hugo in jerusalem and rushdi in - being used by hamas. hugo in i jerusalem and rushdi in istanbul.stop small boats coming to the uk with illegal migrants. but what about the backlog of asylum seekers applications? well, exactly a year ago, rishi sunak pledged to eradicate that by the end of this year. the home office has said it is on track to meet that pledge. but to do it, record numbers of asylum cases are being granted — and a record number of people have been withdrawn from the asylum system. let's find out a little bit more about what is going on. we can cross to nick eardley at the bbc verify hub. so, nick, are they on track, and how are they doing it? hi, matthew. ithink hi, matthew. i think the answer is that they think they are on track, the minister asked about this in parliament within the last hour and he said we are on track to deal with all of the cases that can be dealt with. which is slightly ambiguous language, but let's have a look at how we are doing it. just a quick reminder that this was the pledge from rishi sunak. the backlog, the legacy backlog, cases befor

also good to see you, rushdi abualouf. _ struggle. also good to see you, rushdi abualouf. you, rushdi abualouf. we will- struggle. also good to see you, rushdi abualouf. we will return struggle. also good to see you, i rushdi abualouf. we will return to the middle east shortly. rescuers have found the bodies of 11 climbers after the marapi volcano erupted in west sumatra on sunday. three climbers were found alive. but 12 more are still missing. dozens of other climbers were evacuated from the area. it was really dramatic. the volcano threw ash nearly 10,000 feet or 3,000 metres into the air. mount marapi is one of the most active volcanos in the region and is one of 130 active volcanoes in indonesia, which sits on the pacific ring of fire. live now to our correspondent, shaimaa khalil, who's in bangkok. what do we know about mount marapi? what do we know about mount marapi? what is the situation on the slopes? we know that the three people found alive were near the top of mount marapi, that is near the rim of where the eruption happened. they were rescued, they were taken

something salman rushdie himself has a wittingly come to symbolize. i don't feel like a symbol of god. i feel like a working rush. it and that i'm by no means the only riser in the world who has being threatened or attacked. and unfortunately, a, this is a phenomenon that has gone on through history and it doesn't show any signs of stopping. so we have to fight against it. that's the only thing to do, keep the keep going. who is there apart from poets who can break that vicious circle? who is there left apart from poets who spoken the language of death and to promised people the infinity of truth then the boundless and this of desire. turkey also has a history of repression against the authors, intellectuals and journalists. against those who question the party line and those who like salman rushdie and still in the on the refuse to be intimidated by you was born and grew up in taxi. this is a place you cannot stay outside the circle of politics because politics is not in certain places in your daily life and you're still in your house. that means you

or in the case of salman rushdie, a novel. the satanic verses was written as satire, but read by some as blaspheming proof that writers live dangerously. we oh, we get news. right? just trying to write this germs, journalist from different countries, and letting us know that they are actually the, the reason for this, i think the room is going and downside in many countries. the politics off, they're able to tatiana and getting popularity and from the powers of stringing the expression, we can use 813 riders from china. iran allow we, turkey and other countries are currently at risk. according to writers association pin. it's freedom to right index listed 311 writers in prison world wide in 2022. why do writers provoke such fear and hatred? especially in powerful people? and it's very strange because russians have no of these nation. i think they fear alternative versions of the world. now i think one of the things about authoritarian name is there's wants to impose its own version of the world to the exclusion of all others.

rushdi _ gaza and the reality of the ground. rushdi was — gaza and the reality of the ground.worsening situation in gaza. those people who are not being killed by bombs _ people who are not being killed by bombs may not survive hunger and diseases _ bombs may not survive hunger and diseases. so it is a desperate, catastrophic situation for the population in gaza. i think these comments — population in gaza. i think these comments by parades that biden show growing _ comments by parades that biden show growing discontent in the biden administration. | growing discontent in the biden administration.— administration. i suppose that messa . e administration. i suppose that message was _ administration. i suppose that message was underlined - administration. i suppose that message was underlined from j administration. i suppose that - message was underlined from what we heard in the last 20 minutes or so, saying the operations close to collapse. let me ask you a separate question. the idea of flooding the tunnels in gaza, reports that might be tried soon. what are you hearing? so,

something salman rushdie himself has a wittingly come to symbolize. i don't feel like a symbol of god. i feel like a working rush. it and that i'm by no means the only riser in the world who has being threatened or attacked. and unfortunately, the, this is a phenomenon that has gone on through history and it doesn't show any signs of stopping. so we have to fight against it. that's the only thing to do, keep to keep going. who is there apart from poets who can break that vicious circle? who is there left apart from poets who spoken the language of death and to promised people the infinity of truth then the boundless and this of desire. turkey also has a history of repression against the authors, intellectuals and journalists. against those who question the party line and those who like salman rushdie and still in the on the refuse to be intimidated by you was born and grew up in taxi. and this is a place you cannot stay outside the circle politics because politics is not in certain places in your daily life can use in your house. that means your trave

satanic verses affair, time, one salman rushdie satanic verses affour time, one salman rushdie satanicers time, one salman rushdie satanic verses affour writers being|e, one of our best writers being threatened with death by a foreign power, you would have thought get behind thought we could all get behind that say, actually, is that and say, actually, this is outrageous. to outrageous. you don't get to decide what what this writer decide what our what this writer writes that we would have supported we supported salman rushdie, but we instead debates instead had endless debates about it on about whether he brought it on himself. lot those were himself. and a lot of those were televised debates. is it that we failed back so we've failed back then? and so we've missed our shot. >> think there's certainly >> i think there's certainly some truth in that. i mean, people forget even the people forget that even the thatcher government the time thatcher government at the time was response was very odd in their response to obviously, gave him to it. obviously, they gave him police which was pol

a short while ago i spoke to our gaza correspondent rushdi abualouf who is in istanbul and our middle in jerusalem. i asked about what the destruction in the ground is like is in khan younis. yes, it is a very difficult situation in khan younis. i was talking about half an hour ago with a palestinian local cameraman who tried to get into the heart of khan younis to film something and he was surprised by tanks in the street. this is the main street that is leading to the heart of the city, the heart of the city for the last week or so, people were fleeing this area. shops were completely closed. it is the life of the khan younis area, the second biggest city in southern gaza. it is really completely empty, nobody there. shops were closed and i spoke this morning with the owner of this cigarette shop was also trying to get to the city centre. he survived death, as he described to me. in the last 2a hours, according to a doctor in the main hospital in khan younis, around a0 people were killed in khan younis and over 150 people were injured. some were in a very difficult situation, they s

satanic verses affair, time, one salman rushdie satanic verses affour time, one salman rushdie satanic affour writers being|e, one of our best writers being threatened with death by a foreign power, you would have thought get behind thought we could all get behind that say, actually, is that and say, actually, this is outrageous. to outrageous. you don't get to decide what what this writer decide what our what this writer writes that we would have supported we supported salman rushdie, but we instead debates instead had endless debates about it on about whether he brought it on himself. lot those were himself. and a lot of those were televised debates. is it that we failed back so we've failed back then? and so we've missed our shot. >> think there's certainly >> i think there's certainly some truth in that. i mean, people forget even the people forget that even the thatcher government the time thatcher government at the time was response was very odd in their response to obviously, gave him to it. obviously, they gave him police which was police protection, which was nice they nice of

our colleague rushdi, who's from gaza, was bravely reporting at the same time as he was trying to keepn situation is also getting worse and worse, with israel not allowing food and medicine. i have seen people struggling to find water. here in the hospital, people are struggling to find fuel to run the generator and work in the...in the hospital. translation: i spend four or five hours every day in the queue - and at the end i only get one portion of bread. _ we have been living on one meal a day. i sometimes we sleep hungry. around the globe, people took to the streets... ada, 75 years old... ..and world leaders came to stand with israel while at the same time warning of the consequences of an escalation. we will continue to have israel's back as you work to defend your people. we'll continue to work with you and partners across the region to prevent more tragedy to innocent civilians. the evidence of our own eyes tells us that the death toll, and particularly the death toll among women and children, isjust overwhelming. we have seen so much that it is hard to dispute the fact that ma

let's now speak to gaza correspondent, rushdi abualouf, who is currently in istanbul. ask about the ceasefire talks because you have a lot of different contacts and connections. we have heard those talks seemingly have broken down altogether and the israeli delegation have left doha and come back for in israeli delegation have left doha and come back fo— and come back for in the last 20 minutes i _ and come back for in the last 20 minutes i made _ and come back for in the last 20 minutes i made a _ and come back for in the last 20 minutes i made a call— and come back for in the last 20 minutes i made a call to - and come back for in the last 20 minutes i made a call to people| and come back for in the last 20 - minutes i made a call to people and qatar and they claim that talks have collapsed. 0ne qatar and they claim that talks have collapsed. one said hamas said they offered everything including handling some of the dead bodies and some of the civilian hostages and israel made it very clear they want some sort of soldiers for the same price and hamas not willing to g

our gaza correspondent, rushdi abualouf, who is currently in istanbul gave us this update on the israel'soperation in gaza. the focus of the operation seems to be now in the south, not the north. the north was bombed also last night and this morning heavily. the main focus is the four main areas, four main villages east of khan yunis. it is being bombed heavily. many targets in the area were destroyed. including government buildings, houses, and agricultural area. it is an area where 40% of people grew up, in this part of gaza. most of the people who live there are farmers. we have seen images and pictures of people walking their camels and donkeys early morning and leaving this area. people live there, they have a very bad experience about israeli ground incursions. back in 2014, there were hundreds of people who were killed and hundreds of buildings were destroyed back in 2014. people in this area know very well how the consequences of possible israeli ground troops being sent into this area. they decided to leave to the west. the west is already overwhelmed by palestinians. leave their

our colleague rushdi, who's from gaza, was bravely reporting at the same time as he was trying to keepn situation is also getting worse and worse, with israel not allowing food and medicine. i have seen people struggling to find water. here in the hospital, people are struggling to find fuel to run the generator and work in the...in the hospital. translation: i spend four or five hours every day - in the queue and at the end ll only get one portion of bread. we have been living on one meal a day. i sometimes we sleep hungry. around the globe, people took to the streets... ada, 75 years old... ..and world leaders came to stand with israel while at the same time warning of the consequences of an escalation. we will continue to have israel's back as you work to defend your people. we'll continue to work with you and partners across the region to prevent more tragedy to innocent civilians. the evidence of our own eyes tells us that the death toll, and particularly the death toll among women and children, isjust overwhelming. we have seen so much that it is hard to dispute the fact that man

our gaza correspondent rushdi abualouf who is now in istanbul gave us this update. very intense israeli air strikes around khan yunis tonight, with reports of israeli tanks are moving from the eastern part and the northern part of khan younis. i have seen some footage from the hospital for civilians and people who were injured in the israeli ongoing air strikes were transported in civilian cars since the communication is down and people are unable to talk to the emergency services. it was a very long day of bombing, not only in the southern part of khan younis, but also, in gaza city, where we are getting reports about two un schools have been hit by israeli air strikes. about 30 people were killed and over 100 injured according to a doctor in the only hospital that is functioning in gaza city. the situation is deteriorating and the israeli are moving very fast into the focus of the new israeli operation in the south. the gaza—run health ministry says more than 15,000 people have been killed in israel's retaliatory campaign, that includes about 6,000 children, with

hugo bachega, bbc news, jerusalem. 0ur gaza correspondent, rushdi abualouf, is currently in istanbul.ate on the qatar negotiations, confirming they have collapsed. the palestinian official said a couple of times inside the meetings he was watching what was going on and said he was quoting him as people accusing israel of not co—operating to extend the ceasefire and hamas offer everything including dealing with the dead bodies and also some of the civilian hostages still in hamas. israel made it very clear they want some sort of soldiers for the same price and hamas is not willing to give anything when it comes to the soldiers. no more talks as i'm aware of and i've been talking since last night since the fighting resumed, asking if is any hope. the egyptians and qataris are still working to find another ceasefire, another humanitarian pause but it doesn't seem that anything will happen any time soon. live now to matt duss who was president of the foundation for middle east peace and is a former foreign policy adviser to us senator bernie sanders. thank you forjoining us on bbc news. w

joining us now is rushdi abu alouf, our gaza correspondant who is now in istanbul.ejust we are just getting a line we arejust getting a line in we are just getting a line in from the reuters agency saying four palestinians have been killed in the refugee camp south of the west bank city of tubas, according to the palestinian health ministry. just talk us through what has happened, particularly in gaza jabalia. many still remain in a refu~ee jabalia. many still remain in a refugee camp. _ jabalia. many still remain in a refugee camp, there - jabalia. many still remain in a refugee camp, there were - jabalia. many still remain in a i refugee camp, there were about jabalia. many still remain in a - refugee camp, there were about four israeli missiles from the air that struck three buildings in a location in jabalia refugee struck three buildings in a location injabalia refugee camp. the first initial report, we were looking at 150 people trapped under the rubble. after one hour, about 30 bodies were found and then taken to the medical facility. later, the hamas run hea

our gaza correspondent, rushdi abu alouf, who is now based in turkey, says the area has been a focusforces recently. the camp is in the north, and the air strikes were intensified in the location overnight. as international pressure mounts on israel to reduce civilian casualties, and with growing calls for a ceasefire, the us secretary of defence has returned to israel. lloyd austin has met his israeli counterpart and is also due to talk to prime minister benjamin netanyahu with a focus on how israel plans to move to the next phase of the war. the un security council is expected to vote on monday on a resolution calling for an "urgent and sustainable cessastion of hostilities". the us blocked a previous resolution that called for a humanitarian ceasefire. over the weekend the uk, france and germany stepped up calls for a pause in the fighting. conditions in gaza keep getting worse. supplies are arriving, but as you can see in these pictures, trucks crossing from egypt are quickly surrounded by desperate crowds. aid agencies are reporting widespread starvation and desperation, as the

let's now speak to gaza correspondent, rushdi abualouf, who is currently in istanbul.n this renewed bombardment in the last 2a hours or so. what are your contacts and people in gaza saying to you this morning about what is happening there? is morning about what is happening there? , , ., morning about what is happening there? , ., ., there? is the focus of the operation seems to be — there? is the focus of the operation seems to be now _ there? is the focus of the operation seems to be now in _ there? is the focus of the operation seems to be now in the _ there? is the focus of the operation seems to be now in the south, - there? is the focus of the operation seems to be now in the south, notl seems to be now in the south, not the north. the north was bombed also last night and this morning heavily. the main focus is the four main areas, four main villages east of khan yunis. it has been bombed heavily. many targets in the area were destroyed. it is an area where 40% of people grew up, in this part of gaza. they were in their apartments. we have seen images and picture

joining us now is rushdi abulaouf our gaza correspondant who is now in istanbul.ppened? it was the day before they went to khan younis, he said there was a big story in khan younis and i want to go back, because most of the journalists, they lived in the nearby city. they decided to go back to khan younis to cover the ongoing israeli assault. they were going to build a school that was bombed earlier and suddenly they were hit by israeli drone, according to wael al—dahdouh, spoke to him to offer condolences for up to decade of working with samer abudaqa, terribly sorry to lose him in this way. they were together and he was injured in his arm, so he could walk, so he walked for about ten minutes and then he reached the car. samer abudaqa was hit in his leg and could leave, he was left bleeding for five hours and they were trying hard in hospital to the international red cross and other organisations to call for a pause to evacuate samer abudaqa from the area. but he was killed, he died as he was catastrophic bleeding from his leg, according to doctors in the hospita

joining me now is our gaza correspondent, rushdi abualouf, who's in istanbul.ome pictures now the south of gaza. we can show you a hospital in high newness. people were told to leave khan younis early on today and were given leaflets dropped their tilling to leave areas there and we will also show images from the skyline of gaza and if you seeing in hugo's piece, there has been smoke billowing up into the air across the skyline throughout the day to day as those bombardments have continued. live now to sir stephen o'brien — former united nations under—secretary—general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator. we had seen an increase in aid and fuel getting into gaza over the last seven days and that now seems to stop completely. what is your expectation about as in any resumption of it?— expectation about as in any resumption of it? clearly the surnplies. _ resumption of it? clearly the supplies, humanitarian - resumption of it? clearly the i supplies, humanitarian supplies coming in through the rafah crossing from egypt into gaza in the south

our colleague rushdi, who's from gaza, was bravely reporting at the same time as he was trying to keepgling to find fuel to run the generator and work in the...in the hospital. translation: i spend four or five hours every day in the queue i and at the end i only get one portion of bread. _ we have been living on one meal a day. i sometimes we sleep hungry. around the globe, people took to the streets... ada, 75 years old... ..and world leaders came to stand with israel while at the same time warning of the consequences of an escalation. we will continue to have israel's back as you work to defend your people. we'll continue to work with you and partners across the region to prevent more tragedy to innocent civilians. the evidence of our own eyes tells us that the death toll, and particularly the death toll among women and children, isjust overwhelming. we have seen so much that it is hard to dispute the fact that many, many, many thousands of people have been killed. intensive diplomacy led to an agreement to pause the fighting and release hostages and prisoners. there's a bit of a sh