action against the publishing group associated newspapers. an emergency meeting of the arab league will be held riyadh on saturday to build a cohesive response to the israel gaza war. earlier, palestinian president mahmoud abbas said the palestinian authority is ready to assume responsibilities in the gaza strip as part of a political solution for the occupied west bank, eastjerusalem and gaza. as efforts at mediation between israel and hamas continue, the emir of qatar met with the egyptian president in cairo in a diplomatic push to find a way out of the war. live now to dr yossi beilin, a former israeli government justice minister and one of the key negotiators of the oslo peace accord agreed between palestinians and israelis. he's in tel aviv. thank you very much for being with

us. what do you make of the current israeli military operation in gaza? the aim of the operation is to replace the government of hamas, which is a government of isis, and to allow another arab state ruling gaza. gaza was taken by force from the palestinian authority, the plo, in 2007, and it should be returned to them if they wish. i just in 2007, and it should be returned to them if they wish. ijust heard on your news that president abbas is saying that he's ready to take upon himself the gaza strip if it is part of a process which includes the west

bank, and i believe that this is something which is possible. hamas, as ou something which is possible. hamas, as you mentioned, _ something which is possible. hamas, as you mentioned, has _ something which is possible. hamas, as you mentioned, has been - something which is possible. hamas, as you mentioned, has been ruling i as you mentioned, has been ruling gaza since 2007. this is not a fight this group will give up easily, they are supported by his brother, iran, and other groups that are ideologically aligned to that —— hezbollah. is israel fighting a dead end war here? ida. hezbollah. is israel fighting a dead end war here?— hezbollah. is israel fighting a dead end war here? no, i don't think so. it is a difficult — end war here? no, i don't think so. it is a difficult war, _ end war here? no, i don't think so. it is a difficult war, but _ end war here? no, i don't think so. it is a difficult war, but israel- it is a difficult war, but israel can win this war, and they should do that. and what you see here is that people from left and right in israel are supporting this war. they understand what it means to the continuation of the hamas rule in gaza not only for israel, by the way, but also the palestinians themselves who are, many of them do not support hamas today, and they

are suffering under this religious dictatorship. are suffering under this religious dictatorship-— are suffering under this religious dictatorshi. , , i dictatorship. many people, including those in israel, _ dictatorship. many people, including those in israel, support _ dictatorship. many people, including those in israel, support the - dictatorship. many people, including those in israel, support the mission | those in israel, support the mission of the war, but they may not support of the war, but they may not support of the war, but they may not support of the methods. thousands of people have died, including a500 children, and i wonder if you think, as someone who was so initial in peace initiatives, whether israel is going about this in the right way? i must admit that i _ about this in the right way? i must admit that i personally _ about this in the right way? i must admit that i personally find - about this in the right way? i must admit that i personally find myselfi admit that i personally find myself in a very difficult situation. because usually i would say no, let us have a cease—fire and end this war, let us find common denominator and negotiate — but there is nobody to negotiate, home office was never ready for a palestinian state, and they are not talking with us at all, orfor they are not talking with us at all, or for example, they are not talking with us at all, orfor example, like they are not talking with us at all, or for example, like someone with myself. and after what happened on

the 7th of october, the real unbelievable cruelty which is not fully exposed to the world, i don't see any way to deal with them, rather than using power. i hate it, but please, tell me what to do! is there another way to do that? i understand your frustration, but there understand yourfrustration, but there are ways that hamas operates, and these methods that hamas uses contribute to why it is regarded as a terrorist organisation. israel is a terrorist organisation. israel is a nation state and many say it has responsibilities in the way it conducts its military operations and conflicts on the ground, including things avoiding hospitals and targeting civilians. do you think israel is doing enough to protect civilians? ~ ., , �* i, civilians? well, i hope so. i'm not sure 10096. _ civilians? well, i hope so. i'm not sure 10096, but _

civilians? well, i hope so. i'm not sure 10096, but i _ civilians? well, i hope so. i'm not sure 10096, but i hope _ civilians? well, i hope so. i'm not sure 10096, but i hope so, - civilians? well, i hope so. i'm not sure 10096, but i hope so, that. civilians? well, i hope so. i'm notl sure 10096, but i hope so, that this sure 100%, but i hope so, that this government — as you understand, i'm farfrom supporting — it is attentive to the international law, listening to the american administration which is insists upon it, and is doing its best. you know theissue it, and is doing its best. you know the issue of the hospitals is also very delicate, because all the hospitals in gaza are being used by hamas as their main headquarters and some regional headquarters. now you don't want to bombard the hospitals, so you ask the people to evacuate them. evacuating the hospital is not something simple— to evacuate sick people is something one should not applaud. so the question here is, there's a very tight group here in there's a very tight group here in the war in gaza. for example, when you say 11,000 people were killed,

maybe it is true, but many of them are terrorists. in the terrorists are terrorists. in the terrorists are using, for sure, the civilians in gaza as human shields.- are using, for sure, the civilians in gaza as human shields. many of those ma in gaza as human shields. many of these may have — in gaza as human shields. many of those may have been _ in gaza as human shields. many of those may have been terrorists, i in gaza as human shields. many of. those may have been terrorists, but not the children arguably. you talk about human rights, you know the intricacies of that. you talked earlier on about the possibilities of a cease fire, this is a question i've asked to several guests today — who is best placed to be that mediator between hamas and israel? is itjordan, qatar, china, the us? who would you be calling on if you are in government right now? i would not ask anybody _ are in government right now? i would not ask anybody to _ are in government right now? i would not ask anybody to be _ are in government right now? i would not ask anybody to be the _ are in government right now? i would not ask anybody to be the mediator. l not ask anybody to be the mediator. i don't think it is possible to have mediation with hamas. the only issue is releasing the hostages. with them, we have to negotiate on the release of prisoners. the mediator

is apparently qatar, and i understand they are doing whatever they can in order to find a way to release the prisoners. i5 they can in order to find a way to release the prisoners.— they can in order to find a way to release the prisoners. is there any ho -e for release the prisoners. is there any none for a — release the prisoners. is there any none for a two _ release the prisoners. is there any hope for a two state _ release the prisoners. is there any hope for a two state solution? - release the prisoners. is there any l hope for a two state solution? there is no other solution, _ hope for a two state solution? there is no other solution, for _ hope for a two state solution? there is no other solution, for us - hope for a two state solution? there is no other solution, for us or - hope for a two state solution? there is no other solution, for us or the i is no other solution, for us or the palestinians. this government will not go for a two state solution. but i don't think it will prevail politically a day after the war. and then there will be a new government, hopefully a centre, centreleft government which will go for the two state solution. the former prime minister said publicly in the un assembly general, if these parties are returning to power, i believe they will go for the two state

solution. and what is important is that people like myself who talked to leaders of the world in the last few years, about a two state solution — people used to say to me, "with all due respect, how do you see peace once your government, which is a very right one, and the palestinians are divided between hamas and fall talk, and you don't have an address there?" so if hamas is not ruling gaza and if there is a new government in israel, i believe that there is a chance — it's not a must, but i believe it should be a must for both sides to sit together and go for peace. in the big advantage that we are all having is that all the draughts — it's not like the 19905 when i initiated the oslo proce55, like the 19905 when i initiated the oslo process, we did not have a road 05lo process, we did not have a road map for permanent agreement yet. today we have all the solutions. so

it won't take long.— it won't take long. doctor, thank ou ve it won't take long. doctor, thank you very much — it won't take long. doctor, thank you very much for _ it won't take long. doctor, thank you very much for speaking - it won't take long. doctor, thank you very much for speaking to i it won't take long. doctor, thank| you very much for speaking to us 5loppily thank you. let's turn to the future of gaza, whenever the israeli military operation comes to an end. mahmoud abbas, the president of the palestinian authority which controls much of the west bank, says the pa is ready to assume responsibilities in the gaza strip as part of a comprehensive political solution for the occupied west bank, eastjerusalem and gaza. and the us says that the pa should return to govern gaza after the war. hamas took control of gaza in 2007, following a three day siege. salam fayyad is a former prime minister of the palestinian authority. i asked him what he thought of the palestinian authority taking responsibility. quite apart from the issue of whether or not the palestinian authority would be willing to assume this responsibility, the more important question

is whether or not it's going to be able to do it, given the state of weakness it is in, it finds itself in after three decades of failed peace processing, if you will, or some other factors that contributed to this. not to mention the heavy weight, politically speaking, of the ongoing war of aggression taking place right now. all of these factors have chipped away at the pa's viability, and that makes it extremely difficult for the palestinian authority as it is, it's actually impossible, as it is constituted right now to assume that responsibility. when you were prime minister of the palestinian authority, you came up with a two—year plan, a palestinian state, in two years. it must be disappointing that that's not materialised. yeah, that was back in 2009. and the plan actually was about getting ready for statehood in two years. it was our way of signalling to the world that we are tired

of this peace process not delivering on its promise, first when it was supposed to in 1999 and subsequent to that, with that promise actually diminishing with each passing day. so basically, around that time, actually in august 2009, we thought that it was necessary for us palestinians to signal to the world that we are not going to be investing in this any more in the way it has been going. and we wanted to signal our willingness of that fatigue that had set in by, then to say, "we'll be ready for statehood in two years," and that we actually were able to do in less than two years since the launching that plan, we were certified as having the palestinian authority that as having crossed the threshold of readiness for statehood by the united nations, the world bank, and the imf. at an important international meeting in brussels that was held in april of 2011. so in less than two years, we were certified as having

crossed the threshold of readiness for statehood. what did not happen, actually, was the sovereignty component, which we were basically thinking, if we delivered our end of the bargain, which is to get ourselves ready for statehood, the sovereignty was going to be imparted to this entity on the strength of a rejuvenated peace process with active involvement on the part of international community. that said, did not happen. the former prime minister of the palestinian authority. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. bringing you different stories from across the uk. the new concourse looks far from ready. that's because a lot of it is covered up for protection. within a few days, that will change. it's been a huge challenge to build a new airport concourse above an operational railway that's as busy as this — a railway that operates 2a/7 and an airport that works 2a/7.

eight new escalators, five new lifts, for new stairways — this is all about moving more passengers more quickly between the railway and the airport. —— four new stairways. we've really built in accessibility so, for people with reduced mobility and also arriving with luggage or families, just to make the experience much better. a0% of gatwick airport's passengers arrived by train. the ambition is to increase that figure. for more stories from across the uk, head to the bbc news website. you're live with bbc news. the un has appealed for an immediate ceasefire in northern myanmar, where ethnic armed groups launched an offensive the military two weeks ago, seizing territory next to china. it said a pause was crucial to allow aid to reach nearly 50 thousand displaced people.

-- 50,000 —— 50,000 people. china has also urged all parties to stop fighting, saying it will ensure stability at its border. earlier i spoke to dr anna plunkett, from kings college london who's studied myanmar extensively, including spending time with some of the rebel groups. so i think it's a very interesting situation and, as we're seeing, a very fast—developing one, as we can see by the numbers of displaced that are coming up in the — even today, we've seen a jump from 30,000 to a0-50,000, up to 90,000. so this is a very quickly progressing situation, and getting the information has been very difficult. so really, what's happened over the last few weeks, since late october, is that the brotherhood alliance — these three armed groups in the northern shan state — have launched operation 1027, which has sought to take control of important border points and towns in northern shan state between the myanmar military and china, trying to disrupt the trade and very important finances that come from china to support the militaryjunta as it is right now. and so they've been able to take control of four separate towns,

100 military outposts and several very important roads that really link these trade posts between china and the central part of myanmar�*s government. and we can see the impact that is having on the myanmar military and the regime that's been in since 2021 in what the myanmar military have done over the last few days. so in the last few days, we've seen the junta convene its first national security meeting since the coup, bringing together all of the main security bodies to try and discuss what best to do about the situation. and we've also seen them trying to bring in the recruits and their reservist forces to try and bring together forces to resolve this issue of this escalation of violence in northern shan state. and one of the challenges we can see with that is the fact that this is part of a much broader context of violence in myanmar, with continuing pro—democracy protests and other insurgent movements occurring in other parts of the borderlands,

as well as myanmar is mostly very spread at the moment. you talk about an escalation of violence. we're talking about a conflict which has already seen many hundreds of people killed, thousands displaced. it feels like it can't get much worse. how bleak is the picture? i think when we look at myanmar, we need to take into account the protracted nature of the conflict. a lot of what we've been looking at recently, what's come out recently is this idea is has myanmar been in a civil war for the last three years and is it failing? and is it going to really continue to go down this path of escalating violence towards civil war? and i think, in taking a step back and looking at myanmar�*s history — this is a country that's been at war for the last 60 years — obviously, we've seen major escalations in kachin state since 2011 and then with the rakhine crisis, the rohingya crisis since 2017. and so the picture is quite bleak in terms of understanding the ability of the myanmar military to launch very violent and very impactful campaigns on their populations, especially in these borderlands. but i think what we can see here is this is seen as a massive success for the pro—democracy movement and the exile government have massively supported it.

and so i think now it's a matter of seeing how long can it last? is it sustainable? can the rebels hold these these important outposts in these important areas of military control or not? prince harry has been given permission to take the publisher of the daily mail and the mail on sunday to trial, claiming his privacy was breached by private investigators. and he's not alone — he's one of seven celebrities and prominent people, including sir eltonjohn and his partner, david furnish, and the actress liz hurley, who say the same happened to them. they've accused associated newspapers of hiring private detectives to bug their homes, cars, and phones. here's our home affairs correspondent tom symonds. morning! cameras click this case began in the spring with relatively dry legal arguments, so it was a surprise when the duke of sussex unexpectedly turned up. so did baroness lawrence, mother of murdered stephen. her allegations are among the most striking from this high—profile group.

they allege journalists paid private investigators for bugging cars and phones, hacking voicemail messages, paying police officials and obtaining medical and financial records. the law says they should have claimed within six years, and these allegations go back decades, so associated newspapers wanted the judge to throw them out, but the seven said they'd never realised they had a case. one reason? 12 years ago, at the leveson public inquiry, the daily mail editor paul dacre denied his papers were involved in unlawful activities including phone hacking. i can be as confident as any editor, having made extensive inquiries into his newspapers�* practices and held an inquiry, that phone hacking was not practised by the mail on sunday or the daily mail. thejudge, mrjustice nicklin, said that the seven claimants have a "real prospect" of proving that associated newspapers concealed its activities in the past, preventing them from taking legal action.

now, the seven do still have to prove that but they will now get the chance to do so in a trial at court, probably next year. associated newspapers�* response... potentially crucial evidence could include mail newspaper records of payments to private investigators. but they were passed confidentially to the leveson inquiry and thejudge ruled they should remain confidential. it's really ironic that the daily mail, which is a newspaper which has often called for transparency from organisations and people in all other walks of life, have gone so far to try and restrict the information that's accessible to the claimants in this case. it's now likely that prince harry will be back in court next year. love you, harry!

tom symonds, bbc news. and there's much more on that story in the bbc news website in bbc news app. a coroner has ruled that the death of a couple in egypt was caused by carbon monoxide poisoning. john cooper, who was 69 years old, and susan, who are 63, or staying john cooper, who was 69 years old, and susan, who are 63, orstaying in and susan, who are 63, orstaying in a hotel on the red sea coast in august 2018. they died after the next door hotel was sprayed with pacified to kill bedbugs. after the ruling, theirfamily pacified to kill bedbugs. after the ruling, their family gave this reaction. �* ., ruling, their family gave this reaction. �* i, i, ruling, their family gave this reaction. �* ., . , . , reaction. after more than five years of waitini , reaction. after more than five years of waiting, we've _ reaction. after more than five years of waiting, we've been _ reaction. after more than five years of waiting, we've been given - reaction. after more than five years| of waiting, we've been given closure today on the cause of mum and dads death. no matter what the outcome today brought to, nothing could make up today brought to, nothing could make up for the pain and loss we've felt since that day. to go out on a

family holiday, full of the joys and excitement, spending quality time together, to then be faced with a heart—rending event that happened will never be forgotten. to this day, ourfamilies struggle will never be forgotten. to this day, our families struggle to comprehend what happened. it should never have been allowed to happen. the last few years have been the most traumatic and emotional time for all of us involved. while time has moved on, it stood still for our family because of the many unanswered questions we have had. there is now a huge void in our lives, and i don't think we will everfully come to lives, and i don't think we will ever fully come to terms with losing them the way that we did. they were both fit and healthy. having to relive everything at the inquest has been harrowing, but it was something

we had to do for mum and dad. the cause of death can now be concluded. as carbon monoxide poisoning, it's brought out many emotions and will take me time to process and come to terms with. whilst i must look at this as a positive outcome that we do finally have an answer, it's extremely difficult to digest. to lose two healthy people going on holiday, to never be taken away from us and not return is wrong. our family has been broken. surgeons in new york have _ family has been broken. surgeons in new york have completed the - family has been broken. surgeons in new york have completed the first l new york have completed the first complete eye transplant. part of an

operation to rebuild his face after an electric shock. sean dilley has this report. this is a medicalfirst. aaronjames is the first human recipient of a whole transplanted eye. they told me, they said, "honestly, we never expected it to make it to the transplant, you know?" i mean, never expected it to work at all. and they told me that from the get—go. but just the fact that it's allowed blood flowing through it, i mean, you know, that's... ..that�*s the first step. surgeons here in new york spent 21 hours removing part of their donor's face and left eye, including the optic nerve, then skillfully grafting them on to their patient. this is a day that could so easily have never come for aaron james. the a6—year—old electrical worker from arkansas suffered life—changing injuries injune 2021 after his face contacted a 7,200 volt live wire.

the accident cost him his left arm, nose, lips, front teeth and left eye, as well as his chin and part of his cheek. do you have any pain at all? no. it's been six months since the experimental surgery. so far, the transplanted eye sees nothing, but surgeons are positive about what this means for the future. well, i'm pretty impressed with what we're seeing this early on. at this point, the mere fact that the eye is alive and looks healthy is pretty special. for aaronjames, the cosmetic benefits are plain for others to see, even if his new left eye can't. but doctors say the first whole human eye transplant offers real hope that what they've learned here could one day restore sight to those who cannot see. sean dilley, bbc news. there's much more on that and all our other stories on the bbc news

website and news app. stay tuned, gareth is coming up with the context. bye—bye. hello. some of us are set to start the weekend with a touch of frost and some fog patches, and where that fog does develop, it could be quite slow to clear. saturday should be a mostly dry day with some sunshine. things change a bit on remembrance sunday with some outbreaks of rain in places. now, as we head through the rest of this evening and tonight, we will continue to see some showers here and there, but most of those will fade. clear spells, the winds are falling lighter. that will allow some fog patches to develop, and it will also allow temperatures to drop. —1 there, for example, in the centre of glasgow. some places will get colder than that, and widely we will be quite close to freezing. so, into saturday morning, we will find ourselves in this gap between weather systems, and that means quite a lot of dry weather.

but with those fog patches early on, some of which could be slow to clear, particularly across parts of northern england, northern ireland and scotland. the few showers just peppering eastern coast, but otherwise it is a fine—looking day, and for most, there should be quite a lot of sunshine. temperatures — seven degrees in glasgow, 12 in cardiff and plymouth, maybe 13 in the channel islands. but through the late afternoon and the evening, we will bring some heavy rain in across the channel islands and into the far south—west of england. in association with a frontal system, in fact a few different frontal systems starting to push in from the atlantic, but still with a bit of uncertainty about the timing. the further north and east you are, though, northern england and scotland, sunday is a likely to start with a lot of mist and murk and some fog patches. some of that fog slow to clear. so if you are off to any commemorations at 11am, scotland could well be decidedly murky, decidedly cold as well. and into this mix of mist and murk in northern england, we are likely to bring some outbreaks of rain. showery rain for wales

and southern england, unlikely to be raining all the time, but there certainly is the chance. that rain also affecting northern ireland and then pushing a little further north—eastwards through the day. if it stays dry across scotland, it's also likely to stay quite murky and decidedly chilly. but milder towards the south—west of england. and things will turn milderfor all of us into the start of the new week. as frontal systems push in from the atlantic, outbreaks of rain, perhaps some brisk winds at times, but temperatures up to around 1a—15 celsius in places. it mayjust turn a little bit drier as we head towards the end of the week.

hello, i'm gareth barlow. you're watching the context on bbc news. translation: we were staying on the fifth floor, and then - we found bombs falling on us. my niece was killed. translation: we have over 60 patients in intensive care, - 50 babies in incubators and 500 patients on dialysis. they can't be treated anywhere else in gaza. we are staying here with the injured and the displaced. translation: the army has started employing new methods _ against those inside the tunnels and to destroy the tunnels. all our forces are working to find unique solutions. military control of the territory is just the first step, and the closer israel gets to its dual goals, the more delicate this operation becomes.

hello and welcome. on the context — hospitals in gaza in the crossfire. we'll get the latest from on the ground and assess how israel's military objectives — as it tries to wipe out hamas — can be achieved within international humanitarian law. the un security council meets again to discuss the israel—hamas war. so far, it's failed to agree on a resolution. we'll be live in new york to assess the prospects of a breakthrough. among israel's top targets is hamas's yahya sinwar, described by israel as a "dead man walking". we'll find out who he is and assess his significance within hamas. and as london's police gear up for a major pro—palestinian protest in the capital on saturday, we explore the clash between politics and policing.

the international committee of the red cross has warned that