police chief over the force's response to incidents during a pro—palestinian protest. hello, i'm sumi somaskanda, welcome to bbc news now, hello, i'm samantha simmonds. there has been no let up in israel's bombing of gaza, including in the south of the territory, where palestinians had been told by israel to move for their safety. the hamas—run gaza health ministry says a36 people died in 2a hours, taking the total number of palestinians killed in gaza since israel began bombing to more than 5,000. more than 1,400 israelis were killed in the 7th of october hamas attacks. these are the main developments in the conflict so far today. israel says it has attacked 320 more

targets in the past day. this blast in gaza was shot today by cameras in southern israel. palestinian authorities say homes were hit without warning. these pictures are from rafah, where locals pulled victims from the rubble of a house that was hit overnight. and these images are from khan younis, also in southern gaza. there were dozens of air strikes throughout the night — some 100 metres from a hospital. the israel defence forces released this video of air strikes in gaza. we don't know when it was shot. israel also says it mounted limited ground raids into gaza to attack hamas and find information about the 222 hostages being held. further north, israel has also launched fresh air strikes against the iran—backed hezbollah in lebanon. hezbollah said one of its fighters had been killed. the head of the main un agency helping palestinians in gaza says hundreds of truckloads of aid are needed every day, rather than the few dozen that have been allowed in so far. the trucks that have gone in have used the rafah crossing

on the egyptian border because it is the only route into gaza that doesn't border israel. we start this hour of coverage with our gaza correspondent, rushdi abualouf. he has just sent us this update from the scene of one of the israeli airstrikes in khan younis. this is a 3—storey building that was flattened overnight by the israeli air strike. 300 targets in a night witnessed may be one of the heaviest air strikes of the israeli hamas war here. as we are going through the third week of this conflict we understand that two people killed and several people injured in this building, but also this scale of damage in this residential area left many of the people around the area homeless. they are displaced, and

there is a school run by the un and also some in the hospitals. those people are suffering from hiv cache a severe shortage of food, fuel and medicine. the trucks of and medical supplies and some water coming into gaza via egypt, there is a little bit of hope that this pipeline from egypt into gaza will be helping those in need, but what people here need the most is a sustainable humanitarian corridor to relieve those who are in great need for water, medicine and medical supplies. people are fearing the israelis expanding this operation and sending ground troops. the khan younis area experienced back in 2014, one of the places that israel

invaded, they witnessed fighting going street to street and house to house, and people are already suffering by the air strikes, so if the tanks start to advance to this area, we might see the situation getting more tense. as israel continues its bombing campaign in gaza against what it says are "strategic hamas targets". but the israeli military has been accused of bombing areas of southern gaza, near to where it had ordered civilians to flee. as israel prepares for the next phase of its operation to defeat hamas — an anticipated land invasion of gaza — more international leaders are expected in the region this week, calling for restraint. wyre davies reports. it isa it is a part of gaza where people should have felt relatively safe. the southern part of the strip is where israel had ordered more than a million palestinians to flee, away from their targets in the north. but

last night was the worst so far in the town of khan younis. israel preserving its right to pursue hamas targets anywhere, with devastating consequences for civilians. nowhere is safe really — consequences for civilians. nowhere is safe really and _ consequences for civilians. nowhere is safe really and gazza _ consequences for civilians. nowhere is safe really and gazza and - consequences for civilians. nowhere is safe really and gazza and we - consequences for civilians. nowhere is safe really and gazza and we also | is safe really and gazza and we also noticed people who were in the south, they walked to the south and they are going back to the north because they had nowhere else to go because they had nowhere else to go because they had nowhere else to go because the shelters are overwhelmed.— because the shelters are overwhelmed. , ., ., overwhelmed. this woman lost 13 members of _ overwhelmed. this woman lost 13 members of her _ overwhelmed. this woman lost 13 members of her immediate - overwhelmed. this woman lost 13. members of her immediate family. overwhelmed. this woman lost 13 - members of her immediate family. the surviving siblings traumatised. translation:— surviving siblings traumatised. translation: ~ ., ., ., translation: when we moved to khan younis with my — translation: when we moved to khan younis with my family, _ translation: when we moved to khan younis with my family, there _ translation: when we moved to khan younis with my family, there were - translation: when we moved to khan younis with my family, there were 17 - younis with my family, there were 17 of us. then we became four. i can't understand howjust the of us. then we became four. i can't understand how just the four of us will live and how we will return to her home in gaza city after 17 of us used to live together. also her home in gaza city after 17 of us used to live together.— used to live together. also stuck in the south, — used to live together. also stuck in the south, stephanie _ used to live together. also stuck in the south, stephanie and - used to live together. also stuck in the south, stephanie and her- used to live together. also stuck in | the south, stephanie and her young family from blackpool. they moved to

gaza a year ago, now caught up in a war they didn't bargain for. we have exnerienced — war they didn't bargain for. we have experienced bombing _ war they didn't bargain for. we have experienced bombing and _ war they didn't bargain for. we have experienced bombing and planes . experienced bombing and planes flying over us and buildings destroyed, all sorts of horrible things. it has not been a good experience. things. it has not been a good experience-— things. it has not been a good experience. the un has helped oruanised experience. the un has helped organised two _ experience. the un has helped organised two consecutive - experience. the un has helpedj organised two consecutive days experience. the un has helped i organised two consecutive days of around 20 trucks crossing dazza's but with egypt. hopefully another today carrying basic medicines and food aid. but a lot less than the 500 daily trucks the un says are needed. after more than a fortnight of bombing that has reduced parts of gaza to rubble, israel's army is ready for the next stage, the anticipated land invasion of gaza to completely eliminate hamas as a future threat to israel. translation: future threat to israel. tuna/mom- future threat to israel. translation: ~ ., , , translation: we are using everything available to us — translation: we are using everything available to us to _ translation: we are using everything available to us to improve _ translation: we are using everything available to us to improve our- available to us to improve our readiness and our ability to carry

out the ground manoeuvre in the best possible way. out the ground manoeuvre in the best possible way-— possible way. israel's allows su ort possible way. israel's allows suoport its _ possible way. israel's allows support its right _ possible way. israel's allows support its right to - possible way. israel's allows - support its right to self-defence support its right to self—defence but global leaders coming here the need for restraint are concerned about the wider regional conflict. and while benjamin netanyahu will not want to seem indecisive over his vow to crush hamas, he does have other considerations. with more than 200 is and international hostages being held by hamas in gaza, some of their relatives want the israeli government to make a deal. americaback president biden, whose opinion matters in israel, has also called the release of hostages is highest priority. trapped on a tiny sliver of land between the border and the sea, the fate of the hostages and gas are's 2.1 million residents hangs in the balance, dependent on what israel and also what hamas does next. wyre davies, bbc news. aid agencies say they

have a secondary crisis on their hands in gaza — without enough clean water, they fear as many people will die from waterborne diseases as they will from the bombs. live now to william bell from uk charity christian aid. william, welcome to you. what are you hearing from your partner is on the ground in gaza about conditions there and about what difference if any of the aid that has gotten so far as any of the aid that has gotten so faras making? any of the aid that has gotten so far as making?— any of the aid that has gotten so far as making? well, the aid that has come in. _ far as making? well, the aid that has come in, obviously _ far as making? well, the aid that has come in, obviously any - far as making? well, the aid that has come in, obviously any aid i far as making? well, the aid that has come in, obviously any aid is| has come in, obviously any aid is welcome but you have heard about it being a drop in the ocean, it's not even that, it is a token gesture and most people are not able to reach the point where the aid gets two. what we are hearing from people is that they don't have enough to drink and when they are drinking cotton it is from agricultural wells so people are now worried about disease as well as they are being bombed. so if they don't get bombed then disease will get them. they don't have enough to eat, those who need critical medicines, they don't have access to them so they are

absolutely terrified, and for those who moved from the north to the south, as your earlier reporter was saying, there have been a lot of stories now are people who have decided to make the return journey to gaza city because they would prefer to die in their homes there rather than in an overcrowded shelter. the conditions that people are existing in our beyond dyer. unless more aid gets in, absolutely as soon as it can, then i'm afraid that figure of 5000 is going to go up that figure of 5000 is going to go up extremely fast. a letter should remember that 1800 of those 5000 are children. this is the reality of gaza now. as a humanitarian catastrophe. gaza now. as a humanitarian catastrophe-— gaza now. as a humanitarian catastrohe. ~ ., ., , gaza now. as a humanitarian catastrohe. . ., ., , ., catastrophe. what do they need to see, how catastrophe. what do they need to see. how much — catastrophe. what do they need to see, how much and _ catastrophe. what do they need to see, how much and what - catastrophe. what do they need to | see, how much and what quantities catastrophe. what do they need to i see, how much and what quantities of aid? , ., , , , . aid? they need to see sufficient levels of water, _ aid? they need to see sufficient levels of water, food, _ aid? they need to see sufficient levels of water, food, medicine | aid? they need to see sufficient i

levels of water, food, medicine but also critically, fuel because hospitals are all reporting that they are due to run out of fuel and without that you can't hospital. that is the short of it. people will also be living in darkness. the conditions they are living in are inhumane. i dread to think what this will be doing to those who are left after this. and let us not forget that gaza's a population of over 2 million, just over half of those under 18, this is about their fifth or sixth war they have been through. the level of trauma is going to be through the roof. they need water, they need food, they need the very basics to stay alive and at the moment that is not getting in. so 14 or 15 trucks across the rafah crossing is really nowhere near enough. crossing is really nowhere near enou:h. , ., crossing is really nowhere near enouuh. ,., , crossing is really nowhere near enoth. ,., , crossing is really nowhere near enoth. ,. ., enough. israel says it will not allow fuel _ enough. israel says it will not allow fuel in _ enough. israel says it will not allow fuel in because - enough. israel says it will not allow fuel in because it i enough. israel says it will not allow fuel in because it fears | enough. israel says it will not i allow fuel in because it fears hamas will take it to manufacture weapons. we know communications are very difficult with anybody in gaza, how are you managing to get in touch with people on the ground there? aha,

with people on the ground there? lot of ingenuity, for most of the organisations we support, one of the children's centres in southern gaza, before this they were relying as much on solar panels, so all of them are basically wiring up, charging their phones, and we have a short period where we can get in touch with them. the fear that we all have is that we are all used to getting all the text when you get what's up mistress, when you don't get the two takes you begin to worry whether the person on the other end has made it through the night. but we try and stay in touch as much as we are able to but the reality is that we do get some days without hearing back from people. some days without hearing back from --eole. ~ ., some days without hearing back from --eole. ~ . ., some days without hearing back from --eole. ~ ., ., ., ,, some days without hearing back from neale, . ., ., ., ~' people. william powell, thank you ve much people. william powell, thank you very much for— people. william powell, thank you very much for updating _ people. william powell, thank you very much for updating us. -- i people. william powell, thank you | very much for updating us. -- mike very much for updating us. —— mike william powell. israel says a ground attack is imminent and continues its calls for people to leave the north of gaza. but western leaders are pressuring israel to show restraint. live now to tobias bork, the middle east security

senior research fellow at the royal united services institute. welcome. just over two weeks into this conflict, with israel vowing to eradicate hamas, what is your assessment of when this ground offensive will take place and what form it could take place in? to offensive will take place and what form it could take place in?- form it could take place in? to be honest, i don't _ form it could take place in? to be honest, i don't know. _ form it could take place in? to be honest, i don't know. i'm - form it could take place in? to be honest, i don't know. i'm not i form it could take place in? to be| honest, i don't know. i'm not sure anyone else, either the israeli security establishment or those close to it, that is foreign leaders coming to visit. i don't think they actually have a proper insight on when this ground offensive will take place. i think there is still a strong expectation that it will indeed take place. but many had expected it to start a week ago. 0r certainly the last few days. so i think at this point we can do is continue to speculate.-

think at this point we can do is continue to speculate. what role do ou think continue to speculate. what role do you think this _ continue to speculate. what role do you think this more _ continue to speculate. what role do you think this more than _ continue to speculate. what role do you think this more than 220 i you think this more than 220 hostages is playing in any kind of negotiations to try and get them out? is that a key part of decision—making, you think? it is decision—making, you think? it 3 certainly one of the constraints. i think ahead of launching ground offensive, there is a number of constraints, one of them is the hostages, that is, have you exhausted all the avenues to get hostages out, or do you, by going above the ground offensive essentially end all possibilities for negotiation? do you perhaps even endanger their lives by targeting certain infrastructures? that is constraint. 0thers include the calls for restraint and to minimise civilian casualties, but he spoke about earlier. as well as, you know, wider political considerations, worries about this conflict

expanding once the ground offensive begins. expanding once the ground offensive beins. ., ., ., ,~' expanding once the ground offensive beins. ., ., ., ., expanding once the ground offensive beiins. ., ., ., ., ., begins. i want to ask more about that, huge _ begins. i want to ask more about that, huge concerns _ begins. i want to ask more about that, huge concerns around i begins. i want to ask more about that, huge concerns around the l begins. i want to ask more about i that, huge concerns around the world about this conflict spreading, enveloping more countries. what do you think will determine whether or not that happens? i’m you think will determine whether or not that happens?— not that happens? i'm afraid again that is one — not that happens? i'm afraid again that is one of _ not that happens? i'm afraid again that is one of those _ not that happens? i'm afraid again that is one of those things - not that happens? i'm afraid again that is one of those things that i not that happens? i'm afraid again that is one of those things that we j that is one of those things that we can't really say. all eyes are on hezbollah, the non—state organisation in lebanon, very similar to organisation in lebanon, very similarto hamas, organisation in lebanon, very similar to hamas, they resist israel as part of its raison d'etre, really. what we have had over the last two weeks is a lot of threats, but of posturing, and some small scale clashes between israeli security forces and hezbollah but the fear remains that once a ground offensive starts, the death toll amongst civilians increases and so on, that this could lead the

leadership of hezbollah to become involved more strongly. 0therwise leadership of hezbollah to become involved more strongly. otherwise it might lose some degree of legitimacy, being regarded as sitting this one out whilst nominally claiming they would be the leaders of the resistance. thank nominally claiming they would be the leaders of the resistance.— leaders of the resistance. thank you ve much leaders of the resistance. thank you very much for— leaders of the resistance. thank you very much for being _ leaders of the resistance. thank you very much for being with _ leaders of the resistance. thank you very much for being with us - leaders of the resistance. thank you very much for being with us and i leaders of the resistance. thank you very much for being with us and forl very much for being with us and for your analysis. very much for being with us and for youranalysis. coming very much for being with us and for your analysis. coming up around 15 minutes we will be doing a special your questions answered. we'll be joined by a our security correspondent frank gardner and our diplomatic correspondent paul adams in jerusalem. they'll be here to answer any questions you might have about the impact the war might be having on the wider middle east, aid to gaza and next steps in terms of diplomacy. send us your questions and we'll try and answer them. so get in touch using the hashtag #bbcyourquestions — or email yourquestions@bbc.co.uk. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

let's look at some other stories making news. a man has been arrested in connection with a huge fire that caused the partial collapse of a multi—storey car park at luton airport this month. bedfordshire police said the 30—year—old was detained on suspicion of criminal damage as a "precautionary measure", and that investigations had so far suggested the fire was started accidentally. he's since been released on bail. a charity that helps victims of modern slavery says it's received a steep rise in the number of calls for help from foreign workers in the care sector. unseen uk says many reported paying large sums of money to the people who'd brought them to the uk — and that in some cases their passports had been taken. the royal mint is paying tribute to the animated film the snowman on a 50p coin being released for christmas. the design retells raymond briggs' classic children's book about james, a young boy who builds a snowman that comes to life. it is the first of the 50p christmas coins to feature

the portrait of king charles. you're live with bbc news. tens of thousands of people took part in a largely peaceful pro—palestinian protest in london. the met police estimated up to 100,000 people had joined the march, which ended in a rally near downing street. more than 1,000 officers were involved in policing the demonstration, and ten people were arrested. it's the second consecutive weekend of protests. but questions are being asked about the police response to an online video showing a man chanting "jihad" during a separate rally in london. the met police said no offences were identified in the clip. the ministerfor london, paul scully, urged police to do more to prevent such behavior. jihad clearly means in arabic, it means struggle. it could be mental struggle, it could be physical struggle. but i think in this context here, we're not looking at a religious dissertation. we're looking at what is happening on the street and how it's affecting people around those chants.

we've got to be really temperate with our language. and so the police where i know there is a question around glorifying acts of terrorism, there's chinks in the law. i think dame sara khan was on radio 4 this morning talking about how she had written early on about that. but there is that incitement to hatred that is already in legislation. so the police do need to be doing everything they can to make sure that that violent—sounding language does not inflame the situation further. there were also some protesters, the absolute minority, it must be stressed, heard on the march, chanting a slogan that some use to call for palestinian control of all land between thejordan river and the mediterranean sea. you'll know what it is. and the home secretary has repeated it. it's "from the river to the sea, palestine will be free," which some interpret as calling for the destruction of israel. the home secretary has previously urged the police to consider whether its use in certain

contexts may amount to a racially aggravated offence. although the met has said the chant alone does not constitute a criminal crime. again, what's your view on that specific chant? well, those people that were out on the streets on saturday rightfully are concerned about the situation in gaza. the innocent people, and what is happening to them in gaza. i do encourage people as well to make sure that they're calling out the terrorist incidents in israel by hamas as well, who don't represent ordinary palestinians. they're indeed 17 years into a five—year term, having banned elections. so they don't represent ordinary palestinians. but i think there were a lot of people on that protest as well who don't necessarily understand the finer detail. they are chanting, sometimes jumping on a bandwagon in terms of the chants, not realising the absolute distress that they're causing by the ramifications of what that phrase actually means. the destruction of israel,

which is effectively a call for genocide. the community security trust, a jewish safety organisation, have criticised the met. downing street has indicated there are no plans to police any more powers. do you agree with that? well, ithink, you know, we clearly need to look at the legislation, but there is plenty there for the met to be getting on with. if you look at the other protests that the met have policed in recent years, the black lives matter protests and these kind of things, they have arrested people for simply raising an english flag. and using certain phrases that the police might not have liked at the time — they have to be robust in this occasion so it doesn't get further inflamed. paul, i want to ask you about a video widely circulating on social media from a tube driver on saturday leading a chant of "free, free palestine," on the london underground. you've commented on it, saying that staff should focus on the dayjob. the british transport police are looking into this. what would you like to see

being done, if anything? well, i think the tube driver should be disciplined. i thinkjust from what he's said and it was absolutely inappropriate in the middle of a metal tube, effectively, if you were a jewish person on that tube, you would not be able to leave. you would have felt so distressed, so uncomfortable and at risk of your own safety. should he be sacked, as some have called? i'm not sure necessarily automatically sacked. he needs to be used as an example and schooled, i think. briefly, paul, iwant to ask you about reports in the sunday times yesterday suggesting that a hamas fugitive is living in north london and has been doing for decades. do you know about that? are the police investigating? i don't know. it's just what i've read at the moment. but we clearly need to investigate that because hamas is a proscribed terrorist organisation. it doesn't represent ordinary palestinians. it's causing untold terrorist acts in israel. it needs to be called out. he needs to be removed if that is the case. let's get more now on that meeting between the home secretary

suella braverman and the head of the metropolitan police, sir mark rowley. he spoke to reporters about the rally incident and more generally on reactions in the uk to the middle east conflict. this is really unprecedented times. the convergence of a range of issues starting from hostile states, the iranian threats that have been pushed out across the world, including onto the streets of the uk, with 15 threats we've seen here over the last 18 months. the horrific and gruesome terrorist attack by hamas, killing over 1,000 jews, which is stirring up issues across the world, including here, and causing anxiety and fear and also aggravating our own terrorist threats here. and we've got over 500 cases related to islamist terrorists ongoing in the uk that colleagues are investigating. the growth in hate crime, hate crime against muslim communities in london is up threefold, but againstjewish communities, it's 13 fold compared to this time last year

for this period. that's a horrific number, and it's not surprising that communities in that context are fearful and anxious. and that's what we were talking about today on top of, of course, the protests which give vent to a whole range of different opinions. i was explaining how we are absolutely ruthless in tackling anybody who puts their foot over the legal line. we're accountable to the law. we can't enforce taste or decency, but we can enforce the law. and we've made 34 arrests so far over the recent protests. we've got another 22 cases on the back of those where we're searching for individuals, trying to identify people from photos. and our counter—terrorism teams have got 150 cases triaged out of nearly 1,500 referrals. 150 cases of behaviour online, which is of deep concern and we're going after those individuals. so there's a massive amount of operational work going on.

and it's important you can help, frankly, with making that visible to communities that we're doing that because we really get this. and then the conversation finished really around the line of the law, and it's ourjob to enforce to that line. it's parliament's job to draw that line. and the thought that maybe events at the moment are illustrating maybe some of the lines aren't quite in the right place. there have been reports from counter extremism commission and the law commission, and more recently from sirjohn saunders with the manchester inquiry inquest talking about the law needed to change to be stronger at dealing with extremism. and i know the home secretary and colleagues are really charged with that and thinking hard about that. so a constructive meeting in difficult times where sober and determined heads are what's required. sirmark sir mark rowley, head of the metropolitan police. we leave you with the live scene at the rafah

crossing, the crossing from gaza into egypt where we understand a third convoy of aid trucks has now entered gaza in the past few hours, according to sources on the ground. aid agencies say what is desperately needed. stay with us here on bbc news. good afternoon. most of us started off our working week on a cooler but quieter note welcome news. but there was some rain around and some of it fairly persistent out towards the southwest. with this weather front, we could also see more rain moving into the southeast of england later on in the day. but that front out to the west, well, it broughtjust shy of two inches of rain injust six hours. the isles of scilly, it was a miserable start to monday morning here. elsewhere, a few scattered showers moving their way up through wales. but it's a relatively quiet day for many and in fact we've got sunshine across northern england and for the bulk of scotland. as we go through the day,

clouding over a little across england and wales, particularly down to the southeast where there's a risk of some rain arriving here to close out play. temperatures generally around 11 to 16 degrees, a smidge above where they should be really still for this time of year. as we go through the evening and overnight, we'll see some rain, some of it heavy, pushing its way in areas where we don't need it across east anglia, lincolnshire, parts of the east midlands and into yorkshire as well. and at the same time that's going to bejoined by another weather front moving in from the southwest. with the cloud and rain around, those temperatures will hold up into double digits, but there's more wet weather to come as we go through to tuesday. so if we look at that in a little more detail, it's this weather front that's just pushing in off the north sea and it might bring outbreaks of rain — fairly showery, but nevertheless, we do not need any more rain in these areas. and that's going to be persistently there throughout the day. to the north of that, we keep some sunshine and a drier story in scotland. to the south, there'll be a few scattered showers.

and again, those temperatures between 11 and 16 degrees. wednesday will start off on a relatively quiet note with a ridge of high pressure. it's not going to last as the next frontal system is likely to nudge in from the west as we go through the day. so it'll be a quiet start, a few showers pushing in off the north sea. some sunshine for some of us across england and wales before outbreaks of rain arrive by the end of the day on wednesday. a little bit cooler, 10 to 14 degrees on the whole. but that weather front will bring some wet and windy weather potentially thundery to begin with as it moves its way steadily north and east. don't expect any change to the weather story as we move to the weekend and into next week. it stays pretty autumnal.

an eu report calls for a global tax for billionaires which could raise $250 billion a year. and the taiwanese company that builds iphones and a long list of other tech products is under investigation by chinese authorities. welcome to world business report,

i'm tadhg enright. let's talk about tax. a new report, funded by the european union, has found that the world's super rich are still able to pay low rates of tax, despite a decade of efforts to reduce evasion. of tax, despite a decade of efforts to reduce tax evasion. the study says there are still too many loopholes and billionaires are able to pay less than half a percent of their wealth. the eu tax 0bservatory, which is behind the report, is calling for a new global minimum tax on billionaires, saying that if the richest 3,000 people in the world paid 2%, then it would raise $250 billion a year. let's talk to richard murphy, professor of accounting practice at sheffield university management school. also a campaigner for tax also a campaignerfor tax reform. what more can you tell us about this call for a global billionaire tax and crucially whether it is feasible?— and crucially whether it is feasible? ., ., , , feasible? the good news in this

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