hello, i'm rich preston. welcome to the programme. the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has again vowed to eradicate hamas. speaking in the last couple of hours, he said israeli would not stop until it won the war and brought back the hostages. mr netanyahu said israeli forces had killed thousands of hamas terrorists near the al—shifa hospital and they had lost their stronghold in that area. he also warned the lebanese group hezbollah not to make a mistake and start a war. translation: the war against hamas, isis, is going full force _ and it has one objective — to win. there is nothing other than a victory. we will eradicate hamas and we will bring back our hostages. we're also prepared on the northern

front and we're working there very strongly from the air and on the ground. and i warn hezbollah, do not make that mistake and start a war, because it'll be the mistake of your lives. the moment you start a war, this will decide on the destiny of lebanon. we're working and fighting on additional fronts against terror, against the proxy, against its terrorists in syria, the red sea, lebanon — wherever needed. benjamin netanyahu mentioned gaza's largest hospital, al—shifa. in the past couple of hours, the israeli military has said that it will assist in the evacuation of babies. the idf�*s chief spokesman, rear admiral daniel hagari, said the decision was taken following a request from the hospital administration. a surgeon had earlier sent

the bbc a voice note saying they had run out of water, food and electricity. israel has repeatedly accused hamas of operating from tunnels underneath the hospital — hamas denies that. lucy williamson sent this report from jerusalem. gaza's main hospital is now the eye of this military storm. staff here say they've been under constant fire for the past 2a hours. the dead trapped here, along with the living. we would like to bury their bodies. we tried yesterday to make a big grave in shifa hospital, mass grave, but the israelis attacked all the caterpillar who arrived to shifa hospital. we don't want to have any outbreaks due to these dead bodies who are outside the main refrigerator. one doctor there said patients were so frightened, some left with serious injuries untreated. the hospital lost power yesterday. doctors without borders has accused the israeli military of signing

the death warrant of civilians trapped in al—shifa. shooting and bombardment everywhere. you hear it at every second here around the shifa hospital. and no—one can get out from the shifa hospital, and the people who tried this morning to evacuate from the hospital, they have been shooted. elsewhere, doctors report carrying out surgery by the light of mobile phones. they say the lack of electricity is threatening the lives of newborn babies and those in intensive care. some, they say, have already died. loud blast israel says its ground offensive has so far captured ii hamas bases. it says its enemy hides behind hospitals like al—shifa, but that it's not targeting the complex. translation: there is no shooting at the hospital i and there is no siege. the east side of the hospital remains open. additionally, we coordinate with anyone who wants to leave the hospital safely.

a few miles from gaza, soldiers reconnect with parents who themselves fought here in similar wars. some of the soldiers gathering for a weekend break here lost friends and comrades in the hamas attack. they're now under growing pressure from israel's public and politicians to finish their mission. israel's leaders are facing questions over the plan for gaza once the military operation ends. this family has sent three generations to fight in israel's army. the shabbat family picnic, snatched on the roadside, has become a tradition of its own. the father, yaron, said israelis didn't want to fight, but that they and their neighbours were like fire and water. the talk here in israel is often a call for peace, backlit by the sounds of war. lucy williamson, bbc news, southern israel. i spoke to our correspondent rushdi abualouf in khan younis in gaza's south, who gave me

the latest on the fighting there. the situation remain the same, very tense situation around the al—shifa hospital. this is the biggest medical centre for the entire of gaza strip. and the fighting was intensified around the hospital with thousands of people still trapped inside, people who are fleeing from nearby refugee camps, taking the hospital as shelter, there were about 50,000 people. but now, the number i think is down to less than 10,000, according to some people who are inside the hospital. most of them left when the corridor was opened. today, the situation was very dangerous throughout the day, so leaving the hospital was quite risky, but very few people who made it out of the hospital here in khan younis, thousands of people continue to take this journey through salah al—din road into the southern area, the area that israel asked

1.2 million people to go south. very few of them were from shifa hospital. i met someone here who spent the night last night in the hospital, who described the situation to me that it was really tense, there was a lot of shooting, a lot of bombing, air strikes around the hospital, and also the people who are trapped inside are suffering from the lack of food, medicine and water. how much is there in terms of supplies on the ground for these people who are travelling to the south? look, most of the 500 or 600 trucks allowed from egypt through this humanitarian corridor were focused on the south, because now, more than 85% of the population are in the south of wadi gaza. and also the people who are trapped inside, are suffering but the people who are really suffering the most, those who are still in gaza city and the north, about 200,000 people,

they estimated, of people who are still in the area, the focus of the israeli ground operation in the north and in gaza city, those are not getting any of the aid coming from egypt. most of the aid is helping the people who are in the south, who are also struggling. we have seen people here in the hospital, hundreds of people, thousands of people, sleeping on the ground, begging water, begging food and waiting for more aid to come in. what is allowed is considered from the point of palestinian view as a drop in the ocean, and they need a sustainable humanitarian corridor that allows hundreds of trucks every day to be able to help. there have been weeks of intense diplomatic talks looking for a solution out of the israel—gaza war. israel is facing an increasing amount of pressure to show restraint, even from the us, which staunchly backed israel from the beginning of this conflict.

for more on this, we go live now to washington, where i'm joined by dan arbell, former senior israel diplomat and scholar—in—residence at the centre for israeli studies at the american university. thank you very much for being with us. we heard earlier on prime minister benjamin netanyahu speaking in a press conference, staunchly defending his country's military activity. meanwhile, we are seeing arab and muslim and many other leaders calling for diplomacy. is israel going to listen?— leaders calling for diplomacy. is israel going to listen? listening to the prime minister _ israel going to listen? listening to the prime minister tonight - israel going to listen? listening to the prime minister tonight and - israel going to listen? listening to the prime minister tonight and to | the prime minister tonight and to israeli public opinion, i do believe that israel will continue with his ground operation until it achieves its goals of destroying hamas military infrastructure, targeting its leadership and seeking the

release of israeli hostages. i don't think israel's going to heed the calls at this time, by the international community to opt for a cease—fire. there was a cease—fire in october the 6th before it all started, which was briefed by hamas. israel is determined to push ahead, as i see it, despite international calls for a cease—fire until it achieves its goals. in calls for a cease-fire until it achieves its goals. in israel, -ushina achieves its goals. in israel, pushing ahead, _ achieves its goals. in israel, pushing ahead, civilians - achieves its goals. in israel, pushing ahead, civilians are| achieves its goals. in israel, - pushing ahead, civilians are harmed, including more than 4,00 children since the start of this action. —— 4,000. do you think israel is doing enough to protect civilians? i5 4,000. do you think israel is doing enough to protect civilians? is a ureat enough to protect civilians? is a great tragedy — enough to protect civilians? i3 —. great tragedy and i enough to protect civilians? i3 5. great tragedy and i do enough to protect civilians? i3 5 great tragedy and i do believe that israel is doing its utmost to protect civilians. i do hear that first of all, there are... the idea is ensuring safe passage into north to the south. also in touch with

different elements in the shifah hospital to ensure the exit towards southern gaza. it very complex and in a war situation in which it's very hard to... when you operate... but i do believe israel is doing its utmost to protect civilians. this is a hiuhl utmost to protect civilians. this is a highly complex _ utmost to protect civilians. this is a highly complex situation. - utmost to protect civilians. this is a highly complex situation. israel| a highly complex situation. israel has accused hamas of using civilians as human shields, it's accused hamas of using tunnels underneath hospitals. but thomas is considered by many to be a terrorist organisation. —— hamas. israel is a nation state. it is expected to hold itself to higher standards. do you think it is doing enough to hold

itself to those high standards? first of all, providing the shifah hospital, we need to remember this was revealed by several sources, including bbc, that there is hamas headquarters underneath the hospital. hamas is using palestinians as human shields around the hospital. and so, it's very, very... and its threatened by hamas and whoever tries to leave. i do believe they are using innocent civilians to protect its headquarters. second, israel is a state and it's facing a non—state actor which attacked it on october the 7th without any provocation, so israel is responding and conducting a war as we speak. in a war, unfortunately, there is collateral damage, and often innocent civilians are hurt. as far as i assess the situation, i think israel's

addressing this matter and up trying, not targeting innocent civilians and definitely trying to ensure the safe passage of as many palestinians as it can from the north to the south of the gaza strip. north to the south of the gaza stri -. �* . north to the south of the gaza stri. �* . ., north to the south of the gaza strip. benjamin netanyahu has also addressed hezbollah. _ strip. benjamin netanyahu has also addressed hezbollah. he's- strip. benjamin netanyahu has also addressed hezbollah. he's warned l addressed hezbollah. he's warned that they are playing a dangerous game potentially getting involved in this conflict and has warned that beirut could face a similar fate to gaza. how serious are you about the sides bringing lebanon into the fold? it sides bringing lebanon into the fold? ., , �* , ., ., fold? it doesn't seem that hezbollah wants an active _ fold? it doesn't seem that hezbollah wants an active front _ fold? it doesn't seem that hezbollah wants an active front with _ fold? it doesn't seem that hezbollah wants an active front with israel. - wants an active front with israel. but a lot will defend on ironic because it calls the shots when it comes to hezbollah. if you gets its orders from iran to go on the

attack, it may do so. what we're seeing now is a low intensity confrontation, but it's not crossing a red line at the moment. but any provocation or miscalculation by any of the sides good lead to an escalation if it's not contained properly. escalation if it's not contained --roerl . escalation if it's not contained --roerl. ~ , ., , ., properly. dan arbell, former senior israeli diplomat _ properly. dan arbell, former senior israeli diplomat at _ properly. dan arbell, former senior israeli diplomat at the _ properly. dan arbell, former senior israeli diplomat at the centre - properly. dan arbell, former senior israeli diplomat at the centre for i israeli diplomat at the centre for israeli diplomat at the centre for israeli studies, thank you very much for being with us. in the last few minutes, police have given an update about violence at the pro—palestinian march in london. 126 people were arrested and nine police officers were injured. most of those arrested were right—wing counter protesters. in the statement, police described them as "intoxicated, aggressive and clearly looking for confrontation". today's march was the biggest rally of its kind since the start of the israel—hamas war. it followed days of controversy about the march taking place on armistice day, and comments from the home secretary, suella braverman, who claimed the police were biased in favour of pro—palestinian demonstrators.

here's our home editor, mark easton. despite, or perhaps because, government ministers were encouraging people to stay away, this afternoon's pro—palestinian march brought more than 300,000 people onto the streets of central london — easily the largest protest since the current israel—gaza conflict began. it's 11. "it's 11," says one demonstrator, as groups marked the armistice with a two—minute silence. quite a number of protesters were wearing poppies. it's an important day to remember those who died, but amongst them were 10,000 palestinians whojoined the british army. the atmosphere as the rally began was relaxed and good—natured, but from early in the day, police have been concerned about what they categorised as a right—wing counter protest. there were scuffles a short distance from the cenotaph. 4—5,000, maybe more. the met commissioner sir mark rowley paid a visit

to his command team as riot squads in the field worked to keep the two protest groups apart. here in the met police's operations centre, officers are monitoring every aspect of the protest and they've got fixed cameras. and also, they've got evidence gatherers, officers on the ground, who are taking pictures they can beam back live from the scene so the commanders here can decide where to deploy and when to arrest. we watched as the senior commanders instructed their teams in the field to arrest some of the counter—protesters. from what we can see, they came intent on confrontation, intent on violence and intent on causing trouble. we've made a number of arrests within the counter protests, including for possession of a knife, possession of a baton, possession of class a drugs and assault on an emergency worker. siren wails as police were rounding up the far right demonstrators, the mayor of london, sadiq khan, claimed the home secretary suella braverman�*s criticism of the met had emboldened

the far right groups. across the whole footprint, we're monitoring very closely if anyone is committing offences, either within the main march or within the counter protest. police have arrested around a dozen pro—palestinian demonstrators, allegedly for making anti—semitic chants or showing support for hamas — a proscribed terrorist group. the main march is now dispersing, but officers are keeping a close eye on smaller breakaway groups with darkness having fallen across the capital. mark easton, bbc news, central london. 0ur news correspondent frances reid has been at the american embassy, where the protest finished. i spoke to her earlier on. mostly everyone has now dispersed. i can see behind me at the moment we've got quite a big

police presence at the moment. so, we did just see a big group of police actually come down the road here in front of the embassy. they were wearing helmets and protective gear and they've now gone back up the route where the demonstrators came from in the first place. the vast majority of demonstrators, i have to say, have now dispersed. there are still a few people here who police are speaking to at the side of the road. there's a far larger police presence now, i think, than there was earlier. frances, 300,000 people, more than 100 arrests, much of those arrests have been concentrated in particular areas. have there been many scuffles where you are at the israeli embassy, at the us embassy? no, there have not been many scuffles. they've just been people peacefully protesting. there are still some people around here. i've not seen any scuffles personally here. it has been more of a family feel throughout the day. obviously, it's been daylight, now it's getting into night—time. there are more people here now that i think police will be moving on relatively soon. but so far, no scuffles.

and frances, talk to us about what some of the people who you've been talking to have been saying there today. why have they felt it's necessary to come out today? we've seen a slogan that said, "peace for palestine, peace for israel, peace for the world." and i think that's what people here wanted to do. they wanted to mark armistice day as well. some people were wearing poppies as well as carrying palestinian flags as well. so, i think that was what they wanted to get across, that they wanted it to be a peaceful demonstration. and largely, there are people, as you can see behind me, who are still protesting, still holding up slogans and things like that. but it has been largely peaceful. francis read there. the protest in london sparked a tense week at the height of government — home secretary suella braverman is facing calls to be sacked after an article she wrote

in which she accused the police of bias and playing favourites by treating pro—palestinian marches differently to demonstrations by right—wing groups. the prime minister rishi sunak issued a statement earlier. he would on to say... he went on to say...

earlier on, i spoke to helen catt, who talked me through the prime minister's statement. he's put out a statement condemning what he says are the "violent, wholly unacceptable scenes that we've seen today from the edl and associated groups". that's the english defence league and then the far—right protesters, they were talking about the scenes that we saw near the cenotaph. but also, he said he condemns those he refers to as "hamas sympathisers" who attended the national march for palestine. and he talks about remembrance weekend and how this is a time for us all to come together as a nation and remember those who fought and died for our freedoms. he says, "the actions that we've seen utterly disrespects the honour of our armed forces". but he is absolutely clear that he is equally and evenhandedly criticising those who he calls

"the edl thugs who were attacking police officers and trespassing on the cenotaph," but also "those who were singing anti—semitic chants and brandishing pro—hamas signs and clothing on today's pro—palestine march". so he is addressing both of those equally. as you've said, others have been talking about, in particular the far—right disturbances and the sort of violent scenes that we saw there and pointing the finger at the home secretary and her rhetoric from earlier in the week, and saying that they believe that she is responsible for that. they were already, of course, before she published her article, plans for far—right protests. but it's certainly true that what we've seen today have been far bigger in scale than previous far right counter—protests. as the march itself, the pro—palestinian march was much bigger, and those have been, whereas before those sort of demonstrations,

counter—demonstrations were static. today, they've been moving around. so, rishi sunak goes on to say "that he will be meeting "the metropolitan police commissioner in the coming days, "that all criminality must be met with the full "and swift force of the law". he says that's what he told the met police commissioner when he met him on wednesday. "and that," he says, "is what they are accountable for and what i expect". tomorrow is it remember it's sunday. as we've heard, a two—minute silence has been held across the uk to mark armistice day, the end of the first world war. —— remembrance sunday. at the cenotaph in london, hundreds of military veterans formed a square around the memorial to the war dead. here's helena wilkinson on this morning's ceremony. at the cenotaph in london, the focus of the nation's remembrance. they gathered to remember those who've served and sacrificed, marking the end of the first world war on the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month. big ben chimes

after the two minutes' silence, wreaths were carefully placed at the foot of the monument. then, the poem "perhaps" by vera brittain,

who was a nurse in the first world war, was read. perhaps some day the sun will shine again and i shall see that still the skies are blue, and feel once more i do not live in vain although i feel bereft of you. this evening, the king and queen will attend the festival of remembrance at the royal albert hall ahead of tomorrow's remembrance sunday service. helena wilkinson, bbc news. a reminder of our top story — prime minister benjamin netanyahu has used a televised address to say that his troops will continue with their operations inside gaza until the war is over, until they have achieved their goals of destroying hamas. he called on arab leaders to play their part in dismantling the hamas network. much more on all those

stories on the bbc news website. do stay with us. hello. we're starting off on a cold and frosty note. a big change taking place with the weather �*s and we'll see rain and cloud spilling through the course of the day. some of the rain will be fairly heavyin some of the rain will be fairly heavy in places. cold, frosty and foggy with some sunshine across northern and eastern areas. there could bejust sunshine across northern and eastern areas. there could be just a few showers peppering northeastern coast of scotland into northern isles, but most places will the sunshine.

northern ireland into wales, the midlands, southern and western parts of england will start to cloudy and wet. it looks pretty damp here for remembrance sunday. that area of cloud and rain will continue to move its way northwards. we'll see some brightness, but even here, we have a new... cold across northern and eastern areas. it's northern and eastern areas. it's northern and eastern scotland which will hold on to the sunshine. with cloudy skies, it'll be less cold, but it turns out much wetter and windier across england and wales and northern ireland towards the end of the night and very mild here —12—14 degrees. less cold across the north. i don't think we should see any frost. this renewed area of low pressure could cause some issues. we've already got a yellow rain warning for northern

ireland. he could see gales even severe, around the irish sea. that rain pushes its way northwards into scotland through the afternoon. it brightens up for northern ireland. could see one or two showers around, but it will be the temperatures you'll notice. 12—15 degrees, even 8-11 you'll notice. 12—15 degrees, even 8—11 degrees across scotland. it is remain unsettled as we move through the new week with areas of low pressure bringing more unwelcome rainfall. the signs of it turning a little bit drier and brighterfor many areas by the end of the week.

this is bbc news — the headlines. israel's prime minister — benjamin netanyahu — has given an address — in which he said his government's objective is still to eradicate hamas. speaking on israeli television — mr netanyahu also warned the lebanese group — hezbollah — not to make a mistake and start a war. the situation in hospitals in gaza is becoming increasingly desperate — as israeli forces continue their offensive against hamas. at gaza's biggest hospital — al—shifa — doctors have warned that patients are at risk of dying. the israeli military now says it'll evacuate babies to a "safer hospital" on sunday. an estimated 300,000 people have marched through central london calling for a ceasefire in gaza.

it's believed to be the biggest such demonstration in britain since the israel—hamas war broke out. around 2000 officers were deployed — and police say they've arrested more than 120 people they describe as counter—protesters. the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu has again vowed to eradicate hamas. he said israeli forces had killed thousands of hamas militants near the al—shifa hospital. a surgeon at that hospital had earlier sent the bbc a voicenote saying they had run out of water, food and electricity. israel has repeatedly accused hamas of operating from tunnels underneath the hospital. hamas denies that. i wasjoined earlier by behnam ben teleblu a senior fellow at the foundation for defense of democracies who shared his evaluation on israel's ground operation. well, it's clear that both the ground operation and what we supported from the air

is designed to get as many hamas strongholds, as many bases as possible, as well as detect or nullify or defang as many of their long—range strike capabilities. the rockets, the drones and even some of the closer range capabilities like anti—tank weapons that the israelis are facing, the more they come further and further into land in northern gaza. i've seen multiple reports confirming what your earlier report said about the 11 so—odd hamas spaces. i find that number, i assume that number is going to grow significantly from the double into the triple digits if israel is successful in its tactical and operational aims in the gaza strip. much of gaza city, we can see pictures on our screen now, and indeed much of the north of the territory has been heavily hit by israeli air strikes. how far is israel going to go? is it going to completely flatten the entire territory? i don't think there's talk of flattening the territory at all. i think much of the military challenges that that come from or are secondary

to the political goal, and the strategic goal of either defending hamas or removing the ability to govern or taking away these long—range strike capabilities. much of that will be based on how effectively can they close those tunnels that bring in men, that bring in munitions. much will depend on any information they glean from hamas leaders or hamas operatives that they capture, as well as what is in the stockpiles in the hamas bases that they get. so one wonders how much further south they'll be able to go. i actually think that the operation will continue southward. the question is, it really depends on what is the utility of the information, and what do they assume is left in the hamas arsenal as both refugees flee southward, as well as hamas fighters. meanwhile, to israel's north, a firm message from mr netanyahu warning hezbollah against increasing its involvement, saying that beirut could see the same fate as gaza city. how much of a risk is there that hezbollah will up its ante?

well, israel has been in a very difficult balancing act, but one fortunately bolstered by washington, which creates both positive and negative kind of signalling issues for the jewish state there. because on the one hand, they're trying to respond to the multiple cross—border attacks lebanese hezbollah has engaged in via drones, be it anti—tank weapons or selective rocket fire that actually has killed israeli civilians on the north side, despite some of the cities in the north being evacuated. 0n the other hand, the israelis don't just want to absorb. they need to push back enough so that hezbollah knows that it doesn't have a free hand to join the fight to create a multi—front offensive and to potentially lead to a third lebanon war. interestingly, both israel and iran face a catch—22 here. iran's proxy, hezbollah in lebanon, was not created to bail out palestinian terror groups. it was created to put a permanent shiv in the side of thejewish state and prevent any overt kinetic military action. so as much as netanyahu is looking to deter lebanese hezbollah, we also have to understand why

lebanese hezbollah is not acting fully yet, and that has to do with the calculations of their patron in tehran. you are joining us from washington. is there a risk of israel losing its vital support in the form of its us ally? no, not necessarily. some may read a little too much into some of the messaging trips that secretary of state blinken, antony blinken, has had when he's come into the region talking about the need for these really to actually continue the operation and then the amended or edited language about the operational pauses, pauses which we know come in hours at a time while israeli troops still face multi—directional fire in gaza. i think it's a bit of a tightrope for washington, but it's one certainly that the united states understands, given, of course, the outsized terrorist threat to it and its interest. lest we forget, perhaps it's wise to broaden out the picture here, iran backed proxies in iraq and syria have struck the us positions there upwards of 40—50 times as long as this operation in gaza has gone on.

earlier, i spoke to ibrahim assalia, a british national who recently made it throught the rafah crossing from gaza into egypt. he told me what it was like being trapped in the conflict zone. it's nightmare for everyone, for every child. british national or palestinian national. the situation is very hard, very tough. it's not like a normal war. i can describe it as a science fiction film, which turned to be real. it's reality. that's what my own words were, what i can i can say. when you and your family got to the rafah crossing, how touch and go was it as to whether you would actually get out of gaza? actually, i'm from the north jabalya, which is the city north of gaza.

and my main issue, my main problem was how to move south, according to requests by the israeli military to move to south. upon the request of the foreign office and the israeli army, they asked foreign nationals to leave couple of times through a safe corridor, called safe corridor through salahi. actually me, my family and other british nationals, we made our way through to to the south three times on three occasions. first one, the border was closed. second one closed, we returned back. third one, we were shelled, actually, by israeli tanks. the convoy of the british nationals was shelled and they fired bullets. and i left my car with the family, i escaped miraculously. it was a miracle. and, actually, my car was hit. the luggage, my laptops,

my children laptops burned. i left my laptop in the car. my car, all gone. the fourth time i was successful, actually, me and my family, and i took this decision to go with thousands of people who evacuated the north to the south. that was two days ago. sorry. that was, yes, before yesterday. yes. and yeah, i mean, iwent through a very difficult time, me and my family. but we made it finally to the south, and after that through rafah crossing. the israeli defence minister has warned the lebanese armed movement hezbollah that what israel is doing in gaza it can do in beirut. it comes as the leader of the hezbollah, hassan nasrallah, gave a speech in which he said his group had used new types of weapons and struck new targets in israel in recent days. hezbollah is, like hamas, listed as a terrorist organisation by many governments including

the us and uk. it is backed financially by iran more now on the israel—gaza war summit in saudi arabia. the final statement from the emergency summit called for an immediate ceasefire in gaza as well as for humanitarian aid to be allowed into the territory and for a freeze on arms exports to israel. during the summit, the palestinian president, mahmoud abbas, demanded that the us should act to stop what he called israeli aggression against gaza. translation: we hold - the united states of america, which has the greatest influence on israel, responsible for the absence of a political solution. we call on them to halt the israeli aggression, and work on ending the israeli occupation of our land and people and sanctities. and here's what saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin salman had to say. translation: the kingdom |

affirms its categorical rejection of the continued aggression and forced displacement of the people of gaza. we are witnessing a humanitarian catastrophe which demonstrates the failure of the security council and the international community. earlier i spoke to the bbc�*s security correspondent frank gardner. i began by asking him just who was at this summit. pretty much everybody from 57 islamic nations, including all the arab league countries, and that includes some pretty strange bedfellows. this is saudi arabia, and yet its historic rival in this region, iran, sent its president, ebrahim raisi, and, really, this was a tale of two halves. you had countries such as iran, syria, algeria, pushing for concrete punitive measures to not so much to punish israel but to punish israel's backers, primarily the united states. some were calling for the closure of american bases in the region. for an end to the overflight rights

of israel over arab countries. for a severing of diplomatic relations with israel, and places like bahrain, the uae, all of that was refused. what we have had, and i have been listening to the communques and talking to ministers, is a really resounding condemnation not only of israel's actions in gaza but those who support it, those who give it the green light, in their words. i would say this summit isn't so much aimed at israel, it's aimed at the united states. there have been a lot of accusations of double standard saying, "look, "the west is a very quick to condemn russia for its killing "of civilians in ukraine, but has been pretty muted about what's going on in gaza," and the saudi foreign minister, for example, he, who is after all the us ally, and saudi arabia is a close strategic and defence partner in the united states, he said, "maybe it's time actually for a complete review

of security "of the way the un does its business, because "the un security council, he said, had failed in its responsibility to hold israel to account. frank, briefly, is the us likely to pay attention to what these islamic leaders are saying? i think it will, because the white house and us state department are already really uncomfortable at the way this war has been conducted, far deeper and further in more damaging than they expected. yes, i think this is united message. 0k, there might not be any concrete punitive measures against the us, but this is a measure, this is a communique and a strong message coming from a quarter of the un's members. they probably will take notice of that. will it change anything? who knows? it could just be long on words, short on action.

the french president, emmanuel macron, has told the bbc that israel must stop killing babies, women and the elderly in gaza. in an interview at the elysee palace, he said israel had the right to respond to hamas's attack, but warned that the country could not fight terrorism by killing innocent civilians. he spoke to our europe editor katya adler. we clearly condemn this terrorist attack and terrorist group and recognise the right of israel to protect itself and react. but, day one, we say that this reaction and the fight against terrorism, because it is led by a democracy, should be compliant with international rules, rule of war and humanitarian international law. and day after day, what we saw is a permanent bombing of civilians in gaza. we worked very hard to try to protect people, our people there, because unhappily we lost more

than 40 french nationals and we still have hostages. and when i speak about it first, i think about our families. but what happened during the past weeks is that we clearly saw that a lot of civilians were killed. and there is no justification for that. and the clear conclusion of everybody yesterday during the humanitarian conference, from united nations to ngos to all the governments being present, is that there is no other solution than first a humanitarian pause going to a ceasefire which will allow to protect these people, to take care of people being in hospitals and to protect babies, ladies, old people, all the civilians having nothing to deal with these terrorists. and i think it's very important to say the whole story.

but i think this is the only solution we have. this ceasefire. because it's impossible to explain, we want to fight against terrorism by killing innocent people. as you say, president macron, you've been very clear right from the beginning about israel's right to defend itself. you've talked about the fight against terrorism needing to be merciless is the word you used, but not without rules. and you've just referred that to the high loss of civilian life in gaza. you've got the united nations secretary general saying gaza is turning into a graveyard for children. do you think israel is respecting those rules, the international rules that you're referring to? look, in the very first days, it's clear that the emotion, the compassion created a situation where everybody was just close

to israel and backing them and sharing the pain. and we do share the pain, and we do share the willingness to get rid of terrorism. we know what terrorism means in france. but i think there is no justification precisely to attack civilians. there is no justification to make a distinction between the different lives — palestinian lives do matter. and very clearly today these humanitarian rules are not properly respected. in other news —— police in spain say they've arrested 121 people in a nationwide operation targeting child sexual abuse. they say it's one of the most important such operations they've carried out. officers have seized 500 terabytes of images of minors being sexually abused —— many of an extreme

and violent nature. almost all of those arrested were male, please see the use the same digital platform to share that elicit content. to ireland, where more than 1,000 members of sinn fein had gathered for the party's conference. its leader, mary lou mcdonald, set out the republican party's plan for the year ahead. in her speech earlier this evening, she says the party wants to build a new ireland. 18 months since michelle o'neill was elected first minister, she is ready to lead for all. applause. for 18 months the people of the north have been without government, and peoples patience has run out. the dup must end its boycott of government, the british

government must stop endlessly indulging this boycott, this cannot go on and on, it is decision time now. i spoke earlier with our ireland correspondent, chris page, who was at the conference. what has really coming across from sinn fein�*s annual conference is that this is a party that feels it is on the cusp of an ambition it's held for a very long time, which is to be on both sides of the irish border, which is to be in power on both sides of the irish border, so the conference is being held here in the republic of ireland where sinn fein is currently the main opposition party in the irish parliament in dublin. and it's well ahead of the polls, with the general election being expected maybe as soon as this time next year, so mary lou mcdonald, who you saw there, with a strong pitch in the speech to be the next leader of the irish government, focusing on issues that are pivotal in the republic of ireland, such as housing and the cost of living.

in northern ireland, sinn fein last year became the first irish nationalist party to win the most seats in the regional devolved assembly in belfast, and that means that party vice president michelle o'neill is in line to be first minister. why i say in line? she has not been able to take up the office yet, because the main unionist party is blocking the formation of a regional government. in northern ireland the system is there has to be a power sharing arrangement between irish nationalists such as sinn fein, who want ultimately to take northern ireland out of the uk and join it with the republican of ireland, and unionists, who want to retain northern ireland's place in the uk. so the main unionist movement, the dup has been blocking the formation of a coalition over its concerned over brexit trading arrangements, which it sees as a economic barrier between northern ireland

and the rest of the uk. talks are currently going on between the uk government in dublin and the dup to try to get regional government in northern ireland back up and running. as you heard mary lou mcdonald say there, she says that people's patience has run out, and the party are saying the british government should put a time limit on the negotiations with the dup, suggesting that the summit involving london and dublin governments in the later stages of this month should be the deadline for those talks. ultimately, sinn fein looking at being a power both sides of the irish border, which to them would be a step in their aim of uniting the island of ireland. ukraine's president has marked the first anniversary of the liberation of kherson from russian occupiers by praising the city's residents. volodomyr zelensky said they had inspiring the world with their resistance. he also thanked those who'd fought to make it possible. it comes amid fears expressed by some in ukraine that the conflict against russian forces has reached a stalemate —— a description mr zelensky rejects.

more than 150 clothing factories in bangladesh have been shut indefinitely, following violent protests by workers demanding a higher minimum wage. unions have been asking for nearly a three—fold increase in their basic salaries. three workers have been killed and dozens of factories have been ransacked or damaged since the protests began late last month. more than 3000 people in iceland are facing a second night in temporary accommodation because of fears a volcanic crater could erupt at any moment. the alert level has been raised in the area around iceland's world—famous blue lagoon. the tourist attraction has closed for a week, after thousands of minor earthquakes were measured in the south west of the country. dr armann hoskuldsson is a volcanologist in iceland — he told me more about what they are keeping an eye on well, it is happening on the peninsula of the a10s, which is basically the area

with highest population in iceland. so despite the importance close to the capital of reykjavik, it's close to the international airport of iceland and currently we are having a crisis that really started few years ago but became very, very serious yesterday. and the town of grindavik has been evacuated. about 4000 people have been taken out because we had this rift event yesterday evening which cracked off the streets and the houses, etc.. so it started by the ground is splitting apart and magma is rising slowly to the surface. and currently it's estimated that the magma is sitting at 800 metres below the surface. so we are expecting a volcanic eruption within the next days and eventually that might be quite harmful for the town of greentree.

harmful for the town of grindavik. well, give us a sense of quite how harmful it could be when this eruption happens, which you say you are expecting fairly imminently. yeah. it means that the lava will flow into the town and burn down the houses, etc. so we are trying to find some methods to deviate the lava from the town. so we minimise the property damages in the town. but every people have been moved out. so now there's only police officers there and rescue people which are basicallyjust protecting the town because there is nobody there now. how do you divert lava away from a town? well, we are lucky in iceland. we have a relatively flat country here, although we have occasional mountains, of course. but in this area, the land is relatively flat. so the slope of the land is fairly low, and then we just put those barriers that we try to take account

of the topography in the land so that the lava hits the barrier and then goes away from the town. but, of course, this is coming very suddenly. so this kind of a crisis situation now, because everyone is trying to figure out what really to do, etc., people have just been moved out. they are realising that they cannot go home for several days, at least. and while while that has taken place, the science team and the engineering team is trying to set up some plans to make barriers for the lava. and just briefly, as a volcanologist, you monitor seismic activity. have you been expecting this kind of thing to happen for some time? yeah, actually, since 2020, when the peninsula started with unusual activity and we saw

that the land started to lift, and in 21, of course, we got a very small eruption that lasted for six months and then again, an eruption in 22. again, a small one. and then again this summer we had a small eruption again, but that was fairly far away from every inhabited areas on the peninsula. but we knew, of course, that eventually activity would come closer to the population. officials in hawaii are scratching their heads trying to understand what's turned a coastal pond in maui bubblegum pink. the kealia pond national wildlife refuge has seen an influx of visitors in recent days to see the phenomenon. but scientists are still analysing pond samples and there are early indications severe drought conditions in the area may be to blame. the refuge is cautioning people to not to enter the water,

or let their pets don't drink from it. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. we're starting our sunday morning off on a cold and frosty note across much of the north and east of the uk, with some lingering dense mist and fog patches around. but a big change taking place across more southern and western areas. we've got a weather front spreading northwards that's going to bring outbreaks of rain and we'll see the rain and cloud spill northwards through the course of the day. i think it's much of northern scotland which will tend to stay dry with some sunshine all day. now some of the rain will be fairly heavy in places, particularly in towards northern ireland. the breeze picking up as well, but cold, frosty and foggy with some sunshine across northern and eastern areas.

there could be just a few showers peppering northeastern coast of scotland in towards the northern hours. but most places will see the sunshine areas that don't have mist and fog, mind you. but northern ireland into wales, the midlands, southern and western parts of england will start cloudy and wet and it looks pretty damp here. for the remembrance sunday services. now that's area of cloud and rain will continue to move its way northwards, will see a little bit of brightness pushing into the west and south wales later on. but even here we'll have a few hefty showers. temperature wise turning milder in the southwest but cold across northern and eastern areas. and like i mentioned, it's northern eastern scotland which will hold on to the sunshine. that's where the front eventually pushes northwards. so with cloudier skies across scotland, northern england, it will be less cold, but it turns much wetter and windier across england, wales and northern ireland towards the end of the night. and very mild here, 12 to 14 degrees, but less cold across the north. and i don't think we should see any frost problems now. this renewed area of low pressure

could cause some issues. we've already got a yellow rain warning in force for northern ireland. the rain will be heavy and persistent and we could see gales, even severe gales around the irish sea coast as we move through the course of monday. that rain pushes its way northwards into scotland through the afternoon. it brightens up for northern ireland and certainly for england. wales later on could see one or two showers around, but it will be the temperatures you'll notice on monday, much milder, 12—15 degrees, even 8 to 11 degrees across scotland. it does remain fairly unsettled, though, as we move through the new week with areas of low pressure bringing more unwelcome rainfall, but the signs of it perhaps turning a little bit drier and brighter for many areas by the end of the week.

live from washington, this is bbc news. war rages around gaza's hospitals as conditions inside them grow increasingly desperate. hundreds of thousands protest in london calling for a ceasefire in gaza with dozens arrested in counter demonstrations. and we will hear from the cinematographer who captured this video in iceland as the country prepares for another eruption which has prompted a state emergency. thank you forjoining us. aid groups are one of a deepening health crisis in gaza. the israeli army denies

strikes at al shifa hospital but has acknowledged classes with hamas fighters in the area. you can see hospitals operating in darkness in the north, a surgeon has told the bbc that power, water and food have all run out and the hospital's intensive care unit has been hit. the aid organisation doctors without borders says hospitals throughout the gaza strip have been under relentless bombardment for the past 24 hours. meanwhile, israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu says forces have completed the encirclement of gaza city, an acknowledgement they were fighting on the outskirts of the al shifa hospital. is or has accused hamas of operating underneath hospitals. for more on this, i spoke to paul adams who is injerusalem. thank you for joining us. first of all these reports coming

out of gaza,