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tv   Newsday  BBC News  November 12, 2023 11:00pm-11:31pm GMT

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welcome to newsday. reporting live from singapore, i'm monica miller. the headlines... gaza's hospital crisis — officials say they've been forced to move premature babies from incubators into ordinary beds. but israel says this shows it is supplying fuel for gaza's biggest hospital. we'll have a special report on where all this is leading. perhaps the biggest question is, what happens in gaza the day after? who is going to be in charge? israeli occupiers? an internationalforce? palestinians — if so, which palestinians? the uk's home secretary, suella braverman, says some chanting at saturday's pro—palestinian march was "sick and clearly criminal". iceland's government declares a state of emergency
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and orders evacuations, with the chance of a volcanic eruption rising. live from our studio in singapore. it's bbc news. it's newsday. —— this is bbc news. welcome to the programme. there's growing concern about the dire state of hospitals in gaza. the biggest, al—shifa, is "not functioning at all" — that description coming in the past few hours from the world health organization. this map shows all of gaza's hospitals, marked by the red dots — the un says 20 out of 36 are no longer working. at al—shifa, premature babies have had to be moved out of their incubators, and there are reports that gaza's second—biggest hospital has run out of fuel.
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the bbc has managed to reach a surgeon inside the al—shifa hospital in gaza. here's some of what marwan abu sada had to say about conditions there. at al—shifa, out here we cannot see, everything is in total darkness, really. without electricity, without fuel, without water, even without food. and still, we are having more than 600 injured people. and we are suffering now with our babies, who we can't move from our neonatal icu. we are talking now about the 36 — it was 39 — who lost their lives. two of them was due to a lack of oxygen because of the bombardment two days ago to the main oxygen generator. they were a lack of oxygen, and today we lost another baby because of this environment. i'm afraid that we will lose all of these babies. we would like to move these
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babies to outside of gaza, to egypt, to keep them alive. because if we leave them in this situation here in gaza, then i think we will lose them all. we are besieged, we are under pressure from above, from the sky, by air strikes from israel, shooting from the sea. we are like hostages, all of us are like in a big prison, and the israelis are controlling the movement. it's now five weeks since hamas, designated a terrorist organisation by a number of governments — including the uk's — massacred 1,400 people in israel and took more than 200 hostages. since then, hamas officials say well over 11,000 people have been killed in israeli attacks on gaza. in this special report, our international editor jeremy bowen assesses what could happen next, in gaza and in israel. the beds were full when mosab was brought in wounded. gaza's medics have to improvise.
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and a photo of premature babies at shifa, the main hospital in gaza, swaddled to stay alive after their incubators stopped working when the power ran out. all born in the cruelty of war. in the other hamas—israel wars, it would be time for a ceasefire by now and back to the same uneasy status quo until the next explosion. news teams can't cross into gaza, so they come to sderot, the nearest israeli town, to look in. perhaps the biggest question is what happens in gaza the day after? who's going to be in charge? israeli occupiers? an internationalforce? palestinians — if so, which palestinians? this time, it's different. the cost in lives from the hamas attacks to israel's response has thrust the conflict into unknown territory. with israel on the attack, prime minister netanyahu rejected
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america's day—after plan. the us wants the palestinian authority rivals to hamas to run gaza after the fighting, and then, a palestinian state alongside israel. netanyahu opposes palestinian independence and wants israel to control security. danny yatom, once the israeli spy chief, said that's why the prime minister snubbed israel's most important ally. israel should not stay too long in the gaza strip, one. secondly, it will not be able to leave the gaza strip unless all the abductees are in our hands, back in a peaceful situation. and we won, we succeed hamas, we won the war against hamas. now there is a need to define, what does it mean exactly to win?
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i define it as the collapse of hamas as a body, as an organisation, losing its chain of command. israelis are united behind their army, but not their prime minister. these demonstrators outside his office injerusalem believe he is pandering to the hard—line jewish nationalists who keep him in power. another big question for israelis is the future of their prime minister, benjamin netanyahu. he was a divisive figure before the 7th of october. and since then, a lot of israelis have started to blame him for the security and intelligence and military errors that allowed hamas to attack with such devastating consequences. there's anger that after hamas killed and abducted so many, mostly israeli civilians,
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military and intelligence chiefs accepted their share of the blame and the prime minister did not. and pressure is growing for a ceasefire in exchange for hostages. what is fighting hamas? of course, the hamas needs to be taken down, 0k. but the question of how to do it is also a significant question. and before i want to kill one single terrorist, i want each and every one of these people home. i want the ten—month—old baby home. i want the 86—year—old home. i want that more than i want dead terrorists. 0nce they're home, we can finish the job. the pain and hatred unleashed since the 7th of october might overwhelm all those who still believe in peace, not permanent war. almost every day in the west bank, they bury more palestinians killed in israeli raids. this side of the occupied
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palestinian territories is becoming the war�*s next battleground. the only answer, western leaders say, is to revive the two—state solution — independent palestine alongside israel. a failed idea that survives only as a slogan. sabri saidam, an adviser to the palestinian president, has heard it all before. i think it's empty, it's meaningless if it continues to be this way. if you want to do things, don't just walk, don't just talk. you need to walk the talk and you need to implement things. if we continue with this sloganeering without any results whatsoever, we're getting nowhere. when this war started, joe biden warned israel not to be blinded by rage as america was after the 9/11 attacks by al-qaeda. now, israel's tactics are alarming the americans. they reiterate support for israel, but say too many palestinians have been killed by the war machine
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they helped israel build. inside gaza, israeli military censors say we can't show the faces of soldiers we filmed. senior western diplomats, firm israeli allies, told the bbc that ending the war and dealing with the aftermath will be difficult and messy. the wall betweenjerusalem and the west bank is a monument to the death of the last peace process. so what do we know? well, events since the attacks of october the 7th have shown that this conflict is not something that israel can manage and the rest of the world can ignore. there's also the history of a century of conflict between arabs and jews for control of this land. and that shows that there's no military solution. so if the current bloodshed doesn't lead to a new and serious attempt to make peace, then there'll be more wars for more generations. but war hardens hearts.
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in gaza today in a brief pause, thousands more palestinians fled the israeli offensive. jeremy bowen, bbc news, jerusalem. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. bringing you different stories from across the uk. villages who gathered to meet their mp in a pub car park in nottinghamshire have just found out about the latest proposal for a solar park. the great north road scheme plans battery storage for the grid, and a chain of what's called solar islands, linked by underground cables circling the village. i think that the majority of the community probably isn't against solar, but i think the dimension of this project is just so huge and vast. the proposals we're seeing covered dozens of villages, thousands of acres, and will have a profound impact on the landscape and the quality of life of people living in this area. the company behind the plan
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says if it goes ahead, they'll pay £1 million a year to projects suggested by the community. this is just the start of the consultation, which really gets going next year. as a nationally—significant infrastructure project, the final decision will be made by the secretary of state for energy. for more stories from across the uk, head to the bbc news website. you're live with bbc news. the uk's home secretary, suella braverman, has condemned some of the chanting and the placards at saturday's march in london, where protestors called for a ceasefire in gaza. she said some of them were "sick, inflammatory, and clearly criminal". 145 people were arrested — the vast majority described by police as right—wing counter—protestors. seven have been charged. here's our political correspondent helen catt. suella braverman�*s attendance
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at the cenotaph this morning was her first public appearance since her comments in a newspaper, saying there was a perception police played favourites with demonstrators and largely ignored pro—mobs. words, which some have claimed, were directly responsible for scenes like these. violence from far—right groups and football hooligans who formed the bulk of those arrested yesterday. posting on social media tonight, the home secretary said, that... but she said there had been... she went on to say...
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a question mark has been hanging over suella braverman�*s political future. labour has ratcheted up the pressure for her to go. it is undoubtedly the case that the home secretary made the job of the police harder this weekend. she inflamed tensions, she also attacked the police, undermined respect for the police at a really important time. a statement by the met, which said the intense debate about protest and policing in the run—up had increased contributed to increased community tensions. earlier, grant shapps distance himself from her words but denied they were to blame. the police, quite rightly, refer to the debate largely around weather this weekend was an appropriate weekend to go out and protest. which was stirred up by a colleague suella braverman? stirred up? discussed by, yes, but we live
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in a democratic society. there will be pressure on rishi sunak to make a clear decision. any choice the prime minister makes comes with political risk. back her, he may be accused of weakness and frustrate those tory mps who think her knack for attracting controversy has become damaging. but sack her, and he'll anger mps on the right of the party and potentially set up a vocal rival on the backbenches. earlier in downing street, a chance for rishi sunak to light candles with his family to mark the festival of diwali. the lights partly stand for good luck, which the prime minister may need as he heads into another challenging week. helen catt, bbc news, westminster. from the uk to france, tens of thousands of people have marched through central paris in a demonstration against anti—semitism. the speakers of the two houses of parliament called for a display of solidarity after a steep rise in anti—semitic actions following the october
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7th attacks by hamas and the israeli response. for the first time, a march attended by representatives of the major parties also included the far—right�*s marine le pen. 0ur correspondent high schofield has the details. —— hugh. difficult to put a number on how many people have turned out here in central paris for this march against anti—semitism let's just say that the invalide, which is a big space, is chockablock, and then moving off behind me now in the direction of the river, and along to the senate building on the other side of town. i spoke to many people here. it's a diverse mix. there are, of course, many, manyjews here, but many, many people who aren'tjewish who say they've turned up to express their solidarity with thejewish community and to make it clear that from their point of view, the kind of targeting ofjews as a people, as a religion in france, is not something which they as good republicans, can support. among jews you speak to here, there's a very sombre feeling, a feeling that things have changed
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in the last few weeks. a lot of people were saying to me that, yes, it's always been pretty bad. they've lived on their nerves at these moments of crisis in the middle east. but it's far worse now than in the past. a lot of people saying that they've done things like removing their mezuzahs from the front of their doors. they wear hats instead of kippahs when they go to the synagogue for shabbat. there is a real sense of anxiety among among thejewish community here, and therefore a satisfaction that there's been a big turnout here. another big topic on everyone�*s minds is the presence of the far—right here, or the hard right, the nationalist right, marine le pen. all thejews i have spoken to here today say, we've had our problems with her party. but anyone who lends their voice to the fight against anti—semitism, is, as far as we're concerned, welcome. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines. the defence chiefs of the united states, south korea, and japan have agreed to share
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real—time data on north korean missile launches next month. at the annual security talks in seoul, the allies also agreed to put in place a multi—year plan for regular trilateral drills by the end of the year. meanwhile, north korea has called fora un command meeting — scheduled next week in south korea — to be dissolved, calling it an "illegal war organisation". 50,000 displaced people in myanmar�*s shan state remain desperate for aid. trade routes have been cut off and several towns seized since an anti—junta offensive was launched at the end of october by three ethnic minority insurgent groups. the un has appealed for an immediate ceasefire. rescue workers in northern india are attempting to reach around a0 construction workers trapped inside a tunnel they were building in the himalayas. a 200—metre section of the structure in uttarakhand state collapsed early on sunday,
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blocking a stretch of up to 50 metres with debris. officials say there's been no communication with the trapped workers, but they are believed to be safe and have acccess to an emegency oxygen supply. the chance of a volcanic eruption in iceland is now rising, posing a threat to the town of grindavik, which has been evacuated. iceland has declared a state of emergency after a series of earthquakes — and the country's meteorological office says there is a considerable risk of an eruption. rachel mcadam has more. this is grindavik, the small town in iceland which has been evacuated over fears of a volcanic eruption. thousands of tremors have rocked the region in the last few days, like this one. the impact can be seen already, with cracks in the road like this
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one, and damage like this that has happened at a golf course. now in terms of its location, grindavik is a very small town in the southwest of iceland, and it's around a0 km from the capital, reykjavik, to the southwest. now if i zoom back in, the volcano that everyone�*s worried about is located just here, so not far from grindavik at all. something else that isn't far from grindavik is the blue lagoon — the world—famous tourist attraction is a thermal spot and was closed earlier this week as a precaution. last night, thousands of residents of grindavik spent a second night in temporary accommodation after they were evacuated because of the fears of a volcanic eruption. here's what some of them had to say. translation: this is| a very strange feeling. i've been tearful, it's been a long 2a hours. even though it's been a very difficult time, it's heart—warming to see the solidarity in times like this. iceland is one of the most geographically volcanic regions in the world.
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it has over 30 active volcanoes — and this one in the recognised region was dormant for 800 years, until this eruption in 2021. now, although seismic activity in grindavik has decreased overnight, experts are warning that there is still a river of magma flowing beneath the peninsula that could burst through the earth's crust any day. ceremonies have been held around the world to mark remembrance sunday. in the uk, king charlesjoined other members of the royal family and senior politicians for the national service of remembrance at the cenotaph in central london. nicholas witchell reports. at a time of turmoil and division, a pause for reflection and remembrance.
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at 10.59am, the king led senior members of the royal family to their positions in readiness for the national two minutes' silence, when those who lost their lives in the world wars and other conflicts are remembered. big ben chimes the hour
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last post in whitehall, after the sounding of the last post, the king laid his wreath on behalf of the nation to stand upright against the cenotaph's northern face. the political leaders laid their wreaths followed by the high commissioners and the military chiefs. and then it was the turn of the veterans, some 10,000 men and women. among them, a 98—year—old who landed on d—day. all with their own memories of service and many with memories of loss. nicholas witchell, bbc news.
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people living near rome had a surprise last night, when a large male lion was spotted wandering past their homes, along residential streets in the town of ladispoli. the animal had escaped from a nearby circus — as sophia betitza reports. mama mia! last night, panic and astonishment in this italian town as this lion escaped from a local circus. the animal, known as kimba, was spotted by several people casually wandering the streets. the seaside town of ladispoli, north of rome, was placed on lockdown alert. the mayor warning its 40,000 residents to stay at home. the search for the lion was not easy. this footage taken from a police helicopter shows how tricky it was to spot him at nightfall. even though he was hurt and limping, he was able to get away multiple times.
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but after seven hours on saturday night, the authorities finally captured and sedated kimba. he weighs more than 480 lbs. after a night of recovery, kimba is back in his cage with his brothers and sisters. his trainer says his escape posed little threat. translation: these animals are used to contact with humans. _ they don't fear people, they don't hate people and they live peacefully with us. but many have criticised the circus for using wild animals. a practice that is considered cruel and is banned in many other countries, including the uk. this magnificent sight may have sent temporary fright through the streets of ladispoli, but few here will forget the day the circus came to town and kimber�*s impromptu walkabout. sophia bettiza, bbc news.
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diwali celebrations have been taking place in india and across the world. this was the scene in mumbai with fireworks to mark the hindu festival of lights. more than one billion people are celebrating worldwide — it's also widely celebrated in nepal, malaysia, fiji and other countries with large south asian diasporas. a dinner menu for first—class passengers on board the titanic has sold at auction for 83,000 pounds. it's believed to be the only one in existence from 11 april, 1912 — three days before the ship hit an iceberg and sank. the menu shows signs of water damage and reveals that passengers dined on shellfish, salmon, and victoria pudding. that's all for now — stay with bbc news.
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hello there. after a quiet couple of days, things are looking a lot more unsettled now. certainly for the next 24 hours, some of us could see a stormy spell of weather associated with storm debi. met office have a number of warnings issued and some amber warnings for severe gales across northern ireland, which could be extended across the irish sea into parts of north west england and southwest scotland. now, storm debi is likely to affect much of the western side of the country through the night and certainly into monday morning. damaging winds and heavy rain which will spread northwards. head online to check out all the latest weather warnings. here it is, a secondary small area of low pressure, close to the parent low, moving northwards. but the biggest impacts will be felt across the republic of ireland during monday morning. but heavy rain will spread northwards across all areas. and a mild start across the south, quite chilly in the north. a blustery start to all areas, that band of heavy rain will continue to spread northwards,
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eventually pushing into scotland as we move through the morning, particularly eastern scotland. but the winds really ramping up from around 6am onwards, gusts in excess of 60—70mph. northern ireland, across coastal parts of north wales, northwest england, maybe even higher than that, 70—80mph exposure. further south, it will be blustery through the morning, but not quite as windy as it will be further north. and into the afternoon, skies will brighten up for large parts of england and wales, with sunny spells and a few scattered showers. and it will be noticeably mild, highs of 13—16 celsius in the south, 9—11 celsius further north. storm debi continues to pull away during monday evening into the north sea. then we're left with blustery conditions through monday night, scattered showers and clear spells. most of the showers in the north and the west. and, again, most places will be frost free, temperatures of 5—11 celsius. it stays quite unsettled as we head into tuesday, this area of low pressure sitting to the northwest of the country will bring showers or longer spells
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of rain maybe to northern ireland, certainly to western scotland. elsewhere, it's sunny spells, scattered, blustery showers. most of the showers pushing into western areas, a few eastern areas could see lengthier, sunny spells. and again, it'll feel quite mild temperatures of around 10—14 celsius. as we move through the week, it looks like it'll stay fairly unsettled. there is a chance of another spell of wet and windy weather perhaps across southern britain on thursday. certainly one to watch. but keep up to date with all the weather warnings with regards to storm debi.
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this is bbc news. we will have the headlines at the top of the hour as newsday continues straight after hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i'm stephen sackur. the us is still the world's most powerful nation, but its ability to shape geopolitics, to suit its own interests, is under severe strain. president biden portrays america's backing for ukraine's war against russian aggression and israel's war on hamas as a twin defense of a values—based international order. but much of the world isn't buying it. inside america, too, there is significant pushback.
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my guest is fiona hill, former us national security

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