israel has come under further us pressure with the vice president kamala harris and the defence secretary both highlighting the plight of civilians in the gaza strip. one person was killed and two were injured in a knife and hammer attack in central paris. the man, known to the security services, has been arrested. and new snow and ice weather warnings have been issued by the met office for large parts of the uk, after a "major incident" occurred in cumbria following heavy snowfall. hello, i'm gareth barlow. you're watching bbc news. two top figures from the biden administration have increased pressure on israel, as the focus of its military offensive shifts further south in the besieged gaza strip. the vice—president, kamala harris, issued a sharp rebuke over the loss of life, saying that while israel had a "right to defend itself", too many innocent palestinians

had been killed. she described the scale of suffering as devastating. the us defense secretary, lloyd austin, in his strongest comments yet on israel's need to protect civilians, said that driving the civilian population into the arms of the enemy would replace israel's tactical victory with a strategic defeat. 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. for his part, the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, said the war would continue for as long as hamas was active. 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. let's show you some live images of gaza. this is a shot from inside israel looking into gaza, you can see the buildings there, a bit of morning mist and haze, it is about 7am local time, there has been some smoke over the skyline again this morning, overthe over the skyline again this morning, over the course of yesterday morning we saw various pillars of smoke pouring over the sky like you can see there, the gaza strip from israel. our middle east correspondent, lucy williamson, sent this report from tel aviv. explosion khan younis, gaza's southern capital, once labelled safe. explosion 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. explosion 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 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: ii�*tii 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 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. with me is mohamed taha from bbc arabic. iam i am interested if we can pick up i am interested if we can pick up from those comments from the us, kamala harris and lloyd austin putting more pressure on israel and obviously the us is israel's big, big ally. to what degree do you think those comments will have an impact with the israeli authorities? indeed, these comments would have big impact on israel, especially that the un also said that the request by israel to the civilians in southern gaza to move to safe places are

kind of a joke, because southern gaza is packed now with inhabitants from the north, from the middle, and from all parts of gaza. and as you said, the americans are the biggest ally of israel, and this war going ahead is proving difficulty for israel, for example, president emmanuel macron of france, before going to qatar to meet with cattai, they said if israel wants to wipe hamas they might need ten years to do that. all leaders now, the politicians are seeing that carrying on this war in this space would cause a lot. looking at what happened overnight, we saw unprecedented attacks from both sides in this war. so on the israeli side,

they attacked gaza in the north, in the middle, in the south, they attacked other places, there are more than 200 people died from these attacks. amongst them, the dean of gaza university, he is a physician and he is very known worldwide. and also in the west bank there are three dead from attacks in jenin. on the other side, hamas attacked tel aviv with a big amount of rockets, one of them according to the israeli media, wasn't intercepted by the iron dome, and landed in the outskirts of tel aviv. so we saw overnight a massive amount of attacks from both sides, and indeed the americans, the europeans and the un are

feeling strongly that this war should end and the ceasefire should end and the ceasefire should be called.— should be called. some of the... political— should be called. some of the... political and - should be called. some of| the... political and military hawks, the more conservative members, would have said there shouldn't have been a ceasefire because it may have allowed hamas to reorganise, to regroup, to redeploy its fighters and its weapons and armoury. is there any sign of that? you talk about the massive bombarded —— bombardment, the rockets heading towards tel aviv, one not intercepted by the iron dome. do you think they used any of the past seven days to reassess their situation? indeed this happened. but the main problem is, and this is what all the parties are thinking of, would wiping a mass, is it an achievable target and how long would it take and how many civilians would be killed to achieve that target? all of these elements are on the table at the moment when you think about hamas

power. so, and everybody including president biden, is thinking about political solution. so the political solution. so the political solution would be the two state solution would be the two state solution which the united states are calling for a long time. so these are the two points of view, would it be a military action as israel want to do, by wiping hamas, i getting the hostages, using force, by making sure that gaza under israeli control over time? ora under israeli control over time? or a political solution which is the two state solution that could make hamas part of that could make hamas part of that big palestinian entity, and maybe there would be talk that a political solution will eliminate hamas threat towards israel. so these are the two, the two... faces of the coin that they are tossing between

them at the moment. we talk about the _ them at the moment. we talk about the united _ them at the moment. we talk about the united states - them at the moment. we talk about the united states and l them at the moment. we talk l about the united states and the pressure they put on, but obviously regional countries, regional powers will be having their say. regional powers will be having theirsay. repeatedly regional powers will be having their say. repeatedly we have seen the turkish president very critical of what is happening from the israeli cosmic perspective, we have seen the leader of egypt also talking about the fact that he wouldn't open the border to allow thousands, millions potentially to leave the gaza strip. to what degree does that pressure play on the minds of both hamas and also on the israeli authorities?— and also on the israeli authorities? ., , , ., authorities? the hope is that ressure authorities? the hope is that pressure would _ authorities? the hope is that pressure would have - authorities? the hope is that pressure would have an - authorities? the hope is that | pressure would have an effect on the long run. but currently as we talk, gareth, today both sides are taking a very hardline position, so hamas said last night that they wouldn't. .. said last night that they wouldn't... they wouldn't said last night that they wouldn't. .. they wouldn't free any prisoners until a ceasefire would be announced first, and they stopped negotiations. also

benjamin netanyahu called the mossad team from doha, and there is no negotiations, they said they are going to use force —— doha, they said they are going to use force to get the hostages out of gaza. as of today there is very hardline positions from both sides. that is why emmanuel macron when two qatar, to meet the enemy of qatar, to meet the enemy of qatar, to meet the enemy of qatar, to see whether there are solutions to bring everybody to the table again. —— emir of qatar. in the long run this might bring them around the table again to save the civilians and the amount of massive discretion we saw in gaza, especially last night. in paris, one person has been killed and two others injured in a knife and hammer attack. president emmanuel macron sent his condolences to the family of the victim,

a german tourist. 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. french anti—terror prosecutors say they will be taking over the investigation. translation: he told police officers he was angry - at 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. let's get some of the day's other news now. the uk's foreign secretary david cameron will travel to washington, dc next week to discuss the war in ukraine. lord cameron says he wants to reassure us leaders the uk will "stay the course" and galvanise allies, too. train drivers continue their strike action as part of a long—running dispute over pay. the avanti west coast, chiltern, great northern thameslink and wmt train

companies will be affected today. the aslef union has also imposed an overtime ban over the strike period. the government of peru has announced that it is increasing the number of tourists allowed at the isth—century inca citadel of machu picchu, its most famous historical site. the move is aimed at helping tourism rebound after the decline suffered during the coronavirus pandemic. local authorities in the southern philippines say four people have been killed and at least 42 injured in an explosion in a university gymnasium in the city of marawi. the regional police director brigadier—general allan cruz nobleza, said the blast occurred as a group gathered for a catholic mass. to dubai and the latest from the united nations climate summit, cop 28. the themes of focus today are health, recovery and peace. experts say global warming is already having a "profound effect" on global health. today is the first official

health day of any climate cop since the conferences began back in 1995. the first climate health ministerial at cop will set out a roadmap and opportunities to address the rapidly growing burden of climate change on healthcare systems. the group is set to announce significant new health climate finance and programmes, and look at targets set by governments, international organisations and the private sector. on the agenda today, the talks will address how climate health finance can support equitable health outcomes around the world, and look at health targets in ending diseases such as polio, malaria and neglected tropical diseases. yesterday, countries and oil companies promised to make major progress in tackling global warming in a large new energy pledge. there has been a promise by at least 116 countries to treble renewable energy capacity by 2030. more than 20 countries, including the uk, france and south korea have said they will treble their nuclear power capacity by 2050 as an alternative energy source. and the major oil companies have said they will reduce carbon emissions when refining oil into petrol and diesel.

mosquitoes are usually associated with hot countries but let's bring you some live pictures now. this isjust returning to our top story, the situation in israel and gaza and you can see the gazan strip and you can see the gazan strip and this images has been brought to us from the israeli side of the border, a slightly hazy morning in gaza at the moment and you can see a little bit of what looks like smoke just on the right—hand side of the picture on the skyline there. and that is the situation there. plenty more coverage of the situation and conflict between israel and hamas on our website. bbc .co .uk slash news and we've been hearing about these comments from politicians in the united states with regards to the situation in israel and gaza. mosquitoes are usually

associated with hot countries but experts warn that wetter and warmer conditions mean they can survive in more places around the world and that can have a profound effect on global health. cases of tropical diseases are now being seen in europe but scientists are investigating ways to predict where outbreaks will happen in the future, as victoria gill reports. tiny and troublesome — these mosquitoes are one of the two species known to transmit the dinky virus. scientists say that as our climate becomes warmer and wetter, it is helping these insects to spread into new areas ——dengue. i helping these insects to spread into new areas --dengue. i was told when _ into new areas --dengue. i was told when i _ into new areas --dengue. i was told when i started _ into new areas --dengue. i was told when i started a _ into new areas --dengue. i was told when i started a few - into new areas --dengue. i was told when i started a few years| told when i started a few years ago, to be focusing on the uk would surprise me. but what seeing in other countries has given us a warning that this could be something that could be a significant problem for us in the future.—

in the future. climate change isn't the only _ in the future. climate change isn't the only driver- in the future. climate change isn't the only driver but - in the future. climate change isn't the only driver but it - in the future. climate change isn't the only driver but it is i isn't the only driver but it is helping to fuel a global surge in this tropical disease. there has been a huge increase in the number of cases of dengue globally in the past two decades. it is now spreading in new areas, including europe. in the year 2000 500,000 cases globally were reported to the world health organization. 2023, 4.5 world health organization. 2023, 11.5 million cases have been reported. the mosquitoes breed in stagnant water. not everyone the insect bite will develop the virus and foremost they do, the fever last about seven days and the majority of people fully recover. but in developing countries where it is already widespread, okri three is taking more of a toll. in bangladesh earlier this year an outbreak killed nearly 1000 people. it was linked to the hotter, whether monsoons. —— wetter. that's why scientists, funded by the welcome trust, are working to stay one step ahead of this disease. with a

combination of on the ground surveillance for mosquitoes and new technology, researchers are developing tools to predict where outbreaks are most likely to happen. we where outbreaks are most likely to happen-— to happen. we are gathering data from — to happen. we are gathering data from global _ to happen. we are gathering data from global climate - data from global climate products, from satellite images, from field campaigns to collect data from drones and weather sensors and when we combine all this information, we can develop models that can then allow us to predict the risk in advance and help target those interventions.— those interventions. sunday is the first health _ those interventions. sunday is the first health day _ those interventions. sunday is the first health day of - those interventions. sunday is the first health day of the - the first health day of the cop28 when climate talks. experts hope this official expectation of how our health is into climate change will help strengthen the ambition to slash global emissions quickly. climate change is a profound impact on our health and we must ensure that climate action is designed with both health and justice at the heart. mosquitoes have no regard for international borders. here in the uk, traps for the insects are set at sites where they are most likely to arrive at ports

and airports. so they can be quickly eradicated. it is and airports. so they can be quickly eradicated.- quickly eradicated. it is 'ust a little black i quickly eradicated. it is 'ust a little black bucket i quickly eradicated. it isjust a little black bucket with i quickly eradicated. it isjust a little black bucket with a l a little black bucket with a polystyrene block and some water so an invasive ardd will come in and lay her eggs on the polystyrene block above the water. fik. when you pick up the water. 0k. when you pick up the block and see if there are eggs on it and if they argue can look to identify them. what are the e: as look to identify them. what are the eggs look _ look to identify them. what are the eggs look like? _ look to identify them. what are the eggs look like? you - look to identify them. what are the eggs look like? you can - look to identify them. what are | the eggs look like? you can see how tiny and — the eggs look like? you can see how tiny and inconspicuous - the eggs look like? you can see j how tiny and inconspicuous they are. , ., ., ~ ~ how tiny and inconspicuous they are. , ., ., 4' 4' , how tiny and inconspicuous they are-_ they i are. they look like dust. they do, are. they look like dust. they do. they _ are. they look like dust. they do. they are _ are. they look like dust. they do, they are easy _ are. they look like dust. they do, they are easy to - are. they look like dust. they do, they are easy to miss. - are. they look like dust. they| do, they are easy to miss. the problem is not going to go away some more attention, more funding and more focus on these type of issues is welcomed. victoria gill, bbc news. from warm weather and mosquito to cold weather! train and flight cancellations have caused disruption to travellers in germany, austria and the czech republic after heavy snow hit parts of europe. nicky schiller has the details. germany has been one of the worst hit areas across europe with more than a0 centimetres of snow falling overnight

friday into saturday. these pictures are from the city of munich, where residents were advised to stay at home for their own safety. here at the airport, more than 700 flights were hit with cancellations and very long delays the passengers. some resorted to even walking to the airport. across the city, most buses, trams and a lot of train services were not running. the buy in munich game against berlin was called off but the snow as you can see gave the children a chance to get out their sledges. children a chance to get out theirsledges. neighbouring austria has also been hit by heavy snowfall, firefighters brought in to clear fallen trees. in the city of dawn butler and there was a landslide which blocked a bridge, trapping nearly 100 people in a nightclub for several hours. the authorities there 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 power cuts in some areas and warnings of up to 25 centimetres of snow on saturday with more expected on sunday. 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. a major incident was declared in cumbria after heavy snowfall around 200 vehicles got stuck in the south lakes area. people were urged to only travel if necessary. and those below zero temperatures here 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 are set to give —— continue across the weekend. nicky schiller and somebody walking through the woods behind him!

venezuelans are voting in a referendum over whether the country should create its own state 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. our latin america correspondent will grant is following the story. the claim behind this referendum is almost 200 years old. the dispute between guyana and venezuela over this territory dating back to colonial times, territory dating back to colonialtimes, but territory dating back to colonial times, but it's really come into sharp focus now,

particularly with the discovery of oil and gas deposits in the region. because maduro's government will ask the people of venezuelan five questions on the fifth specifically relates to whether or not this region should be, as it puts it, incorporated into the venezuelan territory. sackley what it means going forward is hard to know. it's not a binding referendum but it would give the maduro government i think the backing that it needs to continue to push the agenda both on the international sphere and at one point if ever it became necessary, i suspect they are not ruling out military action in the future. for now, it should be stressed that the defence minister has said that's not on the agenda but he did say for now. this is a region which is very, very important for guyana's economy, it is given it a huge shock in the arm in recent years. the

oil and gas deposits discovered offshore have helped the gdp of guyana grow by about 60% last year as expected to do the same by 25% this year, at least. so, it's very clear it's an important region to the country and one that 300,000 of its people live in. that said, the maduro government has always made it clear that it sees the territory as part of venezuela and i think, in a sense, this vote is being seen as a real litmus test ahead of the presidential election next year, just to see how far mr maduro can still mobilise his support. bbc�*s will grant. italy's most active volcano has erupted again. the red—hot lava spewed down the slopes of mount etna, lighting up the night sky on the island of sicily. etna is europe's tallest and most active volcano. although it frequently erupts, its outbursts rarely cause significant damage but it does give us the chance to see images like this.

let's just take a look at some more live pictures of the situation of gaza. you can just see what looks like a flare, potentially, just sending over the skyline micra ascending. this has been brought to us from the perspective of israel looking towards gaza and it looks like something moving across the screen from left to right but looking like a flare ascending and this comes after top figures in the biden administration increasing their pressure on the israelis as the focus of the offensive shifts further south in the gaza strip. the focus around khan younis now, where many, many tens of hundreds of thousands of people have sought refuge. plenty more details on our website. and on our outcome on your smartphone and tablet. ——on our at. ——on ourapp.

hello there. there really are some treacherous travelling 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—3cm, but 5—10cm 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 wintriness moves away from easternmost 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 milder — 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. 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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this is bbc news, the headlines: israel has come under further us pressure with the vice—president kamala harris and defense secretary both highlighting the plight of civilians in the gaza strip. the us vice—president, kamala harris, said too many innocent palestinians had been killed. one person has been killed and two others injured in a knife and hammer attack in central paris. the french president, emmanuel macron, sent his condolences to the family of the victim, a german tourist. a police source is quoted as saying the suspected attacker is a french national and was known for radical islamism and psychiatric disorders. scores of people in cumbria have spent the night in temporary accommodation or in their cars, after heavy snow falls. the police have asked people to stay away from the county. a yellow warning of snow and ice is in force across large parts of england.

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