this is bbc news. the headlines: israel has intensified its bombardment on khan younis in the southern gaza strip with a wave of air strikes,

causing massive destruction to apartment blocks. the hamas—run health ministry says more than 200 people have been killed since the end of a week—long truce. the palestinian red crescent says about 50 humanitarian aid trucks have been allowed through the rafah crossing into gaza — the first since thursday. french president emmanuel macron says he's heading to qatar to kick—start efforts for a new israel—gaza truce. translation: we recognise israel's right to defend itself. _ but within the framework of international law, under no circumstances can do this right to defend oneself be a right to attack civilian populations. —— can this right. at cop28, at least 116 nations commit to tripling renewable energy capacity. i spoke to labour leader sir keir starmer who is at the summit. we will have a listen later. and former prime minister boris johnson is expected to apologise to the uk covid inquiry,

acknowledging that the government did not get everything right during the pandemic. let's return to the climate conference in dubai. labour leader sir keir starmer is among those attending. as i was saying, i spoke to him a little earlier and i asked him what he hoped to achieve by attending cop28. we have just been through the worst cost of living crisis for many, many years, and many people watching this will still be feeling the effects of that. one of the drivers of that is that we haven't had energy security, we have been exposed to the international market and we need to transition to renewables, and we need to do that at pace, because if we are able to achieve what we the labour party want to achieve, hopefully a labour government, which is clean power by 2030, that means reduce bills notjust for one year but permanently, and that means that we get energy security,

so that putin can't put his boot on our throat and there are of course many, many thousands ofjobs in renewables. so i am really here ensuring that we represent the national interest back at home. working with international partners here who have similar issues and challenges, also having the ability to talk to investors, who i hope if we are privileged enough to come into government, will partner with us in achieving what we need to achieve in this transition which will be impacting on every single household and everyone watching this programme. you talk about the cost of living crisis. how do you plan to fund some of your flagship green policies? you talked about a green prosperity plan in funding some £28 billion per year. we are now hearing that wouldn't necessarily come in, if you were to win a general election, until 2027, and i'm hearing there are major doubts at the top of the party that that level of investment

will ever be met. just tell us straight, sir keir, will it ever happen happen if you win power, or is it a pipe dream given that we are in a cost of living crisis? it will happen and i'm determined that we have a mission driven government which is a government with a driving sense of purpose and we will have five missions, five big things that we want to achieve if we have the privilege to come into government. and when is this likely to happen? one of them is clean power by 2030, so there is a clear date on that, and what we will do is take the necessary tough decisions to reach that target. that will require us to deal with things like planning, the grid, industrial strategy. it will of course also require investment so that 28 billion will probably be ramped up in the second half of the parliament, i say ramped up because there will be money coming

in from the start, but the money is towards a purpose, an outcome, and the outcome we are driving at here is the transition so that for years and years to come, every person watching this, millions of people up and down the country will have cheaper bills, because we can't go on like this. because we haven't made these tough choices, we are now exposed to very high energy prices. we have seen that in the last two years and i am not prepared to allow the british public to go through again what they have just been through in the last two or three years of the cost of living crisis. we have to take the tough decisions to make sure we never face this again as a country. sir keir, one of the criticisms which comes from even the chancellor is that your plans would actually fuel inflation, including this green prosperity plan, and actually, right now the cost of living crisis means this is just not affordable. what would you say to that? look, can ijust say, i am not really prepared to take lectures from this

government on the economy. they have trashed the economy, and everyone who is watching this programme who has a mortgage will probably be paying more money now than they were a year or two ago because of the damage this government has done to the economy and our inflation is still much higher than other countries. but the big mistake the government has made is by not taking the necessary action, we are exposed on energy costs. energy costs have caused high inflation. if ten years ago, this government had done what we are proposing now, we wouldn't be in this position, so rather than having more of this sticking plaster politics and not really fixing anything, i want a government that is mission—driven. and that means there isn't a cost to this, but there's actually a benefit to this, because if we get this right, there will be lower bills for everyone paying those energy bills, and we will not let working people pay the price for this. this is government action that is needed to take action that really should have been taken years ago, but we are not prepared

to allow the british public to go through the sort of anguish and anxiety they are going through now in this cost—of—living crisis. that is why i am here talking to international leaders and investors at cop28. sir keir, you said you don't want the british public to pay the price for some of these measures, including the green measures, but what we saw for example with ulez was that people were unhappy with having to pay that price themselves. and it cost you a by—election. is it the case that some of these policies are not politically popular? i don't want working people to have to pay out for the change we need to make, and that is why when it comes to investment, i want to ensure that for every pound the government puts in, we get £3 from the private sector. that is why i have had round tables here with global investors from around the world talking about what they can do to help us in the uk with this transition.

but if we make the transition, renewable energy is three times cheaper than oil and gas and that means prices can come down on a permanent basis, and i think that for anyone watching this, that is something they would say, "please give me that "price reduction and make it permanent so i don't have this "anxiety all over again." let me ask you this, because one of the conversations everyone is having right now as cop28 is happening is what individuals can do more, what personal responsibility people can take to do their part for reducing carbon emissions. what do you do personally, sir keir? do you have electric cars, do you have an energy efficient boiler? what kind of things do you personally do that you can tell our viewers that you do to do your bit? we all need to do our bit but i don't think, with all due respect, this can be reduced to

what individuals can do and the idea that if each individual does a little bit, that will somehow be enough. we have to make a massive transition here. there is a huge opportunity in wind power, hydrogen, new nuclear and solar power. governments have to make big decisions on that and they have to create the conditions of certainty and stability for investors to come in alongside. so, yes, of course we can all do individual things now in our lives, but i don't think it is right to say that that in itself will solve this problem. that is why we are having an international conference here. can i just ask you what bits you do though? i'm sure our viewers will be interested to know what you do personally, even if it is a small part of the bigger picture.

there are a number of things that we do to play our part. for my part, i don't eat meat, but i'm not trying to enforce on other people what they should or shouldn't do. this is not enforcing on individuals what they can and can't do, but it is about government saying it is our responsibility to take the big decisions about this transition, it is our responsibility to take decisions about insulating the homes of millions of people. many of our homes leak a lot of heat and if we can fix that, we can reduce their bills, and i went to see some of this up in yorkshire just at the beginning of last year, a freezing cold day and a house that had had the insulation done, very, very low bills, warm inside. i want to see that in all of our homes across the united kingdom, so of course there are individual acts that individuals can do but i'm not in the business of telling people what they should and shouldn't be doing with their individual lives. i'm in the business of saying that if we are going to make the difference we need, we need a government with the clarity, the certainty, the presence of mind and the strategy

to take the big decisions which many people watching this deserve and want a government to do. sir keir, before we let you go, i just want to get your reaction to the fact that hostilities have resumed in the middle east, and what you think needs to come next. you have had a number of yourfront benchers resign because you haven't called for a ceasefire. is your position changing on that, as the number of civilian casualties in gaza rises? well, my focus is obviously on the civilians in gaza and in israel, and i was saddened, as everyone was, to see a resumption of hostilities. what i think we now need is a further pause, a further cessation of hostilities, so that we can build on what has happened in the days when we did have a cessation of hostilities, which is more hostages being released, much more humanitarian aid going into gaza.

it is a desperate situation there, and of course, what that further cessation of hostilities would provide is the foot in the door to the sort of discussions that will be needed to... the only way through this in the long term is a political settlement and a two—state settlement. so what i'm arguing for the resumption of the pause and a cessation of hostilities so we can get back to that place, but whilst we are in this phase of resumption, it is also important for me to say that we can't go back to the way this first phase of this war was conducted. too many innocent individuals have lost their lives in israel and, of course, across gaza. many, many people in gaza, innocent civilians and children have lost their lives, so we can't go back to where we were just a week or so ago. we have to see this

as a different stage. sir keir starmer speaking to me earlier. the presenter claudia winkleman has announced she's stepping down from her bbc radio two saturday show. she told listeners directly on air this morning. announcing her departure, claudia winkleman said it was for family reasons. with more on this is our news reporter nicky schiller. which is a bit of a shock for her listeners to hear she was standing down because she has been reburied due to since 2008 and has done a variety of programmes starting with a quiz show, and she also had a programme in 2016 on sundays. —— because she has been with radio two. but she took over the sunday morning programme when graham norton decided to leave radio two and go to virgin radio, so she has been there for almost three years now and she has a

feature on the programme caught the news at ten because the programme runs from ten o'clock till one o'clock and she asked its listeners to let her know about their news at ten, and today it was a different story, her news at ten, and this is how she announced she was stepping down to her listeners. here's the thing, and it is such a boring cliche, so i apologise. time is going too fast. my daughter is getting ready to leave home and she was three about five minutes ago. i still have a little one who wants to be with me — i don't know how long that will last — and ijust need to be at home more. so my news at ten is that i am leaving. who is likely to replace her in that slot? . . , �* who is likely to replace her in that slot? ., ., ,�* ., , ., slot? claudia isn't actually leaving until march _ slot? claudia isn't actually leaving until march of _ slot? claudia isn't actually leaving until march of next _ slot? claudia isn't actually leaving until march of next year _ slot? claudia isn't actually leaving until march of next year but - slot? claudia isn't actually leaving until march of next year but the i until march of next year but the network have already announced that romesh ranganathan will take over the slot, and he already works with us not doing a hepa programme and you may also know him from bbc 0ne's the weakest link and claudia called

him one of the funniest people on the planet, and he issued a statement saying he was grateful for claudia wanting to spend more time with her children, enabling me to spend less time with mine. —— hip—hop programme. claudia of course has a second system of the traitors on the way and she will of course be on the way and she will of course be on our screens tonight with strictly come dancing. i on our screens tonight with strictly come dancing-— on our screens tonight with strictly come dancing. on our screens tonight with strictly come dancinu. . , , .. , come dancing. i am smiling because i am also a big — come dancing. i am smiling because i am also a big fan _ come dancing. i am smiling because i am also a big fan of— come dancing. i am smiling because i am also a big fan of romesh - am also a big fan of romesh ranganathan. there is big news with strictly come dancing with someone who has pulled out this year. the casualty actor — who has pulled out this year. the casualty actor at _ who has pulled out this year. tue: casualty actor at nigel who has pulled out this year. tte: casualty actor at nigel harman has pulled out days before the quarterfinal today because he sustained an injury, and he was due to take part in the quarterfinals performing the charleston with his partner katia jones, but there were reports that he has injured he has

injured his leg, but strictly are now saying that it was his rib. there are nobody for consistence in the final, but you may already know that a abington pulled out of earlier in the season meaning there was only going to be very, so we now just have four contestants left in the quarterfinal, semifinal and final. so a lot of strictly funds including art betty in the office don't think there will be an elimination tonight but the producers are yet to say what will happen on tonight's so as nigel harman has bought out. —— including our betty in the office. == harman has bought out. -- including our betty in the office.— our betty in the office. -- on tonight's _ our betty in the office. -- on tonight's show. _ a british soldier has been killed while off duty in kenya — according to the uk ministry of defence. 32—year—old major kevin mccool was on a motorcycle trip off base when he was attacked. laura trant is in the newsroom with more information.

major kevin mccool died on thursday november 29th in kenya. the 32—year—old was commissioned from sandhurst in 2014. he had been deployed to europe, the middle east, the falklands and africa. he has been described by the ministry of defence as at his very best when the conditions were at their very worst. it is believed he was attacked off—duty and not on the army base in kenya. the ministry of defence said his next—of—kin have been informed but they will not release any further detail about exactly what took place. however, they have described his operational record as a glittering one. they have also said he aced many of the military�*s hardest courses. they've said his fitness was legendary. major mccool�*s commanding officer said he had a compelling character and a deep humility which displayed a wisdom beyond his years. added to that is the secretary

of state for defence grant shapps who said it was clear from the tributes from those who knew him that he was an exceptional person, an exceptional soldier, who was loved and respect in equal measure. major mccool has been described as a family man, leaving behind his parents and five siblings. borisjohnson is expected to apologise for mistakes made during his handling of the pandemic when he appears before the 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 expected to barely mention his former senior aide dominic cummings. 0ur political correspondent shelley phelps has more. we have been getting an idea from those close to borisjohnson and his allies about the broad scope of the arguments he will be making when he gives evidence to the covid inquiry on wednesday and thursday.

and in addition to that apology that you just mention there, we understand that he is going to defend the decisions made by his government, arguing that on the big calls, they got things right, that he'll be pointing to things like the vaccine, also pointing to things like the uk's emergence, the timing of that from its final lockdown ahead of comparable economies, that he'll be defending his use of colourful language and phrases. but i think that people might be watching and thinking, "well, "why are we hearing about this now before this session has started?" so, why are we hearing this now? i think it is likely that for borisjohnson and his team, it is about getting that defence out there now, because on wednesday and thursday, there will be that avalanche of scrutiny and the focus will be on those questions and the exchanges there. an 84—year—old man was killed when a house exploded in edinburgh. two other people were taken to hospital following the blast in the baberton area of the city. police say there are no suspicious circumstances. 0ur reporter katie hunter

is at the scene. well, part of this street is still sealed off this lunchtime and the police are here. 0ne house has been badly, badly damaged and there is debris strewn across the road — bricks, roof tiles, personal belongings. other homes nearby, well, their windows have been blown in. now, neighbours say this explosion, which happened around 22:30 last night, was like a bomb going off. one man described how the force of it threw him onto his bed and police confirmed this morning that an 84—year—old man has died. a 44—year—old woman and a 54—year—old man were taken to hospital. and people here have been expressing their shock this morning and paying tribute to the victim. other people have been forced to leave their homes because of the damage done. they have been coming back here this morning to try to retrieve belongings. we have seen police going into people's homes to get essential belongings. now, police scotland say there are no suspicious circumstances here and they are continuing to work

with their partner agencies to try to find out exactly what happened. some breaking news we willjust bring you, and that is that a magnitude 6.4 aftershock has shaken the southern philippines, that is according to the us geological survey. that comes after a powerful earthquake hit the region and triggered a tsunami alert, and we also hearing that more than an hour after a 6.9 earthquake into provinces, the other aftershock that i was saying there was a magnitude of 6.1, and it occurred off the coast. they were warning of tsunamis with heights of more than one metre above the normal tides and

there has also been warnings around japan. seven years after it first hit our screens, the final episodes of royal drama the crown will be released this month, focusing on life after the death of diana, princess of wales. here's charlotte gallagher. 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 all know what happened was 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. 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. - dead when they close the coffin. she laughs did you find you felt differently about the royal family and elizabeth and margaret after you had filmed these series? it's very easy to draw a very 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 whole 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 saying, "you went to work every single day of your life and you "didn't call in sick." i think people were just saying thank you for turning up every single day, thank you. after winning dozens of awards, this will be the final series of the crown, an end of a television era that has fascinated and gripped many.

to have this story going on with three different casts and ages 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 and all the wives, 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, i don't think. 0n on that, we end this hour, but there is of course plenty more on all of the developments on the bbc news website, including a live page with all the very latest from the middle east. now it's time for the weather with stav danaos. hello there.

although much of the country today has been very cold but dry with a bit of sunshine and mist and fog, we've seen some snow showers across western wales, northwest england, some frequent and heavy snow showers for cumbria. the met office issued an amber warning for cumbria for these snow showers. but it's this line of snow showers which has been affecting irish sea coasts of england and wales, which will pep up through the evening and overnight as it spreads its way eastwards. so we see a couple of centimetres of snow north of the m4 corridor, even down to lower levels, and that snow will push across northern, eastern england towards the end of the night. further accumulations, more than a couple of centimetres, perhaps, over the higher ground. a cold night to come. ice will be a significant risk where snow and sleet will be falling. very cold across northern scotland — minus ten, —11 degrees, but perhaps frost—free across southern england. now, to start sunday, we'll have that wintry mix across eastern areas first thing and then it'll clear away.

and then england and wales staying rather cloudy with further outbreaks of rain at times. but the far north of england, northern ireland, scotland will have a bright day with some sunshine, but it will stay cold, especially across scotland, perhaps a little less cold across the south, perhaps up to double figures there for plymouth and for the channel islands. that's all because of this area of low pressure, which will move in during sunday night into monday. so it looks like the start of the new week will be cloudy, wet, windy across large parts of england and wales. and we'll see showers moving in off the north sea affecting eastern scotland. these will have a wintry flavour to them, so the best of the sunshine will tend to be across the north and the west of the uk. a cold day to come despite the fact temperatures a little bit higher in the south. because of the wind, certainly, it's going to feel quite raw. tuesday, that area of low pressure pulls out into the north sea. so it's eastern parts of scotland, east england, which will see the strongest of the winds, further wintry showers further north and west, thanks to a ridge of high pressure. it looks like it will be cold,

but at least dry and bright blue skies and plenty of sunshine. another cold day to come wherever you are. the cold weather persists into wednesday, but after wednesday you'll notice the blue colours move northwards and we start to see the orange colours taking over. it will be turning a lot milder towards the end of the week, but with that milder air comes more unsettled conditions. we'll see low pressure systems bringing spells of wet and windy weather to all areas. see you later. live from london. this is bbc news. the palestinian red crescent

says it's received the first aid trucks to enter gaza since the truce ended. israel's military says its renewed bombardment of gaza has hit more than 400 targets. the gaza health ministry says nearly 200 people have been killed. french president emmanuel macron says he's heading to qatar to kick—start efforts for a new israel—gaza truce. translation: we recognise israel's ri . ht to translation: we recognise israel's right to defend _ translation: we recognise israel's right to defend itself, _ translation: we recognise israel's right to defend itself, but _ translation: we recognise israel's right to defend itself, but within - right to defend itself, but within the framework of international law, under no circumstances can this right be a right to attack civilian populations. and at cop28, at least 116 nations commit themselves to tripling renewable energy capacity.

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