on the situation. police are currently searching for a robert card, he is considered armed and dangerous, he is a person of interest however and that's what we will label him as moving forward until that changes. if people see him they should not approach him or make contact with him in any way. the shutter in place order that currently stands in lewiston remains. a vehicle which was typical of interest in this case was located and we are asking residents there to shelter in place so please share that information with communities as well. if anybody sees mr card or has any additional information with reference to these shootings in lewiston, please contact 911. if they see anything suspicious, please feel free to call your local authorities. we have literally hundreds of police officers working around the state of maine to investigate this case, to locate mr card, who again is a person of interest and a person of interest only and we will continue to gather information so we can bring the suspect to justice. live now to north america correspondent shingai nyoka in washington. what more can you tell us? according to that press briefing earlier, the public safety department, the spokesperson essentiallyjust laid out what happened earlier. he said that at about 7pm local time in maine, they responded to reports of multiple shootings and saw multiple casualties, so these shootings happened at a bowling alley as well as a bar and grill, these places are miles apart and that's when they released the pictures of this gentleman robert card, who we understand is a0 years old, but they are referring to him as a person of interest and not a suspect. but as it stands right now it is still a very active situation. they refused to confirm the numbers of people that were dead or injured, theyjust said there were multiple casualties and would update that information as soon as the numbers have been confirmed. but a lot of surprise, a lot of shockin but a lot of surprise, a lot of shock in a community which says that thingsjust don't shock in a community which says that things just don't happen there. we understand that in 2022, there were about 29 homicides in the whole of maine and now we're these very high figures. the last mass shooting in america or the last major mass shooting in america in 2019 saw 23 people killed, the highest in history has been 58, so there is a lot of frustration and concern about what happens now. for frustration and concern about what happens now.— what happens now. for now, thank you — what happens now. for now, thank you very much - what happens now. for now, thank you very much indeed. that story is developing as we speak, we will keep a close eye, anyone use, we will update you here the bbc. we bring you the latest developments in the middle east now. the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has insisted his country will be launching a ground invasion of the gaza strip after receiving domestic criticism over its apparent delay. speaking on prime time television, he said troops were preparing to enter the territory, saying the timing of the offensive would be reached by consensus. translation: we are in the midst of a campaign | for our existence. we have set two goals for the war — to eliminate hamas by destroying its military and governmental capabilities and do everything possible to bring our hostages home. the un agency running humanitarian operations in gaza says it will take a decision in the next few hours on how much assistance they can continue to provide because of a lack of fuel. half of gaza's two million residents rely on the agency for food. though limited deliveries of aid has now begun reaching gaza, israel won't allow fuel in fearing it could end up in the hands of hamas. our special correspondent fergal keane, who is in jerusalem, and has been working with teams on the ground in gaza. and a warning his report contains some distressing images. each climbing cloud, a marker of destruction. relentless airstrikes. thousands of bombs dropped. hamas started this war. israel responds with devastating force. it is a story of stunned aftermath and desperate searching. the man was away from his home when the bomb fell. he speaks to his lost loved ones. "i wish we'd stayed with you." and then a child who survived. "they're all gone," he tells her. bbc cameras in gaza captured medics collecting the wounded. the man shouts, "nasser! his head is open," speaking of the child in his arms. mahmoud badawi daily faces the killing inflicted from the skies. but there isn't time to stop, much less show his feelings. from one scene of carnage to another. there are the survivors to care for. translation: there are many hard situations. . as an ambulance driver, you get accustomed to what's happening, whether it's hands, heads or bodies that are cut. in many families now, there's the need to familiarise their children with the morbid practicalities of life in a warzone. translation: i have seen bodies blown apart. - you can't identify anyone. so, in case anything happened and they were blown up, i would know them from this bracelet and i can collect their bodies. it is not knowledge any parent wants to impart. in gaza's hospitals, there are acute shortages, struggling to keep services going as fuel supplies dwindle. 12—year—old ahmed barahem suffers from kidney failure and he's exhausted. well, i'm fully laying on the ground now. i what happened to me? actually, i needl the door closing. sometimes in the heart of it all, there's good news. "she's ok, but she's scared," they call out. her father is being freed from the rubble. first the names, then the medics' reassurance. "they're all out, i swear." the emergency workers like mahmoud are overstretched, exhausted, knowing that, however much they do, in gaza now, it cannot be enough. fergal keane, bbc news, jerusalem. live now to 0samah khalil, a history professor at syracuse university, who specialises in the arab—israeli conflict. good to have you on the programme. first of all, of course, the humanitarian crisis in gaza that's unfolding day by day is very traumatic to see you unfolding, but in terms of this ground offensive, benjamin netanyahu is insisting it is going to do it but there seems to be a delay. what is she thinking about when this might happen what they are to achieve?— happen what they are to achieve? . , ., achieve? there are several reasons — achieve? there are several reasons that _ achieve? there are several reasons that it _ achieve? there are several reasons that it hasn't - achieve? there are several- reasons that it hasn't happened yet and one of those is the hostages. the united states is negotiating with hamas through qatar and attempting to get the hostages release under the same time the us is to deploy additionalforces in the region. the main reason the ground offensive has been delayed, there are not enough us forces in the region but also the very real prospect of also the very real prospect of a spill—over. there have been active in skirmishes between hezbollah and israeli forces in the north of israel and southern lebanon and 80 plus days of bombing in gaza. as we have already seen, hamas has still been able to continue firing missiles, they did that earlier today, firing missiles, they did that earliertoday, in firing missiles, they did that earlier today, in the previous day was the greatest number of missiles they fired at israel since this began and included an infiltration into southern israel so still a very fluid environment in and around gaza and even more so in northern israel. so the potentialfor regional spill—over and the implications of that for us forces is very real as something that is concerning washington and has served to delay the ground invasion. the reality is we have also learned that there was tempted incursions into gaza by israeli forces and these have been repelled so there is another aspect here, while will they encounter once they go in with my credit will not be easy. and in the meantime the un security council has again failed to pass a resolution addressing the situation in israel and gaza. do you have any hope of any progress in terms of the un getting anything through a security council session? in the short term i do not, there is a big disparity, is we have seenin is a big disparity, is we have seen in other complex, disparity between what the us once about russia and other countries want. but a ceasefire is needed now and that's something that the united states integrator, the worse they will do is a humanitarian pause but that's not sufficient and on this the united states and on this the united states and israel are an outlier in the international community. thank you very much forjoining us. let's speak to the international spokesperson of the israel defence forces, lieutenant colonel jonathan conricus. he's joining me from tel aviv. good morning to you. at morning- _ good morning to you. at morning. are _ good morning to you. at morning. are you - good morning to you. at morning. are you able . good morning to you. at| morning. are you able to good morning to you. at - morning. are you able to give us any new— morning. are you able to give us any new information - morning. are you able to give us any new information about| us any new information about when a ground offensive may begin? i when a ground offensive may beuin? u, when a ground offensive may betin? when a ground offensive may beuin? ., ., begin? i can say that our forces are _ begin? i can say that our. forces are ready, deployed outside of the gaza strip, they are equipped, prepared, and as soon as they are ordered to do soon as they are ordered to do so by the israeli cabinet, then that manoeuvre will continue. during this night we have had rocket fired from gaza and a day ago there was an attempt by scuba divers to infiltrate via the sea towards an israeli community. but it's still a very hot combat area fighting ongoing. very hot combat area fighting onauoin. ~ . very hot combat area fighting onuaoin.~ . ., very hot combat area fighting onaaoin.~ . ., ., ., ongoing. which areas around israel are _ ongoing. which areas around israel are you _ ongoing. which areas around israel are you most - ongoing. which areas around | israel are you most concerned about when he say scissor hot combat area? where are you alert? ~ ., , combat area? where are you alert? ~ . , alert? we are definitely most ofthat alert? we are definitely most of that in _ alert? we are definitely most of that in the _ alert? we are definitely most of that in the main _ alert? we are definitely most of that in the main theatre i alert? we are definitely most of that in the main theatre of| of that in the main theatre of operations, that is where the main level of enemy activities and that is also where we intend to focus our future efforts. however, hezbollah in the north has deployed and has conducted significant attacks against israel, violated sovereignty conferring anti—tank missiles, rockets, mortars, trying to infiltrate, unfortunately caused casualties in israel, and we have responded, but our composure is very defensive, we have not yet taken, we have not yet shifted our posture along the border and we are focusing only on defending, but we are very much aware that hezbollah has been deployed in lebanon and is escalating the situation was of course the united nations is calling for a ceasefire, saying that aid is desperately needed, in particularfuel that aid is desperately needed, in particular fuel they will not be able to continue operations for much longer especially medical help in hospitals if that is not allowed through the border at rafah. what are you being told about a pause in hostilities to enable that to happen? reports like these are _ enable that to happen? reports like these are very _ enable that to happen? reports like these are very seriously - like these are very seriously and should be taken seriously if the hospital cannot operate, everybody should take notice. however, i think we are looking at it from the wrong perspective. there is a fuel in the gaza strip, it is stored and controlled by hamas, they have stockpiled it before and they have also stolen fuel both from the un and from private vendors and this has been documented publicly in the gaza strip. the issue here is that the institution is active in the institution is active in the gaza strip, instead of calling things as they are and telling hamas, you should be providing fuel to us, to the hospitals and for the community, they're asking for help from the outset, this is incorrect and unfortunate because there is fuel in the gaza strip, we know it, we have pointed it out on a map where it is on google earth and you can see that hamas has between 850,000 and 1 million litres of fuel, depending on their priorities, they can of course sent the fuel to hospitals and pump water using generators, or they can continue using it fighting against israel, those are their priorities. we fighting against israel, those are their priorities.— are their priorities. we are 'ust are their priorities. we are just hearing _ are their priorities. we are just hearing that _ are their priorities. we are just hearing that in - are their priorities. we are just hearing that in israel. are their priorities. we are| just hearing that in israel it has been reported that there has been reported that there has been reported that there has been a significant incursion into gaza overnight. can you give us any detail? yes, we did a tactical raid, which means the voices went in and then went out. that was during the night, in order to prepare the battlefield and to prepare the battlefield and to prepare ourselves for the coming operations. our prepare ourselves for the coming operations. 0urforces are now back in israel, the activity occurred during the night. it was concluded successfully without any significant events. successfully without any siunificant events. ~ ., , significant events. whereabouts was that? from _ significant events. whereabouts was that? from israel _ significant events. whereabouts was that? from israel towards l was that? from israel towards the central _ was that? from israel towards the central part _ was that? from israel towards the central part of— was that? from israel towards the central part of the - was that? from israel towards the central part of the gaza i the central part of the gaza strip. the central part of the gaza stri -. ~ ., the central part of the gaza stri. ~ ., ., the central part of the gaza stri -. ~ ., ., ., the central part of the gaza stri - . ~ ., ., ., ., ., strip. we are going to have to leave it there, _ strip. we are going to have to leave it there, thank - strip. we are going to have to leave it there, thank you - strip. we are going to have to leave it there, thank you for l leave it there, thank you for being on bbc news. just to say of course that the bbc will seek to verify some of the fact that he said were facts about fuel being stored by hamas in gaza, were stuck to something we have to verify here at the bbc. around the world and across the uk, you're bbc news. let's take a look at some of the other stories. mps have voted to suspend the former conservative minister, peter bone, from parliament for six weeks — a move that could trigger a by—election in his wellingborough constituency. an investigation found he'd bullied and been sexually inappropriate towards a staff member. mr bone has previously denied the allegations. the government says that by 2025 artificial intelligence could increase the risk of cyber—attacks and erode trust in online content. the warnings are contained in a new report which identifies the biggest risks posed by the rapidly—advancing technology. rishi sunak will highlight the opportunities and threats posed by ai in a speech in london today. remembrance poppies for the royal british legion's poppy appeal go on sale today — and for the first time they are plastic free, and recyclable. it's the first re—design of the historic symbol since the mid—1990s. the new flowers are made from 100%paper and will no longer have a plastic stem or centre. you're live with bbc news. as we've been hearing the un security council has rejected two opposing us and russian drafted resolutions that had sought to pause the fighting between israel and hamas and open the flow of humanitarian aid into gaza. the impasse has highlighted the deep global divide over the war. 0ur north america correspondent nada tawfik sent this update. calls have grown louder here at the un for a ceasefire. they say that they want not just that but obviously the release of all hostages, the protection of all hostages, the protection of civilians, getting paid in, yet we have seen the security council for the fourth time fail to act on the desperate concerns in gaza. remember, last week the united states vetoed a resolution, i put forward their own draft which called for humanitarian pause and talked about countries' right to self—defence without meaning israel directly. they put forward the draft today for a vote but was vetoed by russia and china, he said they wanted and china, he said they wanted a ceasefire not his humanitarian pauses and they wear concerned that the us text would give a green light to further escalation. the uae also voted against the draft, saying that any resolution had to treat the lives of israelis and palestinians equally and it had to address things like the forced displacement of civilians. after the text was vetoed by russia and china, russia put forward its resolution for a vote, the second time it has done so. it didn't receive enough votes by council members. the united states slammed russia, say they were registering to score political points and further divide the council. while the uk said that russia's draft did not express israel's right to defence. what is the council go from here? we have the ten members have stated that they will now work on their own product, they feel that the security council has the obligation to maintain international peace and security, to say the lives of civilians and they say in the days ahead they will put forward the round rast resolution for consideration and negotiation. let's get some of the day's other news now. emergency workers are trying to reach mexico's guerrero state after it was hit by one of the strongest hurricanes ever recorded on the country's pacific coast. hurricane 0tis brought communications down in the popular resort city of acapulco and details of the situation there are sketchy. access roads have been blocked by landslide. the us house of representatives has elected a new republican speaker ending three weeks of paralysis caused by party infighting. mikejohnson, a conservative ally of donald trump was the fourth candidate put forward for the role after kevin mccarthy was ousted by republican hardliners. a deal has been reached to end part of a strike that's paralysed the us car industry. the union says the deal with ford includes large pay rises. members will now vote on the proposal. joe biden has welcomed the agreement. more detail on that in ten minutes. a year on from the deadly crowd crush in south korea, its survivors have told the bbc they are still traumatised and a lack of answers is making it difficult for them to heal. nearly 160 young people were killed, when they got trapped in an overcrowded alleyway in seoul, as they celebrated halloween. despite well—documented failings by the authorities, no—one has been held responsible. 0ur correspondentjean mackenzie reports from seoul. do you remember where you were? yeah, it was just here. joyoo—kun has returned to the narrow alleyway where she was almost crushed to death. there were people on top of you, trapping your legs. yeah. it was so painful, yeah. i couldn't move at all, even my fingers. i realised at that time, "oh, i'm going to die." people out to celebrate halloween funnelled into this alleyway from three directions until it became so tightly packed they couldn't move. some couldn't breathe. the pressure was so great, it ruptured the muscles injoyoo—kun's legs, paralysing them for months. are you fully recovered now? actually, no. i have pain on my knees and my foot. it's now well established how the authorities failed to keep people safe that night and save lives. but no—one has been held responsible. trials and investigations are ongoing, leaving thousands still nursing their physical and emotional scars. this is where the dead are remembered — a makeshift memorial set up by theirfamilies. they take it in turns to stand guard in case the authorities follow through on their threat to remove it. haejin's teenage son survived the crash, but his best friend and his girlfriend were killed. unable to cope with the trauma, he then took his own life. this one, yeah. how has it affected you that, still, nobody has really taken responsibility for this? translation: the government and the local authority - ultimately failed in their duty to protect lives. we need to know what happened and who was responsible in order to heal. we have asked the national government, the local government and the police to talk to us, to tell us what lessons they've learnt and how they're going to keep people safe this halloween, but they've all declined. they've told us that this isn't the right time for them to talk. some new safety measures are being brought in, though this halloween's celebrations are expected to be far quieter. the alleyway is still dormant. a shrine to the dead. reading these messages makes you sad? yeah. butjoyoo—kun plans to keep returning here. she says she must keep her memories alive untiljustice is served. jean mackenzie, bbc news, seoul. stay with us here on bbc news. top business stories here next. hello there. let's take a look at the latest weather for the week ahead. on wednesday, we did have some sunshine around, but it was a very wet start to the day across southern counties of england, particularly through hampshire and the isle of wight. you can see flooded roads there in east cowes on the island, not far from the ferry terminal. and whilst we did have a met office amber warning out for that heavy rain, it was significant. some parts of the island, in knighton, for example, seeing three weeks' worth of october rainfall injust over 12 hours. looking to the next few days, we hold on to this static pattern, really, of low pressure systems after low pressure systems bringing outbreaks of rain and their associated weather fronts with the jet stream running to the south of us, directing them towards our shores. here is thursday. we've got outbreaks of rain from the overnight period working their way northwards towards the north—east of england and across parts of scotland as well. elsewhere through the midlands, in towards wales and the south, some sunshine but also a number of showers. same, too, across parts of northern ireland. temperatures in the south in the mid—teens, cooler further north. and then looking into thursday evening, you can see that rain still with us, tracking north in towards parts of the north—east of scotland and certainly across parts of the east and north—east, we could well see the rain totals mounting up as we head through the next few days. elsewhere, it's a little bit drier, but there will be some cloud and some outbreaks of rain. temperatures around 9—10 celsius as the overnight low. to friday, once again, low pressure situated towards the west, sending weather fronts our way. a brisk wind around the south—west through the channel there and across parts of the north—east coast of england and in towards eastern scotland as well, where that rain is set to continue. elsewhere, though, through much of england and wales, some sunshine, also a number of showers, similar across parts of northern ireland. temperatures once again, 10—12 celsius across scotland, a little bit milderfurther south, in towards the mid—teens. so, saturday, it's a similar picture. we do have low pressure situated towards the west and outbreaks of rain and weather fronts working in from the south across parts of england, in towards wales and northern ireland. for scotland, we've got a wind coming in off the north sea, quite brisk at times, bringing some cloud and further outbreaks of rain. elsewhere on saturday, we've got some sunshine through parts of the east midlands, in towards east anglia as well, where we'll see temperatures in the mid—teens, perhaps 16 in the london area. on sunday, there's the jet stream once again just running to the south of us and directing areas of low pressure and rain our way. but just look where this weather front is here, because that is the dividing line between some colder air moving in from the north across parts of scotland, milder weather further south. exactly where that weather front is likely to sit could well pose a few issues because along it, the rain could be heavy and persistent. and if that falls in areas where we've already seen some significant flooding, well, further impacts may well occur. further north, some sunshine, but a cool north wind. further south, it's milder temperatures once again, into the teens. and then beyond that into next week, well, thejet stream is still with us, still feeding in this conveyor belt of areas of low pressure. certainly midweek, that deep area of low pressure could well cause a few issues. but you can see on the outlook there, it is an unsettled picture as we round out the end of october and start november. that's the forecast for now. live from london, this is bbc news. ford and the united auto workers union have reached a tentative deal to end a six—week strike. but still no agreements at gm or stellantis. social—media giant meta reports stellar quarterly results — even as it faces a lawsuit from dozens of us states, accusing it of harming young users. and india wants to bring millets back to the world stage — it's an ancient, gluten—free grain. but can it whet the global appetite? hello if you have just hello if you havejustjoined us, you are very welcome. we are looking at the top business stories. we begin in the us where, after nearly six weeks of costly strike action, the american car giant ford has reached a tentative deal with the united auto workers union. the agreement needs approval from union leaders and is expected to provide a 25% wage hike over a four—year period. uaw has asked striking ford workers to go back to work while the deal undergoes a vote. president biden in a statement praised ford and the union for reaching this deal after what he called a "hard fought, good faith negotiation". general motors and chrysler's parent stellantis are both still negotiating with the unions with workers on strike. joining me now is janet mui — head of market analysis at rbc brewin dolphin this came through in the early