first satellite mission launched from british soil malfunctions. home entertainment sales go through the roof as households spend big on videos, music and gaming. and coming up on the bbc news channel, could we see more cup upsets later? newcastle will be hoping to right the wrongs of their fa cup shock. they are in league cup quarterfinal action tonight. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. as strike action today continues for some public sector workers, the government is to introduce a bill to ensure a minimum level of service during periods of industrial action. under the proposals affecting england, wales and scotland, some trade union members would be required to continue working. today in scotland, primary school teachers are closed as teachers strike in their dispute over pay. last ditch talks with the scottish government yesterday, failed to reach agreement. the unions rejected a 5% pay rise, with further walk outs planned tomorrow, hitting state seconda
Thank you for staying with our special coverage of the israelhamas war. Im Andrea Mitchell In Washington. Secretary of state Anthony Blick ken is in israel after shutting to saudi arabia and egypt over the weekend and giving strong pushback to israels siege of gaza, denying aid and need to minimize the casualties. Gaza residents facing a difficult choice, whether to flee devastated areas for humanitarian corridors that are still not open or stay and risk being caught in the crossfire. President Biden Canceling a planned trip to colorado to keep the focus on the developments from israel and weighing an invitation from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to visit israel at some point. Were following the other big Breaking News In Washington. District court judge Tanya Chutkan has issued a narrow gag order on former President Trump and other defendants, prohibiting all parties from targeting Prosecutor Jack Smith and court staff. Nbcs raf sanchez is near with israelgaza border. Nbcs matt br
right now on early start, joe biden in a bind. people inside the state department speaking out about the president s support for israel. and hospitals on the frontlines, hamas used one to stash weapons and at one point to hide hostages. andew speaker, same dilemma, he will need democrats to help stave off a government shutdown in just days. good morning to our viewers in the united states and around the world. it is tuesday, november 14. 5:00 a.m. in washington where president biden wakes up to growing backlash within his own state department over his staunch backing of israel with hospitals in the line of fire in gaza. secretary of state antony blinken acknowledged monday that the hospital crisis in gaza is sparking anger and dissent not only from staff at the state department, but from within the broader biden administration. here is the president on monday. hospitals in gaza, have you expressed anywhere specific concerns to israel on that, sir? well, you know i v
volcanic eruption rising. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to the programme. there s growing concern about the dire state of hospitals in gaza. the biggest, al shifa, is not functioning at all that description coming in the past few hours from the world health organization. this map shows all of gaza s hospitals marked by the red dots the un says 20 out of 36 are no longer working. at al shifa, premature babies have had to be moved out of their incubators, and there are reports that gaza s second biggest hospital, al-quds, has run out of fuel. the bbc has managed to reach a surgeon inside the al shifa hospital in gaza. here s some of what mar wan abu saada had to say about conditions there. at al shifa, out here we cannot see, everything is in total darkness, really. without electricity, without fuel, without water, even without food. and still, we are having more than 600 injured people. and we are suffering now with our babi
compromised this hour. the two largest al shifa and al-quds, have said they are suspending operations. staff claim israeli bombardment plus lack of fuel and medicine, mean patients including babies could die. israel s military said it has offered to evacuate newborn babies and claims hamas has command centres close to the hospitals. we ll have more detail in a moment. first this report from lucy williamson. the new map of gaza can t be trusted. safe places becoming empty spaces overnight. this was bani suheila near khan younis this morning in the south of gaza. our correspondent there heard people screaming for help under the rubble. israel has told people to move south, to avoid the fighting in the north. but the search for shelter here is still a deadly gamble of daily life. samira fled south from the bombardment at al shifa hospital in gaza city. translation: we thought the hospital was a safe place, but it wasn t. - if we had stayed there another five minutes, we would