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voice—over: live from london, this is bbc news. a temporary ceasefire in gaza that has lasted seven days, has expired. it comes as israel says it has intercepted a rocket launched from gaza. these are life pictures coming from the region #. also on the programme: world leaders gather to discuss tackling climate change at a un summit in dubai. we're live in dubai as officials gather for the c0 p28 summit. setting out their latest covid pledges. _ the covid—19 inquiry continues, as former health secretary matt hancock admits the uk should have locked down earlier.
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hello, i'm tadhg enright. welcome to abc news. a temporary truce between israel and hamas in gaza, that's lasted seven days, is due to expire about now. the truce was set to expire at 07:00 local time — that is five o'clock here in london — and it is unclear if it will be extended again. also in the latest developments, israel says a rocket fired from gaza has been intercepted, about an hour before a truce with hamas was due to expire. there was no immediate comment from hamas or claim of responsibility for the launch. on thursday, the seventh day of the ceasefire, the israeli prime minister's office said six more israeli hostages held in gaza were now back in israel. two others were released by hamas earlier the same day. also on thursday, israel
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said it released thirty more palestinians from israeli jails. the us secretary of state antony blinken — who's on a visit to the region and had been working to extend the truce — warned that israel must take effective steps to ensure the protection of civilians in gaza, before it restarts its military operations there. mr blinken told reporters that damage to hospitals, power stations and water supplies seen in the north of gaza should not be repeated in the south. a ten hourfrom our senior international correspondent falls to a long—awaited reunion. a hostage back in her mother's arms. mia schem, who is 21, welcomed home by herfamily. safe at last. here she was before her ordeal.
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her mother, keren, spoke to us recently about the agonising wait to get her home. ijust want her back now, you know. 0ur life will never be the same. but we will be all right. the minute she will be here, we will be fine. there is uncertainty still over the fate of the youngest hostage, kfir bibas, just ten months old. he was kidnapped with his brother, ariel, and mother. hamas claims all three were killed by israeli bombing. their father yarden repeated that claim in a video issued by hamas tonight. we aren't showing it as he's clearly under duress and still a hostage. around 140 others remain captive in gaza.
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israel has made it clear that when the release of hostages comes to an end, it intends to return to war in gaza with full force. the army says it's ready for the next phase. this time, the fight will be in the south of gaza, which is already densely packed with those who had to flee the bombing in the north. america is telling israel that the next phase can't look like the last one, which reduced parts of gaza to a wasteland and killed more than 14,000 people, palestinians say. back in israel, a shooting spree in rush hour today. two palestinian gunmen targeted crowds at a bus stop at the entrance to jerusalem. they killed three people before being shot dead themselves. once again, israel on edge after a deadly attack by hamas. 0rla guerin,
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bbc news, tel aviv. live now to our correspondent, hugo bachega injerusalem. they had been conflicting reports, some hope that a deal could be close but no confirmed news at this point. the deadline has expired. what is the latest from what you are hearing? i the latest from what you are hearin: ? ~ , the latest from what you are hearin: ? ~' , ., , hearing? i think they have been intense negotiations _ hearing? i think they have been intense negotiations to - hearing? i think they have been intense negotiations to try - hearing? i think they have been intense negotiations to try to i intense negotiations to try to reach an extension to the steel. it is a little bit after seven o'clock in the morning here. the deal has expired. this temporary ceasefire in gaza has expired. neither side has announced an extension to the steel. we could be seeing a resumption of the israeli offensive against hamas in gaza. about an hour ago the
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israeli army said that it had intercepted a rocket launched from gaza. it was the first such incidents since the beginning of the ceasefire last friday. i think it shows how volatile the situation is in the gaza strip. just minutes ago, the israeli army said that sirens had sounded in israeli regions near the gaza strip again, warning of possibility of rockets being fired and of these regions being targeted. again, the ceasefire has now expired and there has not been any official announcement confirming that a deal has been reached to extend this fragile truce. they have been a number of hostages being released by hamas in gaza and also dozens of palestinian prisoner society's from israeli jails. what you make of the
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intervention by antony blinken, us secretary of state, who is in the region trying to achieve an extension in the truce. effectively some analysts have said setting down rules for israel and how it continues with fighting, infighting is to continue. saying israel has want of the most sophisticated militaries in the world and that as he sees that they are capable of neutralising hamas while minimising harm to innocent civilians.- while minimising harm to innocent civilians. the israeli prime minister _ innocent civilians. the israeli prime minister has _ innocent civilians. the israeli prime minister has been - innocent civilians. the israeli i prime minister has been saying that the war is not over and that the war is not over and that the war is not over and that the israeli offensive against hamas is going to resume once the truce expires. we could be seeing the resumption of these hostilities of the war at any moment now really because the israeli officials have been saying that they have been preparing for this moment. i think what the americans have been saying and us secretary of state antony
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blinken had a very clear message that when the israeli army resumes its offensive in gaza the result in the southern part of the strip cannot be a repetition of what happened in northern gaza. we are talking about widespread destruction and entire neighbourhoods completely destroyed and obviously the human impact of this war, the palestinians dollar palestinian authority say that that more than 40,000 people have been killed as a result of these attacks by the israeli military, we see now a huge humanitarian crisis with hundreds of thousands of people displaced from their homes and we are talking about shortages of water, of medicine, of food and aid agency saying that it is extremely difficult to reach those people who the most. what antony blinken was trying to say was the israelis cannot
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repeat the same kind of strategy that they applied in the northern part of the gaza strip and southern gaza. so, i think that was perhaps a message he was trying to send with perhaps the inevitability of the continuation of the israeli army — of the israeli war against hamas in gaza. thank you very much. next, the story of a palestinian mother, based in west london, who's lost more than 40 members of herfamily in gaza to a bomb strike during the night. she has now flown to the middle east in a desperate attempt to bring back the surviving children to london. meghan 0wen has this report desperately clinging to any contact with her surviving family, she works in west london as a caterer. she is from gaza and had over 50 family members there but flew straight to egypt after the
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news that over 40 of them were killed by bombing overnight. translation: my daughter came to my room and turned on the light. she said, mum, auntie's house has been bombed. i could not understand the news and started screaming. my daughter and husband tried to calm me down and i was asking all of them? all of them?- down and i was asking all of them? all of them? when the war started her — them? all of them? when the war started her family _ them? all of them? when the war started her family were _ them? all of them? when the war started her family were among - started her family were among the first to flee to a safer location, living together in her sister's ohman central gaza. this is the house before and the strike. translation: 42 of my close _ and the strike. translation: 42 of my close family, _ and the strike. translation: 42 of my close family, including - of my close family, including my parents, my brothers and sisters, with their children and grandchildren — all of
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them, when they were peacefully asleep suddenly gone. fix, them, when they were peacefully asleep suddenly gone.— asleep suddenly gone. a few relatives survived _ asleep suddenly gone. a few relatives survived including l relatives survived including her young nieces and nephew. among her grief she is focused on saving them. translation: my sister-imm— on saving them. translation: my sister-in-law survived. _ on saving them. translation: my sister-in-law survived. the - sister—in—law survived. the oldest boy is 12, the middle girl is ten. the youngest girl is seven. girl is ten. the youngest girl is seven-— is seven. she is a british resident _ is seven. she is a british resident and _ is seven. she is a british resident and is - is seven. she is a british resident and is trying - is seven. she is a british resident and is trying to | is seven. she is a british - resident and is trying to bring family over to the uk. translation: in london, i contacted a lawyer and told him the full story. we tried to put in a request to the british government but they do not have foreign passport. so they cannot come out. if anyone could help them get out of gaza that would be great.— that would be great. through the efforts — that would be great. through the efforts to _ that would be great. through the efforts to save _ that would be great. through the efforts to save her- that would be great. through | the efforts to save her family, she waits desperately to return
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home. �* ,, �* she waits desperately to return home. �* ,, ~ ., ., home. translation: i also want to no to home. translation: i also want to go to gaza _ home. translation: i also want to go to gaza once _ home. translation: i also want to go to gaza once the _ home. translation: i also want to go to gaza once the war- to go to gaza once the war ends, even for a couple of days, to see where my family is buried. where other graves? to give them a last hug. it's day two of the cop28 climate summit in dubai. in the last hour, we've seen world leaders starting to arrive, including the un secretary—general, antonio guterres, and the uae president sheikh mohammed bin zayed al nahyan. rishi sunak is also attending. the opening address will be given by king charles. he's expected to tell world leaders that the he hopes the meeting will be a "critical turning point "towards genuine, transformational action." day one has brought a surprise breakthrough, with leaders agreeing to launch a fund to pay for damage from climate—drive storms
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and drought — something poorer nations have been fighting for, for three decades. my colleague carl nasman is in dubai for us. that's right — that breakthrough a day when seeming to give a bit of momentum here on day two. not a surprise but definitely something that was well received by many people here, including developing nations, who like you said have been fighting for that loss of damage fund as it has been caught for many years. on day two we are seeing world leaders arriving and this is a chance for many of them to start to set out some of the latest climate chip dummett pledges. wanted the big tasks here at cop 28 is the global stock tape and this is a report card of past emissions, reductions, climate action on the part of every single nation, and then a chance to lay out new ones and as many would hope more aggressive plans to cut those omission. in the meantime many
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different events taking place on the sidelines — a lot of focus on healthy at cop 28 and joining me right now is marina roman hello the executive director of the lancet countdown which tracks progress on health and climate change. thank you for being here. you recently released eighth annual report on health and climate change. what was the finding and that that surprised you the most? ~ ., , , ., and that that surprised you the most? ~ .,, i. , most? well, as you is the ei . hth most? well, as you is the eighth report _ most? well, as you is the eighth report and - most? well, as you is the eighth report and the - most? well, as you is the - eighth report and the product of 104 team research is globally and we have been doing this through eight consecutive years. what we saying that every year the health impacts of climate change are getting worse but this year in particular one of the key findings is that it is not only the impact we are seeing today at 1.4 14 degrees but with new projections even at two degrees — if managed to keep temperature less than two degrees — we would already be seeing the of climate change grow in everyone of the
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dimensions where monitoring. one of the key targets at this conference is aiming for is to keep it to 1.5 but two could be on the cards?— keep it to 1.5 but two could be on the cards? two degrees could be cuite on the cards? two degrees could be quite dangerous _ on the cards? two degrees could be quite dangerous even - on the cards? two degrees could be quite dangerous even so - be quite dangerous even so that's why we're saying you have to pursue efforts to really commit to 1.5 degrees. not only adapt to the 1—.40 degrees because the impacts are happening today all around the world but two degrees would already be so dangerous for so many community so we have to pursue all efforts to keep global mean temperature to 1.5 degrees and that is what is being negotiated here. looking at the world — being negotiated here. looking at the world at _ being negotiated here. looking at the world at two _ being negotiated here. looking at the world at two celsius - at the world at two celsius warming, how would that impact people's health? we warming, how would that impact people's health?— people's health? we are looking at about 37094. _ people's health? we are looking at about 370% increase - people's health? we are looking at about 370% increase in - people's health? we are looking at about 37096 increase in heat l at about 370% increase in heat —related mortality of adults over 65 years of age. we are seeing 500 million more people being food insecurity because of the increased incidence of extreme heat events and loss of labour supposedly grown by 50% because people cannot work in
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extreme heat conditions and the spread of infectious diseases so everything we're seeing people feeling around the world, particularly in vulnerable countries, will get so much worse under two degrees scenario. looking at health in general, what would you like to see at this health conference? how should leaders be adjusting the health issues we are seeing heading into a warmer planet? one thing we are taking into account is when we talk about climate change negotiations, everything we do for our climate, for our plan is in essence a health intervention. tackling climate change is the most important public health intervention we can do. the other thing that is important as we consider the health benefits that come with climate action. we know if we tackled bringing fossil fuels, we could save at least 2 million deaths every year and this new report shows that could be even more because of the outdoor air pollution and contaminants we are breeding from the burning
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of dirty fuel. we could have better diets, healthier diets, we could save about 10 million deaths annually through better healthier low—carb diets. we could have more open green spaces, more space for recreation, and healthier lives for all. recreation, and healthier lives forall. in recreation, and healthier lives for all. in every one of the policies been discussed here, but want to see is health is notjust but want to see is health is not just about health but want to see is health is notjust about health systems but we want health and policies. but we want health and policies-— but we want health and olicies. ., ~ . ., policies. thank you so much for “oininu policies. thank you so much for joining us _ policies. thank you so much for joining us and _ policies. thank you so much for joining us and we _ policies. thank you so much for joining us and we will— policies. thank you so much for joining us and we will be - joining us and we will be tracking the addresses of all those world leaders as they continue to arrive here and begin to address this conference in dubai. thank you very much. we will bring you braking is coming out of the middle east. the israeli military has said it has resumed combat in gaza after the truce between it and
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hamas expired. that truce lasting seven days and seeing the release of dozens of hostages taken by hamas and also palestinian prisoners held by israel. it expired officially about 18 minutes ago at seven o'clock local time or 5am for us here in london. there were reports of rocket fire from gaza towards israel which has been intercepted about an hour before the truce was set to expire. a spokesperson for the israeli defence force has said hamas violated the operation paul's and in addition fired towards israeli territory. therefore the idf has resumed combat against the hamas terrorist organisation as they described it in the gaza strip. we will bring you more developments on that as we receive them. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.
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let's look at some other stories making news. commuters have welcomed a pay deal between train operators and the rmt union to end a long—running series of strikes. it means that rmt members won't be involved in industrial action this winter. however, train drivers represented by the union aslef be striking from tomorrow till the 8th of december in a �*rolling programme' of walkouts. the rollout of new wilko stores begins in devon this morning. plymouth and exeter�*s wilko premises are the first of the new concept stores to open in the country. 30 of the 42 previous plymouth team members are returning. the collapsed retailer was taken over by the range in a £5 million deal in september. north wales holiday park pontins has apologised to customers after closing two of its sites in east sussex and north wales. sites at camber sands and prestatyn are closing "with immediate effect". no reason has been given
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but customers with bookings have been promised a refund. you're live with bbc news. a reminder of the breaking news we have seen in the last few minutes, the israeli defence force has said they have resumed combat with their conflict with hamas in gaza. a seven—day truce between the israeli military and hamas expired 20 minutes ago. there were reports of rocket fire coming from gaza towards israel. around an hour before the truce was set to expire. the statements we have received from the israeli defense forces is hamas has violated the operation, what they called the operational paul's, that it fired towards israeli territory and therefore the idf has resumed combat against the hamas organisation in the gaza
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strip. live now to amin saikal, professor of middle eastern studies at the australian national university. thank you very much for being with us today. we know those negotiations were continuing throughout the day yesterday with the us secretary of state antony blinken flying in to try and extend that truce. what are your thoughts as to why it has failed? i your thoughts as to why it has failed? ., your thoughts as to why it has failed? ~' , ., failed? i think the israeli prime minister _ failed? i think the israeli prime minister angela i failed? i think the israeli - prime minister angela netanyahu has been under a lot of pressure from extremes within his government. that he should resume the offence against hamas in gaza. hamas has also proved very resilient. perhaps more so than expected. while negotiations have been going on and secretary of state antony blinken is on the ground and asked the israelis to restrain
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from repeating what they did in the north of gaza. my hunch at this point is the next phase of the fighting is going to be very bloodied and more costly for both palestinians in gaza as well as israelis. i would be very surprised if more israeli soldiers are not killed and also a number of those hostages, dozens of hostages are still in the custody of hamas and some of the other groups in gaza and their life will be in serious jeopardy. we will be in serious 'eopardy. we will be in serious 'eopardy. we will have to _ will be in seriousjeopardy. we will have to leave it there, ologies we don't have more time to talk about this further but thank you so much forjoining us from the australian national university. former uk health secretary matt hancock has denied lying to colleagues during the pandemic and criticised a toxic culture in government when he appeared at yesterday's covid inquiry. mr hancock said that a lockdown should have been enacted three
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weeks earlier than march 23rd 2020, but stressed he was speaking with hindsight. he will continue giving evidence today. our correspondent ellie price reports. a return to the tv screens for matt hancock.— a return to the tv screens for matt hancock. the whole truth and nothing — matt hancock. the whole truth and nothing but _ matt hancock. the whole truth and nothing but the _ matt hancock. the whole truth and nothing but the truth. - and nothing but the truth. health secretary through the pandemic, he had to make decisions on everything from lockdowns to vaccine rollout for the care homes to test and trace. a lot to get through. some important wallets. if we had the doctrine _ some important wallets. if we had the doctrine i _ some important wallets. if we had the doctrine i impose, - some important wallets. if we had the doctrine i impose, as| had the doctrine i impose, as soon as you know you had a lockdown, lockdown as soon as possible, we would have got the lockdown done over the weekend in 92nd of march three weeks earlier than before. there is a doubling rate at point estimated every three—four days, we would have been six doubling ahead of where we were which means fewer than a 10th of the number of people would have died in the first wave. he was defensive about his role in
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the earlier stages of the pandemic as well because of arguing his department rose to the challenge when others were underplaying the significance of the virus. he also said a toxic culture at the centre made it difficult to get things done. ., ., done. from the middle of january. _ done. from the middle of january. we _ done. from the middle of january, we were - done. from the middle of january, we were trying i done. from the middle of| january, we were trying to effectively raise the alarm. we were trying to wake up whitehall to the scale of the problem. this was a problem that could not be addressed only from the health department. it should have been grasped and led from the centre of government earlier. right from the start we tried to thaw a protective ring around our care homes. he a protective ring around our care homes-— a protective ring around our care homes. . ., care homes. he admitted for the first time that _ care homes. he admitted for the first time that protective - care homes. he admitted for the first time that protective ring - first time that protective ring was not a circle with no breaks in it. and measures to protect care homes were not totally effective. accusations of the enquiry has previously heard from senior civil servants that he had lied on several occasions, he had this to say.
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i was not. you will know there is no evidence from anybody i worked with on the department or health system that supported that, those false allegations. outside the enquiry, a small group of protesters working for matt hancock to hear their voices. ~ ., ., , voices. with the whole group, we feel betrayed _ voices. with the whole group, we feel betrayed by _ voices. with the whole group, we feel betrayed by him. - voices. with the whole group, we feel betrayed by him. he l we feel betrayed by him. he seems to think borisjohnson, he has the right to do what he wants to do. break every rule under the sun. and expect us to accept that when we have had to go through what we have gone through. and we had no say in it was if i could speak to him myself, i would. it was if i could speak to him myself, iwould.— it was if i could speak to him myself, iwould. matt hancock has given _ myself, iwould. matt hancock has given the _ myself, iwould. matt hancock has given the bulk— myself, iwould. matt hancock has given the bulk of- myself, iwould. matt hancock has given the bulk of his - has given the bulk of his evidence but will be back for a few more hours. he will face questions from lawyers representing grieved families. that won't be an easy ride. i will have the business news in a moment. stay with us for more
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updates on the ending of that truce between israel and hamas. hello. this cold snap has brought some of the coldest november nights for 13 years and some unusual snow for devon and cornwall. now, that's all clearing out the way but there are wintry showers elsewhere and where the surface has been left damp with that rain, sleet and snow, very icy. poor visibility is going to add to the hazard as well. so, a few snow showers will continue as we go through the rest of the night. icy conditions where we've got those showers — northern ireland as well — and, ifanything, it's going to be colder than it was last night and more widely misty, murky with some freezing fog potentially through the central belt, which could linger all day, and some fog elsewhere. it'll be slow to clear. so, quite a gloomy start, a bitterly cold start and temperatures really struggling, even with the sunshine, to rise much above three or four degrees. perhaps a few more showers for northern ireland. more sunshine for the south and west compared with what we had on thursday — but that's not going to help the temperatures, either — and there'll still be a few
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showers, even running down into kent and essex, as well as other eastern parts of england and scotland as well. now, it looks as if as we go through friday night and saturday, we could see a few more showers gathering on this weather system just out towards the west, so more around our irish sea coasts. further east, drier and clear but a colder night again — temperatures down to minus four, minus five in rural parts quite widely and some more mist and fog because, again, we've got a ridge of high pressure close by and the winds are very light friday night into saturday, so it is going to be slow to clear away — a gloomy start again on saturday morning. but it does look as if we'll see fewer showers for eastern parts on saturday — more so across the western side of england, wales, south—west scotland, perhaps northern ireland as well — but a colder day, if anything, because that low cloud, that fog will really take its time to clear. a colder start to the day as well, so we've only got so much strength in the sunshine. and then, the fly in the ointment, we think, saturday night — it could be
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that that weather front in the west gets its act together, pushes eastwards, comes across that colder air and turns readily to snow. some potentially disruptive snow through the night saturday into sunday but there's a lot of uncertainty about the forecast for the weekend. one thing we know is it's set to stay cold and we could have some more wintry conditions overnight sunday into monday. but the outlook, really, just to show you that that cold air is with us for a while — just taking nottingham here as an example — by night, that widespread frost perhaps lifting into the middle part of next week. the warnings are online.
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