this is al—maghazi refugee camp. it's in the safe area where israel advised 1.2 million in gaza city and the north to flee south. the gaza health ministry says 9,770 people have been killed so far — 4,800 of them are children. i'm anjana gadgil in london. also this hour... german police say they're dealing with a hostage situation at hamburg airport after a man drove onto the tarmac with a four—year—old girl in his vehicle. the uk conservative party has rejected suggestions it covered up allegations of rape againstan mp. prince william is in singapore, to announce the winners of his earthshot environmental prize.

hello, welcome to bbc news, i'm lyse doucet. we start with the latest from the israel—gaza conflict. the us secretary of state, antony blinken has met the palestinian authority president mahmoud abbas in the occupied west bank city of ramallah for talks on the gaza conflict. the spokesman for the palestinian president has said mr abbas told mr blinken there must be an immediate ceasefire and an allowing of humanitarian aid to the gaza strip. according to us spokesperson matthew miller the secretary reaffirmed the united states�* commitment to the delivery of life—saving humanitarian assistance and resumption of essential services in gaza and made clear that palestinians must not

be forcibly displaced. a key demand of the palestinians and their arab allies. secretary blinken and president abbas discussed efforts to restore calm and stability in the west bank, including the need to stop extremist violence against palestinians and hold those accountable responsible. secretary blinken reiterated that the united states remains committed to advancing equal measures of dignity and security for palestinians and israelis alike. the secretary also expressed the commitment of the united states to working toward the realization of the palestinians�* legitimate aspirations for the establishment of a palestinian state. earlier the hamas—run health ministry in gaza said more than 30 people were killed in the bombardment of a refugee camp at al—maghazi, in the central gaza strip. israel said it was investigating

mohammed alaloul is a photographer for the turkish news agency, anadolu, who lost several members of his family in the attack. he spoke to reporters after identifying his family in the camp's makeshift morgue: translation: i'm like any other i citizen, like any other citizen. l i have already taken pictures of the situation before. you saw them, children. they have no weapons, they are not fighters, they are children. today, i have lost all my children. i have only got one left. my only daughter. i wanted to have another daughter so she has a sister, i have lost her. another gaza journalist suffering agonising lost. a watchdog committed to protecting journalists have said a record number ofjournalists have

been killed in this very short time, only a month of war. there are calls for measures to protectjournalists in gaza. the main story this hour, on the ground. what seems to be the bombardment of the refugee camp in central gaza. the israeli defence forces are still saying that investigating. 0ur gaza correspondent rushdi abualouf sent this update from the scene at the al—maghazi refugee camp. they are still looking under the rubble of about three or four buildings which were destroyed overnight. this is al—maghazi refugee camp. it's in the safe area where israel advised 1.2 million in gaza city and the north to flee south. this is safer, but this destruction is in the safe area, where about 50 bodies have been recovered from this air strike.

many, many others are missing. this is the biggest air strike, it is in a crowded refugee camp in the middle of the gaza strip. the people are fleeing south because the fighting is in and around gaza city and in the north where israel is part of the ground operation. five different battles are going on there. 0vernight, israel issued another warning for the people, asking them to leave gaza city and the north and to come here. gas and stare, searching beneath the rubble for their loved ones. the ministry of health in gaza says the number of palestinans killed in the israeli bombing of gaza has risen to 9,770, including 4,800 children. next, let's get this

report from mark lowen. night brings no peace to the purgatory of gaza. infernos light the skies as israel pounds from the air. palestinians say an israeli strike hit a refugee camp in central gaza late on saturday, killing at least 30. israel says it is looking into the reports. but night brings out anguish on the other side too. in tel aviv, loved ones of the more than 240 hostages seized by hamas on 7th october demand their return. 0ne empty chairfor each missing soul. israel says bringing home the hostages is a priority, but so is destroying hamas. are the twin aims compatible? translation: i don't want the country to i bring back only a few. two here, two there, only those who have foreign citizenship.

there is no difference between one life and another. they are all israelis there. all citizens there. i can't remember how many nights i've slept, and i don't know how many meals i've had~ — i've been awake for one long day since october 7th. that's it, and i'm doing everything i can to try and bring attention to this terrible and insane situation we're going through. amidst the suffering, the us secretary of state is shuttling around the region, trying somehow to mediate. arab leaders pushed him for an immediate ceasefire call. he pushed back, saying hamas could regroup. but he is urging israel for short pauses for aid delivery. his boss certainly thinks there's movement on that. mr president, any progress on the humanitarian pause? yes. a rare glimmer of optimism, even if israel's prime minister has so far said no. and there might be some hope too on fuel into gaza,

with reports that israel has told the us there's a mechanism to deliver it once hospitals start to run out. but for those who have lost everything — family, livelihoods — it's scant comfort. the un says nearly 1.5 million gazans are displaced since the start of this war, half of whom are sheltering in its camps. each generation here knows a conflict that is decades old and has now flared up again. stealing lives, hope, theirfuture. mark lowen, bbc news, jerusalem. some glimmers of hope in this agony, a situation that the united nations for weeks now have described as a humanitarian catastrophe in gaza. many aid agencies from many countries have pleaded further food, medicine and water to get into gaza,

but also that urgently needed fuel. the executive director of the world food programme spoke earlier from cairo. it's catastrophic inside gaza. we cannot get the kind of amount of food in as we would like to have so that we can feed more people. so far, we've reached 660,000 people, in that range, and we'd like to be able to hit more than 1.2 million. it's a disaster and people are starving to death. and it's very important that we are given the opportunity and the access to go in and take food in and do it in a safe and regular manner. and we've seen the us secretary of state, antony blinken, on a visit in the region, first to israel and then on tojordan, again, speaking to leaders in the region to try and get humanitarian assistance into gaza. he says he has assurances

from israel that this is going to happen. can you see that movement on the ground now? well, i'm, as you know, on the egyptian side right now, and i have seen from the egyptian government, i have seen those kind of movements, yes. there are more trucks going in. we anticipate getting 14 of our trucks in today. and we got close to ten in yesterday. the numbers are gradually increasing, but we'd like this to notjust increase but increase exponentially so we can get the kind of food in that we need to do. right now, people don't have anything. and the kinds of things we send in are emergency rations that can get them through a couple of weeks until we can do more sustainable feeding. it is desperate. it's dire in there, and we really do need to get our trucks in. so i'm hoping down the road here that we can find some solution so that we can get our trucks in. right now, we're working with the egyptian red crescent, and we hope to do more of that, including putting in a logistics hub in our reach.

but those things are not in place yet, but we're very hopeful that very soon we can do that. you know, the scale of human suffering is something that's very hard to believe, and that is why the humanitarian community really does need to get in there and get in there quickly. nothing can ever prepare you for what you see in situations like this. and this is not my first time seeing things like this, but it doesn't make it does make any difference. we need to get in with the humanitarian community, needs to get things in. we need to get our trucks in. these people are starving to death and they're desperate. and the longer we wait, they the less ability we're going to have to control what goes on inside. executive director of the world food programme echoing some the alarms the agencies are facing in the south of the gaza strip. that has been on

the mind of us secretary of state antony blinken as he continues his shuttle diplomacy around the region. antony blinken has now left israel — he's en route to turkey where he'll continue his diplomatic tour of the region. for perspective and his very difficult diplomacy, i was speaking to sir richard dalton, a former british ambassador to iran and libya. following the speech by the leader of hezbollah — an iran—backed militia based in lebanon — which seemed to calm tensions of all out war between israel and lebanon — i asked mr dalton what he thought of iran's position in this conflict. it's an enigma, and the one hand, they wish to preserve the deterrent

that hezbollah constitutes with its arsenal of missiles in lebanon, against us and israeli attack directly on iran, on the other hand, it will find it's a big loss of prestige if hamas is destroyed without there being any counter attack, any pressure, militarily on israel on iran or either of its allies. caution is prevailing, and thatis allies. caution is prevailing, and that is not unusual for iran. the risk of regional escalation involving iran hasn't gone away, but currently it's about 2—1 against, are significant risk. currently it's about 2-1 against, are significant risk.— currently it's about 2-1 against, are significant risk. what are your reflections on _ are significant risk. what are your reflections on this _ are significant risk. what are your reflections on this conundrum - are significant risk. what are your i reflections on this conundrum facing america's top diplomat. he hasn't

seen to be able to get that agreement that many are looking for for a humanitarian pause or pauses to ease the suffering of civilians, but in the arab world, he is facing repeated and very loud calls, not for a pause, repeated and very loud calls, not fora pause, but repeated and very loud calls, not for a pause, but for a ceasefire. so on every front, he seems to be facing, he seems to be in trouble... indeed, the limits of american influence are being starkly shown up. that is because in diplomacy, you can take public positions, and you can take public positions, and you can take public positions, and you can try and persuade leaders in private, but the only thing that really works is leveraged. if the person you are talking to want something from you, and is prepared to give something in order to get that. but the united states threw that. but the united states threw that away at the outset. they endorsed the israeli vengeance of

destroying hamas entirely with military means, with military back—up providing them with finance, weaponry replenishment and to carrier military groups in the region. the united states has no leveraged currently with israel, and israel is brushing united states. the work at the egyptian border to get supplies in its working heroically and let's hope the efforts to pay off. let's get more on secretary blinken�*s trip to turkey and what could possibly come out of that visit. joining me now is berza simsek, from the bbc turkish service. we are now hearing that president anyone isn't going to stay around to see antony blinken, he is going to head to southern turkey tomorrow. what you hearing? what head to southern turkey tomorrow.

what you hearing?— head to southern turkey tomorrow. what you hearing? what we know until now is that antony _ what you hearing? what we know until now is that antony blinken _ what you hearing? what we know until now is that antony blinken will - what you hearing? what we know until now is that antony blinken will be - now is that antony blinken will be meeting with turkish foreign minister is tomorrow, it wasn't certain whether he would be meeting with anyone or not. —— president anyone. with anyone or not. -- president an one. ., ., ~ , , anyone. how do you turkey president erdo . an anyone. how do you turkey president erdogan has — anyone. how do you turkey president erdogan has said _ anyone. how do you turkey president erdogan has said basically _ anyone. how do you turkey president erdogan has said basically that - anyone. how do you turkey president erdogan has said basically that he - erdogan has said basically that he is no longer going to talk to benjamin netanyahu, we have written him off, he said yesterday.— him off, he said yesterday. turkey has recalled _ him off, he said yesterday. turkey has recalled the _ him off, he said yesterday. turkey has recalled the messenger - him off, he said yesterday. turkey has recalled the messenger to - him off, he said yesterday. turkey l has recalled the messenger to israel for consultations, but that doesn't mean turkey is cutting all ties with israel. erdogan said conversation should continue. what we understand

is that there is a kind of anger towards netanyahu, but the conversation with israel and the diplomatic level and on the intelligence level will continue. we also know that turkey doesn't see hamas as a terrorist organisation unlike the us or the united kingdom. erdogan has said hamas is a group of freedom fighters, they have good ties with hamas on a political wing, turkey is taking a different stand from the west. 0n the other hand, turkey has also been a friend guarantor ship for the peace between israel and palestine, if it happens in the coming future. we understand that turkey has _ in the coming future. we understand that turkey has also _ in the coming future. we understand that turkey has also been _ in the coming future. we understand that turkey has also been helping i in the coming future. we understand that turkey has also been helping in | that turkey has also been helping in the negotiations, highly sensitive

negotiations about freeing the hostages. we know qatar has been evolved, egypt as well behind the scenes, turkey is two.— evolved, egypt as well behind the scenes, turkey is two. yes, the main countries in — scenes, turkey is two. yes, the main countries in the _ scenes, turkey is two. yes, the main countries in the region _ scenes, turkey is two. yes, the main countries in the region that _ scenes, turkey is two. yes, the main countries in the region that are - countries in the region that are involved with a hostage release potential hostage release, as you said, is qatarand potential hostage release, as you said, is qatar and egypt. because of ties with hamas political wing, turkey can also play a part. israel is there with the us... it'll be on the table between antony blinken and for dan. ., ~ the table between antony blinken and for dan. ., ,, ,, the table between antony blinken and for dan. ., ~' ,, , the table between antony blinken and for dan. ., ,, ,, , . the table between antony blinken and for dan. ., ~ ,, , . ., for dan. thank you very much for “oininr for dan. thank you very much for joining us — for dan. thank you very much for joining us with — for dan. thank you very much for joining us with your— for dan. thank you very much for joining us with your analysis - for dan. thank you very much for joining us with your analysis and | joining us with your analysis and antony blinken in his next shop in his shuttle. the exit of foreigners from gaza via the rafah border crossing has been stalled due to an apparent dispute over evacuating injured patients.

hamas is demanding that more of the injured should be allowed to leave. hundreds of foreign nationals and injured patients have left via the crossing in the past few days. on saturday, however, palestinian sources said nobody was let through. yesterday, the uk foreign office confirmed british citizens in gaza had been unable to leave. it is the case of so many fine nationals, desperate to get out. bbc arabic corresspondant abdulbassir hassan is in cairo following the latest on the rafah crossing. according to our sources, there are expectations that 20 injured might come to egypt today, according to

the sources. if they come to the egyptian side, they might be joined with foreign passport holders. i did contact the other side just now, minutes ago, the other side of the guardian from the border. i have reports from there that so far, until this moment, there is no significant change at the gate from the palestinian side. it is still not opened for any fine nationals or haven't received any injured so far. the reason, according to the source from the palestinian side, is that they are fearful that israel is still targeting the ambulances and, therefore, there are fears that they wouldn't be able to move. he said they are still in the middle of the day, and they're long hours, things might change on the ground. therefore, they are still waiting

for any confirmation from the palestinian side from familiar sources, whether they will be more injured orforeign passport holders being bussed to egypt today. this is what we are waiting for. that being bussed to egypt today. this is what we are waiting for.— what we are waiting for. that is the situation on — what we are waiting for. that is the situation on the _ what we are waiting for. that is the situation on the rafah _ what we are waiting for. that is the situation on the rafah crossing, - what we are waiting for. that is the situation on the rafah crossing, wej situation on the rafah crossing, we are hoping people will be allowed out, including the fine nationals that are desperate to leave. that is certainly on antony blinken's agenda. getting more aid into gaza, including fuel. we had been hearing from the american government that it had been working on a mechanism to allow fuel into southern gaza, and to be monitored by the united nations. a short time ago, i was speaking to the senior government adviser, and i asked him whether there had been close to any

agreement on the fuel. you quite correctly raised the issue of fuel, which is much more sensitive. it can feel hospital generators, but also hamas's machine. its power is their ability to shoot rockets into israel, as you know they continue to shoot rockets into israel. it also allows an underground network of fortifications. the tunnels, the places where they store their equipment, the fortresses, all subterranean. without fuel, there is no oxygen there and there is no light there. it is clear and has been widely reported that hamas has stockpiled fuel for their own military machine. we say the

following, aid that is given to the people of gaza must be given to the people of gaza must be given to the people of gaza must be given to the people of gaza, but unfortunately the only people in gaza with guns which can take whatever they want is hamas. quite rightly, if people want to talk to us about fuel, they have to talk to us about fuel, they have to be able to explain to us how that fuel with be prevented to getting to hamas. but fuel with be prevented to getting to hamas. �* _ , fuel with be prevented to getting to hamas. �* , , , hamas. but the un says they will be able to monitor— hamas. but the un says they will be able to monitor it. _ hamas. but the un says they will be able to monitor it. they _ hamas. but the un says they will be able to monitor it. they have - hamas. but the un says they will be able to monitor it. they have a - hamas. but the un says they will be able to monitor it. they have a fuell able to monitor it. they have a fuel depot they need an agreement with israel to reach, it does fear that if someone approaches, they will be faced with bombardment. they are currently struggling to keep operations going. i currently struggling to keep operations going. currently struggling to keep oerations anoin. , ., operations going. i understand the ressures operations going. i understand the pressures that _ operations going. i understand the pressures that humanitarian - operations going. i understand the pressures that humanitarian aid i operations going. i understand the pressures that humanitarian aid is| pressures that humanitarian aid is undergoing. the un's ability to ensure that food doesn't go to hamas

—— fuel doesn't go to hamas. fuel stocks were stolen from a un facility a few weeks ago, and the un announced it was stolen by hamas, and then they had to delete the tweet, because the work then guys are... when they were asked about its they said it was a misunderstanding. it wasn't a misunderstanding, but they know if they have to work in gaza, they have to make concessions to the reality of gaza, and the reality is that hamas rents the show and they are violent and breach of people. if they come in with their guns and take something, no one can stop them. ~ ., ., ., them. we also that report of the warehouses. _ them. we also that report of the warehouses, we _ them. we also that report of the warehouses, we checked - them. we also that report of the warehouses, we checked with i them. we also that report of the | warehouses, we checked with the united nations and they did say that it was a mistake, and the looting of the warehouses for fuel had not taken place.

the discussions between the united states and israel to get the critically needed fuel into the gaza strip, the hospital say their supplies are dwindling. we have got some news from the united states, that they were approaching some kind of agreement, that fuel would be monitored by the united nation's, but it seems as if they are not there yet. let's take a look at this gaza skyline viewed from southern israel, day 30 of this war. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. a little while ago, there were still over 30 flood warnings in england, mainly focused on the far south through the week ahead it doesn't look as wet as it has been. it's not really looking stormy either. it's going to be a case for the most part, the week ahead of sunshine and showers. and that's what we've seen today.

and if you are heading out to see the fireworks this evening, the showers will mainly still be across western areas. it will be turning chilly, though, underneath those clearer skies. there's the showers that we've got as we head into this evening. one or two heavy ones. 0vernight some of them will drift their way into eastern parts of england. we could see some heavy showers clipping kent and sussex where we've got those flood warnings. clearer skies, though, in scotland, temperatures could be just dipping below freezing in aberdeenshire. and here we saw the northern lights last night. we've got a good chance of seeing them tonight in northern scotland with clearer skies than we had last night. and we could start quite sunny across eastern scotland, many eastern parts of england in the morning. and most of these areas will stay dry as well. we've got those showers out towards the west. they will get blown further inland through the midlands and onto the pennines in the afternoon. temperatures similar to what we had today. so around about 11 to 13 degrees. we've still got low pressure bringing in the showers at the moment.

that low pressure there, what's left of old storm ciaran from a few days ago. much, much weaker now, of course, and continuing to just fade away. the winds easing down through the day, the showers that will see moving into england and wales tending to fade away as well during the afternoon, leaving quite a bit of sunshine around. and those temperatures, 11, 12 degrees are near normal really for this time of the year. turns chilly during the evening before we see this rain and cloud coming in from the atlantic in time for wednesday, it will be accompanied by some stronger winds, particularly through the irish sea and the heaviest of the rain likely to be in western scotland and northwest england. about an inch of rain or so. good news is it does move through fairly quickly and there shouldn't be as much rain in the south east of england. and then following that rain, we're going to find some sunshine and a few showers coming into the west, mainly for northern ireland and over the irish sea. temperatures could be a little bit lower in scotland, only eight or nine degrees because of that rain. there's also some cooler air coming our way. that low pressure will get a bit closer on thursday, bringing in the cooler air. and in that cooler air, there could be some heavy showers with some hail.

this is bbc news. the headlines: the us secretary of state, antony blinken, has held talks with the palestinian authority president, mahmoud abbas, in the occupied west bank city of ramallah. his visit comes as the israeli bombardment of gaza continues. the gaza health authorities say more than 30 people were killed

in an israeli air strike on a refugee camp. the gaza health ministry says 9,770 people have been killed so far. 4,800 of them are children. hamburg airport in germany is at a standstill, as police deal with a hostage situation on the tarmac. a man drove through a security barrier with a four—year—old girl in his vehicle. the uk conservative party has rejected suggestions it covered up allegations of rape against an mp. the mp hasn't been named. prince william has arrived in singapore, where he'll announce the winners of his earthshot environmental prize. we'll get more of the international news in just a few minutes but now, it's time for a look at today's sport with hugh farris. hello from the bbc sport centre. virat kohli has equalled the record for most one day

international centuries,