live from southern israel, this is bbc news. joe biden says gaza's al—shifa hospital "must be protected", as the fighting rages ever—closer israel says it will transfer incubators to gaza, as doctors warn that newborns are suffering from a lack of supplies. i'm rajini vaidyanathan live from a very rainy downing street, where british prime minister rishi sunak has been meeting his newly reshuffled cabinet following a dramatic day. welcome to bbc news, we are coming to light from southern israel, about three kilometres from the gaza strip, where it has been once again a morning of intensive fighting,

particularly around al—shifa hospital, which is prompting a great deal of international concern. president biden has said he wants what he calls less intrusive action around the hospital —— hospitals in gaza. the world health organization has warned that al—shifa — the biggest hospital in gaza — has become, in its words, " nea rly a cemetery". al—shifa's director says 179 people — including seven babies — have been buried in a mass grave. he went on to say, "there are bodies littered in the hospital complex, and there is no longer electricity at the morgues". there is also the issue of how to help those in need of medical attention. around 30 babies were said to be in need of intensive care — this is the image of them made public by the hospital on sunday. it said they had been placed on a bed because the incubators were no longer operational. their current condition is not known, although a hospital spokesperson told the bbc on monday that three premature babies had died.

israel says it is only targeting the hospital because it is concealing a command centre in tunnels need the hospital, which hamas denies. —— underneath the hospital. it has also released these images, which it says are of incubators which it is offering to transfer to the medical teams there. but there is no indication yet that any of the medical equipment has been delivered to doctors at al—shifa. there's also the question of how to keep any aid supplies running. the un's palestinian refugee agency unrwa says its operations have no more than two days of fuel left to supply power. with no supplies reaching gaza since the hamas attack on israelis on the 7th of october.

and israel responded with military retaliation. in another development, israel has confirmed a female soldier has died, she was being held in gaza is the almost 240 hostages taken by hamas on the 7th of october. earlier, i spoke to our correspondent in the south of gaza, rushdi abualouf. i started asking what he was hearing about the latest al—shifa hospital. yes, in the last ten minutes, i talked to may be the last remaining journalists inside the hospital. he told me that they are preparing now a mass grave for about 170 bodies. he said already, they started to bury some of the dead, they were trying to get them out of the cemetery yesterday and this morning and since they failed, they decided to bury them in a small courtyard of the hospital. they said they are going to be buried like 170 people. he said —— she saw already 30 bodies are being put in the grave in the

last ten minutes or so, he said the situation has remained the same, very tense situation around the hospitals —— hospital with a few air strikes around the hospital this morning including a mosque nearby was hit this morning. he told me moving from one building to another inside the hospital is a risk and he said even burying the people is a risk because tents are surrounding the hospital from all around, risk because tents are surrounding the hospitalfrom all around, i mean, the hospital is quite big, i have been to this hospital hundreds of times. it is about six, seven huge buildings in one complex and it is facing four directions. tanks were in three directions until yesterday. but he said overnight, tanks are also close to the main gate of the hospital. he said that communication is really very difficult to maintain the communication. now what the doctors are trying to do is trying to keep the babies warm. because this morning, there was heavy rain here

in gaza and also here in khan younis and also here in gaza, we have seen people who are struggling because they don't have the appropriate clothes to deal with such weather. and also, most of the people are sleeping on the ground. i saw somebody who was sleeping on the ground in the middle of the rain. he has nothing to cover over his head. so the humanitarian situation is really getting at the edge of crisis here in khan younis. but not as bad as for those who are still living in gaza city, where we believe about 300,000, 400,000 people are still in gaza city and the north and they are without electricity, without water. somebody told me this morning that he had to share one bread for ten people. he had to share one bread for ten --eole. �* . , people. and what is your understanding _ people. and what is your understanding of - people. and what is your understanding of the - people. and what is your - understanding of the situation of those babies at al—shifa in terms of incubators getting to them and what are the doctors they're saying about the increasing number of babies that

are dying there?— are dying there? well, look, the official number _ are dying there? well, look, the official number from _ are dying there? well, look, the official number from the - are dying there? well, look, the official number from the hamas| are dying there? well, look, the i official number from the hamas run health ministry, they said 36 people died inside the hospital because of the lack of fuel and the lack of equipment. they said 36 people, including seven babies. they didn't say exactly whether they are because of the lack of incubators. they said in general, 36 people, including seven babies died. this is the official statement from the hamas run health ministry inside the hospital. no aid is allowed into the hospital, nobody was allowed out of the hospital for the last 48 hours, he said four people yesterday, they tried to escape from the hospital and they were shot. they were bleeding on the ground for about two hours, then the medical team has to risk their lives and drag them inside the hospital. he said about 400 patients are struggling and they are facing a real danger of dying

because some of them were connected to the life—saving machines before the power went down and there is no sign of anything. again, i was asking the director of the hospital about the fuel this morning that the israelis are offering. he said 300 litres is enough for half an hour, and we need 10,000m to be able to run all of the generators in the hospital and the hospital can function again. but he said, we are not dealing with the israelis because it is too risky and we need a third party to intervene and deal with this. �* ., ., , ., ., with this. and what of the situation around you — with this. and what of the situation around you in _ with this. and what of the situation around you in khan _ with this. and what of the situation around you in khan younis? - with this. and what of the situation around you in khan younis? you i with this. and what of the situation l around you in khan younis? you talk about the 300,000, 400,000 possibly who have been sheltering, how many more coming down into the south and how are they coping with the scarce resources and supplies available there? i resources and supplies available there? ., resources and supplies available there? . , ., ., there? i mean, the situation was already overwhelming _ there? i mean, the situation was already overwhelming even - there? i mean, the situation was. already overwhelming even before this opening of the humanitarian

corridor. every day, thousands are fleeing here to khan younis because khan younis is the second biggest city and it is considered the capital of the cell. so it is the hub for all of the villages and towns around the south. here in the hospital, thousands of people, there is no is, people are living on top of each other. and it was hot when the war started, but now we are facing 10 degrees down this morning, it was raining and i saw a very chaotic situation here. people running out at their tents, trying to find anything to cover from the water, with people everyday coming. every day, we see hundreds of people are fleeing the fight in the north and they are travelling along alsa dene road making thisjourney and they are travelling along alsa dene road making this journey to the cells. and we understand that the hospital in the south is also struggling because there is no fuel since october the seven has entered

this area —— salah al—din road. you know any available fuel anywhere in the south is given to the hospital to keep them just running and there is a risk that this hospital, nasa hospital, is now serving two thirds of the population, it might be out of the population, it might be out of service soon if fuel is not arriving here. —— nasir hospital. that is the situation across the gaza strip. let's get the perspective of the aid agency struggling with their work on the ground. joining me now is william bell, who is head of middle east policy and advocacy at christian aid. william bell, thank you for being with us on bbc news. can you tell me what the situation is with regards to fuel for your colleagues on the ground? because the un says it no longer has the fuel it needs to pick up longer has the fuel it needs to pick up aid from the trucks coming across from rafah, does that mean you are not able to get aid from the un supplies? not able to get aid from the un su lies? ., v not able to get aid from the un su lies? . �* , ., .,

supplies? that's right, we have had to rely with — supplies? that's right, we have had to rely with our _ supplies? that's right, we have had to rely with our partners _ supplies? that's right, we have had to rely with our partners in - supplies? that's right, we have had to rely with our partners in khan - to rely with our partners in khan younis on the local market as opposed to anything coming over rafah. but as you have been reporting with the hospitals, which now many of them have run out of fuel, fuel has been a massive issue for a while. so in the shelters which we are supporting, people have resorted to burning cardboard and packaging and anything else to fire makeshift ovens to make bread. but all of that is now running out. and now with the rain as well, that will make that even harder. there is basically a shortage all they have run out of literally everything now. whether we are talking water, food or fuel. whether we are talking water, food orfuel. and as noted, the rain is going to make an already horrific situation even worse. find going to make an already horrific situation even worse.— going to make an already horrific situation even worse. and what do ou situation even worse. and what do you understand — situation even worse. and what do you understand to _ situation even worse. and what do you understand to be _ situation even worse. and what do you understand to be the - situation even worse. and what do you understand to be the latest. you understand to be the latest situation at al—shifa itself, especially with regards to those incubators there?—

especially with regards to those incubators there? well, we haven't not an incubators there? well, we haven't got any communications _ incubators there? well, we haven't got any communications up - incubators there? well, we haven't got any communications up there l incubators there? well, we haven't| got any communications up there at the moment and that is part of the problem that there are constant communication blackouts. we have been supporting a community people who we haven't been able to communicate with for the last couple of days since you may remember the church was hit a few days ago. but we haven't been able to communicate with them. whether any of them are still actually there. so it is very difficult. but my understanding is that the situation in shifa hospital is absolutely dire. find that the situation in shifa hospital is absolutely dire.— is absolutely dire. and regarding the south. _ is absolutely dire. and regarding the south, william, _ is absolutely dire. and regarding the south, william, where - is absolutely dire. and regarding the south, william, where your. the south, william, where your colleagues can still operate presumably, where there is, it is in the safe areas away from the fighting. just give us a picture of what they are telling you about the situation in the south, where floods of people can still continue to write. i of people can still continue to write. ~ ., , of people can still continue to write. ~' ., , ,., ., write. i think the really important thin to write. i think the really important thing to remember— write. i think the really important thing to remember and _ write. i think the really important thing to remember and this - write. i think the really important thing to remember and this is - write. i think the really important i thing to remember and this is what we consistently here and we know from our staff and partners is that

nowhere in gaza is safe and the bombing has been carrying on in the south this morning. so as much as the situation in the north is horrific, the situation in the south is not so much better. there have been instances of people prior to the last few days at least that have been to the south, realised it was no better and moved back to the north. so the situation is horrific. nowhere is safe. and most of the things that have been hit are civilian structures. the vast and overwhelming population of gaza is civilian. and that's why because nowhere is safe and because the need is so great to, we as agencies have been calling for an immediate and permanent ceasefire because that is the only thing that will be able to provide the space to address the needs of people. and let's not forget that 0ctober needs of people. and let's not forget that october the 7th heralded a new level of ferocious violence. but the situation in gaza before that for the population was already

dire. 80% relied on aid from either the un or international ngos. there was very, very high unemployment and very little drinking water, that was brought in as well. and the humanitarian crisis landed on a humanitarian crisis landed on a humanitarian emergency, so this situation is really critical now. and just briefly, i was reading earlier some discussion in eu circles about a maritime corridor from cyprus to deliver aid. do you think that that is feasible and your contacts involved in any discussions about that? ., contacts involved in any discussions about that?— contacts involved in any discussions about that? ., ., ., ., about that? no, we are not involved in that. about that? no, we are not involved in that- but — about that? no, we are not involved in that. but having _ about that? no, we are not involved in that. but having been _ about that? no, we are not involved in that. but having been to - about that? no, we are not involved in that. but having been to gaza - in that. but having been to gaza many times and seen the port that would be able to cope with the ships that would come in, that doesn't actually exist. there is a small fishing port, where all the fishermen would have gone out from. but i am not quite sure exactly

where ships would come in and the volume required to deliver aid. so i'm afraid i can't add to that. but again, i would just reiterate the level of aid that has been allowed in, whether so far it is about 800 trucks since october the 21st, is literally a drop in the ocean. so obviously, it is good to discuss more ways to get aid in, but a ceasefire is the only way that you will guarantee to get aid to where it is actually required.— it is actually required. william bell from christian _ it is actually required. william bell from christian aid, - it is actually required. william bell from christian aid, thank| it is actually required. william - bell from christian aid, thank you very much indeed, evoking the dire humanitarian situation on the ground. and while we talk about the suffering in gaza, there is of course still intend suffering in israel among the families of those who were killed, some 1,200 people on the 7th of october, but also the almost 240 people being held hostage and we can see pictures come again of a protest, a walk of families of

those hostages who were walking from tel aviv to jerusalem to put pressure on the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu to do more to try to make progress on the release of those hostages that are still being held by hamas. much more to come from us in the hours ahead. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. rescue teams in northern india are working for their day to say 40 men who have been trapped. let me bring you a different story. —— for a third day. the latest figures show wages outstripped inflation by the largest margin in two years — but the rate at which they're growing is starting to slow. average earnings rose by 7.7% in the three months to september, compared to the same period a year ago. unemployment stood at 4.2%. a new report suggests construction of a permanent memorial

to those affected by the grenfell fire could begin in 2026. the grenfell tower memorial commission said it should include a garden, a monument and a space for people to grieve. it's also called on the government to honour a commitment to fund the building. king charles is celebrating his 75th birthday today by launching a scheme aimed at helping those in food poverty and tackling the issue of surplus food waste. you're live with bbc news. let's get the latest in the uk. live now to to downing street and rajini vaidyanathan, who has been watching the various cabinet arrivals since yesterday's reshuffle. rajini. i have great weather here in downing street! it is tipping it down. but the main event here this morning was the main event here this morning was the first cabinet meeting hosted by prime minister rishi sunak with his newly shuffled cabinet. it has been a very long 24 hours in british

politics since yesterday morning. prime minister sunak sacked his home secretary suella braverman. it has been widely speculated that she was to leave the cabinet and front line government, she remains on the back benches of the conservative party. that created a vacancy at the home office, which is now being taken up byjames office, which is now being taken up by james cleverly, who office, which is now being taken up byjames cleverly, who is office, which is now being taken up by james cleverly, who is the new home secretary. he of course was formerly foreign secretary and so to replace him, it saw a return, quite a dramatic return back to front line politics for david cameron, the former british prime minister who hadn't been seen here for a number of years. we remember seeing him on the steps of downing street as he left after he left office after he failed to win the brexit referendum. well, we saw him today at the cabinet meeting. he was seated around the table. he is now of course lord david cameron. he was

given a lordship yesterday as it was announced that he would become foreign secretary. and other key changes around the cabinet table that were made yesterday by prime minister rishi sunak included a new health secretary steve barclay, who had served in that role, moving to the environment brief. and a lot of other big moves. victoria atkins is now the health secretary. so they are the main headlines i think from monday's reshuffle. well, the cabinet as i was saying met earlier this morning. let's have a listening to what prime minister rishi sunak said to his newly assembled team before that meeting got under way. our purpose is nothing less than to make the long—term decisions that are going to change our country for the better and i know that this strong and united team is going to deliver that change for everybody. we've got an important week coming up. on wednesday, we'll have

inflation numbers, we'll also have the supreme court ruling on our rwanda plan, and next wednesday, the chancellor will be delivering an important autumn statement. and across all of that, i'm confident we can demonstrate to the country that we are making progress on the priorities i set out at the beginning of the year — to half inflation, grow the economy, reduce debt, cut waiting lists and to stop the boats. but you all know that is not the limit of our ambitions. we want to build a better future for our children and for our grandchildren, and that is what this team is going to do, whether it's navigating the crises in ukraine, in the middle east, to demonstrate that we will stand up for our values and provide security for everyone here at home, but also, to make the big, bold decisions that will drive change. a new approach to infrastructure spending, ushering in a generation of children that will grow up smoke—free, reforms to how we approach net zero to save families thousands of pounds, and radically reforming our education system, with more teachers, higher standards and more apprenticeships. that's the change that we're going to deliver, and looking around this table, i know that we have an energetic and enthusiastic team

that's going to deliver for the country, so let's get to work. thanks very much. the newly assembled cabinet led by prime minister rishi sunak. multiple changes around that table. the return of lord david cameron as foreign secretary. he left that cabinet meeting earlier with cabinet secretary andrew mitchell. and i think there are problems with my microphone. studio: apologies, the microphone has field —— the microphone has failed with rajini possibly be because of the heavy rain. but david cameron has returned to government seven years after he left as prime minister following the brexit vote and there has been a cabinet meeting today in which he was welcomed back.

as of course foreign secretary. not everybody within the party happy about it, but there has been plenty of reaction to that and we will of course have more throughout the day. now i want to talk about the situation in iceland. more than 500 earthquakes were recorded in south west iceland on monday shaking houses, damaging roads and leading to hundreds of evacuations. the tremors indicate a volcanic eruption may happen in the next few days and a nearby town has already been evacuated. an eruption of another volcano in 2010 led to the cancellation of tens of thousands of flights, although experts don't believe a repeat of that disruption is likely at the moment. my colleague is an wreck of it with the latest. , ., , ., latest. yes, there have been a coule latest. yes, there have been a couple of _ latest. yes, there have been a couple of things _ latest. yes, there have been a couple of things going - latest. yes, there have been a couple of things going on - latest. yes, there have been a couple of things going on that| latest. yes, there have been a - couple of things going on that have been particularly marked —— is in recce of it. these tremors, you mentioned hamas —— hundreds of earthquakes, thousands have been felt in iceland, particularly in the

south west area. and the big fear is a town which has been completely evacuated, no and is allowed to stay there at the moment. you might have seen pictures of cracked roads and sink holes in the area as well. but the big fear is that if and when an eruption happens and nobody knows when or when that might be, but there is enough seismic activity near grindavik to lead to concerns you may see very disruptive lava flows flowing through it. so all those people, 4,000 odd people who have had to leave their homes, they are now waiting to see what happens and whether that level of disruption occurs. you mentioned 2010. i think at the moment from what i am told talking to experts, they don't necessarily expect major travel disruption whenever this eruption may occur because just of the composition of the magma and where it is at the moment, you can't know for sure,

it is at the moment, you can't know forsure, but it is at the moment, you can't know for sure, but i am told it is very unlikely. but the real worry is this town of grindavik. while they are used to seismic activity to come to have an entire town evacuated and fears it could be destroyed or partially destroyed, that hasn't happened, i am told by locals, for around 50 years. often, these eruptions go on quite far from where people live. so it has caused quite a lot of upset across the country because it is a relatively small country in terms of the size of its population. country in terms of the size of its population-— all children in the uk should be given a chickenpox vaccine at 12 months and at 18 months of age, health advisers have told the national health service. they say introduicing the programme would be �*safe and effective'. the government will make the final decision on whether to add chicken pox to the protective jabs that childen are offered. with more on this, let's go to our medical editor fergus walsh. it is getting chickenpox is very

much a child —— is very much part of childhood, so why this advice now? it is a highly infectious disease and for the vast majority of children, it is a mild illness which they get over very quickly. and until this vaccine, people really wanted to get their children having chickenpox early on and would even organise chickenpox parties. but for a small minority of children and adults as well, it is the later you get it in life, the more dangerous it can be, it can be a more serious illness and it can indeed cause swelling in the brain. so thejoint committee on vaccination and immunisation has looked at the evidence from several other countries, the us, germany, australia, which have had childhood programmes now for several years. and concluded that a uk—wide programme actually would be beneficial. so they are recommending it, but it will be down to the

government to decide whether or not to introduce it. find government to decide whether or not to introduce it.— to introduce it. and you know how and when that _ to introduce it. and you know how and when that might _ to introduce it. and you know how and when that might happen? - to introduce it. and you know how| and when that might happen? and there are also concerns been given this vaccine at young age may not prevent people from getting chickenpox when they are older. yes. in later life, — chickenpox when they are older. yes. in later life. you _ chickenpox when they are older. yes. in later life, you can _ chickenpox when they are older. jazz in later life, you can get a condition very painful condition called shingles which is when the chickenpox virus which is latent in the body reactivates and that really is a very painful condition indeed. in 2009, thejcvi said we shouldn't have a programme because of fears it may lead to more cases of shingles and they have now decided that is not the case. and they have now decided that is not the case-— and they have now decided that is not the case. thank you very much. plenty more — not the case. thank you very much. plenty more analysis _ not the case. thank you very much. plenty more analysis on _ not the case. thank you very much. plenty more analysis on that - not the case. thank you very much. plenty more analysis on that story i plenty more analysis on that story and our other stories later on today. coming up shortly, the top business stories. stay with us on bbc news.

hello again. over the next few days, temperatures will vary. you can see the colours, yellow representing the higher temperatures, blues representing the lower temperatures. so over the next few days, they really do flip—flop in—between colder and milder conditions. next week, as we start to pull in more of a northerly, it turns colder again. so what we have today is this weather front continuing to billow weather front continuing to pull away from the south—east. another one across the north west. both are introducing some rain or showers. in the south—east, the rain will clear and then it is going to be a mixture of bright spells, sunshine and showers for northern ireland, wales and england, and cloudy, with the rain pushing north eastwards across scotland. it will not be as windy as yesterday, but it is still going to be a blustery day

across england and wales. through this evening and overnight, we hang on to the rain in the north. there will be showers in northern ireland, england and wales and clear skies as well. under the clear skies in the north of scotland, where the winds will fall lighter, it will be cold enough for some frost. not so as we head further south. tomorrow, we have this weather front bringing in some cloud and some showery rain across northern ireland and parts of central and southern scotland, into northern england, extending down to the wash. on either side of that, we once again are looking at dry weather and sunshine, with just a few showers around. temperatures, seven in the north and 13 as we push down towards the south. more of a complicated picture into thursday, we have two areas of low pressure. both of them look very much like they are coming our way. the one anchored into the north—west is going to bring in this rain

across western areas, pushing east through the course of the day, and the other one is coming up from the south, bringing in some rain. it could be windy with this one as well but that, too, will take the rain pushing eastwards and temperatures down a touch on the moment. the rain clears on friday and then a lot of dry weather. it will be a cold and frosty start with showers coming into the north—west, some of those will be wintry and then later on, more rain piles in with strengthening winds to the south—west. temperatures, eight in the north to widely ten or 11 degrees.

fundamentally strong — the us treasury secretary pushes back against the latest ratings agency downgrade — as markets await the all important inflation figures. and...the battle for global economic dominance — we travel to indonesia for a front row seat to the intensifying rivalry between china and the united states. welcome to world business report. we will talk about that growing rivalry later in the programme. let's start in the us where markets will be watching the latest inflation data for clues as to whether the federal reserve might move again on interest rates. that are due out in just

a couple of hours. inflation was 3.7% in the year to september —