paul adams in jerusalem l much. paul adams in jerusalem therefore much.have issued a warning to immediately evacuate the al-quds hospital in northern gaza. it's treating about 500 patients, including babies in incubators. nibal farsakh, spokesperson for the palestine red crescent society, in the west bank, told us more about the hospital evacuation warning. to serious israeli threats demanding immediate evacuation for al quds hospital because it will be bombarded. —— two serious threats. it operators also told the palestine red crescent that we will be responsible for the safety of the people who are inside the hospital. although we have told them repeatedly, we have also announced repeatedly, we have also announced repeatedly over video channels and called on the international community that we will not evacuate, because we don't have the means to evacuate over 500 patients who are, many of them in critical conditions. many are in the intensive care units. we have children in incubators, babies in incubators, so absolutely, evacuating our patients means

paul adams there _ it is not improving at all. paul adams there in _ it is not improving at all.s not improving at all. paul adams there injerusalem, thanks very much, thank you. we'll get more on the fuel situation in a moment or two, but another important development here in this time in lebanon. hamas were holding a news conference there, they are groups spokesman talking about those attacks on october seven and are correspondent hugo pacheco has sat down with that groups spokesman and interviewed him. let's hear a little bit about that exchange. it interviewed him. let's hear a little bit about that exchange.— bit about that exchange. it was a military operation, _ bit about that exchange. it was a military operation, it _ bit about that exchange. it was a military operation, it was - bit about that exchange. it was a | military operation, it was directed for military sites... but military operation, it was directed for military sites. . ._ for military sites... but hundreds of civilians _ for military sites... but hundreds of civilians were _ for military sites... but hundre

paul adams in jerusalem, thank ou needed. paul adams in jerusalem, thank you very _ needed.salem, i thank you very much for the moment. live now to samuel katz, an author who's written more than 20 books on middle east security issues and counter terrorism. thank you very much forjoining us here on the bbc. so we were saying earlier in the programme that the idf conducted what they said was a targeted rate last night in gaza. you follow these issues quite closely. when you look at what happened last night, where do you see things going next in terms of that larger ground incursion? weill. that larger ground incursion? well, i don't that larger ground incursion? well, l don't think— that larger ground incursion? well, i don't think that _ that larger ground incursion? well, i don't think that that _ that larger ground incursion? -ii i don't think that that incursion was the first one that has happened, and i'm certain that it will be the last. i think that the idf is repairing its list of targets, its objectives, and it will operate on a timetable that ensures the safety of i

paul adams there in jerusalem, _ priority number one.erusalem, thanks - priority number one. paul adams there in jerusalem, thanks very l there injerusalem, thanks very much. the bombardment in gaza is continuing, i wasjust the bombardment in gaza is continuing, i was just looking at the corner of my eye, another plume of smoke and we have seen the intensification of this over the last 2a hours. that is the skyline, you see the clouds of smoke as they have been through the course of the last little while as israel moves phases and our correspondent telling us just what that was like and at the same time communications are cut off, but we were able to finally reach our correspondent earlier in gaza who used a satellite telephone to communicate with us. have a listen to this. for about 13, ia hours, gaza is without communication, without internet and without a mobile signal. the palestinian health ministerjust issued a statement saying that about 400 people were killed overnight in the israeli air strikes in the north. israel said they hav

our diplomatic correspondent paul adams is injerusalem. tails in that press conference a little earlier in the day, and one of them, of course, just the contrast between her description of what it was like when she was taken and the description of what it was like when she was actually being held. it was an extraordinary _ she was actually being held. it was an extraordinary event, _ she was actually being held. it was an extraordinary event, matthew, l she was actually being held. it "was an extraordinary event, matthew, and she was just amazingly composed and detailed and rational, and she talked about, yes, the horror of that initial adduction and then the treatment they received when they were being held. the hostages were being held in the tunnels, where she said there was medication available, that doctors would come by every couple of days to check up on the hostages, fearful apparently that the hostages might fall sick, and she also at the end of her account, did say that the hostages felt that they had been let down by the israeli

just want to return to paul adams, paul, if you arejust still there, i'm return to paul adams, paul,stablish the line with paul. we don't know as ijust mentioned they're a great deal of details about the specifics, saying dake released to us hostages. another being reported at the moment not ve being reported at the moment wrrt very many other than they are at the us citizens, mother and daughter, known game... names given. as you say, we have not yet been able to independent they confirm this, it is coming from a number of different sources, you mentioned writers they are quoting the same, i believe they are quoting the same, i believe they are quoting the same, i believe they are quoting the same social media post by the hamas spokesperson who said that this was taking place as i mentioned earlier, israeli media confirming that the release has taken place, that the international committee of the red cross is involved, that they will be taken initially egypt and onto israel. whether that route suggests any direct egyptian involvement in this, thatis direct egyptian involvement in th

let's bring in our correspondent paul adams. what can you tell us about the way this exchange took place? paul: not a whole lot about the mechanics of the release. not an exchange but a release. we're not aware that there is any additional component to this story. as you say, hamas said this was a release that took place for humanitarian reasons. there is some suggestion that the mother is not well. i should tell you that their names are judith and natalie rannen. they're from evanston, illinois and they were kidnapped from kibbutz nahal oz on october 7. as you say, they were handed over to the israelis, we think on the edge of the gaza strip. they've been taken to a military base somewhere in the middle of the country where we understand family mix will be waiting to meet them and at the end of the statement from the prime minister's office, it says the government of israel, the israeli army and the entire military establishment will continue to operate to the best of their abilities in order to locate and return all of the abdu

paul adams, our diplomatic correspondent who is now in jerusalem. is already being described as unprecedented. palestinian health officials have been describing the attack on the hospital is unparalleled, indescribable. they say it represents the biggest loss of life in a single attack on all of the five wars fought between gaza and israel. the numbers only tell part of the story. but they tell us of a rising death toll. today the palestinian health ministry said that more than 3300 palestinians have been killed in the retaliatory air strikes by israel, more than 13,000 injured. here in israel, nearly 11100 israelis were killed in the atrocities by hamas on october seven in the early hours of saturday, when hamas carried out those attacks, and provoked an escalation which is still continuing. another dimension to this crisis is the nearly 200 hostages who are still believed to be hidden across the gaza strip, including israelis and 30 other nationalities. this morning, here in southern israel, so close to the gaza border, there has been a constant so

paul adams, thank you for - ticket where it is needed. paul adams, thank you for the reporting.ith people inside gaza remains difficult with phone and internet connections down in a correspondent finally able to get through to us and you can see the dark gaza sky there is electricity there is cut and let us hear from electricity there is cut and let us hearfrom her correspondent. let us hearfrom our correspondent. you know, communication is very, very difficult in gaza since 2a hours, as israel cut all of the communication. mobile carriers, the two main mobile carriers are not functioning. the internet lines are not functioning everywhere. and getting information is really hard and difficult. very few people who are still having international sim cards, and they can do roaming using israeli mobile services, people who are close to the border, they still can communicate. and, between time to time, they post on social media. also, some of the local radio stations are still functioning. and they were able to talk to their correspondent in the north, who described what happened last

paul adams, for the - moment, thank you very much.re on bbc news, 20 trucks have been sent around that number anyway, across the rafah crossing from egypt into gaza. but there are fears an increasing number of people are contracting waterborne diseases because of the lack of clean drinking water. to discuss more about the situation on the ground we can speak to a spokesperson for 0xfam who joins us from ramallah in the west bank. bushra khalidi. thank you forjoining us. tell us what your teams are telling you on the ground at the moment? {jut what your teams are telling you on the ground at the moment? our teams on the ground — the ground at the moment? our teams on the ground at _ the ground at the moment? our teams on the ground at the _ the ground at the moment? our teams on the ground at the moment - the ground at the moment? our teams on the ground at the moment are - on the ground at the moment are still trying to live to the next day or minute. the situation of our colleagues, every single one of the 33 colleagues we have in ga

our diplomatic correspondent paul adams is there.nior israeli officials, not least from the prime minister himself. what indication are we getting about what comes next in terms of that ongoing offensive? just one quick thing before i answer that question. you were just talking about the number of aid trucks, and while you are reading that, i was just reading a message from one of our colleagues who said that 26 aid trucks of the 59 or 60 that were bound for gaza made it in today, making a total of 144 in the last three weeks. that gives you just some idea ofjust how far we have to go before we get even close to the kind of numbers that the americans are talking about. in terms of today, for israel this was all about hostages. it was about the three hostages. it was about the three hostages who we saw in that harrowing video, one of them expressing anger and a kind of fury at what she said was the israeli government's refusal to get her and her fellow hostages out, and a plea to do more. then we heard about another hostage, a soldier

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paul adams in jerusalem.people were killed in the hamas attacks are still emerging. one teenager, who had just celebrated her 18th birthday, was shot dead while sheltering in the saferoom of her home in nahal oz, close to the gaza border. her father was taken hostage. our correspondent anna foster has been speaking to her mother who wants the world to see what they've been through. her report contains some distressing images, of the family being held captive. they want you to see it, but it is distressing. the terrified family. held at gun point by hamas. they are shooting us? no. it is shocking and upsetting to watch. but they wanted us to show their ordeal. just out of this picture, lies the lifeless body of 18—year—old mayan. her father's hands are still covered with her blood. translation: it was always the nightmare of nightmaresi and suddenly it was real. a war is going on around my house and they're inside. sachi is being held hostage in gaza. and mayan is dead. # from the moment i could talk, i was or

paul adams, thank you i very much indeed forjoining us from jerusalem, pauladams, our jerusalem, paulic jerusalem, pauladams, our diplomatic correspondent who is there for us. live now to francesca albanese, the united nations special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the palestinian territory. she joins me from new york. good to talk to you, thanks for joining us. first of all, your reaction to what we have been hearing today from the director of the al-quds hospital and indeed from the al-quds hospital and indeed from the palestine red crescent? thank ou, the palestine red crescent? thank you. maryam- _ the palestine red crescent? thank you. maryam- i— the palestine red crescent? thank you, maryam. i share— the palestine red crescent? thank you, maryam. i share the - the palestine red crescent? thank. you, maryam. i share the sentiment of shock that many of you have shared already. hospitals and other medicalfacilities shared already. hospitals and other medical facilities are protected under international human law, and bombing a hospital especially at such a critical

anchor: let's hear from our diplomatic correspondent paul adams in jerusalem. saw a report from fergal keane with the situation in gaza. we have been hearing the u.n. say they may be unable to continue their work if fuel does not get into gaza. are we hearing anymore on where we are with that situation? >> no. this has been the message from the u.n. for several days, warning that by the end of today those precious fuel stocks would have run out. they are pleading with israel to allow more fuel in. they say their entire humanitarian operation in gaza will effectively grind to a halt without it. the israelis are equally adamant no fuel is going to go in. israel believes this is all requisitned by hamas to help hamas keep its war machine going, as one official put it today, and at the israelis are saying there is fuel inside gaza and it is being hoarded by hamas, and if the u.n. wants fuel, it is hamas they should be asking. anchor: we have also been hearing from benjamin netanyahu. he addressed the nation. we talked a little bit about what he said. he said there

paul adams reporting there.loup samaan, from the middle east institute of the national university of singapore. he told me of the danger of regional escalation.- he told me of the danger of regional escalation. what we have seen — regional escalation. what we have seen in _ regional escalation. what we have seen in the _ regional escalation. what we have seen in the last - regional escalation. what we have seen in the last three i have seen in the last three days a shift with limited ground incursion of the israeli defence forces and at the same time intensification of the airstrike. the problem is mentioned in your coverage, is this creates, this exacerbates the humanitarian crisis, the key question is how long do we see that strategy sustainable because the key aspect is how much the us can support israel against the increasing recrimination from the international community. it's very hard to see how that military strategy at the moment can achieve its end goal, which is to destroy hamas, which is extremely ma

paul adams, bbc news, nagorno—karabakh. 0ur correspondent rayhan demetrie has this update from the armenian pull—out by the azerbaijani president. they were supposed to meet today in granada, and the reason that was given, or reported in official media in azerbaijan, is that azerbaijan wanted turkey to be present in these talks. the other parties are france and germany and the eu, so that did not happen. but we know that the armenian prime minister is in granada. he made a statement yesterday saying that he was ready to sign this important document and that he was disappointed that this opportunity is no longer there. and in terms of the situation currently in the area where 120,000 ethnic armenians have fled, what is the situation there now for any communities who remain? well, that's right. wejust heard in paul's report that he could not get access to the city, but the international committee of the red cross still have access to what looks like the deserted town. they are going round and looking forjust a few people who might have been left behind. these are people with disabilities, or

we've been speaking to our correspondent paul adams. what can you tell us about this video?eall you tell us about this video? it; really hard to watch. three women, we have confirmed their identities but we are not going to name them at the moment. they are sitting in a white tiled room on shares, dressed rather as the hostages were the other day in what appeared to be palestinian costumes. one of them speaks and she speaks with real fury. one of them speaks and she speaks with realfury. and she one of them speaks and she speaks with real fury. and she addresses her remarks to benjamin netanyahu, israel's prime minister. she says they have been in captivity for 23 days, that suggests to me that this was recorded yesterday. she referred to a press conference that the families gave the previous day, which was two days ago. in which, she says, we know there was supposed to be a ceasefire. you were supposed to be a ceasefire. you were supposed to let us all go. yes, there was a press conference, and yes, clearly there was a lot of talk about ceasefires but nothing from the israe

diplomatic correspondent paul adams, thank you, we appreciate it.s of people sheltering in the al quds hospital hospital there are many more displaced and living intense in the of gaza, struggling to find water, food and bathrooms, there is very little medication for those who need it and our special correspondent fergal keane has been speaking to some of those trapped inside gaza, a warning his report does contain some distressing images. in the bombed districts of gaza... shouting and screaming ..it seems as if the world is broken. a trauma shared across generations. women cries "my daughter, my daughter," a voice calls out. children caught in an escalating war. the israelis say they're targeting hamas, the killers of their citizens. explosion in these densely packed areas, civilian casualties are mounting. "i was about to do my afternoon prayers," he says, "and suddenly the missile fell on our house." men shout they've known war before, but nothing like this. who lives, who dies, a matter of chance. and their stories only reach us through the cou

we can go live now to our diplomatic correspondent paul adams who's injerusalem. we just heard from the secretary general because expressing his surprise at the israeli action that we saw overnight. i israeli action that we saw overnight-— israeli action that we saw overniaht. ~ ., , , overnight. i think that probably reflects that _ overnight. i think that probably reflects that israel _ overnight. i think that probably reflects that israel is _ overnight. i think that probably reflects that israel is not - overnight. i think that probably l reflects that israel is not working tier antonio guterres' gender and he is not necessarily up to speed on plans. —— antonio guterres' agenda. it is not interested in the discussions going on at the un, it is acutely conscious that the issue is acutely conscious that the issue is being hotly discussed but it is most unlikely that the israelis are going to heed any warnings from the secretary general and a few days ago israeli officials were calling on him to resign for his comments over the crisis, so i think we need to proba

our diplomatic correspondent paul adams is injerusalem with more on this.at more we know about what happened at jabalia. the israelis are saying they launched an air strike which killed at hamas commander in the area and 50 of his men. they said that in the course at that strike, and then just quoting here, underground terror infrastructure embedded beneath the building is used by the terrorists also collapsed after the strike. they also published a map showing various alleged hamas facilities in that jabalia area. the various alleged hamas facilities in thatjabalia area. the israeli argument boils down to this, if they know that there is a hamas target in a particular area, and know that there is a hamas target in a particulararea, and if know that there is a hamas target in a particular area, and if they have given to citizens of that area time to leave, then they are perfectly entitled to bomb that targets, even if they know that a large number of civilians are still there. there is a big debate on international law about whether that meets the requireme

paul adams, bbc news, nagorno—karabakh. and we do have more coverage of that story on our website.gian writer, jon fosse. fosse's plays are among the most widely staged of any contemporary playwright in the world. the swedish academy in stockholm praised his innovative prose, which delivers its message through rhythm, melody, and the strategic use of silence. his major works include the novels, boat house, and melancholy. mr fosse said he was "overwhelmed and somewhat "frightened" to win the prize. thank you for watching bbc news. remember, to get the latest headlines, you can follow us on twitter. that's all from us here in washington, we leave you with these live pictures of london as we hand off to our colleageus there. hello, there. it was a rather mixed picture across the uk on thursday, with a very slow—moving weather front, giving outbreaks of rain, particularly towards the north and the west, such as here in argyll and bute, but further south, a lot more sunshine around, albeit quite hazy at times. now, as we head through the next few days, there is more rain to come in the

we can go live now to our diplomatic correspondent paul adams who's injerusalem. k about the hostages and the scenes and calls we have had already in the last couple of hours in a moment or two. paul, we've just heard that the idf spokesman has issued an "urgent military advisory", again warning people in the northern part of the gaza strip to move south immediately. yes, this was the idf chief spokesman who made an announcement, a video recording, in english, on social media. —— we got it from social media. —— we got it from social media. —— we got it from social media. we are being told that is being delivered by a variety of means to people in gaza, leaflets dropped from the air, the internet, though quite how that it is working today i do not know, and what they describe as other means they cannot describe, but i think what is important about this message is this was the most urgent message i think we have heard from him so far. he kept saying moved south, move south, do it now, the window is changing is closing will stop he also said, and i think this is the f

that was paul adams. this is bbc news. hello.e before they get better this weekend. let's focus on where the warnings are at the moment. still that met office red warning across parts of eastern scotland and it may lapse at midday, but rivers could continue to rise for a while after that. and there's more rain to come tomorrow. notjust here we'll see flooding. a wider amber warning remains in force across other parts of eastern scotland with that flooding risk again, though, the rain will be easing. and further south, an amber warning comes into force this afternoon across parts of south east scotland, eastern half of the pennines, peak district and in across parts of north west england. here, rainfall totals will tot up, that rainfall becoming more and more persistent around those eastern side of the pennines through into the afternoon, aided and abetted by some pretty strong winds, wet conditions towards east anglia as well. the heaviest rain we've seen through the midlands and wales will ease to showers, same too in northern i

we can join our diplomatic correspondent paul adams in jerusalem.side from showing public support for israel at what he called its darkest hour? yeah, an absolute given, lyse, but in terms of practical achievements, clearly he wants to build on the progress the modest progress left behind byjoe biden at the end of his visit yesterday, with the prospect of the beginnings of the flow of humanitarian assistance across the border from flow of humanitarian assistance across the borderfrom egypt flow of humanitarian assistance across the border from egypt into the southern gaza strip. as early as tomorrow. probably only a handful of trucks, maybe 20. kind of experimental. they have to repair the roads first because they are full of potholes. then we will see whether a small group of trucks can get into the designated point the israelis have identified on the mediterranean coast very close to rafah where they say humanitarian aid can be distributed. it will be “p aid can be distributed. it will be up to the palestinian red crescent and the un and other age

paul adams, bbc news.s of israel and the garden —— the gaza strip, hoping that both sides, all sides, can find a way out of this crisis, but knowing this is still only in its fourth day, and many more days to come. studio: thank you very much, lyse doucet. among those caught up in saturday's attack were deborah mintz from essex, who is british—israeli, and her daughter aimee. they were sheltering in a safe room in their home in central israel when gunmen entered the house, tried to force their way into the safe room, and then set fire to the building. aimee had given birth to a baby boyjust days earlier. speaking from israel along with herfamily, deborah described what happened to them. my daughter was looking at her camera, looking at the camera through her phone, when she screamed, "they've entered the house." and the door to the safe room has a handle that doesn't lock. again, it's not against home invasion. she and her husband with all their might get that handle up so that the terrorists would not ope

with me is the bbc�*s diplomatic correspondent, paul adams.st time israel went into gaza. how different does it feel this time? i arrived atjust at different does it feel this time? i arrived at just at the end of the air strikes and just as the ground operation got under way. that was a pretty terrifying experience and all the signs so far this time around are that this is being done on an infinitely bigger scale. the destruction already wrought on parts of gaza is, as we have seen, pretty awesome. the last time i checked on the rising death toll, if around 1000 palestinians have been killed since saturday, but it's almost half as many as died in six weeks of the 2014 operation, that gives you some idea of what we are talking about. thinking back to what bel trew was just talking about, you'll experience vast numbers of people on the move. in 2014i met families who had moved three times, each time trying to escape the fighting, because every time they moved it came closer to them and it becomes more and more untenable. if this will be conduct

paul adams.ging to the militant group hezbollah. israel says it's in response to a fresh rocket attack from across the border. i've been speaking to our correspondent anna foster who's in northern israel on the lebanon border. you can perhaps see on the hill line, it looks like a faint grey stripe. it is actually a high wall that marks the border between israel and lebanon. this is a village that was divided in half, half of it stayed in israel, half of it is now in lebanon. i also want to show you over here, there is a hill you can seejust behind me over there. you can see a hezbollah observation point sticking out at the top of the trees. locals here were showing me video of what happened here yesterday, because they had hezbollah infiltration over the borderjust here and on the video you could hear the sounds of gunfire. you could see men on the hillside there. it is worth saying, that was a serious moment because three israel defence force soldiers were killed, one of them very senior, a depu

that is the moral distinction in the israeli prime minister often makes, but you will of heard paul adamso go after the hamas leadership, they may see this and this civilian casualties as an inevitable consequent of what they're doing. it's a very fine balance that benjamin netanyahu has to walk. i totally agree. your reporter described in a very accurate way the complexity of the tunnels that, actually the main infrastructure of hamas. it's about 50 metres below the ground, its well protected, and they have all their ammunition, command control systems, other abilities to manoeuvre them and to move, and to hide, and we have to reach these places and unfortunately all these places are where civilians live or used to live. so it is a challenge that is by far much higher, much more complex then what the americans or the british troops faced in iraq, afghanistan, or elsewhere. it is maybe the most complex and difficult challenge for enemy military. this is one israeli problem. the second thing is, we have the mission that we can't give up. everyone understands if we lose this war, if we agre

paul adams, bbc news, nagorno—karabakh.ayhan demetrie who's in the armenian capital, yerevan. the peace talks have collapsed before the meeting was even able to happen. what hope is there for a resolution between the two sides? well, it was quite an unexpected pull—out by the azerbaijani president. they were supposed to meet today in granada, and the reason that was given, or reported in official media in azerbaijan, is that azerbaijan wanted turkey to be present in these talks. the other parties are france and germany and the eu, so that did not happen. but we know that the armenian pro minister is in granada. he made a statement yesterday saying that he was ready to sign this important document and that he was disappointed that this opportunity is no longer there. find disappointed that this opportunity is no longer there.— disappointed that this opportunity is no longer there. and in terms of the situation _ is no longer there. and in terms of the situation currently _ is no longer there. and in terms of the situation cur

the comments coming from the un secretary—general, let's go to our diplomatic correspondent paul adamsetery, how they describe their original comments from antonio guterres yesterday. yes, he clearly felt stunned by it and chloe felt the need to come back out and explain to people what he meant. the phrase that keeps getting banded about is this reference to nothing happening in a vacuum. israeli officials were convinced or at least wanted us to believe they were convinced he simply was justifying the events of

paul adams, thank you forjoining us. our diplomatic correspondent. discussing of the current conflict discussing of course the humanitarian situation on the ground in gaza. live now to james denselow — he is the head of conflict and humanitarian advocacy at save the children. could you illustrate on the ground, we mentioned, 50% of the population in gaza is under the age of 18, so when we talk about civilian suffering in gaza, this includes a lot of young people and children. tragically we have seen over a thousand children reported killed, one every 15 minutes, thousands who have been injured in a population not this the majority of whom are children but also the majority of whom are dependent on humanitarian aid. as you havejust whom are dependent on humanitarian aid. as you have just discussed, what could happen tomorrow in the entry of these 20 trucks into gaza is a glimmer of hope. what we really need to do is get behind that and turnit need to do is get behind that and turn it into a beacon of humanity because they need is absolutely vast and a

ijust want to start of some breaking news brought to us by our correspondent paul adams. seen some comments on social media for the first time, seemingly, from hamas' leader in the gaza strip. he has offered to release all hostages in return for the release of all hamas prisoners in israeli jails. in a statement on hamas' official website, it says this, we are ready for an immediate exchange deal that includes the release of all prisoners in the prisoners prisons the zionist enemy in exchange for the zionist enemy in exchange for the release of all prisoners from the release of all prisoners from the resistance. we will get some background on that shortly. i now want to focus on those comments from the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. he spoke to the media with a couple of members from his war cabinet as well in the last hour or so. you can see the pictures of that. he spoke about the war entering its second phase. let's take a look at the pictures. forgive me, these are the pictures of southern israel. these are a live feed. we are keeping across the speed. we

live now to our correspondent paul adams injerusalem.as to cover, but the first one, of course, is the rafah crossing and more trucks that are hopefully going to be allowed at some stage to go through. is there any more we have on that? h0. some stage to go through. is there any more we have on that?- some stage to go through. is there any more we have on that? no, it is niahtfall any more we have on that? no, it is nightfall and — any more we have on that? no, it is nightfall and so _ any more we have on that? no, it is nightfall and so it _ any more we have on that? no, it is nightfall and so it is _ any more we have on that? no, it is nightfall and so it is most _ any more we have on that? no, it is nightfall and so it is most unlikely i nightfall and so it is most unlikely that we will see anything happening at the crossing before tomorrow. we are understood several hours ago that the trucks were there, they were being checked. it is not a very large number, it is only 17, so it's hard to know exactly what the hold—up is. clearly, th

paul adams, bbc news, nagorno—karabakh. pacific ocean, trapping more heat in the atmosphere. last month was almost a whole degree warmer than the average september temperature between 1991 and 2020. the new data, from the copernicus climate change service, shows that this year is now "on track" to be the warmest on record. it comes in the wake of the hottestjuly and august ever recorded — that drove heatwaves and wildfires around the world. this is greece, where fires are still burning. and wildfires have flared up again in the past few days, on the spanish island of tenerife — where officials are urging around 3000 people to leave their homes. rising temperatures are having a dramatic impact in the alps. new data shows that the tallest mountain in western europe, mont blanc, has shrunk by two metres — or 6.5 feet — in the past two years. mont blanc�*s summit has been declining for decades as the permanent layer of snow and ice at its peak recedes, but the new figures mark a sharp acceleration. the mountain has shrunk to it

the bbc�*s diplomatic editor paul adams reports if israel wants to deal hamas a decisive blow, the groundians and hostages in gaza. the white house says it has no plans to send troops into israel, but pledged support for it as it fights

paul adams, bbc news, nagorno—karabakh.on? live now to our news correspondent, olga ivshina. people how to have left their homes across the border, do they believe they will ever be able to go back to nagorno—karabakh? they will ever be able to go back to nagorno-karabakh?_ they will ever be able to go back to nagorno-karabakh? well, they were sa in: it is nagorno-karabakh? well, they were saying it is their— nagorno-karabakh? well, they were saying it is their dream _ nagorno-karabakh? well, they were saying it is their dream to _ nagorno-karabakh? well, they were saying it is their dream to come - saying it is their dream to come back, but the older generation, nationally the people of my age, they all say they think that in a lifetime they will not be able to return, but they hope that maybe the kids will be able. but i was hearing the very same stories on the other side. an azeri family who fled, they are still hoping to return and i think that's the best thing to show, that people on both sides are touched by war, stil

the bbc�*s diplomatic editor paul adams reports if israel wants to deal hamas a decisive blow, the grouundilians and hostages in gaza. the white house says they have no plans to send troops into israelbut pledged support for it as it fights back against hamas, releasing a statement along with four other nations condemning the attacks and calling for peace in the middle east. in other developments, the armed wing of hamas has threatened to kill israeli hostages if palestinian civilians are not warned about impending air strikes. there's been international condemnation

paul adams, bbc news, nagorno—karabakh. now a look at some other stories making the news today. state of sikkim left 102 people missing, including 22 army personnel. 14 people are known to have died after a cloudburst over a mountain lake triggered massive floods. officials said more than 3,000 tourists had been stranded in different parts of the state. around 3,000 people have been evacuated from their homes on the spanish island of tenerife as a precautionary measure because of a wildfire. the same fire burned thousands of hectares of land in the summer and has been revived by high temperatures and strong winds. the latest strike affecting the nhs in england ended this morning. junior doctors and consultants had both been taking part in a three—day walk—out in a dispute about pay. it was the longest ever period of combined industrial action by their union, the bma. the number of hate crimes recorded in england and wales has unexpectedly fallen, by 5%, for the first time since comparable figures began a decade ago. but the overall figure still stands at more than 145,000. it's

paul adams, thank you very much.t i made for israeland ukraine. he americans to support what i made for israel and ukraine. he says it is vitalfor us national israel and ukraine. he says it is vital for us national security. these conflicts might seem far away, he said, but the outcome of these fight for democracy against terrorism will be vital for the safety and security of american people. we are facing an inflection point in history. one of those moments where the decisions we make today are going to determine the future for decades to come. hamas and putin represent different threats, but they share this in common. they both want to completely annihilate neighbouring democracy, completely annihilate it. you know, history has taught us that when terrorists don't pay the price for their terror, when dictators don't pay a price for their aggression, they cause more chaos and death and more destruction. they keep going. there are concerns that in the white house the number of overseas conflicts, this confluence of c

online online, is our middle east correspondent sebastian usher and and our diplomatic correspondent paul adamslping us to answer some of these questions. there are some of these questions. there are so many questions. let's start with something relatively simple. sebastian, if i could ask you one question that is being asked. how big is gaza? it is very small. it's a0 kilometres long, and at its widest point, 12 kilometres. at its narrowest, about six kilometres. about 365 square kilometres. as has been reported many times from there, this is one of the most crowded places in the world. . . , of the most crowded places in the world. . ., , ., ., , world. that relates to our second cuestion, world. that relates to our second question, which _ world. that relates to our second question, which poll— world. that relates to our second question, which poll i _ world. that relates to our second question, which poll i will- world. that relates to our second question, which poll i will bring l question, which poll i will bring you info, how many people live in gaza are cut as sebastian was saying, it's

we've been speaking to our correspondent paul adams. what can you tell us about this video? three women, we have confirmed their identities but we are not going to name them at the moment.

let's try and speak to our correspondent paul adams who is standing by for us. the subject of the hostages. that is what a lot of the questions were about. benjamin netanyahu and his opening remarks only made a brief reference to meeting hostages' families. he said his heart broke talking to them and that his military were doing everything in his power to bring them home. as you mentioned, he said there was no contradiction between these two objectives are fighting hamas and bringing the hostages home. but he did say immediately after that, bringing hostages home was the second objective, the first being to destroy it hamas. his defence minister said, the more we hit out at them, we know they will be unwilling to reach some kind of agreement. i think the message there was this relentless pressure on it hamas will continue but the israeli government believes that is the way to bring it hamas to some kind of negotiations about the fate of hostages, not as some people, including representatives of families themselves, not to suspend israel's military operations at

. >> we are joined by the bbc diplomatic correspondent paul adams in jerusalem.mber of developments today. how significant is the release of the video by a mosque showing the three israeli women? >> as jeremy says, it is a calculated move on the part of hamas. it is worth emphasizing the circumstances under which the video was made. it can only be assumed these are deeply traumatic circumstances and the three women presented on it where they are circumstances of extreme duress. the stinging criticism she delivered at the role of the israeli government of benjamin netanyahu cuts to the heart of some of the debates swirling around this country and have been ever since october 7. why was the government unable to prevent the attacks, the massacres, and the abductions of that day? what is the correct way to get the hostages back? is it to wage war on the mountains or do some kind of deal? clearly, many people in this country would like to see more efforts going into the latter, into some kind of negotiation that could result in the release of more than 200 hostages, e

paul adams, in jerusalem. paul gave us his latest assessment.ave been for the last couple of days, which is in the early stages of a ground operation that may be sustained. it's really only confined to a very small area of the north—western tip of the gaza strip, but it is inevitably going to expand, as the israeli army feels that it is able to move forward and tackle some of the targets that it has clearly set for itself from the beginning of this campaign. the air campaign will continue, they clearly feel that they have a great deal that they can still do from the air. we're not privy to any of this planning, we don't know for example what was being hit near the al-quds hospital in gaza today that caused such panic, but that is part of an ongoing israeli aerial effort up and down the gaza strip which is maintaining the pressure obviously on hamas, but also continuing to make life intolerable for more than 2 million civilians. and on the issue of aid, just ten trucks believed to have gone in today. aid agencies saying it's still nowhere near en

caitrÍona: paul adams in jerusalem, thank you for that.tuation in gaza worsens, the united nations children's organization unicef says it feels children are experiencing generational trauma from the barred barn -- bombardment and siege. they are calling for an immediate cease-fire. according to the hamas run palestinian health board, more than 8000 palestinians have been killed in the last three weeks including more than 3000 children. the un's high commissioner for refugees also brought up how children are victims in his call for help to the security council. >> over 2 million gazans, half of them children, are going through what my colleague has called hell on earth. the humanitarian cease-fire, coupled of course with substantive delivery of humanitarian aid inside gaza can at least stop this spiral of death, and i hope you will overcome your divisions and exercise your authority and demanding one. the world is waiting for you to do so. caitrÍona: on the southern tip of gaza, a border is set to open on wednesday. it said 81 gazans who we

our diplomatic correspondent paul adams has spent the last few days there on a press trip organid byery authorities. >> the stillness after the storm in a region torn apart by decades of conflict, has peace finally come and at what cost? two weeks after azerbaijan's lightning operation, we're taken to bunkers and trenches abandoned by armenian rebels. we're on seeing what the authorities want us to see. the armenians left in a hurry. signs of haste but not fighting. the logbook records activity until 10 days before as be a jane struck. so for three years, this was the front line with the armenian rebels holding this ridgeline overlooking their city down there in the valley and the azari military down in control up there on the hill. but in 24 hours, everything changed. these fnt liens vanished and now everything is silent. we move on down the road used by armenian civilians as they fled in panic. evidence of sudden panic. the armenians didn't wait for their enemies to arrive. this, azerbaijan said, was there choice. >> the civilian has decided, many of them, to leave. and of course,