in gaza, with no aid delivered from egypt since yesterday. israel has renewed its bombardment of gaza, with its military saying its strikes have hit more than 400 targets. lam iamat i am at the cup 28 climate conference. president biden is not among the world leaders attending but kamala harris is. i am catherine byaruhanga in london. the former prime minister, borisjohnson is expected to apologise to the covid inquiry, acknowledging that the government did not get everything right during the pandemic and the bbc has been speaking to the stars of the crown about the latest episodes of british royal family drama.

iam i am live in southern israel where authorities seem to have blocked humanitarian aid from entering the gaza strip after a week—long truce collapsed. fighting re—started yesterday, as both sides blamed each other for the collapse of the agreement. one consequence appears to be the lack of any humanitarian aid article entering the gaza strip through the rafah crossing. this is seen looking at northern gaza. there have been many air strikes overnight. israeli military have been hitting targets all over the gaza strip. again heavy pulls of smoke rising over gaza. we had the regular sound of outgoing

fire. it air strikes have also hit areas in western gaza and also in khan yunis and the south. that is where hundreds of people fled earlier in the war to escape the fighting. the hamas run health —— the ham2as—run health ministry said 200 people were killed and more than 600 people have been injured since fighting restarted in gaza yesterday. reports say khan yunis in the southern part of the strip is seeing 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. we have also seen renewed bombardment of rocket attacks towards israel. hamas and other groups have been firing rockets towards israel. we have seen the

iron down —— —— iron dome defence system to intercept them. it appears itappears in it appears in sunny sources have told the bbc that for now at least it appears unlikely. we start with this report from our middle east correspondent, hugo bachega. the respite lasted one precious week. war returned to gaza yesterday. a ceasefire expired and israeli fighterjets resumed their bombing — 200 strikes in one day, israel says. khan yunis in southern gaza was heavily hit. hospitals, already overcrowded, struggled to cope. israel says it is targeting hamas, but children are again among the victims. lana says she was with her mother and younger brother when the attack happened. her older brother was still missing. a un official was inside a gaza hospital when the truce came to an end.

this hospital simply cannot take more children with the wounds of war. there are children everywhere. these children are sleeping. there was a bomb literally 50 metres from here. here, a qr code, which links to a map of the gaza strip, broken down into hundreds of blocks, places for people to go. the humanitarian crisis continues and may get worse. the un says no aid entered gaza from egypt yesterday and there's no guarantee any deliveries will happen today. in southern israel, the military says it shot down 50 rockets fired from gaza. israel and hamas traded blame for the end of the truce. talks for a new deal seem to have collapsed and the israeli bombing continues. palestinians still hope for peace and are again counting the dead. as the firing continues,

our gaza correspondent, rushdi abualouf, who is currently in istanbul gave us this update on the israel's military operation in gaza. the focus of the operation seems to be now in the south, not the north. the north was bombed also last night and this morning heavily. the main focus is the four main areas, four main villages east of khan yunis. it is being bombed heavily. many targets in the area were destroyed. including government buildings, houses, and agricultural area. it is an area where 40% of people grew up, in this part of gaza. most of the people who live there are farmers.

we have seen images and pictures of people walking their camels and donkeys early morning and leaving this area. people live there, they have a very bad experience about israeli ground incursions. back in 2014, there were hundreds of people who were killed and hundreds of buildings were destroyed back in 2014. people in this area know very well how the consequences of of possible israeli ground troops coming into this area. they decided to leave to the west. the west is already overwhelmed by palestinians. leave their homes back in october, on the 13th, from gaza city and the north. that is where the focus of the operation was before. the truce was in the north. people were displaced in the south. i have in living with those people for four weeks in the area.

i know there is no more room for people to come. the suffering, the humanitarian cost of this war is getting bigger and bigger. people are unable to cope with the situation, especially after the weather change from summer to winter. people were left homeless. without proper clothes and proper shelter to cope with this weather condition. now in addition to all of that, they have to receive another thousand people fleeing their homes in the east. we were talking about the fact no humanitarian aid went into gaza yesterday. that takes us back to the situation at the beginning of the war when the rafah crossing was closed, even before the ceasefire where we saw a situation where no

aid at all was passing into the gaza strip. earlier, i spoke to juliette touma from unrwa — the un agency responsible for palestinian refugees. she warned of dire consequences for civilians ahead. we do know that our exerted efforts to renew the delivery of humanitarian assistance and we also call for not only going back to the pause, which brought quite some respite to people in gaza, but also for a humanitarian ceasefire. the scenes he were just showing what your colleague was just talking about, multiple displacement, the hospital, which by the way i visited when i was there just last week, and one of the very few medical facilities that are still available in gaza. we are at the doorstep of a humanitarian man—made tsunami in the gaza strip. humanitarian man-made tsunami in the gaza stri -. �* , humanitarian man-made tsunami in the gaza stri. �*, , humanitarian man-made tsunami in the gazastri. �*, , ., ., gaza strip. let's focus more on

that. dr natalie thurtle, deputy medical coordinator of medecins sans frontieres, doctors without borders, joins us now. we had talked of the humanitarian impact, particularly on medical facilities. the stops again, what will it to the functioning of hospitals in gaza? —— what will it do? hospitals in gaza? -- what will it do? ., , . hospitals in gaza? -- what will it do? ., hospitals in gaza? -- what will it do? . , do? people are saying there has been a massive influx _ do? people are saying there has been a massive influx of _ do? people are saying there has been a massive influx of injured _ do? people are saying there has been a massive influx of injured people - a massive influx of injured people since the bombing restarted. they were already hundreds of people sheltering there, people with injuries. sort of hidden in shelters injuries. sort of hidden in shelters in the car park. the need there was already overwhelming and we are struggling to meet that need with human resources, infrastructure and medical supplies. human resources, infrastructure and medicalsupplies. it human resources, infrastructure and medical supplies. it is a disaster. as the medical supply flow stops again, they need is very high and it

is extremely difficult to even start to try to meet some of that need if we do not have unobstructed access to humanitarian aid. it we do not have unobstructed access to humanitarian aid.— to humanitarian aid. it was interesting _ to humanitarian aid. it was interesting what _ to humanitarian aid. it was interesting what you - to humanitarian aid. it was interesting what you said l to humanitarian aid. it was - interesting what you said about human resources, which is such a key part of this. you have people working, living back at people having to treat the wounded while often looking after their own families at the same time. what is the situation to be able to bring assistance, extra people and through the rafah crossing, to help those local staff out, is it still able to happen? local staff out, is it still able to ha en? . , local staff out, is it still able to hauen? . , , local staff out, is it still able to hauen? ., ,,, local staff out, is it still able to hauen? . n., ., happen? that is partly because of the nature of— happen? that is partly because of the nature of the _ happen? that is partly because of the nature of the border- happen? that is partly because of the nature of the border and - happen? that is partly because of the nature of the border and the i the nature of the border and the fact it is not really open and also because of security. it is extremely unsafe in south gaza at the moment. we are in a very difficult position and we are considering bringing in

human resources because it is being actively bombed.— human resources because it is being actively bombed. again, we focus off and on these — actively bombed. again, we focus off and on these humanitarian _ actively bombed. again, we focus off and on these humanitarian aid - and on these humanitarian aid trucks. we see them rolling through the rafah crossing. sometimes they apparent basic things like food and water. in terms of medical supplies that are going in, to what extent do they meet orfail to that are going in, to what extent do they meet or fail to meet the need in gaza at the moment? prior they meet or fail to meet the need in gaza at the moment?— they meet or fail to meet the need in gaza at the moment? prior to the 7th of october, _ in gaza at the moment? prior to the 7th of october, over _ in gaza at the moment? prior to the 7th of october, over 500 _ in gaza at the moment? prior to the 7th of october, over 500 tracks - in gaza at the moment? prior to the 7th of october, over 500 tracks per| 7th of october, over 500 tracks per day were coming into gaza in that context. now their needs are much, much higher than that. we are not getting anywhere near that even during the ceasefire. 0bviously, during the ceasefire. obviously, there is a dearth of medical supplies and also the infrastructure and staffing to organise the supplies that did come and so they are properly organised so that they know where things are and things like that. so we absolutely need

ongoing unobstructed access to medical supplies. you mentioned basic items that non—food items, we have stopped searching for food, water, cooking gas, blankets. 0ur water, cooking gas, blankets. our staff from the north were in a terrible situation. they managed to make it south on the 24th. we have not been able to get blankets to them. it is freezing cold in gaza at them. it is freezing cold in gaza at the moment. these are really serious issues and it is extremely difficult to provide any care all. just described _ to provide any care all. just described to _ to provide any care all. just described to me _ to provide any care all. just described to me a - to provide any care all. just described to me a little bit more, doctor, about the kind of injuries your staff are dealing with at the moment. as he described with limited amounts of medical equipment. irate moment. as he described with limited amounts of medical equipment. we are runnina two amounts of medical equipment. we are running two operating _ amounts of medical equipment. we are running two operating theatres - amounts of medical equipment. we are running two operating theatres in - running two operating theatres in the hospital. we are treating exclusively explosive related burn injuries, because that is the primary need at the moment. lots and lots of cases we are seeing in

children, half of them are women. and so these are burn surgery injuries. it needs post—operative follow—up. we are not really able to deliver that at the moment because the hospital is so overwhelmed with patients and also id piece. it is extremely complicated to try to provide post—operative pair because there is not really any beds for those patients to go to. msf is trying to expand inpatient bed capacity into another facility but because of the security situation and all of the things we had talked about, even that is challenging. certainly that is our goal going forward, to make sure there is additional impatient capacity to try to manage some of the throughput from the terrible burn injuries we are seeing. from the terrible burn in'uries we seeing.— are seeing. thank you for “oining us. are seeing. thank you for “oining reauy — are seeing. thank you for “oining us. really appreciate _ are seeing. thank you for “oining us. really appreciate it h are seeing. thank you forjoining us. really appreciate it here - are seeing. thank you forjoining

us. really appreciate it here on i are seeing. thank you forjoining i us. really appreciate it here on bbc news, from nsf. much more live coverage to come during the day as the story continues to develop. meanwhile, overto you, catherine. let's turn to dubai and the latest from the cop28 climate summit. more than 20 countries have called for nuclear energy capacity to be tripled to combat global warming. the united states, the united arab emirates, south korea and a number of european governments backed the declaration. my colleague carl nasman is in dubai for us. yes, that is right. this is day three of this climate conference here in dubai. it has really been a momentous start. it feels like one after another we are getting pledges from several different countries agreeing, at least in principle, to make some pretty big action. on day one we saw an agreement to fund developing nations to help them adapt to the effects of climate change. on day to a big agreement on

food. now this agreement on nuclear energy, tripling nuclear capacity by the year 2050. this coming not as a surprise that it is a pretty big agreement. let's hearfrom the us climate on volley, john kerry. —— climate on volley, john kerry. -- envoy. my friends, tripling down on our commitments is an essential ingredient not ofjust defining the choice of the future, but of defining how we get to that future. still able to understand, we're meeting the challenge of reducing the level of threat to our planet, and that we are meeting the challenge of holding on to 1.5 degrees celsius as the north star, as sultan al—jaber said yesterday. the north star. and of course that is the big, urgent goal here at cop28, continuing to keep the goal and

reach of 1.25 celsius. that is what all these countries have pledged to do in the paris agreement and that is what they are here to try to uphold. the nuclear energy agreement could be one way of doing that. we are expecting another pledge later. this is one of the biggest. it would mean tripling renewable energy by the end of the decade, we are talking 2030. doubling energy efficiency. many outside agencies are urging this action, saying it is crucial to try to keep that goal in mind. we will continue to follow development here in dubai. it has already been a whirlwind of action and we are only on day three. more later on in — and we are only on day three. more later on in the _ and we are only on day three. more later on in the programme. - 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 of the big calls. mrjohnson's written statement

is likely to be published after his appearance before the public inquiry. it is set to barely mention his former senior aide dominic cummings. i spoke earlier to our political correspondent, shelley phelps. she had more on what we can expect to hearfrom mrjohnson. we have been getting an idea from those close to borisjohnson and his allies about the broad scope of the argument he will be making when he gives evidence to the covid inquiry on wednesday and thursday. in addition to the apology, we understand he will defend decisions made by his government arguing that on the big because he got things right and he will be pointing to things like the vaccine, also pointing to the uk's emergence with the timing of that from its a final lock ahead of comparable economies. he will defend his use of colourful language and phrases. people might be watching and thinking, why are we hearing about this now before the session has started? why are we

hearing this now? it is likely full borisjohnson and his team, it is about getting that defence out there now. on wednesday and thursday there will be an avalanche of scrutiny and the focus will be on those, the questions and the exchanges. it follows weeks of criticism by some officials, ministers who were close to him at that time. that officials, ministers who were close to him at that time.— to him at that time. that is right. there has been _ to him at that time. that is right. there has been a _ to him at that time. that is right. there has been a lot _ to him at that time. that is right. there has been a lot of _ to him at that time. that is right. there has been a lot of criticism l to him at that time. that is right. l there has been a lot of criticism of borisjohnson and his style of leadership at the covid inquiry in recent weeks. his communications chief talked about it being the wrong crisis for boris johnson's skill set. we had from the government's chief scientific adviser at the time. he said that borisjohnson was bamboozled by the scientific data and then we had the testimony we had from dominic cummings when he was formerly a very close top eight of borisjohnson, now they are arch enemies. he said that borisjohnson was nicknamed the

trolley because he was always wearing from position to position. this will be borisjohnson's chance to put across his side of the story. there is reputation, management and reputation work to be done. congressman —— 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. gary 0'donohue reports from washington. george santos's version of the american dream has turned him into laughing stock.

a first—generation senate brazilian immigrants, george santos's version of the american dream has 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 jewish heritage. after claiming to be a proud americanjew, he produced perhaps the most jaw—dropping of all his explanations. i'm catholic, but i'm alsojew—ish, as an ish. i'mjew—ish. laughter. 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 0nlyfans website. he denies all the charges. it's just the sixth time in the 233 year history of the house of representatives that a member has been expelled. 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 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 l 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 0'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. we been speaking to imelda staunton and lesley manville, who play the queen and princess 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, and the final series of the crown will depict the last days of margaret's life. and the very different lives of the two sisters. their relationship is founded on this life growing up together as children and then teenagers, obviously, we note what happened was unexpectedly, elizabeth was propelled into being the queen. but at the heart of it they are probably one

of the greatest lovers of each other�*s lives and very very close. their relationship of course is complicated. for elizabeth, the touchstone of margaret was very important to her. and it is so lovely for us to conclude this relationship from the first series to this one. one more thing, very important. yes, of course. promise me, that i will actually be dead when they close coffin. - she laughs did you find you felt differently about the royal family after you had filmed the series? it's very easy to draw a bold, thumbnail sketch of margaret,

and you can make her 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. it was interesting to speculate and make decisions about what i thought that was with margaret because there was definitely a sadness and loneliness that punctuated her life. for me, playing someone whose life has been about duty, and i think that is why there were so many people queueing after the queen had died. because i think a lot of people were thinking, "you went to work every single day of your life and you didn't call in sick." i think people were saying thank you for turning up every single day. after winning dozens of awards this will be the final series of the crown, a series that has fascinated and gripped many.

how did it come to this? to have the story going on with three different casts playing it, that has never been done, it feels very special to be part of that. their story will continue to be told for many years to come because, historically, we all like films about henry viii or the tudors, it will always be told because they are fascinating characters. it is a world we have to imagine because we are not in it. it doesn't stop people telling the stories and it hasn't done up until now, and nor should it. you are watching bbc news. we will be back with more in a moment.

the weather story recently feels as though it has been pulled from a dickens christmas novel. it has been bleak. we saw temperatures as low as -10. bleak. we saw temperatures as low as —10. also some dense, freezing fog and snow showers which made their way from glasgow over towards faitout in the early hours. those showers will ease away. through the afternoon we will have sunny spells into the north—east of scotland with a phew show of rain in the west with northern ireland and generally on west facing coasts of england and wales b were the showers as well. it will be a cold afternoon with temperatures barely above freezing once again in places. maybe scott and not getting above freezing at all. the showers in the west will drift further inland over night the temperature is falling away. we could see snow moving across the midlands but may be freezing rain in

the south—east of england which could have an impact first thing in the morning. another bitterly cold night across scotland in particular. we will start off on sunday, cold and frosty in scotland. some sunny spells into northern ireland. early morning rain easing away in east anglia and the south—east of england. a blanket ipad continues. bits and pieces of nuisance rain. not a particularly pleasant afternoon to come. it will be that bit milder. temperatures between four and 8 degrees. another cold story in scotland but at least you have sunshine. another area of low pressure will bring wet snow as it moves across northern england. primarily rain in the south and east. but will fall away to rain and scattered showers. winteriness with any elevation behind it. it stays cold in scotland with temperatures again between three and 5 degrees. further south we are looking at 68

as a daytime maximum. as we move out of monday into tuesday that is when we start to see the milder and arriving. it will push the blues out of the way with a southerly wind driving and milder air across the country. unfortunately it does look like it will come at a price. as we head through the week it will turn increasingly wet and windy at times.

this is bbc news. the headlines... as the war resumes, the humanitarian crisis worsens in gaza, with no aid delivered from egypt since yesterday. israel has renewed its bombardment of gaza, with its military saying its strikes have hit more than 400 targets. the vice president, has made a pledge to the cup 28 summit. the former prime minister, borisjohnson is expected to apologise to the covid inquiry , acknowledging that the government did not get everything right during the pandemic and the bbc has been speaking to the stars of the crown about the latest episodes of british royal family drama.. our main story this hour. israel's renewed bombardment of gaza is entering its second day, after the collapse of a week—long truce. israeli air strikes have hit areas

in north—western gaza and khan younis in the south — where hundreds of thousands of people fled earlier in the war to escape fighting. the hamas—run health ministry said 200 people were killed and more than 600 people have been injured during friday's air strikes — with reports from khan yunis — in southern gaza — of some of the heaviest bombardments yet. 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. 0ur international correspondent 0rla guerin has more. 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 that 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 that they were sleeping and woke to the sound of a strike. we didn't know where it was, 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 its 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 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. there are children everywhere. these children were sleeping. there was a bomb literally 50 metres from here. hamas is 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. 0rla guerin, bbc news, tel aviv.

as we've been hearing, israel has told people in gaza to move south. i spoke earlier to our middle east correspondent hugo bachega. he had more on what those areas are — and if that message has been received. we have seen images of people leaving some of the major areas of khan younis as this offensive gets under way. yesterday, in areas around khan younis, the israeli military dropped leaflets with information about places for the civilian population to go. there was a qr code linking to a map of gaza. this map had been divided into hundreds of different places. 0bviously, internet is unreliable in gaza. electricity is very limited, so lots of people are questioning whether this is going to work, whether this is going to be enough to protect the civilian population of gaza.

over the last few days, american officials in particular have been telling the israeli authorities that they must do more to protect the civilians and the civilian population in gaza. i think the message here from the biden administration is that the israelis cannot repeat in the south what they did in the north, we have seen entire neighbourhoods destroyed and the local authorities in gaza say that around 15,000 people were killed in the first phase of the war. 0vernight, the israeli military continued to attack parts of gaza, parts of southern gaza have been heavily hit including the city of khan younis where hundreds of thousands of palestinians have been sheltering after fleeing northern gaza in the early stages of the war. we have seen images of hospitals, crowded hospitals that have been under a lot of pressure.

aid agencies have been warning that the situation is desperate, that the humanitarian crisis in gaza continues and they have been warning that another wave of displacement could happen if these major centres in southern gaza become the targets of these israeli offensives against hamas. what are we hearing from israeli officials about how they will try to minimise civilian casualties and get humanitarian assistance into the territory? i think one of the measures that the israeli authorities are implementing is this system in which they are telling the residents of gaza where to go and designating some safe zones. it remains to be seen whether this will work to protect civilians from air strikes that have been targeting those huge population centres in southern gaza. in particular khan younis but also rafah near the egyptian border. but what is very concerning is that

yesterday no aid entered gaza from egypt and the destiny and red crescent is saying that they haven't received any guarantees that any delivery will be happening today. again a number of different aid organisations , the un has been raising concerns of the humanitarian situation in gaza during the ceasefire, there was an increase in the number of trucks getting into gaza with much—needed aid. it seems that yesterday, that has come to a halt and again, the un and other organisations are urging the israeli authorities to allow more humanitarian aid to get into gaza. again raising concerns that the situation is desperate, even catastrophic and if more aid doesn't get in the situation is likely to get worse.

the domestic spy agency of ukraine detonated an explosion in railway line. a ukrainian source has told reuters it is the second attack on military supply routes in the area this week. the explosives were detonated as a freight train crossed the chertov bridge in siberia's buryatia region, thousands of kilometres from ukraine. 0ur correspondentjessica parker has more on the attack from kyiv. this happened along a stretch of railway. which runs through the border of china, it is in the far east of russia thousands of kilometres from ukraine. what a senior ukrainian official has told us is that the ukrainian security services managed to engineer two explosions, one in a tunnel and then later on a train running across a

bridge. they say that was to try and disable a line they say russia is using for military purposes. the russian media is reporting that the first instance in the tunnel is being investigated and authorities have talked about that incident saying that fire or smoke was seen but it only caused slight delays. the extent of damage caused isn't clear at the moment. what is more clear is the keenness of kyiv to strike targets deep inside russian territory. let's go back to dubai and the latest of the cup 28 summit. more than twenty countries have called for nuclear energy capacity to be tripled to combat global warming. the united states, the united arab emirates, south korea and a number of european governments backed the declaration. we canjoin our

correspondent carl nasman. this is day three in dubai of the climate summit, an action packed few days, we have seen several different pledges involving many different nations. you mentioned a commitment by nations to triple nuclear energy capacity by 2050. we have seen this parade of leaders taking to the stage yesterday on day two as well as today making these addresses, many of them pledging renewed commitment to speed up efforts to cut those all important greenhouse gas emissions. there has been some criticism of course because the top two emitters, china and the us, their leaders weren't here. us president and the chinese president weren't attending. at the last minute there was an announcement that the vice president of the us,

kamala harris willed a tent and she took to the stage. let's hear a bit of her address. today i am proud to announce a new $3 billion_ today i am proud to announce a new $3 billion pledge that the green climate _ $3 billion pledge that the green climate fund which helps developing countries _ climate fund which helps developing countries invest in resilience, clean — countries invest in resilience, clean energy and nature —based solutions — clean energy and nature —based solutions. today we are demonstrating through action how the world can _ demonstrating through action how the world can and must meet this crisis. this is— world can and must meet this crisis. this is a _ world can and must meet this crisis. this is a pivotal moment, our action collectively — this is a pivotal moment, our action collectively all worse our inaction will impact billions of people for decades— will impact billions of people for decades to come. for as much as we have _ decades to come. for as much as we have accomplished, there is still so much _ have accomplished, there is still so much work— have accomplished, there is still so much work to do and continued progress — much work to do and continued progress will not be possible without _ progress will not be possible without a fight. the progress will not be possible without a fight.— progress will not be possible without a fi . ht. . , without a fight. the vice president kamala harris, _ without a fight. the vice president kamala harris, we _ without a fight. the vice president kamala harris, we have _ without a fight. the vice president kamala harris, we have seen - without a fight. the vice president|

kamala harris, we have seen other deals being agreed over the last few days. the momentum at this summit seems to be different to previous ones. it seems to be different to previous ones. ., , ., ., ., , seems to be different to previous ones. ., , ., ., ., ones. it does, a lot of times you can look back — ones. it does, a lot of times you can look back to _ ones. it does, a lot of times you can look back to the _ ones. it does, a lot of times you can look back to the summit - ones. it does, a lot of times you can look back to the summit in l can look back to the summit in copenhagen, the dealsjust can look back to the summit in copenhagen, the deals just don't come at the beginning, sometimes there is no deal at all. this one seems to be different, we have seen a major announcement on day one, some people are speculating that they may have to do with some of the criticism that the host nation, the united arab emirates and its president came under in the lead up to the conference. documents being released that appear to show that they may have been plans to pitch oil deals to some of the nations here which would be counter to the entire point of the conference. what we are seeing is some major deals, won after another at the beginning and that does seem... these are pledges, they are not binding, but

it does seem to be giving momentum to a process that is often severely lacking. many times people are fed up lacking. many times people are fed up with the slow process at these climate conferences, the lack of clear, binding agreements. but these are significant deals and if they are significant deals and if they are upheld, what we are seeing in terms of tripling renewable energy capacity which we are expecting an announcement later on, the tripling of nuclear energy those codes have big impact in reducing greenhouse gases. big impact in reducing greenhouse cases. , .. ,, ,, ., big impact in reducing greenhouse cases. ,.. ,, ,, ., gases. some successes but how about any challenges — gases. some successes but how about any challenges or _ gases. some successes but how about any challenges or sticking _ gases. some successes but how about any challenges or sticking points - gases. some successes but how about any challenges or sticking points as i any challenges or sticking points as different countries continue with the negotiations. this different countries continue with the negotiations.— different countries continue with the negotiations. this is 'ust day three of a rs * the negotiations. this is 'ust day three of a 13 day fl the negotiations. this is 'ust day three of a 13 day long h the negotiations. this isjust day l three of a 13 day long conference. it may be easy—going now but they will be some bumps in the road, one of the sticking points could be about particular language. there is about particular language. there is a group of nations pushing for a

phase out of all fossil fuels like oil and gas. 0ther phase out of all fossil fuels like oil and gas. other nations are proposing a phase down, it may seem like one—word but it is important many nations because the science says we need to stop burning fossil fuels, we need to leave the vast majority of oil reserves in the ground if we want to meet that goal of 1.5 celsius warming. we could see a fight over that language in terms of what makes it into the final text of what makes it into the final text of that agreement published at the end of the conference. that is one sticking point, we haven't got to the negotiations yet but some countries are already gearing up for a fight on that language.— a fight on that language. thank you very much- — there have been a series of strikes across the country, there have been

across the country, there have been a long running dispute that dispute over pay and practices. there won't be much festive cheer on the railways, it is the latest one—day walk—out by the aslef union. after nearly 18 months of industrial action, that is yet more frustration for passengers. it has just gone on too long, i think i have had enough of it now. i want to know that if i want to catch a train that there will be a train running. it hasjust been a year of disruption, really annoyed, don't know what it's for, every local station, they are sitting in the cafe is, the workers want to get back to work, they're just saying that the train managers are making decisions that they are not happy with, so i don't understand why we are suffering. it is really frustrating, - it just feels like the only people who are suffering is the everyday people who are struggling - to get into work or seeing family and friends. - especially around christmas, it - means that people can't be together. after 1a one—day strikes

were all 12,000 trousers walked out in unison, aslef says that this action will use new tactics to ratchet up the pressure on the train companies. an overtime ban began yesterday and will run for nine days in total, it means reduced services will be running across britain every day until next saturday. drivers and each of the operators involved also walk out for 24—hour at a time but staggered on different days from today until next friday. monday is the only day where they will be no strikes. it is a particular concern for the hospitality industry, bars, pubs and restaurants are starting their busiest and most important period of the year. for many, it could be make or break. it is the second busiest week in the calendar, the run—up to christmas, lots of office parties and lunches, that are now being postponed. overall, the series of rolling strikes are estimated to cost the industry a further £600 million.

this comes as members of the other rail union voted to agree to a backdated pay rise as well as guarantees on job security. it means they won't take part in any further industrial action until at least the spring. the aslef dispute is mainly centred on pay, the group representing the train operators insist that a pay rise is reasonable, the government is in support with the union says there are too many caveats and members have continued to vote for industrial action over the next few months. 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. an 84—year—old man has died after a large gas explosion in a house in edinburgh. police said two people had been rescued, emergency services remain at the scene. gloria steinem has been fighting for equal rights. she has sat down with

the bbc 100 women to discuss how feminism has changed over the decades and the impact of council quencher and what the future might look like for women's rights around the world. you and i have grown up in some form of patriarchy that says that even in the family, women are more responsible for taking care of infants and small children than men are. even though men are parents, too. so that's where a lack of democracy begins. and that's the beginning of change that we all can make. we shouldn't feel helpless just because we're not changing something globally. the idea of domination

and a lack of democracy begins is in the family, and it's even more important and even more the cause of future conflict to grow up with that, with making discrimination and domination 0k. then national policies are what kind of change you wish to see that you think hasn't been achieved and you hope to see accomplished in your lifetime? well, the most obvious and simplest is that we can determine the fate of our own physical selves, so we can decide whether and when to have children, not to have children. whatever it is about our physical selves, because that's where our difficulty begins, because we happen to have wombs and the desire to control wombs is very central to authoritarian systems. so, you know, it's clear that controlling reproduction is crucial. yet when we talk about politics, we don't usually start there clearly because we have a womb

and men don't. the desire to control the womb is often the first or most lethal or most impactful kind of effort. another thing that nowadays everybody�*s talking about is cancel culture. you know, there is this fear of speaking up, especially among the younger generation. what do you think of that? do you actually think that this is compromising the freedom of speech of the younger generation? i don't feel it myself, but i resent it on behalf of anybody who does feel it, because free speech is crucial to any democracy. we should not submit to cancel culture. it's social pressure as censorship, and it's definitely not a good thing. even when it is suppressing evidence of bias, it still is silencing people.

now, what would you say is the biggest misconception people make about you ? well, occasionally, especially when i was traveling a lot, people seemed surprised that i had a sense of humor. you're notjust an angry feminist, right? i think also people look at the movement and think that it is more limited to college educated white women than it then it really is. it's often started in quite the reverse way. if there is any legacy, i would just say that i was trying to make the world a little more fair and a little more representative than it was when i got here, that this included laughter and joy as well as angerand...

right, right? that each of us is unique. so we shouldn't try to be like somebody else, but perhaps we can gain support and inspiration from knowing people who came before us. the actor macauley culkin best known for his role in the home alone series has been honoured on the hollywood walk of fame. the 43 old began his career on stage at the age of four. he rose to stardom in home alone. he won a golden globe for his role but starred in many other roles in his four decade career show business. he wasjoined by his fiancee and then to children. and

make sure to end his speech with his best—known line. to make sure to end his speech with his best-known line.— best-known line. to wrap things up and in the spirit _ best-known line. to wrap things up and in the spirit of _ best-known line. to wrap things up and in the spirit of the _ best-known line. to wrap things up and in the spirit of the holiday - and in the spirit of the holiday season is, ijust want and in the spirit of the holiday season is, i just want to say merry christmas, you filthy animals! before we go we want to leave you with these life pictures of southern israel looking out onto the gaza strip. a reminder of our top story which is that israel has renewed its bombardment of gaza and that continues into its second day. 0ver continues into its second day. over the past few hours we have seen smoke billowing over the skies in gaza, we believe those are more strikes occurring. hamas has also fired rockets from gaza into israeli territory. a reminder that you are watching bbc news, stay with us.

hello. the weather story just recently feels as though it's been pulled straight from a dickens christmas novel. it's been bleak out there, hasn't it? we saw temperatures as low as minus ten first thing this morning. we also had some dense freezing fog and some snow showers which move their way from glasgow over towards fife during the early hours. now, those showers will ease away and actually through the afternoon we'll have some sunny spells into north and east scotland. a few showers of rain out to the west with northern ireland and generally along west—facing coasts of england and wales we'll see some showers as well. the fog will lift to sunny spells elsewhere, but it is going to be a cold afternoon with temperatures barely above freezing once again in places, maybe scotland not getting above freezing at all. now, the showers out to the west will drift further inland through the night. and with temperatures falling away, we could see a spell of snow moving its way through the midlands, maybe some freezing rain down through the south east of england, which could have an impact first thing in the morning. clearer skies further north,

still leading to another bitterly cold night across scotland in particular. so we're going to start off on sunday then cold and frosty here in scotland, some sunny spells into northern ireland. early morning rain easing away from east anglia and southeast england. a blanket of cloud continues for much of the afternoon and there'll be bits and pieces of nuisance rain. so not a particularly pleasant afternoon to come, but it will be just that little bit milder. temperatures here between four and eight degrees. another cold story in scotland, but at least you've got the sunshine. another area of low pressure will bring a spell of wet snow, perhaps, as it moves its way through northern england, primarily rain through the south and east. that will pull away to sunny spells and scattered showers. still a little bit of winteriness with any elevation behind it. it stays cold in scotland with temperatures again between three and five degrees. further south, we're looking at six to 8 as a daytime maximum. and as we move out of monday

into tuesday, that's when we start to see this milder air arriving. it's going to push the blues out of the way with a southerly wind driving in milder air across the country. but, unfortunately, it does look likely to come at a price. it means that as we head through the week, it turns increasingly wet and windy at times.

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