from washington, this is bbc news. growing international concern about the plight of hospitals in gaza, with the doctor's warning it could cost lives. a countdown is on in the us to avert a government shutdown as republicans look to cut a deal. and president biden and china's xijinping are due to meet for the first time this year at the apec summit in san francisco. plus a big cat surprise in an italian town after a lion escaped from a local circus. it's good to have you with us.

there is growing concern about the dire state of hospitals in gaza. the biggest, al—shifa hospital, is not functioning at all according to the world health organization. this map shows all of the gaza hospitals. you this map shows all of gaza's hospitals — marked by the red dots — the un says 20 out of 36 are no longer working. at al—shifa, premature babies have had to be moved out of their incubators, and there are reports that gaza's second—biggest hospital, al-quds, has run out of fuel. the bbc has managed to reach a surgeon inside the al—shifa hospital in gaza. here's some of what marwan abu saada had to say about conditions there. without electricity, without fuel, without water, even without food. and still, we are having more than 600 injured people. and we are suffering now with our babies, who we can't move from our neonatal icu. we are talking now about the 36 — it was 39 — three of them who lost their lives. two of them lost their lives due to a lack of oxygen, because of the bombardment two days ago

to the main oxygen generator. they had a lack of oxygen, and today we lost another baby because of this atmosphere and environment. i'm afraid that we will lose all of these babies. we would like to move these babies to outside gaza, to egypt, to keep them alive. because if we leave them in this situation here in gaza, i think we will lose them all. prime minister benjamin netanyahu was asked about a possible hostage deal. the minute we _ possible hostage deal. the minute we started - possible hostage deal. tue: minute we started the possible hostage deal. tte: minute we started the ground operation, things began to change. t5 operation, things began to chance. , ., ., change. is there a potential deal? there _ change. is there a potential deal? there could - change. is there a potential deal? there could be, - change. is there a potential deal? there could be, but l change. is there a potential i deal? there could be, but the less i say. _ deal? there could be, but the less i say, the _ deal? there could be, but the less i say, the more _ deal? there could be, but the less i say, the more i - deal? there could be, but the| less i say, the more i increase the chance it might

materialise. it is a result of military pressure, the extraordinary work the idf is doing, putting pressure on the hamas leadership, that's the one thing that might create a deal. if a deal is available, we will talk about it when it's there and we will announce it if it is achieved. it's now five weeks since hamas, designated a terrorist organisation by a number of governments, massacred 1,400 people in israel. since then, hamas officials say well over 11,000 people have been killed in israeli attacks on gaza. in this special report, our international editor jeremy bowen assesses what could happen next, in gaza and in israel. the beds were full when mosab was brought in wounded. gaza's medics have to improvise. and a photo of premature babies at shifa, the main hospital in gaza, swaddled to stay alive after their incubators stopped working when the power ran out. all born in the cruelty of war. in the other hamas—israel wars, it would be time

for a ceasefire by now and back to the same uneasy status quo until the next explosion. news teams can't cross into gaza, so they come to sderot, the nearest israeli town, to look in. perhaps the biggest question is what happens in gaza the day after? who's going to be in charge? israeli occupiers? an internationalforce? palestinians — if so, which palestinians? this time, it's different. the cost in lives from the hamas attacks to israel's response has thrust the conflict into unknown territory. with israel on the attack, prime minister netanyahu rejected america's day—after plan. the us wants the palestinian authority, rivals to hamas, to run gaza after the fighting, and then, a palestinian state alongside israel. netanyahu opposes palestinian independence and wants israel to control security.

danny yatom, once the israeli spy chief, said that's why the prime minister snubbed israel's most important ally. israel should not stay too long in the gaza strip — one. secondly, it will not be able to leave the gaza strip unless all the abductees are in our hands, back in a peaceful situation. and we won, we succeed hamas, we won the war against hamas. now there is a need to define, what does it mean exactly to win? i define it as the collapse of hamas as a body, as an organisation, losing its chain of command. israelis are united behind their army,

but not their prime minister. these demonstrators outside his office injerusalem believe he is pandering to the hard—line jewish nationalists who keep him in power. another big question for israelis is the future of their prime minister, benjamin netanyahu. he was a divisive figure before the 7th of october. and since then, a lot of israelis have started to blame him for the security and intelligence and military errors that allowed hamas to attack with such devastating consequences. there's anger that after hamas killed and abducted so many, mostly israeli civilians, military and intelligence chiefs accepted their share of the blame and the prime minister did not. and pressure is growing for a ceasefire in exchange for hostages. what is fighting hamas? of course, the hamas needs to be taken down, ok. but the question of

how to do it is also a significant question. and before i want to kill one single terrorist, i want each and every one of these people home. i want the ten—month—old baby home. i want the 86—year—old home. i want that more than i want dead terrorists. once they're home, we can finish the job. the pain and hatred unleashed since the 7th of october might overwhelm all those who still believe in peace, not permanent war. almost every day in the west bank, they bury more palestinians killed in israeli raids. this side of the occupied palestinian territories is becoming the war�*s next battleground. the only answer, western leaders say, is to revive the two—state solution — independent palestine alongside israel. a failed idea that survives only as a slogan. sabri saidam, an adviser to the palestinian president, has heard it all before.

i think it's empty, it's meaningless if it continues to be this way. if you want to do things, don't just walk — don'tjust talk. you need to walk the talk and you need to implement things. if we continue with this sloganeering without any results whatsoever, we're getting nowhere. when this war started, joe biden warned israel not to be blinded by rage as america was after the 9/11 attacks by al-anda. now, israel's tactics are alarming the americans. they reiterate support for israel, but say too many palestinians have been killed by the war machine they helped israel build. inside gaza, israeli military censors say we can't show the faces of soldiers we filmed. senior western diplomats, firm israeli allies, told the bbc that ending the war and dealing with the aftermath will be difficult and messy.

the wall betweenjerusalem and the west bank is a monument to the death of the last peace process. so what do we know? well, events since the attacks of october the 7th have shown that this conflict is not something that israel can manage and the rest of the world can ignore. there's also the history of a century of conflict between arabs and jews for control of this land. and that shows that there's no military solution. so if the current bloodshed doesn't lead to a new and serious attempt to make peace, then there'll be more wars for more generations. but war hardens hearts. in gaza today in a brief pause, thousands more palestinians fled the israeli offensive. jeremy bowen, bbc news, jerusalem.

in paris on the tenth of thousands joined a march against anti—semitism on sunday. marine le pen was there, tempt and have been mounting in france, home to europe's largestjewish and muslim communities. the country reports a steep rise in the number of anti—semitic acts. among jews you speak to here, there's a very sombre feeling, a feeling that things have changed in the last few weeks. a lot of people were saying to me that, yes, it's always been pretty bad. they've lived on their nerves at these moments of crisis in the middle east. but it's far worse now than in the past. a lot of people saying that they've done things like removing their mezuzahs from the front of their doors. they wear hats instead of kippahs when they go to the synagogue for shabbat.

there is a real sense of anxiety among thejewish community here, and therefore a satisfaction that there's been a big turnout here. another big topic on everyone's minds is the presence of the far—right here, or the hard right, the nationalist right, marine le pen. all thejews i have spoken to here today say, we've had our problems with her party. but anyone who lends their voice to the fight against anti—semitism, is, as far as we're concerned, welcome. this is bbc news. the uk's home secretary, suella braverman, says some chanting at saturday's pro—palestinian march was "sick and clearly criminal". seven people have been charged. she was already facing widespread criticism and calls for the prime minister to

remove herfrom her role for the prime minister to remove her from her role after accusing the police of bias. and it's quite interesting that she does thank the police, saying it was an outrage that multiple officers had been injured doing their duties, it is notable i think that most in of her words were reserved still for the pro—palestinian marches, and some of the language she uses about that, she's clearly not stepping back from that, this urging of further action. very little in their by way of condemnation be on that of condemnation beyound that very little in their by way of condemnation beyond that first original tweet for the far right protesters who, as you said, formed the majority of those who were arrested. the clock is ticking for a funding bill. a key committee will take up the proposal on

monday, in an unusual two—pronged approach. some agencies will be funded until january 19th, others until february the 2nd, pushing off some of the more contentious issues. but it doesn't contain spending cuts, something republican hardliners were republican ha rdliners were calling republican hardliners were calling for, and that decision was the nail in the coffin for former speaker kevin mccarthy, who was ousted over his bipartisan bill that kept the government funded in september. mr mccarthy said he doesn't think mrjohnson will face the same fate. think mrjohnson will face the same fate-— think mrjohnson will face the same fate. ., ., ., , same fate. you get a honeymoon, and they can't _ same fate. you get a honeymoon, and they can't go _ same fate. you get a honeymoon, and they can't go through - same fate. you get a honeymoon, and they can't go through it - and they can't go through it again. think about how long it took last time. do you think they would do that again? so even if he relies on democratic votes, the way you had to, you think you will be safe and not be pushed out?— be pushed out? oh, yeah. i don't think— be pushed out? oh, yeah. i don't think anybody - be pushed out? oh, yeah. i don't think anybody can - be pushed out? oh, yeah. i don't think anybody can do | be pushed out? oh, yeah. i - don't think anybody can do that for the rest of the term. what for the rest of the term. what aives

for the rest of the term. what gives you _ for the rest of the term. what gives you that _ for the rest of the term. what gives you that confidence? . for the rest of the term. what i gives you that confidence? who would they _ gives you that confidence? who would they replace _ gives you that confidence? �*w�*trr would they replace him gives you that confidence? �*mtr> would they replace him with? let's talk about the impending deadline and the week in us politics with the cbs news chief election and campaign correspondence. good to see you again. talk us through this, because speakerjohnson is because speaker johnson is putting because speakerjohnson is putting forward, on the face of it, what appears to be a very similar plan to the one put forward by former speaker kevin mccarthyjust forward by former speaker kevin mccarthy just days forward by former speaker kevin mccarthyjust days before he was ousted. so the big question, can he get a different outcome? good to be with ou. different outcome? good to be with you. this _ different outcome? good to be with you. this new— different outcome? good to be with you. this new strategy - different outcome? good to be with you. this new strategy by| with you. this new strategy by the new speaker is an attempt to acknowledge the political reality, that he can't get what he wants at this moment in terms of spending cuts or attacking the eternal revenue service and its budget, but he wants to buy himself time. so speakerjohnson is laying out the proposal to separate the funding deadlines for different appropriations over two

periods. this gives him two or three months to think through, how can he try to get the democrats to make concessions? especially in the senate where they have the majority. could he come up with a plan to make the white house and the senate democrats buckle on key issues? but because he is so new to the job, he hasn't had time to build any real political capital or leverage in these negotiations. so by moving forward without requiring spending cuts in his proposal, it is an acknowledgement of the political reality. find it is an acknowledgement of the political reality.— political reality. and of course _ political reality. and of course those _ political reality. and of| course those bipartisan relationships are key and central to that role. so far, how is this proposed plan going down with the democrats? democrats would like to see funding for an extensive period. and even most republicans, publicly and often privately, say they don't like to see these continuing revelations being the way government is funded over short

periods, for a couple of weeks, in this case may be a few months. appropriations and the spending of federal dollars is something that has traditionally been done over fiscal years, and done in a very methodical way on capitol hill. but there is now a culture of doing these short—term budget deals because they can't come up with any political consensus about what should be in them. but no one wants to see the government shutdown. both parties see a political cost to doing that, especially lest than a year before the next congressional election cycle. they want to avoid that, so you can expect reluctant democrats and republicans to go, ok, we will do this so called c r for a few months and get a longer term deal sometime early next year. and we have another issue, the war in the middle east. with all of that in mind, how do you think this is going down with the white house, cognisant of the white house, cognisant of the fact the bill doesn't

include aid to israel? how will that be received?— that be received? president biden has — that be received? president biden has a _ that be received? president biden has a real— that be received? president biden has a real dilemma . that be received? president - biden has a real dilemma here, in terms of dealing with speakerjohnson. speaker johnson's position is reflective of where many house republicans that stand. he does not want to couple together funding for ukraine with funding for ukraine with funding for ukraine with funding for israel. the house republicans and the speaker see them as two separate funding issues. the biden white house and president biden himself, as he has long articulated, would like to see these as a joint measure. untilthey like to see these as a joint measure. until they come up with some way to solve this impasse on how to fund foreign policy priorities, they are not going to have any kind of grand budget deal. foreign policy is a division in these negotiations, and it is a deep one, because there is such a fundamental difference in how congressional republicans on the house side see ukraine as a sort of foreign policy distraction for the us, not worthy of significant funding,

whereas most democrats and traditional republicans are very much looking to fund ukraine. very much looking to fund ukraine-— very much looking to fund ukraine. ., ~ ., ., ukraine. taking a look at the week ahead, _ ukraine. taking a look at the week ahead, we _ ukraine. taking a look at the week ahead, we have - ukraine. taking a look at the week ahead, we have the - ukraine. taking a look at the - week ahead, we have the trump civil sword trial continuing in new york with the defence starting. donald juniortaking starting. donald junior taking to the starting. donald juniortaking to the stand. last night civil fraud trial.— to the stand. last night civil fraud trial. very quickly, the defence. — fraud trial. very quickly, the defence, the _ fraud trial. very quickly, the defence, the trump - fraud trial. very quickly, the defence, the trump team i fraud trial. very quickly, the defence, the trump team is| defence, the trump team is going to bring forward donald junior and other witnesses to make the case that the trump organisation and the former president didn't commit fraud, which comes after his own testimony. the new york state attorney made the case that trump did commit fraud, along with other defendants. this will last until december probably and ultimately the judge will decide whether to find the trump organisation $250 million or more. —— do fine. $250 million or more. -- do fine. �* , ., .,, $250 million or more. -- do fine. �* ., .,,

in san francisco, a key global summit is about to get under way. us presidentjoe biden is hosting the asia—pacific economic co—operation forum, better known as apec, and he will welcome leaders from the 21 countries on the pacific rim, including japan's fumio kishida, australia's anthony albanese and the russian deputy prime minister, but all eyes will be on his meeting with china's president xijinping, only the second time the pair have met in person in the past three years. live to matt goodman, distinguished fellow for global economic policy and director of the greenburg centre for geo— economic studies council on foreign relations. thanks for taking the time to be with us. it's fair to say that all eyes will be on that bilateral summit between xijinping and mr biden, bearing in mind they haven't met since the g20 in bali in 2022. a lot has

happened since then. what do you envisage could come out of that meeting?— that meeting? well, this is a very important _ that meeting? well, this is a very important opportunity i that meeting? well, this is a. very important opportunity for the leaders of the two largest countries in the world to meet and go through a number of difficult issues between them. i don't think this is going to fundamentally change the reality, that we are in competition with each other, that we have some major differences on issues from security, the south china sea, taiwan, economic issues and human rights. i think the leaders will address all of those things, and this is going to be more about the signalling to be more about the signalling to the world and to their own people that they are managing the relationship responsibly, rather than some effort to try to make huge breakthroughs on any substantive issues. you mentioned _ any substantive issues. you mentioned the _ any substantive issues. you mentioned the talks -

any substantive issues. you mentioned the talks potentially looking at notjust security, military co—operation and competition, but of course this meeting is also coming at a time of the war in the middle east. we know china has not condemned hamas' attack, in a similar way it hasn't condemned russia's actions in ukraine. do you see that as a talking point? do you see that coming up point? do you see that coming up at this meeting? shat point? do you see that coming up at this meeting? fit a up at this meeting? at a minimum. _ up at this meeting? at a minimum, i'm _ up at this meeting? at a minimum, i'm sure - up at this meeting? at a - minimum, i'm sure president biden is going to urge or insist to president xi that china not intervene in either conflict in an unhelpful way. a long—standing concern about china providing at least comfort if not tangible support to russia in ukraine, and there is concern that china and iran... inaudible. at the time the gaza conflict is going on, so i'm sure that

will be on the agenda for president biden.- will be on the agenda for president biden. and likely another big _ president biden. and likely another big topic _ president biden. and likely another big topic on - president biden. and likely another big topic on the . another big topic on the agenda, taiwan. we know elections are coming up there in 2024 which could be key. and of course, trying to assess china's intentions for the self—governing island. do you think there is an opportunity to cool tensions and warm up the relationship between the united states and china on that front? because of course that has been a really big sticking point this year. t has been a really big sticking point this year.— point this year. i think that's another area _ point this year. i think that's another area of _ point this year. i think that's another area of significant i another area of significant difference between the two sides. i don't think they are going to resolve anything at this meeting, but i do think it's clear there is an effort by the two sides to try to lower tensions, military tensions. there has been some very troubling encounters in the south china sea between chinese fighter jets the south china sea between chinese fighterjets and chinese fighter jets and american chinese fighterjets and american planes. that kind of thing could cause some kind of

miscalculation or accidental conflict, and i'm sure they are going to talk about that, and try to establish... this is the one thing that might come out of the meeting, some new commitment to military communications, that have been suspended effectively for at least a year, if not more. mostly by the chinese side. that could be one thing that comes out of this.— comes out of this. more broadly. _ comes out of this. more broadly, looking - comes out of this. more broadly, looking at - comes out of this. more | broadly, looking at apec, comes out of this. more i broadly, looking at apec, a group of 21 economies. together they account for around 60% of world trade. what do you think could come out of this summit? are there any potential deliverables? t are there any potential deliverables?— are there any potential deliverables? ~ ~ , . , deliverables? i think apec is not the kind _ deliverables? i think apec is not the kind of _ deliverables? i think apec is not the kind of organisation | not the kind of organisation that's going to deliver headline making breakthroughs. i think there will be some useful things that will come out, for example on the energy transition, helping economies in the region move towards cleaner energy sources of

production, and with financial support from the advanced members of the group. there will be issues on disaster relief, women'sempowerment. some other useful things. i don't think this will be headline making. and of course it's against the backdrop of all these other distractions. but this is an important opportunity for president biden to demonstrate the us commitment to the asia—pacific region, so i think it does fit into that broader picture. matt goodman. _ into that broader picture. matt goodman, director— into that broader picture. matt goodman, director of - into that broader picture. matt goodman, director of the greenburg centre for geo— economic studies, great to have you. thank you. experts say there are increasing chances of a volcanic eruption in iceland.

the chance of a volcanic eruption in iceland is now rising, posing a threat to the town of grindavik, which has been evacuated. iceland has declared a state of emergency after a series of earthquakes, and the country's meteorological office says there's considerable risk of an eruption. people living near rome had a surprise last night, when a large male lion was spotted wandering past their homes. the lion was caught a few hours after the alarm was raised and the owner said he was doing find and investigations were under way to find out how he escaped. —— he was doing fine. diwali celebrations have been taking place in india and across the world. this was the scene in mumbai, with fireworks to mark the hindu festival of lights. more than one billion people are celebrating worldwide. you are watching bbc news in washington, dc. forthe latest, you can head to our website. i will be back with more news at

the top of the hour, join me then, goodbye for now. hello there. after a quiet couple of days, things are looking a lot more unsettled now. certainly, for the next 24 hours, some of us could see a stormy spell of weather associated with storm debi. met office have a number of warnings issued and some amber warnings for severe gales across northern ireland, which could be extended across the irish sea into parts of north—west england and south—west scotland. now, storm debi is likely to affect much of the western side of the country through the night and certainly into monday morning. damaging winds and heavy rain, which will spread northwards. head online to check out all the latest weather warnings. here it is, a secondary small area of low pressure, close to the parent low, moving northwards. but the biggest impacts will be felt across the republic of ireland during monday morning. but heavy rain will spread northwards across all areas. and a mild start across the south, quite chilly in the north. a blustery start to all areas. that band of heavy rain will continue to spread

northwards, eventually pushing into scotland as we move through the morning, particularly eastern scotland. but the winds really ramping up from around 6am onwards. gusts in excess of 60—70mph. northern ireland, across coastal parts of north wales, north—west england, maybe even higher than that, 70—80mph exposure. further south, it will be blustery through the morning, but not quite as windy as it will be further north. and into the afternoon, skies will brighten up for large parts of england and wales, with sunny spells and a few scattered showers. and it will be noticeably mild. highs of 13—16 celsius in the south, 9—11 celsius further north. storm debi continues to pull away during monday evening into the north sea. then we're left with blustery conditions through monday night, scattered showers and clear spells. most of the showers in the north and the west. and again, most places will be frost—free, temperatures of 5—11 celsius. it stays quite unsettled as we head into tuesday. this area of low pressure sitting to the north—west of the country will bring showers or longer spells of rain maybe to northern ireland, certainly to western scotland.

elsewhere, it's sunny spells, scattered, blustery showers. most of the showers pushing into western areas. a few eastern areas could see lengthier, sunny spells. and again, it'll feel quite mild, temperatures of around 10—14 celsius. as we move through the week, it looks like it'll stay fairly unsettled. there is a chance of another spell of wet and windy weather perhaps across southern britain on thursday. certainly one to watch. but keep up to date with all the weather warnings with regards to storm debi.

a meeting between the leaders of the world's two largest economies. we look at what's at stake for china and the us. that's my view of manchester. it's a major international city now. former manchester united football star gary neville tells us why he's developing luxury property in manchester, and where asia fits in. hello and welcome to asia business report. i'm monica miller. we begin with the upcoming meeting between us president joe biden and his chinese counterpart xijinping. on wednesday, the two leaders will sit down on the sidelines of the asia—pacific economic cooperation summit in san francisco.