the headlines... us presidentjoe biden says he's made "real progress" in four hours of talks with his chinese counterpart xijinping in san francisco. i'm helena humphrey at the apec summit in san francisco, i'll bring you all the latest on that face—face to meeting aimed at easing tensions between the us and china. israel says its soldiers have found military equipment during a raid on gaza's biggest hospital — hamas denies using the hospital as a miltary command centre. the un security council passes a resolution calling for "urgent and extended" humanitarian pauses in the fighting in gaza. in the uk — labour leader sir keir starmer suffers a major rebellion —

as more than 50 of his mps call for a ceasefire in gaza. you're watching bbc news — broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in san francisco, where president biden says "real progress" has been made at a highly—anticipated meeting with his chinese counterpart, on the sidelines of an asia—pacific summit. xijinping described beijing's relationship with the us as the most important in the world. this isjust their second in—person meeting since president biden assumed office. and during that time, relations have deteriorated significantly. we'll be live with our correspondent in san francisco shortly. but first this report from our north america editor sarah smith.

with a warm, personal greeting, the leaders of the world's two most powerful countries look like they want to improve their relationship. simply getting together in the same room is a diplomatic statement when tensions between their nations are very high. i value our conversation because, i think it's paramount that you and i understand each other clearly, leader to leader, with no misconceptions or miscommunication. translation: for two large countries like china - and the united states, turning their back on each other is not an option. it is unrealistic for one side to remodel the other, and conflicts and confrontation has unbearable consequences for both sides. they are discussing the wars in gaza and ukraine. the us wants china to stay out of both. there are plenty of disagreements over trade, and top of the agenda, as ever, is taiwan. when nancy pelosi, the senior democratic politician, visited the self—governing

island last year, the chinese government were so enraged they cut off contact with the us military. so when america shot down a chinese spy balloon over the sea back in february, they couldn't get anyone in beijing to answer the phone. china gets frustrated by us military manoeuvres near its waters while conducting its own exercises around taiwan. america wants open lines of military dialogue to stop any incident accidentally escalating into conflict. the two leaders faced each other in bali one year and one day ago and haven't spoken since. so agreement on anything today, even just to keep in touch, could be considered a success. these cuddly diplomats have lived in washington zoo for decades, but have been recalled to china. beijing leases pandas to allies. the symbol of friendship has been packed up and sent home. they may not be enemies, but china and america are not currently friends.

sarah smith, bbc news, san francisco. we're news, san francisco. expecting remarks from us president we're expecting remarks from us presidentjoe biden in the coming minutes. we can show you live pictures of his press conference, which will take place. our correspondent is standing by in san francisco. what is the state of the relationship, was the state of the relationship going into this meeting?— the relationship going into this meetinu? ., ., , , this meeting? the relationship was the most _ this meeting? the relationship was the most strained - this meeting? the relationship was the most strained it's - this meeting? the relationship| was the most strained it's been for some a0 years. will have to see the status coming into the press conference which should get going within the hour. those talks of wrapped up after several hours, a long time for both leaders to be sitting down, tackling a range of issues. we did see a post on x,

saying the talks held with the chinese president were candid and constructive and going into those talks after handshakes there with them biden welcoming xijinping saying that there with them biden welcoming xi jinping saying that it's a great privilege to have him there in the united states. and xijinping saying the there in the united states. and xi jinping saying the planet must be big enough to have the superpowers coexist. emphasising the need for more communication to avoid conflict, he said which would have devastating consequences for many. the united states and for many. the united states and for china as well. in terms of any major breakthrough, advocates fair to say there probably won't be any. we know both sides of agreed to talk once again when it comes to climate change going into this. just the fact that they're sitting down i think is being seen as significant. perhaps we could see the areas for potential collaboration when it comes to military communication. for reestablishing that

all—important for having a forum about al, particularly its limits in terms of integration we talk about nuclear weaponry and how that would be deployed. and a issue of particular significance in the day—to—day lives everywhere is sent at all. such a big killer of young people in this country. limiting, exporting where it makes its way into the united states. they will have likely had some difficult conversations when it comes to the war on ukraine, israel— gaza as well as taiwan. that being that all—important being that all—importa nt conversation being that all—important conversation here. beijing of course ease taiwan as a province of china. taiwan is a self governed island which has important elections coming up in 202a. it may be indicative of how it wishes to continue in future. a lot to talk about and

we will be waiting to hear exactly coming out of that press conference.- press conference. our correspondent - press conference. our correspondent in - press conference. our correspondent in san l press conference. 0ur correspondent in san francisco. we will get updates from you throughout the day. plenty to unpack. with me is frank pieke, visiting research professor at the east asian institute here in singapore. thank you forjoining us this morning. china is in a very different place from when xi jinping and joe biden last met. what does china want out of this meeting? i what does china want out of this meeting?— what does china want out of this meeting? i think the main want is an _ this meeting? i think the main want is an normal— this meeting? i think the main want is an normal relationship| want is an normal relationship economically but some guarantees that america will not look for each and every issue to attack china, to weapon eyes issues, to contain china, to roll china back. and rather they prefer to have a more level playing field in which they can continue their

own economic and political and diplomatic developments. that's what they hope to get out of it. they have been in a situation the last year and a half of being systematically contained by the united states. the united states has rallied its allies and other countries to its cause quite effectively, we must say. i think the chinese are taken aback a little bit about how effective the americans can still wield its power in the world. you can't really take the americans head off if you not fully prepared for that in china was not prepared to do so.- not prepared to do so. we've seen a change _ not prepared to do so. we've seen a change in _ not prepared to do so. we've seen a change in their- not prepared to do so. we'vel seen a change in their rhetoric in the run—up to this meeting from china with xijinping saying the us needs to learn from past mistakes.- saying the us needs to learn from past mistakes. what does bei'ina from past mistakes. what does beijing mean? _ from past mistakes. what does beijing mean? of— from past mistakes. what does beijing mean? of course - from past mistakes. what does beijing mean? of course they l beijing mean? of course they

mean that you can't be the worlds bully. that's basically what they are saying. you have to work with other countries on an understanding that you are each other�*s equals, particularly big countries like china. and in the future perhaps other countries like india, indonesia and all that. america must know they are not the only bully on the programme but there are more. these bullies have to find a way to accommodate each other and work with each other. what they want is more of a realistic balance of power kind of world order rather than dominated by one power, which is what the americans do. that is really at the core of this debate between china and the us. we the core of this debate between china and the us.— the core of this debate between china and the us. we have seen some really _ china and the us. we have seen some really strange _ china and the us. we have seen some really strange and - china and the us. we have seen some really strange and exportl some really strange and export controls, for example in relation to semiconductors being produced in china. do you think the us is playing fairly itself? ., ., , ., .,

itself? no, of course are not -la in: itself? no, of course are not playing fairly- _ itself? no, of course are not playing fairly. that's - itself? no, of course are not playing fairly. that's the - playing fairly. that's the whole point, no great power plays fairly. this is about to what extent you are willing to use your power to undo the power of the other. and what is your objective. the objective of america is to roll china back. china says no, that ought not be your objectives. your objective should be to find more of a balance between the two of us. that is where the debate lies. i think there's more of an appetite now in the united states for that. it's been a long process, roughly april of this year perhaps earlier to normalise the political discourse in america about china, at least the diplomatic level. i think what we're seeing now is the first result of that process in the united states but also in china. both countries you see now an appetite to deal with each other on a more realistic basis rather then this arch

enemy, the empire of evil or something like that on both sides. they are moving away from that end they are trying to find a new way of communicating without being accused of being soft for that neither china nor in the united states. , . ~ neither china nor in the united states. , ., states. research professor at the east asian _ states. research professor at the east asian institute - states. research professor at the east asian institute in - the east asian institute in singapore. we will discuss further that meeting, that historic meeting between xi jinping and joe biden. the un security council has — for the first time approved a resolution calling for extended humanitarian pauses to get aid into gaza and for all israeli hostages to be released. the us, uk and russia abstained from the vote, the us criticising the text for not condemning the hamas attacks. israel's un ambassador dismissed the resolution as disconnected from

reality and meaningless. more on the security council vote shortly. meanwhile, israel says its soldiers have found military equipment during a search of gaza's biggest hospital — al shifa. israel has released a video, which has not been independently verified, showing some weapons and high tech communications equipment. israeli forces stormed the hospital on tuesday night. hamas, which is designated a terrorist organisation by western countries including the us and the uk, has again denied israel's claim that al shifa hospital was being used as a command post and has called the raid on the hospital a war crime. 0rla guerin sent this report from jerusalem. armed israeli troops in the grounds of gaza's largest hospital. israel released this footage of its soldiers bringing supplies into al—shifa, an image it wants to show.

this hospital is at the heart of a propaganda war. 0ne doctor trapped inside, told me, rather than bringing help, israel should stop killing palestinians. they are killing us. we don't want anything from them. if it me, it's my decision, i won't take the aid from. they have killed us continuously for the last a0 days. and now they want to give me some breathing. something like life, then stop killing us. and that's it. the hamas run health ministry released its own video today, presenting a very different picture. corridors filled with choking dust. doctors say this is the aftermath of an israeli strike. we don't know when these pictures were taken. "we're trying to save this girl by giving

her oxygen manually", says one doctor, reduced to treating his patients in the corridor. israel says it's targeting hamas, not the patients. we are inside the mri centre of the shifa hospital. and tonight, israel released this video. its troops giving a guided tour of what they say they uncovered. the contents of the bag are full military kit for one hamas terrorist, a live grenade, ammunition, fighting vest with insignia, boots and, of course, uniforms. and last but not least, standard ak a7. inside the hospital, hidden in a secluded area. and here, more weapons on display. not a massive arsenal for what was supposed to be a command center. but if hamas was in al—shifa, which it denies, its fighters have had weeks to make a getaway. we can't confirm what was found in the hospital.

only the israeli army was there. inside al—shifa, the most fragile are at risk. premature babies relying on each other for warmth. doctors tell us six have already died. in a hospital that has become a battleground. lives are hanging in the balance. 0rla guerin, bbc news, jerusalem. let's get more on the un security council approving a resolution calling for humanitarian pauses in the fighting. earlier i spoke to 0mar shakir from human rights watch. he told us what the resolution meant for the situation on the ground in gaza. it's a very significant decision, the security council is exactly the forum for these major questions for the protections of civilians, armed conflict should be held,

the united states has in effect paralysed this through using its veto to shield the israeli government from any sort of scrutiny or basic measures to adhere to international law. this decision should be assigned to the israeli government that the closest allies have great concern with the situation on the ground as now we enter six weeks with the civilian population having no access to electricity, water, limited access to aid, medicine, food and with the bodies piling up thousands of palestinian civilians have, and hundreds of israeli killed on october seven, international and humanitarian law is nonnegotiable. civilians must be protected, atrocities must be stopped. the israeli government says that it needs to defend itself.

the us, the uk and russia abstained from this role. what does that tell you? what it tells me is if you look at the united states statement they clearly agree with many of the key provisions of this resolution, including on the urgency for parties to adhere to international humanitarian law. for palestinian armed groups to release israeli hostages and unlawful air strikes to come to an end. the reality is this is a legally binding resolution and it's important that the united states and the security council follow—up to ensure that its provisions are followed, including that israel flicks the switch to turn electricity back on, turns the faucet on for water, allows aid in and stops its unlawful air strikes for the hospitals, schools, un facilities and camps, has turned large parts of neighbourhoods to rubble. it's killed more than for thousand 500 kids reportedly. very serious abuses that can be

stopped, it's a mandate crisis and i hope the security council resolution and the fact that the united states, the uk abstained as opposed to the us using its veto is a signal that the world leaders are finally willing to take action to prevent further mass atrocities. in the uk keir starmer has suffered every belly and on the israel gaza wan — with 56 of his mps — more than a quarter voting for an immediate ceasefire. ten mps, including eight shadow ministers, either resigned or were sacked from the shadow front bench to vote for the motion to that effect. in a statement reacting to the rebellion, sir keir said he regretted some colleagues felt unable to support the party postion but "leadership is about doing the right thing." naz shah is among mps who resigned. i'm really, really clear of everything that has been presented to me and the facts from the ngos, people on the ground and watching what is happening, a child dying every ten minutes.

since those votes we've had more children dying. as one of my colleagues put it, if we'd of voted for this yesterday and stopped and had a cease—fire yesterday we would've had iaa children wouldn't have died. now an apology from bbc news — at this time on newsday yesterday, 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 in this operation included medical teams and arabic speakers. we apologise for this error, which fell below our usual editorial standards. the correct version of events was broadcast minutes later on the programme. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. bbc news — bringing you different stories from across the uk.

for 32 years, this portable building on an raf base was home, but now the midlands air ambulance charity has flown the nest. over time, thejob has changed. medics here described this as a hospital in the air. the £11 million facility, entirely funded by grants, will be able to provide a 2a hour day service from january. this is really useful for that repetitive task training. she's going to have lots of attempts. she's going to be able to practice it multiple times. the new headquarters also brings all the staff together under one roof. the driving force of this was the one team culture and bringing everybody together, and we've managed to achieve that. and it's had a dynamic effect on morale. it's been fantastic. for the crews themselves the new facilities are less than a mile away from the old. ultimately, it's about a000 patients a year treated from here will air bases in staffordshire

and worcestershire. for more stories from across the uk, head to the bbc news website. you're live with bbc news. the uk prime minister rishi sunak says he will press ahead with plans to send asylum seekers to rwanda — despite the policy being ruled unlawful by the supreme court. mr sunak said emergency legislation would be brought in to confirm that "rwanda is safe", and to try and stop a stream of legal challenges blocking the policy. this report from our political editor chris mason. the geography of power — parliament in the background this morning, the supreme court in focus. refugees cannot be returned to their countries of origin if their life and freedom would be threatened. it's known as the principle of non—refoulement, and at precisely 10:00 this morning, it proved crucial. the legal test, which has to be applied in this case,

is whether there are substantial grounds for believing that asylum seekers sent to rwanda would be at real risk of refoulement. in the light of the evidence, which i have summarised, the court of appeal concluded that there were such grounds. we are unanimously of the view that they were entitled to reach that conclusion. the home secretary's appeal is therefore dismissed. the prime minister's legal defeat prompted a news conference and what he hopes is a plan b, seeing the light of day. we are prepared for all outcomes of this case and so we have been working on a new international treaty with rwanda. this will provide a guarantee in law that those who are relocated from the uk to rwanda will be protected against removalfrom rwanda. and it will make clear that we will bring back anyone if ordered to do so by a court. we will finalise the treaty in light

of today's judgment and ratify it without delay. i am also announcing today that we will take the extraordinary step of introducing emergency legislation. this will enable parliament to confirm that with our new treaty, rwanda is safe. he added he was willing to confront the european court of human rights. i will not allow a foreign court to block these flights. if the strasbourg court chooses to intervene against the expressed wishes of parliament, i am prepared to do what is necessary to get flights off. labour are scathing but face tough questions themselves. he was warned many times about the problems and yet he still pushed ahead, still made it the central part of his plan. clearly dealing with this is difficult and would be difficult for you if you were in government. what in precise terms would you do? we need a major plan to go after the criminal gangs who've been allowed to take hold along the channel.

they are undermining our border security. clear skies at westminster today. but there was a sulphurous mood among some conservative mps while they waited to hearfrom rishi sunak. delivering the policy of stopping the boats is a confidence issue of the british people in this government. it's certainly a confidence issue for my voters in me by extension. therefore it is a confidence issue for me in the prime minister. and so plenty of questions for the prime minister. you gave your home secretary the heave ho on monday. the court has shredded your rwanda plan today. it's a total shambles, isn't it? we've returned 20,000 people. we've made thousands of arrests, all while the numbers in europe are getting worse. so that actually shows that when i said we would stop the boats, when i made that speech injanuary, we are delivering refugee injanuary, we are delivering.

refugee rights. are human rights! rishi sunak is still hoping to get migrants on planes to rwanda by the spring. tonight that looks like a very big ask. chris mason, bbc news at westminster. diamonds may be forever, but not when it comes to imports from russia into the european union. the european commission has proposed extending to diamonds a series of sanctions imposed on russia since its invasion of ukraine. the move is part of the eu's twelfth round of measures against moscow, due to come into effect injanuary. russia is the biggest producer of rough diamonds, cut from hundreds of mines beneath the siberian permafrost. the package of sanctions will need the unanimous approval of european union countries. head to our website for the latest on the xi jinping and joe biden meeting. that's all for now — stay with bbc news.

hello. thursday will bring us a day of contrast across the uk. in the south we're going to be feeling the impact of storm frederico, which is mainly down across france, bringing strong winds but still producing some wet and windy weather generally towards the south. brightest conditions across the north and north—east of the uk. but we're going to see some fog patches clearing to sunny spells later on. so we've got this area of low pressure moving across france. that's a storm frederico and another weather front moving in to the west as well. but really windy conditions for the isles of scilly, the channels isles. gusts could reach in excess of 50 miles per hour. some really heavy rain through the likes of the isle of wight towards sussex, stretching up towards pembrokeshire for instance, as well through the morning. to the north of that, most places predominantly dry. there'll be some heavy showers just working in around the east coast of england, perhaps eastern scotland and later on some rain working into northern ireland from the west. but elsewhere, some sunshine just breaking holes in the cloud and lifting gradually that morning mist and fog. but it could linger all day for some of the sheltered glens of scotland.

so pretty chilly there. generally looking at temperatures about 6 to 12 degrees. through thursday evening and overnight, this weather front in the west starts to edge its way eastwards, tending to peter out as it does so. so still a few showers moving in from the west, but some clear spells as we move through into friday morning. and it's going to be fairly chilly. in fact, we could see temperatures below freezing once again in the sheltered scottish glens. heading through friday, though, a small ridge of high pressure for a while tries to nudge in. so that will bring us a window of drier and brighter weather, too. not completely dry. there'll be one or two showers perhaps around western parts of england, scotland and wales as well. further east, you're more likely to stay dry, i think on friday. cloud and rain moving into the far south—west later in the day. pretty chilly ahead of that, only about 5 to 12 degrees. and again, some mist and some fog possible. but head on into saturday and this area of low pressure moves in from the atlantic — a lot of isobars on that system — showing us that we're going to have a blustery day with some fairly heavy showers rotating around that area of low pressure. so i think nowhere immune to showers, probably drying up

a little bit in the south later on in the day. but sticking with the heavy potentially thundery showers, but it's going to be milder — temperatures around about 9 to 15 degrees. sunday, again, we've got the airfrom a milder direction. so not as cold saturday night into sunday. sunny spells, some heavy showers, could be the odd thunderstorm. temperatures around 10 to ia. bye— bye.

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