families of the people taken hostage by hamas continue their march tojerusalem. one relative tells us what they are hoping to achieve. we will not give up and we will not cease to do whatever we can to bring him back home. new york police say there is currently no investigation into the rap artist sean combs, also known as puff daddy, who's been accused of rape and sex trafficking by an ex—girlfriend. the families of israeli hostages held in gaza are continuing their five—day march from tel aviv to jerusalem to increase the pressure on the government to secure their release. thousands of people have joined the march, which will end in a protest outside the residence of the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, on saturday evening. i spoke to matan eshet, who is on the march. his cousin evyatar david

was kidnapped by hamas at the nova music festival on 7th october. we decided to go on this march because we wanted to meet up with the government to see them. and most importantly, we wanted to show them, we wanted to show the world that all of the people in israel are thinking about our hostages and this is what is the most important thing right now for everyone over here, is to get all of the 238 people being held hostage by hamas back to their houses. and by doing this march, we are going through the cities, we can see the people. they are waving the flag. they're chanting with us. they're going to every meet up every

big street, every big crossraods we are going through in order to show us that they support us and they are part of our cause. we could see some pictures just there of your cousin on the screen. can you tell us about him? yeah. he is my younger cousin. he lives right across the street from my parents�* home where i grew up. he is is an amazing musician. he plays the guitar. he loves music. he loves life. is is still 22 years old. he wants to be a music producer when he gets older. his is an amazing person, like in every place he goes, he is the charmer. he's the one you want to go with. he's the one you want to talk to.

his friends are telling us that he is their guy, whenever they need someone to talk to, whenever they need some help, whenever they are not sure what to do, they go to him because he is really good at listening. he's really calm. he knows how to make the right decisions. you said that you were getting good support from people when you were walking through these towns and villages. what's it like being amongst other families and with other people whose loved ones were taken in the attack on 7th of october? it's a bit hard to explain. it's a feeling of commodity, people who understand you in a way that no one else can. ifeel like i've been adopted to this huge, huge family,

thousands of people, thousands of people who know what we are going through. and all they want is to support each other. all they want is to see their loved ones back home. in this terrible times while we can barely sleep or eat or think. this is a place where you feel a little bit sane. you don't need to explain how you feel. you don't need to... you don't have to do anything. just the way that someone puts their hand on their shoulder or the way they tell you good morning or the different ways we talk about how are you, because everyone here is broken because everyone here is waiting for their loved ones to come back.

obviously, we we don't know the conditions that the hostages are being kept in. but if your cousin were watching or listening to this program, what would you want to say to him? i would want him to know that we love him. and i'm sure he knows we're sending him good energy. and we think about him every day and every hour, and we will not give up and we will not cease to do whatever we can to bring him back home. and we miss him. and we will really do whatever we can. let's go live to toronto now and speak to professor izzeldin abuelaish. he is a canadian—palestinian doctor who made history by being the first palestinian doctor to work in an israeli hospital.

he's been nominated five times for a nobel peace prize and advocates for peace and reconciliation between israel and palestinians — despite losing three of his daughters and a niece during the 2009 war in gaza. he has lost around 25 relatives since the latest conflict in gaza started on the 7th of october. thank on the 7th of october. you for being with us. what are thank you for being with us. what are you hearing from your colleagues and friends on the ground concerning the conditions in gaza. if and friends on the ground concerning the conditions in gaza.— the conditions in gaza. if there is a possibility _ the conditions in gaza. if there is a possibility to — the conditions in gaza. if there is a possibility to hear _ the conditions in gaza. if there is a possibility to hear from - the conditions in gaza. if there is a possibility to hear from them, l the conditions in gaza. if there is. a possibility to hear from them, to a possibility to hearfrom them, to contact them, because the palestinians on the gaza strip are disconnected from the world. they are disconnected and cut off from electricity, water, food, from medication, from gas. even from the internet they are disconnected. for more than a week i can contact my daughters, my sister, my brothers,

my family and my colleagues and friends. the situation is getting worse. we are not connected with them. this makes me scarred and underfear and uncertain them. this makes me scarred and under fear and uncertain about what is happening there on the ground. that is the situation now in the gaza strip. it is a crisis of humanity. and being unaware of what is happening makes us more worried about what is going on there at the hospitals, because it means there is something happening in darkness and nothing is more painful when you move in darkness, and that is the situation. what we see through the media and the hospitals are targeted, the children and the newborn babies, their incubators, they are targeting without even warning, indiscriminate targeting,

killing people. you have heard about it, they have killed more than 12,000 palestinians were killed, 50% of them, about 6,000 children, and 25% are women. it is a disaster. more than 32,000 are severely wounded. i received a text message, even for a child dated and a reputation for four fingers in even for a child dated and a reputation forfourfingers in her right hand without anaesthesia. what about women who are experiencing now, they are pregnant and they need delivery? if they need an urgent cesarean section, how can they do that without energy, without medication? it leads to stress and this can increase the preterm

births. they need an intensive care unit. this is a crime against humanity and this is not acceptable in the gaza strip that i know. my sisters, my brothers are living there, it is not the gaza strip that i know. ~ ., , there, it is not the gaza strip that iknow. �* ., , ., there, it is not the gaza strip that iknow. ~ ., , ., , i know. apologies for interrupting. you worked _ i know. apologies for interrupting. you worked advocating _ i know. apologies for interrupting. i you worked advocating reconciliation and peace between israel and the palestinians for many years. do you think reconciliation is possible at this moment in time?— this moment in time? nothing is impossible- _ this moment in time? nothing is impossible. everything _ this moment in time? nothing is impossible. everything is- this moment in time? nothing is. impossible. everything is possible and we can do it, but when we speak about reconciliation, what do we mean by it? we need to resume functionality. in order to start rehabilitation we needs to stop the bloodshed, to stop the killing of the palestinian people. that is the first step. it is not to talk about

reconciliation in that context. we need to make a tariff reality for people to reconcile, to rehabilitate the wounds and to move forward. that is possible, but within the current context, the war that is complicit about what is happening, and different. it is about the western leadership. the prime ministers and the americans who are fuelling it and adding the fuel to the war by supporting its by saying israel has the right for self defence. they have the right for self defence, but what about the palestinians who are resisting just to exist? they want to live. does the palestinian life

matter or knots? that is what they need to advocate for. will the palestinians free them? i'm sure the issue of reconciliation and to overcome the pain and suffering, it will be much easier if they realise that a palestinian life means as much as an israeli life. professor, thank you — much as an israeli life. professor, thank you very — much as an israeli life. professor, thank you very much _ much as an israeli life. professor, thank you very much for - much as an israeli life. professor, thank you very much for sharing l much as an israeli life. professor, i thank you very much for sharing your thoughts or thoughts —— your thoughts or thoughts —— your thoughts with us. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. bbc news, bringing you different stories from across the uk. we're helping about 150 to 200 families week on week now. that is a huge average. at the bottom of this poverty there's a small child and that child needs help, so that's what we do. emily only thought her baby bank

would last a couple of weeks and finish once the donations dried up, but almost five years on many struggling families rely on it. they're not coming because they're flash. because they've got lots of things. they're coming because they're desperate, because they need a winter coat for their child, a pair of sturdy shoes. they're coming because they're facing incredibly difficult, challenging and circumstances and theyjust need that little bit of help. sarah knows how many of these families feel. she came here after her baby was born. my baby was six—weeks—old and i needed a sling for her. i didn't have £40, £50 for a sling. but now she volunteers for the charity, helping families who are in the same situation. for more stories from across the uk, head to the bbc news website. you're live with bbc news. new draft guidance for the nhs suggests that women experiencing difficult menopause symptoms should be offered talking therapy. the advice, published by the national institute for health

and care excellence, suggests that things like cbt, or cognitive behavioural therapy, can help with symptoms such as hot flushes, insomnia and mood changes. the institute says that offering these services alongside treatments like hormone replacement therapy will give women more choice. live now to dr laura jarvis, a doctor specialisinhg in reproductive health, to tell us more. thank you've with us. this is something that is already done in the nhs in scotland. tell us why you think it is important.— think it is important. that's right. it's very important _ think it is important. that's right. it's very important when - think it is important. that's right. it's very important when women i think it is important. that's right. i it's very important when women are going through the menopause that they can receive a whole raft of treatments and talking therapy, such as cbt, is reallyjust one of those approaches. in scotland we already operate either face—to—face or in a group situation, or even online.

people often think of the psychological implications of going through something like menopause and the benefits of things like talking therapies, but there can be a time between psychological and physiological. how to therapies to help with the physical side effects? that's a good question. hormone replacement therapy is bringing four physical symptoms of the menopause, but often there is a big overlap, they can often have problems with anxiety, sleep, and cbt have been shown to be very useful in addition to things like hrt for those symptoms. fix, to things like hrt for those symptoms-— to things like hrt for those s mtoms. �* ., ., ., to things like hrt for those smtoms. ., ., ., �* symptoms. a lot of women may say cbt is not for me. — symptoms. a lot of women may say cbt is not for me. i'm _ symptoms. a lot of women may say cbt is not for me, i'm not _ symptoms. a lot of women may say cbt is not for me, i'm not interested - symptoms. a lot of women may say cbt is not for me, i'm not interested in - is not for me, i'm not interested in talking about it, i want a prescription or physical therapy. what would you say to them? absolutely. one size does not fit all. it is important when you see a menopausal woman that she is offered

individualised care and that she receives what she wants. i think thatis receives what she wants. i think that is really important. this receives what she wants. i think that is really important.- that is really important. this is bein: that is really important. this is being done _ that is really important. this is being done in _ that is really important. this is being done in scotland. - that is really important. this is being done in scotland. the i that is really important. this is i being done in scotland. the nice recommendations cover england and wales. if you were talking to a colleague south of the border and they were on the fence, what would be your guidance? i they were on the fence, what would be your guidance?— be your guidance? i would say it is another option _ be your guidance? i would say it is another option to _ be your guidance? i would say it is another option to have _ be your guidance? i would say it is another option to have available, i another option to have available, another option to have available, another your tool box. women can deliver their own cbt with a book or with self—help guides. it can be made quite easily available. i appreciate you're not an nhs accountant, but cost is always a factor in things like this. many may say that it is not the job of the nhs to offer talking therapies and that these kinda things are available to those who need them privately. how would you justify putting on the nhs? 50.

privately. how would you 'ustify putting on the “9h privately. how would you 'ustify putting on the nhs? so, it doesn't necessarily — putting on the nhs? so, it doesn't necessarily need _ putting on the nhs? so, it doesn't necessarily need to _ putting on the nhs? so, it doesn't necessarily need to be _ putting on the nhs? so, it doesn't necessarily need to be expensive, | putting on the nhs? so, it doesn't. necessarily need to be expensive, it is —— if it is delivered online, in a group or with the help of a book. it can be very cost effective. talk to us about _ it can be very cost effective. talk to us about how— it can be very cost effective. talk to us about how it _ it can be very cost effective. talk to us about how it works, either on a one on one level or in a group scenario. if a woman is going through the menopause and she talks to her doctor about it, her doctor refers herfor to her doctor about it, her doctor refers her for talking therapies, to her doctor about it, her doctor refers herfor talking therapies, if someone is watching he is at the stage of their life, what are the processes that it takes them through? processes that it takes them throu . h? ~ ., processes that it takes them throu~h? . ., processes that it takes them throu~h? ., , ., ., ., through? what cognitive behavioural therapy stands _ through? what cognitive behavioural therapy stands for, _ through? what cognitive behavioural therapy stands for, cognitive - through? what cognitive behavioural therapy stands for, cognitive is - therapy stands for, cognitive is basically our thoughts, so what looks at is sometimes our thoughts can become our own worst enemy, so for example we might have a thoughts of we are struggling to get to sleep, oh my goodness if i don't sleep, oh my goodness if i don't sleep well tonight i have a busy day tomorrow, i will never manage those meetings i have lined up, and those thoughts themselves can perpetuate

the problem and almost make things worse. cognitive behavioural therapy helps you in a sense to challenge those thoughts had to change those thoughts to more helpful thoughts. very good to get your perspective, thank you very much. new york police say there is currently no investigation into the american rapper and producer sean combs, whose former girlfriend has accused him of rape and sex trafficking. it also urged anyone who has been a victim of sexual assault to file a police report. the r&b singer cassie is suing combs, who's previously gone by the stage names puff daddy and p diddy, saying she was trapped for a decade in a cycle of abuse and violence. the rapper's lawyers responded by saying the lawsuit is riddled with baseless and outrageous lies. earlier, i spoke to our north america correspondent nada tawfik who gave me the latest. cassie's lawsuit includes graphic descriptions of violence. she says the two met in 2005

when she was 19 and he was 37. and diddy signed her to his label bad boy at the time. and she says they started dating and that that's when the abuse began. she alleges that he asserted control over her personal, her professional life so she couldn't escape him and that he forced her to consume drugs and alcohol, to procure illicit prescriptions to satisfy his own addictions, that he allegedly also forced her to commit sex acts with male prostitutes while filming it, which she said made her a victim as well of sex trafficking across state lines. and he said he often punched, beat, kicked, stomped on her, and that when she tried to leave him in 2018 to end the relationship, that he raped her. now, he has vehemently denied these allegations. he called them, through a lawyer, offensive and outrageous. he even accused her of trying to extort him over the past six

months for $30 million, threatening to write a damaging book about their relationship. but in response, her lawyers say that actually she turned down tens of millions of dollars from him as an effort to silence herfrom going forward. and she decided to file this lawsuit. now, neda, as you mentioned, these are significant allegations. sean combs has denied them through his lawyers, vehemently denied them. the nypd says there's no investigation. so where does that take things? yeah. i think the key here at the moment is that there's no investigation right now. this at the moment is a civil case. it was brought because under the new york adult survivors act, there is a window which actually ends next week, on thursday, thanksgiving day here in the united states, where that window briefly allowed people to come forward with rape, sexual abuse, allegations that where the statute of limitations had expired.

so she decided to come forward with this lawsuit. now the nypd is asking others to come forward if they have anything to say. so i think this is very much the beginning of what we may see happen in this case. a man has been given a life sentence for the murder of 23—year old schoolteacher ashling murphy in ireland. our ireland correspondent chris page reports. ashling murphy was 23, a schoolteacher and an accomplished musician. no—one who knew her could have imagined how her life would end. jozef puska stabbed ms murphy 11 times. in the hours before the murder, he had closely followed two other women in the town of tullamore.

when the jury convicted puska, the victim's family said a vicious monster had stolen a shining light. ashling was a vibrant, intelligent and highly motivated young woman who embodied so many great traits and qualities of the irish people and its communities. her life had a huge impact on so many of those around her and she was the epitome of a perfect role model for every little girl to look up to and strive to be. ashling murphy was attacked at random when she was jogging on this canal towpath. after the murder there was an international wave of shock and sympathy, with many thousands calling for more to be done to prevent violence against women. the scale of the demonstrations and the strength of public feeling broke new ground. we called it a watershed moment. she was a young woman doing something that people do in their everyday lives, you know, going for a run on her lunch break. and that really meant something to people because there was...

what was very clear was that women are limiting their lives because of fear of violence. the irish government's brought in new measures, though campaigners say further action is needed. in the court today, ashling murphy's family spoke directly to jozef puska. they told him their suffering would always outweigh his punishment. chris page, bbc news, dublin. what happens when one of the greatest film directors of our time, sir ridley scott, makes a film about one of history's most famous military leaders, napoleon bonaparte? sir ridley�*s film about the french emperor has been praised by british critics, but angered some french reviewers. the british director has been speaking to our culture editor, katie razzall, ahead of the release of napoleon next week. i'm blessed with a good eye, i think. that's my strongest asset. wait. and that asset is on show in sir ridley scott's napoleon,

played byjoaquin phoenix, a visual spectacular about the french soldier turned ruthless emperor who battled his way across europe and beyond. i'm not built like other men. there have been 10,1100 books written about napoleon bonaparte, you know? he is so fascinating, revered, hated, loved, and more famous probably than any man or leader or politician in history, so how can you not want to go there? follow in the footsteps of alexander the great... the film is under fire from some historians for inaccuracies. napoleon bonaparte didn't fire a cannon at the pyramids, for example. you really want me to answer that? i do. i'll answer it. it'll have a bleep in it. get a life, is his response — in coarser language. any historian, the first thing is, you can't tell me there is not 98% conjecture. give me a break. why are you staring at me? am i? uk reviews have been good,

but french critics have trashed scott's napoleon. one bonaparte biographer even called it anti—french. the french don't even like themselves. i don't care. what's interesting is, the audience i showed it to in paris, they loved it. scott made an early name for himself in hollywood with alien, after huge success as an ad director. thelma and louise was another triumph, and with 28 films now under his belt, scott tells me he has a rule for how long a movie should be. you can bore the ass off people if you're running for three hours, three and a half hours. there's a moment that i called the bum ache factor. you start, "oh god. oh, my god, another hour. are you kidding me?" my name is maximus decimus meridius... i scott's gladiator won best picture at the oscars, but the coveted best directing academy award has so far eluded him. is it because they don't like big blockbusters, and you make blockbusters? i've never thought. i don't really care.

and more than 20 years after gladiator he is now making a sequel in malta. and has also written and cast another film that's still a secret for now. you are 85. a lot of 85—year—olds might be slowing down, but you're not. no. how are you planning on spending the rest of your years? are you just going to keep working? yeah. i mean, i go from here to malta. i shoot in malta, finish there, and i've already recce'd what i'm doing next. what is the film you're most proud of... i like them all. and what would you say to your younger self? no advice. i did pretty good. i got there. katie razzall, bbc news. stay with us here on bbc news. hello again. well, it's been a lovely sunny day across the vast majority of the country with blue skies, some wonderful autumn colours at the moment, but our weather won't be looking

like this as we head into the weekend, no, because we leave behind this slice of sunshine and we have to look out into the atlantic to this area of cloud. this is an area of low pressure that's going to be bringing us some wet and some windy weather, both on saturday and on sunday, as well. the wind is coming in from a south—westerly direction and they will ultimately be bringing in some much milder weather conditions. back to tonight's forecast, first of all, and we've got that rain beginning to arrive, pushing its way steadily north and eastwards with the wind strengthening, particularly into coastal areas of western scotland where, by the end of the night, we will probably see some gusts of around a5—55mph. but is one of those nights where temperatures will be rising through the night across the south—west. by dawn, we're looking at temperatures of around 1a degrees. and in terms of the rainfall on saturday, we're all going to get some, but it's across south—west england where there are one 01’ two concerns. 15—30 millimetres of rain — in the grand scheme of autumn lows that's not a huge amount,

but across this part of the uk, we've already seen well over the november average rainfall so far, so this extra rain could cause one or two problems with surface water flooding. the rain band does push its way through. a lot of cloud following. then come the showers, with blustery winds everywhere, but particularly so for a time across the western coasts of scotland. it will be a mild day, milder than it was on friday, with temperatures for most between around 12—16 degrees. on into sunday's forecast and low pressure is moving across into northern scotland. not particularly windy here, the strongest winds will be heading into the south—west of england, where we could see some gusts of 405, maybe even 50s in miles—an—hour. the wettest weather for northern ireland, northern england and north wales, with rain looking like it's going to be quite persistent here. it will be another mild day, temperatures around 12—14 degrees for most. that area of low pressure starts to slip away into monday. we'll get these north—westerly winds feeding in, so it's going to start to feel a little bit cooler and the rain will tend to turn a bit

more showery in nature. then a slightly quieter spell of weather towards the middle part of the week. we then start to see the weather turning colder and, for some, we might start to see some snow showers over the mountains of northern scotland by the end of the week.

hello, i'm christian fraser. you're watching the context on bbc news. grief is one form of suffering in gaza.

this is another. hundreds gather outside one of the few flour mills still running. and we should never have gotten to where we are right now, where we're almost begging for fuel. absolutely unacceptable and, in fact, unbelievable. so there should be an urgent shipment of fuel. we can't go back. to failed strategies. there has to be a different regime i and a different future for israelisl and palestinians alike. that's what will give l hope to palestinians. we will liberate them from hamas, i liberate them from this tyranny. i the un says the lack of fuel means it can no longer bring aid into gaza and people are facing the immediate possibility of starvation. israel said today it will allow in two fuel lorries a day.

we'll ask the un's former director for operations in the occupied