good afternoon. gaza has been hit by one of the heaviest bombardments since the start of the conflict with israel a month ago. the israeli military says it has hit hundreds of targets, and cut the gaza strip in two, with gaza city now encircled. israel is seeking to destroy hamas. classified a terrorist organisation by the british government. the health ministry in gaza says the death toll has surpassed 10,000 people. live tojerusalem now and our middle east correspondent, yolande knell we have growing international pressure for a ceasefire but no sign of anything. another deadly night in gaza, the israeli military has said its forces are poised to attack hamas fighters in their underground bunkers and tunnels. a warning to viewers you might find some pictures in this report distressing. 0pening fire, israeli forces say they are advancing on the ground in gaza helping direct fighterjets. they have hit a50 targets in 2a hours, the military says. meanwhile, a hospital car park serves as a makeshift morning place. health officials in gaza say some 200 people were killed overnight. about 1.5 million are now displaced. many have left the north for this tent city here in the south. for some, like mina and herfamily, the vehicles to replace lost homes. we came vehicles to replace lost homes. - came here in hope of finding safety, but this does not exist. when you are sleeping, you will hear rockets overhead. there is no security. amid . rowinu overhead. there is no security. amid growing destruction, _ overhead. there is no security. amid growing destruction, the heads of un agencies put out an unusualjoint statement condemning the spiralling number of lives lost and torn apart on both sides in the past month. now, in gaza, they say an entire population is besieged and under attack, denied access to the essentials for survival, bombed in their homes, shelters and hospitals and places of worship. this is unacceptable. aid is still only trickling into gaza. 0vernight, jordan says it resorted to an airdrop of medical supplies for its field hospital. 0n the ground, fewer lorries have entered than used to come into gaza on the average day. it's difficult to find drinkable water, food is limited at the market, even in the south area. the aid is entering, it is limited, it is a doctor, not enough at all to fill the gaps. fin is a doctor, not enough at all to fill the gape— fill the gaps. on a diplomatic blitz, the _ fill the gaps. on a diplomatic blitz, the us _ fill the gaps. on a diplomatic blitz, the us secretary - fill the gaps. on a diplomatic blitz, the us secretary of - fill the gaps. on a diplomatic. blitz, the us secretary of state fill the gaps. on a diplomatic- blitz, the us secretary of state was in turkey on his last regional stop, trying to stop an escalation of the war. washington is trying to persuade israel to back a pause in fighting. persuade israelto back a pause in fiuuhtin. ~ persuade israelto back a pause in fiuuhtin.~ , ., fighting. when it comes to humanitarian _ fighting. when it comes to humanitarian causes, - fighting. when it comes to humanitarian causes, we | fighting. when it comes to l humanitarian causes, we are fighting. when it comes to _ humanitarian causes, we are engaged with the israelis on the practicalities of that. one critical aspect is seeing prog race on hostages. —— progress on hostages. that's something we are focused on but we also believe a pause could help advance that proposition as well. , ~ help advance that proposition as well. , . ., ., well. this lunchtime, another -rotest well. this lunchtime, another protest causing _ well. this lunchtime, another protest causing on _ well. this lunchtime, another protest causing on the - well. this lunchtime, another protest causing on the israeli | protest causing on the israeli government to bring home the 2a0 or so hostages being held by hamas. another reminder of the anguish brought by this war. yolande knell, bbc news. let's get the latest from both sides of the conflict. in a moment we will be speaking to mark lowen, our correspondent in southern israel, but first to our reporter rushdi abualouf in gaza. and we have been hearing the death toll in gaza has now risen above 10,000. yes, about 257 bodies were recovered from under the collapsed building in gaza city in the north where israel have been intensifying their air strikes last night. a50 targets were hit across the gaza strip, most of them in the northern part of gaza and the south close to the coastal areas, in the area pulled beach camp, the only refugee camp in gaza and has been hill —— it really hard last night according to the people, according to people and verifying information is difficult but we managed to talk to the director of the hospital this morning and he said 200 people were evacuated overnight and about 57 also this morning, but he said many others are missing under the collapsed building, about 20 houses, we understand that the targeted, and many buildings. about half an hour ago we heard about 30 ambulances carrying seriously injured people move from gaza city for the first time in four days and are now escorted by the icrc international red cross and going to the crossing waiting for them to the egyptians to take them to the egyptian sides and then the egyptians will open the rafah crossing and allow people with more dual nationalities to leave the gaza strip. more dual nationalities to leave the gaza stri -. a , more dual nationalities to leave the gazastri. , ., mark is across the border in southern israel. from your perspective, what can you see and hear? �* , , ., ., ., ., hear? it's been another morning of intense military _ hear? it's been another morning of intense military activity, _ hear? it's been another morning of intense military activity, much - hear? it's been another morning of intense military activity, much of. intense military activity, much of which we have heard from here. we are a mile away from the gaza strip and all morning we have been hearing the third of outgoing israeli artillery from the ground but also seeing plumes of smoke billowing above gaza as the israeli have down on the strip stopped israel because trying to focus its military activity on gaza city saying it is completely encircled the city and the idf say they have reached the coast south of gaza city. some israeli media report that troops could enter gaza city in the next a8 hours and we are waiting to hear whether there will be a confirmation on that from the israeli forces although presumably they would not alert us to that in advance. the road running south from the north, the northern tip of gaza to the south has been opened today to encourage some of the civilian still sheltering in the north to try and move south. we understand some have made the journey but many still feel it is too unsafe to take that road and the us estimates up to a00,000 civilians are still sheltering in the north, which is very much the focus of the israeli military activity. meanwhile, the global cause for a ceasefire or humanitarian pause continue to grow louder. israel is rejecting boat, saying there will be no humanitarian pause or ceasefire until there is movement or the release of the 2a0 hostages seized by hamas more than four weeks ago. hostages seized by hamas more than four weeks age-— hostages seized by hamas more than four weeks ago. mark, thank you very much. joining me now is our diplomatic correspondent, james landale. james, a lot of diplomacy over the weekend, especially the us secretary of state antony blinken as we've seen, but are we any closer to any kind of isreali ceasefire? to quote antony bliinken, it is a work in progress, which is diplomatic talk for a lot of work to be done. essentially the americans are caught between the israelis saying absolutely no ceasefire unless there is movement on the issue of hostages and then all of the other countries that antony bliinken is visiting are saying you simply have to start with a ceasefire but he and the israelis are saying, you can't have that and leave hamas in place. that is why the americans are pushing for a pause in the fighting, a temporary pause in the fighting, a temporary pause because they hope if it happens they can use it to unlock the other issues, getting in more aid, freeing some hostages, getting more foreign nationals out. so on that front, we've not seen that much progress, but what antony bliinken did say is there is progress on an absence, an absence of escalation and the one thing everyone is agreed on is that this conflict should not spread. there are great fears that hezbollah in lebanon on could potentially escalate the attacks on israel and that is why british diplomats have been withdrawing some of their staff and family member is from the north. antony bliinken said the absence of escalation should be seen as a benefit.— the absence of escalation should be seen as a benefit. several police officers have been injured in edinburgh after clashes with a group of about 50 youths who threw fireworks and petrol bombs last night. police scotland called it a concerted and planned attack on its officers. there were also bonfire night disturbances in glasgow and dundee. steven godden reports. morning in niddrie, and the clean—up is under way. hours earlier, this was the scene. around 50 youths throwing bricks, fireworks and petrol bombs at riot police. liz jack lives in the street and says she was terrified. it was bad last year, but this year it was 100 times worse. i was peering out my window, and i was seeing fireworks going across, up and down the street, so they were actually firing them at each other as well. it was just a nightmare. in the same edinburgh street, a national campaign to prevent bonfire attacks on emergency crews was launched two weeks ago. the warnings were clearly ignored. what happened last night, i've never seen anything like it in my whole life. i lived in niddrie, and i grew up in niddrie, and that would never have been then. the trouble started last night as darkness started to fall. police say that initially fireworks were being thrown at buildings and at passing cars. it was when officers in riot gear arrived that things escalated. police believe it was violence carried out by young people but orchestrated by adults. we've clear evidence of adults egging children on, providing them with weapons, with fireworks and other items, and coordinating their attacks on police, and that's unacceptable. eight officers were injured on a night where trouble sparked in other parts of scotland, prompting calls from some to ban the public sale of fireworks. the first minister says those responsible for the disorder should feel the full force of the law. the bottom line for people in niddrie is that what's meant to be a night of celebration has been anything but. steven godden, bbc news. 2,000 jobs are at risk because of plans by british steel to close down in blast furnaces in scunthorpe. the chinese owned company wants to replace them with two electric arc furnaces — one at scunthorpe and the other on teesside. more on this now with our business editor simonjack why do british steel want to do this? blast furnaces are carbon energy and labour intensive and literally melt rock into new steel. electric arc furnaces use electricity to get the high temperatures and use recycled steel is the input, so they use less of all of those but they also use fewer jobs of all of those but they also use fewerjobs and what unions are concerned is that with closing the two blast furnaces in scunthorpe and opening an electric furnace in teesside and one in scunthorpe ultimately you will need fewerjobs, fewer people working there and that could see the headcount go from a002 may be 2000. the company plans to keep the blast furnaces in operation whilst they build the electric arc furnaces so it won't be immediate but the unions would like to see that transformation staggered over a longer period of time but they do admit that the government and the company recognise that you need to put the steel industry on a greener and more financially sustainable footing on the government say they are trying to save the steel industry, not destroy it. they are putting together a package between 300 and £500 million but the unions want to kick the tyres and negotiate this deal with the company. thank ou, this deal with the company. thank you. simon- _ in colombia, the search goes on for the father of liverpool footballer luis diaz who was kidnapped ten days ago. last night luis diaz scored a stoppage time goal at luton, and then lifted his shirt to reveal a message calling for the release of his father, manuel diaz. joe lynskey reports. 0n the shirt, it said "freedom for dad". luis diaz was on the field as his father was held captive. he was brave enough just to be there. he then went even further. in comes luis diaz! diaz scored the goal in stoppage time that earned liverpool a draw at luton. it's not the score they wanted, but this match was about that moment. it's wonderful and it's emotional and it's fantastic. but the real problem is not sorted because of that. we want to give luis the opportunity to be a little bit distracted from the other things. he cannot do nothing. he's waiting all the time. the whole family is waiting all the time. a really, really positive thing for him. but all the other problems stay the same. after the match, diaz released a statement saying... these were the scenes in his hometown yesterday. they chanted "freedom". diaz was playing eight days on from the kidnap. in colombia, his mother has led the outpour of emotion. she too was taken at gunpoint and then rescued by police. her husband, luis manuel, known as manny, is still missing. reports from the country suggest he may soon be released. the eln is interested right now in negotiating a peace deal, in showing some sort of humanitarian side not only to colombians but also the world. he was already a hero, because he's a great player. now he is because of what he embodies and he materialises in his story. at full—time, diaz stopped to take it in. players from both teams went to give their support. for him, it's been a week few in sport could comprehend. the greater goal is his father's freedom. joe lynskey, bbc news. the time isjust the time is just coming up to 17 minutes past one, our top story this lunchtime: israeli forces carry out one of the heaviest bombardment of gaza since the war began a month ago, as they seek to destroy hamas. and coming up, a bbc investigation finds the fashion company boohoo has broken promises to make its clothes fairly and ethically. coming up in sport on bbc news, more on the street children taking part in their own cricket world cup in india, as they look to promote the rights of young people living in poverty. the uk's biggest ever medical research project, our future health, has signed up its one millionth volunteer. the programme started recruiting a year ago, and eventually wants to enrol five million adults who will share their health data to help researchers study and treat diseases. it wants people from all backgrounds to sign up to prevent health inequalities from widening. 0ur medical editor, fergus walsh, reports. a retail park outside 0xford — not the first place you'd associate with medical research. but there are mobile units like this cropping up all over the country in supermarket car parks, where participants of our future health come to enrol. you can take a seatjust here. like jaap, who's a5 and originally from the netherlands. so we're going to do some assessments today. we've got two blood pressure readings to do. i'll check your heart rate, see if it's regular or not... he's one of a million participants so far. by 2028, the target is five million adults. each will be offered feedback regarding their risk factors for major diseases. my parents have got heart issues, so i want to make sure| that i don't have them. i can make sure my children are l well prepared for their future. i this is the uk's — probably the world's — biggest health research project, and its ambitions are immense too. many of the first volunteers had undiagnosed health issues. more than half had high — undiagnosed health issues. more than half had high cholesterol, _ undiagnosed health issues. more than half had high cholesterol, including i half had high cholesterol, including people which were quite young, and about 25% of people had uncontrolled hypertension, which should be really easily treated. so we are actually quite concerned that there is quite a large amount of ill health in the population that could be very easily managed. our future health will have ten times the number of participants as another long—standing research project called uk biobank, which is tracking the health of half a million adults. is it gillian? yeah. _ do you want to follow me through? gillian, who's 67, has now signed up to both and is wearing a heart monitor for a study. ijust think, going forward, for the future health of our children, our grandchildren and for everyone, it's a good thing. i've also signed up to our future health. it's open to anyone in the uk over 18. you'll need to fill out an online questionnaire and roll up your sleeve. so it'sjust going to be a little scratch, ok? . , my blood test, and all the data collected across 5 million participants, will enable scientists to explore the complex relationship between genetics, lifestyle and environment, and how each affects our health. don't expect breakthroughs overnight, but in the years ahead as the data and the participants mature. fergus walsh, bbc news. the prime minister has expressed further concerns about potential disruption to armistice day commemorations this weekend regarding a protest against the military action in gaza. he said the home secretary would be meeting police chiefs to discuss the protests. i police chiefs to discuss the protests-— police chiefs to discuss the rotests. ., ., .~ , protests. i want to make sure the olice protests. i want to make sure the police have _ protests. i want to make sure the police have our— protests. i want to make sure the police have our total _ protests. i want to make sure the police have our total backing - protests. i want to make sure the police have our total backing to l police have our total backing to clamp down on any acts of criminality, but also to ensure public order, and the home secretary is today convening a meeting of the police needs to focus on the issue. that is the prime minister, let's talk more about what he has been saying with political correspondent iain watson who was at westminster. tell us more about this meeting with the home secretary and police chiefs. _, . chiefs. the meeting concluded within the last hour. — chiefs. the meeting concluded within the last hour, and _ chiefs. the meeting concluded within the last hour, and i'm _ chiefs. the meeting concluded within the last hour, and i'm told _ chiefs. the meeting concluded within the last hour, and i'm told the - the last hour, and i'm told the meeting was discussing the long term as well as the short term challenges posed by these protests, notjust here in london but all across the country. it wasn'tjust here in london but all across the country. it wasn't just the here in london but all across the country. it wasn'tjust the home secretary who met the police chiefs, a range of government ministers from thejustice department, the security minister and a transport department, and i think that is a recognition that these protests are likely to be protected, that the dire situation in the middle east is unlikely to be resolved soon, so that puts pressure on police resources, but also i'm told contingency plans were discussed if the protests were to escalate further. as for the saturday's planned protest here in london, the organisers are making it very clear that the route that they are looking at would not go past the cenotaph in whitehall and indeed the match would not start until well after 11am, the 11th hour. there are no protests planned for remembrance sunday either. but what government ministers are saying is if the metropolitan police says there will be a serious threat to public order, they would certainly consider the request for a ban, but that request would come from the metropolitan police themselves, not something the government would impose. shall police themselves, not something the government would impose.— government would impose. all right, thank ou government would impose. all right, thank you very _ government would impose. all right, thank you very much, _ government would impose. all right, thank you very much, iain _ government would impose. all right, thank you very much, iain watson, . thank you very much, iain watson, our political correspondent. a bbc investigation has found that the fashion firm boohoo has broken promises to makes its clothes fairly and ethically. an undercover reporter for panorama who worked at the company's manchester headquarters saw evidence of staff pressurising suppliers to drive prices down, even after deals had been struck. lora jones reports. in 2020, boohoo faced widespread criticism for poor working practices in its supply chain. the company promised to change and to treat its suppliers fairly. now a panorama investigation has found boohoo demanded price cuts from suppliers for orders that had already been agreed, and sometimes even after the clothes had been made. if we can't increase sales, that's when we start doing things like asking for discounts as much as possible, all of that sort of stuff, cos all of that helps us gain a bit more profit. panorama's undercover reporter worked at boohoo's manchester headquarters for ten weeks earlier this year. she spoke to co—founder and executive chairman mahmud kamani at the company's summer party. lawyers for mr kamani say he has a respectful relationship with boohoo's suppliers. the company says after absorbing significant cost inflation, when costs came down, it asked suppliers for discounts, passing savings onto customers. panorama also went undercover inside one of boohoo's many suppliers, mm leicester clothing ltd. managers there told workers they had to stay late to finish a boohoo order. here, a manager is recorded saying, "tell them no—one's going home." boohoo's suppliers must sign up to a code of conduct. it says overtime should be voluntary. "no is leaving," the manager says. what i understand from this is people are being forced to stay against their will to work to complete an order. that's unethical treatment of workers, it's as simple as that. mm leicester says normal working hours at 8am to 6pm and it never forces workers to stay late. boohoo says mm leicester is subject to regular audits and unannounced checks and that it's investigating panorama's claims. for customers, panorama's evidence that boohoo has broken some of its promises to treat suppliers fairly matters. i'm definitely surprised. obviously, — that is going to have an impact. yeah, do i really want to give my business there when i can go and give it to someone else? yeah, for the sake of like £3 or ea to shop somewhere else. people need to consider where they're shopping. boohoo says it hasn't shied away from the problems of the past and has already delivered significant change. lora jones, bbc news. you can watch panorama: boohoo's broken promises on bbc iplayer now and on bbc one at 8pm. donald trump is due to give evidence at his civil fraud trial in new york later. the judge has already ruled that the trump 0rganization inflated the value of properties in order to obtain preferable rates on loans and insurance deals. the former president and two of his sons deny any wrongdoing. 0ur north america correspondent nada tawfik is in new york. how serious is theirs, nada, for donald trump?— how serious is theirs, nada, for donald trum? ~ �* , .~ , donald trump? well, ben, the stakes are incredibly — donald trump? well, ben, the stakes are incredibly high _ donald trump? well, ben, the stakes are incredibly high here, _ donald trump? well, ben, the stakes are incredibly high here, he _ donald trump? well, ben, the stakes are incredibly high here, he will- are incredibly high here, he will have to do several things at once on the stand. first, appear credible to the stand. first, appear credible to the singlejudge, not the stand. first, appear credible to the single judge, not a jury, the stand. first, appear credible to the singlejudge, not a jury, he the stand. first, appear credible to the single judge, not a jury, he was deciding the future of his namesake empire and whether he will be banned from ever doing business in new york again, a judge who he has slammed as again, a judge who he has slammed as a democratic operative. he will also have to make sure that this doesn't hurt him politically, because remember, he is still the favourite to become the republican presidential nominee, and he has certainly used to this, the courthouse, are something of a campaign trailfor courthouse, are something of a campaign trail for himself. talking to the media assembled here, slamming a soul is a witch hunt, and while we expect him to do that again today outside the courtroom, on the witness stand it will be different, he will have to temper that sort of talk, and a judge will certainly hold him to account. he will also have to be very careful that what he says on the witness stand doesn't impact him in upcoming criminal proceedings, so no easy decisions here for donald trump. {lilia here for donald trump. ok, nada, thank ou here for donald trump. ok, nada, thank you very _ here for donald trump. ok, nada, thank you very much _ here for donald trump. ok, nada, thank you very much indeed. - 61 years ago, a penniless singer entered a talent competition in new york, hoping to win a free meal. her name was barbra streisand, and not only did she win, she went on to become one of the world's biggest stars. she's sold more than 250 million albums, won ten golden globes and two oscars, and now she's written an autobiography. she's been talking to our music correspondent mark savage. in 196a, streisand secured her break—out role in the broadway musical funny girl. hello, gorgeous. but she couldn't enjoy the success, because her co—star, sydney chaplin, was constantly undermining her. it's a painful story. i don't like to even talk about it. you know, it'sjust a person who... ..had a crush on me, which was unusual. and when i said to him, you know, "i don't want to be involved with you," he turned on me in such a way that was... ..very cruel, i think. he started muttering under his breath. while i was talking on stage, he would mutter terrible words to me, sort of curse words, and he wouldn't look into my eyes anymore. it threw me into analysis, how to talk logic to somebody who wouldn't stop doing this. # who told you you're allowed to rain on my parade? # there was one passage in the book that really interested me, where you said you can't listen to music at home. i imagine, you know, people must be very surprised about that — your life seems to revolve around music. no, music is work to me, meaning after i make a record, which i love making records, but what i have to go through to get it out, you know, is listening to it, you know, mixing it, listening to it, listening to it on different systems. it's work — i mean, it takes time. so by the time it's over, i never want to hear it again, until maybe 25 years later. streisand's memoir seems like a full stop on a long and storied career. # ageless and evergreen... # so what comes next? i want to live life. i want to get in my husband's truck and just wander, go around, hopefully with the children somewhere near us. when they come over, they love playing with the dogs. you know, we have fun. i haven't had much fun in my life, tell you the truth. and i want to have more fun. # are the luckiest people in the world. # now, for those lucky enough to get a glimpse of them, the northern lights illuminated skies across parts of the uk last night with vivid shades of red, green and magenta. what causes this rather wonderful phenomenon? well, as i'm sure you know, it's the result of a geomagnetic storm when streams of charged particles from the sun collide with the earth's magnetic field. so it says here! let's get more on the weather with helen willetts. a greater chance of seeing northern lights in the next couple of years as we head towards a solar maximum, but actually it is a strong solar wind at the moment, so those lights were visible from scotland right down to kent, further south across europe we had some wonderful displays, as you have heard. but not just the northern lights, we had what is called a steve, and if you saw one last night, it was a streak