humanitarian pauses in the fighting. in other news, prince william has been dragon boat racing and meeting with singapore's leaders ahead of his annual earthshot prize ceremony. # memories, like the corners of my mind~~#_ the funny girl on the way we were — barbra streisand reflects on the challenges of being a woman at the top of her profession during her six—decade—long career. welcome back. i am sarah campbell. let's take a moment to recap the latest developments in the israel—gaza war. there were many more israeli air strikes on gaza overnight — with the bbc team there suggesting they were the most intense

since the fighting began. israel said its troops had reached the coastline to the south of gaza city — saying that it had now effectively divided the territory in two. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, who's been meeting regional leaders, said a humanitarian pause in gaza would be welcome. but israel said it needs progress on the release of hostages before agreeing to any pause in its offensive. hundreds of thousands of people are going hungry in gaza as food and water supplies run out, the world food programme has warned. the agency has told the bbc exclusively that out of 130 bakeries operating in gaza before the war, ii have been destroyed by israeli air strikes. many of those remaining are unable to operate due to shortage of fuel and flour. bbc arabic�*s adnan al—bursh has visited some bakeries in southern gaza. long queues, frustrated families. these scenes have become a norm outside gaza's bakeries.

translation: i have an entire family of at least 20 people _ who have been displaced from jabalia in the north, and we're here now in khan younis. in 25 days, i have only received one pack of bread. how long are we going to keep living with this humiliation? these long waiting hours are now common and getting bread is not even guaranteed. translation: i spend four or five hours every day — in the queue and at the end i only get one portion of bread. i have 30 people to provide for at home. how is one portion enough for them all? we have been living on one meal a day. sometimes we sleep hungry. the pressure is on the bakers who work around the clock with ngos helping where they can. translation: the amount we produce is not even enough for a third of the people

iwho need it, but we are producingl an enormous amount in comparison to our usual work in normal times. bakers are the main lifeline for gazans and the bread is essential. no food can be eaten without it. it is also usually the cheapest and most filling option. bread is the last staple food option for people in gaza. there is no fresh produce. there is no fresh dairy product. there is no fuel in the homes. and, you know, many of the homes, 50% of homes in gaza have been destroyed. so people don't have access to cooking facilities. and with the bombardment continuing across the gaza strip, queues outside remaining bakeries are only likely to increase adnan el—bursh, bbc news, khan younis, gaza.

more now on that operation which took place late on sunday evening, when medical supplies were air—dropped into gaza by thejordanian air force. the operation took place in co—ordination with the israel defense forces, and the materials were destined for thejordanian hospital in the gaza strip. there was also some food in the containers. jordan's king abdullah said the operation had taken place at midnight. he said it was his country's duty to aid its brothers and sisters injured in the war on gaza — and thatjordan would always be there for its palestinian brethren. live now to amman to speak with saad hattar, head of news at the roya media group, the largest privately owned media company in jordan. hello and thank you forjoining us and talking to us. could you tell us

this new which are still filtering through of the aid drop overnight? well it's the first operation, 30 days after the catastrophe that fell upon gaza and its people. the king tweeted this operation after midnight. it's distant to be parachuted into thejordanian midnight. it's distant to be parachuted into the jordanian field hospital which has been in place in gaza since 2009. in different expeditions, the last expedition is about 180 staff of field doctors, military doctors and staff and many refugees are trying to get refuge around this hospital and the aid was

because i was following the news over the past week and they were nearly out of supplies and everything, especially medical supplies. everything, especially medical su - lies. ., ., everything, especially medical su lies. ., ., ., supplies. indeed and tell me from a jordanian perspective, _ supplies. indeed and tell me from a jordanian perspective, jordan - supplies. indeed and tell me from a jordanian perspective, jordan has i supplies. indeed and tell me from a| jordanian perspective, jordan has an interesting role in what is going on interesting role in what is going on in the middle east. give us a sense of what role jordan is in the middle east. give us a sense of what rolejordan is playing at the moment, certainly publicly but also privately, behind—the—scenes in diplomatic channels. how important is its role in all of this? hick is its role in all of this? nick kin: is its role in all of this? nick king has _ is its role in all of this? nick king has landed _ is its role in all of this? nick king has landed just - is its role in all of this? ii ta: king has landed just today in brussels. he will address nato, he has been touring europe and before that, the first week of the catastrophe and then he toured the gulf countries ahead of the arab

summit. what we see is that the king and the prime minister —— foreign minister, especially the king, has been trying to negotiate first choice or humanitarian ceasefire and he has been pushing that with the americans, antony blinken visited twice at the beginning of the crisis and three days ago when he met, the day before yesterday, he met with the king and he met with six arab foreign ministers ahead of the arab summit so the king is trying his best behind—the—scenes and on the table with his words and with his speeches and also people were very vocalin speeches and also people were very vocal in trying to alert the west

not to deal in double standards approach to what is happening and the queen tried tried to tell the rest in two consecutive interviews with an american channel, that the people of gaza are dying in hundreds and by the minute. and that was the jordanian message to the world. the king is trying his best. and his visit today to brussels is supposed to convince the european countries and their leaders that humanitarian act must be taken swiftly to reverse the plight of the people in gaza. thank you. reminding us that the jordanian king is in brussels today

and is set to address politicians and is set to address politicians and nato there today. interesting to hear about the role jordan and nato there today. interesting to hear about the rolejordan is playing in the middle east. moving away from that story now. india's capital delhi remains trapped in a thick, toxic haze of smog. measures to tackle it now include a temporary halt to construction projects in the city, plus a ban on diesel vehicles and commercial trucks. half of all government and private employees have been told to work from home. pollution levels has also led to bangladesh and sri lankan cricket teams cancel their training sessions ahead of their world cup encounter today in delhi. live now to delhi and our south asia correspondent samira hussain. it is looking like there's quite a bit of smog in the background but

what is it like? you bit of smog in the background but what is it like?— bit of smog in the background but what is it like? you can see the hay is lingering — what is it like? you can see the hay is lingering behind _ what is it like? you can see the hay is lingering behind me _ what is it like? you can see the hay is lingering behind me and - what is it like? you can see the hay is lingering behind me and it- what is it like? you can see the hay is lingering behind me and it has i is lingering behind me and it has really enveloped the entire city. right now the levels of pollution is 4-500 right now the levels of pollution is 4—500 range but earlier today when pollution levels are at their peak, you saw some parts of the city were between 700 and 900 in terms of pollution levels so by comparison, on a regular day in a city like new york, you see pollution levels at about 50 or even some north american cities pollution levels at five so it gives you a sense of how thick and pervasive this is. the problem is why there are such high pollution at this time of year, you have crops, farmers are burning and the pollution from that comes over into delhi and then there is very little wind to dissipate the pollution and thatis

wind to dissipate the pollution and that is why you feel this hanging, resting on the city and it will be here for several days. presumably re bad here for several days. presumably pretty bad for— here for several days. presumably pretty bad for health, _ here for several days. presumably pretty bad for health, you - here for several days. presumably pretty bad for health, you don't i pretty bad for health, you don't want to be breathing that in? right, riaht now want to be breathing that in? right, right now pollution _ want to be breathing that in? right, right now pollution levels _ want to be breathing that in? right, right now pollution levels or- want to be breathing that in? right, right now pollution levels or 20 - right now pollution levels or 20 times higher than the recommended levels by the world health organization. anyone with respiratory diseases, those with asthma should limit their time outside. people should not be outside. people should not be outside a door and if you are going outside a door and if you are going outside the recommendation is wear a mask but this is a country that depends heavily on day labourers. these are people that cannot work from home. although the government has implemented measures to try and curb some of the pollution, it's not something that is available for absolutely everyone.— something that is available for absolutely everyone. thank you for that, absolutely everyone. thank you for that. please _ absolutely everyone. thank you for that. please go _ absolutely everyone. thank you for that, please go indoors _ absolutely everyone. thank you for that, please go indoors now! - around the world and across the uk.

this is bbc news. bbc news, bringing you different stories from across the uk. windermere is one of the most studied lakes in the world, but concerns about its water quality are growing. since june last year, hundreds of local people have been involved in one of the biggest water sampling projects ever seen in britain. but the latest survey taken in august was worrying. we had quite high rainfall before the survey which brought in a lot of water to the catchment, and that brought in, we think, quite a lot of phosphorus and nitrogen and other pollutants from the catchment, whether that be from septic tanks, from sewage discharges and also from agricultural run—off. the samples are brought here to lancaster university be tested. what that gives us is a real ability to be able to identify hotspots in the catchment where water quality is good but also where it is poorer, and then we can use those hot spots of poor water quality to direct further activity to try and work out why and to address that reaction. for more stories from across the uk, head to the bbc news website.

you're live with bbc news. 61 years ago, a penniless singer entered a talent competition in new york, hoping to win a free meal. her name was barbra streisand and not only did she win — she went on to become one of the world's biggest stars. she's sold more than 250 million albums — won ten golden globes and two oscars — and now, she's written an autobiography about her award—winning career. she's been speaking exclusively to our music correspondent, mark savage. the most wonderful voice, the marvellous miss barbra streisand. what i realised in writing this book, this is my legacy. # memories #. i wrote my story.

you know, i don't have to do any more interviews after this. it's because i'm not attractive enough, isn't it? barbra streisand's memoir has taken 2a years to write. the finished manuscript is almost 1,000 pages long, reflecting on the award—winning career of a girl from brooklyn. one of your earliest memories is standing in the whole weight of your apartment block singing with the other girls. were you thinking about the acoustics even then? i think i was. it's a built—in echo. it was great sound. that's what i remember very distinctly. you fell in love with acting so much you took a job as an usher in a theatre so that you could get in to see the plays you couldn't afford to see otherwise. yeah, and got paid. $4.50, i think it was. but i hid my face. i hid my face because i thought, some day, i don't want them to recognise me when they see me on the screen and know that i once showed them to their seat.

in 1964, streisand secured her break—out role in the broadway musical funny girl. hello, gorgeous. but she couldn't enjoy the success because her co—star, sidney chaplin, was constantly undermining her. it is a painful story. i don't like to even talk about it. it's just a person who had a crush on me, which was unusual, and when i said to him i don't want to be involved with you, he turned on me in such a way that was very cruel, i think. he started muttering under his breath while i was talking on stage. he would mutter terrible words to me. sort of curse words. he wouldn't look into my eyes any more.

it threw me into analysis. how to talk logic to somebody who wouldn't stop doing this. # who told you you're allowed to rain on my parade?# there was one passage in the book that really interested me, where you said you can't listen to music at home. # time won't change the meaning.# i imagine people must be very surprised about that. your life seems to revolve around music. no, music is work to me, meaning after i make a record — which i love making records — but what i have to go through to get it out is listening to it, you know, mixing it. listening to it, listening to it on different systems. it is work. i mean, it takes time. so by the time it's over, i never want to hear it again. until maybe 25 years later. you said instead you'd rather play games on your phone. what are the games you play?

oh, that's the way i take the problems of the world out of my head, out of my brain. because otherwise, i couldn't be able to sleep. so when i'm playing backgammon, when i am playing solitaire, you know, you have to think i want to win, i want to win that game. that calms me. so even when you are trying to relax, you are competitive? well, i like to win the games i'm playing with the phone. streisand's memoir seems like a full stop on a long and storied career. so what comes next? i want to live life. i want to get in my husband's truck and just wander, go around. hopefully, with the children somewhere near us. when they come over, they love playing with the dogs. we have fun. i haven't had much fun in my life, to tell you the truth.

and i want to have more fun. # are the luckiest people in the world.# and that was mark savage talking to the very wonderful barbara streisand! prince william has continued his visit to singapore ahead of the awards ceremony for his earthshot environmental prize on tuesday. already today, the prince has meth the president and prime minister of singapore, as well as getting active on the water. live now to singapore we can speak to suranjana tewari. this is a big deal, prince william

turning up, prince william known for being quite competitive? prince william had a very warm welcome to singapore yesterday evening. this morninu singapore yesterday evening. this morning he _ singapore yesterday evening. this morning he was _ singapore yesterday evening. ti 3 morning he was out on the river here in singapore, the longest river here and she went up against the high commissioner of singapore, the british high commissioner in a dragon boat race, ancient sport but very popular nowadays amongst expats and fresh from that he went to visit the leaders of singapore, the prime minister and president as you mentioned. now the focus has shifted to the united for wildlife event, another annual summit started by prince william and the royal foundation in 2014 with the aim of trying to find solutions to combat illegal wildlife trade, bringing together governments, leaders, the

private sector to try and find a solution for the illegal wildlife trade which is estimated to be worth $20 billion annually. irate trade which is estimated to be worth $20 billion annually.— $20 billion annually. we should tell ou the $20 billion annually. we should tell you the earthshot _ $20 billion annually. we should tell you the earthshot price, _ $20 billion annually. we should tell you the earthshot price, the - you the earthshot price, the ceremony is set to happen tomorrow evening in singapore, 15 environmental groups will compete for £8 million price. you are watching bbc news. —— for a £1 million prize. thousands of people in surrey are without water this morning and a major incident has been declared — after a technical issue at a thames water treatment works. the company says the problems were caused by storm ciaran. bottled water stations have been set up to help residents. our reporter aruna iyengar is at a temporary water station in godalming.

people have been coming to this car park in godalming all morning by foot and by car to try and pick up bottled water after their water supplies at home were cut off. around 12,000 people in surrey are without a water supply which got cut off from around saturday morning. businesses have also been affected, bars and restaurants which would have been expecting a large number of people coming in over the bonfire weekend say they lost business as well. thames water say they have apologised for this and says it is due to a problem at a water treatment centre in guildford. they say, hopefully in the next day or so water supplies will be back on tap. a railway line aimed at improving travel after major events in cardiff has been cancelled. under the plans, extra trains could have waited on the 1.6km—long line near the llanwern steelworks when big crowds of fans were expected at venues such as the principality stadium. the welsh government pulled the plug on the plan, saying it no longer offered

value for money. but transport for wales has confirmed £10—million already spent on preparatory work cannot be recovered. one million volunteers have now signed up for the uk's biggest medical research project — which is called our future health. the programme launched one year ago and aims to create the most detailed picture ever of the nation's health — to find better ways to prevent and treat diseases. our medical editor fergus walsh has more. a retail park outside oxford — not the first place you'd associate with medical research. but there are mobile units like this cropping up all over the country in supermarket car parks, where participants of our future health come to enrol. you can take a seatjust here. like jaap, who's 45 and originally from the netherlands. so we're going to do some assessments today. we've got two blood

pressure readings to do. i'll check your heart rate, see if it's regular or not. he's one of a million participants so far. by 2028, the target is 5 million adults. each will be offered feedback regarding their risk factors for major diseases. my parents have got heart issues, so i want to make sure that i don't have them. and if i have something, i can make sure my children are well prepared for their future. this is the uk's — probably the world's — biggest health research project, and its ambitions are immense, too. this is an opportunity to really transform our model of health care much more towards prevention. what we're trying to do is to identify people who are at high risk much earlier, detect those diseases earlier, intervene earlier, and thereby prevent those diseases, or at least delay them so that everyone has the opportunity to live a longer, healthier life. our future health will have ten times the number of participants as another long standing research

project called uk biobank, which is tracking the health of half a million adults. is it gillian? yeah. do you want to follow me through? gillian, who's 67, has now signed up to both and is wearing a heart monitorfor a study. ijust think going forward, for the future health of our children, our grandchildren and for everyone, it's a good thing. i've also signed up to our future health. it's open to anyone in the uk over 18. you'll need to fill out an online questionnaire and roll up your sleeve. so it'sjust going to be a little scratch, ok? yeah, sure. my blood test and all the data collected across 5 million participants will enable scientists to explore the complex relationship between genetics, lifestyle and environment and how each affects our health. don't expect breakthroughs overnight

but, in the years ahead, as the data and the participants mature. fergus walsh, bbc news. parts of england were treated to a spectacular display of the northern lights on saturday night. this scene greeted st mary's lighthouse in whitley bay in the north east of england. in kendal, in the lake district, scout scar was bathed in this green glow. finally, dunstanburgh castle in northumberland ended tonight's light show. aurora borealis normally much clearer in northern parts. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol kirkwood. hello again. the weather this week is much

quieter than it was last week. for most, notjust today, but for much of this week we're looking at sunny spells and scattered showers. some of the showers will be heavy and thundery, particularly in the west. and on wednesday, we'll see some rain crossing from west to east. more on that later. but what we have this afternoon are still a lot of showers in the west, some of them spreading into the midlands and northeast england. but in between and ahead of them, we will see some sunshine, especially northeast scotland, parts of eastern england and the southeast. the temperatures today ranging from nine to about 14 degrees. so feeling fresh if you are out and about. through this evening and overnight, the breeze will tend to ease a touch in the english channel. there still will be some showers in the west and also parts of northeast england, the midlands, but under clear skies the temperature will fall away to around freezing in the northeast of scotland. so here there will be a touch of frost, but it will be a chilly start to the day wherever you are. and during the course of tuesday, again, we start off with all these showers in the west. some of them could still be heavy.

but then we've got this ridge of high pressure building in. so things will ease, the showers will ease as we go through the course of the afternoon with temperatures 9 in the north to about 13 as we push further south. now, moving on into tuesday evening and overnight and through wednesday, we've got this clutch of weather fronts coming in from the atlantic, bringing in some rain. you can see from the isobars there will be strengthening winds with it too. so a wet start to the day, parts of western scotland, northwest england could have as much as 20 to 30 millimetres of rainfall. and that will continue to push eastwards lingering longest across the far southeast and also the northern isles. behind it, some sunshine, but also some showers with temperatures 8 in aberdeen, 10 in belfast and 13 in cardiff. now, moving towards the latter part of the week, you can see how that rain clears quite quickly. then low pressure starts to dominate the weather. there's a squeeze in the isobars and when we look at the direction the winds coming from, it's coming from the northwest. so although temperatures will be

very similar to what we're looking at during the week, with that change in wind direction, it will feel that bit fresher than it has done. and by the weekend, we'll be looking at some more rain coming our way.

live from london, this is bbc news. huge plumes of smoke rise over gaza, after one of the most intense bombardments of the territory since the start of the conflict. israel says it's "coordinated" with thejordan army to drop medical aid into gaza, as the heads of all major un agencies call for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire. america's top diplomat, antony blinken, holds talks in ankara with his turkish counterpart, as he continues to push for

humanitarian pauses in the fighting. i'm mark lowen, i will bring you the latest from southern israel. israel says it has completely surrounded gaza city, in effect splitting the territory into tier, north and south. in other news, prince william has been dragon boat racing and meeting with singapore's leaders ahead of his annual earthshot prize ceremony. # memories, like the corners of my mind...#. the funny girl on the way we were — barbra streisand reflects on the challenges of being a woman at the top of her profession during her six—decade—long career. hello, i'm sarah campbell. you're

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