in an israeli airstrike on a refugee camp. —— a5 —— 45 people. 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. the gaza health ministry says 9,770 palestinians have been killed so far. i'm vishala sri—pathma in london. also this hour... german police say the hostage situation at hamburg airport is over. they say a suspect has been arrested without resistance. the uk conservative party has rejected suggestions it covered up allegations of rape againstan mp. and prince william has arrived in singapore to announce the winners of his earthshot environmental prize.

welcome to bbc news, we are live in jerusalem. welcome to bbc news, we are live injerusalem. we start with the latest diplomatic efforts from the israel—gaza conflict. this is day 30. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, has met the palestinian authority president, mahmoud abbas, in the occupied west bank city of ramallah for talks on the gaza conflict. mr abbas told mr blinken there must be an immediate ceasefire and an allowing of humanitarian aid to the gaza strip. that was echoing the call of many arab leaders. 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. which has been under... and made clear that palestinians must not be forcibly displaced. 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 realisation of the palestinians' legitimate aspirations for the establishment of a palestinian state. all of those issues were on the agenda in ramallah for the us

secretary of state. the issue of this intensifying war and also what comes next. joining me to discussed all of this is our diplomatic correspondent paul adams. paul, all of this is our diplomatic correspondent pauladams. paul, in terms of the war, there has just been another briefing by the israeli defence forces. were there any top lines that struck you? i defence forces. were there any top lines that struck you?— lines that struck you? i think we are hearing _ lines that struck you? i think we are hearing the _ lines that struck you? i think we are hearing the israelis - lines that struck you? i think we are hearing the israelis really i are hearing the israelis really trying to explain to us what they say they are trying to explain to the palestinians, which is get out of gaza city. we have heard this for several days, warnings that have been given to the palestinians to move toward south. to areas that israeli say are safer. but i think the palestinians would question that because as we saw in a camp there was some kind of attack yesterday. a lot of people seem to have been killed. the explanation today is the most detailed that we have seen. they are saying that tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of flyers were dropped over gaza,

personal phone calls, text messages, all saying leave gaza city because essentially what the israelis want to do is to have a place where they can confront hamas and all of the infrastructure without hundreds of thousands of civilians being in the way. and we think there are as many as 300, 400,000 who have not obeyed those instructions so far. i think we are getting more and more urgent —— the calls are getting more and more urgent. -- the calls are getting more and more urgent-— -- the calls are getting more and more urgent. the palestinian calls for a cease-fire _ more urgent. the palestinian calls for a cease-fire become _ more urgent. the palestinian calls for a cease-fire become more - more urgent. the palestinian calls i for a cease-fire become more urgent for a cease—fire become more urgent as well. it is clear from anthony's —— it is clear from the as well. it is clear from anthony's —— it is clearfrom the us secretaries of state that is about a pause, not a cease—fire. do we have any more information on that? this humanitarian _ any more information on that? ti 3 humanitarian pause has been discussed for days. it has not been defined. i assume it is something thatis defined. i assume it is something that is very limited in time and as

well as geography. it has nothing to do with the northern part of the strip i would assume. those people are on their own. this is about the south. what the israelis are saying is we can only have such a pause if we get some progress on the issue of hostages. the 240 or so people who are being held somewhere in the gaza strip. they want to see the red cross being granted access to those hostages which they say hamas has denied so far. also about the much bigger move which would be the cease—fire israel has said no cease—fire israel has said no cease—fire without the hostages being released. hostages keep coming up being released. hostages keep coming up around all of those issues. paul. up around all of those issues. paul, we will speak _ up around all of those issues. paul, we will speak to _ up around all of those issues. paul, we will speak to you _ up around all of those issues. paul, we will speak to you again - up around all of those issues. paul, we will speak to you again as - up around all of those issues. paul, we will speak to you again as antony blinken continues his tour. he is arriving in turkey now. thank you very much forjoining us here to talk about some of the key issues at

this hour and the latest developments in the israel— gaza war. let's go to inside gaza now. meanwhile inside gaza — the health ministry says 45 people have been killed in an israeli air strike on a refugee camp in the part of the territory civilians were told to move to. the israeli military says it's investigating whether it was operating in the area at the time. the ministry also says the number of palestinans killed in the israeli bombing of gaza has risen to 9,770, including 4,008 children. this report from mark lowen. gaza is staring into the abyss. buildings now shells, life hollowed out. this was a refugee camp. the term seems a paradox

when no place is safe. palestinians say dozens were killed in an israeli strike. israel says it's looking into whether its forces were here. translation: we were sleeping peacefully - translation: we were - sleeping peacefully sleeping peacefully when the bombs hit. all night, i have been removing bodies, martyred children. we were pulling people out with our bare hands. localjournalist mohammed al aloul is no longer chronicling the grief of others, but enduring it himself. his family killed in the strike. the emotion too much to bear. translation: today, i've lost my children. | i only have one left. my only daughter. i wanted her to have a sister, but i've lost her. i don't know what else to say. israel, pushing on with its offensive, insists it targets hamas cells, often hidden, it says, among civilians. explosion.

its troops are advancing on gaza city, closing in on what they believe are hamas command centres. they're urging gazans left in the north to move south, dropping leaflets with warnings and opening a key road to evacuate. the un says 1.5 million gazans are now displaced with the need for aid acute. the civilian plight is top of the diplomatic agenda, as the us secretary of state landed in the west bank, the other palestinian territory ruled by hamas' opponent. he's resisting arab calls for a ceasefire, arguing hamas could regroup but is pushing israel for short—term pauses in the fighting. but as it grinds on, the injured keep coming. the hospitals that haven't closed overwhelmed. each scene, a microcosm of gaza's nightmare, repeated over and over. mark lowen, bbc news, jerusalem.

the agony of gazans including the journalists who are covering at at least as of friday 36 media workers and journalists have been killed. predominantly palestinian journalists. this is the highest everin journalists. this is the highest ever in this region. a lot of focus today on the bombing of the refugee camp. we are still waiting for clarification whether or not the israeli defence forces were operating in the area at that time. our correspondent has gone to the 0ur correspondent has gone to the scene and has sent us this update. 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 safer, 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 has intensified 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. that was our correspondent. antony blinken isjuggling that was our correspondent. antony blinken is juggling the that was our correspondent. antony blinken isjuggling the demands that was our correspondent. antony blinken is juggling the demands of israel and that of the palestinians and also arab states as he shuttles across the region, adding more stops every day to his itinerary. that suggest that he is struggling to come to some kind of consensus. we

are going to get a perspective on what could possibly lie ahead. joining me now is tahani mustafa, palestine analyst, international crisis group. what do you make of the difficulties faced by the us�*s secretary of state as the united states tries to be an honest broker in this crisis, even though they have made it very clear they are backing israel in this war, but they are also cognizant of the suffering of palestinians? do you expect much progress to be made to reconcile those two? i expect much progress to be made to reconcile those two?— reconcile those two? i think the us a ministration _ reconcile those two? i think the us a ministration at _ reconcile those two? i think the us a ministration at the _ reconcile those two? i think the us a ministration at the moment - reconcile those two? i think the us i a ministration at the moment appears to be concerned more with the international censure of israel and limiting the fallout for israel. we have seen that numerous countries have seen that numerous countries have pulled out ambassadors, cut economic and trade ties with israel.

and also they are concerned about the electoral fallout for themselves. the us has changed its tact and has been increasingly cautious about encouraging israel, noting that they should not violate international law and continuing the discourse that israel has the right to defend itself, but how it does so doesn't matter. antony blinken reiterated they have a right to defend themselves, but we need a humanitarian pause. they said that israel needs to be careful about how they conduct their attack. israel has made it very clear that they are not interested in limiting the damage. and we have not seen very much pressure from its allies like the us or uk to ensure that israel abides by international law. we are lookinu abides by international law. we are lookin: at abides by international law. we are looking at pictures _ abides by international law. we are looking at pictures of _ abides by international law. we are looking at pictures of antony i looking at pictures of antony blinken meeting president mahmoud abbas. the palestinian authority has

no effect of gaza which is under the control of hamas. what do you think the us secretary wanted to hear from the us secretary wanted to hear from the palestinian president at this time? fist the palestinian president at this time? �* , ,., the palestinian president at this time? �* , ., , ., time? at this point, the palestinian authority appears _ time? at this point, the palestinian authority appears to _ time? at this point, the palestinian authority appears to be _ time? at this point, the palestinian authority appears to be more i time? at this point, the palestinian authority appears to be more of. time? at this point, the palestinian authority appears to be more of a l authority appears to be more of a symbolic entity more than anything that has any real logistical capacity on the ground. even in the west bank where it does govern. the influence is limited. but the pa and the pal are considered to be the officially recognised representatives of the palestinian people. so it only makes diplomatic sense that antony blinken would meet with one side of the palestinian people and it would have to be there suppose it, internationally recognised leadership. in terms of actually having any serious expectations, i think the us has

learned to manage its expectations in terms of what the pa is able to do and accomplish, especially given the fact that the pa itself and president mahmoud abbas are deeply unpopular amongst the palestinian people. unpopular amongst the palestinian --eole. ., ~' ,, unpopular amongst the palestinian --eole. ., ~' , unpopular amongst the palestinian --eole. ., ~ , . ., people. thank you very much for “oininr us people. thank you very much for joining us from _ people. thank you very much for joining us from the _ people. thank you very much for joining us from the international| joining us from the international crisis group with your reflections on the pressures on the americans at this time and indeed the pressures on the palestinians. the israeli government says it will only consider allowing fuel supplies to gaza if there is movement on hostages. fuel is an absolute critical short supply. it has been a demand since aid —— it has been a demand from aid agencies since the beginning of this war. israel wants guarantees that

any fuel allowed into gaza will not get to hamas. this is what the senior advisor to prime minister netanyahu, mark regev, told me earlier. we agreed to unlimited access for food, medicine and water into the gaza strip, no restrictions whatsoever. but you quite correctly raise the issue of fuel, which is much more sensitive. because fuel can power hospital generators, which is a good thing, but fuel can also power hamas's military machines. specifically, it powers their ability to shoot rockets into israel and, as you know, they continue to shoot their rockets into israel. and fuel also allows their underground network of fortifications, the tunnels, the places where they store their equipment, their fortresses, all subterranean. without fuel, there is no oxygen there and there's no light there. and it's clear, and has been widely reported,

that hamas has stockpiled fuel for its own military machine, and we say the following — aid that is given to the people of gaza must be given to the people of gaza, but, unfortunately, the only people in gaza with guns who can take whatever they want is hamas. and quite rightly, if people want to talk to us about fuel, they have to be able to explain to us how will that fuel be prevented from getting to hamas. but the un says that it will be able to monitor it. it says it has its own fuel depot that it needs an agreement with israel to reach, because it's worried that if it does approach the depot, it could also come under bombardment. there must be ways around this, working with the united nations, which is struggling to keep its operations going. so i understand the pressures that humanitarian workers are going through in gaza today, it's not easy. but i think you will allow me to be a touch — how do i say? — about the un's ability to enforce

that fuel doesn't go to hamas. there was an incident that was reported widely a week or so ago where, actually, fuel stocks were stolen from a un facility. the un actually announced that it was stolen by hamas and then they had to, what was it, delete the tweet? because they work in gaza. as i say, they have to work in the framework. and when they were asked about it afterwards, they said, "it was all a misunderstanding". it wasn't a misunderstanding. but they know if they have to work in gaza, they have to obviously make concessions to the reality in gaza, and the reality in gaza is that hamas runs the show and they're very violent and brutal people, and if they come in with their guns and want to take something, no—one can stop them. yes, we all saw that report of the warehouses of the un. we did check with the united nations and they did say that it was a mistake and that, in fact, the looting of the warehouses for fuel had not taken place.

that was the senior adviser to the israeli prime minister. as you have been reporting, the rafah crossing has been closed today. we have no reports that any critical ill patients have been able to leave nor the dual and foreign nationals. people are waiting to escape the bombardment and the scarcities of gaza. in the first days of the crossing being open, hundreds of people did manage to get out and they included the in—laws of hums use of. scotland's first minister. they have arrived back in scotland after being trapped in gaza for nearly one month. —— the family of humza yousaf. the family have been reunited after they managed to cross into egypt on friday. elizabeth el—nakla and her husband, maged — the parents of mr yousaf�*s wife, nadia — were allowed to leave gaza

via the rafah crossing. like many who have been able to leave, they expressed theirjoy and relief, but also their sadness at leaving behind family members without passports who have no chance of ever escaping from gaza. were going to get an update about what is going to get an update about what is going on at the rafah crossing. you can see that darkness has descended and so the crossing will not be operating during these hours. joining me now is abdulbassir hassan bbc arabic corrresspondant in cairo who is following the latest. earlier you were expressing the hope of egyptian authorities that the crossing would open to allow some of the critically injured and the dual nationals to leave. what is the report now? it nationals to leave. what is the report now?—

nationals to leave. what is the reort now? , ., ,, report now? it is dark as you said in our region. _ report now? it is dark as you said in our region, still— report now? it is dark as you said in our region, still the _ report now? it is dark as you said in our region, still the crossing i in our region, still the crossing has not been open to date not even for trucks to leave egypt and go to gaza. there are some reports that some representatives of foreign embassies are still waiting at the gates for nationals who might come out tonight in exceptional arrangements. even though it is dark, hope has not faded so far at least buys some representatives of foreign embassies who are still waiting at the gates of rafah crossing. as for movement of those who were injured and coming into egypt, there were clear statements from the palestinian health ministry in gaza earlier today saying that

they are not able to move ambulances towards egypt simply because they are targeted by israeli air strikes. this is according to a spokesperson from the health ministry in gaza. he added that in order to be able to move those injured in ambulances to egypt, the ambulance should have a safe corridor first and then they should be escorted by members of the red cross. this is one conduction otherwise the other condition is that or the other option is that ambulances from egypt, egyptian eminences should go to the hospitals in gaza and get the injured and move them to egypt in order to guarantee them to egypt in order to guarantee the safety of those on board. this is of course according to the spokesperson of the health ministry in gaza. as for the tracks, we have learned that about 40 tracks —— 40

trucks have passed the gate but we don't have confirmation from any side that they have entered gaza. the last shipment mentioned said only 30 trucks arrived yesterday. the director of the united nation programme who was in the rafah crossing today called for an immediate opening for the process of sending aid into gaza as soon as they can saying that people are waiting for anything to come to

them. ., ~ waiting for anything to come to them. ., ,, ,, waiting for anything to come to them. ., ,, i. ., ., them. thank you for that full u date. them. thank you for that full update- he _ them. thank you for that full update. he is _ them. thank you for that full update. he is from _ them. thank you for that full update. he is from the i them. thank you for that full update. he is from the bbc i them. thank you for that full i update. he is from the bbc arabic service in cairo. that is how it looks now at the humanitarian aid front. let's get a bit more on diplomacy of secretary antony blinken who we understand should have arrived in turkey by now. that will be tricky, the talks there. joining me now is berza simsek, from the bbc turkish service. what do you think the us secretary of state will be looking to hear from the turkish leaders? his riori from the turkish leaders? h 3 priority would be making sure that the hostages held by hamas would be released and egypt and jordan are the main areas to help do that, but

the main areas to help do that, but the turkish government might play a role because they have good ties with hamas. i think that would be the priority of antony blinken. can turke be the priority of antony blinken. can turkey be helpful in other ways because of its ties with hamas but the ties with israel are complicated?- the ties with israel are comlicated? . . the ties with israel are comlicated? . , . ,, , complicated? that is correct. turkey also has ties — complicated? that is correct. turkey also has ties with _ complicated? that is correct. turkey also has ties with israel _ complicated? that is correct. turkey also has ties with israel although i also has ties with israel although turkey has recalled its ambassador to israel for consultations. we know that diplomatic ties will continue because erdogan has said although he would no longer speak to netanyahu, he also said that the intelligence chief of turkey is in touch with his counterpart, he said the diplomatic ties will continue. and turkey has been calling for a cease—fire rather than a humanitarian pause. so that

would also be on the table, i assume, that there would be discussions on this as well. turkey has been calling for an international summit about this topic. about the war between israel and hamas in gaza.— and hamas in gaza. thank you for “oininr us and hamas in gaza. thank you for joining us again — and hamas in gaza. thank you for joining us again with _ and hamas in gaza. thank you for joining us again with analysis i and hamas in gaza. thank you for joining us again with analysis on l joining us again with analysis on the turkish side of the us secretary of state. we will keep an eye at all the developments. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. a little while ago, there were still over 30 flood warnings in england, mainly focused on the far south. through the week ahead, it doesn't look as wet as it has been. it's not really looking stormy either. it's going to be a case for the most part, the week ahead, of sunshine and showers. and that's what we've seen today. and if you are heading out to see the fireworks this evening,

the showers will mainly still be across western areas. it will be turning chilly, though, underneath those clearer skies. there's the showers that we've got as we head into this evening. one or two heavy ones. 0vernight some of them will drift their way into eastern parts of england. we could see some heavy showers clipping kent and sussex where we've got those flood warnings. clearer skies, though, in scotland. temperatures could be just dipping below freezing in aberdeenshire. and here we saw the northern lights last night. we've got a good chance of seeing them tonight in northern scotland with clearer skies than we had last night. and we could start quite sunny across eastern scotland, many eastern parts of england in the morning. and most of these areas will stay dry as well. we've got those showers out towards the west. they will get blown further inland through the midlands and onto the pennines in the afternoon. temperatures similar to what we had today, so, around about 11 to 13 degrees. we've still got low pressure bringing in the showers at the moment. that low pressure there, what's left of old storm ciaran from a few days ago. much, much weaker now, of course, and continuing to just fade away. the winds easing down through the day, the showers that

will see moving into england and wales tending to fade away as well during the afternoon, leaving quite a bit of sunshine around. and those temperatures, 11, 12 degrees are near normal, really, for this time of the year. turns chilly during the evening before we see this rain and cloud coming in from the atlantic in time for wednesday. it will be accompanied by some stronger winds, particularly through the irish sea and the heaviest of the rain likely to be in western scotland and northwest england. about an inch of rain or so. good news is it does move through fairly quickly and there shouldn't be as much rain in the south east of england. and then following that rain, we're going to find some sunshine and a few showers coming into the west, mainly for northern ireland and over the irish sea. temperatures could be a little bit lower in scotland, only eight or nine degrees because of that rain. there's also some cooler air coming our way. that low pressure will get a bit closer on thursday, bringing in the cooler air. and in that cooler air, there could be some heavy showers with some hail.

the headlines... the us secretary of state, antony blinken, has held talks with the palestinian authority president mahmoud abbas in the occupied west bank city of ramallah. mr abbas repeated calls for a ceasefire in gaza. mr blinken's visit comes as the israeli bombardment of gaza continues. the gaza health authorities say more than 45 people were killed

in an israeli airstrike on a refugee camp. the gaza health ministry says 9,770 palestinians have been killed since the 7th of october — more than 4,000 of them are children. german police say the hostage situation at hamburg airport is over. they say a suspect has been arrested without resistance and his four—year old daughter appears to be unharmed. the uk conservative party has rejected suggestions it covered up allegations of rape againstan mp. the mp hasn't been named. prince william has arrived in singapore, where he'll announce the winners of his earthshot environmental prize. we'll take a look at all the global stories making headlines injust a moment — but before we do let's take a look at today's sport with hugh ferris.

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