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it's notjust israel that says there _ time. it's notjust israel that says there is_ time.tjust israel that says there is an underground military complex— there is an underground military complex immediately beat the hospital. there is, of course, the american — hospital. there is, of course, the american intelligence. said both by the pentagon and the white house, and i think— the pentagon and the white house, and i think if one want to speak honestly, — and i think if one want to speak honestly, the people of the area who worked _ honestly, the people of the area who worked in _ honestly, the people of the area who worked in the hospital know full well that— worked in the hospital know full well that there is a hamas military fortification underneath the hospital. theyjust can't say so to western — hospital. theyjust can't say so to western press because they know they will face _ western press because they know they will face volatile retribution from hamas. — will face volatile retribution from hamas, that doesn't appreciate people — hamas, that doesn't appreciate peopl

notjust israel but... in orderfor that will never happen again. notjust israel but...o have a parallel track that looks at the longer—term issue. you need to take the 360 degrees look at this. parallel to the very delicate hostage negotiations one also needs to ensure that the mediation is looking at the next steps. there is no contribution between the two. changes are going to be very tough. it's critically important at this junction to also look at the bigger picture and make plans for what's going to happen. palestinians will be to hold elections, israelis need to hold elections, and unless you have international guarantees, it's going to fail again. that's why the unilateral declaration in 2005 fail. there is not significant intervention.— there is not significant intervention. ., , , , there is not significant intervention. . i, , ., intervention. really briefly, a spokesman — intervention. really briefly, a spokesman of _ intervention. really briefly, a spokesman of hamas's - intervention. really briefly, a| spokesman of hamas's armed intervention. really briefly

states, there are tunnels, weapon depo is over there and this is not the united states, this is notjust israele house, as specifically mentioned by the president, the president would not say he knows there is a command and control are different kinds of weapons the pose in attacks towards israel and according to international law we are allowed when threatened an attack from these kinds of locations, to respond... won the un did say earlier in the week what the situation was did not remove that obligation from israel not to target civilians butjust when you say independent verification, you have not allowed journalists, independent journalists allowed journalists, independentjournalists into cbs, they have been escorted by the idf, very controlled, only allowed to go in certain areas so there is no independent evidence of what you are describing the. i am quoting the president of the united states from yesterday, independently verifying that hamas is using and embedding themselves in hospitals, it is critical and very important that you see what the president and the white house are saying, th

growing anger towards notjust israel but to the west on the us as well and a sense ofuld more broadly be? you know, this — of that could more broadly be? you know. this is _ of that could more broadly be? you know. this is a _ of that could more broadly be? wm. know, this is a sensitive issue for us. when anger builds up at a certain point, let's go, and that is not a really pretty situation. it is usually something negative and nobody wants that and we have witnessed time and again that when anger is building up against the west it comes to a situation where we do not want but we are pleased to everybody not to get us to a situation like this. we have people watching everything, watching helpless children and the helpless civilian population and this is a mighty military machine and no matter what the pretext is or the course, they do not really care about what is causing all of this as much as on the other side no one really wants to care about why hamas did what it did. so the end result is a very negative situation and we are pleading with everyone to let us stop t

and i'd remind you, it's notjust israel that says there's an underground military complex immediatelyhere is, of course, the americans, their intelligence has said so in parallel to ours. and it's been said both by the pentagon and the white house. and i think if one wants to speak really honestly, the people of the area who worked in the hospital know full well that there is a hamas military, a fortification and structure underneath the hospital. they just can't say so to western press because they know they will face violent retribution for hamas from hamas. they will face violent retribution from hamas, that doesn't appreciate people speaking out of turn. well, i appreciate the point you're saying that about other intelligence agencies supporting israel's claim. 0n the point of medics that you mentioned — and again, i accept your point when it comes to people talking within gaza, which is controlled by hamas — i interviewed a british medic about this time yesterday who has spent a considerable amount of time in gaza. he said he's never seen any evidence of the hospital being run by

and remember that both sides it's notjust israel saying we're going to carry on shooting after this finishesnt yesterday saying our finger is on the trigger so their war doesn't end either, which is why israel wants to end hamas. there's no there's no plan that i can see for day two after this. yes. and of course, in terms of what lies ahead, you know, in the past, these sorts of pauses have been elongated and that ultimately led to the ceasefire that has been in place. this time, israel making it absolutely clear that that is not going to happen because of what happened on october 7th. this time, they say it is different. there is a wider problem here, though, matthew, and it's one that was put quite, quite eloquently, i think, by the ministers, the contact group that came to london yesterday. this was the saudi, egyptian, jordanian, palestinian, nigerian and indonesian ministers. and their point was this: they said, look, we don't like hamas. we condemn what happened on october the 7th but you can't beat, you can't defeat, you can't kill off a bad ideology, their words, referring to hamas,

how concerned are you that what is taking place in gaza and israel is spilling over potentially notjust israel— campus but other campuses across the us? and being open about being — across the us? and being open about being palestinian - across the us? and being open about being palestinian since i about being palestinian since my childhood both wasim and my family— my childhood both wasim and my family are — my childhood both wasim and my family are palestinian citizens of israel. _ family are palestinian citizens of israel, my mum generally warned _ of israel, my mum generally warned me to be careful and identified as palestinian which i identified as palestinian which i kind — identified as palestinian which i kind of— identified as palestinian which i kind of understood because, for example, in orange county california _ for example, in orange county california in the 80s, one of our— california in the 80s, one of our extended relatives was actually _ our extended relatives was actually working for the anti—danish anti—discrimination community was assassinated with a male _ community was a

i would remind you it is notjust israel that says there is an underground military complex immediatelyir intelligence has said so in parallel to ours, said both by the pentagon and the white house. i think if one wants to speak really honestly, the people of the area who have worked in the hospital know full well that there is a hamas military fortification and structure underneath the hospital. theyjust can�*t say so to western press because they know they will face violent retribution from hamas that doesn�*t appreciate people speaking out of turn. i doesn't appreciate people speaking out of turn. . , , . ., out of turn. i appreciate the point out of turn. i appreciate the point ou are out of turn. i appreciate the point you are saying — out of turn. i appreciate the point you are saying about _ out of turn. i appreciate the point you are saying about other- you are saying about other intelligence agencies supporting israel�*s claim. 0n the point of medics you mentioned, and accept the point that when it comes to people talking within gaza which is controlled by hamas, i interviewed

i would remind you, it is notjust israel that says as such, the americans said so early this week, thesaid their intelligence confirms what we know in israel, that hamas has exploited the hospital as a cover for its military machine. and more importantly, everyone who lives in that part of gaza city knows it well, it is one of the worst kept secrets they have. everyone there knows that there is hamas military structure underneath the hospital. theyjust structure underneath the hospital. they just can't say to it when talking to journalists because hamas doesn't like when people tell their secrets and they rule the gaza strip with an iron fist and brutality in people who speak out of turn against the party line will face violent retribution. irate the party line will face violent retribution.— the party line will face violent retribution. ., ., retribution. we saw some of what you sa is retribution. we saw some of what you say is evidence _ retribution. we saw some of what you say is evidence of— retribution. we saw some of what you say is evidence of hamas _ retribution. we saw some of

it is notjust israel, it is the international community, the arab world, lots of people talking about, does it want to come back to gaza? there are so many imponderables. it is safe to say no one, not in israel, washington or the arab world, has any well—developed idea about what gaza will look like after this, except it will look like after this, except it willjust be will look like after this, except it will just be a will look like after this, except it willjust be a devastated and just wretched place, more than it has ever been in its long and wretched history. ever been in its long and wretched histo . ~ , ., ., , , ever been in its long and wretched histo . ~ ., ,, ., history. well, you get a glimpse of that when you _ history. well, you get a glimpse of that when you see _ history. well, you get a glimpse of that when you see the _ history. well, you get a glimpse of that when you see the pictures - that when you see the pictures running alongside you. james, let me ask you the same question. does the endgame for washington and others look different to perhaps it looks in jerus

the us state department, all the governments that are providing political cover and support to israel. notjustrrived in israel on a military plane carrying weapons. so basically, they are supporting israel's attacks and the killing of palestinian civilians. 0ur prime minister is supporting the killing of palestinian civilians, as is the... you know, mohammed, he would... yeah, you know, mohammed, the prime minister would dispute that. but listen, i'm very grateful to you for for sharing your experience and good luck. thank you, mohammed, forjoining us. 0k, thank you. goodbye. tens of thousands of people have arrived from pakistan to the mediterranean since january 2021. many of them have used people—smuggling agents, who are selling migrants illegal routes to europe by road, boat, plane and train. contact is often made over social media, with agents offering what they claim are low—risk journeys to the destination country. newsnight and bbc trending, in collaboration with bbc urdu, went undercover to expose how smugglers lure people into buying these journeys from pakistan. reha kansara has th

have to remember the release of the hostages and vice a versa, there release of detainees by israel is notjust the story, it is also a political move. in that very harrowing way human beings are used as political bargaining chips for that when you have hostages taken and you have detainees on the other side, each side will want to extract as many political benefits as possible from their release. unfortunately, we have a situation in which hamas is looking at the bigger picture, not just the issue of the humanitarian pause. and the exchange of the date in hostages. that is why i believe it has accused israel of breaking the terms of the deal. and israel of course is denying that but i don't think the issue is as much about political posturing. haste think the issue is as much about political posturing.— political posturing. we will get more details _ political posturing. we will get more details as _ political posturing. we will get more details as soon - political posturing. we will get more details as soon as - political posturing. we will get more details as soon as there | political postur

so even though israel is more secure than a month ago — many more people are out and about — a real sense of threat, notjustsrael insists that force, not negotiations, will bring the hostages back. shani louk�*s family hoped she was a hostage until she was confirmed dead a week ago. friends filled her family home with her portraits. she was at the music festival that was attacked. we got this horrible video that was shown all over. a friend of ours sent it to us and he said, "i recognise shani. "this is shani on the pick—up truck." this is where she was face down? yes, she was in a weird position, looks unconscious, blood on the head and the pick—up was driving inside the gaza strip and people were shouting and celebrating and spitting on her, and it was terrible, and we were just in shock. do you think israel's doing the right thing now? i don't know what in the end will be, because there are really many innocent civilians also there in gaza and they shouldn't suffer, but there needs to be something radical with the terrorists to be done, because if not, we will be back in this in the next few years. they

so even though israel is more secure than a month ago — many more people are out and about — a real sense of threat, notjust israel insists that force, not negotiations, will bring the hostages back. shani louk�*s family hoped she was a hostage until she was confirmed dead a week ago. friends filled her family home with her portraits. she was at the music festival that was attacked. we got this horrible video that was shown all over. a friend of ours sent it to us and he said, "i recognise shani. "this is shani on the pick—up truck." this is where she was face down? yes, she was in a weird position, looks unconscious, blood on the head and the pick—up was driving inside the gaza strip and people were shouting and celebrating and spitting on her, and it was terrible, and we were just in shock. do you think israel's doing the right thing now? i don't know what in the end will be, because there are really many innocent civilians also there in gaza and they shouldn't suffer, but there needs to be something radical with the terrorists to be done, because if not, we will be back in this in the next few years. the

so even though israel is more secure than a month ago, many more people are out and about, a real sense of threat, notjustnegotiations, will bring the hostages back. shani louk�*s family hoped she was a hostage until she was confirmed dead a week ago. friends filled her family home with portraits. she was at the music festival that was attacked. we got this horrible video that was shown all over. a friend of ours sent it to us and he said, i recognise her. this is shani on the pick—up truck. this is where she was face down? yes, she was. in a weird position, looks unconscious. blood on the head and the pick—up was driving inside the gaza strip and people were shouting and celebrating and spitting on her, and it was terrible, and we were just in shock. do you think israel is doing the right thing now? i don't know what the end will be, because there are many innocent civilians also there in gaza and they shouldn't suffer, but there needs to be something radical with the terrorists because if not they will be back. they will get the weapons again and they will train again. israel's pounding of gaza hasn't s

but we've seen now a rupture between russia and israel, notjust because of what's happened in gaza, but of the fact that russia has actually made a strategic, if notjust tactical decision, to align with iran. and what you have just done there in that fascinating answer is make a lot of real political linkages between different nation states, all of which have a hostility right now to the united states. but it seems to me whenjoe biden makes the linkage between the two conflicts, he's going further. he's talking about points of principle. he's telling the world, "we in the united states represent a defense of the rules—based order." and in both of these conflicts, that's what we are about. does that element of his argument hold water for you? look, i think he's going to have to work very hard at making that argument, not for me personally, but i think for many of the players in the international... but you're an influential foreign policy analyst. i just wonder whether you think joe biden in making that argument is doing something deeply unwise because many people around the world simply

so even though israel is more secure than a month ago — many more people are out and about — a real sense of threat, notjusts that force, not negotiations, will bring the hostages back. shani louk�*s family hoped she was a hostage until she was confirmed dead a week ago. friends filled her family home with her portraits. she was at the music festival that was attacked. we got this horrible video that was shown all over. a friend of ours sent it to us and he said, "i recognise shani. "this is shani on the pick—up truck." this is where she was face down? yes, she was in a weird position, looks unconscious, blood on the head and the pick—up was driving inside the gaza strip, and people were shouting and celebrating and spitting on her, and it was terrible, and we were just in shock. do you think israel's doing the right thing now? i don't know what in the end will be, because there are really many innocent civilians also there in gaza and they shouldn't suffer, but there needs to be something radical with the terrorists to be done, because if not, we will be back in this in the next few years. they will get th

what we've been seeing on israel, notjust in recent days, but since the beginning of the conflict, therere not least to let fuel in which they have now relented to, and allowing two tankers of fuel per day, but actually you are now seeing countries such as france increase pressure for a ceasefire and for a cessation of hostilities. at the moment the position of benjamin netanyahu is there will be no cessation of hostilities without a hostage deal, and that hostage deal has not yet reached a point, reached fruition, shall we say. we will wait to see if there are developments in the days ahead but both sides cautious in announcing something before all the is are dotted and the ts are crossed. abeer etefa, is a senior spokeswoman with the un world food programme. she gave us this update on the progress of the aid effort in gaza. i think the operation has picked up quite significantly in the last few weeks. now things arrive through el arish airport, they go to... where houses of the egyptian red crescent and they get moved to the rafah border crossing point, then they travel for x—raying an

so, even though israel is more secure than a month ago, many more people are out and about, a real sense of threat, notjust israel insists that force, not negotiations, will bring the hostages back. shani louk�*s family hoped she was a hostage until she was confirmed dead a week ago. friends filled her family home with portraits. she was at the music festival that was attacked. we got this horrible video that was shown all over. a friend of ours sent it to us and he said, "i recognise her. this is shani on the pick—up truck." this is where she was face down? yeah, she was in a weird position, looks unconscious, blood on the head. and the pick—up was driving inside the gaza strip and people were shouting and celebrating and spitting on her, and it was terrible, and we were just in shock. do you think israel is doing the right thing now? i don't know what the end will be, because there are many innocent civilians also there in gaza and they shouldn't suffer, but there needs to be something radical with the terrorists because if not, they will be back. they will get the weapons again and they will train again

been characterised widely as a pogrom, and it stirs deep fear among alljewish people, and notjust those from israelken glass" — when the nazi regime in germany coordinated a wave of violence againstjews. it was the first time that nazi officials had made massive arrests ofjews specifically because they were jews. almost 100 were murdered, tens of thousands were sent to concentration camps. and in response, many parents sent their children here to the uk for their safety, with the help of the british—backed refugee programme kinder—transport. damien mcguinness has been to meet one survivor who made thatjourney. back to berlin means stepping back in time. 92—year—old george shefi remembers a happy childhood here. but in november 1938, everything changed. nazi mobs smashed jewish owned shops, burned down most of germany's synagogues, and killed 91jews. six—year—old george didn't know any of this, but he remembers a crowd outside his home jeering at a jewish shopkeeper who was trying to scrub anti—semitic graffiti off the pavement. this was the moment his mother marie made the painful decision to send

notjust in going to israel personally after october the 7th and embracing the israeli people and sayingtwo aircraft carrier groups to the region. and saying after october 7th, everything has got to be different. the next step is for our president to lay out general guidelines about what must happen next. speaking on my own behalf, i would say it is important israel is clear they are not going to reoccupy gaza and they are willing to embrace a pathway towards peace which includes real steps towards a two state solution. we need regional arab allies and partners like egypt and jordan, and hopefully saudi arabia, finding a path forward towards securing gaza post—hamas and providing a real pathway towards an independent palestinian state that also has critical guarantees for israeli security. briefly if you don't mind, senator, you and your colleagues in the senate last night voted on a bill to provide short—term funding for the government until about january. that bill does not include any money for israel, there is no extra defence funding for ukraine. how concerned are you about that, an

even though israel is more secure than a month ago, many more people are out and about, a real sense of threat, notjust, remains. israel insists force not negotiations will bring the hostages back. this family hoped she was a hostage until she was confirmed dead a week ago. she was at the music festival that was attacked. music festival that was attacked-— music festival that was attacked. ., , ., , attacked. we got this horrible video that _ attacked. we got this horrible video that was _ attacked. we got this horrible video that was shown - attacked. we got this horrible video that was shown all- attacked. we got this horrible| video that was shown all over. a friend said this is her, on the pickup truck.— a friend said this is her, on the pickup truck. this is where she was. _ the pickup truck. this is where she was, face _ the pickup truck. this is where she was, face down. _ the pickup truck. this is where she was, face down. she - the pickup truck. this is where she was, face down. she was. the pickup truck. this is where l she was, face down. she was in a weird position, _ she was, face down. sh

when israel built a fence around gaza, this even extended underground with concrete barriers to block tunnels. but on october 7th, hamas did notjustholes in the fences. and now israel faces a major challenge, because the tunnels are notjust a way to get out, but also a hiding place. so how big is this network? no one knows for sure. this map from israeli forces show why they call it the gaza metro. the best guess is there may be 300 miles of tunnels. jabalia hit today is in the north. the tunnels are right under the civilian population. destroying them almost certainly means civilian casualties. so what does this mean for any invasion? tunnels pose a real challenge for israeli forces. hamas can use them to retreat, hide weapons and stockpile supplies, plan operations and emerge behind, attacking soldiers. those who fought in tunnels say it's incredibly challenging. normal night vision goggles don't work. communication is almost impossible. you lose sense of direction. israeli forces have been training to fight underground, specialist robots and ground penetrating sensors may help. sponge bombs can expand to close up tunnels. but f

israel does notjust face the constant security threat within gaza but it is its northern border in lebanonitant group aligned with hamas, has been continuing the firing into northern israel and to 12 firing back into southern lebanon in recent days. late last night there were 16 rocket attacks that israel claims were from hamas's arms weighing in southern lebanon which hit northern israel, marking an escalation of cross—border fire. israel, marking an escalation of cross—borderfire. —— from hamas's arms wing. earlier, i spoke to tom fletcher, the former uk ambassador to lebanon. he gave us the latest on what's happening inside lebanon and the rest of the region. iam i am concerned, as are i am concerned, as are many i am concerned, as are many great friends in lebanon and israel and among the palestinians too. i don't think anyone inside lebanon or northern israel wants an escalation. i would include hezbollah in that, i think the messages out of hezbollah at the end of last week including an hassan nasrallah's on friday were an indication that they realise the risks are incredibly signifi

it is notjust a straight handover because israel and hamas just do not have those diplomatic relationsver of the hostages to the red cross inside gaza, thejourney the hostages to the red cross inside gaza, the journey which we believe has happened now and they have been taken through gaza to the rafah crossing. they will then be taken out into egypt. and then back into israel again. that is the way it will work. as you say, we have these various sets of live pictures, we have the rafah crossing you can see on your screen now. we have so often seen aid coming in or people coming out of gaza. this is the first significant hostage release. bear in mind that four out of 840 or so hostages have been released previously to now, but this is something on a different scale —— for out of those 240. this is a release of 50 or so any period of four days. we have had it confirmed that 12 nationals from thailand have also been released, almost certainly agricultural workers, because when you look at those areas targeted by hamas on the 7th october, those qubits, the agricultural communities on the o

so, even though israel is more secure than a month ago, many more people are out and about, a real sense of threat, notjusts that force, not negotiations, will bring the hostages back. shani louk�*s family hoped she was a hostage until she was confirmed dead a week ago. friends filled her family home with portraits. she was at the music festival that was attacked. we got this horrible video that was shown all over. a friend of ours sent it to us and he said, "i recognise her. this is shani on the pick—up truck." this is where she was face down? yeah, she was in a weird position, looks unconscious, blood on the head. and the pick—up was driving inside the gaza strip and people were shouting and celebrating and spitting on her, and it was terrible, and we were just in shock. do you think israel is doing the right thing now? i don't know what the end will be, because there are many innocent civilians also there in gaza and they shouldn't suffer, but there needs to be something radical with the terrorists because if not, they will be back. they will get the weapons again and they will train again. israel's pou

to remember that the release of the hostages and vice versa, the release of the detainees by israel is notjustd in a very harrowing way, human beings are used as political bargaining chips when you have hostages taken and you have detainees on the other side, each side will want to extract as many political benefits as possible from their release. and so, unfortunately, we have a situation in which hamas is looking at the bigger picture, not of the humanitarian pause. and the exchange of the detainees and hostages. and thatis of the detainees and hostages. and that is why i believe it has accused israel of breaking the terms of the deal and israel, of course, israel of breaking the terms of the dealand israel, of course, is denying that but i don't think the issueis denying that but i don't think the issue is those details as much as it issue is those details as much as it is about political posturing. tt is about political posturing. if there is not this a priority, there is concern about the humanitarian situation on hamas's part, what you make of the likelihood that this truce could be exte

we're seeing now and this is what we're seeing brought together now by ukraine and israel and gaza being linked notjustwhat we're hearing from joe biden, but from russia as well, is an attempt to basically create a major rift between the north and the south. russia is playing to the hilt along with iran and also to some degree, china. this idea that now the western world, the united states and europe are in opposition to the rest of the world and that gaza and palestine are already double standards. just one more quote, king abdullah ofjordan, of course, a partner of the united states in many ways. but right now, it seems deeply angered by the. deeply angered by the american position anywhere else, he said the other day. attacking civilian infrastructure and deliberately starving an entire population, food, water and basic necessities would be condemned. accountability would be enforced, it seems, he says, international law loses all value if, as of now, it is implemented selectively. yeah, look, i agree with that. but i also think we've shifted away from ukraine where russia is doing exactly the same.

for now, there's no deal and the hostages are at risk, notjust from hamas, but from israel's air strikes jerusalem. as the violence spills over into the west bank, the palestinian red crescent says at least five people are dead and two more injured in an israeli strike at a refugee camp in the west bank city of nablus. but the us has stood firmly by israel, with us presidentjoe biden saying he strongly supports israel's "right and obligation" to eliminate hamas. as the civilian cost from israel's military response gi’ows, mi’. biden he has also been telling israel's government that the way it responds now will determine what is possible in the long term. the bbc�*s barbara plett usher assesses how the president is adapting his message to meet the high—stakes situation. in this unprecedented war between israel and hamas us presidentjoe biden faces in an immense diplomatic challenge. just days after the hamas attack biden came out strong in his support for israel. let there be _ his support for israel. let there be no _ his support for israel. let there be no doubt, the united states has i

the terror organisation of hamas, and we are committed to destroying this organisation, notjust for the sake of israel we see how they are playing, and they already break the agreement that we had with them. we have a 13—year—old that was released, there was an agreement that the hostages will not be separated separated from the parents, but the vicious hamas terrorists decided to keep her mother in prison. and so... just to be clear, it is your understanding the part of the deal was that mothers and children would not be split up and you think they have and hamas has broken its side of the deal? yeah. when we voted, including me, in the government, when we voted for the deal we knew that there is a concrete decision that families will not be separate, mothers and children. i appreciate that. hamas yesterday accused israel of not abiding by the terms of the deal. for example, aid trucks getting to the north. were hamas right? no, it is false, it is false. israel committed everything that she has signed and agreed and you can see the reaction of both egypt and qatar toward hamas, saying to them, "enoug

for now, there's no deal and the hostages are at risk, notjust from hamas, but from israel's air strikes jerusalem. just hours ago, president biden departed san francisco, concluding a week of meetings with world leaders there for the asia—pacific economic cooperation summit. it included talks with chinese president xijinping — their first since the two met a year ago in bali on the sidelines of the g20. earlier, my colleague caitriona perry spoke about mr biden�*s meetings with xi, as well as the week in the israel—gaza war with former acting cia director michael morell. he now focuses on national security issues on his weekly podcast intelligence matters: the relaunch. thank you indeed for joining us on bbc news. we heard this week both president biden and president xi talking about not letting international competition spill into conflict. how have the various meetings and interactions this week gone? have they done anything to tip or stabilise the relationship? i think the important outcome of the summit was the fact that we going to continue to talk and, most importantly, we're goin

for now, there's no deal and the hostages are at risk, notjust from hamas, but from israel's air strikes here, the chancellorjeremy hunt has hinted he may cut benefits and reduce taxation when he delivers the autumn statement next week. in an interview with the bbc, he suggested cutting tax for business would be his priority to boost growth. he's today announced £4.5 billion in subsidies and grants for companies in key manufacturing sectors. mr hunt spoke to our economics editor faisal islam. what britain makes and how we make it is transforming, from electric vehicles to heat pumps to this facility in sheffield, producing a key machine for clean hydrogen energy. this is actually turning hydrogen into clean energy. across the world, governments are throwing hundreds of billions at the green industries of the future. today, ahead of the autumn statement, we got britain's admittedly more modest version of this. their competitors are getting loads of money from their governments. what about you ? well, we are putting in support. we're not going to get into a great big subsidy race. we recog

for now, there's no deal and the hostages are at risk,, notjust from hamas, but from israel's air strikes jerusalem. ijust want i just want to bring you ijust want to bring you some breaking news. this is coming from the reuters news agency, saying that the reuters news agency, saying that the vatican officials have confirmed that the pope will meet relatives of israeli hostages being held in gaza. that will happen on wednesday. this is according to the reuters news agency. pope francis has previously said his thoughts go daily to the suffering and the serious situation on israel and has called for civilians to be protected and hostages to be freed. the vatican they are confirming that the pope will meet relatives of the gaza hostages on wednesday. while it is difficult to verify what's happening on the ground in gaza, doctors at the main al—shifa hospital have been describing desperate conditions, with operations carried out without proper anaesthetic and premature babies dying. israel's government has justified its military operation saying hamas uses patients as human shields. the reut

for now, there's no deal, and the hostages are at risk — notjust from hamas, but from israel's air strikeswith me is said shehata, from bbc arabic. we are hearing of airstrikes in gaza overnight, tell us what the latest is.— the latest is. there is more airstrikes — the latest is. there is more airstrikes in _ the latest is. there is more airstrikes in some - the latest is. there is more airstrikes in some area - the latest is. there is more airstrikes in some area of. airstrikes in some area of kindliness, the israelis were asking people to move away from the east of khan younis to go to the west, —— khan younis. the killing is increasing and it reaches now more than 12,000 people, including about 5000 child, and about 3300 women and 30,000 injured. so the death toll and danger people is always going with the israeli airstrikes. always going with the israeli airstrikes-— always going with the israeli airstrikes. and obviously the news this — airstrikes. and obviously the news this morning _ airstrikes. and obviously the news this morning is - airstrikes. and obviously the news this mornin

for now, there's no deal and the hostages are at risk, notjust from hamas, but from israel's air strikes's in jerusalem tonight. nearly six weeks into the conflict. how long do you think it might go on? _ ., ., how long do you think it might go on? ., ., ., ., on? day 42 and no indication that this is slowing _ on? day 42 and no indication that this is slowing down. _ on? day 42 and no indication that this is slowing down. in _ on? day 42 and no indication that this is slowing down. in fact in . this is slowing down. in fact in areas of southern gaza to which palestinians were told to flee, they are now being told by the israeli military to leave, so palestinians fear they are going to see an escalation in the south on top of what has already been witnessed in the north. we have had the un warning of the immediate danger of starvation and we have most of the hospitals out of action and we have growing international pressure not just from france and the uk, but increasingly from the us which is talking about the need to protect civilians. the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has

it is notjust good for israel that we don't have to live in fear of this terrorist enclave on our southern does not care about the people of gaza. some breaking news now, we were talking earlier about concerns of this conflict spreading, we are hearing on the reuters news agency that the us secretary of defence has suggested the us has carried out air strikes on the israel line revolutionary guard and iran affiliated groups in response to attacks against us personnel in iraq and syria. attacks against us personnel in iraq and s ria. .,, attacks against us personnel in iraq ands ria. . and syria. those were conducted auainst and syria. those were conducted against training _ and syria. those were conducted against training facilities - and syria. those were conducted against training facilities and - against training facilities and seahorses near the cities of i will come out and made an, they said their priority is the safety of us personnel and that today's action was directed to make sure that the united states will defend itself, its personnel, and its interests. that is coming from the

israel, pushing for a humanitarian pause. the protection of civilians must take place notjust in gaza but also in the west bank, where incitementt be stopped. israel says its troops are involved in face—to—face fighting with hamas, as they completely surround gaza city. the leader of the proscribed terror group hezbollah praises hamas and says the possibility of �*total war is realistic�*. more foreign nationals get out of gaza — at the rafah crossing point into egypt. the bbc launches an emergency radio service for gaza, in response to the conflict. hello, i'm lyse doucet, with the latest from jerusalem. and with analysis of all of the top stories. hello, i'm matthew amroliwala. welcome to verified live.

the history of warfare, of a military organisation that took hostage essentially notjust 2a0 civilians taken from israelas human shields in the most horrible ways.— as human shields in the most horrible ways. as human shields in the most horrible wa s. ., , ., horrible ways. professor, can i ask ou, the horrible ways. professor, can i ask you, the israeli _ horrible ways. professor, can i ask you, the israeli policy, _ horrible ways. professor, can i ask you, the israeli policy, which - horrible ways. professor, can i ask you, the israeli policy, which we . you, the israeli policy, which we hear is to eradicate hamas, there are growing calls from many parts of the world for a ceasefire, and urgent, urgent ceasefire is needed, do you believe that is at all possible, that there is any room in the israeli government to consider this kind of diplomacy that could lead to a ceasefire?— lead to a ceasefire? well, it depends _ lead to a ceasefire? well, it depends what _ lead to a ceasefire? well, it depends what you _ lead to a ceasefire? well, it depends what you want - lead to a ceasefire? well, it depends w

i'd like to think that they - i'd like to think that they understand the predicament that israel is in, notjusto perpetrated the atrocities but as many people know, hamas's charter and continues to say that they are out there to destroy israel. this was just 0ctober seven was going to be part one, there will be part two and part three etc. i think the us understands said and why israel has to do what it does. the region should understand that and i believe they do. hamas is notjust an energy of the —— and enemy of the region, it is controlled by iran, and enemy to the region. it is controlled by iran, and enemy to the region-— it is controlled by iran, and enemy to the region. they said they would re eat the to the region. they said they would repeat the october _ to the region. they said they would repeat the october attack - to the region. they said they would repeat the october attack until - repeat the october attack until israel is annihilated, the existence of israel is illogical. if israel is annihilated, the existence of israel is illogical.— of israel is illogical. if the audience _ of