officials spent an hour at the al—shifa hospital and reported evidence of shelling and gunfire, and the site of a mass grave. hundreds of people left the hospital yesterday but around 300 critically—ill patients are still there. israel is seeking to eliminate hamas, which is designated a terror group by most western governments, after its fighters killed more than 1,200 israelis and took around 230 hostage on october 7th. 0ur correspondent mark lowen reports from jerusalem. the echoes of history are beating loud here. forthe the echoes of history are beating loud here. for the palestinians last played in such numbers 75 years ago, when israel was created. —— fled. and now, once again, hundreds of thousands are on the move, these crowds fleeing al—shifa hospital, saying israeli troops ordered them out. israel insists the hospital asked for their evacuation. they take what they can, not knowing if they will be back. doctor ramez warns —— says the israelis want them to leave, with horrors left behind. the wounded are in very bad conditions they are, he says, with a lack of staff and medicine, bacteria are growing in the wounds. it is a miserable situation. for some, fleeing takes time, even if the bombing was all around them. majed was a patient at al—shifa, no longer a place of healing, but, the world health organization says, a death zone. translation: i health organization says, a death zone. translation:— health organization says, a death zone. translation: i was next to my house door and — zone. translation: i was next to my house door and they _ zone. translation: i was next to my house door and they bombed - zone. translation: i was next to my house door and they bombed the - zone. translation: i was next to my| house door and they bombed the place next to us, so i got injured, me and my cousins. my other cousin died. at al—shifa hospital there is no food and no drink. we get shot out. they enter whenever they want him to leave whenever they want. —— get shot at. leave whenever they want. -- get shot at. �* ., . , shot at. and in gaza city, the battle is still _ shot at. and in gaza city, the battle is still flower. - shot at. and in gaza city, the battle is still flower. this - battle is still flower. this footage, released by the israelis, showed them an active firefight. one of the middle east's most powerful armies held back by a force far inferior in numbers, but still capable of resistance. israelis have also been on the move, but in protest, calling for the government to prioritise the release of the hostages. almost 240 still in hamas captivity. they walked from tel aviv tojerusalem. her and her nation's from deepening with every step. todayis from deepening with every step. today is my husband's birthday. he is 63. and his mother and father is kidnapped. she has an 85—year—old and we are not with her, and we are marching. we are marching to jerusalem to bring her back, to shout and to say that she must be here, dark with all the family. we don't have time. we don't have one hour more. we don't know if she is alive. �* . ., , ., hour more. we don't know if she is alive. �* . ., , alive. ben'amin netanyahu is under immense alive. benjamin netanyahu is under immense pressure _ alive. benjamin netanyahu is under immense pressure at _ alive. benjamin netanyahu is under immense pressure at home - alive. benjamin netanyahu is under immense pressure at home and - immense pressure at home and from abroad, but he is still standing firm against calls for a pause in the fighting. amid reports a hostage release deal is being drawn up, his dampening expectations. translation: many in the world demanded that we not enter the gaza strip. we entered. they pressed but we did not entered. they pressed but we did not enter gaza city. we entered. they want us, do not enter al—shifa, even though al—shifa served as a major terror base for hamas. they pressured us to agree to a full ceasefire. we refused, and i conveyed, we will only agree to a temporary ceasefire and only in exchange for the return of our hostages. exchange for the return of our hostages-_ exchange for the return of our hostages-— exchange for the return of our hostaues. �* ., ., ., , hostages. but for how long can this continue? between _ hostages. but for how long can this continue? between israeli - hostages. but for how long can this continue? between israeli strikes l continue? between israeli strikes around the jabaliyah refugee camp in northern gaza on saturday were reported to have killed at least 80, including 32 members of the same family. a nightmare seen on constant loop. for gazans, it is there every day. mark lowen, bbc news. our correspondent mark lowen joins us from jerusalem. mark, there are reports this morning — denied by the white house — of a us—brokered temporary peace deal between israel and hamas. what details do we have, if any? yeah, these reports coming out in a piece on the washington post, quoting some unnamed us sources that suggest the deal is in the offing, which would see some 50 hostages released from hamas captivity, women and children, in return for a similar sort of number of palestinian prisoners to be released from israeli prisons, and humanitarian ceasefire of around five days. now, i have to say that this is largely what we had been hearing in recent days about the outlines of a hostage deal that has been brokered mainly by the qataris but also by the egyptians and with us mediation as well. but it has been denied now, at least the imminent breakthrough, the imminent announcement of it, has been denied on a couple of fronts. first of all, the us itself, national security spokesperson saying there, we have not reached a deal yet but we continue to work hard to get a deal. and also, as you heard there, from benjamin netanyahu, saying there is no deal yet. he said, i would like to make clear as of now there has been no deal, but i want to promise when there is something to say we will report to you about it. there is immense pressure on benjamin netanyahu, which you heard in my report, coming both from part of his israeli cabinet, that is quite against the deal, but also from the families of hostages saying, you've got to push this, and also from the international community, which has increasing her about the rising civilian casualties in gaza, with the palestinian side now saying 12,000 people have been killed since the israeli offensive began. mark, thank you- — the israeli offensive began. mark, thank you. sarah _ the israeli offensive began. mark, thank you. sarah is _ the israeli offensive began. mark, thank you. sarah is looking - the israeli offensive began. mark, thank you. sarah is looking at - the israeli offensive began. mark, thank you. sarah is looking at the | thank you. sarah is looking at the rest of today's stories, including what we know about tax and spending plans that we will hear more about on wednesday? there are reports this morning that the chancellor is considering cutting income tax in his autumn statement on wednesday. the claims are made in today's sunday times, which suggests jeremy hunt would choose to reduce income tax instead of rumoured cuts to inheritance tax. our political correspondent damian grammaticas had this analysis. this week is a pretty important one for rishi sunak. he had a pretty tough week the last week. he sacked as home secretary, she has been critical of him for being a weak leader all week. critical of him for being a weak leaderall week. he critical of him for being a weak leader all week. he lost in the supreme court over his rwandan asylum policy, his party is trailing in the polls, and try to turn that around, one thing that we know rishi sunak and his chancellor are looking at his possible tax cuts, yes, they are under pressure to do that by some of the right of the conservative party who think that would be popular. they have been looking out, they said, is trying to help businesses by trying to extend tax breaks for businesses to invest in things like machinery, computers, equipment upgrades. another thing thatis equipment upgrades. another thing that is being looked at, we are told, is inheritance tax, cutting that, there were suggestions that would be popular. but that is controversial because the benefits of that would flow to the richest. it is only the richest people who pay it anyway. the poorest would not get benefits from that, and that group, of course, other people who are struggling to most at a time of inflation, cost of living pressures, so reported this morning is that it is possible also that the prime minister and chancellor might be looking at national insurance and also income tax, possibly a cuts to income tax, possibly changing the threshold at which you pay taxes and national insurance. that has not been confirmed. what we do know, it is worth saying, is that the scope for any changes is relatively modest, even if the tax take the government is taking and has been growing and chancellor is saying that his priority remains doing nothing that will make it harder for the bank of england to keep trying to bring down inflation. that was damian grammaticas. a group of mps says the government must be clearer about the scale of dangerous concrete in schools in england, and what's being done about it. the public accounts committee says there's a "lack of basic information" but the department for education says it has taken swift action to identify schools with raac and to fix it. our education correspondent hazel shearing has this report. from durham to warwick, schools in england with reinforced autoclave of late concrete, or raac, were told to shut days before the start of term if they didn't have safety measures in place. but two and a half months on, what do we know about the prevalence of raac in schools and what is being done to fix it? not nearly enough, according to mps on the public accounts committee. their report calls on the department for education to get more information about the scale of the problem, including how many children have been affected by school closures and to set out its plans to remove raac from schools and colleges altogether. it also highlights broader problems with the state of school buildings, including ones like these at alston school in warwick, affected by asbestos, and says it is concerned the department does not have a good enough understanding of the risks more generally. understanding of the risks more aenerall . ~ ., understanding of the risks more aenerall . ~ . , . ., , generally. when we had the secretary from the department _ generally. when we had the secretary from the department back _ generally. when we had the secretary from the department back into - generally. when we had the secretary from the department back into our. from the department back into our committee after the summer, we wanted to have real information about where raac wasn't what the likely problems were. they didn't have all the surveys back, some schools have said they have got it but they don't have surveyors in place. there is a real problem about the data and knowing what is there. this is really disruptive the schools and pupils and of course the staff as well, and the parents, especially where schools had to close early on. they need that information because they need to have a plan about how they are going to deal with the raac in the schools. , ., schools. the department for education — schools. the department for education previously - schools. the department for i education previously suggested schools. the department for - education previously suggested it would refresh its list of schools with raac every fortnight, but it has been a month since the last update, went 240 schools were confirmed to be affected. most of those schools had returned to face—to—face learning, it said. for some, that may leave things more or less back to normal, but it others, children have been learning in sports halls, corridors, temporary classrooms, including marquees, nearby schools, and external buildings. parents at this nearby school in durham protested last month, saying they were frustrated by further disruption to their children's learning after covert lockdowns. teaching unions are hoping that more money will be announced to tackle what they call the crisis in school buildings. hazel shearing, the crisis in school buildings. hazelshearing, bbc the crisis in school buildings. hazel shearing, bbc news. four people have been injured, two of them badly, after they were attacked by a dog in north wales. it happened near pwllheli in gwynedd. the dog was destroyed and 37 other dogs, plus a number of cats, were seized from the property. police say there is no further risk to the public. taylor swift has postponed a concert she was due to perform in rio de janeiro last night after a fan died shortly before her show the previous day. fans had queued in temperatures close to 40 degrees celsius as the brazilian city swelters in a heatwave. the singer said she was devastated by the death. a major new prostate cancer screening trial is set to get underway — with £42 million worth of funding from the government and the charity prostate cancer uk. the trial, said to be the first of its kind, will use screening methods including mri scans to detect prostate cancer. hundreds of thousands of men across the uk will be invited to take part. it isa it is a massive deal. we are really excited by this. and there is no screening programme for men with prostate cancer, there is 12,000 men who die every year, and we think there is unnecessary death, and if we have a screening programme then we have a screening programme then we can basically detect early and find and cure man by making sure that treatments are given early and save thousands of lives. if you think a night out has got a bit more expensive, then at least you weren't drinking this particular whiskey. it's a macallan 1926 single malt, and a bottle of it has just fetched £2.1 million at auction, making it the most expensive spirit ever. it's incredibly rare — only 40 bottles were produced — and it was sold at sotheby�*s in london. you might wonder why. well, it is because it is incredibly rare. so that one bottle of 40... no wonder he is wearing gloves. i that one bottle of 40. .. no wonder he is wearing gloves.— he is wearing gloves. i can't drink whiske , he is wearing gloves. i can't drink whiskey. but _ he is wearing gloves. i can't drink whiskey. but i — he is wearing gloves. i can't drink whiskey, but i would _ he is wearing gloves. i can't drink whiskey, but i would still - he is wearing gloves. i can't drink whiskey, but i would still be - he is wearing gloves. i can't drink| whiskey, but i would still be quite tempted to see what i1 whiskey, but i would still be quite tempted to see whati12p whiskey, but i would still be quite tempted to see what i1 2p bottle is going to taste like stop can you imagine pouring but, as well? you would be the _ imagine pouring but, as well? you would be the stingy is the person ever. what is the time? just coming up ever. what is the time? just coming up to a quarter past six. time for the weather with sarah. good morning. you are looking glorious, you are matching the background, very autumnal!— very autumnal! it wasn't intentional, _ very autumnal! it wasn't intentional, matching i very autumnal! it wasn't| intentional, matching my very autumnal! it wasn't - intentional, matching my colours very autumnal! it wasn't _ intentional, matching my colours to the beautiful morning colours out there. _ the beautiful morning colours out there. if— the beautiful morning colours out there, if only i could always do that— there, if only i could always do that with — there, if only i could always do that with the weather and put on some _ that with the weather and put on some yellow and blue. out there today, _ some yellow and blue. out there today, a — some yellow and blue. out there today, a bit of a mixed picture, we still have _ today, a bit of a mixed picture, we still have low pressure driving our weather, — still have low pressure driving our weather, so yes, another mild and breezy— weather, so yes, another mild and breezy so — weather, so yes, another mild and breezy so today with patchy rain, but there — breezy so today with patchy rain, but there will be a bit of brighter and drier— but there will be a bit of brighter and drier weather for some of summer particularly _ and drier weather for some of summer particularly towards parts of the south _ particularly towards parts of the south east where it was wet yesterday. so today if you are close to the _ yesterday. so today if you are close to the area — yesterday. so today if you are close to the area of low pressure, the centre _ to the area of low pressure, the centre of— to the area of low pressure, the centre of a _ to the area of low pressure, the centre of a pressure across much of scotland. _ centre of a pressure across much of scotland, the wins won't be as brisk here trut— scotland, the wins won't be as brisk here but it _ scotland, the wins won't be as brisk here but it is — scotland, the wins won't be as brisk here but it is further south where you see _ here but it is further south where you see more isobars on the map where _ you see more isobars on the map where you — you see more isobars on the map where you see the windy conditions, driving _ where you see the windy conditions, driving in _ where you see the windy conditions, driving in further showers, parts of south-west — driving in further showers, parts of south—west england, wales, northern england. _ south—west england, wales, northern england, northern ireland, some dry weather— england, northern ireland, some dry weather for— england, northern ireland, some dry weather for east anglia and the south—east and also for scotland, parts _ south—east and also for scotland, parts of _ south—east and also for scotland, parts of northern and eastern mainland _ parts of northern and eastern mainland scotland and towards the southern _ mainland scotland and towards the southern uplands as well, a bit of brightness — southern uplands as well, a bit of brightness around here. some showers further— brightness around here. some showers further west— brightness around here. some showers further west and some persistent rain across— further west and some persistent rain across the shetlands, where will be _ rain across the shetlands, where will be quite windy. for most of us, temperatures 11 to 14 degrees, not quite — temperatures 11 to 14 degrees, not quite as— temperatures 11 to 14 degrees, not quite as mild as yesterday when we had 17 _ quite as mild as yesterday when we had 17 celsius. but through this evening — had 17 celsius. but through this evening and tonight, quite a lot of cloud _ evening and tonight, quite a lot of cloud cover— evening and tonight, quite a lot of cloud cover some outbreaks of rain especially— cloud cover some outbreaks of rain especially for northern ireland, southern — especially for northern ireland, southern scotland, northern england. later southern scotland, northern england. later in _ southern scotland, northern england. later in the _ southern scotland, northern england. later in the night, we are likely to see some — later in the night, we are likely to see some fairly heavy showers rattling — see some fairly heavy showers rattling through the wales and northern england. another frost—free night _ northern england. another frost—free night into— northern england. another frost—free night. into monday then, and we've -ot night. into monday then, and we've got the _ night. into monday then, and we've got the winds coming in from a little _ got the winds