secretary of state antony blinken that there must be an immediate ceasefire in gaza. but mr blinken wants "humanitarian pauses". israel, though, insists there will be no temporary truce until all hostages are released. the jordanian foreign minister said the killing of civilians by israel could not be justified by its claim of self defence. he said the entire region was sinking into a "sea of hatred" that could define generations to come. secretary blinken�*s visit is exactly four weeks after the hamas attacks on israel in which 1,400 people were killed, and there is no let up in the israeli military response in gaza. its offensive is focused on the north of the territory, where it's thought up to 400,000 people are still living, even though israel has urged civilians there to move south. the hamas run health ministry in gaza says more than 9,400 people have been killed there in the past four weeks. we will have more on the diplomacy shortly, but we start our coverage with a report from our correspondent, jon donnison, injerusalem. and a warning there are distressing images from the start. four weeks into this war, the suffering is endless. and in gaza, no place is safe. the un says this school injabalia in the north was hit this morning, killing at least 15 people. thousands had been seeking shelter there. "god will take my vengeance," this young boy says. "i was standing here when the three bombings happened." israel says it's looking into what happened. and in the north of gaza, its ground offensive is pushing forward, tightening its grip on hamas, who israel says is using civilians as human shields. hamas is outgunned, but these pictures from its military wing claim to show it fighting back. more than 20 israeli soldiers have been killed since the ground offensive began as the number of palestinian casualties continues to rise. the us secretary of state met with arab leaders in jordan this afternoon. antony blinken again asserted israel's right to defend itself. but... protecting civilians will help prevent hamas from further exploiting the situation. but most important, it is simply the right and moral thing to do. when i see... ..a palestinian boy or girl pulled from the wreckage of a building, it hits me in the gutjust as it hits everyone in the gut. and i see my own children in theirfaces. and america is also worried about this conflict spreading. israel's military has said it targeted a terrorist trying to cross overfrom lebanon on its northern border last night. less than a mile away in the town of shlomi, volunteers have been preparing food for israeli soldiers amid fears the powerful lebanese militia group hezbollah could escalate this crisis. very serious, very sad. we cry. ..at night. i didn't sleep at night. i watch tv at night. we watched all the terrible cases, everything that's happened. can we run? when there's a siren, we run. and when we can, we work. and yes, we are under danger. we're risking our lives. there has been so much fear and grief over the last four weeks. and it's farfrom over. jon donnison, bbc news, jerusalem. getting information from gaza is difficult — but our correspondent rushdi abualouf has remained there and has this update. today, israel opened the salah al—din road, the axis in and out of gaza for the first time since a couple of days since they started the operation, ground operation in gaza. very few people managed to get out of gaza because the main road was damaged and access for car was almost impossible. but in gaza city, people are starting to flee the heavy fighting around the city. as the israeli ground operation expanded around gaza city from three different directions. the tanks were advancing near gaza city itself, especially the western part of gaza. tonight, again, the israeli air strikes were intensified around the al-quds hospital and also around the shifa hospital, where many solar panels on the roof of the building around the hospital were targeted from the air. we feel that israel is pushing the civilian population. they are taking the hospital as shelter to flee this place. they bombed tonight, the largest the largest bakery they are taking the hospital as shelter to flee this place. they bombed tonight, the largest the largest bakery in the place that is feeding most of the bread to the neighbourhood near the shifa hospital, also in the north of gaza strip. fighting was intensified in the north—west part near the coastal road where the hamas militants group saying that they have fired anti—tank missiles and they were engaged in gun battle with the israeli soldiers who are advancing towards the gaza city. here in khan younis, where about a million people displaced from their houses in gaza city and the north, they live in a very difficult situation with the severe shortage of electricity, food and water. let's go live now tojerusalem and speak to our diplomatic correspondent paul adams. paul, we heard in that conference, press conference with antony blinken talk about a humanitarian cause and also talk from the jordan talk about a humanitarian cause and also talk from thejordan foreign minister about a cease—fire, can clarify the difference between the two? ~ . ~ ., , ., clarify the difference between the two? ~ . �* .,, ., ., clarify the difference between the two? what the arab world would like to see would — two? what the arab world would like to see would be _ two? what the arab world would like to see would be a _ two? what the arab world would like to see would be a immediate - to see would be a immediate cessation of hostilities, for a extended period of time. that is absolutely not what israel is willing to accept at all and i don't think the americans want that either because they really agree with israel that nothing should happen that allows hamas to regroup, regather its forces and continue to fight back against the israelis. the americans shared the israeli objective which is to see hamas destroyed utterly on the battlefield. what they want to do instead is to have these small gaps that would be limited in duration and probably limited geographically as well to allow humanitarian aid to get into parts of southern gaza where there is still, are still israeli air strikes going on. there is a feeling that if these little windows of opportunity can be found, more aid can cross and across the rough across it, get to where it is needed and address the needs of what was described. at the moment israelis have not agreed even to that proposal but i think the americans believe that if they push harder they will ultimately get israel to agree to that. in harder they will ultimately get israel to agree to that.- harder they will ultimately get israel to agree to that. in tel aviv toda we israel to agree to that. in tel aviv today we saw _ israel to agree to that. in tel aviv today we saw some _ israel to agree to that. in tel aviv today we saw some protests - israel to agree to that. in tel aviv i today we saw some protests outside the idf headquarters and they were from the families of the hostages, many thousands attended. what do we know about that situation, have we had any updates? {links know about that situation, have we had any updates?— know about that situation, have we had any updates? only a statement toda from had any updates? only a statement today from hamas _ had any updates? only a statement today from hamas saying _ had any updates? only a statement today from hamas saying that - had any updates? only a statement today from hamas saying that they| today from hamas saying that they now claim that as many as 60 of the hostages you will recall that there are about 240 of them that 60 of them had been killed so far in the course of the bombardment from israel. we have no way of verifying that, they were seeing several days ago that as many as 50 had died then then said after the attack in the jabalia refugee camp, that huge explosion there, another seven hostages had been killed there. so they are updating on what they say is the toll, that is taken by israeli air strikes. the israelis have not said anything on and will not confirm any of these numbers but so it is only a hamas claim. we heard in that _ so it is only a hamas claim. we heard in that report byjohn earlier on about a strike at a you you un run school. figs on about a strike at a you you un run school-— run school. as the israelis close in on gaza city. _ run school. as the israelis close in on gaza city. the _ run school. as the israelis close in on gaza city, the whole _ run school. as the israelis close in on gaza city, the whole built-up . on gaza city, the whole built—up area which is a city, a couple of refugee camps including jabalia and other outlying areas, the chances of this kind of incident happening are more and more acute. the israelis want the civilians who are still there in gaza city in large numbers possibly as many as 3—400,000, out of the way so they can carry on fighting hamas without having to worry about civilian casualties. we have seen this now in the school in jabalia, outside at some of the hospitals in gaza. the fighting is now very, very close. the israelis have been targeting some of those areas, perhaps deliberately trying to persuade people to move south. they also at one point today said that the main road south was going to be open for civilians to leave for about three hours. so they really, really want civilians out of the way. because this battle which is closing in on the heart of this gaza city is just going to be incredibly costly in civilian lives if they keep encountering civilians mixed in among hamas fighters. and mixed in among hamas fighters. and this news that you have been reporting on on our lives page about feel so us officials travelling with antony blinken saying that there is an agreed mechanism for distributing fuel in gaza. element this is something that came up this morning when american officials were briefing reporters and this evening there has been reporting from the side suggesting that is really officials also now have an agreed mechanism for sending fuel into gaza. the problem is there is that fuel is in short supply in the south it is needed to keep humanitarian efforts going. up till now, the israeli government has refused to allow any additional fuel to cross into gaza. that has meant that the un has had to rely on rapidly dwindling supplies of fuel. those have not completely run out, but what the americans are now saying is that when they do, there is a mechanism, agreed between israel, the united states and the un to get fuel in two hospitals where it is needed. the reporting coming out from the side today suggested that the un would be responsible for monitoring all such shipments of fuel so making sure it reaches the places where it is supposed to go because israelis have been arguing all along because not only that there is fuel in gaza but it is being raided and siphoned off by hamas who obviously want to keep their own military capabilities going. so if it does happen, it will be heavily monitored and go to very specific places where it is needed for humanitarian purposes. thank you very much, paulfor the for humanitarian purposes. thank you very much, paul for the update. for humanitarian purposes. thank you very much, paulfor the update. you can read more about that conflict between gaza and israel and also updates from our reporters and correspondents in the region on our website. thousands of pro—palestinian supporters have joined demonstrations across the uk. police said there were about 30,000 people in central london — lower numbers than some recent protests. police said there were 11 arrests — one was for displaying a placard that allegedly could incite hate, contrary to terrorism legislation. there were also demonstrations across the uk. aru na iyengar reports. for the fourth weekend in a row, central london was the meeting point for palestinian protests. police said there will be a sharper focus on guarding against hate crimes. but the atmosphere was peaceful. the main message was a demand for a ceasefire. just looking at everybody, there's such a mixture of people here. i think theyjust want peace. the atmosphere here in trafalgar square is peaceful, but it's noisy. police have said they'll police up to the line of the law. they'll be looking at facial recognition and social media to make sure there are no hate crimes. but britain's chief rabbi has criticised the pro—palestinian protests, saying people on the marches are standing alongside extremists. if you come together in any gathering with a large number of people, you never know exactly who you're going to be gathering or marching with. and of course, if people are guilty of anti—semitism or anything like that, of course it's right that that should be called out. also present were members of the jewish community. they're not hate marches. they're marches for| very positive things. a ceasefire, justice and equality. other parts of the uk also saw protests. waverley station in edinburgh was brought to a standstill, rail passengers unable to complete theirjourneys. they took to the streets of cardiff and this was the scene in belfast. there's more to come next weekend. there are controversial plans for a mass rally next saturday, 11th november, which is armistice day. the proposed marches have been criticised by the prime minister, rishi sunak, as provocative and disrespectful. and our news correspondent aruna iyengar is with me now. largely peaceful protests today. when i was there at trafalgar square this afternoon there was a large number of people there people reported around 30,000 people in the square which is really the heart of london. most people i spoke to there really said they really wanted their voices to be heard and wanted to, mainly asking for a cease—fire and said they wanted politicians to pay attention to what people were saying. this comes after the chief rabbi has announced that he says that many protesters are really hiding the fact that there could be extremists amongst them. i spoke to people about that today and they said really, it wasn't up to them to decide who came on the march. they said it was inevitable that there would be other people there who did not hold the same views as them. but they said it was wrong to denounce they said it was wrong to denounce the whole of the demonstration because they said the vast majority of people who were there were protesting peacefully and just wanted to make their voices heard. so there were around 30,000 in trafalgar square, the police presence was very strong there and the police have said that they would really crackdown on any hate crime that they see, there were 11 arrests today. in london. there have also been protests right across european countries today and in the middle east so it has been a huge event today and this is the fourth week in london of these protests and that there is more planned for next week. as i sit in the report, armistice day is next saturday, the prime minister here has said that could be provocative if there is a mass rally next week. so the police are on to this, the home secretary has been talking about this today, it is cause for concern for politicians and for people who want their voices to be heard. he and for people who want their voices to be heard-— to be heard. he said protests have been happening — to be heard. he said protests have been happening in _ to be heard. he said protests have been happening in london - to be heard. he said protests have been happening in london where l to be heard. he said protests have i been happening in london where you work to but also across the uk and in washington we saw some live pictures earlier on and also across europe as well.— europe as well. there were about 4000 protesters _ europe as well. there were about 4000 protesters marching - europe as well. there were about | 4000 protesters marching through europe as well. there were about - 4000 protesters marching through the streets of milan in support of a cease—fire from the demonstration there was under the slogan, stop the war, no racism. we also saw in washington, dc, tens of thousands of people took to the streets there, the largest demonstration there since the mall began although there is this current iteration of the war began on october the 7th. many americans express support for israel and its fight against hamas, but as and its fight against hamas, but as a tax by israel a crease on the gaza strip calls for peace for palestinians have risen as well. so a number of american city seeing big protests in in favour of a cease—fire. here in the uk, the government is proposing new laws to restrict the use of tents by homeless people in england and wales. the home secretary, suella braverman argues that many rough sleepers see it as a lifestyle choice. homeless charities have reacted angrily to the plans. 0ur reporter nicky schiller is in the newsroom with more. this is a familiar sight in some towns and cities across the uk. homeless people sleeping in tents on the streets at night. now these pictures of rough sleepers were filmed by the bbc on london's most famous shopping street, oxford street, one night in july this year. now, the home secretary has said she wants to stop what she called the "nuisance and distress" caused by homeless people pitching tents in public places, aggressively begging, stealing, taking drugs, littering, and, as she put it, blighting our communities. in a post on x, suella braverman posted... "we cannot allow our streets to be taken over by rows of tents occupied by people, many of them from abroad, living on the streets as a lifestyle choice." now, homeless charities have reacted angrily to the plans, which would see new penalties introduced in england and wales for homeless people who authorities deem have rejected offers of help. now one of those charities, shelter, said nobody should be punished for being homeless, adding that living on the streets is not a lifestyle choice. now the latest figures show that people sleeping rough in england rose by more than a quarter last year. indeed, on one night in autumn 2022 3069 people were sleeping outside. according to the financial times, the proposals would include a civil offence whereby charities could be fined for handing out tents if they are deemed to have caused a nuisance. both labour and the liberal democrats have hit out at the proposal. it is expected to be included in the king's speech on tuesday, which sets out the government's legislative agenda and is expected to focus heavily on law and order. and we'll be talking to the homeless charity shelter in the next half an hour. stay with us for that. at least 157 people are believed to have been killed in an earthquake in western nepal. the shallow quake of magnitude 5.6 hit the remote hill district of jajarkot, which is about 500 kilometres west of kathmandu. strong tremors were felt in the capital and in indian cities including delhi. hospital officials in jajarkot said they were treating more than 40 injured people rescued from the rubble of their homes. in northern ireland, water pumping has started in the flooded areas of downpatrick. several towns in counties down, armagh and antrim were hit by heavy rain this week. but for many businesses it could be a while until they are able to assess the damage on their premises. as our northern ireland environment correspondent, louise cullen, reports. unprecedented, apocalyptic, and now the aftermath. after two days of drier weather, it is time to push the water back. the pumps have been working away for hours here, pumping thousands of litres two kilometres away from here. the water level has receded, but it has been far from a simple operation. the complications we are encountering, obviously everyone has heard downpatrick is basically in a bowl, so there is a lot the complications we are encountering, obviously everyone has heard downpatrick is basically in a bowl, so there is a lot of floodwater draining down into this bowl. the water levels in the river are quite high, thankfully they are now subsiding. this is as close as this local person can get to her shop floor. my stock is just floating about. it is very hard for a family business. we have been here for 100 years almost and my grandfather started it up. it is hard for everybody but we are a lovely community and we are trying our very best. the fire crew are amazing. it is just heartbreaking. and across the road, the local pharmacist is starting his clean—up. we were here until the early hours of the morning while they were trying to save my premises, and it meant so much to me. and to the rest of our staff when they came in the next day. this is one of the main shopping streets in this market town, and with christmas barely seven weeks away, there is just one wish now on everyone's list. we need help. we need help now. we need somebody to come down here and say... we need that man who signs the cheques. some breaking news in the last few minutes from hamburg police that they are conducting an operation at hamburg airport, currently seeing a static hostage situation posted on social media by croatia's foreign minister has been criticised for trying to kiss his german counterpart at a ministerial summit in berlin. they shook hands before a group photo, but then gordan gherlich radman moved to greet annalena baerbock with a kiss. she turned her head, so they bumped cheeks. now mr radman is facing accusations of acting inappropriately. 0ur reporter tom brada has more on the story. eu ministerial summits often don't generate headlines, but this moment at an eu foreign ministers meeting in berlin has sparked some controversy. 0n the left, that is croatia's foreign minister, gordan grlic rudman, greeting his german counterpart, annalena baerbock, with a handshake followed by an extremely awkward attempted kiss. ms baerbock turns her head away and his kiss lands on her cheek. now, this happened on thursday, but it's only over the weekend that the video started to spread rapidly online. according to german media, mr grlic radman has already apologised and defended what happened as a warm human approach to a colleague and that it was maybe an awkward moment. for her part, ms baerbock has yet to comment, but the situation has been covered by both german and croatian press. for example, this is a translation of an online article from the german tabloid newspaper bild. the paper calls the incident a kiss attack and goes on to say that the embarrassing situation played out because mr grlic radman had arrived late and that all the other ministers had already greeted one another and exchanged kisses. meanwhile, croatian media has picked up this tweet from former croatian prime ministerjadranka kosor who posted that forceful kissing of women is also called violence, isn't it? now many people are defending mr grlic radman, insisting that the incident has been blown out of proportion and the greetings with a kiss are a standard part of european culture. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. given how wet it has been, flooding will still be a concern over the days ahead. we have had some rain around today, some heavy showers here in sussex also affecting hampshire and also kent. a few thunderstorms and some gusty winds too. there are more showers coming in at the moment following that area of low pressure that has dominated the weather. that has brought some more persistent rain in northern england and north wales. still some wet weather here around now but that rain will slowly tend to ease off overnight. out to the west, some clearer skies, the odd shower. chilly start tomorrow in northern ireland and scotland, one or two mist and fog patches in the morning. those will lift. we start quite cloudy tomorrow in eastern scotland and england. still a bit of rain left from overnight, that should move away. a little cheer—up, sunshine coming through. out to the west, sunshine, showers through the day, bumping into the far west of scotland, one or two for northern ireland. bulk of the showers arriving across western parts of england and wales. if anything, those temperatures could be a shade higher than they were today. a bit like today, for northern parts of the uk, the winds should be fairly light and again like today, stronger winds will be in the far south. the far south—west of england, through the english channel and again, unfortunately, the channel islands will have some strong and gusty winds and some rather rough seas as well. those showers will continue into bonfire night, showers for many western areas, clearer skies out towards the east. that's going to be the story over the next couple of days. still got low pressure essentially dominating the weather into the start of the new week so again, it's still looking rather unsettled. close to that area of low pressure, some wetter weather in the far west of scotland. again, the odd shower for northern ireland, some showers for england and wales and maybe during the afternoon, a few more of those will get into eastern areas as well. but some sunshine around as well. temperatures — 11 to 13 degrees, those numbers not really changing very much over the week ahead. it's probably not until the middle part of the week that we see our first spell of organised rain. this weather front pushing in from the atlantic with somewhat stronger winds, but it's certainly not going to be a stormy week ahead. it is not going to be as windy, as wet as it has been and before the rain, the middle part of the week is a case of sunshine but also a few showers. this is bbc news. the headlines: egypt and jordan push for an immediate ceasefire in gaza. they want the us to back their call. but secretary of state antony blinken is urging only humanitarian pauses. the un's palestinian refugee agency says there was an explosion at a school it runs. hamas says 15 people were killed. israel says it's investigating. the us says up to 400,000 people remain in northern gaza, as israel's ground offensive continues. israel has told gazans to evacuate the north of the strip and move south as the war against hamas intensifies. protests in support of palestinians have been taking place in cities around the world — here in london 11 arrests were made. the uk home secretary suella braverman says homelessness is a "lifestyle choice" and proposes fines for charities that provide tents to people sleeping rough. now it's time for a look at today's sport. hello from the bbc sport centre. arsenal manager mikel arteta has described the refereeing decision to allow newcastle's winner against them to stand as "embarrassing and a disgrace". they lost 1—0 at stjames park, the gunners' first premier league defeat of the season. arteta was left fuming after the video assistant referee spent four minutes looking at antony gordon's second half goal, whether the ball had gone out in the build—up, had there been a foul, and then whether gordon was offside. it was given and prompted this response from the arsenal boss. it's embarrassing what happened in the premier league, the best league in the world. we had to think about this deeply. ifeel in the world. we had to think about this deeply. i feel ashamed. in the world. we had to think about this deeply. ifeel ashamed. it's an absolute disgrace. if an absolute disgrace and notjust a mistake. we try to do incredible things to be at the highest level every single week. this is unacceptable. it's too difficult. six other premier league games on saturday. manchester united beat fulham 1—0 in injury time. brentford came from behind to beat west ham 3—2. burnley remain in the relegation zone, beaten 2—0 at home by palace. everton were heading for a win at home to brighton but ashley young scored an own goal. that finished 1—1. manchester city are back on top of the table, they beat bournemouth 6—0 at home. sheffield united have theirfirst win of the season. 0liver norwood's penalty in the 10th minute of stoppage time saw them beat wolves 2—1. harry kane scored his third hatrick for bayern munich as they beat their great rivals borussia dortmund 4—0 it was the england captain's first experience of "der klassiker" sincejoining the german champions. he completed the hatrick in injury time and now has 15 goals in 10 league games, that's a bundesliga record. to the cricket world cup, where the defending champions england have finally been put out of their misery. they can't reach the semi—finals after their 33—run defeat by australia in amedabad england put australia into bat and bowled them out for 286. chris woakes was the pick of the bowlers with 4—54, including both openers, travis head and david warner. england reply started with a first ball duck forjohnny bairstow off mitchell starc. half centuries from dawid malan and ben stokes kept england on course, but once they were gone, england were always struggling. they were bowled out for 253 in the 48th over. australia are third in the table, and look good for the semi—finals. with two matches left to play, england will just try not to finish bottom. lots of frustration and personal pride in people wanting to play better cricket. still not good enough. pakistan have kept themselves in the hunt for a top four finish after beating new zealand in their rain—affected set a target of 402, fakhar zaman set off in pursuit of that with an astonishing knock of 126 offjust 81 deliveries. he hit 11 sixes. they reached 200—1 before the rain finally meant the game had to be abandoned but because more than 20 overs had been bowled, the match was decided under the duckworth—lewis—stern method. pakistan won by 21 runs, they are fifth, just behind new zealand on run—rate, both have one game left to play. max verstappen won his fourth sprint race of the season, this time at interlagos in brazil. starting second behind mclaren's lando norris he overtook the british driver heading into the first corner and never looked back. the dutchman finishing ahead of norris and his team—mate, sergio perez. verstappen will start sunday's main race on pole. and that's all the sport for now. it's exactly four weeks after the hamas attacks on israel in which 1,400 people were killed. this has led to israel targeting gaza to eradicate hamas and over the weeks there has been no let up in the israeli military response there. in a moment we are going to analyse the latest diplomatic efforts to end the fighting. but first let me show you a video we've received from the charity medical aid for palestinians. dr marsan abusada works at the al shifa hospital in gaza and has taken these mobile phone clips of wards packed with injured people. a warning you may find some of these images distressing. today is 3rd of november, the 20th day of aggression on gaza. i am now doing a photo. this is the sixth operating theatre in the subspecialty building. this is allocated for the cardiac surgery room. but unfortunately, today we are replacing children who already had surgery. these are children who had surgery. we don't have any empty place in the inpatient department. so we turn this room to be as a recovery area and inpatient department to our icu. unfortunately, this boy has no family at all. no member of his family can see him or come to see and to visit this boy. i am now in the main operating theatre in al—shifa. it is well overwhelmed with the huge number of injured people, as you see here. this is considered as a recovery area. it is full of patients. no vacant place to admit to inpatient department, as you see, still always it is the same scene. no vacancy in the inpatient department to admit any patients. most of the patients, they had surgery, but they are waiting to be transferred to inpatient department and we are providing them here. it is a horrible situation. we are providing care. this operating theatre, as you see here... 0k. and this is again what we have before me, the surgery again. there is clips taken inside a hospital in gaza. the united states has been leading the diplomatic efforts to end the current crisis in the middle east, and today the us secretary of state, antony blinken, met senior arab officials in the capital ofjordan — amman. mr blinken held group talks with the foreign ministers ofjordan, egypt, saudi arabia, qatar and the united arab emirates as well as the chair of the plo executive committee. the group talks concluded with a news conference where the us secretary of state spoke alongside hisjordanian and egyptian counterparts. thejordanian foreign minister ayman safadi condemned the actions of hamas but said that the killing of civilians by israel could not be justified by its claim of self—defence. he also rejected discussions about the �*future of gaza,�* calling such talks �*premature.’ joining me live from brussels is maha yahya, director at the carnegie middle east center, and from washington, steven a cook, senior fellow for middle east studies at the council on foreign relations. stephen in the us. firstly to you. that press conference we heard earlier with antony blinken and his counterparts, there was clearly a difference in view of what a ceasefire would mean and how useful it would be or how important it would be. what is your view on that? clearly there is a difference between the united states as arab partners. the arab states would like a whereas the united states is looking for what it is calling a humanitarian pause. some period in which fighting is brought to a lull to get into the gaza strip. but even that seems like a nonstarter for the israelis. they clearly believe a humanitarian pause would be a slippery slope into a ceasefire that would happen before they achieve their military goals. they are resisting all of this whereas the united states is continuing to work diplomatically on this issue. it is very unclear whether secretary blinken will be successful on this or not. ~ . , blinken will be successful on this ornot. ~ . , ., blinken will be successful on this or not. ~ . , .,~ ., ., or not. what is your take on that? it's clear antony _ or not. what is your take on that? it's clear antony blinken - or not. what is your take on that? it's clear antony blinken was - it's clear antony blinken was against a ceasefire but open to humanitarian pause. is that good enough? i think we might have lost sound to maha. stephen, in terms of what we heard from the arab countries in that press conference, they were clear about where they stood in terms of israel and israel's actions in gaza. it stood in terms of israel and israel's actions in gaza. it is not surprising _ israel's actions in gaza. it is not surprising at — israel's actions in gaza. it is not surprising at all _ israel's actions in gaza. it is not surprising at all that _ israel's actions in gaza. it is not surprising at all that arab - israel's actions in gaza. it is not. surprising at all that arab leaders have taken a position that israel's response is disproportionate and has now gone beyond self defence and that they are calling for a ceasefire. part of this motivated by the fact that these images including images broadcast are deeply disturbing and many civilians are caught in the crossfire and being killed as a result. and this is a political problem for arab leaders although there are authoritarian leaders, the politics is of incredible symbolic importance. sorry to interrupt you because i believe we have sound back with maha. sorry about that. in terms of what we were talking about, the humanitarian pause versus a ceasefire, what is your view on that? antony blinken seems to think, the us seems to think a humanitarian pauseis the us seems to think a humanitarian pause is good enough.— pause is good enough. humanitarian -ause pause is good enough. humanitarian pause frankly — pause is good enough. humanitarian pause frankly is _ pause is good enough. humanitarian pause frankly is simply _ pause is good enough. humanitarian pause frankly is simply a _ pause is good enough. humanitarian pause frankly is simply a lull - pause is good enough. humanitarian pause frankly is simply a lull dam . pause frankly is simply a lull dam at between one massacre and another. it's at between one massacre and another. it'sjusl_ at between one massacre and another. ii'sjusi a _ at between one massacre and another. it'sjust a small gap between massacres. we are seeing the slaughter— massacres. we are seeing the slaughter of palestinians, more than 10,000 _ slaughter of palestinians, more than 10,000 people dead now. more than 30% of— 10,000 people dead now. more than 30% of the _ 10,000 people dead now. more than 30% of the housing is gone. thousands of people are injured. more _ thousands of people are injured. more than— thousands of people are injured. more than half of these are children _ more than half of these are children. so it's catastrophic at every— children. so it's catastrophic at every level. when it comes to arab countries, — every level. when it comes to arab countries, it's not surprising that everybody — countries, it's not surprising that everybody is pushing for a ceasefire, it is notjust the government there that is pushing for ceasefire _ government there that is pushing for ceasefire. washington is witnessing one of— ceasefire. washington is witnessing one of the _ ceasefire. washington is witnessing one of the biggest and entire war demonstrations —— anti war asking for a _ demonstrations —— anti war asking for a ceasefire in gaza. so i think we are _ for a ceasefire in gaza. so i think we are seeing the same in london and berlin _ we are seeing the same in london and berlin and _ we are seeing the same in london and berlin and iraq, across the region and world — berlin and iraq, across the region and world racing demonstrations asking _ and world racing demonstrations asking for— and world racing demonstrations asking for a ceasefire because what is happening is simply unacceptable by any— is happening is simply unacceptable by any measure. is happening is simply unacceptable by any measure-— by any measure. what is your response _ by any measure. what is your response to _ by any measure. what is your response to that, _ by any measure. what is your response to that, stephen? l by any measure. what is your| response to that, stephen? of course, there is huge death toll in the gaza strip as the israelis unleash the full force of the idf on the gaza strip. the global opinion is quickly turning against israel after the terrorist attack but in washington, both the congress and white house remains in the view that a ceasefire will set up a situation and an environment where hamas will once again be able to break israeli security and as a result, the united states is only calling for a humanitarian pause. it is obviously an extraordinarily difficult decision for the united states to be in given the global public opinion and the suffering happening in the glasgow strip. nevertheless, that seems to be the opinion of the biden administration what. we seems to be the opinion of the biden administration what.— administration what. we touched on this was stephen, _ administration what. we touched on this was stephen, a _ administration what. we touched on this was stephen, a break— administration what. we touched on this was stephen, a break in - administration what. we touched on this was stephen, a break in the - this was stephen, a break in the fighting would allow hamas to regroup according to some and allow them to get their resources together and attack again. that wouldn't just be a threat to israel but also palestinian people in gaza as well. i think that makes no sense to me. take _ i think that makes no sense to me. take a _ i think that makes no sense to me. take a look— i think that makes no sense to me. take a look at what is happening in gaza today — take a look at what is happening in gaza today. humanitarian pause is literally— gaza today. humanitarian pause is literally a — gaza today. humanitarian pause is literally a lull between massacres. but humanitarian pause gives people breathing _ but humanitarian pause gives people breathing space from the bombing and .et breathing space from the bombing and get essential food, electricity, water — get essential food, electricity, water in — get essential food, electricity, water in. what we just saw in the lead _ water in. what we just saw in the lead up _ water in. what we just saw in the lead up to— water in. what we just saw in the lead up to this discussion, it makes no sense _ lead up to this discussion, it makes no sense to — lead up to this discussion, it makes no sense to me. what will you do, continue _ no sense to me. what will you do, continue punishing 2.1 million palestinians? in the way we are seeing? — palestinians? in the way we are seeing? versus because you were worried _ seeing? versus because you were worried hamas may be able to regroup, — worried hamas may be able to regroup, i_ worried hamas may be able to regroup, i don't believe that is the case anyway. a humanitarian lull of a few _ case anyway. a humanitarian lull of a few days — case anyway. a humanitarian lull of a few days will not allow them to launch _ a few days will not allow them to launch a — a few days will not allow them to launch a new terror attack. they can barely _ launch a new terror attack. they can barely deal — launch a new terror attack. they can barely deal with the onslaught they are having right now. the other thing _ are having right now. the other thing i— are having right now. the other thing i would also say is history shows— thing i would also say is history shows that if you want to get rid of organisations like hamas, violence is not _ organisations like hamas, violence is not the — organisations like hamas, violence is not the way to do it. look at isis, _ is not the way to do it. look at isis, the — is not the way to do it. look at isis, the massive campaign against isis, the massive campaign against isis, and _ isis, the massive campaign against isis, and it — isis, the massive campaign against isis, and it is still alive and kicking _ isis, and it is still alive and kicking after the conflict. the taliban _ kicking after the conflict. the taliban, kicked out for 20 years and came _ taliban, kicked out for 20 years and came back — taliban, kicked out for 20 years and came back. and one can ease many more _ came back. and one can ease many more examples. this military campaign _ more examples. this military campaign will rarely succeed and groups— campaign will rarely succeed and groups are part and parcel of a social— groups are part and parcel of a social fabric and we need to understand the history by which these _ understand the history by which these groups came about. this did not happen— these groups came about. this did not happen dam might begin on october— not happen dam might begin on october seven. we not happen dam might begin on october seven.— not happen dam might begin on october seven. ~ ., ., ., october seven. we will have to leave it there. thank _ october seven. we will have to leave it there. thank you _ october seven. we will have to leave it there. thank you for _ october seven. we will have to leave it there. thank you forjoining - october seven. we will have to leave it there. thank you forjoining me. i breaking news at the moment, an armed man drove a car through a barrier into the grounds of hamburg airport on saturday evening and shot a weapon twice in the air. police said no one appeared to be injured but the airport announced its closed for take—offs and landings. that is hamburg airport. let's return to the story that the home secretary, suella braverman, has said she wants to put a stop to homeless people pitching tents on the streets, describing it as a "nuisance". she said for many, it was a "lifestyle choice". let's talk to deborah garvie who is the policy manager at shelter. thank you forjoining us. firstly, your reaction to the home secretary saying this is a lifestyle choice. well, for the thousands of people on the streets tonight, it is certainly not a lifestyle choice. people are homeless because they can't get access to a home and that is becoming increasingly difficult particularly since the end of the pandemic but really over the last decade or more. and it is 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people get their help - shelter? well, we always do our best to help people get their help they - to help people get their help they have the right to through their local authority or assist them into some sort of voluntary provision so we would never say that a tent is an answer to homelessness, the answer is always a home. and suitable emergency accommodation and the right support until you can get into the home. but eventually, the right answer is always access to a home of your own. answer is always access to a home of our own. �* answer is always access to a home of our own. ~ . ., , ., your own. and the challenges of homelessness, _ your own. and the challenges of homelessness, where _ your own. and the challenges of homelessness, where are - your own. and the challenges of homelessness, where are we i your own. and the challenges of homelessness, where are we at| your own. and the challenges of. homelessness, where are we at the moment in the uk? we homelessness, where are we at the moment in the uk?— homelessness, where are we at the moment in the uk? we are now seeing record levels — moment in the uk? we are now seeing record levels of — moment in the uk? we are now seeing record levels of homelessness - moment in the uk? we are now seeing record levels of homelessness across l record levels of homelessness across the board because of course people being homeless on the streets is only the very most visible form of homelessness but we have record numbers of children homeless with theirfamilies now, hidden and stuck in temporary accommodation. but even rough sleeping, at the sharpest end is we have seen a rise in the big year —— last year and it is likely to be worse after new accounts commend. and given the government promised to eradicate people having to sleep rough by the end of this parliament, that is very worrying that the numbers have gone up so much in the last year. if that the numbers have gone up so much in the last year.— much in the last year. if you weren't able _ much in the last year. if you weren't able to _ much in the last year. if you weren't able to issue - much in the last year. if you weren't able to issue tense l much in the last year. if you i weren't able to issue tense to people you help, what would happen? as i say, what we will do when people come to us is help them if they have a right to accommodation from the council or if not into some voluntary provision. a tent is never the answer although of course when people are on the streets, that is often what they have to resort to. but of course, if you are on the streets in the elements, given the weather we had across most of the country today, it doesn't take much imagination to understand what it's like to be out on the streets particularly in wet and cold weather and people die much younger, and average in their mid—40s, when they have experienced street homelessness and die when they're homeless. it's and die when they're homeless. it's a matter of life and death that people are protected from the elements at the very least but as i said, a tent is never the answer to homelessness, a home is always the answer. ., ~' homelessness, a home is always the answer. . ~ , ., homelessness, a home is always the answer. ., ~ , ., y homelessness, a home is always the answer. . ~ , ., , . homelessness, a home is always the answer. ., ~' , ., y . ., answer. thank you very much for “oininr answer. thank you very much for joining us- _ answer. thank you very much for joining us- hurt _ answer. thank you very much for joining us. hurt is— answer. thank you very much for joining us. hurt is policy- answer. thank you very much for| joining us. hurt is policy manager at the charity shelter. . the european commission president ursula von der leyen has made an unannounced visit to kyiv. she is there for talks with president zelensky on ukraine's efforts to join the european union. the commission will next week report on the progress made by ukraine and other countries in their bids for membership. kyiv hopes that, despite the ongoing war against invading russian forces, eu leaders will agree to open formal accession negotiations at a summit in december. that would require the approval of all 27 eu nations, something that's not certain. i must say you have made excellent progress. this is impressive to see. we will testify to this next week, when the commission will present its report on enlargement. i want to tell you how impressed we are by the reforms you have made in the midst of a war. we should never forget you are fighting an existential war, and at the same time, you are deeply reforming your country. you have reached many milestones, reforming yourjustice system, curbing the oligarchs' grip, tackling money—laundering and much more. this is the result of hard work. and i know that you are in the process of completing outstanding reforms. if this happens, and i'm confident, ukraine can reach its ambitious goal of moving to the next stage in the accession progress. a new foundation to help those struggling with addiction has been set up in the name of the late friends actor matthew perry. he was best known for playing chandler bing in the tv sitcom but had battled with addictions to alcohol and drugs for much of his life. he was found dead last week at the age of 54. the actor and comedian, russell brand, has been accused of sexual assault in a lawsuit filed in new york. a woman claims he assaulted her when she was an extra while they were making the film "arthur" 13 years ago. russell brand is yet to respond to the lawsuit, and has previously denied allegations of sexual assault between 2006 and 2013, made by four women. david willis reports. and i tried to get away from him... an investigation by the times, the sunday times and channel 4 reported claims of sexual assault on the part of russell brand involving four women, one of whom alleged he raped her at his home in los angeles. he denies the allegations. these and this latest allegation all relate to a period when russell brand, seen here at the premiere of his film get me to the greek, was at the height of his hollywood stardom. now, an affidavit filed in new york alleges that russell brand exposed himself to an extra on the set of the film arthur. "the sexual assault happened later that same day "when i was in the bathroom", the affidavit continues. it's the first such allegation to be levelled against russell brand in a lawsuit. he has yet to respond. what i seriously refute are these very, very serious criminal allegations... shortly before the initial allegations came to light, he took to his youtube channel to maintain that all his relationships had been consensual. his latest accuser, who has maintained a career as an actor, is reported to be seeking unspecified damages in return for psychological injuries suffered as a result of the assault. david willis, bbc news, los angeles. if you could go back in time 4.6 billion years and take a picture of our sunjust as it was being born, it might very well have looked like this. this is a very young star, in the constellation of orion. it's a new image from nasa's james webb space telescope. you can see pink and red jets shooting out from a dense disc of gas and dust. the star is thought to be no more than 50,000 years old — but would have looked much the same as our sun at a similar age. and some breaking news in the last half an hourfrom hamburg police saying they are dealing with a hostage situation at their airport after reports an armed drove through after reports an armed drove through a gate. this was broken on social media from hamburg and police say they are dealing with a hostage situation. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. all driven in by an area of low pressure. but no pressure has been named as a new storm bringing severe weather to europe. gusts hitting 85 mph blowing over trees. there will be transport disruption and power cuts likely here. all the while, 15 metre high waves battering the coastline of portugal and north—west spain and italy, more severe flooding over recent days with extra rain help not helping things. the flooding could get worse before gets better. forthe flooding could get worse before gets better. for the uk, still unsettled with rain easing to more showery conditions across parts of northern england and something a bit drier for a time across the west and temperatures around three to seven celsius into sunday morning. a chilly start to the day. through sunday morning, further showers coming and going across eastern england and scotland but otherwise ace fine and sunny start to the day. in the afternoon showers will build across western areas. wind is flowing and a north—westerly direction, crucialfor flowing and a north—westerly direction, crucial for those flowing and a north—westerly direction, crucialfor those in southern england affected by those heavy showers and flooding. those winds should push the showers off shore at last and should be a dry day in the south. a few more coming and going on bonfire night, some clear spells and you will have to wrap up warm as it will be a chilly one. into monday, things are looking unsettled across the north and west of the uk with showers and longer spells of rain here. a few showers elsewhere but moving through fairly promptly given the brisk westerly winds and temperatures continue to run a bit below average. deeper into the new week, we will replace the mixture of sunshine and showers with more general outbreaks of rain as we head through the middle part of the week and with the grounds complete saturated following our prolonged speu saturated following our prolonged spell of wet weather, we will to watch carefully to see weather there will be more issues. it clears three and will be followed by a mixture of sunny spells and showery conditions towards the end of the week. bye for now. live from london, this is bbc news. foreign ministers from egypt and jordan call for an immediate ceasefire in gaza — but antony blinken says that would allow hamas to regroup. a ceasefire now would simply leave hamas in place, able to regroup and repeat what it did on october the 7th. hamas says 15 people have been killed in an explosion at a un—run school in gaza. israel says it's investigating the circumstances. the us says up to 400,000 people remain in northern gaza, as israel's ground offensive there continues. the un says no part of gaza is safe. protests in support of palestinians have been taking place in cities around the world — here in london, 11 arrests were made. the uk home secretary suella braverman says homelessness is a "lifestyle choice" and proposes fines for charities that provide tents to people sleeping rough. the us finds itself diplomatically stuck between its arab allies and israel. at a meeting in amman today, arab foreign ministers told us secretary of state antony blinken that there must be an immediate