hamas officials say 93 palestinians have been killed in an israeli strike on beit lahiya in an israeli strike on beit lahiya in northern gaza. in northern gaza. international condemnation international condemnation after israel's parliament votes after israel's parliament votes to ban the un's palestinian to ban the un's palestinian refugee agency from refugee agency from operating in israel operating in israel and the occupied west bank. and the occupied west bank. north korea 5 foreign minister north korea 5 foreign minister visits russia today, following nato�*s condemnation visits russia today, following nato�*s condemnation of military cooperations of military cooperations between moscow and pyongyang. between moscow and pyongyang. iran's government has proposed iran's government has proposed to raise its military to raise its military budget by 200 per cent, budget by 200 per cent, as the country continues its as the country continues its direct conflict with israel. direct conflict with israel. at least 93 palestinians. hello, i'm lucy hockings. hello, i'm lucy hockings. officials say an israeli officials say an israeli strike on beit lahiya in strike on beit lahiya in northern gaza has killed northern gaza has killed at least 93 palestinians.

they say 20 children are among the dead. what are you hearing right now? we

do not have equipment to people operating in the north, so it was painfulfor operating in the north, so it was painful for the operating in the north, so it was painfulfor the people to try to dig with their hands to take the bodies and try to rescue the people, i have seen footage of bodies transported to the hospital in donkey carts. functioning hospital in northern gaza. the hospital itself was subject to an israeli attack a couple of days ago. a recorded message from inside describe the situation as catastrophic, only three or four medical teams will have the deal with very serious injuries. in the hospital they said there is no fuel, no capacity to deal with such a number of people injured in that incident and they say there is no medical equipment

to treat them. very catastrophic in northern gaza, hamas issued a statement saying this is a war crime issue has committed in northern gaza. even more specifically, the health ministry statement said the hospital, most of the doctors have been forced to evacuate and the staff. you say it was one of the only function hospitals in the area, even now actually many of the health staff have been forced to leave. as i talk to you want to draw our viewers' attention from the weight is from lebanon from the weight is from lebanon from the weight is from lebanon from the capital beirut. quite a bit of smoke in the air as well we can see following news from the web and ministry of health saying at least 60 people have been killed in israeli strikes in the east of

the country, the deadliest day in a long time in lebanon. this is beirut we are looking at. i want to draw your attention to the fact that the idf are operating on multiple fronts at the moment, notjust gaza but whether in as well. can i get your view from people you have been speaking to about the vote in the king acid which affects what happens with unrwa, the bann of a real or not, condemnation, due to come into force in a few months. do you have lived in gaza for many years. what role does unrwa play in people's lives in gaza? we have about eight refugee camps inside gaza where we believe almost two thirds of the population in gaza, refugees, what is the meaning

of refugee status? most of your essential services you receive is from unrwa. schools, health system, food distribution centres, almost every essential services that refugees receive they receive from unrwa. we always see it as like the government inside the country. just before the 7th of october, about 900,000 people used to receive food from unrwa. almost a third of the population are receiving their health education and social benefits from unrwa so for this people it is a worrying sign. since

the war, unrwa wasn't able to function as it used to before the war. and now most of the unrwa schools were targeted are destroyed in these operations. at the official level, the palestinian president... militants of hamas also condemned this. widespread condemnation from the palestinians and people who live in gaza. people really expressing that they are worried about this decision on social media. it is essential, the services unrwa is providing, they are almost providing, they are almost providing everything to a third of the population. we will keep across all development is for

you. rushdi abualouf. meanwhile the qatari government has confirmed in a press confernce that it will work alongsidejoe biden�*s administration until its last minute to secure a ceasefire in gaza.speaking at a press conference in the last hour, a qatari government spokesperson confirmed a deal was some way off being agreed: we cannot lose hope, the situation is not easy. it has been about a year since we had a ceasefire as a result of egyptian mediation. at the moment we are working to keep channels of open but i not think we can put any colour on the current motion linked to the current motion linked to the mediation.— the current motion linked to the mediation. arrive page up and running —

the mediation. arrive page up and running to _ the mediation. arrive page up and running to and _ the mediation. arrive page up and running to and solve - the mediation. arrive page up and running to and solve the i and running to and solve the questions you might have about what is happening in the middle east and the developments today. we have people living in gaza at the moment telling the bbc how worried they are that all they have to survive as the flower they get from unrwa, so what will happen now? lots of concerns about education as well because they run all of the schools, what will happen there? we will take you through what unrwa does and bring you reaction on the ground about why it should be banned. news from gaza that 93 people have been killed in the slater strike and from lebanon also, so do log on and take a look. meanwhile iran's government has proposed to raise its military budget by 200%. the government spokesperson outlined the plan and said it had been submitted to parliament for approval. the move to boost military spending comes as iran is in direct conflict with israel.

the presidents of south korea and ukraine have agreed to hold strategic talks to co—ordinate joint action to counter the despatch of north korean troops to russia. south korea's spy agency has said almost eleven—thousand soldiers from the north, pictured here, would be in russia by december. south korea's president yoon suk yeol says he sees the move as a significant threat to his country and the world. south korean officials are in brussels, where they are briefing nato and the eu — before heading to ukraine to share their intelligence. fighting has intensified in ukraine. 0vernight russian attacks killed six people in kyiv, and four others in kharkiv. let's speak to marina miron, a post—doctoral researcher in war studies at kings college london. do we know what russia intends to do with these new north korean troops, will they be deployed to the front line?

there are a couple of possibilities. the first thing we have to understand is that there will be a language barrier which means it will be difficult for russian commanders to communicate with these troops. whether they will be sent into the meat grinder but there is another possibility i believe to be more feasible from the russian standpoint, to use those troops in the rear because they don't have any experience of fighting a contemporary war, especially a contemporary war, especially a war like the one in ukraine. if they are deployed to the rear to take over the just six, the russian troops would be freed to be deployed to the donbas in order to increase the russian push in the donbas. 0f russian push in the donbas. of course may be down the line they would be used for offensive operations, maybe even on ukrainian territory, it is still uncertain but there are speculations that for now they will be used in kursk, may be for defensive purposes, we

do not know. there are quite a few ways these trips can be used. the problem here is of course that for north korea there is also a chance of these troops defecting, therefore maybe it would be wise to allow their use on ukrainian territory because the ukrainian military is already... territory because the ukrainian military is already. . ._ military is already... what does it say _ military is already... what does it say about - military is already... what does it say about the - military is already... what | does it say about the state military is already... what. does it say about the state of the russian military at the moment, the fact that they are having to bring in north koreans?— having to bring in north koreans? ~ . ., ~ ., koreans? we are talking about 3000 tr00ps. _ koreans? we are talking about 3000 tr00ps. i _ koreans? we are talking about 3000 troops, i don't _ koreans? we are talking about 3000 troops, i don't think- koreans? we are talking about 3000 troops, | don't think it i 3000 troops, i don't think it is going to be a major addition. i is going to be a ma'or addition.i is going to be a ma'or addition. ., ., addition. i thought we had some --eole addition. i thought we had some peeple saying _ addition. i thought we had some peeple saying it _ addition. i thought we had some people saying it could _ addition. i thought we had some people saying it could be - addition. i thought we had some people saying it could be up - addition. i thought we had some people saying it could be up to l people saying it could be up to 12,000, is still some doubt about the numbers? for 12,000, is still some doubt about the numbers? for now the re orts about the numbers? for now the reports are _ about the numbers? for now the reports are saying _ about the numbers? for now the reports are saying 3000 - about the numbers? for now the reports are saying 3000 are - reports are saying 3000 are only to kursk, some reports are saying there are 12,000 but of

those 12,000, apparently three will be deployed or are being deployed, according to some reports, therefore we don't know what the rest of them, the 9000 will do. whether they are undergoing training and so on. even 12,000, it is not a big number, if we look at the losses on the russian side. and even on the ukrainian side, 12,000 will not make a dramatic difference. all these issues associated with the lack of experience and language problems and integrating them into the russian command structure, might be more of a problem than a solution for the russians. that being said, the russians. that being said, the russians need troops to advance in the donbas. so deploying north korean troops in kursk might free up troops for russian incursions in the donbas.

russian incursions in the donbas-— russian incursions in the donbas. �* , ., ., , donbas. an update to bring you. there has _ donbas. an update to bring you. there has been _ donbas. an update to bring you. there has been international - there has been international condemnation of this move, we have had a statement from downing street, sir keir starmer�*s spokesperson saying the israeli government not implement this decision, saying there is a risk the situation in the region could destabilise, we urge the israeli government not to, not to prevent the largest aid organisation from operating. we have had condemnation from other governments as well. here in the uk the government has announced more details of what is in this week's budget for the national health service.

the funding is part of the government's overall pledge to increase the number of nhs hospital appointments and procedures in england by 40,000 per week. here's our health editor, hugh pym. out on the wards with a story to tell. the chancellor and the health secretary meeting hospital staff to explain some of their spending plans for the nhs in england. the budget, they were told, would provide money to help get more patients treated, and reduce waiting lists. to deliver on the 40,000 additional appointments every single week in our health service, to reduce those waiting times and waiting lists. and alongside that, the biggest capital budget since 2010 in our national health service, to invest in the new scanners, the diagnostic equipment, the radiography equipment that our nhs desperately needs — alongside the reform to get better productivity and better outcomes for patients. so what are the details? the treasury says £1.8 billion of extra money has been provided to the nhs since the election for more

operations and appointments. there'll be 1.57 billion allocated next year for equipment including scanners and radiotherapy machines. the challenge is to bring down the total waiting list of 7.611 million. extra money announced by the westminster government generates more, as well, for scotland, wales, and northern ireland. these are some — but not all — of the government's spending plans for the nhs in england. to find out overall totals for this year and next year and how they compare with the previous trend, we'll have to wait for the budget speech itself. health experts welcome the new funding, but warn that there are many unanswered questions about future policy — with the government's ten—year nhs plan not published until next spring. if you think about the huge pressures on the national health service now, but also into the future with the ageing population, we're simply not going to manage carrying on the way we have with marginal improvements — or, indeed, significant improvements. there really has to be a massive step change in the way that we do things in the national health service.

and really the game—changer here is technology with different working practices, and that should be the focus of reform, and that's what we really need to see the look of — in addition to the money — and that really will only begin to be forthcoming in the spring. some of the new investment will go into surgical hubs — specialist centres for carrying out planned operations. the aim is to get patients treated quickly and more efficiently. but getting back to the 18—week target for waiting times will be a big ask, and today's announcement is just the start. hugh pym, bbc news. join us live as chancellor rachel reeves reveals the autumn budget tomorrow. bbc news will bring you every moment, every insight, and every impact in our exclusive, in—depth coverage. stay tuned for all the action and analysis! this is bbc news around the world and across the uk.

a belgian court has jailed dozens of people in one of the country's biggest ever drug trials. the ringleaders have been sentenced to up to 17 years behind bars. more than 120 defendants from belgium, albania, colombia and north africa were accused of having participated in a cocaine and cannabis trafficking enterprise — after investigators cracked encrypted messaging apps. lauren walkerfrom the lauren walker from the brussels times, good to see you, one of the biggest ever drugs trials, they had to use former nato headquarters because there were so many people involved in the trial, but what is the background?- trial, but what is the background? trial, but what is the backrround? , , , background? first, this is the result of events _ background? first, this is the result of events that - background? first, this is the result of events that took - result of events that took place more than three years ago, authorities were able to

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