the new government plan amounts to tinkering and suggest the law will need to change big time to get migrants on flights to rwanda before the election. and we fly over the volcano in iceland that s threatening to erupt, as thousands of people are forced out of their homes. and on newsnight at 10.30, we ll go deeper behind the headlines and speak live to key players on today s big stories. plus, a first look at tomorrow s front pages. good evening. israel says its soldiers have found a tunnel shaft and a vehicle containing a large number of weapons in the grounds of al shifa hospital in gaza city, as the military operation there intensifies. israel is under pressure to back up its allegation that al shifa, gaza s biggest hospital, was used for military purposes by hamas. you can see from this satellite image just how big the hospital complex is. bbc better on a red verify at work to geo locate the video here by the burns unit in the hospital bbc verify. hamas, which is des
an underground command centre used by hamas which is designated as a terrorist organisation by the united kingdom, united states and several other countries. it s a claim doctors there deny. meanwhile, in the us, the white house and the pentagon say they now have intelligence that hamas and palestinian islamic jihad are operating from tunnels below hospitals, including al shifa, and that they are also storing weapons there. it s the first time they have backed up israel s claims to this extent. despite its new intelligence, the us says hospitals and patients must be protected. the israeli military said its actions at al shifa are precise and targeted . the gaza strip has been under siege by the israel defence forces since hamas launched its attacks in israel on october 7. our correspondent in gaza, rushdi abualouf, has spoken to an eyewitness at the hospital. i made another contact with someone inside the hospital and he said he saw six tanks inside the hospital, on he sai
hit the country s south coast. than five hundred earthquakes buy from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news, it s news day. now to the uk and a dramatic day of politics. a dramatic political develop meant over the past 2a hours. the former prime minister, david cameron, has astonished westminster by returning to government as britain s new foreign secretary. it s part of a major cabinet reshuffle by the current prime minister rishi sunak. mr cameron, who was pm between 2010 2016, said although he disagreed with some of mr sunak s decisions, he believed he was a strong and capable leader. the move comes on the same day suella braverman was sacked as home secretary, following days of speculation about her future. mrs braverman had angered many in government after writing a newspaper article criticising the policing of pro palestinian marches in london. cor blimey look at this! the guy who used to be prime minister, back where he used to live and back in government. the
diane abbott, is free to stand for election in her north london constituency. it follows days of wrangling over her future, following suspension from the party, over comments she made about how jewish, irish and traveller people, experience racism. she was re admitted to labour on wednesday. ms abbott has yet to say, if she ll stand. here s our political correspondent, helen catt. the story that s been rumbling on for most of this week has now come to a sort of conclusion after sir keir starmer said that diane abbott, a very long serving labour mp, she was the first black woman elected to parliament, is free to stand as a labour mp at this election. she had claimed she was being blocked by the party. so what we re waiting to hear from in the next few days is to hear from diane abbott herself. she hasn t commented publicly since sir keir starmer said this yesterday, so we re waiting to hear from her to confirm if she will indeed do so. the crucial thing, though, is that it is