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israel pulls its negotiators out of talks with hamas as it bombards southern gaza with airstrikes. aid agencies have sounded the alarm. the gaza health ministry says nearly 200 people have been killed since the truce ended. more than 110 nations pledge to triple the world's capacity to produce renewable energy by the end of the decade. i'm helena humphrey — good to have you with us. we will start with some breaking news coming in from paris where one person has died and another two people are injured in a stabbing attack. police say, the assailant has been arrested. these are the latest live pictures these form the scene. you can see close to the river and
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the 15th quarter of paris and the french interior minister has just been giving updates. it is currently unclear at this stage what the motive was for the attack but according to the interior minister, he said the attacker was targeting tourists. it is close to the eiffel tower, an area popular with tourists. and also that the attacker was angered by the situation in gaza and that he was known to authorities for trying to stage another attack in 2016. according to the interior minister, he was a german national. we are now learning according to the press conference and someone who was on the french security services watch this as well. you can see there on your screen, looking at those live pictures. a police presence there, a cordon off area, close to the river which runs
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through paris in the 15th quarter close to the eiffel tower. of course we will continue to keep you up—to—date with regards to that situation after that attack which is left one person dead and one person injured their in the french capital. turning to the middle east now. israel has ramped up air strikes on gaza, telling residents to evacuate. now, israel is warning that it's preparing for a the next stage of fighting — this time in southern gaza. despite the seven day ceasefire that ended friday, prime minister benjamin netanyahu warned the war is far from over. translation: we will continue the war and to be _ translation: we will continue the war and to be achieve _ translation: we will continue the war and to be achieve all— translation: we will continue the war and to be achieve all of- war and to be achieve all of our goals which is impossible without the ground operation. it was
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necessary to bring the results until now and it is necessary to bring the results moving forward. israel's been carrying out intense air strikes on khan younis in southern gaza. israel says hamas leaders are in the city, but it's also where hundreds of thousands of palestinians have been sheltering after being told to flee from the north. residents are describing it as some of the heaviest bombing of the war yet. people in the eastern areas of the city have been told to evacuate further south — khan younis was one of the places they were told to flee to in the earlier stages of the war. amid the attacks, us secretary of defense lloyd austin warned israel that it should be shielding civilians. the centre of gravity is the civilian popularity and if you drive them into the arms of the enemy you replace a technical victory with a
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strategic defeat. i've repeatedly made clear to the israeli leaders that protecting palestinian civilians in gaza is both a moral responsibility and a strategic imperative. but it's unclear if israel will heed that warning from the us as attacks have ramped up on the south. 0ur middle east correspondent lucy williamson reports. khan yunis, gaza's southern capital, once labelled safe. america says this new phase of israel's war in gaza must look different to before. two days in, it looks and sounds the same. residents say the bombing of khan younis is the heaviest since the conflict began. this city where senior hamas leaders are said to be hiding. israel has told people to move to shelters further south. nader abu warda and his three children fled here from
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the fighting in the north. translation: the israelis told us | that khan yunis was a safe zone, | which led us to flee here. now, even khan yunis has become a war zone. where are we supposed to go? our children are stranded on the streets. israel says military pressure on hamas helps free hostages. 110 women and children were released before the truce broke down. really, today was my worst day. yarden gonen's sister romi is still there. ithe negotiation and the releasesl and everything gave me hope that i will win the lottery the next time. - ijust know that my sister - is waiting and she saw the other ones get released and she knew that she could be the next one. | tonight, families and their supporters held a rally in central tel aviv.
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the strain of the last two days colouring the mood. the star speaker, yelena. released by hamas but forced to leave her son behind. translation: i'm happy and excited to stand here in front of you. - i came to say thank you because without you, i wouldn't be here. and now we had to go back and get my sasha. the stories of hostages and their families are starting to diverge. after a week in which more than 100 women and children were released, there is now an effort to keep up pressure on the government not to leave anyone behind. negotiations to release more hostages seem to have stalled. some here worried that military goals are now the priority. israel has said bombing and bargaining can take place together, something for families to cling to. lucy williamson, bbc news, tel aviv.
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well, the israeli air strikes on gaza's south — as you saw in lucy's report — are now starting to beg the question — where can civlians go to protect themselves. i discussed that with our diplomatic correspondent paul adams correspondent paul adams who's injerusalem. i want to start with the leaflets that we know israel has been air dropping over the gaza strip as its renewed its bombardment. do people receiving them understand where to 90, receiving them understand where to go, where safe areas are?— go, where safe areas are? leaflets in aeneral go, where safe areas are? leaflets in general have _ go, where safe areas are? leaflets in general have caused _ go, where safe areas are? leaflets in general have caused confusion l go, where safe areas are? leaflets i in general have caused confusion and uncertainty in the past. what we are seeing at the moment is a slightly new iteration of this policy with this a detailed map of the gaza strip broken down into numbered grid squares. the idea of being now that, not that israel will direct people towards a safe areas, but they will direct people away from unsafe areas. they have areas of shaded,
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the maps dropped, on where israel is planning to conduct military operation and is urging people to leave those areas. a different approach and one has to assume that from day those unsafe areas will change. as the israeli military priorities shift and change. so we won't know for a few days, perhaps, whether the new strategy is working any better than the old which was rather a more blunt form of warning for people in whole areas to move south or to get out of the way. this is more precise but we don't know if it's more effective. another thing bearing in mind is that even outside that defined area, israel preserves the right to conduct what it calls, attacks on high—value targets. those can be as palestinians have found to their cost of life, anywhere and anytime. i their cost of life, anywhere and an ime. . ., ., ,,
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anytime. i also want to speak about the negotiations _ anytime. i also want to speak about the negotiations as _ anytime. i also want to speak about the negotiations as well _ anytime. i also want to speak about the negotiations as well which - anytime. i also want to speak about the negotiations as well which had i the negotiations as well which had been under way in qatar the israeli prime minister, netanyahu saying they are pulling their team from qatar what does this mean for the potential of a further temporary truce and also, the question when it comes to the hostages who still remain inside of gaza? fist comes to the hostages who still remain inside of gaza?- comes to the hostages who still remain inside of gaza? at the moment it means there — remain inside of gaza? at the moment it means there are _ remain inside of gaza? at the moment it means there are no _ remain inside of gaza? at the moment it means there are no negotiations - it means there are no negotiations and therefore, no prospect of any immediate resumption of that truce. the israelis pulled their delegation out, netanyahu speaking on television tonight said that the only military force had secured the release of 100 or so hostages who were released over the past week and thatis were released over the past week and that is what israel is about to do again in the gaza strip. hamas said there would be no further releases of any hostages until there was a complete cease—fire. at the moment you see the two sides of very, very far apart on this. whether the very negotiators who have been involved in trying to get the cease—fire up
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and running can pull it off again, i don't think so. not in the short term. it feels at the moment as if israel is determined to pursue military pressure for the time being. military pressure for the time beinu. ., ,., ., , military pressure for the time bein.. . h, . , ., being. on that point with regards to continuin: being. on that point with regards to continuing that _ being. on that point with regards to continuing that military _ being. on that point with regards to continuing that military pressure. i continuing that military pressure. that was something that netanyahu touched on in that press conference that he was giving essentially saying that aim to our predicate hamas continues. ijust wonder, weeks into this conflict now, do a clear idea as to what the idf has been able to achieve in pursuing that aim? , ., , ., that aim? they said that even before the cease-fire _ that aim? they said that even before the cease-fire one _ that aim? they said that even before the cease-fire one week— that aim? they said that even before the cease-fire one week ago - that aim? they said that even before the cease-fire one week ago they - the cease—fire one week ago they were making significant progress in the northern part of the gaza strip. they had defeated a number of the hamas fighting battalions, they still have work they want to do there. so we are seeing some pretty intense street fighting and parts of gaza city. that is likely to
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continue for some time until they feel they have the whole of the northern area under their control. then attention in terms of ground forces, will probably turn towards the south. we are already seeing probably some ground operations in the south but in terms of a major push into the south that may be some time away. then israel will essentially try to achieve the same thing which is go after hamas infrastructure, tunnels, command and control centres, searching for hamas leaders and obviously continuing the search for hostages. all of that presents the prospect of a military conflict that has got weeks, probably months, still to run. with some reporting suggesting that basically will be able seeing military action of one form or another throughout the coming year. thank you for your reporting, as ever, paul. turning now to the un climate summit in dubai,
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where leaders have made more promises to combat climate change. while the day prior focused on food production's contribution to global warming, the focus of the most recent talks shifted to renewable energy. around 100 countries promised to triple world renewable energy use by 2030. additionally, 50 oil and gas companies — including saudi giant aramco — pledged to stop adding to planet—warming gases by 2050. that pledge however only covers emissions from production, not the burning of fossil fuels. critics say the promise would not meaningfully tackle climate change. but countries pledging to triple renewable energy at the cop28 summit said it would help remove fossil fuels from the world's energy system by 2050 at the latest. the bbc�*s climate editorjustin rowlatt has more from dubai. the pope couldn't make it to dubai — his doctorforbade him from travelling — but a cardinal read his words. climate change has "run amuck", he said, and he posed a question for the gathered leaders.
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are we working for a culture of life or a culture of death? to all of you, i make this heartfelt appeal. let us choose life. let us choose the future. some of the pope's demands are already being the pope and the secretary general of the un have both said fossil fuels need to go. the american and chinese climate envoys entered the meeting side by side — a sign of their closeness on the climate issue. gentlemen, will you commit to phasing out fossilfuels here in the uae? i think you're going to hear a good discussion in the next few days. so, no public commitments today. the us vice president said america understands the challenge. the urgency of this moment is clear. the clock is no longerjust ticking. it is banging. we need transformative change and exponential impact. - and it sounds like the president of
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these talks has also got the memo. the world can break down if we don't rapidly transition to zero—carbon alternatives. these are facts we must come to terms with. so, does that mean the uae believes the world can finally agree to phase out the use of unabated fossil fuels? that's when you capture the c02 to stop it causing climate change. here's what the head of the un body that runs these talks had to say. we have to try and it's up to parties. that is un speak for only the countries of the world can make that call. but there are some tantalising hints here in dubai that we could be gearing up for a really consequential decision at cop28. justin rowlatt, bbc news, dubai.
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live now to laurie gairing — she's a journalist and climate editor at the thomson reuters foundation. welcome and thank you forjoining us here on the programme. today the focus at cop28 has been renewable energy with around 100 countries promising to triple world renewable energy use by 2030. put that into context for us, does that go far enough? how meaningful could that be? that is reall how meaningful could that be? twat is really important, this pledge today. give signals to markets that this is going to increase a lot and it is absolutely what we need to deal with climate change. the problem is we are missing the other side of the equation here which is that ramping up renewables is very, very good and will help. we also need to be phasing out fossil fuels at the same time. that part of this
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equation has been a lot less clear at this meeting. there is a lot of talk about phasing out unabated fossil fuels, talk about phasing out unabated fossilfuels, but talk about phasing out unabated fossil fuels, but that is a tricky situation because it is very hard to capture omissions from your car or plane or something like that. —— omissions. so them actually being able to update them. to have fossil fuels that have no omissions is difficult and still very expensive and there is very little capacity to do that in the pipeline at the moment. we also saw that commitment today from 50 oil and gas companies. including saudi giant aramco pledged to stop adding to planet—warming gases by 2050. it's not binding. how effective do you think that may be or even if it is feasible? t be or even if it is feasible? i think the biggest problem with that
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pledge is that the emissions from their own operations are far smaller than the emissions than what they produce that is about 80—90% of the emissions from these companies are not covered by this pledge. this is only a pledge within these own operations and production to reduce emissions. so it is a start, but the vast majority of the problem is not addressed by this. fit vast majority of the problem is not addressed by this.— addressed by this. of course what eve one addressed by this. of course what everyone is _ addressed by this. of course what everyone is doing _ addressed by this. of course what everyone is doing is _ addressed by this. of course what everyone is doing is meeting - addressed by this. of course whatl everyone is doing is meeting under the umbrella of the paris climate accords to limit global warming than no more than 1.5 degrees above preindustrial levels. we are coming out to the fourth day in dubai, do you think that is still possible? i think most scientists think we will pass that 1.5 degrees mark. what they are hoping is that when we pass that we will do it by very little
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and we will be able to pull back emissions using some new technologies and things out to try and get it back below 1.5. whether we will be able to do that is not clear, but that there are really big risks to the world from passing 1.5. there are a lot of tipping points out there around to things like the melting of the greenland ice sheet that could resist sea levels by seven metres around the world in a range of other things so it is quite important that we do try to stick to that goal and if we pass it, which is not likely because emissions are still rising rather than actually following —— falling, we will try to get it back as fast as possible. i wonder if you think this summit has some more momentum compared to previous ones? we have seen earlier agreements coming in the first few days and if you agree with that, or
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not, why do you think that is? we have seen some incredibly dramatic weather—related events this past year, thinking of the flooding in libya and the devastating wildfires in hawaii, do you think these worlds leading polluters are starting to get the memo? i leading polluters are starting to get the memo?— leading polluters are starting to get the memo? i think that is true. i think everybody, _ get the memo? i think that is true. i think everybody, not _ i think everybody, not everybody, but lots and lots of people around the world are seeing climate impacts for themselves. the world are seeing climate impacts forthemselves. it the world are seeing climate impacts for themselves. it is increasingly evident, increasingly expensive and increasingly costing lives all around the world. so i do think, yes there have been some really good promises and pledges and things happening at this cop early on. not least the loss and damage fund to help these vulnerable and poor countries to deal with some of these problems that are coming out that they have done very little to cause because they are quite low in emissions. that is important. these
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are pledges. this renewable energy pledge is an important one as well. pledges are pledges and they are not always met, but i do think there is good momentum. the real test here will be whether there is in agreement to phase out fossil fuels. that includes oil and gas, notjust cold. and it should go beyond unabated, to have significant impact. i unabated, to have significant imact. ~' ., unabated, to have significant imact. ~ ., , ., . impact. i know you will be watching for that very _ impact. i know you will be watching for that very closely. _ impact. i know you will be watching for that very closely. great - impact. i know you will be watching for that very closely. great to - impact. i know you will be watching for that very closely. great to have | for that very closely. great to have your and thank you. heavy snow across europe has caused disruption everywhere from germany, austria and the czech republic — to the uk. 0ur reporter nicky schiller has more. southern germany has been one of the worst—hit areas across europe, with a0 centimetres falling overnight, friday into saturday. this is from the city of munich where residents were advised to stay at home for their own safety. at the airport, 700 flights were hit with cancellations and long delays for passengers, some resorting to
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walking to the airport. across the city, most buses, trams and a lot of train services were not running. the bayern munich game against union berlin was called off. although the snow, as you can see, did give the children a chance to get out their sledges. neighbouring austria has been hit by heavy snowfalls. firefighters were brought into clear fallen trees. there was a landslide in one city which blocked a bridge, trapping nearly 100 people in a nightclub for several hours. the authorities have also warned the risk of avalanches is high in the western part of the country. this was the scene in the czech republic where there was a 20 kilometre—long trafficjam that built up after a truck came off the motorway in the freezing conditions. also there were some power cuts in some areas and there were warnings of up to 25 centimetres of snow on saturday, with more expected on sunday.
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here in the uk, a fresh yellow weather warning for snow and ice has been issued for large parts of the country. it includes the midlands, yorkshire and also northern and central wales. people in the southern lake district were urged to earn the travel if necessary. a number of local authorities have activated a scheme that will provide emergency accommodation for people sleeping on the streets. it comes after heavy overnight snow in scotland. this was the scene on the m8 and glasgow airport was forced to ground all flights for several hours on saturday morning. a number of football matches have also had to be postponed due to the freezing temperatures. those below zero temperatures in the uk have led to a number of local authorities activating a scheme that will provide emergency accommodation for people sleeping on the streets. worth saying, the freezing conditions set to continue across the weekend. the face of the women's rights movements in the us during the 1970s and an icon of feminism, gloria steinem has spent the last 50 years
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focusing her efforts on advancing women's political participation and reproductive rights. now at 89 years old, steinem has sat down with bbc 100 women to discuss how feminism has changed over the decades, the impact of cancel culture, 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
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and domination 0k. than 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
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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.
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hello there. there really are some treacherous traveling conditions around as we head into sunday morning. a major incident was declared in cumbria. there's been over a foot of snow falling in some places and we've got a wintry mix of rain, sleet and snow pushing eastwards across other parts of england and wales at the moment, leading to some icy conditions given how cold it's been. and some areas will see some snow as well, particularly here across england and wales, 1—3 centimetres, but 5—10 centimetres over the hills of wales and into the peak district. further north, scotland and northern ireland, clearer skies, a bit of mist and fog, and it will be a really cold and frosty start, but not quite so cold by the morning across southern areas where we've got the rain. any wintry moves away from eastern most parts of england early in the morning. and then england and wales look quite cloudy. some further rain coming into the southern areas, a risk of some snow over the welsh hills. further north, we'll have some sunny spells for scotland and northern ireland. a few showers coming onto some eastern coasts. some parts of scotland remain below freezing all day, probably cumbria as well.
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but further south it is getting a little bit mild at eight degrees, perhaps double figures in the far south—west. heading into monday this area of low pressure will bring more wet weather and some windy weather as well, particularly for england and wales. most of it is going to be rain, but there's the threat of some more snow, particularly over the hills of wales and also into the pennines, too. but we'll also find as the wind picks up, more wintry showers coming into eastern scotland. much of northern ireland likely to be dry with some sunshine. temperatures are slowly creeping up a little bit, five, six degrees widely for england and wales and also for northern ireland. still cold, though, for much of scotland. now that area of low pressure is going to hang around for a while. it does slowly start to pull away as we head into tuesday. still some windy conditions, though, around some of these north sea coasts and we still have some rain. it looks like it will be mostly rain. and as that pulls away, we'll see more sunshine arriving during the second half of the day, signalling a cold night probably on tuesday night.
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and for many parts of scotland, those temperatures onlyjust getting above freezing, whereas further south, those temperatures are at sixes and sevens. now, as we head further on into the week, we are going to find those temperatures rising as it turns wetter and also it turns windier. goodbye.
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