while right wing protesters are met with a stern response. she questioned whether the metropolitan police are playing favourites in the way they deal with protests. here s our political editor chris mason. those in charge here at the home office command one of the great offices of state home secretary. the latest tenant here, suella braverman, approaches thejob with a bluntness unlike any of her predecessors. writing in the times about the pro palestinian marches, she says. is suella braverman onto something when she claims the police might be biased? this former senior policeman who now works for a right leaning think tank says possibly yes. i think it s a really, really tough one for the police. i think the key question here is, who are they listening to, who are they talking to? and so could the police be biased almost by accident? potentially. but the key question is, who are they getting advice from and what is the nature of that advice and what is the bargain that s b
the north yesterday, according to israel, after it opened a safe passage on the main road south for a few hours. another window has opened today for them to take the same route. meanwhile, the un s human rights chief has accused both sides of committing war crimes. here s our middle east correspondent yolande knell with the latest. israel s vast military might on display once again. it says hamas has lost control of northern gaza and its troops are battling inside gaza city. this is a critical point in the war. and for the first time the bbc was given access behind israeli lines in gaza, escorted by soldiers. while the bbc had editorial control of the report, these pictures were cleared for use by the israeli military. amid huge disruption, officers showed what they said was a hamas weapons factory, set up below a family apartment. they insisted hamas, not israel, was responsible for civilian loss of life. we know intelligence. we know what we had. we know the targets that ar
with the prime minister s statement on wednesday. while he opposes a pro palestinian rally being held on armistice day, he has ultimately backed the right to peaceful protest . and while ms braverman does have the tools and authority to remove the police commissioner, she doesn t have free reign to involve herself in daily policing decisions. so where does this leave the commissioner, mark rowley? to exit stage left at this point no matter how honourable, that might be the right thing to do would not be helpful for me policing perspective, and the last thing this weekend needs is something else that s not helpful. it needs a little bit of common sense and continuity and stability, and i suspect he would ve thought that him leaving would not provide that. our panel to discuss all this tonight, bryan lanza one political strategist who ran the donald trump communications department, and running but paul wall. but let s start with bryan. but there has been a lot of criticism
that includes almost four children. four four. the number of palestinians killed in the ground is more than one and 70. we ll bring you all the latest from our correspondents on the ground shortly. but first i want to bring you up to date with a developing story happening in the uk. because a political row over pro palestinian protests has escalated, after the home secretary wrote a controversial newspaper article for the times, attacking the police and branding protesters hate marchers . suella braverman said london police are softer on left wing protesters than other groups, largely ignoring what she called pro palestinian mobs even when they break the law. we are hearing that downing street says it did not clear the article, while labour has accused the home 0ur political correspondent peter saull reports. another pro palestinian march like this in london is planned this weekend, on armistice day. but not at the same time as the commemoration and away from the c
heavy, close quarters fighting is continuing between israeli forces and hamas militants, in the ruins of gaza city, with battles said to be nearing the al quds hospital. meanwhile in the west bank, the palestinian authority says, ten palestinians have been killed and at least 20 wounded, during an israeli army raid onjenin refugee camp. israel s military said it was conducting counter terrorism raids injenin, but gave no further details. more than 170 palestinians are reported to have been killed by israeli forces in the occupied west bank, since the attack by hamas on israel on october the seventh. diplomatically, delegates at an international conference in paris hosted by emmanuel macron, have made repeated calls for an immediate ceasefire in gaza. the norwegian refugee council described the israeli siege of gaza as a collective punishment . the head of the aid agency, msf, called the israeli designated safe zones in southern gaza fake zones. those are the key planks of