an hour at the site, and reported evidence of shelling and gunfire, and say there is a mass grave at the entrance. the israeli military has surrounded and occupied the hospital for days; last week, they claimed they'd found a hamas �*command and control centre�* beneath it. that's been denied by hamas, which is designated a terrorist organisation by many western governments. on saturday, hundreds of people — including some patients — left the hospital on foot, making their way through israeli armoured vehicles. 25 health workers and about 300 critically—ill patients remain at al shifa. among them are 32 babies in critical condition. the who says it's now drawing up plans for their evacuation. meanwhile, the hamas—run health authority, says at least 80 people have been killed in two israeli strikes on the jabaliya refugee camp. they say one hit a un—run school that was being used as a shelter. the prime minister of qatar has said the challenges of reaching a deal on releasing some of the hostages held in gaza are now very minor. his comments came after the washington post newspaper said that israel, hamas and the united states were close to an agreement on the release of women and children seized from israel on october 7th. in return, israel would pause its offensive in gaza for five days. the white house says no such deal has yet been reached. this report from our correspondent mark lowen contains images which some may find distressing. the echoes of history are beating loud here for the palestinians last fled in such numbers 75 years ago when israel was created. and now, once again, hundreds of thousands are on the move. these crowds fleeing al—shifa hospital saying israeli troops ordered them out. israel insists the hospital asked for their evacuation. they take what they can, not knowing if they'll be back. dr ramez radwan from al—shifa says the israelis warned them to leave with horrors left behind. "the wounded are in very bad conditions there", he says. "with a lack of staff and medicine, bacteria are growing in the wounds. it's a miserable situation." for some, fleeing takes time, even if the bombing was all around them. majed was a patient at al—shifa, no longer a place of healing, but the world health organization says a death zone. translation: i was next to my house door and they bombed _ the place next to us. so i got injured. me and my cousins. and my other cousin died. at al—shifa hospital there is no food and no drink. we get shot at. they enter whenever they want and leave whenever they want. gunfire. and in gaza city, the battles still flare. this footage released by the israelis show them in active firefight, one of the middle east's most powerful armies held back by a force far inferior in numbers, but still capable of resistance. israelis too have been on the move but in protest, calling for their government to prioritise the release of the hostages. almost 240 still in hamas captivity. they walked from tel aviv to jerusalem. her and her nation's trauma deepening with every step. today is my husband's birthday. he's 63. and his mother is kidnapped. she is 85—years—old we are not with her. and we are marching. we are marching tojerusalem to... to bring people back, to shout, to shout and to say that she must be here back with all the kidnapped. we don't have time. we don't have one hour more. we don't know if she is alive. benjamin netanyahu is under immense pressure at home and from abroad, but he's still standing firm on calls for a pause in the fighting. and amidst reports that a hostage release deal is being drawn up, he's dampening expectations. they pressured us to agree to a full cease fire. we refused, and i conveyed we will only agree to a temporary cease fire and only in exchange for the return of our hostages. but for how long can this continue? twin israeli strikes around the jabalia refugee camp in northern gaza on saturday are reported to have killed at least 80, including 32 members of the same family. a nightmare scene on constant loop — for gazans, it's there every day. live now tojerusalem and our correspondent there mark lowen. this may seem like a glimmer of hope in terms of the hostage situation but why is there a difference of tone between for the us and the israeli prime minister are suggesting and what officials in qatar or suggesting? suggesting and what officials in qatar orsuggesting? i suggesting and what officials in qatar or suggesting?— suggesting and what officials in qatar or suggesting? i think the us and israel are _ qatar or suggesting? i think the us and israel are dry _ qatar or suggesting? i think the us and israel are dry to _ qatar or suggesting? i think the us and israel are dry to hold _ and israel are dry to hold expectations before it is announced because we have been here several times in the past few days and even a couple of weeks when we thought we were nearing some kind of deal, the outline of which had been leaked but actually there and it was scuppered at the end and often actually scuppered by an israeli cabinet, the right—wing of which we understand was opposed to a lengthy humanitarian pause for a cessation of violence. but now it appears according to the qatar foreign minister he says the sticking points at this stage are more practical and logistical, not representing because of the deal so it appears there is a deal taking shape now which potentially 50 hostages will be released, a similar number of palestinian women and children will be released from prison here in israel and there will be a cessation of violence but as ever it is delicate, both sides are putting conditions into video and we are not there until everything is sorted. whenever there is any update on the situation around negotiations of course that does not necessarily reflect what is happening on the ground. just give us an update on what we are seeing because as many un spokespeople have said and other aid agencies, there is a feeling that nowhere in gas is safe for civilians at the moment? that's certainly what _ civilians at the moment? that's certainly what people _ civilians at the moment? that's certainly what people will- civilians at the moment? that's certainly what people will feel l civilians at the moment? that'sl certainly what people will feel in southern gaza at the moment because even though they fled to the south, basically being told and understanding that it was safer than the north, and now the israeli military operation has it appears or is in the process of being extended to the south, there have been bombings around the south and the israelis are saying there is one area, just 14 square kilometres which is not the same song but aid agencies saying you cannot have 1.5 million people crowding into such a tiny area, it is not practical. one of the development to bring you today, in the last hour or so, is that the premature babies that you referred to in your introduction, we have been told from the palestinian red crescent that they have been evacuated from al—shifa hospital, you remember the heartbreaking photos of the babies without their incubators because there was no fuel at the hospital. we understand they have been moved close to rafah, probably to be moved out of egypt if it is next to rafah but that was a delicate operation given the continuing military operations but thatis continuing military operations but that is a tiny glimmer of hope, so many have already died but these are babies born into a war they do not understand at the moment and that will be a tiny bit of soreness in the extreme darkness we are seeing. such a positive development there and thank you for bringing us that update. qatar's prime minister, mohammed bin abdulrahman al—thanisaid and the eu's foreign policy chief earlier addressed the media in doha after meeting to discuss the war on gaza and a deal to release hostages. it's not really about a specific thing that i can comment yes or no about it. the challenges that remain in the negotiations are very minor compared to the bigger challenges. they are more logistical, they are more practical, and i believe that with the willingness of both parties to engage and to have this deal moving, we can reach a deal. we have been focused in the past four or five weeks now in these negotiations, we have tried every way, all possible ways, in order to ensure that civilians are released. and we treat all human beings all the same. civilians are civilians, whether they are from the israeli side or the palestinian side. as we mentioned in several occasions, ourfocus is to make sure that the release is happening safely and there are also the humanitarian issues of the gaza strip to be addressed in that deal. i'm joined now by our middle east analyst sebastian usher. we have been hearing that expectations have been dampened down by the us and by the israeli governments. but a very different approach from the qatari officials who are mediating? i approach from the qatari officials who are mediating?— who are mediating? i think we've seen this throughout _ who are mediating? i think we've seen this throughout that - who are mediating? i think we've seen this throughout that qatar l who are mediating? i think we've i seen this throughout that qatar has talked up the chances are though to be fair he was not saying this was about to happen immediately, he essentially was saying that the issueis essentially was saying that the issue is now are minor compared to theissues issue is now are minor compared to the issues faced before, they are logistical and practical in this kind of transaction which is so delicate and sensitive in so many ways, those supposedly minor issues can be big issues and is marking lowen said, the israeli government is quite low, parts of it, to do any deal at all as things stand on any kind of ceasefire until they see a large number of hostages released. what we expect and what we have been hearing from the washington post article overnight but also several days ago from the reuters news agency is that there is a deal for around 50 hostages, women and children and civilians being held, possibly in batches over several days. originally it was talked about a three—day ceasefire, now they are talking five days, what was being leaked from the talks between the us and hamas and israel, qatar very much involved, was that hamas was demanding the release of a number of women and children who had been held by israel. that does not seem to feature at the moment. it’s by israel. that does not seem to feature at the moment. it's been an auaonisin feature at the moment. it's been an agonising wait _ feature at the moment. it's been an agonising wait for _ feature at the moment. it's been an agonising wait for the _ feature at the moment. it's been an agonising wait for the firmness - feature at the moment. it's been an agonising wait for the firmness of i agonising wait for the firmness of the hostages house bricks have by so how much is the pressure that they are applying on the israeli government playing a part on this? i think the pressure is growing, as you said and over the past week, a five day march from tel aviv to jerusalem, culminating last night, the family sub israeli hostages who were joined the family sub israeli hostages who werejoined by the family sub israeli hostages who were joined by of others, around 20,000 people, were outside jerusalem, the residents of benjamin netanyahu injerusalem last night and they were basically saying, one of them said we the walk to garzo ourselves to bring our people back. they feel and i think they had expressed that the government does not prioritise the hostages as much as they would like this is obviously as they would like this is obviously a major humanitarian dilemma that the government is facing and politically, benjamin netanyahu politically, benjamin neta nyahu wants politically, benjamin netanyahu wants to succeed is with the aims he set himself at the military offensive, believing a ceasefire will not achieve that, the israelis are essentially saying if there is a lengthy ceasefire, it will give hamas a chance to regret and retain some kind of status, some kind of position in gaza but that incredibly emotional appeal by the families has grown and it has been even more enhanced by the fact there were two bodies repatriate to israel of two hostages found in the complex of al—shifa in gaza city a couple of days ago. one of them was 819—year—old female israeli soldier, big funeralfor her and 819—year—old female israeli soldier, big funeral for her and all of this is building more pressure on the israeli government, adding to the general pressure internationally from its allies to do more for the hostages or to at least be seen to be more concerned about what happens to them and on the other side, reining in the offensive. sebastien, thank ou. here in the uk, rishi sunak and the chancellorjeremy hunt are finalising their plans for the autumn statement on wednesday, which updates parliament on the economy and government finances. there's speculation that they are considering cuts to income tax or national insurance. mr hunt insisted he would only reduce taxes in a �*responsible' way which would not fuel inflation, as our political correspondent hannah miller explained. we're very much in the season of autumn statement speculation now, aren't we? it's just a few days away and lots of potential policies being floated in the papers. jeremy hunt, the chancellor, refused to comment specifically on any tax cuts, but it does come in the context of inflation falling to 4.6%. so prices still going up, but not quite as quickly as they were. in that context, he said he would only bring down taxes in a responsible way. he doesn't want to fuel inflation. he was pushed specifically on that around income tax. let's just have a listen. let me say this about bringing down taxes. i will only do so in a responsible way. i'm not going to sacrifice the progress we've made bringing down inflation, because inflation is also a tax. it eats away at your earning power. it means that your money doesn't go as far as it used to go. so let's translate that. you saying you don't want to do anything that could fuel — see inflation taking off again. translate that — it means no income tax cuts this week. well, you'll have to wait. and you're very experienced, laura, you know, i'm not going to give you any indication of my actual measures. but i also know that you used to say, "i won't cut income tax because it might fuel inflation." if you're saying today, "i'm not going to do anything to fuel inflation", our viewers can hear you pretty clearly hinting that means no income tax cut. well, what i can tell you is the approach i will take on tax, which is that we will be responsible. well, the chancellor also refused to comment on how much certain benefits will go up by. typically, they would go up by the september inflation rate, which was 6.7%. but because inflation is coming down, there's now speculation he might choose to put them up by a slightly lower rate in order to save money. that was then put to the shadow chancellor, labour's rachel reeves, and she was very decisive about what she thinks should happen. in government, i will use the inflation rate that is traditional, the september inflation, to uprate benefits and that's something that i would do. so whatever happens, you would always commit to using the september...? i think that's the right thing to do. if you pick and choose from year to year, which inflation number is the cheapest thing to do, then what you see is the gradual erosion of people's incomes. and, you know, half of the people who are claiming universal credit, around half of those people are also in work. and this is to top up low pay and insecure work, and i don't think the government should just pick and choose for them. they have a responsibility to ensure that everybody can afford, in a civilised country, to put food on the table, to pay their rent and pay their gas and electricity bills. and sadly for too many people, after 13 years of conservative government, they are worse off. i think it's fair to say, listening to both those interviews this morning, the conversation has really shifted in the uk from where it was just a few months ago towards this conversation about possible tax cuts. but exactly what form they will take or indeed when they will come into place, whether this could be something that we find the government talking about, an aspiration perhaps rather than an immediate change, to get those kind of details, we are clearly going to have to wait until the autumn statement on wednesday. voting is under way in the second round of argentina's presidential elections. the poll has been dominated by an escalating economic crisis, with inflation running at more than 140%. polls suggest it will be a tight race between the left—wing economy minister, sergio massa, and a far—right outsider, javier milei. mr massa won the first round with 36.7%, ahead of mr milei with 30%. this is one of the polling stations, the polls opened an hour and 20 minutes ago. live now to natalio cosoy — an argentian journalist who is at one of the polling stations. thank you forjoining us. very clearly it seems the issue that is likely to dominate voters when they cast their ballot is the economy? indeed, the argentina economy a sense severe crisis and its been like this for months and months and some people, the inflation is above 140% some people, the inflation is above 1a0% annually, more than 40% of people living in poverty and these are the main issues informing voters to decide who they prefer but that is not the only key issues. security is not the only key issues. security is another big issue and there are other democratic principles that are being discussed in argentina, currently mainly because of the possession of milei and his partners regarding democracy and the relationship to democracy and how they see the institutions of argentina. remember he says he wants to close the central bank, review the law that allows women to have abortions, so all these discussions around certain liberties and rights might make some people decide there is one or the other side. it is a very polarised election. mr massa is more of a centre person but in a more of a centre person but in a more left wing government currently, and as a minister of the economy he is seen as a continuity candidate for some in the government, some others see milei as a risky bet because he has not got experience, he has not got experience running the country or any municipality or a province in argentina and that means huge questions to us, how able he will be to govern the country if he wins the election.— will be to govern the country if he wins the election. based on what you have 'ust wins the election. based on what you have just said. _ wins the election. based on what you have just said, wasn't _ wins the election. based on what you have just said, wasn't much - wins the election. based on what you have just said, wasn't much of- wins the election. based on what you have just said, wasn't much of shock| have just said, wasn't much of shock when mr milei got 30% in the first round, how was that received in argentina?— round, how was that received in araentina? , , ~ .,, argentina? the bigger shock was in the primaries _ argentina? the bigger shock was in the primaries in _ argentina? the bigger shock was in the primaries in august _ argentina? the bigger shock was in the primaries in august when - argentina? the bigger shock was in the primaries in august when milei| the primaries in august when milei ended up on top of the entire lot, defeating all the other parties. his first public position was in 21 as a deputy in parliament in argentina, he