bombards southern gaza with air strikes. aid agencies say hospitals are already overwhelmed. a german tourist is dead and two other injured. president macron is calling it a terror attack in paris. and more than 110 nations pledge to triple the world's capacity to produce renewable energy by the end of the decade. plus, venezuela holds a controversial referendum to decide the future of part of its oil—rich neighbour. hello, i'm helena humphrey. it's good to have you with us. but first, we want to bring you some breaking news. police in the philippines say three people were killed and nine wounded in an explosion in a university gymnasium in the southern city of marawi.

local media reports say it happened during a catholic mass. we'll bring you more updates on this story as it comes in. —— the government of the region posted several images of the region and spoke to several people being treated nearby in the hospital and they said, quote: the french president emmanuel macron has now referred to a deadly incident in paris as a terror attack. a german tourist was killed and two people injured after a stabbing near the eiffel tower in central paris. president emmanuel macron sent his condolences to the family of the victim. the suspect, who was arrested at the scene, is a 26—year—old french national. the french interior minister says the man was known

to authorities in france for trying to stage another attack in 2016. here's what the minister gerald darmanin has said about the suspect in the past few hours. translation: he told police officers he was angry about what happened in gaza and he said that france is complicit in what israel is doing, and that he was fed up of seeing muslims dying. fierce fighting has resumed in gaza after the collapse of a temporary ceasefire between israel and hamas. israel has ramped up air strikes on gaza, telling residents to evacuate to other areas, but aid groups say nowhere is safe. prime minister benjamin netanyahu warned the war is far from over. translation: we will continue the war until we achieve - all its goals, and it's impossible to achieve those goals without the ground operation. the ground operation was 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. lloyd austin has said that they should be shielding civilians. you see in this kind of a fight, the centre of gravity is the civilian population and if you drive them into the arms of the enemy, you replace a tactical victory with a strategic defeat. so, i have repeatedly made clear to israel's leaders that protecting palestinian

civilians in gaza is both a moral responsibility and a strategic imperative. it's unclear if israel will heed the warning. lucy williamson has this report. khan younis, 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 is 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 the fighting in the north. translation: the israelis told us that khan younis was a safe | zone, which led us to flee here. now, even khan younis 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. the negotiation and the releases and everything gave me hope that i will win the lottery the next time. i just 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, 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 have 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 worry 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. the extracts on gaza's south by making it difficult for civilians to protect themselves. i spoke about but with paul adams, who is in

jerusalem. i want to start with the leaflets that we know israel has been air dropping over the gaza strip as it renewed its bombardment. do people receiving them understand where to go, where the safe areas are? well, leaflets 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 detailed map of the gaza strip broken down into numbered grid squares. the idea being now not that israel will direct people towards safe areas but they will direct people away from unsafe areas. the maps that are being dropped have areas that are shaded which show where the israeli military is planning to conduct its military operations and it's urging people to leave those areas.

so, that is a different approach and one has to assume that from day to day, those unsafe areas will change as israel's military priorities shift and change. so, we won't know perhaps for a few days whether this new strategy is working any better than the old one, which was a rather blunter form of warning for people in whole areas just to move south or to get out of the way. this is more precise but we don't yet know whether it's more effective. and another thing that's worth bearing in mind is even outside that defined area, israel still reserves the right to conduct what it calls attacks on high—value targets, and those can be — as palestinians have found to their cost, — anywhere and any time. i also want to speak about the negotiations as well which, of course, had been under way in qatar, benjamin netanyahu now saying they are pulling their team from qatar. what does this mean for the potential of a further temporary truce and also, of course, that question when it comes to those hostages who still remain inside gaza?

well, at the moment, it means there are no negotiations and, therefore, no prospect of any immediate resumption of that truce. the israel's pulled their delegation out. benjamin netanyahu, speaking on television tonight, saying that only military forces had secured the release of the 100 or so hostages who were released over the past week and that that is what israel is about to do again in the gaza strip. hamas said that there would be no further releases of any hostages until there was a complete ceasefire, so at the moment, you see the two sides are very, very far apart on this. whether the various negotiators who have been involved in trying to get this ceasefire up and running can pull it off again, i don't think so — not in the short—term. at the moment, it's as if israel is determined to pursue military pressure for the time being. and on that point with regards

to continuing that military pressure, that was something that mr netanyahu touched on in the press conference that he was giving, essentially saying that that aim to eradicate hamas continues. ijust wonder, weeks now into this conflict, do we have a clearer idea as to what the idf has been able to achieve in pursuing that aim? well, they said that even before the ceasefire a week or so ago, they were making very significant progress in the northern part of the gaza strip. they had defeated a number of the hamas fighting battalions. they still have work that they want to do there, so we are seeing some pretty intense street fighting in parts of the gaza city — that is likely to 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 — attention will probably turn to the south. we're already probably some ground operations in the south but in terms of a major push into the south, that may be still some time away.

and then, israel will essentially be trying to achieve the same thing, which is to go after the hamas infrastructure — the tunnels, the command and control centres — searching for the leaders and continuing the search also 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, we're going to be seeing military action of one form or another throughout the coming year. paul adams, thanks, as ever, for your reporting. venezuelans are voting in a referendum over in the disputed region with neighbouring guyana. it's a move denounced by guyana as a step towards annexation, raising concerns in the region of a possible military conflict. voters will be expected to say whether they

agree with creating a new state in the jungle region and providing its population with venezuelan citizenship. the region itself has long been the subject of a territorial claim by venezuela but the leftist government under nicolas maduro has taken heightened interest in it after oil deposits were discovered offshore in 2015, which has boosted guyana's economy. although the vote isn't binding, the referendum is being seen as possible litmus test for maduro ahead of next year's presidential election. i asked will grant about the potential impact of the vote. i think it's pretty shore to pass, helena, because there isn't any real meaningful no campaign going on. i think what the litmus test you mentioned will be is whether the maduro administration can really mobilise their support in large numbers still. i think if we see a big abstention rate, that will show that people simply cannot be bothered to engage with this, that they

maybe see it as simply a nationalistic move by mr maduro and his ahead of next year's collections. the impact, of course, if it is passed — and particularly if it is passed with a large backing — is the echo of the sabre rattling to the neighbour guyana. people there are feeling very uneasy and dismayed about what's going on. you, again, you mentioned the word �*annexation�* — i think that is their greatest fear, that this could descend into some kind of falklands malvinas—style conflict and this dispute that has been in place for almost 200 years turns military — that there will be some kind of attempt to reclaim the territory by venezuela. and could it spread further as well? i mean, you mentioned there the prospect of sabre rattling. if we look at what has happened in recent weeks, we also have brazil announcing that it was increasing its military presence on its northern border with venezuela and guyana.

you know, really, could there be the widening of conflict in the region? i think the nerves are jangling and i think people are looking at the rhetoric used by mr maduro about reconquista, he said, to reconquer it, to take it back. when i lived in venezuela, the map of venezuela amd it always a region region greyed out, the esequiba region. oil reserves were found off the coast, leading to 60% growth in the gdp in guyana last year, and could lead to, let's say, friction, potentially conflict. the defence minister in venezuela, for the time being, has said that this isn't a military conflict for now, that the dispute will be, you know, diplomatically resolved, but they don't recognise what is being said by the international

court ofjustice, that have urged venezuela not to do anything that could alter the status quo on the ground. you brought up the oil deposits. to what extent do you think that oil here is playing a role? i think it is very important. venezuela is hugely oil rich already. this particular region is home to about 300,000 inhabitants. it is three times the size of costa rica. it is generally portrayed as very dense, very thickjungle. but with the oil deposits found offshore, and venezuela is also arguing its maritime borders with guyana, it really changes the debate. it has given a massive shot in the arm to the economy in guyana last year, and is expected to do the same this year, with at least 25% growth. venezuela could do without help. ——with that help. but this is perhaps more political than just the oil, that it comes at a time when mr maduro faces a serious

challenge in next year's election if indeed his opponent is allowed to stand. critics would say the timing is suspect. they are suddenly interested in the place when it has oil at ahead of next year's election. let's bring this out internationally. we have had a warning from the international court ofjustice in the hague warning against further action in the dispute. but say the referendum does pass, what happens then? what could we hear from the hague and the icj? venezuela doesn't recognise the jurisdiction over this. what they go on to say i don't think will make much difference in caracas. but in georgetown they are interested in that ruling. the government was clear to point out it ruled in their favour and they feel they have international backing on this issue. certainly guyana's allies, i don't think i would never allow this,

necessarily, to reach a situation of conflict. but we are talking about a tense situation. i think if the referendum is passed, ultimately it is about venezuela being able to say, look, we have the backing of the people, to essentially incorporate this region, turn it into a new named state of guayana esequiba, they suggested would be called, and therefore incorporated into venezuela. exactly what that will mean on the ground isn't clear yet. and certainly the people of guyana and of this particular region don't like the sound of it one bit. turning now to the un climate summit in dubai, where leaders have made more promises to combat climate change. 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 fossilfuels. 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 fossilfuels 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 doctor forbade 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. 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. the pope and secretary general of the un have posted fossil

fuels need to go. today the american and chinese envoy is 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 phasing out fossil fuels here in the uae?— phasing out fossil fuels here in the uae? ~ ,, ., in the uae? i think you are the a aood in the uae? i think you are the a good discussion _ in the uae? i think you are the a good discussion in _ in the uae? i think you are the a good discussion in the - in the uae? i think you are the a good discussion in the next l a good discussion in the next few days. h0 a good discussion in the next few deve— few days. no public commitments. - few days. no public commitments. the | few days. no public. commitments. the us few days. no public- commitments. 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 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. a promise to phase out fossil fuels over the coming decades. justin rowlatt, bbc news, dubai. and as more climate commitments are made, i spoke to the thomson reuters foundation's climate editor laurie gairing about what impact they will have. today the focus has been all about renewable energy. we have seen some pledges from around 100 countries pledging to triple by 2030.

put that into context for us. how meaningful could that be? does it go far enough? that's really important, this pledge today because it gives signals to markets that this will 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 wrapping up renewables is very good and will help, but we also need to be phasing out fossilfuels at the same time. and that part of this equation has been a lot less clear at this meeting. there is a lot of talk about phasing out unabated fossil fuels, but that is a tricky situation because it is very hard, for instance, to capture emissions from your car or plane or something like that. so actually being able to abate them, to have fossil fuels that

have no emissions, is very difficult, still very expensive, and there is little capacity to do that in the pipeline. we also saw the commitment from 50 oil and gas companies, including aramco, the saudi oil giant, pledging to stop adding planet—warming gases by 2050. it isn't binding, is it? i wonder how effective you think that might be, whether it is even feasible. i think the biggest problem with that pledge is that the — the emissions from their own operations are far smaller than the emissions from the fossil fuels they produce. that is about 80—95% of the emissions from those companies are not covered by this pledge. this is only a pledge to within their own operations, their own production, to reduce emissions. though it is a start,

but the vast majority of the problem isn't addressed by this today. and what everybody coming together at cop is doing is meeting under the umbrella of the paris climate accord, the commitment to limit warming to 1.5 degrees from preindustrial levels. we are coming onto the fourth day in dubai, do you think that is still possible? i think most scientists think we will pass the 1.5 degrees mark. what they are hoping is that when we pass that we will do it by little and will be able to pull back emissions using some new technologies and things that are out to try to get it back down below 1.5. whether we will be able to do that is not clear but there are really big risks to the world from passing 1.5. there are a lot of tipping points out there around things like the melting of the greenland ice sheet that

could raise sea levels by seven metres around the world, and a range of other things. it is important we try to stick to that goal and if we pass it, which is now likely, because emissions are still rising, rather than falling, that we try to get it back as fast as possible. watching this summit unfold and reporting on it, as you do every year, i wonder whether you think this summit has more momentum compared to previous summers? we have seen earlier agreements coming in the first few days. and if you agree with that, or 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, the devastating wildfires in hawaii. do you think these world leading polluters are starting to get the memo? i think that's true. i think everybody, not

everybody, but lots of people around the world are seeing climate impacts for themselves. it is increasingly evident. it is increasingly expensive. and it is increasingly costing lives around the world. so i think that, yes, they 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 countries deal with problems that come up and they have done very little to cause, because they are low emitters. i will have more news for you at the top of the hour. join me then. 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 to 3 centimetres, but 5 to 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 and 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. but further south it is getting

a little bit mild at eight degrees, perhaps double figures in the far southwest. 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. 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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we'll have the headlines for you at the top of the hour, which is straight after this programme. dr anthony fauci is america's top doctor. he ran america's medical response on everything from the aids crisis to ebola, and, of course, covid. now he's left government and he's back at university as a professor. ready, sir? yeah. dr fauci, how are you? good to see you. it's been a while. yes, indeed. since we went to dinner together. yes. thank you for doing this. my pleasure. no, it's my pleasure, it's my pleasure. this must be so nice for you, being back on campus. i asked myself a question. after 5a years at the nih and almost a0 years as the director of an

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