good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. after weeks of intense earthquake activity in the south west of iceland, this volcano finally erupted late last night. the length of the crack you can see here is more than two miles long. the eruption is close to the fishing town of grindavik, which was evacuated last month, though so far the lava seems to be flowing away from it. for now, the eruption is not expected to halt international air travel as it did in 2010. our correspondent nick beake joins us from near the town of vogar at the edge of the exclusion zone now. sophie, it s absolutely freezing here, but you can see that the volcano tonight is illuminated, and all through the day, we got a glimpse of the power of this force of nature. as you say, there is no immediate risk to life. that is certainly what the authorities are saying here today, and the direction of the lava seems to be moving away from the built up areas, but certainly they are not taking anything for
that s been denied by hamas, which is designated a terrorist organisation by many western governments. on saturday, hundreds of people, including some patients, left the hospital on foot, making their way through israeli armoured vehicles. around 300 critically ill patients remain at al shifa. the who says it s now drawing up plans for their evacuation. meanwhile, the hamas run health authority says at least 80 people have been killed in two israeli strikes on the jabaliya refugee camp. they say one hit a un run school, that was being used as a shelter. the white house has said israel and hamas have not yet reached a deal on a temporary ceasefire. it follows a us media report that the two sides were close to an agreement to free dozens of women and children held hostage in gaza, in exchange for a 5 day pause infighting. yogita limaye has our top story, and a warning, her report does contain, some distressing images. people fleeing the al shifa hospital. israeli military says
however, the leaders are still at odds over taiwan. beijing considers it part of its territory while the us maintains unofficial relations with the democratically self governed island. biden updated apec leaders on the us s relationship with china on thursday. let me be clear. we re de risking and diversifying our economic relationship with the prc. not decoupling, not decoupling. we ll be firm standing up for our values and our interest. and i was very straightforward, as he was with me yesterday. at the same time, when critical global issues such as climate, ai, counter narcotics where it makes sense to work together, we ve committed to work together. we re going to continue our commitment to diplomacy to avoid surprises and prevent misunderstandings. the bbc s sumi somaskanda joins us now live from san francisco. you have been there covering this apec summit this week. what is the latest? this apec summit this week. what is the latest? there was another flurry what is t
minister says hamas leaders fled the hospital before the israeli troops arrived. speaking to the us network cbs benjamin netanyahu says that there was no firefight inside the al shifa hospital because the hamas fighters had already fled. israel says there is a hamas command centre at the site but hasn t provided conclusive evidence. mr netanyahu said hostages could have been moved from the hospital. the israeli army says its troops killed five gunmen during a raid in the west bank city ofjenin. newsagency video shows people running as stun grenades and shots ring out. several palestinian news sources said israeli forces entered the city s ibn sina hospital. the israeli army says it has recovered the body of a female idf soldier noa marciano whose death was announced last week. the idf says her body was recovered from a structure adjacent to al shifa hospital. let s pick up on what is happening on the ground. with me is former british israeli soldier alex moeller. he has exper