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live from london. this is bbc news. israeli air strikes in southern gaza — our correspondent says there've been eight airstrikes around khan younis with 23 people killed. the world health organization says it lost all contact with gaza's main hospital — hamas says it is suspending hostage negotiations because of the fighting there. seven people are charged after violence during armistice day protests in london. the home secretary thanks the police for their professionalism and in france, thousands of people gather in paris to march against antisemitism. hello i'm samantha simmonds. israeli air strikes have continued across southern gaza. our correspondent on the ground says
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there've been eight airstrikes in and around khan younis today with 23 people killed and around 200 injured. israeli forces have repeatedly told palestinians to leave northern gaza for the south. the bbc�*s rushdi abualouf witnessed one of the airstrikes while he was buying supplies for his children in the village of bani suhaila. four bombs fell around him in quick succession. he took these pictures, and says a block of about 10 houses had been destroyed. rushdie told us he saw four dead bodies, and more than a hundred injured people in that particular incident. it comes as hamas says the number killed in israel's bombing of gaza has now reached 11,180. it's also suspended talks on freeing the hostages seized during last month's attack on israel, saying this is because of israel's military action around gaza's largest hospital. israel says hamas has bases under the building. the us says it does not want to see firefights in hospitals in gaza. lucy williamson reports. the new map of gaza
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can't be trusted. safe places becoming empty spaces overnight. this was bani suhella near khan younis this morning in the south of gaza. our correspondent there heard people screaming for help under the rubble. israel has told people to move south, to avoid the fighting in the north. but the search for shelter here is still a deadly gamble of daily life. samira fled south from the bombardment at al—shifa hospital in gaza city. translation: we thought the hospital was a safe place, but it wasn't. - if we had stayed there another five minutes, we would have been killed. my son got injured, so i left him behind. doctors have been sending desperate messages, describing the constant bombardment and working without food, water, or electricity. the hamas run health ministry says three hospitals have shut down. in al—shifa, premature babies have
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been moved to a surgical unit, after their incubators failed. yesterday, israel's army said it would help move them somewhere safer. we will help the babies in the paediatric department to get to a safer hospital. today, we exchanged messages with a doctor inside al—shifa, who said he was afraid all the babies in the unit would die. unfortunately, today, we lost another baby yesterday in this neonatal icu, which does not look like a neonatal icu. it is one big open space for these babies. israel says hamas uses tunnels under hospitals like al—shifa, to plan and launch attacks. but the clock is ticking louder on its military operation as the toll on gaza's civilian grows. and negotiations continue over whether to pause the fighting to secure the release of hostages held by hamas.
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before the war, this woman helped transport sick gazan children to hospitals in israel. her team has continued to ferry sick palestinians in from the west bank, despite growing calls here to pick a side. it's tricky, because my sister's. sons are there now and my best friend's sons are there now i and i'm afraid of the soldier... the soldiers are like my kids, you know? so, i'm praying for the soldier- to come back safe and i'm praying for the gazan kids to be safe. and i think this war should stop as fast as we can. - gaza is locked in a daily spiral. international concern over gazans' struggle to survive is turning israel's military campaign into a race against time. lucy williamson, bbc news, israel. i've been speaking to mark regev, senior advisor to the israeli prime minister and former israeli ambassador to the uk — he responded to allegations the al shifa hospital in gaza
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is being directly targeted. you've got to remember that the head of the hospital was appointed by hamas. and if hamas is still controlling the hospital, so people are restricted in what they can say, they can only follow the hamas line. that is, unfortunately, the reality. i just want clarity on that. you said you don't think so. so is that a no? that hospital is not being directly targeted by israeli missiles? we don't directly target hospitals. we target hamas and we target hamas positions. that is our policy. but if they are operating, as you contend, from that hospital, then would you say you are directly targeting hamas within that hospital? i don't believe that's correct. i haven't been updated of exactly what's going on on the ground. but from previous experience, i know we don't target hospitals. we target hamas positions. now, hamas has, of course, turned the area of the hospital into a war zone by establishing their military headquarters directly underneath the hospital. that's been proven. everyone in gaza knows that to be true. so how do you target hamas if they operate, as you say, from underneath that hospital?
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how do you target them directly without indirectly impacting other people, patients, doctors, medical staff, in that hospital? so you send in your ground forces and you're as surgical as you can be, in a difficult combat situation. at the same time, there is an exit available to people who want to leave. israel has not surrounded the hospital in a way that no one can leave. they can leave. i believe it's through the east and they have a safe corridor there. and people who are patients, we've also said we're willing to take people in ambulances, help them to leave. it's a very difficult situation because, as you know, hamas has deliberately built its military infrastructure, and at the hospital, in its desire to use the patients there and the whole medical structure is as a civilian shield, as a human shield for its military machine. so as far as you know, as far as you know, have people been able to make use of that offer to leave that hospital safely, to be evacuated via ambulance that's put on by the israeli defense forces ?
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correct. we've had people leave and we've had, i think it was yesterday, we had 70,000 people or 50,000 people the day before with 70,000 people. what we've discovered is, as we are taking apart hamas's control of that part of the gaza strip, people who were kept there by force, who couldn't leave, are now more than happy to leave and they're moving out of our corridor. the civilian population, we've asked them to leave, as you know, for over three weeks now. we've suggested that they leave and most of them voted with their feet and left. they wanted to get out of a combat zone. and hamas had the opposite policy, though, hamas wanted to keep them there as human shields, forced at gunpoint, people to stay. and now as their rule there in that part of the gaza strip is falling apart. people are free to move. i want to speak with you about this hospital. many people within that hospital. many people within that hospital are saying that babies in incubators are not being able to be kept alive because they don't have
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enough fuel to keep those incubators going. nearly 2a hours ago the israeli government told the bbc that they would help the movement of babies, they would help facilitate it from that hospital to keep them alive. has that happened? can you confirm, and if so, how many babies and where are they going? i confirm, and if so, how many babies and where are they going?— and where are they going? i cannot confirm but — and where are they going? i cannot confirm but i _ and where are they going? i cannot confirm but i do _ and where are they going? i cannot confirm but i do know— and where are they going? i cannot confirm but i do know there - and where are they going? i cannot confirm but i do know there was . and where are they going? i cannotl confirm but i do know there was talk and no ambulances to be provided for moving babies. we want to do everything we can to keep babies alive. isn't that ultimately the real story here? that though israel is perceived as being the enemy of the palestinians, we are making every effort to safeguard palestinian civilians while hamas is doing the exact opposite? they are using babies as human shields. we shouldn't be surprised they are taking israel's —— babies from as well as hostages. what makes you can confirm that the israeli government,
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the idf, i doing everything they can to help evacuate those babies and keep them alive? exactly. you don't know how many. — keep them alive? exactly. you don't know how many, and _ keep them alive? exactly. you don't know how many, and if _ keep them alive? exactly. you don't know how many, and if it _ keep them alive? exactly. you don't know how many, and if it is - keep them alive? exactly. you don't i know how many, and if it is happened christmas yellow i don't have the details because the operation is ongoing. we will only announce something once it is completed. we wouldn't talk about it for fear that hamas would try to obstruct it. is hamas would try to obstruct it. is in the past they have shot at humanitarian can corridors. they want gazans to die to protect their military machine. in normal countries you commemorate it with remembrance day. thejob of the military is to protect the civilians. they use this civilians to protect the military. fine civilians. they use this civilians to protect the military. five weeks on the mission _ to protect the military. five weeks on the mission to _ to protect the military. five weeks on the mission to destroy - to protect the military. five weeks on the mission to destroy hamas, | on the mission to destroy hamas, what have you achieved? its on the mission to destroy hamas, what have you achieved?- on the mission to destroy hamas, what have you achieved? its still a work in progress. _ what have you achieved? its still a work in progress. we _ what have you achieved? its still a work in progress. we have - what have you achieved? its still a. work in progress. we have achieved what have you achieved? its still a i work in progress. we have achieved a lot. the mere fact that we are the
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very centre the hamas military machine is a sign we're making progress. we are taking apart that machine and the fact that the civilian population of gaza, of that part of gaza, is now free from hamas rule and is free flee out of the combat zone where hamas was keeping them, i think that shows we are making progress. it won't be over tomorrow, it will take time, but we will destroy the hamas military machine and their political trail over gaza in gaza. we don't have to live in fear on our southern border creditors good for the people of gaza who deserve better than this radical extreme terrorist regime that doesn't give a hoot about the well—being of the people of gaza. tens of thousands of people have marched through central paris in a demonstration against anti—semitism.
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the speakers of the two houses of parliament called for a display of solidarity after a steep rise in anti—semitic actions following the october 7 attacks by hamas and the israeli response. for the first time a march attended by representatives of the major parties also included the far—right�*s marine le pen. 0ur correspondent hugh schofield has the details. difficult to put a number on how many people have turned out here in central paris for this march against anti—semitism? let's just say that the invalide, which is a big space, is chock a block, and then moving off behind me now in the direction of the river and along to the senate building on the other side of town. i spoke to many people here. it's a diverse mix. there are, of course, many, manyjews here, but many, many people who aren'tjewish who say they've turned up to express their solidarity with thejewish community and to make it clear that from their point of view, the kind of targeting ofjews as a people, as a religion in france, is not something which they as good republicans, can can support. among jews you speak to here, there's a very sombre feeling, a feeling that things have changed in the last few weeks. a lot of people were saying to me that, yes, it's always been pretty bad.
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they've lived on their nerves at these moments of crisis in the middle east. but it's far worse now than in the past. a lot of people saying that they've done things like removing their mezuzah from the front of their doors. they wear hats instead of kippahs when they go to the synagogue for shabbat. there is a real sense of anxiety among among thejewish community here and therefore a satisfaction that there's been a big turnout here. another big topic on everyone's minds is the presence of the far right here or the hard right, the nationalist right, marine le pen. all thejews i have spoken to here today say, we've had our problems with her party. but anyone who lends their voice to the fight against anti—semitism, is, as far as we're concerned, welcome. seven people have been charged by police in london following violence during protests on saturday, armistice day. we now know 145 people were arrested, the vast majority from, what the police describe as right—wing groups.
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around 300,000 people also took part in a pro—palestinian march calling for a ceasefire in gaza. the home secretary suella braverman has been accused of inflaming tensions before the march after she branded pro—palestinian protesters "hate marchers". in the last few hours she's tweeted about the protest. earlier i spoke to bethany dawson, uk politics reporter at politico and asked her for her reaction to both ms braverman's tweet
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and the prime minister's statement earlier in the week. sunak and bravermen, with this statement, have given their support to the police, and they have made, you know, they have given their thanks to the efforts of police officers, some of whom were injured this weekend. but it doesn't answer the question that many people are asking about the policing and the management by politicians of these far—right protesters. and these are the people that assistant commissioner matt twist described as being extremely violent and looking for confrontation during the marches. so whilst it maybe kind of closes one door or at least puts a full stop on one sentence, many questions still are going unanswered. yeah, a big question is what now for the home secretary? and questions raised, certainly over the past few days, about whether or not she's going to hang on to herjob, given that on thursday, we also learnt from downing street that they didn't authorise the article that was published and, in fact, asked for edits that didn't go in. yeah, it's been an incredibly tumultuous week for rishi sunak and suella braverman, both for very different reasons.
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people were questioning whether the home secretary would be in post this weekend. of course, she still is. again, that might be a question that's asked tomorrow, but it doesn't feel like an issue that's going away. she's continuing to make statements. and this, of course, is creating a whole host of reactions, notjust from the opposition, but from people within her own party. and we're seeing people saying that many members, that many mps, conservative mps, are really unhappy with the home secretary. and so the pressure that sunak is facing right now doesn'tjust come from people that you may assume would be opposed to the home secretary for maybe political reasons. but these are coming, the calls are kind of coming from inside the house now. so he's got a really difficult issue on his hands. yeah. and is it a case of damned if he does, damned if he doesn't? i mean, there's the whole issue ofjust how how weak or not he's looking over this issue. yeah. so the conservative party
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is of course as well a really broad church of of political views. and suella braverman represents the sort of more right—wing of the party. and that is important for politicians, for conservative politicians, that align themselves there, to have that representation on the front bench. so it's a difficult one for sunak if he moves her away from that post. but it's also, you know, if he keeps her in post, it's seen as sort of a confirmation that he approves of what she's doing. and that might not be something that is going to please many people. so he's in a really difficult position. and tomorrow, as i said, may answer some questions, but we may be here tomorrow night still asking, "what's going on?" 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.
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0ur royal correspondent, nick witchell reports. at a time of turmoil and division, a pause for reflection and remembrance. at 10.59am, the king led senior members of the royal family to their positions, in readiness for the national two minutes' silence, for 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 northern face. the political leaders laid their wreaths, followed by the high commissioners and the military chiefs. and then the veterans, some 10,000 men and women
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and 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. now it's time for a look at today's sport with lizzy. thanks. we're starting with premier league football because there was an incredible match between chelsea and leaders manchester city. . .. in a topsy turvy game, chelsea had lost the lead twice and were 11—3 down with five minutes to go — erling haaland with two of the city goals. but then, late into added time chelsea equalised with a var penalty scored by the former city player cole palmer. 4—1; the final score — so city still top the table but only a point — while chelsea stay tenth. yes, it was an amazing game. it's difficult to talk, because it was so exciting, the game. playing against manchester city, for me, the best team in the world,
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and chelsea being brave and tried to go for the goal, tried to win the game, the three points, yes, i see him being brought out. yes, i think it was an amazing afternoon and evening. well, it was an entertaining game for the premier league. both teams want to win so i couldn't expect differently. the game was difficult to control. they were aggressive. but we did have our momentum and moments. you had to hike in three transitions won against one, they could not finish because it was over. at that game was in the moments, it was a tight game, i would say a fair result. meanwhile liverpool are up to second after beating brentford 3—0... it was an easy win for jurgen klopp's side who've won every home game this season.
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two goals from mohammed salah and anotherfrom diogojota move them above arsenal and tottenham. it was a difficult game against a top organised opponent. i'm really, really happy with the performance and end results. top goals, top performances. for example, the workrate, my god, second to none. it's so important in these games that they cannot play the ball when they want, they have to play the ball when they want, they have to play the ball when we want. so, a good day. elsewhere, aston villa kept their winning start to the season at home with a 3—1win over fulham, west ham scored a late winner in a five goal thriller against nottingham forest.... and brighton drew 1—1 with sheffield united. cricket world cup hosts india made it nine wins from nine group—stage games with a huge 160—run victory over the netherlands. shreyas iyer and kl rahul both hit centuries to take india to their second highest world cup total - 410-4.... shreyas ended unbeaten on 128. in reply, the netherlands started well but fell away to be bowled out for 250.
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india will face new zealand in mumbai in their semifinal on wednesday. india's left arm spinner kuldeep yadav says the mumbai pitch could prove quite a challenge.... it is difficult to direct the ball some times and i feel the bounce it is difficult to direct the ball some times and ifeel the bounce is true. that is where the batsmen are dominating in the t20 format. of course in 50 over game you have got plenty of time to come back in your speu plenty of time to come back in your spell and definitely if you get a couple of wickets you are on top of the game. canada have won the billiejean king cup for the first time in their history. leylah fernandez sealed the 2—0 win over italy in seville, beating jasmine paolini in straight sets, following on from a shock victory in the first match when teenager marina stakusic — ranked 258th — beat italy's top 50 player martina trevisan. stakusic said it had been
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"the best week" of her life. meanwhile in the play—offs harriet dart sealed victory for the british team against sweden. earlier katie boulter gave them a 2—1 lead, which meant dart�*s singles win was enough to take the best of five tie and keep britain at the elite level. and that is the sport for now. the chance of a volcanic eruption in iceland is now rising, posing a threat to the town of grindavik — which has been evacuated. iceland has declared a state of emergency after a series of earthquakes — and the country's meteorological office says there is a considerable risk of an eruption. rachel mcadam has more this is grindavik, the small town
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in iceland which has been evacuated over fears of a volcanic eruption. thousands of tremors have rocked the region in the last few days, like this one. the impact can be seen already, with cracks in the road like this one, and damage like this that has happened at a golf course. now in terms of its location, grindavik is a very small town in the southwest of iceland, and it's around a0 km from the capital, reykjavik, to the southwest. now if i zoom back in, the volcano that everyone's worried about is located just here, so not far from grindavik at all. something else that isn't far from grindavik is the blue lagoon — the world famous tourist attraction is a thermal spa and was closed earlier this week as a precaution. last night, thousands of residents of grindavik spent a second night in temporary accommodation after they were evacuated because of the fears of a volcanic eruption. here's what some of them had to say. translation: this is| a very strange feeling. i've been tearful, it's
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been a long 2a hours. even though it's been a very difficult time, it's heart—warming to see the solidarity in times like this. iceland is one of the most geographically volcanic regions in the world. it has over 30 active volcanoes — and this one in the recognised region was dormant for 800 years, until this eruption in 2021. now, although seismic activity in grindavik has decreased overnight, experts are warning that there is still a river of magma flowing beneath the peninsula that could burst through the earth's crust any day. we will be watching if it does. before we go let us bring you these amazing pictures of an unusual ice skating experience in an ice lake in alaska. this footage shows people skating on the frozen and translucent lake, revealing huge rocks on the bottom. the weather conditions allowed the rabbit lake, in the alpine area near anchorage, to freeze in a way that maintained the ice thickness suitable for skating on it.
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that is quite an experience. that is it for me. i will be back a little later. thanks for watching. hello. a damp, if not wet picture across many parts of the country this evening. and tomorrow, the met office warns a spell of stormy weather brought by storm debi, a fast—developing weather system. it still hasn't fully formed yet. and in fact, keep track of the weather forecasts because weather warnings across parts of the country may be upgraded over the coming hours. now, this is the satellite picture. you can see the rain—bearing cloud here across the uk, and then to the southwest, that's developing storm debi moving across ireland, and then into the irish sea, and across northern britain through the course of monday morning and into the afternoon. and the rain will reach ireland through the early hours. it'll sweep into many parts of western britain here. by the end of the night, i think it's still dry in scotland,
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around 7—8 celsius, but that milder air and strengthening winds in place across many western and south western parts of the uk. so it's a really nasty area of low pressure, a lot of isobars there. so very big pressure gradient and strong winds blowing around it. now in scotland, it will be windy, but i think the worst of the weather will be a little bit further south. so heavy rain, strong winds, gales inland, 60, maybe even 70mph, but particularly around the irish sea, could approach 80mph, and places like lancashire could bear the brunt of that stormy weather. and very windy inland as well, 60—70mph gusts, damaging, disruptive, dangerous for a time. as i say, keep track of the weather forecasts. this storm could really bring a punch across northern parts of the uk. to the south of that, it won't be quite as blustery, but windy enough. and in fact, there'll be some sunshine during the day across, say, the midlands and southern parts of england. so after a stormy monday, here's a look at tuesday's weather map. as one area of low pressure pulls
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away, another weather front takes its place. and it will be a very showery picture on tuesday, so there will be some sunny spells around as well. temperatures will be in the range of around 10—13 celsius on tuesday. now, i want to pick up on the rainfall — it is going to be a wet week. where you see the darker blues, you get more rainfall, typically 20—a0 millimetres of rain. in some spots, quite a bit more than that. but i think in the short term, it's storm debi that you have to bear in mind that it's going to bring some very nasty weather across many parts of northern britain first thing in the morning and indeed through the afternoon on monday as well. bye— bye.
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this is bbc news, the headlines israeli air strikes has continued across gaza, our correspondent witnessed one of the eight air strikes around khan younis on sunday. in total, 23 people were killed on sunday with 200 more injured . the world health organization says it lost all contact at gaza's main hospital, and has grave concerns for staff and patients. another major health centre, the al quds hospital, has stopped accepting any more patients. seven people are charged after violence during armistice day protests in london. 145 people have been arrested, the vast majority from right—wing groups. the home secretary thanks the police for their professionalism. and in france, over a 100,000 people gathered in paris to march against anti—semitism. for the first time, a march attended by the representatives of major

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