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live from london. this is bbc news. an image of vulnerable newborns at gaza's main hospital, the al—shifa, where doctors say two babies have already died because of the lack of power. israel says it will evacuate the babies from al—shifa hospital but it's not clear how or whether other hospitals in gaza are able to care for them. israel says a number of civilians have been killed or wounded in israel by missiles fired from lebanon. police in london condemn violence by right wing protesters during a pro—palestinian
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march held yesterday. and the king leads tributes to the armed forces on remembrance sunday. the israeli military says it has agreed to evacuate babies in need of oxygen from gaza's main hospital, al—shifa, to a safer place on sunday. officials there said two newborns died as a result of the hospital running out of power with heavy fighting.
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this photo was sent to the bbc last night — showing more than 20 babies being kept in a surgical theatre instead of incubators, despite being reportedly in need of oxygen treatment. the world health organization says it's lost communication with its contacts there. in a separate incident, the united nations says there's been a significant number of deaths and injuries from shelling at one its facilities in gaza city. these are live pictures looking at gaza cityjust now where it is two o'clock in the afternoon. let us get the latest from the world health organization. what is the latest you are hearing from your colleagues on the ground? we are horrified at the latest reports of attacks on and in the vicinity of al—shifa hospital, and other hospitals in gaza city. we
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have heard reports also of loss of life of those children, that the health care staff have stayed there to support and look after. it was not just the attacks that have to support and look after. it was notjust the attacks that have led to the loss of life of those children, it is the lack of fuel, there is no electricity. how easy has it been for your teams on the ground notjust to provide care in the hospital, but for other civilians making the journey south? easyis civilians making the journey south? easy is not a word that applies. there is nowhere safe, everyone is in danger. there have been more than 100 un staff who have died. all other organisations are also reporting terrible loss of life. we are calling for an immediate ceasefire, because that is the only solution at this point. these numbers that people mention it, israel often says they are hard
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to be clear about these numbers because they are often sourced from hamas officials, how can you be certain about the numbers you are quoting? for deaths and injuries there is a long—standing system run by the health service, and that is a health service in every country, that we always assess, whether in wartime or peacetime, that applies also to the health ministry in gaza. we are confident of the numbers. right now, with such chaos, and so much loss of life, any numbers you are hearing will not reflect anything more than a trend. i want to ask you about the disease on the ground. this is something that happens in war zones as well as areas of natural disasters. how big areas of natural disasters. how big a problem is disease? it is a huge problem. it is much
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more avoidable, because the reason we have got this problem is people are being crowded into small spaces. they do not have access to clean water, the route have access to food, two toilets, naturally we are seeing a massive surge in diarrhoea. we would expect to see 2000 cases per month, we were seeing more than 35,000 at the last count. also, respiratory illnesses, if you are crowded together, you get a lot of respiratory illness. this is a period when respiratory illnesses are resurgent. we have got a traumatised dehydrated population in a situation where any virus will run like wildfire. israel says it has offered humanitarian pauses, sometimes for, orfive or six hours, what more would you like the israeli government to do to allow your organisation to do more on the ground? we
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organisation to do more on the round? ~ ., ~' . organisation to do more on the round? ~ ., ~ ., . .,, ground? we would like a ceasefire. we need sustained _ ground? we would like a ceasefire. we need sustained humanitarian i we need sustained humanitarian access. borders open so we can get proper assistance in, humanitarian assistance. the number of tracks that have been able to get in is just a trickle, even if you can get them into gaza, you cannot get them into all of gaza, because so much of it is not safe. thank you, from the world health organization, in geneva. israeli government says a number of civilians within israel have been injured from missiles fired from lebanon.
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the israeli army says a number of civilians have been wounded in northern israel by missiles fired from lebanon. it comes after the israeli defence minister has warned the lebanese armed movement hezbollah that what israel is doing in gaza, it can do in beirut. take a listen. i say this to the citizens of lebanon. hezbollah is dragging lebanon into a war. hezbollah is making mistakes for which citizens of lebanon ultimately will pay the price. what we are doing in gaza now, we know how to do it in beirut as well. therefore, hezbollah should behave properly. nasrallah should not continue teasing us. this aggression is unacceptable. we are prepared for anything. worth reminding you hezbollah is like hamas considered a terrorist organisation by many goernments, including the uk and the us. it is backed by iran. let's speak now to richard hecht, spokesperson for the israel defence forces. what is the situation on the ground in lebanon from your perspective? hassan nasrallah is still making a mistake by firing anti—tank missiles. even this morning one of
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our civilians was severely injured. i would add what i minister said yesterday, it would be very wrong on hassan nasrallah�*s we have to drag lebanon into this conflict. our focus now is on gaza, we want to focus now is on gaza, we want to focus on dismantling hamas. we will pick up on gaza in a moment, but why threaten beirut, the lebanese capital? hassan nasrallah, his main hub is in beirut. makes these mistakes. sadly he will be dragging lebanon into this. his main headquarters is in beirut. his big parades are happening from beirut. it would be very wrong of him to keep pushing the line in these dire times for the state of israel. let us move on to gaza, these babies that require evacuation from this hospital, how are you going to do
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this? very concerned about this, very troubling, very tragic. we are in contact with the hospital, we are trying to find a way to do this. there will be more information during the day. we are working very hard to find a way to get these babies out. sadly, hamas have been hiding and using this hospital as a habit, and we are not striking the hospital right now, we are trying to find a way to make sure that people who are inside this hospital and cannot be moved have the capability to move. where do you plan to take them to? this will be an effort, i cannot to all the details, that we will be working very hard in trying to make this thing happen. we are not fighting the people of gaza. at the
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same time, in israel, a nine—year—old baby is a hostage right now in gaza. we nine-year-old baby is a hostage right now in gaza.— nine-year-old baby is a hostage right now in gaza. we have to keep this in mind- _ right now in gaza. we have to keep this in mind. you _ right now in gaza. we have to keep this in mind. you say— right now in gaza. we have to keep this in mind. you say you _ right now in gaza. we have to keep this in mind. you say you are - right now in gaza. we have to keep this in mind. you say you are not . this in mind. you say you are not targeting the people of gaza, you are not striking hospitals, groups on the ground so hospitals have been hit. the united nations says one of its basis was hit, this is not a hamas, this is a united nations base. ., ., , ., hamas, this is a united nations base. ., ., ., ., . base. how do you respond to that? we are not deliberately _ base. how do you respond to that? we are not deliberately attacking - are not deliberately attacking hospitals or un facilities. sadly, hamas will be finding may be beside eight un facility. i think we have showed you some of the events where they have fired from the events they have fired from very near a united nations facility. if we see someone firing we do everything we can to take out the threat and try to minimise the impact to one of these civilian facilities. we understand with the hospitals, it is more
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severe and more sensitive, we have not fired on the hospitals. two hospitals have been evacuated. 47 tonnes of humanitarian aid have entered gaza strip. we understand this humanitarian aid will allow us to dismantle hamas. i spoke earlier to a spokesperson from the world health organization, she described the situation on the ground as horrific, she said nowhere was safe. more than 100 un staff have died. she called for an immediate ceasefire. she described it as absolute chaos. is israel, and your organisation, the idf, doing enough to protect civilians and help civilians in your fight as what —— gets what you deem as a terrorist organisation? in gets what you deem as a terrorist organisation?— gets what you deem as a terrorist oruanisation? ., , ., organisation? in the last four weeks and more we _ organisation? in the last four weeks and more we have _
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organisation? in the last four weeks and more we have done _ organisation? in the last four weeks and more we have done everythingl organisation? in the last four weeks i and more we have done everything we can to tell the people of north gaza to move south, we have the clear germanic theory and corridors, we have opened another corridor for people to move from al—shifa to other humanitarian corridors. there have been tactical pauses for people to move, to say they would be safe while moving in that time. we have to find an area on the coast is a safe humanitarian zone. we are doing everything we can in this complicated fight against hamas to minimise harm to civilians. it is a very dire situation on the ground, yes, it is chaos, yes it is painful, and my heart goes out to the civilians of gaza who have been taken captive by hamas. people who have been fleeing south say they have been fired upon, convoys of people have come under israeli attack, i want to ask you,
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where does this go next? you say you want to eliminate hamas, does that mean flattening the territory of gaza? ,,. , mean flattening the territory of gaza? , ,., mean flattening the territory of gaza? , ., , ., gaza? sadly, some of the people that were firina gaza? sadly, some of the people that were firing at — gaza? sadly, some of the people that were firing at people _ gaza? sadly, some of the people that were firing at people trying _ gaza? sadly, some of the people that were firing at people trying to - gaza? sadly, some of the people that were firing at people trying to move l were firing at people trying to move south were hamas, they are that cynical. i am a military man, i can only tell you that we cannot have this thing happen to us again. we have 239 hostages right now in gaza, we have to get them home. we cannot have this attack happen on our communities again, itjust will not happen again. spokesperson for the israel defence forces joining spokesperson for the israel defence forcesjoining us from spokesperson for the israel defence forces joining us from tel aviv. thank you.
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these pictures were taken, this is coming from a bbc correspondent on the ground in gaza, the correspondent heard voices of people trapped under the rubble screaming for help. king charles has led the national service of remembrance at the cenotaph in central london. the service honours the contribution of military and civilian servicemen and women in world wars one and two, and other conflicts. live now to our royal correspondent sarah campbell.
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this was the first remembrance sunday for king charles as king. he laid the wreath just after 11 o'clock, that's very important pause, a pause in the centre of london, and a pause across the nation as well, thousands of people gathering around war memorials and events around the country to take two minutes to stop, to pause, to reflect, and think about the fallen. after king charles had laid the wreath, then there is a service of remembrance, then that march past, which is what is currently going on behind me along whitehall, involving around 10,000 veterans. this is organised by the royal british legion. it is so important to so many people. you sent out the invitations, you are always oversubscribed in terms of the number of people who want to come on
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this march. there is a huge range of ages and organisations. close to 10,000 people marching from close t010,000 people marching from civilian_ close to 10,000 people marching from civilian and _ close to 10,000 people marching from civilian and armed forces organisations. aged between a 100—year—old d—day veteran, to someone who is eight years old. also, some people who are not members of associations. we saw some members of the windrush generation marching. yes. we saw some members of the windrush generation marching.— generation marching. yes, that has been an important _ generation marching. yes, that has been an important commemoration generation marching. yes, that has - been an important commemoration this year, we have worked closely with different organisations to make sure the service and sacrifice of that generation in the second world war and what they brought when they came backin and what they brought when they came back in 19117 to britain is recognised and valued. there are lots of commemorations and
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anniversaries this year. the korean war, often known as the forgotten war. , _, ., ., ., war. yes, we commemorated that. sometimes — war. yes, we commemorated that. sometimes that _ war. yes, we commemorated that. sometimes that war, _ war. yes, we commemorated that. sometimes that war, because - war. yes, we commemorated that. sometimes that war, because it - war. yes, we commemorated that. i sometimes that war, because it came so close to the back of the second world war, veterans who lost their lives in that war, sometimes it is a forgotten war. we wanted them to be valued and reflected. veterans, armed forces organisations, it is so important, we have heard throughout the morning, so important for them to be able to take part, remember those they have lost, everybody is marching for their own reasons. figs they have lost, everybody is marching for their own reasons. $5 a marching for their own reasons. as a veteran myself _ marching for their own reasons. is —. veteran myself armistice weekend can be difficult sometimes, it is important that we get out there, think of the comments we have worked with, those who have not come back home, also we get to see that the great british public does value and recognise our armed forces. lots of people will be wearing
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poppies. where does that money go? providing welfare support to the armed forces community. you only need to serve for 2h hours. we run care homes, debt management relief. thank you. those wonderful pictures of the march past. this march will continue for a while yet. once again, right in the centre of london, a very special moment at 11 o'clock when everything stopped, everything was quiet, thousands of people taking that time to remember the fallen of conflicts past. meanwhile the uk prime minister rishi sunak condemned what he called "violent, wholly unacceptable scenes" by right wing activists in central london on saturday, as well
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as "hamas sympathisers". about 300,000 pro—palestinian protesters marched saturday to call for a ceasefire, in the biggest uk rally since the israel gaza war began. police have said counter protesters the right wing activists made up the "vast majority" of the 126 arrests. live now to zoe billingham non executive director, served for 12 years as her majesty's inspector of constabulary and fire and rescue. how would you assess yesterday's policing by the met? the met had a number of objectives yesterday, first and foremost was that the armistice day remembrance commemorations around the cenotaph and in central london would pass off
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peacefully. that was achieved. the metropolitan police also wanted to prevent serious disorder. in a sense, the metropolitan police, they had 1850 officers on the streets, double the number of officers previously, they kept their pro—palestinian protesters away from the far right protesters, but as we saw, it was well covered on the media, there were scuffles and skirmishers led by the far right protesters. there was some disorder and a number of arrests. but thinking about how badly wrong this could potentially have gone, i think that metropolitan police will think largely they haven't met their objectives. there was tension in the lead up, a bit of a stand—off between the metropolitan police commissioner and the home secretary. she called these eight matches and said they should not go ahead. the police commissioner pushed back, should he
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have listened to the home secretary and did what she asks? in have listened to the home secretary and did what she asks?— and did what she asks? in this country there _ and did what she asks? in this country there is _ and did what she asks? in this country there is an _ and did what she asks? in this i country there is an overwhelming production + an overwhelming presumption in favour of allowing people to express freedom of peace that our freedom of speech, for a protest to go ahead, as there is new disorder. the main objective yesterday was to allow the armistice commemorations to go ahead, that objective is met. it would have been difficult for the metropolitan police commissioner to have made the case, based on risk assessment, that the march should have been bad. matches are only banned in the most exceptional circumstances. overall, most people would say that it was right that people exercise their right that people exercise their right to protest, while at the same time, the metropolitan police largely kept order on the streets of
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london, and protected people who wanted to commemorate armistice day, but also safeguarded communities who were at greater risk because of the heightened tensions. the met police says the majority of the more than 120 arrests were of right—wing counter protesters. it does also acknowledge that some people were shouting anti—semitic slogans or shouting support for a banned terror group. do you think the rhetoric of the home secretary in the lead up spurred some of this mystery market is difficult to see. what is safe to say is that from the moment that the home secretary's piece in the times was published there was an enormous media focus in there was an enormous media focus in the weekend that we are in now. that spotlight of attention onto the events of the coming weekend meant that we saw a tripling, 300,000, in
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the pro—palestinian marchers, the previous weeks had been 100,000, and a vastly increased right—wing counter protest present. obviously the tension drew protesters to london yesterday. we have to leave it there. former inspector of constabulary and fire and rescue service, thank you. authorities in iceland say the chances of a major volcanic eruption have increased — and that it could start any time in the next few days. professor thor thordarson is a vulcanologist at the university of iceland.
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iceland sits on the mid—atlantic ridge in a basically a plate boundary. and as such, we have eruptions in iceland on average every three years. where the current activity is taking place erupts in the period. so it's last for 300 to 400 years. and there's quiescence between these periods, which lasts for roughly about 600 to 1000 years. we just enter the new eruption period in the year 2021, and this is part of that development. and what we've been seeing over the last two weeks or so at the location has been accumulated into a shallow storage zone. and as a consequence of that, you have the surface of the land lifting up at about eight millimetres per day. and also you build up the internal pressure in that magma storage zone. and as the overpressure gets greater
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than the strength of the surrounding rocks, they fail. and that's what happened yesterday. so what happened on friday afternoon is that the the wall and the roof of of this lack of storage zone actually failed. and they failed very rapidly, which suggests really high overpressure in the region. and as a consequence, we had a crack forming which propagated itself westward underneath the town and actually underneath the shallow seas south. and the magma followed. and now that magma is less than 800 metres below the surface, so it has moved from depths of 4 to 5 kilometres up to less than a kilometre. and that's why we're talking about an eruption imminent. and unfortunately, the most likely eruption site appears to be within the
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boundary of the town. stay with us here on bbc news. we have a named storm which will bring gusts of up to 80 mph. escalation likely in the morning. today, this cloud and rain, behind it you can see the developing storm. today, rain on and off. some are heavier bursts. it is making its way in south—west scotland and north—west england.
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it may brighten later in the south and west. that rain progresses across much of scotland overnight. hot on its heels that developing storm system. 30 — 40 that developing storm system. 30 — a0 millimetres predicted. temperatures will rise because of increase in cloud and rain from storm debi. damaging gusts of wind of 70—80 mph. brisk winds still around, there could be severe gale force winds around the coastline. a nasty spell
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of weather coming in tonight and tomorrow but temperatures higher than they have been through the weekend. but still that rain remains in the north. clearing as we going to monday and tuesday, then further low pressure, but later in the week a question as to what happens. what is certain is more wet and windy weather, rain chopping up to as much as 60 million users in some places. but clearly a concern as the storm is coming in tonight.
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this is bbc news. an image of a vulnerable newborns at gaza's main hospital al—shifa. doctors say two newborns have already died. israel says it will evacuate the vulnerable babies from al—shifa hospital but a medic warns other hospitals in gaza will struggle to care for 37 others. the palestine red crescent says al-quds hospital in northern gaza is no longer operational, as its fuel reserves have run out. israel says a number of civilians have been wounded in northern israel after mortar fire from lebanon. have been wounded in northern israel after mortarfire from lebanon. the king leads remembrance sunday at the
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cenotaph.

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