Good afternoon and welcome to the Bbc News At One live from jerusalem. There are growing calls for a humanitarian pause in the fighting between israel and hamas, so that more aid can be allowed into gaza. The un agency for Palestinian Refugees has warned its shelters in the gaza strip are overwhelmed with displaced people. It says the facilities are now holding 600,000 palestinians, which is four times their capacity. Israel has allowed limited food, water and medicine into the territory via the rafah crossing with egypt, but isnt allowing fuel supplies, over fears theyll end up in the hands of hamas. Hamas is designated a Terrorist Group by many western governments, including the uk. The United States said it would support a lull in the fighting, but not a full ceasefire, because it said that would only benefit hamas. The Hamas Health Ministry says more than 6,500 people have been killed so far in gaza in this conflict. Israel says the number of dead in the hamas attack more than two
Hamas, palestinian authorities and other arab nations have blamed israel for the explosion which has triggered protests across the middle east. Meanwhile Britains Foreign Office is advising its citizens against all travel to lebanon due to the risks associated with the conflict between israel and the occupied palestinian territories. To discuss all this with me tonight is our panel Tom Peck A Political Sketch Writer for the independent and Amanda Renteria, a democratic policy strategist and former top Campaign Aide to hillary clinton. Us President Joe Biden has promised solidarity with israel but his trip is overshadowed with a the us President Joe Biden has today pledged solidarity with israel, during a whirlwind eight hour visit. But, his trip was overshadowed by last nights blast at a hospital in gaza. Which the Gazan Health Ministry says killed a71 people. It has inflamed tensions and sparked protests across the region. Israel has maintained it was not responsible, saying the blast
We meet the man behind the rocket man. Bernie taupin talks about his Career Writing Hit Songs for eltonjohn. Are you ready for an autumn chill this weekend . Lots of sunshine to get with it but before we get there some pretty heavy rain across england and wales. All of the details coming up on breakfast. Its Friday The 13th of october. Our main story. The Israeli Military has told the un that more theni Million People living in the north of gaza must relocate to the south within the next 2a hours. The United Nations says the order included those sheltered in schools, Health Centres and clinics and warned the movement could transform what is already a tragedy, into a calamitous situation. Our reporter nickjohnson has the latest. Israeli air power continues to strike the gaza strip. Buildings flattened in the blink of an eye. Entire neighbourhoods reduced to rubble. Israel says its dropped 6,000 bombs on hamas targets in gaza over the past six days. With every fallen building, stories of
International monetary funds Chief Economist Pierre Olivier gourinchas. The imf and the world bank are having their annual meeting in marrakech and later today, Finance Ministers from the 620 and Central Bank Governors will be meeting to discuss the health of the Global Economy. According to the imf, Global Growth remains dampened by Supply Chain Disruptions linked to the covid 19 pandemic and russias war in ukraine, persistently high inflation, and spiralling borrowing costs. Heres our economics editor faisal islam. The message from the imf for the 190 Finance Ministers and central governor business in marrakesh is that the World Economy they hope had turned a corner after three years of rolling your clinical crisis. Well, it is limping forward rather than sprinting forward now with geopolitical crisis. Slowdowns in very specific countries like china that they had not expected. There is an additional worry about this new higher for longer Interest Rate world that might affect the bank