the latest we re hearing is that police have begun making arrests. we re told that more than 80 arrests have been made for breach of the peace while a further ten people have been arrested for possessing offensive weapons and drugs. these pictures are of more counter protestors are being held inside a pub by police, as the main protests goes past. here s an update from the metropolitan police. from about 9am this morning we have seen several hundred counter protesters that came towards whitehall and, from what we can see, they came intent on confrontation, intent on violence and intent causing trouble. we have made a number of arrests, including, within the counterprotest, including for possession of a knife, possession of a button, possession of class a drugs and assault on emergency workers. , ., ., ,, workers. let s go live to the us embassy- let s go live to the us embassy. our news correspondent frances read is at the israeli embassy, where the protest is finishing.
translation: we re also prepared on the northern front and we re working there very strongly from the air and on the ground. and i warn hezbollah, do not make that mistake and start a war, because it ll be the mistake of your lives. the moment you start a war, this will decide on the destiny of lebanon. we re working and fighting on additional fronts against terror, against the proxy, against its terrorists in syria, the red sea, lebanon wherever needed. and vis a vis our hostages. benjamin netanyahu mentioned gaza s largest hospital, al shifa. in the past couple of hours, the israeli military has said that it will assist in the evacuation of babies. the idf s chief spokesman, rear admiral daniel hagari, said the decision was taken following a request from the hospital administration. a surgeon had earlier sent the bbc a voice note saying they had run out of water, food and electricity. (00v map)israel food and electricity. israel has repeatedly accused hamas of operating
were wearing poppies. it s an important day to remember those who died, but amongst them were 10,000 palestinians whojoined the british army. the atmosphere as the rally began was relaxed and good natured but from early in the day, police have been concerned about what they categorised as a right wing counter protest. there were scuffles a short distance from the cenotaph. the met commissioner sir mark rowley paid a visit to his command team as riot squads in the field worked to keep the two protest groups apart. here in the met police s operations centre, officers are monitoring every aspect of the protest and they ve got fixed cameras and also they ve got evidence gatherers, officers on the ground, who are taking pictures they can beam back live from the scene so the commanders here can decide where to deploy and when to arrest. we watched as the senior commanders instructed their teams in the field to arrest some of the counter protesters. from what we can see they came in
out of gaza, painting a grim picture of the humanitarian situation there. what more can you tell us about how hospitals in gaza are coping? iwith hospitals in gaza are coping? with ureat hospitals in gaza are coping? with great difficulty hospitals in gaza are coping? jf i great difficulty because they are all pretty much surrounded in gaza city because the israelis argue these are places where hamas fighters have based themselves and consequently there are intense battles going on around those hospitals. the israelis say they are not targeting the hospitals per se and they are trying to get these civilian populations that are clustered around them to try and leave, and also starting to think about evacuating the hospitals themselves so that israel can concentrate on dealing with hamas. there is a small development on that front this evening, the israelis said tomorrow they are going to evacuate babies from the shifa hospital to a safer location. we don t know the details,
against terror. against the proxy. against its terrorist in syria and wherever needed. and vis a vis our hostages. i throw i ve heard all sorts of rumours by uninformed sources, so therefore i would like to tell you all to bring our hostages back. it s one of the main objectives. my top priority. myself and all my colleagues. benjamin netanyahu speaking in tel aviv. he also said soldiers will not stop until they have completed this campaign. he had a warning for hezbollah. he worried that they are playing a dangerous game and risk starting a war and deciding the destiny of lebanon. is also called on leaders arab countries, who have called for a cease fire in gaza. mr netanyahu said they have to win the war over hamas and that it is an integral part of what he called the iranian access of evil. that s a language that george bush is used after 9/11. the current defence ministry is speaking at the moment. ed gantz expected shortly. meanwhile, there s growing concern for staff