this includes more than 4,000 children. un secretary—general antonio guterres warned the situation is now a "crisis of humanity." iam i am deeply concerned about the clear violations of international humanitarian law that we are witnessing. let me be clear. no party to an armed conflict is about —— above international humanitarian law. we'll get more on the latest developments in a moment. but first, jeremy bowen sent this report from southern israel, near the border with gaza. israel promised mighty vengeance. it thundered across beach camp in gaza city. israel's justification is defending the living, as well as avenging its dead. palestinians call this genocide. this girl from jabalia camp is asked what happened to her. she says, "a missile came down on us. "bricks fell on us. "i asked, where's my dad and where's my mum?" she is asked, "where were you?" "i was here, in the house. "we were at home, and the roof came down on us." we looked in on the war this afternoon from sderot, the closest israeli border town. israel has refused an american request to pause military operations to allow time for humanitarian convoys, or talks to free the hostages. israel might be able to break hamas as a military force, but what happens then? history shows israel's army cannot suppress palestinian nationalism and anger. the israelis seem to be making steady progress in terms of territory inside the gaza strip, at the cost of a large number of civilian lives. israel has set itself a very ambitious objective, to make sure that hamas can never again threaten the lives of its citizens. there's a big question — do prime minister netanyahu and the rest of his war cabinet believe that can be achieved by purely military means? 0r, longer term, are israelis prepared to try to get a political deal with the palestinians, to try to end the conflict once and for all? this was beach refugee camp in gaza city where israeli strikes killed dozens during the night. four weeks of bloodshed has destroyed the illusion that the conflict could be managed. 0ther terrible wars produced peace treaties. 0ptimists hope this might too. 0ptimism, though, is hard to find in khan younis, where some of gaza's more than one million displaced people are living in their cars, hopes of finding a safe place all gone. translation: our home, - where we used to feel comfort and security, was destroyed by rockets in an instant. we came here in hope to find safety and security. but that doesn't exist. we survived death to find death again. from flakjackets in baghdad to handshakes in turkey, antony blinken, the us secretary of state, is back in the region. look, we know the deep concern here for the terrible toll that gaza is taking on, palestinians on, men, women and children in gaza, innocent civilians, a concern that we share and that we are working on every single day. we have engaged the israelis on steps that they can take to minimise civilian casualties. the only way out of this for the us, uk and others is an independent palestine alongside israel, an old idea that two decades of talks could not deliver. the horrors of the last month and those to come will make it even harder to achieve. jeremy bowen, bbc news, in southern israel. with me is bbc arabic�*s mohamed taha. hello again. let's just start with what you have been hearing that has been going on overnight.— that has been going on overniaht. _, ., ., overnight. good morning. the war is, overnight. good morning. the war is. by _ overnight. good morning. the war is, by entering _ overnight. good morning. the war is, by entering the - overnight. good morning. thej war is, by entering the second month, the seventh of november, and it started on the seventh of october, by entering the second month, the war is getting bigger, and not smaller, and we saw israeli strikes on everywhere in gaza, the palestinian news saying that five died in rafah, southern gaza, in a strike and several died in a strike on the north and there are still strikes around refugee camps and around the hospital as well. in the west bank, the palestinians are saying that incursions in the west bank resulted in seven deaths between the palestinians, and also, on the lebanese front, there has been reports saying that hamas fighters in southern lebanon started to launch rocket attacks on israel, northern israel and southern lebanon as well, so the war is getting really, really fierce, even around bethlehem and these places has got sentimental value for everyone with christmas approaching. the humanitarian _ christmas approaching. the humanitarian situation as well, the latest on that and the international effort to try and bring a pause at least, at the very least in hostilities? {iii very least in hostilities? of course, the humanitarian situation is really bad and getting even worse. we did a report in bbc arabic around that. people, they do not have clean water, they have techniques now to try to drink the water from the sea after treating it somehow, and there is not enough food, there is an interview we heard about an entity that is trying to provide food for these thousands of people in schools who gather in these schools to get out of the way of the strikes. �* ., , strikes. uae are helping in some ways. _ strikes. uae are helping in some ways, aren't - strikes. uae are helping in some ways, aren't they? l strikes. uae are helping in - some ways, aren't they? took us through what their field hospital is looking like. this is news that _ hospital is looking like. this is news that emerged - hospital is looking like. ti 3 is news that emerged overnight that uae will establish a field hospital in gaza. they said that the equipment is shipped to egypt to be transferred to gaza. we saw yesterday the jordanians supplied air supplies to thejordanian supplies to the jordanian hospital supplies to thejordanian hospital in gaza, and today we are talking about the uae hospital, and apparently these efforts are done with the cooperation with the israeli forces, and it is clear that the israeli authorities want to make sure that the alliances have good relationship with israel, jordan and uae has access, and this is leaving egypt and so saudi arabia looking not really good in front of the republic. really interesting. _ front of the republic. really interesting. thank _ front of the republic. really interesting. thank you - front of the republic. really interesting. thank you very | interesting. thank you very much. now, bringing more on what is happening in gaza, because it has been nearly four weeks, actually, for weeks now since the hamas attacks on southern israel. they saw more than moo people killed and hundreds of others taken hostage. thomas hand, originally from ireland, was told his ex—wife had been murdered. he was also informed his daughter emily, who's eight, had perished in the massacre. at the time, he was relieved she hadn't been taken hostage. but now he's been told she could be alive. clive myrie reports. innocent little angel. losing a child is a loss like no other. yes... she could read music already. a grief so profound. she wanted to move onto the guitar. thomas hand was told his daughter emily had been killed in the hamas attacks. his response was that of a loving father. wanting nothing but the best for his dear child. weirdest thing for a parent to hear that the child's dead and you are relieved. i just... i knew she wasn't in gaza. i knew she wasn't terrified out of her life. i knew she wasn't going to be... ..in any more pain or stress. it was just all over for her. the majority of us are here. and yet, in all the darkness, there is light. thomas has now been told there is no proof that emily is actually dead, with all evidence suggesting that she was taken to gaza. the flame of hope that she might be home one day now banishes all fears. and you said a number of things. how do you feel about that now? in some ways, i regret having that view. you regret it? just because of some of things said, yeah. some things that might have put her in danger. we move on. now, the strong possibility that she is in gaza being held captive... ..now it's hope. we can only hope that we get her back alive. it is her birthday this month. 17th. she is not even going to know it's her birthday. she won't know it's her birthday. there will be no cake, there'll be no party or friends celebrating. she willjust be there, living in terror every day. we just want her back. we want to see her again. we want to love her again. hug her again. kiss her again. never let her out of my sight again. let's now move on to other stories. talk about china's leader, xijinping, has praised his country's improved ties with australia. he said the two sides had "worked out some problems." mr xi made the comments as he met the visiting australian prime minister anthony albanese in beijing. mr albanese said progress had been made. in recent years, china and australia have clashed on a number of political issues. beijing imposed restrictions on australian imports, some of which have now been lifted. live now to yun jiang, china matters fellow for the australian institute of international affairs. she is a former policy adviser in the australian government, good to have you on the programme. this is the first time an australian prime minister has been to china in seven years. that in itself was really important, wasn't it? absolutely. it is a sign that the bilateral relationship has finally turned a corner. many of the major frictions finally turned a corner. many of the majorfrictions in finally turned a corner. many of the major frictions in the relationship was resolved or in the process of being resolved in reparation for this trip. so it is a very significant trip for both countries. 50 it is a very significant trip for both countries. so what has been achieved? _ for both countries. so what has been achieved? well, - been achieved? well, diplomatically - been achieved? well, i diplomatically speaking, been achieved? well, - diplomatically speaking, the fact that the two governments are talking again. in the last five years of the difficult relationship under the previous australian government, the chinese government has not really been engaged or willing to talk to the australian government at all, and instead, it was very much focused on punishing australia for its perceived transgressions against china's national interest, but now, the two sides are talking again and the practical outcomes, some of the trade sanctions have been lifted and certainly one of the political prisoners has been released in the lead up to the trip as well. d0 released in the lead up to the trip as well-— trip as well. do you think the true relationship _ trip as well. do you think the true relationship which - trip as well. do you think the true relationship which of. true relationship which of course is so important for both countries has been very, very strange and that's what brought this to a head in a major way because for some parts of the austrian economy and chinese they really felt the pain, haven't they?— they really felt the pain, haven't they? the australian economy _ haven't they? the australian economy has _ haven't they? the australian economy has been _ haven't they? the australian l economy has been surprisingly resisted, resilient, despite the trade sanctions. several factors have been hit very hard like the wine industry in australia because there is not as big a market elsewhere apart from china, but lots of other industries have found new markets and certainly overall bilateral trade, overall markets and certainly overall bilateraltrade, overall trade, thatis bilateraltrade, overall trade, that is exports from australia to china, has not actually declined despite the trade sanctions.— declined despite the trade sanctions. ., ., sanctions. the warming of the relationship — sanctions. the warming of the relationship we _ sanctions. the warming of the relationship we have - sanctions. the warming of the relationship we have seen - sanctions. the warming of the relationship we have seen in l relationship we have seen in the last four days because of course anthony albanese has now finished his four—day visit, what does it mean for china's participation in some other trade groups in the region, that kind of thing?- that kind of thing? china is lookin: that kind of thing? china is looking to _ that kind of thing? china is looking to join _ that kind of thing? china is looking to join the - that kind of thing? china is looking to join the and - looking to join the and australia, be one of the original signatories, australia, be one of the originalsignatories, have australia, be one of the original signatories, have a big influence on that. that could be one of the areas that could be one of the areas that could be one of the areas that could be a potentialfor cooperation between the two countries but there are still outstanding trade disputes to be resolved before that can happen. be resolved before that can ha en. , . ., be resolved before that can hauen. g ., ., ., ,, happen. yun jiang, good to talk to ou happen. yun jiang, good to talk to you from _ happen. yun jiang, good to talk to you from china _ happen. yun jiang, good to talk to you from china matters - to you from china matters fellow for the israeli digit of international affairs. thank you so much. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. british steel is planning to shut down its traditional blast furnace and replace it with two electric arc furnaces, putting up to 2,000 exisiting jobs at risk in the northern english town of scunthorpe. construction is expected to take between two and three years as part of its chinese parent company's plan for a green and sustainable future. the uk government is to introduce a new law which will intro minimum service rules which they say will ensure 40% of trains will still operate when staff are out on strike. the rmt, a major railway workers' union, has condemned the move, saying it was "an assault on the fundamental freedoms of working people." post office customers will soon be able to send parcels over the counter using the dpd and evri delivery services. this new service will begin in selected stores in time for the peak christmas delivery season. i will talk to the chief executive of evri in around 15 minutes. you're live with bbc news. to the us. donald trump has clashed with the judge at his civil fraud trial in new york on monday. the former president is accused of inflating the value of his properties in order to secure favourable loans. the judge told him to stop treating his court appearance like a political rally. it is just one of several legal battles mr trump is facing. here's our north america editor sarah smith. how did it go? i think it went very well. after a chaotic day in court, donald trump headed straight for the cameras, insisting he is being hounded for purely political reasons. everything we did was absolutely right. to think that we are being sued and spending all this time and money, and people are being killed all over the world, that this country could stop. with inflation and all of the other problem is that this country has, i think it's a disgrace. he claims the new york attorney general who brought the charges against him is a racist who wants to stop him becoming president again. i will not be bullied. i will not be harassed. this case will go on. inside the court, mr trump repeatedly lost his temper, as the prosecution argued he is not worth nearly as much money as he claims. 0n the stand, donald trump has been very competitive, repeatedly sparring with the judge. he has been told off for making speeches instead of answering questions. thejudge told him, "this is not a political rally. "it's a courtroom." he posted this about the judge, taking a quote from the proceedings out of context. he is baiting a judge who will decide this case without a jury. during a court break, he suggested he has been told to zip it. mr trump, how is it going in there? but obviously didn't heed that advice. mr trump's lawyers' legal strategy is to complain that thejudge is biased against their client and treating him unfairly. thejudge doesn't like when president trump explains what actually happened because it is not good for his narrative. donald trump could lose control of trump tower if he is barred from doing business in new york. the judge has already ruled that trump properties like his mar—a—lago golf club in florida were fraudulently over—valued. this trial will determine the penalty. but you're witnessing the most corrupt and blatant weaponisation of law enforcement... campaigning as the victim of political persecution is working for now, with polls suggesting he is currently leading joe biden in the presidential contest. but the same survey suggests that if he is convicted for trying to overthrow the results of the last election, enough voters would switch sides to defeat him. the organisers of a pro—palestinian rally in london say they intend to go ahead as planned, despite an appeal from the metropolitan police to postpone the march because it coincides with armistice day. senior officers say they are concerned about the risk of criminal acts by breakaway groups aimed at fuelling disorder. simonjones has this report. protests like the one seen on previous weekends would be provocative and disrespectful on armistice day, according to the prime minister. not being allowed to demonstrate peacefully to coffin and the bombing of gaza, the organisers of the pro—palestinian protest say would be grotesque. but the met issued a direct appeal to them. please, we ask you to urgently reconsider, it is not appropriate to hold any protest in london this weekend. the met says that are concerned of a risk of violence and disorder whinged to breakaway groups and believes that is increasing. but the organisers of the protest say they have seen no evidence to back up that assessment and they accuse the government of putting political pressure on the police to intervene. the organisers point out previous protests have seen low levels of arrests. satu rday�*s low levels of arrests. saturday's demonstrated is due to begin an hour after the ”am armistice day silence and the planned route we're gonna need the cenotaph. a meeting yesterday with police failed to break the deadlock. it is yesterday with police failed to break the deadlock.— break the deadlock. it is true that at the — break the deadlock. it is true that at the meeting - break the deadlock. it is true that at the meeting they - break the deadlock. it is true l that at the meeting they asked us and they said we are not telling you to do this, we are asking would you consider postponing for a week. we made clear why we did not think that was necessary. but clear why we did not think that was necessary.— was necessary. but the home secretary — was necessary. but the home secretary has — was necessary. but the home secretary has backed - was necessary. but the home secretary has backed the - secretary has backed the police's play. suella braverman wrote on social media: labour accused her of making the police's josh labour accused her of making the police'sjosh harder with inflammatory language. 0ne crowd control experts has any attempt to ban the march now could have serious consequences. i could have serious consequences. could have serious conseuuences. , consequences. i think because it is counter-productive. - consequences. i think because it is counter-productive. it - consequences. i think because it is counter-productive. it is l it is counter—productive. it is a dangerous move that runs the likelihood — a dangerous move that runs the likelihood of amplifying the potential for probl