buildings which were destroyed overnight. this is al—maghazi refugee camp. it's in the safe area where israel advised 1.2 million in gaza city and the north to flee south. mastering ministry of health have announced the death toll since the beginning of the war. this is the skyline of guys that are seen from the southern border of israel. i'm anjana gadgil in london. also this hour... german police say they're dealing with a hostage situation at hamburg airport after a man drove onto the airport tarmac with a four—year—old girl in his vehicle. the uk conservative party has rejected suggestions that they covered up allegations of rape against an mp. prince william is in singapore, to announce the winners of his earthshot environmental prize.

hello, welcome to bbc news, i'm lyse doucet. we start with the latest from the israel—gaza conflict. day 30 of this conflict. the us secretary of state, antony blinken is in the occupied west bank for talks with the palestinian authority president mahmoud abbas on the gaza conflict. there he is shaking the hands of the prime minister, i think. it's a senior palestinian official. the spokesman for the palestinian president has said mr abbas told mr blinken there must be an immediate ceasefire and an allowing of humanitarian aid to the gaza strip. according to us spokesperson matthew miller, the secretary reaffirmed the united states�* commitment to the delivery of life—saving

humanitarian assistance and resumption of essential services in gaza and made clear that palestinians must not be forcibly displaced. all crucial issues for the palestinians and the arab world. secretary blinken and president abbas discussed efforts to restore calm and stability in the west bank, including the need to stop extremist violence against palestinians and hold those accountable responsible. secretary blinken reiterated that the united states remains committed to advancing equal measures of dignity and security for palestinians and israelis alike. the secretary also expressed the commitment of the united states to working toward the realization of the palestinians�* legitimate aspirations for the establishment of a palestinian state. that was to diplomacy in the last

few hours. the israeli military says it has reopened a temporary corridor to allow civilians in the gaza strip to move from the north to the south. it said the corridor would remain open until 2pm local time, along salah al—din road, which runs down the centre of the strip. that is about to close. the un have said that no parts of gaza are safe, highlighted by reports of a deadly air strike in central gaza. a spokesman from the hamas—run health ministry said more than 30 people were killed in the bombardment of a refugee camp at al—maghazi, in the central gaza strip. israel said it was looking into whether its forces had been operating in the area.

a photographerfor a a photographer for a turkish a photographerfor a turkish news agency, who lost several members of his family in that attack. he spoke to reporters after he identified his family in the cab camp's makeshift morgue. family in the cab camp's makeshift morn ue. �* family in the cab camp's makeshift moruue. �* . . , family in the cab camp's makeshift moruue. . ., , family in the cab camp's makeshift morue. . . , ., family in the cab camp's makeshift moruue. . ., , ., , morgue. i've already taken of these --eole morgue. i've already taken of these peeple before- _ morgue. i've already taken of these people before. they _ morgue. i've already taken of these people before. they are _ morgue. i've already taken of these people before. they are children, i people before. they are children, they have no weapons, they are not fighters. their children. today, i have lost all my children. i've only got one left. my only daughter, i wanted to have another girl so she has another sister. have lost her. the agony of another palestinian journalist working and incredibly dangerous conditions, dozens of journalists and their family members have been killed since this war

began. media watchdogs including the committee to protectjournalist have said there has never been so many journalists killed in such a short amount of time. there have been repeated calls to keep the journalists safe and indeed, for that humanitarian pause as we have been talking about, if not a full ceasefire been demanded by arab leaders and antony blinken headed but again this morning from the palestinian president mahmoud abbas. let's look at the latest developments. we begin with this report from mark lowen. night brings no peace to the purgatory of gaza. infernos light the skies as israel pounds from the air. palestinians say an israeli strike hit a refugee camp in central gaza late on saturday, killing at least 30. israel says it is looking into the reports. but night brings out anguish on the other side too. in tel aviv, loved ones of the more

than 240 hostages seized by hamas on 7th october demand their return. 0ne empty chairfor each missing soul. israel says bringing home the hostages is a priority, but so is destroying hamas. are the twin aims compatible? translation: i don't want the country to i bring back only a few. two here, two there, only those who have foreign citizenship. there is no difference between one life and another. they are all israelis there. all citizens there. i can't remember how many nights i've slept, and i don't know how many meals i've had~ — i've been awake for one long day since october 7th. that's it, and i'm doing everything i can to try and bring attention to this terrible and insane situation we're going through. amidst the suffering, the us secretary of state is shuttling around the region, trying somehow to mediate. arab leaders pushed him

for an immediate ceasefire call. he pushed back, saying hamas could regroup. but he is urging israel for short pauses for aid delivery. his boss certainly thinks there's movement on that. mr president, any progress on the humanitarian pause? yes. a rare glimmer of optimism, even if israel's prime minister has so far said no. and there might be some hope too on fuel into gaza, with reports that israel has told the us there's a mechanism to deliver it once hospitals start to run out. but for those who have lost everything — family, livelihoods — it's scant comfort. the un says nearly 1.5 million gazans are displaced since the start of this war, half of whom are sheltering in its camps. each generation here knows a conflict that is decades old and has now flared up again. stealing lives, hope, theirfuture. mark lowen, bbc news, jerusalem.

deepening the agony and anger on both sides of this war. this morning, the anger is in central gaza. as we heard the hamas—run health ministry said more than 30 people have been killed in a air strike at the al—maghazi refugee camp overnight. an israeli military spokesperson said they were looking into whether the idf had been operating in the area at the time. 0ur gaza correspondent rushdi abualouf sent this update from the scene at the al—maghazi refugee camp. they are still looking under the rubble of about three or four buildings which were destroyed overnight. this is al—maghazi refugee camp. it's in the safe area where israel advised 1.2 million in gaza city and the north to flee south. this is a safe place, but this destruction is in the safe area, where about 50 bodies have been recovered from this air strike. many, many others are missing.

this is the biggest air strike, it is in a crowded refugee camp in the middle of the gaza strip. the people are fleeing south because the fighting is in and around gaza city and in the north where israel is part of the ground operation. five different battles are going on there. 0vernight, israel issued another warning for the people, asking them to leave gaza city and the north and to come here. you can clearly see, something did happen there. the idf is yet to confirm. this is the kind of days that are very much highlighting antony blinken�*s diplomacy as he continues to argue they cannot been ceasefire, israel has a right to defend itself but must do much more to ease the suffering of civilians.

that includes keeping them out of harms way as israel intensifies its attacks, but also ensuring that far more aid to get into the gaza strip. un agencies including the world food programme have been highlighting the humanitarian catastrophe inside gaza. its executive director, cindy mccain spoke to us earlier from egypt. it's catastrophic inside gaza. we cannot get the kind of amount of food in as we would like to have so that we can feed more people. so far, we've reached 660,000 people, in that range, and we'd like to be able to hit more than 1.2 million. it's a disaster and people are starving to death. and it's very important that we are given the opportunity and the access to go in and take food in and do it in a safe and regular manner. and we've seen the us secretary of state, antony blinken,

on a visit in the region, first to israel and then on tojordan, again, speaking to leaders in the region to try and get humanitarian assistance into gaza. he says he has assurances from israel that this is going to happen. can you see that movement on the ground now? well, i'm, as you know, on the egyptian side right now, and i have seen from the egyptian government, i have seen those kind of movements, yes. there are more trucks going in. we anticipate getting 1a of our trucks in today. and we got we got close to ten in yesterday. the numbers are gradually increasing, but we'd like this to notjust increase but increased exponentially so we can get the kind of food in that we need to do. right now, people don't have anything. and the kinds of things we send in are emergency rations that can get them through a couple of weeks until we can do more sustainable feeding. it is desperate. it's dire in there, and we really do need to get our trucks in. so i'm hoping down the road

here that we can find some solution so that we can get our trucks in. right now, we're working with the egyptian red crescent, and we hope to do more of that, including putting in a logistics hub in our reach. but those things are not in place yet, but we're very hopeful that very soon we can do that. you know, the scale of human suffering is something that's very hard to believe, and that is why the humanitarian community really does need to get in there and get in there quickly. nothing can ever prepare you for what you see in situations like this. and this is not my first time seeing things like this, but it doesn't make it does make any difference. we need to get in with the humanitarian community, needs to get things in. we need to get our trucks in. these people are starving to death and they're desperate. and the longer we wait, they the less ability we're going to have to control what goes on inside.

singer mccain expressing the alarm of the catastrophic situation in the gaza strip. holding on to hope as the united states, trying to do everything they can to make sure that nfa aid is coming in on a daily basis. antony blinken was in the occupied west bank city of ramallah earlier today, occupied west bank city of ramallah earliertoday, now occupied west bank city of ramallah earlier today, now he is en route to turkey where he will continue his diplomatic shuttle across this region. some perspective into what he has been facing, the former british ambassador here. after the first public speech from

the hezbollah leader, there seems to be a sigh of relief that has been lowered and other allies to iran, where the rhetoric is fiery, they have no interest in partaking in the war. what is your view on iran in this conflict? it’s war. what is your view on iran in this conflict?— this conflict? it's an enigma, on the one hand, _ this conflict? it's an enigma, on the one hand, they _ this conflict? it's an enigma, on the one hand, they want - this conflict? it's an enigma, on the one hand, they want to - this conflict? it's an enigma, on | the one hand, they want to deter hezbollah in the conflict against us and israeli attack on iran. 0n the other, it will find it a big loss of prestige if hamas is destroyed without there being any counter attack, any pressure militarily in israel from either iran or its allies. at the moment, caution is

prevailing, and that is not unusual in iran. i think, therefore, prevailing, and that is not unusual in iran. ithink, therefore, the risk of regional isolation evolved in iran has not gone away. but, currently, it's due to one against. that is still a significant risk. what is your reflection on the conundrum facing america's top diplomat. he has not seemed to be able to get the agreements that many are looking forfor a able to get the agreements that many are looking for for a humanitarian pause or pauses, to ease the suffering of civilians, but in the arab world, he is facing repeated and very loud because, not for a pause but for a ceasefire. so on every front, he is seems to be facing, he seems to be in trouble. indeed, the limits of american influence are being starkly shown

up. that is because, in diplomacy you can take public positions and trying to persuade leaders in private, but the only really think that works as leverage. if the person you're talking to wants something from you and is prepared to give something in order get that, but the united states threw that away at the endorsement of israeli vengeance of the idea of destroying hamas utterly through military means, and through military back—up providing both finance, weapons replenishment and the presence of two paramilitary groups in the region. the united states has no leveraged currently with israel, and israel is brushing the united states offer. the envoy for work on the egyptian border is working

heroically and, let's hope that his efforts do pay off. fits heroically and, let's hope that his efforts do pay off.— heroically and, let's hope that his efforts do pay off. as you know, in the early days _ efforts do pay off. as you know, in the early days after— efforts do pay off. as you know, in the early days after the _ efforts do pay off. as you know, in the early days after the atrocities l the early days after the atrocities of hamas on the 7th of october, there was a procession of western leaders who came to tel aviv, not justjoe biden but the french president, rishi sunak, they all seem to have the expression and use, shoulder to shoulder, as this war drags on, and will do for some time to come and the civilian casualties live, they are all facing domestic pressure at home and in the region to find a way to square the circle... to find a way to square the circle- - -— to find a way to square the circle... , i, , i, circle... yes, and they made the same mistakes _ circle... yes, and they made the same mistakes that _ circle... yes, and they made the same mistakes that the - circle... yes, and they made the same mistakes that the united l circle... yes, and they made the - same mistakes that the united states did in rushing to endorse israel, despite what history would have told them if they had had time to reflect, that the policy of military

vengeance of savage punishment does not work. it hasn't worked in lebanon, the west bank or gaza. it is not going to provide security for israel, what the americans and the european leaders are currently endorsing. let's hope that they return to get some substance to the only way of providing security for israel and the palestinian people, which is a political settlement. there is some talk of that, indeed missed the blinking a stroke —— there must be some a substance to it. there must be some leverage from the united states to secure when the dust has settled, that only way available to the international

community to achieve its objectives. from british ambassador, you're mentioning of western leaders to be seen to stand by israel's side, a country they say is in its darkest hours since the founding of the state of israel. they said this military campaign will be long, hard and difficult. let's get some response to the latest developments today, the senior adviser to the israeli prime minister. my first begin to ask you, one word from presidentjoe biden, yes there has been progress in reaching agreements and humanitarian policies. is that your understanding here in israel? so, what we have said when the issue

of humanitarian policies was first raised was that, yes, we are open to such a possibility, but it must include movement on the hostage issue a command from a humanitarian point of view, we have, as you know, over 240 people being held illegally in gaza by hamas, 30 of them children. some of those, babies, infants, toddlers, all kidnapped by hamas. there's a bunch of people amongst the 240 that are elderly, over the age of 75, and the international committee of the red cross have repeatedly asked permission by hamas to visit these people which has been refused. 0ur point of view is that they must be an inclusion of the release of hostages. an inclusion of the release of hostages-_ an inclusion of the release of hostaes. �* i, , i, hostages. are you able to provide the clarification _ hostages. are you able to provide the clarification on _ hostages. are you able to provide the clarification on the _

hostages. are you able to provide the clarification on the statement| the clarification on the statement by hamas over the weekend, that over 60 of the hostages have been killed so far in israel's intensifying military campaign. can you confirm if indeed any the hostages have been killed? i if indeed any the hostages have been killed? i, _, t, killed? i cannot confirm that command — killed? i cannot confirm that command on _ killed? i cannot confirm that command on the _ killed? i cannot confirm that command on the contrary, l killed? i cannot confirm that command on the contrary, i | killed? i cannot confirm that - command on the contrary, i believe it's part of hamas's psychological propaganda, they want us to stop hitting them, so they are killing our own people. that is what they want us to believe. we have no reason to believe that is true. 0n the contrary, if you listen to their propaganda, the only people being killed it is civilians. that is also not true. fits killed it is civilians. that is also not true. �* , killed it is civilians. that is also nottrue. a ~ ., not true. as you know, the united states and — not true. as you know, the united states and many _ not true. as you know, the united states and many others _ not true. as you know, the united states and many others are - not true. as you know, the united i states and many others are pushing for a humanitarian policies, with no preconditions as the one you said about the release of hostages, but

they are also asking for fuel. we understand from the americans, with the reaching agreement on a mechanism to allow fuel into the south of gaza, to be monitored and brought to hospitals. is this something that israel has agreed to? we have agreed to unlimited access forfood, medicine and we have agreed to unlimited access for food, medicine and water into the gaza strip. no restrictions whatsoever. but you are quite correctly raising the issue of fuel, which is more sensitive. fuel can power hospital generators, which is a good thing, but feel can also power hamas's military machines, to fuel their ability to fuel rockets into a show. it also allows their underground network of fortifications, the tunnels, the places where they store the equipment. the fortresses. all

subterranean, that feel there is no oxygen and light there. it's clear and has been widely reported that hamas has stockpiled fuel for its own military machine. the taking from the aid that must be given to the people of gaza. the only people in gaza with dents that can take whatever they want is hamas. quite rightly, if people want to talk to us about fuel, they have to be explored explaining to us how that fuel will not get to hamas. the un said they will _ fuel will not get to hamas. the un said they will be _ fuel will not get to hamas. the un said they will be able _ fuel will not get to hamas. the un said they will be able to _ fuel will not get to hamas. the un said they will be able to monitor. said they will be able to monitor it, they have their own fuel depot they need in agreement with israel to reach, they fear if they approach the depot, they will be under bombardment. there must be a way to go around this, with the united nations, which are struggling to keep the operations going. i

understand the humanitarian pressure that workers are going to in gaza today, it's not easy. but i think you'll me to be a touch, how do i say about the un's ability to enforce that fuel doesn't go to hamas. it was reported widely about a week or so ago, that fuel stocks were stolen from a un facility, the un actually announced that it was stolen by hamas, and then they had to delete the tweet, because they were playing guys there, they have to work in the framework, and when asked about it after, they said it was a misunderstanding. it wasn't, they know if they work in gaza, they have to make concessions to the reality in gaza, and the reality is that hamas runs the show and they are violent and brutal people. if they come in with a dense and what to take something, no one can stop them. we to take something, no one can stop them. ~ ., ,., to take something, no one can stop

them. ~ ., ., ., ., . them. we also that about that. we checked with _ them. we also that about that. we checked with united _ them. we also that about that. we checked with united stations, - them. we also that about that. we checked with united stations, they| checked with united stations, they said it a checked with united stations, they said ita mistake, checked with united stations, they said it a mistake, that had not taken place. it's good to speak to you at this hour, it seems there is a lot of discussion and lots of key issues. thank you very much for bringing us an update on where israel stands on these key discussions. anthony's —— antony blinken�*s now en route to turkey. he will be speaking to president erdogan who plays a role in this crisis. let's see what will be on the agenda. we have been speaking to our correspondence from the turkish service, and she gave us this update, i believe we can bring you an update about what our turkish

service... no, i'm afraid we don't have that. we'll bring you a perspective from turkey when we can, let's take a look at what has been happening at the rafah crossing. second passport nationals or critically ill people have not been able to cross into the rafah crossing into egypt, and we have heard from egyptian sources that there was an agreement reached, that in the next few hours, we're not sure how many, it's a limited period, that there would be some injured palestinians leaving and there would be dual nationals. that is what the egyptian sources are telling our correspondence in egypt. we are waiting to hear that and see

it happen. the window for the main road through gaza has now closed. israel was saying yesterday that their forces were being attacked by hamas. we do hope that people come down that road safely today. we'll be keeping an eye on the developments here and across the region. hello again. the weather is just a little bit quieter than it was yesterday. we don't have the heavy rain and the strong winds that we had yesterday, but there will be a scattering of showers, those particularly around western areas of the uk, but also some sunny spells as well. we've lost the showers that were affecting eastern areas of england this morning. so it's drier here with that sunshine coming through,

showers drifting their way into parts of wales, south west england, north west england, western scotland and northern ireland. one or two of those can be blustery, perhaps a bit heavy from time to time. but even here there'll be a bit of sunshine breaking through and maximum temperatures getting up to about nine to 13 degrees celsius. of course, it's bonfire night. you may be heading out this evening and there'll be clear skies across many areas. but you'll notice that we still have these showers across western areas of the uk. so you may get a little bit wet if you're in the west. it will turn quite chilly as well. so keep the gloves, the hats, scarves and the thick coats handy. clear spells for many, and if you're after something a bit more natural for your light display in the sky tonight, well, the aurora was spotted last night across many parts of the uk. and tonight we may again see a bit of aurora action across northern areas of scotland in particular. but even further south, if you look to the north,

go away from any light pollution, you mayjust catch a glimpse of those northern lights. for the rest of tonight still some showers in western scotland, one or two in northern ireland. still the showers feeding into western areas of england and wales. temperatures eventually getting down to about six or seven degrees, but quite chilly in the northeast of scotland. temperatures here just below freezing. so a cold start along the north east of scotland first thing on monday morning. and really for tomorrow's forecast, it's much the same as today's, showers coming in across western areas. you could see the odd shower to drifting its way further eastward. but again, for many central and eastern areas, it should stay largely dry with that sunshine and top temperatures about nine to 13 degrees celsius, pretty average really for this time of year. tuesday looks fairly dry again with one or two showers. but then by the time we get to wednesday, we've got this area of low pressure moving in that could bring a spell of wet weather across the united kingdom. and, of course, the ground is already so soaked at the moment, so any rain could lead to some furtherflooding issues. the weather generally fairly unsettled as it goes through next week. but again, temperatures pretty typical for the time of year. bye bye.