres. what have the actions of hamas meant for the chances of any resolution to this long—running conflict? well, we have tried several times, the pno, the national programme, everybody tried to have a negotiated settlement and it didn't work. because israel insisted on continuing with its occupation, continued with its land grab, its home demolitions, its assassinations and killing of people. and that's what really prevented any kind of peace agreement. i wonder perhaps of all the hostages, all the rest of the hostages held in gaza, were realeased immediately and unconditionally if that might help? look, we don't like to see any hostages, any civilian hostages ta ken. we, as palestinians, have been held hostage since 1967. 80,000 palestinians have been killed. 1 million have been imprisoned. we consider all our prisoners hostages. talking to my colleague victoria derbyshire there. before we go, let's take you to our live page. this is where you need to go if you are stepping away from the television and you want the very latest in what is happening. it is updated minute by minute by correspondence on the ground. stay with us on bbc news. hello. well, the sun is back out again. but, of course, we've had a huge amount of rainfall in the last few days. let's take a look at these figures. and in eastern scotland, it looks as though in excess of 200 millimetres of rain injust that one storm. wakefield there, 144 millimetres. the south of england also had a lot of rainfall. and just because the sun is out, it doesn't necessarily mean that the threat is completely over. you may want to check the environment agency website, sepa, as well in scotland to see what those river levels are doing. because sometimes, there is quite a delay from the moment when it starts raining to when the peak of the flood waters arrive. but in terms of the weather, at least, it's quiet across most of the uk today. 12 degrees in newcastle, around 15 in london, about the average for the time of the year. and we've got quite a chilly evening on the way, with clear skies and light winds. there might be even a touch of frost at least early in the night across parts of northern britain. you can see barely above freezing there at 5am in aberdeen. but much milder in the south—west of the country, around 13 in plymouth. that's because we have a south—westerly wind. a weather front is approaching. there'll be some rain around tomorrow i think in the very far south—west of the uk. but i think the bulk of the country on monday, again, another decent day, with bright or sunny skies. however, rain is threatening to reach the south later on monday and into tuesday. this next weather front sweeps in from the south. so i think more wet weather to come at least across some parts of the country. so, yes, we're in a sort of spell of drier weather now, but more rain is forecast. it's not going to be anywhere near as widespread and persistent — at least, not until tuesday or wednesday. later on wednesday, it does look as though the weather is going to go downhill once again, as another very large area of low pressure sweeps in off the atlantic. and i think it's initially western parts of the uk that get the rain early on wednesday. here it is, the next weather front. heavy rain for south—western england, for wales, northern ireland too. and then later on wednesday, that weather front will progress towards the north and the east of the country, and with that, some very strong winds. so the outlook overall is looking unsettled. no two days are going to be the same. temperatures will be around average. and if you look at these weather icons, i think at least rain showers most days for most of us. live from london, this is bbc news. a second convoy of trucks carrying aid is at the rafah crossing between egypt and the gaza strip. they are being checked at a verification point. israel's military vows to intensify air strikes on gaza, repeating its warning to civilians still in the north of the territory to head south. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu cautions hezbollah it faces counter—strikes of unimaginable magnitude if itjoins the war. translation: if hezbollah decides to enter the war, . it will make the mistake of its life. we will strike it with a force that cannot even imagine and the significance for it and state of lebanon will be devastating. a major incident�*s declared and hundreds of homes evacuated because of flooding caused by storm babet sweeping the uk. hello, i'm maryam moshiri. welcome to bbc news. we start this hour at the rafah crossing between egypt and the gaza strip. a second convoy of trucks carrying aid has arrived there. the trucks are being checked at a verification point. all are being examined to ensure they are only carrying humanitarian aid. we don't yet know whether they will be allowed to cross into gaza. 20 vehicles carrying medicines and food passed through on saturday, the first since israel tightened its blockade of the territory. the rafah crossing is on the egyptian border — and is the only route not bordering israel — which means it's currently the only potential way to deliver humanitarian aid into gaza.