good afternoon. and we start with a developing story this lunchtime: police in the us state of maine are hunting a gunman after a mass shooting that's left at least 16 people dead — and dozens injured. police are warning that robert card, a ao—year—old army reservist, is at large, armed and dangerous. it's the deadliest such attack in the united states this year. the shooting happened in lewiston, a small city of about 38,000 people, which is now in lockdown — businesses have been told to close and people to stay at home. 0ur correspondent simon jones has the latest. running for safety after the latest mass shooting in the us. a bowling alley and a restaurant targeted last night, full of families. 0ne mother said she had to lay on top of her daughter to protect her from the bullets. another person spoke of the panic at the bowling alley. just a normal night of bowling and i don't know where hejust came in, there was a loud pop. ijust put it down the lane and i slid basically into where the pins are and climbed up in the machine and was on top of the machines for about ten minutes until the cops got there. a huge manhunt is under way for the gunman as lewiston is placed under lockdown. the authorities are speaking of mass casualties. they have released these pictures of a man they are urgently trying to trace. he remains at large. they have named robert card as a person of interest. he's a0 and a firearms instructor who was trained by the us military. card is considered armed and dangerous. he is a person of interest however and that's what we'll label him at moving forward, until that changes. if people see him they should not approach card or make contact with him in any way. the shelter in place order that currently stands in lewiston remains. a vehicle which was a vehicle of interest in this incident was located in lisbon and we are now also asking residents in lisbon to shelter in place. hundreds of officers are on the streets to search for the gunman and to protect the community. the injured have been taken to this hospital. police forced to place it under armed guard, a sign of the continuing threat. a centre has been set up in a neighbouring city to try to reunite families who have been separated in the chaos the gunman caused. not everyone will be reunited. a significant amount of shock going on with people that were actually witnesses. 0bviously when i was bringing people in that were looking for their loved ones, there is fear, there is panic. of course there is worry, understandable, but the people that were actually there tonight, it was what i didn't hear, they... its shock, it's hard for me to explain. our top stories this morning, police are searching for the gunman who shot and killed... once again the us networks are reporting multiple deaths caused by a lone gunman. there have been around 500 mass shootings in america this year. the white house said president biden is being kept up—to—date with events in lewiston. the city's mayor said... "i'm heartbroken for our city and our people. "lewiston is known for our strength and our grit and we will need both "in the days to come." simon jones, bbc news. 0ur correspondent david willis joins me now from washington. david, a huge manhunt under way. what more can you tell us about this man they're for, the police, robert card? $5 man they're for, the police, robert card? �* , man they're for, the police, robert card? ~ , ., card? as you mention, police have identified a — card? as you mention, police have identified a 40-year-old _ card? as you mention, police have identified a 40-year-old robert i card? as you mention, police have l identified a 40-year-old robert card identified a ao—year—old robert card as a person of interest, as they put it. he is an army reservist and he is a certified firearms instructor. he was known by local law enforcement officers to be suffering, we are told, from mental health issues. he is deemed armed and extremely dangerous by officials, as you just reported. a massive manhunt is under way involving hundreds of police offices, schools have been closed and people have been advised to stay indoors. this is already the deadliest mass shootings so far this yearin deadliest mass shootings so far this year in the united states of the more than 500 that have already taken place. a mass shooting is defined as one in which four or more people are killed or wounded. gun violence is alarmingly common in this country, of course. a country where there are more guns than people but attempts to tighten the gun control laws here are invariably stymied by republicans, who cite the constitutional right to bear arms. david, thank you very much. david willis in washington. now to our other main story this lunchtime: the latest on the conflict in the middle east, after israel carried out a what it called a �*targetted raid' in northern gaza overnight, using tanks. let'sjoin our chief international correspondent, lyse doucet, in jerusalem. lyse. the israeli army says it carried out a significant incursion into gaza overnight to attack hamas positions there. it released video showing tanks and armoured bulldozers crossing the perimeterfence in a raid — it said — to prepare for the next stages of combat. targets are said to have included anti—tank missile launch posts, before troops returned to israel. hamas is listed as a terrorist organisation by many western governments, including the uk's. it's still not clear when the expected ground invasion of gaza is likely to take place, as the humanitarian crisis in gaza continues. the hamas—run health ministry in gaza says more than 7,000 people have been killed since seven october, as israel continues air strikes. more than 1,400 people were killed in the initial attacks on israel by hamas, and israel says more than 220 people are still being held hostage in gaza. our first report is from our middle east correspondent, tom bateman. in the dead of night, israeli tanks entered in northern gaza. a targeted raid, says the military, to prepare the battleground. then the troops come back into israel. they are trying to put maximum pressure on hamas. translation: gaza idf troops commanded by l the givati brigade and other troops from the i62nd division have conducted a limited ground raid using tanks on northern territory on the gaza strip. the troops have killed terrorists and destroyed hamas infrastructure. the raid is part of our preparation for the war�*s next stages. meanwhile in the depths of gaza's blackout, paramedics rush to save lives. the israeli bombardment is relentless. 0nly torches and lamps are left to light up the deadly aftermath. even the youngest survivors face the stark realities of the israeli siege. a third of hospitals are shut down. stocks of medicines are desperately low. israel says it won't let up without the release of its hostages. now space is running out even to store the dead. more funerals took place this morning in khan younis, the southern town to where many fled after israel's evacuation order for the north. the israeli army vows to target hamas wherever it operates, but for palestinians nowhere is safe. translation: why did _ a one-year-old become a terrorist? why would a one—year—old be targeted? they haven't even lived yet. they haven't even said the word, dad, or know theirfather�*s names. yet for them to become martyrs. children who are seven or four days old were killed. why? while in israel the agony goes on for the families of more than 220 people being held hostage by hamas. one of the captives, a young boy, should be celebrating his 12th birthday today. the pressure is intense on the israeli leadership to do more about the issue of the hostages and that is where hamas has leverage over this situation. so the israeli government is trying to show that its troops are ready at a minute's notice to go in, so we saw those pictures, for example, earlier this morning, but the fact is once that attack happens it could derail all the diplomacy around getting the captives out. israel's leaders want to show that their troops, seen here training, are ready to go into gaza, but much more that will determine that decision is happening well out of sight. tom bateman, bbc news, jerusalem. the pain of guards and civilians on the horror of october the 7th lives on. and authorities are still trying to identify victims of the attack by hamas — some so badly burned that it has proved hugely difficult. and then there are those who were not murdered — young and old taken hostage and still held in captivity. they include israelis as well as many other nationalities. 0ur correspondent wyre davies has spoken to one family whose lives have been turned upside down. 0had is very, very, very smart. he's a gifted child. he's very good at everything he does since he was born. 0snat misses her younger cousin very much. a popular and talented little boy, full of curiosity about the world. a world that has come crashing down on 0had, sirens. 0n the morning of october the 7th, 0snat and her own children were hiding in a tel aviv bomb shelter after a rocket warning. but this time it was different, much bigger. i had to like drag them from the shelter and to tell them, it's ok, it's finished. it's finished. it was nothing compared to what i discovered when i came to my mother. in the chaos that followed, 0snat heard that the broader community founded by her parents 60 years earlier, was under heavy attack. hamas gunmen running riot, shooting indiscriminately, burning houses and taking hostages from kibbutz nir 0z back to gaza. imagine yourself, you're sitting in your home, like you did nothing to no one. and people, the most... the worst kind of people break into your house, take you out of your house and kidnap you. 0ne cousin was killed in the attack, but 0had and his mother were abducted to gaza by hamas. this week was his ninth birthday, marked by his friends in the tribute video, but the family say celebrations must wait until 0had is home. for the first time since october the 7th, some encouraging news for the family this week, when hamas released two elderly women abducted from nir 0z. they'd been kept with others from their kibbutz, but not 0had, nor his mother. the survivors all around the country are shattered, broken, finished people. i don't know how many of them will be able to to get better again. and they've been through hell. 0snad's daughter, who was too frightened to leave the tel aviv bunker, models clay with messages of peace to help her cope. she can't talk about her experiences, nor can she imagine what herfriend 0had is going through. young lives forever changed by war. wyre davies, bbc news, jerusalem. that is how it looks now, day 20 of the israel gaza war as families of those taken hostage weight with huge agony for news that their loved ones will come home. and agony for those in gaza, hundreds of thousands of displaced people where all life—saving aid is now running out. last night at the un security council there were two proposals to try to agree either a humanitarian cause or humanitarian ceasefire to let the desperately needed aid enter. both proposals were not approved and in a few hours the un general assembly will meet to discuss the deteriorating situation. we will continue to keep an eye on the developments, but now back to london. thank you, lyse. the government is facing legal action after it excuded some health workers from a one of bonus payment. health workers from a one off bonus payment. the lump sum of at least £1700 was part of a pay deal for more than a million nhs staff in england this year. but thousands of staff who are outsourced, such as community nurses and physiotherapists, will not get that bonus because they not directly employed by the nhs. here's our health editor hugh pym. julie is a physiotherapist working for a community health provider in surrey and she wears an nhs badge. alison, it'sjulie. i'm just coming in. here, she visits alison, who has a lung condition, to carry out tests and check her oxygen intake. 0k, and are you using the canisters at a higher level than the concentrator? i use it at five. five litres if i'm walking around. julie used to work directly for the nhs, but the local contract since been transferred to a non—profit making independent employer. she's on the same pay and conditions deal as before. but she's one of thousands who've missed out on a special extra payment to nhs staff. i feel completely demoralised. i'm totally demoralized. our team worked throughout the pandemic. we worked incredibly hard. we were treating patients in the community trying to keep them out of hospital. we worked tirelessly, we're nhs when we're working with the nhs patients and then for this, suddenly we're not nhs. i don't understand how it suddenly doesn't count. the pay deal in england involved a 5% wage rise for many nhs staff and a one—off lump sum payment, ranging from nearly £1,700 tojust under £3,800. and that payment is not now some employers are planning legal action. we're prepared to go to the courts to ensure that these staff get what they deserve, to get the government to recognise that they've wrongly ignored a group of staff delivering key nhs services. and julie has her own message for ministers. i would like the government to recognise that we worked as hard as everybody else, that we are in the nhs. some other health workers are also affected and have been lobbying the government. the department of health said the work of all staff was valued and they were considering the position on funding payments for those in non—nhs organisations. hugh's with me now. will this end up and court and how will it be resolved? it's looking very possible. the employers have launched a so—called judicial review proceedings and i prepared to go all the way to get to court if there isn't a hearing if there isn't a compromise. they are very concerned for their staff who have missed out on this payment including julie, but also their own finances because they are outsourced organisations, often not for profit, and have to find it from their own coffers and many say they can't afford it and point out the deal was funded by the government for nhs staff including the lump sum payment. the department of health is saying this was a deal that was all agreed with unions and that seemed to be adequate at the time, but are now i think acknowledging that for tens of thousands of workers are prepared to reconsider and take a look, but it could cost £40 million or £50 million. that doesn't sound a lot in the context of £150 billion budget for health in england but it has to be found somewhere so i think this will rumble on for a little while yet. employers are pointing out they don't want to lose staff at this critical moment. hugh . m, staff at this critical moment. hugh pym. thank _ staff at this critical moment. hugh pym. thank you. _ staff at this critical moment. hugh pym, thank you, our _ staff at this critical moment. hugh pym, thank you, our health - staff at this critical moment. hugh pym, thank you, our health editor. the time is 1.19. our top story this afternoon... a manhunt is under way in the united states for a gunman who shot dead at least 16 people in america's deadliest mass shooting this year. still to come. match against sri lanka. coming up on bbc news, — sarina wiegman's lionesses prepare to return to action against belgium in the women's nations league as they aim to top their nations league group to remain in contention for next year's olympic games in paris. a charter flight bringing afghan refugees who've been stranded in pakistan to the uk will arrive here this afternoon. thousands of people who worked with or for the british government in afghanistan and then fled the taliban are still waiting to be relocated in the uk. pakistan has ordered all unregistered afghan refugees to leave the country by the 1st of november or face repatriation. 0ur pakistan correspondent, caroline davies is in islamabad. this is the first of 12 chartered flights we understand that will go from pakistan to the uk between now and mid december. there are over 3000 afghan refugees that are on these relocation programmes. the ones we spoke to today thought this was hopeful news but many still haven't heard what it means for them, so still some worry and confusion. life in a hotel room, no legal right to work or go to school. for months, afghan refugees, including translators for the british army and their families, translators for the british army and theirfamilies, have waited here translators for the british army and their families, have waited here to be sent to the uk. frustrated, some feel forgotten will stop i be sent to the uk. frustrated, some feel forgotten will stop— feel forgotten will stop i stood by them side by _ feel forgotten will stop i stood by them side by side, _ feel forgotten will stop i stood by them side by side, shoulder - feel forgotten will stop i stood by them side by side, shoulder to i them side by side, shoulder to shoulder. i don't know what the british government is doing with us. they left us behind years ago. if you go back we will be out even more risk than _ you go back we will be out even more risk than before. before we left afghanistan if our lives were at 50% danger, _ afghanistan if our lives were at 50% danger, now they are in 100% danger. three _ danger, now they are in 100% danger. three weeks_ danger, now they are in 100% danger. three weeks ago, pakistan's government said it will deport all illegal migrants starting on the 1st of november. many on the uk scheme's pakistan visas have expired. the question is how will the pakistan authorities treat them. what will happen to the individuals that waiting for relocation to other countries, like the uk, whose visas have expired? we countries, like the uk, whose visas have mired?— countries, like the uk, whose visas have expired? countries, like the uk, whose visas have exired? ~ ., �* ., have expired? we don't hand them, we are not going — have expired? we don't hand them, we are not going to — have expired? we don't hand them, we are not going to hand _ have expired? we don't hand them, we are not going to hand them, _ have expired? we don't hand them, we are not going to hand them, we - are not going to hand them, we know where they are staying, we have all the lists, so we will be facilitating them. 50 heard the pakistan authorities�* interpretation of what they say the risk is but we know because we've seen risk assessments from the british government that they think that people whose visas have expired that people whose visas have expired that i meant to be relocated are at risk of deportation. documents released in the uk court show that the uk authorities are not sure what will happen if many people on the programme are frequently detained after the 1st of november. today, the first chartered flight for months took off from pakistan for london. more are planned. i months took off from pakistan for london. more are planned.- london. more are planned. i also have a kind _ london. more are planned. i also have a kind of _ london. more are planned. i also have a kind of mixed _ london. more are planned. i also have a kind of mixed feeling. - london. more are planned. i also have a kind of mixed feeling. but man on have a kind of mixed feeling. but many on the _ have a kind of mixed feeling. but many on the scheme say they are still in the dark. i’m many on the scheme say they are still in the dark.— still in the dark. i'm worried and concerned _ still in the dark. i'm worried and concerned about _ still in the dark. i'm worried and concerned about myself- still in the dark. i'm worried and concerned about myself as - concerned about myself as i still haven't received my uk visa, so i really don't know if i will be on one of those flights. the uk government _ one of those flights. the uk government has said - one of those flights. the uk government has said it - government has said it continues to honour its commitments to bring eligible afghans to the uk but they haven't said when the thousands in pakistan will leave and so they wait and worry. caroline davies, bbc news, islamabad. the prime minister rishi sunak says the uk will set up the world's first artificial intelligence safety institute to look at the risks of ai. speaking in london this morning, he said he didn't want to be alarmist, but the technology could be exploited by terrorist groups or criminals. it will carefully examine, evaluate and test new types of ai so that we understand what each new model is capable of, exploring all the risks from social harm like bias and misinformation, through to the most extreme risks of all. the british people should have peace of mind that we are developing the most advanced protections for al of any country in the world. the prime minister this morning. our technology editor zoe kleinman is with me now. people are generally quite confused about prime minister is trying to do is to guide people this effect on jobs that people have always adapted to it and he's also hoping that uk led initiatives like the ayite safety institute can keep the ayite safety institute can keep the more existential really scary threats at bay. i guess the question is whether either of those things can keep up with this technology because it's evolving and developing so very fast. because it's evolving and developing so very fast-— so very fast. thank you very much indeed, so very fast. thank you very much indeed. zoe _ so very fast. thank you very much indeed. zoe- _ cricket, and england are struggling against sri lanka in their crucial world cup game in india. the defending champions, who have lost three of their first four games in the tournament so far, need a win today if they are to stay in contention to reach the semi—finals. but they were all out forjust 156 runs. 0lly foster watched the action. from ahmadabad, dharamsala, delhi, mumbai and now bengaluru, england have been discovering india and a lot about themselves, but they are not a patch on the side that won the world cup four years ago. first ball, jonny bairstow, not a bat on that but even more pad. —— a lot of bat on that. should have been out had sri lanka appealed or reviewed. a reprieve. they looked to capitalise. dawid malan accelerated, that was one for the cameras, but so was this one, beaten by angelo mathews, was there a nick? another look showed there was. no review needed for this, joe root has never felt further away from home. it's worth pointing out that england had chosen to bat first, decision—making and execution has been muddled. this was bairstow holding out. some calm was needed from the captainjos buttler, no joy there either and more wickets followed. ben stokes came out of white ball retirement for moments like this. he top scored, but 43 runs wasn't nearly enough. a massive wicket for sri lanka. when he went, so did all realistic hope. of course they can turn this match around, but yet again they are there for the taking, stumped and sliding out of this world cup. that's the end of the england innings. 0lly foster, bbc news. it's been a symbol of remembrance for more than a century, but for the first time in decades the poppy has undergone a bit of a re—design. there is hope you the poppies made by men wounded in the poppies made by men wounded in the last and present walls. the poppy was first produced in 1921 and made of silk, while the current british legion design has been around for 28 years. today, a brand new entirely plastic—free version was unveiled. it's made from recyclable paper, with about 50% from discarded coffee cups. the charity says the new poppies will be available alongside remaining stocks of the current poppy, to reduce any waste. last year's appeal helped more than 27,000 people in the armed forces community. now, how about this for an example of pulp fiction? the british artist david shrigley has pulped thousands of copies of the bestselling novel the da vinci code, and turned them into limited editions of george 0rwell�*s dystopian classic, 1984. but why, and what is he trying to say? here's colin paterson. more than 6,000 copies of the da vinci code, one of the best—selling books of the century, being pulped in the name of art. this is a story which begins back in 2017, in an 0xfam shop in swansea. around that time there was one particular donation that we were getting kind of a little more than we could use, which was the da vinci code, because it's such a massive bestseller. made this pile of da vinci codes by the counter, which said, "yeah, you could give us another da vinci code, but to be honest, we'd rather have your vinyl." the sign went viral and caught the eye of the turner prize—nominated artist david shrigley. so that sparked my imagination in the sense that i was like, i want those. i don't know why, but i want them. it's not the right size. his team began to search. well, originally we just went around charity shops and then quite quickly we realised that wasn't the best way of doing it, because we were getting two or three at a time and it would probably take about 100 years. da vinci code, original cover. we made inquiries and there is a recycling place where all the unwanted books go and they had an almost limitless number. with the help of the plant in oxford, david shrigley now had 6,000 da vinci codes. but what to do with them? i read 1984 again, having read it years ago. i realized that george orwell had died in 1950 and so it was coming up for 70 years since his death, which, as you probably know, means that all of his work's in the public domain. so it means anyone can publish. so the da vinci codes were pulped and turned into paper that became 1,200 copies of 1984. each unique — and the twist? they're to be sold in the same shop where the original sign went up. and you can see the spine that we've designed. the price, £495 for each book, with a proportion of the proceeds going to 0xfam. and there is already another book the shop is close to turning away. probably what it is at the moment is the richard 0sman series, you know, the thursday murder club stuff. david shrigley promises that he will not be collecting them. colin paterson, bbc news, swansea. he had to tell us the story of the weather is elizabeth. it's been wet across central and eastern areas of england and particularly eastern scotland, there's been more rain across aberdeenshire this morning. not a lot is set to change as we head through the end of the month. it's going to stay very unsettled, there could be heavy, thundery showers, particularly wet for eastern scotla nd particularly wet for eastern scotland and if we took a look at the rainfall accumulation chart you can see the bright colours start to appear again across eastern scotland, so here we could see as much as 50—100 millimetres of rain by the time we get to sunday especially over higher ground and the ground is already