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live from london. this is bbc news. the uk home secretary thanks police officers for the handling of armistice day protesters in london, but she also condemned what she called criminal chance at the pro—palestinian march. several people have been charged following violence on saturday. israeli air strikes continue across southern gaza. our reporter on the ground witnesses a bombing injuring hundreds of people and killing 13, according to hamas. the world health organization says it lost all contact at gaza's main hospital, and has grave concerns for staffs and patients. another hospital says it has now ran out of fuel. the french foreign minister works alongside two former presidents in a
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march against anti—semitism, to counter a steep rise in attacks on the jewish counter a steep rise in attacks on thejewish community counter a steep rise in attacks on the jewish community since counter a steep rise in attacks on thejewish community since october thejewish community since october the 7th. and king charles leads tributes to the armed forces on remembrance sunday in a service at the cenotaph in london. hello, i'm rich preston. welcome to the programme, good to have you with us. we begin with some breaking news. several people have been charged in london following violence at protests on saturday. the vast majority of whom are from what the police have described as right—wing groups. people also took part in a pro—palestinian march, calling for a ceasefire in the biggest war between israel and thomas after the violence
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on the 7th of october. the home secretary has condemned sick and see semitic charts and placards at the pro—palestinian march on armistice day, whilst praising police. let's get more on this from a reporter, simonjones, who is in a newsroom. tells more about what the home secretary had to say.— tells more about what the home secretary had to say. there were hue secretary had to say. there were huge protests — secretary had to say. there were huge protests here _ secretary had to say. there were huge protests here in _ secretary had to say. there were huge protests here in london - huge protests here in london yesterday. around 300,000 people took part in a pro—palestinian march, but there are also counter protests involving groups from the far right stop the marches proved controversial yesterday, because it was armistice day, the today friends traditionally war dead are remembered. the prime minister, rishi sunak, thought the march is going ahead were inappropriate, and the home secretary in advance of the pro—palestinian march certainly made her feelings clear.
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pro—palestinian march certainly made herfeelings clear. she pro—palestinian march certainly made her feelings clear. she spoke of mobs taking to the street, she said people were fuelled by hate, but that caused a great deal of controversy, because she was accused of inflaming the situation and making matters worse. there have even been calls for the prime minister to sack her. suella braverman has remained defiant, and that has been seen in the tweet she's put out this afternoon. i will read them to you, because they are quite strong. she said initially, our brave police officers deserve the thanks of every decent citizen for the professionalism in the face of violence and aggression from protesters and counter protesters in london yesterday. but multiple officers were injured during the duty was an outrage. she goes on to say the sick, inflammatory, and in some cases clearly criminal chance, placards and paraphernalia openly on display marks a new low. anti—semitism and other forms of racism together with the bell arising of terrorism in such a scale
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is deeply troubling. she says, this can't go on. week by week the streets of london are being polluted by hate, violence and anti—semitism. members of the public are being mobbed and intimidated, jewish people in particular feel threatened. further action is necessary. so, no rolling back from her condemnation and herjudgment on the marchers, but people who have been taking part in these marches say it is really unfair to tar everyone with the same brush, and ultimately they say the vast majority of people taking part in those marches are peaceful full stop and simon, we have had an update on the met police giving a few more specifics about those who were arrested on saturday. what more did they say? the arrested on saturday. what more did the sa ? ~ , , ,., they say? the met issued some fiuures, they say? the met issued some figures. saying _ they say? the met issued some figures, saying yesterday a - they say? the met issued some | figures, saying yesterday a total they say? the met issued some i figures, saying yesterday a total of 145 people were arrested. we understand the majority of those were from far right organisations and seven people have been charged to appear in court in the coming days. now, they have been charged
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with things like criminal damage, resisting arrest, assault, and being drunk and disorderly. the police say their investigations are very much continuing into what happened yesterday. they've issued a number of photos of people they want to identify who they believe may have committed hate crimes. police say they will take some time to wade through the footage and information they have, but they say they are determined to bring those who have made offences to justice.— made offences to “ustice. simon, from our made offences to justice. simon, from our newsroom, _ made offences to justice. simon, from our newsroom, thank - made offences to justice. simon, from our newsroom, thank you . made offences to justice. simon, i from our newsroom, thank you very much. hamas says 13 people were killed when a house was hit near khan younis in the south of gaza. the incident was witnessed by our correspondent rushdi abualouf. he was buying supplies for his children in the village of bani suhaila when four bombs fell around him in quick succession. he sent these pictures, and says a block of around 10 houses had been destroyed. rushdi also told us he saw four dead bodies and more than 100 injured people.
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it comes as the us national security adviser says washington does not want to see firefighting in hospitals in gaza. —— firefights in hospitals. the world health organization says it has lost contact with gaza's main hospital, the al—shifa. israel's military says it's agreed agreed to evacuate babies in need of oxygen from that hospital and two others. officials at al—shifa say two newborns died as a result of the hospital running out of power, with heavy fighting on the streets outside. this photo was sent to the bbc last night — showing more than 20 babies being kept in a surgical theatre instead of incubators, despite being reportedly in need of oxygen treatment. our correspondent nick beake is injerusalem. the chaos after this morning's strike near the city of khan younis. this is in the south of gaza, where israel had instructed families to go for their own safety.
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at least 13 palestinians are said to have been killed here. israel says it does not target civilians. children were among the injured. treated in the already packed corridors and rooms. outside, one woman, samira, explained that she managed to flee from another hospital, al—shifa, in the north. "i thought hospitals were safe", she says, "but they're not. "hospitals are being bombed." israeli forces have denied they have been firing on al—shifa hospital, gaza's biggest hospital. there is fierce fighting in the area. israel claims hamas fighters have built a base underground here, which will be destroyed. the bbc received this photograph taken inside the hospital, which doctors said showed new—born babies who were in desperate need of oxygen.
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their neonatal unit is said to have lost power and medics report already two babies have died. speaking to the bbc, israel's president accused hamas of spreading lies about what was really happening at the hospital. that is not true, by the way, it is not true. we deny this at all. there is a lot of spin by hamas, there is a lot of spin by hamas, but there is electricity in shifa, everything is operating. we have spoken to the managers. we haven't gone in to shifa. we have... unfortunately, underneath shifa is a huge terror base. actually, the headquarters. at a smaller hospital nearby, the lights go out as the power fails. according to the palestine red crescent, the al-quds hospital is now no longer operational. aid agencies are calling for an immediate ceasefire. israel says its operation will go on until hamas is destroyed. parts of gaza now
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resemble a wasteland. but in the midst of all this death and destruction in the north, there are still thought to be hundreds of thousands of civilians. nick beake, bbc news, jerusalem. i spoke to our diplomatic correspondent paul adams earlier. he told me that getting a clear picture of what is going on in gaza is not easy. the situation remains very, very hard to interpret. the israelis say they are not attacking hospitals, people in the hospitals and around hospitals feel they are under attack. it is not surprising, when it is clear there is fighting going on literally on the street outside. as for the conditions inside the hospital, what are we to make of the images? why were those babies
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not in incubators? are those incubators not working? are the babies that were being prepared for evacuation by the israelis, as they said last night? we just don't know. we have heard no more about the fate of those infants, and no more from the israelis about whether or not there is a plan to evacuate them. there is an absolute fog of this descending over the whole issue of hospitals in gaza, and i suspect that that fog is going to linger for quite some time until we reach a point where are finally evacuated, they are finally evacuated, and in the case of the largest, al—shifa, that is a monumental, and perhaps impossible task. meanwhile, israel says it is responding to artillery attacks to the north of the country, with the border with lebanon, what do we know about that? this has been going on for a month. it hasn't really changed. there have been flare—ups involving exchanges of fire between hezbollah,
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the lebanese militia in lebanon, and israeli forces. israeli politicians have issued a series of dire warnings about what might happen in lebanon to hezbollah. specifically there was a warning to beirut should hezbollah choose to open a new front in the north. at the moment, it looks sort of contained. a un peace keeper was shot in egypt in some of the latest exchanges today, but we don't see any obvious times but we don't see any obvious sign that it is escalating beyond where it has been for several weeks now. finally, on the diplomatic front, can israel continue to count on firm support from its allies, in particular washington? its allies do share its objectives, which is to destroy hamas once and for all, but we are detecting as the days as the days and weeks go by,
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increasing signs of unease. we heard from the national security adviser, jake sullivan, who was on television this morning and the united states, saying he was uncomfortable with the spectacle of gun battles going on around hospitals. the rising toll and palestinian lives lost is something that is deeply troubling to israel's allies. you will remember that weeks ago joe biden came here and said, "don't act out of blind rage, don't make the mistakes we made after 9/11," and the longer this goes on, and the more we see scenes of destruction and death, the more those calls for restraint will start to become urgent. at the moment, they are just faint traces of that, but i think they will become louder as the days go by. let's go to paris, where thousands
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of people have taken to the streets of people have taken to the streets of the french capital to show their support for french republican values. this is a march against anti—semitism. several politicians are taking part, including the prime minister, elisabeth borne, alongside nicolas sarkozy, the former president. this of the biggest march of its kind against anti—semitism. it follows a marked increase in attacks on thejewish community, according to french officials, since the start of the conflict in gaza on october the 7th. let's get more what is happening from a correspondent in paris, hugh schofield. it is difficult to _ paris, hugh schofield. it is difficult to put _ paris, hugh schofield. it is difficult to put a _ paris, hugh schofield. it 3 difficult to put a number on how many people have turned out here for this march against anti—semitism. this big space is chock—a—block, and behind me now in the direction of the river and the senate building on the river and the senate building on the other side of town, it is
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moving. many people who are not jewish have turned up to express their solidarity with the jewish community, and to make it clear that from their point of view the targeting ofjews as a religion is not something that they as good republicans can support. among jews you can speak to here is a sombre feeling, a feeling that things have changed. a lot of people are saying to me, yes, it has always been quite bad, they have lived on their nerves, but it is far worse now than in the past. a lot of people saying that they have done things like removing their misusers from the front of their doors. they wear hats instead of the normal attire, and another big topic on everyone's mind
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is the presence of the hard right marine le pen. those i've spoken to today say they have had their problems with her party, but anyone who lines their voice to the fight against anti—semitism is welcome. hugh schofield in paris. the french foreign minister elisabeth borne spoke to reporters earlier on, saying it was important for her to be here with her government to protect the citizens who, on account of their background and religion, are worried. they want to tell all our citizens of the jewish religion that we are mobilised and will not let anything happen. that echoes a settlement from the president, emanuel macron, who said were french people are afraid because of their religion and origin, it is not france. he also called for israel to stop targeting civilians, and said that doing so in the pursuit of fighting terrorism was not the right thing to do.
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here in the uk, the king has led the remembrance day service at the cenotaph in central london. thousands of members of the armed forces marched past the monument to remember those who died in the two world wars, and other conflicts. around the uk, a two minute silence was held at 11 o'clock with numerous services to remember the fallen. our royal correspondent, nick witchell reports. at a time of turmoil and division, a pause for reflection and remembrance. at one minute to 11, the king led senior members of the royal family to their positions in readiness for the national two minutes' silence, when those who lost their lives in the world wars and other conflicts are remembered. big ben chimes the hour
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in whitehall, after the sounding of the last post, the king laid his wreath on behalf of the nation to stand upright against the cenotaph�*s
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northern face. the political leaders laid their wreaths, followed by the high commissioners and the military chiefs. and then it was the turn of the veterans, some 10,000 men and women, among them a 98—year—old who landed on d—day. all with their own memories of service and many with memories of loss. nick witchell, bbc news. a huge rescue operation is under way in india to free at least 40 construction workers trapped in a road tunnel which collapsed as they worked on it. emergency teams have been digging through rubble at the site, in the northern state of uttarakhand. the chance of a volcanic eruption in iceland is now rising, posting a threat to a town which has been evacuated. iceland has declared a state of emergency after a series of
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earthquakes prompted the country's meteorological office to save the result risk... meteorological office to save the result risk. . ._ result risk... this has been evacuated _ result risk... this has been evacuated after _ result risk... this has been evacuated after fears - result risk... this has been evacuated after fears of. result risk... this has been evacuated after fears of a i result risk... this has been - evacuated after fears of a volcanic eruption. thousands of tremors rocked the region in the last few days, like this one. the impact can be seen already, with cracks on the road like this one, and damage like this that has happened at a golf course. now, in terms of its location, the town is a very small town in the south—west of iceland, and it is about 40 kilometres from the capital, reykjavik. if i zoom back in, the volcano that everyone is worried about is located just here, not far from the town at all. something else not farfrom here, not far from the town at all. something else not far from the town is the blue lagoon, the world famous tourist attraction, a thermal spa,
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closed earlier this week as a precaution. last night, thousands of residents of the town spent a second night in temporary accommodation after they were evacuated because of fears of a volcanic eruption. here's what some of them had to say. translation:— what some of them had to say. translation: , , ., , , ., translation: this is a very strange feelin: , translation: this is a very strange feeling. i've — translation: this is a very strange feeling, i've tearful, _ translation: this is a very strange feeling, i've tearful, it _ translation: this is a very strange feeling, i've tearful, it has _ translation: this is a very strange feeling, i've tearful, it has been - translation: this is a very strange feeling, i've tearful, it has been a i feeling, i've tearful, it has been a lon- feeling, i've tearful, it has been a long 24— feeling, i've tearful, it has been a long 24 hours. even though it has been _ long 24 hours. even though it has been very— long 24 hours. even though it has been very difficult, it is heart—warming to see the solidarity in times_ heart—warming to see the solidarity in times like this. heart-warming to see the solidarity in times like this.— in times like this. iceland is one ofthe in times like this. iceland is one of the most _ in times like this. iceland is one of the most geographically - in times like this. iceland is one i of the most geographically volcanic regions in the world. it has over 30 active volcanoes. this one was dormant for 800 years. until this eruption in 2021. although seismic activity in the town has decreased over night, experts are warning that there are still a river of magma flowing beneath the peninsula that could burst through the earth's crust any day. for more on this i spoke earlier to dr evgenia ilyinskaya who's a volcano expert and associate professor
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at the university of leeds. she reflected on how unusual these latest developments are. i guess it is both unusual and not unusual. we know that this part of iceland is very volcanically and seismically active, and we know that every thousand years or so, we get a long period of eruptions in this particular area. long period of eruptions in this particulararea. really long period of eruptions in this particular area. really much right on time, the last eruption is finished about 800 years ago, i know we arejust finished about 800 years ago, i know we are just starting a new eruptive episode of fires, as they are caught locally. episode of fires, as they are caught locall . ' . . , episode of fires, as they are caught locall. a. , . episode of fires, as they are caught locall. ' , ., ., locally. officials are evacuating --eole. locally. officials are evacuating peeple- talk — locally. officials are evacuating people. talk us _ locally. officials are evacuating people. talk us through - locally. officials are evacuating people. talk us through how i people. talk us through how dangerous this is.— people. talk us through how dangerous this is. people were evacuated _ dangerous this is. people were evacuated around _ dangerous this is. people were evacuated around midnight - dangerous this is. people were evacuated around midnight on| dangerous this is. people were - evacuated around midnight on friday night, when there were geophysical data that showed escalation of magma intruding under the ground. that is still the case. the likelihood of eruption is considered very likely. people are staying elsewhere at the moment, about 4000 fee for.
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iceland's civil protection agency is talked about this magma tunnel forming. can you tell what's happening?— forming. can you tell what's hauuenin? , ., ., happening? this is a translation, the world that _ happening? this is a translation, the world that is _ happening? this is a translation, the world that is used _ happening? this is a translation, the world that is used in - happening? this is a translation, the world that is used in english | the world that is used in english for this is magma bikes. this can reach all the way to the surface. from geophysical measurements on the ground and in satellites, we can see that it was becoming very large, and it was inflating very rapidly. this suggested that we could be going into a very large eruption. luckily, over the last 12 hours or so, this inflation has slowed down, so a very large eruption is considered less likely, but the possibility of a small eruption is still very high.
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iceland is not a big country geographically. you have enough space to move people to? could you move people out of the country altogether? fist move people out of the country altogether?— move people out of the country altogether? move people out of the country altouether? �* ., ., , altogether? at the moment that is uuite altogether? at the moment that is quite unlikely- _ altogether? at the moment that is quite unlikely. iceland _ altogether? at the moment that is quite unlikely. iceland is— altogether? at the moment that is quite unlikely. iceland is small, i quite unlikely. iceland is small, but it is maybe because of its small size, it is a very close—knit community. out of the nearly 4000 people who were evacuated, only 100 have been staying in shelters, and the rest of been accommodated by friends and family are members of the public putting up their spare rooms, any spare homes, just for people to stay. it is highly unlikely that there will be a very large scale evacuation, but that being said, we can't rule anything out at this stage. it is highly unlikely. out at this stage. it is highly unlikel . . . , out at this stage. it is highly unlikel . ., ., , ., out at this stage. it is highly unlikel . ., ., ., ., , unlikely. that was a volcano expert s-ueakin unlikely. that was a volcano expert speaking to — unlikely. that was a volcano expert speaking to me _ unlikely. that was a volcano expert speaking to me earlier. _ unlikely. that was a volcano expert speaking to me earlier. let's i unlikely. that was a volcano expert speaking to me earlier. let's take i unlikely. that was a volcano expert | speaking to me earlier. let's take a look at some other stories happening around the world. a state of emergency is in force in somalia after heavy rain and flooding which is impacted more than1 million
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people. other parts of the horn of africa have also been affected by the extreme weather. a45—year—old man has been charged with murdering a mother in front of her two children in manchester in the north—west of england. she was stabbed in the chest on friday. the 35—year—old was taken to hospital, where she later died. in spain, demonstrations have been taking place in cities against a plan to grant amnesty to leading catalan separatists in exchange for supporting a new term for the socialist led government. tens of thousands gathered in the capital, madrid, for the biggest protest. in italy, a lion has been captured after escaping from a circus near rome. the big cat spent around seven hours prowling, or roaming, if you will, around the seaside town of ladispoli before being caught. local residents were urged to stay
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at home as circus staff and police tried to catch the adult lion. officials in hawaii are trying to understand what's turned a coastal pond in maui bubblegum pink. scientists do not know for sure what has caused the pond to turn the bright shade of "barbie" pink, but they suspect it could be down to high salt levels in the water prompting the growth of bacteria. before we go, let's take you back to paris, where we are seeing mass rallies in national anti—semitism marches. these are marches against anti—semitism, the french republic against anti—semitism. this is in response to a rise in attacks on the jewish community according to french officials since the hamas attacks on israel of october seven. the prime minister, elizabeth warren, was there, leading the march, joined by two former presidents. the current president, emanuel macron, said that france were french people are afraid because of their religion or their origin is not france. these marches and rallies going on across france
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today. you can see the live shots in paris. much more on that and other stories on bbc website. stay with us here on bbc news. hello. a damp if not wet picture across the country this morning. a fast developing weather system that has still not fully formed yet, and keep track of the weather forecast, because weather warnings may be upgraded over the coming hours. this is the satellite picture. you can see the rain bearing criteria across the uk. that is storm debi moving across the irish sea and into britain through the course of monday morning and into the afternoon. the rain will reach ireland through the early hours. it will sweep into many parts of western britain here. by the end of western britain here. by the end
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of the night, it is still dry in scotland, around seven or 8 degrees, but mild airand scotland, around seven or 8 degrees, but mild air and strengthening winds in place across many western and south—western parts of the uk. some really nasty weather. you can see the isobars there. in scotland it will be windy, but the worst of the weather will be a bit further south. some heavy rain, strong winds, deals, 60, may be 70 mph. it could approach 80 mph, and lancashire could bear the brunt of that stormy weather. 60, 70 mph gusts, damaging, destructive, dangerous. the storm could really bring a punch across northern parts of the uk. to the south of that, it would be quite as blustery, but windy enough, and there will be some sunshine during there will be some sunshine during the day. he was a look at tuesday's weather map. it will be a very
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showery picture. there will be some sunny spells around as well. temperatures in the range of ten to 13 degrees. it is going to be a wet week. more rainfall typically, but in the short—term it is storm debi that you have to bear in mind, and it's going to be some very weather across parts of northern britain first thing in the morning and indeed through the afternoon on monday.
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this is bbc news. the latest headlines. the home secretary has thanked police officers for their handling of armistice day protest in london. so other brother men also condemned what she called criminal chance at the pro—palestinian march. 70 by been charged following the violence on saturday. israeli air strikes continue across southern gaza. a reporter on the ground says there have been eight air strikes in and around the area today with 23 people killed and around 200 injured. thousands of people are gathering in the french capital to march against anti—semitism. the far right leader marine le pen as well as the french prime minister vowed to show support to these jewish communities after a steep rise in
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attacks since october seven.

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