major un agencies have again called for a humanitarian ceasefire, saying enough is enough. welcome to verified live. donald trump has arrived in court in new york in a civil case that could determine the future of his property empire. as he walked into the court mr trump dismissed the course at ridiculous and said it amounted to election interference and political warfare. the prop president and to the sons are accused of inflating the sons are accused of inflating the value property by billions of dollars. is coming out of the courtroom and this is what he said going on. you zeal! courtroom and this is what he said going on- you— going on. you you have a racist attorney general _ going on. you you have a racist attorney general who - going on. you you have a racist attorney general who made - going on. you you have a racist i attorney general who made some terrible statements and this came over the wires today. it is a very sad situation for our country. it is very unfair. it is very unfair but in the meantime, the people of this country understand it, they see it and they don't like it. they don't like it. this is political warfare, she would call it, a political law fair. i can think of other names for it but normally takes place in third world countries and banana republics and nobody is ever seen that, to this extent, we have not seen it here. but we will go a long and will hopefully do everywhere in every regard and we will win the election and will make america great again. that is what we're going to do. going to make america great again but we have to take away from what we deal with in the horrible people who actually must hate our country to do this. but we will fight very hard for our country. lets to do this. but we will fight very hard for our country.— to do this. but we will fight very hard for our country. lets go live to the courthouse _ hard for our country. lets go live to the courthouse and _ hard for our country. lets go live to the courthouse and to - hard for our country. lets go live to the courthouse and to our- hard for our country. lets go live i to the courthouse and to our north america correspondent. we had just seen donald trump come out, a pause in proceedings but, in that or so, is there any word coming out is what actually was happening in the courtroom itself?— actually was happening in the courtroom itself? ., a, ., courtroom itself? yeah, matthew, an extremely tense _ courtroom itself? yeah, matthew, an extremely tense morning _ courtroom itself? yeah, matthew, an extremely tense morning of - extremely tense morning of exchanges. donald trump clearly and his team have calculated that they will treat this as a political opportunity because, understand, he has been admonished several times by thejudge to simply has been admonished several times by the judge to simply answer the questions posed to him by prosecutors, to not launch into a monologue each time. in fact, the judge told donald trump's lawyers to get control of their client. that this is not a political rally, and that if they cannot get him under control that thejudge that if they cannot get him under control that the judge himself well. and not only that, that the judge will draw negative conclusions from the fact that he is not answering these statements directly, which could hurt his case. but, matthew, it is important to keep in mind that thejudge has already it is important to keep in mind that the judge has already found donald trump liable forfraud. the judge has already found donald trump liable for fraud. now, the judge has already found donald trump liable forfraud. now, this is a invade donald trump because no less than his namesake company, his entire business and his ability to ever do business in new york again is at stake here. and so we had him really echo a lot of the arguments his sons made last week. when asked by prosecutors about how he valued his properties, he has deflected two accountants, saying that he relied on them for accurate valuations, but that he believed the statement did not actually accurately reflect his net worth, that he was worth a lot more thought of as a segment is very hard to get on time to answer directly put up each time you launch into his own speech and a points record their trial crazy and attacked the attorney general and others of trying to just interfere in the election. mi others of trying to 'ust interfere in the election.— others of trying to 'ust interfere in the election. all right. thanks very much _ in the election. all right. thanks very much for— in the election. all right. thanks very much for the _ in the election. all right. thanks very much for the latest. - in the election. all right. thanks very much for the latest. we - in the election. all right. thanks| very much for the latest. we will in the election. all right. thanks . very much for the latest. we will be back to you a little bit later when proceedings resume but the former federal prosecutor has been talking to me. he gave me this assessment of donald trump's strategy. i am donald trump's strategy. i am exoecting _ donald trump's strategy. i am exoecting him _ donald trump's strategy. i am expecting him to _ donald trump's strategy. i am expecting him to try _ donald trump's strategy. i am expecting him to try to - donald trump's strategy. isn expecting him to try to deflect responsibility, to try to blame accountants and others and say that they were responsible for the false numbers. and i also expect him to be defiant. i think your correspondent is correct that, if you want to try to win this case, donald trump is going to have to walk a tightrope. but i really believe that, internally, his legal team has told him that they are going to use this case. they are attacking the judge not to try to convince him but because they know that they have already lost and they are trying to spin or add some colour in a very bad result. and i think that result was essentially preordained when he decided to invoke the fifth amendment to the united states constitution, which protects you from incriminating yourself, hundreds of times during his deposition. i hundreds of times during his deposition-— hundreds of times during his de osition. _, . ~ ., deposition. i will come back to trum's deposition. i will come back to trump's tactics _ deposition. i will come back to trump's tactics in _ deposition. i will come back to trump's tactics in a _ deposition. i will come back to trump's tactics in a but - deposition. i will come back to trump's tactics in a but you . deposition. i will come back to| trump's tactics in a but you are deposition. i will come back to i trump's tactics in a but you are a former prosecutor. what would be your tactics as you a case like this? what does the prosecution need to do here? , ., , ., , to do here? they need to try to pin down donald _ to do here? they need to try to pin down donald trump _ to do here? they need to try to pin down donald trump regarding - to do here? they need to try to pin down donald trump regarding his l down donald trump regarding his state of mind as to each one of these valuations. essentially, this case is about donald trump valuing his properties at one price to lenders and to a different, at a different numberfor the lenders and to a different, at a different number for the united states government, and various levels of the united states government. that is a problem for donald trump said the need to pin down his responsibility, his knowledge, his state of mind as to all of this. and ultimately, put that in front of the judge who i believe is not going to find the former president credible. irate believe is not going to find the former president credible. we got a ulim se of former president credible. we got a glimpse of that _ former president credible. we got a glimpse of that with _ former president credible. we got a glimpse of that with a _ former president credible. we got a glimpse of that with a cross - glimpse of that with a cross examination of his sons last week because admit that they had signed dozens of these reports, that events up dozens of these reports, that events up until now from donald trump has been, look, i had good accountants. they were responsible for those financial documents. he is also insisted no and lost out. does any of that hold water, do you think? i of that hold water, do you think? i don't think so. is not going to surprise all of your viewers that the accountants are not going to come into the trial and say it was all theirfault and come into the trial and say it was all their fault and that they falsify the numbers. they are going to say that they were relying on the numbers that were provided by them ljy numbers that were provided by them by donald trump, his companies and his sons. so, realistically, that is not going to have them on the fact that there were losses, whether that is true or not, as with the irrelevant. in the united states, trying to defraud people, whether you are successful or not, is still an offence. here it is not a civil offence but it can also be a criminal offence as well. we talked about donald _ criminal offence as well. we talked about donald trump's _ criminal offence as well. we talked about donald trump's tactics. - criminal offence as well. we talked about donald trump's tactics. you | about donald trump's tactics. you mentioned that the fifth amendment. would you expect potentially to hear that over the hours and also there is been this huge ongoing issue around a gagging clause? the court clerk. would you anticipate that at different stages, if he is coming under pressure, perhaps he tilts towards that and creates a huge distraction because his lawyers were accused of doing exactly that only last week. , ., ., last week. yes vote at the distraction _ last week. yes vote at the distraction i _ last week. yes vote at the distraction i think - last week. yes vote at the distraction i think it's - last week. yes vote at the i distraction i think it's where last week. yes vote at the - distraction i think it's where we are going to go here. take note that amendment would be illegally smart to do because this is a man who is facing incredible indictments in multiplejurisdictions facing incredible indictments in multiple jurisdictions of the united states. i think that is the part thatis states. i think that is the part that is lawyers set for him long ago during his deposition but now he is more concerned about the public perception of their son so he is focused on provoking a fight with the judge, focused on provoking a fight with thejudge, trying to focused on provoking a fight with the judge, trying to argue that the judge is unfair and none of that helps them from a legal perspective. it only helps them from the perspective of trying to influence his followers and his supporters. i admit i was reading one prosecutor who said anything can happen when you have someone in the dark. and you have someone in the dark. and you have someone in the dark. and you have donald trump in the dog, times that by 100. absolutely. he's going to be very difficult to keep on to a particular plan or agenda. if i was cross—examining donald trump i will try to goad him into what pushed him into saying that he actually was responsible for these numbers split up because i don't think is the sort of person who likes to say that he is not in charge. i would likes to say that he is not in charge. iwould basically likes to say that he is not in charge. i would basically try to get him to admit that he was actually in charge of these companies because he is a very prideful person, he is somebody who can veer off to speak. i'd make the former federal prosecutor, and that is certainly what we have seen the first hour or so. i want to show you some of the pictures, because teams of journalists are allowed to film just the first minute or so of court proceedings before they have to exit the courtroom and these are the pictures from about an hour or so ago before those proceedings started and you can see a clearly brooding donald trump but before actually taking to the stand. ilil" donald trump but before actually taking to the stand. our correspond in tellin: taking to the stand. our correspond in telling us — taking to the stand. our correspond in telling us the _ taking to the stand. our correspond in telling us the last _ taking to the stand. our correspond in telling us the last little _ taking to the stand. our correspond in telling us the last little while - in telling us the last little while that actually, subsequently to going into the witness box, the judge having to tell his lawyers to rein in your client, to get him to answer questions and stop with the political monologues. but those pictures before they actually got going. more from new york even the programme in the next little while. around the world and across the uk, you are watching bbc news. well, let's take a look at some of the other stories making headlines here in the uk because several police officers have been injured in edinburgh after clashes with a group of about 50 youths who threw fireworks and petrol bombs last night. police got there and called it a concerted and planned attack on its officers. there are also bonfire night disturbances in glasgow and dundee. thousands of people in surrey are still without water after a technical issue at the thames water treatment works. the company has apologised to those affected and bottled water stations have been set “p bottled water stations have been set up to help residents. some schools have been forced to close. the company says the problems were caused by the storm. and the prince of wales has said to have kept up really well during a training session with a british dragon boating team in singapore. the prince took to the water on the eve of the annual prize ceremony. five winners are chosen each year with each receiving £1 million to fund projects with the aim to save the planet. these are some of the latest pictures. well, you are alive with a bbc news. now the ms run health ministry in gaza says more than 10,000 people, in the gaza strip, have been killed since the war with israel began a month ago. the announcement heaviest bombardment so far by israeli forces. the director of the hospital in gaza city said 200 people were killed overnight were to be told the bbc that people use donkeys to move casualties because they couldn't phone ambulances with communications cut. the israel defence force has said hundreds more targets have been hit. some a15 the last 2a—hour is. and a mass military compound has been seized by troops. meanwhile, israeli ground forces have now reached the coast in effect dividing the gaza strip and did too. the united nations has renewed its call for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in gaza. a statement of the leaders of 11 separate un agencies consider together with humanitarian groups urges israel to protect civilians and allow more food, water, medicines and feeling to gaza. is it an entire population must be seized and denied access to the essentials for survival. and denied access to the essentials forsurvival. in and denied access to the essentials for survival. in terms of the diplomacy, the us secretary of state and the blinken has held talks in turkey and the final stop of his regional tour. turkey and the final stop of his regionaltour. he turkey and the final stop of his regional tour. he told of reporters washington was playing a leading role in preventing the conflict from spreading and ensuring that more aid reaches gaza. the vice president kamala harris is due to talk by phone with world leaders. those are some of the key planks. let's head straight tojerusalem some of the key planks. let's head straight to jerusalem and some of the key planks. let's head straight tojerusalem and our diplomatic correspondent paul adams. paul, twin thought foot at the latest on those rockets that we heard had been fired towards is real and your assessment on this whole trip from antony blinken? fin and your assessment on this whole trip from antony blinken?- trip from antony blinken? on the rockets first. _ trip from antony blinken? on the rockets first. this _ trip from antony blinken? on the rockets first. this is _ trip from antony blinken? on the rockets first. this is one - trip from antony blinken? on the rockets first. this is one of - trip from antony blinken? on the rockets first. this is one of the i rockets first. this is one of the larger salvos of rockets that has been fired across since the crisis began on october seven. and what was unusual about it, it wasn't apparently coming from hezbollah but how mass which also has a presence in southern lebanon, probably under the umbrella of hezbollah. so it was a large salvo. it doesn't appear, we have had reports of significant amounts of damage caused by it and the israelis say they fired back but this plays into one of the things that was very much part of mr blinken's trip when he was here in the region which was to try and prevent this from escalating into a wider regional conflict. and while i think the americans probably feel that, on the, in terms of the conflict in gaza and the ability to get aid in and more news about hostages, they may feel that maybe his trip was not as successful as they might have hoped but i think they might have hoped but i think they do feel that the successfully prevented, so far, this from escalating more broadly. they are consulting an enormous number of regional leaders while he was here and, at the moment, even though we have these, you know, warning signs on the lebanese border, you don't get a sense that the whole region is about to explode into some kind of wider conflict. i think that is something the americans are taking something the americans are taking some small crumbs of comfort from. i admire paul adams there in jerusalem, thanks very much. a little earlier on this programme, i spoke to the israel defence force's spokesperson. they are paying the price for the government that failed them miserably.— them miserably. sure, but it is your strikes that — them miserably. sure, but it is your strikes that are _ them miserably. sure, but it is your strikes that are killing _ them miserably. sure, but it is your strikes that are killing them - them miserably. sure, but it is your strikes that are killing them at - them miserably. sure, but it is your strikes that are killing them at the i strikes that are killing them at the moment. that is fact, isn't it? matthew, i am seeing the images coming out and any decent person cannot be heartbroken by what is going on but nevertheless, hamas have to go foot of this is the root cause of everything had happening in the gaza strip today. they have decided to go to war with israel. there is no other clear prescription other than removing hamas and indeed, we need the international community. we need the international humanitarian organisations to rally around the paradigms change. melt. around the paradigms change. well, the have around the paradigms change. well, they have said _ around the paradigms change. well, they have said enough _ around the paradigms change. well, they have said enough is _ around the paradigms change. well, they have said enough is enough. we've had reports that casualties are being taken to hospital by donkey because people cannot actually phone for ambulances because you cut communications. cutting communications also means that the outside world cannot see what you're doing, doesn't it? there is no lack of — what you're doing, doesn't it? there is no lack of reportage _ what you're doing, doesn't it? there is no lack of reportage from - what you're doing, doesn't it? there is no lack of reportage from gaza. i is no lack of reportage from gaza. you have