i'm mariko oi. the headlines. health workers report shelling near the al quds hospital in gaza — hours after israel gives an order to evacuate. the palestine red crescent says it's requested urgent clarification plus our patients and it really is they're putting us in a corner and we do not really know what to do. the un warns civil order may be breaking down in gaza — as thousands of residents break in to warehouses for food and other basic items. our other main story — matthew perry — one of the stars of the hit tv show friends — has died. he was fifty—four.

hi there, thank you for being with us. we begin with the latest on the israel—gaza war — because a key hospital in gaza city has been told by israel to evacuate — according to the palestine red crescent — which warned that 400 patients and 1a thousand displaced people were sheltering there. israel hasn't confirmed the order — but a military spokesperson said that they had killed what he called �*dozens of terrorists�* during bombing of the territory — including senior commanders of hamas — which is designated a terrorist organisation by the uk, us and other governments. the red crescent director says the area around the al quds hospital has been under attack, causing panic. further south, thousands of people broke into aid depots

taking flour and other basic supplies after an israeli blockade severely limited amounts into gaza. our international editor jeremy bowen is in southern israel and sent this report. people are living in the ruins in gaza. the israelis insist that they hit hamas targets, who use civilians as human shields. america said it has sent israel another reminder that hamas are legitimate military targets, and civilians are not. in gaza, the un fears civil order is breaking down. its food warehouses in the south were looted. the desperation comes from israel's siege, which the un says violates the laws of war because it's a collective punishment of civilians. thousands of people ransacked the warehouses. israel says there is no food shortage in gaza.

he is saying, "we have no flour, no water, not even toilets. our houses were destroyed, no—one cares about us. we appeal to the people of the world, the big powers are against us. we need aid. we wouldn't have done this if we weren't in need." translation: we need fresh water. _ we need food. we are starving. this is totally unfair. our children can't sleep. further north in gaza city, after patients and staff refused israel's order to evacuate al-quds hospital, the wards filled with smoke as buildings nearby were hit. only a few miles away, in sderot, the closest israeli town to gaza, a sense of grim determination has replaced the panic of the first few days after the hamas attacks. eyal hajbi, sderot�*s head of security, said his nephew and some of his team were killed by hamas. a visiting general, nimrod aloni, was greeted like a man back from the dead.

on the 7th of october, hamas made the false claim that they had captured aloni and taken him into gaza. hajbi said they were all still trying to process the horror of what happened. the security chief took me on a tour of sderot�*s defences. hamas, he said, had hit them hard. the equation had to change, and if palestinian civilians suffered, it was not israel's fault. translation: we allowed them to come and work in israel, - and we thought this would help the ordinary people of gaza. we thought a good economy would bring some peace. but now we know that only security brings peace. after 20 rounds of war with hamas and islamichhad, this needs to be a story that ends here.

our eyes were closed, he said, and we lost everything. israel's dead are still being identified. hajbi says he can't face any more funerals. night and day, israel's ground war to destroy hamas gathers pace. it is reverberating around the region. the risks of a wider middle east war remain. jeremy bowen, bbc news in southern israel. well, asjeremy mentioned in that report, the palestine red crescent society says israel has told them to evacuate al-quds, a key hospital in gaza city. the organisation says around 14,000 civilians are also understood to be sheltering in the hospital and its grounds. marwanjilani is the director general of the palestine red crescent society and told us there had been a series of strikes in the area. these

and of course, we are worried, you know, that these rockets will destroy the hospital and will kill. with14,000 people inside the hospital, it's going to be a massacre. inside the hospital, so we are afraid. inside the hospital, we are horrified by the potential that this could really happen. and we don't know what to do. we are calling upon the international community to put pressure on israel to rescind this order and to respect the medical mission of the palestine red crescent society. as well as the thousands of people sheltering in the al quds hospital, there are many more displaced and living in tents in the territory of gaza. as we heard injeremy�*s report they are struggling to find water, food and bathrooms, and there is very little medication for those who need it. our special correspondent fergal keane has been speaking to some of those trapped in gaza — a warning his piece contains distressing images. in the bombed districts of gaza...

shouting and screaming ..it seems as if the world is broken. a trauma shared across generations. women cries "my daughter, my daughter," a voice calls out. children caught in an escalating war. the israelis say they're targeting hamas, the killers of their citizens. explosion in these densely packed areas, civilian casualties are mounting. "i was about to do my afternoon prayers," he says, "and suddenly the missile fell on our house." men shout

they've known war before, but nothing like this. who lives, who dies, a matter of chance. and their stories only reach us through the courage of a few. hello, mahmoud, how are you? hello. mahmoud bassam is one of the journalists inside gaza reporting the tragedy for the bbc. his images, a daily record of a people's agony. he said that as hard as things are and as much as he tried to deliver the message he's trying to deliver, sometimes from behind the camera he would stand and cry and the only thing that he would do isjust being silent. more than 1.4 million people have fled their homes. such shelter as they can

find is rudimentary. access to the basic essentials of life, severely restricted. translation: we've reached a state where we wish we'd i died under the rubble, just to find some rest. our life is torture. we wait in line for three hours to use the toilet. can a child like this wait for three hours for a turn to go to the toilet? can a child wait for bread? it's catastrophic. the questions accumulate. the war offers only pain in reply. fergal keane, bbc news, jerusalem. our correspondent rushdi abu—aloof has also been reporting from gaza. he gave us an update on the situation around the al quds hospital in gaza city.

it is quiet in the south end compared to the previous days, what is making the headlines tonight is hospital in gaza city throughout the day, there was a lot of air strikes around the hospital damaging most of the building and the tower around it and shops were destroyed and all the roads leading to the hospital. tonight, they're pushing cars towards the hospital and using it and affecting those inside and many are trapped inside the hospital and they're taking the hospital as a refuge fleeing from the shelling around the place and the hospital says that they have received calls and the last one was denied from the israeli army asking the people inside the hospital and leaving about 14,000 people and a hundred patients and eight of them were in intensive care unit

and it is almost impossible to leave the hospital. our correspondent paul adams is injerusalem and has this assessment of the latest developments. we are where we have been in the early stages of a ground operation that may be sustained and it's only confined to a very small area of the tip of the gaza strip and inevitably it is going to expand as the israeli army feels that it is able to move forward and tackle some of the targets that it is clearly setting for itself from the beginning of this campaign and it will continue and they clearly feel that they have a great deal and can still do from the air. we are not privy to any of this planning or know what was being hit near the hospital in gaza today. to cause such panic but that is part of an ongoing

israeli aerial effort up and down the gaza strip which is maintaining the pressure on hamas and making life intolerable for more than 2 million civilians. i know this evening, the conversation betweenjoe i know this evening, the conversation between joe following biden and benjamin netanyahu and american officials are saying that the us president has urged israel's leader to increase the amount of aid and permits to enter the gaza strip to the region of around a hundred trucks, that would be an improvement, but it is still not enough to address what has become a mounting and serious humanitarian crisis where we have seen people breaking

into un warehouses trying to find what they can and it's a breaking down of law and order. let's speak now tojean—loup samaan, from the middle east institute of the national university of singapore. what's your reaction to the start of israel's ground offensive? what we have is the shift between the defence never never the same time, a intensification of the air strikes and the problem mentioned in your coverage is that this creates a humanitarian crisis in the key question is, how long do we see that sustained because the key aspect of how much the us can support israel against the increased international community. it is very hard to see how the military strategy

at the moment can achieve its in the goal which is to destroy hamas which is extremely maximum goal in supporting the number of casualties that we have seen over the last three weeks. the last three weeks. we've also seen clashes between hezbollah and israeli forces on the lebanon border — how do you assess the danger of regional escalation? it isa it is a risk but for the past three years, once you are optimistic, it has been mostly different actions, skirmishes between hezbollah—mac and israel and we talk about exchange of fire and action in so far, it seems like they do not want to escalate into a full—scale conflict. it doesn't mean that we cannot see a

change if his brother mac considers it cannot stand by with its attack on hamas and is a big risk of having actions that lead to further escalations between both sides and there is a high risk in that slope it is to have seen over the past three weeks, through some elements of, i wouldn't say restraint but careful intention not to escalate too much. and calls for a ceasefire are growing and an emergency meeting of the un security council has been called — but in the last un vote, the us didn't vote for it — is there a chance of de—escalation let alone ceasefire? i would say not at the moment and if we look at the speech

that prime minister dave, clearly with he is that the strategy for the moment is as security and military objectives. again, the key will be sustaining their own support to the operation because in the coming days, if we see the ground invasion and interventions from the israeli defence force intensifying, very much this will lead to an increase of civilian casualties. so, at the moment, we would not see, at least in the case, any breakthrough and maybe something could change if we see some changes on the issue but over the last three days, there has not been will be expected as much and we are

talking last week about potential wave of release of hostages and again, we do not have at the moment, apart from potential us pressures on israel, we don't have any escalation. and of course, you can follow the latest developments and get much more information on this ongoing conflict on the bbc website. around the world and across the uk. this is 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 five 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, you know, 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 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're live with bbc news. china's biggest annual show of military diplomacy is under way in beijing — despite the country's derence ministers being sacked last

week. russian defence minister sergei shoigu was initially listed in the agenda for the 10th xiangshan forum as the first guest speaker at monday's opening ceremony, suggests china intends to give russia a major presence at the forum, despite its invasion of ukraine. however, shoigu's name no longer appears. the forum comes after beijing sacked defence minister li shangfu, without naming a replacement. senior military leaders have been standing in. many western countries are skipping the forum or sending low—level delegations, with concerns about how open it can be. bangladesh's opposition leader and dozens of members of his party have been arrested after violent protests in dhaka. the bangladesh national party called for a nationwide strike —

which erupted in clashes between police and the tens of thousands of demonstrators. one police officer was killed and over 100 people injured during the protests — demanding the resignation of prime minister shake hasina, and calling for a free and fair vote under a caretaker government. there are conflicting reports as to why the opposition secretary general mir—za fakh—rul islam alam—gir was arrested. mexico says it has managed to evacuated twelve, and a half thousand tourists who had been stranded in the coastal city of acapulco since it was hit by hurricane otis on wednesday. footage recorded in acapulco showed the trail of damage left by the storm — where boats were washed ashore and left lodged between buildings. 43 people are now known to have died and 36 others are missing. otis was the most powerful hurricane ever on mexico's pacific coast. local authorities estimate that it will take at least three months to clear debris from the central areas of acapulco.

a player with the british ice hockey team the nottingham panthers has died after suffering a serious cut to his neck during a game on saturday night. adam johnson was injured during his team's fixture against the sheffield steelers. philip norton reports. a city in mourning for one of its young sports stars. adam johnson was a forward for the nottingham panthers ice hockey team. commentator: johnson scores! he has previously played in north america's national hockey league, playing 13 games for the pittsburgh penguins. last night he was involved in a challenge cup match against sheffield steelers, when he suffered a serious cut to his neck from a skate in a freak accident on the ice. once it became obvious he was receiving cpr the sheffield steelers captain, robert dowd, got all

the players around adam while he was being attended to, formed a kind of circle around him and then the arena were able to put screens in place while he received medical attention. but, as we now know, sadly he's passed away. fans of both teams have been paying their respects. around 8,000 witnessed the incident at sheffield arena. this afternoon adam's team—mates joined fans to lay flowers and promised supporters they'd all get through

the tragedy together. as time goes on, we're all going to heal. we'll do it together. our group is strong and connected. and we are going to do you guys proud, 0k? as a mark of respect, all elite ice hockey league games across the country have been postponed today and in a statement, nottingham panthers ice hockey club said it would dearly miss adam and neverforget him, and said that their thoughts are with all of adam's family, friends, fans and his partner. philip norton, bbc news, nottingham. tributes are continuing to pour in for the actor matthew perry, who's died at the age of 5a in california. on sunday — and a handful of fans began lying flowers at the gates of the actor's house in the pacific palisades area of los angeles. perry became famous around the world for playing chandler bing in the sitcom friends, one of the biggest tv shows of the 90s and noughties. the creators of the show have described him as a "brilliant talent". he was found dead at his home yesterday afternoon. our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba has more details. each of friends' six stars brought unique characteristics to the show. matthew perry's chandler — he was the funny one. someone at work ate my sandwich. well, what did the police say? i'm sorry, we don't have your sheep. no, homo habilis was erect. australopithecus was never fully erect.

well, maybe he was nervous. supremely talented at delivering sometimes self—aware one—liners. i'm chandler, i makejokes when i'm uncomfortable. i'm not great at the advice. can i interest you in a sarcastic comment? but, during his time on the comedy hit, he was struggling with addiction. between the end of one season and the start of the next, losing more than 20 kilos, something he often spoke candidly about. it became a very public issue, which in hindsight was quite good. i mean, i'm happy that it was because it ultimately helped me in the long run because i had to go through those struggles publicly, i get to help a lot more people. in the early hours of this morning, us media reported that the actor had been found dead in his hot tub. the los angeles police department confirmed to the bbc that a man in his 50s was unresponsive in a water emergency at perry's home.

we go way back before monica made an honest man out of him... among those paying tribute have been maggie wheeler, who played janice, a previous girlfriend of chandler's. she said, i got her machine. her answering machine? no, interestingly enough her leaf—blower picked up. laughter with roles spanning tv and film, matthew perry's career was more thanjust friends, but chandler bing is the role that will define him for millions. that's all for now — stay with bbc news. hello there.

it's going to stay very unsettled across the uk as we head through this week with low pressure still very much in charge. so long spells of rain, heavy thundery, downpours, the winds are likely to pick up at times. and we'll also see on wednesday night into thursday, our third named storm of the season storm ciaran named by the met office on sunday. and those rainfall totals are really going to start to stack up again as we head through the next five days. you can see all the blues on our rainfall accumulation chart here. more wet weather for flood stricken areas such as eastern parts of scotland. now low pressure is centred out towards the west of ireland, just sending bands of showers swirling around. it should be a largely dry start to the day across scotland, but it is quite a chilly one and it's still quite breezy for many, particularly towards the channel coast.

but the winds are certainly lightning as we head throughout the day. now, the heaviest of the showers on monday will tend to be across northern ireland. we could start to see some localised flooding. maybe as those rainfall totals stack up, we'll see some more heavy showers across west and wales, the south west of england towards channel coast, just drifting further northwards and eastwards further east, largely dry. and for scotland, the lion's share of the sunshine north of the central belt. but here the air is going to feel chillier. now, on tuesday, again, scotland still a welcome respite from all of that rain. it should stay largely dry and sunny. a few isolated showers in the north. elsewhere out towards the west, we will see some showers and brighter spells and a warm front starts to creep into south west wales and south west england by the end of the day. on tuesday, temperatures again 9 to 15 degrees celsius. now that warm front will track further north, west and eastwards as we head through tuesday night and into wednesday, bringing with it widespread heavy rain

and some strong gusty winds as well. and some of that rain in the chillier air across the highlands will be turning to snow. just take a look at that easterly wind piling, all of that rain onshore into aberdeenshire yet again. it's windy out towards the west here. further south, we're expecting some showers, temperatures again, 9 to 15 degrees. but of more concern than the weather on wednesday is going to be the weather on thursday. now, this is storm ciaran. it's a very deep area of low pressure. you can see the tight squeeze on the east of bars here. gusts of wind towards channel coast on wednesday night and into thursday could get as high as perhaps 80 to 90 miles an hour, even inland 50 to 60 mile an hour gusts. there'll also be widespread heavy rain along with those damaging winds. so do keep an eye on the forecast. bye bye for now.

can the weakjapanese yen continue to boost profits at some of the largest companies in the world's third biggest economy? plus — will replacing steel and concrete with wood help make the carbon—heavy construction sector more sustainable? hello and welcome to asia business report. i'm mariko oi. let's begin injapan, where a slew of industry giants will report earnings later today. that includes two of the country's biggest brands — tech company panasonic and car—maker toyota. the two major exporters saw a boom in profits in the last quarter thanks to stronger sales, which was helped by the weak japanese currency — the yen because it makes their products cheaper for consumers in other countries to buy.

the yen has been steadily depreciating