Been killed after houses in the central area of the gaza strip were hit. Israel has also sent tanks north of there after a night of heavy aerial and ground bombardments. From jerusalem, paul adams reports. One by one, the people of rafah are leaving. Outlying parts of the city now all but deserted. I wasnt planning on going, hassan says, but since no one is left here, i decided to leave. I have to find out where my wife and daughter are. The un says 300,000 people have left already. Thats almost a quarter of those sheltering in rafah. Most are heading for the coast, to places barely able to sustain the un says 300,000 people have left already. Thats almost a quarter of those sheltering in rafah. Most are heading for the coast, to places barely able to sustain life, where exhausted, hungry people fend for themselves. Zainab and her children have brought their makeshift tent to the beach. Translation they dropped leaflets on us four times. After the fourth time, we came here. When i arrived, Ifound My Tent was worn out. We stayed in it for five months in rafah. I want to try and stitch it, but its no good. Back in rafah, israels Ground Operation is almost a week old. The military says its destroying tunnels, Killing Hamas fighters, but acting cautiously. Our operations against hamas in rafah remains limited in scope and focused on tactical advances, tactical adjustments and key military advantages and have avoided densely populated areas. But some israelis are not reassured. Angry protests again last night. These people want the war to stop, and the government to go, and for much more to be done to bring hostages home. Yesterday, hamas said a british israeli hostage, nadav popplewell, had been killed in an air strike claims its impossible to verify. In the Southern City of ashkelon, evidence that palestinian groups can still launch rockets three israelis lightly injured in this direct Hit Overnight and no sign of any fresh negotiations to bring the war to an end. Paul adams, bbc news, jerusalem. Dr yassar qureshi, a british surgeon whos just returned from working at the Al Aqsa Matyr Hospital gave us his analysis of the humanitarian situation on the ground in gaza. I was stationed at Al Aqsa Hospital, which is in the centre of gaza, and that place was already way beyond its capacity. So, just to give you an idea, this hospital, which was one of the few remaining partially functioning hospitals left in gaza, the capacity in normal times should be 150 patients. But at this stage, there were well over 1,000 patients, and each patient with several Family Members staying with them because they had no other place to go. So its completely chaotic. It really is quite a catastrophe. Theres two or three maybe partially functioning hospitals in rafah. I believe some of them have already been given the evacuation orders. So the Knock On Effect on the few remaining hospitals its unimaginable, the number. Yes, as you mentioned there, the al aqsa martyrs the Al Aqsa Hospital of the few functioning hospitals in gaza. Just tell us about some of the patients that you had to treat and some of the ailments they came in with. Yeah, so the team and i noticed certainly three types of patterns of patients which were presenting to the hospital. The first were directly related to bombardment by the israeli forces. So, these were shrapnel injuries, injuries related to explosions, and these patients came in with life threatening injuries, which we needed to address pretty quickly, usually with surgery. But theres two other groups of patients which have been sort of underreported. The first is the patients with severe malnutrition. So, these are patients whove had very big operations in the past few weeks, but because of a lack of nutrition, no appropriate medication to treat their infections. These patients are now requiring further operations, but they in a worse and worse position. So, their physiology is such that theyre just not healing, and thats having a massive Knock On Effect on the mortality rate. And then final group of patients that weve noticed are patients with chronic conditions such as cancers, cardiac disease, renalfailure, whove been completely neglected because the Health Care Systems been overrun. So, these patients whove had no treatment for the last six, seven months and now attending hospital with very end stage diseases, and sadly, in most of these cases, theres very little that we can offer them not even medications to help palliate their symptoms. Here in the uk, the Foreign Secretary lord cameron, has defended the governments decision not to withdraw arms export licences to israel. He said any decision by the uk to suspend Weapons Sales to israel would strengthen hamas and reduce the chances of a deal to free hostages being held in gaza. But he added that the uk would not support an Israeli Offensive in the city of rafah without a plan to protect civilians. Israel has not had a clean bill of health. On humanitarian aid, there have been real failings and they need to do better. But on the crucial question we have to answer which is, is there a serious risk of exports being used for a serious breach in International Law . Up to now, in the assessments weve done, weve continued with the Export Licensing, but its a rolling process and it looks at what is happening on the ground. You can hear more of that interview later in the programme, but lets get some analysis from our political correspondent, nick eardley. As you heard, David Cameron is pretty clear that the uk is looking closely at whats happening in gaza. There has been some nervousness in the uk government, i think it is fair to say, that the actions of the israeli government. There is real concern about the prospect of a Ground Invasion or a more substantial Ground Invasion or a more substantial Ground Invasion in rafah over the next few days. The thing that the uk could do to put more pressure on israel is not doing. There has been speculation for weeks over whether whether or not there would be a changing of the position on arms licences. Thats not happened yet. You heard the Foreign Secretary say this morning that doing that now could strengthen hamas and the uk government believes it would not be a wise path, it would make getting hostages out even less likely. Despite the uk government continuing to say that it has those concerns, it is not changing its mind at the moment about granting those licenses for arms to be sent to israel. And just talk to us about the domestic pressure within the uk on the government here to try and stop selling arms to israel. How much pressure is there, politically, in the uk for the government . Well, there is some. There are certainly some campaigns against this. There are some mps who are very uncomfortable with the situation, like the snp, for example. One of the things reducing the pressure slightly is that the labour party in the uk havent quite got the point where theyre saying stop all arms sales to israel. They have said they dont want uk weapons used in a Ground Offensive in rafah, they are saying that they agree with President Biden in some senses, but not in that sense at the moment. It is worth pointing out quickly at the uk doesnt sell arms to israel in the same way that the usa does. To israel in the same way the us does. This isnt government to government, state to state. The uk does have some suppliers who are licensed to sell those arms to israel. Thats whats in question. There is definitely some pressure, but t the moment, i dont think its enough to change the governments mind. More protests are expected in tibilisi later today against a controversial bill that would brand organisations that receive funding from abroad as agents of foreign influence. The bill is similar to a law passed in russia that critics say was used to crack down on independent media and activist groups. Large demonstrations against the bill have been taking place in the capital for weeks and have lead to violent clashes with the police. Opposition mp Khatia Dekanoidze has been speaking to the bbc about why people are opposed to the new law. Some of my friends, i mean, they have been labelled as a foreign some of my friends, i mean, they have been labelled as a Foreign Agent with stickers in front of their apartments. Some of my friends had been beaten up. But i dont think that this russian style terror can stop georgian people because we made our geopolitical choice, we dont want to be russia. It is very obvious for everybody, especially youngsters. A lot of people are finding the whole situation quite confusing because the government keeps denying that they are acting in russias interests. Why do you think the government is pushing for this law . And it looks like they will adopt it, why are they doing this now . Ivanishvili wants to monopolise the power, and he understands that he cant really win the elections in 2024, in october, so he decided to eliminate all the Civil Society members, ngos, opposition. And you see that they even have adopted this law and what kind of intimidation is going on. He is really scared of putin and he thinksjust, you know, to move georgia close to russia, that russia will help him to monopolise the power and to grab the power again. For more, lets speak to our South Caucasus correspondent rayhan demytrie, who joins us from tbilisi. So, the final reading is expected in the coming days with the government firmly backing this. What are demonstrators hoping for . Well, they will start out demonstrators hoping for . Well, they will start out a demonstrators hoping for . Well, they will start out a me demonstrators hoping for . Well, they will start out a me here demonstrators hoping for . Well, they will start out a me here later will start out a me here later tonight start rallying. This will begin at 10pm local time because theyre planning to spend the entire night as i parliament overnight into monday, and on monday, the Legal Affairs committee of parliament will hold the third and final reading of this controversial law. We have the latest development, a statement made by the countrys Prime Minister, and he said without specifying sources, he said without specifying sources, he said without specifying sources, he said according to their sources, 60 of the georgian population supports this law and the government therefore will adopt the bill. He also warned against any potential violence overnight and he said the Ministry Of Internal Affairs will act accordingly and also making comparisons with whats been happening in the United States and european countries, saying that the police here will respond accordingly. So, were expecting that its going to be quite you did a heated night. The that its going to be quite you did a heated night. That its going to be quite you did a heated night. The eu have been auainst it, a heated night. The eu have been against it, russia a heated night. The eu have been against it, russia is a heated night. The eu have been against it, russia is backing a heated night. The eu have been against it, russia is backing it. Against it, russia is backing it. Protesters say this is an attempt by the government in the leasee to block its attempts to join the eu. Whats the response to those Government Claims . Whats the response to those Government Claims . Thats right, its the main Government Claims . Thats right, its the main reason Government Claims . Thats right, its the main reason why Government Claims . Thats right, its the main reason why so Government Claims . Thats right, its the main reason why so many people have been out in the streets protesting for nearly three weeks, because they believe that with the adoption of this law, georgia will lose this once in a lifetime Opportunity Tojoin the lose this once in a lifetime opportunity to join the european union. It was granted Candidate Status late last year. Since all the statements that were made by european leaders, by the United States, they have been urging the government to reconsider. Georgias president has urged the government to first bone the bill and until after general elections. But the government says they are all has set and they are determined to push ahead. ,. And they are determined to push ahead. , and they are determined to push ahead. , , , ahead. Rayhan demytrie in tblisi, thank yom we just have some Breaking News coming in from the reuters news agency, which is at the Israeli Military has said its opened a new humanitarian aid crossing into the gaza strip in coordination with the United States. The crossing has been called westin areas and has been openedin called westin areas and has been opened in the northern strip to transfer humanitarian aid. This is a statement coming in from the Israeli Military, saying its open to new humanitarian aid crossing into northern gaza. Well bring you more news on that as soon as we get it here on bbc news. The taliban say 315 people have now died in devastating flash floods in the north of afghanistan. A spokesman for the Interior Ministry told the bbc that most of the casualties were in the province of baghlan. Emergency teams have been sent to rescue those stranded by the floodwaters. On friday, a massive torrent of water swept away hundreds of houses in several villages. Dozens of people are still missing. In the last hour, i spoke with our south asia editor for the bbc world service, anbarasan ethirajan. I asked him what do we know about the impact of these floods. As we speak now, thousands of people have been left homeless. They are waiting for food, shelter and other help from humanitarian agencies and the authorities. Now, these calamitous floods on fridayjust swept through villages, taking down walls on its way, houses, livestock, and also farmland, importantly, for many of those living in the rural areas. So these are devastating floods. We are talking about Hundreds Killed and thousands injured, and the Economic Impact is quite huge because peoples wealth in these rural areas are livestock and most of the livestock has been wiped out. And people will come back to their houses, whatever is remaining there, they find that their houses are full of mud and most of the belongings washed away, cracks on the houses. So, these are already suffering communities in the rural part of northern afghanistan, they also had very strong floods last month that killed about 100 people. So, aid agencies are now struggling to reach out to many of these people because the transportation, the transport infrastructure has been severely hit bridges, roads so people are now not able to move from one village to another because there are still flowing rivers without any means of crossing these hurdles at the moment. And how were the taliban authorities responding to the crisis and how prepared were they for a disaster like this . Already afghanistan has spain and are facing a number already, afghanistan has spain and are facing a number of natural disasters in the past two years. For example, they had quite a few earthquakes last year and then unseasonal floods, rains and floods and now they are having this and taliban are struggling. First of all, they dont have a very detailed infrastructure for Emergency Rescue and effort. They say that they are now deploying some helicopters to take food and material. Baghlan, badakhshan, herat, so in takhar province. So they are literally struggling to cope with this magnitude of this disaster. And the humanitarian agencies are now calling for more help. They are also on the ground. They are also on the ground, but then again, the scale is so huge they are asking for help from other countries and also from other aid groups. But what people are struggling now is to how they can go back to their villages and find because many of them are still not sure about what happened to their relatives as the dozens are still missing. And this is the kind of disaster what these people here and the taliban authorities are facing now. Voting is under way in catalonia where Pro Independence supporters wanting to break away from spain are hoping to maintain their majority in the regional parliament. Catalonia made a failed attempt to break away from spain in 2017, and the election comes as the parliament in madrid is expected to approve a controversial amnesty law for separatist catalans facing legal action. Our correspondent guy hedgecoe is in madrid. He told us what choices the voters have in these regional elections. Well, catalonia has quite an unusual Political Landscape because you have a division between the left and the right, which you see across the rest of the country. But it also has that division between those who want independence and those who dont. So, for example, the party of spanish Prime Minister pedro sanch