Last 48 hours. Thats as a second red weather alert is issued in some parts of the uk. With more details on the weather, heres alex. Further heavy rain today is expected to cause more flooding problems in eastern scotland. We do have a met Office Red Warning in place. Join me later for a full forecast. The latest on storm babet and the prospects where you are for this weekend and aidan magee is here with your latest sport. Yes, good morning. Yes, good morning. New zealand awaits in the Rugby World Cup final for england. If they can spring a surprise against the springboks in and in the in paris tonight and in the premier league we look ahead to derby. Derby day. Aiden. You. Good aiden. Thank you. Good morning. Im Stephen Dixon and im anne diamond and this is breakfast on. Gb news. Well breakfast on. Gb news. Well straight to the middle east this morning because israels confirmed that two american hostages who were held by hamas have been released there. Judith and natalie rhiannon, and
We have a duty, a duty to Work Together to prevent instability from engulfing the region and claiming yet more lives. We must Work Together to lives. We must Work Together to prevent the tragic situation in gaza becoming a regional conflict, gaza becoming a regional conflict , because that gaza becoming a regional conflict, because that is exactly what hamas wants. Exactly what hamas wants. The trucks carrying aid have reached southern gaza. Its reached southern gaza. Its after the rafah crossing on the border with egypt was opened for the first time in two weeks. Israel imposed a blockade preventing the delivery of food , preventing the delivery of food, water and fuel. After the hamas terror attack. The group says todays delivery wont be enough todays delivery wont be enough to change the catastrophic medical conditions on the strip in cairo. The un secretary general, antonio guterres, told the peace summit palestinians need more help. Trucks on one side, empty stomachs on the other.
Bbc has had a terrible week in terms of its coverage of israel weve asking is the bbc biased against israel and well be speaking to roger bolton, the former bbc man, to get his take on whether or not the bbc is indeed biased. And of course, we indeed biased. And of course, we want to hear what you think about all of these stories and anything else thats concerning you. So anything else thats concerning you. So us. Joining the you. So email us. Joining the conversation , conversation, gbviews gbnews. Com. But before all of that, we get stuck into all of that, we get stuck into all of that, we get stuck into all of those things. Heres the latest headlines with the wonderful sophia. Wonderful sophia. Good morning. Its 10 01. Wonderful sophia. Good morning. Its10 01. Im sophia wenzler in the newsroom. Sophia wenzler in the newsroom. Aid has started flowing into gaza with the foreign secretary James Cleverly describing it as a lifeline for palestinians. The a lifeline for palestinians. The
Meeting the countrys president , rishi sunak said palestinians are also victims of hamas and expressed his condolences for the loss of lives. He also the loss of lives. He also stressed the importance of opening a safe corridor to gaza. Opening a safe corridor to gaza. Now one thing we have prioritised, consisting is getting the rafah crossing opening. Its been a feature of opening. Its been a feature of all my conversations and im very pleased that that will now imminently happen. Announced imminently happen. We announced an increase in our funding for humanitarian aid into the region and when i met with president sisi earlier today , he and i had sisi earlier today, he and i had a good discussion about how the uk can provide practical assistance the ground to assistance s on the ground to ensure the sustainability of that through the crossing to that aid through the crossing to the it. The people who need it. Well, back here, sir keir starmer says former tory voters have put their tr