to compete for funding, and some of you will lose out. absolutely. what does this mean, then, for people round here, people in this community? so, they will go without. last time we met pensioner linda, she told us she was limiting her heating to an hour a day and skipping meals, but her pension has recently gone up. so compared to a year ago, say, how would you say your finances are now? it's still level and balanced out, even with the pension, because the bills are just going up and up. and all the food, although it's gone up, with some ridiculous prices, it's not going to come down. everything that goes up doesn't come down. and we know there's going to be increases with the gas and the leccy and everything.

last time you and i chatted, linda, you said you were only having one meal a day and you were only putting the heating on for an hour. is that still the same? the heating's more or less the same, but i am eating a bit more. i've got to, with me health. i have lost weight. for steph, a single working mum with two kids, she's now working an extra day a week, but isn't feeling a financial benefit. how much is childcare now? it's £50 a day. and then, obviously, - because i'm a single mum, i have 15 hours free. so my 15 hours cover my monday and half of my tuesday. - so then i have to fund half- of tuesday and my full wednesday. so, despite working an extra day, because of the extra costs of childcare for that day, you're not really any better off, are you? no.

the money that i earn for that extra day covers my childcare. _ it also covers the cost of living, the rise in food costs, - and it covers a rent increase. the government's announced that from september 2025, working parents of children aged nine months and over will be entitled to 30 hours of free childcare per week, until their kids start school. whenever they decide i they want to bring it in, our children are going to be already in school. _ and times are hard now, so for me, work's my only option. _ but right now, it's hard for me to go, "well, actually, - i want to go back full time," because i cannot afford - the childcare right now. so if they would have brought the 30 hours in now, - then i would have been happy to pay the extra day, so i could _ have a full week in work. in a recent poll by yougov, when asked what the most important issue facing the country was, 55% of respondents said the economy

— a higher percentage than any other issue. so despite heightened tensions in the middle east, a continuing war in europe and major decisions here today on immigration policy, still the biggest issue for voters is, do they feel any better off? and that's how many will judge our politicians, ahead of the next general election. that's it from us — goodnight.

but if hamas was in al—shifa, which it denies, its fighters have had weeks to make a getaway. we can't confirm what was found in the hospital. only the israeli army was there. al—shifa, the most fragile are at risk. premature babies relying on each other for warmth. doctors tell us six have already died in a hospital that has become a battleground. lives are hanging in the balance. orla guerin, bbc news, jerusalem. live now to chicago, from where we're joined by the israel and palestine director for human rights watch, omar shakir. pleasure to talk to you. what does the security council resolution mean for the situation in gaza right now?

it's a significant decision, the security council is exactly the forum for these major questions for the protections of civilians, armed conflict should be held, the united states has in effect paralysed this through using to shield the israeli government from any sort of scrutiny or basic measures to adhere to international law. this decision should be assigned to the israeli government that the closest allies have great concern with the situation on the ground as now we enter six weeks with the civilian population having no access to electricity, water, limited access to aid, medicine, food and with the bodies piling up thousands of palestinian civilians have, and hundreds of israeli killed on october seven, international and humanitarian law is nonnegotiable. civilians must be protected, atrocities must be stopped. the

israeli government says that it needs to defend itself. the us, the uk and rush or abstain from this role. ~ ., ., , ., uk and rush or abstain from this role. ., ., , ., ., role. what does that tell you? what it tells me is — role. what does that tell you? what it tells me is if — role. what does that tell you? what it tells me is if you _ role. what does that tell you? what it tells me is if you look _ role. what does that tell you? what it tells me is if you look at the - it tells me is if you look at the united states statement they clearly agree with many of the key provisions of this resolution, including on the urgency for parties to adhere to international humanitarian law. for palestinian groups to release israeli hostages and unlawful air strikes to come to and unlawful air strikes to come to an end. the reality is this is a legally binding resolution and it's important that the united states and the security council follow—up to ensure that its provisions are followed, including that israel flicks the switch to turn electricity back on, turns the faucet onto water, allows aid in and stops its unlawful air strikes for the hospitals, schools, un facilities and camps have turned

large parts of neighbourhoods to rubble. it's killed more than for thousand 500 kids reportedly. very serious abuses that can be stopped, it's a mandate crisis and i hope the security council resolution and the fact that the united states, the uk abstained as opposed to the us using its veto is a signal that the world leaders are finally willing to take action to prevent further mass atrocities. action to prevent further mass atrocities-_ action to prevent further mass atrocities. ., ~ , ., , . in the uk, the opposition labour leader sir keir starmer has suffered a major rebellion over his stance on the israel—gaza war with 56 of his mps — more than a quarter voting for an immediate ceasefire. ten mps, including eight shadow ministers, either resigned or were sacked from the shadow front bench to vote for the motion to that effect. in a statement reacting

to the rebellion, sir keir said he regretted some colleagues felt unable to support the party postion but "leadership is about doing the right thing." naz shah is among mps who resigned. i'm really, really clear of everything that has been presented to me and the facts from the ngos, people on the ground and watching what is happening, a child dying every ten minutes. since those votes we've had more children dying. as one of my colleagues put it, if we'd of voted for this yesterday and stopped and had a cease—fire yesterday we would've had a for children wouldn't have died. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. bbc news — bringing you different stories from across the uk. it's an investment which some hope will transform this part of whitby. this 2.3 million, i think, could change the way that people use the bridge, certainly how they use the areas around it.

these ideas and drawings have already been put forward by the council with pedestrianised walkways aiming to make this part of whitby feel more connected. as yet, though, nothing has been agreed with, members of the public now being asked to give their ideas as to how the money should be spent. a general tidying up of the the harbour side and the coastal frontage areas. to make the bridge a bit safer for people to cross and for pedestrians to cross over safely with children and dogs. i'd have at least a dozen more sculptures. the improvement work could start next year. a future that could now be shaped by those that live here. for more stories from across the uk, head to the bbc news website. you're live with bbc news. let me bring you the latest lines from san francisco and the meeting between presidents biden and xi.

mr biden says �*real progress' has been made in his talks with his chinese counterpart. no more details at the moment. xijinping has called on china and the united states to find the right way to get along with each other. we will bring you more as soon as we get it. we will bring you more as soon as we get it. the uk prime minister rishi sunak says he will press ahead with plans to send asylum seekers to rwanda despite the policy being ruled unlawful by the supreme court. mr sunak said emergency legislation would be brought in to confirm that "rwanda is safe", and to try and stop a stream of legal challenges blocking the policy. he added he is committed to stop the small boats which bring tens of thousands of migrants across the channel every year. this report from our political editor chris mason. the geography of power — parliament in the background this morning, the supreme court in focus.

refugees cannot be returned to their countries of origin if their life and freedom would be threatened. it's known as the principal of non—refoulement, and at precisely ten o'clock this morning, it proved crucial. the legal test which has to be applied in this case is whether there are substantial grounds for believing that asylum seekers sent to rwanda would be at real risk of refoulement. in the light of the evidence which i have summarised, the court of appeal concluded that there were such grounds. we are unanimously of the view that they were entitled to reach that conclusion. the home secretary's appeal is therefore dismissed. the language of the courtroom can occasionally be barely

we have been working on a new international treaty with rolando. this will provide a guarantee in law that those relocated to rwanda will be protected against removal from rolando. edit will make clear that we will bring back anyone if ordered to do so via court. her we will finalise the treaty in light of today's judgment and ratify it without delay. i am also announcing today that we will take the extraordinary step of introducing emergency legislation. this will enable parliament to confirm that with our new treaty, rwanda is safe. he added he was willing to confront the european court of human rights. i will not allow a foreign court to block these flights. if the strasbourg court chooses to intervene against the express wishes of parliament, i am prepared to do what is necessary to get flights off. labour are scathing, but face tough questions themselves.

he was warned many times about the problems and yet he still pushed ahead, still made it the central part of his plan. clearly dealing with this is difficult and would be difficult for you if you were in government. what in precise terms would you do? we need a major plan to go after the criminal gangs who have been allowed to take hold along the channel. they are undermining our border security. clear skies at westminster today, but there was a sulphurous mood among some conservative mps while they waited to hear from rishi sunak. delivering the policy of stopping the boats is a confidence issue of the boats is a confidence issue of the british people in this government. a confidence issue for my voters and me by extension therefore it is a confidence issue for me and the prime minister. find for me and the prime minister. and so len for me and the prime minister. and so plenty of — for me and the prime minister. and so plenty of questions for the prime minister. you gave your home secretary that he fell on monday put up secretary that he fell on monday put up the courts of shredded your rwanda plan today, it's a total

shambles, isn't it? we returned 20,000 people. _ shambles, isn't it? we returned 20,000 people, we've - shambles, isn't it? we returned 20,000 people, we've made i shambles, isn't it? we returned - 20,000 people, we've made thousands of arrest. that shows that when i said stop the boat injanuary we're delivering. said stop the boat in january we're deliverinu. , ., ., delivering. refugee rights are human riahts! rishi delivering. refugee rights are human rights! rishi sunak— delivering. refugee rights are human rights! rishi sunak is _ delivering. refugee rights are human rights! rishi sunak is still— delivering. refugee rights are human rights! rishi sunak is still hoping - rights! rishi sunak is still hoping to net rights! rishi sunak is still hoping to get migrants _ rights! rishi sunak is still hoping to get migrants on _ rights! rishi sunak is still hoping to get migrants on planes - rights! rishi sunak is still hoping to get migrants on planes to - rights! rishi sunak is still hoping - to get migrants on planes to rwanda by the spring. tonight that looks like a very big ask. diamonds may be forever, but not when it comes to imports from russia into the european union. the european commission has proposed extending to diamonds a series of sanctions imposed on russia since its invasion of ukraine. the move is part of the eu's round of measures against moscow,

due to come into effect injanuary. russia is the biggest producer of rough diamonds, cut from hundreds of mines beneath the siberian permafrost. just time to tell you that the hosts of the cricket world cup, india, have beaten new zealand to reach the final of the tournament. india's virat kohli scored his fiftieth century in one day international cricket during the match, surpassing the record previously held by sachin tendulkar. australia and south africa meet in the second semifinal in kolkata on thursday with the final on sunday in ahmedabad. that's all for now — stay with bbc news. we will have more on that historic meeting between presidentjoe biden and xijinping. you could buy more on that on our website. there is a live page running there. do stay with bbc news.

hello. thursday will bring us a day of contrast across the uk. in the south we're going to be feeling the impact of storm frederico, which is mainly down across france, bringing strong winds but still producing some wet and windy weather generally towards the south. brightest conditions across the north and north—east of the uk. but we're going to see some fog patches clearing to sunny spells later on. so we've got this area of low pressure moving across france. that's a storm frederico and another weather front moving in to the west as well. but really windy conditions for the isles of scilly, the channels isles. gusts could reach in excess of 50 miles per hour. some really heavy rain through the likes of the isle of wight towards sussex, stretching up towards pembrokeshire for instance, as well through the morning. to the north of that, most places predominantly dry. there'll be some heavy showers just working in around the east coast of england, perhaps eastern scotland and later on some rain working into northern ireland from the west. but elsewhere, some sunshine just breaking holes in the cloud and lifting gradually that morning mist and fog. but it could linger all day for some of the sheltered glens of scotland.

so pretty chilly there. generally looking at temperatures about 6 to 12 degrees. through thursday evening and overnight, this weatherfront in the west starts to edge its way eastwards, tending to peter out as it does so. so still a few showers moving in from the west, but some clear spells as we move through into friday morning. and it's going to be fairly chilly. in fact, we could see temperatures below freezing once again in the sheltered scottish glens. heading through friday, though, a small ridge of high pressure for a while tries to nudge in. so that will bring us a window of drier and brighter weather, too. not completely dry. there'll be one or two showers perhaps around western parts of england, scotland and wales as well. further east, you're more likely to stay dry, i think on friday. cloud and rain moving into the far south—west later in the day. pretty chilly ahead of that, only about 5 to 12 degrees. and again, some mist and some fog possible. but head on into saturday and this area of low pressure moves in from the atlantic — a lot of isobars on that system — showing us that we're going to have a blustery day with some fairly heavy showers rotating around that area of low pressure. so i think nowhere immune to showers, probably drying up a little bit in the south later

on in the day. but sticking with the heavy potentially thundery showers, but it's going to be milder — temperatures around about 9 to 15 degrees. sunday, again, we've got the air from a milder direction. so not as cold saturday night into sunday. sunny spells, some heavy showers, could be the odd thunderstorm. temperatures around 10 to ia. bye— bye.

this is bbc news. we'll have the headlines for you at the top of the hour as newsday continues straight after hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. theoretical physicists are on a never—ending quest to better understand the universe and how it works. from albert einstein to stephen hawking, the knowledge base has expanded, but still, we humans are very far from that holy grail, a theory of everything. my guest today, carlo rovelli, is one of the world's best—known physicists. in his youth, he was a revolutionary. now he lobs metaphorical grenades at the scientific status quo. how much do his remarkable ideas matter to you and me?