as more than 50 of his mps call for a ceasefire in gaza. you re watching bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in san francisco, where president biden says real progress has been made at a highly anticipated meeting with his chinese counterpart, on the sidelines of an asia pacific summit. xijinping described beijing s relationship with the us as the most important in the world. this isjust their second in person meeting since president biden assumed office. and during that time, relations have deteriorated significantly. we ll be live with our correspondent in san francisco shortly. but first this report from our north america editor sarah smith. with a warm, personal greeting, the leaders of the world s two most powerful countries look like they want to improve their relationship. simply getting together in the same room is a diplomatic statement when tensions between their nations are very high. i value our conversation because, i thi
tom hanks tells us why a new exhibition is his passion project. when you get up just a little bit closer, it s quite stunning, that magnificent desolation, and in that, there is just such magnificence. and coming up on sporstday later in the hour on bbc news. australia make a brilliant start against south africa. we will have the latest. hello and welcome to the bbc news at one. we begin this lunchtime with a report from inside al shifa, the largest hospital in gaza, which has been at the cente of israeli operations over recent days. doctors there say the building has been without power and water. israel says the site was a key command centre for hamas and have mounted what it called a targeted operation against the group there. hamas, which is designated as a terrorist organisation by the uk, described the raid as a war crime. last night, the bbc, along with one us media network, was taken by the israeli army into a small part of the hospital to see weapons and other materia
i really hoped would get through the rest of the speech without doing that, old habits die hard. we want to listen and ensure you know you will have an year at the heart of government. it does not mean that we will always agree and can always respond to the precise requests you have of us, but i want to know what you and your officers and your communities feel. for me, that is absolutely key. there is no such thing, i hate the phrase a minor crime. if you are on the receiving end of crime none of it feels minor. we see the terrible situation of the retail crime at the moment and i think chris spoke about that. anti social behaviour, for the people who feel that, it hurts and quite understandably they want us to do something about it so there is no such thing as a minor crime. everybody deserves the right to feel safe in their daily lives. but the sad truth of the matter is we do have very serious criminal here that you also have to deal with and much of that, as challenging a
intensifying climate change and sand dredging. downstream communities living on the region s largest lake, the tonle sap in cambodia, are reporting a decline in fish stocks by more than 80% over the past twenty years. 0ur asia pacific correspondent, laura bicker, is in cambodia to ask if the mighty mekong can be saved. a world of water, once renowned for an abundance of fish. in recent years, thousands like this man have been asking where are they? translation: the been asking where are they? translation: been asking where are they? translation: , , ., , translation: the past few years, there is less translation: the past few years, there is less and translation: the past few years, there is less and less translation: the past few years, there is less and less water - translation: the past few years, there is less and less water and - there is less and less water and fewer and fewer fish. now, there is less and less water and fewer and fewerfish. now, we have children
after the markets opened despite raising their revenue forecasts as the chain saw a slowdown in purchases in october. they said customers are still getting used to higher interest rates. erin delmore is in new york for us. what do these figures tell us about what american consumers are thinking right now? what american consumers are thinking riaht now? ~ . ., , what american consumers are thinking riaht now? ~ . . , ., ., right now? walmart is warning that can she were right now? walmart is warning that can she were spending right now? walmart is warning that can she were spending could - right now? walmart is warning that can she were spending could be - can she were spending could be slower heading into the fourth corner and that contains the holiday shopping season. that is an area of discretionary spending for consumers where we have seen the effects of the economy take its toll, especially when we talk about high interest rates, persistent elevation, lowered saving