reveille. applause. cheering. and there we end the two—minute silence to mark the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month, armistice day, the agreement that brought an end to the fighting in the first world war. it is an event of course based in the history, time to remember and reflect but also a timely reminder of the current conflicts being thought right now around the world. this moment remembering those who have given their lives in service to our country since 1914. it is about the importance of keeping stories of service and sacrifice alive. you are watching bbc news. with me is our correspondent helena wilkinson. it really is such a poignant, emotional moment, isn't it? seen that been replicated right across the country. such a reminder of those who gave their lives in service for this country. yes, and you look at the pictures from the cenotaph in central london and london is very busy on a saturday and the stillness was so moving, wasn't it? ~ ,., ., ., wasn't it? with the important moment for so many peeple — wasn't it? with the important moment for so many people in _ wasn't it? with the important moment for so many people in this _ wasn't it? with the important moment for so many people in this country, - for so many people in this country, notjust for so many people in this country, not just of course for so many people in this country, notjust of course that for so many people in this country, not just of course that formal service that we have just seen at the cenotaph in london but we have seen pictures from right across the country where people have spent two minutes' silence remembering, as you say, those who have served and sacrificed in world war i but world war ii as well and conflicts that followed. and, for many people, this would be and is a personal, very personal moment for them. whether that be there relatives of veterans, people who served in former conflicts, whether they are part of their current military family of whether they have relatives who are serving at the moment. so people will have very personal reasons as to why they want to make the two—minute silence on armistice day but a very sombre, moving, poignant moving moment of two minutes of silence. i'd make those events of today. silence. i'd make those events of toda . ., ., ., ., silence. i'd make those events of toda. ., ., ., ., , , today. tomorrow, of course, is remembrance _ today. tomorrow, of course, is remembrance sunday. - today. tomorrow, of course, is l remembrance sunday. whitehall today. tomorrow, of course, is - remembrance sunday. whitehall is once again full and we expect the royalfamily there. a once again full and we expect the royal family there. a lot of veterans. yet the mag yes, so what we have just seen there, the two—minute silence, when looking at pictures now of the cenotaph in london. , ., london. the focus of formal remembrance _ london. the focus of formal remembrance services. - london. the focus of formal remembrance services. this london. the focus of formal. remembrance services. this is london. the focus of formal- remembrance services. this is a start of a weekend of remembrance. as you rightly say, tomorrow is remembrance sunday and, again, we're going to see a service at the cenotaph. that will be led by king charles were two other senior members of the royal family will also be there and there will also be whitehall as well. this evening, the king is also expected to attend remembrance service at the royal albert hall as well. so a weekend of reflection, remembrance, starting today with that two—minute silence and tomorrow as well, there will be and tomorrow as well, there will be a further two—minute silence when the nation will come together and remember. the nation will come together and rmember-— the nation will come together and remember. �* , ., remember. and it is worth pointing out at this stage, _ remember. and it is worth pointing out at this stage, too, _ remember. and it is worth pointing out at this stage, too, a _ remember. and it is worth pointing out at this stage, too, a huge - out at this stage, too, a huge police presence in london today. close to 2000 public order officers in attendance. quite clearly, the event we have just seen, the two—minute silence, passing off very peacefully. but there is heightened tension in the capital today. just explain. tension in the capital today. just exlain. , , , ., tension in the capital today. just exlain. , , explain. yes, exactly. i should been re-uortin explain. yes, exactly. i should been reporting all — explain. yes, exactly. i should been reporting all week, _ explain. yes, exactly. i should been reporting all week, there _ explain. yes, exactly. i should been reporting all week, there is - explain. yes, exactly. i should been reporting all week, there is a - reporting all week, there is a pro—palestinian march, protest, in central london. that is due to get under way at hyde park at 1245 or thereabouts but people, clearly, will have been arriving before that but there is a huge, as you rightly mention, police presence in the capital. around 2000 nearly 2000 police officers on duty. because of fears, of course, perhaps break—out groups, that is what the metropolitan police is worried about, that there might be groups that come away from that main pro—palestinian march and, obviously, they want to keep things as peaceful as possible. but the cenotaph has been guarded for quite a while and it will be, of course, over the next 24 hours or so until the remembrance service tomorrow. has finished, has been completed. but, yes, a massive police operation for that pro—palestinian march that gets under way in the next couple of hours. ., ~ gets under way in the next couple of hours. ., ,, ,, gets under way in the next couple of hours. ., ,, i. . ., ., hours. thank you so much. you are riaht to hours. thank you so much. you are right to say — hours. thank you so much. you are right to say those _ hours. thank you so much. you are right to say those to _ hours. thank you so much. you are right to say those to very _ hours. thank you so much. you are right to say those to very separate | right to say those to very separate but concerns about breakaway groups that could potentially spark some confrontation. thank you for being with us. i corresponded talking as to what we need to know as remembrance services get under way. tomorrow, of course, is remembrance sunday but we will see more events there in whitehall at the cenotaph. let's touch on those marches. london's metropolitan police is preparing for a huge armistice day security operation ahead of a pro—palestinian march in the city. police have imposed an exclusion zone around london's war memorial, the cenotaph, and officers are also bracing for potential counter—demonstrations from far—right groups. live now to justin cohen who is the news editor and co—publisher ofjewish news. good afternoon or good morning, i should say, to you. thank you for being with us. talk to me about concerns today because, as we said, there's two events, very separate. but talk to me about how the jewish community may be feeling today, given what we expect to be one of the largest pro—palestinian marches to have ever taken place in the capital. to have ever taken place in the caital. , ., capital. the first thing i would say is that peeple _ capital. the first thing i would say is that people don't _ capital. the first thing i would say is that people don't believe - capital. the first thing i would say is that people don't believe that l is that people don't believe that everybody on those marches hate dues, and want the annihilation of israel but there's plenty of hate expressed on these marches over the last five weeks and that is beyond any doubt. the second element here, i think, is that given that we are now in week five, week after week, large numbers of people protesting alongside those who are expressing their side. alongside those who are expressing theirside. it alongside those who are expressing their side. it should come as no surprise when people wonderjust how many of those people also harbour some kind of animosity towards the jewish community. find some kind of animosity towards the jewish community.— some kind of animosity towards the jewish community. and how difficult is it to separate _ jewish community. and how difficult is it to separate those _ jewish community. and how difficult is it to separate those who - jewish community. and how difficult is it to separate those who are - is it to separate those who are intending to join this march for peaceful purposes, they say they just want to highlight the plight of people in gaza who are suffering as a humanitarian crisis gets worse. they say they're simply calling for a ceasefire to allow those people to get help. versus those, as you have identified, who perhaps have different intentions of taking part in this march and perhaps are doing it with hate, in mind. how do you separate the two? because people have every right to protest but i suppose the motivations for that protest can be very different. yeah, there hasn't — protest can be very different. yeah, there hasn't been _ protest can be very different. yeah, there hasn't been any _ protest can be very different. yeah, there hasn't been any polling - there hasn't been any polling conducted among those who are taking part in these and so i am not going to put a figure on what percentage might be harbouring hatred towards jewish people or support for hamas but, as i said, when, after the first week of the second week, the third week, the fourth week, the fifth week, there are people expressing elements of hate, coles for something that included suicide bombings in a cafe is and restaurants in israel. and that anything has been said on the streets of london and other people are marching with them again and again, it cannot be a surprise to anyone and people start to wonder how many of these people actually do also carry those kind of use. it also carry those kind of use. it also shouldn't be a surprise when there are families across london at there are families across london at the moment, jewish families, who just will not leave their homes. we won't go into central london today because of those marches. the head ofthe because of those marches. the head of the metropolitan _ because of those marches. the head of the metropolitan police _ because of those marches. the head of the metropolitan police said - because of those marches. the head of the metropolitan police said the i of the metropolitan police said the bar has not been met. there is not sufficient evidence, he says, to stop this march going ahead because of a danger of unrest or violence. if that bar has not been met and people have the right to protest, is it the timing that you have concern with? the fact that it is happening today on armistice day, for example? the vote that it is happening on armistice day is obviously riling up the far right. in armistice day is obviously riling up the far right-— the far right. in particular. i would not _ the far right. in particular. i would not want _ the far right. in particular. i would not want to - the far right. in particular. i would not want to stand - the far right. in particular. i would not want to stand in l the far right. in particular. i i would not want to stand in any the far right. in particular. i - would not want to stand in any way with tommy robinson and the far right. jewish news has said very strongly that we have no desire for their support of the likes of tommy robinson but, let's be clear, what is taking place today has also taken place on the streets. as i said, for the last month, and that is the concern. as for the situation the police are facing now believe me, i would not want to be him today. that is a lastjob in the world that anyone should want, to have to monitor every single person on that march, in realtime. the monitor every single person on that march, in real time. the police are facing a nylon impossible task. that said, he has taken the decision that they should take place. i would concur that it would have been wrong to ban this. i would hate to imagine the ire and the absolute hell that would have been unleashed should it have been banned. but it is now up to the police to make sure that not only is the route maintained but anything going on in those marches, either people committing crimes are apprehended, either in real time or afterwards, when social media footage emerges as it has done over the last four weeks.— the last four weeks. justin, what would make _ the last four weeks. justin, what would make you _ the last four weeks. justin, what would make you feel— the last four weeks. justin, what would make you feel safer - the last four weeks. justin, what would make you feel safer in - the last four weeks. justin, what - would make you feel safer in london? what could the police do to make the jewish community in london feel safer right now, given events around the world? this i safer right now, given events around the world? �* , ., ., the world? as i said, i would not want to be _ the world? as i said, i would not want to be marked _ the world? as i said, i would not want to be marked at _ the world? as i said, i would not want to be marked at this - the world? as i said, i would not want to be marked at this point. | the world? as i said, i would not| want to be marked at this point. i think that the key, at this point, now that it is going ahead, is that every sign of lawbreaking is caught up every sign of lawbreaking is caught up with immediately or once shown on social media afterwards because that is the reality of this. there is another element to this. another layer to this was that there is lawbreaking, there is cause for the murder ofjewish people, that we have seen. those recollections of old battle cries involving jewish people were countless jewish old battle cries involving jewish people were countlessjewish people have been murdered and then there is other things that we have seen on the streets of london that currently do not yet breach of threshold of law and i think it is going to be up to the government and other authorities to come together to make sure that some of that, from the river to the sea, all of that has to be addressed. and soon.- river to the sea, all of that has to be addressed. and soon. thank you for bein: be addressed. and soon. thank you for being with _ be addressed. and soon. thank you for being with us. _ justin: joining us from london. thank you. the hamas—run health ministry says al—shifa hospital has been forced to suspend operations, after reports of intensified israeli attacks on gaza's largest medical facility overnight. the bbc heard from a doctor at the hospital who said the intensive care unit had been, and, separately, that because of fuel shortages, two patients on ventilatros have since died, one a baby. there are 130 babies in incubators in gaza according to the who, 45 believed to be at the al—shifa hospital. the gaza health ministry say 39 of them are now at serious risk of death, given the lack of fuel and electricity. 0ne surgeon at the al shifa hospital sent the bbc this audio update. those two patients who were in a ventilator, one in the icu, one in the neonatal icu unit. it is very, very dangerous, very critical situation. there is no water even in the main building, no electricity, no food even, and no fuel. the generator stopped to work in the main subspecialty building, shooting and bombardment everywhere. you hear it at every second here around the shifa hospital. and no one can get out from the shifa hospital. no one can come to the shifa hospital. the situation is very, very dangerous. and the people who tried this morning to evacuate from the hospital, they were being shooted in the streets. some of them they are on. they got killed. some of them they are got injured. no one can arrive to the hospitals. we are in the main building of the hospital. no, no. we cannot get outside of the building because there is a shooting everywhere. we don't have electricity, we don't have water, we don't have even the food. and we are afraid that in the middle of the night we don't. we lost the electricity to the main icu and to the neonatal icu and our engineers during their work to the... to maintain this issue. one of the team was hit in the neck and he got paralysed. we don't want to have any outbreaks due to these dead bodies who are outside the main refrigerator. it is not working more because we don't have a fuel to run this generator. this is an issue now. live now to our correspondent injerusalem, nick beake. what are the israeli forces been saying on those attacks in the hospital? because, once again, international criticism of how they are operating but israel says it is necessary to target hamas. journalist put to them some account of what _ hamas. journalist put to them some account of what is _ hamas. journalist put to them some account of what is coming _ hamas. journalist put to them some account of what is coming out - hamas. journalist put to them some account of what is coming out of- hamas. journalist put to them some account of what is coming out of the j account of what is coming out of the hospital. the vivid account we had from the surgeon. the israeli position on this is that hamas has created a situation whereby a hospital is, in effect, a legitimate military target. so, by that, the israeli forces are saying that hamas has created this control command centre underneath the hospital from which it has directed operations and has been planning atrocities on israeli soil. so that is what the israelis are saying. they were also ready and willing to be drawn on some of the very vivid account of what has been happening in terms of civilians in the crossfire. the israeli saying that spent the last four weeks trying to evacuate hospitals, urging people to move out of them. it set hamas has been holding patients and other people basically as human shields and has been preventing them from leaving saying that there have been checkpoints that have been set up to stop people moving out that at the did concede that there are thousands of people within the courtyard of the hospital so that really gives an indication ofjust how perilous a state the civilians and other patients are who, of course, moved to hospitals thinking they would be in one of the safest places in gaza but, as we have it appears that no place within the territory assay. and also we have heard those comments from the french president emmanuel macron calling for israel to stop killing, in his words, babies and women in gaza. have those comments on that are?— comments on that are? yeah, israel has not been — comments on that are? yeah, israel has not been impressed by - comments on that are? yeah, israel has not been impressed by the - has not been impressed by the comments of emmanuel macron, the french president, to the bbc last night. just a reminder that president mccraw said he was a staunch defender of israel and also respected the right for it to defend itself and said in the wake of the taxi was first on the phone to give french solidarity to the israeli people but he said what has happened though the past four or five weeks is now position which is one that cannot be tolerated and, yes, i talked about women and babies being killed by the israeli bombardment and said it had to stop. it wasn't sufficient to have small humanitarian poses or lulls in the fighting. he said there needed to be a ceasefire and he hoped that other world leaders would join him in this. in terms of the israeli response to his comments, the office of the prime minister said this is a time that world leaders should be condemning hamas, not israel. and if israel does not do a duty to the global community, really, in terms of wiping out hamas, there will be more terrorist attacks on the streets of paris, new york or other cities across the globe. there has been real angerfrom cities across the globe. there has been real anger from the cities across the globe. there has been real angerfrom the israeli authorities here after what president macron told the bbc. for now, thanks very much. it is good to have that update. giving a sense ofjust how crowded it has been inside that hospital thatis it has been inside that hospital that is now, as we have been reporting, coming under renewed attacks from israeli forces. because israel says hamas is using that hospital as cover for some of its military operations. so the latest lines there. israel, again, restating that hamas is violating international law by, it says, embedding itself and its military assets within the population and within civilian and humanitarian structures are referring now to that of the ongoing strikes at the hospitals, particularly the largest hospitals, particularly the largest hospital in gaza. much more on the website and we will be returning to that story for you a little bit later. that story for you a little bit later. let's take a look at some other news now: city officials in kyiv say the ukrainian capital has been hit by its first russian air attack in 52 days. the mayor says �*strong explosions were heard' in the early hours of saturday morning, though it appears air defence systems were able to intercept the munitions. operations at many australian ports are at a standstill as a result of what the authorities are calling a significant cyber security incident. the movement of goods has stopped in the country's biggest harbours — with warnings the disruption could last days. the board of the hollywood actors' union has backed a tentative deal with studios to end a four—month strike that severely disrupted film and tv production. the union said wednesday's proposed deal would now go to its members for final ratification. some other news now, the us and china have confirmed that their leaders, joe biden and xijinping, will meet next week in the san francisco bay area. it will be their second face to face meeting during mr biden's presidency and follows a sharp deterioration in relations earlier this year. a us official says the main goal of the meeting is to manage the relationship by ensuring communication channels are open especially between their militaries. china cut off communication channels with the us after then—house speaker nancy pelosi visited taiwan in 2022. the biden administration has pressed to restore them after the us shot down an alleged chinese spy balloon back in feburary. 0ur north america correspondent, shingai nyoka, has more on what's expected from the meeting. war, in a word, detente. president biden will try to ease these strained relationships that you referred to. and the background, as you said, is the suspension, china's suspension of military communications with the us after nancy pelosi's visit to taiwan, as well as the spy balloon incident which caused secretary of state antony blinken to cancel his trip to beijing. those are really the issues that have been sticking points and that caused china to to suspend this military communication, communication that the us is really vital. a lot of it is about the movements of of the military in the south china, in the south china sea, as well as ships there. and so they believe that this is really important to avoid misunderstandings that could escalate the tensions. the stated intention, according to the white house for this meeting, is to manage the relationship with china. so really a carefully worded there. this is not about friendship. this is about managing the relationship and also stabilising what has really been a relationship that has been deteriorating. i will be back with you with the headlines at the top of the hour. we will see you very soon. goodbye. good morning. there was a widespread frost in rural parts this morning, the grass turning frosty, lots of ice to scrape off the cars. temperatures widely below freezing. that frost will be a feature again through the coming night, particularly northern and eastern areas. the fog, and we have seen fog this morning, but the fog overnight tonight will be more widespread and there's some rain to come. that rain, well, it's looming large under this bank of cloud advancing in off the atlantic, but it's a slow advancement, so it will take much of the day to reach the isles of scilly. for many of us, no more than the odd shower peppering the coasts of scotland and eastern england around the north sea. it's dry, it's sunny for many. the fog obviously still lingering in a few spots and to clear away is a bit of a concern, but after that chilly start temperatures will achieve average, which is about eight to 11 at this time of year. but they will drop away rapidly through this evening and overnight under the starry skies. a chance of seeing the northern lights. but that fog starts to develop widely. even populated parts such as the central belt, the vale of york could have some quite dense fog. whilst the rain, getting heavier, pushes into the south—west of both england and wales, so lifting the temperatures here, but a sharp frost elsewhere as we start remembrance sunday morning. so chilly and foggy across the north. it could be quite gray and cold for remembrance sunday here and northern england. then that rain slowly pushes its way into northern ireland, the midlands and across wales. of course, there will be some sunshine where we don't have the fog across scotland, but the central belt more likely to see some of that fog down through the vale of york, as well, into lincolnshire, east anglia, parts of the midlands. we've got the cloud coming on top of that, so cold and gray. it may be that we start to see the first few dribs and drabs of rain for the cenotaph late morning tomorrow, but it looks like the heavier rain comes later on, but still it will be damp and cold and gray and that heavier rain could give about 20 to 30 millimetres in some areas, bearing in mind, of course, we've got saturated ground still. it will feel cold, despite temperatures lifting here and in the sunshine further north, as well. through tomorrow evening and overnight that rain sweeps across the rest of the uk. we've got this area of low pressure developing, so not only the rain tomorrow but getting windier in the south and west and wales to go with that rain, which will sweep its way north was and eastwards into the start of the new week. this is bbc news. the headlines: the united kingdom has observed a two minute's silence to remember those who lost their lives in the first world war and the conflicts that have followed. london's metropolitan police runs an unprecedented security operation on armistice day ahead of a pro—palestinian demonstration, which is expected to be the largest yet. 0perations are reportedly suspended at gaza's main hospital after it ran out of fuel. doctors tell the bbc two patients on ventilators, one a baby, have died as a result. heavy fighting has been reported from at least four major hospitals in gaza. israel has accused hamas of operating from tunnels underneath the structures, which hamas denies. now on bbc news, unspun world withjohn simpson. hello and welcome to unspun world. in this edition — what's likely to be the future of gaza after israel's operation there? all the emphasis seems to have been on, "we've got to finish off hamas." and, of course, it's not that simple because after hamas has got to come something. how supportive of hamas are other islamist groups? the answer may surprise you. it is not permissible to fight alongside hamas,