welcome to newsday. reporting live from singapore, i'm monica miller. the headlines: israel says his forces occurring carrying a targeted operation against hamas at the guards and al—shifa hospital. it is after the white house had us intelligence supports israel's claim that hamas is operating from tunnels under the hospital. a lot more ahead on the programme including: chinese president arriving in san francisco ahead of a much—anticipated meeting with joe biden at the asia—pacific summit. suella braverman hits back at the uk prime minister in a scathing letter following her dismissal as home secretary. the caribbean island of dominique says it will create the world's first sperm whale

reserve. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it's newsday. welcome to the programme. if you've just joined if you'vejustjoined us, if you've justjoined us, here's a if you'vejustjoined us, here's a quick if you've justjoined us, here's a quick update if you'vejustjoined us, here's a quick update on the latest development over the israel—gaza war. fighting between israel and hamas continue in gaza and this just in that israel says it's carrying out a precise and covert operation against hamas in a specified area the biggest hospital that al—shifa hospital. they said the intent is, quote, no harm is caused to civilians being used by hamas as human shields, however thousands of people including patients and medical staff are said to be sheltering around the hospital. the israeli military says idf was include medical teams and arabic speakers trained specifically to operate in this complex

environment. israel says the al—shifa hospital compound conceals an underground command centre used by hamas and this is a claim doctors deny. earlier the us that they have intelligence that hamas had a command centre under the hospital and are storing weapons there. it's the first time the us has supported israeli claims about hamas using civilian facilities but despite this the uss hospitals and patients must be protected. here is the pentagon's deputy spokesperson. we do have information that hamas and islamicjihad use in hospitals in the gaza strip including al—shifa hospital as a way to conceal and support the military operations and hold hostages.— hold hostages. they have tunnels underneath - hold hostages. they have - tunnels underneath hospitals and so hamas and pi] operate and so hamas and pi] operate and command note from al—shifa hospital and gaza city, they

have weapons stored there, and are prepared to respond to an israeli military operations against the facility. fill" israeli military operations against the facility. our chief international _ against the facility. our chief international correspondent l international correspondent orla guerin has to report which contains distressing images. gunfire war now resounds through deserted streets. this is gaza city. israel is pushing forward, despite international concern about the cost. its forces closing in on key targets. even planting israel's like inside the hamas parliament. its tanks are at the gates of al—shifa hospital and the white house says they have intelligence that there is a command centre under al—shifa, but they say the hospital and its patients

must be protected. and here are some of the most vulnerable. in a carefully choreographed video, released by the hamas run health ministry. it appears to show premature babies being transferred to an area which is well lit, with equipment working. the ministry says they had to be moved here when their incubators had lost power. we cannot verify this. in the grounds, so many decomposing bodies that a mass grave has been dug. these bodies have been in hospital for more than five days now. just across the gaza border, inside israel, wejoined ultraorthodox volunteers today, confronting

the darkest horrors. they are still searching forfragments of human remains inside bomb shelters, where israelis hid in terror last month when hamas attacked. well, the search has just begun here but, already, the team have found human remains. this difficult, painstaking work is going on every day. dna tests are continuing. funerals are still being held. for israel, 7 october hasn't ended, it is an ongoing national trauma. what you find here could bring an answer to some families. yes, sure, this is why we do this job. and we want to bring those families the announcement about their beloved ones. of course, it's the last thing they want to hear, that they're gone. yes, definitely. it's the last thing they want to hear,

but they want to hear something. that must be very hard to take away with you. it is something that will probably will remain with me for the rest of my life but it is a sacrifice i'm ready to do. the volunteers themselves get counselling to cope with what they see. orla guerin, bbc news, on the israel—gaza border. more than half of gaza and hospitals are non—functional according to what health organisation. �*iz according to what health organisation.— according to what health organisation. 12 and 1,000 babies are _ organisation. 12 and 1,000 babies are being _ organisation. 12 and 1,000 babies are being bought i organisation. 12 and 1,000 . babies are being bought every week in gaza on average. our correspondent who can't get into gaza has been working with freelance journalist who lives there and has used their footage to tell the story of the mothers struggling to find a safe place to give birth. born in a precarious world,

this is one david bolt stopped still to be named. his parents were bombing in gaza city. under the stress of war, he has been born and needs help to breed. in the next bed, a four—day old girl who is critical. there is been very time to name her either and they're running out of medicines which could treat her. incubators are still on at the al—aqsa hospital in central gaza but the fighting is drawing closer. this is her son, named by hospital staff. both his parents were killed in bombings. he was found cradled in his mother's palms. it's a painful time in his mother's palms. it's a painfultime in in his mother's palms. it's a painful time in gaza. it's excruciating for new mothers. four days ago this woman's baby

girl was born. she was heavily pregnant when she was forced to flee her home. translation: i've had to run more than once, walking under the constant threat of being bombed. i saw people's bodies being ripped apart. ifaced extreme apart. i faced extreme exhaustion apart. ifaced extreme exhaustion and scared for my baby's life. but hospital i got no painkillers while giving birth. , ., ., , ., birth. this woman has brought with her three _ birth. this woman has brought with her three children - birth. this woman has brought with her three children from i with her three children from more than 15 miles. she is pregnant. this is a refuge in a hospital compound. my children sleep on the sheet, i sleep on the ground, she says. so many women suffered miscarriages due to the terrifying sound of the explosion stop i was scared by the my baby. sometimes i felt like i couldn't feel my baby

move, she says. i had to carry my child and our bags. my children had been exposed to such horrors. dead bodies, cars bond with people inside. this is what she now faces, along with hundreds of thousands. people who had homes and jobs, boys and girls who had a childhood, struggling french a few drops of water. you get in the minute, bbc news, jerusalem. the conflict between israel and i must have proper glowing international concern and in washington, dc tens of thousands of people but a rally on tuesday to support israel and condemn anti—semitism in response to weeks of largely pro—palestinian demonstrations across the deeply divided united states. north america corresponded nomia iqbal reports from the rally.

since the war began there have been rallies and the nations capital and a couple of weeks ago, tens of thousands of people turned out to support palestinians and today, tens of thousands of people turned out to support israel. thinking to the stage for lawmakers, including the speaker of the house, mikejohnson who was joined on stage by democrats chuck schumer who expressed their full support for israel, backing president biden�*s position on this as well. in front of the stage there are a lot of young jewish americans holding up posters of the israeli hostages held by hamas and that was one of the major messages of the rally which was to bring the hostages home. some of family of hostages were also in attendance and giving speeches. manyjewish american students were here as well to call out what they say is a rise in anti—semitism on some campuses across america. there was a small group

of counter—protesters made up of rabbis and there was a small stand—off with other people but people have generally kept this rally very peaceful. nomia iqbal there. in nomia iqbalthere. in san francisco the apec summit is getting under way. the foreign investment to be focused on free trade and sustainable development, bring together almost every country on the pacific rim. the limitation is now on the meeting tomorrow between us presidentjoe biden and chinese president xi jinping, seeing him earlier arriving in san francisco. president biden arrived in california earlier and was greeted by the state's governor gavin newsom before travelling to report about what he wanted out of the meeting. feedback on a normal course of corresponding, picking up the phone and talking in a crisis, ensuring our military still have contact with one another.

we can't take, as i've told you, we're not trying to decouple from china. what we are trying to do is change the relationship for the better. as ever with the leaders of the world's two biggest economies there is plenty discussed but we can get it some of that with our next guest, jude blanchette, the freeman share in china study at the centre and international studies in american think tank based in washington, dc. thank you so much forjoining us. there, this and the second time in person that president biden has met president xi since he has beenin met president xi since he has been in this role, so what do you make of their relationship at this point?— at this point? strained full i think would _ at this point? strained full i think would be _ at this point? strained full i think would be a _ at this point? strained full i think would be a short - at this point? strained full i i think would be a short version of this. i think of course there is between these two

leaders, some amount of what's going on was inevitable and it is not theirfault going on was inevitable and it is not their fault but i think the chinese have come to see president biden as having his own containment strategy for china and of course here and in the united states we have framed xi jinping the united states we have framed xijinping is really an unprecedented leader in china, putting on a much more autocratic direction, so i both leaders are working within those domestic political constraints.— those domestic political constraints. , ., ., ., constraints. there is a lot of stake here. _ constraints. there is a lot of stake here. what _ constraints. there is a lot of stake here. what do - constraints. there is a lot of stake here. what do both i constraints. there is a lot of i stake here. what do both sides need to get out of this discussion?— need to get out of this discussion? yes, and is important _ discussion? yes, and is important to _ discussion? yes, and isj important to remember discussion? yes, and is- important to remember that both sides don't necessarily have similar objectives. i think here in the united states by denise trying to get a direct conversation with the leader in china who is increasingly surrounded by yes—men and make sure he understands the us position. think on the chinese

side they are trying to get some stabilisation which will be good for their economy and also i think their hope is if they can meet with biden directly and personally they might have some ability to shape future us policy actions in china. �* , , ., ., in china. briefly before we go, we may see — in china. briefly before we go, we may see some _ in china. briefly before we go, - we may see some announcements being made. any particular topics we should look for? yes, i think the _ topics we should look for? yes, i think the big _ topics we should look for? yes, i think the big one _ topics we should look for? yes, i think the big one is _ topics we should look for? yes, i think the big one is to - topics we should look for? yes, i think the big one is to see - i think the big one is to see if they will re—establish foreign military to military communications. that's the one with the broadest spillover effects of the entire globe and another is to see if they announce a new working group on climate change, again an issue that many see as necessary for them to map together on. jude blanchette, — them to map together on. jude blanchette, thank _ them to map together on. jude blanchette, thank you for joining us on the programme. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. voice-over: bbc, bringing you different stories _ voice-over: bbc, bringing you different stories from _ voice-over: bbc, bringing you different stories from across - different stories from across the uk. . different stories from across the uk. �* , ., , the uk. . as an investment which some _ the uk. . as an investment which some hope _ the uk. . as an investment which some hope will- the uk. . as an investment - which some hope will transform this part of whitby. this which some hope will transform this part of whitby.— this part of whitby. this 2.3 million i _

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the former uk home secretary suella braverman has published a scathing letter to the prime minister following a scathing letter to the prime ministerfollowing her minister following her dismissal on monday. ministerfollowing her dismissal on monday. in it, she says rishi sunak, she accuses him of recently repeatedly failing to deliver on key policies, saying he is incapable of doing so. ms braverman also accused mistress and lack of a betrayal of his promise to do whatever it takes to stop a small boat crossing. she says his plan is not working and he needs to change course urgently. as our political editor chris mason. what is the line, it never rains but it pours. suella braverman has an again as you might have a noticeable home secretary specialises in variable downpours. her latest target, the prime minister. he whether two of them in march.

there aren't any kisses on her letter to him tonight. she claims they did a deal. she'd back him to be prime minister if he delivered on key promises, including on immigration. in her missive, she writes: suella braverman once said her dream and obsession was to see planes taking off to rwanda with illegal migrants on board. she claims she came up with ideas to stop the policy being blocked by the european convention on human rights, which the uk is signed up to. she also repeats her criticism

of the pro—palestinian marches in london, saying more should have been done to ban them. her letter is eye—wateringly excoriating. i've never seen a resignation like it. i can't recall one from history. a cabinet minister finding himself on the radio had a go at claiming there's not much to see here... cabinet reshuffles are nothing new and as we go into what is probably a year before the next general election, it would be rather unusual, actually, if the cabinet was not reset at that point. what i experienced this morning when i attended cabinet was a united cabinet. united, having got rid of suella braverman. this is what mel stride was talking about. this strong and united team is going to deliver... the new cabinet met today. new faces, old faces and old new faces.

but this rejig, including david cameron, is winding up some conservatives who say the party has moved on since the eu referendum. 2016 was a mark... should have been a line in the sand, saying we are going to move from that political consensus back towards the views of ordinary people. there was a sign of hope of that in 2019 but my fear about the reshuffle is it marks that we have moved the other way. as for labour, you won't be surprised they are saying... suella braverman's letter isjust the latest instalment in a tory psychodrama that's been playing out over the last 13 years. cabinet reshuffles sometimes go unnoticed — not this one. chris mason, bbc news, at westminster. to iceland now. authorities have ordered a further security evacuation.

geological monitoring has revealed that the presence of sulphur dioxide gas is in the area. the bbc team filming there were among those urged to leave the town. jessica parker sent this report. the long road into grindavik — a town on the edge of this volcanic island. those who've had to leave hope for a chance to briefly return. we get permission to go in. inside, it's a ghost town that's being violently ripped apart. there's no time to waste for residents — it's grab and go. how does it feel having to pack up all your belongings like this? horrible. yeah, just terrible. just getting things for my kids and getting out of here. they have five minutes to decide what to save from further earthquakes or a possible eruption. you really feel the town could be destroyed? yeah, i believe so.

it's already — half of it is destroyed. the next few hours or days will tell us what is going to happen. suddenly, we're told we've got to go. everybody... siren wails evacuation now? there was a bit of a commotion and we were told the whole area was being evacuated. a stream of cars, those that were in grindavik, left. everyone seemed to be packing up. it was, we later hear, alarm that magma may be nearing the surface nearby. the recent earthquakes are beyond what anyone is used to. the wrench of having to leave your home — beyond words. jessica parker, bbc news, in grindavik. time to tell you about some potentially game changing device that could allow us to better prepare for weather extremes.

researchers say they have created a new ai tool that can predict big meteorological events like storms and hurricanes with greater accuracy than traditional weather forecasts. our climate editor justin rowlatt has this report. the weather is one of the most complex physical systems on earth. learning to forecast it accurately has transformed the way we live. it means we know what to wear in the morning, of course, but it also saves lives by giving us warning of extreme weather like impending storms, floods and heatwaves. the problem is traditional weather forecasts involve vast amounts of data and use some of the biggest supercomputers in the world. so it starts with about 800 million observations coming in every day. so those are from satellites observing the earth, they're from sensors on aircraft or buoys in the ocean. we then use our models to select which are going to be the most important. these are then ingested into a physics model, which then makes a prediction for the next hours and days

ahead. these models have been very successful, producing more and more accurate forecasts. ai takes a different approach. instead of trying to model how the world works, it learns how weather patterns evolve using historic data and bases its predictions on that, and it is getting very good. a new tool created by google deepmind now outperforms traditional medium range weather forecasts on virtually all measures. it uses much less computing power and can produce forecasts in undera minute rather than in hours. the main advantage of this ai approach is that it's extremely accurate. it learns from decades of data and is able to be more accurate than the industry gold standard. a second benefit of an ai model is that it's extremely fast to make prediction. it doesn't solve a complex equation, so it can make predictions extremely fast on a very small machine. the new tool called graph cast has proved particularly good at tracking big storms like hurricane lee, which hit the atlantic coast of

the us and canada in september. the traditional forecast predicted its path six days ahead. ai gave nine days warning, giving communities more time to batten down the hatches. but ai will never totally replace traditional numerical weather forecasting systems, say its designers, because the historic data it bases its predictions on is generated by those models. justin rowlatt, bbc news. extraordinary. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines. russia's president putin has pardoned the person convicted of the murder of a russian journalist. he was serving a 20 year sentence but signed a contract to serve with the russian army in ukraine. iraq's top court has ruled the country for the most powerful politician may be thrown out of parliament. the panel did not give a reason for

the verdict. and before we go, the verdict. and before we go, the tiny caribbean island of dominica is creating the world's first marine protected area for one of the earth's largest animals, the endangered sperm whale. nearly 800 square kilometres of ocean will be protected from large ships and commercialfishing to protected from large ships and commercial fishing to allow the endangered mammals to use the area is a key nursing and feeding ground. in pre— wailing days, an estimated 2 million sperm whales lived within earth's teewaters before there were dashed when they were hunted for oil which was used to burn lamps and lubricate machinery. scientists estimate about 800,000 sperm whales are left. that is all we have for you on this edition of newsday. if you want to follow the day's news, please visit our website. i am monica miller. thanks for watching.

hello there. although our fairly changeable, unsettled spell of autumn weather continues through the remainder of the week, there will be some windows of drier weather, particularly on wednesday, across the southern half of the uk. so bright and breezy, but cloudy and damp with outbreaks of rain at times across northern areas. all down to the fact that we've got a ridge of high pressure building in from the south, but low pressure with a couple of weather fronts drifting, particularly across parts of scotland. so through the day wednesday, then we start with the cloud and the rain for much of central southern scotland, northern ireland too. could even be a little bit of snow across the highest ground, the grampians highland as well. all sunshine, though, works for the northern isles towards caithness and sutherland into aberdeenshire later on in the day. temperatures here around 7 to 9. further south across england and wales should be dry and bright through much of the day.

temperatures here 12 or 13 degrees, but we've still got this cloudier zone in between. any of that rain tending to fizzle away overnight into thursday. but the next area of rain starts to arrive from the southwest early on thursday. it's going to be quite a cold night. it could be a touch of frost, particularly across parts of scotland with the lighter winds and the clearing skies. right, through thursday then, a couple of areas of low pressure, this one bringing some rain to parts of southern england, another one moving into northern ireland, wales, as well later in the day. should stay mostly dry for parts of eastern scotland, northeast england too, and temperatures range between around about 8 to 12 for most of us. but we're in that colder air still up towards the northern isles, but there'll be some sunshine. moving through thursday night into friday and the front�*s clear away for a time. we've got an area of high pressure trying to nudge in from the south. so that means friday is probably our driest and brightest day of the week for most places. could be the odd shower around, but the cloud could well increase from the southwest ahead of the next area of low pressure, bringing some rain. so temperatures on friday around 7 to 12 degrees for most of us.

still rather cool, turns milder into the weekend, but it turns wetter and windier too. low pressure moving in, lots of isobars on the map. so, rain, but you can see the orange colours flooding across the uk. that shows that that much milder air is on the way. it's going be quite breezy with the breeze coming in from a southwesterly direction. so the next few days then, we have got some rain around, particularly on thursday, drier as we head into friday for most of us. but then temperatures on the rise, but wet and windy for the weekend. bye— bye.

counting down to a meeting between the leaders of the united states and china. we look at what's at stake for the world's two largest economies. plus, cleaning up what's left behind. the nuclear industry in the uk faces an existential question. hello and welcome to asia business report. i'm monica miller. world leaders are arriving in san francisco for the ongoing summit of the asia pacific economic cooperation, or apec. the us presidentjoe biden has landed there and so has his chinese counterpart, xi jinping. they're set to meet for talks on the sidelines of the summit. the leaders of the world's two biggest economies have a lot

to discuss, not least for their ongoing disputes over trade, technology, taiwan, and fentanyl.