bbc hopes to plug the information gap in gaza using broadcasts on old fashioned medium wave, which can be accessed by a cheap analogue radio set. to tell us more about this new service from bbc news, arabicservice from bbc news, arabic, i'm joined by tareq kafala, who's the head of languages for the bbc world service. thank you so much for coming on newswatch. it is a volatile situation in gaza. how easy has it been to set up this service? we're quite practised now at launching emergency services. as you mentioned, we set up in may an emergency service for sudan. after six months, we've we've reduced that to one edition a day and replaced it with one additional day for the gaza emergency lifeline service. so we're moving resources from one place to the next to launch the service. it's a... emergency services are by their nature, they have a small footprint. and they're a flexible service, which we can throw up and reduce at short notice. and what do you want to do? what sort of content are you broadcasting? yeah, we're producing news content specifically focused on on gaza and israel, but we're also providing a public service or which is based around emergency information that people nee

muhannad tutunji, bbc news arabic, jerusalem. the current truce expires at midnight on monday.respondent lucy williamson is in eastjerusalem and has more on the possibility that the agreement will be extended. both sides seem to be edging towards a deal. hamas has said they are open to it and sing sources have told the bbc that hamas has let negotiators know it may be willing to extend the truce by two to four days to allow more hostages to leave. now, prime minister netanyahu here in israel has also signalled that he may be open to an extension of the deal. he said tonight that the framework for this kind of extension, already outlined in the agreement with hamas, was a blessed thing, but he also made the point that after the end of any framework, any agreement, israel would return to its core goals, and top of that list is the elimination of hamas. but each day that this truce continues, the pressure rises for what happens the day after. for more on the hostage situation, i spoke with michael singh, managing director and senior fellow at the washington institute for near east

bbc arabic news' muhannad tutunji spoke to one of those convicted of a more serious crime as she waslice presence. her first footsteps as a free woman. 24—year—old marah bakir is one of up to 150 palestinian prisoners being released as part of israel's deal with hamas to bring its hostages home from gaza. translation: i feel emotional. it's a very good feeling. but also we are very sad because this deal came following the death of many innocent people and this makes us unhappy and uncomfortable. bakir is back home with herfamily in eastjerusalem after being sentenced to eight and a half years for a knife attack on a border police officer in 2015. i only heard i was going to be released this morning. i couldn't believe it, even when i was getting taken here in the police car. even when i saw my dad. i still can't believe it's not a joke. many palestinians view the prisoners as victims of israel's occupation. sawsan bakir has been campaigning for her daughter's release. i asked her what it feels like to see her daughter sitting on her couch for the first time since she was a teenager.

muhannad tutunji, bbc news arabic, jerusalem.ormation circulate on social media. young or old, tiktok or x, formerly known as twitter. your social media feeds are unique to you — but could they be shaping how you view the israel—gaza war? the bbc s disinformation and social media correspondent marianna spring has been investigating. i'v e i've been told mps or receiving messages from young people. others are worried about hate online. let's start with tick—tock videos, hear from israeli soldiers these gaza videos seem a bit more polish trying to play anti—viral trends. meanwhile videos from gaza and pro—palestinian uses at home seem to trigger a more positive reaction from young users. tiktok using the # i stood with israel have racked up stood with israel have racked up more than 204 million views overalls, compared with more than 870 million views for videos using the hashtag i stayed with palestine. similar to other video —based sites with younger users for that one israeli soldier called daniel next tick—tock videos like this

muhannad tutunji, bbc news arabic, jerusalem.res of fuel crossed into gaza on sunday. these are pictures from rafah in the southern gaza strip, where hundreds of people queued throughout the day for fuel. this was just one petrol station where the sheer number of people trying to fill up containers forced it to close. the united nations says 61 lorries of aid — which included, food and medical supplies — also reached northern gaza on sunday — the largest number since october the 7th. the palestinian foreign ministry has condemned a shooting in the us state of vermont, in which it said three palestinian students were injured. in a statement the ministry stated that the men sustained �*severe and moderate�* injuries during the shooting. in a post on x — the head of the palestinian mission to the uk, husam zomlot, shared this photo — and naming the injured victims as hisham awartani, tahseen ahmed and kinnan abdalhamid. he said the group of friends had been on their way to a family dinner when the shoooting happened. when the shooti

muhannad tutunji, bbc news arabic, jerusalem.cial media. young or old. tiktok or x, formerly known as twitter. your social media feeds are unique to you — but could they be shaping how you view the israel—gaza war? the bbc s disinformation and social media correspondent marianna spring has been investigating. social media algorithms — which recommend content to you — seem to be driving some users towards increasingly divisive posts about israel and gaza that shape public opinion. i've been told some mps are receiving a "huge influx" of messages including from young people. others are worried about hate online. let's start with tiktok. videos from israeli soldiers seem more polished — trying to play into viral trends. videos from bloggers in gaza — and pro—palestinian users at home — seem to trigger a more positive reaction among young users. tiktoks using the hashtag istandwithisrael" have racked up more than 240 million views overall, compared with more than 870 million views for videos using "istandwithpalestine . similar to ot

muhannad tutunji, bbc news arabic, jerusalem. had been injured. the ministry said in a statement the group sustained �*severe and moderate' injuries during the shooting. in a post on x — formerly twitter — the head of the palestinian mission to the uk husam zomlot shared this photo and identified the victims as hisham awartani, tahseen ahmed and kinnan abdalhamid. he said the group were on their way to dinner when the shoooting occurred. when the shooting occurred. we can go live to our north america correspondent shingai nyoka. what further details can you tell us about in the shooting?— what further details can you tell us about in the shooting? while police in burlington _ about in the shooting? while police in burlington were _ about in the shooting? while police in burlington were vermont, - in burlington were vermont, responded to reports of gunfire near the university of vermont campus at about 6:30 p:m.. they say that about 6:30 p: m.. they say that three young men were wounded, and after they were shot, two of their eigh

start of the war, people inside gaza have been documenting their lives for our colleagues in bbc news arabicjabalia, caring for his young cousins. and english teacher farida is from gaza city. they've been keeping their gaza diaries, and their story begins two days after hamas launched its attacks on the 7th of october. on 9th october, israeli fighter jets carry out a deadly air strike onjabalia, north of gaza city. israel says that it's targeting hamas infrastructure. khalid stays in north gaza. he's now caring for his young cousins. tonight, she says she's still at home in gaza city. she says she's trapped and very afraid, as they are surrounded by the idf. earlier i spoke to professor ashok swain from the uppsala university in sweden about how a humanitarian pause might affect the trajectory of this conflict. it's a good development, but it's too late and too little saying that because of, as you discussed before, that is a large—scale population movement. more than 1.5 million people have been already displaced, more than 10,000. even in american population. officials are saying that eve

the israel—gaza war, people inside gaza have been documenting their lives for our colleagues in bbc news arabic was living injabalia, caring for his young cousins. and english teacher farida is from gaza city. they've been keeping their gaza diaries and their story begins two days after hamas launched its attacks where can we go? on the ninth of october israeli fighterjets carry out a a deadly air strike onjabalia, north of gaza city. israel says that it's targeting hamas infrastructure. translation: as i'm speaking to you now, air strikes. - a number of houses were targeted, as i speak to you. i'm sorry i won't be able to speak for long because of the massacre. on 13th october, the israel defence forces warn 1.1 million people in north gaza to move to the south. i am located at the centre of gaza. more than three of my neighbours' homes are destroyed from israeli bombs this morning, and all my neighbours and families are evacuating from their homes, and we don't know, where can we go? 14th october. farida leaves gaza city and travels south, sending voice notes to us during the journey. several

start of the war, people inside gaza have been documenting their lives for our colleagues in bbc news arabics and their story begins two days after hamas launched its attacks in israel killing 1,400 people and taking more than 200 hostage. on the ninth of october israeli fighterjets carry out a deadly air strike onjabalia, north of gaza city. israel says that it�*s targeting hamas infrastructure. translation: as i'm speaking to you now, air strikes. - a number of houses were targeted, as i speak to you. i�*m sorry i won�*t be able to speak for long because of the massacre. israeli planes bombed a number of buildings. on 13th october the israel defence forces warn 1.1 million people in north gaza to move to the south. and you can keep up to date with all the events in israel and gaza on the daily conflict podcast. the bbc�*s seen more evidence of an alleged toxic workplace culture at mcdonald�*s. it comes as the company�*s chief executive in the uk is about to be questioned by mps. it follows a recent bbc investigation in which more than 100 current and recent staff alleged sexual assault, ha

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the start of the war, people inside gaza have been documenting their life for our colleagues in bbc news arabicenglish teacher farida is from gaza city. they've been keeping their gaza diaries, and their story begins two days after hamas launched its attacks in israel killing 1,400 people and taking more than 200 hostage. a number of house of were targeted khalid stays in north gaza, he is caring for his cousins. just before we came on air, farida sent another message, which you can hear at ten. and you can keep up to date with all the events in israel and gaza across the bbc. the time is 18.20. our top story this evening. the home secretary under pressure after accusing the met police of bias over pro—palestinian protests. coming up. england coach sarina wiegman talks about grief, success and men's football. coming up in sportsday in the next 15 minutes on bbc news, gareth southgate explains his thinking behind his latest england squad and why there's still no place in it for raheem sterling. the father of liverpool footballer luis diaz has been released almost two weeks after he was kidnapped

bbc news arabic has launched an emergency radio service for gaza in response to the conflict in the regiongency service, gaza daily, will provide news to listeners in gaza each day, with the latest information and developments, as well as safety advice on where to access shelter, food and water supplies. the service will initially run one programme a day at 3 pm gmt. a second daily update will be broadcast at 0500 gmt from friday 10th november. live now to tarik kafala, controller of languages, bbc world service. thank you for being here in the programme. tell me more about this new service. what you are doing and how you're doing it.— how you're doing it. certainly. so, the first edition _ how you're doing it. certainly. so, the first edition finished _ how you're doing it. certainly. so, the first edition finished about - the first edition finished about five minutes ago. the next week will be doing one daily addition, about half an hour or slightly less. and then, after a week, we will round that up to two daily additions. 0ne that up to two daily additions. one in the afternoon or even

muhannad tutunji, bbc news arabic, jerusalem.m where many of the palestinian prisoners released have arrived home this evening. we now understand that all of the palestinian prisoners have arrived back home. today's group were all fairly young. we were told that they were all 18 years and under. there was a “1—year—old included in that group, as well, and many of them came from eastjerusalem, have come back here. they are obviously under a blanket ban, here in eastjerusalem, no celebrations, the families are not allowed to do any big public celebrations, no fireworks, no handing out of sweets, and they are also not supposed to talk to the media either, although, having spoken to families on the west bank over the past couple of days who have also received back prisoners from israeli jails, the mood amongst many families is not really one of absolute celebration. there is a lot ofjoy at having their family members back but there is also conflicted feelings about the situation in gaza and a lot of worry about what is going to happe

bbc news arabic has today launched an emergency radio service for gaza in response to the conflict inza daily — will broadcast vital news daily to the people of gaza during this time of urgent need. it will provide listeners in gaza with the latest information and developments as well as safety advice on where to access shelter, food and water supplies. those are the live pictures of the first broadcast, and we will talk to those behind it here on the programme in about 25 minutes�* time. but first, let�*s head tojerusalem and are correspond at least to set. de 28 of the israel gaza war, and as you say, there was a split screen moment to date with the visiting us secretary of state antony blinken and the lebanese hezbollah leader hassan nasrallah speaking at the same time. speaking in tel aviv after his talks of israeli leaders, antony blinken, and hassan nasrallah speaking from a secret location, sending totally different leaders. hassan nasrallah accusing the united states are being responsible for what he called crimes in gaza, and antony blinken talking about how the united states

bbc _ efforts in gaza. thank you said shehata from bbc arabic - efforts in gaza. thank you said shehata from bbc arabic for i shehata from bbc arabic for joining us on bbc news.ire at a psychiatric hospital in the us state of new hampshire. police say a security guard was killed, before an officer returned fire, killing the attacker. police have not identified the suspect or a motive. a string of companies including disney, warners and apple have withdrawn their advertising from x — formally known as twitter. earlier, the white house said it was unacceptable that elon musk said a post on x — accusing jewish communities of pushing hatred against white people — was "the actual truth". finland has put up barriers at four of its border crossings with russia in an attempt to halt a surge in undocumented migrants. helsinki has accused moscow of deliberately channelling the migrants to the crossings in retaliation for it having joined nato, earlier this year. ajudge in colorado has rejected an attempt to bar former us president donald trump from the state's 2024 republican presidential primary. it ends a landmark trial over a lawsuit that argued mr trump's actions l

news watch. the bbc launches a new radio service. coming up, the bbc world service stopped its arabicne at the man was hired by the terrorists for a so—called crisis actor, with his apparent previous performance is shown here and at the footage shown by the bbc was fake. nigel e—mail to say... in fact the man concerned was a gaza blogger, and instead of being fake persona used to fabricate evidence of israeli war crimes, some of those images of whom were old pictures from his instagram post while others were of different people altogether. meanwhile, the israeli military confirmed the strike on the ambulance saying that it was being used by hamas operatives, so as it was pointed out,... the former director of bbc news richards and chipped and. aiming to be reliable, objective source of information amid the fog of war, gaza daily is the latest way in which the bbc world service has responded to global crises, following an emergency radio service set up in may, during the conflict in sudan and extended tv bulletins in sudan and extended tv bulletins in ukraine last year, after the count

hello, you are watching bbc news from london. araboreign ministers at a meeting in amman have told the united states�* top diplomat antony blinken that there must be an immediate ceasefire in gaza. thejordanian foreign minister ayman safadi said the killing of civilians by israel could not be justified by its claim of self—defence. he said the entire region was sinking into a "sea of hatred" that could define generations to come. the egyptian foreign minister, sameh shoukry, said his country was exerting all its efforts to deliver aid and treat wounded gazans and joined the call for an immediate ceasefire. for his part, mr blinken reaffirmed us support for humanitarian pauses in fighting. but he rejected the call for an "immediate ceasefire". 0ur correspondent anna foster followed that press conference and gave this analysis on the israeli stance. israel has been very clear, since those attacks on the 7th of october, that one of their key objectives, along with releasing those hostages, is to entirely eliminate hamas and its leadershi

bbc arabic news' muhannad tutunji spoke to one of those convicted of a more serious crime as she wasa of briefing. i'm told momentarily we will hear what he has to say. of course we're at the stage and day three. let's listen in. translation: aood three. let's listen in. translation: good evening- _ today many, ella, irma, aviva. abigail idan is four years old. she's an orphan now. her parents were slaughtered by the hamas terror organisation that she is a hero. a real heroine. because we know that this war, this is the proof, she is the proof that this is a justified war for that we're fighting against a cruel enemy. each of those who have returned as a member of family or relative that is either been murdered or still a hostage. it is a pain that is unbearable. abigail idan who was brought home was immediately taken to hospital. she was taken from the gaza strip immediately by the idf. in order to safeguard all the hostages some of them were taken from the gaza strip, from the area with total coordination with the egyptian forces. three thai foreign nationals and otherforeign natio

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bbc arabic news spoke to one of those convicted of a more serious crime as she was reunited with herian prisoners being released as part of israel's deal with hamas to bring is hostages home from gaza. translation: ifeel emotional. it’s home from gaza. translation: i feel emotional. �* . . home from gaza. translation: i feel emotional. v . , home from gaza. translation: i feel emotional. �*, ., , emotional. it's a very good feeling but also we're _ emotional. it's a very good feeling but also we're sad _ emotional. it's a very good feeling but also we're sad because - emotional. it's a very good feeling but also we're sad because this i emotional. it's a very good feeling i but also we're sad because this deal came following the death of many innocent people. this makes us unhappy and uncomfortable. she is back home with _ unhappy and uncomfortable. she is back home with her— unhappy and uncomfortable. she is back home with her family - unhappy and uncomfortable. she is back home with her family in - back home with her family in east jerusalem after being sentenced to eight years for

and in other news, controversy at the climate change conference. the bbc reveals that the united arabcuss possible oil deals. hello, i'm lucy hockings, welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast—moving news, interviews and reaction. it's the final day of the four—day truce between israel and hamas. we are expecting there to be a further release of hostages and prisoners, but there is a hold up. both sides have issues over the lists of names of those set for release — and until there is agreement on those names, a swap can't go ahead. while we await those potential releases, talks about extending the pause in fighting are continuing. the current deal will end at midnight tonight, but egyptian negotiators say the sides are close to agreeing an extension. nato chiefjens stoltenberg has joined us presidentjoe biden and the eu's head of foreign affairs, josep borrell, in calling

bbc news. and you can watch bbc arabic�*s investigation "breathless" on the bbc iplayer.rops, household waste and cooking oil. the plane has landed in new york after leaving heathrow earlier today. nasa managed to land a spacecraft on this asteroid and then brought rock and dust specimens back to earth. well, now some of those samples from the 11.5 billion—year—old asteroid have arrived here in the uk. and they could shed light on the origins of life on our own planet. here's our science editor, rebecca morelle. a piece of asteroid from deep space has finally arrived at london's natural history museum. we've separated out these little biggerfragments in our stones of interest. scientists here have been waiting years for the chance of a close—up look, and to get their gloved hands on this precious extraterrestrial material. i think it's beyond our wildest dreams. it's an incredibly beautiful rock. it's very, very black, but with some tiny, little white bits in as well. and we found that each little grain looks a bit different to the other grains. so it's going to keep us b

and in other news, controversy at the climate change conference. the bbc reveals that the united arabl deals. hello, i'm lucy hockings. welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast—moving news, interviews and reaction. it's the final day of the four day truce between israel and hamas. this has been the scene in rafah, southern gaza today, with traffic and people moving about. israel has offered a further day's pause in the fighting in gaza for every ten captives released, and hamas says it seeks an extension. aid agencies have again been using the truce to transport more aid into the territory. nato chiefjens stoltenberg has joined us presidentjoe biden and the eu's head of diplomacy josep borrell in calling for an extension in order to bring more hostages home.

jeremy bowen, bbc news, in southern israel. with me is bbc arabic�*s mohamed taha. hello again.t with what you have been hearing that has been going on overnight.— that has been going on overniaht. _, ., ., overnight. good morning. the war is, overnight. good morning. the war is. by _ overnight. good morning. the war is, by entering _ overnight. good morning. the war is, by entering the - overnight. good morning. thej war is, by entering the second month, the seventh of november, and it started on the seventh of october, by entering the second month, the war is getting bigger, and not smaller, and we saw israeli strikes on everywhere in gaza, the palestinian news saying that five died in rafah, southern gaza, in a strike and several died in a strike on the north and there are still strikes around refugee camps and around the hospital as well. in the west bank, the palestinians are saying that incursions in the west bank resulted in seven deaths between the palestinians, and also, on the lebanese front, there has been reports saying that hamas fighters in southern lebanon started

bbc news, jerusalem. with me is mohamed taha from bbc arabic. good morning,.ening overnight. what are you hearing?— overnight. what are you hearinu? , ., ~ ., hearing? there is a kind of counterattack _ hearing? there is a kind of counterattack from - hearing? there is a kind of counterattack from hamas| hearing? there is a kind of. counterattack from hamas on hearing? there is a kind of- counterattack from hamas on the israeli forces that are fighting on the northern gaza. there are talks from the hamas side that they destroyed 60 israeli armoured vehicles. there is news about ten casualties in the israeli side, and there is rocket attacks that targeted tel aviv also overnight. so there is kind of an intensifying counterattack from the hamas side against israel overnight. and it is this israel overnight. and it is thi - , israel overnight. and it is thi , ., ., this in the run-up to a possible _ this in the run-up to a possible deal- this in the run-up to a possible deal and - this in the run-up to a possible deal and a i this in the run-up to a - possible de

bbc news, jerusalem. with me is mohamed taha from bbc arabic. good morning to you. as always, i ask you this question.have been hearing about what has been happening overnight. the? hearing about what has been happening overnight. they are fi . htin: happening overnight. they are fighting now — happening overnight. they are fighting now and _ happening overnight. they are fighting now and it _ happening overnight. they are fighting now and it has - fighting now and it has intensified around another hospital in northern gaza called the indonesian hospital. israeli forces are pursuing the hospital, they had parts of the hospital, they had parts of the hospital, it really is a living so much that hamas are using hospitals as bases and there are some hostages that might be in hospital. this is what the israeli safe with the palestinians are saying this is part of the israeli planting evacuating northern gaza completely. the israelis already asking people in northern gaza to move to the south. the only places the palestinians are concentrating on in the north are in hospitals and around schools as well. th

bbc news, tel aviv. with me is mohamed taha from bbc arabic. lovely to see you again.re is a lot of anticipation that this truce coming into the fourth day, the final day as it were may well be extended. what are you hearing about that? it is more likely this _ hearing about that? it is more likely this truce _ hearing about that? it is more likely this truce will _ hearing about that? it is more likely this truce will be - likely this truce will be extended. all parties made announcements already they are all coming this truce will be extended from benjamin netanyahu, the israeli prime minister, from hamas and from the americans and the qatari and egyptian sides. everyone is happy for the truce to be extended. the israelis are happy to extend one day for the exchange of ten hostages every single day. whether the vision that there is this desire of having all the hostages out, most of them out, this truce will most likely be extended. the most important thing from my perspective that the war changed, the war on the ground to be a media war at the moment. we saw benjami

arab speakers went into the hospital with israeli forces. henrietta lewis emailed us as follows... and the board of deputies of britishjews said this in a statement... later in the day, bbc newsology... we said that medical teams and arab speakers were being targeted. this was incorrect and misquoted a reuters report. we should have said, idf forces included medical teams and arabic speakers for this operation. so, we apologise for this error which fell below our usual editorial standards. the correct version of events was broadcast minutes later. war is a gruesome business, and when reporting on it, broadcasters have to balance a duty to portray fully and accurately what's happening on the ground with the need not to distress or shock the audience unnecessarily. bbc news hasn't shirked from showing the horror of the conflict in the middle east. for instance, in tuesday's report from orla guerin on what had happened in gaza's largest hospital. we are not showing the footage ourselves, but the news broadcast pictures of bodies covered in blankets as viewers heard the line, "so many decomposing bodies that a mass grave has been dug." there were more dead bodies shown on wednesd

bbc news, jerusalem. with more on this, we can speak to bbc arabic�*s mohamed taha.ins us from who joins us from the bbc newsroom. let'sjust who joins us from the bbc newsroom. let's just start with what looks like an explosion at a refugee camp in gaza. what do we know about this?— we know about this? what we understand — we know about this? what we understand from _ we know about this? what we understand from the - we know about this? what we understand from the health . understand from the health authorities in gaza, that this refugee camp in the middle of the gaza strip, was hit by a missile or a rocket and caused at least a0 deaths so far in that refugee camp. this is coming after a few days from hitting another refugee camp, which was a refugee camp that left around 200 people dead in that refugee camp. and in this situation where, asjohn dennison said in his report, no safe place in gaza as forces are targeting hamas targets everywhere, and even if this target be mixed with civilian, civilians in this locations, they would hit as well. we had guest overnight t

that's according to new analysis by bbc arab two arabic and bbc verify.gram channel. our analysis shows that hamas in gaza have been openly training for almost three years before its deadly attack on israel. this is a video posted by the group on social media. it's a polished piece of propaganda showing a military exercise they took part in along with other factions. this is the first of four drills given the codename strong pillar. we've analysed several videos like this. all publicly accessible was a pleasure lots of similarities with the attack on october the 7th. for example, let's get pair this deal from the 2020 video with this tale from the 2020 video with this tale from the 2020 video with this tale from the october seven attack. as you can see, they are heavily armed fighters overrunning on top of the tank into an israeli flag in the training video. there's also a man being dragged out. in the actual attack we see an israeli crewmember being dragged out. this is from another training exercise in gaza posted this year that shows fighters practisin

yogita limaye, bbc news, tel aviv. with me is bbc arabic�*s mohamed taha.out what you've been hearing about what's been going on overnight.— going on overnight. good morning- _ going on overnight. good morning. overnight - going on overnight. good| morning. overnight heavy fighting in gaza in the north, south, west of the strip. heavy man—to—man fighting and still be shelling on gaza is continuing in several parts. concentrated on the al—maghazi refugee camp and jabalia camp. the israeli forces are saying that again hamas fighters are using hospitals and tunnels under hospitals in their operation and this is a warning that these hospitals could be a target. as we see in the pictures on the screen, these are the israeli strikes, all might on gaza. there is news that there are 18 agencies of the un issuing an urgent call in the last hours to emerge before humanitarian pause and they are really shocked from they are really shocked from the number of children and women suffering in this conflict. as you may know, palestinian authorities are saying the number of

bbc launches a new emergency radio service for the people of gaza. welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed. coming up, the bbc world service stopped its arabico call the state opening of parliament the fanciest fancy dress party you'll ever see? alongside the very real conflict in the middle east, we've been seeing a propaganda war too, and that reached new heights last friday. jeremy bowen reported on the news at six about an attack on an ambulance convoy outside gaza's al—shifa hospital. palestinian red crescent later said at least 15 people were killed in the strike. the controversy centred on this man — who filmed a selfie video outside the hospital in the immediate aftermath of the attack with victims visible in the background. claims quickly emerged online that the man was hired by hamas as a so—called crisis actor with his apparent previous performances posted here, and that the footage shown by the bbc and elsewhere was fake. nigel mcmahon emailed newswatch to say... and keith mccormick added...

bbc arabic. if we start with this news that today the rafah crossing could be opened to let the seriously injureduld be the first time since it has started that people would be able to get out? that people would be able to net out? , ., ., , get out? the first time to open today since _ get out? the first time to open today since the _ get out? the first time to open today since the seventh - get out? the first time to open today since the seventh of- today since the seventh of october. it was confirmed 0ctober. it was confirmed yesterday on a channel in egypt, which is close to the state, and confirmed two other sources in egypt that it was open to admit or receive severely injured palestinians and a ready preparation close to the border as the prime minister visited there and preparation there to receive them. this could be the first of more severely injured palestinians to come to asia because the pressure is too much. there are more than 21,000 injured and the hospital in gaza face problems. the stash the hospitals. they are running out of fuel, the medical team, so what is egypt doing with c

version of that exclusive interview with president macron is coming up here on bbc news so do stay with us for that. arabe israel—gaza war. scheduled summits of the arab league and the organisation of islamic cooperation have been merged in response to the situation in gaza. 0ur security correspondent frank gardner is there with more. the one thing they can all agree on is they want it to stop immediately. i don't think there is anybody here at this vast conference, in this lavish conference centre here in riyadh, that is not calling for a ceasefire. where there are differences below the surface is what action if any should be taken. so you've got the iranian president and a big iranian delegation here, i saw him just not a short time ago, that's president ebrahim raisi of iran, and it's unusual in itself for the president of iran to be here in saudi arabia. these are the two big regional heavyweights with totally different agendas in this region so i think they are going to have to go for the lowest common denominator in terms of what they can all agree on which is an end to the fighting, a condemnation

bbc news. leaked documents obtained by the bbc suggest that the united arab emirates has been using its role as oil and gas deals. briefings prepared for the cop—28 president, dr sultan al—jaber, who's also the ceo of the state oil company, appear to show that the uae�*s cop team suggested arranging deals with at least twenty—seven countries at meetings ahead of the conference — a breach of un standards. and now more than ever, we need to unite on climate and deliver a clear message of hope. the united arab emirates government appointed dr sultan aljaber to head up its cop28 team, but he is also the head of the uae�*s huge state oil company and its renewable energy business. the documents show that in meetings with at least 27 foreign governments arranged as part of the un climate process, drjaber was briefed to discuss business for these firms, including oil and gas deals. now, attempting to do business deals — especially oil and gas deals — during the cop process, appears to be a serious breach of the standards the un expects of cop presidents. it told the bbc presidents should be impartial a

bbc news, jerusalem. earlier, i spoke to yousef munayyer, the head of palestine/israel program and senior fellow, arab centeraza's humanitarian needs and how the war is shaping public opinion here in the us. do you think this temporary ceasefire and the aid come again albeit a drop in the bucket as aid organisations have said, can alleviate some of the suffering of civilians in gaza? well, not if this is a temporary pause or a humanitarian pause and it should go without saying that there is nothing humanitarian about a pause in war crimes. we need them to stop completely. the situation in gaza is catastrophic. the humanitarian situation cannot be described in words. the images that i think the entire world is getting a chance to see now during this break in the fighting, makes clear that the destruction is massive, that the target was widespread civilian infrastructure and we have seen tremendous damage to the health system and really all forms of life in the gaza strip... if i could jump in... crosstalk whatever is trickling in... just to jump in and follow up from what you say, an israeli spokesperson from

an apology from bbc news — at this time on newsday yesterday, bbc news covered initial reports that israeli forces had entered gaza's main hospital. we said that "medical teams and arab reuters report. we should have said idf forces in this operation included medical teams and arabic speakers. we apologise for this error, which fell below our usual editorial standards. the correct version of events was broadcast minutes later on the programme. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. bbc news — bringing you different stories from across the uk. for 32 years, this portable building on an raf base was home, but now the midlands air ambulance charity has flown the nest. over time, thejob has changed. medics here described this as a hospital in the air. the £11 million facility, entirely funded by grants, will be able to provide a 2a hour day service from january. this is really useful for that repetitive task training. she's going to have lots of attempts. she's going to be able to practice it multiple times. the new headquarters also brings all the staff together under one roof. the driving force of this was the one team culture and bringing everybody toge

new analysis by bbc arabic and bbc verify showed that at least ten other militant groups ranging fromrently involved in one way or the other in the holding of israeli hostages adds yet more complexity to the ongoing negotiations that are happening under qatar's auspices. and it will — the fact that you have so many groups now that will need to have their say in terms of what happens, itjust makes things much more difficult. and it's one more thing that hamas will have to factor in when it decides when and how it starts to or continues to liberate israeli hostages. it's not certain exactly how many hostages remain in the wasteland that gaza has become. not everyone thinks this was part of the plan. i think hamas is acting very much an ad hoc sort of mode at the moment. i don't think it was prepared for the repercussions of october 7th, at least not to this degree. so at the moment, it's trying to extend the pause in fighting for as long as possible, probably with a hope that it can be eventually converted into an actual ceasefire, a hope that i don't think is going to be realised anyti

bbc news, llandegla. an apology from the bbc. as bbc news covered initial reports that israeli forces had entered gaza�*s main hospital, we said that "medical teams and arabs for this operation. we apologise for this error, which fell below our usual editorial standards. the correct version of events was broadcast minutes later. we will be covering the rolling coming from the supreme court very shortly and if you are interested in watching our live stream, you can watching our live stream, you can watch it live on our website. you are watching bbc news. live now to our correspondent helena wilkinson. this reading we are expecting on the place mat issue. if you could just tell us how we got here. place mat issue. if you could 'ust tell us how we got here.�* place mat issue. if you could 'ust tell us how we got here. through a complicated _ tell us how we got here. through a complicated legal _ tell us how we got here. through a complicated legal battle. - tell us how we got here. through a complicated legal battle. if- tell us how we got here. through a complicated legal battle. if we - tell us how we got here. through a| complicated legal battle. if we ca

bbc news, on the israel—gaza border. during an operation against hamas near the hospital and their targeting including medical teams and arabse was a saying that israel is calling on all of hamas in the hospital to surrender at this point. once again, we are hearing that israel says its forces securing operation in the hospital that we just heard of in their targeting arabs speakers and some of the medical staff there and asking all hamas operatives in the hospital to surrender. here's the pentagon's deputy spokesperson reiterating that the us has its own intelligence pointing towards the al shifa hospital being used as a command post by hamas we do have information that hamas and the palestinian islamichhad or using hospitals in the gaza strip, including the al—shifa hospital as a way to conceal and support the military operations and hold hostages, they have tunnels underneath these hospitals. and so, hamas members operating node from al—shifa hospital in gaza city and of weapons stored there and are prepared to respond to israeli operations against the facility. here's more from our north america correspondent, peter bowe

bbc news, jerusalem. joining me to discus is yousef munayyer, the head of palestine israel program and senior fellow, arab very good to have your back and thank you forjoining us. i want to start with some of the pictures we saw, the devastation in gaza and people gathering in line for food and supplies. do you think this temporary ceasefire and the aid come again albeit a drop in the bucket as aid organisations have said, can alleviate some of the suffering of civilians in gaza? ~ ., of the suffering of civilians in gaza?— of the suffering of civilians in gaza? ~ ., , , ., in gaza? well, not if this is a temporary — in gaza? well, not if this is a temporary pause _ in gaza? well, not if this is a temporary pause or- in gaza? well, not if this is a temporary pause or a - temporary pause or a humanitarian pause should go without saying that there is nothing humanitarian about a pause in war crimes. we need them to stop completely. the situation in gaza is catastrophic. the humanitarian situation cannot be described in words. the images that i think the entire world is getting a chance to see now during thi

bbc news, jerusalem. lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. it's more than seven weeks since hamas launched its attack in what has been described as israel's largest intelligence failure for 50 years. bbc verify and the bbc�*s arabicund that hamas — a designated terrorist group by the uk government — held multiple training exercises planning the attacks in plain sight of israel — and posted the evidence on social media. here's our defence correspondent jonathan beale with more details. the scale and brutality of the hamas attack on october seventh shocked the world. it was the biggest loss of life in israel since thejewish state was created and it shook and traumatised the country to its core. it's also raised many questions for israel's much—vaunted security and intelligence services. bbc arabic and bbc verify have been analysing evidence posted on the online messaging service telegram. it shows that hamas in gaza had been openly training for attacks inside israel for almost three years. these red dots show the sites, from the far north of the gaza strip to the very south, where training took place, with hamasjoined by other palestinian factions. we've geolocated most of the images of those training operations, w

live now to hussein ibish, a senior resident scholar at the arab gulf states institute in washington. welcome here, to bbc newsnt then is in moment, do you think? significant then is in moment, do ou think? ~ significant then is in moment, do you think?— you think? well i think it is very important. _ you think? well i think it is very important, because _ you think? well i think it is very important, because first - you think? well i think it is very important, because first of - you think? well i think it is very important, because first of all, | you think? well i think it is very i important, because first of all, the initial release will set the stage for the full exchange of 5a similar hostage, prisoners forsimilar number, of women and children who are being held in israeli prisons, some of them without charge for a long time, and so it is basically an exchange of prisoners, but it is an initial phase, so then you can get after the initialface, you can get the whole 50 in exchange for whatever similar number of palestinians and then, you have a template for how to have temporary ceasefires linked to truc

bbc news, jerusalem. christian: joining me tonight is a former director of operations and now a senior advisor for arab renaissanceor development. can you explain the combination of factors that led to the decision yesterday to suspend aid? >> well, the situation that we witnessed on the ground is dramatically worse than anything i myself and the others who wrote this recent letter expressing concern with the situation in gaza, anything we have experienced, the principal reason that triggered the suspension of operations on the ground is indeed the lack of fuel to enable talks to move around for communication network to function, for sewage to be pumped away. the roads are covered in raw, untreated sewage. and so forth. there is no way we could provide ongoing support, transport flour to bakeries, distribute other humanitarian supplies to medical facilities and schools in which 800,000 displaced palestinians are currently sheltering. christian: i think we can understand what a problem a blackout is to an operation like the one they run. but can you explain in detail why communications is so important when you are

the bbc reveals that the united arab emirates planned to use the summit to discuss possible oil deals. hello, i'm lucy hockings. welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast—moving news, interviews and reaction. it's the final day of the four day truce between israel and hamas. this has been the scene in rafah, southern gaza today, with traffic and people moving about. israel has offered a further day's pause in the fighting in gaza for every ten captives released, and hamas says it seeks an extension. aid agencies have again been using the truce to transport more aid into the territory. nato chiefjens stoltenberg has joined us presidentjoe biden and the eu's head of diplomacy josep borrell in calling for an extension in order to bring more hostages home. and in the last hour the palestinian foreign minister has warned that once the deal expires, it is important that innocent civilians are protected. hamas freed more hostages, including 14 israelis, in exchange for 39 palestinian prisoners on sunday. but both israel and hamas are reported to have raised concerns over the lists of hostages and prisoners set to be released today. qa