hello. welcome to bbc news now 3 hours of fast moving news, interviews and reaction. israel s prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, says there were strong indications that hamas were holding hostages at the largest hospital in gaza, but they had been removed when his troops raide al shifa this week. speaking to cbs news, mr netanyahu said there was no gunfight at al shifa because hamas had already fled. israel insists there was a hamas command centre at the site, but hasn t yet provided conclusive evidence. the israeli army says it s found the body of a second woman who was held hostage by hamas, as troops continue to search in and around gaza s biggest hospital. so let s get the very latest from my colleague mark lowen, who is in southern israel. hello, thanks very much indeed. we are a couple of kilometres away from gaza, where israeli troops are continuing their operation inside al shifa hospital, gaza s largest. they are going building to building, combing the site to t
mayor. he is the lord mayor of london and this is the lord mayor s banquet at the guildhall in central london. this is an annual opportunity for the prime minister to lay out all sorts of things. we expect today that the prime minister will focus on uk foreign policy. as we have been discussing this is also the day in which he reappointed david cameron, former uk prime minister, to thejob david cameron, former uk prime minister, to the job as foreign secretary. we will start to get a bit more information, a bit more detail, on what another year of conservative government under rishi sunak will look like. crucial, of course, because this is set to be a general election year. the uk has to go to the polls before january 2025. the speculation of course is that it could be either in the spring, maybe in may, or in the autumn, possibly september or october for a general election. we will be keeping a close eye on what is happening there at the guildhall in central london. we will
little less crowded. why mike pence suspended his campaign. and authorities are working to find the cause of matthew perry s death as the world says farewell to the beloved actor and friend. and we had our best interests at heart. could i be more sorry? [ laughter ] beloved for a reason. good morning to our viewers here in the united states, and around the world, i m kasie hunt. it s monday, october 30th, 5:00 a.m. here in the east. 11:00 in gaza where israel s incursion has entered a second phase. we have a new video from the israeli defense forces expanding operations, the idf saying overnight, their troops killed dozens of hamas operatives who have barricaded themselves in buildings and tunnels. the palestinian ministry of health says the death toll has now passed 8,000 people. its data sources in hamas-controlled gaza say an additional 20,000 people have been injured. the palestinian red crescent says israeli air strikes heavily damaged the al quds hospital. it said
to increase the personal tax allowance for pensioners if they win the general election. they say the proposal would be worth £275 a year to each pensioner by the end of the decade. under the plans, the state pension would always remain below the tax free threshold. rishi sunak says the scheme shows the conservatives are on the side of pensioners but labour have called it desperate . rishi sunak will be out campaigning in the midlands today. let s get more on this with nick eardley. what do you love about it? how do you win over older voters? it s a question politicians ask themselves a lot. pensioners tend to get out and vote. so today, an offer from the conservatives, that the basic state pension will never be liable for income tax. the simple fact is that this tax change, this triple lock plus, will mean going forward that millions of pensioners, eight million pensioners, in fact, will be paying less tax than they would otherwise be paying. and that is clearly a tax cut
Plus portuguese Detectives Have told the bbc they never believed Madeleine Mccann was taken during a burglary which went wrong. Its ten years since the three year old disappeared. And claims that rules which limit the amount of time people can spend on bail wont actually make any difference. You feel like youve had a crime done to you by the state and there is no one to done to you by the state and there is no one to answer done to you by the state and there is no one to answer for it. And no apology. That full exclusive report before 10am. Hello and welcome to the programme. Were live until 11am. Throughout the morning, the latest Breaking News and developing stories. A little later, well speak to some of the men in this photo. The m men all students at Cambridge University have got together to prove that young black men can go to cambridge. They were admitted in 2015 and they say it was hard, but if we did it, you can too. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this mo