what do we want? cease fire! away from the cenotaph, thousands of people joined a pro palestinian rally in the capital amid a huge police presence. these pictures show the scale of the demonstration, the largest to take place since the israel gaza war broke out last month. during the day, there were violent clashes between the police and counter protesters, including far right supporters. more than 100 were arrested. they came intent on confrontation, intent on violence and intent on causing trouble. we ve made a number of arrests, within the counter protest, including for possession of a knife, possession of a baton, possession of class a drugs and assault on an emergency worker. the mayor of london, sadiq khan, blamed suella braverman, saying the scenes were a direct result of the home secretary s words. she had faced criticism earlier this week for accusing the met police of bias. last night, the prime minister condemned what he described as violent, wholly unacceptable sc
front and we re working there very strongly from the air and on the ground. and i warn hezbollah, do not make that mistake and start a war, because it ll be the mistake of your lives. the moment you start a war, this will decide on the destiny of lebanon. we re working and fighting on additional fronts against terror, against the proxy, against its terrorists in syria, the red sea, lebanon wherever needed. benjamin netanyahu mentioned gaza s largest hospital, al shifa. in the past couple of hours, the israeli military has said that it will assist in the evacuation of babies. the idf s chief spokesman, rear admiral daniel hagari, said the decision was taken following a request from the hospital administration. a surgeon had earlier sent the bbc a voice note saying they had run out of water, food and electricity. israel has repeatedly accused hamas of operating from tunnels underneath the hospital hamas denies that. lucy williamson sent this report from jerusalem. gaza s ma
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
armistice day commemorations are taking place, and police say while the two minutes silence was marked respectfully and without incident on whitehall. officers have faced aggression from counter protestors who are in the area in significant numbers. scuffles broke out as police attempted to stop them from reaching whitehall but the group pushed through as officers hit out with batons. the met police said a group threw missles at officers. let s speak now to leroy logan, former superintendent of the met police. former superintendent good former superintendent to have you with us. first 0 all, good to have you with us. first of all, your assessment on this police operation right now? we are starting to get a sense of what might be involved this afternoon with those clashes already limited in scope and scale but, nonetheless, send of the work that the police has to do today. work that the police has to do toda . ~ , . ., ., today. well, it is quite clear that the commissioner
situation with no fuel in the ventilators have stopped working in the main building. we feel it every few seconds hear from the al shifa hospital. the people who try this morning with a ventilator from the hospital had been shot in the streets and some of them have been killed and some injured. no one can arrive to the hospital. we cannot get outside of the building because thatis get outside of the building because that is shooting everywhere. we don t have electricity, we don t have water or even food and we are afraid that is in the middle of the night we lost electricity to the main i see you and the prenatal i see you and one of the team was hurt in the neck and was paralysed. we don t want to have any breaks due to dead bodies outside the main generator which is not working because we don t have fuel to run this generator. this is the situation now. at gaza s largest hospital, al shifa , the international charity msf says attacks intensified overnight, adding it has los