at a un—run school in gaza. israel says it's investigating the circumstances. the us says up to 400,000 people remain in northern gaza, as israel's ground offensive there continues. the un says no part of gaza is safe. protests in support of palestinians have been taking place in cities around the world — here in london 11 arrests were made. the uk home secretary suella braverman says homelessness is a "lifestyle choice" and proposes fines for charities that provide tents to people sleeping rough. the us finds itself diplomatically stuck between its arab allies and israel. at a meeting in amman today, arab foreign ministers told us

secretary of state antony blinken that there must be an immediate ceasefire in gaza. but mr blinken wants "humanitarian pauses". israel, though, insists there will be no temporary truce until all hostages are released. thejordanian foreign minister ayman safadi said the killing of civilians by israel could not be justified by its claim of self defence. he said the entire region was sinking into a "sea of hatred" that could define generations to come. secretary blinken�*s visit is exactly four weeks after the hamas attacks on israel in which 1,400 people were killed, and there is no let up in the israeli military response in gaza. its offensive is focused on the north of the territory, where it's thought up to 400,000 people are still living, even though israel has urged civilians there to move south. the hamas run health ministry in gaza says more than 9,400 people have been killed there in the past four weeks. we will have more on the diplomacy shortly, but we start our coverage

with a report from our correspondent, jon donnison, injerusalem. and a warning there are distressing images from the start. four weeks into this war, the suffering is endless. and in gaza, no place is safe. the un says this school injabalia in the north was hit this morning, killing at least 15 people. thousands had been seeking shelter there. "god will take my vengeance," this young boy says. "i was standing here when the three bombings happened." israel says it's looking into what happened. and in the north of gaza, its ground offensive is pushing forward, tightening its grip on hamas, who israel says is using civilians as human shields.

hamas is outgunned, but these pictures from its military wing claim to show it fighting back. more than 20 israeli soldiers have been killed since the ground offensive began as the number of palestinian casualties continues to rise. the us secretary of state met with arab leaders in jordan this afternoon. antony blinken again asserted israel's right to defend itself. but... protecting civilians will help prevent hamas from further exploiting the situation. but most important, it is simply the right and moral thing to do. when i see... ..a palestinian boy or girl pulled from the wreckage ofa building, it hits me in the gutjust as it hits everyone in the gut. and i see my own children in their faces.

and america is also worried about this conflict spreading. israel's military has said it targeted a terrorist trying to cross over from lebanon on its northern border last night. less than a mile away in the town of shlomi, volunteers have been preparing food for israeli soldiers amid fears the powerful lebanese militia group hezbollah could escalate this crisis. very serious, very sad. we cry. ..at night. i didn't sleep at night. i watch tv at night. we watched all the terrible cases, everything that's happened. can we run? when there's a siren, we run. and when we can, we work. and yes, we are under danger. we're risking our lives. there has been so much fear and grief over the last four weeks. and it's farfrom over. jon donnison, bbc news, jerusalem. 0ur correspondent rushdi abualouf has this update from inside gaza.

today, israel opened the road, the axis in and out of gaza for the first time since a couple of days since they started the operation, ground operation in gaza. very few people managed to get out of gaza because the main road was damaged and access for car was almost impossible. but in gaza city, people are starting to flee the heavy fighting around the city. as the israeli ground operation expanded around gaza city from three different directions. the tanks were advancing near gaza city itself, especially the western part of gaza. tonight, again, the israeli air strikes were intensified around the al-quds hospital and also around the shifa hospital, where many solar panels on the roof of the building around the hospital were targeted from the air. we feel that israel is pushing the civilian population. they are taking the hospital

as shelter to flee this place. they bombed tonight, the largest the largest bakery in the place that is feeding most of the bread to the neighbourhood near the shifa hospital, also in the north of gaza strip. in the norht, fighting was intensified in the north—west part near the coastal road where the hamas militants group saying that they have fired anti—tank missiles and they were engaged in gun battle with the israeli soldiers who are advancing towards the gaza city. here in khan younis, where about a million people displaced from their houses in gaza city and the north, they live in a very difficult situation with the severe shortage of electricity, food and water. i spoke to our diplomatic correspondent paul adams about those diplomatic meetings. he explained the difference between a ceasefire and a humanitarian pause.

so it might sound like a sort of bit of semantics, but essentially a ceasefire is a proper defined cessation of hostilities, usually for a significant period of time, whereas a humanitarian pause is being described as a brief break, probably limited in time and location, to allow a particular objective to be met, and in this case, twofold. one, to secure better access for aid into the southern gaza strip, which is not the focus of israel's military operation at the moment, but is still an area where there is israeli military activity, particularly air strikes, and also perhaps to see if there's any room for negotiations about the fate of hostages. so that's why the americans are pushing this concept. it hasn't yet, as far as one can make out, being one that the israelis have decided to go with. all the impression you get from the israeli side is that they want to keep up this

relentless pressure on hamas. in rushdie�*s reportjust now, you really got a sense of the enormous pressure that the israelis are bringing to bear on gaza city. they want to force everyone out of the city and to essentially leave it as a kind of battle zone where they can confront hamas without killing large numbers of civilians in the process. and, paul, we heard from the foreign ministers in that conference earlier on in terms of what they thought about a ceasefire nd antony blinken was quite clear that he didn't think that was a good idea. that's right. i mean, the united states, i think it's important to recognise, shares israel's fundamental objective here, which is that hamas should be destroyed. and everything else about the american approach stems from that understanding of israel's objective,

that after what happened on october the 7th, that hamas simply have to be removed from the picture altogether. so what the americans are trying to do is to alleviate the humanitarian situation in the south of gaza to the extent that they can and they believe they're making progress there. they're trying to prevent the conflict from expanding beyond the confines of gaza with a particular attention being given to to lebanon and also to to start talking about the future. and now only in very vague terms, you hear antony blinken saying, you know, there must be a meaningful peace process. that us policy still is for two states, living side—by—side, israeli and palestinian, and that that is what we have to get back to. i think at the moment, all of that feels rather lofty, rather distant, because at the moment, you know, this is a crisis which is still killing huge numbers of people every day. and the thought that anyone has any kind of headspace, frankly,

for thinking about the future and ingenious ways of reviving the middle east peace process, well, that all feels a little fanciful. thousands of pro—palestinian supporters have joined demonstrations across the uk. police said there were about 30,000 people in central london — lower numbers than some recent protests. police said there were 11 arrests — one was for displaying a placard that allegedly could incite hate, contrary to terrorism legislation. there were also demonstrations across the uk. aru na iyengar reports. for the fourth weekend in a row, central london was the meeting point for palestinian protests. police said there will be a sharper focus on guarding against hate crimes. but the atmosphere was peaceful. the main message was a demand for a ceasefire. just looking at everybody, there's such a mixture of people here. i think theyjust want peace. the atmosphere here in trafalgar

square is peaceful, but it's noisy. police have said they'll police up to the line of the law. they'll be looking at facial recognition and social media to make sure there are no hate crimes. but britain's chief rabbi has criticised the pro—palestinian protests, saying people on the marches are standing alongside extremists. if you come together in any gathering with a large number of people, you never know exactly who you're going to be gathering or marching with. and of course, if people are guilty of anti—semitism or anything like that, of course it's right that that should be called out. also present were members of the jewish community. they're not hate marches. they're marches for| very positive things. a ceasefire, justice and equality. other parts of the uk also saw protests.

waverley station in edinburgh was brought to a standstill, rail passengers unable to complete theirjourneys. they took to the streets of cardiff and this was the scene in belfast. there's more to come next weekend. there are controversial plans for a mass rally next saturday, 11th november, which is armistice day. the proposed marches have been criticised by the prime minister, rishi sunak, as provocative and disrespectful. when hamas attacked israel on october 7th, they killed 1,400 people and took hundreds hostage. the israel defense forces says 241 people are believed to be held in the gaza strip. spokesman daniel hagari says the number is not final as the military investigates new information on those missing. the number also does not include four released hostages and an israeli soldier who was rescued by the idf. i spoke to efrat machikawa — five members of herfamily are being held hostage.

i last spoke to my aunt actually at about 7:18. i called her because i heard something very wrong is going on and she was in the safe room and she was whispering, she said, "something is really, very, very wrong," and she can hear people around and i asked her where she is, she said she is in the safe room whispering. and i said, "ok, you will be safe, maybe be better not talk butjust do remember i love you, i love you," and that is what she answered back, she said, "i love you, i love you." we hung up the phone and nothing since then. my aunt is one of five family members missing, were taken brutally from their houses on saturday morning. but they are part of a community of kibbutz near us and a community

means that we know almost everybody there so imagine one of every four people in this community was abducted. so you and i speak, if we have two people next to us, one is gone. and the people there, they are such good people. there are so many humanitarian aid people, just like my uncle for example, who were working all over the world, saving other people after a disaster and helping them to study and to improve their agricultural skills. he was everywhere, in arab countries, christian countries and north american, south american, everywhere around the world. i think he helped thousands of people to maintain life and to recover catastrophes

they went through, thinking that this man, along with the others, is being in such terrible conditions and being taken from home, it is really beyond the capacity to understand the scale of this attack. it is really very hard and think about it, i myself know about 80 people, 80 people, that are gone. not to talk about those we had to bury. so, it's really difficult. it is really very difficult. we really want them back home as soon as possible. a clearly very hard time for you and yourfamily. in terms of the community, you spoke briefly there about the kibbutz, tell us a little bit about the kibbutz that your family were taken from. kibbutz near us is a very quiet place, a very peaceful place full of good people.

you know, many of them volunteer in a project called the road to recovery. i don't think many people know about how many good deeds are being done by those people, those exact people that were taken. the road to recovery is an initiative whether people drive their own cars to the border and take sick palestinians and take them to israeli hospitals for treatment. some of the viewers probably would ask, what is it all about? there is so many good initiatives and those people living on the border, 1.5 kilometres away from gaza, these are the people that did these things. so many people from the 80 abducted near us but the 240 people, they are all innocent, good people. they were taken brutally, they were killed, they were... it is very hard. efrat, we are just showing pictures of the footage, what happened essentially

after hamas left. the condition in which houses were left. we are looking now at bullet shot wounds, walls burned down the destruction is quite clear from these pictures, cars burnt out. there is a lot of rebuilding to be done there and it must be very hard for your community to group together and think about that, particularly when you still have loved ones missing? it is really very hard. we are... we were educated on shared values of growth and goodness and hope. look at me, i mean, whatever you see in me, you should multiply in all those missing people and everybody is doing their best, first to understand the catastrophe. it is so hard, we went to so many funerals. the quiet, the emptiness, the black hole we are all into.

it is really very hard. now it's time for a look at today's sport with 0lly foster. hello from the bbc sport centre. we'll start at the cricket world cup, where the defending champions england have finally been put out of their misery. they can't reach the semi—finals after their 33—run defeat by australia in amedabad. england put australia into bat and bowled them out for 286. chris woakes was the pick of the bowlers with 4—54, including both openers, travis head and david warner. england reply started with a first ball duck forjohnny bairstow off mitchell starc. half—centuries from dawid malan and ben stokes kept england on course, but once they were gone, england were always struggling. they were bowled out for 253 in the 48th over. australia are third in the table,

and look good for the semi—finals. with two matches left to play, england will just try not to finish bottom. lots of frustration you are always wanting to find the answers and there is a lot of personal pride in -uys lot of personal pride in guys wanting to playing better cricket. but still not good enough. pakistan have kept themselves in the hunt for a top four finish after beating new zealand in their rain—affected match in bengaluru. victory looked to be beyond them after they put new zealand into bat. rachin ravindra made 108 as the black caps reached 401—6. fakhar zaman set off in pursuit of that with an astonishing knock of 126 offjust 81 deliveries. he hit 11 sixes. they reached 200—1 before the rain finally meant the game had to be abandoned — but because more than 20 overs had been bowled, the match was decided under the duckworth—lewis—stern method. and thanks to fakhar�*s blistering tonne, pakistan won by 21 runs,

they are fifth, just behind new zealand on run—rate. both have one game left to play. harry kane scored his third hatrick for bayern munich as they beat their great rivals borussia dortmund 4—0 it was the england captain's first experience of �*der klassiker�* sincejoining the german champions. he completed the hatrick in injury time and now has 15 goals in 10 league games — that's a bundesliga record. manchester city have moved back to the top of the premier league after overpowering bournemouth 6—1 at homejeremy doku starred for city with a goal and four assists. bernardo silva scored twice and there were also goals from phil foden, manuel akanji and nathan ake. the one concern for city is that erling haaland had to come off at half—time with an ankle problem and is a doubt for their champions league match in the week. early and haaland went off at

half—time has he picked an injury? yes, with the twisted ankle he did not feel— yes, with the twisted ankle he did not feel comfortable and be had to take may— not feel comfortable and be had to take may be next tuesday or saturday _ after two 3—0 defeats over the past week there was a much needed win for manchester united captain bruno fernandes scored the winner against fulham at craven cottage in the 91st minute. that was the only goal. they remain in 8th, nine points behind leaders city, but it could be the win that eases the pressure on manager erik ten hag who had insisted that he is the man to turn things around after united's worst start to a campaign in more than 60 years. we had to improve and i waited for a reaction _ we had to improve and i waited for a reaction in _ we had to improve and i waited for a reaction in it— we had to improve and i waited for a reaction in it was clear today we have _ reaction in it was clear today we have seen— reaction in it was clear today we have seen a reduction, this is the attitude _ have seen a reduction, this is the attitude you have to play with. i think— attitude you have to play with. i think we — attitude you have to play with. i think we played a solid game and so a good _ think we played a solid game and so a good result, we will be happy with _ five other premier league games on saturday. brentford came from behind

to beat west ham 3—2. burnley remain in the relegation zone, beaten 2—0 at home by palace. everton were heading for a win at home to brighton but ashley young scored an own goal. that finished 1—1. sheffield united have theirfirst win of the season. 0liver norwood's penalty in the 10th minute of stoppage time saw them beat wolves 2—1. newcastle beat arsenal 1—0, a contentious winner that var looked at forfour minutes. the gunners' manager mikel arteta called it we will hear from him we will hearfrom him in our sports bulletin at the next hour but for for now that's all here in the uk, the government is proposing new laws to restrict new laws to restrict the use of tents by homeless people in england and wales. the home secretary, suella braverman argues that many rough sleepers see it as a lifestyle choice. homeless charities have reacted angrily to the plans. 0ur reporter nicky schiller is in the newsroom with more.

this is a familiar sight in some towns and cities across the uk. homeless people sleeping in tents on the streets at night. now these pictures of rough sleepers were filmed by the bbc on london's most famous shopping street, oxford street, one night in july this year. now, the home secretary has said she wants to stop what she called the "nuisance and distress" caused by homeless people pitching tents in public places, aggressively begging, stealing, taking drugs, littering, and, as she put it, blighting our communities. in a post on x, suella braverman posted... "we cannot allow our streets to be taken over by rows of tents occupied by people, many of them from abroad, living on the streets as a lifestyle choice." now, homeless charities have reacted angrily to the plans, which would see new penalties introduced in england and wales for homeless people who authorities deem have rejected offers of help. now one of those charities, shelter, said nobody should be punished for being homeless,

adding that living on the streets is not a lifestyle choice. now the latest figures show that people sleeping rough in england rose by more than a quarter last year. indeed, on one night in autumn 2022 3069 people were sleeping outside. according to the financial times, the proposals would include a civil offence whereby charities could be fined for handing out tents if they are deemed to have caused a nuisance. both labour and the liberal democrats have hit out at the proposal. it is expected to be included in the king's speech on tuesday, which sets out the government's legislative agenda and is expected to focus heavily on law and order. you can read more about that story on our website. a new foundation to help those struggling with addiction has been set up in the name of the late

friends actor matthew perry. he was best known for playing chandler bing in the tv sitcom but had battled with addictions to alcohol and drugs for much of his life. he was found dead last week at the age of 54. a private funeral took place at the forest lawn cemetery in the hollywood hills less than a mile away from the studios where the hit sitcom was filmed. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. given how wet it has been, flooding will still be a concern over the days ahead. hello there. given how wet it's been for quite some time, flooding will still be a concern over the days ahead. we've had some rain around today, some heavy showers here in sussex, also affecting hampshire and also kent. a few thunderstorms

and some gusty winds, too. there are more showers coming in at the moment following this area of low pressure that's been dominating the weather. that's brought some more persistent rain in northern england and north wales. still some wet weather here around now, but that rain will slowly tend to ease off a bit overnight. out to the west, some clearer skies, the odd shower. chilly start first thing tomorrow in northern ireland and particularly scotland. one or two mist and fog patches in the morning. those will lift and we start quite cloudy tomorrow across eastern scotland and eastern england, still a bit of rain left from overnight. that should move away. it'll cheer up, sunshine coming through. out to the west already some sunshine. a few showers, though, through the day, bumping into the far west of scotland, one or two for northern ireland. bulk of the showers probably arriving across some western parts of england and wales. if anything, those temperatures may be a shade higher than they were today. and a bit like today for northern parts of the uk, the wind should be fairly light and again, like today, stronger winds will be in the far south. so the far south—west

of england through the english channel and again, unfortunately, the channel islands will have some strong and gusty winds and some rather rough seas as well. those showers will continue into a bonfire night showers for many western areas. clearer skies out towards the east. it's going to be the story over the next couple of days. still got low pressure essentially dominating the weather into the start of the new week. so again, it still looking rather unsettled. close to that area of low pressure, some wetter weather in the far west of scotland. again, the odd shower for northern ireland, some showers for england and wales. and maybe during the afternoon, a few more of those will get into eastern areas as well. but some sunshine around as well. temperatures at 11 to 13 degrees. those numbers not really changing very much over the week ahead. it's probably not until the middle part of the week that we see our first spell of organised rain. this weather front pushing in from the atlantic with somewhat stronger winds. but it's certainly not going to be a stormy week ahead. it's not going to be as windy. it's not going to be as wet as it has been. and before the rain and the middle part of the week, it's a case of sunshine, but also a few showers.

this is bbc news. the headlines: egypt and jordan push for an immediate ceasefire in gaza. they want the us to back their call. but secretary of state antony blinken is urging only humanitarian pauses. the un's palestinian refugee agency says there was an explosion at a school it runs. hamas says 15 people were killed.

israel says it's investigating. the us says up to 400,000 people remain in northern gaza, as israel's ground offensive continues. israel has told gazans to evacuate the north of the strip and move south as the war against hamas intensifies. protests in support of palestinians have been taking place in cities around the world — here in london 11 arrests were made. the uk home secretary suella braverman says homelessness is a "lifestyle choice"... ..and proposes fines for charities that provide tents to people sleeping rough. now on bbc news, it's times for future earth: episode one. no matter where you live, you probably noticed