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 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 said 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 the 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's 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 just to say, you will be condemned and you are guilty. de facto, today, civilians are bombed. de facto, there are babies, ladies, old people are bombed and killed. there is no reason for that and no legitimacy. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu responded quickly to mr macron�*s comments, saying nations should condemn hamas, not israel. a statement from his office read, 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. lucy williamson's report contains some distressing images. garzo�*s hospitals is seen by locals as places of shelter, by as well as hiding places for hamas. at al—shifa hospital the displaced live side by side with the wounded. the line between them sometimes very thin. "why? "she is screaming. it is now surrounded by israeli troops. translation: we were staying on the fifth floor and then we found bombs falling on our. my niece was killed. she was already wounded from before but now she is dead. tanks filmed inside this children's hospital, a sign that the battle between israel and hamas is closing in. the streets around this place 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 building say as much about the difficulty of reaching their enemy as about israel's military might. translation: the army has started employing the methods against those inside the tunnel sent to destroy the tunnels. all our forces of working to find the unique solutions, working and succeeding. israel's overwhelming military force is 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 because i have bolted before. today, a bit new hopes of a deal talks between qatar and egypt. , i hearall the deal talks between qatar and egypt. , i hear all the news and i hear the news about qatar back the egyptians, it is better not to have any opinion. and it is very difficult because for us every small news is a light. hope continue to drain from gaza city today. israel s100 thousand 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. the un security council has been meeting to discuss the situation in gaza. the head of the world health organization told delegates that the health system was on its knees, with half the territory's 36 hospitals no longer functioning. dr tedros adhanom ghebreyesus also recalled growing up during war in ethiopia, saying he understood what the children of gaza must be going through. i understand what the children of gaza must be going through because as a child i went through the same thing. the same. the sound of gunfire and shells whittling through the air. the smell of smoke after an airstrike. air. the smell of smoke after an air strike. tracer bullets in the night sky, the fear, the pain, the loss. these things have stayed with me throughout my life. i know the smell, the image of war. i, i know what war means. when my mother heard gunfire at night she would make our sleep under the bed with more mattresses on top of one bed in the hope we might be protected if a shell fell in a house, a mother's instinct to save her kids. i also understand what the parents of gaza are going through because in 1998, when war returned to ethiopian, my country, my children had to hide in a bunkerfrom the children had to hide in a bunker from the bombardment. children had to hide in a bunkerfrom the bombardment. i experienced war both as a child and as a parent. i know other children are feeling and i know how the parents are also feeling. the children's and parents of gaza and israel want and need the same thing that my family wanted and needed — peace and security. by the way, i never imagined i would be the director gentry of the world health organization because my mother's prayer was to survive this one—day. one—day. maybe i am lucky. 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? 2—year—old fatima was stuck under the rubble of a bombing in gaza three weeks ago. nehad and her husband had tried for 1h 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 al—badawi, 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 in the uk, 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 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 11am 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 street 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. the us and china have confirmed that their leaders, joe biden and xijinping, will meet next week in the san francisco bay area. it will be their second face to face meeting during mr biden�*s presidency and follows a sharp deterioration in relations earlier this year. a us official says the main goal of the meeting is to manage the relationship by ensuring communication channels are open especially between their militaries. china cut off communication channels with the us after then—house speaker nancy pelosi visited taiwan in 2022. the biden administration has pressed to restore them after the us shot down an alleged chinese spy balloon back in february. let's go live to washington and our correspondent shingai nyoka. what can we expect from this meeting? in what can we expect from this meetin: ? ., ., , meeting? in a word, president biden will— meeting? in a word, president biden will try _ meeting? in a word, president biden will try to _ meeting? in a word, president biden will try to ease - meeting? in a word, president biden will try to ease the - biden will try to ease the estranged relationships you refer to and the background, as you said, is china's suspension of military communications with the us after nancy pelosi's visited taiwan as well as the expired balloon incident which was the secretary of state antony blinken to cancel his trip to beijing. those are really the issues that have been sticking points, that caused china to suspend this military communication, communication the us says it is really vital. a lot of it is about the movements the military in the south china sea, as well as ships there, so they believe it is really important to avoid misunderstandings that could escalate the tensions. the stated intention according to the white house for this meeting is to manage the relationship with china so really carefully worded. this is not about friendship but managing the relationship and also stabilising what has really been a relationship that has been deteriorating. clearly taiwan will— has been deteriorating. clearly taiwan will be _ has been deteriorating. clearly taiwan will be high _ has been deteriorating. clearly taiwan will be high up - has been deteriorating. clearly taiwan will be high up on - has been deteriorating. clearly taiwan will be high up on the l taiwan will be high up on the agenda as will us restrictions on chinese exports. that is quite important because the restriction of technology at the moment?— restriction of technology at the moment? . ., ., ., the moment? there are a lot of issues, the moment? there are a lot of issues. a _ the moment? there are a lot of issues. a lot— the moment? there are a lot of issues, a lot of— the moment? there are a lot of issues, a lot of trade, _ the moment? there are a lot of issues, a lot of trade, a - the moment? there are a lot of issues, a lot of trade, a lot - issues, a lot of trade, a lot of disputes between the two. these are two superpowers and they have a lot of rivalry, not just in terms of trade, diplomatic ties, the economy as well as the military ties. the us is trying to exert its influence in the asia—pacific area, which is one of the things it would be trying to do with this meeting which is between the nations of the asia—pacific economic community but china has really drawn the line on taiwan and president xi jinping will try to get assurances from the us that it is not trying to interfere in that relationship, it is not trying to help taiwan to secure independence and that the major issueis independence and that the major issue is that the us is funding taiwan, is supplies military arms to taiwan and so president xijinping will want arms to taiwan and so president xi jinping will want those assurances that also he senior officials have also said, that they do not want a new cold war and what we are hearing is there have already been meeting set point to positive results from this face—to—face meeting. thank you very much for that update from washington. let's get some of the day's other news now. a lawyerfor the mayor of new york, eric adams, has confirmed that fbi agents seized electronic devices from him earlier this week. the lawyer said mr adams was cooperating and had not been accused of any wrongdoing. the fbi requested the devices days after a raid on the home of the mayor's chief campaign fundraiser, brianna suggs. the board of the hollywood actors' union has backed a tentative deal with studios to end a four month strike that severely disrupted film and tv production. the union said wednesday's proposed deal would now go to its members for final ratification. studios say it includes the largest increase in minimum wages in a0 years, higher repeat fees, and new rules restricting the use of artificial intelligence to clone actors' personas. taylor swift has broken a grammys record with her latest nomination for song of the year. the shortlisting of her hit anti—hero makes swift the first songwriter to score seven nominations in the category, overtaking sir paul mccartney and lionel richie, who have six each. she is also nominated in the album and record of the year categories alongside olivia rodrigo, miley cyrus and sza. the irish nationalist party, sinn fein, which is now the largest group in the northern ireland assembly, is currently holding its annual conference in athlone in the republic of ireland. the sinn fein president mary lou mcdonald is today expected to call for a restoration of the devolved government in belfast after an absence of more than 1.5 years. this report by our ireland correspondent chris page has some flash photography. sinn fein has climbed to new heights on both sides of the irish border. in may, it became the biggest party in northern ireland, the latest in a series of best ever election results. the success anything council election came a year after sinn sinn fein won the most number of seats but the party has not been able to take over the first ministers office yet. there has not been any fully functioning devolved government in belfast for 20 months now. the democratic unionist party is awaiting the formation of a power—sharing coalition in protest against brexit trading arrangement. the uk is in talks with the westminster government over its concerns. the sinn fein vice president, michelle o'neal on the right, is aligned to lead the executive if it is restored. her participant it should happen immediately. michelle is ready, she said many times, to lead from the front as first minister but i have to say, quite frankly, this has run out of road and people need to roll up their sleeves and get back to work. mary luke mcdonald is also contending to be the taoiseach, the irish prime minister. sinn fein is ahead in the poles in dublin, with a general election likely next autumn. in a conference speech, the sinn fein president is expected to pitch for power across the island of ireland, which the party ultimately wants to unite. chris page, bbc news. the father of liverpool footballer, luis diaz, has been speaking for the first time about his kidnap by a rebel group in colombia. luis manuel diaz was released on thursday by the left—wing national liberation army after being held captive for nearly two weeks. the kidnap of him and his wife caused outrage across colombia with protests calling for his release. in an emotional press conference, the 58—year—old said he was determined to stay living in his home town, despite the ordeal. translation: a lot of quite difficult horseback riding, i lots of mountains, rain, too many insects. i couldn't sleep peacefully. it wasn't easy to sleep in those 12 days, although they treated me well i was not comfortable. i missed everything, my family, my children, my father, my sisters. authorities in iceland have declared a state of emergency, after a series of earthquakes prompted fears of a volcanic eruption. the increased alert level came after several tremors on friday in the reykjanes peninsula. emergency shelters are being opened in the village of grindavik, close to the crater, which is home to around 4,000 people. an icelandic patrol vessel is being sent to the region, as the met office continues to monitor the movement of magma under the volcano. the beatles have topped the charts here in the uk with their new single, now and then, 60 years after their first hit. # now and then, i miss you... . now and then has been 45 years in the making. the first bars were written byjohn lennon in 1978 and the song was finally completed last year, with al used in some elements of the final version. sir paul mccartney says it's a very emotional moment and that reaching number1 in the uk again has blown his socks off. let's show you some live shots of gaza city before we go. that is gaza city in the background. you can see smoke coming from buildings. we will bring you the latest on that conflict in the latest on that conflict in the next hour. stay with us here on bbc news hello, there. for many of us, friday was a day to get out and enjoy some of the beautiful autumn colour, but at this time of year, clear skies by day, well, if we keep them through the night, it can cause other issues, with frost and fog, and yes, those two components are going to play quite a major role in the weather story this weekend. saturday will be the driest of the two days. there's some rain around on sunday. more details on that in just a moment, but it will be a chilly start — quite widely we will see low single figures, particularly in sheltered central and eastern areas. this weather front will start to push in by the end of the day, but before it, we have this brief ridge of high pressure, which will keep things quite quiet and with light winds, as well. so a few isolated showers on exposed coasts, not amounting to much, frost and fog will lift away, sunny spells come through by the middle part of the afternoon, and temperatures, well, they will recover, after that chilly start. we are expecting to see highs of 7 to 11 degrees. maybe 12 down to the southwest, but you can see the rain gathering, perhaps into the isles of scilly by the end of the afternoon. so that weather front will start to push its way into cornwall, and eventually into south wales. there's that weather front, and ahead of it, it will push in a little more moisture, so we are expecting more fog around for the start of sunday. remembrance sunday could be quite a drab, dreary affair, with some widespread fog at times. the rain down to the south, but it may well stay dry at 11 o'clock in scotland. a murky morning, certainly, but the rain, light and patchy into northern ireland, perhaps into northern england, heavier bursts through wales and southwest england, perhaps for london, to the cenotaph, it should stay dry during the morning. but then we will see outbreaks of showery rain drifting its way steadily northwards throughout the day. it'll stay dry for scotland, here around 7 or 8 degrees. underneath the cloud and rain, it will feel rather cool and disappointing, i'm afraid. then as we move out of sunday into monday, we start to see the wind direction swinging back to more of a westerly or a southwesterly and that will introduce milder but unfortunately, once again, it will introduce some wetter weather. so our week ahead — a little more unsettled, with showers or longer spells of rain at times. this is bbc news, the headlines: emmanuel macron has said that israel must stop killing women and babies in gaza. in an exclusive interview with the bbc, the president said there was "no justification" for the bombing, and that a ceasefire would benefit israel. the metropolitan police is preparing for an unprecedented security operation ahead of a pro—palestinian demonstration in london later. the force expects the march, which coincides with armistice day, to be the largest yet, and has warned there is a risk of clashes. fighting and explosions have been heard close to three hospitals in gaza, including al shifa hospital. its director has accused the israeli military of "launching a war against hospitals." israel says hamas uses the hospitals as command centres. now on bbc news, unspun world withjohn simpson. hello, and welcome to unspun world. in this edition: what's likely to be the future of gaza after israel's operation there? all the emphasis seems to have been on, "we've got to finish off hamas." and, of course, it's not that simple because after hamas has got to come something. how supportive of hamas are other islamist groups? the answer may surprise you. it is not permissible to fight alongside hamas,