, but has acknowledged hospital but has acknowledged classes with hamas fighters in the area. you can see this hospital operating in darkness and a surgeon at al—shifa has told the bbc that power, water and food have run out and at 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 2a hours. meanwhile, israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu says his forces have completed the encirclement of gaza city, an acknowledgement they were fighting on the outskirts of that hospital. israel has accused hamas of operating from tunnels underneath hospitals, something hamas denies. i spoke with our correspondent paul adams who is reporting from jerusalem. these

reports coming out of gaza painting a grim picture right now of the humanitarian situation there. what more can you tell us about how hospitals in gaza are coping? itruiith you tell us about how hospitals in gaza are coping?— in gaza are coping? with great difficulty because _ in gaza are coping? with great difficulty because they - in gaza are coping? with great difficulty because they are - in gaza are coping? with great difficulty because they are all. difficulty because they are all pretty much surrounded in gaza city because the israelis argue these are places where hamas fighters have based themselves and consequently, there are intense battles going on around those hospitals. the israelis say they are not targeting the hospitals per se and they are trying to get the civilian populations that are clustered around them to try and leave, and also starting to think about evacuating the hospitals themselves so that israel can concentrate on dealing with hamas. there is a small development on that front this evening, the israelis said tomorrow they are going to evacuate babies from the shifa hospital to a safer location. we don't know the details of this, we haven't had

confirmation from the palestinian side, is difficult to get through to any of these hospitals at the moment, but that does suggest the israelis recognise that as they are camped out on the perimeter of some of these hospitals, the situation is becoming untenable inside and they need to address the very real humanitarian needs of the patients inside those hospitals before there is any prospect of dealing with hamas and any infrastructure they may or may not have inside. ~ . ., ,., they may or may not have inside. ~ . ., , ., ,, inside. what about the progress of israel's military _ inside. what about the progress of israel's military operations i of israel's military operations themselves? what is the latest you are hearing because it seems like everything has been centred on northern gaza. it absolutely is, that is the absolutely is, that is the absolute focus of israel's military effort. there are still air strikes elsewhere in the southern part of the gaza strip. israel says, any time we see a hamas target, we will go after them. they want to deal

with gaza city and the surrounding area first and that is a major undertaking. it is a sizeable urban area, quite apart from the issue of hospitals and schools where civilians are still camped out, fewer now than before but there are still many civilians there, there is just also the business of them taking on hamas in their own back yard, in their own back streets, an organisation that according to the israelis has a network of tunnels and bunkers underneath the city that they can operate from. there is every expectation the battle for gaza city could take quite some time yet. city could take quite some time et. ~ . . , ., city could take quite some time et. ~ . ., yet. we are about five weeks in now to this _ yet. we are about five weeks in now to this conflict _ yet. we are about five weeks in now to this conflict and - yet. we are about five weeks in now to this conflict and the - now to this conflict and the international calls for a ceasefire seem to be growing, we seen those mass protests in the streets of london, meetings of arab leaders as well, president macron of france calling for a ceasefire. are these calls resonating at all where you are in israel? hat

where you are in israel? not et, where you are in israel? not yet. no. _ where you are in israel? not yet. n0- the _ where you are in israel? not yet, no. the israeli - where you are in israel? iirrt yet, no. the israeli government argues it has a very serious undertaking that it is pursuing, the destruction of hamas both as a military and political force, hamas both as a military and politicalforce, the political force, the eradication of politicalforce, the eradication of hamas from gaza. that is something of the israeli government hasn't tried before and clearly still has some way to go. everyone knows that at some point key players in this, and by that i mean washington, will think, enough is enough. this dreadful mounting death toll, in excess of 11,000 people who have been killed now, at some point washington is going to say to israel, you have done enough, you have destroyed enough of hamas, the cost in lives and the shear destruction of the infrastructure of the gaza strip is too great now, we need to stop this. but i think we are quite some way from that. i think the israelis believe and

i think they still have american backing for a desire to continue to degrade and destroy hamas for some time to come. , ., . . come. our diplomatic correspondent - come. our diplomatic correspondent paul . come. our diplomatic - correspondent paul adams reporting from jerusalem. according to doctors without borders, many patients in hospitals cannot walk and cannot evacuate. a surgeon said quote, those staying in hospital already decided they are dead. lucy williamson sent us this report from jerusalem and a warning there are scenes in this report you may find upsetting. 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. 0ne 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. 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. israel says its ground offensive has so far captured 11 hamas bases. isreal says its enemy hides behind hospitals like al—shifa, but that it's not targeting the complex or civilians. tonight, israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, said the operation was achieving its objectives.

translation: idf - forces have completed the encirclement of gaza city. they are operating in the heart of the city, they are on the outskirts of shifa hospital. they eliminated thousands of terrorists, including senior commanders and many murderers who were among those who lead this terrible massacre on the curse saturday, october 7th. 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 are 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. for more on the situation on the ground i spoke to a spokesperson at the international federations of red cross and red crescent societies. we really appreciate you taking the time to speak with us. i just want to start with these reports that the health care system in the gaza strip has essentially collapsed. can you walk us through the situation on the ground there right now? yeah, the situation i would say is desperate. we have been saying this in the last weeks that without proper humanitarian aid, without safe humanitarian aid, without safe humanitarian space to operate, without fuel for the hospitals and without safety for

civilians and health care workers, this would have been the result and it's exactly what is happening now in these hours. we have an health care system that has collapsed, where mainly there are hospitals in the north of gaza that are not working or are barely working and i can tell you that in a palestine crescent hospital now, electricity is almost running out and there is just a bit of feel that they are using for infants in incubators intensive care units. this is not a fully functioning hospital and this will not last long so the situation is catastrophic. there have been clashes outside of hospitals in northern gaza. in terms of the safety of patients and health care workers, how safe are they? they are not. the reality is that there is no safe place in

gaza and this is unfortunately not new in the last weeks. in particular in these days, a lot of gaza is even worse. what we are seeing is heavy shelling and then heavy fighting around hospitals and i want to remind everyone that hospitals must be protected at every time. and what we are seeing now, what our colleagues are telling us from gaza city is that mainly there is no way in, no way out from the hospital and mainly this is the sixth day in a row where they are cut off from everything and everyone and again, without humanitarian aid, without supplies, without fuel they will not be able to carry on their own life saving activities. carry on their own life saving activities-_ activities. the israeli military _ activities. the israeli military says - activities. the israeli military says hamas| activities. the israeli. military says hamas is operating tunnels underneath hospitals like al—shifa. what do you make of those claims? in

general of the health system in gaza, i don't have this kind of information, but what i want to underline here is that hospitals must be considered sanctuaries and no doctor, no patient, no nurse should risk to die in a bombardment. of course it is a legal and moral obligation to protect hospitals and also not to use hospitals for any military purpose. israel has also said it has agreed to periodic humanitarian causes of about four hours. is that enough in your mind to provide the medical care needed and to be able to ensure the health care system in gaza is running? health care system in gaza is runnina ? , ' ., ., health care system in gaza is runninu? , ' ., ., , running? every effort to bring some pores— running? every effort to bring some pores to _ running? every effort to bring some pores to the _ running? every effort to bring some pores to the fighting i running? every effort to bring some pores to the fighting of| some pores to the fighting of courses welcome. we need to understand how this would work and also we need to understand if we will be able to organise a safe humanitarian space to work and where civilians can

get much—needed aid. the reality now in this very moment is there are hospitals like the one in gaza city that are completely cut off, they cannot get any humanitarian aid, no humanitarian aid is arriving to the north and if fuel is not arriving to that hospital, doctors will have an incredible situation to decide whether or not to switch off incubators for infants in the intensive care unit and this is unacceptable. care unit and this is unaccetable. . , ., , unacceptable. there are plans under way. — unacceptable. there are plans under way, coordination - unacceptable. there are plans i under way, coordination between israeli military and hospital employees to if i quit babies from al—shifa hospital. how difficult of an operation might that be? it difficult of an operation might that be? , , ' . that be? it is very difficult. it that be? it is very difficult. it would — that be? it is very difficult. it would be _ that be? it is very difficult. it would be very _ that be? it is very difficult. it would be very difficult, l that be? it is very difficult. it would be very difficult, i | it would be very difficult, i don't know, here in geneva it would be very difficult this operation logistic wires without putting the life of the patients in danger in a situation like this, it is even

more challenging.— situation like this, it is even more challenging. how difficult has it been _ more challenging. how difficult has it been to _ more challenging. how difficult has it been to stay _ more challenging. how difficult has it been to stay in _ more challenging. how difficult has it been to stay in touch i has it been to stay in touch with your colleagues on the ground that are working there in gaza? ., «a ground that are working there in gaza? . ., , in gaza? thanks for this question- _ in gaza? thanks for this question. we _ in gaza? thanks for this question. we are i in gaza? thanks for this| question. we are deeply concerned about our colleagues. i have to tell you that my colleagues in ramallah in the west bank have started in the early morning trying to get in touch with colleagues in gaza city and the first question is, are you alive? did we miss someone? it's a very difficult situation and in the last days, communication is happening every five, six hours because mobile phones and the internet are bailey working and we are relying on radio contact between the north of gaza to the south of gaza in rafah and calling police in ranelagh, so these are very complicated and difficult to coordinate.- difficult to coordinate. thank ou ve difficult to coordinate. thank you very much _ difficult to coordinate. thank you very much for _ difficult to coordinate. thank you very much forjoining i difficult to coordinate. thankj

you very much forjoining us. as the war rages on, leaders from arab and muslim countries gathered for summit aimed at showing a united response to the conflict. their final statement in riyadh rejected israeli claims that it is acting in self defence and demanded the un security council adopts a decisive and binding resolution to hold israel's progression. the iranian president also called on islamic governments to designate israel's military a terrorist organisation. frank gardner was at that summit in riyadh and i spoke to him earlier. we appreciate you being here. what more can you tell us about what came out of this emergency summit? , , ., , ., what came out of this emergency summit? , , .,, ., , summit? this summit was to be honest aimed _ summit? this summit was to be honest aimed not _ summit? this summit was to be honest aimed not so _ summit? this summit was to be honest aimed not so much i summit? this summit was to be honest aimed not so much at i honest aimed not so much at israel but aimed at america. because the us is of course israel's biggest backer and i don't think anybody at this conference was under any

illusions that israel would be listening but they know that the white house and the state department are. we were trying very hard to send a unified message. that is not easy when you have 57 nations, leaders, prime ministers, sheiks and sultans from right across the arab and islamic word so they had to go with the lowest common denominator on what they could agree on. that was this, that they want an immediate ceasefire, not just that they want an immediate ceasefire, notjust a ceasefire, not just a humanitarian ceasefire, notjust a humanitarian pause, they want the war to end, they condemned israel but they are also reserved quite a lot of condemnation for the west generally, accusing it of double standards, hypocrisy. saying, look, knew the west condemned russia for the slaughter of civilians in ukraine but you have been relatively muted when it comes to the much bigger slaughter in terms of numbers of those killed in gaza. but the really interesting thing about summits like this is what people tell you on the sidelines. clearly beneath the surface there were

disagreements. some countries wanted to push for a much harder line, they wanted to push for practical measures. countries like iran and syria and algeria. there was talk of trying to push the us bases out of the middle east. there was talk about denying overflights to israel. there was talk about breaking off the abraham accords brokered by the trump administration that saw the uae make peace with israel. the hardliners didn't really get the punitive measures they wanted. they did get to send a strong message that they are saying it is unacceptable what israel is doing in gaza. this was a unified _ israel is doing in gaza. this was a unified message, i israel is doing in gaza. this was a unified message, the head of the arab league said he hoped the west would listen to that message. how likely is that? i that message. how likely is that? 4' ., that? i think it will have some im act. that? i think it will have some impact. certainly _ that? i think it will have some impact. certainly with - that? i think it will have some impact. certainly with the i impact. certainly with the state department which will be aware that isabel's actions in

gaza have gone far further than they expected and are dragging down america's name to some extent in this part of the world. one of the ministers, and i won't say which one it is because he spoke to me in confidence or at least without attribution, but let'sjust confidence or at least without attribution, but let's just say he was from a western ally, he said, we are acutely aware of the rising death toll and all the rising death toll and all the incredible suffering that is going on in the gaza strip amongst palestinians and to a lesser extent, the west bank. there is a fear of radicalisation, that the youth in this part of the world, a very young population, that they are becoming increasingly radicalised and starting to listen to extremist voices and that of course is the stepping stone to terrorism which can, as we know, reach right into the united states and europe. there was no mention in this joint statement of hamas or of the attacks by hamas on october

seven. ~ , ., i. the attacks by hamas on october seven. ~ , ., ,. ~ the attacks by hamas on october seven. ~ , ., ,., ~ ., seven. why do you think that is? that is — seven. why do you think that is? that is one _ seven. why do you think that is? that is one thing - seven. why do you think that is? that is one thing that i seven. why do you think that | is? that is one thing that was conspicuously absent in this. there are countries represented here at the summit who don't like hamas, countries like the united arab emirates which did condemn hamas murderous raid into israel. the egyptians don't like them, plenty of countries see hamas as a revolutionary threat and particularly as it is backed by iran, which is not popular on the side of the gulf. but that said, because of the very high death toll in gaza, because of the appalling scenes that are playing out in arab living rooms right across this region, leaders thought better of actually voicing any criticism of it, but it was very noticeable that it was very absent any talk of hamas having brought this upon the people of gaza. i think hamas was surprised at how successful

their awful raid was, that it killed and kidnapped as many people as it did. i think they expected to meet a lot more resistance from the israel defense forces than they did, they couldn't believe how easy it was to cross through that barrier and carry out the murders that they did. the bbc's security _ murders that they did. the bbc's security correspondent bbc�*s security correspondent frank gardnerjoining us from riyadh in saudi arabia. police in the uk estimate some 300,000 protesters marched through central london, calling for a ceasefire in gaza. the metropolitan police have said they suspect three individuals of committing anti—semitic hate crimes during this protest. 0verall, crimes during this protest. overall, 126 people have been arrested. the vast majority were county protesters from assorted right—wing groups who police blame for violence in which nine officers were injured. around seven pro—palestinian demonstrators

were arrested for throwing fireworks at police. the prime minister has condemned the behaviour of right—wing extremists and what he says are hamas sympathisers. mark easton has more. 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's11," 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.

300,000 to a00,000, 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 cou nter— 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. police have arrested a much smaller number of pro—palestinian demonstrators for a range of offences, including public order and hate crimes. the housing secretary, michael gove, had to be bundled out of victoria station in a police van after being surrounded by pro—palestinian protesters. 0thers let off fireworks, but scotland yard said today's operation had been a success, protecting people's right to protest and the sanctity of armistice day. mark easton, bbc news, central london. here in washington, the deadline to avoid a government shutdown is once again looming,

despite a new proposal from top republicans in congress, there's not much optimism that a deal can be reached. at the end of september, the republican—led house passed a temporary funding bill to keep the us federal government from shutting down. that deal runs out on november 17. withjust five days left now until the next shutdown deadline, mr johnson unveiled a two step plan that would let funding for some federal agencies to expire at different times. the slim republican majority, just five votes in the house, and a small rebellion from his caucus could end up scuppering mrjohnson�*s proposal but this is already attracting criticism from republican members in the right side of congress. the house is expected to vote on the bill as early as tuesday. uncertainty around the shutdown is causing nervousness about investments

with moody's lowering its outlook for the united states credit rating from stable to negative. let's turn now to see important news from around the world. russia launched missile strikes on ukraine's capital kyiv in the first time in more than seven weeks. ukrainian officials said ukraine shutdown 19 of the 31 drones launched by russian forces overnight. the strikes reportedly damaged several buildings stop ukrainian authorities warned of renewed attacks from russia on cities and its power grid as the country nears winter. pope francis dismissed texas bishopjoseph strickler, one of his fiercest critics in the us. the vatican announced the rare move in a statement and follows an investigation earlier this year into the administration of the tyler texas. the review also looked at the dieses's financial affairs. strickland has become a leading voice among conservatives in the us

that oppose many of the pope's reforms. you can stay up—to—date with everything here on bbc news on our website, thanks for watching. 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 coasts 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 area of cloud and rain will continue to move its way northwards. we'll see a little bit of brightness pushing into the southwest 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, its northern and eastern scotland which will hold on to the sunshine. through sunday night, that weather 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 1a degrees, but less cold across the north and i don't think we should see any frost problems. 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 and wales later on, could see one or two showers around, but it will be the temperatures you'll notice on monday, much milder, 12 to 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. even with

this is bbc news. we'll have the headlines for you at the top of the hour, straight after this programme. we're at the elysee palace in paris. that's the official residence and office of france's president. i've just been speaking to the current occupant, emmanuel macron, about some of the biggest global challenges facing us today — from the wars raging in the middle east and in ukraine, to climate change and the new technologies changing all of our lives.

we've had weeks of aid organisations sounding the alarm about gaza. and so you've now said that humanitarian pauses in fighting aren't enough and there needs to be work towards a ceasefire. are you disappointed that other world leaders aren'tjoining you in that call like the us or the uk? no, i hope they will. and let's be clear, i mean, i was one of the first leaders to call the prime minister and president of israel after the terrorist attack on the 7th of october. we clearly condemned 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 of war