described al shifa hospital in gaza as a death zone after a visit by a un team. international doctors spent an hour at the site and reported evidence of shelling and gunfire. they say there is a mass grave at the entrance. the palestinian red crescent has evacuated 31 premature babies by ambulance from the hospital, in coordination with un agencies. the head of the world health organization posted this picture of one of the babies on x. he said they were very sick . the israeli military remain inside the complex. last week, benjamin netanyahu said they had found a hamas command and control centre underneath the hospital. hamas, which is designated a terrorist organisation by many western governments, deny they have a base at al shifa. on saturday, hundreds of people including some patients left the hospital on foot. but 20 health workers and about 300 critically ill patients remain at al shifa. meanwhile, the prime minister of qatar has said only minor obstacles rem
by hamas, under al shifa hospital. hamas has denied having a command centre there. 31 premature babies who were trapped inside al shifa hospital back by the fighting have been moved to a hospital in southern gaza. doctors there say eight other premature babies did not survive. doctors there say eight other premature babies did not survive. meanwhile the prime minister of qatar has said only minor obstacles remain in the way of reaching a deal on releasing some of the hostages taken by hamas in its attack on israel on october 7th. and the fighting continues hamas says more than a0 members of one family have been killed in an israeli air strike israel has not commented. we ll have more on all of those developments in the coming hour. but we begin with the news conference held by the israel defence forces where their spokesman, daniel hagari, outlined details of what he said the israeli military had found at the al shifa hospital and which, he said, showed that hamas h
said they want the opportunity to do. but that humanitarian pause, to allow for extra time to get into, for aid to get into gaza is in line with what the us are calling for as well. i think it s achievable. not only is it achievable but i think it is essential so that we can alleviate that suffering, get more aid in and make sure that we don t see children as the innocent victims of this conflict. live now to westminster and our political correspondent damian grammaticas. just talk to us about imran hussain s position in the comments he has been making. 50. hussain s position in the comments he has been making. he has been making. so, what was interesting he has been making. so, what was interesting is he has been making. so, what was interesting is this he has been making. so, what was interesting is this came he has been making. so, what was interesting is this came out - he has been making. so, what was interesting is this came out late i interesting is this came
it has been a difficult year for the government. they are trailing labour in the polls right now and so we will hear more about what they intend to do in the coming year and how they intend to win back some of those voters. with me is our political correspondent damian grammaticus. give us a sense of how significant today is but also what we might hear when the king, as you are telling us, delivers a speech not written by him but by the government? it not written by him but by the government? not written by him but by the government? , , ., government? it is significant. you are talking government? it is significant. you are talking about government? it is significant. you are talking about elections, - government? it is significant. you l are talking about elections, looking forward to elections. this is a government that is trailing heavily in the polls, 10 15% behind. it needs to change that sort of dynamic, needs to find something to start shifting the needle and dra
pageantry is over. the king and queen are back now buckingham palace. we queen are back now buckingham palace. ~ ., ., ., palace. we will have a debate that will beain palace. we will have a debate that will begin on palace. we will have a debate that will begin on this palace. we will have a debate that will begin on this king s palace. we will have a debate that will begin on this king s speech. . will begin on this king s speech. the prime minister and leader of the opposition will both rise and give their speeches. that debate goes on for some time. in theory that debates, there will be about at the end of that. in theory, it is a test of the government. to see whether it can get through the commons. the last time a government failed to get a king s speech through was 192a. that is not an outcome we would expect. what you can get a bit of a sense of the debate that will happen our conservative mps enthused by this. that is a really big thing, because many of them ar