this incredible project. hello, i'm matthew amroliwala, welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. israel's prime minister says the country's troops are now advancing into gaza city, after pushing through hamas�*s front lines in the north of the gaza strip. the bbc understands that five different battles have been taking place in northern gaza, with the biggest in the north west of the strip, but this can't be independently verified. in a statement, prime minister benjamin netanyahu says, "we're at the height of the battle. we've had impressive successes and have passed the outskirts of gaza city." israel's intense bombardment of gaza has also continued. the hamas—run gaza health ministry says 27 people have been killed in an israeli strike near a un school, the third deadly strike in as many days on the densely populated jabalia refugee camp. it says more than 9,000 people have now been killed in gaza since the seventh 0ctober. that was when israel says hamas killed 1,400 people in raids on southern israel, kidnapping more than 240 others meanwhile, more people are heading to the rafah crossing from gaza into egypt following international efforts to open the border there. the uk foreign office has confirmed that "more british nationals" have been able to cross today, without giving any numbers. several hundred people crossed into egypt yesterday. egypt says it will allow about 7,500 foreign passport holders to enter from gaza in the next two weeks. some injured palestinians are also being taken to egypt, for treatment in a new field hospital. live now tojerusalem and our correspondentjon donnison. benjamin netanyahu benjamin neta nyahu has benjamin netanyahu has been giving an update. we knew there were on the edge of gas a city but they seem to have gone further. he says they have now passed through the outskirts of carson city and literature at the height of the battle. it is difficult to get an accurate picture of the type of fighting in north and gaza in that ground offensive. what is important to remember is the area around gaza city is relatively open. it is small towns and villages where the fighting will have been much more straightforward. 0nce fighting will have been much more straightforward. once you get into gaza city itself it becomes much more densely built—up and the ground offensive much more comprehensive. all the while, almost four weeks now after hamas�*s cross—border attacks, israel's retaliation shows no signs of letting up. once again we have had heavy strikes just north of gaza city, targeting an area close to a un school. the school itself appears to have been hit by a much smaller munition and it is not clear how the 27 people that palestinian health officials are saying have been killed died. certainly the images from that school show parents desperately looking for their loved ones to find out whether they have been hurt. , ., , ones to find out whether they have been hurt. , . , ., , , been hurt. tell us what is happening at the border — been hurt. tell us what is happening at the border crossing _ been hurt. tell us what is happening at the border crossing points. - been hurt. tell us what is happening at the border crossing points. at - at the border crossing points. git the border once again this morning there was a list of names published to allow a tiny fraction of gaza's population of more than 2.2 million to get out. those people with foreign passports and dozens of critically injured people. this morning again we had strolling strolling through the long list of names to see whether they were on it. yesterday we think the vast majority of people allowed out for jordanians. today it seems quite a number of american citizens have been allowed out. and some british people. there are around 200 british passport holders in gaza. i was speaking to a british government minister yesterday and he was saying it is going to take time, it is going to be done in stages. that is just the british people. when you think there are 7500 foreign passport holders and gaza it will take a considerable amount of time. thank you. joe biden has said the 7a dual citizens have now emerged out of gaza. that is the latest update from the us. catastrophe" is imminent in gaza and its head tedros adhanom ghebreyesus has again called for a humanitarian pause in the israel—hamas war to help the thousands injured. he's been speaking at a press conference in geneva. let's hear some of what he had to say: we're running out of words to describe the horror unfolding in gaza. since hamas' horrific attacks on israel on the 7th of october more than 10,000 people have been killed, including more than 8,500 in gaza in 1,400 in israel. the situation on the ground in gaza is indescribable. hospitals crammed with the injured lying in corridors. morgues overflowing, doctors performing surgery without anesthesia. leo cans, head of doctors without borders' mission for palestine, jerusalem. thank you forjoining us. how are your colleagues describing to you? it was a nightmare, is how it was described. it is becoming worse and worse every day. we are operating on children without anastasia. ijust had a phone call with the surgeon who did a 20 centimetre wound that he had to stitch without anaesthesia on a 12—year—old girl. nothing can justify this. i don't know what the world is so silent, i don't know why nothing is moving. it is a horror, a massacre live on tv. we can see that. nothing is moving. this has to stop right now. we need hundreds of trucks per day to come in at a minimum to meet the essential needs of the population. we need drugs in the hospitals. this targeted was targeted today. it was another hospital yesterday. nobody is safe. it has to stop. there are no words to describe this. we had an air strike onjabalia refugee camp. the horror we are witnessing, there are no words for that. we are seeing videos and pictures from our doctors. i cannot sleep after seeing pictures from those videos. you are incredibly graphic. _ pictures from those videos. you are incredibly graphic. some _ pictures from those videos. you are incredibly graphic. some doctors i pictures from those videos. you are | incredibly graphic. some doctors are making terrible, terrible choices about who to treat and who they will not treat —— will not be able to treat. is that with your doctors are also telling you?— also telling you? exactly, exactly. it is impossible _ also telling you? exactly, exactly. it is impossible choices. _ also telling you? exactly, exactly. it is impossible choices. people i also telling you? exactly, exactly. | it is impossible choices. people are dying. we had some doctors call us crying on the phone and these doctors have been going through in the past unfortunately many wars. they are not new doctors, they are doctors who have seen many wars but they are crying now. it has lasted for too long. the nature of the victims is very important to stress. we have way too many children coming to the hospitals. that we have way too many children coming to the hosnitals-— to the hospitals. that must be incredibly distressing - to the hospitals. that must be incredibly distressing to - to the hospitals. that must be incredibly distressing to have l to the hospitals. that must be. incredibly distressing to have to deal with that.— incredibly distressing to have to deal with that. incredibly distressing to have to dealwiththat. , , ., , , deal with that. exactly. it shows us somethin: deal with that. exactly. it shows us something important, _ deal with that. exactly. it shows us something important, that - deal with that. exactly. it shows us something important, that the - something important, that the bombing is totally indiscriminate. if the performing was targeted there would not be that many women and children. bombs are being dropped on densely populated areas with no worries about the civilians. we can talk about war crimes about what is going on in the gaza strip. you talk about war crimes about what is going on in the gaza strip.- going on in the gaza strip. you will be familiar. — going on in the gaza strip. you will be familiar, you _ going on in the gaza strip. you will be familiar, you will _ going on in the gaza strip. you will be familiar, you will have - going on in the gaza strip. you will be familiar, you will have heard - be familiar, you will have heard about the way the israelis target, i won't repeat it. i will ask you another question about what is happening on the ground. we have heard those orders to evacuate patients from certain hospitals. have you been involved in anything like that? have you moved any of your patients away from any of the facilities you are being told have to be evacuated? this facilities you are being told have to be evacuated?— to be evacuated? this order of evacuation _ to be evacuated? this order of evacuation is _ to be evacuated? this order of evacuation is inhuman, - to be evacuated? this order of| evacuation is inhuman, insane, impossible logistically. we are asking people to evacuate people in an intensive care units. how can you evacuate them? you cannot follow this order. even if there was the will, it would be impossible. there are also the concerns of the health care workers. we are asking the health care workers to abandon their patients and lived to the south, where there is intense bombing as well. you cannot evacuate hospitals. we need more hospitals. there are more than 20,000 wounded. we need much more hospitals. instead of talking about evacuating hospitals, we should talk about opening up the hospitals that have been shut down. it is nonsense to talk about shutting down hospitals in the middle of a war. the victims we are having a very complex cases. they need serial surgeries, one after the other. many patients are dying because we lack antibiotics, lack of hygiene, it is too crowded and we are doing operations on the floor. 0perations are doing operations on the floor. operations in the corridor. i'm talking about the operation, not stabilising the patient. i'm talking about amputations taking place in the corridors of hospitals. this is the corridors of hospitals. this is the situation i am gaza. thank you so much forjoining us and giving us that account of what it is like they're on the ground. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. the former chief executive of nhs england, lord stevens, has told the covid inquiry that senior ministers sometimes did not attend high level meetings chaired by the then health secretary, matt hancock, in the early days of the pandemic. he also told the inquiry how mr hancock wanted to decide "who should live and who should die" if hospitals became overwhelmed. glastonbury festival organisers have pushed back the sale of tickets for next year by two weeks. they had been due to go live this evening , but the organisers say it would be unfair to go ahead as some people have had issues with registration. tickets for 2024 will now go on sale on the sixteenth of november. the royal mint has begun producing a new set of coins inspired by britain's natural habitat. the first coins to be struck include the one pound featuring british bees, the five pence featuring an oak leaf, and the 50p featuring an atlantic salmon. the first of the new coins are expected to enter circulation at the end of the month. you're live with bbc news. winds of more than 100mph have been battering parts of the uk as storm ciaran progresses. hundreds of schools are closed and in many areas of southern england and the channel islands, with people being urged to stay indoors. residents injersey have been out assessing the damage. these pictures are from west hill where uprooted trees and branches are blocking the roads. people there have told the bbc there are still very strong winds in the area. live now to our ireland correspondent chris page. chris, describe a little more about what it is like there.— what it is like there. matthew, it hasn't been _ what it is like there. matthew, it hasn't been raining _ what it is like there. matthew, it hasn't been raining very - what it is like there. matthew, it hasn't been raining very much i what it is like there. matthew, it i hasn't been raining very much here today, but you would think otherwise, wouldn't you? look at the scene here in what is usually the main shopping street in downpatrick. this is a place that is well known for being the burial place of saint patrick. usually a thriving town, but dozens of businesses here have been affected by the devastation which has come after heavy rainfall earlier this week. engineers from the northern ireland department of infrastructure, the local government department, has been assessing what has been happening here. they say that they don't think there will be able to start pumping and draining floodwater away from here until possibly tomorrow because local rivers are still at such a high level they say they wouldn't be able to make enough meaningful progress. all day local people here have been coming to take a look at the scene. shop owners have been trying to assess the damage to their businesses, restaurant owners, too. at the moment there are about a hundred people here, some of them hugging each other, encouraging each other and what has been a really distressing day here. in the time of portadown and county armagh also very serious situation. some homes there have been cut off by floodwater. group of young people have taken to rowing the boat up and join a street to deliver food and medical supplies to people you can get out of their houses. a number of important routes have been closed, too. across northern ireland tonight many stories of destruction, unfortunately.— many stories of destruction, unfortunatel . t, , unfortunately. there were warnings about this from _ unfortunately. there were warnings about this from coming. _ unfortunately. there were warnings about this from coming. what - unfortunately. there were warnings about this from coming. what are l about this from coming. what are people saying about the preparations? people saying about the --rearations? ., g, , preparations? fortunately, if there is importantly _ preparations? fortunately, if there is importantly you _ preparations? fortunately, if there is importantly you can _ preparations? fortunately, if there is importantly you can put - preparations? fortunately, if there is importantly you can put into - preparations? fortunately, if there is importantly you can put into the | is importantly you can put into the story, it looks like the worst of the winds have passed this part of the winds have passed this part of the uk by. this is the result of what was heavy rainfall on monday and tuesday this week. the rain was falling on saturated ground it has had a knock—on effect. 0nly falling on saturated ground it has had a knock—on effect. only a few hours ago don't argue could stand on solid ground boats still need floodwater has been creeping up the street. it is a question of looking at the flooding infrastructure again, trying to prevent this sort of thing from happening once more. chris, thank you. the storm has brought a double threat, the potential of flooding and the heavy rain and tidal surges, but also the high winds. here is an example of that. here's an example of that second issue — caught on a baby monitor belonging tojessica 0'reilly injersey. you can hear the winds whipping around, and then — the bedroom window is smashed, but fortunately it seems the curtain is strong enough to prevent any broken glass hurting eitherjessica or her baby, penelope — although it did cover the floor and the bed. the winds were thought to be gusting at around a hundred miles an hour — jessica says she's just lucky to be alive. the motherly instinct kicked in. and you need to get out of it. it was pretty scary and quite a hard watch to look back on, just knowing what could have happened if i wasn't in the room with her at the time. we are lucky, i think. we managed to get out and we are safe. but the beatles final song — now and then — has been released. i'll play a bit for you in a moment, but it is the most incredible story becausejohn lennon wrote and sang the first few bars in 1978. the other beatles tried to finish the song in the 1990s, but the quality of the original recording was just not good enough. but paul mccartney never let go of the idea and here we're, in 2023 with the first �*new�* beatles recording in 25 years. # now and then # i miss you. # now and then # i want you to be there for me #. 0liver murray is the film—maker who was tasked with the job of documenting the project and rogue best is the brother of the original drummer of the beatles, pete best. i spoke to both of them earlier. this is incredibly unique and is a story that spanned decades and starts with the years where john, they think he wasn't being productive, he stepped away from celebrity lifestyle, he was living in new york. but obviously, he still loved music is still making music and he was recording demos and ideas on things on tapes just like a writer would have a notebook he had these tape players. the problem being that he would be in the corner writing a song and there would be people talking in the room, in this case, the tv was left on, the placement of the mic was on the piano so the piano was way too loud. but he wasn't concerned with that at the time because throw forward to now, he had no idea. so fast forward to you right now, how did they manage to clean it up? the catalyst was the get back project, the peterjackson project. the question came up, paul said, can this be applied to the music? is this be applied to the music? is this the moment to revisit the tapes. the guys in new zealand said, yes, let's do it. they cleaned it up. unfortunately, it is notjust a case of, i like the phrase musical archaeology, and the same way that an archaeologist would get rid of the layers of sound, they get rid of the layers of sound, they get rid of the frequencies that are not needed and they put back the ones that give you a rounded version of thejohn lennon vocal. t you a rounded version of the john lennon vocal.— you a rounded version of the john lennon vocal. i will bring in rogue best. welcome _ lennon vocal. i will bring in rogue best. welcome to _ lennon vocal. i will bring in rogue best. welcome to the _ lennon vocal. i will bring in roguel best. welcome to the programme. lennon vocal. i will bring in rogue i best. welcome to the programme. i know in the last couple of hours you are having a party to launch this. give me an idea of what that was like? ht give me an idea of what that was like? ., , give me an idea of what that was like? g, , , give me an idea of what that was like? ,~ g like? it was absolutely fantastic, matthew. like? it was absolutely fantastic, matthew- we — like? it was absolutely fantastic, matthew. we only _ like? it was absolutely fantastic, matthew. we only decided - like? it was absolutely fantastic, matthew. we only decided four. like? it was absolutely fantastic, l matthew. we only decided four or five days — matthew. we only decided four or five days to go to the listening party — five days to go to the listening party and _ five days to go to the listening party and we were thinking about it because _ party and we were thinking about it because we haven't done one before. we thought, you know what, let's go for it _ we thought, you know what, let's go for it we _ we thought, you know what, let's go for it. we threw it out there and the tickets— for it. we threw it out there and the tickets sold out in 37 minutes. the place — the tickets sold out in 37 minutes. the place wasjammed and the atmosphere was electric. the place was jammed and the atmosphere was electric. when you -la ed it, atmosphere was electric. when you played it. what _ atmosphere was electric. when you played it, what was _ atmosphere was electric. when you played it, what was the _ atmosphere was electric. when you played it, what was the reaction? i played it, what was the reaction? you would have heard a pin drop in the room — you would have heard a pin drop in the room it— you would have heard a pin drop in the room. it was silence except for that song — the room. it was silence except for that song. when the song finished the room — that song. when the song finished the room just erupted. that song. when the song finished the roomjust erupted. i that song. when the song finished the room just erupted. i asked that song. when the song finished the room just erupted. iasked if that song. when the song finished the room just erupted. i asked if he wanted _ the room just erupted. i asked if he wanted to— the room just erupted. i asked if he wanted to hear it again, they all screamed — wanted to hear it again, they all screamed yes. some guys shouted from the crowd, _ screamed yes. some guys shouted from the crowd, why don't you just leave it on repeat — the crowd, why don't you just leave it on repeat for us! let the crowd, why don't you 'ust leave it on repeat for us!_ it on repeat for us! let me ask you about the video _ it on repeat for us! let me ask you about the video that _ it on repeat for us! let me ask you about the video that comes - it on repeat for us! let me ask you about the video that comes with i it on repeat for us! let me ask you | about the video that comes with it. i know that your family handed over previous unseen footage. tell me about that, briefly. t’m previous unseen footage. tell me about that, briefly.— about that, briefly. i'm an avid collector and _ about that, briefly. i'm an avid collector and i _ about that, briefly. i'm an avid collector and i have _ about that, briefly. i'm an avid collector and i have a - about that, briefly. i'm an avid collector and i have a little - about that, briefly. i'm an avid collector and i have a little tip | collector and i have a little tip off about _ collector and i have a little tip off about ten years ago there had been _ off about ten years ago there had been a _ off about ten years ago there had been a rumour that the guy had footage — been a rumour that the guy had footage of the beatles in their letter~ — footage of the beatles in their letter~ i— footage of the beatles in their letter. i tracked footage of the beatles in their letter. itracked him footage of the beatles in their letter. i tracked him down and lo and behold he did have the footage. i and behold he did have the footage. i made _ and behold he did have the footage. i made him — and behold he did have the footage. i made him an offer which he refused. _ i made him an offer which he refused, danny made another one, which _ refused, danny made another one, which he _ refused, danny made another one, which he also refused. it refused, danny made another one, which he also refused.— which he also refused. it had your brother in it. _ which he also refused. it had your brother in it, playing _ which he also refused. it had your brother in it, playing drums, - which he also refused. it had your brother in it, playing drums, not. brother in it, playing drums, not ringo starr!— ringo starr! unfortunately, you don't see people _ ringo starr! unfortunately, you don't see people because - ringo starr! unfortunately, you don't see people because one | ringo starr! unfortunately, you| don't see people because one of ringo starr! unfortunately, you - don't see people because one of the lads is _ don't see people because one of the lads is planting standing in front of him! — lads is planting standing in front of him! , , , of him! so, bittersweet. given everything _ of him! so, bittersweet. given everything that _ of him! so, bittersweet. given everything that pete _ of him! so, bittersweet. given everything that pete went - of him! so, bittersweet. given - everything that pete went through, everyone knows that story, that is quite harsh that even in that snippet not there.— quite harsh that even in that snippet not there. quite harsh that even in that sni et not there. ., ., .., snippet not there. yeah, what can i sa , it's snippet not there. yeah, what can i say. it's a — snippet not there. yeah, what can i say, it's a strange _ snippet not there. yeah, what can i say, it's a strange one. _ snippet not there. yeah, what can i say, it's a strange one. in - snippet not there. yeah, what can i say, it's a strange one. in terms i snippet not there. yeah, what can i say, it's a strange one. in terms of| say, it's a strange one. in terms of now, in say, it's a strange one. in terms of now. in terms _ say, it's a strange one. in terms of now, in terms of— say, it's a strange one. in terms of now, in terms of the _ say, it's a strange one. in terms of now, in terms of the legacy, - say, it's a strange one. in terms of now, in terms of the legacy, this i now, in terms of the legacy, this final song, what do you make of it? i know you do a lot of work with the museum. ht i know you do a lot of work with the museum. , , , , ., museum. it is bittersweet. they have said it is the — museum. it is bittersweet. they have said it is the final _ museum. it is bittersweet. they have said it is the final song _ museum. it is bittersweet. they have said it is the final song from - museum. it is bittersweet. they have said it is the final song from the - said it is the final song from the beatles. — said it is the final song from the beatles, so it is wonderful to hear. ithink— beatles, so it is wonderful to hear. i think that — beatles, so it is wonderful to hear. i think that is why there were tears in the _ i think that is why there were tears in the room — i think that is why there were tears in the room this afternoon, because it's at— in the room this afternoon, because it's at the _ in the room this afternoon, because it's at the final song? i don't know — it's at the final song? i don't know 18_ it's at the final song? i don't know. 18 months from now paul could look in _ know. 18 months from now paul could look in his— know. 18 months from now paul could look in his sock drawer and say, look. _ look in his sock drawer and say, look. i— look in his sock drawer and say, look. i find _ look in his sock drawer and say, look, i find this cassette! the us secretary of state is just heading back to the middle east. he spoke to journalists as he left talking about his three main aims. first, to talk to the israeli government about the ongoing campaign againstthehamasterrorist organisation. as we said from the start, israel has not only the right but the obligation to defend itself and also to take steps to try to make sure this never happens again. we have also said very clearly and repeatedly that how israel does this matters. we will focus is well on steps that need to be taken to protect civilians who are in a crossfire. hello there. damage and destruction caused by storm ciaran tracking eastwards across the southern half of the uk, dangerously large waves in many exposed coastal areas, and some very strong gusts of wind as well. the wind gusts have now eased, but we recorded 93 mph gusts injersey airport, 78 mph gusts at dover in kent. the winds will ease as we head through the rest of today. that storm pulls out into the north sea. but still some gusts of around 60 to 65 mph possible for exposed coastal areas, especially towards the east. bands of showers and heavy rain swirling around that very deep area of low pressure, as it gradually tracks its way further northwards and eastwards. so the winds easing towards the west but still very strong for the next couple of hours. we are going to see more heavy rain, another 40 to 60 millimetres perhaps, over the higher ground, the pennines. some more rain for eastern scotland, where we have seen the recent flooding, bands of showers again further south. northern ireland, western scotland, not seeing too bad a day. there will even be some sunshine here with temperatures peaking between ten and 12, 13 degrees celsius. still strong winds overnight tonight, across north—east england and eastern scotland. further showers here but gradually, as that low pulls away, the showers are expected to appear across england and parts of wales as well there will even be some clear spells. temperatures generally low to high single figures. as we head through friday, our area of low pressure is out into the north sea, but we can see the next one approaching from the south and the west. friday is a calmer looking day of weather. we have still got this low out in the north sea. further showers expected for much of eastern scotland and western scotland largely dry. further showers push across much of wales and into the south—west of england again. still a fairly brisk wind blowing behind the area of low pressure. temperatures between 12 and 13 celsius. it is not too long until we see the next low sweeping in from the south—west. that is going to push in as we head through saturday and will affect mostly southern areas of the uk yet again. there are localised weather warnings in force for heavy rain across the south of england, also affecting wales. further north, across northern england, and northern ireland, a little bit of dry weather. we could again see some rain in north—eastern areas of scotland. goodbye. this is bbc news, the headlines. israel says it shoots are putting into gaza city after pushing through the north of the gaza strip. store ciaran sweeps across the channel islands knocking out power to thousands of homes. the first global summit on artificial intelligence draws to a close, rishi sunak is warned that monitoring aai risk is too important to be left to the big tech companies. the bank of england leaves interest rates unchanged at 5.25 % — for the second successive meeting. we will have more on all of those stories in a moment. we will have more on all of those now for sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre. hello from the bbc sport centre. india are the first team through to the semi—finals at the cricket world cup. the hosts beat sri lanka by an enormous 302 runs in mumbai, india actually lost the toss and were put into bat, but they posted an imposing 357 for 8 after shubman gill made 92, virat kohli added 88 and shreyas iyer hit a quickfire 82, it would