the israeli army conducts a raid on part of 6323's largest hospital — al shifa. hamas is accused of using the site to conceal a command centre. the uk supreme court will soon rule on whether the government's flagship plan to send asylum seekers to rwanda is lawful. and the puteketeke bird wins new zealand's bird of the year poll with record votes — after a campaign by us—based comedian, john oliver. world leaders are arriving in san francisco for the ongoing summit of the asia pacific economic co—operation, orapec. but all eyes will be on the us presidentjoe biden and his chinese counterpart, xijinping. they are set to meet for talks on the sidelines. the leaders of the world's two biggest economies have a lot to discuss — not least their ongoing disputes over trade, technology, taiwan and the drug fentanyl. the bbc�*s james clayton is in san francisco

and sent us the latest. well, apec has started here and it's really a huge moment for the city of san francisco. it's the biggest summit to be held here since the united nations charter was signed here in 1916. and this is really a huge economic summit. you're talking about more than 50% of all of the world's trade belongs to the 21 nations who'll be attending here this week. and we're talking about 40% of the world's population, by the way. so it's a big economic conference. but by far the biggest ticket item here is the meeting betweenjoe biden, president biden, and his counterpart in china, president xijinping. now, relations between those two nations have not been particularly good of late. they last met last year in indonesia. and since then, you had that moment where the american government shot down a chinese spy balloon.

you've had flaming tensions in the south china sea. and you've also had joe biden ramping up a ban on high level ships, which really hurts the chinese economy. so diplomatic sort of tensions between those two countries. but there has been a sort of thawing in recent times and there have been a number of discussions recently. now, there is no real indication that any high level agreements will be made here this week. but there are hopes that at least the countries�* militaries between china and america will actually begin speaking again. and there might be some announcements around things like artificial intelligence and the production of fentanyl. a lot of the fentanyl on the streets of san francisco actually comes from china through mexico and across the border. so there might be a few things that the two countries can agree on, but i think there isn't much hope from what i can see, that there's going to be any kind of high level diplomatic agreement here. fears are mounting of a possible volcanic eruption in southern iceland. almost 4,000 people have been evacuated

from the town of grindavik. there has been a series of earthquakes, causing cracks in roads and structural damage to buildings. 0ur correspondentjessica parker was one of the evacuees, and she has the latest. 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? it's 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. and the next few hours or days will tell us what is going to happen. suddenly, we're told we've got to go. siren wails. sorry, but we — everybody... evacuation? 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. best—case scenario is if this magma just erupts on a nice area of this segment — that it doesn't threaten any infrastructure. worst—case scenario is then that grindavik will be affected directly of this potential eruption. 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. hundreds of people have spent a night away from home in the south—west of england after a tower block in bristol was evacuated following the discovery of "major structural faults." the council says there's no immediate risk to health or life, and emergency services are on standby as a precaution. amanda parr reports. just the bare essentials, hastily packed cases and rucksacks, and around 400 people left their homes with no idea when or if they might return. we've never, ever had anything like this before. fires, yeah, but, erm... ..not having to move out. where i'm going? i have four kids. where i take them now at this time? the mosque is full. where i'm going? it is burning, because you don't see the people when they knock our door and everybody rushing out, and, "what's happened? what's happened ? " start asking people,

everybody pass it to the other one. and he didn't know, he didn't know — "we are waiting for the council. and somebody is going to..." it's not like that. so, shock, angerand in some cases complete despair. where are they going to stay? how we manage to get them to school tomorrow? how am i going to go to work tomorrow? that's what things are. i don't have no flat. i don't have nowhere to stay. it's tough, to be honest. i'm panicking. i'm so panicked. it's so difficult to me. i'm so sorry. sorry you're going through it. i know. it's so horrible, so horrible. the city council declared a major incident. they said surveys showed the building would not be safe in the event of a fire or explosion. there are significant structural faults. so we surveyed three flats out of the 98 within the building. it gives us a smattering — a smaller bit of evidence that led us to believe, actually there could be a wider problem. so we're now going to conduct a range of surveys over the next week.

housing officers and welfare support workers have been on hand, but many have called for better communication after the shock announcement that left them reeling and out in the cold. every year, new zealand conducts an annual poll to vote for the country's bird of the year. and we have a winner — the australasian crested grebe, the puteketeke. the poll is run by a conservation group — and this year, there was a record number of votes from nearly 200 countries. so many, in fact, that it crashed the poll's online verification system and delayed the results for two days. and it's all because of a global campaign for the bird, by this man. i don'tjust want the puteketeke to win, i want it to win in a huge landslide. i wanted to do what it does to fish innocent lives, eat them alive and throw them back

up in a ball of feathers. phil mercer has been gauging reaction to the result of the poll, and john 0liver�*s influence over the outcome. if you listen to critics ofjohn 0liver�*s global campaign in new zealand, they liken his interference in this bird of the century poll to russia's alleged meddling in the 2016 us presidential election. and certainlyjohn 0liver�*s campaign did go around the world. he had adverts in london, paris, mumbai and tokyo. he also flew a banner over ipanema beach in brazil and the result was a landslide. the putekeke received about 290,000 votes. the second place bird received 13,000 votes. so certainlyjohn oliver and his legion of followers around the world have secured a win for a very unusual bird. john oliver described the puteketeke as a weird,

puking bird with a colourful mullet. and what more can you say? there were people who believe that the bird has great parenting skills, but this online poll is organised every year by a conservation organisation in new zealand that brings attention to the plight of native birds in new zealand. and we understand there are about a thousand of the puteketekes left in the wild. so certainly a very serious side to this. but this is an event that's had controversy. it's been alleged that one person voted 40,000 times this year for the eastern rock hopping penguin. and back in 2021, this bird competition in new zealand was won by a bat. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. bringing you different stories from across the uk. some hope will transform

this part of whitby. this could change the way that people use the bridge, certainly how they use the areas around it. these ideas have been put forward by the council, with pedestrianised walkways aiming to make this part of whitby feel more connected. as yet, nothing is been agreed. members of the public are being asked to give their ideas as to how the money will be spent. a general tidying up of the harbour side and the coastal frontage areas. to make it a bit safer to cross. at least a dozen more sculptures. the improvement work could start next year. a future that could now be shaped by those that live here. for more stories from across the uk, head to the bbc news site.

you're live with bbc news. the uk's supreme court will deliver its ruling shortly on whether the government can go ahead with its plan to deport asylum seekers to rwanda. it's been a long legal battle between immigration charities and the government — but what exactly does the scheme entail? here's simi jolaoso with more. the government's rwanda scheme — or rwanda policy — was announced in april last year as a five—year trial to deport migrants who come into the uk illegally to the east african nation. 0ver there they could try and settle as a refugee or claim asylum in another country. the government's hope was that the scheme would deter people from trying to come into the uk through illegal or dangerous methods. here's what the then home secretary, priti patel, had to say when it was announced. we ministers stand here today absolutely committed to changing some of the norms around the broken global migration system because for too long other countries and by the way, naysayers, just sit on their hands

and have been watching people die. last year, 45,700 people crossed the english channel to try to get into the uk using a small boat, and that's the highest number ever recorded. just three years prior, in 2019, that number was only 1843. the first flight to rwanda was scheduled to depart with up to seven migrants lastjune. however, it was cancelled just minutes before take—off because of a ruling by the european court of human rights. a group of asylum seekers and campaigners who say the scheme is cruel brought a case against the government and last year the high court ruled that the scheme was lawful. but this year the court of appeal said it was unlawful because it breaches article three of the european convention on human rights, which prohibits torture and inhuman treatment. while the rwandan government said that all migrants would be entitled

to full protection under rwandan law. the former home secretary, suella braverman, who was recently sacked over her comments on pro—palestinian protests, remained persistent. she said it was a dream, even an obsession, to see a plane taking off for rwanda. they will not stop coming here until the world knows that if you enter britain illegally, you will be detained and swiftly removed. removed back to your country if it's safe or to a safe country, a safe third country like rwanda. well, until all legal proceedings come to an end, no flights deporting migrants to rwanda can take off. and this court's decision is a pretty big one. it's pivotal for the conservative party ahead of the next general election. but, also, it can help magnify calls by conservatives,

by some conservative lawmakers, to try to pull britain out of the european convention on human rights. the first new nuclear power plant to be built in the uk for decades, hinkley point c, is currently under construction. nearly all of the country's existing reactors have either been shut down already — or are approaching the end of their useful lives — and cleaning up what's left behind will take decades. 0ur correspondent theo leggett reports. inside a nuclear power station. for decades, the two reactors at hinkley point b provided enough electricity to power one and a half million homes in the south west of england. but last year it shut down. beneath my feet is the core of the nuclear reactor. for nearly half a century, it was generating huge amounts of electricity, operating at high temperatures and under enormous pressures. but now the reactors being shut down and the highly radioactive contents need to be removed and removed safely. and that's what this machine

over here is all about. it's a heavily shielded crane which pulls the old fuel elements out of the core. the fuel assembly that is being left it contained eight fuel elements. those fuel elements are highly radiated and can be lethal but the whole point of this entire setup is to make sure that nobody comes anywhere near that field. the few assemblies _ anywhere near that field. the few assemblies are _ anywhere near that field. the few assemblies are taken _ anywhere near that field. the few assemblies are taken to - anywhere near that field. the few assemblies are taken to a - anywhere near that field. the few assemblies are taken to a special| assemblies are taken to a special cell where they are taken apart. they are then placed in special rugged containers before being driven away into storage. we have been trusted _ driven away into storage. we have been trusted for _ driven away into storage. we have been trusted for years _ driven away into storage. we have been trusted for years to - driven away into storage. we have been trusted for years to operate l been trusted for years to operate this plant— been trusted for years to operate this plant safely and during that time, _ this plant safely and during that time, that included handling the nuclear— time, that included handling the nuclear fuel and that is what we are doing _ nuclear fuel and that is what we are doing now — nuclear fuel and that is what we are doing now. we are taking it out and 'ust doing now. we are taking it out and just not_ doing now. we are taking it out and just not replacing it with new fuel. emptying — just not replacing it with new fuel. emptying all the fuel will take four

years and cost £1 billion. but that is just the start. afterwards, other start can bit in —— begin. the reactors themselves won't be dismantled for some 60 years. the ways they have created during the life span will remain in storage. campaigners say that is reason enough not to build any more nuclear plants. the enough not to build any more nuclear lants. ., , , ., plants. the main lesson we should learn is that _ plants. the main lesson we should learn is that we _ plants. the main lesson we should learn is that we still _ plants. the main lesson we should learn is that we still don't - plants. the main lesson we should learn is that we still don't have - plants. the main lesson we should learn is that we still don't have an | learn is that we still don't have an ounce of what to do with nuclear waste at any scale and the more highly radioactive waste that comes from the proposed new plants are going to be even more of a problem. yet a stone's throw away from hinkley point and be a huge new nuclear plant is taking shape. hinkley point c. it'll start generating in four years' time, but one day it too will have to close. and plans for its eventual demolition at the end of the century are already in place. theo leggett, bbc

news, hinkley point. the number of people smoking across the uk is now at record low levels — despite this, new figures suggest millions of cigarette buts are still being discarded every day. the campaign group �*keep britain tidy�* say cigarettes now account for more than 60% of all litter in england. 0ur correspondent tim muffett reports. when you think of littering, the forest may not be the first place that comes to mind. there�*s some just down here. oh, i see — i can see it, yeah. yeah, so this is getting like — this is another one. wherever i see rivers or wash—throughs or pipes, i expect to see trash because it all gets funnelled in. within the covered wilderness of our woodlands, the spread of our contamination is becoming more apparent — thanks to the work of a group of mountain bikers. trash free trails began six years ago by dom ferris, and his two passions of mountain biking and conservationism combined. if you speak to anyone, you know — a group of kids, especially — you say, you know, what animal comes to mind when you think

about the harm that plastic pollution does? you know, and it�*s turtles, dolphins, whales. but, you know, four to 23 times more plastic pollution�*s entering our terrestrial ecosystems than is the oceans, so it has to be doing similar types of harm to the wildlife in these places. mark is one of the many volunteers. he�*s now an ambassador for the group, as it�*s an issue that�*s close to his heart. does it annoy you at all? as i said when i first started cleaning trails, i used to be really angry and i used to walk around with a face like thunder. the group�*s just released their state of our trails report, shedding further light on the scale of the issue. over the past three years, trash trails have collected at least 120,000 different individual pieces of litter — and the highest polluters, amounting to 15% of everything they�*ve collected, have been plastic single—use drinks containers.

and a third of everything that�*s been picked up have shown signs of animal interaction — and there�*s real concern about the deadly impact our rubbish could be having on wildlife. clear signs of animal interaction with this, with this packet of crisps here — all these chew marks. really sadly, 21% have reported signs of animal death. now there�*s different kinds that we record that. so there would be the obvious kind — finding remains, either of invertebrates or, you know, again, a bit more sadly, keystone species like mice, voles. and a lot of those, sadly, are kind of trapped inside bottles because they�*ve gone in after it and can�*t get their way back out. what would you like to see from this report, and what would you like to see from the government implement? we strongly believe that a deposit—return scheme will make a massive overnight difference. so, you know, you buy yourself... you buy yourself a one—litre water bottle from a supermarket and drink it, you take it back and you get 10p or 20p back on that.

you actually — you do pay 10p or 20p more, but by taking it back, you get your deposit returned. drinks bottle. scotland was due to be the first country in the uk to implement a deposit—return scheme earlier this year, but that�*s been delayed until 2025, as it works with the rest of the home nations on a similar approach on the issue. the cleaner our forests, the cleaner they�*ll remain — that�*s trash free trails�* hope — but also that their work will keep our wildlife safe and ourforests edens we�*ll want to drop into for years to come. tomos morgan, bbc news, llandegla. an apology from the bbc. as bbc news covered initial reports that israeli forces had entered gaza�*s main hospital, we said that "medical teams and arab speakers" were being targeted. this was incorrect and

misquoted a reuters report. we should have said idf forces included medical teams and arabic speakers for this operation. we apologise for this error, which fell below our usual editorial standards. the correct version of events was broadcast minutes later. we will be covering the rolling coming from the supreme court very shortly and if you are interested in watching our live stream, you can watching our live stream, you can watch it live on our website. you are watching bbc news. live now to our correspondent helena wilkinson. this reading we are expecting on the place mat issue. if you could just tell us how we got here. place mat issue. if you could 'ust tell us how we got here.�* place mat issue. if you could 'ust tell us how we got here. through a complicated _ tell us how we got here. through a complicated legal _ tell us how we got here. through a complicated legal battle. - tell us how we got here. through a complicated legal battle. if- tell us how we got here. through a

complicated legal battle. if we - tell us how we got here. through a| complicated legal battle. if we cast our minds back to april last year, when the government announced its rwanda policy. that policy that some asylum seekers will be sent to rwanda for asylum claims to be processed over there. that was in april, then injune there was a first flight that was due to take off. however, that was blocked at the very last minute. a judge of the european court of human rights in strasbourg blocked that flight and since then, there have been, the plans have gone through the courts, the high court. also earlier this year, the court of appeal ruled that the government�*s plans to send some asylum seekers to rwanda was unlawful. and so after that, the government then sought permission to appeal that decision here at the supreme court. there are five

justices who have been considering the government�*s proposals, the rwanda plan. they sat at a hearing last month in october, over three days and very shortly, we will hear theirjudgment. there are a couple of unrelated judgment is expected to be handed down before the one related to the government�*s rwanda plan. we expect theirjudgment to be handed down between ten, 1030 this morning. there are a lot of cameras, camera crews, journalists here. clearly this is a huge significant day for the government and its difficult tojudge which day for the government and its difficult to judge which way this will go. but they have had these plans in place, as i say, since april of last year and no one has been put on a flight to rwanda since because of the legal battles. and so we are expecting thatjudgment to be handed down by five justices and what they are looking at, what they

are considering, is whether the plan is lawful or not. whether they will endorse the court of appeal�*s hearing earlier this year. we will get theirjudgment live so we can bring that you live as it is handed down by the five justices very shortly, but a huge amount of interest here at the supreme court, the uk�*s highest court for that judgment. the uk's highest court for that 'udument. �* .,, i. the uk's highest court for that judgment-— the uk's highest court for that 'udument. �* ,., judgment. and as you say, it is a uk's highest _ judgment. and as you say, it is a uk's highest court. _ judgment. and as you say, it is a uk's highest court. if _ judgment. and as you say, it is a uk's highest court. if it - judgment. and as you say, it is a uk's highest court. if it doesn't l judgment. and as you say, it is al uk's highest court. if it doesn't go uk�*s highest court. if it doesn�*t go the government�*s way, could we see a further appeal to the european court of human rights? it�*s further appeal to the european court of human rights?— of human rights? it's possible. as i sa , this of human rights? it's possible. as i say. this is — of human rights? it's possible. as i say. this is uk's _ of human rights? it's possible. as i say, this is uk's highest _ of human rights? it's possible. as i say, this is uk's highest court, - of human rights? it's possible. as i say, this is uk's highest court, so i say, this is uk�*s highest court, so in terms of in the uk, an appeal stands as faras it in terms of in the uk, an appeal stands as far as it can go. it�*s difficult to set the moment what the would do if it loses here at the supreme court. in terms of their plans, which has been front and

centre of rishi sunak�*s immigration policy, but all they have to go back to the drawing board? and perhaps see if there is another country which they might be able to work with that is not rwanda. so we will expect out of the judgment here for the government to make a statement and we expect thatjudgment, as i say, very shortly. and we expect that 'udgment, as i say. very shortly._ say, very shortly. thank you very much. helena _ say, very shortly. thank you very much. helena welcomes - say, very shortly. thank you very much. helena welcomes there i say, very shortly. thank you very | much. helena welcomes there for say, very shortly. thank you very - much. helena welcomes there for us at a very noisy supreme court. we can see inside the court already and we will bring you that live as it happens. it�*s coming up, we are expecting it in the next ten minutes or so. expecting it in the next ten minutes orso. it expecting it in the next ten minutes or so. it is time now to look at the weather. hello the generally unsettled weather is set to continue, but with some windows of drier weather, one of which is today for many parts of england and wales. not all because further north, along with northern ireland,

scotland, we�*ve got some showers or longer spells of rain. that�*s here on the satellite picture. there�*s our window of dry weather further south, but already looming large — the next area of cloud and our next area of low pressure, which is going to bring more rain in following this little ridge of high pressure later tonight and for tomorrow. and this time, more so in the south. but for today, it�*s showers and longer spells of rain across parts of scotland, hill fog and snow here. for the far north of scotland — bright, a bit chilly. the showers currently across parts of northern ireland easing northwards but affecting southwest scotland and northern england, whilst any showers further south should become fewer and further between. it�*s a windy day, or it�*s certainly blustery out there, but the winds will ease down later ahead of this next approaching area of low pressure, which looks to bring more rain through the night across the southern half of england and the southern half of wales. further north, the cloud tends to fade a little bit, allowing some patchy fog and some patchy frost. so a little bit colder to start tomorrow morning in the north. in fact, a chillier day

on the whole because it starts chilly in the north. the fog takes a while to clear. and we�*ve got the rain and the strong winds, gales through the channel, potentially pushing that rain eastwards, more showers or longer spells of rain following as well. so more unsettled day for england and wales and northern ireland, perhaps a little bit drier, rather chilly across scotland. and then we have another window of drier weather moving back in this next ridge of high pressure, pushing these weather fronts away, but already looming large — the weekend�*s low pressure system. so we are concerned because there are still a dozen or so flood warnings in force. the ground saturated, more rain through the day on thursday in the south and then for the weekend. but friday, yes, chilly to start, some fog around as well. then it�*s mostly dry until late on. but for the weekend, we�*ve got our next significant low pressure coming in. some windier weather, some wetter weather for most parts. we could see another 20 millimetres of rain, if not more on saturated ground because it�*s moisture laden, mild atlantic air coming in. so the concerns continue for further flooding. the river levels, of course, high, the ground saturated and as ever,

you�*ll be able to find the latest warnings on the website.

live from southern israel,

this is bbc news. the israeli army is carrying out a raid in part of gaza�*s largest hospital — al—shifa. idf forces are carrying out a precise and targeted operation against hamas in a specified area in the al shifa hospital. an eyewitness inside the hospital tells the bbc, soldiers are questioning people there. hamas is accused of using the site to conceal a command centre. i�*m lucy grey in london. the other headlines... and we�*re live at the uk supreme court — which will shortly rule on whether the government�*s flagship plan to send asylum seekers to rwanda is lawful. join us live for thatjudgment which we will bring to you live, with full analysis afterwards.

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