israeli troops pushed further into gaza city, surrounding it on four sides. surrounding it on four sides. the high court in london rules prince harry and other prominent figures can continue their lawsuit against the publisher of the daily mail. there are growing calls for the uk prime minister to sack his home secretary, who accused police of bias over pro—palestinian marches. as rising sea levels threaten the very existence of tiny tuvalu, australia opens a pathway for its citizens to resettle. hello, i'm lucy hockings. welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast—moving news, interviews and reaction. the largest hospital in gaza, al—shifa, is reportedly surrounded by israeli forces. our gaza correspondent is hearing the military is on all four sides of al—shifa. many thousands of people have been sheltering at al—shifa hospital,

along with some localjournalists. people on the ground say there is intense violence there. in the early hours of friday there was the sound of a large explosion. explosion. there was panic and confusion in the hospital following the explosion. newsagency associated press, which supplied these pictures, said there was a fire in the area and the remnants of what appeared to be a missile. the hamas—run health ministry says 13 people were killed. people sheltering in the grounds also recorded the moment and its aftermath. explosion. israel's military says it is investigating reports that the areas around the hospitals have been struck.

it's previously said its forces were operating close to shifa hospital, which it says is above hamas headquarters — a claim hamas denies. other hospitals in the territory are also said to be surrounded. the world health organization says 20 hospitals in gaza are now non—operational. these pictures are from al—rantisi paediatric hospital, which is funded by the us—based palestinion children's relief fund. we can see tanks outside the hospital, which is said to be the only medical facility in gaza that treats children with cancer. live now to southern israel and my colleague mark lowen. we are about a mile away from the gaza strip is the israeli troops continue to push further and deeper into gaza city. reports that they are surrounding several hospitals

and from al—shifa hospital we have heard now from the hospital director that they will not evacuate al—shifa hospital. the medical team are determined to remain there in order to treat the patient. there are possibly tens of thousands of civilian still sheltering outside hospitals. that is complicating the task of the israeli military. in other news,... the palestinian authority president, mahmoud abbas, said it would be part of a "comprehensive solution" for the occupied territories and gaza. also, president biden has welcomed israel's decision to formalise brief humanitarian pauses in the fighting in northern gaza, calling it a "step in the right direction".

there are two humanitarian corridors being created. two humanitarian corridors will open in the territory for four hours each day — the salah al—din road, which hundreds of thousands of people have already used to head south, as well as the coastal al—rashid road. many of the people heading out of gaza city are having to do so on foot. they have left their homes and are heading to refugee camps in gaza's south. meanwhile, talks continue to free more than 240 hostages still being held in gaza. the palestinian group islamichhad released a video of hostages it claims to be holding.

i've been speaking to our gaza correspondent, who told me about two developments around his position in southern gaza. the tanks are now advancing east, they are in the heart of the rimal neighbourhood, one of the hubs for everything in gaza, including the banks, telecommunication company, the plc, palestinian legislative council, and all of the important buildings and institutions are in this neighbourhood. tanks are now in the middle of this road. they are advancing from where the shifa hospital is east, and they are almost close to gaza city centre. the second development, we heard from a source inside the al-quds hospital, south—west of gaza, the first communication exclusive to the bbc

from inside the hospital, the tanks are now advancing east, they are in the heart soldiers are not inside the hospital, but tanks around the hospital, heavy fighting around the hospital. they managed to get over radio to one of the ambulance drivers here in khan younis a message saying the situation is very serious, communication is cut. so now the tanks are advancing into the gaza city centre which is quite significant, and this street is in the heart of rimal, close to the bbc office. every day in the morning i used to drive to myjob from that street. it is the economic hub for gaza, most of the important companies, the telecommunication company, the central bank, the bank of palestine, it is in the middle of this neighbourhood and now it is all fallen under israeli control. we have heard from the medical chief

at al—shifa hospital saying that they will not evacuate the hospital. they want to continue to be operational there, to care for the patients. what is your sense, your assessment, of the extent of israeli military control across gaza? they are entirely in control of the shifa area. still there is route for people to escape. and many people escape. ijust met a guy who came from shifa hospital, he was in shifa hospital last night. he made thisjourney, along salah al—din road, he walked about 5—6km and he made it here to khan younis. he told me last night there was a lot of explosions inside the hospital, around the hospital, and he said that he saw tanks very close to the hospital. what we have to understand is that in the last 20 days or so, many people take the hospital as shelter, so thousands of people were taking the courtyard,

the car park, any space in the hospital was like a shelter for those who are displaced from their homes. and a refugee camp very close to the hospital. and in addition to that, the al—shifa hospital is the largest medical centre in gaza, so i presume hundreds of people are treated in about five, six buildings inside the hospital, so moving the patient is risky for the people, for the doctors in the hospital. it is going to be a very complicated situation, but for now, we still have contact inside the hospital, no tanks, no soldiers inside the hospital, but they are surrounding that place. you can probably see they're in the

distance are very loud air strike is just head somewhere in gaza. you can see the white smoke billowing up in the distance. pretty constant strikes here. 0utgoing israeli artillery, as well. we will endeavour to see what that was targeting. let's bring in amos yadlin, a retired major—general and the former head of israel's defence intelligence. he's now the president of mind israel, a security consulting firm advising the israeli government. thank you forjoining us here on bbc news. can i start off by asking you what intelligence is there that hamas is controlling the hospitals that the israeli troops are targeting? it that the israeli troops are targeting?— that the israeli troops are taruuetin? , ~ ., ,

targeting? it is well known. it is human intelligence. _ targeting? it is well known. it is human intelligence. they- targeting? it is well known. it is human intelligence. they told . targeting? it is well known. it is| human intelligence. they told us that. it is known that under al—shifa there is the main command post of hamas. there are 18 hospitals in gaza. each one of them has a command post under them. would hamas fire on people who tried to leave the hospital if they didn't need them as a human shield? they are sheltering under innocent civilians, with hostages. there is a

ten—month—old hostage baby. about 30 kids. it is about mothers, they have already killed their children in front of them. they rape women. this is what you have under al—shifa and this is why israel will put its hand on it. let me remind you, that hitler was in a bunker and he was surrounded. hamas denies that the hospitals are anything to do with them, of course, and they have urged the un team to come in and disprove what they say is israeli propaganda. talking of the un, the un human rights chief has accused both sides in this conflict of committing war crimes and he went a stage further today. let's listening to what he has said

about what needs to be investigated. the extensive israeli bombardment of gaza, _ the extensive israeli bombardment of gaza, including the use of high—impact exclusive weapons in densely— high—impact exclusive weapons in densely populated areas, raising tens of— densely populated areas, raising tens of thousands of buildings to the ground is clearly having a devastating humanitarian and human rights _ devastating humanitarian and human rights impact. after four weeks of bombardment and shelling by israeli forces _ bombardment and shelling by israeli forces in _ bombardment and shelling by israeli forces in gaza, the indiscriminate effect _ forces in gaza, the indiscriminate effect of— forces in gaza, the indiscriminate effect of such weapons is clear. that _ effect of such weapons is clear. that is — effect of such weapons is clear. that is the _ effect of such weapons is clear. that is the un human rights chief urging an investigation into high impact weapon used by israel. the un saying that the high number of civilian category shows that there is something seriously wrong with this robust mac strategy. what do you make of these comments?

hamas initiated this war, raping, killing, burning, cutting the bellies of pregnant women. they started and i could stop if they released the hostages and if the un he is so concerned about hamas will be concerned and will force the release of the hostages, the humanitarian crisis will be stopped in a minute. the un is unbalanced, listening to the propaganda of terrorists and it is a shame on the un. ., ., ~ ., terrorists and it is a shame on the un. you talk about it being anti-semitic. _ un. you talk about it being anti-semitic. the - un. you talk about it being anti-semitic. the un - un. you talk about it being anti-semitic. the un is - un. you talk about it being - anti-semitic. the un is making clear anti—semitic. the un is making clear that their criticism is of both sides, of what the palestinians are doing, of what the israeli's disproportionate retaliation strategy is, in their view. this is

a criticism of the war strategy, not the jewish people a criticism of the war strategy, not thejewish people in the view of the un. it the jewish people in the view of the un. , ., . . , ., the jewish people in the view of the un. ., ., .,, un. it is a criticism of the only military that — un. it is a criticism of the only military that is _ un. it is a criticism of the only military that is fighting - un. it is a criticism of the only military that is fighting to - military that is fighting to international law. we are only fighting hamas. they are not brave enough to come and fight in the open. they are only brave to rape and to kill and to burn, so the un should understand he is a war crime and he initiated it and he is now fighting the nazis of the 21st—century in the way that the uk fought against hitler and i don't remember the uk worried about the population of dresden when you burn the whole city. so please be more polite when you criticise the only military in the middle east that

fights according to international law. . i. ., law. can you tell me about the presence _ law. can you tell me about the presence of — law. can you tell me about the presence of the _ law. can you tell me about the presence of the israeli - law. can you tell me about thej presence of the israeli defence forces in northern gaza, as far as you understand that? the extent of idf in gaza is what, and what is the strategy of going into gaza city? is it simply to level gaza city, as you understand that? h0. it simply to level gaza city, as you understand that?— understand that? no, it is not to let it happen _ understand that? no, it is not to let it happen again, _ understand that? no, it is not to let it happen again, never - understand that? no, it is not to let it happen again, never again. understand that? no, it is not to l let it happen again, never again. it is to destroy 36 as a military force. we are not fighting civilians. we are fighting hamas in the tunnels, and the command post, everywhere that they are. if they surrounded, the war is over. this is the decision of the government of israel, that after the war hamas will not exist, not with military power or government power. hamas...

power or government power. hamas. .. day power or government power. hamas... day through the palestinian authority officials from the roofs in gaza and shot them in the needs, i did not hear the un saying anything. we cannot destroy the beliefs of hamas. i anything. we cannot destroy the beliefs of hamas.— anything. we cannot destroy the beliefs of hamas. i was going to ask ou beliefs of hamas. i was going to ask you precisely _ beliefs of hamas. i was going to ask you precisely that. _ beliefs of hamas. i was going to ask you precisely that. you _ beliefs of hamas. i was going to ask you precisely that. you may - beliefs of hamas. i was going to ask you precisely that. you may aim - beliefs of hamas. i was going to ask you precisely that. you may aim to l you precisely that. you may aim to destroy hamas. there is a slight delay so apologies for cutting over you. you might talk about the desire to destroy hamas as an organisation or wipe out the

single figures, but the ideology will surely continue to grow and the hatred will continue to grow for generations after what is happening now. we cannot deal with the hearts and minds, the ideology and the dreams of hamas, but we are not going to let them have the capability to kill, to rape, to kill babies, to hijack civilians to gaza. why don't i hear you speaking about the hostages in gaza? this is the humanitarian situation in gaza. the young kids who have not seen their parents, the holocaust survivors who do not have their medicine. hamas will not be able to do it again. they can dream about killing all the dues, all the christians in europe, everybody, but we will not let them have the capability of doing it. that is the aim of the campaign, not to educate them. 0k, thank you very

much indeed for your time and your thoughts here on bbc news. just referring to the discussion we were having about the un, which would deny any anti—israel bias, they said that almost 100 of its officials have been killed since this conflict began. that is the highest number by far of any conflict that the un has had to deal with. we will continue to bring all of the developments from inside gaza, from israel and the wider region, but for now it is back to you in london. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. latest official figures show no economic growth in the uk between july and september after a succession of interest rate rises. the performance was slightly better than expected. many analysts had

believed it would shrink. last week, the bank of england said the uk economy was likely to see zero growth until 2025, although it is expected to avoid a recession. england's chief medical officer has warned that the uk faces a "health crisis" because of a rapidly ageing population. in his annual report professor chris whitty says, while more people are living longer, many of their later years are spent in bad health. the former boss of natwest dame alison rose will lose a £7.6 million payout after she admitted discussing the closure of nigel fa rage's bank account. dame alison will receive her £2.4 million fixed pay package, but will not benefit from share awards and bonuses she had been previously entitled to. you're live with bbc news. a high courtjudge has ruled that prince harry can continue his legal action against associated newspapers

— that's the media organisation that includes titles such as the daily mail. the prince has accused the company of unlawful information gathering. lawyers for the newspapers had argued he and other high—profile people, including sir eltonjohn and baroness lawrence of clarendon had run out of time to bring the privacy claims. prince harry has been involved in five other legal battles at the high court in recent months, including cases brought against mirror group newspapers, which publishes the mirror, and the murdoch—owned news group newspapers, publisher of the sun and the now—defunct news of the world. well, mrjustice nicklin had to decide two things. to decide whether this case goes ahead. firstly, are the seven claimants, including prince harry, duke of sussex and six others, are they out of time, have they run out of time to make this claim? the law says you have six years. what he said was that they couldn't afford to claim earlier potentially because he said they have a real chance of proving that associated newspapers concealed what they have been doing in the past.

and therefore they had no chance of taking this action because of that concealment. they still have to prove that but they will get a chance to do that at a case, a trial next year. he also decided that crucial evidence in this case, receipts for payments from the newspapers to private investigators, that that should remain confidential. but he has given the claimant is a bit of an option here, because he said they could go to a minister to try to get that confidentiality removed. so both of that is quite positive for prince harry and the others, and they will now look at their next steps, and that could well be a trial potentially next year. there are important to say that associated newspapers is always the hem and these allegations. it said they are simply not true.

and in terms of the claims that baroness lawrence's phone was hacked, the mother of stephen lawrence, somebody who has campaigned forjustice, the daily mail in particular has the daily mail in particular has associated newspapers says she has been given false information and almost put up to... nothing from associated on the record. they have only had this judgment for an hour or so. one of the uk's most senior police officers says policing cannot be influenced by politics. his comments were in response to an article the home secretary wrote for the times newspaper. the prime minister is under pressure to sack suella braverman for the article, which hadn't been cleared by the government. live now to our political correspondent hannah miller. how serious is this for rishi sunak? there are three issues with this article, it is what suella braverman said, accusing the police of being biased, there is how she set up,

using the language of pro—palestinian mobs and talked about it being a hate march what is planned for armistice day tomorrow, then thirdly, the issue of whether someone who is in the position of home secretary should be using a newspaper article to make those kinds of very public comments around policing. all three of those things have had different reactions from mps in the conservative party. we understand that downing street had seen the article, asked for certain changes to be made around some of the content. those changes were made and they are now looking at exactly how it came to be that the article was published without those changes. there are a lot of angry conservative mps who won't speak publicly, saying that she ought to be sacked. the most senior to say anything publicly is the chancellor, jeremy hunt, who distanced himself

from suella braverman's language, but didn't go as far is to say that she ought to be removed from her role. he said that the prime minister has confidence in suella braverman and therefore he had nothing else to say.— braverman and therefore he had nothing else to say. what are the chances now _ nothing else to say. what are the chances now we _ nothing else to say. what are the chances now we will— nothing else to say. what are the chances now we will see - nothing else to say. what are the chances now we will see a - nothing else to say. what are the - chances now we will see a government reshuffle. ., , , chances now we will see a government reshuffle. . , , ., ~ chances now we will see a government reshuffle. . , , ., ,, ., ., reshuffle. there has been talk of a cabinet reshuffle _ reshuffle. there has been talk of a cabinet reshuffle for— reshuffle. there has been talk of a cabinet reshuffle for months - reshuffle. there has been talk of a cabinet reshuffle for months now. | reshuffle. there has been talk of a i cabinet reshuffle for months now. it is possible that this will bring it forward there are numerous ways that rishi sunak could look at the ministerial code. the labour party has called for that to happen to see whether she has breach that by going through with this article. he also could remove her in a reshuffle. we know that a reshuffle is coming at some point, we have known that for a while. there are mps on the back benches of the conservative party would like to see her go.

stay with us here on bbc news. i will have the latest on the x—trial — gaza situation. we will get a sense of how people are feeling across the arab world, as well. hello, there. plenty of dry weather to come as we go through the next couple of days and there will be some sunshine, including today, sunny spells for many, watch out for showers in places. feeling a little chillier. the coldest night of the autumn so far in parts of scotland, freezing fog in the north, but further south, heavy thundery showers this morning from wales across southern england, coastal gales in the south—west, the winds are now lighter. this afternoon, could still be showers lingering in kent, some cloud here. 0therwise sunshine developing. blustery showers, sunny spells for northern ireland, rain moving into the far north of scotland by the end of the day,

some could be wintry perhaps on the tops of hills. this evening and overnight, the low pressure moves east, we're between weather systems, the winds will be light, some frost forming particularly in the east. temperatures here could drop a little below freezing, mist and fog as well that could be slow to clear. for lots, blue sky and sunshine for armistice day, showers running down the north sea coasts. turning cloudier in the south—west, windy here, eventually wet by the end of the day with the next weather front running northwards and eastwards through remembrance sunday. more moisture sunday morning, many could wake up to scenes like this with mist and fog around. once again slow to lift and clear. another frost, particularly in the east. a bit sharper than on saturday. the rain moves across wales

into the far north of england, patchy rain perhaps in london for the service at the cenotaph late morning. many places, particularly scotland and north—east england, could stay largely dry until the very end of the day perhaps, but issues with mist and fog. in summary, mostly dry on saturday, rain for some on sunday, particularly in the south and west, but again low pressure system clears east, could develop a wave, so some heavier rain and stronger gustier winds on monday and tuesday. lots of unsettled weather across our capital cities through the start of the new week. goodbye for now.

this is bbc news. the headlines. hamas officials say 13 people have been killed — in an explosion at gaza's biggest hospital. tanks are seen outside a gazan children's hospital. the world health organization says 20 hospitals there are now entirely out of action. thousands continue to leave northern gaza along two humanitarian corridors as israel agrees to daily military pauses. this is the scene live in central gaza. many live in central gaza. of them waving white flags ant clots.

in other news, the high court in london rules prince harry — and other prominent figures — can continue their lawsuit against the publisher of the daily mail. there are growing calls for the uk prime minister to sack his home secretary — who accused police of bias over pro—palestinian marches. and surgeons in new york perform the world's first complete gaza's health ministry says more than 4,000 children have been killed since the start of the war, and thousands more injured. israel disputes these figures, but the world health organization believes they are credible. some of those injured face life—long disabilities — they've been left unable to walk or paralysed. working with freelance journalists in gaza filming for the bbc, our correspondent yogita limaye reports from jerusalem.

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