there is rain in the forecast for there is rain in the forecast for the weekend. i'll tell you more a little later. good morning. it's saturday 11th november. our main story — the metropolitan police is preparing for a huge armistice day security operation, ahead of a pro—palestinian march. scotland yard has imposed an exclusion zone around the cenotaph, and it's also bracing for potential counter—demonstrations from far—right groups. our legal affairs correspondent dominic casciani has this report. barriers in place, nobody taking chances. in the last 2a hours, the metropolitan police has prepared for what is expected to be one of the biggest matches of the last 20 years. preparations amid predictions from the prime minister and home secretary of disrespect to armistice day, and fears of damage to the cenotaph. and this is part of the response. a guard at the memorial along with powers to arrest any pro—palestinian demonstrator who approaches it today. saturday's march is the fourth national gathering, the palestinian solidarity campaign says it will be peaceful and hope hundreds of thousands will turn out, including families. the police approved route leaves hyde park and crosses the thames to the us embassy. the cenotaph is more than a mile away. more than 1800 officers are on duty to prevent disorder although previously�*s incidents have been sporadic. this week there is an exclusion zone in westminster, and officers have powers to disperse people after the march. this officers have powers to disperse people after the march.- officers have powers to disperse people after the march. this is a really difficult _ people after the march. this is a really difficult policing _ people after the march. this is a really difficult policing weekend, and we are clear that it is going to be difficult for us, but we are doing everything that we can, with a very significant policing response, to ensure that people are safe. so mark rowley, the met's commissioner, insists his teams have the tactics to contain troublemakers and prevent potential clashes with counter demonstrations. but is it enough to end the row with the home secretary suella braverman? last night it emerged she had met sir mark and a source close to her said she had given herfull source close to her said she had given her full backing to the police and now had confidence they will stop any criminality. overnight, police stood guard at the cenotaph. chiefs say they will protect it and the national team silence that is so important to so many. dominic casciani, bbc news. our reporter, simonjones, is at the cenotaph. morning to you, simon. so there was a lot of talk and a lot of detail about the police operation. tell us more. , , ., , more. yes, this morning, people will cather more. yes, this morning, people will gather here — more. yes, this morning, people will gather here at _ more. yes, this morning, people will gather here at 11 _ more. yes, this morning, people will gather here at 11 o'clock— more. yes, this morning, people will gather here at 11 o'clock to _ more. yes, this morning, people will gather here at 11 o'clock to mark - gather here at 11 o'clock to mark the two—minute silence. that traditionally takes place on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month. the end of world war i. now here at the cenotaph, we are expecting around 1000 people together. there are going to be cadets here, there are going to be members of the mod, invited guests, and relatives of veterans but there is also going to be a huge police presence, and that is very much in place here this morning. at the cenotaph we have a 24—hour guard here. that has actually been in place since thursday, and it will be here right until the end of remembrance weekend commemorations. now, in terms of the police operation, we are told that almost 2000 officers will be out on the streets in central london today to make sure that the events here pass off without incident, and also of course to police that protest, which is due to begin around a mile and a half from here at midday. now the police say they are guaranteeing that the events here at the cenotaph will be able to take place without disruption, and they have an exclusion zone in this area, which means if they suspect anyone is turning up in this area around whitehall to demonstrate, then they may well be arrested.— whitehall to demonstrate, then they may well be arrested. simon, for the moment, may well be arrested. simon, for the moment. thank— may well be arrested. simon, for the moment, thank you _ may well be arrested. simon, for the moment, thank you very _ may well be arrested. simon, for the moment, thank you very much. - may well be arrested. simon, for the moment, thank you very much. the | time now is five minutes past six o'clock. more now on reports of more strikes overnight in gaza. yes, particularly focusing on hospitals. fighting and explosions have been heard close to three hospitals in gaza, where israel says hamas fighters are hiding. israeli forces are now concentrated close to the hospitals — the purple areas show where their troops are. in an interview with the bbc, the french president emmanuel macron has called for israel to stop killing babies and women in gaza. france, like the uk, has proscribed hamas as a terrorist organisation. nick beake reports. this was israel's aerial attack on gaza overnight. an unrelenting barrage, like most nights over the past five weeks. israeli forces have now surrounded gaza city's major hospitals, where they say hamas have built headquarters underground. but thousands of patients and those just trying to seek shelter are stranded on what is now a front line of the fighting. the red cross says hospitals in gaza have reached a point of no return. france's president emmanuel macron once again condemned hamas, but he told the bbc that israel, a country he called a partner and friend, had no justification for its continued bombing of gaza.— justification for its continued bombing of gaza. facto, today, civilians are _ bombing of gaza. facto, today, civilians are bombed, _ bombing of gaza. facto, today, | civilians are bombed, defective. bombing of gaza. facto, today, - civilians are bombed, defective. as babies, as ladies, older people are bombed and killed. there is no reason for that and their legitimacy. so we do urge israel to stop. ijust remind everybody of international law, i call for the ceasefire, and i will urge them to ceasefire, and i will urge them to cease fire, from any time ceasefire. benjamin netanyahu says world leader should be condemning hamas, not israel. his government said once again it was targeting hamas, not civilians. meanwhile, the families of hostages taken by hamas on october seven are desperate for their release. tom hans's eight—year—old daughter emily was kidnapped. he had this message for her. we kidnapped. he had this message for her. ~ ~' ., kidnapped. he had this message for her. ~ ~ ., . ., ., kidnapped. he had this message for her. ~ ~' ., . ., ., , ., her. we know we are going to get you back. be her. we know we are going to get you back- he strong _ her. we know we are going to get you back. be strong every _ her. we know we are going to get you back. be strong every day. _ her. we know we are going to get you back. be strong every day. and - her. we know we are going to get you back. be strong every day. and wait. l back. be strong every day. and wait. we are coming to get you. we are coming to get you home. we are going to bring you home. tens coming to get you home. we are going to bring you home.— to bring you home. tens of thousands have been making _ to bring you home. tens of thousands have been making the _ to bring you home. tens of thousands have been making the journey - to bring you home. tens of thousands have been making the journey south l have been making the journey south to what israel tells them as a safe place for their families. to what israel tells them as a safe place fortheirfamilies. but to what israel tells them as a safe place for their families. but it feels like nowhere in gaza is safe. nick beake, bbc news, jerusalem. we will take you back tojerusalem now. good morning to you. there was a big focus on the hospitals as we were saying. but what is the general situation now? what are you seeing? good morning. yes, iwant to situation now? what are you seeing? good morning. yes, i want to focus on the hospitals you were talking about and showing us just a second ago because we now know that four hospitals are effectively on the front line in gaza and that is because at each of those, eye witnesses have described israeli forces as being either very near or sort of in the vicinity. on the issue here is that israel says hamas has made these hospitals legitimate military hospitals. why is that deaf legitimate targets. israeli say hamas has been contracting command centres under the hospitals and are using in effect gazans as human shields. now the reality on the ground as you have hundreds of patients there, as well as other people who want to seek safety and think a hospital is a good place to do that. but they have endured another terrifying night of bombardment overhead, and i've got an update from two of the hospitals. one of them is the al shifa hospital, where doctors without borders, the charity, overnight their staff described a catastrophic situation before their communications went down, at another hospital, the al-quds hospital, the palestine red crescent society say they are concerned that the hospital might have to shut down because of a lack of fuel, and a lack of medical supplies, and saying it is the people in intensive care and also babies in incubators who are the most at risk, and he would lose their lives if that were to be the case. all the while, you've got president macron in this bbc interview, in the past 2a hours. interesting i think what he's been saying because it does mark a difference between the uk and the us. he is saying that there needs to be a ceasefire now, and of course he is a man who chooses his words very carefully. he makes the point that there is to use his phrase no justification for the killing of women and babies, and says that israel, although he described israel as a friend and a partner, it now needs to stop because the number of civilians dying is simply not acceptable. he says he honestly condemns hamas and after the october seven attacks was the first to ring the authorities here in israel to offer his solidarity, his support for israel, but now there needs to be a pause, he says, so that civilians can move to safety, and that more people do not lose their lives. w' that more people do not lose their lives. x' ., that more people do not lose their lives. a ., ., . lives. nick, for the moment, thanks very much- — lives. nick, for the moment, thanks very much- nick _ lives. nick, for the moment, thanks very much. nick beake _ lives. nick, for the moment, thanks very much. nick beake therefore . us us injerusalem. the children's commissioner for england says she's "deeply "shocked" by news of school pupils collapsing, after using vapes containing illegal drugs. dame rachel de souza was responding to a bbc report on cases of children who needed hospital treatment, after using e—cigarettes with synthetic cannabis and other illicit substances. the authorities in iceland have raised the alert level in the area around the world—famous blue lagoon, because of fears a volcanic crater could erupt in the next few days. the tourist attraction has closed for a week, after thousands of minor earthquakes were measured in the south west of the country. scotland's health secretary michael matheson has said he will repay almost £11,000 he incurred using a parliamentary ipad on holiday. he ran up the data—roaming charges on a trip to morocco, while doing constituency work on a tablet with an outdated sim card. irish nationalist party sinn fein, which is now the largest group in the northern ireland assembly, is holding its annual conference in the republic of ireland. party president, mary lou mcdonald, is today expected to call for a restoration of the devolved government in belfast, after its absence of more than a year and a half. a warning — there is flash photography in this report from our ireland correspondent chris page. cheering sinn fein has claimed to new heights on both sides of the irish border. in may, it became the biggest party in councils in northern ireland, the latest in a series of its best ever election results. the success in the council election came a year after sinn fein won the most seats here in the northern ireland assembly for the northern ireland assembly for the first time. but the party hasn't been able to take over in the first minister's office yet. there has been no fully functioning devolved government in belfast for 20 months now. the democratic unionist party is vetoing the formation of a power—sharing coalition in protest against brexit trading arrangements. the dup is in talks with the westminster governments over its concerns. sinn fein vice president michele o'neil on the right is in line to lead the executive if it is restored. ~ . , . , line to lead the executive if it is restored. m , . line to lead the executive if it is restored. ~ . , . , , restored. michel is ready as she has had for many _ restored. michel is ready as she has had for many times _ restored. michel is ready as she has had for many times to _ restored. michel is ready as she has had for many times to lead - restored. michel is ready as she has had for many times to lead from - restored. michel is ready as she has| had for many times to lead from the front but i have to say quite frankly, like, this has run out of road, you can need to roll up their sleeves and get back to work. mart; sleeves and get back to work. mary lou mcdonald _ sleeves and get back to work. mary lou mcdonald is _ sleeves and get back to work. mary lou mcdonald is also _ sleeves and get back to work. mary lou mcdonald is also contending to be the taoiseach, the irish prime minister. sinn fein is ahead in the polls in dublin, with a general election likely next autumn. in her conference speech, the sinn fein president is expected to pitch for power across the island of ireland, which the party ultimately wants to unite. chris page, bbc news, belfast. he's known for going to great lengths to win an oscar, and now jared leto is going to great heights to promote his band's next tour. let's explain. the actor and musician has become the first person to legally scale the 102—storey empire state building. that's him. using ropes and a harness, the 51—year—old climbed the outside of the new york landmark in a redjumpsuit. that's a striking image, isn't it? wow. ., ~ that's a striking image, isn't it? wow. ., ., .,. ., wow. taking promotion to a whole new level. yeah yeah. _ wow. taking promotion to a whole new level. yeah yeah. really _ wow. taking promotion to a whole new level. yeah yeah. really do _ wow. taking promotion to a whole new level. yeah yeah. really do not - wow. taking promotion to a whole new level. yeah yeah. really do not want i level. yeah yeah. really do not want to do that. helen was watching. your face! just seeing it out of the corner of my eye! don't fancy it, helen? i don't mind a walk up snowdon or a hill, but something quite so vertical, i'm not sure about that... that would have been chilly today. we have some fog around so would you be able to see it? not in the city, it's fairly isolated at the moment, developing and it will be a story for the weekend, a fairly quiet speu for the weekend, a fairly quiet spell of weather which for many is welcome, it's been so wet, but we do have some rain on the way for tomorrow, but it should be mostly dry today, just that frost and fog, this is the window of drier weather, you can see the british isles under the satellite picture but this massive cloud setting to the west of us and slowly meandering its way in, that's our next atlantic low, and that's our next atlantic low, and that will bring in some rain i think for tomorrow, for some, it will take its time together right the way up into scotland, but this morning it's chilly out there. i had to scrape the fast of my car, the most i have seen so far this autumn. there is some fog around the neck could develop in the next couple of hours, one or two showers running down the north sea coast into parts of lancashire, one or two in the west but the fog is the main issue, ten, 11, 12, not particularly warm but not too bad, around average and by this evening we start to get the rain in, but is a slow progress, you can see it making its way eastward as we get towards tomorrow morning, i chilly start again tomorrow morning particularly across scotland, northern england and ireland and the fog will be more widespread. we got that ran marching in further south so it could be quite grey and murky across scotland, fog taking time to clear across here and northern england and with all that cloud polluting the skies on top of the fog it could be quite grey and dank around the cenotaph but the main rain looks to come along later in the day, could be quite happy across northern england and ireland, stretching into east anglia in the south and west but a chilly start in the north where we keep some sunshine, but 10-12 where we keep some sunshine, but 10—12 further south, my other hour as the rain comes in, strong winds than starting to pick up to the cause of tomorrow and into monday as this next atlantic low moves its way gradually eastward, so for all of us i think through the course of sunday there will be some wet and potentially quite windy weather as well and that will start to clear away later on tuesday but it's hanging around for a while particularly in the south with a trailing weather front lingering, and it may settle down later in the week but you can see the temperatures are starting to lift a little bit with the influence of the atlantic but it is not mild out there this morning, it is chilly, there this morning, it is chilly, there will be frost around but good spells of sunshine which means a nice day getting out and doing these colours we have at the moment. 18 minutes past six. let's have a look at today's papers. the daily mirror's headline reads �*torn apart�*, reporting that 2,000 officers will be on the streets of london today to monitor a large pro—palestinian demonstration. the times has a similar front page, featuring comments by the prime minister ahead of this morning's march. it says rishi sunak has issued a final plea for those taking part to be respectful and peaceful. the the telegraph reports that three drugs used to treat cystic fibrosis might no longer be available for new patients on the nhs in england, wales and northern ireland. we'll discuss this more after eight o'clock with a mum and dad whose 2—year—old daughter has cystic fibrosis. and one of the most read articles on the bbc website is about this photograph. the image of king charles will feature on the cover of the big issue next week to mark his 75th birthday. the king will be launching an initiative to help those in need of food, while at the same time reducing food waste. this weekend, many veterans will put on their service medals as they gather to remember the fallen and keith eema will be wearing his with extra pride. keith's falklands medals were stolen a0 years ago, but he's been recently reunited with them, just in time for this year's commemorations. our reporter, steve knibbs has the story. one from the wedding. that was the last time that you saw them? the last time that you saw them? the last day i ever wore the metal. when paratr00per — last day i ever wore the metal. when paratrooper keit