good afternoon. the g7 group of nations, including the us and the uk, are calling for humanitarian pauses in the fighting in gaza, to allow more aid in and more civilians to leave. the united states has also said israel should not re—occupy gaza after the war is over. on the ground, israel says its troops are now in the heart of gaza city, fighting hamas — which is classified as a terrorist group by the uk government and which killed more than 1,400 people in israel a month ago. the hamas—run health ministry in gaza says israel's bombardment there has now killed more than 10,500 people. live now to yolande knell injerusalem. yolande. soa so a lot is happening diplomatically this lunchtime and also inside gaza, where the israeli military extended for an extra hour its four hour window where it allows people from the north to head to the south. because so many people have been making thatjourney because so many people have been making that journey today. because so many people have been making thatjourney today. and we are also getting a taste of what it is like behind israeli lines. for the first time, israeli forces are giving some journalists a glimpse of how gaza now looks. this footage is from the bbc�*s us partner, cbs. in the very north of the strip, it's hard to believe these were palestinian homes just a month ago. i know that the military objective is to destroy hamas... mm—hm. ..but you destroyed everything. yeah, because, look, hamas is using infrastructure. i mean, just ten minutes ago, we had a serious battle with a group of hamas inside a school. missiles are said to have been fired from here, and these pictures show how far israeli forces are advancing in their mission to destroy hamas. this tank appears to be deep in gaza city. nearby, many thousands of civilians are continuing to shelter at the shifa hospital. doctors here deny israel's claim that the building's secretly used by hamas. but as israeli forces move in, there's been a new exodus from northern gaza to the south. although it's been declared a safe route, many carry white flags. we are civilian people. we want to live in our land, with peace, but nobody in the world let us to leave. in lebanon, where events in gaza are being closely watched, there was more cross—border fighting overnight. here, israel says it's attacking its powerful enemy, hezbollah, and its leaders tell the bbc the war could yet spread. translation: the danger is real, because israel is increasing its aggression against civilians and killing more women and children. is it possible for this to continue and increase, without bringing real danger to the region? i think not. such threats worry the international community. today, g7 foreign ministers backed a pause in fighting to get aid into gaza. and the us has been giving assurances about the post—war future. the united states believes key element should include no forcible displacement of palestinians from gaza. not now, not after the war. no use of gaza as a platform for terrorism or other violent attacks. no reoccupation of gaza after the conflict ends. but for now, the fierce battles go on. israel pledges to annihilate hamas, hamas says that no force on earth can do that. many more difficult days lie ahead. yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem. in a moment, we'll talk to mark lowen, who's in southern israel, but first to rushdi abualouf, who's in gaza. what is the latest on the ground where you are?— what is the latest on the ground where you are? yes, in the last ten minutes or — where you are? yes, in the last ten minutes or so. _ where you are? yes, in the last ten minutes or so, we _ where you are? yes, in the last ten minutes or so, we have _ where you are? yes, in the last ten minutes or so, we have a _ where you are? yes, in the last ten minutes or so, we have a huge - where you are? yes, in the last ten minutes or so, we have a huge airl minutes or so, we have a huge air strikesjust 50 minutes or so, we have a huge air strikes just 50 metres from the hospital, huge smoke rises out of the building near the hospital, shrapnel hitting the courtyard of the hospital. this is the second—largest medical centre in the south of gaza, it is the area called the area safe where about two thirds of the population now is living here, taking the hospital and other properties around khan younis shelters. the air strike resumed after about four or five hours after after about four or five hours after a little de—escalation. because all so fighting continues in the main battle in gaza city and the north. but we noticed today less air strikes, less fighting in the eight battles that israel and hamas of fighting each other in the north of gaza. but this morning, the israeli army issued a statement saying that they will pause for four hours in they will pause for four hours in the densely populated neighbourhood. they are in the middle of gaza city they said because they will allow people to find food, but there is no food. people who are struggling to find food and water, without a humanitarian corridor that allows hundreds of trucks carrying food, medicine and water here and to the people about half a million people in gaza city, and they talk about a pause or ceasefire —— any talk about a pause or ceasefire will not be effective if the aid is not coming. here in the south is considered less air strikes, here in the south is considered less airstrikes, but here in the south is considered less air strikes, but the humanitarian situation is getting worse across the gaza strip.— situation is getting worse across the gaza stri -. . ~ , ., , . the gaza strip. thank you very much indeed. the gaza strip. thank you very much indeed- let's — the gaza strip. thank you very much indeed. let's go _ the gaza strip. thank you very much indeed. let's go to _ the gaza strip. thank you very much indeed. let's go to mark— the gaza strip. thank you very much indeed. let's go to mark lowen - indeed. let's go to mark lowen in southern israel. mark, what more can you tell us on the assault on gaza city? israel's defence minister says israeli — israel's defence minister says israeli troops are operating in his words _ israeli troops are operating in his words in — israeli troops are operating in his words in the heart of terrorism. we have _ words in the heart of terrorism. we have heard — words in the heart of terrorism. we have heard a — words in the heart of terrorism. we have heard a very loud thud of outgoing — have heard a very loud thud of outgoing artillery fired from here in israel— outgoing artillery fired from here in israel as israeli troops continue to push— in israel as israeli troops continue to push inside gaza city. what does it mean_ to push inside gaza city. what does it mean in_ to push inside gaza city. what does it mean in practice? probably not for now_ it mean in practice? probably not for now mass attacks by idf forces actually _ for now mass attacks by idf forces actually all — for now mass attacks by idf forces actually all at once inside gaza city. _ actually all at once inside gaza city. it — actually all at once inside gaza city, it seems they are making individual— city, it seems they are making individual incursions in order to gain— individual incursions in order to gain control of pockets of territory and try— gain control of pockets of territory and try to — gain control of pockets of territory and try to avoid urban street to street— and try to avoid urban street to street fighting. they are facing hamas— street fighting. they are facing hamas fighters who had barricaded themselves inside buildings and firing _ themselves inside buildings and firing rocket propelled brigades against — firing rocket propelled brigades against israeli troops. israeli forces — against israeli troops. israeli forces said today they had surrounded in a bunker what they call a _ surrounded in a bunker what they call a dead — surrounded in a bunker what they call a dead man working. —— a dead man _ call a dead man working. —— a dead man walking. you heard about the road south — man walking. you heard about the road south being opened again today, the un _ road south being opened again today, the un says 15,000 civilians went south _ the un says 15,000 civilians went south yesterday, that is three times the number— south yesterday, that is three times the number of the day before. but with israeli — the number of the day before. but with israeli air strikes even in the south, _ with israeli air strikes even in the south, ah— with israeli air strikes even in the south, an area that they declared to be safer— south, an area that they declared to be safer than the north, the civilians _ be safer than the north, the civilians of gaza are left asking, where _ civilians of gaza are left asking, where in — civilians of gaza are left asking, where in gaza really is safe? mark, thank you. — where in gaza really is safe? mark, thank you. mark — where in gaza really is safe? mark, thank you, mark lowen _ where in gaza really is safe? mark, thank you, mark lowen in - where in gaza really is safe? mark, thank you, mark lowen in southern israel. the prime minister has said he'll hold the head of the metropolitan police accountable — for the decision to let a pro—palestinian demonstration go ahead this weekend on armistice day. rishi sunak will meet sir mark rowley this lunchtime to discuss the issue. 0ur political correspondent damian grammaticus reports. calling for a ceasefire in gaza. tens of thousands have marched in london in recent weeks. the events have been largely peaceful, though controversial and objected to by many. fighting a dangerfrom breakaway groups, people asked organisers to postpone the next demonstration planned for armistice day. yesterday, the met commissioner said he could only look to stop an event if there was a serious threat of disorder. the event if there was a serious threat of disorder-— of disorder. the events at the cenotaph _ of disorder. the events at the cenotaph and _ of disorder. the events at the cenotaph and remembrance l of disorder. the events at the i cenotaph and remembrance and armistice at the weekend are such a critical day in the national calendar where we remember those who were part of sustaining the society that we benefit from today. but all those matters of taste and decency, whilst i understand them, are not for us. the law provides no mechanism to ban a gathering, a static protest, a rally, anything like that, there is no mechanism whatsoever to ban such a thing and if the organisers want that, then it will happen. sir if the organisers want that, then it will happen-— if the organisers want that, then it willhauen. ,, ,, ., , will happen. sir mark rowley said he will happen. sir mark rowley said he will ensure remembrance _ will happen. sir mark rowley said he will ensure remembrance events - will happen. sir mark rowley said he will ensure remembrance events are j will ensure remembrance events are not disturbed. adding to the debate was the home secretary, who described those taking part in the marches as hate marchers, displaying thuggish intimidation and extremism, she said. rishi sunak and others in the cabinet have declined to repeat her words. today, the prime minister said the met commissioner is now under scrutiny. he said the met commissioner is now under scrutiny.— said the met commissioner is now under scrutiny. he has said that he can ensure — under scrutiny. he has said that he can ensure that _ under scrutiny. he has said that he can ensure that he _ under scrutiny. he has said that he can ensure that he safeguards - can ensure that he safeguards remembrance for the country this weekend, — remembrance for the country this weekend, as well as keep the public safe _ weekend, as well as keep the public safe. now, myjob is to hold him accountable for that and we have asked _ accountable for that and we have asked police for information on how they will— asked police for information on how they will ensure that this happens. and i_ they will ensure that this happens. and i will— they will ensure that this happens. and i will be meeting the metropolitan police commissioner later today to discuss this and more broadly, _ later today to discuss this and more broadly, my— later today to discuss this and more broadly, my view is that these ntarches— broadly, my view is that these marches are disrespectful. the organisers say _ marches are disrespectful. tie: organisers say their marches are disrespectful. tte: organisers say their march will marches are disrespectful. tt9 organisers say their march will not go near the cenotaph, they believe opposition to the event is being stirred up unnecessarily. this opposition to the event is being stirred up unnecessarily.- stirred up unnecessarily. this is very clearly _ stirred up unnecessarily. this is very clearly political, _ stirred up unnecessarily. this is very clearly political, and - stirred up unnecessarily. this is l very clearly political, and attempt to smear— very clearly political, and attempt to smear those _ very clearly political, and attempt to smear those who _ very clearly political, and attempt to smear those who are _ very clearly political, and attempt to smear those who are coming . very clearly political, and attempt i to smear those who are coming out peacefully — to smear those who are coming out peacefully marching, _ to smear those who are coming out peacefully marching, calling - to smear those who are coming out peacefully marching, calling for- to smear those who are coming out peacefully marching, calling for a l peacefully marching, calling for a ceasefire. — peacefully marching, calling for a ceasefire, and _ peacefully marching, calling for a ceasefire, and the _ peacefully marching, calling for a ceasefire, and the idea _ peacefully marching, calling for a ceasefire, and the idea that - peacefully marching, calling for a. ceasefire, and the idea that calling for a ceasefire _ ceasefire, and the idea that calling for a ceasefire on _ ceasefire, and the idea that calling for a ceasefire on armistice - ceasefire, and the idea that calling for a ceasefire on armistice day. ceasefire, and the idea that calling for a ceasefire on armistice day is| for a ceasefire on armistice day is somehow— for a ceasefire on armistice day is somehow especially— for a ceasefire on armistice day is somehow especially disrespectful| for a ceasefire on armistice day is. somehow especially disrespectful is a rather— somehow especially disrespectful is a rather absurd _ somehow especially disrespectful is a rather absurd moral— somehow especially disrespectful is a rather absurd moral position, - somehow especially disrespectful is a ratherabsurd moral position, i. a rather absurd moral position, i would _ a rather absurd moral position, i would argue _ a rather absurd moral position, i would argue-— a rather absurd moral position, i would argue. downing street says that recent _ would argue. downing street says that recent events _ would argue. downing street says that recent events have _ would argue. downing street says that recent events have seen - would argue. downing street says that recent events have seen it i that recent events have seen it instances of arrests and fears that could happen again, so much and should take care how their actions are perceived by thejewish community. damian grammaticas. bbc news, westminster. meanwhile, a labour shadow minister has become the first member of the party's frontbench team to resign because his leader, sir keir starmer, has refused to call for a ceasefire in gaza. the bradford mp imran hussain said a ceasefire is essential to ending the bloodshed in gaza. 0ur political correspondent leila nathoojoins us now. how significant is this resignation? well, it is significant in that it is the first resignation from the labour front bench over this issue of whether the party should be backing a ceasefire. remember, about a third of the parliamentary party wants labour to support a ceasefire, including about 15 other shadow ministers and there have been dozens of resignations among councillors across the country over this. but i think the question is whether his resignation will prompt a wave of others from the labour front bench and i think the answer to that, from talking to mps privately, is that it won't. rememberthe talking to mps privately, is that it won't. remember the official labour position is a ceasefire would only serve to freeze the conflict, as it is in their words leaving hamas with the infrastructure to carry out future attacks. they see humanitarian pause as being the best and most realistic way they say to address the humanitarian emergency in gaza. keir starmer so far resisting pressure to change course. without wanting to get into the weeds of commons procedure, imran hussain had already signed a parliamentary statement supporting a ceasefire, it was put forward again this morning and it is understood that if he had signed it again, he would have been sacked from his role. so it appears he instead resigned. so i think this is a reminder of the strength of feeling inside the labour party, rather than opening the floodgates to something much more destabilising for keir starmer. but there could be a danger moment for keir starmer and the party leadership next week if it ever comes to a parliamentary vote on the issue, if it does, you could very well see labour frontbencher is voting with their conscience rather than in line with party position and facing the consequences of that. thank you very much. leila nathoo. a boy who died after a stabbing near a school in leeds has been named locally as 15—year—old alfie lewis. police say emergency services were called to the horsforth area of the city on tuesday afternoon. alfie, a former pupil at horsforth school, died later in hospital. a teenage boy has been arrested. there is a warning today that people could be dying of mouth cancer because they can't get access to a dentist, with symptoms not being spotted or treated early enough. the oral health foundation says the disease killed more than 3,000 people in 2021, compared tojust over 2,000 a decade ago. 0ur health correspondent sharon barbour reports. i'd never heard of mouth cancer. without that dentist, i definitely wouldn't be here. and the options were surgery orjust palliative care. i didn't want to die. ray from county durham and sinead from bury in greater manchester have never met, but they share an experience of surviving cancer of the mouth. they actually took the bone from my leg to make a newjaw. ray's face has been rebuilt using his leg muscles. they took it from my arm first. and obviously the scarring is there for the tongue. sinead's tongue was rebuilt from muscles taken from her arm. i had a lump in my cheek and that was it. 64—year—old ray had noticed a lump in his cheek. it wouldn't go away, and he was struggling to speak. absolutely. after weeks of trying to find an nhs dentist that would take him, he finally did find one, but 800 others were already on the waiting list. so he paid £50 and went private. luckily i had £50. people who don't have £50 could be dead. every year there are nearly 10,000 cases of oral cancer, and according to the oral health foundation, more than 3,000 deaths. and that's a rise of nearly 50% on ten years ago. the symptoms of oral cancer include red or white patches in the mouth, a lump, or a mouth ulcer that doesn't go away. it's about one of the only cancers that is massively increasing. it's a traumatic cancer that really has a devastating effect once you get diagnosed with the mouth cancer. hi, sinead, do you want to come through? sinead had a lump on her tongue. it was just a white lump, the edges were probably quite rough. it didn't hurt. after a doctor said it was nothing serious, it latertook a visit to the dentist, which led to a diagnosis of cancer. i was 39. it wasn't something, i'd never heard of mouth cancer. just say "ah" if you can. ah. the first thing we do is checking the outside of the mouth for any unusual signs. it might be a lesion on the skin, a mole that looks suspicious or like a lump spreads quite fast, is quite aggressive, and the sooner the patient's seen, the better. that's good. check the roof of the mouth. and it's dentists who are the specialists for oral cancers. the problem is, they're hard to find. we struggle to take on nhs patients ourselvesjust because our list is so full. so that is something going forward as a country we need to address because i do think it has a big part to play in survival rates. the government says it's boosting nhs dental services. compared to the previous year they say 1.7 million more adults are receiving nhs dental care, and they have plans to increase dental training places by a0%. when you get a lump in your cheek, don'tjust ignore it. get it sorted. i'm glad i'm still here for my kids. you know, i've got two young children. without that dentist, i definitely wouldn't be here. sharon barbour, bbc news. our top story this afternoon. the united states and other leading nations call for humanitarian pauses in the fighting in gaza to allow more aid in — as israel says its troops are in the heart of gaza city. and why referring the rugby world cup can be a very tough gig. coming up on bbc news. marcus rashford is back in the manchester united squad for their champions league game in the cup with boss erik ten hag promising the team will help him add to his single club goal so far this season. from today, people can be prosecuted for possessing nitrous oxide — often known as laughing gas. it's now categorised as a class c drug, and repeat offenders could face a two year prison sentence. the government says it has changed the law because laughing gas can damage people's health and cause anti—social behaviour. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds reports. we've got the bbc in the club! catch me on the news! in this part of birmingham, nitrous oxide inhaled from balloons is the drug of choice. i know what would cheer you up. you got a little adrenaline buzz out of it. this substance is used all over the uk, but birmingham has a high rate of hospital admissions. here, they don't call it nitrous oxide. guys, follow me. or even the slang, "nos". i'm going to show you something. here, it's smart whip, a product used to whip cream in restaurants is now being used to get high. this is just one and a half weeks worth of, not litter picking, but bottle picking that we did. we've got about a50 bottles here. in our area it's predominantly muslim and i'm assuming a lot of the kids use it because their parents will never find out. as the silver capsules often seen littering the streets are replaced by the bigger bottles, the government's banning the gas for illegitimate uses, because of growing anti—social behaviour linked to it. let me just finish this balloon and then i'm good. and the health effects. it definitely started off as doing it forfun, but it actually ended up being like one of the most addictive, like, nastiest things i've ever come across. this young woman is constantly using it and she's asked us not to identify her. it got to the point where we'd stop to go get a takeaway or something like that, and i wouldn't even stop doing balloons whilst i was eating. roughly how much would you use, would you say? it's four of us, so we share about 5 to 6 bottles like this. five or six of these kind of things? yeah. 0kay. some users don't notice the harm nitrous oxide is doing them, but at birmingham's hospitals, they do. it depletes the body of the vitamin b12 and the sheath around the spinal cord starts to degrade. when you lose that normal myelin sheath, which is the insulation, because of the functional b12 deficiency, that means the electrical signals don't travel properly down from the brain through the spinal cord to the nerves. and that's exactly why the patient presents with tingling in their hands or feet or difficulty walking, or unable to walk. drugs experts have questioned whether a ban isjustified, but the government wants to stop open misuse of this substance on streets like this in birmingham. it's gone for criminalisation, but there's been a decades long debate about whether that works. tom symonds, bbc news. and you can watch �*drugs map of britain' on the bbc iplayer now. new data suggests that this year — which has seen deadly heatwaves, floods and fires — is now "almost certain" to be the warmest on record. the prediction follows exceptional high 0ctober temperatures. it's thought rising carbon emissions and the el nino effect are in part to blame. 0ur climate editor justin rowlatt is here — another climate record it seems? what is going on? does record 0ctober temperatures built on a series of exceptional global temperatures this year with five months in a row now that have been the warmest ever recorded. so from june on the way through to october every month was the warmest ever and what is striking is the margins by which records are being broken. this 0ctober, which records are being broken. this october, a big margin of not .4 celsius above the previous record and 1.7 celsius above the preindustrial level. july had the warmest day ever recorded and then the warmest weekend and warmest months. september half a degree above so scientists are saying is unlikely that that trend be reversed. we are seeing these temperatures mainly because the emission of carbon dioxide which stays in the atmosphere for hundreds of years and molecules capture heat from the sun and warm the atmosphere. that is given an extra drive by this recurring el nino weather pattern bringing heat from the pacific. it comes ahead of the big climate conference in dubai,, cop28. now you might think refereeing a rugby union world cup final would be the highlight of any referee's career. but after wayne barnes took charge of last month's match between south africa and new zealand, he was subjected to a barrage of online threats and abuse — and he's now retired. he's been talking to our sports editor dan roan. bringing down the curtain on one of rugby's most successful refereeing careers, wayne barnes took charge of his final game in last month's world cup final before retiring to spend more time with his family. the english official telling me how he felt about bowing out on such a high. though it's a great honour to referee two of the most iconic teams in a rugby world cup final, but i'm actually, i guess, more proud of my longevity. you know, five world cups, 111 games and i think 270 odd premiership games. barnes showed the first ever red card in a rugby world cup final to new zealand captain sam cane, and he suffered a backlash. did you receive abuse after the final? yeah, yeah. it's a sad thing about the sport at the moment. it's not been a one off. we're all used to criticism. people telling us they disagree with our decision. that's part of the role. but when people make threats of violence against you, against your wife, against your kids, you know, the threats of sexual violence, threats of saying we know where you live, that crosses a line. and that's when people should be held to account and also should be punished. earlier this year, english football referee anthony taylor and his family were confronted by fans in budapest airport. can you see that potentially happening in rugby if we're not careful? without a doubt. that could have easily have been me with my family and my children. to se anthony with his wife and with his kids that day absolutely broke me and i thought, we need to do better. and in rugby, what is at stake if this isn't addressed? if you're going to get this venom and this criticism week in, week out, people will ask themselves, why, why do i do this? and i've said, you know, as part of when i retired, the one thing i want to do is to make sure that that is taken more seriously. i want prosecuting agencies to consider ways of doing that. i've made my decision with my team. for the past 20 years, barnes has beenjuggling refereeing with his work as a barrister and having written a book, it's a career he'll now turn to full time. yeah, it's an interesting job choice, isn't it? a referee and a lawyer, you know, two of the most kind of detested jobs in the world! never did i set out to do that. i tell you what i'll do, i'll become a ref and i'll become a lawyer. you know, that will really upset everyone! and that will be a penalty try, if i can confirm the number. do you think that rugby union uses video technology better than football currently does? i hate to chuck grenades at other sports because i think that's really unfair. it's not about getting rid of the whole var processes, but it's working out what do we mean by getting the big stuff, the clear and obvious stuff? if howard webb came to you and said, i want you to come out of retirement and start officiating football matches, would you consider it? oh, my goodness. that means more time in the gym. so most definitely not! wayne barnes speaking to our sports editor dan roan. now it's 400 years since the first collection of shakespeare's plays was published — the first folio, which came out in 1623, was compiled by his friends — and without it much of his work might have been lost forever. well one theatre in prescot on merseyside has a copy of the famous first folio, as our arts correspondent david sillito has been finding out. welcome to prescot, nestled between st helens and liverpool. and this is, well, the last time i was here, it was the red lion. it's now... the mermaid tavern in prescot. so why has it changed? it's changed, the mermaid tavern is actually a place where shakespeare used to drink. what used to be greggs is now mercutio's, named after the character from romeo and juliet. this has become the bard. the old mill is now the stage door. and yes, that is shakespeare again, looking down on us. and this is the cause of this shakespearean makeover, in what used to be a town famous for making clocks, watches and cables. shakespeare north, a recreation of a theatre from the 1600s. here it is. this is... the folio. and on this 400th anniversary, it's one of the hosts of a rare copy of an original shakespeare first folio. the best and most beautiful folio. you're on it! we really are. and the arrival of the folio is recognition of the mission here, to use shakespeare to help the local economy and also widen access both to see the plays and perform on stage. for tia, playing here egeus in midsummer night's dream, this was herfirst big break after an open audition in her home, newcastle. so does shakespeare sound better in geordie? yeah! everything sounds better in geordie! i was just in my element. i've never been able to be on a stage like that. once you're in it, it'sjust, it's the best feeling. shall i compare thee to a summer's day? and there's good reason to have different voices because the verse wasn't written for the drama school accent that actors like ben crystal here were expected to use. if this be error and upon me proved, i never writ, nor no man never loved. nor no man ever loved. so "proved" and "loved" — they don't rhyme. shakespeare would have done it? in original pronunciation if this be error and upon me prov�*d, i never writ, nor no man ever loved. the rhyme, the rhyme works when you get the accent right. absolutely. so on this 400th anniversary, a moment of recognition for a town and a theatre deeply invested in the work and legacy of william shakespeare. david sillito, bbc news, prescot. time for a look at the weather. here's ben rich... not quite the tempest but the weather is spinning a familiar yarn with a lot of cloud and rain for many of us. but whether work is clear and eased to a mix of sunshine and showers. —— are that wet weather is clearing east. a band of rain pushing east with some hefty showers pushing east with some hefty showers pushing into the western side of scotland and northern ireland. it has been windy in the far north—west of scotland. rain lingering across the south—east corner and also in shetland and elsewhere hazy sunshine and scattered showers especially out towards the west. through this evening and tonight one band of showers drifting east across england