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families of hostages held by hamas march into jerusalem demanding their release. about 20,000 people demonstrate outside the residence of prime minister, benjamin netanyahu. and taylor swift postpones her upcoming show in rio dejaneiro due to extreme heat... ..after a fan at friday's show died. i'm helena humphrey. good to have you with us. hundreds of people have left gaza city's main hospital —— the al shifa where the israeli military has been conducting raids. there are competing claims over who had ordered the evacuations, with some medical staff saying the israeli forces ordered the evacuations, but the israeli military denies this. the hamas—run health ministry says 120 patientis remained at the hospital, as well as an unknown number of premature babies. those fleeing the hospital, include the sick, the injured,
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medical staff and people who'd been sheltering at the facility, with some seen waving white flags. in israel, thousands of family members of the hostages held in israel by hamas finished a second date march. thousands attended a rally outside the residence of prime minister benjamin netanyahu. for more on all of this, i spoke with our correspondent yogita limaye. what was the mood among the marchers and do you think that was indicative of a broader move among israelis? i think the mood among them was frustration and anger. thousands of people marched from tel aviv a few days ago and entered jerusalem today and came outside the prime
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ministeroffice. speaking to them, i think the frustration, particularly the families, is that the government is not making the hostages the number one priority. so the prime minister who has said he's talked again tonight about the destruction of second mass being the priority and then the release of hostages. i've been speaking to the brother of one of the men taken, a 22—year—old kidnapped from a music festival, i've asked him what he feels and he says i feel furious, i feel furious because the first thing the government should be doing is getting the hostages released. it's been six weeks and time is running out for many of them. many of them are children, elderly people. we've spoken to the son of an 84—year—old woman who has been taken hostage. he says she needs medication every day
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to survive to stay in good health. so, for them it's been six weeks and they've had very little information from the government. they say they want their leaders to look them in the eye and tell them exactly what is being done to bring their loved ones back. is being done to bring their loved ones back-— ones back. we'll touch on the situation _ ones back. we'll touch on the situation in _ ones back. we'll touch on the situation in the _ ones back. we'll touch on the situation in the gaza - ones back. we'll touch on the situation in the gaza strip - ones back. we'll touch on the - situation in the gaza strip because there is an order but we are not always sure where these are coming from, but for the palestinians who have received them, do they know where to go? i5 have received them, do they know where to go?— have received them, do they know where to go? have received them, do they know where to no? , where to go? is there somewhere? i think that's — where to go? is there somewhere? i think that's been _ where to go? is there somewhere? i think that's been the _ where to go? is there somewhere? i think that's been the problem - where to go? is there somewhere? i think that's been the problem all - think that's been the problem all along. they were leaflets dropped early on in the northern part of gaza, asking people to move to the southis gaza, asking people to move to the south is what the israeli military kept referring to as safer areas but we know there have been air strikes
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repeatedly in central and southern gaza as well, killing hundreds of civilians just in this past week alone and so people ask these questions, what is a safer area? they are now dropping leaflets over central gaza asking people to leave there. so if you fledge at home to try and get to a safer area, but what exactly safe? this is a question people in gaza keeps asking when we are speaking to them. of course, what has stood out today and there's been a lot of commentary around it, our videos emerged that have emerged on social media, a strike on a school shelter in northern gaza. it had the un making very sharp comments about it, saying a ceasefire is required immediately.
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israeli forces say they are investigating that in the hamas run ministry there say it is them that are the cause of death. earlier, the hamas—run health authorities said at least eighty people were killed in two israeli strikes on the jabaliya refugee camp in northern gaza. they say one hit a un—run school — al—fakhoura — which was being used as a shelter. a spokesman for the israeli military told bbc news it was looking into the incident but couldn't say if it had been caused by israeli action. a video posted online shows many people, including women and children, with severe injuries or lying motionless on the floor. bbc verify has been looking at the video. 0ur correspondent nick beake gave us more detail. there is a man who gives us a narration. and as we move from classroom to classroom, more horrors are revealed. colleagues at bbc
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verify have been looking at this and the structure of the building matches previous photographs of the school. the weather at the time was pretty similar in the video as it was this morning. so i don't think there's any doubt that this has occurred, what caused it, certainly that the idf told you they are looking into at the moment but it's a scene of utter devastation. also in the past few hours, we heard from us presidentjoe biden on the war. in an opinion piece published in the washington post, mr biden has reiterated his call for a two—state solution to the conflict between israel and the palestinians. the president laid out a us vision for gaza when the war is over, with mr biden saying gaza and the west bank should be reunited under a single governance structure led by the palestinian authority which currently governs the west bank. for more, joining me is president of the middle east policy council, gina abercrombie winstanley.
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gina, before we talk about the contents i want to talk about why now, why did the president feel the need to set out his stance like this right now, do you think? well, it's extremely long. it's a lot of reading to get through, touching on ukraine as well as the israel— hamas war which happened in regard to gaza. i think the administration felt it was important to get across the main points. he talks about leadership that makes three main point. number one, acknowledgement that the pain and suffering, loss is on both sides, to
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make clear he understands that in the united states understands. number two, the united states understands. numbertwo, he the united states understands. number two, he laid out some red lines for both sides and of course he called for the international community to help with the reconstruction of gaza, addressed the destruction that israel has brought to the gaza strip. those red lines are four, number one, no terrorism should be able to be taken, too, no real patient of the gaza strip, three, no siege, and no territorial grab from the government. israel has discussed a buffer zone. government. israel has discussed a bufferzone. i government. israel has discussed a buffer zone. i think the president felt it was important to be very clear as early as possible about
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what the united states would countenance and what they will not. go ahead. ijust countenance and what they will not. go ahead. i just wanted countenance and what they will not. go ahead. ijust wanted to jump countenance and what they will not. go ahead. ijust wanted tojump in on one point, specifically about gaza and the west bank after the conflict because he did write about the us position in that, quoting that they should be reunited under a single government structure, ultimately under a revitalised palestinian authority and we know that isn't where israel stands at this present stage to do you think that will change over time? do you think the us could have a role in persuading israel to change its position there? i persuading israel to change its position there?— persuading israel to change its position there? i think so, i think the ma position there? i think so, i think they may come — position there? i think so, i think they may come to _ position there? i think so, i think they may come to this _ position there? i think so, i think they may come to this in - position there? i think so, i think they may come to this in and - position there? i think so, i think they may come to this in and of l they may come to this in and of themselves. it seems quite impossible and who other than palestinians can rule over
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palestinians, once you say no occupation then it's impossible for some entity from israel to provide governance of the palestinians and israel is in aren't interested in doing that long term either. but someone has to and if they did take that on then they would be responsible for their governance and the gaza strip and i think this is not something very few people have the stomach for. there are others, particularly, if it were under israeli rule that would be unwilling to do so. i israeli rule that would be unwilling to do so. ., ., ., . ., to do so. i want to touch on the hostaue to do so. i want to touch on the hostage situation _ to do so. i want to touch on the hostage situation because - to do so. i want to touch on the hostage situation because in i to do so. i want to touch on the l hostage situation because in that comment, the president says it's been working round the clock to try and assist. we've seen those scenes
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with israeli hostage families marching directly to the government and benjamin netanyahu's resident. i can speak as a human being with family, i'm certain that none of us until we got our loved ones home, and this need for focus to offer to return hostages is very well understood by the president. that's why it was included. it's certainly more than a talking point. we talk about the need to return hostages, we know our own citizens are among them as well as other foreign governments. it's the same issue as with our own citizens who have been trapped in the gaza strip, under israel's attack. there is a need to
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ensure the safety of their people. the president has spoken about the role of the united states and he says, the world looks to us. that's the duty of leadership and america will lead. do you think the american public is on board with that? ? i think there is awareness of the resources that we have. quite a wait of leadership on our shoulders in that we have to do it as best as possible. what i would say, a couple of things found this number one, to say no terrorism should be allowed in the gaza strip is a worthy goal but i cannot think of anywhere in the world that isn't under the
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threat of terrorism. but more importantly, the us has been trying to husband a peace process between israel and palestine almost since the birth of israel and there was nothing in this laying out the vision that would give confidence to american citizens as to why this time would be different to any other time. he said it's not the place to go into details but the fierceness of position with regard to israel as well as the palestinians, i think is going to be needed. the palestinians to give up the option of resistance, of terrorism, even, it requires to being a credible alternative and i do not see that here yet. but
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hopefully that will be coming forthwith. ., ~ , ., some of the biggest names in entertainment — including disney, comcast and warner brothers discovery — have become the latest companies to pause their advertising on x —— after the platform's owner, elon musk, responded approvingly to an anti—semitic post earlier this week. mr musk denies it was anti—semitic. he's said on saturday he will be filing what he called "a thermo—nuclear lawsuit" against all those who colluded in a fraudulent attack on x. 0ur reporter, tom brada, has more details. elon musk�*s commitment to free speech are becoming more costly and he'll be concerned about headlines like this. companies such as disney and warner brothers are pulling ads on x because of hate speech and extremism. there were two issues at the heart of this current row, one of them links to a post which mr
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musk put out on wednesday when he wrote, you have said the actual truth. underneath the post which was pushing an anti—semitic conspiracy theory. he denies being anti—semitic but the white house but at an unequivocal statement saying, we condemn this abhorrent promotion of anti—semitic and racist hate, in the strongest terms. the media watchdog says that some ads are being placed ijy says that some ads are being placed by pro—nazi content. mr musk has threatened to launch what he has called a thermonuclear legal attack. but it clearly a problem if brands are reluctant to work with x. when mr musk took over the company, advertising made up 90% of revenue although byjuly, revenue had fallen ijy although byjuly, revenue had fallen
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by 50% and he's tried to move away from reliance on revenue. he's brought in a membership fee for the sought—after blue tick but that only brings in tiny fraction of revenue and even to the richest man in the well, that presents a problem. —— richest man in the world. staying with tech news —— 0pen ai, the artificial intelligence firm behind chapgpt, has sacked its ceo sam altman — saying it's lost confidence in his ability to lead the company. the board said mr altman had not been "consistently candid with his communications", hindering its ability to exercise its responsibilities. here's more from our money and work reporter, peter ruddick. the fallout from this continues and it may sound a little bit like a silicon valley saga but the tech reaction has been extraordinary as you would expect and of course, this matters because we're talking about the company behind chat gpt. a year
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ago, most of us had never interacted with al, but now, nearly one year later, we've got nearlyi million users. following the sacking of sam altman, three senior executives have now put the company, including the research director and someone leading the team assessing the risk of ai. we don't know why they've quit. it does not appear to be in solidarity with their former boss and it follows an outpouring of many senior members in the tech industry. 0ne wrote, he changed a collective world for ever. we need a co—founder of open ai quits just a few minutes after the sacking of sam altman. this influential company is going through quite a big period of
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turmoil and trouble. let's turn to some important news around the world... the hip—hop mogul sean combs, has reached an out of court settlement with his former—girlfriend — r&b singer, cassie ventura. ms ventura filed a lawsuit on thursday, accusing mr combs of rape and sex trafficking. combs vehemently denied the allegations, and accused the singer of extortion. finland has closed some of its border crossings with russia, in an attempt to prevent the entrance of asylum seekers. in the past week, about 300 people have arrived in finland — most of them from iraq, somalia, syria and yemen. the government in helsinki has accused russia of deliberately channelling migrants to the crossings in retaliation for itjoining nato earlier this year. thousands of people joined protests in the spanish capital, madrid — over a controversial deal that saw pedro sanchez win another term as prime minister.
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the pop singer taylor swift has postponed her saturday concert in rio dejaneiro due to �*extreme heat�* — a day after the death of a fan before her show in the city on friday. a 23—year—old woman died after suffering a cardio—respiratory arrest. swift said on social media she was postponing the show, placing the safety and well—being of her fans first. the government has now ordered drinking water be provided and easily accessible at concert venues. 0ur reporter nicky schiller is in the newsroom with more. taylor swift is in rio on the latest leg of her record— breaking eras tour. some 60,000 concert goers were in the stadium for the sellout gig. now the event organizers say the 23— year—old fan was taken unwell at the stadium. some reports say she fainted. she was taken to hospital but died. an investigation into the cause of her death is underway. taylor, who was seen handing out water bottles to some fans during the gig, posted this message on social media. she said, "i can't believe i'm writing these words,
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but it is with a shattered heart that i say. heart that i say we lost a fan earlier tonight before my show. i can't even tell you how devastated i am by this." she went on to offer her condolences to friends and family of the fan. now, there had been due to be another taylor swift concert on saturday night in rio, but taylor posted this. "i am writing this from my dressing room in the stadium. the decision has been made to postpone tonight's show due to the extreme temperatures in rio." she goes on to say, "the safety and well—being of my fans, fellow performers and crew has to and always will come first." brazil has been in the grip of the heatwave, and friday's show took place on the same day that rio recorded its highest ever reading of the so—called heat index that combines temperature and humidity. it measured 59.3 degrees celsius or over 138 degrees fahrenheit.
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the government has now ordered that all venues provide water and that fans can take in their own drinking water bottles. thejustice minister posted companies producing shows with high heat exposure must provide free drinking water" in what he described as "easily accessible hydration islands." he went on to say "it is unacceptable that people suffer, faint and even die due to a lack of access to water." now taylor is due to play another concert in rio on sunday night with further gigs across brazil later this week. the world of formula one has all eyes on las vegas — where a highly antipicated event quickly ran into trouble. just eight minutes into the first practice session, a drain cover came loose, severely damaging one of the ferrari driven by carlos sainz.
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drivers praise the venue for its glamour. but have criticized organizers for problems on the track. the following practice sessions went on without issue — but the troubled las vegas formula one grand prix has now been hit with a class action lawsuit for that initial accident. and to dive into all of this we can speak now to chris medland, a journalist who covers formula one — and is there in las vegas. chris, what will you be watching out for tonight? hopefully a smooth event. they had to remove fans from the hopefully a smooth event. they had to remove fans from the second session because they couldn't keep them safe but then into the early hours in this morning, the event ran smoothly. we are going to have 20 f1 cars racing down the strip this evening which is going to look remarkable so i'm hoping that will all go off without a hitch.— all go off without a hitch. coming back to the _ all go off without a hitch. coming back to the not _ all go off without a hitch. coming back to the not so _ all go off without a hitch. coming back to the not so small- all go off without a hitch. coming
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back to the not so small issue . back to the not so small issue of the drain cover coming loose and some of the criticism. max verstappen not free happy about it. he's not a fan of this, las vegas isn't for everyone and some of the drivers would rather be racing elsewhere. there are a lot of trappings you have to get involved with here. he's always been against it but he hasn't said that it means it's wrong he's here but he's not a big fan. we have had these issues before. it happened in monaco, there's been interruptions when the focus was on this race and the hype around it was probably the worst possible start and put him on the back foot. fortunately, they've read covered delete them —— recovered well.
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covered delete them -- recovered well. ., , covered delete them -- recovered well. . , . , . covered delete them -- recovered well. . , ., , ., , covered delete them -- recovered well. ., , . ., , well. vegas has a desert climate but also cool at — well. vegas has a desert climate but also cool at night. _ well. vegas has a desert climate but also cool at night. does _ well. vegas has a desert climate but also cool at night. does that - well. vegas has a desert climate but also cool at night. does that have i also cool at night. does that have an impact on the track width don't let the sunshine behind me for you. it's going to be under the like, 10pm we start racing and its half the temperature were normally racing in. it impacts on the tires, the brakes because they are used to writing at such high temperature so we do seem to have them sliding around a little bit more. it's been quite fascinating seeing the difference with drivers fighting to get to grips with that. in that sense, that's all gone fine as well but it means you have to layer up a little bit for the rest. i5 but it means you have to layer up a little bit for the rest. is a but it means you have to layer up a little bit for the rest.— little bit for the rest. is a big event to las _ little bit for the rest. is a big event to las vegas. - little bit for the rest. is a big event to las vegas. it - little bit for the rest. is a big event to las vegas. it cost l little bit for the rest. is a big| event to las vegas. it cost an little bit for the rest. is a big - event to las vegas. it cost an awful lot to put on and we've had this strange incident but it's meant to be quite a glamorous grand prix. how do you think this will be
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remembered? i do you think this will be remembered?— do you think this will be remembered? ., �* ~ ., remembered? i don't think the drain incident itself _ remembered? i don't think the drain incident itself will _ remembered? i don't think the drain incident itself will be _ remembered? i don't think the drain incident itself will be the _ remembered? i don't think the drain incident itself will be the major - incident itself will be the major impact it's the fact that there is a lot of focus on how great, big and glitzy this race will be, ran down your throat is the biggest event of the season, the biggest event ever and then to hit teething problems, which will always happen for a first year, then it reflects badly and they put themselves on the back foot, the organisers. they are heavily invested however. i think it will work be recover. it will be the racing action on track, whether it's good, if it is, fans watching round the world. ii good, if it is, fans watching round the world. ., ~ ., ., the world. if not... we had to leave it there. the world. if not... we had to leave it there- i'm — the world. if not... we had to leave it there. i'm helena _ the world. if not... we had to leave it there. i'm helena humphrey - the world. if not... we had to leave it there. i'm helena humphrey in i it there. i'm helena humphrey in washington. thanks for being here on bbc news. hello there. we've seen two different sides to autumn over the last couple of days. friday, i'm sure you'll remember, we had lots of sunshine across the country and temperatures
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generally near average, although it was a bit cold in scotland. contrast that with the weather we had on saturday, where there was a lot of cloud around but it was a lot milder. temperatures in yeovilton up to 17 degrees celsius. it was also quite windy for some, for example here in west scotland. saturday's weather was all due to this area of low pressure. sunday's weather will all be due to this area of low pressure too. it's not really going anywhere very fast at all. the south—westerly winds we have at the moment will continue to feed in some fairly thick layers of cloud, thick enough to bring outbreaks of mostly light rain and drizzle, although there could be a few heavier bursts mixed in for west scotland and northern ireland at times. so we are looking at a mild start to the day on sunday. near the centre of this low pressure in scotland, it won't be too windy but in contrast to that, the winds picking up across the south coast of england and into southern wales as well. i think towards the south—west coasts, we could see gusts picking up to about a0 mph, so it will be a noticeably blowy kind of day. some further damp weather working from west to east but you do
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have a chance of seeing a few glimmers of sunshine pushing through the cloud at times. here's our low pressure still with us by monday, slowly slipping away into the north sea and weakening. there should be a few more brighter spells intermingled, particularly across more inland areas. although still mild, those temperatures are just starting to edge down a little bit as we head through the course of monday. heading into tuesday, we start to see a ridge of high pressure moving in off the atlantic and that should give us better breaks in the cloud, particular across scotland and northern ireland, although there could be a few mist and fog patches to start the day here. maybe one or two showers draped around coastal regions of england and wales but otherwise probably largely dry. temperatures coming down, closer to average for the time of year, about 9—12 degrees celsius for most. now, that mild weather lasting for much of the week. it will often be quite windy. towards the end of the week and next weekend, though, there is a question mark as to how far south we start to see some cooler air moving its way in. what i think we will see is a drop in temperatures and across some
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of the mountains of northern scotland, it could get cold enough to see some of the showers start to turn a bit wintry.
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