A BBC investigation in November 2023

Defence sources subsequently confirmed that Israel had been arming the Abu Shabab clan with Kalashnikov rifles, including some that had been seized from Hamas.The clan has been operating in Rafah, in an area under Israeli military control.

However, Yasser Abu Shabab posted online to "categorically reject" that Israel had supplied his group's weapons."Our weapons are simple, outdated and came through the support of our own people," he said.Hamas sources have said that Abu Shabab's activities have become an issue - with one report in an Arabic newspaper saying that the Hamas armed wing had begun carrying out assassinations of members of the clan.

Netanyahu's office said that Israel "was working to defeat Hamas through various means, based on the recommendations of all the heads of the security establishment".Strong criticism of the initiative has come from Yair Golan, leader of the Democrats in the Knesset.

In a social media post on X he said: "Netanyahu is a threat to Israel's national security. Instead of bringing about a deal...bringing the hostages home and providing security for Israeli citizens, he is creating a new ticking time-bomb in Gaza".

A long-running strike by bin workers in Birmingham could last until December, according to union Unite, after members voted to continue industrial action in a dispute over pay and jobs.It was a lightbulb moment.

"I realised straight away what must have happened," he says. "The only explanation that made sense was that both babies got muddled up in hospital."Matthew and the two women managed to construct a brand new family tree based on all of his DNA matches.

"I love a puzzle and I love understanding the past," he says. "I'm quite obsessive anyway, so I got into trying to reverse engineer what had happened."Before World War Two, most babies in the UK were born at home, or in nursing homes, attended by midwives and the family doctor.