gaza, get these the suffering in gaza, get those hostages released, ensure that civilians are not caught in the crossfire of this, that humanitarian aid get sane and we find a way, a pathway to the two state solution, there is complete unity and my focus is on that issue. hostages are being held while we have this conversation, people are dying in gaza as we have this conversation. my gaza as we have this conversation. my focus is on how we alleviate that situation, no questions of labour party management. in situation, no questions of labour party management.— situation, no questions of labour party management. in terms of the front bench. _ party management. in terms of the front bench, have _ party management. in terms of the front bench, have you _ party management. in terms of the front bench, have you made - front bench, have you made replacements, have you made decisions?— replacements, have you made decisions? ., . ,, , decisions? collective responsibility is important _ decisions? collective responsibility is important to _ decisions? collective responsibility is important to any _ decisions? collective responsibility is important to any political- decisions? collective responsibility is important to any political party, | is important to any political party, it is for me to manage that. i will not do that live on air, i will continue to do what i have been doing which is to ask a question on how we can make a material difference on the ground in gaza, talking to your allies, talking to all world leaders who are most

concerned about this and ensuring that we have a credible plan to ensure that where there are policies and humanitarian aid can get in, they become longer so more it can get in. they are a stepping stone to a cessation to the fighting which is going to be needed and also a stepping stone to a political pathway to the two state solution. that is what i'm focused on. i think across the country most people would say that is the right focus and the sooneras say that is the right focus and the sooner as we can get as many people focused on that, making a difference on the ground, then the better. in on the ground, then the better. in terms of that, are you concerned she might lose more front bench people to this issue. this might lose more front bench people to this issue-— to this issue. this isn't a question ofthe to this issue. this isn't a question of the management _ to this issue. this isn't a question of the management of _ to this issue. this isn't a question of the management of the - to this issue. this isn't a question of the management of the labouri of the management of the labour party. it of the management of the labour pa . , ., , ., of the management of the labour pa . ,., of the management of the labour pa . ., party. it is for you, you are the leader of— party. it is for you, you are the leader of the _ party. it is for you, you are the leader of the labour _ party. it is for you, you are the leader of the labour party, - party. it is for you, you are the leader of the labour party, it l party. it is for you, you are the| leader of the labour party, it is party. it is for you, you are the l leader of the labour party, it is a question of that. i leader of the labour party, it is a question of that.— question of that. i hope the next election we _ question of that. i hope the next election we should _ question of that. i hope the next election we should be _ question of that. i hope the next l election we should be able to form question of that. i hope the next - election we should be able to form a government and that is precisely why my focus is on the question of the

release of the hostages and how we alleviate the suffering on the ground for so many civilians that have lost their lives in gaza. that is what you would expect from the leader of the opposition, that is what you would expect of someone who wants to form the next government, working with their international allies to ensure that we can get those hostages released, we can alleviate the situation on the grounds, the killing of so many innocent civilians, women and children included. matters were my focus is and where i think anybody watching this would expect the focus be of the later leader of the opposition, not questions of party management. to ukraine now, where nearly 20,000 men have fled the country 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, unless they have a valid exemption. zhanna betziapuk 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 erik, 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 rumours about where to go, took risk and it worked out. erik 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 local journalists 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 undercover journalist 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 i—5%. they are definitely not critical to the defence 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.

you can watch the full bbc eye documentary �*ukraine's draft dodgers' on our world this saturday, or on bbc iplayer and bbc world service youtube now. some breaking news coming into us. this is the news thatjoseph prisca has been sentenced to life in prison for murder of the irish schoolteacher aisling murphy in county 0ffaly last year. the 33—year—old was found guilty of murdering a 23—year—old by a jury last week. there is a mandatory life sentence for murder. the judge said there was only one sentence available and it was deserved. that is the news thatjoseph prisca has been sentenced to life in prison for murder of the irish schoolteacher aisling murphy in county 0ffaly last

year. women could soon be offered counselling to help the symptoms of menopause. updated guidance from nice said it could be offered alongside or instead of hormone replacement therapy. michelle, what exactly are nice rapid —— recommending? exactly are nice rapid -- recommending?- exactly are nice rapid -- recommending? exactly are nice rapid -- recommendin: ? , , ., recommending? they say there is now this extra option _ recommending? they say there is now this extra option which _ recommending? they say there is now this extra option which can _ recommending? they say there is now this extra option which can be - this extra option which can be offered which is cognitive behavioural therapy, a type of talking therapy that can either be given individually or in a group, online orface—to—face. given individually or in a group, online or face—to—face. they are saying that for some women they might prefer to have this rather than drug treatment, hrt, or they might want it alongside medication. what are the safest talking therapy could achieve? there are often physical symptoms of the menopause. there are. levels of hormones drop through the menopause which is why hormone replacement therapy can help some of the symptoms. they have a

look at some studies and say that there is some emerging evidence that if you give talking therapy can help with specific symptoms, so things like hot flushes, night sweats, and some of the mood and sleep disturbances that happen. it is giving a coping mechanism, if you like, ratherthan giving a coping mechanism, if you like, rather than a medical treatment that is getting to the root cause of the hormones. this is bein: root cause of the hormones. this is being offered _ root cause of the hormones. this is being offered potentially _ root cause of the hormones. this is being offered potentially alongside | being offered potentially alongside hrt. there has been some criticism. some people have been saying is this short cut, as we know there have been shortages of hrt medication and an increase in demand for medication, so some people are saying is this a cost saving exercise, offering people therapy rather than drugs, but nice saying it is not about that, it is about widening choice. thank you. you can read more on the

website about the story. 0pening practice for formula i's new show—piece event in las vegas turned into a nightmare for organisers. the race has been riddled with problems. some car suffered major damage because of flu strain covers on the street circuit. formula ijournalist chris medland told us more about the incident and the chaos it's caused to the schedule. 0ne sense what's happened here with the failure with the train covers being pulled up. it's happened before. it's happened in azerbaijan about four years ago, in monaco more recently. and as the cars get more and more performant, they do actually suck things like drain covers up from the ground and they do try and secure them. these were cemented down, but that cement failed and it fell out. now, in a sense, you only really find out when a formula 0ne car runs over it. there's nothing else comparable. so everything's done in the attempt to make sure it wouldn't happen. but the issue here has been that when it did happen, it happened and caused huge damage to two cars. so a whole new chassis had to be replaced on colour switches, car and knock ons.

but tests were done yesterday on the track. just again, unless you run an f1 car on it, you're not going to find out. but then the knock on effect because of the time zone here they were running the second practice session was meant to be midnight to 1am. it's all been pushed back. that's been been really damaging and really disrupted. but fans have been asked to leave the circuit because staff couldn't be kept here all night. so there's going to be no one really watching it here, which is not gone down well locally, i can tell you that. but the second practice session has been extended by half an hour to try and make up for lost time earlier. so in a sense, the teams shouldn't lose out on too much running as long as the track does hold up now. and all the repairs that have been done have been done to the right standard. it will mean a very late finish. we're going to be looking at 4am. local time, finish for what should have been one a.m., but the rest of the schedule is currently unchanged, so itjust means a shorter night for everyone and get back and do practice and qualifying tomorrow. hello there. for most of you, this afternoon

is looking absolutely glorious. we've got blue skies across the board, really. after a chilly start to the day, it's an afternoon for getting out and about and making the most of these spectacular autumn colours that we have. do make the most of today's sunshine and clear skies because, lurking to our west, we've got an area of low pressure that's going to be bringing wet and windy weather our way into the weekend. so sunny for most of us this afternoon. you will notice a bit of high cloud running in ahead of the next weather system into northern ireland, wales and south—west england, just making the sunshine a little on the hazy side. for the most part, temperatures are close to average, but a little bit below average in northern scotland where it will be quite a cool afternoon for november. heading into this evening and overnight, the rain is going to move in pretty quickly, along with strengthening gusts of wind, particularly across western areas. the winds turn to a south—westerly direction, so it will be turning increasingly mild through the night, with temperatures finishing off the night at around ia degrees in plymouth. wet and windy weather around this weekend, courtesy of this area of low pressure. south—westerly winds

across the country will be bringing in some much milder weather conditions, so temperatures will be quite a long way above the november average, but those winds will be bringing plenty of rain around, as well. we're going to get around 15 to perhaps 30 millimetres of rain across the south—west of england. it's not a huge amount, to be honest, however, given that this november we've already had more rainfall than average across this part of the world, that extra rain could bring some localised flooding issues. the rain will be quite extensive. quite windy for a time across western scotland, gusts of wind of around 45mph to 55mph, but quite a blustery day for many of you. those south—westerly winds will be bringing milder weather, so temperatures across the board a lot higher than those of friday — about 12 to 16 degrees for most. the centre of low pressure crosses scotland on sunday. not that windy here. we've got more rain to come for northern ireland, northern england, north wales. stronger winds heading into southern wales and south—west england, where gusts of wind are likely to run into the 40s or even 50s of miles—an—hour around coastal areas. it continues to be pretty mild.

more rain to come on monday. for the weekend there will be a quieter spell of weather. it's often going to be quite windy, though. rain never far away from northern ireland and scotland. then just hints that the weather could get a bit colder into the following weekend.

live from london. this is bbc news. chaos and confusion.

we take you inside a central gaza hospital, as israel continues its bombardment of the territory. the un suspends aid deliveries, saying it can't be taken into gaza or distributed, because there's no fuel. a funeral is held for a 19—year—old soldier taken hostage by hamas. israel says her body was found near al—shifa hospital. the uk chancellor says there is no guarantee flights will take off next year. and there is outrage in the run—up to the lass vegas grand prix at a loose manhole cover causes chaos. at a loose manhole cover causes chaos. everton football club is docked 10 points, after being found to have breached premier league financial rules. the united nations has told the bbc it can no longer get aid into gaza because of a lack of fuel.