live from london. this is bbc news. as the situation remains desperate to rafah, american, egyptian israeli and qatari officials meet in cairo to discuss a cease—fire and hostage deal. tributes flooding for dj steve wright, who died at the age of 69. more trouble �* party more trouble for the labour party for its handling of remarks its for its handling of remarks by its rochdale by election candidate.

hello, i'm samantha simmonds, welcome to the daily global, where we'll bring you the top stories from around the world. the united nations says israel has not provided details of any plan to evacuate palestinians ahead of a possible ground offensive on rafah, the southernmost city in gaza. it comes after an israeli government spokesman called for un agencies to — in his words — co—operate with its efforts to evacuate civilians from a war—zone. meanwhile, egyptian media reoprts that a meeting between senior intelligence officials from the us, egypt and israel — along with the qatari prime minister — is under way in cairo, in a fresh attempt to organise a ceasefire. our correspondent nick beake is following the story from jerusalem — i spoke to him a little earlier for the latest on the talks. these are talks that are taking place behind closed doors. and if you look at the line—up

of people who are there, you've got spy chiefs from america, from israel, meeting officials from qatar and egypt. so bearing in mind these are people who are normally operating in the shadows, in secrecy, it may be no surprise that there hasn't been any sort of significant leak in terms of what is being discussed and what may have been agreed upon or disagreed on. however, we have heard from america's national security spokesperson in the past half an hour or so and he said that the talks are constructive and moving in the right direction. bear in mind, though, america last week was saying that it thought there was room for manoeuvre and some sort of space for a deal. at the same time the prime minister here, benjamin netanyahu, was calling hamas�*s demands delusional. so i think we have to wait and see what happens next. ishould mention, though, that the bbc has heard from someone familiar with the talks and they say that hamas will be turning up to these talks in cairo. representatives from hamas either tomorrow or the day after, so, yes, a dreadful picture in gaza, but that sort of political negotiatio

continuous. what are you hearing about military operations in rafah. what is expected as i mentioned a moment ago, an israeli spokesperson is called on you and agencies to help move people away from that area. , ~' area. yes, well, i think the israelis _ area. yes, well, i think the israelis are _ area. yes, well, i think the israelis are saying - area. yes, well, i think the israelis are saying that - area. yes, well, i think the israelis are saying that for| area. yes, well, i think the i israelis are saying that for the united nations, the ball is in their court. they need to play a significant role in moving people out of the city of rafah. in actually, the israelis have accused the united nations and being complicit in what they call hamas human shield the policy. that's a controversial claim in the united nations have rejected that. i think what we are waiting for now is israel to come forward with this plan for how it is going to move 1.5 million palestinians from the city of rafah ahead of a possible military operation there. that's certainly what the israelis say they want to do. they have to do to destroy hamas. another has been a

real chorus of concern from israel's allies. america, the united kingdom and others who are saying that moving that sort of number of people would be extremely difficult. in the uk, foreign secretary, david cameron, has been answering question on gaza in the house of lords. he's stressed the need for a pause in fighting, and spoke about what should happen next. there are lots of things we need to start talking about now, whether thatis start talking about now, whether that is what happens the day after a pause, whether it's about a reconstituted palestinian authority, about this question of how you offer about this question of how you offer a political horizon to people in the palestinian territories or, indeed, how we deal with israel's very real security concerns. if there is a pause in a cease—fire, how do you make sure that the people for responsible for october the 7th cannot remain in gaza in the infrastructure of terror is taken down. with israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu announcing last week he had ordered troops to prepare to expand its ground operation to rafah, fears are growing for the people who find

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a second labour parliamentary candidate has been suspended from the party, pending an investigation. the suspension of graham jones, a former mp and now the prospective parliamentary candidate for hyndburn in lancashire, comes after labour withdrew support for the party's rochdale by—election candidate for anti—semitic remarks. our political correspondent helen catt is in rochdale now — helen. on the bbc sounds app, on your smart speaker... play bbc radio manchester... going to step away from that report and take it to the white house where president biden is talking about the us senate passing a $95 billion aid package for ukraine, israel and taiwan. , package for ukraine, israel and taiwan. . . , , package for ukraine, israel and taiwan. . , ., taiwan. the bill was put on the floor in the _ taiwan. the bill was put on the floor in the house _ taiwan. the bill was put on the floor in the house of— floor in the house of representatives. it would pass. it would pass.

important to the american people. this bill sends a military, and to ukraine commit spends the money right here in the united states of america, places like arizona with a patriots missiles are going, and alabama with the javelin missiles are going to maine pennsylvania and the pennsylvania ohio, where artillery shells are made. we supply ukraine equipment from our stockpiles and spend our money replenishing those stockpiles so our military has access to them. stockpiles that are made right here in america by american workers. not me supporting american jobs and american communities, allows us to invest in maintaining and strengthening our own defence manufacturing capacity. look, this bill meets our national security priorities in the middle east as well and includes greater support for our troops serving in the region. who continue defending against militia attacks said this

a deal over security. he said this passing of this package shows america can be trusted and relied upon. for more on the aid package to ukraine which is around $60 billion, i spoke earlier to director of security programmes at ukrainian prism, a ukrainian policy think tank. it prism, a ukrainian policy think

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last—minute talks to prevent a major protest by indian farmers in delhi have ended without a breakthrough. farmers' union officials complained that ministers failed

to take their demand of more government support seriously. the authorities in delhi have banned large public gatherings for a month. tear gas was fired, and huge concrete barricades put up, to prevent the farmers from reaching the capital.

displacing the colder air to the far north of scotland, where even here, it'll disappear by the time we get to the end of the day tomorrow. but overnight tonight, still some showery outbreaks of rain on and off for much of the night across england and wales, more cloud being thrown across northern ireland. eventually, a wet start to the day here tomorrow. cloud, too, into the borders of scotland. but for many across scotland, clear skies, temperatures set to drop perhaps as low as —5 or —6 celsius in those sheltered glens. compare those temperatures to the double figures further south, where it's a very mild start to the day indeed. on wednesday, those weather fronts continue to push further northwards and eastwards. it's a wet start to the day across northern ireland, but the heavy rain will eventually clear, pushing into southern, central areas of scotland, where, as it bumps into the cold air, it will turn to snow, i think, across the cairngorms and the northwest highlands.

more pressure on sir keir starmer, as labour suspends a second parliamentary candidate over remarks about israel. and experts warn polar bears

are at risk of starvation as more sea ice is lost in the arctic. here in the uk, a second labour parliamentary candidate has been suspended from the party, pending an investigation. the suspension of graham jones, a former mp and now the prospective