hello, i'm maryam moshiri. welcome to verified live. the head of gaza's biggest hospital says a mass grave is being dug for nearly 180 people, after it ran out of fuel. fighting between the israeli military and hamas continues around the al—shifa hospital. that's prompted growing international concern, with president biden saying he wants "less intrusive action". medical staff at al—shifa say the lives of 36 premature babies are hanging in the balance. this is an image of some — made public by the hospital on sunday. it said they had been placed on a bed after the fuel ran out to power the generators to keep their incubators going. their current condition is not known, although a hospital spokesperson on monday said three of the original 39 babies had died. israel insists it is only targeting hamas, and that their command centre is in tunnels beneath the hospital. it has also released these images, which it says are of incubators which it is offering to supply to al—shifa hospital. but there is no indication yet that the medical equipment has been delivered. or that there will be a fuel to use that. and in another development, israel's army has confirmed the death of a female soldier who was being held hostage by hamas in gaza. i've been speaking to our correspondent mark lowen in southern israel, and i began by asking him about the soldier's death, and the hostages still being held by hamas. the confirmation of the death of noa marciano, the 19—year—old female soldier who the palestinians are saying was killed in an israeli air strike on the 9th of november was confirmed indeed by the israeli defence forces this morning and they are said to have informed her family and that comes really as a stark reminder of course of israel's continuing trauma with the almost 240 hostages who remain under hamas captivity and some 1200 people who of course were killed in that surprise attack on the 7th of october which sparked this massive military retaliation over gaza. now, today, what has happened is that a five—day march has begun from tel aviv to jerusalem by families of the hostages to put pressure on benjamin netanyahu to do more to try to release the remaining hostages, and that is a reminder really ofjust how difficult it is for israel at the moment, because it is being pulled in one direction by families of the hostages to try to make sure they are released safely, in others by the international community which is growing in its outrage and clamour for israel to cease fire, but israel's government maintains it will only stop the fighting when there is a big release of those hostages. you mentioned there, you alluded to a deal there. we still do not have any idea of a hostage release deal being finalised, but talks suggesting there could be a deal in the offing in which dozens of hostages are released by hamas in exchange for dozens of palestinian prisoners here in israel, but we have been here several times in the past few days and even weeks and it has not come to fruition so we will wait and see if that is finalised. mark, let's talk now about what is happening in gaza and those pictures that have been released by the al—shifa hospital of babies, several babies lying on a bed. the hospital is saying that the incubators cannot be worked properly because of a lack of fuel. we are hearing of incubators being sent from israel, but the problem really, isn't it, mark, is the hospital needs fuel to run generators? yes, and the un in gaza which i spoke to earlier, the representative i spoke to earlier said that is the problem, they have got the incubators, theyjust do not have the fuel and actually they are so short of fuel that they do not even have fuel to pick up aid coming in from egypt. israel has, as you say, said it will send incubators and it has released an audio transcript which it says is a phone call between an israeli officer on the ground and a hospital official talking about how israel is ready... explosion ready to provide incubators and respirators. a very large explosion there, a very large air strike i think behind us. this is the time when we tend to hear more of these air strikes and outgoing artillery. so as i said, israel has released this audio which it says is a conversation showing israel is willing to provide the incubators, but the problem is the fuel, and actually if they manage to get the babies out of al—shifa hospital, there are also a lot of people on the ground saying there is no other medical facility that could care for these premature babies, so the premature babies in a sense encapsulates the tragedy of what is happening on the ground but of course, you know, gaza's trauma, the trauma on both sides of this conflict goes far deeper than that and no sign at the moment of any let—up in the fighting. my my colleague mark who is in southern israel for us. the un says gaza's health system is in "total collapse", with 22 of the 36 hospitals in the territory now unable to function due to what it says is a lack of fuel, damage, attacks and insecurity. whilst that is happening, it's estimated 160 children are being born every day. working with freelance journalist majdi fathi in gaza, our correspondent yogita limaye reports from jerusalem on what it's like to give birth in gaza. baby crying born in a precarious world, this little boy is one day old, still to be named. his parents fled bombings in gaza city. under the stress of war, he has been born prematurely and needs help to breathe. in the next bed, a four—day—old girl, who's critical. there's been no time to name her either, and they're running out of medicines which could treat her. incubators are still on at the al—aqsa hospital in central gaza, but the fighting is drawing closer. this is hassan, named by hospital staff. both his parents were killed in bombings. he was found cradled in his mother's arms. it's a painful time in gaza. it's excruciating for new mothers. four days ago, keifeia's baby girl was born. she was heavily pregnant when she was forced to flee her home. translation: i've had to run more than once, i walking under the constant threat of being bombed. i saw people's bodies being ripped apart. i faced extreme exhaustion and was scared for my baby's life. at hospital, i got no painkillers while giving birth. asma has walked with her three children for more than 15 miles. she's pregnant. this is refuge, in a hospital compound. "my children sleep on the sheet, i sleep on the ground," she says. "so many women suffered miscarriages due to the terrifying sound of the explosions. i was scared i'd lose my baby. sometimes, ifelt like i couldn't feel my baby move," she says. "i had to carry my child and our bags. my children have been exposed to such horrors. dead bodies, cars bombed, with people inside." this is what she now faces, along with hundreds of thousands. people who had homes and jobs, boys and girls who had a childhood, struggling for a few drops of water. yogita limaye, bbc news, jerusalem. let's bring you some breaking news we are getting from washington and this is with regards to the hostages being held by hamas in gaza. we know we reported earlier that families of those hostages are marching from tel aviv to jerusalem to the those hostages are marching from tel aviv tojerusalem to the prime minister's office to highlight the plight of those still being held by hamas. the last few minutes the us presidentjoe biden has said he believes a release of hostages being held by hamas is going to happen and his exact words in the white house were hang in there, we are coming. there is at the exact words of the us presidentjoe biden. he hasn't said in the white house that he believes a release of hostages being held by hamas is going to happen. —— held by hamas is going to happen. —— he has said. we are trying to get a little more information on that and we will get it to you as soon as it comes into us. let's bring you other news now. new evidence has emerged of an apparent financial link between the sanctioned former chelsea owner roman abramovich and russian president vladamir putin, something the oligarch has long denied. leaked documents analysed by bbc newsnight, bbc verify and the bureau of investigativejournalism appear to show how shell companies in cyprus were used to transfer the ownership of shares in a large business for well below what they were really worth. ben chu reports. the most famous russian oligarch in the west. oil tycoon and politician roman abramovich. a fixture in headlines for two decades thanks to his purchases of football clubs, yachts, art and property. but it all came crashing down for roman abramovich after vladimir putin invaded ukraine in february 2022. abramovich was sanctioned in march 2022 by the uk government and the eu council. the justification — that he had supported and profited from putin's regime. but abramovich has said that it's unfair that he had no financial connection to putin. so was this a case of rough justice? was the oligarch wronged? allegations of a financial as well as a political connection between roman abramovich and vladimir putin have swirled for years. but newsnight and the bureau of investigativejournalism have uncovered a paper trail of evidence which apparently shows it. the files were obtained by the international consortium of investigativejournalists as part of its cyprus confidential project. roman abramovich was the beneficiary of a trust which ultimately owned two cypriot—registered shell companies through a series of other shell companies. in 2003, these two companies acquired a 25% stake in russia's dominant tv advertising company, video international, for a mysteriously low price ofjust $260,000. in 2010, they sold these stakes in video international to two other cypriot shell companies for just $40 million, a price that appears to be below a reasonable assessment of their fair market value. the nominal beneficial owners of the shell companies have been identified as close financial associates of putin. so in a nutshell, what this paper trail suggests is that abramovich effectively transferred a large stake in a russian company to individuals close to putin for a price that appears to be below fair market value. i can see that brick by brick international investigative community is building a pretty solid tower of evidence connecting abramovich to putin. this is the sort of mechanism that we've seen on a number of occasions before to transfer value between individuals connected with the kremlin and the kremlin. so on the face of it, this would seem to be far from innocent. so how did we get this vital information, this confirmation of an apparent financial connection between roman abramovich and vladimir putin? it's because of a leak of documents from a firm here in cyprus called merit service, which had been looking after roman abramovich's global financial fortune. what you're actually seeing is an operation within europe, within europe, a sophisticated clandestine operation, at odds, completely at odds with western interests. despite attempts to contact abramovich for a comment, we did not get a response. the true relationship between the oligarch and the president comes into focus and raises uncomfortable questions about how it was facilitated and concealed for so long, and who it profited. ben chu, bbc news. let's bring you a further update now on the icelandic volcanic eruption which is feared could happen any minute, imminently. scientists have been looking at various impacts of earthquakes in the area around grindavik. this is where our camera is trained on now, this area apparently has magma rising beneath it and that could potentially end up erupting through the surface. we are getting a few more lines from our correspondent who is there, or at least she was there. she was also evacuated together with emergency officials. she said the area around grindavik was evacuated after sulphur dioxide was detected according to a government official, that triggered concern there may be an opening in the ground some work with magma possibly nearing the service. she goes on to say it was described as a security evacuation rather than an emergency evacuation. so speaking earlier on to a professor of volcanology, he was telling me they fear is the magma could end up seeping through the ground and effecting the immediate area around it. it could potentially cause some really, really serious damage if it does erupt in the way scientists fear it could do. that is the live picture at grindavik and i send and we are keeping across the story as a wits. —— grindavik in iceland. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. the bbc says it has received a total of five complaints about russell brand's behaviour from when he hosted radio shows between 2006 and 2008. two of the five complaints about the comedian were made in the last two months, since a review of his time at the bbc was launched. russell brand has previously denied any wrongdoing. new figures show uk wages outstripped inflation by the largest margin in two years, but the rate at which they're growing is starting to slow down. average earnings rose by 7.7% in the three months to september, compared with the same period a year ago. a bbc investigation has found a black market trade in delivery app accounts, that's allowing under—age teenagers to sign up as riders. the home office has urged deliveroo, just eat and uber eats to reform policies that let riders lend their accounts to others without any identity checks. deliveroo says it has a "zero tolerance approach" towards ineligible riders. you're live with bbc news. rishi sunak�*s new cabinet has met for the first time since yesterday's reshuffle, which saw suella braverman sacked as home secretary and david cameron return to front line politics. the former prime minister surprised westminster by agreeing to become foreign secretary, seven years after leaving downing street. let's speak now to noa hoffman — she's political correspondent at the sun. good to talk to you. what do we make of the cabinet today? i guess if nothing else it was kind of a deja vu feeling for some. nothing else it was kind of a de'a vu feeling for some.�* nothing else it was kind of a de'a vu feeling for some. yes, perhaps. it was a big — vu feeling for some. yes, perhaps. it was a big day _ vu feeling for some. yes, perhaps. it was a big day for _ vu feeling for some. yes, perhaps. it was a big day for rishi _ vu feeling for some. yes, perhaps. it was a big day for rishi sunak, i it was a big day for rishi sunak, the first live images of his new look cabinet that has really had a shift from the more right—wing populist side of the tory to the one nation side. to date nothing usually dramatic yet in terms of allies of the former home secretary suella braverman and ruin that big moment we saw at 9:30am where rishi sunak open the doors to cameras to that first government meeting, but it was a big moment to see david cameron sat back at the table in a capacity as foreign secretary. that is more to come in the next few days, but i think the big moment this morning was seeing those first few images. there has been a bit of disquiet from some parts of the conservative party about what rishi sunak is doing and the perception that he is isolating the rights of his party and isolating what some have described as voters who voted for the conservatives last time. yes. the conservatives last time. yes, this afternoon _ the conservatives last time. yes, this afternoon there _ the conservatives last time. yes, this afternoon there was - the conservatives last time. yes, this afternoon there was a - the conservatives last time. 133 this afternoon there was a letter from the new conservative group of mps, a lot of members of that group, members are about two dozen, who were elected in 2019 under boris johnson and their big fear with this new cabinet is it will abandon some of the ideals they believe in very strongly, whether that is trans— issues, stopping the boats, trying to bring taxes down, they worried theseissues to bring taxes down, they worried these issues they are really passionate about will be dragged under the carpet and there will be a much more centrist focus, so in this letter they released this afternoon, they want rishi sunak, do not abandon the red wall of voters who gave us a first chance at coming to power in order to do what they believe was a sort of tactical shift towards that the more centrist tories who perhaps live in so—called blue wall seats and take a more moderate approach on issues like immigration. so in the letter there was a very clear warning but within that letter they also said we are going to support you, we are going to support you in your endeavour to be prime minister, but do not take us for advantage because we will post for these populist issues we are passionate about. it is post for these populist issues we are passionate about.— are passionate about. it is really aood to are passionate about. it is really good to talk _ are passionate about. it is really good to talk to _ are passionate about. it is really good to talk to you, _ are passionate about. it is really good to talk to you, thank- are passionate about. it is really good to talk to you, thank you. | let's continue with this story and cross to our political correspondent at westminster.— cross to our political correspondent at westminster. yes, david cameron was all smiles _ at westminster. yes, david cameron was all smiles when _ at westminster. yes, david cameron was all smiles when he _ at westminster. yes, david cameron was all smiles when he attended - at westminster. yes, david cameron| was all smiles when he attended that cabinet meeting this morning. the first time not as prime minister, the first time in front line politics in seven years. rishi sunak outlining the importance of having a strong and united team. lots of conservatives happy with the return of david cameron, others less so, particularly on the right of the conservative party, also unhappy about the removal of suella braverman as home secretary. i'm joined by two backbench conservative mps who tear a group called the new conservatives and you have written a statement this afternoon, haven't you, raising some pretty strong concerns about the direction of travel? , , ., _ travel? yes, the first thing to say as this is not _ travel? yes, the first thing to say as this is not about _ travel? yes, the first thing to say as this is not about the _ as this is not about the personalities involved, we absolutely respect and support the pm and _ absolutely respect and support the pm and respect the individuals involved — pm and respect the individuals involved and wish them all the best and we _ involved and wish them all the best and we are — involved and wish them all the best and we are sure they will be competent and hard—working ministers, but we are concerned about_ ministers, but we are concerned about the — ministers, but we are concerned about the direction of travel that the reshuffle as a whole represent and we _ the reshuffle as a whole represent and we were elected in 2019 of the back of— and we were elected in 2019 of the back of a _ and we were elected in 2019 of the back of a very turbulent three years in politics— back of a very turbulent three years in politics where the british people very clearly showed in 2016 and again— very clearly showed in 2016 and again in— very clearly showed in 2016 and again in 2017 and again in 2019 that they wanted a new kind of politics, this realignment of classic small seed _ this realignment of classic small seed conservatives but also new seals _ seed conservatives but also new seals in — seed conservatives but also new seats in