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hello, i m ben thompson, welcome to bbc news now. with you for three hours of live news, interviews and reaction. we begin in ukraine, where kyiv says it s moving forward in what appears to be the start of a counter offensive. the ukrainian army has released these images showing what it says are ukrainian forces destroying russian positions in the direction of bakhmut, in the occupied eastern region of donetsk. in contrast, russia claims it s thwarted a major ukrainian attack in the same region. it s defence ministry has released this video, that it says shows ukrainian armoured vehicles coming under heavy fire. moscow says 250 ukrainian troops were killed and a number of armoured vehicles were destroyed. the claims have not been verified by the bbc. here is a map showing the area where ukrainian forces have made probing attack. around bakhmut and also the western part of zaporizhzhia region, but also the eastern part of donetsk. in particular around the town of vuh ....
the new government plan amounts to tinkering and suggest the law will need to change big time to get migrants on flights to rwanda before the election. and we fly over the volcano in iceland that s threatening to erupt, as thousands of people are forced out of their homes. and on newsnight at 10.30, we ll go deeper behind the headlines and speak live to key players on today s big stories. plus, a first look at tomorrow s front pages. good evening. israel says its soldiers have found a tunnel shaft and a vehicle containing a large number of weapons in the grounds of al shifa hospital in gaza city, as the military operation there intensifies. israel is under pressure to back up its allegation that al shifa, gaza s biggest hospital, was used for military purposes by hamas. you can see from this satellite image just how big the hospital complex is. bbc better on a red verify at work to geo locate the video here by the burns unit in the hospital bbc verify. hamas, which ....
tom hanks tells us why a new exhibition is his passion project. when you get up just a little bit closer, it s quite stunning, that magnificent desolation, and in that, there is just such magnificence. and coming up on sporstday later in the hour on bbc news. australia make a brilliant start against south africa. we will have the latest. hello and welcome to the bbc news at one. we begin this lunchtime with a report from inside al shifa, the largest hospital in gaza, which has been at the cente of israeli operations over recent days. doctors there say the building has been without power and water. israel says the site was a key command centre for hamas and have mounted what it called a targeted operation against the group there. hamas, which is designated as a terrorist organisation by the uk, described the raid as a war crime. last night, the bbc, along with one us media network, was taken by the israeli army into a small part of the hospital to see weapons and other m ....
how tom hanks is hoping to take people on a virtualjourney to the moon with his latest project. good morning from a chilly blackpool. we have got blackpool power laid up behind us. on this weekend to strictly. he forecast todayis weekend to strictly. he forecast today is wet and windy in the south. that will clear east. most of us will have a dry day until more rain sweeps in from the west later. details throughout the programme. good morning. it s thursday, the 16th of november. the immigration minister, robertjenrick, says the government is in the final stages of negotiating a new treaty with rwanda, as it tries to revive its plan for the country to take asylum seekers sent from the uk. rishi sunak has also pledged to introduce emergency legislation into parliament, after the supreme court unanimously ruled yesterday that downing street s existing proposals were unlawful. graham satchell has this report. how do you stop the boats? the government s plan was to send asy ....
have made it through to the cricket world cup final following a three wicket victory over south africa. they face india in sunday s final. south africa won the toss and chose to bat first, however they were reduced to 2a a following superb spells with the new poll byjosh hazlewood and mitchell starc. hazlewood and mitchell sta rc. davidmillarhelpedwith ioi,but theywere alloutfor212. pat cummins s side made afantastic start. australia edged closerto thetalk about losttheir seventh wicket with 20 runs still needed. they kept their cool to complete a hard fought victory with 16 balls to spare. novak djokovic has boosted his chances of making the atp finals after he recovered from a second skynet second set slump. he took the first set against his polish opponent on a tie break. despite losing the second set 6 a, the defending champion came back in the third to take that uncomfortably 6-1. there is an evening of international football under way with nine european qualifi ....