britain and germany's foreign ministers join forces to call for a sustainable ceasefire in gaza. the world health organisation says it has delivered crucial medical supplies to gaza's al—shifa hospital. serbs are voting in snap elections largely prompted by outrage over mass shootings in the country. and after years of denials, the former conservative peer baroness mone has admitted she could benefit from millions of pounds of profit from protective equpment sold to the government during the pandemic. i wasn't trying to pull the wool over anyone�*s eyes. i have regret and i am sorry for not saying straight out, yes, i am involved.

welcome to the programme. we start with the latest on the israel—gaza war. britain and germany are calling for an urgent sustainable ceasefire in gaza. last week, both countries abstained on a un resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire. in a change of language, the foreign ministers of both countries say too many civilians have been killed in israel's war against hamas and the sooner a truce comes, the better. the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has indicated that new negotiations are under way families of israeli hostages held a rally in tel aviv on saturday night. they said the current policy of using military force isn't working

and demanded more action on the government to bring the hostages home. but mr netanyahu insists the military campaign will continue. with all the terrible sadness, let me clarify that the military pressure is necessary both for bringing back the hostages and to achieve victory. without the military operation, we would not have been able to bring an outline that brought to the release of over 100 hostages. and continued military pressure will bring the release of all the hostages. the assumption of entering negotiations is based on this pressure. without this pressure, we have nothing. we will get some reaction now to the government stance. udi goren�*s cousin tal, who was kidnapped by hamas on october the 7th, has now died. he told us he rejects benjamin netanyahu's message that the military operation is necessary to force hamas to free the hostages. this is now just this is nowjust buying time. we

could have understood this in the past when it was proven to us that following the military operation, we went on to the first hostage deal and some of the hostages began coming home. then we were asked to wait again for coming home. then we were asked to wait againfora coming home. then we were asked to wait again for a week and a half. during this time, we have learned that at least ten hostages that went into gaza alive are now dead. we know this for a fact. so this means when the government or idf is telling us to wait because the military pressure will bring the hostages home, well, every day we are waiting, we are losing another hostage. we know there is now a deal on the table. we know the government can pull off a deal now. it's up to us. of course it's not easy. of course it's a difficult negotiation, but it can be done. so as long as the mantra is, we need to keep on fighting because this is the only

way the hostages are coming back, thatis way the hostages are coming back, that is a false statement. fiur that is a false statement. our security correspondent frank gardner has more now. it is a very explicit call from david cameron and his german counterpart, both writing in major newspapers in britain and germany. this is slight semantics about the difference between an immediate ceasefire and sustainable ceasefire but the fact is, i do not think any of israel's allies, including britain, the us and germany, envisaged when on october the 7th they pledged full support for israel and its right to defend itself, i do not think any of them envisaged a death toll of approaching 20,000 people in gaza, which is what we are seeing. so there is a real momentum internationally to curtail israel's military operation.

not to stop it, but at least to reduce the amount of suffering and deaths on the part of the palestinians. the issue of the three hostages killed by an israeli patrol, that has ignited a lot of public opinion here. it is in the papers. this is an israeli newspaper saying "the disaster of the hostages". it goes into detail saying, look, let's notjudge the people who pulled the trigger because they are fighting a difficult war amongst people in hamas not wearing uniforms, every boulder could be an ied. nevertheless, there are questions asked internationally about the discipline and rules of engagement of the israeli forces. it was not long ago when a video emerged of israeli soldiers who took over a mosque in the west bank and started chanting jewish prayers from that, which is a provocative act. if there is to be lasting peace here, things

like that cannot be sustained. to come back to your question about david cameron's op—ed in the sunday times, he specifically mentions what he calls hateful acts byjewish settlers in the west bank which has seen a surge in violence among hardcore settlers against palestinian families, their farms and orchards, shooting at them as they try to gather olives, trying to burn them out of their houses. this is the land that is supposed to be a future palestinian state. if you take away that prospect, you are depriving people of a peaceful alternative. simply steering them into the arms of radical extremist, violent groups like hamas. more now on the humanitarian

situation inside gaza. the world health organization says it has delivered medical supplies to the al—shifa hospital, which has been working on the reduced capacity following israel's military offensive. the organisation said the team supplied medicines, surgical and medical equipment to the hospital, which it said was currently minimally functional. one member of the world health organization staff posted this update. it's completely overwhelmed with patience. very few staff remaining. as we have been here for the last 30 minutes, there have been people coming in on trolleys and donkey carts. the british mp layla moran

says her relatives are among hundreds of civilians trapped in a catholic church in gaza city, members of the liberal democrat's extended family — a grandmother, herson, his wife and their ii—year—old twins are christian palestinians who sought refuge inside the church after their home was bombed in the first week of the war. they have been staying on mattresses along with dozens of others in rooms in the holy family church for more than 60 days. i spoke to ms moran earlier. she told me that the situation in gaza has been deteriorating all week. i haven't had an update overnight. we are at the point where there is a blackout and generators have gone, so i'm not sure we will get anything, which is terrifying, of course. it has been going from bad to worse. we lost a family member who desperately needed a hospital and wasn't able to get out. but the escalation began on tuesday.

there was shooting, they were terrified. they went back into the sunday school rooms in the complex in the church where they are. they then heard the janitor had been shot, the bin collector had been shot. this was from forces who were outside at that stage. then about 48 hours ago, it escalated yet again. there are three generators and two had already stopped working, so there was dwindling electricity to charge phones to communicate what was happening. but the third caught fire. we understand that was because soldiers had hit it. they managed to put out the fire. but that was the generator that pumped water. already they were drinking contaminated water and were down to a meal a day. but this was the last straw. the last we heard is that now they are without water, without food, and there is a sniper inside the compound. there is a woman and her daughter who have been killed. as they try to leave their room to

go to the toilet or something, there is firing at them. layla moran, speaking to me earlier. the united states one of its warships shut down more than a dozen attack drones fired from who the controlled areas of yemen on saturday. national security adviser jake sullivan, who was on a trip to the middle east, described the houthis as a material threat to shipping. the iranian—backed group has carried out numerous drone missile strikes on vessels passing through the red sea in recent weeks. four of the world's five largest shipping companies finance that they are suspending sailing through the route, one of the main arteries of global trade. the houthis say they are targeting israel bound ships, but experts say they are firing indiscriminately. let's speak now to the vice chair of the maritime and chartered institute of logistics and transport and a pr specialist. could

you tell us what area of the world we are in here and why it's so important?— we are in here and why it's so imortant? ,, ., , ., ., important? the red sea is a vital area for world _ important? the red sea is a vital area for world trade. _ important? the red sea is a vital area for world trade. it _ important? the red sea is a vital area for world trade. it has - important? the red sea is a vital area for world trade. it has at - important? the red sea is a vitalj area for world trade. it has at the end of it the suez canal and 12% of all goods trade did in the world pass through that canal. so it is a vital hub but more importantly for us in the uk, it is the artery between asia and europe and most of our goods that come through that canal. 50 our goods that come through that canal. �* , our goods that come through that canal, f ., our goods that come through that canal. �*, ., . . ., our goods that come through that canal. �*, ., ., our goods that come through that canal-_ whatl canal. so it's a crucial area. what threat are — canal. so it's a crucial area. what threat are the _ canal. so it's a crucial area. what threat are the ships _ canal. so it's a crucial area. what threat are the ships under? - canal. so it's a crucial area. what threat are the ships under? a - canal. so it's a crucial area. what i threat are the ships under? a huge threat. the safety for the seafarers is paramount. the ships themselves, and also the fact that world trade will have to change. so people are making plans at the moment. it is a vital link between us and asia. think of everything that comes to us that we buy from china, vietnam, india. all those goods are going through that canal. find india. all those goods are going through that canal.— india. all those goods are going

through that canal. and what impact does it have — through that canal. and what impact does it have when _ through that canal. and what impact does it have when big _ through that canal. and what impact does it have when big shipping - does it have when big shipping companies say it's too dangerous to go this way? it companies say it's too dangerous to go this way?— go this way? it will mean an extended — go this way? it will mean an extended supply _ go this way? it will mean an extended supply chain. - go this way? it will mean an extended supply chain. so l go this way? it will mean an - extended supply chain. so there could be short—term shortages in our shops while people re—route the ships. they have caused now, and we are now re—routing and looking at how we can move things. it will mean that in the long term, there will be more short—term storage in the uk needed so people can bring goods in and allow for the exchange and supply chain. and allow for the exchange and supply chain-— and allow for the exchange and su--l chain. �* ., . , supply chain. and how do security in the reuion supply chain. and how do security in the region work? _ supply chain. and how do security in the region work? obviously, - supply chain. and how do security in the region work? obviously, there l the region work? obviously, there are lots of countries _ the region work? obviously, there are lots of countries that - the region work? obviously, there are lots of countries that have - are lots of countries that have ships out there in that vital link because it is so important. that is what you are seeing at the moment. you heard this morning about the uk shooting down the drone. so there is a lot of security in the area. it has always been volatile, so people

know how to patrol it, but it has never been impacted the way it is now, with the impact on world trade. let's talk about yemen specifically. is it the case that all countries have a threat risk assessment from yemen? i have a threat risk assessment from yemen? .., �* ., ~ have a threat risk assessment from yemen? �* ., ~ ., , yemen? i can't talk about countries. i can talk about _ yemen? i can't talk about countries. i can talk about the _ yemen? i can't talk about countries. i can talk about the logistics - i can talk about the logistics industry. 12% of the goods we have go through there. so it's a vital artery. go through there. so it's a vital arte . ., ~ , ., go through there. so it's a vital arte . ., ~ ,, go through there. so it's a vital arte. ., ,, ,., more than sixty migrants, including women and children, are feared dead after their boat sank off the coast of libya. the international organization for migration quoted survivors saying the boat, carrying around 86 people,

departed the libyan city of zwara and was headed to europe. let's get the sport now. it is a big day in the english premier league. it brings together another meeting of two of football's great rivals, who have different states of mind right now. liverpool are top of the premier league table, while manchester united are surrounded by uncertainty of the pitch, and engulfed by underachievement on it. two clubs, from two cities, in two different places. this is not how manchester united wanted to arrive in liverpool. erik ten hag's side have wandered into another pocket of gloom. they are out of europe and have lost half the games they played this season. once murmured questions about the manager's future are now

openly asked. i about the manager's future are now openly asked-— openly asked. i am not concerned about that- _ openly asked. i am not concerned about that- i— openly asked. i am not concerned about that. i want _ openly asked. i am not concerned about that. i want to _ openly asked. i am not concerned about that. i want to win. - openly asked. i am not concerned about that. i want to win. i - openly asked. i am not concerned about that. i want to win. i want i openly asked. i am not concernedl about that. i want to win. i want to win with my team, i want to progress the team in the right direction. we are here in a project. last season, we were in the right direction. haifa we were in the right direction. now we were in the right direction. now we haven't — we were in the right direction. now we haven't met _ we were in the right direction. now we haven't met the _ we were in the right direction. now we haven't met the standards. games against liverpool are often defining for united managers. a defeat at anfield precipitated the end ofjose mourinho not long after losing to their great rivals, ole gunnar solskjaer was sacked as manchester united manager. and then there was last season, a scoreline that scarred. ., , �* scarred. that definitely hurt. and that is something _ scarred. that definitely hurt. and that is something united - scarred. that definitely hurt. and that is something united have . scarred. that definitely hurt. and that is something united have to | scarred. that definitely hurt. and - that is something united have to use as fuel to go to anfield and is a bare minimum roll their sleeves up and have a fight. united haven't scored therefore a number of years are not even registered a goal and

feel. it has been a dark place for united. at some point, you have to change your fortunes there. but liverool change your fortunes there. but liverpool are — change your fortunes there. but liverpool are a formidable opponent. they have lostjust once in the legal season and sit top of the table. another victory would further fuelled talk of a title challenge and add to their enemies' issues. but not everyone there is enjoying united's woes. i but not everyone there is en'oying united's woesfi united's woes. i know when the headhnes united's woes. i know when the headlines appear _ united's woes. i know when the headlines appear about - united's woes. i know when the headlines appear about united | united's woes. i know when the - headlines appear about united before we play, i saw the erik ten hag became manager of the month last month. they were the team on form last month. so how can that will be wrong? ii last month. so how can that will be wron: ? .,, ., last month. so how can that will be wron: ? ., ., ~ .,, last month. so how can that will be wronu? ., ., ~ .,, , wrong? if most of the talk has been about united. _ wrong? if most of the talk has been about united, most _ wrong? if most of the talk has been about united, most of— wrong? if most of the talk has been about united, most of the - wrong? if most of the talk has been about united, most of the noise - wrong? if most of the talk has been | about united, most of the noise will come from liverpool. they are opening up more of their new stand, which should mean they have the highest attendance of the 70s. their visitors could feel a long way from home.

before that match, arsenal could go above liverpool, when they take on brighton. if they fail to win, aston villa could go top themselves if they beat brentford. you can follow those games across the bbc sport website. nathan lyon has become the eighth bowler to take 500 test wickets, with the spinner helping australia to a win over pakistan in the opening test in perth. pakistan were bowled out forjust 89, giving australia a 361 victory. the tourists have been waiting since 1995 to win a test in the country stopped their next is the boxing day test in melbourne. the detroit lions are close to a first appearance in the nfl play—offs since 2016 after a 42-17 the nfl play—offs since 2016 after a 112—17 victory over the denver broncos. their quarterback got through for five touchdowns, three of which went to the rookie. another went to the acrobatic player. you

can head to our website for the previews of the football and the latest scores. that is your sport for now. (pres)here in the uk after years of denials, here in the uk after years of denials, the former conservative peer, baroness mone has admitted that she stands to benefit from tens of millions of pounds of profit made from personal protective equipment, that was sold to the government during the coronavirus pandemic. the company was led by her husband, doug barrowman. she says she did help broker the deal, but claims she has been made a scapegoat for the government s failings. our political correspondent laura kuenssberg has more. questions about the pandemic, profit and politics have followed baroness mone and her husband to southern europe. for years, they denied links to a firm that received £200 million in taxpayers' money for desperately needed masks and gowns. only now the truth — that she does stand to gain.

if one day, if, god forbid, my husband passes away before me, then i am a beneficiary as well as his children and my children. so, yes, of course. my family will benefit in due course. our family will benefit. that's what you do when you're in the privileged position of making money. a successful businesswoman and member of the lords, she didn't tell parliament she was helping broker a ppe contract. she now admits she didn't tell the truth when her links to the deal first emerged. you both denied it, why? we were simply listening to our advisers. hindsight�*s a wonderful thing. i wasn't trying to pull the wool over anyone's eyes. and i regret and i'm sorry for not saying straight out, "yes, i am involved". my family have gone through hell with the media over my career and i didn't want another big hoo—ha in the press and my family to be involved in it.

i don't honestly see there's a case to answer. i can't see what we've done wrong. doug and the consortium have simply delivered a contract — a delivery contract of goods. but after everything, you can't see what you've done wrong when you've admitted today that you lied to the press? that's not a crime. essentially, you lied to the public. laura, saying to the press that i'm not involved to protect my family, can ijust make this clear? it's not a crime. the company's being taken to court by the department of health. the pairare under criminal investigation. but the government wouldn't comment on the couple who only now want to have their say. laura kuenssberg, bbc news. let's go live to italy now and to rome. the flags are waving. this is

happening right now. we are expecting any moment to see giorgia meloni, prime minister, because this is herfar right meloni, prime minister, because this is her far right political festival that has been going for a few years. she might be behind those flags. this is a gathering of politicians and business leaders. there have been plenty of guests, let's take a quick listen. she speaks italian. studio: that speech is getting under way at that political event. it started as a celebration of youth about 15 years ago, when giorgia meloni was living on the political fringes, but now she is prime minister. we will be a cross that if anything comes out of that speech.

let's get some of the day's other news now. the funeral has taken place of the emir of kuwait, who died on saturday at the age of 86. the countries observing a0 days of mourning. he is succeeded by the crown prince, his half—brother. a powerful storm has hit florida, dumping lots of rain before moving up dumping lots of rain before moving up the east coast. 17 million people across the us state are under threat of severe weather and residents are being warned about tornadoes. the pulse have opened in chad in a referendum on a new constitution as the country try to transition from the country try to transition from the military to civilian rule was up 8 million voters are respected to turn up, although there are concerns over transparency and voter intimidation. but the military led transitional government and the main opposition support the new constitution. voting is under way in parliamentary elections in serbia.

the progressive party, which has been in power since 2012, is facing a coalition made up of 15 parties, which came together following mass shootings earlier this year. our balkans correspondent guy de launey, is in belgrade and he explained who the main contendors in this election are. the progressive party are led by the president alexander rukh inch —— aleksandar vucic, who will tell anyone that will listen that his party are the only ones who can be trusted to govern serbia responsibly. on the other hand, you have this coalition, so be against violence. 15 different parties in there. this is the proverbial big tent. you have everybody in there from eager activists through to centre—right parties. they have one or two things in common. one of the big ones is of course that they want to get rid of the president and his progressives. they also say they are

pro—european, although that applies to the progressive party as well. everybody wants to join the european union. so the big thing the coalition against violence have is that they are talking about this culture of violence which they say has been allowed to be created in serbia both rhetorically and physically under the government of the progressives, and that is why they are saying people should not vote for them. find they are saying people should not vote for them.— they are saying people should not vote for them. and talk us through the running — vote for them. and talk us through the running order, _ vote for them. and talk us through the running order, the _ vote for them. and talk us through the running order, the timetable . vote for them. and talk us through l the running order, the timetable for the running order, the timetable for the day? when does voting start and finish and when should we know? the ollin: finish and when should we know? iie: polling stations finish and when should we know? "iie: polling stations opened finish and when should we know? i““i2 polling stations opened at seven in the morning here in belgrade. we have already seen some of the big figures casting their ballots. we have seen president vucic and the leader of the party of freedom and justice which is part of the serbia against violence coalition. people want to be seen to be voting. as you can see, it's a beautiful day, lots of people out and about. the polls are open until eight in the evening.

the adage goes that people vote when the weather is good, so there could be a high turnout. in the uk, arsenal legend ian wright has announced he will step down from match of the day at the end of the season. he made his debut on the bbc programme when he was a player in 1997 and after retiring from football as a player in 2000, he went on to become a regular pundit in 2002. on social media, he said the decision had been coming for a while and was fast tracked by him turning 60 last month. he also said it was time to do different things with his saturdays. i will be back in 30 minutes. stay with us. 20 more coming up. we will have the latest developments from that international pressure on israel to try and find a sustainable ceasefire. and lewis vaughanjones,

this is bbc news. it's been pretty mild this morning. temperatures in double figures across many parts of the uk at the moment. as we go through the rest of today, we will keep that milder weather. it's going to be dry for most of us, with a lot of cloud, but also staying very wet towards western and north—west scotland. we have these weather front situated to the north—west. that is what has been bringing the incessant rain across western areas already through the last 2a hours. the rainfall totals are starting to mount up. we could see 200 millimetres by the end of today. that is why there is a met office amber warning in force for the northwest highlands. we could see localised flooding and disruption. the rain will gradually move further south into northern ireland. forthe move further south into northern ireland. for the south, spots of drizzle around wales and the south

coast of england. for most it is looking dry, but a few bright or sunny spells in central or eastern areas. through this evening, we continue with that rain spreading southward. it will then dry out across western scotland. but with a lot of cloud to ground again tonight, that feed of mild airfrom the south—west, the temperatures overnight are staying up. perhaps a bit chillier across the north of scotland, where we will see clearer skies moving in. on monday, we have a few weather fronts across the uk, one giving heavy rain across central areas. more rain will eventually spread to the far north—west of scotland. before that, there will be sunny spells developing across scotland and eventually northern ireland. you can see rain across england and wales, particularly heavy across wales, the midlands and eastern areas. it will peter out in the afternoon, but again, temperatures are getting up to 12 or 13 degrees, way above the average

for the time of year. tuesday, we will see this weather system giving heavy rain across england and wales. higher pressure building to the south—west. quite a large area of higher pressure. with that, we will see a squeeze on the isobars and north—westerly winds starting to set up. colderairwill start to north—westerly winds starting to set up. colder air will start to move in across northern areas and eastern parts as we go through the week, so temperatures will drop down into single figures across the north. more like average for the time of year. we could see wintry showers in northern areas, but they can settle for most of us. bye—bye. katzenberg

this is bbc news, the headlines. in a change of tone, britain and germany say there is an urgent need for a sustainable ceasefire in gaza. their foreign ministers say too many civilians have been killed in the fighting between hamas and israel. the world health organisation says it has delivered crucial medical supplies to gaza's al shifa hospital which is working with a much reduced capacity. serbians vote in snap elections largely prompted by outrage over mass shootings in the country. and after years of denials, the former conservative peer, baroness mone admits she could benefit from millions of pounds of profit made from protective equipment sold to the uk government during the pandemic.