while right—wing protesters are met with a stern response. she questioned whether the metropolitan police are playing favourites in the way they deal with protests. here's our political editor chris mason. those in charge here at the home office command one of the great offices of state — home secretary. the latest tenant here, suella braverman, approaches thejob with a bluntness unlike any of her predecessors. writing in the times about the pro—palestinian marches, she says... is suella braverman onto something when she claims the police might be biased? this former senior policeman who now works for a right—leaning think—tank says possibly yes. i think it's a really, really tough one for the police. i think the key question here is, who are they listening to, who are they talking to? and so could the police be biased almost by accident? potentially. but the key question is, who are they getting advice from and what is the nature of that advice and what is the bargain that's being struck between the police and the protest organisers? so close, yet so far apart — look at their body language the other day. a penny for what it would look like now. rishi sunak�*s spokesman said number 10 had not signed off suella braverman�*s article. in other words, she has undermined his authority. and then there's the increasing frequency of her saying stuff that steals the limelight. the wind of change that carried my own parents across the globe in the 20th century was a mere gust compared to the hurricane that is coming. and here is how she describes the pro—palestinian marches. to my mind, there's only one way to describe those marches. they are hate marches. and she said some homeless people live in tents as a lifestyle choice. opinions and language that divide — divide the country, divide her party. suella's a friend of mine, and one of the things i know is that being home secretary, having seen a number of other friends do the job, is a tough and pressurised job. but do you agree with her? well, again, iwould not want to interpolate myself into that conversation. i think the question really is for the prime minister. he must know that this isn't the way in which a home secretary should behave. he's got a home secretary who is out of control and he is too weak to do anything about it. the job's not finished yet, there's still a lot more to do. well, it might be, you know. what does rishi sunak do next? and is suella braverman�*s critique of the police reasonable? chris mason, bbc news, at westminster. the bbc�*s political correspondent leila nathoojoins me now. chris ended his report asking, what does rishi sunak do next? what can he and will he? i does rishi sunak do next? what can he and will he?— he and will he? i think this is a really interesting _ he and will he? i think this is a really interesting story - he and will he? i think this is a | really interesting story tonight, because there are lots of different elements to it. it now has moved to this place of a supposedly so now between silla braverman and rishi sunak, so there is a bit of a pause, if you like, there is no update from number 10 on this. they say they are still looking into what happened over this op—ed, the clearance process, the message from number 10 being they did not sign off this final version. being they did not sign off this finalversion. so being they did not sign off this final version. so you are left this evening with the impression that suella braverman has undermined rishi sunak by publishing an article which was not signed off in its entirety by number 10. we don't know exactly what elements number 10 were querying. we are led to believe they were requesting major changes, but it is not clear whether they disagreed with the substance of the article or specific phrases that she used. rishi sunak does have it in his power to sackur, he has it in his power to sackur, he has it in his power to ask for an investigation as to whether she broke even a stereo code, so he does have levers at his disposal —— ministerial code. the question is whether this is enough to warrant moving her. is this a sackable offence? she certainly divides opinion in the tory party and across the country as well. several in the party have voiced discontent in her language, also in regards to policy to tackle homelessness, banning the use of tents, which she described as a lifestyle choice, people being homeless on the streets of the uk as a lifestyle choice. for some mps, they think it is a step too far. 0thers they think it is a step too far. others think she is articulating a widely held view. rishi sunak tonne is lit left in the position of ordering what to do with her —— rishi sunak tonight. there rumblings on more widespread reshuffle and there is also the issue of the fact that these marches are going ahead. this is the root of it. the debate really stirred by the government itself, rishi sunak himself calling protests this weekend in favour of a cease—fire in gaza provocative. there is the protests and the outcome of them to contend with as well. a lot of issues bound up in this, but rishi sunak tonight will be weighing up whether suella braverman can stay in her post. suella braverman, this is not the first time that comments by suella braverman have made the headlines and perhaps fissures in the tory party —— leila, this is not. and perhaps fissures in the tory party -- leila, this is not. to some extent, party -- leila, this is not. to some extent. she — party -- leila, this is not. to some extent, she does _ party -- leila, this is not. to some extent, she does have _ party -- leila, this is not. to some extent, she does have a _ party -- leila, this is not. to some l extent, she does have a constituency within the tory party for stubby wider membership to warm to her. she has gotten warm applause and tory party conferences in recent years, this year, her speech went down very well among the tory membership. she has her band of mps to support her and now she is in one of the highest offices of state, so, yes, she does have a constituency and she does frequently say controversial things. what has happened recently is she has said controversial things in quite quick succession about various different topics. in her article again, describing the cease—fire marches as hate marches, she has talked about what she described as pro—palestinian mobs, severe inflammatory terminology, and i think you're getting a sense of discontent and unease building among some tory mps, but there will be a calculation in downing street tonight asked whether she has enough of a constituency that she does still need to be there to represent them in the candidate or weather at this point in rishi sunak�*s administration, we know he is trying to make a break from the previous year, into the coming year and a general election, to say, we are doing things differently, i am a new rishi sunak, i am a change candidate — does that lead to an intention to move her? we have heard rumours of a wider reshuffle and this could be his opportunity to do so. leila nathoo in _ his opportunity to do so. leila nathoo in westminster, - his opportunity to do so. leila nathoo in westminster, thank you very much. live now to former conservative minister and member of parliament anna soubry, who quit the party in 2019 and now leads the centrist, pro—european party change uk. i have got the article here. it is just a home secretary, isn't it, voicing her views and concerns ahead of marches at the weekend? 0r voicing her views and concerns ahead of marches at the weekend? or is it something else was —— something else? -- something else? i think it is number of— -- something else? i think it is number of things. _ -- something else? i think it is number of things. it _ -- something else? i think it is number of things. it is - -- something else? i think it is number of things. it is part - -- something else? i think it is number of things. it is part of. -- something else? i think it is i number of things. it is part of the history suella braverman has as home secretary of using inflammatory and offensive language and that does not bode well for any politician, especially not a member of our government and somebody who holds one of the great offices of state, but the article that she has written is wrong on two levels. first of all it is not the role of the home secretary, absolutely is not, to get involved and make comments that are critical in particular of the operational duties and decisions of our police officers. it is a long—standing rule that somebody in the senior position that she is in does not get involved in operational decisions by our police, so though it isn't in itself a serious breach of her role as home secretary. the second thing of course is that she did that in the face of number 10, the prime minister, telling her not to write that article, or these large parts of it, so she has defied the prime minister and the only reason that i can think he has not already sackur is because he is so weak and he is in hock to the right wing of the conservative party that he is now the dominant force —— already sack her. there are many in the conservative _ sack her. there are many in the conservative party _ sack her. there are many in the conservative party who - sack her. there are many in the conservative party who support| sack her. there are many in the - conservative party who support her. that is their right. she is in one of the great offices of state, as i say. a long history of using inflammatory, offensive words, this is another example of it, and i do think that there is a time when people are crying out for good, strong political leadership to bring people together, to create peace and harmony, she seems absolutely determined to do the complete opposite, and so instead to bring together, she always seeks to divide, and it is a feature of that strain of right—wing conservatism is sometimes called populism, that is not bringing people together, as traditional one nation conservatives did, a proud tradition of the tory party. she is the polar opposite, she seeks to divide, and of course he does all this for her own ambition, and we should not underestimate this. this is all about a recognition that the conservatives, thankfully, are liable to lose the next general election, keir starmer hopefully, i hope, will be our next prime minister and what suella braverman is thinking about her own ambitions, not the interest of the country by her own narrow interests. she wants to be the next leader of the conservative party, the leader of the opposition. just conservative party, the leader of the opposition-— conservative party, the leader of the opposition. just very briefly, i wanted to ask _ the opposition. just very briefly, i wanted to ask you, _ the opposition. just very briefly, i wanted to ask you, you've - the opposition. just very briefly, i wanted to ask you, you've quit - the opposition. just very briefly, i | wanted to ask you, you've quit the party but i'm sure you're in touch with mps that share your perspective. more conversations, what have they been having with you today? i what have they been having with you toda ? ., ., , ., what have they been having with you toda? ., ., .,., today? i have not spoken to anybody, but i have noticed, _ today? i have not spoken to anybody, but i have noticed, and _ today? i have not spoken to anybody, but i have noticed, and there - today? i have not spoken to anybody, but i have noticed, and there may - today? i have not spoken to anybody, but i have noticed, and there may be | but i have noticed, and there may be more, you've got a lot of people briefing off the record, which is deeply cowardly. this is really important. people should have the courage to speak up. i notice her bob neal, chair of thejustice select committee, a proper one nation tory, has had the custards a what many people are undoubtedly in the consummate party thinking, she has now gone a step farther to farke —— sir bob neill. she is in conflict with our prime minister. he should sack. many should follow in bob neill�*s footsteps, she has got to go. neill's footsteps, she has got to .o_ �* ., neill's footsteps, she has got to no.�* . _ ., neill's footsteps, she has got to go. anna soubry, former conservative mp, thank you — go. anna soubry, former conservative mp. thank you for _ go. anna soubry, former conservative mp, thank you forjoining _ go. anna soubry, former conservative mp, thank you forjoining us _ go. anna soubry, former conservative mp, thank you forjoining us on - go. anna soubry, former conservative mp, thank you forjoining us on dvc. mp, thank you forjoining us on dvc news and giving us your perspective. —— on bbc news. to the israel gaza conflict. a video of two israeli hostages has been released by the palestinain group islamicjihad. hanna katsir, a woman in her 70s, is seen sitting in a wheelchair. she was abducted from kibbutz nir 0z on october 7. the second hostage is yagil yakov, a teenage boy from the same community. in the video, both hostages sharply criticise israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu. it's not clear if they're reading from a script. in a statement tonight, a spokesman for islamicjihad said the group was prepared to release both hostages for humanitarian and medical reasons but only if what it called "appropriate measures" were met. 240 hostages are still being held in gaza after the hamas attack on israel on october 7. meanwhile, the white house says israel has agreed to four—hour military pauses in gaza, as thousands more palestinians try to flee from the north of the gaza strip, where fighting is intense. aid agencies say this isn't long enough. heavy fighting is continuing in the ruins of gaza city between israeli forces and hamas, classified as a terror group by the uk government. meanwhile, in the west bank, the palestinian authority says at least 13 palestinians have been killed and at least 20 wounded during an israeli army raid onjenin refugee camp. israel's military said it was conducting counter—terrorism raids in jenin. there are growing concerns about the conflict spreading wider in the region, bringing in countries like yemen. 0ur international editor jeremy bowen reports from israel. more palestinians walked down salah al—din street, the main route to southern gaza, after they were told by israel that they would not be attacked if they moved out of the northern battle zone. pauses in israeli combat operations were welcomed by the us as a significant first step. with civilians once again digging for survivors in southern gaza, no—one is calling it a ceasefire. this was in khan younis, part of the area israel has ordered civilians to get to. nowhere in gaza is safe. some places may be less dangerous. two of the gaza hostages were in new videos, made presumably under duress. hanna katsir and yagil yakov blamed benjamin netanyahu, israel's prime minister, for their plight. the danger of the war spreading remains. in the last three weeks or so, the houthi regime in yemen has been posting videos of attacks on israel with missiles and drones — so far, all intercepted by american and israeli air defence systems over the red sea. mohammed ali al—houthi, de facto leader of the houthi regime, gave the bbc a remote interview from the capital sana'a. he said islam legitimised attacks on israel, which he called "the entity". do you think the war here in gaza and israel can spread elsewhere in the region? translation: if the americans and british and french - continue backing this entity or to participate in the war alongside this entity, this would be a normal response and result of the american and european attacks and movements. there are people who say that you're attacking israel because iran told you to. translation: we in yemen en'oy freedom and democracy more b than the british people are given these days, jeremy. the british people these days are unable to express themselves freely. the secretary of state, ie home secretary, is calling to stop all demonstrations that back palestine. where is the freedom and the democracy that you enjoy in britain? not a straight answer. what is certain is more tension and death in the west bank, the other side of the occupied palestinian territories. 15 palestinians were killed as armed groups fought israeli raids. events in gaza are having dire consequences here and across the middle east. jeremy bowen, bbc news, israel. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. myanmar�*s president who was installed after a coup in 2021 says the country is in danger of breaking apart if the government can't control fighting in border regions with china. the warning was issued at an emergency meeting, after anti—military insurgents overran dozens of army posts, capturing roads and border crossings. the vatican has announced that transgender people can be baptised in the catholic church, as long as it doesn't cause scandal or "confusion". the church's doctrinal office, also said trans people could be godparents at a baptism and witnesses at a wedding. it follows attempts by pope francis to make the church more welcoming to lgbt people. the shell oil company is suing the environmental group greenpeace, after activists climbed aboard a production platform being towed to the north sea. greenpeace says it has been asked to pay more than $2 million. you're live with bbc news. let's get more on that hostage video and speak to our diplomatic correspondent injerusalem, paul adams. so we have seen some stills that we have been showing of that video of the two hostages, two of more than 240, oraround the two hostages, two of more than 240, or around 240 hostages, who are being held by hamas. what more do we know about that video and the circumstances around it being released? ., circumstances around it being released?— circumstances around it being released? ., ., ., ., . , released? not a whole lot, except that this was _ released? not a whole lot, except that this was not _ released? not a whole lot, except that this was not hamas, - released? not a whole lot, except that this was not hamas, this - released? not a whole lot, except that this was not hamas, this was | that this was not hamas, this was palestinian islamicjihad on the smaller of the two main armed factions in the gaza strip. it comes in a lot of talk and a lot of diplomatic efforts aimed at securing the release of hostages. we have had today a meeting in qatar, involving the representative from mossad, israel's secret intelligence agency, the cia director, william burns, and the cia director, william burns, and the qataris, presumably largely focused on the question of hostages. we've also had news that hamas representatives were in the egyptian capital cairo talking to egyptian intelligence, again, hostages likely to be very much front and centre of those discussions, and into this, we had the arrival of this video from islamicjihad, with two of the hostages in question. does all this mean that some kind of deal is in the offing? wejust mean that some kind of deal is in the offing? we just don't know. we have had little tantalising grimaces for days of the possibility of a deal —— tantalising two glimpses. the israelis and saying there is no prospect of a cease—fire in the gaza strip until lousi the of a significant number —— until we see. but we don't know is if any of that comes to fruition any time soon. and comes to fruition any time soon. and all of that, paul, _ comes to fruition any time soon. and all of that, paul, while the white house says israel has agreed for our pauses, what more do we know about that? it pauses, what more do we know about that? , ., , . .,