live from washington, this is bbc news. growing international concern about the plight of hospitals in gaza, with doctors warning it could cost lives. a countdown is on in the us to avert a government shutdown as republicans look to cut a deal. president biden and china's xijinping are due to meet for the first time this year at the apec summit in san francisco. and, a big cat surprise for residents in an italian town after a lion escaped from a local circus. if it's good to have if you with us. it's good to have ou with us. there is growing concern about the dire state of hospitals in gaza.

the biggest, al—shifa, is not functioning at all according to the world health organization. this map shows all of the gaza hospitals. marked by the red dots — the un says 20 out of 36 are no longer working. at al—shifa, premature babies have had to be moved out of their incubators, and there are reports that gaza's second—biggest hospital, al-quds, has run out of fuel. the bbc has managed to reach a surgeon inside the al—shifa hospital. here's some of what marwan abu saada had to say about conditions there. without electricity, without fuel, without water, even without food. and still, we are having more than 600 injured people. and we are suffering now with our babies, who we can't move from our neonatal icu. we are talking now about the 36 — it was 39, three of them who lost their lives. two of them lost their lives due to a lack of oxygen, because of the bombardment two days ago to the main oxygen generator.

they had a lack of oxygen, and today we lost another baby because of this atmosphere and environment. i'm afraid that we will lose all of these babies. we would like to move these babies to outside gaza, to egypt, to keep them alive. because if we leave them in this situation here in gaza, i think we will lose them all. the pentagon says a new round of us air strikes hit facilities in syria, killing an unknown number of iranian proxy fighters. it's the first casualties after us strikes in the region. the us strikes are said to hit a safe house and training facility.

it's now five weeks since hamas, designated a terrorist organisation by a number of governments, killed 1,400 people in israel. since then, hamas officials say well over 11,000 people have been killed in israeli attacks on gaza. in this special report, our international editor jeremy bowen assesses what could happen next, in gaza and in israel. the beds were full when mosab was brought in wounded. gaza's medics have to improvise. and a photo of premature babies at shifa, the main hospital in gaza, swaddled to stay alive after their incubators stopped working when the power ran out. all born in the cruelty of war. in the other hamas—israel wars, it would be time for a ceasefire by now and back to the same uneasy status quo until the next explosion. news teams can't cross into gaza, so they come to sderot, the nearest israeli town, to look in.

perhaps the biggest question is what happens in gaza the day after? who's going to be in charge? israeli occupiers? an internationalforce? palestinians? if so, which palestinians? this time, it's different. the cost in lives from the hamas attacks to israel's response has thrust the conflict into unknown territory. with israel on the attack, prime minister netanyahu rejected america's day—after plan. the us wants the palestinian authority, rivals to hamas, to run gaza after the fighting, and then, a palestinian state alongside israel. netanyahu opposes palestinian independence and wants israel to control security. danny yatom, once the israeli spy chief, said that's why the prime minister snubbed israel's most important ally. israel should not stay too long in the gaza strip — one.

secondly, it will not be able to leave the gaza strip unless all the abductees are in our hands, back in a peaceful situation. and we won, we succeed hamas, we won the war against hamas. now there is a need to define, what does it mean exactly to win? i define it as the collapse of hamas as a body, as an organisation... ..losing its chain of command. israelis are united behind their army, but not their prime minister. these demonstrators outside his office injerusalem believe he is pandering to the hard—line jewish nationalists who keep him in power. another big question for israelis is the future

of their prime minister, benjamin netanyahu. he was a divisive figure before the 7th of october. and since then, a lot of israelis have started to blame him for the security and intelligence and military errors that allowed hamas to attack with such devastating consequences. there's anger that after hamas killed and abducted so many, mostly israeli civilians, military and intelligence chiefs accepted their share of the blame and the prime minister did not. and pressure is growing for a ceasefire in exchange for hostages. what is fighting hamas? of course, the hamas needs to be taken down, 0k. but the question of how to do it is also a significant question. and before i want to kill one single terrorist, i want each and every one of these people home. i want the ten—month—old baby home! i want the 86—year—old home!

i want that more than i want dead terrorists. 0nce they're home, we can finish the job. the pain and hatred unleashed since the 7th of october might overwhelm all those who still believe in peace, not permanent war. almost every day in the west bank, they bury more palestinians killed in israeli raids. this side of the occupied palestinian territories is becoming the war�*s next battleground. the only answer, western leaders say, is to revive the two—state solution — independent palestine alongside israel. a failed idea that survives only as a slogan. sabri saidam, an adviser to the palestinian president, has heard it all before. i think it's empty, it's meaningless if it continues to be this way. if you want to do things, don't just walk — don'tjust talk. you need to walk the talk and you need to implement things. if we continue with this

sloganeering without any results whatsoever, we're getting nowhere. when this war started, joe biden warned israel not to be blinded by rage, as america was after the 9/11 attacks by al-qaeda. now, israel's tactics are alarming the americans. they reiterate support for israel, but say too many palestinians have been killed by the war machine they helped israel build. inside gaza, israeli military censors say we can't show the faces of soldiers we filmed. senior western diplomats, firm israeli allies, told the bbc that ending the war and dealing with the aftermath will be difficult and messy. the wall betweenjerusalem and the west bank is a monument to the death of the last peace process. so what do we know? well, events since the attacks of october 7th have shown that this conflict is not something that israel

can manage and the rest of the world can ignore. there's also the history of a century of conflict between arabs and jews for control of this land. and that shows that there's no military solution. so if the current bloodshed doesn't lead to a new and serious attempt to make peace, then there'll be more wars for more generations. but war hardens hearts. in gaza today in a brief pause, thousands more palestinians fled the israeli offensive. jeremy bowen, bbc news, jerusalem. france is reporting a steep rise in anti—semitic acts. tens of thousands marched against anti—semitism in paris on sunday. politicalfigures including the prime minister and former presidents headed to the march holding a banner with the march holding a banner with

the slogan, for the republic against anti—semitism. the slogan, for the republic againstanti—semitism. far against anti—semitism. far right leader marine againstanti—semitism. far right leader marine le pen was also there, as was our correspondence. 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. 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 mezuzahs 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 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.

this is bbc news. the uk home secretary suella braverman has described some of the chanting at pro—palestinian marches as sick, inflammatory and criminal. arrests at the marchers were described mostly as right counter protesters. she had been accused of inflaming tensions after accusing police of a double standard. it is the first time she has spoken publicly since. and it's quite interesting that she does thank the police, saying it was an outrage that multiple officers had been injured doing their duties, it is notable i think that most of her words were reserved still for the pro—palestine marches, and some of the language she uses about that, she's clearly not stepping back from that, this urging of further action.

very little in there by way of condemnation beyond that first original tweet for the far right protesters who, as you said, formed the majority of those who were arrested. the clock is ticking for a funding bill in the us. the new speaker of the house unveiled his proposal on saturday, the democrats seem open to it. a key committee will take up the proposal on monday. bill would split funding deadlines, some agencies would be funded until january 19th, others until february the 2nd, pushing off some of the more contentious issues. but it doesn't contain spending cuts, which republican hardliners were calling for, and that was the nail in the coffin forformer speaker and that was the nail in the coffin for former speaker kevin mccarthy, who was ousted over his bipartisan bill that kept

government funded in september. mr mccarthy said he doesn't think mrjohnson will face the same fate. you get a honeymoon, and they can't go through it again. think about how long it took last time. do you think they would do that again? so even if he relies on democratic votes, the way you had to, you think you will be safe and not be pushed out? oh, yeah. i don't think anybody can do that for the rest of the term. what gives you that confidence? who would they replace him with? i spoke to the cbs news chief election and campaign correspondent. talk us through this, because speakerjohnson is putting forward, on the face of it, what appears to be a very similar plan to the one put forward by former speaker kevin mccarthyjust days before he was ousted. so the big question, can he get a different outcome? good to be with you. this new strategy by the new speaker is an attempt

to acknowledge the political reality, that he can't get what he wants at this moment in terms of spending cuts or attacking the internal revenue service and its budget, but he wants to buy himself time. so speakerjohnson is laying out the proposal to separate the funding deadlines for different appropriations over two periods. this gives him two or three months to think through, how can he try to get the democrats to make concessions? especially in the senate, where they have the majority. could he come up with a plan to make the biden white house and the senate democrats buckle on a few key issues? but because he is so new to thejob, he hasn't had time to build any real political capital or leverage in these negotiations. so by moving forward without requiring spending cuts in his proposal, it is an acknowledgement of the political reality. and of course, those bipartisan relationships are key and central to that role. so far, how is this proposed plan going down

with the democrats? democrats would like to see funding for an extensive period. and even most republicans, publicly and often privately, say they don't like to see these crs, continuing resolutions, being the way government is funded over short periods, for a couple of weeks, in this case maybe a few months. appropriations and the spending of federal dollars is something that has traditionally been done over fiscal years, and done in a very methodical way on capitol hill. but there is now a culture of doing these short—term budget deals because they can't come up with any political consensus about what should be in them. but no—one wants to see the government shut down. both parties see a political cost to doing that, especially lest than a year before the next congressional election cycle. they want to avoid that, so you can expect reluctant democrats and republicans to go, 0k, we will

do this so—called cr for a few months and get a longer term deal sometime early next year. and we have another issue, the war in the middle east. with all of that in mind, how do you think this is going down with the white house, cognisant of the fact the bill doesn't include aid to israel? how will that be received? president biden has a real dilemma here, in terms of dealing with speakerjohnson. speakerjohnson�*s position is reflective of where many house republicans stand. johnson does not want to couple together funding for ukraine with funding for israel. the house republicans and the speaker see them as two separate funding issues. the biden white house and president biden himself, as he has long articulated, would like to see these as a joint measure. until they come up with some way to solve this impasse on how to fund foreign

policy priorities, they are not going to have any kind of grand budget deal. foreign policy is a division in these negotiations, and it is a deep one, because there is such a fundamental difference in how congressional republicans on the house side see ukraine as a sort of foreign policy distraction for the us, not worthy of significant funding, whereas most democrats and traditional republicans are very much looking to fund ukraine. taking a look at the week ahead, we have the trump civil fraud trial continuing in new york with the defence starting, donjunior taking to the stand. what do you expect? very quickly, the defence, the trump team is going to bring forward donald junior and other witnesses to make the case that the trump organisation and the former president didn't commit fraud, which comes after trump's own testimony. the new york state attorney made the case that trump

did commit fraud, along with other defendants. this will last until december probably and ultimately thejudge will decide whether to fine the trump organisation $250 million or more. always great to see you. present trump is the frontrunner for the 2024 election but he has one less competitor. tim scott has suspended his campaign, he was known as rising star with a large financial resources but he struggled to break through in the polls. in san francisco, a key global summit is about to get under way. us presidentjoe biden is hosting the asia—pacific economic co—operation forum, better known as apec, and he will welcome leaders from the 21 countries all eyes will be on his meeting with china's president xijinping, only the second time

the pair have met in person in the past three years. i spoke to matt goodman. all eyes will be on that bilateral summit between xijinping and mr biden, bearing in mind they haven't met since the g20 in bali in 2022. a lot has happened since then. what do you envisage could come out of that meeting? well, this is a very important opportunity for the leaders of the two largest countries in the world to meet and go through a number of difficult issues between them. i don't think this is going to fundamentally change the reality, that we are in competition with each other, that we have some major differences on issues from security, the south china sea, taiwan, economic issues and human rights. i think the leaders will address all of those things, and this is going to be more about the signalling to the world and to their own people that they are managing

the relationship responsibly, rather than some effort to try to make huge breakthroughs on any substantive issues. you mentioned the talks potentially looking at notjust security, military co—operation and competition, but of course this meeting is also coming at a time of the war in the middle east. we know china has not condemned hamas�*s attack, in a similar way it hasn't condemned russia's actions either in ukraine. do you see that as a talking point? coming up at this meeting? at a minimum, i'm sure president biden is going to urge or insist to president xi that china not intervene in either conflict in an unhelpful way. there's a long—standing concern about china providing at least comfort if not tangible support to russia in the ukraine context, and there is concern that china and iran could stir

up trouble in north israel. at the time the gaza conflict is going on, so i'm sure that will be on the agenda for president biden. and likely another big topic on the agenda, taiwan. we know elections are coming up there in 2024 which could be key. and of course, trying to assess china's intentions for the self—governed island. do you think there is an opportunity to cool tensions and warm up the relationship? between the united states and china on that front? because of course that has been a really big sticking point this year. i think that's another area of significant difference between the two sides. i don't think they are going to resolve anything at this meeting, but i do think it's clear there is an effort by the two sides to try to lower tensions, military tensions.

there have been some very troubling encounters in the south china sea between chinese fighter jets and american planes. that kind of thing could cause some kind of miscalculation or accidental conflict, and i'm sure they are going to talk about that, and try to establish... this is the one thing that might come out of the meeting, some new commitment to military communications, that have been suspended effectively for at least a year, if not more. mostly by the chinese side. that could be one thing that comes out of this. more broadly, looking at apec, a group of 21 economies. together they account for around 60% of world trade. what do you think could come out of this summit? are there any potential deliverables? i think apec is not the kind of organisation that's going to deliver

headline making breakthroughs. i think there will be some useful things that will come out, for example on the energy transition, helping economies in the region move towards cleaner energy sources of production, and with financial support from the advanced members of the group. there will be issues on disaster relief, women's empowerment. some other useful things. i don't think this will be headline—making. and of course it's against the backdrop of all these other distractions. but this is an important opportunity for president biden to demonstrate the us commitment to the asia—pacific region, so i think it does fit into that broader picture. matt goodman, director of the greenburg centre for geo—economic studies, great to have you. thank you.

a large male lion was spotted wandering past italian homes. sophia bettiza reports. mama mia! last night, panic and astonishment in this italian town as this lion escaped from a local circus. the animal, known as kimba, was spotted by several people casually wandering the streets. the seaside town of ladispoli, north of rome, was placed on lockdown alert. the mayor warning its 40,000 residents to stay at home. the search for the lion was not easy. this footage taken from a police helicopter shows how tricky it was to spot him at nightfall. even though he was hurt and limping, he was able to get away multiple times. but after seven hours on saturday night, the authorities finally captured and sedated kimba.

he weighs more than 480 lbs. after a night of recovery, kimba is back in his cage with his brothers and sisters. his trainer says his escape posed little threat. translation: these animals are used to contact with humans. - they don't fear people, they don't hate people and they live peacefully with us. but many have criticised the circus for using wild animals. a practice that is considered cruel and is banned in many other countries, including the uk. this magnificent sight may have sent temporary fright through the streets of ladispoli, but few here will forget the day the circus came to town and kimba's impromptu walkabout. sophia bettiza, bbc news.

we will leave you with these pictures of diwali celebrations in india, in mumbai. hello there. after a quiet couple of days, things are looking a lot more unsettled now. certainly, for the next 24 hours, some of us could see a stormy spell of weather associated with storm debi. met office have a number of warnings issued and some amber warnings for severe gales across northern ireland, which could be extended across the irish sea into parts of north—west england and south—west scotland. now, storm debi is likely to affect much of the western side of the country through the night and certainly into monday morning. damaging winds and heavy rain, which will spread northwards. head online to check out all the latest weather warnings. here it is, a secondary small area of low pressure, close to the parent low, moving northwards. but the biggest impacts will be felt across the republic of ireland during monday morning. but heavy rain will spread northwards across all areas. and a mild start across the south, quite chilly in the north. a blustery start to all areas. that band of heavy rain will continue to spread

northwards, eventually pushing into scotland as we move through the morning, particularly eastern scotland. but the winds really ramping up from around 6am onwards. gusts in excess of 60—70mph, northern ireland. across coastal parts of north wales, north—west england, maybe even higher, 70—80mph exposure. further south, it will be blustery through the morning, but not quite as windy as it will be further north. and into the afternoon, skies will brighten up for large parts of england and wales, with sunny spells and a few scattered showers. and it will be noticeably mild. highs of 13—16 celsius in the south, 9—11 further north. storm debi continues to pull away during monday evening into the north sea. then we're left with blustery conditions through monday night, scattered showers and clear spells. most of the showers in the north and the west. and again, most places will be frost—free, temperatures of 5—11 celsius. it stays quite unsettled as we head into tuesday. this area of low pressure sitting to the north—west of the country will bring showers or longer spells of rain maybe to northern ireland,

certainly to western scotland. elsewhere, it's sunny spells, scattered, blustery showers. most of the showers pushing into western areas. a few eastern areas could see lengthier sunny spells. and again, it'll feel quite mild, temperatures of around 10—14 celsius. as we move through the week, it looks like it'll stay fairly unsettled. there is a chance of another spell of wet and windy weather perhaps across southern britain on thursday. certainly one to watch. but keep up to date with all the weather warnings with regards to storm debi.

welcome to hardtalk, i'm stephen sackur. the global economy has been hit by a series of unforeseen events — covid, russia's invasion of ukraine, the current sky—high tensions in the middle east, not to mention the impacts associated with long—term climate change. governments would like you to believe that poor economic performance, high inflation, low growth, rising inequality can be blamed on external factors. but is that true, or are the wrong economic levers being pulled ? well, my guest is former

governor of the bank of england, mervyn king.