the resolution before us. the first is hamas. it is outrageous this resolution fails to name the perpetrators of the october seven terrorist attack, hamas, hamas. it is outrageous. another word missing is outrageous. another word missing is hostage. this resolution makes no mention of the innocent people, including citizens of many of you in this room, many of you here today who have citizens who are being held hostage by hamas and other terrorist groups. these are omissions of evil, and they give cover to and they empower hamas�*s brutality, and no member state should allow that. you should not let it stand, and that is why we have co—sponsored an

amendment put forward by canada that corrects these glaring omissions. it is straightforward and an object of old. it calls on us to condemn hamas�*s terrorist attacks on october seven, and it calls for the immediate and unconditional release of hostages. it should be easy. this is the bare minimum that we would hope to see in this resolution. we urge all member states to vote yes on this amendment. the general assembly most send a clear message to the world that we stand against all acts of terror, and that we stand with all those who are being held hostage. we believe the un security council, a body charged with maintaining international peace and security, must send this same message. and that is why this week

we put forward a security council resolution that garnered the support of the majority of the council. in drafting this text, we solicited input from all council members, including russia and china, and the product of our consultations was a balanced and strong resolution. that among other things condemned hamas�*s terrorist attacks, called for the immediate and unconditional release of hostages, stressed the urgency of addressing the humanitarian crisis in gaza, including through humanitarian pauses, and made clear we must keep the hope of a two state solution alive. again, this was a strong and balanced text. but unfortunately, russia and china decided to veto this resolution. and well the us work to forge consensus

around a balanced product, russia has put forward bad faith without any consultations whatsoever. one—sided resolutions, whether put forward in the security council or the general assembly, will not help to advance peace. not when they ignore the facts on the ground. one—sided resolutions are purely rhetorical documents that seek to dividers at a time when we should all be coming together, and we must not cling to long—standing lines of division. as president biden said yesterday, there is no going back to the status quo, as it stood on october six. we must not go back to the status quo where hamas terrorises israel and dues as palestinian civilians as human

shields, and we must not go back to the status quo, where extremist settlers can attack and terrorise palestinians in the west bank. the status quo is untenable, and it is unacceptable. this means when this crisis is over, there has to be a vision of what comes next. in our view, that vision must be centred around a two state solution. getting there will require concerted efforts by all of us, israelis, palestinians, global leaders to put us on a path for peace. to integrate israel with the region whilst insisting the aspirations of the palestinian people to be part of a more hopeful future. palestinian people to be part of a more hopefulfuture. we deeply regret that the resolution now under consideration is detrimental to this

vision. but while this resolution is deeply flawed, and does not meet this moment, the united states will continue to work with all member states to chart a future where israelis and palestinians have equal measures of security, freedom, justice, opportunity and dignity. and a future where palestinians realise they are legitimate right to self—determination and a state of their own. thank you very much. the un ambassador talking there about the resolution that those delegates are looking at, described it as outrageous because it doesn't name the perpetrators. she said hamas, another word missing was hostage. she said there should be an

amendment, calling for the release but saying at the start it was a perilous moment for the region and the world, what we are seeing, and the world, what we are seeing, and the needs are dire in gaza. time is of the essence, and concluded by saying there is no going back to the status quo that existed on october six, the dynamic in the region had to change. that contribution we were hearing from the israelis and the palestinians, said the american ambassador to the un, just telling all those countries considering that emergency measure at the united nations general assembly. let's turn away from that briefly to a breaking story in spain. an important story. more than 200,000 minors are estimated to have been sexually

abused in spain by roman catholic clergy since 1940 — according to an independent commission. this number rises to an estimated 440,000 people, when including abuse by lay members. the report is critical of the catholic church's response, saying "it has long been characterised by denial and attempts to downplay the issue." live now to our news correspondent in madrid, guy hedgecoe. tell us more, because the numbers are staggering. tell us more, because the numbers are staggering-— are staggering. that is right. this is a re ort are staggering. that is right. this is a report that _ are staggering. that is right. this is a report that was _ are staggering. that is right. this| is a report that was commissioned are staggering. that is right. this - is a report that was commissioned by spain's congress last year, they asked the ombudsman to draw a report on abuse of children in the catholic church. this figure you spoke about, the figures you mention, are part of the figures you mention, are part of the report and based on a paul carried out by the ombudsman. the ombudsman carried out the poll speaking to a thousand spaniards and asked them about their experiences of sexual abuse in relation to the

catholic church. 0.6% of those who answered said they had been sexually abused by members of the clergy when they were children. when you transpose that number nationally to spain's adult population, it ends up being 230,000 people. just over i% of people said they had suffered sexual abuse, either by members of the catholic church or institutions under its control, so, for example, schools. that is where you get the number which rises to a40,000. these are based on the poll, extremely shocking and are likely to have a major repercussions. the? shocking and are likely to have a major repercussions. they looked at the im act major repercussions. they looked at the impact on _ major repercussions. they looked at the impact on some _ major repercussions. they looked at the impact on some of— major repercussions. they looked at the impact on some of the _ major repercussions. they looked at the impact on some of the victims . the impact on some of the victims and they also talked about the basic response from the roman catholic church over decades.—

church over decades. yes, that is ri . ht. church over decades. yes, that is right- the — church over decades. yes, that is right. the ombudsman _ church over decades. yes, that is right. the ombudsman use - church over decades. yes, that is right. the ombudsman use and l church over decades. yes, that is - right. the ombudsman use and strong linejudge talking about right. the ombudsman use and strong line judge talking about the catholic church's response over the decades. it said in many cases it had downplayed these complaints of abuse. he said there were lots of cases of trying to cover them up. he said many members of the clergy involved in this abuse were, for example, sent to other dioceses to try to avoid scandal, or even sent abroad. he was very critical of the catholic church. he also mentioned the catholic church did not want to get involved, it didn't want to participate directly in the drawing up participate directly in the drawing up of this report. but it did cooperate to a certain extent by providing information for this report. however, there were dioceses which simply refuse to do so. he said there were bishops who responded... when they were asked to

respond. there was tension there. he was critical of the church overall. guy, thank you very much. around the world and across the uk, you were watching bbc news. bbc news, bringing you different stories from across the uk. students here in exeter face the second highest annual rent in the uk, up i6% in just two years. i get about 5 hours of sleep a night because i can't. i need to balance work with uni and everything. it's quite hard. if i was to do another degree, i'd do at home university. now more than ever is a business | rather than a place of education. | i think that is a real, real shame. the government says it's making £276 million available this academic year, which universities can use to top up their own hardship schemes on top of increases to student loans and grants. the university of exeter told us it aims to keep student rents as low as possible and says it offers additional support to those who need it. the department for education says the student loan system

prioritises support for people from the lowest income families. but from speaking to people here today, it certainly seems that more and more students are struggling to make ends meet. for more stories from across the uk, head to the bbc news website. you alive with bbc news. let's turn to the _ you alive with bbc news. let's turn to the mood — you alive with bbc news. let's turn to the mood in _ you alive with bbc news. let's turn to the mood in israel. _ let's turn to the much anticipated ground offensive now and how israelis are feeling about it. i want to show you these statistics from the israeli newspaper maariv. asked if the military should immediately escalate to a large—scale ground offensive, 49% said "it would be better to wait". while 29% of israelis

were in favour of carrying out a ground offensive now, and 22% were undecided. these results contrasted with a previous poll that that found 65% support for a major ground offensive. that was only a week ago, so slippage there. there have been other polls. well, for more on that — we are joined now by professor tamar hartmann from the israel democracy institute, which authored another survey on the mood of the israeli about a ground invasion. thank you for being here with us. tell me some of the headline findings from your poll. well, we found that _ findings from your poll. well, we found that the _ findings from your poll. well, we found that the level _ findings from your poll. well, we found that the level of _ findings from your poll. well, we found that the level of trust - findings from your poll. well, we found that the level of trust in i findings from your poll. well, we | found that the level of trust in the government is at a very low point. actually the lowest they've ever measured. it is about 20%, only one fifth of the population saying they trust the government. and in order

to get that, to only have 20%, it means many of our interviewees are on the right side of the political map in israel, because the left is only i2%, the centre is 35%. the rest are on the right. even everyone would accept they don't trust the government, we could not go down to 20%. it means the base of the government is actually quite frustrated and disappointed with the government they have voted for. it's a means we may see h rheumatic political change in israel when the war is over —— the sort of difficulties benjamin

netanyahu may be in. that the sort of difficulties ben'amin netanyahu may be imh the sort of difficulties ben'amin netanyahu may be in. that is some wa off. netanyahu may be in. that is some way off- in — netanyahu may be in. that is some way off. in terms _ netanyahu may be in. that is some way off. in terms of— netanyahu may be in. that is some way off. in terms of the _ netanyahu may be in. that is some | way off. in terms of the immediacy, did you ask questions around hostages? that is clearly increasingly troubling so many israelis in terms of the follow—on in terms of what tactics the government should adopt. yes, we did. what government should adopt. yes, we did- what is _ government should adopt. yes, we did. what is very _ government should adopt. yes, we did. what is very interesting - government should adopt. yes, we did. what is very interesting is - did. what is very interesting is that in fact, we had ourfirst survey about ten days ago and that about seven days ago, and the differences were not huge. maybe people are more exposed now to the demands and organisation of the families of the hostages, and it is more visible to the foreign media. basically, people were very troubled from day one. the question that is being put is should israel after

first for the ground operation, or should the state focus on releasing about the hostages? by our data, there was an increase in the number of those who preferred to go together, on both moves. this is the result of the facts that you start with, people believe hamas is actually playing with our minds and is delaying the deal on the hostages in order to prevent israel from launching this ground operation. and the number of those who said ok, we will have a ceasefire until the hostages deal is done decreased, so

there is only i7%. basically, because of the mistrust of the hamas's intentions and the qatari authorities, and the fact we had a couple of days some hope at least those with foreign citizenship will be released, and then they released only two old ladies. so the deal is taken with more than a grain of salt. they do believe they are using it in order to delay the military operation. this is why people are more sceptical whether it will be otherwise thing to do, to after first for the hostage deal. you will hear more about it, but basically the demand was there all the time.

professor, i have to leave it there. thank you for giving us an idea on opinions in israel and how they are perhaps changing. thank you for your time. let's turn to another development that underlines both the horrors and hope of the situation, because with hospitals being shut, pregnant women are being forced to give birth in dangerous conditions. one of them — a journalist called jumana — has made a video diary of her experiences. they speak arabic. a precious moment captured between a pregnant mother and daughter. translation: i'm about to deliver any time soon. - i hope my second baby arrives safely and peacefully, but apparently she will come within the destruction. as israel carried out air strikes, we asked jumana, a journalist from gaza city, to record a video diary

in the lead—up to giving birth. what scares me the most, what i think about every night as i fall asleep, is that we may not wake up. two days after the conflict started, jumana evacuated with her four—year—old daughter, tulin, and moved in with relatives further south, where they thought it was safer. i moved to another home. this is all the stuff i was able to take, this small bag and these things. like the 2 million palestinians in gaza struggling with food and water shortages, jumana and herfamily are often cut off from the outside world. we don't have electricity so we can't watch the news on the television. there's no internet. the radio is all we have if our phones don't die. we tried to stay in daily contact with jumana,

i hope here's safe. i am so scared. we try to stay in daily contact despite the frequent disconnection of phone lines and internet. "are you ok?," i ask her. two days later, she replies. "yes, thank god, but honestly the situation is difficult." she told me there was intense bombing. jumana is one of 5,500 women in gaza who, according to the un, are expected to give birth within the next month. the un says they face huge challenges to access safe delivery services with overcrowded hospitals and a shortage in medicine. my labour has begun, but the problem is, will i find someone

to take me to the hospital? jumana made it. but while she waited, a house near the hospital was bombed. in a few seconds, everything in the hospital was turned upside down. there were mortars and wounded. people were screaming everywhere. hours later, talia was born. do you love her? daughter replies in arabic. jumana brought her newborn back home, but every night, they fear they won't live to see another day. dalia haider, bbc news. a tiny glimmer of hope in order destruction. you been watching the pictures from gaza in that report. huge explosions in the last little

while. you can see it over gaza, we have pictures from israel. you can see the same blast. we are back with more on the situation here in a moment. we will return to the situation in the next couple of minutes, but a couple of stories. a leading health think tank has predicted that the nhs waiting list for non—urgent treatment in england could rise to 8 million by next august. that would be about 250,000 more than the current total. the health foundation says the increase may happen even without further strikes by doctors. the government says action has been taken to tackle the longest waits. here's our health editor, hugh pym. protect the nhs! we are the nhs! nhs strikes have topped the health agenda in england for much of this year, although doctors are now in talks over resolving their pay disputes. the prime minister has blamed the strike action by the doctor's' union,

the bma, for keeping waiting lists higher than expected. hi, i'm rishi, very nice to see you. but a health think tank says the action explains only a small amount of the increase, and it says the overall waiting list will keep rising until next summer, close to a possible date for the next election, raising doubts about mr sunak�*s pledge to cut the number. the health foundation says even without more strikes, the total will get to around eight million in august 2024, and with some further action by doctors, it could get to 8.1 million. in a worst—case scenario, the total could reach 8.4 million in august next year. the think tank says there are a number of challenges for the nhs. in some cases, it might be a lack of diagnostic equipment. in some cases, it might be a shortage of beds. in other cases, it might be problems with operating theatres, or staff, so there may be a shortage of anaesthetists, for example. so this is what underlines the point that it needs to be a kind of relentless focus, and there is no one size fits all. the health foundation does say that

if hospitals get through more operations and increase the number of patients treated, and there are no more strikes, it's possible the waiting list will start falling sooner, but health employers say there are immediate problems for hospitals. since about april of this year, lists have been increasing at about 80,000 people per month, and we are coming into winter now, where pressure on emergency departments will make elective performance even harder. nhs england said the think tank had underestimated the impact of strikes. the department of health said action to tackle the longest waits had been taken. hugh pym, bbc news. the bbc has found that 3,500 banned dogs are living legally with their owners in britain — almost all of them pitbulls. currently, four breed types are officially banned, but that list could soon be expanded for the first time in more than 30 years.

the government plans to add xl bullys to the list, following a spate of attacks. danny savage reports. an xl bully—type dog with a temperament problem. this animal was handed to police after it attacked its owner. it can never be rehomed and will be put down. i'm a dog lover. i don't want to see dogs put down, but i'm also a dad and i've got to think about public safety, you know? and is it right for a dog that has done that to someone who is strong themselves, you know, physically capable, is it right that that dog is then rehomed? what's this? police assess dogs to see if they're a banned breed. so, we can go in here... this is a pit bull. the decision is made on looks and measurements. there's another xl bully here, too. she's a bit uncomfortable, aren't you, darling? they aren't banned yet, but owners will be able to apply for an exemption when they are. we will look at the home environment the dog's kept in, we will speak to the dog owner. we will obviously look at research into them, whether they are a fit and proper person. come on. this is how exempted

dogs have to live. lola the pit bull has to comply with strict rules. what this? it's a muzzle. she's got to be on lead in every public place, and muzzled, which includes our own car. 0h! anita doesn't believe banning a type solves the problem of controlling dangerous dogs. banning a breed to start with makes them more attractive to the wrong owner, and it's these people that the government should be targeting, not innocent family dogs that have been well brought up, trained, from loving families. there willjust be another breed of dog that they are attracted to. good girl. the bbc has found that 3,499 animals are on the index of exempted dogs, meaning they can still live with their owners. and 99% of them are pit bulls like lola. just sprinkle a few... the government wants to add xl bullies to the banned list soon. some owners are taking the initiative and getting their xl bullies ready to be

assessed, like zoomer here. he's a family pet whom the owner completely trusts with their children. people are a bit more wary about him now. they don't want their dogs to come close to him. they don't want their children close to him. they even don't want themselves close to him. if he's ever off the lead, they'll start walking in the opposite direction. he's a good boy, and i'd be really sad if he was ever taken away or anything like that. a ban doesn't necessarily mean these dogs will disappear, but it should clamp down on irresponsible owners. danny savage, bbc news. we will take a short break, but let me show you the live pictures from gaza. these are the pictures from southern israel, looking at some of the explosions and strikes. we will have all the latest on the military are on some of the diplomacy going on, and the latest on the humanitarian situation and hostage

situation. all of that coming up on the programme. now it's time for the weather with elizabeth. hello. good afternoon. some very autumnal scenes earlier on this morning, particularly across northern and eastern areas of england with some patches of mist and fog, such as here in sheffield. it's now largely lifted and cleared. it won't be quite so much of a problem overnight tonight or indeed for the next few days because the winds are set to pick up. there'll also be some more heavy downpours of rain, generally staying very unsettled. and if we take a look at the rainfall accumulation chart, through the weekend and into monday, you can see the area of most concern again is eastern scotland, with another 50 to 100 millimetres of rain, especially over the higher ground. of course, all of this falling on already saturated ground. that rain just feeding through in a constant stream of showers on the south—easterly wind for the rest of today. also some heavy, frequent, even thundery showers across eastern areas of northern ireland could possibly cause some issues here. some showers further south, but also some more sunshine developing from the south by the end of the day. top temperatures — 10 to 15 degrees celsius,

a little lower than they were yesterday for most. overnight tonight, again, we've got this constant feed of showers into eastern areas of scotland. still some more showers across northern ireland. we'll start to see heavy, more persistent showers start to approach the south coast of england where, also, the winds are set to pick up into tomorrow morning. it's mild and it's frost—free as we begin the weekend. now, we look towards the south coast on saturday morning. again, some heavy, thundery showers always likely. some strong, gusty winds of around 50 miles an hour, perhaps, in places. windy, too, across the north of scotland. the rain continues towards the east. heavy, persistent rain approaching the south—west of england and wales by the time we get to the end of the day on saturday. some of that rain likely to be very heavy across south—east england, too. another sign of autumn, the clocks due to go back by one hour on saturday night into sunday. now, as we head through saturday evening, then that rain will gradually push its way further northwards across to southern scotland, northern england and northern ireland. this is how we'll begin sunday morning.

some showers feeding in towards the south, but also some sunshine. blustery conditions. that rain perhaps moving further northwards, as we head through the day on sunday. temperatures again generally between ten and 15 degrees celsius for most, but staying very unsettled, possibly turning stormy too through the middle part of next week. bye— bye.

live from london, this is bbc news. a senior un official warns that many more people will die in gaza from catastrophic aid shortages. he says delivery so far amount to no more than crumbs. a source tells the bbc that negotiations are accelerating to agree on a ceasefire and reach an exchange deal on hostages between hamas and israel. the us ambassador to the un says the world has reached a perilous moment, and condemns hamas attacks and stresses that israel must abide by the rules of war. this stresses that israel must abide by the rules of war.— the rules of war. this is a humanitarian _ the rules of war. this is a | humanitarian emergency, the rules of war. this is a - humanitarian emergency, and we the rules of war. this is a _ humanitarian emergency, and we are doing everything in our power to save lives. it doing everything in our power to save thea— doing everything in our power to save lives-— save lives. it comes as israel's ambassador — save lives. it comes as israel's ambassador to _ save lives. it comes as israel's ambassador to london - save lives. it comes as israel's ambassador to london tells i save lives. it comes as israel's|

ambassador to london tells the save lives. it comes as israel's - ambassador to london tells the bbc that a ceasefire is not going to happen.