the office sharing company, wework, has filed for bankruptcy in the united states and canada. court documents show the co—working company reported liabilities of up $50 billion. prince william reveals the five winners of his annual ea rthshot prize. more now on the israel—hamas war. the israel defense forces say recent fighting has allowed them to take control of a hamas stronghold in the northern gaza strip. it's exactly a month after the war was sparked by hamas�*s deadly raids on southern israel. so what's the mood among those israeli soldiers taking on hamas? my colleague clive myrie spent the day with one israeli artillery unit near the border with gaza as they await a new set of orders. it's a feature of war that soldiers spend a lot of time waiting around. it is 99% boredom, i% sheer terror.

shira, who turned 20 years old last saturday, is behind the wheel of a 30 tonne truck. there is a lull in her delivery of rockets to front—line israel defence force units, targeting gaza. so, what are your family's thoughts now that you're here? gaza is just two kilometres that way. they're very proud. they know that we are fighting for our country and this is our place. we don't have another place to go. that sentiment is at the heart of israel's response to what hamas did. the sense that the country needs to be saved. amir is a sergeant in this artillery unit. i'd never been to war. i'm 20 years old. i didn't really believe

that i would go to war. is there an element of revenge involved? no, not revenge. i wouldn't say revenge. sure. if i wouldn't be there to stop them, it willjust continue. they'll go to my house. i live in the centre of israel and if i wouldn't be there to stop them, they'll come to my family. and so gaza is pounded, day after day. we watch as the territory burns and smoulders, a lone flare possibly helping to direct air strikes. no—one in the artillery unit wanted to talk on the record about the civilians who are dying beyond the horizon over there in gaza. but one man did say that innocent people would lose their lives because of the way hamas is fighting this war.

the israeli military released this video of their troops on the ground in gaza, discovering what they say is a hamas rocket launching site in a boy's scouts hall. but so many are dying in gaza who have nothing to do with the hamas attacks one month ago. back at the artillery unit, the hope is expressed of all israelis, that this battle will be the last battle for a country surrounded by enemies. it's a constant state of war, here. we never really feel 100% safe. and i hope it'll change. well, earlier i spoke to clive, who's in sderot. he gave me the latest from the ground. i'm, what, less than two kilometers from the border with gaza? it's just down there, the territory, it's pitch black,

dark at the moment. just a few lights lighting up the night sky way off there. but in the last five or ten minutes or so, the whole sky was illuminated by five or six flares, artillery looms, they call them, essentially lighting up potential targets for the artillery batteries that are pounding hamas and pounding the territory as i speak. and every now and again, we hear the thud, the heavy thud of those artillery barrages. there's another one which you may have been able to pick up. it's clear that the attacks, air strikes, missile strikes and so on have intensified over the last few days. we know that the israeli military, the idf, has surrounded and circled gaza city, which is where they believe the main base of the hamas fighters is.

but as you heard in benjamin netanyahu's address to the nation there, there is a sense of strength, defiance, and he would claim, unity in the way that israel is prosecuting this war, despite the claims coming from inside the territory, from the health ministry, which is run by hamas. no question about that. but despite the claims that more than 10,000 people have died, the vast majority of them having nothing to do with what took place here in southern israel exactly four weeks ago. clive, unity, as you mentioned, amongst officials and across people across the country, in israel, but also amongst israel's allies, antony blinken, the us secretary of state, has been on a tour of the region just recently, finishing up in turkey. what has been the lines coming out of the us and how does that impact how israel moves forward?

we know what israel's allies have been saying over the course of this war, that they stand behind the country. but they are careful to point out that the rules of war have to be stuck to, that innocent civilians, where as much care as possible is taken, should not be dying. and that has been the support, i suppose, that israel's allies has been giving it. yes, you have a right to defend yourself. yes, you have a duty indeed to defend your citizens. that has to be a given. but that war must be prosecuted within the bounds of legality. and the americans have made it clear they would like some kind of humanitarian pause to take place to allow badly needed aid into the territory just over there behind me, so that those civilians who have left their homes, who have no food, no shelter, no water, no fuel, can get some kind of sustenance while this war continues.

so, yes, israel's allies are behind it, four square, but they're also saying, look, how you prosecute this war could dictate the way the peace comes eventually. so stay within the bounds of the law. here in the uk, there's controversy about pro—palestinian marches planned for london on saturday. it's armistice day when britain holds ceremonies to mark an agreement to end world war one. the police are under pressure from some conservative mps who believe the marches should be blocked. the met police commissioner says he understands the anxieties, but cannot stop the protests simply because people find them offensive, provocative or disrespectful. i completely understand all the sort of vibrant public debates going on at the moment, because the events at the cenotaph and remembrance and armistice

at the weekend are such a critical day in our national calendar, where we remember those who were part of sustaining the society that we benefit from today. but all those matters of taste and decency, whilst i understand them, aren't for us. the reason we have an independent police service is, my concern and our concern is two things. it's the law and it's the facts as they are today that go towards how we manage things. and there's two points i really want to make. the first one is, the remembrance events will not be disturbed. whatever protests and events go on, we will do our utmost to protect those because they are so critical. people shouldn't be in fear that those are going to be compromised. we will do everything possible to make sure they're not. the second point about protest, though. there will be a protest this weekend. parliament's very clear about that. the law provides no mechanism to ban a gathering, a static protest, a rally, anything like that.

there's no mechanism whatsoever to ban such a thing. and if the organisers want that, then it will happen. so you can't ban an assembly. you can't stop a protest this weekend? you can't ban a static protest, no. now, if there's a march towards the rally, which often there is in protest, the march in extremist can be banned. but what's expected of us is that our powers to put conditions on the gathering and the preceding march should be used to their utmost like we have been doing the previous weekends to control. like we have been doing the previous weekends to control things. should be used their upmost to try and secure people's right to freedom of speech. about 800 people squeezed into a london church today to celebrate the life of our wonderful colleague george alagiah, who presented on bbc world tv for many years. george died injuly, after living with bowel cancer for nearly ten years. the service remembered george's immigrantjourney to the uk,

his warmth and his decency, asjon kay reports. # maluphakanyisw�* uphondo lwayo... at the heart of this service was george's migration story. it defined his life and his career — the little boy who left asia for africa and then moved again to the uk. he was rather a timid little fellow. his four sisters sharing childhood secrets. he was simon templar and james bond in our make—believe games. he was also our tailor. he would sew all the outfits for our barbie dolls. in all the tributes, one clear message — that what mattered most to george was family, not fame. earlier this year, when it became clearjust how

quickly his illness was progressing, he sat adam and myself down and asked us to make sure that his three beloved granddaughters, our daughters, one day understand this part of their own stories. good evening and welcome to the bbc's news at six. l great reporting is infused with care, with a sense of deep humanity and soul. just look at his body language. sitting, kneeling, connecting. literally talking to people on their level. the tragedy unfolding l here begs a question — for how long and at what human cost can these camps be sustained? - george had all of the talent, the acuity, the commitment, the poise and the grace and the reputation of a high profile, high—powered television news anchor. but none of the grandeur. # somewhere over the rainbow...

shortly before he died, george dictated a message to his wife, franny, and it was shared today by one of his closest friends. if you haven't already told the people you love that you love them, tell them. if you haven't already told them how vulnerable you sometimes feel, tell them. you never know what is coming around the corner. the memorial service for our colleague who died injuly at the age of 67. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. bbc news, bringing you different stories from across the uk. it was one of lincolnshire�*s biggest

annual events attracting visitors from around the world, but now the 1940s festival has itself become a part of history, a victim of its own success. the free event had grown so much since it started, that the volunteers who run it say operating costs are too high to carry on. the news came as an unwelcome surprise to local businesses and residents. really disappointed this has happen without any notice as well. nothing is really being said before hand. it was a bit of a shock, to be honest. probably sold about 900 burgers, so it will affect us big time, i'm afraid. already some in the village are asking if there is any way to save the event, and i'm meeting is due to be held way to save the event, and a meeting is due to be held here on friday evening to discuss possible ways forward. you're live with bbc news. the euclid telescope, which is trying to unlock some of the biggest mysteries of the universe, has

released its first images. these show that the telescope can cover vast swathes of the sky as it starts to build up a detailed 3d map of the cosmos. it's going to help astronomers understand phenomena called dark energy and dark matter — they make up most of the universe but we know virtually nothing about them. 0ur science editor rebecca morelle reports. a stunning new view of the cosmos. the horsehead nebula — a place where stars are born, more than 1,300 light years away, and the spiralling arms of what's nicknamed the hidden galaxy, usually obscured by the dust and clouds of the milky way. and this is a cluster of hundreds of thousands of stars bound together by gravity. these are the first images from the euclid space telescope. we can see how good euclid is going to be at detecting distant galaxies and how good its image quality is. so it's really a huge breakthrough. and we're really pleased just

to see these images, but to see how beautiful they are as well, itjust adds that, you know, the icing on the cake, really. the telescope, nearly a million miles from earth, is attempting to shed light on what lies beyond the stars and galaxies, because everything we can see makes up a tiny fraction, just 5%, of what's out there. the rest is known as the dark universe. there's dark matter, a ghost—like substance that pervades the cosmos, but no—one has ever seen it or really knows what it is. and dark energy, a force that's causing the universe to expand at an ever faster rate. the power of the telescope is to take razor sharp images across great swathes of the sky to build up an immense 3d map of the cosmos. scientists will be searching for the tiniest distortions amongst the galaxies. this giant camera with billions of pixels is now ready to go and survey the distant universe and see these kinds of objects over a vast range of the sky, a vast volume of the sky,

in space and in time. and it's by looking at huge numbers of galaxies that we'll be able to tease out those subtle signals for dark energy and dark matter, which is what euclid is all about. every one of euclid's images is packed with galaxies. this one contains more than 100,000, some more than 10 billion light years away. but these celestial snapshots are just the start. it will take six years to complete this survey of the heavens. the hope is that, by the end, it will solve the mystery of the missing 95% of our universe. rebecca morelle, bbc news. the office sharing company, wework, has filed for bankruptcy in the united states and canada. the firm was known for flexible rental terms to start—ups and freelancers. it expanded rapidly but struggled during the covid pandemic when offices around the world closed. the company says its offices in the uk remain open and operational. live now to eliot brown, who writes about finance

from the wall street journal. thanks for being with us. were you surprised about this news? i thanks for being with us. were you surprised about this news?- surprised about this news? i think it's been coming _ surprised about this news? i think it's been coming for— surprised about this news? i think it's been coming for a _ surprised about this news? i think it's been coming for a little - surprised about this news? i think it's been coming for a little while l it's been coming for a little while now. wework has been the two act play where for years they were the poster child of start—up excess but for the past four years, they have been trying to make a real estate business that actually worked at the very time that officers have fallen out of vogue in the office market is in chaos, particularly in the us. so they have just been burning through cash and it has been expected for a while. , ~ , _ cash and it has been expected for a while. , ~ ,_ cash and it has been expected for a while. , ~ , ~, .,, ,, while. this bankruptcy was in the us and canada- — while. this bankruptcy was in the us and canada. wework _ while. this bankruptcy was in the us and canada. wework operates - while. this bankruptcy was in the us. and canada. wework operates around the world, britain, singapore, south africa, they are properly got in office everywhere. there is a big? around the feature of those offices. what you predict will happen there?

i don't have a crystal ball on that one. one of the interesting things that has come out of this is that we have learnt that actually, the returned office trends in mainland europe, in the uk, to a slightly lesser degree, are actually much better than in the us. the wework, thatis better than in the us. the wework, that is a thing that has been hurting them and if you have more people coming back to the offices, the city of london are pretty full, then it's easier for them to the city of london are pretty full, then it's easierfor them to make money there and therefore they don't need to cancel leases in mass which is what they will probably be doing in the us. find is what they will probably be doing in the us. �* ,., ., , ., in the us. and if someone is a wework customer, _ in the us. and if someone is a wework customer, on - in the us. and if someone is a wework customer, on a - in the us. and if someone is a i wework customer, on a practical level, they do still have access to facilities, don't they?— facilities, don't they? yes, it is not shutting — facilities, don't they? yes, it is not shutting down _ facilities, don't they? yes, it is not shutting down the - facilities, don't they? yes, it is not shutting down the next - facilities, don't they? yes, it is| not shutting down the next day. facilities, don't they? yes, it is - not shutting down the next day. you have published fewer rights than tenant in an apartment building but

if they close one location, they often move people around to another. generally, i don't want to minimise the chaos that this will unleash a lot of problems in the us market, it will leave a lot of landlords without a tenant, it is not a small deal. ~ ~ ., ~' without a tenant, it is not a small deal. ~ ~ ., ~ .,, without a tenant, it is not a small deal. ~ _, ~ , , without a tenant, it is not a small dealr _, 4' , deal. wework has been in the news a lot, particularly _ deal. wework has been in the news a lot, particularly in _ deal. wework has been in the news a lot, particularly in respect— deal. wework has been in the news a lot, particularly in respect of- deal. wework has been in the news a lot, particularly in respect of the - lot, particularly in respect of the company's sounder. how many problems stem from the early days? that company's sounder. how many problems stem from the early days?— stem from the early days? that was the foundation _ stem from the early days? that was the foundation of _ stem from the early days? that was the foundation of it _ stem from the early days? that was the foundation of it all. _ stem from the early days? that was the foundation of it all. basically, i the foundation of it all. basically, he was this world—class fundraiser that was able to raise $10 billion, for a real estate company that was worth nowhere close to 10 billion. that is what built wework and he was thriving on this capital, was kicked

out and the money ran dry in 2019 and so that set the stage for today, where wework is stuck with all these leases from the peak of the market right before covid in 2019. elith right before covid in 2019. eliot brown who _ right before covid in 2019. eliot brown who is — right before covid in 2019. eliot brown who is a _ right before covid in 2019. eliot brown who is a writer _ right before covid in 2019. eliot brown who is a writer for the wall streetjournal, thank you very much forjoining us. street journal, thank you very much forjoining m— forjoining us. thanks for having me. you forjoining us. thanks for having me- you are _ forjoining us. thanks for having me. you are watching _ forjoining us. thanks for having me. you are watching bbc - forjoining us. thanks for having l me. you are watching bbc news. five environmental innovations have each won awards worth £1 million — about $1.2 million — at the prince of wales's earthshot prize. speaking at the ceremony in singapore, the prince warned that the climate crisis cannot be ignored, and he said all the finalists showed the ability to inspire change. a warning, this report from our royal correspondent, daniela relph, from the ceremony, contains flashing images. when it's an environmental prize, the red carpet becomes a green one. nominees mixed with celebrity guests

ahead of the award ceremony. inside, the prince of wales warned that the climate crisis can't be ignored. 0ur winners and all our finalists remind us that no matter where you are on our planet, the spirit of ingenuity and the ability to inspire change surrounds us all. five projects each won £1 million for their environmental solutions. they included a new way to build and recycle lithium batteries, a forest protection scheme in the andes, and ocean conservation across the americas. it's just really hopeful. it can be really lonely to do this work and it makes you feel supported and lifted up. for the winners, the power of the earthshot prize is about much more than just the money. they also get access to the contacts and influence of prince william and that can be invaluable.

and that royal support begins straightaway for the million—pound winners, who the prince says offer hope and optimism. daniela relph, bbc news, singapore. conservationists from around the world are at a summit in london this week, sharing their experiences of how they've succeeded in protecting species that are in decline. among them is the marine biologist behind a dramatic turnaround at the el pedral penguin colony on argentina's south atlantic coast. his work has seen the colony go from six breeding pairs in 2008 to more than 8,000 today. earlier, i spoke to dr pablo borboroglu, founder of the global penguin society about his remarkable work. so, when we first discovered this colony, these penguins were exploring and prospecting, looking for a safe place to nest and to start a new colony. but there were severe threats, including human disturbance, people

going with dogs that were very big threat, throwing garbage, making barbecues that were setting bushes on fire where the penguins were nesting. so, first of all, we knew that restricting the access of these reckless people was the right thing to do. but we faced many challenges, including incidents with vandalism and armed trespassers that would cut fences, they would also threaten us. but we knew that we needed to protect this penguin colony. and then the following year, since we were able to offer a safe environment for the penguins, they kept on coming and the colony started to increase. but that was a big effort because we have to work with the land owners, with the communities and also with the governments to secure the protection of this colony. this really is quite incredible. and as you mentioned there, a multifaceted approach working with governments, but local people as well. really quite key to this, it seems. absolutely, because its key to get the support from the local communities. so we heard the land owners

to develop an eco tourism industry so they could have presence in the area that generated jobs for the communities and also generated incomes for the communities. but we also implemented a lot of education actions to engage the people and increase their sense of belonging to the area so people could perceive that a healthy environment and live penguins were more beneficialfor them than dead penguins and only having a few people enjoying and destroying the environment. so this is the kind of stories that i'm sharing here at the wheatley fund for nature summit in london, where we are joining a group of other conservationists that received the wheatley award in the past. and we are sharing stories, including problems we're facing, but also solutions and success stories from over 80 countries. well, i wonder if you can tell us a bit more about the summit, because it is nice to be able to work with local people. but of course, governments and local authorities are key to this. they have their own concerns, budgets, other policies. what do you want to achieve from this summit and what do you want international governments

to do to help you? so most of our conservation is we work in developing countries with a lot of instability. so with organisations, conservation organisations like wheatley for nature, they provide, in this case, awards and funding to accomplish the conservation goals that we need in our country. that's it from me. goodbye for now. hello there. we've had good spells of sunshine today, a few rainbows close to the scattered showers which are now tending to ease away ahead of this mass of cloud. our next weather fronts and the attendant low pressure, which will bring all parts from wetter weather through tonight and into tomorrow and for a time, for a couple of hours, some strong winds, possibly gales in places. so the showers should continue to ease through the rest of this evening. temperatures fall away. touch of frost developing across the glens of scotland. and then the rain arrives

in northern ireland before midnight, crossing to scotland, wales and western england as we go through the small hours of wednesday morning, finally reaching southern and eastern areas towards dawn. so eventually temperatures rise again after that early dip. so some quite miserable conditions for the morning rush across scotland, england and wales in particular, as well as the heavy rain, there'll be a spell of strong winds, hill fog as well. behind it, brighter skies follow quite quickly in northern ireland and then to scotland, much of england and wales through the afternoon, the rainjust drags its heels in southern and eastern areas. now, some showers will follow and they will be heavy. there could be the odd rumble of thunder, wintry over the hills. it will feel a bit cooler with some blustery winds as well. but of course, the concern is with another 20 to 30 millimetres of rain or an inch thereabouts, we could see the current flood warning levels starting to rise once again. now, as we go through thursday, that weather front moves out of the way and then this area of low pressure moves lots of showers across oui’ shores. so it looks as if in southern parts with the strong winds,

they'll move through quite briskly, but they'll still be heavy. they could become slow moving further north. and again, it's a slightly cooler air mass across the united kingdom. so it will feel a bit chillier, particularly with the winds. but there will be some wintriness in the showers over the hills. through the night on thursday into friday, that low pressure pushes eastwards, taking shower activity with it, changing our wind direction for a time down to a north or north westerly. so even chillier, i think, for many of us on friday, but perhaps with fewer showers later on in the day as a ridge of high pressure starts to build — building in time for the weekend, which means there'll be quite a lot of dry weather, some sunny spells, but increasing amounts of fog and early frost. that fog takes a time to clear at this time of year. and then, before the end of sunday, it looks like we'll have more rain moving in and an unsettled spell into next week.

hello, i'm christian fraser. you're watching the context on bbc news. translation: this war crime will not continue, that they will bring back and work so that all our hostages come home. there will not be a cease—fire until all our hostages come home. the pick—up was driving inside the gaza strip, and people were shouting and berating, and spitting on her. it was terrible. they're reassessing everything — not just relations _ with the palestinians, -

but also with arab countries they thought they were getting closer to, and who are now- condemning everything they're doing in gaza. i 0n the 7th of october, 1,400 people, mostly civilians, were killed in a a moment of unspeakable carnage that turned the middle east upside down. a month on, we will hear tonight from three tormented mothers, whose children were snatched by hamas and are still being held hostage underground. on this bleak anniversary, the world health organization says the level of death and suffering is hard to fathom. more than 10,300 people have now been killed in gaza, that's according to the hamas—run health ministry, including more than 4,000 children. with us tonight, mark regev, the israel government spokesman. we will also hear from the palestinians in the west bank, and the charity supporting the doctors on the front line in gaza.

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