the survivors demanding answers from authorities. live from our studio in singapore... this is bbc news. it's newsday. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. it has been 19 days says hamas attacked israel and the prime minister has said the country is preparing for a ground invasion for the country to take out hamas. speaking in a televised address, benjamin netanyahu said it was "only the beginning". the prime minister also said that after the war, everyone — including himself — would have to give answers as to why hamas was able to carry out the october 7th attacks. in his address, he spoke about his intentions in the next phase of this war. translation: we are in

the midst of a campaign | for our existence. we have set two goals for the war — to eliminate hamas by destroying its military and governmental capabilities and do everything possible to bring our hostages home. meanwhile, the us president says israel has a right the united nations says hospitals are running out of fuel and its aid agency says it may have to stop working if it doesn't —— get fresh supplies. charities say vast amounts are needed. ourfirst report charities say vast amounts are needed. our first report is from fergal keane who is in jerusalem and has been working with teens on the ground in gaza. a warning, his report contains some distressing images. —— working with teams. each climbing cloud a marker of destruction. relentless airstrikes. thousands of bombs dropped. hamas started this war.

israel responds with devastating force. it is a story of stunned aftermath and desperate searching. the man was away from his home when the bomb fell. he speaks to his lost loved ones. "i wish we'd stayed with you." and then a child who survived. "they're all gone", he tells her. bbc cameras in gaza captured medics collecting the wounded. the man shouts, "nasser! "his head is open", speaking of the child in his arms. mahmoud badawi daily faces the killing inflicted from the skies. but there isn't time to stop,

much less show his feelings. from one scene of carnage to another. there are the survivors to care for. translation: there are many hard situations. . as an ambulance driver, you get accustomed to what's happening, whether it's hands, heads or bodies that are cut. in many families now, there's the need to familiarise their children with the morbid practicalities of life in a warzone. translation: i have seen bodies blown apart. - you can't identify anyone. so, in case anything happened and they were blown up, i would know them from this bracelet and i can collect their bodies. it is not knowledge any parent wants to impart. in gaza's hospitals, there are acute shortages,

struggling to keep services going as fuel supplies dwindle. 12—year—old ahmed barahem suffers from kidney failure and he's exhausted. well, i'm fully laying on the ground now. i what happened to me? sometimes in the heart of it all, there's good news. "she's ok, but she's scared", they call out. her father is being freed from the rubble. first the names, then the medics' reassurance. "they're all out, i swear." the emergency workers like mahmoud are overstretched, exhausted, knowing that, however much they do, in gaza now, it cannot be enough.

fergal keane, bbc news, jerusalem. the hamas—run health ministry in gaza now says almost 6,500 people have been killed since the start of the conflict. the bbc�*s gaza correspondent rushdi abu alouf has remained working there, despite the difficult conditions. he is in khan younis in southern gaza and getting us a glimpse of what the situation is there. yeah, tonight, there was really bombardment around this hospital. this is nasser hospital in khan younis. it's the hospital that is the only medical centre that serving half of the population now, and it's at the edge of catastrophe, as the director of the hospitaljust told me that they have shut most of the operations and only the operations room and the life—saving place and facilities are working. they are struggling to cope with the situation with the shortage of fuel,

no fuel coming to this hospital for about 20 days. just about half an hour ago, air strike this direction, about 200 metres from the hospital, destroyed a three—storey building. about 50 people in one go they rushed to this hospital. imagine, doctors have to deal with 50 casualties in one go and some of them were dead, some of them were severely injured, so i went to this operation room and i saw how they are struggling to cope with the situation and no guarantee for how long they can keep doing this result without supplies and fuel. very challenging circumstances. hamas say hundreds of people are being killed by israeli air strikes every day and the wife of a senior aljazeera journalist was filmed mourning

the death of his wife. warning, we are about to show you distressing footage. here, he is shown crouching over his son. they had fled their home in northern gaza following israel's order to evacuate. the funerals of two british teenagers and their mother has taken place injerusalem. lucy manning reports. opposite the pomegranate trees, in a quiet corner so at odds with the manner of their deaths, three fresh graves have been dug. for a mother and her two daughters — lianne, noiya and yahel sharabi — the contrast between this time of celebration and this day of mourning could not be starker.

the sound of teenagers sobbing filled the small cemetery. lianne, the mum, came to israel from bristol aged just 19 to work on a kibbutz. she built her life, herfamily, here, until hamas decided to take it away. you gave value to my life, li, my friend. i'll always cherish your memory. the land of israel envelops you and your girls today. but so does the heart of your beloved england. rest in peace, lovey. her bristol family sent tributes they had recorded. we will miss our girl to the end of our days and keep her in our hearts forever. noiya loved to sing and dance. she worked hard at school and always got good grades. a beacon of light extinguished too soon. all we know is that there is a yahel—shaped hole in our lives that can never be

filled for her british family. the family gave us permission to film here, to show that of the 1,400 people killed in israel, one was lianne, one was noiya, and one was yahel. a nation's grief. hundreds came to this triple funeral, including other british israelis who didn't know the sharabis but wanted to pay their respects. too many are dead from kibbutz be'eri. children can't mourn parents. parents can't grieve their children. hamas tried to obliterate this family, and the sharabis can't even rest in peace. the girls' dad, eli, is still missing. their uncle yosi kidnapped. dead, missing, kidnapped. the horror of that day for this country in one family. british roots now

covered in israeli soil. lucy manning, bbc news, kfar harif. since the conflict flared up, there have been accusations of war crimes made against hamas and israel and it raises a question on who gets to judge either side. that is a matter that could be decided upon by the international criminal court in the hague. the court prosecutor says it has jurisdiction over any potential crimes committed by hamas attackers in israel and the israeli military in the gaza strip, even though israel does not recognise the court. to help us understand how this really works, we can cross live to los angeles and join the first prosecutor of the new and permanent international criminal court, and just to tell you a little bit more about him, as chief prosecutor, he worked for three years on the israel palestine conflict

and says 2015 he has been teaching about the conflict at university injerusalem. his university in jerusalem. his office university injerusalem. his office was also involved in 20 office was also involved in 20 of the most serious crisis of the 21st—century and has successfully prosecuted high—profile leaders so very crucial inputs. thank you for your time here on bbc news. the un secretary—general says they have been clear violations of international humanitarian law international humanitarian law in gaza. starting with hamas, what other things they are doing better prosecutor might look at? ~ ., ., , doing better prosecutor might look at? ~ ., ., look at? well, the hamas attack of october _ look at? well, the hamas attack of october the _ look at? well, the hamas attack of october the 7th _ look at? well, the hamas attack of october the 7th is _ look at? well, the hamas attack of october the 7th is clearly - look at? well, the hamas attack of october the 7th is clearly a i of october the 7th is clearly a crime against humanity, massive operation against civilians, it could be a genocide. why? because killings with intention to strike a group is genocide and hamas official official intention is to destroy israelis, not dues, israelis from israel, that is why the

attack could be genocide. and also it is a war crime because taking hostages is a war crime, these other crimes committed hamas, the problem is and this is more important, i like to pick some of the victims and the victims were israelis but now they are also, in addition to that, palestinians. because the blockade that israel ordered more than two weeks ago is a crime against, could be cramming a manatee and a genocide. one of the forms to committed genocide is to inflict on people conditions to destroy them and that is exactly the blockade, the blockade is blocking water, blocking food, hospitals cannot work, no more activity, to a people who can go nowhere. israel has the right to defend

itself but cannot block 2 million people and put them in a concentration camp. in addition, this forced displacement, this idea of forcing people to leave because i will bomb, that is war crime, you cannot forcefully displace people, i understand how masses hiding in the palestinians but thatis hiding in the palestinians but that is not an excuse to kill civilians, you have to find a strategy to deal with that. so that it strategy to deal with that. so thatitis strategy to deal with that. so that it is a crime. in addition, we don't know the bombings, the bombings should be investigated, to see if israel bombed a military target it is legal, if it bombed a civilian place, it is illegal. so that should be investigated, but these other crimes already committed. but these other crimes already committed-— but these other crimes already committed. you've covered the . rounds committed. you've covered the grounds as _ committed. you've covered the grounds as far _ committed. you've covered the grounds as far as _ committed. you've covered the grounds as far as israel - committed. you've covered the grounds as far as israel and - grounds as far as israel and hamas are concerned and the action we had seen on the

ground there but one technical aspect that needs to be clarified, israel doesn't recognise the international criminal court and its authority, what can the court do if they do find war crimes have been committed, based on the grounds you have outlined? well, the court has jurisdiction not in israel, because israel never agreed to the court, but it has jurisdiction in palestine and palestine is gaza, west bank and jerusalem. and it took from my time three years and then another two years more and then nine years, say 15 years, but now it is clear, and investigation has been conducted in gaza. if the prosecutor invites an israeli person, this person as soon as they are in one of the member countries, they will be arrested, that is why president putin cannot fly to south

africa or brazil because they are members they will execute the orders. but the issue here, so another warrant by the international criminal court could be implemented by the 123 parties. the problem is not about punishing, the problem is about punishing, the problem is about preventing, stopping the crimes, stopping the killings, because that is the problem i see. israeli forces in gaza will kill, first the israeli hostages will be killed, plus thousands of palestinians within gaza. and the worst is i don't think a ground attack will and hamas. don't think a ground attack willand hamas. on don't think a ground attack will and hamas. on the contrary, it will feed hamas. hamas are not in gaza, they are outside gaza, they are getting money from outside, so they

will rebuild, they will use the ground attack to rebuild hamas in a more powerful, and the king ofjordan explained that there could be attacks from hezbollah and other groups. i just want to bring out one more point before we have to wrap up, you have discussed hamas using civilians as human shields, the question is where is the right —— line between israel's right to defence and their requirement to prevent civilian deaths.— civilian deaths. you have to resect civilian deaths. you have to respect the _ civilian deaths. you have to respect the civilians, - civilian deaths. you have to respect the civilians, you i respect the civilians, you cannot kill civilians. when spain had problems with attack, they did not surround bill bow and bonnet, they had to respect civilians. they cannot kill civilians, that is a line they cannot cross.— cannot cross. all right, we have to — cannot cross. all right, we have to leave _ cannot cross. all right, we have to leave it _ cannot cross. all right, we have to leave it there, -

cannot cross. all right, we have to leave it there, we | cannot cross. all right, we i have to leave it there, we are running out of time but thank you your time here on newsday. it's the story we continue to track around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. here i am in the early stages of sculpting the portrait of the queen in clay. i am surrounded by inspiration of pictures of herfrom surrounded by inspiration of pictures of her from the 19505 and 605. he has been working on this memorial since january from clay to wax and now bronze, this is the next major milestone in creating the seven foot 5tatue. here, the ceramic shell of the queen per match head and other parts of the sculpture are being surrounded by 5and, so run5 can be poured in. when it is cooled, time for the moment of truth.- the moment of truth. public sculpture — the moment of truth. public sculpture is _ the moment of truth. public sculpture is so _ the moment of truth. public sculpture is so important i the moment of truth. public| sculpture is so important for the cultural well—being and life of the country, and to have an opportunity to 5culpt

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officials are now going door to door in the 31 settlements in the kherson and donetsk regions, trying to persuade parents to flee with her children. they're accompanied by police officers who actually can force them to go. no child is left alone, no child can go without parents or legal guardian. we spoke to one of the officials involved who told us that they're showing parent5 video footage of the aftermath of missile strikes to try to hammer home to these people — some of whom don't want to leave their homes — just how dangerous the situation is. it's notjust the risks and the dangers, it's also about the infrastructure of some of these towns and villages. when there are strike5, sometimes energy infrastructure is knocked out. it's an extremely uncomfortable place for many of these people to be. that's something else officials are trying to use to persuade them to leave.

talking of that, it's getting cold here. winter is coming, and of course, the big fear in ukraine is that once again, moscow will target critical infrastructure. overnight, two buildings near a nuclear power plant in the west of the country were damaged in a drone strike. now, the plant itself wasn't damaged, but still, around 2,000 people had their electricity cut. president zelensky, very much aware of the turnings of the seasons, has said that this year, ukraine will not only defend itself, but will respond, too. let's ta ke let's take a look at some other stories the headlines. let's turn our attention to some other stories. republican lawmakers have chosen congressman mikejohnson as their new speaker of the house. mrjohnson from louisiana won the speakership with 220 votes. he'll fill the speaker's chair that's been vacant since october 3rd, when kevin mccarthy was ousted. johnson is a close ally of former president donald trump. he led an unsuccessful attempt by 126 house republicans to overturn the 2020

presidential election infavourof mrtrump. a potentially catastrophic hurricane has hit the south coast of mexico. the damage caused by the category—five storm — the highest level — for now remains unclear as it has cut off power and communication to the city of acapulco. a year on from the deadly crowd crush in south korea, its survivors have told the bbc they are still traumatised and a lack of answers is making it difficult for them to heal. nearly 160 young people were killed when they got trapped in an overcrowded alleyway in seoul as they celebrated halloween. despite well—documented failings by the authorities, no—one has been held responsible. our seoul correspondent jean mackenzie reports. do you remember where you were? yeah, it was just here. joyoo—kun has returned to the narrow alleyway where she was almost crushed to death. there were people on top of you, trapping your legs. yeah.

it was so painful, yeah. i couldn't move at all, even my fingers. i realised at that time, "oh, i'm going to die." people out to celebrate halloween funnelled into this alleyway from three directions until it became so tightly packed they couldn't move. some couldn't breathe. the pressure was so great, it ruptured the muscles injoyoo—kun�*s legs, paralysing them for months. are you fully recovered now? actually, no. i have pain on my knees and my foot. it's now well established how the authorities failed to keep people safe that night and save lives. but no—one has been held responsible. trials and investigations are ongoing, leaving thousands still nursing their physical and emotional scars. this is where the dead are remembered —

a makeshift memorial set up by theirfamilies. they take it in turns to stand guard in case the authorities follow through on their threat to remove it. haejin's teenage son survived the crash, but his best friend and his girlfriend were killed. unable to cope with the trauma, he then took his own life. this one, yeah. how has it affected you that, still, nobody has really taken responsibility for this? translation: the government and the local authority - ultimately failed in their duty to protect lives. we need to know what happened and who was responsible in order to heal. we have asked the national government, the local government and the police to talk to us, to tell us what lessons they've learnt and how they're going to keep people safe this halloween,

but they've all declined. they've told us that this isn't the right time for them to talk. some new safety measures are being brought in, though this halloween�*s celebrations are expected to be far quieter. the alleyway is still dormant. a shrine to the dead. reading these messages makes you sad? yeah. butjoyoo—kun plans to keep returning here. she says she must keep her memories alive untiljustice is served. jean mackenzie, bbc news, seoul. a quick reminder of our top story, the conflict in sri lanka gaza. on wednesday we heard from the israeli prime minister where he said the country was preparing for a ground invasion to take out hamas but he did not clarify

when that would be but only said it was just the beginning. stay with bbc news for more news and updates, thank you for watching. —— ourtop news and updates, thank you for watching. —— our top story, the conflict in israel and gaza. let's take a look at the latest weather for the week ahead. on wednesday, we did have some sunshine around, but it was a very wet start to the day across southern counties of england, particularly through hampshire and the isle of wight. you can see flooded roads there in east cowes on the island, not far from the ferry terminal. and whilst we did have a met office amber warning out for that heavy rain, it was significant. some parts of the island, in knighton, for example, seeing three weeks' worth of october rainfall injust over 12 hours. looking to the next few days, we hold on to this static pattern, really, of low pressure systems after low pressure systems bringing outbreaks of rain and their associated weather fronts with the jet stream running to the south of us, directing them towards our shores.

here is thursday. we've got outbreaks of rain from the overnight period working their way northwards towards the north—east of england and across parts of scotland as well. elsewhere through the midlands, in towards wales and the south, some sunshine but also a number of showers. same, too, across parts of northern ireland. temperatures in the south in the mid—teens, cooler further north. and then looking into thursday evening, you can see that rain still with us, tracking north in towards parts of the north—east of scotland and certainly across parts of the east and north—east, we could well see the rain totals mounting up as we head through the next few days. elsewhere, it's a little bit drier, but there will be some cloud and some outbreaks of rain. temperatures around 9—10 celsius as the overnight low. to friday, once again, low pressure situated towards the west, sending weather fronts our way. a brisk wind around the south—west through the channel there and across parts of the north—east coast of england and in towards eastern scotland as well, where that rain is set to continue. elsewhere, though, through much

of england and wales, some sunshine, also a number of showers, similar across parts of northern ireland. temperatures once again, 10—12 celsius across scotland, a little bit milderfurther south, in towards the mid—teens. so, saturday, it's a similar picture. we do have low pressure situated towards the west and outbreaks of rain and weather fronts working in from the south across parts of england, in towards wales and northern ireland. for scotland, we've got a wind coming in off the north sea, quite brisk at times, bringing some cloud and further outbreaks of rain. elsewhere on saturday, we've got some sunshine through parts of the east midlands, in towards east anglia as well, where we'll see temperatures in the mid—teens, perhaps 16 in the london area. on sunday, there's the jet stream once again just running to the south of us and directing areas of low pressure and rain our way. but just look where this weather front is here, because that is the dividing line between some colder air moving in from the north across parts of scotland, milder weather further south. exactly where that weather front is likely to sit could well pose a few issues because along it,

the rain could be heavy and persistent. and if that falls in areas where we've already seen some significant flooding, well, further impacts may well occur. further north, some sunshine, but a cool north wind. further south, it's milder temperatures once again, into the teens. and then beyond that into next week, well, the jet stream is still with us, still feeding in this conveyor belt of areas of low pressure. certainly midweek, that deep area of low pressure could well cause a few issues. but you can see on the outlook there, it is an unsettled picture as we round out the end of october and start november. that's the forecast for now.

china's foreign minister is in the us after rising geopolitical tensions. india wants to bring back to the world stage millets, an ancient globalfree grain, but can it whet the appetite? china's top diplomat is set to visit the us on thursday. he is expected to

meet the us secretary of state antony blinken. the white house has confirmed a meeting with the us national security adviserjake sly 11 is slated for friday. the trip is set against the war in the middle east. ——jake against the war in the middle east. —— jake sullivan. against the war in the middle east. ——jake sullivan. it against the war in the middle east. —— jake sullivan. it may set the stage for a meeting between xijinping and set the stage for a meeting between xi jinping and joe biden. lori daniels from the asia society institute stout has told me about the expectations. it has told me about the expectations.- has told me about the expectations. has told me about the exectations. ., , ., ., ., expectations. it has a lot of different aspects. - expectations. it has a lot of different aspects. what i expectations. it has a lot of. different aspects. what china is asking has to do with the economic restrictions the us has put on china's high spec —— high—tech industry. china would like to see the us talk about china on the global stage in ways that could work more closely with how china sees its own image. it sees itself as a leader or developing countries, it wants to have respect in

that status. the way the