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ends, with both israel and hamas accusing each other of breaching the truce deal. as the cop28 summit continues, world leaders are expected to gather again for the third day in dubai. and the bbc has been speaking to the actors imelda staunton and lesley manville ahead of the release of the last episodes of netflix's series the crown later this month. this story going on with three casts, three different ages, three different cast playing it and that has never been done and that has never been done and i don't know if it will be done again. it feels very special to be a part of that. hello, i'm gareth barlow. israel's renewed bombardment of gaza is continuing into its second day, with reports of heavy smoke
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hanging over the area, following the collapse of a week—long truce. a spokesman for the israeli military said they were now hitting hamas targets all over the gaza strip. the hamas run health ministry said more than 180 people were killed during friday's airstrikes, with reports from khan yunis in southern gaza of some of the heaviest bombardments yet. the israeli military earlier dropped leaflets in parts of southern gaza warning people to leave and move even further south towards the egyptian border. meanwhile, hamas and other groups fired rockets at israel, which deployed its iron dome defence system to intercept them. each side accuses the other of breaching the ceasefire deal. a un official said much—needed aid had stopped coming through the rafah crossing since the ceasefire ended. hundreds of trucks carrying aid were able to enter gaza during the pause in fighting — but they were fewer in number than the roughly 500 trucks that entered gaza, every day, before the war. let's get an overview from our senior international
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correspondent, orla guerin, in southern israel. gaza awoke to this. a new day of israeli bombing. skies darkened by ash and debris. in rafah, survivors snatched from the rubble. a baby brought out alive. but palestinians say 12 members of one family were killed here in their own home. in khan younis, frenzied digging with bare hands. israel says it is striking hamas in its strongholds. tell that to this girl. she says they were sleeping and woke to the sound of a strike. "we didn't know where it was,"
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she says, "we ran to see "and it was our home." from southern israel we could see and hear the return to battle. the view now from inside gaza is of black smoke on the horizon, the ceasefire well and truly over. israel is blaming hamas for all this, saying it fired rockets early this morning and refused to release all the women it's holding. once again, inside gaza, there is war. and more than two million palestinians are trapped. with israel promising to hit hard. having chosen to hold on to our women, hamas will now take the mother of all thumpings. as of now, after hamas violated the framework for a pause in the fighting, hostilities have resumed and the idf has resumed
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combat against the hamas army of terror in the gaza strip. but this family is mourning a civilian. he leaves behind four children. ahmed says a last goodbye and tries to keep the flies away. then his brothers take their turn. the family told the bbc the man was killed when israel bombed their apartment block. ahmed's mother told him his daddy is going to heaven. hour after hour, more wounded children. a un official was inside a gaza hospital when the truce ended. this hospital simply cannot take more children with the wounds of war.
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there are children everywhere. these children were sleeping. there was a bomb literally 50 metres from here. hamas blaming israel for the collapse of the ceasefire. this time around, as gaza is bombarded, america insists israel must do more to avoid massive loss of civilian life. orla guerin, bbc news, tel aviv. bbc arabic correspondent adnan el—bursh, and cameraman mahmoud al—ajrami, are both from gaza and are currently based near khan younis. over the past week they've been following one family forced to move from their home, and now living in a makeshift camp in the south. upbeat music plays. an ordinary family in an ordinary house in gaza city. but the music stopped... explosion. ..and was replaced by
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the sound of shelling. their home destroyed, this is their new reality. meet this mother of three and granny to a little child who is just a year old. translation: in the rain we struggled a lot. - the rain entered our tent and drenched our mattresses, which we had to take from the dump. in the morning i had to bathe my grandchild in freezing water. she showed me a video of what her home used to look like. every tent tells a story, each one of a family and how their lives have
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been changed forever. their houses replaced by plastic, held down by stones. here, food is hard to find. the camp is dirty. water is scarce. their old life is gone. translation: we want to go back to our homes in the north - because we feel like strangers here. adnan el—bursh, bbc news, khan younis in gaza. with me is mohamed taha from bbc arabic. two days of fighting now, resumption, but notjust in the gaza strip. give us an overview of the situation?— gaza strip. give us an overview of the situation? good morning. the war returned _ of the situation? good morning. the war returned much - of the situation? good morning. the war returned much strongeri the war returned much stronger thanit the war returned much stronger than it was before. now the
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concentration of the israeli strikes are on the south as well as the north. previously before the truth the focus of the strikes were on the north and now it is on the south and khan younis in particular. the israeli forces asking the people to move from the north to the south and out the situation is getting really dangerous in the south, there is a concentration, a b concentration of people. there are more than 180 people who died in the past 2a hours and there was a massive humanitarian dangerous situation in the south as well as the north. i spoke to a journalist overnight who says that people are eating a sandwich the whole day, they don't have enough food, the use
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logs for fire and the hospitals are really overwhelming. if you working hospitals in gaza are really overwhelming and cannot take any more patients. the people cannot get the dead people cannot get the dead people from under the rubble in gaza. on the lebanese front, there are an exchange of strikes. the israel strike in southern lebanon, killing three people, two over them are hezbollah members and hezbollah replied also by striking a military post in northern israel. also witnessed overnight probably for the first time, israeli strikes on the outskirts of the mosques. we are seeing their right hezbollah posters there. the situation in the west bank is very tense. the israeli forces are arresting many people and
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suspecting they are hamas members or supporters 22. the number of arrests from the beginning of this war reached 3000, over3500 beginning of this war reached 3000, over 3500 people in the west bank only. the 3000, over 3500 people in the west bank only.— west bank only. the ceasefire, the temporary _ west bank only. the ceasefire, the temporary ceasefire - west bank only. the ceasefire, the temporary ceasefire was i the temporary ceasefire was successful in allowing the release of hostages that are held by hamas and also the transfer of prisoners that are held by israel and we heard earlier of getting aid into gaza. that seems like a far cry now, just two days on. what are the prospects for a return to a possible temporary ceasefire, another one?— possible temporary ceasefire, another one? the talks between the parties _ another one? the talks between the parties around _ another one? the talks between the parties around the _ the parties around the ceasefire never stops, so the egyptians, qatar, along with israel, they are continuing lots of talks around having another ceasefire. they are
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exchanging accusations about who is responsible for breaking the ceasefire or the temporary truce. most of the hostages at the moment with hamas are maybe military personnel, so they managed to extend the truth by freeing the women and children and most of the civilians. they said we have somebody�*s that they cannot exchange as well. along with one or two other civilians. the main problem is the military people, as we can see in 2011, israel exchanged 1000 prisoners, to what extent israel would be open to free all over the palestinian prisoners for the hostages
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which is the hamas approach at the moment. this is the main problem. it the moment. this is the main problem-— problem. it does pose the renewed _ problem. it does pose the renewed question - problem. it does pose the renewed question of- problem. it does pose the renewed question of what| problem. it does pose the l renewed question of what is israel's and goal in all of this we still does not seem to be overly clear.— this we still does not seem to be overly clear. the three aims of this, destroying _ be overly clear. the three aims of this, destroying hamas - be overly clear. the three aims of this, destroying hamas and | of this, destroying hamas and removing them from power in gaza, the second is getting out all the hostages, the third is to make gaza not a threat for israel in the future. after around two months, israel is far from around two months, israel is farfrom achieving any around two months, israel is far from achieving any of this target. hamas is getting popular at least in the palestinian territories. we saw all the demonstrations around the world that are supporting the world that are supporting the palestinians, and israel did not know where the hostages are. however, we saw the hostages are coming out publicly, until now israel did
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not know where are they on the third aim of making gaza not a threat for israel, i think israel has a long time to achieve these targets if they managed to achieve it. thank ou so managed to achieve it. thank you so much- _ let's get some of the day's other news now. ajudge in the united states has ruled that former president donald trump is not immune from prosecution for actions he took as president. it's the latest setback for mr trump in the case alleging he plotted to overturn the 2020 election result. us prosecutors have charged a man with the attempted murder of derek chauvin, the former police officer convicted of killing george floyd, an unarmed black man. a fellow inmate, john turscak, is alleged to have stabbed chauvin more than 20 times at a prison in arizona. borisjohnson is expected to apologise for mistakes made during his handling of the pandemic when he appears before the uk covid inquiry next week. the bbc has been told the former prime minister will also insist he was correct when it came to many
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of the big calls. two people have been rescued after a house was destroyed by what's thought to have been a large gas explosion in edinburgh. emergency services remain at the scene in the baberton area. world leaders are set to meet again in dubai for the third day of the cop28 un climate conference. already a major declaration has been signed, recognising, for the first time, that what people grow and eat is a crucialfactor in global warming. the agreement was signed by 134 countries, including the us, china and brazil, who together represent 70% of the world's food production. they have each promised to take into account greenhouse gas emissions from the food and agriculture sectors in their national plans to combat climate change. in 2015, farming accounted for a third of our global emissions, with 18 billion tonnes of greenhouse gases emitted.
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and, of course, getting the us on board is important. here is the secretary of state, antony blinken. 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. the elephant in the room remained, though, as the brazilian president lula da silva addressed. "we have a collective problem," he said, "a lack of ambition," "our current targets," he added "don't go anywhere nearfar enough." and the evidence suggests he is right — in a year now confirmed to be the hottest on record with the average global temperature on track to be 1.4 degrees celsius, above pre—industrial levels. back in 2015, the paris agreement set out a global commitment to "pursue efforts" to limit warming to 1.5 degrees.
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few believe that that can now be achieved. king charles telling delegates the world's climate is now close to breaking point. a statement backed by a new report from un's world meteorological organisation. some important progress has been made, but it worries me greatly that we remain so dreadfully far off track, as the global stocktake report demonstrates so graphically. the dangers are no longer distant risks. i have seen across the commonwealth and beyond, countless communities which are unable to withstand repeated shocks, whose lives and livelihoods are laid waste by climate change. so, a lot of the focus at this cop is about finance. finance to speed up the transition to cleaner energies in the developing world, and finance to pay for the loss and damage that the biggest nations have wreaked on the weakest.
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the summit agreed on thursday that the fund should be set at a $100 billion by 2030. the hosts, the uae, together with germany, pledged $100 million each. the uk nearly $76 million and the us only $17.5 million a token gesture from the us — the world's largest economy — which gained immediate criticism, some calling it embarrassing, and the smallest countries would say in keeping with the way this issue is dealt with by the biggest polluters. a us congressman accused of money laundering, lying about his past, and stealing campaign funds, to pay for everything from luxury holidays to botox treatment, has been expelled by the house of representatives. an ethics report said that congressman george santos had exploited �*every aspect�* of his role for personal financial profit. the story has gripped america, as gary o'donohue reports from washington. i will go to washington to
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fight for the american dream. a first—generation son of brazilian immigrants, george santos' version of the american dream has turned him into a laughing stock, fodder for late—night comedians. because i was the first openly gayjewish republican latino to walk on the moon. do you have a problem with that?! in fact, the dream was one long series of overinflated and fictitious tales, ending with today's ignominious exit from congress. well, good morning, everybody. with that goes a comfortable pension and a £138,000 salary. this is bullying! but george santos is far from a victim. when i first started in my career at citigroup, i was told, "oh, you're a really smart guy". he lied about working on wall street. he lied about attending prestigious universities. he even claimed falsely his grandparents escaped the holocaust and that his mother died from the effects of being in the world trade center on 9/11. she was, in fact, in brazil. i'm very proud of my
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jewish heritage. after claiming to be a proud americanjew, he produced perhaps the mostjaw—dropping of all his explanations. i'm catholic but i'm alsojew—ish, as in ish. i'mjew—ish. laughs. can you tell us the details of your alleged assassination attempt? but more than the lies, it was the alleged crimes that kept piling up that did for him. he's facing 23 criminal charges. among them, multiple counts of wire fraud, two counts of identity theft, three of money laundering and lying to congress — all designed, say prosecutors, to enrich himself, and some of it spent on botox, fancy clothes and subscriptions to the onlyfans website. he denies all the charges. it's just the sixth time in the 234—year history of the house of representatives that a member has been expelled.
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and in a country that has become used to its leaders talking about so—called alternate facts and subjective truths, george santos's downfall is perhaps surprising. the new york constituents who voted him in now not so sure. i think he's a crook and i'm glad that he's no longer going to be serving in congress. it's not an extraordinary thing for a politician to lie but there's got to be some truth sometime. the now former congressman could face years in prison if convicted. this american dream looks set for less than a happy ending. gary o'donoghue, bbc news, washington. seven years after it first hit our screens, the final episodes of royal drama the crown will be released later this month, focusing on life after the death of princess diana. our correspondent, charlotte gallagher, has been speaking to imelda staunton and lesley manville, who play the queen and princess
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margaret in the latest series. they grew up in the spotlight, a life of duty versus the rebellious royal. the late queen elizabeth and princess margaret spent their whole lives being scrutinised. in the final series of the crown will depict the last days of margaret's life and the very different lines of the two sisters. ., ., , , , sisters. their relationship is founded on _ sisters. their relationship is founded on this _ sisters. their relationship is founded on this life - sisters. their relationship is founded on this life growing sisters. their relationship is i founded on this life growing up together as children and then teenagers, and obviously we all know what happened was that unexpectedly, elizabeth was propelled into being the queen. but at the heart of it, they are probably one of the greatest loves of each other�*s lives and very, very close. their relationship, of course is complicated. the elizabeth, the touchstone of margaret was very important to her. it is so
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lovely— very important to her. it is so lovely for— very important to her. it is so lovely for us to conclude this relationship from the first series. _ relationship from the first series, to this one. one more thing. — series, to this one. one more thing. very— series, to this one. one more thing, very important,... yes, of course- _ thing, very important,... yes, of course. promised _ thing, very important,... yes, of course. promised me - thing, very important,... yes, of course. promised me i- thing, very important,... yes, of course. promised me i willl of course. promised me i will actually be — of course. promised me i will actually be dead _ of course. promised me i will actually be dead when - of course. promised me i will actually be dead when they i actually be dead when they close — actually be dead when they close the coffin. laughter. . did ou close the coffin. laughter. . did you felt — close the coffin. laughter. . did you felt differently - close the coffin. laughter. . did you felt differently aboutl did you felt differently about the royal family up to film the series? it the royal family up to film the series? , , ., _ ., the royal family up to film the series? , , ., ., series? it is very easy to draw a bold thumbs _ series? it is very easy to draw a bold thumbs scale _ series? it is very easy to draw a bold thumbs scale sketch i series? it is very easy to draw a bold thumbs scale sketch ofj a bold thumbs scale sketch of margaret and put her into a cliche. but that is never what somebody is. there is always so much more that is making them tick, that is fuelling their behaviour and it was interesting to speculate and make decisions about what i thought that was with margaret
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because, there was definitely a sadness and loneliness that punctuated her life. for me, -la in: punctuated her life. for me, playing somebody _ punctuated her life. for me, playing somebody who's i punctuated her life. for me, i playing somebody who's whole life has— playing somebody who's whole life has been about duty, i think— life has been about duty, i think that is why there were so many— think that is why there were so many people queueing up to the queen— many people queueing up to the queen had died because i think many— queen had died because i think many were saying he went to work — many were saying he went to work every single diver life and — work every single diver life and he _ work every single diver life and he did not call in sick. i think— and he did not call in sick. i think people were just saying thank— think people were just saying thank you for turning up every day _ thank you for turning up every day thank_ thank you for turning up every day. thank you. the thank you for turning up every day. thank you.— thank you for turning up every day. thank you. the crown must win. day. thank you. the crown must win- after— day. thank you. the crown must win. after winning _ day. thank you. the crown must win. after winning dozens i day. thank you. the crown must win. after winning dozens of i win. after winning dozens of awards, this'll_ win. after winning dozens of awards, this'll be _ win. after winning dozens of awards, this'll be the - win. after winning dozens of awards, this'll be the final i awards, this'll be the final series of the crown, the end of a television area that is fascinated and gripped so many. hardly come to this? to fascinated and gripped so many. hardly come to this?— hardly come to this? to have the story _ hardly come to this? to have the story going _ hardly come to this? to have the story going on _ hardly come to this? to have the story going on over- hardly come to this? to have the story going on over three j the story going on over three castes. — the story going on over three castes, different ages playing it, castes, different ages playing it. that — castes, different ages playing it, that is never been done are not sure — it, that is never been done are not sure it _ it, that is never been done are not sure it will ever be done again— not sure it will ever be done again sought it feels very special— again sought it feels very special to be part of it. this
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story— special to be part of it. this story will— special to be part of it. this story will be continue to be told — story will be continue to be told for _ story will be continue to be told for many years to come, i think_ told for many years to come, i think because historically, we all like — think because historically, we all like films about henry viii and the — all like films about henry viii and the wives all the tutors, it will— and the wives all the tutors, it will always be told because they— it will always be told because they are _ it will always be told because they are fascinating characters. it is a world we have — characters. it is a world we have to _ characters. it is a world we have to imagine because we are not in _ have to imagine because we are not in a — have to imagine because we are not in a it— have to imagine because we are not in a. it does not stop pecule _ not in a. it does not stop people telling the stories. and it hasnt— people telling the stories. and it hasn't done up until now. nor— it hasn't done up until now. nor should it.— nor should it. charlotte gallagher. _ nor should it. charlotte gallagher, bbc - nor should it. charlotte gallagher, bbc news. l nor should it. charlotte i gallagher, bbc news. plenty more stories on the website. also plenty more coverage of the cop28 summit taking place. and these are some live images and can see a few scant delegates, the third day the leaders are expected to attend. with all the comments yesterday from king charles with regards to the climate and we saw in the very early days of the cop28 summit the agreement to produce some funds, limited funds that has to be said, some
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of the poorest and developing countries to help them deal with the impacts of climate change. we saw those figures up to 2030 $100 billion butjust a few million dollars from the united states were pledged. —— a few billion dollars. also some live pictures over gaza. this is looking from israel into gaza. you can see smoke on the skyline above the buildings. we have had reports of some of the heaviest bombardments yet and that is where many people who are living north of the strip are now in temporarily accommodation in khan younis. we will follow that closely. we have plenty of coverage on the website and hear on the bbc news channel. thank you for watching.
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hello there. next week will gradually turn milder, wetter and windier but before then, this weekend, we're still in this very cold and frosty air with quite a few wintry hazards to come this weekend. there'll be some areas of fog which will be slow to lift. we've also got the risk of snow and ice but this time, probably a bit further south across the uk. now, these are the temperatures we're starting with first thing in the morning. a widespread frost — could be as low as —10 celsius in scotland. and following the earlier showers around these coastal areas, some icy patches — so, too, with that wintry weather coming into south—west scotland. this is the area of mist, fog and low cloud. it will gradually shrink, break up. some sunshine comes through in most parts of the country. could stay grey and murky across parts of east anglia and lincolnshire. we've got more of these showers coming into north west england, into west wales and the far south—west of england.
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it is going to be a cold day on saturday after that frosty start. typical temperatures in the afternoon, 1—3 celsius. and coming into that colder air, this wet weather will push its way eastwards. brings the risk of some sleet and snow inland, mainly north of the ma, up into northern england, but it could turn very icy for a while — even the risk of some quite dangerous freezing rain. bit drier for scotland and also for northern ireland. very frosty once again in scotland — temperatures again could be down to —10 celsius or so. heading into sunday and we've still got some of that wet weather along the easternmost parts of england. a bit of sleet and snow in that. that will move away. and then, across these southern areas, some more rain develops. the risk of some sleet and snow just on the northern edge. a lot of cloud for england and wales. a few showers coming into northern ireland. still dry and quite sunny, i think, in scotland. particularly cold here through the day. temperatures rising a bit in that rain in the south — could make double figures in the south—west of england. and overnight, we may see some more rain coming in as well but this area of low pressure is deepening, the winds are strengthening and that is moving northwards into that block of colder air. so, not only have we got some
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wet and windy weather, we've also got the risk of some snow falling in some inland areas. and even further north with those winds off the north sea, quite a few wintry showers coming into eastern parts of scotland and some showers feeding through the irish sea into western areas of wales. those temperatures beginning to rise just a little bit but there is milder weather later on in the week.
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this is bbc news. the headlines: nearly 200 people are reported killed in gaza as the ceasefire ends, with both israel and hamas accusing each other of breaching the truce deal. some reports from khan younis, in the south of gaza, talk of the heaviest bombardment yet. israel has said it has struck "terror targets" all across the gaza strip since the fighting resumed. as the cop28 summit continues, world leaders are expected to gather again for the third day in dubai. a major declaration has been already signed, recognising the impact of what people eat and grow on the climate. ajudge in the united states has ruled that former president donald trump is not immune from prosecution for actions he took during his presidency. it's the latest setback for mr trump in the case alleging he plotted to overturn the 2020 election result.

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