full—scale invasion. the bbc finds nearly 20,000 men have left ukraine to avoid being drafted since the start of russia's full—scale invasion. and iceland is building up the defences around a town, to try and stop it from being destroyed if a nearby volcano erupts. welcome to bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak. the israeli prime minister has said that hamas leaders left the largest hospital in gaza shortly before it was raided by the army. speaking to cbs news, benjamin netanyahu said there wasn't a gunfight at al—shifa on wednesday because people he called terrorists had already fled.

israel insists there's a hamas command centre at the site, but hasn't yet provided conclusive evidence. mr netanyahu also said there were strong indications that hostages had been moved from the hospital. first of all, we had concrete evidence that there were terrorist chieftains and terrorists, their terrorist minions, in the hospital. and, in fact, they fled. as our forces approached, they fled. that's why we had no firefight. we entered that hospital with arabic—speaking israeli doctors, with incubators. and we had no firefight. but hamas was using the patients in that hospital as a human shield. and on level minus two, we found a command and control centre, military communications, coded equipment. we found bombs. we found weapons. and we also found terror tunnels in the hospital compound. earlier, israeli forces say they have recovered the body

of a woman taken hostage by hamas last month in a building near al—shifa hospital. she has been named as 65 year—old yehudit weiss. israel's chief military spokesman said she was murdered. ms weiss was abducted from a kibbutz in southern israel on october 7th. 0ur correspondent nick beake is injerusalem, and sent this update about the israeli operation at al—shifa hospital. i think it's worth pointing out, really difficult to independently verify what's been going on today. the israelis have said they have been carrying out a discreet, methodical operation at al—shifa, the biggest hospital in gaza, moving form —— moving from one ward to another. an eyewitness painted a different picture, saying the israeli soldiers were shooting everywhere, and that bulldozers were brought in and a wall

within the building of the hospital had been partially destroyed. and also the head doctor at the al—shifa hospital said they had no oxygen, they were struggling for power, still about 500 patients there. he painted a very bleak picture, saying people were crying out for aid and to be able to leave. with me is mohamed taha, our correspondent from bbc arabic. can we start with al—shifa? they really are the conflict focused at the moment. that's correct, hospitals _ focused at the moment. that's correct, hospitals in _ focused at the moment. that's correct, hospitals in gaza - focused at the moment. that's correct, hospitals in gaza in i correct, hospitals in gaza in general are the focus of the conflict as israel thinks hamas are taking the hospitals as command centres, and they expect that the hostages are somewhere in these hospitals. al—shifa hospital's situation now is in a mystery. it's fully under the control of the

israeli forces. we understand they are transforming the basement into an investigation unit. they are asking the doctors and the workers questions about whereabouts hamas fighters, and if there are any evidences of that. there is an operation of flattening the grounds and preparing the entrances for larger armoured vehicles, maybe tanks to get into the hospitals. at the moment, all the evidence that they found, just a couple of ak—lfl guns and so on and so forth, but the situation in the hospital is really, really dangerous. there were 2300 patients, and also homeless people in this hospital. we saw pictures of premature babies out of the

machines. we saw pictures of patients, a kidney patients... the manager of the hospital is saying that there are 100 bodies, dead bodies, infront of the hospital. journalists from the hospital saying even stray dogs are starting to eat some of these bodies. we heard that there _ some of these bodies. we heard that there was _ some of these bodies. we heard that there was reports _ some of these bodies. we heard that there was reports of - some of these bodies. we heard that there was reports of a - that there was reports of a 65—year—old hostage, her body was found in a building close to the hospital. what else do we know about the fate of the other hostages?— we know about the fate of the other hostages? this is the big auestion other hostages? this is the big question of— other hostages? this is the big question of this _ other hostages? this is the big question of this operation - other hostages? this is the big question of this operation so . question of this operation so far. because now we understand the israeli forces are in control of the most areas in gaza. they are bombing everywhere in gaza last night, the north, the south and the middle. there were like 50

deaths in this operation. and at the moment, the israeli forces didn't say at all that they know whereabouts, even, these hostages. it's a very small piece of land. the israeli forces are inside gaza and they are also strike every second, and they don't know... we understand hamas announced before that some of the hostages were killed by the israeli strikes. we understand now that the israeli forces said they found at least one body around the al—shifa hospital, but this is the big question of this war. where are the hostages, where are the hamas leaders?— hamas leaders? lots of questions _ hamas leaders? lots of questions there, - hamas leaders? lots of questions there, thank | hamas leaders? lots of. questions there, thank you hamas leaders? lots of - questions there, thank you for that update. we can't independently verify the numbers provided by the hamas—run health ministry, but we know that children in gaza are dying at an unprecedented scale and rate.

the palestinians say more than 11,500 children have died in just under six weeks. many others have been orphaned or injured. you don't need to be an expert to know what severe mental trauma all this leaves behind. or how it will inevitably drive, this endless circle drive this endless circle of violence in the years ahead. but there is one british charity that's been funding a clinic in gaza, to try to rehabilitate some of these children. hello from gaza. i am mohammed sharif. i live north gaza strip in palestine. i stay with my children, hadi and ilyas and hafiz. mohammed sent us this video in early november from his home injabaliya camp, where the israeli army has carried out some of its deadliest bombings. he told us he had been distracting his children with colouring and drawing

activities to help them cope. but the picture outside was a harsh reality. that's how we wake up every morning. this is sound every day. palestine. he told us he decided to stay back with nine of his family members because the road to the south was too dangerous, and people were being killed along the way. mohammed lives dangerously close to the indonesian hospital, which, according to human rights watch, has been struck multiple times by israeli forces during october. the israelis claim the structure sits above a network of hamas tunnels and a launchpad for their rocket attacks. the infrastructure around mohammed's home had soon turned to rubble, and as the days progressed, he told us he was afraid to go outside to search for food and water.

and when he did, all he saw was suffering. see in the sky. meanwhile, reports of the sharp increase in the death toll terrified him. no food. israel maintains that it warns residents to evacuate the areas it targets. but whenever the electricity

and internet were cut off, mohammed feared being isolated from the outside world. isend big message. following the war, we need to freedom. we need to freedom. we need to save the place for me and for my children and for my family, and for all the children in gaza strip. we need peace. but one night he eventually dared to head outside and sent us this video on the 11th of november. that was the last time we heard from mohammed. the asia—pacific economic cooperation summit continues in san francisco with president biden reassuring world leaders that the us is committed to the region's economic growth. he also says his talks

with chinese leader xi jinping would provide stability for the region and the whole world. the us and china agreed on resuming high—level military communication. however, the leaders are still at odds over taiwan with president xi calling it the "biggest and most dangerous issue" in bilateral ties. beijing considers it part of its territory, while the us maintains unofficial relations with taiwan as a democratically self—governed island. 0ur discussions will always be candid and constructive. the united states does not seek conflict. we announced military to military communication channels to reduce the risk of accidental miscalculation. 0ur colleague sumi somaskanda spoke tojohn kerry, the united states special presidential envoy for climate, about this discussions.

those of us who were there thought it was a real move into a new moment, where people are ready to talk seriously, be candid, but to understand the value of bringing the united states and china closer into co—operation on any number of things, but particularly the co—operation that came out of military to military and fentanyl, but from my point of view on the climate issue, i think it was a huge step forward _ we feel very positive about china deciding to agree to take steps, and we have to take steps, everybody is going to work in the same direction, that's really important. the climate agreement says both countries will pursue efforts

to triple renewable energy capacity globally by 2030. how will that be measured? it's very simple, you look at the renewable energy at this point of time and then three times that by 2030. i think it's really a very important part of this agreement. that deployment of renewables is going to be critical to being able to peak earlier in china, actually peak emissions earlier and begin to reduce. and china did agree that they would deploy in a way that tried to make it possible to know that you are going to get those reductions, and that begins to really show a progress that helps us with the cop, and in dubai, open the door for other people to step in and be part of it.

she told us more about the pending discussions and what's happening after these talks. there was an agreement to crack down on fentanyl, and a working group for the countries to work together on guard rails for artificial intelligence, and also climate change. but whether they will be implemented is a real question. these small wins are something both sides will be looking for into next year. but big tensions remained from taiwan to the south china sea, and trade policy. president biden said again today, we want to make sure there is a level economic playing field and that is not the case at the moment. he was speaking to ceos when he

said that. we have to see if when tensions are dialled back up, they are able to speak to each other and dial down again. they are not going to see each other any time soon, president biden heading into an election year. this is the test going forward, if they can rely on what was created, the ground underneath the relationship established at this summit. the former uk home secretary suella braverman says the prime minister's new plan to try to send migrants to rwanda amounts to "tinkering". writing in the daily telegraph newspaper, mrs braverman sets out how she believes the law needs to change to ensure the policy can go ahead. here's our political editor, chris mason. this is the third time injust eight nights that suella braverman�*s words have made news. but it's telling tonight that they are shorn of the anger, the animosity of the first two interventions. it is instead her proposed policy solution to the bind that the government finds itself in. yesterday, the government's plan a for rwanda and migrants

was rejected by the supreme court. we got the beginnings of the plan b fleshed out by the prime minister, and this is suella braverman�*s reaction to that. and she thinks it amounts to tinkering, that it won't be enough to ensure that flights set off before the general election. she says the government needs to stop indulging in spin and what she called self—deception, and instead help rwanda build a better asylum system, ensure that parliament sits across the christmas break to try and get a new law in place, and then to ensure that that new law "excludes all avenues of legal challenge", as she puts it, to ringfence the new plan from the human rights act, from the european convention on human rights, and from the refugee convention, just for starters. clearly, suella braverman has given this quite some thought, but clearly, too, it is bold, it is controversial and it would prove difficult to make happen.

as things stand, there's been no response from downing street. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. the uk government says an £8 billion fund will be made available to councils in england over the next decade to help tackle potholes. the transport secretary, mark harper, said motorists would see improvements in road conditions straight away. councils, on the other hand, say the cost of repairing local roads was closer to £14 billlion. two 12—year—old boys are due to appear before birmingham magistrates�* court later, charged with the murder of a 19—year—old man in wolverhampton. shawn seesahai was stabbed to death on monday evening. the boys have also been charged with possession of a bladed article. the pair cannot be named due to their age.

scotland's health secretary, michael matheson, has admitted that an £11,000 data roaming charge on his ipad was caused by his sons watching football during a trip to morocco last year. the expense was initially paid for by the scottish parliament, but he's since paid the money back and referred you're live with bbc news. iceland's biggest bulldozer is heading to a small fishing town threatened by a major volcanic eruption. the vehicle is being used to build defences to stop lava from the volcano destroying key buildings if it erupts near the town of grindavik. thousands of people have been moved from their homes after hundreds of small earthquakes in recent days. 0ur correspondent, jessica parker, has been able to fly over the volcano in a helicopter and sent this report. there are some places you can only fly to. this land of steaming volcanoes is one of them. dormant for 800 years,

eruptions began in this area in 2021. this looked like this two years ago. the difference now is the earth—shattering effects on a community. we are now flying over the evacuated town of grindavik, and looking down the streets are completely empty. ripped apart by earthquakes, there are fears volcanic lava could cause even more destruction. the coastguard do a quick supply drop to their colleagues out at sea. this is all part of the icelandic authorities constantly monitoring the area around where they think the volcanic eruptions may occur. they don't know when that could happen. it could be days, it could be weeks. it's thought the 15—kilometre tunnel of magma runs right under this ridge. the possible eruptions led to defences being built up

around a geothermal plant. ultimately we have to, as we've been doing for many years now, planning for volcanic activity, planning aggressively to be able to defend areas, to increase monitoring, and this is exactly where we are. we're almost at war with mother nature yet again in iceland. the anxious wait has hit tourism too. no—one's bathing in the famous blue lagoon spa. closed for now, its waters are empty. as iceland readies for another violent recreation from the earth. jessica parker, bbc news, the reykjanes peninsula. nearly 20,000 men have fled ukraine since the beginning of the war to avoid being drafted. a further 21,000 have tried to leave but were caught by the ukrainian authorities — that's according to a bbc eye investigation. since russia's invasion, ukraine has banned men of fighting age from leaving the country, unless they have a valid exemption. zhanna bezpiatchuk has more

on how some men are managing to escape with the help of corrupt officials. stopped by border police, the men are ordered onto their knees. for ukrainians without a military exemption, crossing the border illegally is the most popular way of escaping the draft. some get caught, but for much of this war, dozens of men have managed to flee this way every day. using freedom of information requests, bbc eye has established that the most common route out is over ukraine's border with moldova. in a refugee centre in moldova, we meet eric, a musician who is hoping to go to the us to be reunited with his family. he's arrived from ukraine on foot. translation: ijust looked at the map. i i heard rumors about

where to go, took risk and it worked out. eric says he has a serious health condition but wasn't granted a medical exemption, commonly known as a white ticket. translation: i tried to process the documents for six months, l but no—one allowed me to do it. my patience ran out and i decided to leave this way. we heard that some men are paying substantial bribes to obtain a white ticket. to find out more, we ask the localjournalists to pretend to be a man who wants to leave ukraine. a quick search reveals at least six groups offering help on the messaging app telegram. 0ur undercoverjournalist contacts one of them and is soon offered a white ticket. officials at these centres work closely with military doctors

to decide who can get a medical exemption. they sent me an example of this white ticket. for me, this document looks real. probably they know somebody at that office. so this is corruption. the bbc showed its findings to a senior politician from the ruling party. translation: we're doing our best to reduce the number - of corruption cases. those who try to avoid mobilisation are about 1—5%. they are definitely not critical to the defense of ukraine. ukraine doesn't release official figures on the size of its army, but says it has over 800,000 troops. as this conflict turns into a war of attrition, ukraine will need all the soldiers it can get.

after weeks of haggling, spain's socialist leader, pedro sanchez, has clinched a vote in parliament to lead the country for another term as prime minister. hundreds have taken to the streets to protest, with more, here's meghan 0wen. the socialist leader pedro sanchez has just secured another term as prime minister, but already people are taking to the streets of madrid to protest. let's just take a listen to that. chanting. well, let's remind ourselves of why this vote is so controversial. here we have the make up of the spanish parliament. in red, we have the socialists. in blue, we have the popular party. now, they won the election back injuly, but their leader, alberto nunez feijoo, failed to form a majority. and as a result, in october, the spanish king asked mr sanchez to form a government. in orderfor him to do that, mr sanchez has had to win over two catalan pro—independence

groups, and he's done so by offering amnesty to hundreds of politicians and activists who were prosecuted following a failed bid in 2017 for catalan to secede from spain. that, in turn, has infuriated the opponents of mr sanchez. they feel it's a green light to any future attempts by regional groups to break up spain, and that's led to many street protests, including this one. now, whilst he might have secured power in parliament, sanchez has still got a lot of work cut out to make sure that large groups of the public support him in office. plenty more on our website. stay with us. hello there. it's a very mixed picture of weather across the uk on thursday and the rain

and the winds will return along with the milder feeling air over the weekend. but on friday, it's looking largely dry. a few showers out towards the west, plenty of sunshine around. temperatures now close to the seasonal average. so we're between weather systems on friday. these fronts clear into the north sea. this is the weekend's weather, a deep area of low pressure approaching from the southwest, we'll be seeing that by the time we get to the end of the day. but most of the day, it's certainly looking dry. the early cloud will clear away into the north sea a few showers across north west england, the isle of man down through wales and possibly the south west of england. and here it will cloud over, also northern ireland as we head towards the end of the afternoon. but plenty of sunshine around, temperatures close to the seasonal average, generally eight to 13 degrees. but still that cold air lingers across northeastern areas of scotland. as we head through friday night and into saturday morning, that wet, windy weather spreads in from the southwest, brisk southeasterly winds, spells of heavy rain, the temperatures rising unusually through the night. so this is how we're set

to start off saturday morning, between 12 and 1a degrees celsius out towards the south of england. the rain gradually clears its way eastwards, so it will turn a lot drier across much of england and wales, eastern scotland. as we head through the afternoon, some showers further west. temperatures very mild, rising to 15 or 16 degrees celsius in the south, ten to 13 degrees celsius further north. now, that deep area of low pressure is still spinning its way eastwards as we head through sunday. the focus of the rain on sunday will tend to be towards the north. so across northern england and much of north—west scotland, also northern ireland seeing some hefty showers at times, a few showers out towards western wales perhaps. further south across much of england and wales is dry. but here we'll see some very blustery winds, gusts of a0 to 50 miles an hour. temperatures perhaps just that little bit lower. now, as we head through sunday night, the area of low pressure starts to clear away, but it does leave a legacy of showers. still, the milder air hangs on for part of monday, but you can see we draw down

more of a northerly wind. so the temperatures are set to turn cooler as we head through into the start of next week. a drop in temperature, turning more settled, too, as we head into the middle of the week for most of us. bye for now.

live from london, this is bbc news. getting britain working again — a millionjob vacancies are weighing down the uk economy, so who's

going to fill them? also coming up — the moderate lawyer or the right—wing radical? argentina chooses its next president as it battles 1a0% inflation and the worst economic crisis in decades. plus, we're going to need a bigger box! amazon to start selling hyundai cars from next year as part of a partnership with the south korean auto—maker. and the new macho — how global brands are changing the way they market to men. hello and welcome to our look at the business news. we start here in the uk — where there are still almost a millionjob vacancies sitting unfilled. that's according

to the latest estimates. britain's labour shortage is weighing on the economy