scotland, northern england and northern ireland. this is how we'll begin sunday morning. some showers feeding in towards the south, but also some sunshine. blustery conditions. that rain perhaps moving further northwards, as we head through the day on sunday. temperatures again generally between ten and 15 degrees celsius for most, but staying very unsettled, possibly turning stormy too through the middle part of next week. bye— bye. this is bbc news. the headlines... a source tells the bbc that negotiations are accelerating to agree on a ceasefire and reach an exchange deal on hostages between hamas and israel. israel's military says it's carried out more air and ground attacks in gaza, hitting dozens of hamas targets and killing a senior commander. a senior un official warns that many more will die in gaza from catastrophic aid shortages — and says aid deliveries so far amount to "nothing more than crumbs". and as regional tensions rise, the us says air strikes it carried out on syrian bases used by iran are not related to the israel—gaza war. just some breaking news coming in the last few minutes, news that gb news has announced the signing of the former prime minister boris johnson as a new presenter. that news just emerging johnson as a new presenter. that newsjust emerging in johnson as a new presenter. that news just emerging in the last little while, adding to the present line—up. of course, so much attention on what borisjohnson has done post—leaving number ten. of course, signed as a journalist for the daily mail, and now the latest development that he is moving to gb news as one of the new presenters. —— news coming in, we will bring you more when we get it. now, let's go to the sports centre with betty. let's start with the cricket world cup, where we've reached the business end of the group stages. pakistan are hoping to rescue their campaign as they take on south africa — who could go top of the table with a win. pakistan won the toss in chennai, chose to bat and finished on 270 all out, babar azam and saud shakeel both scoring 50s. south africa have begun their chase well, with aiden markram approaching 50. they're currently on 136—3. pakistan realistically need to win all of their remaining games to have a chance at reaching the semi—finals. from one world cup to another. the final of the rugby union world cup is tomorrow between south africa and new zealand — while, the bronze medal match between england and argentina takes place later both teams face off between england and argentina takes place later. both teams face off in a repeat of their group stage match — which england won — and will be looking to finish the tournament on a positive. a third place finish for england is likely to be deemed a success, as they started the tournament ranked eighth in the world after a poor run of results and lock maro itoje says motivation in the camp is high. we're competing for third place at this world cup, so there's a lot to be motivated about. i guess from their point of view, we beat them earlier, they'll probably want to turn that around. but it's going to be a great contest. it's two top teams going at it, two good teams, two high—quality teams, two teams coming off the back of a loss, wanting to get it right. to the premier league next, where newcastle united boss eddie howe says there is a "high chance" sandro tonali can play against wolves on saturday despite receiving a ten—month ban from football. the 23—year—old was banned by the italian football federation on thursday for breaching betting rules, but the ban is yet to be approved by governing bodies uefa and fifa. howe says he considers tonali available until the ban is confirmed. we've heard the news, speculation statement, but we haven't had anything from the italian authorities at the moment. so we're sort of in limbo, really, waiting for that official confirmation to come through. yes, i think there is a high chance again that he could be available for us. i still think there are a few things that have to happen before the ban is imposed, so let's see. the premier league weekend gets under way later on friday when crystal palace host top of the table tottenham at selhurst park, where the visitors could go five points clear with a win. and, despite theirfantastic start to the season, spurs manager ange postecoglou is trying to manage the expectations for his players. there is a good reason no manager talks about a title in october because there's a long way to go. irrespective of the noise, every game is hard. we need to be fully focused on that, and from our perspective, the lads have been really good at keeping their eyes firmly on what is next. and to formula one, where lewis hamilton believes all cars should be checked after races following his disqualification from the us grand prix last weekend. the seven—time world champion lost second place in austin due to excessive wear on his car's floor. speaking ahead of this weekend's mexico city grand prix, hamilton insists that more infringments would have come to light if all cars had been checked. i feel like all cars should have been checked, but the likeliness is half of them would have been thrown out. it would have looked worse for the sport. and i think we've got to change it for the future. you can't expect us to race on and do a split race. we have raised in austin for years and never had this issue. england's women are in action later against belgium in the women's nations league. you can read more on that on the bbc sport website. that's all the sport for now. let's return to the middle east and to that development we reported half an hour ago. a source familiar with negotiation has told bbc negotiations are accelerating to agree on a ceasefire and complete an exchange deal between hamas and israel with qatari mediation on hostages. our security correspond a macro is here. we will talk about wider issues first, but you have followed this hostage situation from the start. what do you make reports like that, and actually from what we are hearing from the ambassador for israel? i are hearing from the ambassador for israel? , ., israel? i listened in on the interview _ israel? i listened in on the interview you _ israel? i listened in on the interview you did - israel? i listened in on the interview you did with - israel? i listened in on the interview you did with the | israel? i listened in on the - interview you did with the israeli ambassador and you asked her, could there be an israeli ceasefire? she categorically said no, but that has been one of the conditions in the past for the release of several hostages. this isn'tjust because it would suit hamas to have a pause, militarily and to monetarily, but the logistics of getting a large number of hostages... we have had two pairs out of 230 no about. there's talk about getting up to 50 out. you can't do that under fire. hamas have said, and there's no way of verifying it, but they have said 50 hostages have died in the bombing. they are being held in these tunnels, and the tunnels are not that far underground. they will have collapsed, it is horrific. the logistics of getting these people out, handing them over to the red cross and getting them out of the gaza strip, that will be difficult if not impossible and dangerous to do in the middle of an air strike. that is one of the reasons they are calling for a pause, the mediators. there has been growing talk in the past few days in terms of benjamin netanyahu of hesitation. is this one of the central reasons for not pressing ahead already with the ground water? we saw the troops ready to weeks ago. it is ground water? we saw the troops ready to weeks ago.— ready to weeks ago. it is one of them. there's _ ready to weeks ago. it is one of them. there's no _ ready to weeks ago. it is one of them. there's no question - ready to weeks ago. it is one of i them. there's no question there's ready to weeks ago. it is one of - them. there's no question there's a better chance of getting hostages out alive through mediation, peaceful negotiation. but there is a suspicion on the israeli side hamas is stringing them along, they will release them in drips and drives and keep it going on until world opinion is such israel can't carry out an incursion. that has to be part of the thinking. there are other considerations. the us is wary that if and when the israelis going with a full incursion into gaza, there will be attacks on us bases around the region. the us has bases in every gulf state, iraq, syria, and they've come under drone attacks from militant thought to be backed by iran. they want to get their air defences in position first. they are cautioning the israelis... how will you ended? you don't want to be an army of occupation, but how do you ended? how can you be sure in gaza that you've actually finished off hamas? there needs to be an endgame. all of those questions, he would run gaza after? and those questions are being asked many times, and there hasn't been an answer from israel. in terms of what resort overnight, those raids, what do you think they are trying to achieve there?- are trying to achieve there? these are trying to achieve there? these are what they _ are trying to achieve there? these are what they call _ are trying to achieve there? these are what they call shaping - are what they call shaping operations, preparing the battlefield for if and when they get the order to go in. they can fly satellites and drones, but they need to go in and get eyes on what they will go into, in terms of ambushes, ambush routes, sniping positions. they've gone into nights running to destroy some of those positions, particularly launch pads for anti—tank guided missiles, aimed at taking out israel's tanks. part of it is possibly messaging to the public, we are doing something. there is pressure on benjamin netanyahu and his government, who dropped the ball on october the 7th. they were supposed to be mr security. israelis are pretty worried about their own security. he needs to be showing he is doing something in terms of these raids, that something is cooking. there are growing voices in the west, saying you sure it is a good idea? because the other via is it will bring in hezbollah and attack israel from the northern side and they are fighting a war on two fronts, which could bring in the us and iran.- a war on two fronts, which could bring in the us and iran. thank you for takin: bring in the us and iran. thank you for taking us _ bring in the us and iran. thank you for taking us through, _ bring in the us and iran. thank you for taking us through, and - bring in the us and iran. thank you for taking us through, and we - bring in the us and iran. thank you for taking us through, and we will i for taking us through, and we will be back in a moment or two to talk more about where frank finished there. around the world and across there. around the world and across the uk, you are watching bbc news. bbc news, bringing you different stories from across the uk. parents protesting against the lack of support for children with special needs. logan's the son of one of the protest organisers, he has special needs. his mum has been fighting for more than two years to get him into a specialist school. we have a new school being built. we have another school being built in great yarmouth and i can tell you i could probably fill that school twice over. for lucy and logan, their lives are on hold. the wait for a specialist school place goes on. it willjust have to be the same situation that we're stuck in where he will go to school every day and risk either me getting a phone call that he's been excluded for that day or he will have a good day. and then you start again, and then the next day it's probably an exclusion again. lucy's story is just one of many. there were 100 parents at this protest, but across the region, thousands are struggling with a system that isn't coping. for more stories from across the uk, head to the bbc news website. you're live with bbc news. he urged all states to avoid action that could escalate into a broader conflict. let's talk to a political analyst and former middle east adviser to the pentagon. thank you for bein: adviser to the pentagon. thank you for being here _ adviser to the pentagon. thank you for being here on _ adviser to the pentagon. thank you for being here on bbc _ adviser to the pentagon. thank you for being here on bbc news. - i want to start with your analysis on those strikes overnight. yes. i want to start with your analysis on those strikes overnight. yes, of course. on those strikes overnight. yes, of course- its — on those strikes overnight. yes, of course- as you _ on those strikes overnight. yes, of course. as you know _ on those strikes overnight. yes, of course. as you know iran - on those strikes overnight. yes, of course. as you know iran has - on those strikes overnight. yes, of course. as you know iran has beenj course. as you know iran has been launching these low—level attacks against us interests in the region, in iraq and syria to pressure the americans to reigning israeli actions in gaza. iran sees itself as the defender of the resistance, meaning hamas and hezbollah and other resistant movements. it feels compelled to let the americans know as the self—proclaimed defender of the resistance, it will not stand for a continued israeli action in gaza and potential weakening. of course, as you said, the us is striking back, albeit with very targeted and limited self defence precision strikes. to send a message right back to the iranians to say we won't stand for it, we don't want an escalation but we won't stand idly by as you put our personnel in danger. by as you put our personnel in dancer. ., ., ., ,, ~' by as you put our personnel in dancer. ., ., ., i. ~ ., danger. how far do you think iran wants to go. _ danger. how far do you think iran wants to go, because _ danger. how far do you think iran wants to go, because we - danger. how far do you think iran wants to go, because we saw- danger. how far do you think iran l wants to go, because we saw about ten days ago, those cruise missiles fired from yemen? we've seen the very shell links from hezbollah. in terms of tay run and what they want to achieve here, what are your thoughts on that?— to achieve here, what are your thoughts on that? one can't imagine an of thoughts on that? one can't imagine any of these — thoughts on that? one can't imagine any of these big _ thoughts on that? one can't imagine any of these big countries _ thoughts on that? one can't imagine any of these big countries in - thoughts on that? one can't imagine any of these big countries in the - any of these big countries in the region, these big players actually want an all—out regional war. it doesn't serve iran's purpose. what it does want to do is make sure it protects and maintains its interest in the region and its continued support for its proxies like hamas. you see all of the actors iran and the us and the way they interact trying to strike that delicate balance between showing some force but not too much, not really going toward what could be a miscalculation that condemned a sparking the entire region into a war. it does not serve anyone. as your security correspondent said, it would leave israel weaker and vulnerable, fighting wars on both fronts. , ., ., ., ., fronts. there is a danger of that. it ma fronts. there is a danger of that. it may not _ fronts. there is a danger of that. it may not be _ fronts. there is a danger of that. it may not be a _ fronts. there is a danger of that. it may not be a huge _ fronts. there is a danger of that. it may not be a huge danger, - fronts. there is a danger of that. j it may not be a huge danger, but there is a significant danger of some sort of miscalculation here. {iii some sort of miscalculation here. of course, and there always is. if you remember in 2006 with the israeli hezbollah war, that was based on a miscalculation on hezbollah basis, when they kidnapped the brothers. it wasn't something new. they never would have accepted the israeli response would be what it was. the smith calculation is, the most dangerous thing is notjust they could happen, but no one knows what the one thing is —— the miscalculations. it is a precarious situation, that's why uc the wording from secondary defence lloyd austin was so careful, when he said these were precision strikes, self defence, targeted, we don't want a regional war. this is not what they are looking for.— regional war. this is not what they are looking for. finalthought. how do ou no are looking for. finalthought. how do you go about — are looking for. finalthought. how do you go about the _ are looking for. finalthought. how do you go about the escalating - are looking for. finalthought. how. do you go about the escalating this? that is a really good question, and thatis that is a really good question, and that is probably is the top priority of us diplomacy, of diplomatic efforts in the region, trying to get israel think clearly about what its objectives are and whether they can be achieved through a prolonged ground invasion. ithink be achieved through a prolonged ground invasion. i think that is why, as you said before, you are seeing the delay on the ground invasion as people figure out, where can this go and how can they make sure they are reducing the risk as much as possible. we sure they are reducing the risk as much as possible.— sure they are reducing the risk as much as possible. we have to leave it there, much as possible. we have to leave it there. but — much as possible. we have to leave it there, but thank _ much as possible. we have to leave it there, but thank you _ much as possible. we have to leave it there, but thank you for - much as possible. we have to leave it there, but thank you forjoining i it there, but thank you forjoining us. it there, but thank you for “oining us. . ~' it there, but thank you for “oining us. . ~ , ., let's ta ke let's take a look on the grounds. the death toll in gaza keeps increasing. the ministry of health saying more than 7000 people have died, 40% children. the who says it believes the figures are reliable. you heard it was repeated by president biden questioning those figures. let's talk to a paediatrician who visited gaza and the west bank and the founder of voices social media accounts which is in constant contact with many doctors on the ground. thank you abeing yeah. in terms of those exchanges, what are you hearing about how dire the situation is on the ground? thank ou for situation is on the ground? thank you for having — situation is on the ground? thank you for having me _ situation is on the ground? thank you for having me on _ situation is on the ground? thank you for having me on the - situation is on the ground? t�*isfia; you for having me on the programme. we have been in constant communication. there is a team working for us. we get messages on a daily basis from doctors, surgeons, paramedics, nurses and nursing colleagues. the feeling is there is a real sense of urgency in that the situation is unprecedented. everyday the casualties are piling of, everyday the number of bodies turning up in the hospital doors are unfortunately increasing. and the health care system, which was in the context of 17 years of siege by the israeli government, was pretty much on its knees prior to this escalation. now it has complied, as per the words of the ministry of health. it means one third of hospitals have run out of fuel, they are non—functioning. it the hospitals functioning or short of supplies, if not lost a number of its supplies of medicines. i supplies, if not lost a number of its supplies of medicines.- its supplies of medicines. i was listenin: its supplies of medicines. i was listening to _ its supplies of medicines. i was listening to an _ its supplies of medicines. i was listening to an account - its supplies of medicines. i was listening to an account of - its supplies of medicines. i was listening to an account of one l listening to an account of one doctor in gaza only yesterday, describing how he was doing amputations on children without anaesthetic. are you hearing accounts like that?— anaesthetic. are you hearing accounts like that? ~ �* , , accounts like that? we've been sent unfortunately _ accounts like that? we've been sent unfortunately very _ accounts like that? we've been sent unfortunately very graphic _ accounts like that? we've been sent unfortunately very graphic videos i accounts like that? we've been sent unfortunately very graphic videos of| unfortunately very graphic videos of exact same situation you've described, a child with an open fracture and potential risk of sepsis having to have a traumatic amputation with little to no anaesthetic, with a doctor trying to keep the child calm. this is medieval style medicine. this is what happens when you bombard civilian areas, frankly. people come in these desperate situations, and you don't allow aidan. my understanding is there is only 20 trucks of aid going in. prior to this, 500 trucks were going in. we had one un agency say it was crumbs. in terms of north or south, the doctors you were talking to, how different or similar are the accounts? i different or similar are the accounts?— different or similar are the accounts? ~ , , accounts? i think there is very little difference _ accounts? i think there is very little difference in _ accounts? i think there is very little difference in the - accounts? i think there is very little difference in the sense l accounts? i think there is very i little difference in the sense that the whole of gaza is under bombardment and siege. the biggest issueis bombardment and siege. the biggest issue is thei million displaced palestinian refugees from the north of gaza have gone into the south, and it has overloaded the hospitals. one of the largest hospitals we visited, when we have been, that are struggling. we hear of stories in the south where there are corridors for of hundreds of thousands of people, notjust patients, seeking refuge. we know from the hospital attack, they aren't the safest place. the one thing to note, as you rightly said, almost 3000 children have died, two children every 15 minutes by the current rates. frankly, there needs to be an immediate ceasefire to save lives and prevent further death. there are direct impacts of the war, but there is an indirect impact, dying from malnutrition, infectious diseases, going into the tens of thousands. i don't know how many people need to die before this escalation is violent needs to stop. we die before this escalation is violent needs to stop. we are very crateful violent needs to stop. we are very grateful for _ violent needs to stop. we are very grateful for your _ violent needs to stop. we are very grateful for your time, _ violent needs to stop. we are very grateful for your time, speaking i violent needs to stop. we are very| grateful for your time, speaking to us gratefulfor your time, speaking to us on bbc news. perhaps we will speak again. we will take a pause, a short pause. we are here with all of our correspondence in the region and have more on oui’ our top story. hello. good afternoon. some very autumnal scenes earlier on this morning, particularly across northern and eastern areas of england with some patches of mist and fog, such as here in sheffield. it's now largely lifted and cleared. it won't be quite so much of a problem overnight tonight or indeed for the next few days because the winds are set to pick up. there'll also be some more heavy downpours of rain, generally staying very unsettled. and if we take a look at the rainfall accumulation chart, through the weekend and into monday, you can see the area of most concern again is eastern scotland with another 50 to 100 millimetres of rain, especially over the higher ground. of course, all of this falling on already saturated ground. that rain just feeding through in a constant stream of showers on the south—easterly wind for the rest of today. also some heavy, frequent, even thundery showers across eastern areas of northern ireland could possibly cause some issues here. some showers further south, but also some more sunshine developing from the south by the end of the day. top temperatures 10 to 15 degrees celsius, a little lower than they were yesterday for most. overnight tonight, again, we've got this constant feed of showers into eastern areas of scotland. still some more showers across northern ireland. we'll start to see heavy, more persistent showers start to approach the south coast of england, where also the winds are set to pick up into tomorrow morning. it's mild and it's frost—free as we begin the weekend. now, we look towards the south coast on saturday morning. again, some heavy, thundery showers always likely. some strong, gusty winds of around 50 miles an hour, perhaps, in places. windy, too, across the north of scotland. the rain continues towards the east. heavy, persistent rain approaching the south—west of england and wales by the time we get to the end of the day on saturday. some of that rain likely to be very heavy across south—east england, too. another sign of autumn, the clocks due to go back by one hour on saturday night into sunday. now, as we head through saturday evening, then that rain will gradually push its way further northwards across to southern scotland, northern england and northern ireland. this is how we'll begin sunday morning. some showers feeding in towards the south, but also some sunshine. blustery conditions. that rain perhaps moving further northwards as we head through the day on sunday. temperatures again generally between ten and 15 degrees celsius for most, but staying very unsettled, possibly turning stormy too through the middle part of next week. bye— bye. live from london. this is bbc news. senior un official warns that many more will die in gaza from catastrophic aid shortages and says aid deliveries so far amount to �*nothing more than crumbs'. a source tells the bbc that negotiations are accelerating — to agree on a ceasefire and reach an exchange deal on hostages — between hamas and israel. this is the scene live in gaza where israel's military says it's carried out more air strikes hitting dozens of hamas targets. and in the us, a manhunt enters its third day as police search for a gunman who killed at least 18 people in a mass shooting in maine. divers are searching the river for the gunmen.