live from london. this is bbc news. the israeli parliament votes to support prime minister benjamin netanyahu's declaration opposing a two—state solution. fighting continues in gaza, with loud explosions heard in the north. we speak to a british doctor who has just returned from khan younis. we are live in westminster as british mps debate a call for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire. the uk insists its nuclear deterrent is viable after the second trident missile test failure in a row. and the beatles are getting a fab four films made about them, a biopic for each member. hello, i'm matthew amroliwala, welcome to verified live. we begin with the war in gaza —

and over the next couple of hours on the programme we'll bring you the latest on the ground. we also have a vote coming up in the british parliament on calls for an �*immediate humanitarian ceasefire�* — that debate has already started. more on that, in a moment. but first, israel is now into its fourth month of military operations — in the north, south and central parts of the territory — since the hamas attacks on october the 7th. in the last hour, the israeli parliament, the knesset, has voted to oppose any unilateral creation of a palestinian state. this is what the israeli prime minister had to say after the result was announced. the people of israel and their elected representatives are united today as never before. the knesset voted overwhelmingly to oppose any attempt to unilaterally impose a palestinian state on israel. such an attempt will only endanger israel and will prevent the genuine peace that we all seek. peace can only be achieved after we achieve total victory over

hamas and through direct negotiations between the parties — direct negotiations without preconditions. that was israel's pro minister talking immediately after that vote and listening to that was our correspondent paul adams. he gave me the latest from jerusalem. it was clear from last week that this was the line that the israeli government was going to take. you had it essentially binyamin netanyahu made his opposition very clear. the knesset approved his remarks and then the knesset followed suit today. it was pretty unanimous. i think 99 out of 120 knesset members, that's a big majority, included plenty of people who are in the opposition, who share the view that israel should not be dictated to by outside powers talking about recognising a palestinian state, before the conclusion of peace negotiations. i think there is an apprehension here that as we hear

the united states, britain and others talking more and more about trying to secure some kind of political horizon, some kind of better future out of the horrendous mess that is the gaza crisis, this notion of unilateral recognition of palestinian statehood is beginning to be talked about more and more, as a step along a process, not as the end result of a process. that is something that clearly the israelis are anxious to forestall. they see that as pre—empting, as you heard from binyamin netanyahu, the outcome of political negotiations between the parties. but i think there is a view that that process of a peace process in which the two sides were left to themselves to try and sort this out, that frankly died a long time ago and there is a growing belief in the international community that it is going to take some big steps by israel's allies,

including the recognition of palestinian statehood, to try and drive this process forward. paul, more immediately let's talk about rafah, we got that indication, but at what stage are we likely to get any indication from the israelis what their evacuation plan is, because if it's got any chance, any remotest chance of being effective, 1.3 million people, then presumably those people have got to know what they're supposed to do pretty soon? you would think so, wouldn't you? certainly the americans are saying that they have not heard anything yet that suggests that they are aware of what the plan is. i think we are still some way off, matthew, at the moment we are hearing the israelis telling people actually in two neighbourhoods up in the edge of gaza city, that they should be evacuating and heading to the area on the mediterranean coast.

we are also seeing the continuation of military activity in khan younis and also in the what are known as the central camps. so not much talk about rafah. and i think the thing to look for will be at what point do the israelis start to drop leaflets over rafah, send text messages, make phone calls? those are the moves that preceded the major offensives in gaza city and khan younis. and we have seen absolutely no sign of any of that happening yet, which suggests to me that this is still some way off. that was paul adams injerusalem. as we have been showing you, the uk parliament has been debating the situation in gaza. it's about the exact wording of a ceasefire motion — and is politically sensitive and complicated — let's explain. the original motion was put forward by the scottish national party. among others things it says there has been a �*collective

punishment of the palestinian people�* by israel. the main opposition labour party says this isn�*t balanced and has put forward an amendment calling for an "immediate humanitarian ceasefire". this is nevertheless tougher on israel than its previous position and would satisfy nearly all labour mps. but the ruling conservative party has put forward an alternative amandment that talks about an �*immediate humanitarian pause�* — that wording isn�*t as strong as labour�*s. had the conservative amendment been chosen, some labour mps may well have voted for the main snp motion — the one party leader keir starmer called �*unbalanced�*. this would have been damaging to his authority. but instead both amendments were chosen.

the shadow foreign secretary david lammy has said that he hopes parliament can come together on this issue voting for labour�*s amendment for an immediate unitarian ceasefire. have a listen. this is a moment when the whole house can come together. let us be clear — whether it is the government benches, whether it is the opposition benches, all of us agree the time for a ceasefire has come. hear, hear. to end the bloodshed and suffering, to allow a sustained effort to salvage the hope of a two—state solution. there are three motions before us today. only one of them can be supported by all sides. that was david lammy. the development minister has outlined the government�*s amendment on that snp motion saying an immediate humanitarian pause will get hostages out safely and aid into gaza quickly.

a ceasefire will not last if hostages are still being held, if hamas is still rain down rockets on israel, if they maintain control of gaza with capabilities to carry out further terrorist atrocities. the immediate priority must be negotiating a humanitarian pause. this is because it will create a window to get more hostages out safely, to get considerably more aid in quickly and to get further negotiations on a sustainable ceasefire going immediately. let me show you the pictures lie from outside of westminster and parliament, they cost there you see a pro—palestinian demonstration taking place. those are the scenes outside whilst that debate continues inside, and listening to that debate is our political correspondent harry farley. harry, just in the introduction i went through the various permutations and emotions, it is complicated and the language is slightly different with each of

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conservative party which calls for an immediate humanitarian pause and says that they want to work towards a ceasefire, but it also backs israel�*s right to self—defence. these are all slightly different wordings on the three different motions, and i suppose viewers might think it is getting lost in semantics. diplomacy is about fine tuning words and calling for very specific things. the speaker earlier on this afternoon made an unusual move in selecting both labour and the government amendments to that original snp motion. that was unusual, it was sort of scene as a breaking of precedent. and we have just heard from a source closest to the speaker in the last few minutes that they said that he did not take that they said that he did not take that decision likely, it has caused a lot of anger among snp and conservative mps in particular, but he said each did not take it lightly and he was aware of the safety of mpe's and he was aware of the safety of mpe�*s families and staff and mps themselves. he says they have been coming under a lot of pressure and

was mindful of their safety. he wanted to make sure that mps were given as wide a range as possible of wording and motions to choose from today. so the source close to the speaker telling the bbc in the last few moments that that is why he made the unusual move of allowing two amendments to this motion from the snp. 50 amendments to this motion from the snp. , , ., , ., , snp. so briefly, harry, what is likel to snp. so briefly, harry, what is likely to happen _ snp. so briefly, harry, what is likely to happen then - snp. so briefly, harry, what is likely to happen then in - snp. so briefly, harry, what is likely to happen then in the i snp. so briefly, harry, what is. likely to happen then in the next hour or so? and because this labour motion is going to be voted on, that avoids any potentialfor motion is going to be voted on, that avoids any potential for some sort of large—scale rebellion against sir keir starmer�*s position, doesn�*t it? exactly. keir starmer's position, doesn't it? exactl . ., , keir starmer's position, doesn't it? exactl. ., , ,, exactly. politically speaking keir starmer will _ exactly. politically speaking keir starmer will be _ exactly. politically speaking keir starmer will be relieved - exactly. politically speaking keir| starmer will be relieved because exactly. politically speaking keir. starmer will be relieved because he is unlikely to fail a large—scale rebellion because labour mps will have an opportunity to vote on their own motion. and so in the next few hours what we will see is a series of votes on these different motions and these different wordings which we will bring you live and explain each one as they come. so we will

see a series of votes before the final vote on the motion as amended or otherwise. the crux of it will be is the house of commons going to use the phrase immediate ceasefire or is it going to use what the government want to talk about witches and humanitarian pause? which is one step along the path towards a ceasefire which it says, the committee argues, there are certain pre—conditions that need to be in place before a ceasefire can happen. they point to the fact that hamas need to be no longer charge of gaza, as they said hamas needs to no longer be able to launch attacks on israel and they needed hostages to be out. there�*s other preconditions that the commences need to be in place before a ceasefire can happen. labour and the snp want to see an immediate ceasefire. just labour and the snp want to see an immediate ceasefire.— immediate ceasefire. just one sentence. _ immediate ceasefire. just one sentence, harry, _ immediate ceasefire. just one sentence, harry, when - immediate ceasefire. just one sentence, harry, when are . immediate ceasefire. just onej sentence, harry, when are we immediate ceasefire. just one - sentence, harry, when are we likely to get the first words? we sentence, harry, when are we likely to get the first words?— to get the first words? we are expecting _ to get the first words? we are expecting them _ to get the first words? we are expecting them before - to get the first words? we are expecting them before 7pm i to get the first words? we are i expecting them before 7pm this evening uk time.— expecting them before 7pm this evening uk time. thank you very much, evening uk time. thank you very much. harry _ evening uk time. thank you very much, harry farley _ evening uk time. thank you very much, harry farley at _ evening uk time. thank you very i much, harry farley at westminster. let�*s get more about what is happening on the ground because the pressure continues to grow and gaza�*s remaining hospitals.

the world health organization has released footage, from monday — of the evacuation of 32 critically ill patients from the nasser medical complex, in khan younis. it says, the hospital is barely able to function, with patients moved to a group of field hospitals in rafah — and to the nearby european gaza hospital. i have been talking to sarah phillips, british orthopaedic surgeon who recently returned from working at the european gas hospital in khan younis. she described what was like. with the charity ideals. i�*ve been going to gaza for about 11 years and so i know european gaza hospital quite well. but this time was so different. the hospital itself is normally only about 250 bedded hospital. it was increased during covid to a50 and has a prefab field hospital in the grounds, but it�*s now got about 900 patients. but not only the patients, their families, a lot of the doctors also having to live within the hospital itself.

so the hospital itself is absolutely packed. the patients and relatives sleeping in corridors under tarpaulins and tents in the grounds. and tell me more about the types of operations that are having to be done, the medication that�*s available, anaesthetics, how relentless is it for the medical staff? it certainly is relentless for the local staff who have been decimated either by being displaced orjust not simply being able to get to the hospital. so they�*re working with very few staff and it�*s supplemented by the international groups that are going in. the injuries themselves are sort of two different types. there will be the acute injuries and then there will be the continuing need to treat those injuries and those patients who sustain them. a couple of months ago,

at least a0 to 70% of injuries will be orthopaedic injuries and those are the ones that require long term input into. so you have the acute injuries with horrible open fractures, loss of soft tissue and bone, traumatic amputations, and then you need ongoing care for those patients as well. so there were only five theatres in the main block at european gaza, the icrc were downstairs and also the neurosurgical theatre. but the theatres were running at least 12 hours a day, if not longer. so that is what it�*s like in the hospitals. i know that you also were in and around rafah. just describe for us what that was like and the volume of people there and any sense of lawlessness that is creeping in that officials are increasingly

talking about and are worried about? yeah, i mean, you can only cross through rafah, which was a new experience for me. so i don�*t know it that well, but certainly on the first day when we crossed over, we had to travel up what�*s called the philadelphia road, which actually borders the borders, the border and then a refugee camp. and you�*ve got this road and the tents are almost across the road. so there is no room, absolutely packed. and then going along this road, there were groups of adolescents who would would probably attack a vehicle. and we heard last week that that one international group�*s vehicle had been attacked. we weren�*t attacked because we paid

for two people to ride shotgun on our lead vehicle. so standing on the vehicle either side of of the passenger in the driver�*s side to prevent us being attacked. and i certainly saw one kid in the ground with the stone in his hand ready to throw at us. and that�*s just simple desperation because they have no food, they have no water, they have absolutely nothing. and in other words, we didn�*t travel that much because it wasn�*t that safe. so just travelling into the hospital on our first day and travelling out on our last day. but all the roads, everywhere is just full of tents and idps. the driving pace is about walking pace because of crowds. that was doctor sarah phillips who has recently returned from gaza talking to me a little earlier on the programme. newsjust coming into is that a two—year—old boy reported to have been formed into a river in leicester in the uk has been named in the last little while. search has

been ongoing near the river since sunday afternoon. his mother described him as cheeky, funny, friendly, smart, caring and independent. she said she thanked everyone who supported us and helped us during this time. we are extremely gratefulfor us during this time. we are extremely grateful for that. we want is for our son to be found as soon as possible. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let�*s look at some other stories making news. thousands ofjunior doctors across wales have begun a three—day strike — in their latest action in a pay dispute. the strike means thousands of appointments and operations have been cancelled. it is the second walk—out since january by doctors, who say they�*ve effectively lost about a third of their pay in the last 15 years. the doctors�* union, the bma, says the welsh government�*s offer actor ewen macintosh, best known for playing keith in the classic british comedy the office, has died at the age of 50. the series co—creator ricky gervais has paid tribute to macintosh, writing on social media

that he was "an absolute original." the government is implementing one of the key recommendations of the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse — by making it a �*legal requirement�* for many people who work with children in england and wales to report evidence of abuse. those who fail to comply with the mandatory reporting duty could be barred from working with young people, while covering up abuse could result in a prison sentence. you�*re live with bbc news. for the second time in a row a test firing of a trident missile from a royal navy submarine, has failed. it was supposed to have flown several thousand miles, before landing harmlessly in the atlantic — between brazil and west africa. instead, the missile dropped into the ocean off florida, close to where it was launched. the ministry of defence insists the deterrent is still effective. here�*s our defence correspondentjonathan beale.

it is the uk�*s weapon of last resort. the ultimate guarantee. the nuclear weapons carried on these royal navy submarines meant to deter any aggressor. trident is the us made ballistic missile on board. and this is how it�*s supposed to launch. but in this recent test, itjust plopped into the ocean near the launch site. all the more embarrassing because this was the second successive failure. this test actually took place injanuary, but only now have details been revealed. the missile was launched from britain�*s hms vanguard off the coast of florida. it was supposed to fly about 3,700 miles and land harmlessly in the sea off west africa. instead, the unarmed test missile hit the water close to the launch site. so what do we know about the missile itself? its us manufacturer says it has a range of more than 4,500 miles and can carry multiple nuclear warheads, each of which can be

directed towards different targets. there have been 191 successful test launches, most carried out by the us, just a dozen by the uk. and the last two of those uk tests have gone wrong. of course, when the launch is announced in advance and the defence secretary is on board, it doesn�*t look good. and of course it�*s not good, i think, for the morale of the crew which now goes on patrol and morale across the submarine service to have this kind of scrutiny. malfunctions like this one in the 1980s in the early tests of trident are relatively rare. but in 2016, another uk test missile also veered off course. the mod still says the uk�*s nuclear deterrent remains safe, secure and effective. it says everything went according to plan inside its submarine.

at the time, the drills were being watched by the defence secretary himself, who travelled thousands of miles to see what was supposed to be a successful launch. instead, grant shapps is having to reassure. a source close to him insisted, "we could absolutely fire in a real world situation if we needed to. that�*s in no doubt after this." despite the embarrassment of the two most recent uk tests going wrong, the government remains committed to trident. it�*s now spending more than £30 billion to build a new fleet of submarines to carry the missiles. labour, too, is committed to keeping trident, as is the united states, which developed the missiles. this latest so—called anomaly will not alter policy, but for the public, it might raise doubts. now to a fascinating story...

a pioneering european satellite — is set to fall back to earth — in the next hour or so. the second earth remote sensing satellite — described as one of the "grandfathers of earth observation", has been gradually descending since it stopped operating in 2011, and will finally fall into the earth�*s atmosphere some time today. the european space agency say, most of the two—tonne satellite will burn up on the way down. our science correspondentjonathan amos explained to me more. the number one model went first and the number two model is the one we are talking about today. the first of that pair to come back. and they were equipped with instruments that studied the earth in completely novel ways. they were able to track theice novel ways. they were able to track the ice fields, fires, they were able to look at the earth as it buckled during earthquakes, they studied the atmosphere, they set the

scene for some of the meteorological weather observations that are now routinely made about planet earth as well. and everything really stems from these two satellites, certainly in europe in terms of earth observation. so today you may have heard of the copernicus programme, the sentinel satellites, which is something that the european union and the european space agency started. the uk is not in the eu but it is part of this programme. a really sophisticated suite of satellites now looking at the earth in lots of different ways. very high fidelity, and that system really owes an enormous debt to these two satellites and the first of which is about to re—enter the atmosphere. you are absolutely right, i was just reading comments from glacier experts about an hour or so ago who are saying the satellite simply revolutionised their knowledge about what was going on and confirming what was going on and confirming what was going on and confirming what was not going on as well. a

final thought though in terms of how we actually know when it has come down and whether all of it has burnt out, how will we actually be able to actually work that out? the out, how will we actually be able to actually work that out?— actually work that out? the the satellite itself _ actually work that out? the the satellite itself is _ actually work that out? the the satellite itself is pacified - actually work that out? the the satellite itself is pacified to - satellite itself is pacified to almost 16 years ago. they drained the battery, got everything out of the battery, got everything out of the fuel tanks and switched it off. there is no signal, it is coming in uncontrolled. what they have there is a series of radars dotted around the planet and they will be looking at the radar to see whether or not it is actually visible. if it is not visible that means it is down. john amos, i in — visible that means it is down. john amos. i in a _ visible that means it is down. john amos, i in a word _ visible that means it is down. john amos, i in a word in _ visible that means it is down. john amos, i in a word in terms of any development on that but we continue to watch. we have an exclusive interview coming up on the programme interview coming up on the programme in the next couple of minutes, we are going to hearfrom the new manchester united co—owner, sirjim ratcliffe, he has been speaking to our sports editor. a fascinating

interview about his hopes to restore the club to previous quarries and to build a new stadium. that is coming up build a new stadium. that is coming up next. just over a week to go before we can close out the month of february and beach a magical winter. we can start to look at the calculation is for rainfall totals. we already know that it has been a record—breaker in three areas, aberdeenshire, worcestershire and north yorkshire. this is the rainfall totals that we should see over the three—month winter period but not only have we seen more than that in some areas, we smashed it 75% more rainfall already. and we are just going to add to those totals because he is today�*s rain. it is the way to some showers but there is more wet weather to come into tomorrow as we see a spell of wet and windy weather sinking its way south and east behind it we tap into a north—westerly flow with a cooler and fresher air source set to arrive. we can see the first signs of that in scotland with a low

single figures here. still in the milder air across england and wales first thing on thursday morning. but there is going to be a pretty intense but narrow band of rain easing out of north—west england and wales, pushing its way into the midlands, lincolnshire, ahead of it we will see gales on exposed coasts down through kent and that is certainly worth bearing in mind. a pretty miserable morning he added that rain will take its time to clear away. slowly brightening up across the south—west and wales, a better story for scotland and northern ireland, sunny spells, scattered showers, shower is turning increasingly wintry to higher ground and still a blustery story. not the strongest winds as today, but nevertheless gusts in excess of 30 mph. we willjust take the edge of these temperatures. six to 8 degrees is pretty much where we should be at this time of year but of course it has been an incredibly mild february. that will be a shock to the system. staying with the shock to the system, under clear skies overnight tonight, a few scattered showers over to the north and west, with elevation able to view wintry

race as well. it will be a chilly start friday morning. low single figures in towns and city centres, just below, a touch of frost likely in the far north. as we go into friday we will keep plenty of isobars on the chat and this little brother and will enhance showers of the further north and west you are. a blustery showery story. that is going to be the theme as we head into the weekend. not a wash—out, there will be sunny spells, it stays in the cool side but some showers from time to time as well.

this is bbc news, the headlines... the israeli parliament votes to support the declaration opposing a two state solution from benjamin netanyahu. gaza residents face intensifying hunger. the world food programme suspend their operations in the north of the territory. and an exclusive interview with the new manchester united co—ownerjim ratcliffe said he wants to build a new national stadium in the north of england. let�*s turn to that breaking story because the new manchester united co—owner saw because the new manchester united co—owner sanim ratcliffe has told the bbc it is his boyhood dream to be involved with united. he said it

is the greatest challenge to