live from london, this is bbc news. hundreds gather in tel aviv, calling for the release israel says three hostages waving a white flag when they were shot by israeli forces. the killings of increased the pressure on the israeli government to resume negotiations with hamas on the release of those still held captive. maybe now someone will understand that there is only one way to free the hostages. the aljazeera tv news network says one of its camera operators has been killed in gaza after an israeli airstrike. italy's prime minister hosts a right—wing festival — the missing british boy found six

years later is expected to return to the uk. hello, i'm lewis vaughanjones. the israeli army says three hostages who were mistakenly shot dead by troops in gaza were holding a white flag. early findings from an investigation said they were fired uponin investigation said they were fired upon in breach of rules of engagement. initially soldier began shooting when three shirtless men they thought to be suspicious emerged from a building in the suburbs of gases city. the three hostages were killed in the northern gaza. the idf says their killing was very tragic. the killings have prompted increased pressure on the israeli government to resume negotiations with hamas on the release of captured israeli

nationals. from jerusalem, our middle east correspondence sent this. israel's army is in gaza to kill hamas fighters and bring hostages home. clear targets obliterated in the chaos of conflict. three of those shot dead in the northern district of shejaiya. not hamas gunmen, but the captives israel came to save. one of them was yotam haim, 28—years—old, a drummer with a heavy metal band, kidnapped from kibbutz kfar aza. his mother spoke to the bbc last month. they are talking about releasing a few here, a few there. i know that they are playing with us, with our minds, with our hearts. we must have hope. another of those killed was 25—year—old samer el—talalqa, the eldest son of ten children who worked with his father and brother in a hatchery and loved motorcycles.

and alon shamriz was kidnapped from kfar aza. israel's army said yotam, samer and alon were mistakenly identified as a threat. prime minister benjamin netanyahu called it an unbearable tragedy. israel's armed forces are once again bearing the weight of their failure to protect. the idf mistakenly identified three kidnapped israelis as a threat. the force fired at them and they were killed. after the shooting an immediate suspicion arose about the identity of the dead, and their bodies were quickly transferred for examination in israel and there the hostages were identified. the torment expressed by the families of hostages has cut deeper tonight. already angry with israel's prime minister for not negotiating the release of more hostages. they also have his promise ringing in their ears that israel's military campaign in gaza would help

bring their relatives home. lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. the british prime minister rishi sunak is in rome today to take part in a political festival hosted by his right—wing italian counterpart, giorgia meloni. illegal migration is high on the political agenda in both countries, and the two leaders are expected to discuss the issue during mr sunak�*s visit — we're expecting to hear from the british prime minister soon. but first let's get more with chiara albanese, rome bureu chief for bloomberg, who is at the festival. this festival really is bringing, this event is an annual gathering of giorgia meloni's far—right party to the global stage. the guestlist is pretty sensational. rishi sunak isjoining later, elon musk right now, there will also be some rock stars and tv actors coming, very popular in italy.

the atmosphere here is like a christmas village with mulled wine, beer, an ice rink, so it's a mix of a popular festival for families that will enjoy listening to people they don't often get to see. elon musk is not a regular here. let's go now to frank gardner, our security correspondent, injerusalem. what are the details we now know? we what are the details we now know? - have had a briefing in the last few minutes and it is really sad because these are three young men who survive more than two months of captivity, held by hamas in gaza.

they had been kidnapped on october seven. they were on their own, they appear to have escaped from their captors. they had a stick with a white cloth on it, a surrender flag to show that they were no harm to anybody. they were stripped to the waist, bare—chested, and yet the israeli soldiers who fired on them were told broke their rules of engagement, the row importer rules by which soldiers are allowed or not allowed to open fire, and they open fire, shot dead two of them immediately, the third was wounded, ran away and called out for help in hebrew, presumably saying, i am israeli, don't shoot. boogaard fire followed, he died. that the findings of the plumed inquiry. all of this is absolutely adding grist to the mail, adding weight to the argument by hostage relatives, saying to the government, your policy of trying to get these hostages out by force is

not working. because iio hostages came out by negotiation during the seven—day ceasefire, pause, and that came to a grinding halt the mount israel resumed its military operations in gaza. so there are now moves afoot, a lot of pressure on the government to restart those negotiations. there is pushback from hardliners who don't want to give away anything in return, but there are reports that the head of mossad, who had earlier met in doha qatar with country officials, may be about to meet the qatari foreign minister and prime minister shortly. —— qatari officials. the tv news network aljazeera says one of its camera operators has been killed in the south of gaza by an israeli strike. aljazeera says samer abudaqa was killed by a drone strike on a school in khan yunis. the committee to protectjournalists says at least 64 journalists and media workers have now been killed since october when israel

began its war on hamas. let's speak to the aljazeera managing editor, thank you for coming. managing editor, thank you for cominu. . ~ managing editor, thank you for cominu. ., ~ ,, managing editor, thank you for coming._ could - managing editor, thank you for coming._ could you | managing editor, thank you for i coming._ could you just coming. thank you. could you “ust tell us what — coming. thank you. could you “ust tell us what you i coming. thank you. could you “ust tell us what you understand h tell us what you understand happened?— tell us what you understand hauened? ~ . ., ,, , ., happened? what happened is our correspondent _ happened? what happened is our correspondent wael _ happened? what happened is our correspondent wael al-dahdouhl happened? what happened is our i correspondent wael al-dahdouh and correspondent wael al—dahdouh and our cameraman lost his life yesterday, when in their duty to cover in the aftermath of an air strike on a shelter at school in khan younis. the situation in khan younis now is escalating and the

israeli air strikes are everywhere now around the centre of the city, they went to give voice to the voices in the school because shelter at school are now even targeted by the so they went to cover the aftermath after an extract, targeting the school, and right after they have arrived to the area they were targeted as well by an israeli drone. however, our correspondence wael al—dahdouh, who himself lost his family in their small by any israeli air strike, targeting shelter house in khan younis, managed to walk from the area after he got injured by the air strike, but our colleague samer

abudaqa's severe injury did not allow him to walk, so for five hours we were trying to appeal to the world to help us coordinate with the idf to evacuate some added backer, but unfortunately —— samer abudaqa, but unfortunately —— samer abudaqa, but once the ambulances arrived to evacuate him, he was already dead. but we knew after that was and what appeared to be an israeli drone belongs to the idf, targeting the area and he was secondly targeted as well while he was trying to crawl on the ground to get to a safe area. but unfortunately he lost his life. he was a compassionate soul, very dedicated to bringing the coverage to the world. he had the opportunity, by the way to emigrate

to belgium, to brussels where his family is now residing, but he refused. he said, as's story is my story, i will keep the coverage going, and no international journalist was able to enter gaza to bring to the world the voice of the civilians' suffering, so local journalists in gaza are really taking the lead in making sure the coverage continues. what taking the lead in making sure the coverage continues.— taking the lead in making sure the coverage continues. what do you make u . coverage continues. what do you make u- the risks coverage continues. what do you make up the risks now. _ coverage continues. what do you make up the risks now, the _ coverage continues. what do you make up the risks now, the committee - coverage continues. what do you make up the risks now, the committee to - up the risks now, the committee to protectjournalists up the risks now, the committee to protect journalists saying up the risks now, the committee to protectjournalists saying at least 64 journalists and protectjournalists saying at least 64journalists and media workers have been killed since october seven? that is a staggering number ofjournalists seven? that is a staggering number of journalists and seven? that is a staggering number ofjournalists and media workers. {iii ofjournalists and media workers. of course, summerabu dhabi gets ofjournalists and media workers. of course, summer abu dhabi gets the 92nd journalist and life in this war —— samer abudaqa. 92nd journalist and life in this war —— samerabudaqa. by 92nd journalist and life in this war —— samer abudaqa. by the israeli armed li air strikes which are

random as the us president biden described it days back. the situation is very much ambiguous, and mean every day placing pressure on our generous two on the ground to make sure that they are safe while conducting the coverage, but they are very resilient. they say that this is our story, because her�*s story is our story. the tragedy of gas that is our tragedy. —— the tragedy and gaza. they want to keep the coverage going, they know that bringing the suffering of civilians to the world is very important in this war, that is why they are there and that is why they are trying to make sure that the international community sees what is going on there. think about it for a second. we don't have a live stream from north gaza for weeks and we were

like, waiting for the images to emerge, and after two weeks we have got very devastating images coming from the ground for so many casualties and people being slaughtered by the air strikes, the nonstop air strikes.— slaughtered by the air strikes, the nonstop air strikes. thank you very much for coming _ nonstop air strikes. thank you very much for coming on _ nonstop air strikes. thank you very much for coming on the _ nonstop air strikes. thank you very l much for coming on the programme, nonstop air strikes. thank you very - much for coming on the programme, we appreciate your time. the israel defence forces say that the idf takes all operationally feasible measures to protect both civilians and journalists no. the idf has never and will never deliberately target journalists. the uk defence secretary says a royal navy warship has shot down a suspected attack drone, believed to be targeting merchant boats in the red sea. the hms diamond destroyer was deployed to the middle east two weeks ago, due to concerns

over missile attacks from yemen's iran—backed houthi rebels. two major shipping companies have suspended sailings because of attacks. the red sea is a key global shipping route connecting the mediterranean to the indian ocean via the suez canal. a british teenager who was missing for six years is expected to fly home this weekend. alex batty, who is now 17, disappeared while on a family holiday to spain with his mother and grandfather in 2017. he was found on wedensday morning by a motorist who saw him walking through the rain near toulouse. french authorities said he fled his mother because she wanted to take him to finland. we can speak live now to our europe correspondent bethany bell, who is in toulouse. what is latest? we have been hearing from prosecutors about alex batty plus back condition, they said he appears composed and intelligent, they have also been giving details

about what his life seems to have been like over the last four years. it is understood he first went to morocco with his mother and grandfather and then for the last couple of years has been in the french pyrenees in a region that is popular with people who are looking for alternative lifestyles. the authorities say he seems to have been part of what they call a small spiritual community wandering around doing gardening, orjobs, caring their own solar panels, and as you mentioned, his mother recently apparently said she wanted to go to finland and that seems to have been the point where alex decided that he wanted to return to uk. back in eglin, his legal guardian his grandmother has said she is very relieved to hear from grandmother has said she is very relieved to hearfrom him grandmother has said she is very relieved to hear from him and grandmother has said she is very relieved to hearfrom him and has also appealed for privacy as they prepare to welcome him back. thank

ou. kuwait's emir, sheikh nawaf al—ahmed, has died at the age of 86. the emir had been suffering from poor health and was admitted to hospital last month. emir nawaf led the oil—rich nation for three years, following the death of his half—brother. crown prince sheikh meshal, seen here with rishi sunak, has been named as the new emir. a national 40—day period of mourning has been announced. hospitals across the uk are struggling to deal with overcrowded wards and long waits outside accident and emergency departments as nhs leaders warn winter pressures are affecting the service. the latest nhs england figures show more than a third of ambulances waited longer than 30 minutes when they arrived at a&e last week. meanwhile, the chief executive of nhs wales has warned the system there is likely to be under exceptional pressure this winter. and in scotland, one in ten ambulances were waiting almost two hours for a space in a&e during the first week of december. our reporter lisa summers has spent one shift with an ambulance

crew in edinburgh. control: female has collapsed at the side of the road _ and has had a seizure. can you squeeze my hand? do you know what's happened? this woman needs taking to hospital after a seizure. a jogger called 999 after seeing her collapse. she has not spoken at all. an hour into the shift and things are looking busy for technician aaron and paramedic david. a&e is already filled, but a space managed by paramedics has been converted into a holding area for patients so that crews can get back on the road. we call that the corridor, which is basically an area we can take patients into, sort of assess them, monitor them by ambulance staff so they remain there under their care and then when there is space in the main department they move into the care of hospital staff. the next call is categorised as yellow, it's

been in the system for several hours, but moments later... we have been diverted so we have now gone to a higher priority call, a one—year—old that has got breathing problems. who have we got here? hello. it sounds all up here, but deep in his lungs sound ok. charlie is heading to the hospital for further checks. he has developed a chest infection but is now recovering at home. ambulance service, is the patient breathing? i will stay on the line with you for as long as i can. in the control room, the picture is of scotland—wide pressures, the first test of winter. david and aaron had returned to base after seven hours on the road. another red call. this crew here are en route to a high—priority emergency for a young baby currently having a seizure.

let'sjust see what we're dealing with. theyjoin a critical care team on site. did she start to choke or anything? did she go rigid? there was a red call and we were the closest crew so we did not get a break but thankfully, by the time we got there, the baby was alert and all smiles, but we thought it's best to get her checked out at hospital. outside edinburgh royal infirmary accident and emergency, ambulances queue up. over half the ambulances on duty are now here. there are 14 ambulances outside the hospital at the moment, despite efforts to try and speed up the process by which patients can be brought in for further treatment. you can see it does not take much for them to stack up. before last year or the year before, did you ever really...?

no. pressures in the hospital were always manageable but now hospital demand on services, it is increasing year on year. today is exceptionally busy — the air ambulance comes in with a&e ambulances waiting outside. a big list of emergency calls and a small list of ambulance resources, and we need to balance and juggle. just because you come by ambulance it does not mean you will be seen any quicker by triage. it is coming to the end of a 12—hour shift for david and aaron, but there is no let—up in the 999 calls. officials in los angeles say the death of the actor matthew perry was an accident caused by the effects of ketamine, a drug used as an anaesthetic. the actor — best known for playing chandler bing in friends — was found unresponsive in a pool at his home in october. he was 54. our culture reporter

noor nanji has more on this. matthew perry was found unresponsive in his pool in his house in la in october. at the time, the postmortem was inconclusive, but on friday the la county medical examiner put out a statement. it said he had died from the acute effects of ketamine with contributing factors to his death, drowning and coronary artery disease, plus a drug used to treat opioid disorder. the manner of his death was recorded as an accident. at the height of his fame, he had been battling various addictions — painkillers and alcohol — and he attended a rehabilitation clinic on multiple occasions. in his memoir, he wrote that he had been mostly sober since 2001, save for about 60—70 mishaps. an extraordinary career, and that outpouring of affection

for him when the news first broke. i'm sure now lots of people will be distressed by the details here. that's right. he was well—loved, and he rose to fame playing chandler bing in friends, six young people navigating dating and careers, and he was one of the key characters. it aired for a whole decade between 1994—2004. there was more to him thanjust friends. he also starred in numerous movies, including the whole nine yards and its sequel. and he wrote a play in 2016 called the end of longing. he was found unresponsive at his home on the 20th of october.

paramedics were called to the scene and pronounced him dead. tributes started flooding in following the wake of his death from his fellow co—stars. jennifer aniston, who played rachel in the sitcom, said that having "to say goodbye to our matty has been such an insane wave of emotions" that she's never experienced before, and the actor david schwimmer, who played ross, thanked him for his laughter and creativity. london's metropolitan police says it will "carefully consider" the ruling that prince harry, and others close to him, were victims of phone hacking by mirror group newspapers. on friday, a high court judge found the practice was "widespread and habitual" at the publisher's titles, and awarded the duke of sussex more than £140,000 in damages. prince harry is now calling for a criminal investigation to be reopened. lawyer, rudy giuliani, to pay $148 million in damages to two election workers he falsely accused

of vote tampering. mr giuliani had already been found liable for defaming the mother and daughter during the 2020 election our north america correspondent nomia iqbal has been covering the story. a judge had already decided that rudy giuliani had shared false information about the mother and daughter and during the civil trial, they both described how their lives had almost been destroyed after december 3rd 2020 when rudy giuliani suggested both women who were election workers and counting ballots that they had somehow taken part in election fraud to try and turn the election result against donald trump in the key swing state of georgia. both women gave a really about in detail, they had

received racist and threatening messages, phone calls, people turning up at their homes, calling for them to killed and that even a teenage boy was targeted in such a way he could not finish school education and had to do it at home. in terms of what ready giuliani had to say, he never actually gave evidence, his lawyer said he should not bear responsibility for the abuse directed towards these women. whether or not he can actually take this huge amount, we do not actually know because during the actual civil trial, he refused to disclose just exactly how much he is worth. —— pay this huge amount. nasa has released video which it says shows the strongest solar flare emitted by the sun for several years. it happened on thursday — there were reports that it caused

short term disruption to radio communications here on earth for a few hours. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. cloudy out there at the moment but in saying that, some decent holes developing in the cloud today, but as we go through the weekend really. this was the scene earlier this morning in guernsey. quite thick cloud here. but it is mild as well, despite the cloud. the air coming in all the way from the south—west and you can see that's across the united kingdom, those milder conditions. from the north, this weather front which doesn't move very far over the weekend. that will bring significant rain, especially across the far north—west of scotland where there's an amber warning from the weather office. a lot of rain falling by the end of sunday which will produce some flooding and disruption. for the rest of today, rain continues across the north—west of scotland. further south, looking more dry.

on the whole, cloudy, coastal areas experience some spots of rain. temperatures 13—14 celsius, well above average for this year. rain continuing across northern scotland, the breeze picking up here as well. further south, remaining fairly cloudy, through into sunday morning, and it will be a mild night. temperatures no lower than about 8—11 celsius. throughout sunday, it's like a repeat performance. for many, fairly cloudy but there will be some decent holes breaking through the cloud, giving some sunny spells across england and wales. some of that rain edging its way southwards into northern england for the afternoon. top temperatures, sunday afternoon, 10—14 celsius. into next week, a few weather fronts moving south and eastward.

tuesday, a significant amount of rain in england and wales. similar for the rest of the week, which will bring temperatures down, 6—10 celsius, more like the average for this time of year. some wintry showers over the north of the uk. goodbye.

live from london, this is bbc news. israel socially three hostages were mistakenly killed by troops in gaza by holding a white flag... the by holding a white flag. .. the killinus by holding a white flag. .. the killings have _ by holding a white flag... the killings have increased the pressure on israeli government to resume negotiations with hamas and the release of most of held captive. al jazeera b news network said one of its camera operators has been killed after israeli air strike in southern gaza. italy prime minister is hosting a forced day right—wing festival, rishi sunak and elon musk us among the guests. british prime ministers due to speak later. doctor who is part of the christmas line—up on bbc one in the uk for the first

time in six years.