the past 12 months have seen a big rise in the number ofjellyfish around the uk coastline. i am of the sea life london aquarium to find out more about these mysterious creatures. and why there has been an increase. good morning. it's friday, the 3rd of november. israel says its army has completely encircled gaza city and is engaged in close combat with hamas fighters. the israeli military says it's targeting hamas infrastructure, including tunnels and rocket launchers, and is minimising civilian deaths. the us secretary of state is due to arrive in israel and his second regional trip since the war began. human rights experts have repeated calls for an immediate ceasefire amid a warning that humanitarian situation in the gaza strip has reached a catastrophic tipping point. joe inwood has this report. israel says it has gaza city surrounded. its ground forces, supported by heavy armour, are pushing into the crowded urban centre of the strip. but no one thinks this will be quick or easy. they are on hamas�* territory. the group put out their own footage showing an attack on an israeli tank. they said they would make gaza a cursed place for israel. caught in the middle are ordinary palestinians. the un human rights office has said so many civilians have been killed and wounded in israeli air strikes, it has serious concerns that these are disproportionate attacks that could be war crimes. israel blames hamas, designated terrorists by many governments, including the uk, saying they are using civilians as human shields. the only way out of gaza is through the rafah crossing into egypt. but that has only opened to a few dozen severely injured palestinians, and a few hundred with foreign passports. susan made it out on her fifth attempt. i'm not even excited to leave gaza because we have so many people that we love and care about, we love and care about. so right now, i'm between ice and fire. i don't know if i'm ever going to be able to see the family that i left behind, or the friends that i left behind. people are dying. for many in israel, the anger over the massacre of october the 7th is undimmed, as is the determination to get back the more than 240 hostages taken by hamas. i have uncles and sisters of my friends. we need them home now. those demands for the release of hostages have the full backing of israel's allies. but there are also increasing calls for israel to minimise harm to ordinary gazans, including from the us secretary of state, as he heads to the region. the united states is committed to making sure everything possible is done to protect civilians. at the same time, we're determined that this conflict not spread, and we'll be talking to both the israeli government and partners in the region about what all of us are doing to prevent that from happening. for now, this war is mostly confined to gaza. as israel's assault continues and the death toll rises, there are growing fears that could soon change. joe inwood, bbc news. our correspondent anna foster is injerusalem for us this morning, the phrase from the israeli military, completed the encirclement of gaza city, talk us through what you understand of this latest phase? well, if you imagine the gaza strip, the length of the gaza strip, and the length of the gaza strip, and the israeli military asked civilians to move to the south of it because the brunt of their fighting is happening in the north around gaza city. the reason they're focusing on gaza city is that is because that is where the majority of hamas are based, some of the most senior leadership is there. the apex of the tunnel network that goes underground as well. that is why there has been so much focus by the israeli military on gaza city. that is why they describe this encirclement, and they describe this encirclement, and they have released pictures of their troops on the ground, doing hand—to—hand combat. they say that they are all of the time striking hamas cells. although more than a million people have moved from the north of the strip to the south, there are still many civilians in that area. we heard yesterday from the un agency for palestinian refugees who said that in the last 24 refugees who said that in the last 2a hours four of their schools turned shelters had been hit in strikes. even as this military operation goes on, there are many palestinian civilians in gaza in the firing line. palestinian civilians in gaza in the firina line. , ., ., firing line. tell us more about the humanitarian _ firing line. tell us more about the humanitarian aid _ firing line. tell us more about the humanitarian aid situation, - firing line. tell us more about the humanitarian aid situation, and i humanitarian aid situation, and about the possibility of more people being able to leave via the rafah crossing? where are we with that? well, it will be the third day today for the rafah crossing being open. we are seeing, slowly and painstakingly, people with foreign passports starting to leave. we are told there are about 7500 who will be processed over the next two weeks. we also heard yesterday of more aid getting in. the palestinian red crescent society said more than 108 trucks come from egypt into gaza yesterday, which would mark an increase. so far we have seen a maximum of 30 or a0 a day. a lot of that will be on the agenda when antony blinken arrives in israel in the next few hours.— antony blinken arrives in israel in the next few hours. thank you. seven minutes past — the next few hours. thank you. seven minutes past six. _ the next few hours. thank you. seven minutes past six. naga, _ the next few hours. thank you. seven minutes past six. naga, tell- the next few hours. thank you. seven minutes past six. naga, tell us - the next few hours. thank you. seven minutes past six. naga, tell us more| minutes past six. naga, tell us more about storm ciaran. yesterday we concentrated on the damage. they are clearing up now. absolutely. also, flood warnings. more than 80 flood warnings remain in place across parts of the uk, after storm ciaran brought heavy rain and strong winds in excess of 100 miles per hour yesterday. hundreds of schools were forced to close and thousands of homes were left without power. sharon barber reports. storm ciaran crashed into southern and south west england and the channel islands, with winds gusting to 100 miles per hour, creating huge waves, and damaging homes and businesses. trees were brought down. this one narrowly missing a home. it fell in a straight line. and there was major travel disruption. thousands saw their power cut and hundreds of schools were closed. injersey, damage to property saw some residents seeking refuge in a hotel. we spent the night moving people and evacuating people from their homes, and moving them into hotels, and giving people some shelter at the parish hall. we're still doing that because fire brigade and various agencies are going into houses and giving professional opinions as to the availability of people moving back in. it's not happening. more of them are being evacuated, even now. in falmouth in cornwall, katie marsh was woken when her roof blew off. i screamed quite loudly. i tried to grab my laptop and my electronics in panic, really. i have a lot of work saved and i'm worried about that. and the fire alarm was blazing. that ripped off the wall. and it was just darkness and wind and rain and screaming. while this was the destruction at a holiday park in the village of burton bradstock on the dorset coast. my wellies are still wet. i had to empty my wellies, that's how bad it was. it got up to my thighs, easy. and that was the surge that didn't move the caravans. and there's more to come, with the met office warning of heavy rain across the uk. we would urge people to remain vigilant. - the weather remains unsettled as we move into the weekend. | so therefore, the risk of flooding does remain, and we're still- very much keeping a close eye on the situation. - a warning that comes as some river levels are already high and the ground saturated. sharon barbour, bbc news. our reporter meghan owen is onjersey for us this morning, following the story yesterday. it was wilder yesterday. i can still see it is very windy. it is the clean up now that is important? morning. yeah, it's nice to talk to you in calmer conditions. as we were driving along the seafront this morning the sea was completely still. it was quite a mill pond. actually, in the dark it's quite easy to forget that actually anything happened. that isjust easy to forget that actually anything happened. that is just not the case. the storm has changed the parts of the island for a very long time. we have had trees uprooted which will take years to plan. we are one of the worst affected housing estates. we should be able to show you some of the pictures of the devastation people woke up to yesterday. homes destroyed by a mini tornado that whipped through in high winds. many of the residents spend the night in hotel accommodation. they don't know when they will get back on. today does not feel normal. the airport remains closed until hopefully later. schools remain shut as well. it still feels like it is going to take a while to get things back to normal. so, for many people there hasn't been a calm after the storm and there probably won't be for quite some time.— storm and there probably won't be for quite some time. thank you for that. vincent mcaviney is in pevensey bay in east sussex for us now. what is it like where you are? good morninu. what is it like where you are? good morning. that's _ what is it like where you are? good morning. that's right. _ what is it like where you are? good morning. that's right. i _ what is it like where you are? good morning. that's right. i am - what is it like where you are? good morning. that's right. i am in - morning. that's right. iam in pevensey bay, just down the coast from eastbourne. it is pretty calm. it is a very soft breeze. you can look out of the sea conditions. it is, that it was yesterday. this is one of the coastal areas which is under a flood alert, which means that flooding is possible, but that is less severe than a flood warning. across england this morning there are 235 flood alerts. and 88 flood warnings. those mean that flooding is expected. the advice today is to check your local weather to see what the conditions are like in your region. and bear in mind that october saw very heavy rainfall. so, a lot of ground was already filled up a lot of ground was already filled up from that, and that could lead to more flooding in parts of the country. yesterday, storm ciaran brought flooding and winds which knocked out power to thousands of homes here in sussex, in devon, in cornwall as well. it saw around 300 schools closed. although there was some structural damage to buildings and trees felled, there was, thankfully, no one killed during this storm. the advice today though, if you are heading out this morning, check with your travel operator. lots of rain disrupted in the south yesterday. also, dine at the port of dover, those boats cancelled yesterday, there is a huge backlog to clear. vincent, good advice. vincent mcavennie. the words richest man, elon musk, says advances in artificial intelligence means that one day people will need to go to work. the owner of x, formerly twitter, joined the prime minister in front of an audience in london last night, following a two—day summit on the future of ai. it isn't a video shared by downing street, the tech billionaire made a prediction about how the job market could look in the future. i think we are seeing the most disruptive force in history here. we have, we will have for the first time, something that is smarter than the smartest human. and that, i mean, it's hard to say exactly what that moment is, but there will come a point where nojob is needed. you can have a job if you wanted to have a job for personal satisfaction. but the ai will do everything. an inquest into the death of an ice hockey player who died following an incident on saturday, is due to open in sheffield. nottingham panthers player adam johnson was pronounced dead in hospital after his neck was fatally cut by a skate during an ice hockey game. police said the investigation is likely to take some time. the disgraced american tycoon sam franklin breed has been found guilty of fraud and money—laundering. the of fraud and money-laundering. the 31-year-old — of fraud and money—laundering. the 31—year—old who is thought to be worth about £31 billion was arrested when two of his companies collapsed last year. he now faces decades in prison. a woman suspected of killing her former in—laws and another woman by feeding them poisonous mushrooms at a family lunch has appeared in court in australia. erin patterson faces three counts of murder and five of attempted murder. simon atkinson is outside latrobe valley magistrates court in morwell, south—eastern victoria. this is a remarkable case. what more do we know about her appearance? it really is. i am outside the house now where erin patterson was arrested yesterday. she was taken away, eventually charged, and spend the night in a police cell. then she made the court appearance. the key things we learned, couple of things. one, that of the police, when they carried out their raid here, they took away so much evidence, they have told the court they need at least three to four months to go through it before they are in any position to proceed. that means it is going to be made next year until she is back in court. until then, she is back in court. until then, she will stay in custody. —— may next year. the charges of attempted murder, four of those, we know now, related to her former husband. and one of them was in that lunch with all the other cases in this house, but three others were historic. times where it is alleged she tried to poison him over the past few years. lots more details coming out. we don't expect a great deal more now until she is back in court, but as you can see behind me, the investigation is still in full swing. thank you. simon atkinson in victoria. on the third day of their state visit to kenya, king charles and queen camilla have marked britain's close defence cooperation with the country through a number of engagements. their royal highnesses visited a naval base and watched kenyan marines carrying out training exercise in the port city mombosa. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell reports. variety is always a feature of royal visits, and the military component is generally a strong one. on a beach near kenya's second city, mombasa, the kenyan marine corps demonstrated what was described as a covert beach landing. not that there was anything terribly covert once they'd got ashore. watching from a distance, king charles, captain general of britain's royal marines, who trained the kenyans, and queen camilla. colourful welcomes also tend to feature strongly on these tours. and then there are the events which address the king's long standing interests. the fact that he's now on the throne rather than heir to the throne, has curtailed his freedom to canvass on issues that matter to him. but on anything to do with the environment, his interest is undiminished. and here, people are trying to save the coral reef. the king was shown ways in which local people are encouraging the coral to grow again, after the damaging impact of pollution and the uncontrolled collection of coral. concrete blocks and other structures are fitted with fragments of coral, which will help the reef to regenerate. and then on a beach on the edge of the indian ocean, the king gave the signal to float one of the blocks with its coralfragments out to the reef and to sink it. one small gesture, among many others, taken with royal approval to protect the natural environment. nicholas witchell, bbc news, mombasa. the time now is just coming the time now isjust coming up the time now is just coming up to 18 minutes past six. time to chat to match about the weather. as we were hearing, a lot of people reeling from the events of yesterday and those flooding problems not going away? no, exactly. the impact will keep going for a lot longer yet. but while there is no severe weather in the forecast like we had yesterday, the forecast like we had yesterday, the weather is still going to have some further impacts in the days ahead because we are going to see further downpours. today, a respite for many. some will stay dry with sunny spells. others, they will be occasional showers and downpours. every drop of rain not particularly helpful in some parts of the country. the wind is not as strong. some of the longer spells of rain today will be found in the north and east of scotland. rainfall totals will ta rted east of scotland. rainfall totals will tarted up around moray in particular. a few showers elsewhere. a bit of frost to the south of northern ireland where skies are clearest. the showers will be few and far between to begin with. but they will become more abundant as we go through the day. some spreading eastwards. most of you will spend the day drier. breezy in the channel islands. some of the strongest winds will be to the north—east coast of scotland. that will help pushing a speu scotland. that will help pushing a spell of longer rain in the north—east. as far as sutherland down towards fife in the afternoon. for a west of scotland, showers, dry and bright weather. temperatures where they should be at this time of the year. heavy rain in western england and wales. as we go through tonight, that is the next concern. we are going to see the wind picked up we are going to see the wind picked up in the south—west. gales later on. more persistent rain will sweep in affecting parts of england and where is tomorrow. details later on. thank you. let's take a look at today's papers. the daily telegraph reports on the artificial intelligence summit held at bletchley park, during which prime minister rishi sunak interviewed billionaire x and tesla owner elon musk, who told the pm that technology will do everything in the future, and that people would only need to work if they want to for personal satisfaction. the times focusses on new energy rules which it says have failed to stop debt agents getting warrants to force—fit pre—payment meters in the homes of mothers with young children. "the grin reaper" is the headline in the mirror. the paper reports on comments made by former nhs england chief executive, sir simon stevens, at the covid inquiry, who said that former health secretary matt hancock wanted to decide who should live and die if the nhs was overwhelmed during the pandemic. the metro devotes its entire front page to "the wrath of storm ciaran". the paper says britain took a hammering in ioomph winds, which left 127,000 homes without power. lots of the newspapers also carry dramatic images from storm ciaran. this picture was taken in west bay in dorset showing huge waves crashing onto the beach and cliffs. we can show you a picture taken in west bay in dorset which shows huge waves crashing onto the beach and cliff. we have seen very similar pictures across many of the front pages, actually. there is one in the guardian, teignmouth in devon, the waves crashing on. you see the size of this. a person standing probably a little bit too close. you always think the same thing. don't be there. go somewhere else. 6:21am. mike, good morning. we've got a rather interesting story that is going to kind of resonate with lots of people. yeah, hopefully a story of inspiration and putting the condition of brain cancer in some sort of context. lots of families going through this, because it can suddenly affect you. but it can also be, as we are going to find out, a condition that dominic matteo has had since he was a child. unbeli