that call, like the us or the uk? ., , ., uk? i hope there will, and let's be — uk? i hope there will, and let's be clear, _ uk? i hope there will, and let's be clear, i _ uk? i hope there will, and let's be clear, i was - uk? i hope there will, and let's be clear, i was one i uk? i hope there will, andi let's be clear, i was one of the first to call the prime minister of israel after the terrorist attack. we condemned the stories and we recognise the stories and we recognise the right of israel to protect itself and react, but they want in this fight against terrorism, because it is led by a democracy should be compliant with international rules, the rules of war, and humanitarian international law, and day after day what we saw is the bombing of civilians in gaza, and i think it's very important to say the whole story, but i think this is the only solution we have, the ceasefire, because it's impossible to explain, we want to fight against terrorism, by killing innocent people. terrorism, by killing innocent --eole. ., ., ., ~ terrorism, by killing innocent theole, ., ., ., " ., people. you have talked about the fi . ht people. you have talked about the fight against _ people. you have talked about the fight against terrorism - the fight against terrorism needing to be merciless, the word you used, but not without rules, and you havejust referred they are to the high loss of civilian life in gaza. do you think israel is respecting those rules, the international rules you are referring to?— international rules you are referring to? look, and the very first — referring to? look, and the very first days, _ referring to? look, and the very first days, it's - referring to? look, and the very first days, it's clear . very first days, it's clear that the emotion, the compassion created a situation where everybody was just close to israel and backing them, and sharing the pain, and we do share that pain, and we do share that pain, and we do share their willingness to get rid of terrorism. we know what terrorism means in france, but i think there is no justification to attack civilians.— justification to attack civilians. ~ ., ., ~ ., civilians. what i would like to clarify with — civilians. what i would like to clarify with you, _ civilians. what i would like to clarify with you, are - civilians. what i would like to clarify with you, are you - clarify with you, are you saying that israel is guilty of breaking international humanitarian law, potential war crimes? i humanitarian law, potentialwar crimes? ~ . �* , humanitarian law, potentialwar crimes? ~ ., �*, ., crimes? i think that's not the ro er crimes? i think that's not the preper way — crimes? i think that's not the preper way to _ crimes? i think that's not the proper way to approach - crimes? i think that's not the proper way to approach the l proper way to approach the question. we do recognise the rights to protect themselves, and one month after this attack i think it will be not the right way to deal with a partner and friend, just to say you are condemned and guilty, the factor today, civilians are bombed, the factor, babies, old people are bombed and killed, there is no reason for that. is well's prime minister has well�*s prime minister has responded to president macron�*s comment saying that nations should condemn hamas and not israel, the war on gaza is entering a dangerous new phase, as israeli forces penetrate deep inside gaza and gunfire and explosions are being heard around the city's major hospitals, including the largest. israel says that these are places where hamas is hiding, and purple areas here showing where the israeli troops are right now, they have encircle gaza city and this footage is from inside the children's hospital in the city, you can see the tanks in the narrow street right there, people have been told they must leave unless they are medical staff or patients. israel says hamas are in tunnels underneath which hamas denies. there is fighting around three other hospitals close by and at least one attack near the hospital, and the palestinian red crescent said that israeli snipers have faded the hospital and those inside say it is surrounded, and the hospital has said tonight that it is said to have no electricity, internet or water, and lucy williamson sent this report and it does contain some distressing images. gaza's hospital, seen by locals as places for shelter, by as well as hiding places for hamas. the displaced live side by side here with the wounded at the hospital. the line between them, sometimes very thin. why, she is screaming. israel says this is where hamas has its underground headquarters, now surrounded by israeli troops. translation: we were staying on the fifth floor and then we found bombs falling on us, my niece was killed, she was already wounded from before but now she is dead. tanks filled inside this children's hospital a sign that the battle between israel and hamas is closing in. the streets around these places of refuge now so dangerous that even those who want to leave sometimes cannot. the israeli army said tonight that the hospital was hit by a misfired projectile aimed at israeli troops, but there seems to have been several incidences at the hospital today, and denied the director said the shooting had started again with hundreds of critically ill patients too ill to be moved. israeli forces in our deep inside gaza, the bombed out buildings say as much about the difficulty of reaching the enemy is about israel's military might. translation: the the army has started employing methods against those inside the tunnels and destroyed the tunnels. all of our forces are working to find unique solutions, working and succeeding.— succeeding. israel's overwhelming - succeeding. israel's i overwhelming military succeeding. israel's - overwhelming military force succeeding. israel's _ overwhelming military force has brought tanks into the heart of gaza city but military control of the territory is just the first step, and the closer israel gets to its dual goals of hamas and the hostages, the more delicate this operation becomes. negotiations over how to get more than 200 hostages out of gaza have faulted before, today, amid new hopes of a deal, talks between qatar and egypt. i of a deal, talks between qatar and egypt-— of a deal, talks between qatar and egypt. i hear all the news, and egypt. i hear all the news, and i hear— and egypt. i hear all the news, and i hear the _ and egypt. i hear all the news, and i hear the news _ and egypt. i hear all the news, and i hear the news of - and egypt. i hear all the news, and i hear the news of qatar, i and i hear the news of qatar, egypt, it's better not to have any opinion, and it's very difficult because for us, every small bit of news... difficult because for us, every small bit of news. . ._ small bit of news... hope continue _ small bit of news... hope continue draining - small bit of news... hope continue draining from i small bit of news... hope i continue draining from gaza city today, israel say 100 people have fled south in the past two days, a humanitarian corridor a last bid for protection after the promises of hamas and the promises of international law. the hamas health ministry says at least 4000 children have been killed since the start of the war and thousands more left injured with some facing lifelong disabilities. is israel disputes the figures but the orion health organisation are accurate. —— israel health organisation. what must it take for a mother to comfort her child? when reality is so devastating. two—year—old fatima was stuck under the rubble of a bombing in gaza three weeks ago. she and her husband tried to have a baby, and then fatima was born. translation: what is herfault? what did she do wrong? we have to constantly give her painkillers, as soon as the effect of wind wears off, i give her another. how life revolves around painkillers, and every other day she undergoes surgery. laughter miaht undergoes surgery. laughter might seem _ undergoes surgery. laughter might seem out _ undergoes surgery. laughter might seem out of _ undergoes surgery. laughter might seem out of place - undergoes surgery. laughter. might seem out of place here. is a way of coping. in his football uniform, goalkeeper for the neighbourhood club. he says he was playing the game with his friends when a bomb struck, destroyed his home, and permanently changed his life. translation: i wanted to become a football player, but that dream has been destroyed. i was quite good, you can check with my coach if you want, my uniform is buried under the rubble of my home, my socks are gone, my shoes, and the football i had, all turned to dust. . , , football i had, all turned to dust. ., ,, ., dust. trapped in gaza, under the constant _ dust. trapped in gaza, under the constant threat - dust. trapped in gaza, under the constant threat of - dust. trapped in gaza, under the constant threat of being l the constant threat of being bombed, hospitals fill up with more wounded children. just 13 years old, seven of her brothers were killed, and have mother to. brothers were killed, and have motherto. herfathersaid brothers were killed, and have mother to. her father said they fled to southern gaza for safety, that's where they were bombed. she has spinal injuries. i want peace and security, she says, i want to be treated and go back to normal life, to my home. i want to feel safe. it's not clear if she would be able to walk again. the conflict has led to growing anger and unrest in the wider region, another biden administration has reportedly received stark warnings from american diplomats in the arab world that it's american diplomats in the arab world that its strong support for the military campaign is losing us arab trust for a decade. the cable underscores profound concern among american officials, but the growing anger against the united states, and earlier my colleague put these concerns to the former us ambassador, turkey and iraq. ambassador we are seeing these four hour daily pauses in the fighting, negotiations towards a longer pause in the fighting, but israel is still rejecting a ceasefire. do you see this then as the first step toward somehow slowing or. this conflict?— conflict? not necessarily because _ conflict? not necessarily because i— conflict? not necessarily because i don't - conflict? not necessarily i because i don't understand conflict? not necessarily - because i don't understand what the focus is on. this conflict. the most important thing in the middle east today is that hamas be destroyed, as a governing and particularly military force in gaza, not only the view of the israelis, but the united states, our european allies, and many arab capitals. the horrendous human cost of this struggle is something that needs to be brought under control, but we should not let the whole purpose of this fighting be dismissed, because of the real concerns of our humanitarian situation. more than 10.000 _ humanitarian situation. more than 10,000 people - humanitarian situation. more than 10,000 people have - humanitarian situation. morel than 10,000 people have died humanitarian situation. more than 10,000 people have died in gaza during this fighting so how can israel carry out this operation as you have said, is it absolutely necessary to eliminate hamas, how can the israelis do so without such an incredible loss of human life? there are ways, they could use different types of audience and take different steps, and we experience that, i was involved in the attack on polluter in 2004, moser, and 17, and 2018, i visited both feluja, and when they dig into a civilian city and use the human population as human shields there is tremendous destruction and very high casualties, and that can be reduced and that is what we're pushing israel to do. we we're pushing israelto do. we have we're pushing israel to do. we have spoken to family members of those who have been taken hostage inside gaza have also said somehow these airstrikes in gaza are not helping the aim of getting hostages released. what is your response to that? the whole purpose of this fighting is to defeat the hamas threat to the existence of israel, that's a realfear on the part of the israeli people and a very good reason, and i don't know how they are going to do that if they stop fighting. to do that if they stop fighting-— to do that if they stop fiuuhtin.~ ., ., fighting. what about the anal st fighting. what about the analyst that _ fighting. what about the analyst that say - fighting. what about the analyst that say that - fighting. what about the - analyst that say that defeating hamas will be extremely difficult to achieve? that's what i difficult to achieve? that's what i call _ difficult to achieve? that's what i call classic - what i call classic counterterrorism, it has a lot of validity, but it's wrong, and it's wrong because it's exactly what we did not do in the obama and trump administrations against the islamic state, and i the person responsible for the us government. we took them on as a military force, the primary goal was the attacks into mo saw, the attacks into syria and other battles, with the destroyed as a governing and military force capable of threatening literally the existence of iraqis, and the existence of iraqis, and the existence our syrian democratic friends in northeast assyria. we accomplish that, it still exist, 15,000 of them, terrorist cells, their ideology is still there and that will be the case with hamas, fact undoubtably, we will all be able to do in the future, what it did to israel on the seventh of october, just like the islamic state was not able to roll over half of iraqis like it did in 2014 and will not be able to. that is the purpose the israelis are trying to accomplish. i also want to ask about the region. cnn reported that the biden administration has received stark warnings from american diplomats in the arab world that its strong support for israel's military campaign in gaza is turning arab publics away from the us "for a generation". what do you think that? as an american diplomat who has spent much of my time in the middle east, i appreciate my colleagues if providing honest and true reporting. i will have to say however that i never thought we had the arab street, arab public�*s support. when i was in iraq and this was afterfighting had ended, we were down around 10%—50% of the population indicated something positive about us. we were down around 10%—15% of the population indicated something positive about us. we have seen the same reactions, they are more severe now, but we saw them in 2003, we saw them in 1991 with the first gulf war and we even saw it after 2001 with our actions in afghanistan. i do not want to belittle these, these are very important developments and they are of concern but that should not be the primary driver of washington decision—making. ambassador, if there is a push for peace, if there is to be an end to this conflict, can the us then be an honest broker in the region, given what you've just said? yeah, we made a huge mistake with strategically devastating effects on the region in 2003, going into iraq. and you remember how we were condemned. look at the role we have played in the region and elsewhere, such as mobilising the whole east asian community against china's threat to taiwan. look what we have done in ukraine. i think we will take some hits diplomatically. i would point at two things, one, the six arab countries that have diplomatic relations and economic ties with israel and the seventh lebanon which has a recent offshore gas deal with israel, none of them have broken off any of their ties. they have pulled ambassadors and done other things but are still maintaining a relationship. ambassador, we will have to leave it there. thank you so much for joining us on bbc news. the us and china have confirmed that their leadersjoe biden that their leaders joe biden and that their leadersjoe biden and xijinping will meet next week in san francisco bay area. the summit will take place on the sidelines of the asia—pacific economic cooperation conference, and it will be their second fa ce—to —fa ce will be their second face—to—face meeting during biden�*s presidency and comes after a sharp deterioration in relations earlier this year. a us official says the main goal of the meeting is to manage the relationship by ensuring that communication channels are open, especially between the military is. china cut off communication channels with the us after than house speaker nancy pelosi visited taiwan in 2022. now the biden administration has pressed to restore them after the us shot down an alleged chinese babbling back in february, and earlier we got this perspective from our state department correspondent barbara plett usher. , ,., usher. there might be some achievements _ usher. there might be some achievements like _ usher. there might be some achievements like may - usher. there might be some achievements like may be i usher. there might be some - achievements like may be based communications between the two militaries will be restored, maybe they will be more cooperation on narcotics fighting and outs, especially the flow of fenta nyl fighting and outs, especially the flow of fentanyl that is produced in china will really none of the fundamental issues or disagreements are changed. nobody has shifted on them. this is ever trade and technology and territorial disputes and human rights in all sorts of things, so i don't think either side is expecting a breakthrough or a reset of relations. it is really all about managing the relationship to prevent conflict, and that means the two sides talking to each other. notjust at means the two sides talking to each other. not just at the highest level, at the highest level for sure as we are seeing but also at the institutional level, and there has been some progress in that in recent months. progress in that in recent months-— progress in that in recent months. ., ,., months. returning to some important _ months. returning to some important news _ months. returning to some important news from - months. returning to some | important news from around months. returning to some - important news from around the world than, and more than 1800 police officers are being deployed across london, ahead of a pro—palestinian march letter which coincides with armistice day. it is thought that up to half a million people could take part, making it one of the biggest demonstrations in uk history. prime minister rishi sunak has urged people to be mindful of fear and distress being felt in both jewish and fear and distress being felt in bothjewish and muslim both jewish and muslim communities. bothjewish and muslim communities. the united nations says floods in somalia and neighbouring parts of east africa are a once in a century event. after months of severe drought, october brought heavy rain, inundating towns and villages and more than 300,000 people have been forced from their homes across somalia and kenya. the un warns the number could pass 1.5 million. the fbi has reportedly seized electronic devices from new york city's mayor eric adams, according to various us media outlets. the officials took at least two mobile phones and tablet. the search warrant was granted to seek any evidence of conspiracy between the democratic mayor's 2021 campaign, a local owned developer and the turkish government. the devices were later returned. the board of hollywood actors union has backed a tentative deal with studios to end a four month strike that severely disrupted film and tv production. the union said that wednesday's proposed deal would now go to its members forfinal its members for final ratification. its members forfinal ratification