and that israel's actions had no "legitimacy." he called on the us and the uk to support a ceasefire. but he also stressed that france "clearly condemns" what he called the "terrorist" actions of hamas. he was speaking to our europe editor, katya adler. we have had weeks of aid organisations sounding the alarm about gaza and so you have now said that a humanitarian pauses in fighting are not enough, and there needs to be work towards a ceasefire. are you disappointed that other world leaders are notjoining you in that call, like the us or the uk? no, i hope they will. and let's be clear, i mean, i was one of the first leaders to call the prime minister and president of israel after the terrorist attack on the 7th of october. we clearly condemn this terrorist attack by this terrorist group and recognise the right of israel to protect itself and react. but day one, we say that this reaction, the fight against terrorism, because it is led by a democracy, should be compliant with international rules. rule of war and humanitarian international law. and day after day, what we saw is permanent bombing of civilians in gaza. and i think it is very important to say the whole story. but i think this is the only solution we have, the ceasefire. because it is impossible to explain, we want to fight against terrorism by killing innocent people. you have talked about the fight against terrorism needing to be merciless, is the word you used, but not without rules. and you have just referred there to the high loss of civilian life in gaza. do you think israel is respecting those rules, the international rules you are referring to? look, in the very first days, it is clear that the emotion, the compassion created a situation where everybody was just close to israel and backing them and sharing their pain. and we do share their pain and we do share their willingness to get rid of terrorism. we know what terrorism means in france. but i think there is no justification precisely to attack civilians. what i would like to just clarify with you, are you saying that israel is guilty of breaking international humanitarian law, potential war crimes? no, iam here, look, i think it is not the proper way to approach the question. we do recognise their right to protect themselves. and one month after this terrorist attack, i think it would be not the right way to deal with a partner and friend is to say, you will be condemned and you are guilty. de facto, today, civilians are bombed. de facto, there is babies, ladies, older people are bombed and killed. there is no reason for that and no legitimacy. president macron�*s words come as israel says its forces are outside some of gaza city's major hospitals, including the largest, al—shifa. it says they are the places where hamas is hiding. the purple areas here show where the israeli troops are — they've encircled gaza city now. the tanks in the narrow street are visible right there — and people have been told they must leave unless they are medical staff or patients. israel says hamas, designated a terrorist organisation by the uk, are in tunnels underneath — which hamas denies. there's fighting around three other hospitals close by and at least one attack near the al—shifa. lucy williamson's report contains some distressing images. projectile fizzes and lands, person cries out. gaza's hospitals are seen by locals as places of shelter, by israel as hiding places for hamas. at al—shifa hospital, the displaced live side—by—side with the wounded. people cry out. the line between them sometimes very thin. "why?" she's screaming. israel says this is where hamas has its underground headquarters. it's now surrounded by israeli troops. translation: we were staying on the fifth floor, and then - we found bombs falling on us. my niece was killed. she was already wounded from before, but now she's dead. tanks filmed inside this children's hospital — a sign that the battle between israel and hamas is closing in. the streets around these places of refuge now so dangerous that even those who want to leave sometimes can't. the israeli army said tonight that al—shifa hospital was hit by a misfired projectile aimed at israeli troops. but there seem to have been several incidents at the hospital today. and tonight the director said the shooting had started again, with hundreds of critically ill patients too ill to be moved. israeli forces are now deep inside gaza. the bombed—out buildings say as much about the difficulty of reaching their enemy as about israel's military might. translation: the army has started employing new methods _ against those inside the tunnels and to destroy the tunnels. - all our forces are working to find unique solutions, i working and succeeding. israel's overwhelming military force has put tanks in the heart of gaza city, but military control of the territory is just the first step. and the closer israel gets to its dual goals of hamas and the hostages, the more delicate this operation becomes. negotiations over how to get more than 200 hostages out of gaza have faltered before. today, amid new hopes of a deal, talks between qatar and egypt. i hear all the news, and i hear the news about qatar, the egyptians. it's better not we have any opinion on it. and it is very difficult because for us, every small, every small news, it's a light. hope continued draining from gaza city today. israel says 100,000 people have fled south in the past two days. a humanitarian corridor, a last bid for protection, after the promises of hamas and the promises of international law. lucy williamson, bbc news, southern israel. gaza's hamas—run health ministry says that at least 4,000 children have been killed since the start of the war and thousands more left injured, with some facing life—long disabilities. israel disputes the figures, but the world health organization believes the numbers are credible. yogita limaye, who's injerusalem, has been working with freelance journalists in gaza to bring us this report. what must it take for a mother to comfort her child... ..when reality is so devastating? two—year—old fatima was stuck under the rubble of a bombing in gaza three weeks ago. her parents had tried for 14 years to have a baby. and then fatima was born. translation: what is her fault? what did she do wrong? we have to constantly give her painkillers. as soon as the effect of one wears off, i give her another. her life revolves around painkillers, and every other day she undergoes surgery. trapped in gaza, under the constant threat of being bombed. hospitals fill up with more wounded children. amira, 13. seven of her brothers were killed and her mother too. her father says they'd fled to southern gaza for safety. that's where they were bombed. amira has spinal injuries. "i want peace and security. "i want to be treated and go back to normal life, "to my home", she says. "i want to feel safe." it's not clear if amira will be able to walk again. yogita limaye, bbc news, jerusalem. the repercussions of the conflict in the middle east go on being felt here, as the metropolitan police impose an exclusion zone around the cenotaph and whitehall ahead of what's expected to be the largest pro—palestinian march yet in london, which coincides with armistice day. it's thought tens of thousands will take part in tomorrow's march, and this is the route. organisers stress that it does not go past the cenotaph or through whitehall, and they've rejected the met�*s public appeals to postpone. almost 2000 police officers will be on duty. it comes as downing street says the prime minister has full confidence in the home secretary, suella braverman, following her comments accusing the police of bias. our deputy political editor vicki young has more. at iiam tomorrow morning, crowds will gather here to mark the end of the first world war. later, in another part of london, tens of thousands will take to the streets, calling for a ceasefire in an ongoing conflict in the middle east. a political row has erupted about the policing of these two events. scotland yard says a huge security operation is under way, far greater and more complex than previous years�*. we do have intelligence that there will be people coming for a counterprotest, and the police's job this weekend is to keep everybody safe, whether exercising their right to protest, whether coming down to counterprotest, but particularly for those veterans and our really vulnerable communities who are scared and who are frightened. and ourjob is to ensure that they are safe and that they feel safe, and that is what our plan is there to do. these weekly demonstrations have prompted the home secretary to accuse the police of favouritism. in the times, she wrote that "pro—palestinian mobs" were largely ignored while right—wing protesters were met with a stern response. are you resigning, home secretary? her article wasn't approved by downing street. there's been no reprimand from the prime minister, but others are deeply concerned. you have to make decisions based on the law, not based _ on popularity or polls. we are in danger of turning - the police into an arm of the state directed by politicians. suella braverman didn't make the changes to her article that rishi sunak wanted, and he has never repeated her criticism of the police. colleagues, though, were facing more and more awkward questions about her language. as many other cabinet ministers have said, the words that she used are not words that i myself would have used. but i have a productive relationship with her as a colleague. then, this afternoon, the home secretary met sir mark rowley, the head of the met, and the man on the receiving end of many of her complaints. afterwards, a source close to her said... there were plenty of conservative mps publicly backing suella braverman when she wrote her article. they think she is speaking openly, honestly, and reflecting the views of many voters. but others felt her outspoken comments about the police were inflaming tensions at a delicate time and it seems with this dramatic change of tone, she is backing down, for now. as for what happens on london's streets this weekend, the met says it is constantly developing its tactics so that anyone trying to cause disorder is quickly dealt with. vicki young, bbc news, westminster. new figures from a jewish charity, which monitors anti—jewish hate, suggest there have been at least 1200 antisemitic incidents across the uk since the hamas attacks on seven october. the community security trust says many british jews are fearful of this weekend's marches, but the organisers insist the protests aren't anti—semitic. our religion editor aleem maqbool reports. this marked the start of a weekend of action. health care workers held a vigil outside downing street for medics who've been killed in gaza. but tomorrow that the action takes a different form, protester numbers are expected to be greater than these from last weekend. some britishjews have described the scale and nature of the protest to us as chilling. britishjews are in a state of absolute fear, because of what they're seeing on the streets. nobody on the demonstrations is talking about peace for two peoples. it's a very, very dangerous state of affairs. but there are those who say they are compelled to go out on the streets because of the humanitarian crisis? the jewish community would love to see humanitarian demonstrations, that would be a wonderful thing. but that's not what these demonstrations are. they may be a minority, but some jews have taken part in the protests. though there have also been arrests of people, like the man in the centre here, on suspicion of inciting racial hatred againstjews. one thing people would talk to directly is the idea that if you cut taxes you can help boost growth? my priority is growth, so, cutting business taxes is the thing that's most important at this stage. when it comes to personal taxes, there are no shortcuts. but the opposition says that stagnation is now a new normal. there's got to be a plan for growth in that autumn statement. over the last 13 years, the uk economy has drifted along with barely any growth at all, and as a result of that, working people have got less money. back at the industrial estate, sausage makers have a sense of the entrails of the economy. trying to keep a positive attitude. you can't give up and go home, you just have to find a new way. recession avoided for now, but firm recovery remains elusive. faisal islam, bbc news, in sussex. a headteacher has warned that children are at risk of dying because they're using vapes that contain illegal drugs. glyn potts says a 12—year—old boy at his school in oldham collapsed after using an illegal vape containing a strong form of cannabis that is laboratory—made called spice. increasing numbers of children are using vapes regularly, despite it being illegalfor them to be sold to under 18s. here's our health editor, hugh pym. we've been investigating the increasing numbers of children now vaping. finding out what effect it's having on behaviour and health. we've seen how vapes are readily available and some kids are getting hooked. it's not something that you can stop that easily. how some vapes are highly toxic. this device was found to have high levels of lead, nickel and chromium. and we heard how a 12—year—old's lung collapsed after vaping. come on, boys, thank you, keep going. now we're in oldham to speak to a head teacher. i pray that we don't have a fatality in these kind of instances, but i do fear that that is likely to happen if we don't address these matters. year 11, come on. one of his own pupils was taken to a&e after inhaling a vape containing spice — a synthetic form of cannabis, but much, much stronger. he took one very, very large inhalation of this vape pen and by the time he'd got off the bus on the school grounds felt very, very unwell, before he'd actually arrived at the school gates he'd collapsed on the floor. cameras and alarms stop kids vaping in school time, but he said he can't protect them once they leave. the difficulty in raising this as an issue is the perception would be that this school has an issue with vape pens, that's not true. we're comfortable that we can manage and mitigate the risk of vape pens in school. but if they're collapsing in the street, if they're collapsing in areas where they know they're not going to be found necessarily as quickly, that gives me nightmares — that's something we've got to address. police sent a number of vapes from the school to this lab. their results prompted a public health alert to police and nhs staff. in september, police again sent vapes to the lab after two pupils at another school in the area collapsed after using vapes containing thc, the main chemical in cannabis. we obtained these two e—liquid vapes. the pink one contains this very thick, viscous, honey—like substance and when we analysed it, it was actually determined to contain 90% thc. that is significantly higher than say street cannabis, which is concentrations of between about 20% to 40%. this is a step change of significance. police have started working more closely with schools and the council, sharing intelligence and information on illegal vapes and trying to understand how children are using them. these vapes are being used communally in schools, - so the schools will find them| in lockers, on top of lockers, | in draws, left around the place, | changing rooms, where different children can use them at different times. - so these illicit and illegal vapes have become the main priorityl of our two schools—based officers. the issues around vapes are a significant concern for us, because of the ease of access and the sheer number of young people who come into contact with these kind of devices. the school has heard that pupils are travelling out of town and putting themselves at risk by buying illegal vapes. we've had one young person who's talked to us about how they obtain illicit vapes and that was using the tram system coming from areas of south manchester, where they've never really been before. we fear that actually that's becoming a network to distribute these illicit vapes and to get them into the hands of young people across the entire region. the head argues that schools, parents and communities are behind the curve and struggling to understand the scale of the problem. ministers say they're working on plans to restrict the supply of vapes, but the message here is if action isn't taken very soon, it will become an nhs problem, not an education one. hugh pym, bbc news, oldham. prince harry has been given permission, along with six other high profile people, to take the publisher of the daily mail and the mail on sunday to trial, claiming his privacy was breached by private investigators. they've accused associated newspapers of unlawful information—gathering, which the publisher denies. here's our home affairs correspondent, tom symonds. morning! cameras click. this case began in the spring with relatively dry legal arguments, so it was a surprise when the duke of sussex unexpectedly turned up. so did baroness lawrence, mother of murdered stephen. her allegations are among the most striking from this high—profile group. they allege journalists paid private investigators for bugging cars and phones, hacking voicemail messages, paying police officials and obtaining medical and financial records. the law says they should have claimed within six years, and these allegations go back decades, so associated newspapers wanted the judge to throw them out, but the seven said they'd never realised they had a case. one reason? 12 years ago, at the leveson public inquiry, the daily mail editor paul dacre denied his papers were involved in unlawful activities including phone hacking. i can be as confident as any editor, having made extensive inquiries into his newspapers�* practices and held an inquiry, that phone hacking was not practised by the mail on sunday or the daily mail. thejudge, mrjustice nicklin, said that the seven claimants have a "real prospect" of proving that associated newspapers concealed its activities in the past, preventing them from taking legal action. now, the seven do still have to prove that but they will now get the chance to do so in a trial at court, probably next year. associated newspapers�* response... "as we have always made unequivocally clear, the lurid claims made by prince harry and others of phone hacking, landline tapping, burglary and sticky window microphones are simply preposterous. we look forward to establishing this in court in due course." potentially crucial evidence could include mail newspaper records of payments to private investigators. but they were passed confidentially to the leveson inquiry and thejudge ruled they should remain confidential. it�*s really ironic that the daily mail, which is a newspaper which has often called for transparency from organisations and people in all other walks of life, have gone so far to try and restrict the information that�*s accessible to the claimants in this case. it�*s now likely that prince harry will be back in court next year. love you, harry! tom symonds, bbc news. tomorrow marks the start of remembrance weekend — when we pause to remember the sacrifice of those who fell in the nation�*s service. as part of the bbc�*s we were there project, aimed at capturing the memories of veterans, we�*ve been speaking to some of those who served in world war ii. allan little has more. i volunteered in the spring of 1942, just a few days, really, before my 20th birthday. everybody wanted to be pilots, but they had about a two— or three—year wait for that. and so i put my name down to be an air gunner. we just thought it'd be like another exercise. i but we didn't know, of course, i what the opposition would be... ..until the last moment, yes. pamela gallowayjoined the women�*s auxiliary air force. she was part of a secret operation to disrupt german bombing raids by using radio signals to lure the aircraft off—course in what became known as the battle of the beams. the wireless operators were able to identify, i suppose you�*d call it, the wavelength or frequency on which the german bombers were navigating. and so the wireless sending stations would send out a different frequency that would either confuse or make the german bombers follow a different course. and the result would be that they would miss their targets. alfred barnett, known as barney, was a gunner in the raf. he flew more than 80 bombing missions over germany. now lancaster used to carry one or two cookies, they were 4000—pounders, in the centre base. then outside that, you'd have two pockets of what they called incendiaries. that's for lighting fires. now the idea was to mark the target, stir up some trouble, then drop these incendiaries to create fires. now, the biggest fire i ever saw was at hamburg. when you're flying — i know this may sound strange — i used to start shaking here. and then when you got up there, you were very calm. amazing. but you'd go through hell going there and hell coming back from it. stan mincherjoined the royal navy. he was 18 when he crossed the channel on d—day. his task was to deliver tanks to the beaches of normandy. the first thing we saw at about - daylight was the minesweepers coming forwards to sweep a channel to the beach. _ on the way in, we hit a landmine. it wasn't a big mine. it blew a hole, but it didn't become a major problem. i i could just see the sea wall and the houses beyond it. l the initial forces in our area, juno, were canadian. - they had a disastrous time, and the majority of them i were sunk on the beach with a lot of casualties. j this was going to be the beginning of the end of the war. _ we had high hopes. but i was thinking, gosh, if we�*d got it wrong, that would�*ve been very bad. i'm nobody's hero. but there it is, all over now. i got seven bob a day for that! laughter. just some of the stories from veterans of world war ii. time for a look at the weather. here�*s louise lear. i suspect it will be an atmospheric weekend, and the best of the weather is on saturday and a bit of a question over the rain on sunday pushing in from the south—west. we will take a look at that in just a moment and the most noticeable thing about tomorrow morning will be the feel of the weather. low single figures for many of us first thing in the morning so chilly start, thrust around and some fog patches. not particularly widespread and they should lift readily and the most important thing, it will be largely dry with some sunshine. light winds as well, just a few scattered showers perhaps across the far