The day’s top stories from BBC News, including the latest from Gaza, on US politics and about the Ukraine conflict. Delivered twice a day on weekdays, daily at weekends.
Gaza residents are relying on generators, with food and medical supplies also running low. Israel is massing troops at the border following the Hamas attacks on Saturday. Also: A second powerful earthquake has hit western Afghanistan, and Keith Richards on the Rolling Stones' first album in 18 years.
The US president says reports of families and babies being butchered are stomach-turning. Entire neighbourhoods of Gaza have been flattened in Israel's latest bombardments. Also: Finland says damage to a gas pipeline was caused by what it called external action, and scientists modify the DNA of chickens to make them more resistant to bird flu.
UNICEF and the WHO say it's illegal to deprive the population of vital supplies. Also: why nearly half the world's flowering plants could be facing extinction, world rugby adopts game-changing tech to flag major head impacts, and why Coldplay are suing their former manager.
The Israeli prime minister says multiple retaliatory air strikes against Hamas in Gaza are just the beginning. Also: A member of America's most celebrated political dynasty -- Robert F Kennedy junior -- has announced that he's running for the White House as an independent, and how the the Kenyan athlete, Kelvin Kiptum, knocked more than half a minute off the men's marathon world record.
The Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant has ordered a ‘complete siege’ of the Gaza Strip, saying no fuel, electricity or food will enter the enclave, which is home to two million Palestinians. At least 700 Israelis and 500 Palestinians have been killed since the start of the violence on Saturday.
More than 700 are reported dead and over 100 have been taken hostage. In the Gaza Strip, many civilians are among more than 400 Palestinians killed by Israeli air strikes. Also: Right wing populists look to have made gains in Germany's regional elections, and the museum in Wales that can't account for almost 2000 items.
The army is still battling to regain control of the south. Residents are being moved out of towns near the Gaza Strip. In Gaza itself, officials say many civilians have been killed.
The Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel will take 'mighty vengeance' for the major attack launched by Hamas militants. Israel has been bombarding Gaza with air strikes. Several hundred people on each side of the conflict are reported to have been killed.
Hamas militants fire rocket barrage and launch assault using motorbikes, paragliders and boats. Dozens killed on both sides and a number of Israelis reportedly captured. Israeli PM says it's war and Israel will win.
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A fifth of the inhabitants of the small village of Hroza in northeastern Ukraine were killed in the missile attack. Also: high US jobs growth fuels expectations of rate rise, and Jeff Bezos joins satellite internet race.
The committee hailed Narges Mohammadi's fight for freedom and democracy. She is currently serving a decade-long sentence for offences including propaganda against the state. Also: UN says every family in Ukraine village of Hroza has been affected by Thursday's attack, and new evidence shows we arrived in the Americas far earlier than previously thought.
Villagers in Hroza were attending a wake for a local resident when a missile struck. Also: warmest September as global temperatures soar, and Prada to design Nasa's new space suit.
Top of the agenda is uncertainty about US support for Ukraine. Also: more than 100 missing after flash flooding in India, and this year's winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature.
The European Union deal came after a steep rise in arrivals of migrants on the Italian island of Lampedusa. Also: 2030 World Cup to be held across three continents, and bedbug panic sweeps Paris as infestations soar.
Pope Francis also spoke about the role of women in the church and homosexuality. Also: Colombia apologies to the families of those murdered in 'death targets' and Frank Sinatra is back on stage.
Dramatic turns of events as Kevin McCarthy lost a motion put forward by a member of his own Republican Party. Also: A bus has plunged off a bridge near Venice killing at least twenty one people, and why two athletes at the Asian Games fell foul of Chinese censorship rules over the Tiananmen Square massacre.
Authorities initially said three people were killed at the Siam Paragon mall - but a later update said two people had died. Also: Indian authorities have raided the homes of several journalists linked to an independent news website that's been accused of receiving illegal funds, and China prepares for the upcoming 'widow year'.
The former US president struck a defiant tone on the opening day of a fraud trial in New York that could endanger his business interests. Also: The UN approves an international protection force to try to end the sway of armed gangs in Haiti, and the World Health Organisation recommends a new vaccine against malaria.
EU policy chief Josep Borrell described the war in Ukraine as an "existential crisis''. Also: Hundreds seek compensation over abuse by J-pop agency's founder, and the Nobel Prize for Medicine is awarded to scientists who helped develop mRNA Covid jabs.
Rep. Matt Gaetz vows to oust House Speaker Kevin McCarthy following a budget deal that split the Republican Party. Also: Hundreds of thousands of Poles have joined an opposition rally in Warsaw ahead of a crucial general election. And European golfers beat the Americans in a dramatic Ryder Cup.
The Red Cross steps up humanitarian efforts as more than a-hundred- thousand refugees cross the border. Also: The US House of Representatives passes a temporary funding bill that could avert a government shutdown, and Wally, the friendly emotional support alligator who was turned away from a major baseball game along with his owner.
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US police say a former gang leader, Duane "Keffe D" Davis, planned the shooting in Las Vegas after his nephew was involved in a fight with Tupac Shakur in a casino. Also: state of emergency in New York over flash floods, and Christopher Plummer's singing voice is included in re-release of "The Sound of Music" soundtrack.
Explosion in Balochistan kills more than fifty people celebrating a religious holiday. Later, further north in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, there was a blast at a mosque inside a police compound. They're the worst attacks since July, when Islamic State militants in Pakistan killed more than forty people. Also: Sweden's prime minister uses a televised national address to say he's considering deploying military patrols on the streets to deal with heightened gun violence, and scientists ...
A 14-year-old girl and her mother are among the victims after attacks in two locations in the Dutch city. Also: US Republicans lay out case at Biden impeachment inquiry, and a boy is arrested after one of Britain's most loved trees is felled at Hadrian's Wall.
Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan says, in the coming days, there will be no Armenians left in the enclave. Also: safer brain surgery using AI possible in two years and, remembering Harry Potter actor Sir Michael Gambon who has died aged 82.
The US soldier Travis King, who fled from South to North Korea in July, was transferred into US custody in China before being flown to a US military base. Also: Armenians rush to help Karabakh "brothers and sisters", and are scientists closer to solving the mystery of antimatter?
North Korean media said the private, who's black, had fled because of inhumane treatment and racism in the US military. Also: The exodus continues - it's reported almost half the Armenian population has now thought to have left Nagorno Karabakh, and what would you do if a bear crashed your quiet picnic?
A New York judge says the former US president Donald Trump exaggerated his net worth and asset values to get better loans. Also: Canada's Speaker resigns after inviting a man to parliament who had Nazi links, and Japanese scientists are developing a drug to grow new teeth.
