summit injordan with arab leaders has been cancelled. we can bring you live pictures of gaza, where it is just after seven in the morning with more on tuesday's hospital explosion, here's our international editorjeremy bowen. loud blast. the missile hit the hospital not long after dark. man shouts. you can hear the impact. the explosion destroyed al—ahli hospital. it was already damaged from a smaller attack at the weekend. the building was flattened. very soon video was posted from gaza of bodies laid out near the ruins of the hospital. so many dead and the size of the explosion, together looked to be having a profound impact on what was already the most dangerous crisis in the middle east in a generation. the wounded were taken across gaza city to shifa hospital. the israeli army's first response said hospitals were highly sensitive and not targets of its military and urged caution about what it called the unverified claims of a terrorist organization. that statement will not be believed by palestinians and by millions of others in the middle east who see these images. the wounded and the dying pouring into shifa from al—ahli arrived at a hospital already overwhelmed by thousands of casualties from israeli air strikes. it was already struggling to treat patients after israel cut off fuel, water, food, and deliveries of medical supplies. jordan and egypt condemned israel for a dangerous escalation. jordan said the international community should pressure israel to stop its attacks to prevent what it called wide cycles of violence. as fury and fear gripped palestinians, israel denied that it was responsible. passing closely to the hospital at the intelligence from sources pictures on social media showed many children are among the casualties in gaza. many children are among the casualties in gaza. so many people needed treatment that the corridors of shifa hospital were packed. it's also causing even more anxiety among the hundreds of thousands of palestinians who fled to gaza's southern border with egypt after israel told them to leave their homes. there's 8,000 people here at night and it is usually loud, kids are running around, but tonight there is silence, absolute silence. you can't hear a thing. people are just in absolute shock about what has happened. it is really, really shocking. i just don't know what to say. i have no words. anger spilt onto the streets of the west bank. anger spilled onto the streets in the occupied west bank. the other part of the palestinian territories that's separated from gaza by israel. since hamas attacked out of gaza on the 7th of october, there have been fears that mass casualties caused by israel's response could ignite west bank towns that have been the centre of unrest for well over a year. the young men on the streets, and palestinian armed groups in the west bank, will not believe israel's denials. the latest from israel's prime minister blaming what he called barbaric terrorists for the attack. elsewhere in the middle east. there are reports that the palestinian president the palestinian president has cancelled meeting with us president, which was aimed at easing the plight of palestinians and who will now walk into an even deeper crisis. jeremy bowen, bbc news, in southern israel. 0ur gaza correspondent, rushdi abualouf, has been covering the conflict from the ground, and sent us this update on the hospital. we are treating people in the corridors of the hospital. they were doing surgeries for people seriously injured. they are volunteers, people, nurses, students of the medical and the universities rushing to the hospital to help and support the doctors in the hospital are really struggling to save people's live. people are still trying to remove the rubble and find any survivors. transporting, finding the bodies and taking bodies to the hospital. there is no place to put the bodies. they put the bodies in the courtyard of the hospital and they are making surgeries in the street. with more on this i'm joined by my colleague said shehata from bbc arabic. you have been keeping across all the latest developments throughout the evening. what more can you _ throughout the evening. what more can you tell— throughout the evening. what more can you tell us? - throughout the evening. what more can you tell us? saudial more can you tell us? saudia arabia, and ordinary people are blaming israel for this airstrike which left at least 500 people dead according to the minister of health in gaza. they say the method was used cannot be owned by islamic jihad. the israeli spokesperson for the army confirmed that this kind of measures are not israeli ones and the israeli army shared the information with the americans about this kind of information and so it is plain between both sides. the arab pressure and social media and what is being said on those sides, they are all in one voice as it were. absolutely. they saw what happened over these last few days and the security of israel from airstrikes compared to hamas or islamichhad is not comparable. so it is not verified yet who did that but among the arab world and in social media they all accept that israel did it and hamas described as a war crime. motherhood —— mahmoud abbas said it must be stopped. all of them a focus that israel are to blame. and there was a lot of hope of the summit to its start letting some foreigners to leave gaza a step to de—escalate the tension there and within gaza itself, the irony is some people began moving from south to north even though it is better to go from north to south now they find even inside there are airstrikes in which people have been killed, united nations even mentioned that a school was hit on tuesday, yesterday. so for some of the people on social media they said even if it is not safe in the south so i go home. at least i die in my home. ., igo home. at leastldie in my home. ., ., ., ., home. prior to the devastation ofthe home. prior to the devastation of the hospital, _ home. prior to the devastation of the hospital, prior _ home. prior to the devastation of the hospital, prior to - home. prior to the devastation of the hospital, prior to that i of the hospital, prior to that there was hope and expectation about president biden�*s visit to the region. what is the feeling now is to mark what is being said within the arab communities about his arrival? it is frustration. the hope is gone because the egyptian president and king abdullah, all of them were eager to meet joe biden injordan today to find a way through that, and people were going to hospital to have shelter but even a hospital was hit. so the pressure is immense on people living in gaza and on the facilities there. now they are all saying there is no trust in america and unlessjoe biden makes an offer, talking about negotiating a future about the palestinian state... in the arab world there is anger in demonstration and mistrust in america so i thinkjoe biden should make something unexpected to win the arab streets and officials back to the american side. thank you very much. let's unpack that further because jordan very much. let's unpack that further becausejordan has cancelled a planned summit that it was going to host with president biden and the egyptian and palestinian leaders. thejordanian foreign minister says there is "no use in talking now about anything except stopping the war". biden is currently on his way to the middle east, where he is still expected to meet with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. let's get more on this with our correspondent david willis. david, the president is on the journey on what now is extremely complicated trip for him. it extremely complicated trip for him. , . , , �* him. it is an president biden left the building _ him. it is an president biden left the building behind - him. it is an president biden left the building behind me. him. it is an president biden| left the building behind me a few hours ago and is due to arrive in the middle east in a few hours from now. this was always a high—stakes journey always a high—sta kes journey forjoe always a high—stakes journey forjoe biden given the security as well as the diplomatic implications, you might say. he was due to basically underline what is being called the ironclad commitment to israel's security going forward and also to press the israelis for some sort of humanitarian aid to be allowed into gaza and for the minimisation of civilian casualties if this ground offensive goes ahead. butjust as he was in air force one, before he had even left maryland, 30 miles from us here, the plan basically started to unravel because also a central part of president biden�*s trip was to attend this summit meeting injordan with arab leaders and leaders of egypt, jordan and the palestinian authority. virtually before the plane left the tarmac mahmoud abbas announced he was returning to ramallah in the occupied west bank and would not take part in the summitand bank and would not take part in the summit and it swiftly fell apart. the white house is saying the president biden will have conversations with the egyptian president and with mahmoud abbas on the journey back to the united states but it is not the face—to—face talks that mr biden will have been hoping for and, there for, with him unable to play this role of honest broker on the ground it is difficult to work out what he can actually hope to achieve with this visit. find to achieve with this visit. and while he has _ to achieve with this visit. and while he has been _ to achieve with this visit. and while he has been in - to achieve with this visit. and while he has been in transit, john kirby the white house spokesman has been talking to the press and they picked up a few lines one of which is there is still optimism that there could be a humanitarian corridor or aid brokered for the people of gaza and also that the white house recognises that the white house recognises that israel feels strongly that the hit on the hospital was not caused by them. these comments coming through from the white house now that the president is in transit. w house now that the president is in transit. _, , ., in transit. those comments also included remarks _ in transit. those comments also included remarks from - in transit. those comments also included remarks from mr - in transit. those comments also included remarks from mr kirby| included remarks from mr kirby about this meeting with mr netanyahu and members of the israeli war cabinet. mr kirby said that it was to get a feeling for the situation on the ground, as he put it, to basically gauge the objectives and the tensions of israel going forward as far as this attentional assault on gaza is concerned. he said that the american president will be asking tough questions of the us �*s close ally and it will also be meeting with the loved ones of who had been taken hostage or, indeed, killed in that attack by hamas earlier this month. i have to say, sally, the optics of president biden�*s standing side—by—side with the israeli prime minister at a time of such sensitivity and such anger will not be the best as far as endearing the united states and its leadership to the arab leaders that they so desperately need the support of and cooperation of in order to prevent this current crisis from spreading elsewhere in the middle east. david willis thank you very much. in un secretary general antonio guterres has been speaking. he is actually attending a foreign invasion hosted by chinese president xi at the moment. he has called for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in the israel and gaza war, adding that he strongly condemned what happened at the hospital, clinics, medical personnel, un premises are explicitly protected under international law. he says he is horrified by the killing of hundreds of palestinian civilians. un secretary general antonio guterres there speaking invasion. —— speaking in beijing. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. the latest uk inflation figures are out in an hour and 45 minutes, telling us how much prices are rising. last month, inflation fell for the third month in a row, despite many analysts expecting a rise. the bank of england will be watching today's figures very closely. we'll bring you more on this in our business bulletin in ten minutes. the uk government has agreed to meet the union representing hospital consultants in england after it said it wouldn't call any more strikes for the time being. consultants belonging to the british medical association first walked out in july in a row about pay. ministers insist they've made their best and final wage offer but haven't ruled out other incentives. stroke patients in england and wales should be offered three hours of rehabilitation, five days a week, rather than the current 45 minutes. that's according to new guidelines. experts have welcomed the advice from the national those are some of the stories making the headline here in the uk. you're live with bbc news. as reports of the gaza hospital explosion came in on tuesday, there were protests in the occupied west bank city of ramallah, with demonstrators opposed to palestinian authority president mahmoud abbas clashing with security forces, who responded by firing tear gas. mr abbas pulled out of talks planned between president biden and other arab leaders injordan after news of the attack on the hospital. and as we've been reporting, these talks have now been suspended. he's returned home to ramallah and declared three days of national mourning. live now to los angeles and dr benjamin radd, a research fellow at the ucla centre for middle east development. thank you for being on the programme. what is your reaction to what's been happening in the last 2a hours and of course reaction to that terrible blast at the hospital? thank you for having me. i don't think we've seen anything like it were a us president in a rush to engage in very crucial and critical diplomacy during the time of war had to rearrange and shift his schedule to accommodate something like this. it is truly unprecedented so now we are in a position where the us and its allies have to figure out what comes next. the incident involving the hospital, the trader killing underscores the victims continue to be in this conflict for an after october the seventh those residents of gaza who are without safe passage are not able to make it through the rafah crossing into egypt, that was part of what president biden and president sisi and the israeli prime minister was supposed to negotiate and discuss and now that will not happen. it underscores the plight palestinians are under to try to escape the ravages of water. ~ . , ., to try to escape the ravages of water. ~ ., , ., , . water. what you expect the president — water. what you expect the president to _ water. what you expect the president to be _ water. what you expect the president to be saying - water. what you expect the president to be saying to i water. what you expect the l president to be saying to the israelis today when they meet? israelis today when they meet? i think the president will reaffirm american commitment to israel's security including providing weaponry israel needs to be stopped, specifically iron dome missiles to take out the hamas rockets any palestinian rockets being fired and as a deterrence warning to hezbollah and any other state or nonstate actors as the secretary of state indicated in his statement yesterday, and additionally ensure that whatever israel does is slow and deliberate enough to figure out the best course of action do not get bogged down in an urban guerrilla warfare situation like american forces did anthony rock in 200a. and make sure there is a safe humanitarian corridor for palestinians and aid workers and humanitarian relief to make its way into gaza. talk and humanitarian relief to make its way into gaza.— its way into gaza. talk us through _ its way into gaza. talk us through the _ its way into gaza. talk us through the position - its way into gaza. talk us - through the position currently for mahmood a bus.— through the position currently for mahmood a bus. mum would of us has been _ for mahmood a bus. mum would of us has been a _ for mahmood a bus. mum would of us has been a motorised _ for mahmood a bus. mum would of us has been a motorised figure - us has been a motorised figure for awhile. us has been a motorised figure forawhile. his us has been a motorised figure for awhile. his incredibly unpopular in the bank among palestinians and you've only had last few days or weeks statements from other arab leaders and other leaders who effectively taken the role of the manager of party leadership for advocating behalf of the palestinians, so mahmoud abbas i don't see as essential to go to where this goes. what's important is discussing if there is a vacuum in gaza, if hamas is dismantled. what or who will take its place and that beneath the palestinian authority but it may not be mahmoud abbas as the central figure. mahmoud abbas as the central fiaure. ~ ., ., i. mahmoud abbas as the central fiuure.~ ., ., , . ., figure. what do you expect that to ha en figure. what do you expect that to happen amongst _ figure. what do you expect that to happen amongst arab - figure. what do you expect that i to happen amongst arab leaders. of course available cancelled of course available cancelled their meetings today with president biden but in terms of president biden but in terms of president sisi, in terms of saudi arabia, the other players in the region, what you expect them to do next?— in the region, what you expect them to do next? what they say and do in public _ them to do next? what they say and do in public does _ them to do next? what they say and do in public does not - and do in public does not eliminate the fact they have every incentive for this to and resolve as soon as possible. as the conflict goes on, as the civilian casualties on both sides mount up, it looks increasingly more difficult for them and their positions in general become untenable so that their own sake to maintain stability in the region which can impact them, especially if you its involvement, their work the scenes, i'm very confident, to help ensure that again humanitarian needs are met, adequate pressure is brought onto hamas to release the hostages in the hope it would mitigate any further escalation in gaza, and bring the conflict to a resolution at least for the time being. dr benjamin radd, a research fellow at the ucla centre for middle east development. thank you very much for being on the programme and getting your analysis on the latest in terms of what's happening. the family of a 13—year—old british girl who had been missing from her home in israel since the hamas attacks ten days ago now say she was murdered. yahel�*s mother, lianne, was also killed. her 16—year—old sister, noiya, and herfather are missing. lucy manning has more. 13—year—old yahel, just a few months ago, celebrating the moment a jewish girl enters adulthood, a future she now won't realise. murdered by hamas. her older sister, noiya, missing. her british family shared these pictures. they said yahel was beautiful, full of adventure and mischief, a bundle of unbridled energy and joy, cheeky, and sharp. "we will forever miss her," they said. yahel truly lived her life. brave enough to jump out of a plane with the family on a skydiving trip. she made them all laugh before shejumped. this family, hamas tried to obliterate. yahel, murdered. british—born mum lianne, also murdered. sister noiya and dad eli, missing. yahel, she was the funny one from the girls. she was speaking very fast, and i remember telling her, "yahel, just slow down!" she would sit with me and show me pictures on her phone. yahel�*s uk relatives said she and herfamily loved coming here for christmas and easter, enjoying the british festive season. lianne, her mum, had moved to israel when she was just 19 to volunteer on a kibbutz. lianne was the one you wanted to celebrate with. she knew how to sing, she taught me how to drink beer, and we were good friends. you still have hope for noiya and for eli. of course, of course. until we get a clear message, i do not want to say it, but now i have to arrange the funeral of lianne and yahel, and i don't even know how to do it, because i never did one funeral. how can you arrange two or three orfour? "yahel brought light into our lives," said herfamily, "for the too short time she was with us." lucy manning, bbc news. we have so much more here for you on bbc news. we will delve into the top business stories shortly. let's show you guys are now this morning. this is now nearly half past seven in the morning. it is the morning after the devastating huge blast at the hospital that has killed hundreds and hundreds of civilians there seeking medical aid. we will be back in a moment with more on this and the top business stories. see you soon. hello, there. it's been a fine start to this week, but things are set to turn more unsettled, very autumnal, and even quite stormy as we see strong winds, gales and heavy rain spreading northwards across the uk. so some of this rain and strong wind likely to cause some disruption towards the end of the week. now, it's storm babet, which the met office have named, will be pushing northwards during wednesday, wednesday night, across the uk, then parking itself across the north of the uk for thursday and friday. so rainfall totals really will be mounting up, and i can show you this, in fact, on the rainfall accumulation anomaly — you can see all areas seeing a lot of rainfall, but its eastern scotland, parts of northeast england that bear the brunt. some of the heaviest of the rainfall sits here, where we have some concerns with the risk of some localised flooding. but because of the recent flooding across scotland, the ground is saturated, the met office have issued an amber warning for this east—northeast corner. could see up to 150, maybe 200mm of rain by the time the week's out. that could cause some disruption. wednesday starts off fine for many — central, northern, eastern areas, plenty of sunshine. it will be windy, mind you. rain starts to pepper northern ireland, and then southern britain, first signs of storm babet pushing in here later on wednesday. some of this rain could be quite heavy and thundery, but strong and gusty winds for all areas, even though it will be quite mild, 14 to 16 degrees — might not feel like that because of the strength of the wind. storm babet continues to move northwards across the uk during wednesday night, parks itself across northern england, northern ireland, southern scotland. that starts thursday morning, some showers pushing into southern areas later on. it will be a mild night to come. this is the pressure chart then for thursday — looks like the weather front will be hanging around across northern and eastern scotland. rainfall totals really mounting here, strong gale—force winds, particularly for the northern isles and north sea coasts here. further south, it'll be a mixture of variable cloud, some showery bursts of rain, some of which could be heavy and thundery, but mild, despite the wind and the rain — 15 to 18 celsius. similar story, as we head into friday — it looks like the northern half of the country will see the heaviest of the rain. again, northeast england could bear the brunt of the heavy rain on friday. elsewhere, it's clear spells, but also a mixture of showers, some of which could be heavy and thundery. again, mild in the south, cooler in the north. see you later. live from london, this is bbc news. are price rises slowing down? the bank of england and european central bank are poised for today's inflation figures for the uk and eurozone. high—stakes diplomacy in beijing. president xijinping welcomes state leaders in china's capital at a challenging time for the world's second largest economy. and oil prices spike as investors react following the deadly blast that killed hundreds at a hospital in gaza. hello, i'm sally bundock and we'll be focusing on the top business stories in a moment but first let me update you on the latest developments in gaza and israel. there has been international condemnation as hundreds of palestinians are feared dead following a huge blast at a hospital in gaza city. some 4,000 displaced people were seeking refuge at the al ahli hospital. hamas health officials say the hospital was hit