antonio guterres did not name names — but he condemned the bombing of southern gaza after people were told to flee there — and the use of civilians as — what he called "human shields." israel responded — confronting the secretary general and calling on him to resign. the statements came as one of two israeli hostages freed last night by hamas spoke about her ordeal. hamas, designated a terrorist group by the uk, said the release was for humanitarian reasons. the war between israel and hamas is having repercussions in every corner of this volatile region. have a look at the first report by our international editor jeremy bowen and a warning, it contains some distressing images. after the doctors had examined yocheved lifschitz, she came out of the hospital in tel aviv saying she went through hell in gaza, from the moment hamas took her as a hostage. translation: l was laying - on a motorcycle, my body on one side and my legs on the other, and the hamas men beat me on the way. they didn't break my ribs, but hurt me very much. like so many israelis, she's astounded by the failure of her country's army and intelligence to protect them. translation: the army wasn't prepared. - we were the government scapegoats. hamas warned us three weeks ahead. they burned our fields and the army somehow didn't take it seriously. and hamas's detailed planning extended to hostage—taking too. translation: they seemed ready for this. _ they had prepared for a long time and had everything the hostages needed, even shampoo and conditioner. running this war is getting complicated for the israeli government. the northern border with lebanon is heating up. thousands of troops have been sent there and border towns evacuated in case of war with iran's lebanese ally, hezbollah. prime minister netanyahu has visited the troops near gaza, but he hasn't ordered them to invade yet. 50 without a ground war in gaza to define the state of this crisis, other things are, starting with the hostages. in tel aviv, ehud barak, former prime minister and army commander, saw painful choices ahead. is it possible for israel to invade the gaza strip with ground troops if there are still hostages in the hands of hamas? if there is no other way, we'll have to do it, because the alternative is to provide those barbarian crimes against humanity get impunity due to the fact that they massacred, slaughtered probably 1,500 people. and a very painful and tough decision might have to be made. on the west bank, the other side of the palestinian territories, israel has settled hundreds of thousands ofjews in defiance of international law. the hardest core ofjewish settlers who've seized remote hilltops are seen by many israelis as isolated extremists. but now their effective leaders are in the israeli cabinet. on this hilltop near hebron, the settlers who believe they're here by god's will are armed and say the hamas massacres mean more mainstream israelis will agree with them. eight it was unfortunate so muchjewish blood had to be spelt for other israelis to understand what had to be done to those who killjews. translation: in a war, - you have a gun and a trigger. and for those who don't understand yet, we are at war, a war where the other side shows no mercy. and we need to be the same. there's no choice. for palestinians on the west bank, these are violent days. mohammad, aged 20, was one of two young men killed in an israeli army his father led the mourners. in the mosque, they feared israel's rage and revenge. this is genocide and the world does not coming to the rescue of the palestinians. the general mood is actually entertaining thought that netanyahu is going after the deportation, the displacement of palestinians, leading up to the annexation of gaza. in the west bank, palestinians wonder whether they will be next. people are talking about anger at what the israelis have done and a sense of uncertainty and fear about what might be happening next. this is a long and intractable conflict, but it had some certainties. it had a certain shape, a status quo. that's all changed. on the way to the cemetery, the flags were from the main palestinian factions — fatah, hamas and islamichhad. we couldn't see any armed palestinians at the funeral, perhaps because israel has such tight control over the west bank for now. but the danger that a serious incident could ignite the west bank is real. when the funeral was over, mohamed's cousin said the israelis raided the camp because of gaza. they wanted revenge, he said, because resistance groups, god have mercy, to all the martyrs in gaza and west bank. palestinians don't share much with israelis, especially not much now, except a dread of harder times ahead. jeremy bowen, bbc news, jerusalem. asjeremy said, harder times ahead. asjeremy said, hardertimes ahead. that brings us to the situation in gaza. hamas officials say at least 700 people have been killed in the last 2a hours. it means, according to those officials, the total number killed in this war is now more than 5,700 — including more than 2,300 children. our special correspondent fergal keane, who is in jerusalem, has been working with teams on the ground in gaza to file this report. some of the footage is hard to watch, and a warning — it is distressing from the very beginning. what war would take away, they raced to save. the young life of yazam al—aydi. the adult hand on the child's heart. it could not save him. this boy did survive airstrikes doctors at al—nasr hospital say killed 166 people. the little boy asks if his family is ok. of the nearly 6,000 said by gaza health authorities to have been killed so far, around 40% are reported to be children. sharif al—lakras came with his wounded son. to our camera he asked, were the children the enemies? the ones who had kidnapped and killed? there are the other wounds — what war does to the spirit of a child. salma is nine. dima al—amdani mourning her parents and seven siblings. another daughter of the al—amdani family, and a son. where those who have known older wars watch their young inherit desolation. israel says it is only targeting the men who brought terror to its people. the un leadership has condemned israeli bombing of southern gaza and accused hamas of using civilians as human shields. death can come from the air at any time. this was khan younis in the south of the gaza strip at 12:30pm today, filmed by a bbcjournalist. the war has displaced 1.4 million people. in the tented camp at khan younis, cleanliness is part of the struggle to preserve dignity. translation: at night it is cold and there - aren't enough blankets. we are sleeping on dirt, the children are all sick. where are the rights of our children? where are our human rights? the fun and the friendship of childhood. they grasp what they can, knowing how brutally it can be lost. fergal keane, bbc news, jerusalem. well, the worsening humanitarian situation in gaza is evident — and the un agency responsible for palestinian refugees says that because of israeli restrictions on aid, it will run out of fuel tomorrow. israel disputes the lack of fuel. the bbc�*s gaza reporter rushdi abu alouf reports now from a hospital in khan younis, in southern gaza, on the increasingly desperate struggle of ordinary people. behind these doors, doctors are fighting to save the life of a woman who was badly injured this morning while she was pregnant in an airstrike in a neighbourhood in khan younis. doctors rescued the baby by caesarean operation. her husband was killed alongside members of the same family, but the mother is inside, fighting for her life and for her baby. the hospitals here in gaza are struggling to cope with the number of people injured. i have seen people treated in the corridor of the hospital, people treated in the courtyard of the hospital because today was one of the deadliest attacks done by israel so far. this hospital is among the three or four hospitals in the south, the area where israel asked 1.2 million people in the north to flee, but this is the biggest one, and it's still struggling without fuel to run the main generator in the hospital and also they say they have to cancel all non—essential operations and they are only treating people with life—saving injuries. those distressing images and stories continue to pour in from gaza and israel as the war now nears three weeks. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. everton chairman bill kenwright, an acclaimed west end theatre and film producer, has died at the age of 78. he was also known for playing gordon clegg in coronation street between 1968 and 2012. in a statement, everton said they lost a chairman, a leader, a friend and an inspiration. the environment secretary, therese coffey, has said there will be a rapid review to assess the handling of the impact of storm babet. she said some communities which had been flooded over the weekend felt they could have been given more equipment to stop them being submerged. the cap on bankers' bonuses will be lifted at the end of october — as part of a post—brexit shake—up of financial rules. the plan was announced by the then chancellor kwasi kwarteng last year, as a way of making london a more attractive place to do business — one of the few policies to remain from mr kwarteng's mini—budget. you're live with bbc news. taking a look at other strays we are also tracking here on bbc news. the australian prime minister anthony albanese is in the united states to continue talks with president biden on trade, defence and bolstering pacific islands infrastructure. this evening, president biden and his wifejill welcomed prime minister albanese and his partner jodie haydon at the white house for a state dinner. it comes as the australian pm announced he'll visit china next week after beijing agreed to review strong tariffs it placed on australian imports. live now to author sinodinos — former australian ambassador to the united states — and chairperson of the asia group's australian practice. thank you very much for your time here on newsday on bbc news. first up, what are your expectations from this visit? are you looking at any tangible outcomes?— outcomes? thanks very much. first of all. — outcomes? thanks very much. first of all, it's _ outcomes? thanks very much. first of all, it's a _ outcomes? thanks very much. first of all, it's a very - first of all, it's a very strong relationship, so in one sense, everything is in the groove, but we are seeking to find ways to expand the relationship. there will be announcements around further cooperation on climate change, clean energy, critical minerals, there is talk about technology safeguard agreement for working together on space launch, and this will be in the context where australia will be encouraging the us to quickly pass the legislation which will make it easier for the three countries including the uk to share information from and to share information from and to share technology as we get the capability partnership off the ground. it's a strong relationship that in recent years has been brought even closer together by the changing geostrategic circumstances in our own region commander chris, this is something that britain has also been part of as increasingly the uk has turned towards endo pacific recognising the challenges as the centre of political and gravity shifts.— the centre of political and gravity shifts. when we talk about challenges, _ gravity shifts. when we talk about challenges, we - gravity shifts. when we talk about challenges, we don't| gravity shifts. when we talk - about challenges, we don't have issues pertaining to china as well —— we do have issues and the larger region. the relations have eased up having said that, we also have albanese heading to beijing next month. —— albanese. that is bound to come up in talks in washington?— washington? they will discuss the two leaders. _ washington? they will discuss the two leaders. their - the two leaders. their respective approaches to china, president biden increasingly confident he will have a sinus with —— summit with the chinese president next month in san francisco. as you say, prime minister albanese will be going to beijing soon. since the new government was elected in australia, they sought to normalise a relationship with beijing, not in order to change our strategic settings, that remains very much in place, but rather to normalise a relationship can have a capacity to have dialogue just as the us, japan and other partners of hours in the region have a dialogue with beijing, and beijing has been open to that. i think they realised that. i think they realised that the economic and trade coercion i guess australia has not worked and it is better off trying to engage with australia at a time when there are so many other issues roiling the world. ,,, . ~ many other issues roiling the world. .~ ., world. speaking of those issues, the _ world. speaking of those issues, the visit - world. speaking of those issues, the visit also - world. speaking of those i issues, the visit also comes world. speaking of those - issues, the visit also comes in the middle of the conflict that is unfolding in the middle east. australia has expressed support for israel. we've also seen very strong pro—palestinian protests in australia. what do you make of the government's stance as far as this issue is concerned? australia is a multicultural society, and, you know, we are proud of her social cohesion but people have the right to express their views. the government has sought to walk a very fine line support the right of israel to exist within secure borders, recognising the aspirations of palestinians in terms of potentially a two state solution, so for the australian government, it is really a case of how can we move on from the current situation and try and find a way through to an end durable and sustainable solution? i think that is something that all fair—minded people are very keen to see sooner rather than later. . ~ , ., keen to see sooner rather than later. . ~' , ., , keen to see sooner rather than later. . ~ i. , . later. thank you very much for our later. thank you very much for your input _ later. thank you very much for your input and _ later. thank you very much for your input and your _ your input and your perspective.- your input and your perspective. now to new york where one of donald trump's former allies has told a court that his ex—boss would "arbitrarily" inflate his net worth. michael cohen once served as the former president's lawyer and fixer. but the relationship dramatically soured over the course of the trump presidency. on tuesday he appeared as a witness at donald trump's civil fraud trial. he testified that the value of the trump company's holdings would be "whatever number mr. trump told us". mr cohen said his responsibility was to reverse engineer assets to achieve the number. this is how the former president reacted after: we're not worried at all about his testimony. in the testimony they came up with... ..was that everything was legit. with all the pressure they were under, they worked under tremendous pressure for years to say something else, but they didn't do that. here's our north america correspondent nomia iqbal with her analysis. donald trump and michael cohen haven't seen each other in five years. michael cohen cut off ties with him then and mr cohen has gone on to write these bestselling books. he's become a bit of a tv personality and certainly a prominent political commentator who never misses an opportunity to criticise donald trump. so this was their reunion. and as mr cohen put it, after he had given testimony and there was a break time, he said, "heck of a reunion." so that's probably definitely one way of putting it. but mr cohen actually gave evidence to a congressional probe back in 2019 which looked into donald trump's finances. and that was the impetus for this lawsuit that this investigation that letitia james, the new york attorney general, brought forward. and as you outlined there, mr cohen has been talking about, he's been giving evidence in which he claims that he was told to inflate donald trump's assets. this is the accusation that he's been facing. there was a bit of a detour into sports. basically, they spent a lot of time talking about the buffalo bills. so for people who might not know, they are a big nfl team, and mr cohen was giving examples of how donald trump tried to inflate assets or how he was asked to inflate assets, and that donald trump wanted to buy the nfl's team, the buffalo bills. he said they used financial statements with inflated assets to show trump's ability to purchase the team, but trump's bid for the bills was unsuccessful. so that's one of the examples that's been used in court today by by mr cohen. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines. at least seven people have died in a pile—up involving 158 cars — caused by a dense "super—fog" in the us state of louisiana. the accident happened on a bridge between new orleans and baton rouge. china says the defence minister li shangfu has been sacked, two months after he disappeared from public view. he's the second minister to be abruptly removed after the foreign minister was replaced injuly. british scientists say bird flu has been detected in antarctica for the first time. the experts say the deadly virus could pose a serious threat to penguins and other local species on the continent, which is a key breeding ground for many birds. astronomers in the uk have made the biggest ever computer model of the evolution of the universe from the big bang to the present day using one of the most powerful supercomputers in the world. the model was based on the accepted theories of physics. but when it was compared to how the universe actually looks — there were significant differences. our science correspondent, pallab ghosh reports. it all began with a big bang. gas clouds clumped together to form the first stars and galaxies which now fill the cosmos. but one of the scientists who came up with the theory of how stars and galaxies then spread across the universe says that there might be something wrong with his original ideas. i've spent all my life developing a particular theory of the universe, and now that theory is being questioned. i welcome that because that's how we move forward. that's how we make progress in science. that's because a powerful supercomputer simulation has challenged carlos's theory. it's taken 30 years to get to this stage, and this is what they found — the orange branches are a mysterious invisible substance called dark matter, and the bright dots are the galaxies we see in space — like jewels on a vast cosmic web. but the exact details aren't the same as the data gathered by nasa's james webb's space telescope and other observatories. the current theory beautifully explains how galaxies evolve, but there is a problem — it predicts that they're 7% more closely clustered together than they actually are. the new computer simulation is much more detailed, and it takes into account the role of super massive black holes, but that's not right either, it's still 5% more clumpy. so, if the best computer simulation ever created can't get the right result, there are two possibilities, either the measurements from the telescope is wrong or the cherished theories of physics might be incorrect. it could be something as big as questioning the basic tenet of our modern understanding of the universe, which is einstein's theory of relativity. there are currently more questions than answers in astronomy, so many that scientists believe the stage is set for the biggest shake—up in our understanding of how the universe works since albert einstein's ideas about gravity more than 100 years ago. pallab ghosh, bbc news. you can find many more of those fascinating details on the bbc news website along with all the other news website along with all the othe ., , , ., , news website along with all the othe , ., , other top stories we continue to track including _ other top stories we continue to track including the - other top stories we continue to track including the latest l to track including the latest on the middle east conflict and criticism from the un from both hamas as well as israel. so do stay with us here on bbc news. thanks for watching. hello. the outlook is a mixed bag. we're expecting rain most days, but it won't be raining all the time. there's certainly some sunshine in the forecast, and wednesday will bring exactly that. let's have a look at the big picture, though, across the atlantic and europe, and you can see this perpetual low pressure around our neck of the woods pushed by this jet stream. in fact, another area of low pressure towards the end of the week. so, a really unsettled picture, a typical autumn, really. and if we have a look at the rainfall accumulation over the next five days, i think all of us are inforfurther rain, typical colours there. so those sort of darker blues around 30—ao millimetres. but some parts of the country, for example, eastern scotland, over a period of five days, could see close to 100 millimetres of rain, but that's only going to be in a few spots. again, that rainfall will be spread out over a much longer period of time compared to what we had in recent stormy weather. this is the end of the night, then. three celsius in glasgow, double figures on the south coast. it would have been quite a wet night, i think, across the south. damp in eastern scotland too. but northern ireland will wake up to some sunshine. it'll be bright through the afternoon, and in fact, the central part of the uk will have the best of the weather. all along the north sea coast, generally cloudy, the south fairly cloudy too. and towards the evening hours, we are expecting this next weather front to sweep in some rain to the west country to wales, the irish sea, northern ireland will get the rain eventually too. and basically it's quite a damp, and for some of us, wet night wednesday night into thursday, and then here's thursday itself. it's that mixed bag i was talking about earlier on, so, some sunny spells, but also occasional showers. if you're popping out for any lengthy period of time, raincoats or brollyjust in case, and the chances are it will rain. so here's a look at friday again. quite damp here in the northeast of the uk. further showers swept in by quite a strong, quite a fresh wind there in the southwest. and the temperatures, you know, most days it's going to be about the same 11—12 celsius in the north, about 15 celsius in the south of the country. the temperatures are fairly stable at the moment. it's just that same atlantic air mass that's coming our way. and most days we've got at least a rain icon or a shower icon. so an unsettled picture. bye— bye. dozens of us states sue facebook and instagram paracrine company meta for prioritising profit over mental health. any report found that indians and state the number one spot on the stove citizenships in wealthy countries. hello, welcome to asia business report with me, arunoday mukharji. it's conflicting relationship with big tech in the us. we will take a look at a slew of tech earnings giving out is a snapshot on how business are doing and to a certain extent, economic recovery. first, we take a look at meta, the parent company facebook, instagram and whatsapp. a coalition of us states have sued meta, claiming facebook and instagram are harmful to young people's mental health. in response, the company said it was disappointed with the lawsuit and said it is committed to providing a safe environment for teens. providing a safe environment forteens. from new providing a safe environment for teens. from new york, providing a safe environment forteens. from new york, here is her business correspondent, michelle fleury. fix, is her business correspondent, michelle fleury.— michelle fleury. a group of 41 states and — michelle fleury. a group of 41 states and the _ michelle fleury. a group of 41 states and the district - michelle fleury. a group of 41 states and the district of - states and the district of columbia are taking action against meta. the federal and state lawsuits allege that meta designed its products to keep young users on them for longer and repeatedly coming back. the lawsuit also accuses meta of routinely collecting the data of children under 13 without parental consent. here's a tennessee attorney