lam sumi i am sumi somaskanda. thank you forjoining us. israel says its forces are operating deep inside gaza city as its military operation against hamas by grant and air continues. this despite calls from us presidentjoe biden for a humanitarian pause to allow a humanitarian pause to allow aid to reach civilians in gaza with the death toll has soared past 10,300. that according to hamas run health ministry. 0n 10,300. that according to hamas run health ministry. on tuesday israel marked a month since the hamas attack that killed more than 11100 people. israelis attended visuals, lit candles and held a minute cosmic silence to remember those killed and those still in captivity. more than 200 are thought to be held hostage in gaza and earlier is really premised on yahoo double down on his position that there be no ceasefire until all hostages are released —— prime minister netanyahu. translation: gaza ci is in netanyahu. translation: gaza city is in sapwood. _ netanyahu. translation: gaza city is in sapwood. we _ netanyahu. translation: (1:12: city is in sapwood. we are operating inside it. we are increasing pressure on hamas

every hour, every day. we have killed thousands of terrorists above ground and below ground. if hezbollah chooses to join the war, it will be making a big mistake. no ceasefire without the release of our hostages. without the release of our hostages-_ hostages. mr denaro also suggests israel _ hostages. mr denaro also suggests israel over-60s | suggests israel over—60s security inside because after orbiting a member of his law and has since clarified is, is to say well ms netanyahu wants to say well ms netanyahu wants to ensure gaza remains a demilitarised area with the idea of carrying security operations, israel does not intend to reoccupy or govern gaza. that's the position that would lie more closely with us wishes as the white house made clear earlier. the wishes as the white house made clear earlier.— clear earlier. the president maintains _ clear earlier. the president maintains his _ clear earlier. the president maintains his position - clear earlier. the president maintains his position that| maintains his position that reoccupation by israeli forces reoccu pation by israeli forces is reoccupation by israeli forces is not directly to do. we will let them speak their intentions but were definitely have conversations about what the post— conflict environment what to look like and what government in gaza or to look

like. one thing there no daylight on is hamas can't be part of the equation. figs daylight on is hamas can't be part of the equation.- part of the equation. as you development _ part of the equation. as you development efforts - part of the equation. as you | development efforts continue the fighting in gaza rages. the israel defense forces chief spokesperson said 111,000 terror targets and 100 tunnel shafts have been destroyed in the past month but that does not mean gaza city is on the verge of collapse. the city is considered one of hamas's biggest strongholds full of tunnels and bunkers in the israeli army will fight in urban areas. jeremy bowen has more and some images in the report are disturbing. hamas released video of their men fighting on the streets of gaza. they know they can't win a pitched battle, so they're using hit and run tactics. that will intensify as israel's tanks and troops move deeper into gaza city. after an israeli strike in khan yunis, southern gaza, they were digging for survivors. the town is in the area israel has told palestinians to go to stay safe.

but nowhere's safe. israel says this is self—defence. palestinians call it genocide. ahmed had 27 members of his family inside the house when it was hit. this is the bravery of the so—called israel. they show their might and power against civilians. babies inside, kids inside! and the elderly! it is the mighty vengeance promised by israel's prime minister when hamas attacked a month ago. in tel aviv, at the empty table set for the hostages in gaza, friends and families are mounting a 24—hour vigil. the national trauma israel suffered a month ago is not lessening. in fact, they're reassessing everything, notjust 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. and there's the issue of the safety

ofjews in places around the world where the palestinians get a lot of support. so even though israel is more secure than a month ago — many more people are out and about — a real sense of threat, notjust from gaza, remains. israel insists that force, not negotiations, will bring the hostages back. shani louk�*s family hoped she was a hostage until she was confirmed dead a week ago. friends filled her family home with her portraits. she was at the music festival that was attacked. we got this horrible video that was shown all over. a friend of ours sent it to us and he said, "i recognise shani. "this is shani on the pick—up truck." this is where she was face down? yes, she was in a weird position, looks unconscious, blood on the head and the pick—up was driving inside the gaza strip and people were shouting and celebrating and spitting on her,

and it was terrible, and we were just in shock. do you think israel's doing the right thing now? i don't know what in the end will be, because there are really many innocent civilians also there in gaza and they shouldn't suffer, but there needs to be something radical with the terrorists to be done, because if not, we will be back in this in the next few years. they will get the weapons again and they will train again. israel's pounding of gaza has not stopped. neither has its rage diminished. jeremy bowen, bbc news, in southern israel. earlier i spoke to the former premised of the palestinian authority on the latest in gaza and how the region can be stabilised once the war stop.

the gaza health ministry won by hamas is at least 10,300 people have died stop that since the war began. israel maintains it is defending itself. it's been a month since hamas's attack. what you think we are seeing? i wonder whether limits are to israel's right to defend itself. i don't think there is anything like this were under the pretense of defending oneself, we talk about the state care, israel is allowed to commit actually what on the face of things is basically carried out. of war crimes. we are looking at definitely endangerment of civilians, we're looking at civilians actually being put harm's way knowingly and that is a crime under international law, it is obvious. so there are no such things as absolute right. what

is at stake here is this massive loss of life and i know that's what they've been saying and unfortunately that a lot of what has been parroted by world leaders who support israel in the immediate aftermath of 7 october. iii the immediate aftermath of 7 october. . ., , october. ifi could “ump in, with huh october. ifi could “ump in, with her this _ october. ifi couldjump in, with her this really - october. ifi couldjump in, l with her this really premised benjamin netanyahu delivered benjamin neta nyahu delivered address benjamin netanyahu delivered address today and perhaps signalling what limit would be. he said there will be no ceasefire until all hostages are released. what is your response to that?- are released. what is your response to that? what that sa s it response to that? what that says it all. _ response to that? what that says it all, if _ response to that? what that says it all, if that _ response to that? what that says it all, if that is - response to that? what that says it all, if that is really i says it all, if that is really now, festival, i have not really seen his remarks, i have not read remarks. but when this war started, not read remarks. but when this warstarted, israel set not read remarks. but when this war started, israel set as an objective and that is, going after hamas in a big term way to eradicate it, eliminate it, and levelling off gaza, etc. now he is saying something

about we must not stop until all hostages released. guess what, there is an easier way and far less costly way of accomplishing that and it does not have to come to the extent of continued bloodshed and continued crimes against our people. when we say more than 12,000 people, we are talking at least 4,000 children. we have more than 2000 people buried alive without the possibility of rescuing them or anything like that given difficult conditions there, lack of equipment and what have you. that's what we're looking at. if ms netanyahu is wanting to get hostages released and that's the benchmark for this water stop, there is a much easier of doing this. i water stop, there is a much easier of doing this.- water stop, there is a much easier of doing this. i want to net easier of doing this. i want to get some _ easier of doing this. i want to get some points _ easier of doing this. i want to get some points you - easier of doing this. i want to get some points you made i easier of doing this. i want to . get some points you made about what gaza could look like after the conflict. the written article in first trip 27 titled article in first trip 27 titled a peace plan for gaza because the retooling of the palestinian authority oversees parts of the west bank and

palestinian liberation organisation. you point out a number of reasons those two organisations don't have standing among palestinians right now so how do you realistically see these organisations being revived before we get any detail on the question, let me respond about what gaza might look like after this. on the basis of what's been going on, is going to get you to be allowed to prosecute this campaign in the way it says it is intending to do and has been doing, i don't know if there will be much of gaza left. first thing is fast, this war must and immediately. nothing good can come out of it. in parallel, obviously something has to go into what can happen but i can tell you this is something that overdue from our point of view of palestinians because as you know gaza has been politically separate and separated from the

context under the umbrella of the ruling and city. i agree with what you've said, i wrote about this, the plo, the mother of all of us basically, the mother of pa which came to be the context, both suffered badly and there is political standing, political viability to which they are acceptable including the west bank itself whether peer exists. something you write an article is the first step must be the immediate and unconditional expansion of the plo to include all majorfunctions and all major functions and political forces including hamas and palestinian islamic jihad. how do you expect israel to accept any governing entity in gaza including hamas? israel never consulted _ in gaza including hamas? israel never consulted us _ in gaza including hamas? israel never consulted us on - in gaza including hamas? israel never consulted us on because l never consulted us on because additional of its government, on the make—up of its government. we have no vote on that and about the kind of government they are governed by right now. without wanting to draw similarities, but the principle is the following: who

represents us is a palestinian choice and that is something we have, we really basically are failing in our duty to reconstitute the plo to make it more representative than it is right now. that's really are probative as the people and we do not really engage in telling israel who to choose in the government now. yes, that may not be acceptable, that may sound like too much for the fact is the matter is that everyone knows speaking of a hamas in particular, they won the last elections held in 2006 in the palestinian occupied territories. they won in our majority and they enjoyed significant support, they are aligned with money of the palestinian public, they have broad—based support. somebody needs to tell me how with this political weight can get you to be excluded or also be accurate, to exclude itself

from the representational umbrella that is the plo. unfortunately we have an out of time thank you for your perspective on bbc news. thank ou ve perspective on bbc news. thank you very much — perspective on bbc news. thank you very much for _ perspective on bbc news. thank you very much for having - perspective on bbc news. thank you very much for having me - perspective on bbc news. thankj you very much for having me on. appreciated. israelis are bringing the fight to hamas. our corresponded spent time with an artillery unit in gaza as they wait you orders to fight. here is his report. it's a feature of war that soldiers spend a lot of time waiting around. it is 99% boredom, 1% 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 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, gidalia from jerusalem expresses the hope 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. and tonight, israeli artillery flares light up possible targets in gaza. it looks like it is coming this way. then... explosion. a few minutes later... get down, get down. a rocket fired from gaza, heading towards us. the flash, an israeli air defence missile destroying the rocket. gunfire. and later, small arms fire rings out, as israeli troops head for the hamas stronghold of gaza city. around the world and across the

uk, this is bbc news. some other news now king charles has delivered his first king speech to parliament the traditional address as an occasion of great p°mp address as an occasion of great pomp and ceremony but also a political one, it outlines the government �*s priorities for the year ahead and is drafted by the government. rishi sunak pot economy and law and order at the centre of the address. my at the centre of the address. my government will act to keep communities safe from crime, antisocial behaviour, terrorism and illegal migration. my government will continue to take action to bring down inflation to ease the cost of living for families and help businesses fund newjobs and investment. businesses fund new 'obs and investment. this was the first official king — investment. this was the first official king speech _ investment. this was the first official king speech for- investment. this was the first official king speech for more | official king speech for more than 70 years following the death of the queen last year, it was also mr soon and's first as prime minister and it could be his last before the next general election expected last year and must happen by the end

ofjanuary year and must happen by the end of january 2025 stop. you're watching bbc news. voters in 12 states across the us have cast their ballots in local and state elections with closely watched races in kentucky, mississippi virginia and ohio. voters in ohio have voted to enshrine the right to abortion in the state by 52% to 42%, ends the constitution to protect access to abortion and write to 1's own medical treatment. they also voted to legalise recreational marijuana and in the kentucky governor �*s race andy beshear is expected to win re—election defeating his republican challenger daniel cameron. voters will determine their next state governor we will renew those results when they come in to us. we will speak to the national political reporter. it

lets start with voters in ohio supporting abortion rights and we have seen president biden saying americans voted to protect their fundamental freedoms and democracy. how significant is this result? it is very significant, especially significant in ohio because ohio is a very red state that has leaned conservatively in recent years. president trump won it in the last presidential election in 2016 as well, the fact ohio voters are going out to vote to enshrine abortion rights into the state �*s constitution is big in a republican state but it also signals a bigger movement for the country especially democrats who have been campaigning so much on protecting abortion access in a post roby wade world. we saw the kentucky governor andy beshear got re—elected he campaign in part on protecting

abortion access or expanding it, kentucky, so we are seeing this a winning issue for democrats and could give them a guide map about how message on this issue going into 2024. let's go back to that governor �*s race in kentucky you mentioned, andy beshear holding onto the seat that —— does that come as a surprise? it onto the seat that -- does that come as a surprise?— come as a surprise? it doesn't come as a surprise? it doesn't come as _ come as a surprise? it doesn't come as a _ come as a surprise? it doesn't come as a surprise _ come as a surprise? it doesn't come as a surprise because i come as a surprise? it doesn't i come as a surprise because andy beshear is a very popular governor in kentucky but he is an anomaly in a deep red state and a democrat and we saw the former president trump endorsed his opponent attorney general daniel cameron in this race and president trump actually one kentucky handily in 2020. so there is questions about the strength of president trump's endorsement but also this shows democrats can still win in red states, that being said, we do know andy beshear campaigned very moderately and did not

necessarily embrace president biden in kentucky. he campaigned on economic growth in kentucky under his administration as well as his response to national disasters that had occurred in the state including flooding and tornadoes, that appears to have really benefited him and he is already giving his victory night speech in the us, and essentially talked about how he campaigned on a lot of these kitchen table issues, issues like the economy, like business that impact americans. speaking of democrats _ that impact americans. speaking of democrats and _ that impact americans. speaking of democrats and deep - that impact americans. speaking of democrats and deep red i of democrats and deep red states waiting on results from mississippi with the governor �*s race is up for grabs and results from virginia, tell us about those?— about those? mississippi governor _ about those? mississippi governor tait _ about those? mississippi governor tait reeves i about those? mississippi governor tait reeves is i about those? mississippi i governor tait reeves is up for re—election, he is a republican going up against brandon priestley has ironic as elvis presley's second cousin a big family name there. brandon

priestley has not upheld roe versus wade because there has not been a democrat elected on a statewide basis so it is a tough race for him but it has gotten some attention because we know democrats have increasingly paid attention to the black vote in many southern states, we know mississippi has a very large black population so that could definitely play a role in tonight �*s results, and virginia you have the house delegates in the state senate both up for re—election. these are very localised races, so even us in washington are not necessarily getting into the lead with some of the data coming out of his races but the results once we get them could tell us quite a bit about how republicans and democrats will message on key issues like abortion. we know virginia somewhat of a purple to blue leading state, the governor a republican won it in 2021 but

2022 we saw a number of democrats win their congressional races. what do ou congressional races. what do you think _ congressional races. what do you think is _ congressional races. what do you think is most _ congressional races. what do you think is most important l congressional races. what do | you think is most important to take away about messaging for 2024 for democrats? for democrats, _ 2024 for democrats? fr?" democrats, messaging on abortion they are messaging on abortion they are messaging on abortion correctly and being able to use this issue to excite the base, turn them out and this has boded well for them. , , , them. interesting insights there. julia _ them. interesting insights there. julia manchester i there. julia manchester national political reporter. thank you forjoining us. switching gears now to space and the eucla telescope has released its first images, they showed 3d telescope can cover vast areas of the sky is up a detailed map of the cosmos, the cosmos, the project is aimed at helping astronomers understand and dark matter. a stunning new view of the cosmos. the horsehead nebula

where stars are born. the spiralling arms are the hidden galaxy usually obscured by the milky way in this cluster of hundreds of thousands of stars. these are the first images from the eucla space telescope. we can see how — the eucla space telescope. - can see how good you click will be at detecting distant galaxies. a huge brake shoe and pleased to see these images but to see how beautiful they are as well. it just adds the icing on the cake, really. the telescope, nearly a million miles from earth, is attempting to shed light on what's known as the dark universe, because everything we can see makes up a tiny fraction, just 5% of what's out there. the rest is dark matter — a ghost—like substance that pervades the cosmos, but no one 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 euclid telescope is that it can take razor—sharp images covering huge swathes of the sky.

every single image will capture tens of thousands of galaxies, and it will do this again and again, covering a third of the heavens, revealing 1.5 billion galaxies. over its six—year mission, these will be stitched together to create an immense 3d map. 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 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. these celestial snapshots look back in space and time to ten billion years ago. but it's just the start of this survey of the heavens. the hope is, it will solve the mystery of the missing 95% of our universe. rebecca morelle, bbc news.

that is the show at this hour we are watching those results from local and state elections from local and state elections from across the us important to note voters in ohio have chosen to enshrine the right to abortion in the state �*s constitution we have seen a result from where the democrat incumbent andy beshear is projected to win re—election there. we will bring you more results of the top of the next hour. thank you for watching bbc news. hello there. some scattered showers around on tuesday, particularly for the north and the west. but for the vast majority of us, it was a largely dry day across the uk with some decent sunshine out there, but wednesday looking very different. there's a deep area of low pressure out in the atlantic that's going to push heavy rain eastwards. there'll be spells of rain on and off throughout the day and some strong, gusty winds as that front clears through as well. so this is how we're starting off wednesday morning. it's a chilly, possibly frosty start for eastern scotland, rain for western scotland down through north west england, much of wales and the

south west of england. but starting to clear away from northern ireland and as the cold front on that very well defined back edge clears through, there'll be some strong gusty winds on this rain, particularly towards the south coast. the rain lingering on for parts of south east england and east anglia until possibly after dark and also turning very wet across shetland towards the end of the day as well. some sunshine behind our weather fronts and also some blustery showers possibly turning a little wintry over at the tops of the hills. so that area of low pressure, the weather fronts clear away to be followed by another one that's again, pushing in from the west. it will be moving further eastwards throughout the day. again, giving rise to some blustery showers through the day on thursday. it won't be raining all the time. there will be a brisk southwesterly wind pushing some of those showers across england and wales. also for scotland, some blustery showers, but lots of dry weather here, too. temperatures starting to feel a little cooler, 8 to 11 degrees celsius. now that low clears away and behind it will draw in more of a northerly to

northwesterly wind. so by the time we get to friday, it's going to be feeling significantly colder for most of us. again, some showers, but fewer of them mostly concentrated again out towards the north and the west. so parts of north west scotland down through western wales, the further south and east you are generally the drier your day is going to be. temperatures again only peaking between 8—12 celsius. now, as we head into the weekend, fog and frost could become little more of a problem. the winds will be lighter, the air masses colder as well. but there'll also be some sunshine, particularly on saturday. so for armistice day on saturday, then it does look largely dry across the uk. it will be feeling really quite cool. there'll be some sunshine and light winds, but there could be some rain arriving in the south and the west for remembrance sunday. bye— bye.

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beginning with the latest in the us—china chip war because the commerce department in china says it will be tightening exports on rare earths, think to counter the act, coming ahead of a much anticipated planned meeting between the leaders of the two biggest economies in the apec san francisco summit. the vice president of china is in singapore and has addressed the bloomberg new economy forum where some of the biggest names in economics and politics are gathering this week. nick marsh is there enjoins me. tell us what the chinese vp said. b. tell us what the chinese vp said. �* . ., ., ,. , tell us what the chinese vp said. �* . ., ., ,. i, . said. a change of scenery since we last spoke _ said. a change of scenery since we last spoke here _ said. a change of scenery since we last spoke here on - said. a change of scenery since we last spoke here on the i we last spoke here on the island just off singapore. hope you like it. this is a big

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