as gaza's largest hospital says it's ran out of water and oxygen, the bbc goes inside to see what israel says its found there. pedro sanchez wins a new term as spain's prime minister, after securing a controversial amnesty deal for some catalan separatists. a bbc investigation finds the uk's second most senior general was warned of alleged war crimes in afghanistan, but failed to inform the military police. and one giant leap for tom hanks. the oscar—winning actor helps people experience a journey to the moon. time for a look at the business news now. we start in the us where the retail giant walmart has just realised their latest results. the chain has warned investors that consumers are still holding back their spending as they deal with the cost of living crisis. their shares fell 7%

after the markets opened despite raising their revenue forecasts — as the chain saw a slowdown in purchases in october. they said customers are still getting used to higher interest rates. erin delmore is in new york for us. what do these figures tell us about what american consumers are thinking right now? what american consumers are thinking riaht now? ~ . ., , what american consumers are thinking riaht now? ~ . . , ., ., right now? walmart is warning that can she were _ right now? walmart is warning that can she were spending _ right now? walmart is warning that can she were spending could - right now? walmart is warning that can she were spending could be - can she were spending could be slower heading into the fourth corner and that contains the holiday shopping season. that is an area of discretionary spending for consumers where we have seen the effects of the economy take its toll, especially when we talk about high interest rates, persistent elevation, lowered savings accounts and the resumption of student loan payments here in the united states. specifically walmart is saying that it has seen customers wait for sales events to do some of their discretionary shopping. maybe not making purchases, waiting for sale, and not making them afterwards as well. of course all of that takes

its toll on walmart. we do have two really big sale events coming up, black friday and cyber monday. meanwhile it is worth noting that some of the strength of walmart�*s shares in the last year has been on that non—discretionary spending. food and daly necessities. of course walmart is the nation's largest grocer and in fact more than half of its merchandise comes from the food and daly necessities category. part of that has propped up walmart. shares hit an all—time high on wednesday but the outlook they are warning could be tougherfor q wednesday but the outlook they are warning could be tougher for 0 four. and economic indicator, something more official than walmart �*s figures, butjob figures telling us more people out of work. just explain this for us. this could be good news for inflation, couldn't it? it good news for inflation, couldn't it? , . ., it? it sounds counterintuitive but when peeple _ it? it sounds counterintuitive but when peeple are _ it? it sounds counterintuitive but when people are gainfully - it? it sounds counterintuitive but. when people are gainfully employed they have more money to spend and when people are spending more that high consumer spending can prop up inflation across the economy and

across the country. when we see jobless this rise and see more people out of work that tends to tamp down spending and there is a bit of a feedback loop there. it is worth noting a deployment has been historically low, under 4%, for the last 21 months. that is an eyebrow raising feat, considering the economic moment were in. absolutely. good to talk — economic moment were in. absolutely. good to talk to — economic moment were in. absolutely. good to talk to you, _ economic moment were in. absolutely. good to talk to you, as _ economic moment were in. absolutely. good to talk to you, as always, - economic moment were in. absolutely. good to talk to you, as always, live - good to talk to you, as always, live in new york. here in the uk the government are due to announce a significant new set of sweeteners for the electric car industry tomorrow, the bbc understands. the chancellor is expected to be offering hundreds of millions of pounds in additional subsidies and grants available to companies wanting to manufacture batteries for evs in the uk. this is all part of a wider package aimed at stimulating growth in the economy. one area he has been speaking about today is targeting the long—term unemployed. the back to work plan is set to be part of next week's autumn statement. this is the biggest reform to the welfare system since the introduction

of universal credit in 2012. we are spending £2.5 billion and what we're saying is two things. if you don't have a health condition but you've been out of work for a long time, we're going to do two things. first of all, if you're not engaging with the system at all, after six months we will stop your benefits. but secondly, if you've got a health condition we are going to give you all the help we possibly can to deal with it, a mental health condition, to deal with disability, to help you get back into the world of work. good for you, good for the economy. that autumn statement is on wednesday, full coverage on the bbc. coverage on the bbc. the world's second biggest food and drinks company — pepsico — is being sued by new york state for plastic pollution along the buffalo river, with claims it is contaminating the water and harming wildlife. here's david waddell.

the buffalo river runs through western new york state through the city of buffalo into lake erie. now, here's a picture shared by the new york state attorney general, letitia james, showing the kind of problem the state is trying to contend with. the lawsuit claims that micro—plastics have been detected in the city of buffalo's drinking water supply which can cause, it said, a wide range of adverse health effects from reproduction dysfunction to inflammation of the intestine and neurotoxic effects. the attorney general is overseeing a survey of waste gathered at 13 sites along the river last year. of 1900 items assessed, it concluded that pepsico's single—use plastic packaging was the most significant, comprising 17% of all plastic waste. hershey's and mcdonald's were amongst the other identifiable brands. pepsi has said in a statement, "it is serious about plastic reduction and affective recycling." who should be keeping an eye on

pollution and who was responsible? earlier i spoke to jayne paramor from the waste & resources action programme — or wrap for short. she is in nairobi at the un's global plastic treaty talks — i asked her whether it's the organisations that produce and profit from it or us as consumers who should be responsible for this waste. the answer to that is that we all have responsibility for it. there are a lot of elements in a complex conversation that involves users, making sure that they're placing the right materials into the system that can be recovered and recycled and put back into new products. but we as consumers and citizens have a big role to play as well to make sure we are putting up our plastic materials and packaging into the waste system and making sure that it's going to the right place to be recovered for that process. so yeah, it's a very complex discussion but we all have a very significant role to play. from a business point of view is so interesting, isn't it? notjust in pepsico's case. we talked a lot about it in the past, but fast food giants. in the past, about fast food giants.

where does their responsibility end? quite clearly they want to keep costs down to consumers and we know that plastic and other materials derived from plastic are cheap and therefore they can keep prices down for consumers. the problem and the real cost is paid for by the environment, when that waste pollutes. so, therefore, they're not looking at the cost over the lifetime of that product. they're literally looking at the cost as it leaves their front door, and that is the question. should they be taking account of the longer term implications of what they produce? absolutely and i think that's part of the discussion we are seeing here in nairobi at the moment. the world has really woken up to the fact that we... need to be better at managing our resources and that... that responsibility as a big part of that process. the uk is... in that process at the moment, with the responsibility legislation that is coming in which is exactly that, to get manufacturers and producers to pay for the cost

of cleaning up the waste that is produced by their products. yeah and who would police it? we looking at new york, they say that they want to fine pepsico for this pollution but it comes down to policing, doesn't it? how do you identify some of this stuff and work out who created in the first place? well, that's a big part of the schemes that are emerging. there is the responsibility to identify the materials put into their market, the cost of recovering and reprocessing those items and for businesses that are not complying with those regulations, there is a big discussion going on here at the moment about how we can do exactly that, enforce that compliance and ensure that those manufacturers are meeting their obligations. it's a complex discussion but it's something that's really being dug into very deeply here at the moment in nairobi. talking about the implications of who is responsible for waste.

the boss of airline emirates has told the bbc he's concerned about the potential delay of aircraft deliveries, saying it could hamper the airline's growth. at the dubai airshow, emirates placed an orderfor 90 boeing 777xjets in a deal worth $52 billion dollars. sheikh ahmed bin saeed al maktoum spoke to the bbc�*s sameer hashmi. he began by asking him about that new boeing order. we have a strategy of dubai called dubai 33. you know, and that requires a lot of muscles, a lot of infrastructure. and the aviation sector is actually part of it. so emirates grow as long as dubai is growing beside, you know, the market within the uae, the region. and that's why it gives us really the confidence to order so many aircraft. but one concern for the industry has been delays in terms of deliveries and meeting the timelines. that has been a challenge for both boeing and airbus. is that a concern that if there's

a delay in delivery, it could disrupt your expansion plans? yes, it's a concern for us. i mean, when you think about ourfirst order of 7779, which we signed almost ten years back, we didn't receive yet one aircraft. it is a concern, but i hope, you know, i mean, of course, covid maybe played also a major role in supply chain and so on. but i think we must really see that the manufacturers really keep up to the world and deliver at that time. and i think now we have the 350 will be delivered next year, august and december, and then a year, a year and a half later, we should be seeing our first 777x. the delivery of the new planes for

emirates. the delivery of the new planes for emirates. in other news... workers at more than 200 starbucks stores in the us have begun strike action — on red cup day — one of the busiest days of the coffee chains year. workers are striking over pay and conditions. train drivers in the uk are set to stage a fresh round of strikes in their long—running dispute over pay. the aslef union has announced a "rolling programme" of walk—outs in early december, with different train companies affected on each day. little progress has been made in the 18—month long row, with union bosses rejecting a pay offer back in spring. those are your top business stories. you're watching bbc news. cyber technology has become embedded in our daly lives. our phones, our cars, how our data is processed. it is constantly evolving but bring

security risks as well. the north—west is now at the heart of the cyber economy, and at this careers event, schoolchildren have been practising the skills needed to develop cyber technology and take on the threats it poses. it develop cyber technology and take on the threats it poses.— the threats it poses. it was a lot offun, the threats it poses. it was a lot of fun. but _ the threats it poses. it was a lot of fun, but the _ the threats it poses. it was a lot of fun, but the skills _ the threats it poses. it was a lot of fun, but the skills we - the threats it poses. it was a lot of fun, but the skills we need i the threats it poses. it was a lot of fun, but the skills we need is | the threats it poses. it was a lot i of fun, but the skills we need is to persevere and communicate. you think somethin: persevere and communicate. you think something like — persevere and communicate. you think something like this _ persevere and communicate. you think something like this would _ persevere and communicate. you think something like this would be _ persevere and communicate. you think something like this would be good - persevere and communicate. you think something like this would be good as l something like this would be good as a job later on?— something like this would be good as ajob later on? yes. the something like this would be good as a job later on? yes. the north—west ajob later on? yes. the north-west is becoming — ajob later on? yes. the north-west is becoming a _ a job later on? yes the north—west is becoming a cyber corridor, stretching from manchester through to preston and onto lancaster. manchester has the government's intelligence agency hub, while preston has businesses like bae systems and will have the national cyber force, protecting the country from cyber attacks. you're live with bbc news.

here in the uk, home secretary james cleverly has defended emergency laws to revive plans to fly asylum seekers to rwanda, as a former supreme court justice said the measures would be extraordinary. mr cleverly disagreed with the criticism and said a new treaty with rwanda would allow flights to depart. in their ruling on wednesday, the supreme courtjustices said there were "substantial grounds" to believe the rwandan government could deport people sent to the country to places where they would be unsafe. let's cross live to madeleine sumption, she is the director of the migration 0bservatory, at the university of oxford thank you for being with us. what did you make of the court ruling and the home secretary's decision to say that we can go ahead with this anyway and we are going to come up with a new treaty with rwanda to make it happen?— with a new treaty with rwanda to make it happen? obviously will have to see the details _ make it happen? obviously will have to see the details of _ make it happen? obviously will have to see the details of what _ make it happen? obviously will have to see the details of what the - to see the details of what the government is proposing. 0ne to see the details of what the government is proposing. one thing i think that was really interesting about the supreme courtjudgment was that it was quite comprehensive in crushing the idea that they thought rwanda could be a safe place for

asylum seekers to be sent to in the foreseeable future. 0versee the emergency legislation... upgrading to a treaty doesn't make a huge amount of difference. emergency legislation can change the law in the uk about whatjudges are allowed to say. it can't obviously change the fact on the ground about whether ruan is safe or not. i think in the long run it will be interesting to see how this plays out. i think it may well be the case that, if the government wants to pursue a policy of removing asylum seekers to other countries, it may need to look for another country. the countries, it may need to look for another country.— countries, it may need to look for another country. the rwandan 'ustice ministry spokesperson * another country. the rwandan 'ustice ministry spokesperson has _ another country. the rwandan justice ministry spokesperson has said - another country. the rwandan justice ministry spokesperson has said to - ministry spokesperson has said to the bbc that they are actually quite offended by this ruling, saying they host 130,000 refugees, they have been commended by international organisations, including the un, for their treatment of these refugees and guarantee their safety. what is

your assessment about how safe or otherwise rwanda is as a country to send asylum seekers to?— send asylum seekers to? reminder does host a — send asylum seekers to? reminder does host a lot _ send asylum seekers to? reminder does host a lot of _ send asylum seekers to? reminder does host a lot of refugees. - send asylum seekers to? reminder does host a lot of refugees. they . does host a lot of refugees. they mostly have not gone through the former rwandan asylum system, which is still quite small. the supreme court reviewed the evidence in the court reviewed the evidence in the court of appeal, they reviewed quite a lot of evidence, and their opinion was that rwanda was not safe enough, particularly because of this risk, the risk that people might be sent on from rwanda to other countries, where they could be in danger, and there was a concern that, in the past, rwanda hasn't always complied with agreements that it had signed up with agreements that it had signed up to. those had been the main criticisms. up to. those had been the main criticisms-— up to. those had been the main criticisms. ., ., _ ., criticisms. israel had a policy, an agreement— criticisms. israel had a policy, an agreement with _ criticisms. israel had a policy, an agreement with rwanda - criticisms. israel had a policy, an agreement with rwanda a - criticisms. israel had a policy, an agreement with rwanda a few. criticisms. israel had a policy, an i agreement with rwanda a few years ago, didn't they, voluntary though different to what the uk are suggesting. just explain what they did and how that worked, because

there have been people saying it wasn't a good plan.— there have been people saying it wasn't a good plan. israel did have an agreement _ wasn't a good plan. israel did have an agreement with _ wasn't a good plan. israel did have an agreement with rwanda - wasn't a good plan. israel did have an agreement with rwanda and - wasn't a good plan. israel did have| an agreement with rwanda and this was actually one of the pieces of evidence that the supreme court cited, evidence of their concerns about rwanda, because there were specific cases where people then had, the rwandan government had complied and people ended up finding themselves expelled or in unsafe situations as a result. there is a broader context of this and around the world a lot of countries are trying to find ways to reduce the number of asylum seekers that they take responsibility for. one of the challenges they face is that it is very difficult to find mechanisms, sending people to other countries, in a way that also complies with the legal obligations. it is not impossible but it is something a lot

of countries have found challenging. have there been any positive examples of that, where it has worked and complied with international law?- worked and complied with international law? ., , , international law? there are plenty of cases where _ international law? there are plenty of cases where different _ international law? there are plenty of cases where different countries l of cases where different countries have shared responsibility for asylum seekers. you see resettlement programmes, for example, may somebody applies for asylum in one country and then often a country in the region, and then with the assistance of the united nations, or often through bespoke programmes, those people then get resettled to other countries that have said they are willing to take refugees. in many cases we are talking about people being resettled to countries like canada or the united states, that for obvious reasons just have a more developed justice system that find it easier to handle those kinds. . ~

find it easier to handle those kinds. ., ~' , ., find it easier to handle those kinds. ., ,, , ., ., find it easier to handle those kinds. ., ,, ., , , kinds. thank you for being with us and our kinds. thank you for being with us and your analysis. _ pedro sanchez has won a parliamentary vote giving him a second term as spain's prime minister. the country is divided, though, over his decision to grant catalan separatists an amnesty in return for their support. his socialist party came second injuly�*s inconclusive election, but mr sanchez reached deals with smaller parties to find enough votes to continue in government. thousands of protesters rallied outside his party's headquarters on wednesday, opposing the amnesty for catalan separatists. he won another term by a wafer—thin margin of 179 votes to 171. 0ur reporter in madrid guy hedgecoe has this update. well, mr sanchez needed the support of a number of regional nationalist parties in order to form a majority in this investiture vote. among those nationalist parties whose support he needed were two catalan nationalist parties.

they demanded from him this amnesty, an amnesty which will benefit more than 300 catalan nationalists who have been facing legal charges for their role in separatist activity over the last decade or so, in particular an attempted break away from spain in 2017. all those charges will be dropped against those more than 300 catalan nationalists. now, opponents of the amnesty say it is illegal and doesn't fit within the constitution, that it gives preferential treatment to catalonia and that is bad for the rest of spain or the other regions of spain and that it encourages future separatist activity. so, for all those reasons, people have been taking to the streets, either outside the socialist party headquarters over the last couple of weeks or today outside congress, to protest against the amnesty and essentially say that this new government which has formed is not legitimate. emergency crews are optimistic

they will soon be able to reach several men trapped in a collapsed tunnel in the indian state of uttarakhand. the bbc�*s andrew clarance reports. night is falling in what will be the fifth day of rescue operations. 200 metres and from that tunnel debris has caved in, trapping within it some a0 men behind it. fishes on the ground are telling us that the men are safe, they are in communication with them. food and oxygen is being sent to them through pipes in the tunnel. howeveranxiety sent to them through pipes in the tunnel. however anxiety on the ground continues to grow amidst the friends and families of the workers who are waiting. sophisticated new machinery was flown in earlier this morning. there is drilling equipment which was put together and taken into the tunnel where it is now assisting in the drilling process. 0fficials here are hopeful that the men will be rescued soon and as time ticks on, friends and families of the workers gathered here are anxious and are awaiting the rescue

of their loved ones. you are watching bbc news. the moon has been a source of inspiration for artists of all kinds, for generations. and hollywood a lister tom hanks is the latest to be inspired. the actor, whose scores of film roles include apollo 13, says he's always loved everything to do with space. now he's part of the team behind the moonwalkers, an exhibition that will give audiences a sense of what it's like to journey to the moon. he's been talking to our entertainment correspondent, david sillito. hey, tom! david! what a pleasure. nice to see you. this is amazing. you're taking me somewhere? yes, yes. it's only, it's only a small step, but it's also a giant leap at the same time. lead me. a spirit of adventure about you now. you know when someone asks if you fancy going on a journey to the moon with tom hanks? you say, "yes".

that's quite... rocket motors. ..an experience. you would think that that thing would shoot up. we shouldn't be standing here, should we? no, we should not. it's going to get a little hot, but that's ok. but don't worry. that's ice that is falling down. oh, that's what that is. that's the moisture from the super cold liquid hydrogen fuel tanks. tom, as you can probably tell, really knows his space. it's been a passion from childhood and this is his show, an astronaut�*s eye—view of what it was like to be on an apollo mission. and it all began when tom first saw this space being used for a david hockney show, and he had an idea. i probably actually asked a question. i said, if we could walk into this painting, could we actually walk on the moon as well? so that's when you had the idea, you walked in and you thought, "this could be the moon." you could put people on the moon in a way that has never, ever, ever, ever been done. but this isn'tjust history.

it's also a fanfare for what's about to happen. good morning. good afternoon. what is it exactly up there now? tom has been working with nasa, meeting the astronauts for the next moon mission, which is due to take off next year. but there is a question. this, going into space, it's an indulgence. there are so many other things we could be spending our money on, so many more important things in life. uh—hmm. is it still important? what does it do for an individual? you could argue that maybe not much. but what does it do for the cause of humanity? something magnificent. it takes us to this next place. there's going to come a time when someone is going to live permanently on places like the moon or in space. and we will become interplanetary beings. and isn't that what we're supposed to do as human beings? we're always supposed to... is it? we're always supposed to get out of the cave to see what is there. and we have never not found something magnificent as well as a magnification of ourselves. what do you want people to take away from this?

awe. wonder. that's it. and at the end, a chance to really look at the main attraction, wouldn't you like to take a cruise in the sea of crises, wouldn't you like to go visit the ocean? i have... i have sailed the sea of crises many times. we all have. we all have, haven't we? yeah. when you get up just a little bit closer, it's quite stunning, that magnificent desolation. and that's what it is. david sillito, bbc news. david enjoying a moonscape there with tom hanks. we are still more than a month away from christmas but things are getting festive at kew gardens in london. more than1 million lights have been strung across the famous grounds at the royal botanic gardens. the work was all done by hand. it took four climbers around three weeks to complete the job. you climbers around three weeks to complete thejob. you can get climbers around three weeks to complete the job. you can get that when you see just how many lights there are on those trees. the

installation has become a bit of a staple in london this time of year, with around 6000 people expected to visit each night across its six week run. time for a look at the weather. here is ben rich. last night was the coldest night of the autumn so far. in northern scotland temperatures dropped below minus seven celsius, with some fog patches, too. but that is where we've seen some of the best of the sunshine today. whereas further south, this hook of cloud, which was named storm frederico by the french weather service, has brought some rain and some brisk winds in the far south of england and the channel islands. that is now clearing away south—eastwards. we do have this frontal system pushing in from the west, some outbreaks of rain with that. but actually quite a lot of dry weather as we end the afternoon and head into the evening. and then overnight, this band of cloud and rain will make some further progress eastwards. some showers following on behind. in the north east of scotland, if we hold on to clear skies once again, we will see some fog patches developing. temperatures again dropping well below freezing. and actually it is going to be

a chilly night for many of us. a chilly start to friday morning. friday is going to be a quieter day. still a few residual weather fronts in the mix to start the day. but broadly speaking, this brief and quite weak ridge of high pressure will be just about in charge. so, yes, a bit of cloud to start off in eastern parts, a few showers out towards the west, but a decent amount of dry weather, some spells of sunshine, the winds relatively light. temperatures north to south, 6 to 13 degrees. and then a band of cloud and rain pushing into the south west of england later in the day. that rain will make some progress northwards and eastwards across the south west of england, wales, northern ireland. some other western parts turning wet as we head deeper into the evening and as we get into the start of the weekend, well, this frontal system drives eastwards. outbreaks of rain with that, low pressure firmly in charge for the weekend. but with south westerly winds, it is going to be mild. with that, though, we'll see quite a lot of rain, wet weather for many of us to start saturday morning. and even as the main rain band clears, we will see a mix of sunny spells and hefty, blustery, perhaps thundery showers. some strong winds —

strongest winds likely to be in northern and northeastern parts. we could see gales in places and temperatures for most of us in double digits. in fact, cardiff and plymouth could get to 16 degrees, very mild for the time of year. into sunday further showers or longer spells of rain, the strongest winds this time across western and south western parts. there will be some spells of sunshine and still mild, just about all of us up into double digits.

live from london. this is bbc news. gaza's largest hospital says it's run out of water and oxygen.

the bbc goes inside to see what israel says it found there. among the things they've uncovered are more than a dozen kalashnikovs, grenades, personal protective equipment, some of it with the hamas military brigade insignia on it. all communication is down tonight in gaza and it is going to be done for a long time because this time it is not by israel, it is because of the lack of fuel. pedro sanchez wins a new term as spain's prime minister, after securing a controversial amnesty deal for some catalan separatists. and, one giant leap for tom hanks. the oscar—winning actor helps people experience a journey to the moon. hello, i'm samantha simmonds, welcome to verified live. the director of the al—shifa hospital in gaza says it has now run

out of water and oxygen.