tv BBC News Now BBC News November 17, 2023 2:00pm-2:31pm GMT
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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.
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it comes as the world health organisation says disease is spreading in the territory more rapidly than expected, with people living so close together in shelters and a lack of clean water.|srael's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, says there were "strong indications" that hamas were holding hostages at the largest hospital in gaza, but they had been removed when his troops raided al—shifa this week. speaking to cbs news, mr netanyahu said there was no gunfight at al—shifa because hamas had already fled. israel insists there was a hamas command centre at the site, but hasn't yet provided conclusive evidence. the israeli army says it's found the body of a second woman who was taken hostage by hamas as troops continue to search in and around gaza's biggest hospital. so let's get the latest from my colleague mark lowen we from my colleague mark lowen are getting reports
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fewer we are getting reports that involve fewer lorries actually making their way or being able to get into gaza. what are you hearing?— way or being able to get into gaza. what are you hearing? yeah, indeed, lu . an what are you hearing? yeah, indeed, lucy. an agreement _ what are you hearing? yeah, indeed, lucy. an agreement and _ what are you hearing? yeah, indeed, lucy. an agreement and has - what are you hearing? yeah, indeed, lucy. an agreement and has been - lucy. an agreement and has been reached now between israel and egyptian authorities, actually, in orderfor at egyptian authorities, actually, in order for at least two litres or two tankards of field to come over the rafah crossing from egypt into gaza every day. this is a bequest that came in from the united states and has been unilaterally approved by the israeli cabinet. some 60,000 litres of fuel would be able to come in across the rafah crossing from egypt every day in order to be given to the un, which were saying that it would have to cease its aid distribution because of a lack of aid. so that is going to be some solace at least for the un to be able to contribute and to continue its aid distribution but a reminder that at the beginning of this conflict that you needed it needed 600 thousand litres per day and that
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would be ten times what this agreement stipulates. so it is still just a drop in the ocean. that is one development that has come to us today. the other is the continued presence of israeli troops within the al—shifa hospital still claiming that site in order to provide and find evidence of what it says is a hamas command centre there. they said that they have found so far one tunnel. they provided a photograph and video footage of that that they say is on the grounds of al—shifa and also a vehicle containing explosives and ak—47s. now, meanwhile, the un says that many of gaza's hospitals have ceased international aid organisations say they are lacking basic supplies such as medicines and fuel. and there are reports of some surgeons operating by the light of mobile phones. despite that, the engine to keep arriving every day. more people are brought but many of course are beyond help. fix, brought but many of course are beyond help-— brought but many of course are be ond hel. �* ., . ., ., , beyond help. a freelance “ournalist and gaza gave * beyond help. a freelance “ournalist and gaza gave a h beyond help. a freelance “ournalist and gaza gave a special _ beyond help. a freelance journalist and gaza gave a special report - beyond help. a freelance journalist and gaza gave a special report and| and gaza gave a special report and worked with the bbc and i must warn
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you that this report contains distressing images from the start including children in distress and shots of body bags. monday in central gaza. tuesday. wednesday. thursday. airstrikes have continued to hit the strip this week, while israel conducts ground operations in the north. hundreds have been killed and injured. some of them from the barghouth family in deir al—balah. "we're being killed and no—one is doing anything about it," this man shouts. abid barghouth is still breathing, in critical condition. doctors scramble to treat the boy.
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0n the floor by his bed, they check his father, subhi, for a heartbeat. they can't hear it. his family in shock, still finding out... ..who's been rescued, who's survived and who hasn't, from 30 members. this is their youngest, injured, but not seriously. the barghouths had fled to deir al—balah for safety from zeitoun, in the north. a bit later, subhi's brother ali is taken to identify the bodies. four of the family have been killed. little abid didn't make it. "we thought we'd come to a safe place, but no—one is safe in gaza," ali says. abid, subhi, bilal and alla barghouth, four of thousands of gazans killed.
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"goodbye, my dear," subhi's mother says "you're with god now. you were such a good son." grief is one form of suffering in gaza. this is another. hundreds gather outside one of the few flour mills still running. the manager tries to pacify people. "we haven't eaten for two days," some in the crowd shout. translation: we've escaped death, but now are dying slowly _ because of a severe shortage of food, flour and basic needs. we are a family of eight. i burn discarded paper cups to keep my children warm. here, too, they're under
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the threat of bombardment. at the moment, no aid trucks are going in for gaza's 2.2 million. all but a tiny handful can't get out. yogita limaye, bbc news, jerusalem. heartbreaking scenes from on the ground in gaza. heartbreaking scenes from on the ground in gaza. the israeli operation is focussed on gaza's north, but it is not limited to the region. there are frequent air strikes on the south of the strip, too. 0ur middle east correspondent yolande knell has the latest. nowhere feels safe, even in southern gaza. the latest israeli strikes destroying homes here. this was the house of this family who say relatives who had fled from gaza city were among those killed in this rubble. translation: every second of every minute, there is a massacre. -
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what humanitarian ceasefires? the displaced from gaza, women and children, are under this home. they were our relatives. they were displaced to escape the massacres and war in gaza. compounding the misery, there is now a total blackout of phones and the internet, said to be caused by the lack of fuel. israel hasn't been allowing fuel to enter gaza, arguing it could be stolen by hamas. the un's biggest agency in the strip says it can no longer distribute any aid. fuel is life, and fuel has been used in gaza as a weapon of war. what we need is the following. the restoration of the communications network so that we are able to simply work the phones and coordinate the aid delivery. we need fuel that is unconditional, not only for us to bring the aid that is coming via egypt but also
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to use it for humanitarian purposes. now israel's army says it has uncovered a tunnel gaza's main hospital, but so far it hasn't found the vast underground hamas command centre it says was here. instead, soldiers showed new piles of weapons two days into their rate. we can't independently verify this footage. the military also says it found the body of an israeli hostage in a house near al—shifa hospital. and that of the young soldier. today her grieving family led her to rest. hamas has had a corporal was killed in an israeli bombing. it had been thought more hostages would be found. we had strong indications that they were held in the al—shifa hospital, which is one of the reasons we enter the hospital. if they were, they were taken out. we had intelligence about the hostages. israel says it is now closed to dismantling the hamas military
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system in the north of gaza, and will soon do the same in parts of the south. this is where most of the territory's population had previously been told to take refuge, and as word spreads, the people say they don't know where to turn. the representative of the european union for foreign affairs and security policy is visiting where he has been giving our press conference with the palestinian prime minister. he is calling for a ceasefire, excuse me. let's have a listen to what he has been saying. we excuse me. let's have a listen to what he has been saying. we need to kee- what he has been saying. we need to kee the what he has been saying. we need to keep the palestinians _ what he has been saying. we need to keep the palestinians on _ what he has been saying. we need to keep the palestinians on their- keep the palestinians on their territory. 65% of our people who live in gaza are of refugee origin and this might be their second refuge. 75 years of being in a tent
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and now people are going back to tenants. the palestinians never wanted... and all what we wanted is not anybody to act as if they are above international law. what is happening today is a serious violation of international humanitarian law. europe has been an important player in the guarantors in respect of international humanitarian law. my dear friend, what we need immediately? is an immediate ceasefire. the palestinian prime minister _ immediate ceasefire. the palestinian prime minister there. _ immediate ceasefire. the palestinian prime minister there. a _ immediate ceasefire. the palestinian prime minister there. a short - immediate ceasefire. the palestinian prime minister there. a short time i prime minister there. a short time ago there were protests as palestinians across the west bank rallied in solidarity with gaza. this is the city in the occupied west bank and you can see people chanting slogans, waving flags, carrying placards while marching
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through the streets as the war shows no sign of a letup. there is that constant fear of how the gaza conflict spilling out into this combustible region. let's cross now. let's cross now. live now to ramallah to speak to bushra khalidi, policy lead at oxfam. thank you for being with us. let me ask you for your reaction to this agreement on fuel that two diesel tankards a day would be able to come in now to be given to the un to distribute aid. i guess that will help your aid operations on the ground. help your aid operations on the round. , , ., ., ., , ground. yes, but again, of course, this is welcomed. _ ground. yes, but again, of course, this is welcomed. but _ ground. yes, but again, of course, this is welcomed. but it _ ground. yes, but again, of course, this is welcomed. but it is - ground. yes, but again, of course, this is welcomed. but it is still - this is welcomed. but it is still crumbs in relation to the desperate need of 2.2 million people. the desperate need of hospitals and of bakeries and what a waste, power plants and all other civilian
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infrastructure that needs fuel. —— matt what a waste. in this not going to be allocated to operate these different infrastructures and therefore will leave 2.2 million people still at the risk of starvation and dehydration. and will still leave all sectors in gaza at its knees. so it is not enough. also, it is very important to understand that these tracks are not going to the north. and there are still between 200000 and 400,000 people still in the northern gaza city and aid is not reaching them so it is very important that we make clear that that aid should also be reaching those communities.
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we seem to be having problems there with our sound in southern israel. i am not sure if we are able to re—establish that but we hope to return to mark in a moment. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. a man has been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of an irish schoolteacher. he stabbed her to death as she jogged on the banks of the grand canal injanuary last year. killing prompted vigils across ireland and the uk. killing prompted vigils across ireland and the uk. official figures show people bought less fuel and food in october. retailers blame the cost of living and poor weather. the volume of products sold last month fell by 0.3% to the lowest level since february twenty—twenty—one, when large parts of the country
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were in covid lockdowns. the 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 immediately see improvements in road conditions. councils, on the other hand, say the cost of repairing local roads was closer to £14 billion. more annul the stories on the website. more annul the stories on the website. you're live with bbc news. we have got you back. thanks. yes, we had a slight microphone battery issue there. we are still talking to our guest are still with us, the policy read at oxfam and thanks very much for bearing with us. of course, a fraction of the communication issues that gaza itself is facing at
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the moment is going to ask you about the moment is going to ask you about the comments talking about the immediate possibility of starvation. beyond the fuel lack at the moment, what is the immediate priority on the ground as far as the aid agencies are concerned? you make the immediate priority is food, fuel, water and medical supplies. portable water and medical supplies. portable water is almost not to be found unless it is coming on aid trucks. we know there have been backlogs in aged track so they have not been coming in consistently in the same numbers. they are still not meeting the needs of 2.2 million people. we understand the food coming into trucks only represents between 2% and 10% of the food needed for 2.2 million people in gaza. the same in terms of water. really we need the restoration of services. our we meant to deliver food without being
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able to communicate with people? you know, this food is delivered at distribution points. people are on specific lists. that are vetted, where people can go and get those parcels. how are people supposed to be communicated with? our hospital is supposed to be communicated with without communication there? and how is an entire, you know, city, supposed to run with new portable water? it is about to rain this weekend. very forcefully, across the west bank and gaza. knowing that there is no sanitation system working, this means that we will see sewage flooding gaza, bearing in mind that we have many bodies that are stuck under rubble, that have been dumped in a graveyard of different hospitals because there is no know where to bury them, there no
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equipment needed to bury them, this also causes the risk of waterborne diseases with bodies decomposing without proper burial mechanisms. so, you know, the situation is absolutely catastrophic. their needs are of epic proportions. the only way for us to be able to really deliver aid meaningfully and meeting those needs is an immediate ceasefire. those needs is an immediate ceasefire-— those needs is an immediate ceasefire. �* ., , , , ., ~ ceasefire. and, as we speak, we can see pictures — ceasefire. and, as we speak, we can see pictures there _ ceasefire. and, as we speak, we can see pictures there are _ ceasefire. and, as we speak, we can see pictures there are fires - ceasefire. and, as we speak, we can see pictures there are fires over- see pictures there are fires over gaza with the continuing air strikes. many of have heard from there today. rockets were fired over as a little earlier, intercepted by israel's anti—missile system. can we ask about the security council resolution passed yesterday demanding extended and urgent pauses which was passed thanks to a years abstention, actually? it was criticised by both sides in this conflict. do you have hope that israel will abide by that. it is
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about to be a binding resolution, of course. you make of course i have hope. it is the only thing that right now to be able to function properly. but right now to be able to function -ro -erl . �* , right now to be able to function --roerl.�* , properly. but it is disappointing. and also, properly. but it is disappointing. and also. you — properly. but it is disappointing. and also, you know, _ properly. but it is disappointing. and also, you know, this - properly. but it is disappointing. and also, you know, this will. properly. but it is disappointing. | and also, you know, this will not properly. but it is disappointing. - and also, you know, this will not be the first and the last that israel violates. it has violated many before and continues to do so especially, for example, the west bank and the construction of settlements and communities being forcibly displaced, which they have beenin forcibly displaced, which they have been in the last month. it has been a record number already forced displacement of communities this year. so, no,... we displacement of communities this year- so. now-— displacement of communities this year. so, no,... we interrupted that interview to — year. so, no,... we interrupted that interview to take _ year. so, no,... we interrupted that interview to take you _ year. so, no,... we interrupted that interview to take you live _ year. so, no,... we interrupted that interview to take you live to - year. so, no,... we interrupted that interview to take you live to bear - interview to take you live to bear then because the president of turkey is in berlin. this is his first visit there in three years. you can see here just removing visit there in three years. you can see herejust removing his visit there in three years. you can see here just removing his coat and his calf. he landed at a military
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airportjust a short time ago. he is meeting the president and there they are there. and then they will meet at the chance olaf scholz later for dinner this evening. we are expecting olaf scholz and president add one to hold a short press conference which we will of course bring you live but it is not a long visit. he is planning to return to turkey this evening, and for. a very controversial visit because of his recent comments around israel. his support for high mass as well. we are hearing from our correspondent in berlin, security is incredibly high at the moment. it is on the level of what they would give the us president of they were visiting foot of 1500 police officers and areas around here have been sealed off so we have lost those pictures but very short and low—key to avoid large protest of any controversial
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statements as well but bake economic issues. they are big trading partners so that will be discussed as well. our thanks to our correspondent in southern israel and his guest from oxfam who is in the west bank. we will continue to cover, of course, the story of aid deliveries into gaza and the west bank. the security situation and humanitarian need that throughout the day but there's bring you back now to here in the uk. the uk government should ignore human rights law in order to push through the rwanda plan, in which some asylum seekers would be flown to the african country, according to suella braverman, who was sacked this week as home secretary. writing in the telegraph, she's accused rishi sunak of "�*tinkering with a failed plan', by aiming to introduce emergency legislation in parliament. our political correspondent iain watson reports. rishi sunak made a pledge to stop the boats, but implementing his plan to send some asylum seekers across the channel to rwanda certainly hasn't been plain sailing. the supreme court said
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it was unlawful, but he says with further legal changes, the scheme can still hold water. i'm determined to do everything it takes to make that happen, and that means bringing forward emergency legislation that will declare that rwanda is safe for these purposes. we've negotiated a new treaty with them. and we will make sure that domestic courts cannot block systemically our flights to rwanda. and i've been also very clear that i won't let a foreign court to stop us getting a flight off. that's my plan and i'm going to work night and day to it happen. when suella braverman was still home secretary, she visited rwanda, but she's now arguing that no asylum seekers will be flown there unless rishi sunak makes far more radical changes to his plan. in the daily newspaper, she says observers from the uk should be sent to rwanda. this is to discourage asylum seekers being moved to other countries, which then put them at risk, a key concern of the courts. she also says new laws should disapply, that means ignore,
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the uk's human rights act and un european conventions. this is to stop future courts�* challenges. and she wants mps to cancel their christmas break to push the measures through parliament quickly. some conservative mps don't like the sound of this, but notjust because they want to keep hold of their christmas holidays. the former senior cabinet minister damian green says that if a government tries to override constraints on their power, then they would be acting like russia and china. but another former cabinet minister says that if the house of lords tries to stop an emergency law from overriding the courts then rishi sunak should call an immediate election. this is not a sort of trivial issue or an incidental one in the eyes of millions of voters. this is fundamental to their confidence, specifically in this government, but more broadly, in the ability of the british state to govern britain. the labour leader naturally would welcome an early election, but he predicts that new laws
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in rwanda just wouldn't work in practice. the government comes forward with a plan which isn't going to work, which is going to cost a fortune to the tax payer, that is a gimmick, that is going to be overturned in the court. rishi sunak will be more worried about opposition inside his own party. a suella braverman�*s latest intervention on rwanda is unlikely to be her last. iain watson, bbc news, westminster. this is the central criminal court. you can see members of the media to setting up microphones and camera equipment there because we are expecting a statement from the chief superintendent. this is after the conviction and sentencing of life in prison for the murder of the irish schoolteacher last year. we do think that he will step out of the criminal court shortly and we will take you to that when it happens.
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in australia, thousands of teenagers have taken the day off school to attend climate protests across the country, after receiving unofficial permission to take a sick day from top climate experts. the self—described "climate doctors" released sick notes that could be personalised for each student, noting stress and feelings of despair over the climate emergency. australia's eductaion minister said students should not miss school to attend the protests. the students are calling for more concrete action to battle climate change, including the cancellation of gas and coal projects. the business on the spot for you coming up. to stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. for most of you, this afternoon is looking absolutely glorious.
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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 14 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
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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.
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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.
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the computing giant ibm suspends advertising on x, we will explore why. uk retail sales drop odd to a two—year low as the rising cost of living keeps shoppers away. and we are going to need a bigger box. amazon welcome. we start with x, the social media platform previously known as twitter, the computing giant ibh has suspended advertising after a report said its ads were placed next to add kovalainen hitler. x said it department not intentionally place brands next to this kind of content.
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