importantly, that means the uk is likely to avoid an official recession this year. for more on this, here's our business presenter, egon cossou. so what's behind these figures? for m successive months the bank of england has put up the cost of borrowing, that is until september. what that does is, if it is more difficult and expensive for you to borrow either as an individual or business, it means activity is slowed down. that is what we have been dealing with. that is what the thinking is, that these figures show that, the attempt at calming inflation, which involves putting up interest rates by the bank of england, that might be having an impact. now, in particular, the service sector saw a pretty

substantial slowdown in activity. on the other hand, we saw things like car building, engineering, putting on activity, so that helped balance things out. we on activity, so that helped balance thins out. ~ . , on activity, so that helped balance thins out. ~ ., , u, things out. we have been covering this a lot. are things expected to pick up? that is a really important question. it is important because the more active the economy is, the more wealth people are able to make by working harder and so forth. mast working harder and so forth. most forecasters _ working harder and so forth. most forecasters think _ working harder and so forth. most forecasters think we _ working harder and so forth. i’l�*if?3ii forecasters think we will not see any growth in the next few months or so. the bank of england recently said that there will be no growth until 2025, so, quite a long time before we see any growth in the economy, according to most commentators but, importantly, the bank of england also says it does not see a recession stop that is really important for the outlook for the economy. really important for the outlook for the economy-—

the economy. businesses will be watchin: the economy. businesses will be watching this _ the economy. businesses will be watching this and _ the economy. businesses will be watching this and thinking, - the economy. businesses will be watching this and thinking, what| watching this and thinking, what does this mean for interest rates? that is a question that will occupy the markets over the next few weeks and months. the rate of inflation is still much higher, over 6.5%, than the bank of england and the government want to see, and as long as that remains the case there will still be pressure on the bank of england to make sure that that doesn't run ahead of itself, so we are likely to see moves to maintain interest rates that will balance those inflationary pressures without putting a damper on the economy, so the question is, what will they decide over the next weeks and months? they will be looking very closely at inflation in the uk. maw; closely at inflation in the uk. many --eole closely at inflation in the uk. many eo - le will closely at inflation in the uk. many peeple will be _ closely at inflation in the uk. many people will be watching _ closely at inflation in the uk. many people will be watching that - closely at inflation in the uk. many people will be watching that very closely. egon cossou, our business

correspondent, thank you. since the start of the israel—gaza war, people inside gaza have been documenting their lives for our colleagues in bbc news arabic. khalid was living injabalia, caring for his young cousins. and english teacher farida is from gaza city. they've been keeping their gaza diaries and their story begins two days after hamas launched its attacks where can we go? on the ninth of october israeli fighterjets carry out a a deadly air strike onjabalia, north of gaza city. israel says that it's targeting hamas infrastructure. translation: as i'm speaking to you now, air strikes. - a number of houses were targeted, as i speak to you. i'm sorry i won't be able to speak for long because of the massacre.

on 13th october, the israel defence forces warn 1.1 million people in north gaza to move to the south. i am located at the centre of gaza. more than three of my neighbours' homes are destroyed from israeli bombs this morning, and all my neighbours and families are evacuating from their homes, and we don't know, where can we go? 14th october. farida leaves gaza city and travels south, sending voice notes to us during the journey. several of my friends locally are now missing, possibly dead, i don't know. i'm so devastated.

i really don't know where can we go. 20th october. as air strikes also continue in the south of gaza, thousands return to the north. farida is among them. we therefore decided tojust return home again, and to at least keep our dignity. 25th october, khalid and his family are running out of food. translation: we'll take the worms out and eat it. no, not now. 27th october — farida's situation deteriorates. i lost my friend. also my brother was injured and all my home was destroying. the grief eats my heart. we are not ok. we are not ok, we totally broken.

the bbc lost contact with khalid following an air strike onjabalia refugee camp on 31st october. farida is still in touch with us. tonight, she says she's still at home in gaza city. she says she's trapped and very afraid, as they are surrounded by the idf. the situation now in gaza is totally dire. now there is no flour, no food, no electricity, no things just to live a normal life. heading to the united states now. washington's special presidential envoy for climate has told the bbc that the united states has reached some agreements with china before the cop28 summit in dubai at the end of the month. john kerry was speaking to our asia

business correspondent nick marsh on the sidelines of a major business summit in singapore. we felt that our four days of talks were very successful. we did come up with some agreements, we are just going through some process now, but we hope to share them with everybody at the appropriate moment soon. obviously very important to work with china, but your administration's flagship green policy, the inflation reduction at, as you know in beijing, is perceived there as being really anti—china. well, no, it's not. in fact, china may benefit like every other country in the world may benefit from the new technology. now is it good, are we happy, that we are trying to develop that? sure. — but, you can do the same thing. you should. every country. i have heard from germany and france and other countries, do the same thing. and we need to all move faster. you know that the chinese government is saying, hey, look, the us is trying to cut us off from all this technology. they want to get ahead

of us in the green race. i would counter that, respectfully, to any official. i would say, look, what we're doing in this sector doesn't the kind of threats that some cyber activities do, or some weapons activities, etc. that is a different track. national security, climate action, two separate arenas, as well. no, i think climate action is national security because it is a threat to everybody. and so, for all of us, for china, the united states, for singapore, indonesia, all the countries, it is absolutely vital that we meet that crisis head—on because there is loss of life if you don't, there's spread of disease, there is lost economic opportunity, and there are irreversible consequences, potentially, which you never come back from. i spoke to the boss of a big mining company yesterday. that person was telling me just

on that point about being serious, and it wasn't a case of not having enough money, not having the technology, but if businesses are not decarbonising, it basically boils down to laziness, to lack of will... unseriousness. this couldn't have been a ceo from australia, could it? it certainly was. i know who it was. and he's absolutely right. he's dead on. andrew forrest is dead on. do you share his frustrations? i do share those frustrations and we have talked about it. yes, i share frustrations because, you know, people's status quo imperatives are getting in the way of the future and of a much better economy in the future, but some people are just more comfortable with the status quo. former natwest boss dame alison rose will be paid a little over £1.7 million for serving out her notice period — but is set to forfeit up to £7.6 million that she could have been entitled to had

she stayed with the bank. the ex—chief executive stepped down after talking to a bbcjournalist about nigel farage's bank account. it said that the £4] million in awards that were due injuly would lapse and that dame alison would also not be entitled to a bonus or variable remuneration worth up to £2.9 million. the bank said that "no finding of misconduct" had been made against dame alison. in august, the most deadly wildfire in modern us history tore through the town of lahaina, on the hawaiian island of maui. its cause is still under investigation. james clayton investigated why it was so hard to escape lahaina. lahaina was the gem of maui in hawaii. it's been near totally destroyed. it's unfathomable, the reality of lahaina burning.

oh, my god. they crossed. u'i was one of many residents who tried to escape from lahaina that day. she managed to get some of her neighbours into her car, but when they set off, the traffic was gridlocked. and i'm thinking to myself, "my god, we're not moving fast enough, we've got to get out of here, there's people back there." you know? and just... how many cars behind you? hundreds. many people had to abandon their cars and enter the sea to survive. both sides to the left and the right are on fire. the bbc has obtained police bodycam footage that shows that even officers were exasperated with the traffic jams. why are the cars not moving? there's stopped traffic on both sides of the highway. but why was the traffic so bad? we already knew that an emergency siren had not been activated, but a bbc investigation has found other mistakes on the ground that contributed to the chaos. the police blocked some roads because they believed downed power lines were energised. we want to make sure that you didn't

go over a downed live power line. but hawaiian electric has told the bbc that it told the police several times during the day that the power lines weren't energised. this is one recording of such a conversation given to the bbc by hawaiian electric. hi, police department — fire is asking if you guys can shut down all of the electric off of lahainaluna, above and below the bypass. it's off right now. it's all off? yeah. 0k. thank you. ok, bye. the police, however, told the bbc that the company did not give clear and definitive confirmation that the lines were de—energised. the result was police treating fallen lines as live and blocking roads. one witness, travis miller, showed the bbc his footage. he filmed the main road going north out of the town, blocked for hours by the police. i knew, like, once i saw the roadblock, this is insane. people lost their lives that wouldn't have lost their lives.

maui's mayor, richard bissen, concedes the town should have been better prepared. you know, better preparation. right? — i mean, that's what everybody is pointing to. and who should take responsibility for that? we all should take responsibility. all of us, for sure. u'i and the neighbours she took in her car survived. some of her neighbours, though, weren't so lucky. some people are, "you're a hero for saving them. they would have been dead." and i'm like, "i'm nota hero — do you know how many people i passed, evidently — that i didn't know about, that i didn't check on?" so many things that should have happened that didn't happen. james clayton reporting. in the lead—up to armistice day, the oldest surviving veteran of the i940 dunkirk rescue has been sharing his memories

of serving in the army at the sprightly age of 105. john hamilton was an anti—aircraft gunner — and has been speaking to our reporter, lee madan. explosion. it's remembering what this country went through to survive. last post plays. and if it hadn't been for dunkirk, i think the war would have been over. those 338,000 would have been taken by the germans. because, you know, sitting on that beach for three days, wondering when the hell you were to get off it, and all the time there's bloody bombers coming down. and you'd been training then for quite a few years to do this. what was it like actually doing it for real? did you suffer fear, john? i suppose, at the time, yes. but on the other hand, you had to say, "well, here we are, we're a group, we're together." i was actually in the gunning seat... right.

..looking through a telescope, to shoot down at least two planes. probably others. because we were the only...the only anti—aircraft unit on the beach. i think those who hadn't fought in a war look up at us and say, "my goodness, i might not be here if it hadn't been for you." it's very true. yes. and what does that feel like? it gives you a feeling of pleasure, of...you've set an example. what's your secret? all my life, i have been active. there are the exercise dumbbells down there that i use every morning. brilliant. 15 minutes on the ground. then i have a walk — i walk a mile in the afternoon. do more than me. yeah! yeah. and what's it like, all these years later, to be the last man standing, aged 105 — what's that like? ha! well, it's. ..

it's... it's strange to me, in a way, that i should be the oldest surviving rescuer out of 338,000 men! ——john —— john hamilton there, incredible, doing weights at the age of 105. the production company owned by hollywood actor robert de niro has been ordered to pay a former employee more than $1.2 million in damages. a court in new york found that �*canal productions' engaged in gender discrimination and retaliation against de niro's personal assistant, graham chase robinson. de niro himself was not found to be personally liable for abusing ms robinson — and denied the allegations. kj matthews — a freelance

entertainment reporter — gave her us reaction. what's interesting, i think people are getting lost in translation — she wasn't fired, she quit robert de niro's production company. and then he filed suit first. after he filed suit, then she filed suit, so her verdict is coming before his. but, yes, it is some sort of reputational damage. they did not find him personally liable, but they said his company, canal productions, was liable for the gender discrimination. so, yes, i think people forgot these different trials were going on because they've been going back and forth for a number of years. but it is a surprising verdict, with her walking away with $1.2 million, ruled against him, for him to pay her in two payments. it appears to me that perhaps the jury found that there was some truth to what she was saying. remember, she did initially request, i think, around $12 million.

so, she actually requested more than $1.2 million, but was only awarded $1.2 million. but both sides actually made accusations. she said during the trial that there were many times that she was asked to do stuff that she shouldn't be doing. she said at one point that he asked her to scratch his back and she said, "why can't you just use a back scratcher?" he said, "because i want you to do it." on the other side, you had robert de niro testifying and his girlfriend, who is a mother of his youngest child, six—month—old baby, basically saying that they bumped up her income from $100,000 to $300,000 and that she misappropriated funds and used thousands and thousands and thousands of dollars of frequent—flyer miles that weren't hers, and that she had aspired to do more and go further than what her position was. so, both sides were making allegations at one another. and at one point, i'm told that robert de niro actually raised his voice and kind

of screamed when he was on stand testifying. so, it's been quite a tense situation, testifying all week long. and finally, we have this verdict today. kj matthews. hollywood is celebrating the end of the longest actors strike in its history, with a huge sigh of relief — and a dose of glamour. the first major premiere to take place since the walk—out ended was "hunger games: ballad of song and snakes'. charlotte gallagher reports. let me ask you one final time, what are the hunger games for? after a break of more than eight years, the hunger games is back. and it remains a dangerous dystopian world where the elite force children to fight each other in an arena. one final assignment to prove your worth... it is set decades before the first films, telling the origin story of one of the main villains

and his descent into darkness. but it was all smiles on the red carpet when the cast and crew attended the world premiere in london. celebrating notjust their film but the end of the actors' strike which shut down the industry for months. and it's the first big premiere since the actors' strike finished, and one of the stars is behind me, tom blyth, a british actor in his first blockbuster role. how are you feeling as the lead actor at the world premiere in london? yeah, when you put it like that, it makes me nervous! honestly, i'm really glad we have the world premiere in england, i'm grateful to share it with my friends and family, and really proud of what we've made, it's a really good film and i hope people enjoy it. dedicated fans queued from six o'clock in the morning to get onto the red carpet, many clutching copies of the book. something actress rachel zegler can relate to. as a fan myself, i really wanted

to do a good service to me and my 12—year—old self that loved these films, because that is who these fans really are. it was such a joy to do that and i had amazing collaborators to help me along the way. i volunteer as tribute... the first hunger games films propelled jennifer lawrence to superstardom. this has a new cast but the same director. it really is truly like a stand—alone film. the hope is to get new fans in, even people who don't know the other books and movies, they can come in fresh and have this great experience. for the fans, i think what they will love is it's a movie about origins, the origin of a young snow, turning into the villain we know, and the origin of the games, the songs we know, of the names and relationships and dynamics. i think it is so wildly satisfying for fans of the franchise. the previous films have been lapped up by

teenage and young adult audiences. the themes of human nature, power and war resonating with many. film—makers will be hoping the ballad of songbirds and snakes can repeat the success. charlotte gallagher, bbc news. a species of echidna, that was believed to be extinct, has been captured on film for the first time. named after sir david attenborough — the ancient egg—laying mammal is thought to have emerged 200 million years ago — and has now been re—discovered in indonesia. our environment correspondent jonah fisher has more. that's the first ever image, that one, of attenborough's long—beaked echidna. that anyone has ever recorded... ever. ..in entirety of history? correct. proof of life from a species that was feared lost forever. i was euphoric and the whole team was euphoric.

12 seconds of camera—trap footage, a reminder that there are still places on earth that humans have not disturbed. it's absolutely astonishing. i think it's extremely important to discover enigmatic new species and rediscover enigmatic lost species because they demonstrate the value of the environment in which they live. it's an echidna, and you can tell that it's a mammal because it's got hair. a favourite of sir david, the rediscovered species is called attenborough's long—beaked echidna. it's weirdly different from a hedgehog, a porcupine, or almost any other kind of mammal. here sir david is with its much—easier—to—find cousin, the short—bea ked echidna. thought to have lived alongside dinosaurs, echidnas are one of only two

mammals to lay eggs. just one specimen of the attenborough echidna has been gathered — back in 1961. it's so special it's kept under lock and key in the treasure room of naturalis — the natural history museum of the netherlands. it may look a little bit like a run—over hedgehog, but until now, this unique specimen was the only proof that the attenborough long—beaked echidna actually existed. and that's because these echidna live in one of the most remote places on earth — the cyclops mountains in indonesia. previous efforts to find the echidna failed due to a combination of opposition from local villagers, and the brutal conditions. you got it? yeah. so you're slipping all over the place. you're being scratched and cut.

there are venomous animals around you. deadly snakes like the death adder. there are leeches literally everywhere. my colleagues and i were chuckling all the time. "oh, this is new — nobody has seen this!" it wasn't all about the echidna. other scientists in the four—week—long expedition found new discoveries — in particular of insects — at every turn. it was a truly monumental expedition. and you think you found lots of new species? several dozens, for sure. in the nearest village to the mountains, the attenborough echidna's elusiveness plays a role in local tradition, as a way to bring peace. when members of the community are in conflict, one is sent up into the mountains to locate an attenborough's long—beaked echidna, the other goes out into the ocean to locate a marlin. this can sometimes take decades,

but once those two very difficult—to—find animals have been located, it symbolises that the sort of quest for the resolution of conflict is complete. having established that the cyclops mountains are as unique as the echidna that live there, the hope is that it will be easier to get all of it protected. jonah fisher, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with elizabeth rizzini. hello, there. plenty of dry weather to come as we go through the next couple of days and there will be some sunshine, including today, sunny spells for many, watch out for showers in places. feeling a little chillier. the coldest night of the autumn so far in parts of scotland, freezing fog in the north, but further south, heavy thundery showers this morning from wales across southern england, coastal gales in the south—west, the winds are now lighter. this afternoon, there could still be showers lingering in kent, some cloud here.

otherwise sunshine developing. blustery showers, sunny spells for northern ireland, rain moving into the far north of scotland by the end of the day, some could be wintry perhaps on the tops of hills. top temperatures between seven and 12 celsius. this evening and overnight, the low pressure moves east, we're between weather systems, the winds will be light, some frost forming particularly in the east. temperatures here could drop a little below freezing, some mist and fog as well that could be slow to clear. for most, lots of blue sky and sunshine for armistice day, showers running down the north sea coasts. temperatures, 7—12 degrees. turning cloudier in the south—west, windy here, eventually wet by the end of the day with the next weather front running northwards and eastwards through remembrance sunday. more moisture in the air on sunday morning — many of us could wake up to scenes

like this with mist and fog around. once again it will be slow to lift and clear. another frost, particularly in the east. a bit sharper than on saturday. the rain moves across wales into the far north of england, patchy rain perhaps in london for the service at the cenotaph in the late morning. many places, particularly scotland and north—east england, could stay largely dry until the very end of the day perhaps, but issues with mist and fog. in summary, mostly dry on saturday, rain for some on sunday, particularly in the south and west, but again that low pressure system clears east, could develop a wave, so some heavier rain and stronger and gustier winds on monday and tuesday. lots of unsettled weather across our capital cities through the start of the new week. goodbye for now.

live from southern israel. this is bbc news. an explosion is heard outside gaza's largest hospital — al shifa. the world health organization says its colleagues are reporting intense violence around the hospital. the us welcomes israel's agreement for daily military pauses — allowing civilians to leave northern gaza this is the scene in wadi gaza as people continue arriving from the north. i'm frankie mccamley in london. also in the programme...

there are growing calls for the uk prime minister to sack his home secretary — who accused police of bias over pro—palestinian marches. the high court rules prince harry — and other prominent figures — can continue their lawsuit against welcome to bbc news broadcasting live from southern israel about three kilometres away from the gaza strip where the israeli military is continuing to push deeper into gaza city. we are at the largest hospital in —— the largest hospital in gaza, al shifa, is reportedly surrounded by israeli forces. our gaza correspondent is hearing the military is on all four sides of al shifa. other hospitals in the territory are also said to be surrounded.