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live from london. this is bbc news. the ceasefire is over and fighting resumes. the gaza health ministry says more than 100 people have been killed in the hours since the temporary truce ended. each side blames the other for breaching the ceasefire terms. aid and fuel trucks are now being stopped from entering gaza. also... i'm merlyn thomas in the bbc verify hub and we've been investigating videos of attacks in gaza posted on social media since the temporary ceasefire ended. and at the cop 28 summit, the role food and farming plays in global warming is officially recognised. king charles urges leaders to make the conference a �*turning point�* for the planet. some important progress has been made but it worries me greatly that we remain so dreadfully far off track.
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hello, i'm matthew amroliwala. welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. the temporary ceasefire in the israel—gaza war is over. it ended about 7am local time. since then, the hamas—run health ministry in gaza says more than a hundred people have been killed in fighting. each side blames the other for the end of the ceasefire.the israel defense forces said: "hamas violated the operational pause, and fired toward israeli territory". it also blamed hamas for failing to release all the female and child hostages. israel has resumed its bombardment of the strip. the idf says it's hit more than 200 targets today. hamas — which the uk, the us and many other governments consider a terrorist group — blamed israel for breaking the agreement by preventing fuel from reaching north gaza. the recommencement of israeli
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air strikes hasn't been restricted to gaza's north. there have also been attacks in khan younis, in the south of the strip, as our middle east correspondent hugo bachega reports war has returned to gaza. a ceasefire expired this morning. last—minute talks, unable to renew it. it didn't take long for the israeli military to strike again. this was the aftermath of an attack in rafah in southern gaza. israel says it's targeting hamas, but civilians seem to be paying the price again. this man says his house was hit. "what is this supposed to mean?" he asks. "it was just a house where displaced young people and children "were taking shelter," he says. in khan younis, this hospital was overwhelmed. the new casualties putting more pressure on a health system already on the verge of collapse. this man was listening to the news when his house was hit.
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"this is our second home that's been destroyed. "this is the nature of the israeli enemy. "what more can i say?" he says. the ceasefire had given the people of gaza some respite. now, people are on the move again. but few places are really safe — and it's not only bombs threatening them. sanitation systems have broken down. people have a few litres of water, lack of food. the risk of disease breaking out and killing large numbers of children is very, very high. israel says it resumed its offensive because it accused hamas of violating the terms of the ceasefire deal. unfortunately, hamas decided to terminate the pause by failing to release all the kidnapped women — as it was obligated to do so — and kidnapped children, and by resuming rocket fire. the perpetrators of the october seven massacre have decided to hold onto the hostages they brutally abducted in violation of humanitarian law and every norm of humanity. hamas, however, accused israel
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of breaching the truce by not letting fuel into northern gaza. in southern israel, sirens sounded again this morning, warning of the threat of rockets coming from gaza. right now, talks continue to bring another pause to the conflict. in gaza, after the brief quiet, people are again counting the dead. hugo bachega, bbc news, jerusalem. bbc verify has been working on geolocating some of the videos of strikes posted on social media after the truce ended. and as we've been reporting israel has also been using leaflets to urge residents in some areas of gaza to move. merlyn thomas is in the bbc verify hub with more.
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after the seven—day temporary ceasefire between israel and hamas came to a shuddering halt, these are some of the images we've been seeing coming out of gaza today. the hamas—run health ministry in gaza says dozens of people have been killed in a series of attacks. we verified three videos of strikes in rafah and khan younis, all in southern gaza. and this is a video posted in rafah on social media this morning. we verified and located it and matched it up with other photos we've seen from news agencies. you can also see this logo briefly here of an injured child being taken into the centre, which is. you can also see this logo briefly here of an injured child being taken into the centre, which we've also matched it up with this location. and this is another video we verified from khan yunis. this appears to be the aftermath of an explosion of an apartment building. as you can see, people are running and there's smoke billowing out. and this is another video we verified in khan younis as well. we verified it using the name of this shopping centre written on the building as being in west khan yunis,
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as well as a small dress shop in the bottom here, which also matches the location of this video. and yesterday, the us secretary of state, antony blinken, warned that israel would need to clearly and precisely designate areas where civilians would be out of harm's way. the israeli army has now created a map dividing gaza into hundreds of zones. so if you zoom in, can now see that each of those specific areas have numbers. and they say that this map is designed to enable residents of gaza to orient themselves and understand instructions and to evacuate from specific places for their safety if required. but it's not clear from this which areas are safe and which are not. we do know that the israelis have been dropping leaflets which people have posted online. this one's in arabic, and it tells people to leave four specific parts of khan yunis. and there's no mention of those block numbers that we just showed you earlier, but this qr code here does lead you back to the map that
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we've just shown you, which is fine if you've got internet connectivity. it also tells residents here to evacuate immediately and to go to shelters in rafah and here in red in arabic. it says, "you've been warned." now, people in khan younis have a decision to make. do they stay or do they follow the israeli army's advice and go to rafah, where we know there's been a strike? we asked the israeli army about where exactly the shelters in rafah are, but they told us they couldn't comment on ongoing operational activity. the un children's agency warned of a humanitarian catastrophe unless the truce resumes. live now to nomi bar yaacov — an associate fellow for the international security programme at chatham house and an expert in diplomacy and the middle east. i was saying a few moments ago that both sides have blamed each other for this truce coming to an end. what is your understanding about why it breakdown? my
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what is your understanding about why it breakdown?— it breakdown? my understanding is that the negotiations _ it breakdown? my understanding is that the negotiations are _ it breakdown? my understanding is| that the negotiations are extremely tricky. they've been going on 21w, right up until the deadline of every single day, almost every single day, especially in recent days after the extension with tremendous tension and qataris and egyptians putting a huge were a pressure on hamas. israel said that the eight women who were supposed to today, that they did not get the list on time, that they got no the list, as far as i understand, today. —— supposed to be released. hamas, she said, blamed israel violating the agreement because fuel didn't get into the north. israel said that it did not violate the agreement. hamas started shooting rockets before israel. there were rockets fired by one of the other groups, plenty of other armed groups in gaza. the situation
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is very complex because one is sitting in the room privy to negotiations we don't know and we only go by what has been made public and that is because what we do know is that is not a lot at stake in the qataris, egyptians and americans are putting tremendous about of pressure on both parties to resume the truce tomorrow and if the list of the eight ladies, women will arrive in time in israel than they will be a truce. i time in israel than they will be a truce. . , , time in israel than they will be a truce. , ., ~ ., ., truce. i was 'ust talking to a former truce. i wasjust talking to a former commander - truce. i wasjust talking to a former commander of - truce. i wasjust talking to a | former commander of british truce. i wasjust talking to a - former commander of british forces in afghanistan and he was suggesting the hamas may not know where all of the hamas may not know where all of the hostages are. we have heard a lot about all the different groups operating in gaza. what you make of that idea. i operating in gaza. what you make of that idea. ~' ., , ., that idea. i think the hostages are bein: held that idea. i think the hostages are being held by _ that idea. i think the hostages are being held by different _ that idea. i think the hostages are being held by different groups - that idea. i think the hostages are| being held by different groups and hamas have been sent to egyptjust
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before there was a list of 30 unaccounted for and i have managed to trace some of them. on the first day, a lady who was held, an elderly lady held by islamicjihad was released. there have been releases from other groups and i don't know what hamas know and do know. but i do know that they are a governing authority in gaza and they have a responsibility to find all the hostages and that is partly the idea of what israel is trying to achieve within the truce, the relocation of all the hostages. in within the truce, the relocation of all the hostages.— within the truce, the relocation of all the hostages. in terms of the us and the seeming _ all the hostages. in terms of the us and the seeming change _ all the hostages. in terms of the us and the seeming change in - all the hostages. in terms of the us and the seeming change in tone - all the hostages. in terms of the us and the seeming change in tone we| and the seeming change in tone we have seen over the past few days, it does seem to be really trying to put the pressure on israel in terms of
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limited numbers of casualties. we have heard antony blinken speaking in the last row is a cylinder by saying he is seeing more evidence of israel making efforts on that front. as international pressure got to the us committee think? —— has international pressure got to the us? i international pressure got to the us? 4' , ., ., , us? i think the number of casualties is shocking. — us? i think the number of casualties is shocking, 15,000 _ us? i think the number of casualties is shocking, 15,000 since _ us? i think the number of casualties is shocking, 15,000 since the - us? i think the number of casualties is shocking, 15,000 since the war. is shocking, 15,000 since the war started as huge, huge, huge number of casualties and with the resumption of fighting we are now looking at an even smaller area because the population of the north, about 1.2 million, was asked to move to the south. you mention the leaflets earlier so leaflets were dropped earlier in the north and now the entire population of gaza, 2.3 million, are crammed into a very small area, so the likelihood it would be impossible to fight surgically without or with limited
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number of civilian casualties is very slim and i think that's what is getting to them. i do think that it's been made clear to the us that it's been made clear to the us that it is virtually impossible for israel to fight without incurring a huge civilian toll of dead bodies and creating a bloodbath so i think it really is trying to move towards a path to peace. it really is trying to move towards a path to peace-— it really is trying to move towards a path to peace. thank you very much for talkin: a path to peace. thank you very much for talking to — a path to peace. thank you very much for talking to us. _ a path to peace. thank you very much for talking to us. we _ a path to peace. thank you very much for talking to us. we appreciate - for talking to us. we appreciate your time. thank you. over the period of truce, we've seen loved ones reuniting carmel is an occupational therapist. she lives in tel aviv but had been visiting her parents in be'eri on october 7, when she was taken by hamas.
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such a terrible time for you and i cannot imagine what it must�*ve been like seeing people released and being happy for those families. live now to gil dickmann, carmel�*s cousin...who remains optimistic about her return. how are you feeling about these things? how are you feeling about these thins? ,, , , things? seen these people released his films with _ things? seen these people released his films with optimism _ things? seen these people released his films with optimism and - things? seen these people released his films with optimism and hope i his films with optimism and hope mainly because it opened the door to new deals releasing more and more hostages which is the first thing and secondly because we became like and secondly because we became like a really family of hostages and hostage families so it is people i know and who are close to me right now know where relatives are getting released, so am i and that is the
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first thing we thought. the tracks feel that when others relatives are getting early so are mine. we had to hostages and one of them actually was released on wednesday. she was released as part of this deal that was supposed to release women and children and we were very, very happy to see her. i wasn't even sure that she was alive until i saw her that she was alive until i saw her that she was ok and she is alive. we are seeing a picture of her now hugging her daughter. her daughter is three years _ hugging her daughter. her daughter is three years old _ hugging her daughter. her daughter is three years old and _ hugging her daughter. her daughter is three years old and they - hugging her daughter. her daughter is three years old and they were - is three years old and they were actually kidnapped together and the mother was able to give the baby to her husband and they ran and they ran away and she was kidnapped. now she is back and hugging again and we
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are still missing carmel is not here and she was kidnapped and we were very, very worried by the fact the truce is ended. i am personally very worried for her. flan truce is ended. i am personally very worried for her.— worried for her. can you 'ust tell us a bit more i worried for her. can you 'ust tell us a bit more about _ worried for her. can you just tell us a bit more about your - worried for her. can you just tell. us a bit more about your released relative because it was extraordinary what she did, wasn't it, when she was running away with her daughter. can you do is tell us? a very heroic moment there. just describe what _ a very heroic moment there. inst describe what she did. the three of them, her husband and baby were kidnapped and put on a car and driven to gaza. we were on the way but a few metres before the fence there was an idf attack and they broke out of the car and the car kept running but then the parents understood that was their chance that they opened the door to just run out and just started running and terrorists were shooting at them.
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she was barefoot but she understood that she couldn't run fast enough so she took herjust gave her to her partner is and run, stop, just put hands on her head and the terrorists kidnapped her and theyjust let the other to run away and hide. they had for 20 hours. they were playing hide and seek —— he told his daughter he was playing hide and seek and she didn't make a sound and they managed to get back to the kibbutz and the mother then stay kidnapped. she was a hostage for seven weeks, actually, even more, 7.5 weeks as of last wednesday and when she came she understood she actually wasn't even aware that her husband and child being able to stay alive and to get back to the kibbutz until a few weeks after she had been kidnapped and held hostage and she
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accidentally heard the radio and she heard my voice on it, i dedicated a song to her mother—in—law who was mergers, and i said that we were missing her —— her mother—in—law who was murdered. we were still hoping to see her and carmel gat back with us in israel when we the least back home and this is how they understood that we got and didn't mention either of them so she figured out they must be a lie. this is how we understood they were 0k and finally two days ago they met. 51min understood they were ok and finally two days ago they met.— two days ago they met. such an amazin: two days ago they met. such an amazing story- _ two days ago they met. such an amazing story. she _ two days ago they met. such an amazing story. she basically - amazing story. she basically sacrifice herself, didn't she, is what you were saying in those moments of the hamas would concentrate on her and not take notice of her daughter. it is so wonderful to hear she is out and i really hope you get positive news about all the other families and
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everybody held hostage. there has been a real sense of community, has in there, among people? and in terms of protesting and stuff, do you feel you have had an influencewhat you think you have been keeping everybody in the top of the mind of the politicians who are making these decisions? i the politicians who are making these decisions? .., the politicians who are making these decisions? .. , ., ., decisions? i can tell you that when the war started, _ decisions? i can tell you that when the war started, getting _ decisions? i can tell you that when the war started, getting the - the war started, getting the hostages back wasn't even a part of the goals of the war. it was about the goals of the war. it was about the annihilation of hamas, which is important in itself, but they weren't talking about getting the hostages back home. after we started protesting, after we started shouting and even, you know, talking, managing conversations with politicians, with the heads of the israeli state, then they understood that the consensus became much larger and clearer that for its release, what matters is life and what we want is for people to just come back home and i can say
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personally, i don't seek blood of revenge. i don't want the war to continue endlessly. i what i want is for people to come back home and they want life to conquer death and i think we are on the way to achieve this and i must say that hamas just reached the agreement and did not hand out the number of women that he signed at —— breached the agreement. but what we feel is that instead of taking one step forward, we actually take one step backwards and we are backin take one step backwards and we are back in the war and i really hope that this could stop and that we can go forward into a deal that could bring life back to israel and specifically, of course, you who may have — specifically, of course, you who may have heard — specifically, of course, you who may have heard my _ specifically, of course, you who may have heard my previous - specifically, of course, you who may have heard my previous death j may have heard my previous death seem quite optimistic of the truce smoke if possible. you may have
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heard my previous guest feeling quite optimistic that a truce might be possible. really good to talk to you. thank you. be possible. really good to talk to yon thank yon-— be possible. really good to talk to | you. thank you._ around you. thank you. thank you. around the world and _ you. thank you. thank you. around the world and across _ you. thank you. thank you. around the world and across the _ you. thank you. thank you. around the world and across the uk, - you. thank you. thank you. around| the world and across the uk, you're watching bbc news let's look at some other stories making news. members of the aslef union have overwhelmingly voted to continue intermittent strike action during the next six months, part of their ongoing dispute over pay. train drivers in the union today begin a new wave of industrial action. it will affect different train companies each day for the next nine days. west midlands police say the violence seen before aston villa's football match last night against legia warsaw was "unprecedented." four police officers were hurt in clashes with away fans. 0ne officer was hit by a flare and suffered a concussion. police said the vistiting polish club had failed to give enough ticket to its fans. temperatures could drop as low as minus ten tonight — with warnings for snow and ice in place for eastern england and parts of scotland overnight. the cold snap has already brought snow to some parts of the country, causing disruption on the roads and some school closures. last night was the coldest
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since mid—march. in the last few minutes the us house of representatives has voted to expel the republican george santos from converse. they voted by 311—413 tells the congressman who is facing more than 400 federal charges including fraud, money—laundering and stealing public funds. he said that he is being bullied from office. we can now go live to nomia iqbal in washington. that news just breaking in the last half hour. till talk us through it.— talk us through it. well, to begin with, who is _ talk us through it. well, to begin with, who is george _ talk us through it. well, to begin with, who is george santos? - talk us through it. well, to begin with, who is george santos? he | talk us through it. well, to begin l with, who is george santos? he is this very controversial republican congressman from new york. he was
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elected in november last year. he is 35 years old and his qubit political career seems to now have ended the way it began, in very dramatic fashion. so this is someone who has been dogged by claims that he does not know how to tell the truth. he admits himself, use the quote is a terrible liar, and a lot of the lies he allegedly said have gone from silly to the more serious. so just to give an example, he has been she of embellishing his cv, not being honest about where he graduated, not being honest about his age, not being honest about his age, not being honest about his age, not being honest about his religion didn't even caring, claiming that a parent of his died in the 9/11 attacks which turned out not to be true. also he claimed he produced a broadway show, which never happened. so he's been dogged by these claims for some time. the republicans have stood behind him when he was attempted to oust him twice before but the thing that has really
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changed now, you have got the federal investigations you mentioned there and the federal charges she was facing but there is an ethics committee report carried out into him that revealed the reports earlier this month and concluded he had used his campaign funds to pay for personal expenses. we're talking to like rent, trips, luxury items like botox. he was also accused of using it for a subscription to the aduu using it for a subscription to the adult content site only fans say this then motivated a lot of republicans to basically abandon him so that is how we are now at this stage where there is a vote taken against him and it is now ended just against him and it is now ended just a short while ago where 311 voted for him to be expelled and that is 105 republicans so the majority of republicans abandoned him. not everybody wanted to. there were some concerns that by expelling him that a conviction it would be setting a dangerous precedent and it also
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means the republican majority has now dropped but his political career has now ended and he left the capital shortly after the vote so he didn't start to talk to any reporters but he has said and suggested in a press conference that he will continue to fight to clear his name. ., he will continue to fight to clear his name. . ., he will continue to fight to clear his name-— he will continue to fight to clear his name. . ., ., . ., ., his name. thanks to a much, nomia irbal beth his name. thanks to a much, nomia iqbal iteth was _ his name. thanks to a much, nomia iqbal beth was in _ his name. thanks to a much, nomia iqbal beth was in washington. - ——thanks very much, nomia iqbal there for us in washington. world leaders are in dubai for the cop28 climate summit. king charles has warned them that the world is far off track from meeting key climate targets. he said he prayed the summit would be a critical turning point for genuine transformational action. 0ur correspondent carl nasman is at the summit and earlier he began by telling me that it's been a positive day so far. it has been. we have seen those world leaders taking to the stage and is a sense i think it a bit of positivity and a bit of momentum which you don't always see at the beginning of these kinds of climate
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conferences. back came, of course, from yesterday's agreement on providing money to help developing countries deal with the effects of climate change. there has been a bit of momentum today on an agreement of food and trying to adapt and transform food systems. that is actually is something that secretary of state antony blinken spoke that a little bit earlier. here he is. this challenge is only going to get worse. the growing population means that global demand for food is likely to increase by an estimated 50% by the year 2050. an escalating climate crisis means that crop yields could drop by as much as 30% over that same period. and, of course, as you mentioned, king charles taking the stage today, giving that opening address here at cop28. something is an honourfor him, really, someone who has worked most of his life, 50 years on issues of sustainable comic sustainability and climate change. part of his goal of that speech was to try to rally
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leaders to pledge meaningful action on climate change. here is a bit of that address from earlier today. some important progress has been made _ some important progress has been made but _ some important progress has been made but it worries me greatly that we remain— made but it worries me greatly that we remain so dreadfully far off track_ we remain so dreadfully far off track as— we remain so dreadfully far off track as the global stocktake report demonstrates so graphically. the changes— demonstrates so graphically. the changes are no longer distant risks. i changes are no longer distant risks. i have _ changes are no longer distant risks. i have seen— changes are no longer distant risks. i have seen across the commonwealth and beyond. _ i have seen across the commonwealth and beyond, countless communities which _ and beyond, countless communities which are _ and beyond, countless communities which are unable to withstand repeated shocks, whose lives and livelihoods are laid waste by climate _ livelihoods are laid waste by climate change. carl nasman their reporting. after that will lead to hearing from a woman who works with mountain gorillas in uganda and talking about the impact of climate change on
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them. stay with us. hello there. the big threes are set to continue throughout the weekend and further on as well. we will see temperatures drop like a stone overnight. the show is heading into dumfries and galloway will be quite interesting, bring up to three centimetres of snow and eventually working in the cumbria and we will also have some snow showers for the northern indecent scotland from eastern england that could bring another centimetre or two. ice the main hazard, a really cold night, tomorrow's to be just for getting down to about —10. today's focused any mixed patches tending to clear away, dry weather with sunshine showers across western areas likely to come in as rain or sleet to the day on saturday. temperatures are really struggling in some places will stay well below freezing once
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again. saturday night, could bring some areas of localised disruption across england and wales. clumps of showers will start to push eastwards and some could bolus snow but next to me will have freezing rain. really dangerous stuff, this. it would rain that is not a temperature below zero and turns to ice on the surface it touches so we could well see roads and pavements turn to ice across parts of england and wales must feature. but south we have a drier weather but another bitterly cold night with temperatures once again plunging the depths and getting down to —10 coldest areas. sunday, any winteriness will clear away from eastern areas. in the south we will be threatened with bits and pieces of rain, may be a bits and pieces of rain, may be a bit of sleet on the northern edge of this. away from that we have a few missed patches. 0therwise this. away from that we have a few missed patches. otherwise it is dry with sunshine. it stays very cold but could be another day wet images stay below freezing and there will
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be some of you, in other words, who have to dojust be some of you, in other words, who have to do just that the whole of the weekend below freezing. monday, an area of low pressure is focused on with the south of the uk. this could well have some snow on its northern edge but the exact amount of snow we will get in places depends entirely on the track at that area of low pressure. a bit of uncertainty but away from that, loss of sunshine, shell is affecting eastern coasts and for most it data equal to the match —— some showers affecting eastern coasts and for most it stays really cold again. goodbye for now.
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