with an ankle problem. he's withdrawn from the england squad today. micky van de ven will be out for a similar period with a hamstring problem. it's a big test for the manager ahead of their game at wolves. all the absences kind of have an effect on the team. i guess the unusual one for us, and again, i've known many times and again, not many times in my career where we've had such disruption in one game, we've lost 4—5 starters in one game. so that's kind of where we get affected more than anything else. if it was just mickey, you would miss him because of the qualities he has, it wouldn't affect us as much, but we have three players from the back four, and that's a real challenge for us. manchester united lost midweek in the champions league, courtesy of a dramatic late goal in copenhagen, a match in which marcus rashford was sent off in. but manager erik ten hag is confident the england striker, who's only scored one goal for united this season, will come good. he's not in his best form, but i know we will be back. i know when the team is playing better, he will play better, he will go and score goals. i'm confident of that. also this season, he will improve. he's totally in the team and totally aware of everything. so i think he will be back on track. united take on luton this weekend. they held liverpool to a draw in their last match, but it was over shadowed from their perspective by some home fans taking part in tragedy chanting towards the opposition. luton have launched an investigation and, along with manager rob edwards, have apologised and sent this message to their fans. they have vowed to ban any fans taking part. we want to bring the noise, we want to have a fantastic occasion, and ourfans have been brilliant at making the noise and making a brilliant atmosphere. but let's do it with respect — remembrance sunday. we are going to old trafford at an important time, so bring the noise and make it an amazing occasion, but do it with respect. south africa beat afghanistan by five wickets in their final group game at the cricket world cup. the south africans had already reached the semi finals, while afghanistan's remote chances of finishing in the top four were over when they were bowled out for 244. i don't know if we can show you any of these pictures. there we are. this is then getting bowled out. afghanistan had to score an awful lot to finish above new zealand on net run rate. they put south africa under pressure with the ball but a partnership between rassie van der dussen and andele phehelukwayo took the proteas to victory with 15 balls to spare. lots more on the bbc sport website, but that is all for now. more now on the israel—hamas war. palestinian officials say israeli strikes have hit three hospitals and a school in gaza, killing more than 20 people. this was the scene earlier from a children's hospital, al—rantisi, inside which civilians say they are trapped. israel has confirmed its military is operating close to al—shifa, the biggest hospital in gaza city, where explosions and shelling have also been heard. an israeli military spokesman has said it does not fire on hospitals but — i quote "we'll do what we need to" if hamas fires from hospital grounds. live now to paul adams. just bring us up to date. live now to paul adams. just bring us up to date-— us up to date. what we are seeing toniuht is us up to date. what we are seeing tonight is very _ us up to date. what we are seeing tonight is very heavy _ us up to date. what we are seeingl tonight is very heavy bombardment over the central gaza city area. we have been looking at a live feed coming from inside israel and the sky isjust constantly coming from inside israel and the sky is just constantly lit up with flares designed to illuminate the sky over gaza city, and what appears to be a bombardment also from the air, so there is a lot going on there tonight and it is all concentrated around the same areas, in particular the al shifa hospital where patients are living in fear, where patients are living in fear, where large numbers of civilians who have been camped out there in recent weeks i've tried to leave, and where it seems likely that at some point in the coming day or two, the israelis will essentially take over. —— have tried to leave. h0??? israelis will essentially take over. -- have tried to leave.— israelis will essentially take over. -- have tried to leave. how will the world to be — -- have tried to leave. how will the world to be watching _ -- have tried to leave. how will the world to be watching this? - -- have tried to leave. how will the l world to be watching this? complete is televised these days and images are broadcast on social media. the un security council is meeting concurrently to those strikes you have described. —— conflict is televised. what will be their take on those strikes you have witnessed from hospital grounds? it is difficult viewing _ from hospital grounds? it is difficult viewing and - from hospital grounds? it 3 difficult viewing and it is impossible not to be profoundly disturbed by the spectacle of a hospital full of sick people being the centre of intense military activity. the israelis have argued all along that the hospitals in particular, al shifa hospital, are being used by hamas as military bases. at some point, and they have presented what they consider to be evidence of that, i did some point, i guess we will probably see more of that. but i think even for israel's supporters like the united states, this is difficult, because the civilian death toll continues to rise inexorably. we had the prospect of weeks more of this bubble israel declared that it completed its job in gaza —— declares. so i think that in gaza —— declares. so i think that in the white house and other places, they will be thinking how much more of this do we have to put up with but will be starting to israel, enough is enough. we haven't reached that point yet and we are not necessarily close but it will come. how do you think hamas views the situation from the moment from the tunnels operating, from the hamas military leadership perspective what you think they are thinking and are planning to do? i you think they are thinking and are planning to do?— you think they are thinking and are planning to do? i suspect the main leadership isn't _ planning to do? i suspect the main leadership isn't there _ planning to do? i suspect the main leadership isn't there and - planning to do? i suspect the main leadership isn't there and the - planning to do? i suspect the main j leadership isn't there and the main leadership isn't there and the main leadership isn't there and the main leadership is either in the southern gaza strip may be has left the gaza strip altogether, leaving its foot soldiers to commit to continue the battle in gaza city. if you are the leader of the movements like hamas, you wouldn't really want to be sitting there, waiting to be killed in your bunker. you would want to be somewhere else. so, what they did on october the 7th seems entirely designed to draw israel into precisely this kind of military campaign. perhaps that the scenes that the world would see would be so shocking that ultimately, israel would be forced to stop. it is hard to know exactly what hamas's strategy is now. don't forget though that it strategy is now. don't forget though thatitis strategy is now. don't forget though that it is still holding, or it and other groups in the gaza strip, still holding around 240 israeli and foreign hostages, and that gives it still some leveraged. paul foreign hostages, and that gives it still some leveraged.— still some leveraged. paul adams “oininu us still some leveraged. paul adams joining us from — still some leveraged. paul adams joining us from jerusalem. - still some leveraged. paul adams joining us from jerusalem. thank| joining us from jerusalem. thank you. let's stick with that port of the leadership of hamas. —— that thought. as the israeli military moves deeper into gaza, one of its main objectives is to kill or capture the leaders of hamas. that includes this man — yahya sinwar — said to be the mastermind behind the 7th october attacks. israel's defence minister has said he's hiding in a bunker in gaza city. idf military leaders have called him a "dead man walking". we can cross live tojerusalem to speak to seth frantzman, adjunct fellow at the foundation for the defence of democracies and an expert on iran—backed terrorism. with regards to yahya sinwar, would do we know about him and what we know about his significance? fine. do we know about him and what we know about his significance? one, he is someone — know about his significance? one, he is someone that _ know about his significance? one, he is someone that was _ know about his significance? one, he is someone that was in _ know about his significance? one, he is someone that was in prison - know about his significance? one, he is someone that was in prison in - is someone that was in prison in israel for two decades. he was already known in the 1980s is a very brutal man who spent a lot of time murdering what they considered in gaza people who are collaborating with israel, so he was already known as someone who was willing to use his own hands to kill people, and when he was released, he took several years, when he was released, he took severalyears, he when he was released, he took several years, he was released in the deal that is made in 2011 and he took several years to climb the ranks to basically control hamas in gaza in 2017. and what we now know from the attack in october the 7th is that he masterminded a massive attack that killed around 800, 900 israeli civilians and kidnapped 240. so his career is clearly the extreme far right of what hamas has produced historically. find far right of what hamas has produced historicall . �* ., far right of what hamas has produced historicall . �* . ., , ., historically. and that deal you mentioned — historically. and that deal you mentioned is _ historically. and that deal you mentioned is when _ historically. and that deal you mentioned is when israel- historically. and that deal you - mentioned is when israel released a thousand or so palestinians in return for one israeli soldier. i just want to pick up if we can on the comments wejust just want to pick up if we can on the comments we just heard there from our correspondent injerusalem, from our correspondent in jerusalem, saying from our correspondent injerusalem, saying that there are many senior leaders, potentially in southern gaza or elsewhere in the rest of the world. with that in mind, how can israel try to defeat an ideology when many of the key players might not be in gaza city? i when many of the key players might not be in gaza city?— not be in gaza city? i think that first of all. _ not be in gaza city? i think that first of all, the _ not be in gaza city? i think that first of all, the tactics - not be in gaza city? i think that first of all, the tactics on - not be in gaza city? i think that first of all, the tactics on the i first of all, the tactics on the battlefield to show that they can't win to draw them into some kind of vietnam like quagmire, that they can't kill huge numbers of israeli civilians or soldiers again, i think that would be a defeat to hand in that. and as you just noted, a lot of their leaders are abroad and their leaders seem to be scheming in their leaders seem to be scheming in the reason notjust with iran but also for visits to turkey and also some of them live in qatar, and they seem to be scheming to basically by the way after the battle in gaza, to find a way into the west bank or to ride this wave of support they seem to have gotten after october the 7th, so certainly they will try that with one hand while israel tries to destroy them tactically and militarily with the other hand. iligiith militarily with the other hand. with re . ards to militarily with the other hand. with regards to the _ militarily with the other hand. with regards to the situation we are seeing in the last few hours, these reports of attacks in and around hospital facilities. reports of attacks in and around hospitalfacilities. what reports of attacks in and around hospital facilities. what do you expect to see in the coming days? one, israel has sent three divisions into gaza and has kind of cut it into gaza and has kind of cut it into so it can surround gaza city. i think israel would like to go in slowly but block by block to reveal all the hamas tunnels. they have already found a lot of weapon factories, during factories, rockets launch sites that are in civilian homes and things. i think they want to reveal the extent of the terrorist infrastructure that kind of honeycomb is everything and the city and exploits the civilians. —— drone factories. i think once they finish with that, they will want to concentrate on seven guys that were most of the civilians are and it is possible that many of these hamas leaders and some of the hostages are as well, but kind of cutting it to and containing it, by doing that they can control the situation better. a, they can control the situation better. �* .. .. they can control the situation better. �* ., ., ., , , better. a lot of the actors in this situation. _ better. a lot of the actors in this situation, hezbollah, _ better. a lot of the actors in this situation, hezbollah, hamas, i better. a lot of the actors in this - situation, hezbollah, hamas, houthi rebels. but obviously there will be some involvement in how people like hezbollah reacts northern border of israel, of iran of tehran.— israel, of iran of tehran. probably they knew — israel, of iran of tehran. probably they knew in _ israel, of iran of tehran. probably they knew in tehran _ israel, of iran of tehran. probably they knew in tehran that - israel, of iran of tehran. probably they knew in tehran that it - israel, of iran of tehran. probably they knew in tehran that it was i they knew in tehran that it was eventually coming, maybe not the exact day. and from the moment that hamas attacked in october the 7th, we have seen that iran has been able to basically key in hezbollah attacks every day since then and then the houthis in yemen, and there have been attacks on us bases, about 50 or 60 in syria and iraq, and every day there are attacks. yesterday there was a drawing that went all the way from syria and flew into a school in iran, which i think is 2000 or more kilometres. so clearly, iran is behind original effort and we have seen evidence of that intro iranians media, that says iran is cooperating with and that the houthis in the men are having joint operations to support hamas. it clears clear that these are together. —— the houthis in yemen. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. bbc news — bringing you different stories from across the uk. they are the tallest land mammal and have blue—black tongues to prevent sunburn. giraffes are pretty unique animals and these worldwide experts would agree. we want to release them back to an environment full of other reinforcers. they've come together at bristol zoo project to share best practice. so giraffes, for me, are pretty special. 20 years ago, when i started in zoos, they were the very first animal i ever worked with and ever since then i've had a real passion for them. the idea of this conference is to basically increase all of our knowledge on training, on things like hoof care, on blood draw and all sorts of stuff like that that we do with our animals. if you go on safari, you pretty much will see a giraffe, but they are experiencing what we call a silent extinction, so no one really realises that they are disappearing. they're very friendly, i aren't they, as animals? yeah. what do you like about giraffes? they're vegetarian. for more stories from across the uk, head to the bbc news website. you're live with bbc news. now, you'll remember this — a recent low point in us—china relations, when the us accused beijing of sending a spy balloon across its air space. it shot it down off the coast of south carolina. there was also the visit to taiwan last year by then speaker nancy pelosi which led china to break off communication between the two nations�* militaries. but relations appear to be thawing, ahead of a planned meeting next week between presidents biden and xi in california. treasury secretary, janet yellen, has this week been holding talks in san francisco with her chinese counterpart. they said they were committed to work together on economic stability and national security issues. and an area where the world's two biggest polluters appear to be able to work together is climate change. speaking to the bbc in singapore, the us special envoy for climatejohn kerry said they'd reached some bilateral agreements ahead of the cop28 summit in dubai at the end of the month. let's see what happens in the next days. we felt that our four days of talks were very successful. we did come up with some agreements. we're just going through some process now, but we hope to share them with everybody at the appropriate moment. let's speak to us—china relations expert, james early. with regards to this meeting between president biden and president xi jinping, is this a meeting that is taking place on the sidelines? is this a meeting of sound bites or of real substance? taste this a meeting of sound bites or of real substance?— this a meeting of sound bites or of real substance? we don't even know where it is at. _ real substance? we don't even know where it is at, somewhere _ real substance? we don't even know where it is at, somewhere in - real substance? we don't even know where it is at, somewhere in san i where it is at, somewhere in san francisco but not specifically. i have low expectations and if you look at the last five diplomatic meetings between us and china, they have been frankly nothing bogus in terms of substance, but it is not as bad as it sounds because they did get to sides talking. —— nothing burgers. since biden and xijinping met a year back in indonesia, that was an ok meeting and we had to the chinese spy balloon then and the military stop talking, so i think that getting the military is talking again would be the biggest tangible takeaway from this meeting. two massive economies, polluters and militaries. ~ .. massive economies, polluters and militaries. ~ ., militaries. will need from each other, because _ militaries. will need from each other, because it _ militaries. will need from each other, because it goes - militaries. will need from each other, because it goes beyond| militaries. will need from each i other, because it goes beyond just talking on a military level, surely? you make it sure does and both sides have their weaknesses now. the us has its hands full with ukraine and with israel. ukraine is obviously a lot more expensive at the moment but they don't need another with the china and taiwan drama, and china has its hands full with its economy. last october, this past month, exports were down 6.4% year over year, and china now trades more with the developing world is then with the developing world is then with the developed world, so countries are pulling back from china, investors pulling back from the chinese stock market hundred and $60 billion in the last quarter. these are companies, foreign companies think we would rather repeated that money think we would rather repeated that mone j ~ , , money then keep it invested in china. money then keep it invested in china- for— money then keep it invested in china. for the _ money then keep it invested in china. for the first _ money then keep it invested in china. for the first time i money then keep it invested in china. for the first time in i money then keep it i