and taylor swift postpones her upcoming concert in rio de janeiro due to extreme heat after a fan died at friday's show. hello, i'm helena humphrey. the world health organization says it led a high—riskjoint humanitarian mission to al—shifa hospital, finding a catastrophic situation for the injured patients remaining there. the who says the hospital has become a "death zone," its corridors filled with medical and solid waste, increasing the risk of infection. it points to the lack of clean water, fuel, medicines, food, and aid, causing al—shifa to "essentially stop functioning as a medical facility". they also said they saw a mass grave at the entrance of the hospital and were told more than 80 people were buried there.

the who is now drawing up plans for a full evacuation of the hospital. the organisation says they were able to spend one hour inside the hospital, gaza city's largest, in a mission co—ordinated with the israel defense forces to ensure safe passage. it comes after hundreds of people left gaza city's main hospital, where the israeli military has been conducting raids this week. some medical staff claimed israeli forces ordered the evacuations, something the israeli military denies. you can see on you can see on your screen you can see on your screen that live picture of gaza city, slightly after 5am there. you may be able to see some light on the horizon as we have seen a number of strikes in the past hour heading in that direction of gaza city in the early hours of gaza city in the early hours of the morning. meantime, a possible hostage release deal is being reported by us media.

the washington post is reporting that israel, the united states and hamas are close to an agreement to free dozens of women and children held hostage in gaza in exchange for a five—day pause in fighting. but reuters is reporting that the white house says there is no deal between israel and hamas yet. the report says that the release could begin within the next several days, barring last—minute hitches, and may lead to the first sustained pause in conflict in gaza. yogita limaye has our top story. and a warning her report does contain some distressing images. people fleeing al—shifa hospital in gaza's north. the hospital's director says israel ordered civilians to leave. the israeli military says they acted on a request by the hospital and have facilitated this evacuation. a cameraman working for the bbc filmed these families today as they arrived past the israeli military checkpoint for people moving from the north to the south of the strip. this man was injured

in a bombing near his house and had been sheltering in al—shifa. translation: we were getting food and water at the hospital. | the israeli military would enter it whenever they wanted, and they were shooting as well. today we were able to leave the hospital", he says. israel says military action at al—shifa targeted a hamas command centre there. hundreds from the hospital are reported to have left, joining this stream of gazans moving south. "the situation is very difficult, the bombings are terrifying," this woman says. she was separated from her son while walking. this is them being reunited. from further north in gaza,

footage has emerged which shows the aftermath of an explosion at a un—run school shelter. the hamas—run health ministry says scores were killed here. the bbc can't independently confirm what caused this, but it has been able to verify that this video is from today, in the jabaliya refugee camp area. in central gaza, a so—called safer area, an air strike hit. the number of civilian deaths is increasing global pressure on israel to pause the fighting. chanting: action! from within the country, too, calls of anger and frustration are growing. a few days ago these people started marching from tel aviv. today they arrived in jerusalem, demanding the release of the hostages taken by hamas. what we're seeing on the streets ofjerusalem today is evidence of

the growing pressure from people here on the government for some movement on the release of hostages — for the announcement of some kind of deal that would get the more than 200 people being held in gaza by hamas safely back to their homes. and i think, talking to people here, what's quite clear is that they believe the government isn't prioritising that. "bring them home now" is what they're shouting. eveta was kidnapped from a music festival in southern israel. his family wants these images to be shown so people can see how he is being treated. they're from videos sent to eveta's family by hamas. we met his brother eli at the march. i want to tell them, and i will tell them. this is his message to his government. they should understand there is no victory if we will not bring them back home.

if they stay there, we lose. and we don't only lose in that war. we also are giving up on our morals and ourjewish identity. tonight there hasn't been good news for these families. israel's prime minister says there is no deal yet for the return of hostages. we heard from us presidentjoe biden on the war. in an opinion piece published in the washington post, mr biden has reiterated his call for a two—state solution to the conflict between israel and the palestinians. you can see in the live picture is more fire heading into gaza city. those are live pictures shortly past 5am in gaza. the president laid out a us vision for gaza when the war is over, with mr biden saying gaza and the west bank should be reunited under a single

governance structure led by the palestinian authority, which currently governs the west bank. for more on this i spoke to gina abercrombie—winstanley, who serves as president of the middle east policy council. before we talk about some of the content of that op—ed put out by president biden, i just wanted to ask you about the why. why do you think presumably the white house communications team thought that this needed to be put out at this particular juncture? well, thank you. it is an extremely long op—ed. it takes a lot of reading to get through it all, touching on ukraine as well as the israel—hamas war and what should happen with regard to gaza. i think the president and the administration felt it was really important to get across some main points. he does, of course, talk about leadership, but he makes three main

points in this piece. number one, an acknowledgement that the pain and suffering, the loss, is on both sides, to make clear that he understands that and the united states understands that. number two, he laid out some very clear red lines for both sides, and of course he called for the international community to help with the reconstruction of gaza, to address the destruction that the government of israel has wrought with regard to the gaza strip. those red lines are four. number one, no terrorism should be able to be launched from the gaza strip again, which is worth returning to. number two, no reoccupation of the gaza strip, no blockade or siege of the gaza strip and no territorial grab from the government in israel, which has had some discussion about a buffer zone in the north or something along those lines.

i think the president felt it was important to be very clear as early as possible about what the united states would countenance and what the united states will not. since the united states — sorry, go ahead. ijust wanted tojump in there on one point specifically about gaza and the west bank after the conflict, because he did write about the us�*s position in that, saying, quoting this, gaza and the west bank should be reunited under a single governance structure, ultimately under a revitalised palestinian authority. we know that that's not where israel stands at this present stage, so do you think that will change over time? do you think the us could have a role in persuading israel to change its position there? i think so, and i think the israelis are likely to come to it in and of themselves. something else under an israeli

rule seems quite impossible, and who other than palestinians can rule over palestinians? once you say no reoccupation, then it means it's impossible for the government of israel or some entity from israel to provide governance of the palestinians, and the israelis aren't interested in doing that long—term either. but someone has to and, of course, if the israelis did take that on, then they would be responsible for the governance and the reconstruction of the gaza strip, and i think this is something that very few people have stomach for at this point. i imagine it's going to be a challenge for the president to get funding out of congress for the united states to contribute to it, and there are others, particularly if it were under israeli rule, that would be unwilling to do so. i also want to touch on the hostage situation, because in that op—ed, the president says that the us has been working around the clock to try and get american hostages out.

i'm sure you've seen the scenes today in israel with families who've had their loved ones taken hostage going directly to the residence of prime minister netanyahu. do you think that the families of those loved ones feel that enough has been done — that there's been enough attention on the hostage situation? well, i can speak as a human being, with family. i am certain that they don't. i think none of us would, until we got our loved ones home, and this need for focus on the return of hostages is very well understood by the president. that's why it was included in his op—ed. it is certainly more than a talking point for us officials. we talk about the need to return hostages. we know that there are our own citizens among them, as well as other foreign governments have their citizens as hostages.

it's the same issue as with our own citizens who have been trapped in the gaza strip under israel's attack on the gaza strip — this need to ensure that the safety of our people is paramount. well, the president has also said — talking about this, he has spoken about the role of the united states and he said the world looks to us to solve the problems of our time. that is the duty of leadership, and america will lead. ijust wonder, do you think the american public is on board with that right now? i think the american public generally understands our place in the world with the resources that we have, both economic and military, put a weight of leadership on our shoulders and that we have to try and do it as best as possible. what i would say in this op—ed — a couple of things ifound missing. number one, to say that there should be no terrorism launched

from the gaza strip is a worthy goal, but very difficult, and i cannot think of a place on earth that is immune to the threat of terrorism. so how that would happen, i'm not sure. but, more importantly, the united states has been trying to husband a peace process, a reconciliation between israelis and palestinians, almost since the birth of the nation of israel. and there is nothing in this op—ed laying out the vision that would give confidence, i believe, to american citizens and others as to why this time would be any different from any prior effort. now, maybe it's just that this was not the place to go into details, but a fierceness of position with regard to israel as well as the palestinians, i think, is going to be needed. for palestinians to give up the option of resistance, of terrorism even, requires that there be a credible

alternative, and that is — i did not see that in this op—ed yet, but hopefully that will come in the coming days. gina abercrombie—winstanley, thank you so much forjoining us. let's briefly check in with those live pictures from gaza city. amid the darkness there, the lights of flares in the sky. flares are in some cases used in warfare to provide some kind of battlefield illumination, and in the last couple of minutes or so, we have seen at least two explosions there in gaza city on the gaza strip. to india next, where 41 workers remain trapped in a partially—collapsed road tunnel. relatives of the men say they're frustrated by delays

in efforts to free them. officials say the operation is being hampered by falling debris and repeated breakdowns of heavy drilling machines. our correspondent greg mckenzie has that story. the 41 labourers became trapped inside this tunnel last sunday after a nearby landslide caused heavy rubble to fall, leading to the collapse of a section of about 200m from the entrance. contact with the man has been established and they are currently being provided with oxygen and food. the tunnel is part of an ambitious national highway project to improve links with pilgrimage spots in the himalayan state of uttarakhand. there have been angry confrontations between rescue officials, relatives and friends of the trapped workers. translation: the authorities are promising us every day that they will be rescued by tomorrow. it has been four days since we came here and we have been hearing the same

thing every day. the arrival of a new drilling machine has created some optimism, but it is yet to become operational. translation: we had to put the work on hold because there are vibrations when the drilling machine runs. the surface gets uneven and there are chances that rubble could come down. officials say that if everything goes to plan the rescue of the 41 men could take another four or five days. greg mckenzie, bbc news. turning to news now from the world of tech. some of the biggest names in entertainment, including disney, comcast and warner brothers discovery, have become the latest companies to pause their advertising on x after the platform's owner, elon musk, responded approvingly to an anti—semitic post earlier this week. mr musk denies it was anti—semitic. he's said on saturday he will be filing what he called

"a thermonuclear lawsuit" against all those who colluded in a "fraudulent attack" on x. our reporter, tom brada, has more details. elon musk�*s commitment to free speech is becoming more and more costly, and he'll be concerned by headlines like this. companies such as disney, warner brothers and ibm are pulling ads on the social media site x because of concerns over allegations of hate speech and extremism. now, there are two issues at the heart of this current row. one of them relates to a post which mr musk put out on wednesday, when he wrote: ..underneath a post which was pushing an anti—semitic conspiracy theory. now, mr musk denies being anti—semitic but the white house put out an unequivocal statement, saying: another issue stems from an investigation by a left—leaning us media watchdog, which says that some ads are being placed alongside pro—nazi content.

now, mr musk has threatened to launch a "thermonuclear lawsuit" and x argues it has some of the strongest brand safety controls in place, but it is clearly a problem if firms are reluctant to work with x. when mr musk took over the company last year, advertising made up around 90% of revenue — although byjuly this year, he acknowledged that ad revenue had fallen by 50% and he has tried to move away from a reliance on advertising revenue. he's obviously brought in the membership fee for the once sought—after blue tick, but even that only brings in a tiny fraction of the revenue that's needed and even for the richest man in the world, that presents a serious problem. the singer, taylor swift, has postponed today's show in rio dejaneiro due to extreme heat following the death of a fan before her show in the city on friday. a 23—year—old member of her audience died after suffering a cardio—respiratory arrest and, in a handwritten

statement posted on social media, swift said on she was placing the safety and wellbeing of her fans first. the government has now ordered drinking water be provided and easily accessible at concert venues. our reporter nicky schiller is in the newsroom with more. taylor swift is in rio on the latest leg of her record—breaking eras tour. some 60,000 concert—goers were in the stadium for the sell—out gig. now, the event organisers say the 23—year—old fan was taken unwell at the stadium. some reports say she fainted. she was taken to hospital, but died. an investigation into the cause of her death is under way. taylor, who was seen handing out water bottles to some fans during the gig, posted this message on social media. she said, "i can't believe i am writing these words, "but it is with a shattered heart that i say we lost a fan "earlier tonight before my show. "i can't even tell you how devastated i am by this." she went on to offer her

condolences to friends and family of the fan. now, there had been due to be another taylor swift concert on saturday night in rio, but taylor posted this — "i am writing this from my dressing room in the stadium. "the decision has been made to postpone tonight's show due "to the extreme temperatures in rio." she goes on to say, "the safety and well—being of my fans, "fellow performers and crew has to and always will come first." brazil has been in the grip of a heatwave and friday's show took place on the same day that rio recorded its highest ever reading of the so—called heat index — that combines temperature and humidity. it measured 59.3 celsius, orjust over 138 fahrenheit. the government has now ordered that all venues provide water

and that fans can carry in their own water bottles. thejustice minister posted: he went on to say: now, taylor is due to play another concert in rio on sunday night with further gigs across brazil later this week. the world of formula one has descended on las vegas, which is hours away from hosting its inaugural grand prix. the highly antipicated event ran into trouble early in the first practice session, when a drain cover came loose. drivers have praised the venue for its glamour, as it's located right on the las vegas strip, but have criticised organizers for problems on the track. a short while ago i spoke to chris medland, a journalist who is following the event from las vegas.

it was a rocky start, especially with issues that hit practice and that delayed the second practice session so late that they had to remove fans because they couldn't keep staff there to keep them safe. but then, the second day of running yesterday or last night into the early hours of this morning with qualifying, went very smoothly, much better. a kind of normal race day as such, so yeah, really looking forward to actually seeing the grand prix itself take place because that's really what this is about in terms of the image. we're going to have 20 f1 cars racing down the strip this evening, which is going to look remarkable, so hoping that all goes off without a hitch. just coming back to that, well, not—so—small issue of that drain cover coming loose, then, and some of the criticism and, you know, max verstappen, for one, not very happy about it. a lot of criticism there. yes, max has not been a fan of this race anyway and understandably so. i mean, las vegas isn't for everyone and some of the drivers are saying, you know, "i don't really "want to be here racing. "i'd rather be on an old school

racetrack or just focusing "on myjob as a racing driver rather than all "of the trappings that you have to get involved with here" — a lot of events for them — so he's always been against it but he hasn't said that means it's wrong we're here, he's just says he's not a big fan. but, yeah, he was critical that you can't have an issue like we had. we've have had it before at multiple venues — it's happened in azerbaijan before, it's happening in monaco, we've had interruptions — but when the focus was on this race and all the hype around it, it was properly the worst possible start, so it put them on the back foot and, as i say, fortunately, they seem to have recovered pretty well since that first day and the track has run smoothly since then. i do just want to touch on where you are specifically there in las vegas. of course, we know a desert climate but it also gets very cool at night, of course, as well. does that have any impact on the track? it does indeed, yeah. don't let the sunshine behind me fool you, that'sjust heading down, and the track is actuallyjust over my shoulder here and it's going to be under the lights, it's going to be 10 o'clock we start racing and it's much cooler — it's about 13 or 14 celsius, which is half

the temperature that we're normally racing in, and that impacts the way the tyres work in formula i, and the cars themselves — the brakes and temperatures they get them up to, because they're used to racing at higher temperatures, so we do see drivers sliding around a little bit more but it makes it another challenge. it's not been unsafe at all and it's been quite fascinating to see the differences between drivers as they fight to get to grips with that, so it should add another aspect to the race as well. but in that sense, that's all gone fine as well — itjust means that everyone has to layer up a little bit for the race. i mean, this is a big event for las vegas. it cost an awful lot to put on. we've had this drain incident but it is meant to be a glamorous grand prix. i mean, do you think the drain incident will have any impact? how do you think that this grand prix will be remembered? i don't think the drain incident itself will be the major impact, it's the fact there was a lot of focus on how great and how big and glitzy this race was going to be and it was almost rammed down your throat that it was going to be the biggest event of the season and the biggest event ever. and then, to hit teething problems — which are always going to happen for a first

year — then, it reflects badly, so they've kind of put themselves on a back foot, the organisers, and liberty media, who own formula i, are part of the promotion team here, so they're heavily invested. but i do think the race will recover. i think the main thing does become — is the racing action on track tonight. we will leave you with a look at pictures of las vegas, as that city counts down to the inaugural las vegas grand prix. you can see there the sphere, completed in mid—2023, the larger structure of its kind in the world. you are watching bbc news. stay with us. we've seen two different sides to autumn over the last couple of days. friday, i'm sure you remember, we had lots of sunshine across the country and temperatures generally near average, although it was

a bit cold in scotland. contrast that with the weather we had on saturday, where there was a lot of cloud around but it was a lot milder. temperatures in yeovilton up to 17 degrees celsius. it was also quite windy for some — for example, here in west scotland. now, saturday's weather was all due to this area of low pressure. sunday's weather will all be due to this area of low pressure, too. it's not really going anywhere very fast at all. so, the south—westerly winds that we've got at the moment will continue to feed in some fairly thick layers of cloud — thick enough to bring outbreaks of mostly light rain and drizzle, although there could be a few heavier bursts mixed in for west scotland and northern ireland at times — so, we are looking at a mild start to the day on sunday. near the centre of this low pressure in scotland,

it won't be too windy but in contrast to that, the winds picking up across the south coast of england and into southern wales as well. i think towards the south—west coasts, we could see gusts picking up to about ao—odd mph, so it will be a noticeably blowy kind of day. some further damp weather working from west to east but you do have a chance of seeing a few glimmers of sunshine pushing through the cloud at times. here's our low pressure still with us for monday, slowly slipping away into the north sea and weakening. still, though, bringing cloud and patches of rain but, again, there should be a few more brighter spells intermingled, particularly across more inland areas. and although still mild, those temperatures are just starting to edge down a little bit as we head through the course of monday. heading into tuesday, we start to see a ridge of high pressure moving in off the atlantic and that should give us better breaks in the cloud, particularly across scotland and northern ireland, although there could be a few mist and fog patches to start the day here. maybe one or two showers draped around coastal regions of england and wales but otherwise, probably largely dry. temperatures coming down, closer to average for the time of year — about 9—12 degrees celsius for most. now, with that mild weather lasting for much of the week, it's often going to be quite windy. towards the end of the week

and next weekend, though, there is a question mark as to how far south we start to see some cooler air moving its way in. what i think we will see is a drop in temperatures and across some of the mountains of northern scotland, it could get cold enough to see some of the showers start to turn a bit wintry.

on top of rising costs in august, the government hiked tax on each bottle of spirits by 10%. tax on each bottle of spirits by10%. raw tax on each bottle of spirits by 10%. raw material costs have gone up through the roof so everything from juniper to the bottles and a glass, so the last thing we wanted to tackle was another increase within the business. it has gone up around 85p per bottle. what was a growth industry is under pressure. the combination of spiralling costs and the 10% hike in duty means according to the trade body, more than 80% of distillers are concerned they may not make it through to they may not make it through to the end of next year. but

things could get