live from london. this is bbc news. 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. ukraine's president zelensky welcomes britain's new foreign secretary, former pm david cameron, for his first overseas trip in the role. and, president biden and china's xijinping meet for the first time in a year, agreeing to resume high level military communications. scotland's health secretary admits a charge on his ipad was caused by his

sons watching football on holiday. hello, i'm rajini vaidyanathan. welcome to the daily global, where we'll bring you the top stories from around the world. israel's military said her body was found in a building near gaza's biggest hospital al—shifa. israeli media said she was 65 years old and worked as a kindergarten teacher. her body has been identified by forensic examiners and her family have been informed. meanwhile, the director of the al—shifa hospital says israeli soldiers are still inside the complex after storming it

on tuesday night. israel has repeatedly claimed that hamas has hidden a military command centre in tunnels beneath a hospital. a claim thatis tunnels beneath a hospital. a claim that is disputed. our correspondent is injerusalem with the very latest. let's talk about what we have been hearing in the last hour so from the israeli military about the recovery of the body of one of the recovery of the body of one of the 240 or so hostages taken by hamas according to the israeli military. what more had they been saying? military. what more had they been sa in: ? , . military. what more had they been sa inc? , ., ., , military. what more had they been sa in? ., __ ., saying? the israeli army say that all of the activity _ saying? the israeli army say that all of the activity they _ saying? the israeli army say that all of the activity they are - all of the activity they are carrying out at the moment is basically to accomplish two missions. first of all, to destroy hamas and secondly, to bring home those estimated 240 hostages. as you say, in the past hour or so, they have said that one of those hostages, her body has been recovered. a 65—year—old and we are told that her body was recovered at a structure near to the al—shifa

hospital, the main hospital in gaza where the israeli forces have been searching through today and also yesterday. they say that they have been various tests carried out and her family have now been been various tests carried out and herfamily have now been informed. we were looking at the official website, then bring them home website, then bring them home website that has been set up to try to add pressure the government so that the hostages can be brought home and yehudit weiss is describe a 65, loving grandmother. she loved culture, sports, travelling and baking by the idf, the israeli defence forces are saying her body has been recovered next to the al—shifa hospital and they say that lots of weaponry was found next to her body as well. find lots of weaponry was found next to her body as well.— lots of weaponry was found next to her body as well. and we will have, in a few moments, _ her body as well. and we will have, in a few moments, a _ her body as well. and we will have, in a few moments, a report - her body as well. and we will have, in a few moments, a report from i her body as well. and we will have, l in a few moments, a report from our colleague lucy williamson who was taken into the al—shifa hospital by israeli forces. let's talk about the wider situation there, though. what else are we hearing about what is happening at the al—shifa and, you

know, is that still the centre of a military operation? it know, is that still the centre of a military operation?— military operation? it absolutely is. and military operation? it absolutely is- and lots _ military operation? it absolutely is. and lots of _ military operation? it absolutely is. and lots of israeli _ military operation? it absolutely is. and lots of israeli military i is. and lots of israeli military personnel and also equipment remains at the al—shifa hospital. really hard for us as the bbc to independently verify what has been happening there during the day but certainly the israelis have said that there have been going about their business in a discreet, methodical manner, moving from ward to ward as they try to hunt for hamas terrorists, as they say. however, there has been an eyewitness within the hospital who has told the bbc today that he saw israeli troops shooting in all directions, that people were extremely scared, and a bulldozer was brought in. part of a wall of one building within the hospital complex was demolished and also we heard from the medical director saying that it is a really difficult position for the staff and also the

patients there, because there is a lack of oxygen, lack of power and he is really concerned about what is going to happen to a lot of the patients. but also some of the people who came to the hospital thinking they might be in a place of sanctuary, a safer space. and so, you know, that is what we're hearing today but as i say, we cannot independently verify but there is a bit of various things that have been emerging today. all made more difficult by the fact that communications have been really, really bad today. notjust at the hospital but in generally and we have got to telecoms companies, the bigger to the saying that they are basically unable to fulfil what they normally would and that is because of a lack of power, lack of fuel. they cannot power their systems and so people within gaza are unable to communicate in a way that they normally would.— communicate in a way that they normally would. communicate in a way that they normall would. ., ~ , ., , . normally would. thank you very much for brinuain normally would. thank you very much for bringing us — normally would. thank you very much for bringing us up _ normally would. thank you very much for bringing us up to _ normally would. thank you very much for bringing us up to date _ normally would. thank you very much for bringing us up to date on - normally would. thank you very much for bringing us up to date on the - for bringing us up to date on the very latest. and, of course, we are hearing differing accounts of what is happening at the al—shifa, as nick was saying. and ahead of the al—shifa hospital has said that the

hospital is now run out of oxygen and water for hospital is now run out of oxygen and waterfor more hospital is now run out of oxygen and water for more than 600 patients being treated there. he said israeli forces had blown up the al—shifa's main water line and describe conditions they are as tragic, with patients screaming from thirst. meanwhile, israeli forces have allowed the bbc to go inside and part of the hospital as it comes under growing pressure to prove that hamas has hidden a military base there. the masses designated a terrorist organisation by western countries including the uk. our middle east correspondent the sea williamson was taken to that hospital by the israel defence forces. they are now back in jerusalem, from where lucy sent this report. we are inside the gaza strip with the israeli army. they are taking us to gaza city and the al—shifa hospital which, over the last few days of intense fighting, has emerged as the epicentre of this conflict. tonight they are offering as a first

glimpse of what they found inside. israel's intense bombardment of gaza has meant growing pressure over the humanitarian cost of their military operation. we are driving into gaza city now and it is clear what it took to take control of this area. whole neighbourhoods have been completely shattered. there are columns of tanks moving through the streets here. the area around shifa is still very tense. we are taken into the hospital in darkness using a light sensitive camera to film. just clambering through a collapsed wall here in the perimeter of the hospital. we are told to keep all our lights off so it is quite hard to see. they have used armoured bulldozers to punch through here. we are still being told to keep our lights off. are we going this way? inside the hospital we are shepherded straight

to the mri department by israeli special forces. we are not allowed to talk to any doctors here. they have described the situation as catastrophic. now in control of the hospital, israel is under pressure to prove hamas is there. kalashnikov rifles, which is the standard issue that hamas uses, located here. we have been searching for underground infrastructure, tunnels etc. we have not found one yet here but we are searching the entire perimeter and the immediate surroundings. they have been looking for evidence of this being a hamas base, a place where hamas planned attacks. and they say that among the things they have uncovered are more than a dozen kalashnikovs, grenades, personal protective equipment, some of it with the hamas military brigade insignia on it. you can see some of them here, hidden under these bags of medical supplies. the army also showed us laptops they said contained recent files on the hostages and evidence that hamas had been at the hospital within weeks or days.

it seems as if, at this point, neither the hostages nor hamas are here in any number. we will continue. hamas aren't here because they understood and saw that we were coming and i think that, had we taken them completely by surprise, we would have seen mountains of evidence of hamas abuse of the hospital. tonight, a hamas leader in lebanon denied the weapons found in al—shifa along to the group. israel came to fight hamas in a place where civilians are fighting for their lives. the battle for shifa hospital is now the eye of israel's military offensive, and gaza's human crisis. lucy williamson, bbc news, gaza. 0sama hamdan is a senior representative of hamas in lebanon. he's been giving a press conference and has been responding to the israeli claims that the al shifa hospital is a hamas stronghold. all those weapons were not in shifa.

there is no center or control room for hamas in this hospital. we avoid all the hospitals all the time. the israelis, they have said that about rantisi hospital and they were lying. they said that about al-quds hospital and everyone realised that they were lying and now everyone is watching their lies. even with the support of the united states administration, which is a very silly and stupid support because you can'tjust believe netanyahu, who is a liar and everyone knows that. as the medical situation in gaza remains dire, a limited number of patients have been moved to nearby egypt, on wednesday a group of cancer patients who crossed from gaza were flown to turkey. but egypt's foreign minister sameh shoukry says efforts to provide medical support should be concentrated within gaza.

he also said there was no truth to reports that israel and the us had pressured cairo to take in refugees from gaza in return for debt cancellation, reiterating that palestinians could not be displaced from their homeland. egypt is seen as a key mediator in the ongoing conflict. we can speak to former egyptian foreign affairs minister currently joining us from morocco. thank you very much forjoining us here on bbc news. 0ne very much forjoining us here on bbc news. one question that some people have been asking of egypt is why can't your country take in more people from gaza who desperately need to leave the territory? israelis have systematically, since 1948, been pushing palestinians out of their houses, their homes, their territory. they have never taken anybody back in. we will not participate in a process that is a

continuation of trying to do this. that is the reason why we won't take my palestinians into egypt and it is the same position thatjordan has announced openly and actually said that it would consider it to be an act of war if they were pushed into the west bank. let me out here, we do take those who need medical support into our hospitals. irrespective of their nationality. but were not going to take, we are not going to be a part of a process that israel is consistently pushing palestinians out of palestinian territories.— palestinians out of palestinian territories. . ,, , territories. what mark pressure is e . nt territories. what mark pressure is egypt putting _ territories. what mark pressure is egypt putting on _ territories. what mark pressure is egypt putting on israel— territories. what mark pressure is egypt putting on israel as - territories. what mark pressure is egypt putting on israel as a - territories. what mark pressure is egypt putting on israel as a kind l territories. what mark pressure is | egypt putting on israel as a kind of key mediator in terms of getting aid across the rafah crossing? because that seems to be one of the key areas of concern right now. getting

aid in from egypt by the rafah crossing. aid in from egypt by the rafah crossina. , ., u, crossing. everything we are can, we are t in: crossing. everything we are can, we are trying to — crossing. everything we are can, we are trying to d0- _ crossing. everything we are can, we are trying to do. let _ crossing. everything we are can, we are trying to do. let me _ crossing. everything we are can, we are trying to do. let me out here. i are trying to do. let me out here. by are trying to do. let me out here. by the time processing aid coming to the border and organising the transfer in, including it's being checked by israelis before it is put on the tracks, near the border, the israelis actually bombed the road on the other side, in the palestinian side. so we were delayed again for a number of days until that road was fixed so that these heavy trucks could actually pass into gaza and then they were first initially, only distributed through the ngos and the un in the southern part of gaza and the northern part and get anything at all. and slowly, the northern part god some of the aid through the un. so we have been talking to the israelis repeated the that you

cannot treat civilians this way. —— make the northern part got some. this is collective punishment, this is a violation of international law and it is something you will be held accountable for. we have provided all the support we can, including cooperating with many countries that have provided aid and we have helped none palestinians, through their embassies in cairo, wanted to leave through the southern terminal, back to their own countries. and that has gone through. but i want to point out, if i may, the israelis, even today, have repeatedly said that once they're finished with northern gaza they will target the centre and then the south. let gaza they will target the centre and then the south.— then the south. let me 'ust pick up on what you-ve h then the south. let me 'ust pick up on what you've been _ then the south. let me just pick up on what you've been saying - then the south. let me just pick up| on what you've been saying because israel maintains that this is a targeted military operation to take out hamas's military capabilities

and that they will do whatever they can to minimise civilian casualties. but they will move more and more. they have said this openly. they will move, they claim it is targeted in northern gaza and 11,000 people have been killed. with babies and children every ten minutes. that is the targeted operation that you are talking about. what i am referring to, which is also not targeted, is their own declarations that they will then focus on the centre in the southern part of gaza so where will the people go? wired let me move on and ask you about the conversations that have been having along with qatar in terms of mediating a deal to release those hostages which is, of course, another big priority for israel. i cannot get into the details of that because i am not party to the negotiations, per se. but as far as i understand, from the

public domain, the discussions are regarding some hostages versus some palestinians who are in prison in israel. �* ., , ., , palestinians who are in prison in israel. �* ., , israel. and let me ask you this as well. israel. and let me ask you this as well- there _ israel. and let me ask you this as well. there has _ israel. and let me ask you this as well. there has been _ israel. and let me ask you this as well. there has been a _ israel. and let me ask you this as well. there has been a lot - israel. and let me ask you this as well. there has been a lot of- well. there has been a lot of questions. i mean, who knows when this conflict will end but there have been questions about what happens to the territory, what happens to the territory, what happens to the territory, what happens to gaza and who controls gaza after all of this. what are the thoughts and perspectives from egypt on this? this thoughts and perspectives from egypt on this? , _, . ., , on this? this conflict will only end when the israeli _ on this? this conflict will only end when the israeli occupation - on this? this conflict will only end when the israeli occupation of- when the israeli occupation of palestinian territory in gaza and the west bank and is. that is when it ends. if resolve the whole conflict, all we will do is create a ceasefire waiting for the next conflict. ., , , ., conflict. former egypt foreign affairs minister, _ conflict. former egypt foreign affairs minister, joining - conflict. former egypt foreign affairs minister, joining me i conflict. former egypt foreign i affairs minister, joining me from morocco, thank you very much for sharing your perspective and insight on this story. sharing your perspective and insight on this story-—

around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. in a world first, british regulators have approved a gene therapy that aims to cure two blood disorders, sickle cell disease and beta thalassemia. it's the first treatment to be licensed that uses a tool known as crispr, which can be used to correct faults in the dna of cells, allowing them to produce haemoglobin. the energy regulator, 0fgem, is launching a public consultation on standing charges. the fees are added to most gas and electricity bills at a daily rate, and can't be reduced no matter how much you cut back on your usage. people have until the nineteenth of january to submit their views. bbc analysis shows two—thirds of nhs maternity units in england don't consistently meet safety standards, as assessed by the health regulator. the care quality commission says maternity has the worst safety ratings of all the hospital services it inspects. the government said maternity care is of the �*utmost importance'.

there is a sum of the stories have been taking a look at in the newsroom. you're live with bbc news. the expense was initially paid by the scottish parliament after mr matheson said the ipad have been used for work. refunded the money and referred himself to the parliament for further investigation. 0ur reporter as the background on this story. last christmas, scotland's health minister went on a family holiday to morocco. it has ended up being a rather costly trip. he brought with him an ipad issued by the scottish parliament and it ended up with a

data roaming bill of almost £11,000. we can take a closer look at the ee data usage statement and you can look even more closely at this entry. more than three gigabytes of data using just one day, january two. now, that ended up costing more than £7,000. question started being asked about how he was able to use so much data. well, opposition politicians pointed out that on the very same day there was an old firm football match between rangers and celtic, and now mr matheson has revealed that his sons were using his ipad to hotspot and stream football. i his ipad to hotspot and stream football. is, , his ipad to hotspot and stream football. u, , ., ., his ipad to hotspot and stream football. u, , ., . , football. i can see now that it is 'ust not football. i can see now that it is just not possible _ football. i can see now that it is just not possible to _ football. i can see now that it is just not possible to explain - football. i can see now that it is just not possible to explain the| just not possible to explain the data usage without explaining their role. the simple truth is, they were watching football matches. find role. the simple truth is, they were watching football matches.- watching football matches. and the data charges _ watching football matches. and the data charges were _ watching football matches. and the data charges were first _ watching football matches. and the data charges were first revealed, i watching football matches. and the | data charges were first revealed, mr matheson assured staff that the ipad was being used purely for

parliamentary business and come on that basis, parliament agreed to cover most of the bill. he then changed tack when it was revealed that he had in fact failed to update the ipad sim card and so he agreed to pay off the entire bill personally in its entirety. the leader of the opposition conservative party has challenged mr matheson �*s version of events. samak gave this parliament written assurances it was a legitimate expense. it has now transpired that his son was watching football, why did he claim he was doing parliamentary work? mr matheson said he did not watch the video nor did he did not watch the video nor did he know it was being watched by his sons but there are no serious questions about why he didn't reveal the full truth and what the security arrangements are pieces of technology being used for government business. that is one of the most read stories on the bbc news website

today. the home secretary has insisted that the government's determined to send asylum seekers to rwanda before the election. despite the ruling that the policies are unlawful. we are going to go straight... no, we are not apologies, i thought we were going to go tojoe biden. i will continue. he said ministers were working at... we are going to go tojoe biden after all. we are going to go to joe biden after all. ., , ., , ., , .,, after all. contributions of people of asian and _ after all. contributions of people of asian and pacific _ after all. contributions of people of asian and pacific island - of asian and pacific island heritage. so san francisco is a natural place to gather and innovate and collaborate for the 2023 summit and collaborate for the 2023 summit and ceo summit and all the events taking place this week. i want to thank everyone who has made this week possible. especially those serving as executive secretary, business advisory councils, the and so many others. today economies make

up so many others. today economies make up more than 60% of the global gdp. for almost half the global trade, the asian pacific is projected to be the asian pacific is projected to be the largest contributor to global growth over the next 30 years. so the vision we pursue for the economic future of our region will be far beyond the asian pacific. it is not hyperbole to suggest, for the entire world. it is up to us, and the dynamism of our economies and tap the entrepreneurial spirit of our people and unleash the potential, the unlimited potential of our partnership in order to realise the future that will benefit people not only in the asian pacific region but the whole world. i mean that sincerely. people everywhere. the future of prosperity shared and is inclusive. while workers are

empowered and their rights are respected. 0ur economies are sustainable and resilient and the bridges that connect our people open a golden gate of opportunity to create lives of hope. lives of hope most people just hope, you know, create lives of hope. lives of hope most peoplejust hope, you know, it has been my approach here in the united states from the moment my administration took office, we are building an economy from the bottom up, trickle down economy worked 0k sometimes but not a whole lot trickle down to my dad's kitchen table. when the middle class does well, the poor have a chance and the wealthy still do very well. because what happens, the poor have a ladder up, the middle class and wealthy still do well. folks, already seeing the results. last quarter, the american economy grew 4.9%. the highest growth rate in two years. more people in the united states...

0k, we werejust more people in the united states... 0k, we were just listening more people in the united states... 0k, we werejust listening into more people in the united states... 0k, we were just listening into a little bit of the us presidentjoe biden who is at the summit after his meeting with china's president. let's go back to the story i was discussing earlier here in the uk and that is the home secretary has insisted that the government is determined to send asylum seekers to rwanda before next year. that is despite the supreme court ruling yesterday which said that the policy was unlawful. let's go straight to my colleague in westminster. so for the interruption there. joe biden got in the labourjust tells what the latest is from the home secretary on this policy which the court say was unlawful. this secretary on this policy which the court say was unlawful.— court say was unlawful. this all comes after— court say was unlawful. this all comes after that _ court say was unlawful. this all comes after that ruling - court say was unlawful. this all comes after that ruling by - court say was unlawful. this all comes after that ruling by the l comes after that ruling by the supreme court. judging the plan to send some asylum seekers to a wonder is unlawful and the main reason they judge it to be unlawful was they

said there is a risk of asylum seekers being sent to rwanda and then being wrongly sent back to their country of origin without having their claims properly considered. which could potentially put at risk genuine refugees. that is kind of the basis of that ruling. now, to get around that, the government's plan is kind of twofold. 0ne, they want to try to agree a new duty which would try to prevent rwanda from being able to send any asylum seekers that accompany uk anywhere else but back to the uk. they also want to introduce new kind of emergency legislation, which would allow them to override some of the laws that have blocked their plan in this case. now, the problem with this, is that getting any kind of laws through parliament in the uk can take quite a significant amount of time per doubling to go through both the house of commons but also the house of lords. sometimes legislation can take months and months and months, particularly ones like this that would be, you know,

potentially could be quite controversial if they are trying to, essentially, override key international treaties, pieces of domestic law and even the supreme court's within itself. so, i think there are questions being raised, suddenly tonight, about how practical that would be to get it all passed before next year, as the home secretary has said, in order to get any flights of the ground. i'd make our political correspondent live in westminster, thank you very much for bringing us up to date on that story. there is more on that story and of course on the rest of the day's news, all on the bbc news website. i the day's news, all on the bbc news website. , . ~ the day's news, all on the bbc news website. , . ,, ., ., , website. i will be back after a very short break _ website. i will be back after a very short break so _ website. i will be back after a very short break so do _ website. i will be back after a very short break so do stay _ website. i will be back after a very short break so do stay with - website. i will be back after a very short break so do stay with us - website. i will be back after a very| short break so do stay with us here on bbc news. hello. some of us did get to see

a bit of sunshine today. the best of that was in the north of scotland. further south, the weather was dominated by a storm that pushed across france. this storm was named storm frederico by the french weather service. it brought strong winds and heavy rain for france, but it only really dealt us a glancing blow, swinging away south—eastwards now. we have got this band of showery rain pushing its way eastwards. behind that, a mix of clear spells and showers. if the skies stay clear across northern scotland for long enough, we could see another very cold night, maybe down as low as minus three or minus four celsius. actually, quite a chilly night for many of us. into tomorrow, though, this ridge of high pressure will give something of a break between weather systems. more in the way of dry weather. we will start off with this band of cloud and some showery rain clinging to eastern coasts of scotland and england. a few showers out towards the west. there could be some fog patches too for northern ireland and scotland, they should tend to clear. then we're looking at a lot of dry weather, spells of sunshine. six degrees in aberdeen,

13 in plymouth, turning milder in the south—west corner as this band of rain approaches. that is our next weather system. that will be pushing its way northwards and eastwards as we move through friday evening, so turning wet across many western areas through the evening. that rain then sweeps eastwards into the first part of saturday in association with this frontal system, all driven, of course, by a big area of low pressure in the atlantic. the wind circulating around that low. we have a south—westerly wind with this for saturday, so some very mild air in place. this is how saturday it looks. outbreaks of heavy rain to start off across parts of south wales, southern england and then lingering across some eastern coasts of england and scotland as we go through the day. behind that, sunny spells and heavy thundery, blustery showers. these are the wind gusts we're expecting. we could well see gales around some coasts in northern and north—eastern scotland. temperatures, though, 15, 16 degrees in the south, even scotland, ten, 11, 12 degrees, so milder for just about all of us. low pressure still with us into the second half of the weekend. we mayjust see this little frontal system here causing the showers to clump together into a longer spell of rain in central and southern scotland, northern ireland, northern england.

but, broadly speaking, sunday is a sunshine and showers day. still quite blustery, particularly in the west but, broadly speaking, sunday is a sunshine and showers day. still quite blustery, particularly in the west and the south—west, and still mild, with double digit temperatures for just about all of us.

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