hello. i'm lucy hockings. let's begin by showing you some live pictures from london. a large pro—palestinian march is under way. it began a few hours ago at hyde park, moving slowly towards the us embassy. as you can see from these pictures, there are thousands of people attending. people with families, elderly people as well and so far police are saying it has been peaceful. these marches have been happening since early october but police have been expecting this will be one of the largest. that is quite a dramatic shot we can see now from the helicopter which shows you that many of them crossing the bridge to the us embassy. nearly 2,000 officers have been deployed across central london.

the march is happening on the same day as armistice commemorations. police say the two minutes�* silence, which look place at ”am local time, was marked respectfully and without incident. but, as you can see from these pictures, officers have faced aggression from counter—protestors who are in the area in numbers. scuffles broke out as police attempted to stop them from reaching an area. the group pushed through as officers hit out with batons. london's police say objects were also thrown at officers. the latest we're hearing is that police have begun making arrests at a counter—demontration that is under way. we're told more than 82 people have been arrested in the city's centre. these pictures are of more counter—protestors are being held inside a pub by police, as the main protests goes past. we understand that some are being held inside the pub by police. the latest we have had, just in the past

few minutes or so from the met police, i am just monitoring what they are telling us, is that more than 300,000 people have taken part in this pro—palestinian protest in london. that figure coming to us from the mets. more than 300,000 people taking part in this pro—palestinian protest in london that has been peaceful. any nude of elements from that we will bring them to you. —— any new developments. the rallies in london come as the hamas—run health ministry says gaza's largest medical facility, al—shifa hospital, has been forced to suspend operations because it's run out of fuel. there are reports of intensified fighting close to a number of hospitals in the territory from overnight. doctors inside the al—shifa hospital say one baby has died and more than 30 are at risk, as electricity has been cut amid the israeli offensive. israel claims al—shifa is hamas�* main command post — something hamas denies. medics in the hospital also deny this.

0ur correspondent nick beake begins our coverage. today a seniorfigure today a senior figure from the israeli military conceded there are still thousands of civilians in the courtyard of the al—shifa hospital, so making it, like other hospitals in this part of gaza, right on the front line. israel's latest attack on gaza overnight, an unrelenting barrage, like most nights over the past five weeks. israeli forces have now surrounded gaza city's major hospitals, some palestinians waving white flags, desperate to reach safety. israel claims hamas have built a control centre under gaza's biggest hospital, making it a legitimate military target. inside the wards of the al—shifa hospital, chaos. patients fill the beds, and the floors. many cannot be saved.

0ne surgeon told the bbc this morning it was becoming impossible to operate. you hear the bombardment everywhere, every second around the al—shifa hospital, and no one can get out from the al—shifa hospital. no one can come to the al—shifa hospital. the situation is very, very dangerous. there is no water, even in the main building, no electricity, no food even, and no fuel. the israeli defence forces released this footage of what it said were its latest assaults on hamas positions. israel maintains it's doing all it can to avoid civilian casualties. translation: hundreds of thousands of gaza's residents have _ already moved south, and hamas is doing everything in its power to prevent them from doing so. hamas uses civilians as human shields. it is ready to endanger the lives of children of gaza to protect itself. it has no limits. israel says over the past few days,

more than 150,000 palestinians have followed its order to leave northern gaza. but many families cannotjoin the evacuation and remain trapped on the front line. nick beake, bbc news, jerusalem. 0ur correspondent in gaza is rushdi aboualouf. he says more people are arriving at refugee camps from northern gaza. in khan younis today, more than 2,000, 3,000 people have already fled from the north and they arrived here in khan younis. people are still going, moving, evacuating the gaza city in the north and coming to khan younis. very few of them, two or three people, they were coming from al—shifa hospital. they said the situation remained very tense around the hospital, with the tanks getting closer and closer to the gate of the hospital and the access in and out of the hospital is almost impossible. now, very few people, like, five or six people, they managed to escape under fire from the hospital this morning. but they told me about 10,000 people remain

in the courtyard of the hospital. no electricity there. most of the operations are suspended, including the intensive care unit in the hospital. communication with those who are in the hospital are extremely difficult. i managed to call a journalist who may be the last one who was there and he said he is unable to do any sending any picture or talking to anybody in the hospital but he described what is going on around the hospital as a real war. we have to understand that this is notjust the hospital. this is the biggest medical centre, like the biggest kidney dialysis department is in this hospital. the biggest surgery is in this hospital. this is notjust a symbol, this is very complicated. the story with those thousands of people are still trapped civilians inside the hospital. last thing i want to say about al—shifa hospital is that today, about 100 dead bodies were buried in the car park of the hospital because they said

they were unable to move them to the cemetery and they have no space in the morgue. they have to bury about 100 people. they say they were killed from an air strike on a school yesterday, nearby, shot a refugee camp close to the hospital so they were buried in a mass grave in the car park of the hospital. live now to our diplomatic correspondent paul adams in jerusalem. we are also watching pictures from central london of that pro—palestinian march taking place at the moment. i havejust seen pro—palestinian march taking place at the moment. i have just seen a report that says there is only one hospital in gaza city still functioning, what are you hearing from inside gaza about what is happening in the different medical facilities? i happening in the different medical facilities? ., ., ., facilities? i have heard that re ort. facilities? i have heard that report- we _ facilities? i have heard that report. we cannot - facilities? i have heard that report. we cannot confirm l facilities? i have heard that - report. we cannot confirm that. it is possible that al—shifa hospital is possible that al—shifa hospital is still functioning in some shape

orform. but the reality is still functioning in some shape or form. but the reality here is still functioning in some shape orform. but the reality here is that all of the hospitals in gaza city are the focus of israeli attention, because these israelis have been arguing for days that hamas have been using these locations to hide their fighters, and using those patients and all those in hospital effectively as human shields. what the israelis are trying to do is persuade people to leave. they have done it in one or two hospitals, we listen to ports this morning about rantisi hospital where effectively that has now been abandoned, there are about 20 people there and some of the staff and that was as a result of very intense close quarter pressure exerted by the israeli military. a statement just came onto my phone a moment ago, this is quoting an israeli military official saying there is no

shooting at the hospital, this is referring to al—shifa hospital, and no siege. the east side of the hospital remains open. we can coordinate with anyone who wants to leave the hospital safely. that is what the israelis are saying. they are not attacking the hospital, they are not attacking the hospital, they are not attacking the hospital, they are not shelling the hospital, as far as we can make out the hospital is not being hit, despite the fact that all around it are the sounds and sights of a major battle. what they want to do is convince by rather blunt means, it has to be said, convince people to leave and they are leaving channels open so people can join the flight of tens of hundreds of thousands of people who have made their way south. that is the israeli strategy, not because they want to destroy hospitals or kill the patients inside, it is because they believe these are hamas stronghold and they want to be able to take them on and deal with them

without the civilians. in to take them on and deal with them without the civilians.— without the civilians. in terms of the thousands _ without the civilians. in terms of the thousands leaving, - without the civilians. in terms of the thousands leaving, is - without the civilians. in terms of the thousands leaving, is this i the thousands leaving, is this tactical pause in the fighting that the idf has said is happening, is that still under way or is that window shut?— that still under way or is that window shut? �* ., , ., window shut? i'm not sure what time the window was _ window shut? i'm not sure what time the window was due _ window shut? i'm not sure what time the window was due to _ window shut? i'm not sure what time the window was due to close - window shut? i'm not sure what time the window was due to close today, i the window was due to close today, it has varied from one day to another, from three to four to as many as six hours and today we had for example a reference to jabalia, a refugee campjust for example a reference to jabalia, a refugee camp just north of gaza city, a window to enable people from there to join the exodus south. that would involve making their way through or around the edge of gaza city, so i can only assume that the israelis found some mechanism to try and make that possible, possibly by directing people towards the coast road which they pretty much control from one end of the city to the other. but yes, humanitarian pauses, tactical pauses, call them what you will, this is all part of an israeli strategy designed to empty gaza city

as much as possible of civilians. thank you so much for the update from jerusalem. the french president, emmanuel macron, has told the bbc that israel must stop killing babies, women and the elderly in gaza. in an interview at the elysee palace, he said israel had the right to respond to hamas's attack, but warned that the country could not fight terrorism by killing innocent civilians. he spoke to our europe editor katya adler. i was one of the first leaders to call the prime minister and president of israel after the terrorist attack, the 7th of october. we clearly condemn this terrorist attack and terrorist group, and recognise the right of israel to protect itself and react. but, day one, with this reaction and the fight against terrorism, because it is led by a democracy it should be compliant with international rules of war, and humanitarian international law. and day after day what we saw is the permanent bombing of civilians in gaza. we worked very hard

to try to protect people, our people, there because we, unhappily we lost more than a0 french nationals, and we still have hostages. and when i speak about that, at first i think about our families. but what happened during the past weeks is that we clearly saw that a lot of civilians were killed, and there is no justification for that. and the clear conclusion of everybody yesterday during the humanitarian conference, from united nations, to ngos, to all the governments being present, is that there is no other solution than first a humanitarian pause, going to a ceasefire which will allow to protect these people, to take care of people being in hospitals, and to protect babies, ladies, older people, all the civilians having nothing

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

these are the two big regional heavyweights with totally different agendas in this region so i think they are going to have to go for the lowest common denominator in terms of what they can all agree on which is an end to the fighting, a condemnation of israel's actions, and more humanitarian aid, and ultimately an end to israeli occupation of palestinian territories. where they are going to disagree is whether any concrete action should be taken, because algeria two days ago, during a meeting of foreign ministers, pushed for essentially an end to the abraham accords. they wanted countries like the uae, the united arab emirates, and bahrain to sever their relations with israel. there has been pushback on that, those countries don't want to do that, they want to keep channels open, even though they don't approve of what israel has been doing. iran has made it clear that it says this is not a time for words in gaza, it is a time for action and that is making people a bit nervous here, what do they mean by that?

we have already seen the houthis, who are an iranian ally in yemen, firing missiles towards israel, aiming at southern israel. you've had iranian—backed proxy militias in lebanon, syria, iraq, all firing missiles, and that is concerning the more conservative arab rulers here. so beneath the surface they're not united, but they will come up with a united stand condemning israel. syria's president, bashar al—assad, is here. i mean, this man was an absolute pariah in the arab world, he was essentially kicked out of the arab league from the 2011 uprising onwards, soon after that. he's only been rehabilitated a few months ago but he is here. you've got turkish president erdogan, who for a while was not on good terms with the saudi hosts here at all at the time of the jamal khashoggi murder five years ago and you've got leaders from all over the muslim world, you've got a number of african

leaders here and of course you've got president mahmoud abbas of the palestinian authority is here and he's been very outspoken. one of the things arab ministers have been saying to me privately, and i think this should make the west worried, they are saying that they view western attitudes to this as being one of double standards, of hypocrisy. why? because they said the west was very quick to condemn russia for its slaughter of civilians in ukraine, the terrible deaths there from missile attacks, and yet the numbers killed there are dwarfed by the numbers killed in gaza and they are saying western countries, particularly the united states, and the uk, have been muted at best when it comes to that. the leader of lebanon's iran—backed hezbollah group, hassan nasrallah, has called on the summit of arab and muslim leaders being held

in riyadh to urge washington to stop israel's military operation in gaza. in the speech aired live by hezbollah�*s tv station a short time ago. what else did he have to say? yes, this was the — what else did he have to say? yes, this was the second _ what else did he have to say? yes, this was the second a _ what else did he have to say? yes this was the second a speech by what else did he have to say? 123 this was the second a speech by them since the war, he spoke for more than an hour. no major announcement from him but he talked about the situation on the ground. he said that there were attacks carried out by hezbollah the past months, they will continue. he described actions along the lebanon israel border. he also said attacks had been intensified in the past week by

launching drones, more powerful missiles, and he also said that hezbollah has not been targeting positions deep inside as well. it was also interesting that he talked about attacks that have been carried out by groups in iraq and syria, attacks that have been targeting us basesin attacks that have been targeting us bases in those countries and also he talked about the attacks that have been carried out by the houthi rebels in yemen and these groups that have these so—called acts of resistance which has this alliance of the middle east which are supported by iran, so he was sort of taking up position as leader of this alliance by talking about the actions that have been carried out by those groups across the region. he said that these attacks are likely to continue because the americans are not putting pressure on israel to stop the war in gaza. again, he talked about how iran is giving support to those groups,

military support, political, financial support, military support, political, financialsupport, but military support, political, financial support, but he also said that iran is not the force that is deciding how these groups are going to act. so again, we have been talking about what has been happening along the lebanon israel borderfor weeks now and happening along the lebanon israel border for weeks now and fears that the violence that could escalate, that this could become another front in this conflict. you that this could become another front in this conflict.— in this conflict. you have been down to that border _ in this conflict. you have been down to that border where _ in this conflict. you have been down to that border where almost - in this conflict. you have been down to that border where almost daily i in this conflict. you have been down| to that border where almost daily we see exchanges of fire between israel and hezbollah. can you explain what it is like there? are civilians caught up in it?— it is like there? are civilians caught up in it? thousands of civilians. _ caught up in it? thousands of civilians, residents _ caught up in it? thousands of civilians, residents have - caught up in it? thousands of civilians, residents have left. civilians, residents have left villagers on the lebanese side of the border because of violence and most everyday hezbollah and the israeli army have exchanged along the border. today, the lebanese state media said that israel carried out an attack striking a position 50

kilometres away from the border and i think this was the deepest attack carried out by israel since the beginning of this conflict. so it really shows how volatile the situation is along that part of the country. and last week, and again today, hassan nasrallah did not indicate any kind of major escalation in terms of hostilities, in terms of the attacks that have been carried out by hezbollah, but again he is leaving the door open forfurther again he is leaving the door open for further attacks and again saying that the only way to prevent an escalation of this war is for the war in gaza to stop. i think in his speech he was addressing the united states in particular saying that the americans have been supporting israel in this conflict and he essentially said that the americans are the ones who can stop this war by putting pressure on israel to

stop this offensive in gaza. good to see you, thanks forjoining _ offensive in gaza. good to see you, thanks forjoining us _ offensive in gaza. good to see you, thanks forjoining us from - offensive in gaza. good to see you, thanks forjoining us from beirut. . let's return to the thousands of people marching through london in support of palestinians. the mets policing 300,000 people have taken part in that march. crows are making their way, they seem to have been coming to a standstill there, but thousands on vauxhall bridge making their way to the us embassy and it started from hyde park. live now to graham satchell who's following the protest. we can see a few people behind you who are walking, and the pictures are coming in live show things have stopped a bit, there seems to be a bit of a bottleneck, but tell us how it has been today.— it has been today. largely it has been peaceful. _ it has been today. largely it has been peaceful. we _ it has been today. largely it has been peaceful. we are - it has been today. largely it has been peaceful. we are just - it has been today. largely it has| been peaceful. we are just north it has been today. largely it has i been peaceful. we are just north of vauxhall bridge and i'm not sure that this is the back end of the

march yet, but it started at one o'clock and it is now almost 3:30pm london time, so this has been going for a considerable amount of time and still a sea of people screaming past us heading towards the us embassy. what we have seen here in the protest itself is noise, colour, you can imagine there is a good deal of enthusiasm for their cause and angen of enthusiasm for their cause and anger, placards, chanting free palestine, as you can see... free palestine! _ palestine, as you can see... free palestine! and _ palestine, as you can see... free palestine! and the _ palestine, as you can see... free palestine! and the key _ palestine, as you can see... free palestine! and the key arguments they want— palestine! and the key arguments they want to make here is arguing for an— they want to make here is arguing for an immediate ceasefire. this is all extraordinarily _ for an immediate ceasefire. this is all extraordinarily sensitive - for an immediate ceasefire. this is all extraordinarily sensitive here i all extraordinarily sensitive here in britain because today is armistice day, november the 11th, so there are in about people a week you have said this protest should not have said this protest should not have happened, that it was inappropriate. the prime minister himself described it as disrespectful. the home secretary had described this kind of march as

a hate march. have to say we have not seen any trouble at all. there have been arrests today but they have been arrests today but they have been arrests today but they have been from counter demonstrators, right—wing groups who have been doing their best to come into contact with this protest march and cause trouble. we believe that more than 80 people have now been arrested, but as you can see from this march itself, it is passionate, loud, and it is predominantly peaceful. loud, and it is predominantly eaceful. ~ :, loud, and it is predominantly eaceful. ~ ., loud, and it is predominantly peaceful-— loud, and it is predominantly eaceful. ., ., ., ., peaceful. what sort of tactics have the olice peaceful. what sort of tactics have the police used _ peaceful. what sort of tactics have the police used today _ peaceful. what sort of tactics have the police used today to _ peaceful. what sort of tactics have the police used today to try - peaceful. what sort of tactics have the police used today to try and i the police used today to try and ensure that this march did remain peaceful. ? flit? ensure that this march did remain peaceful- ?_ ensure that this march did remain peaceful. ? ensure that this march did remain eaceful. ? , , ., , , ., peaceful. ? city strategy has been a ve clear peaceful. ? city strategy has been a very clear one. _ peaceful. ? city strategy has been a very clear one, they _ peaceful. ? city strategy has been a very clear one, they have _ peaceful. ? city strategy has been a very clear one, they have changed l very clear one, they have changed the route of this march in agreement with the march organisers, so there have been a series of marches over three or four weeks now every saturday and in previous weeks they have marched past the cenotaph in the centre of london. today they

have been veered away from that on an agreed route. around the cenotaph itself there is an exclusion zone so none of these protesters can go anywhere near that. what the police have been trying to do is to make the counter protesters stay in the centre of london near the cenotaph and keep away from here. so far i would say that has been largely successful and where they counter demonstrators have tried to come in, 1015 minutes ago we were filming a number of people being arrested in a pub street away from here, there was a very heavy police presence there and people have been arrested, and so far from what we can see on the ground, the two groups have not been able to come together. it is still very early days, there is some time to go, but i think so far the metropolitan police here in london will be satisfied with the way this protest march has gone in terms of

safety. it protest march has gone in terms of safe . :, , , protest march has gone in terms of safe . .,, , ., protest march has gone in terms of safe . , ., ., safety. it has been good to have you with us throughout _ safety. it has been good to have you with us throughout the _ safety. it has been good to have you with us throughout the day, - safety. it has been good to have you with us throughout the day, grain, i with us throughout the day, grain, thank you so much, as we continue to look at these pictures from the helicopter camera. this is vauxhall bridge as it makes its way over the thames, the us embassy on the other side. the met police have released a number, they say 300 thousand people have taken part in the pro—palestinian protest. hello. after that misty and frosty start, it's actually turning out to be a very nice day across most of the uk — crisp with sunshine. it's not going to last, though. tomorrow we are expecting thicker cloud and outbreaks of rain, at least across some parts of the country. you can see the weather front approaching our neck of the woods here. the weather map showing that weather front later on today nudging into south—western parts of the uk, but ahead of it, as i say, a lot of fine weather. this is what it looks like for the rest of today. clear conditions across the bulk of the country, temperatures of around ten degrees,

but come the evening we are expecting that rain to reach cornwall, devon. it will nudge into wales as well late in the evening, then overnight possibly reaching northern ireland and also the midlands, as well as southern england. to the north of that, clearskies, light winds, a touch of frost widely across scotland and northern england. with that, also some mist and fog through the lowlands, maybe the vale of york. 0ut towards the west and the south—west, a different picture. we're stuck underneath that weather front, so it's going to be a grey and rainy story. let's have a look at the forecast at 11.00am on remembrance sunday. sunshine for inverness and for aberdeen, newcastle too, but then here's that weather front and it's raining from belfast through liverpool, manchester, birmingham, possibly in london. now notice that the rain isn't heavy at all. in fact, some drier slots there in the south of the country before another sort of clump of showers arrives later on in the afternoon. i think the rain will come and go in the south, perhaps being more persistent a little bit further north. but in the north of scotland, sunshine all through the day on sunday. monday onwards, it's a big low pressure parked

in the north atlantic. the weather fronts zipping our way. a really wet picture and also very, very windy. gale force winds are possible, particularly around these western coasts, but blustery inland too. again, it won't be raining all the time. i think later in the day on monday that rain will transfer northwards. relatively mild at 13 to 15 degrees celsius. looking at the outlook for the week ahead, a lot of these rain icons. perhaps a glimmer of hope of something brighter towards the end of the week, but that's still a long way off. wherever you are, have a good day.

this is bbc news — the headlines. an estimated 300,000 people are marching through central london in support of palestinians. it's believed to be the biggest such demonstration in britain since war broke out. almost 2000 officers have been deployed — and the police say they've arrested more than 90 people that they describe as counter—protesters. doctors inside the biggest hospital in gaza say one baby has died and more than 30 are at risk, as electricity has been cut amid a major israeli offensive. the director of al—shifa hospital says patients, especially those in intensive care, have started to die. the french president has said israel must stop killing babies, women, and the elderly in gaza.

speaking to the bbc, emmanuel macron said that while he condemned hamas and recognised israel's right to defend itself — there was "no legitimacy" or "justification" for israel's killing of civilians. now on bbc news: the interview. we're at the elysee palace in paris. that's the official residence and office of france's president. i've just been speaking to the current occupant, emmanuel macron, about some of the biggest global challenges facing us today, from the wars raging in the middle east and in ukraine to climate change and the new technologies changing all of our lives.