reserve. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to the programme. if you ve just joined if you vejustjoined us, if you ve justjoined us, here s a if you vejustjoined us, here s a quick if you ve justjoined us, here s a quick update if you vejustjoined us, here s a quick update on the latest development over the israel gaza war. fighting between israel and hamas continue in gaza and this just in that israel says it s carrying out a precise and covert operation against hamas in a specified area the biggest hospital that al shifa hospital. they said the intent is, quote, no harm is caused to civilians being used by hamas as human shields, however thousands of people including patients and medical staff are said to be sheltering around the hospital. the israeli military says idf was include medical teams and arabic speakers trained specifically to operate in this complex environment. israel says the al shifa hospital compound conceals an underg
welcome to the programme. we start in the uk, where the former home secretary suella braverman has published a scathing letter to the prime minister following her dismissal on monday. in it, she accuses rishi sunak of having repeatedly failed to deliver on key policies, saying he s incapable of doing so. ms braverman also accuses mr sunak of a betrayal of his promise to do whatever it takes to stop small boat crossings. she says his plan is not working and he needs to change course urgently. here s our political editor, chris mason. what s the line it never rains but it pours? suella braverman has done it again. as you mightjust have noticed, the former home secretary specialises in verbal downpours. her latest target the prime minister. here were the two of them back in march. there aren t any kisses on her letter to him tonight. she claims they did a deal. she d back him to be prime minister if he delivered on key promises, including on immigration. in her missive
and sent us the latest. well, apec has started here and it s really a huge moment for the city of san francisco. it s the biggest summit to be held here since the united nations charter was signed here in 1916. and this is really a huge economic summit. you re talking about more than 50% of all of the world s trade belongs to the 21 nations who ll be attending here this week. and we re talking about 40% of the world s population, by the way. so it s a big economic conference. but by far the biggest ticket item here is the meeting betweenjoe biden, president biden, and his counterpart in china, president xijinping. now, relations between those two nations have not been particularly good of late. they last met last year in indonesia. and since then, you had that moment where the american government shot down a chinese spy balloon. you ve had flaming tensions in the south china sea. and you ve also had joe biden ramping up a ban on high level ships, which really hurts the chines
alarm that magma may be nearing the surface nearby. the recent earthquakes are beyond what anyone is used to. the wrench of having to leave your home beyond words. jessica parker, bbc news, in grindavik. time for a look at the weather. here s sarah keith lucas. not for suella braverman, the adage that revenge is a dish best served cold . she delivers a blistering attack on rishi sunak politically and personally and accuses him of never having any intention of keeping his promises. suella braverman s incendiary attack sounds like a rallying call for the right of the party, so how politically dangerous is she for the prime minister? we ll be speaking to the tory mp martin vickers. and ahead of tomorrow s supreme court ruling on the government s rwanda policy, we ll be joined by diana johnson, the labour chair of the home affairs select committee. also tonight. in a major investigation, we have, for the first time, established an apparent financial link between the russia