to help free up officers to deal with crime. good evening from jerusalem. for the first time since the war between israel and hamas began, dozens of injured palestinians and more hundreds of foreign nationals have been allowed to leave gaza. they've entered egypt by the rafah crossing on the border, with the injured being treated at field hospitals there. the foreign office says that british nationals will start to be taken out in stages over the coming days. people who've been trapped in gaza for weeks began crossing the borderfrom late morning, after the territory was besieged by israel, after hamas attacked it over three weeks ago. hamas is classed as a terrorist organisation by the uk government. and in northern gaza, there's been another air strike on the jabalia refugee camp, a day after an israeli attack caused heavy casualties at the refugee camp there. our international editor jeremy bowen has our first report which contains material that you may find upsetting. at last, some signs of hope at the rafa crossing between gaza and egypt. some foreign citizens are being allowed to leave for the first time since israel imposed its siege. convoys of aid trucks are moving into gaza, though not nearly as many as the un and aid agencies say are necessary. ambulances went in for the seriously wounded. translation: we face many problems in gaza. the least of which were the shortage of water and electricity. the bigger problem was the bombardment. we were afraid. many families were martyred. the un said gaza civilians were being starved, traumatised and bombed to death. injabalia, where at least 120 people were killed by big israeli air strike, they were looking for signs of life. on the other side of the border wire, israelis are still in shock over the 7th of october attacks. this is a kibbutz directly facing gaza. forthe this is a kibbutz directly facing gaza. for the first time, this lady was back to look and grab a few things, her old hopes of peace with her neighbours in gaza gone forever. stopping anything like this happening again is powering israel�* determination to see this fight through to the end. adele showed me the place where son—in—law saved her three granddaughters, all under the age of ten. tell me what happened here. , here. there, there is their safe room and _ here. there, there is their safe room and there _ here. there, there is their safe room and there is _ here. there, there is their safe room and there is where - here. there, there is their safe room and there is where he - here. there, there is their safe l room and there is where he shot here. there, there is their safe - room and there is where he shot the terrorists. figs room and there is where he shot the terrorists. �* , , , ., , terrorists. as the qubits was under attack, terrorists. as the qubits was under attack. hamas _ terrorists. as the qubits was under attack, hamas radio _ terrorists. as the qubits was under attack, hamas radio messages - terrorists. as the qubits was under. attack, hamas radio messages were intercepted and the israeli army gave us this answer. the fence has been fixed, israel�*s security has not. so there is no doubt there was a lot of complacency about the risks that hamas posed to israel and after the war, there is going to be an inquiry. but even now, the prime minister benjamin netanyahu is under a lot of pressure about his responsibility for the security lapses that led to hamas breaching the border. and as more israeli soldiers die, that pressure will increase. this was the funeral of the 20—year—old killed in combat in gaza. israelis are behind their troops but increasingly, they want to know how so much went wrong. jeremy bowen, bbc news, in southern israel. many families are waiting at the rafah crossing desperate to leave gaza. our special correspondent fergal keane, who is based injerusalem, has been working with freelance journalists in gaza filming for the bbc — to tell their stories. caught in the borderlands, the small space between war and peace. because whatever is ahead has to be better than what is behind them. in this place of the list, the names of the lucky ones. that�*s if luck is having to flee your home. to say goodbye to family left behind under bombardment. mona has an australian passport. she told a bbc colleague of her anguish at leaving family behind. i�*m told a bbc colleague of her anguish at leaving family behind.— at leaving family behind. i'm not ha - at at leaving family behind. i'm not happy at all— at leaving family behind. i'm not happy at all because _ at leaving family behind. i'm not happy at all because i _ at leaving family behind. i'm not happy at all because i am - at leaving family behind. i'm not| happy at all because i am leaving at leaving family behind. i'm not - happy at all because i am leaving my other heart, my brothers and sisters, my whole family is still here. i wish they will all be safe in this place. the situation is terrible there. it is very, very bad. many of those who can�*t get to egypt are crowding into gaza�*s hospitals, believing they might be safe there. they bring their wounded and their questions. translation: their atients questions. translation: their patients ask— questions. translation: their patients ask me _ questions. translation: their patients ask me if _ questions. translation: their patients ask me if they - questions. translation: tue: " patients ask me if they should questions. translation: tte: " patients ask me if they should go to the south but the south is being bombed and the hospitals in the south are crowded, or should they stay in gaza? they asked me if they can stay in hospital here but it is also crowded and we have no place for them. we do not know how we can treat them. we feel sorry for them because we cannot provide them with any services, although the is open. this boy suffers from seizures made worse by the terrors of the war. this is the third time his sister has tried to get him across the border. , , ., ., border. every time the situation, when i believe _ border. every time the situation, when i believe it's _ border. every time the situation, when i believe it's got _ border. every time the situation, when i believe it's got to - border. every time the situation, when i believe it's got to the - when i believe it�*s got to the worst, it keeps getting worse. i don�*t know, it�*s like we are trying to survive. like we are not sure we are going to make it but we are trying to do everything we can to survive because i simply don�*t want to die at 24. we heard tonight they didn�*t make it out. but they will try again tomorrow. they will keep trying. fergal keane, bbc news, jerusalem. the desperation of people trying to leave gaza. our gaza correspondent rushdi abualouf has spent the day at the rafah crossing on the gaza—egypt border and hejoins me now. what have you seen today? yes, i saw a family with bags and they were waiting and waiting. out of the 500, 45 people on the list, 345 people left. so 200 were not able to make it. tonight, they published the list again and they say they will resume at the opening of the crossing again tomorrow and allow those 200 people. they might issue another short list for people because today was the first day. it was chaotic in the morning but manageable. we haven�*t seen any sort of fighting between the people who came on suddenly realised it is not open for everybody, it is just open for people who are on the list and the list was sent by the egyptians, they put it on a wall and everybody should find their name and people at the crossing will check the passport to make sure that their name matches the list and then they were crossed. i was spending all day talking to people there. some of them, they were happy because they are crossing but they are really sad at the same time because they left families behind here and they don�*t know what�*s going to happen to them. but overall, it is significant that the crossing was opened today, not only for the citizens who have dual nationality but for hundreds of people, patients who are waiting in this hospital to be treated outside because the hospital is overwhelmed by the number of people with serious injuries. people with very severe injuries, they are waiting for their turn to go and be treated in egypt. not only the dual national citizens. 0k, not only the dual national citizens. ok, thank you very much, as always. reporting from gaza. that�*s all from the team here injerusalem — on a day where there has been huge relief for a very small number of people allowed out of gaza. but for the vast majority, prevented from going anywhere, the war grinds on. we�*ll have more from here at 10, but for now it�*s back to you in the studio, sophie. thank you. a top civil servant has told the covid inquiry that there wasn�*t one day during the pandemic when the coronavirus rules were properly followed in downing street helen macnamara — the former deputy cabinet secretary also said borisjohnson�*s "breezy confidence" at the time jarred with her and that there had been a toxic, macho culture in government. our political editor chris mason reports. closed... ..empty... ..little moving but the escalators. those bleak memories of 2020. a virus at first distant, then quickly frightening. and a government that was vastly unprepared, as this senior civil servant told downing street at the time. what she said then, read out today by the lawyer questioning her. "i have come through here, to the prime minister�*s office, to tell you all i think we are absolutel, i think this country is heading for a disaster. i think we are going to kill thousands of people." is it right that that�*s an accurate account? yes. it�*s very striking. yes. no doubt, you can still remember that moment of realisation? yes, it was horrible. helen macnamara was herself fined for notjust turning up at a leaving do in westminster when leaving dos were banned, but turning up with a karaoke machine. she reckons in downing street, the covid rules were broken nearly all the time. i would find it hard to pick one day when the regulations were followed properly inside that building. and i know that, because, as i've said in my statement, there was one meeting where we absolutely adhered to the guidance, to the letter, and that was the cabinet meeting. and everybody moaned about it. at the inquiry yesterday, a whatsapp message from dominic cummings, borisjohnson�*s most senior adviser, about helen macnamara, was read out by a lawyer. "we cannot keep dealing with this horrific meltdown of the british state while dodging stilettos from than “ today, this reaction from her. it's disappointing to me that the prime minister didn't pick him up on the use of some of that violent and misogynistic language. she added that a toxic, macho culture led to blind spots on covid policies related to themes such as childcare and domestic abuse. the fact that there were no women contributing to the policy discussions was a problem in itself, because there were some expert women who are not being listened to. and, also, women were being looked over. helen macnamara added that the then health secretary, matt hancock, among others, had nuclear levels of confidence, and he regularly told colleagues things which later turned out to be untrue. mr hancock is expected here to give his own evidence in the coming weeks. chris mason, bbc news. an investigation into a toxic culture within the raf�*s red arrows display team has found that predatory behaviour directed at women in the team was "widespread and normalised". our defence correspondent jontathan beale is here. the report out today, what more can you tell us? tt the report out today, what more can you tell us?— you tell us? it is pretty sober readinu. you tell us? it is pretty sober reading- it — you tell us? it is pretty sober reading. it is _ you tell us? it is pretty sober reading. it is appalling - you tell us? it is pretty soberl reading. it is appalling reading according to the chief of the air staff. what women suffered, unwanted physical contact, men exposing themselves, women treated as property. this behaviour it says was widespread and normalised. not only that, but the men in the squadron often behaved as bystanders, allowing it to happen. part of this problem, the investigation reveals, is they may have thought they were special, mixing with celebrities, vips at air shows, they thought the normal rules did not apply. they were often also fuelled by alcohol, these bad behaviours. what happened? we know two of the pilots in the raf, rememberthere we know two of the pilots in the raf, remember there are only nine, were dismissed. another five individuals have been reprimanded. as i said, the chief of the air staff has said this is appalling reading. he has, he said, change the culture, change the culture in the red arrows. but tonight we also heard from one of the women who made the complaint, "i was sexually harassed in the squadron, i reported it and they turned like a group of rabid dogs to brush it under the carpet." she said it wasn�*t a safe place for women to work. carpet." she said it wasn't a safe place for women to work. jonathan beale, place for women to work. jonathan beale. thank— place for women to work. jonathan beale, thank you. _ there�*s been severe flooding in northern ireland. heavy rain has been battering county down and county armagh. streets in the city of newry were turned into rivers after the city�*s canal burst its banks. tonight large parts of the uk have weather warnings in place as another big storm sweeps in — bringing strong winds and heavy rain. dan johnson reports now from jersey, where there is a red weather warning in place which means a risk to life. south—west six to gale eight, becoming cyclonic, severe gale nine, to violent storm 11. perhaps hurricane force 12 later. the shipping forecast only confirms what people here senses coming. so, in saint helier, they are getting ready. we can deal with heavy rain. rain, high winds. better to be safe than sorry. boats to the island are disrupted. flights have been cancelled tomorrow, that has brought concern about being cut off, and some panic buying. the co—op has drafted in extra staff to keep the shelves are stocked. we are quite used to having disruption with sailing schedules. and during these extreme circumstances, we all muck in as a team. we are from head office, we are quite prepared to help our colleagues in store. they are overreacting. you see, there is no bread at all. it's like the end of the world, isn't it? they take everything. it's quite nerve—racking. i live next to two building sites as well, so the debris that - could fly off, and i'm quite high up as well, so it is _ quite nerve—racking. to say you are not worried is a bit daft, really. but you can�*t do anything about it, so... worried, but what is the point of worrying about something you can�*t change, really? it is already really blustery here, and this is only the start. the winds are expected to build through this evening, into the early hours of tomorrow morning, with a peak here in the channel islands at around 5am or 6am. primarily, this is very much a wind event. we are going to see exceptionally strong winds, reaching storm force to violent storm force 11 tomorrow, with gusts of 90—95 mph. that is exceptionally high. island officials say contingency plans are in place, and a stay—at—home warning is clear. do you think we are talking about a risk to life? there has to be a risk to life, doesn�*t there? hopefully people will take that seriously, and do what they can to avoid it, and only go out if you absolutely have to. that�*s a very, very clear message. schools are closed tomorrow, so are coastal roads. this is likely to be the worst weather the channel islands has seen since the storm of 1987. it has already got a lot windier and a lot wetter here. but it�*s notjust jersey and guernsey that are going to be affected by the storm. it looks like right across the south—west, the south coast, the south—east of england, already conditions are getting a lot worse. there are roads closed and the message is, if you can at all, stay at home tomorrow. travel is going to be hugely disrupted, it is going to be hugely disrupted, it is going to be an awful and potentially dangerous morning early tomorrow. the world�*s richest man, elon musk, says he believes artificial intelligence is one of the biggest threats to humanity. he was speaking at the start of a two—day global conference on al that�*s being hosted by the prime minister at bletchley park, the home of the world war ii codebreakers. the focus is on how to minimise some of the risks posed by the fast developing technology. here�*s our technology editor, zoe kleinman. historic bletchley park was once home to the world war ii codebreakers. no doubt they would have been very interested in what happened in their workplace today. delegates from around the world, including a member of the chinese government and, yup, elon musk, had agreed on one thing by lunchtime — keeping ai safe was the urgent priority. and here we are for the first time, really, in human history with something that�*s going to be far more intelligent than us. it�*s not clear to me we can actually control such a thing, but i think we can aspire to guide it in a direction that�*s beneficial to humanity. the prime minister wants the uk to be a global referee in making sure the tech is developed responsibly. so people should feel reassured that not only are we taking the lead, we really are developing the capability that we're going to need to do all that testing of what these companies are doing, so that we can then make sure that people are kept safe and we get all the benefits of ai that we, of course, need and want. very simply, artificial intelligence is computers working things out in a similar way to the human brain. these tools aren�*t conscious like we are but, like us, they are excellent at spotting patterns. it can be fed huge amounts of information about a particular subject — more books than a human could ever read, more than there are in this entire library. it doesn�*t have to be words. it could be x—rays, or data about the weather. then they are able to identify, at lightning speed, what should come next when prompted, like the answer to a question. generative ai is the type of the tech that produces contents like text, pictures, music and video and makes me look like this. some delegates today feared the ai summit had the wrong focus. i think it�*s important to also ask who is talking about this, this existential threat? because people who actually work with people in communities are not concerned about that. we�*re more concerned about whether ai will deny people pensions. demis hassabis, founder of one of the uk�*s leading ai businesses, google deepmind, says the sector should remain cautious. i don�*t think we should move fast and break things, the typical silicon valley mantra, in this case. i think that has been extraordinarily successful to build massive companies and provide us with lots of great services and applications, but ai�*s too important a technology, i would say, too transformative a technology to do it in that way. i think instead we should be looking at the scientific method and trying to understand each step of the way in a rigorous way. this time last year, few people had even heard of the ai chat bot chatgpt. there will be more dramatic milestones to come. time will tell if the bletchley crowd got it right. zoe kleinman, bbc news. one in ten county councils in england is facing effective bankruptcy — putting vital services at risk. that�*s the warning from the county councils network, which says local government is under pressure because of inflation and rising demand for services. it comes after birmingham city council was forced to dramatically cut spending in september after declaring itself effectively bankrupt. here�*s our political correspondent, alex forsyth. phone rings how are things going today? what�*s happening now? how you feeling? the phones ring constantly in the fostering team at derbyshire county council. there's been issues around school and everything, so just checking to see if you're all right. this is a busy department. demand is rising and there�*s a shortage of foster carers. supporting the county�*s vulnerable children is piling pressure on stretched budgets. at any one point, our team is probably dealing with 100 potential children needing to come into care and we just haven�*t got homes for those children. we absolutely want to try and do the best for our children, really. but there is a limit to that, as well, and obviously that needs to be more funded. so it is sort of, you know, at crisis level at the moment, really. the body that represents county councils, like the one here in derbyshire, says these spiralling costs are pushing some to the brink. one in ten are worried about balancing their budgets this year. other authorities are saying costs of social care and housing are becoming unsustainable. and while councils can�*t technically go bankrupt, they can reach the point where they can�*t spend on anything but the services they have to provide by law. that can mean significant cuts elsewhere. it�*s not all councils, but across england, we�*ve spoken to dozens who say while they�*re not at that point yet, the future looks bleak. hampshire has said its budget�*s stretched to breaking point. windsor and maidenhead is introducing emergency controls on spending. and coventry says local government stands on the precipice of financial disaster, to name just a few. we need to ask tough questions about governance and about decision making and i think what we�*re seeing is more and more, quote unquote, well—run councils telling us that they�*re moving much closer to the edge. if councils fall over, the pressure on the nhs increases massively. the pressure on the police increases massively. these are vital services that people rely on in their day—to—day life. the government points to more than £5 billion of increased funding available this year and says it monitors pressures on all councils and stands ready to talk to any concerned about their financial position, adding that councils are ultimately responsible for the management of their own finances. back in derbyshire, spending on everything — from road maintenance to staff overtime — is under the microscope and could be scaled back. most building materials have gone up by 50%. they need to save £46 million by april. they are scary numbers, yeah, absolutely. thousands of people rely on our services. we�*ve got to be able to keep going here, yeah. we�*ve got to keep the wheels on this wagon. here, they�*re confident they can, but others are warning they�*re running out of road to avoid insolvency. alex forsyth, bbc news. more than 100 soldiers in columbia are searching for the father of the liverpool footballer luis diaz who�*s been abducted. he and his wife were seized by armed men on saturday. his wife has been rescued. last night shejoined a peaceful protest in columbia demanding her husband�*s release. luis diaz is on compassionate leave from liverpool and will miss the game against bournemouth tonight. natalie pirks reports. with her husband�*s face across her t—shirt, the pain of luis diaz�*s mother is palpable. after both were kidnapped at gunpoint at a petrol station this weekend, cilenis diaz was rescued by police. but husband luis manuel, known as mane, was abducted and remains missing. translation: we, as a family, | want our brother to come home. it�*s not easy. it happened in the north—eastern colombian town of barrancas. police have now identified some of those linked to the kidnapping and have sniffer dogs and heat seeking equipment trained on the forest at the nearby border between colombia and venezuela, but they admit luis manuel diaz could have already been smuggled across. his famous son posted a link to the candlelit march on his instagra, saying, "bring your candle to light the light of hope, free him now." he did not play at the weekend after receiving the news but his team—mates ensured he knew he was in their thoughts. putting the shirt up for him, i think that was a nice gesture, that he just knows that we are here for him. colombia has a long history of kidnappings. police have offered a reward of almost £40,000 for information, as a town unites in prayer for their friend�*s safe return. natalie pirks, bbc news. king charles and queen camilla have met kenyan veterans of the second world war on the second day of their state visit. they visited a cemetery in nairobi to honour africans who died fighting for britain in the last century, as our royal correspondent nicholas witchell reports. their sacrifice has sometimes been overlooked — soldiers from africa who lost their lives in the world wars. king charles and queen camilla arrived to pay their respects at a commonwealth war graves commission ceremony on the outskirts of nairobi. waiting to meet them were four veterans of world war ii. former british soldiers who are now in their late 90s, and even older. this is samweli mburia. he is said to have been born in 1906. that makes him 117 years old. close by were medals, sets of medals to replace the decorations these men had to destroy during the mau mau uprising of the 1950s, forfear of being seen as british collaborators. the king and queen laid their wreaths in tribute to the estimated 15,000 soldiers from africa who died in the world wars. the couple made their way around the cemetery — the king tripping, at one point. and then it was time to meet the veterans and present their medals. first, john kavai, aged 101. inaudible no, not at all, not at all... marvellous. and, finally, samweli mburia. i am very, very pleased, if i may say so, to give you those. at 117, possibly the oldest man in the world, the former royal engineer, reunited with his wartime medals. for a bemedalled african soldier, who served britain and survived colonial strife, it was a day, he said, to feel proud. nicholas witchell, bbc news, nairobi. well, the royal state visit to kenya is scheduled to continue until friday. king charles and queen camilla have also been introducing themselves to some of the local wildlife. here they are at the sheldrick elephant orphanage which helps animals who�*ve lost their parents to poachers. the queen seemed very popular amongst the calves. and there was even time for them to meet one of the sanctuary�*s baby rhinos. time for a look at the weather. here�*s darren bett. storm ciaran has been racing across the atlantic. we can see it here. at the atlantic. we can see it here. at the moment it is going through a period of explosive cyclogenesis, pressure falling rapidly, the system are strengthening and the wind is increasing. you can see that swirl of cloud around the storm, an indication of a maturing system. we are seeing wet and windy weather approaching. the rain moves away from scotland, clearer skies in northern ireland, so a risk off ostia. let�*s focus on the wet and windy weather. the strongest windows along southern flank of the storm. —— strongest wind is. quite a small area of southern england covered by the amber warning. stronger wind will push through the channel and arrive on coastal areas in the south—east, during the morning and into tomorrow afternoon. conditions will be worse through the english channel, along the coast of northern france and into the channel islands, with gusts of over 90 mph. very big waves as well. some disruptive weather for southern areas. quite windy across other parts of the uk. not so much for the midlands, many places will see showers and longer spells of rain. we may miss