camp with more than 80 also wounded. local sources indicate northern gaza is effectively isolated with telecommunications and internet services severed. the director of al—awda hospital had told reporters about an overwhelming influx of casualties. it's believed around 400,000 people are trapped inside the camp without food or water. meanwhile, we've heard more reaction today from world leaders on israel's killing of hamas leader yahya sinwar. us president biden said the so—called quad of western allies agrees there is a road to peace, though he acknowledged it would be difficult to reach a ceasefire in gaza. on friday, a senior hamas member confirmed sinwar was killed, but says his death will only strengthen the group. the bbc has learned that the group will meet soon to choose a new leader. and israel's government says their war objectives have not yet been met. meanwhile, crowds of israelis have continued their protests against israeli prime minister

benjamin netanyahu in tel aviv, demanding a ceasefire deal to bring the israeli hostages home. 0ur middle east correspondent wyre davies sent this update. this has been a day of many developments in the middle east following the death of the hamas leader yahya sinwar. first of all, hamas themselves belatedly acknowledged that their leader had been killed in rafah, in southern gaza. hamas said his death, although tragic for them, would not change their course of action — they won't stop fighting in gaza, they say, until israel agrees to a full ceasefire. hamas also said that sinwar died a heroic death with his arms by his side. taking on the israelis. that version of events has been somewhat disputed by the idf themselves. they said they had come across sinwar after he was flushed out of a tunnel network,

where they said he had spent most of the war surrounded by israeli hostages. indeed, the area where sinwar was killed was a spot very close to where six israeli hostages were found killed earlier in the summer, in august. so, some dispute there about how sinwar died, but he is dead and hamas might have to find a new leader — although they've not yet said who that person is going to be. more widely, this is now being seen by many in the international community as a window — an opportunity for the resumption of those ceasefire talks, leading to the release of the israeli hostages still being held in gaza. but there seems to be no appetite between the belligerent parties for that to happen. hamas, as i've said, will want to carry on fighting and the israeli prime minister, while he says if hamas released the hostages, there will be an end to the fighting, in the meantime, israel still strikes targets in northern gaza, particularly around the jabalia refugee

camp, where there was another strike overnight on a school — a former school which is now housing severalfamilies. it's that it was housing families of hamas and jihad. 20 civilians were killed in the strike. israel also fighting on the northern front in southern lebanon against hezbollah and there's the rising spectre that israel has now decided where it's going to strike in its much—promised attack against iran in retaliation for the strike a few weeks ago. a very tense moment in the region. international leaders have been trying to persuade parties to pull back and talk about a ceasefire but, at this point, the fighting continues. the leaders of the us, the uk, germany, and france today reiterated calls for an end to the war in gaza. sir keir starmer said the world

would not tolerate "any more "excuses" over humanitarian assistance. the us president said he's told benjamin netanyahu to seek peace. the death of the leader of hamas represents a moment ofjustice. he has the blood of so many others on his hands. i told the prime minister of israel yesterday let's also make this moment an opportunity to seek a path to peace, a betterfuture in gaza without hamas. international aid groups are once again sounding the alarm about possible famine in gaza as winter approaches. the united nations on thursday warned that nearly 345,000 gazans face catastrophic levels of hunger in the coming months due to a drop in aid deliveries. the israeli government doesn't let internationaljournalists gain independent access to gaza, so our correspondent fergal keane reports from jerusalem on food insecurity in gaza — and a warning that it contains images you may find

distressing. again, the un warns of famine. again, it describes a catastrophe. again, israel denies a policy of starvation. and hunger renewed. charity keeps many from starvation. translation: there is - absolutely nothing available. the financial situation is very difficult and we cannot buy anything. even if prices drop, we still cannot buy. israel launched an offensive in the northern gaza strip two weeks ago and has impeded aid, according to the un and america. now, some trucks are entering since the united states warned israel it might cut arms shipments.

arab states have dropped aid but a prominent un figure told us "nothing like what's needed." the violations, the suffering of people on a day to day basis, including for very basic necessities, is unparalleled, is unprecedented. history will look back at this and judge and see and ask questions about what the international community was doing when such atrocities were happening in gaza. nothing has changed in the reality of gazan lives in the last 2a hours. they're still burying their dead in deir al—balah. 12—year—old abdul rahman al—dalu died of burns in an israeli air strike. the fire that swept through their tents killed his 19—year—old brother shaban. they were refugees in a hospital compound. the israelis blame hamas, saying they operated in the compound. here they are in a selfie taken

by shaban before the war, abdul rahman at the back. his mother also killed. this, the anguish of a father who could not save them. translation: he was the first one i was able to pull out - of the fire but this was his fate. three times i pulled him out of the fire, but his body was going back to it. i wish it was me. i wish the fire burned me but didn't burn my son. my whole life is gone. desperation in gaza, in all its forms. a food queue, among nearly two million people, pleading for small mercies. fergal keane, bbc news, jerusalem. turning to us politics now and

i want to show you these images from detroit, michigan where donald trump is addressing the crowd. after a long pause when his microphone stopped walking, several minutes he was waiting on stage for technical teams to fix the problem as crowds chanted his name. happening at the same time as donald trump's rally in detroit, a real interest in arizona with former president barack 0bama. he is spending much of his speech talking about donald trump, saying there is absolutely no evidence that this man thinks about anybody but himself. that's according to president 0bama earlier, energised crowd there. both presidential candidates have turned their attention to michigan today as one of seven battleground us states that could swing to kamala harris or to donald trump. latest polls show the pair neck and neck, as you can see, with the numbers here as well with the margin of error as well. in the city of

lansing, kamala harris hasjust wrapped up a speech. before that, the vice president spoke at a rally in grand rapids and ahead of that event a group of pro—palestinian protesters gathered at the venue and, of course, the war in gaza very much a key issue for voters in michigan which has the largest proportion of arab—americans in the united states. gary 0'donoghue was at the rally and has more on the importance of the state in this election. kamala harris will be spending a lot of time in michigan over the next 18 days. this is one of those states that is crucial to the outcome of the election. they call it part of the blue wall, those midwestern states, those manufacturing industrial states that often vote as a block. in 2016, they voted for donald trump. in 2020, they

voted forjoe biden. however when is he will likely win the election. so, she is engaging some super high—powered support, celebrities like lizzo, superstars like michelle 0bama will all be here in the coming days. the key message is one about the economy, about investment in the automotive industry, about wages, about greenjobs in industry, about wages, about green jobs in these industry, about wages, about greenjobs in these new manufacturing industries. kamala harris herself will be 60 this coming weekend but there won't be a lot of time for partying because there is a lot of work to do before election day. gary 0'donoghue. now, when she took the stage at that rally, vice president harris doubled down on her questions about donald trump's fitness for the presidency. take a listen. he is ducking debates and cancelling interviews. booing. come on! and check this out — his own campaign team recently said it is because of exhaustion.

laughter. well, if you are exhausted on the campaign trail, it raises real questions about whether you are fit for the toughestjob in the world. cheering. elsewhere in michigan, former president trump took questions from voters during a round table in the city of auburn hills. he was joined by representative byron donalds, a prominent republican from florida. when the former president arrived in detroit earlier, he was asked about those comments by ms harris about his fitness on the campaign trail. here's his response. what events have i cancelled? i haven't cancelled. she doesn't go to any events. she's a loser. so, all they do is put out sound bites. tell me when you've seen me take even a little bit of a rest. not only am i not — i'm not even tired. i'm really exhilarated. you know why? we're killing her in the polls because the american people don't want her.

joe biden has been making what is likely to be his final official visit to europe, meeting with leaders of the uk, france and germany with the war in ukraine high on the agenda. speaking after the talks on friday in berlin, mr biden said there'd been no consensus on allowing ukraine to use western weapons in attacks deep inside russia, but said boosting support to kyiv is necessary as winter approaches. let's talk about all of this with liana fix, seniorfellow for europe at the council on foreign relations. good to have you with us and good to see you. find good to have you with us and good to see you.— good to have you with us and i good to see you.- this good to see you. and you. this is likely to _ good to see you. and you. this is likely to be _ good to see you. and you. this is likely to be joe _ good to see you. and you. this is likely to be joe biden's - is likely to bejoe biden�*s very likely final visit to europe as us president so what do you think his legacy will be in terms of relationship with europe? i5 in terms of relationship with euroe? , . , in terms of relationship with euroe? , , ., europe? is legacy will be a very good _ europe? is legacy will be a very good one _ europe? is legacy will be a very good one and - europe? is legacy will be a very good one and the - europe? is legacy will be a - very good one and the europeans have been so relieved when biden was elected but at the same time, it left europeans in a cosy and comfortable situation where they very much

relied on us leadership throughout the ukraine wall. so with the upcoming us elections, it will be much more difficult for europeans to repeat the same one to believe that america is back, regardless of how these elections turnout, and they are very nervous about what happens if donald trump is elected. ., . ~' what happens if donald trump is elected. ., ., ~ ., elected. you talk about them bein: on elected. you talk about them being on edge _ elected. you talk about them being on edge about - elected. you talk about them being on edge about it - elected. you talk about them being on edge about it from i being on edge about it from presidency in 2025.- being on edge about it from presidency in 2025. what are those concerns? _ presidency in 2025. what are those concerns? the - presidency in 2025. what are l those concerns? the concerns about security and specifically nato. what if trump does what he says he has threatened several times, he says he has threatened severaltimes, undermining he says he has threatened several times, undermining the credibility of nato. what if he stopped support for ukraine, militarily and financially? it's not something europeans can make up for. and then also what will trump due to the global economy and what will he do in relation to china? so basically all strategic priorities that europe has are under threat with a donald trump presidency.- under threat with a donald trump presidency. you think they could —

trump presidency. you think they could be _ trump presidency. you think they could be any _ trump presidency. you think they could be any stumbling | they could be any stumbling blocks in terms of further support from ukraine coming from inside europe, for example when it comes to long—range missile and the you step inside russia, for example? —— the use inside. russia, for example? -- the use inside. ~ ., russia, for example? -- the use inside. ~ . ., inside. we have a divided view on this inside _ inside. we have a divided view on this inside europe, - inside. we have a divided view on this inside europe, france | on this inside europe, france and the uk have been more forward leaning but the us and germany were the two countries that were reluctant. they are also the two countries that are more reluctant for ukraine's nato perspective, we have an interesting situation in europe now where it's basically germany hiding behind the us with a caution in france and the uk being much more forceful and depending on the outcome of the us elections, france and the us elections, france and the uk may have an opportunity to bring germany along on their priorities. to bring germany along on their riorities. ., ~ to bring germany along on their riorities. . ~ ., priorities. talking about france and _ priorities. talking about france and the - priorities. talking about france and the uk, - priorities. talking about l france and the uk, global conflicts also we've got the situation in the middle east of course and after the death of yahya sinwar, we are seeing those renewed calls for a ceasefire. do you think

european pressure could play a role in that? do you think potentially this could be something of a turning point in international diplomacy when it comes to the middle east? i’m comes to the middle east? i'm told roar level— comes to the middle east? i'm told roar level of _ comes to the middle east? i“n told roar level of europeans in the middle east is not particularly strong, they have followed us leadership, some countries like spain have taken a more critical view of israel -- inaudible level a more critical view of israel —— inaudible level of. but they have been followers on the global conflict of this issue of global affairs, not leaders, and that's something that diminishes the clout of the european union as a geopolitical actor that you are basically just trying to geopolitical actor that you are basicallyjust trying to stay out of the most complicated parts of the conflict in the middle east. i parts of the conflict in the middle east.— parts of the conflict in the middle east. i wanted to ask ou middle east. i wanted to ask you more — middle east. i wanted to ask you more about _ middle east. i wanted to ask you more about that - middle east. i wanted to ask you more about that and - middle east. i wanted to ask you more about that and the challenges that could be coming from europe because if you take a look at the government make up a look at the government make up of europe, what we are increasingly seeing is more populist tendencies in some of the parties which are coming into power, at least winning

seats, and as much as we talk about some of the challenges from the united states, for example, on ukraine, for example, on ukraine, for example, could we also see those challenges coming from populist lawmakers within europe who are more inward looking? europe who are more inward lookin: ? , europe who are more inward lookina? , ., , , europe who are more inward lookina? , , . looking? yes, absolutely. we have a tendency _ looking? yes, absolutely. we have a tendency in _ looking? yes, absolutely. we have a tendency in europe - looking? yes, absolutely. wel have a tendency in europe that inaudible political parties have increasingly become normalised and are entering into coalitions with central parties. for example, in italy. and thereby they have been able to set the agenda for those countries and to set the agenda of the european union, especially when it comes to migration. the big member states like france and germany, the populists have inaudible government or prevented from entering government but their strength in domestic policy leads to a situation where the current governments in france and germany are paralysed and we see this in the lack of leadership coming from france and germany within the european union and their basically

preoccupied and will remain preoccupied and will remain preoccupied with domestic problems to the disadvantage and inaudible costs with europe. and inaudible costs with euroe. , ., , and inaudible costs with euroe. , europe. usually, if you don't mind, south _ europe. usually, if you don't mind, south korea's- europe. usually, if you don't mind, south korea's spy - europe. usually, if you don't i mind, south korea's spy agency say north korea has dispatched troops to support russia's war in ukraine so how much of a concern is that in europe? briefly, if you don't mind. it would be confirmed, it will be a bit concerned because we have to be developments with china stepping back —— stepping up its military support for russia with direct weapon deliveries, not inaudible products is in the past, and at the same time we have an ever closer alliance with iran and north korea now potentially even with direct north korean soldiers. that would lead to a globalisation of the conflict which would be very problematic for europeans and it would be also problematic because russia's resources, but by iran, china and north korea, could last much longer than european

resources in supporting ukraine. resources in supporting ukraine-— resources in supporting ukraine. ., ., ., ukraine. liana fix, always good to seak ukraine. liana fix, always good to speak to _ ukraine. liana fix, always good to speak to you. _ ukraine. liana fix, always good to speak to you. thank - ukraine. liana fix, always good to speak to you. thank you. - to speak to you. thank you. thank you- _ the ukrainian foreign minister has called for a strong and immediate reaction after claims from south korea that north korea has agreed to deploy thousands of troops to help russia in its fight against ukraine. moscow has previously dismissed reports of north korean 15