the head of israel's military says ground operations have begun in southern gaza. french prosecutors say a man accused of a deadly attack on tourists in central paris had pledged allegiance to the islamic state group. weather warnings for snow and ice are in place across large parts of the uk, after heavy snowfall causes major disruption. live from our studio in singapore — this is bbc news. it's news day. —— newsday hello and welcome to the programme. we begin in gaza, where the israel defense forces have announced the beginning of a new ground operation in the south, just north

of the city of khan younis. israel has warned more palestinians living around the city to leave immediately. the hamas—run health ministry in gaza says more than 15,500 people have now been killed there since the start of the conflict between israel and hamas, which is considered a terrorist organisation by several governments including us and uk. these pictures were shot on sunday. children are among those being driven to the hospital, carried inside by family and friends. israel insists it is doing all it can to minimise the number of civilian deaths in gaza, after the us defence secretary, lloyd austin, said israel had a moral responsiblity to minimise casualties not linked to hamas. our international editor jeremy bowen reports on the situation in the west bank and gaza. and i should warn you, the report contains footage from the very beginning that is distressing. lost boys, brothers, looking for their father —

"my dad's been killed. "i swear my dad's been killed." they're lost in the mighty vengeance promised by israel. then they found their father and brother were dead. the strike, filmed by a freelance journalist, destroyed the home of this family in northern gaza. these are the latest israeli army pictures. they're pushing forward into southern gaza. the american defence secretary says he's warned israel repeatedly that if its troops don't stop killing so many palestinians, they will drive civilians into the arms of hamas, turning a tactical victory into a strategic defeat. in khan younis, civilian casualties are overwhelming the hospital. israel insists civilians are getting warnings and time to get to designated safe areas. a un official on the spot says that's not happening.

everything's broken down, the war on children has resumed and with a ferocity, at least here in southern gaza, that has not been seen before, during this war. another narrative that is so dangerous, this idea of "what happened in the north "will not be allowed to happen in the south." well, i can bear witness to it happening. on the west bank, this village was mourning a man. local people said he was killed last night by armed israelis from a nearbyjewish settlement. palestinians said jewish settlers entered the village late on saturday afternoon, protected by the israeli army. settlers, they said, opened fire when local men rushed to stop them burning cars and a house. it was dark by the time they found the body of ahmed. they prepared the father of six for burial. attacks byjewish settlers on palestinians are repeatedly

condemned by the american, british and other allies of israel. around noon, after the funeral, the men of the village paid their respects to ahmed's family. settler violence against palestinians has risen sharply since hamas attacked on october 7th, it is rarely prosecuted. among the mourners was the dead man's eldest son. the settlers are violently opposed to a palestinian state alongside israel. and they have powerful allies in the israeli government. "the lack of security has helped "them act like this," said ahmed's brother. "the army are protecting them, not stopping them, "but the future will be good as god promised us." this land is ours, this country is ours," he said. one things come out very strongly in the last couple of days of talking to palestinians in the west bank.

something has changed since october 7th. the settlers are more aggressive, they're better armed and they're pushing harder. the increase in violence is a direct result of the gaza war, making international protests that the settlements are illegal even less important to those who believe god gave this land to the jews. you speak a lot about the law, the law, ok, the international law. it does not exist here, because arabs, all the time, break the international law. what about these videos of young men , settlers — with guns, intimidating palestinians? we're not happy to carry weapons. ok, i don't like weapons. but if we not carry weapons, the arabs destroy all the jewish people.

after this war, the americans want an independent palestinian state alongside israel, to secure the future, but rising violence in the west bank shows that might be impossible. jeremy bowen, bbc news. iamjoined by i am joined by a senior fellow at the national university of singapore's middle east institute.— singapore's middle east institute. ., ., , institute. thank you for being with us on — institute. thank you for being with us on newsday _ institute. thank you for being with us on newsday on - institute. thank you for being with us on newsday on bbc. | with us on newsday on bbc. we're seeing a clear focus now on the south as the picture suggests understatement to suggest. what is your assessment of what we are to see in the military operations here? ~ . , , ., , here? what we see is nothing is really different _ here? what we see is nothing is really different from _ here? what we see is nothing is really different from what - here? what we see is nothing is really different from what we i really different from what we saw in the north. that is first, heavy varmint on what the australian defence force is believed to be hamas locations, and particularly infrastructures and the commanders of hamas. what we

also see is a ground incursion into the south and in the city of khan younis where the idf believes the most important leadership of hamas, so mainly a mohammed day believed to be hiding. this will be more and more the centre of gravity in the coming days.— more the centre of gravity in the coming days. that is a fact that lloyd _ the coming days. that is a fact that lloyd austin _ the coming days. that is a fact that lloyd austin also - the coming days. that is a fact that lloyd austin also said - that lloyd austin also said when he talked about the civilian population — that they are the centre of gravity. would you say there has been greater international pressure from the us this time around and do you feel that will impact the way israel strategise is going forward? definitely, we see a different. first in terms of the us rhetoric and policy towards israel. it is no longer about this in unconditional support. it is medically it does not want to see the same number of civilian casualties in the south like we saw in the north. the problem is, how do you implement that at the operational level? israel

started to us discussing the idea of having safe zones, humanitarian bubbles, but it's difficult to see how they can play out and how the military can target hamas without targeting or having this type of collateral damage. facing . reater of collateral damage. facing greater pressure _ of collateral damage. facing greater pressure given - of collateral damage. facing greater pressure given the l greater pressure given the rhetoric has increased. would you say israel is facing greater pressure this time around? in greater pressure this time around? , ., ., . around? in terms of rhetoric but as yet — around? in terms of rhetoric but as yet we _ around? in terms of rhetoric but as yet we don't - around? in terms of rhetoric but as yet we don't see - but as yet we don't see anything in terms of unconditional support at the us administration delivers to israel. if we see that, i would say yes, there is definitely a different type of policy from the us but apart from that, so far it is mainly rhetoric. there are still hostages in gaza. negotiations broke down in—cutter on saturday. how do you assess the possibility of another pause in fighting? it is possible and i don't think it's off the table but the fact

that all the delegations were called back from doha that the maasai delegation came back to israel tells us this is not going to happen in the next hours. having said that, what we saw over the last two months is that negotiations on the hostage release was an ongoing process, not disconnected from the battlefield. we should not think this is over, there is still a significant number of hostages inside gaza by the technicalities, the details are hard to know at the moment. very briefly, in your opinion, what are israel's goals overall — to eliminate hamas or essentially render it incapable of harming israel the way they did? ., of harming israel the way they did? . , , , ., did? that is the big question because at — did? that is the big question because at the _ did? that is the big question because at the beginning - did? that is the big question - because at the beginning almost two months ago on october seven when the war started, israel was very clear that the goal is to eliminate hamas from gaza. now, they are more and more realising they have to be more

pragmatic and the military objective now is to make sure that hamas does not represent a strapped to the southern areas of israel. that means they might be some elements of hamas that stay after this. that also means that this military operation after it ends we may see other type of operations two such as gladys died operations targeting leaders of hamas, either in gaza or elsewhere. that's as the mossad leadership expressed in the last days. leadership expressed in the last days-— leadership expressed in the last da s. ., , ., last days. that is all the time we have but _ last days. that is all the time we have but thank— last days. that is all the time we have but thank you - last days. that is all the time we have but thank you very i last days. that is all the time - we have but thank you very much for your time here in the bbc studios here on newsday. staying with the stories and more development. the iranian—backed houthi movement in yemen says that it's attacked two ships in the red sea. in a statement, the houthi movement said it attacked what it described as two israeli ships in the red sea, one with a missile and the other with a drone. but speaking in the last hour,

the spokesman for the israeli defense forces, rear admiral daniel hagari, said the two ships have no connection to the state of israel. the announcement came shortly after the pentagon said it was aware and looking into reports that a warship, the uss carney, and commercial vessels had been among those attacked in the red sea. little other detail has so far been provided. the houthis have attacked several ships which they claimed had links to israel since the war between israel and hamas erupted. keeping close watch on developments on that story. the other big headline — anti—terror police in france say the man suspected of killing one person and injuring two others in a knife and hammer attack in central paris, had pledged himself to the islamic state group. social media video shows armed police approaching a suspect in paris. the french interior minister gerard demain said the attacker targeted tourists around key de grenelle, which is close to the eiffel tower.

the man who was killed was german—filipino. authorities in berlin described his death as an �*abominable crime'. the latest from the un dry climate summit cop 28, on sunday for the first time ever at a climate summit discussions focused on health. experts say global warming is already having a profound effect on global health. our correspondent is there and sent us this update. day four here in dubai was a significant ones. the first time in the history of this climate summit is that there has been a focus specifically on health. that comes at a time of the health impacts of climate change are becoming ever clearer. 2023 now the hottest year on record. we saw those hot record temperatures affecting cities around the world. and some shocking statistics as well. we already know that one in four deaths around the world are linked in some way to climate change. on this day, more

pledges, more cash being thrown at climate action. the first announcement today — a partnership to combat climates and health — $450 billion pledged by more than 120 countries towards that cause. and the second one, 770 $7 million pledge towards eliminating neglected tropical diseases. but, as always at these conferences, the devil is in the details, as they say. none of the agreements mentioned what many scientists say is the root cause of the problem, that is the use of fossil floors, fuels, problem, that is the use of fossilfloors, fuels, like oil and gas. still, these pledges adding more momentum to what we have seen already at the beginning of a very busy cop 28. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. bbc news, bringing a different stories from across the uk. at national star colleague donna couegein

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political developments out of india where prime minister narendra modi's party the bjp has won three out of four key state elections. boats were held in butjust ran, and central states in the southern state of telangana, with more, here is our south asia editor. supporters of the hindu nationalist party, the governing party in india, have been celebrating in major cities in india, after the commendable victory in three states. they are very key states. they are very key states for politics in india. they have won comfortably, and very few more seats to be counted and they are poised to capture power two of the states and in one state, they are retaining power. so this is a big victory for the prime minister narendra modi, who addressed party supporters a short while ago, celebrating

their success, and these three states you mentioned, rajasthan, they lie in the hindi heartland of northern india. because india is going to parliament elections in the next six months' time, and many people described these state elections, these provincial elections, these provincial elections as some sort of a semifinal of the world cup match, this was setting the tone, how they are going to take the campaign issues, and what are the strengths and weaknesses of these various political parties, and many people thought the main opposition congress party, which won their key state election in may this year, could make a comeback, could do pretty well in these elections, that could set the tone for an opposition alliance, and that was the main issue for congress party. now the election results are seen as a setback mainly for the congress party, even though it won one of the prosperous states in the southern india with a comfortable majority, but they lost out to the bjp in the

states after just and lost out to the bjp in the states afterjust and in rajasthan, so people see this as a big boost to narendra modi, who was aiming to return to powerfor a third to power for a third consecutive term when the elections are held between april and may next year. for the congress party, they need to go back to the drawing room and find out where they got it wrong, and also they now need to keep their allies together. the india alliance, and what went wrong for them. that is why these elections were considered very crucial, and mr modi, with his own popularity with an energetic campaign managed to win these elections. in more news, at least four people have been killed and more than 40 injured in an explosion at a catholic mass in the southern philippines. the bomb attack took place at a university in the country's largest muslim city of marawi. the government in the philippines had staged a crackdown on islamist extremist groups in recent days, as simonjones reports.

members of the congregation help carry the wounded to safety. the explosion took place in a university hall where people had gathered for sunday mass. you can see smoke in the air. these pictures from inside show chairs strewn across the floor by the force of the blast. the police say they have recovered fragments of a mortar bomb. many worshippers were taken to hospital in a state of shock. translation: we - attended mass at 7am. then, during the first reading, there was a sudden explosion. it was really sudden and everyone ran. when i looked behind me, people were lying on the floor. the president described the attack as senseless and heinous. he blamed what he called foreign terrorists. the authorities believe it may have been carried out in retaliation for the killing of 12 suspected members of an islamist militant group by the military on friday. the public is being urged to remain calm. our focus now in the face of this incident in marawi

will be to not only address the security dimension, but also the wellness dimension of the community. the university where the attack took place has called in additional security staff. all classes have been suspended. the authorities have vowed to bring the perpetrators of what they're calling this ruthless act to justice. simon jones, bbc news. it is that years since nelson mandela was awarded the nobel peace prize alongside the last white president of south africa, fw de klerk. now nelson mandela's party, the african national congress, could be facing its biggest electoral challenge since the end of apartheid. it's bedeviled by corruption scandals and accusations of poor public services, and in one key region of the country, infighting, rooted in corruption, has led to a surge in political murder. our special correspondent fergal keane, who covered the fall of apartheid, has this report. a violent conflict once spread

out from these hills to threaten the future of south africa. it seemed nowhere was safe. as we interviewed this british peace monitor, a sniper intervened. in the end, apartheid was defeated. but we shall all live like the children of paradise. free elections happened. but 30 years later, a deadly new struggle is under way in the hills of kwazulu—natal. lombo thembinkosi, a councillor with the ruling anc, was one of over 20 local politicians murdered in the last year. "it was people from the anc fighting for a position," says mrs lombo. "that's why he was killed." you're working with us as a journalist here, and translating, but your own grandfather was killed in political violence recently. what do you feel, when you hear what mrs lombo has to say?

it hurts. it hurts a lot, because my grandpa was killed right at the gate in my house, about six, seven, eight bullets. 60% of people here live in poverty — billions that could have helped them stolen by corrupt politicians and officials, fuelling the infighting that's tarnished africa's oldest liberation movement. this memorial to nelson mandela in the hills of kwazulu—natal is a reminder of the long history of violence and repression in south africa. but when democracy came 30 years ago, millions hoped for a land where human life would have more value. in the old colonial city hall of pietermaritzburg, capital of kwazulu—natal, we met up with the anc mayor. he blames much of the present decline on apartheid's legacy of inequality. with respect, mayor, you're the ones who've been in powerfor 30 years. we do have challenges,

and some of those challenges are the corruption you're talking about. but we are saying the effect is undoing what has been done and created for over 300 years cannot only take 30 years to repair. so, as you can hear, i have lost my voice because of the absolutely incredible event that we have here at the durban exhibition centre. but with elections looming, a popular opposition leader is fighting corruption. chris pappas, white, zulu—speaking and gay, was elected mayor of a socially conservative rural area with a black majority population. obviously, you know, issues of racism and issues of identity do feature in our country strongly. but i think when it comes tojust moving the needle forward, in terms of service delivery and progress, people just want to get things done. the hope for peace

hangs in the balance, with fear, in a place all too familiar with mourning. fergal keane, bbc news, kwazulu—natal. snow, ice and plummeting temperatures are causing problems across large parts of the uk. heavy snow in cumbria caused havoc on the roads, leaving hundreds of drivers trapped in their cars and more than 2,500 people without electricity. yunis mulla has this report. severe weather left a blanket of snow. in some areas, as much as 30 centimetres fell. motorists were caught out and stranded. this is ambleside. kerry abandoned her trip home to kendal and slept at work. i stayed at my work, because they have a flat upstairs, so a few of us just stayed there for the night, which was also really helpful, because a lot of us couldn't get home. the snow wasjust unprecedented. we didn't expect this amount, so it has been chaos. antony harrison has lived here for 35 years, and opened up his house to give a friend a bed for the night. a friend who rang me

at lunchtime yesterday said he couldn't get home, and said, "can i come "round to your house for lunch?" so he came at 12 o'clock yesterday, and he left at 10 o'clock this morning. he stayed with us last night. there was lots of people stuck, and people putting people up, and just doing what we can to help. few have witnessed these scenes in recent years. this was the m6. motorists were stuck for hours. drivers were told to leave their cars and go to an emergency refuge. it is difficult for everyone to get out. i eventually got as far as elterwater, but i left the car at elterwater, and me and the dog, we ran into ambleside. at the parish centre in ambleside, there were more than 100 people, including children. lots of bedding, lots of the local people brought in food, clothes. shops provided food and clothing as well. and the people are just so grateful to have somewhere out of the weather, not sleeping in their cars.

this was ant brett's view on the a595 on his way to a family wedding. he was stuck for 19 hours, without food or water, or, he says, help from the emergency services. cumbria police declared this a major incident, and at one stage around 7,000 homes and businesses were without power. a met office yellow warning for ice is in place for much of northern england, midlands and north wales, and will be in force until tomorrow. with snow turning to ice, most major routes here in cumbria are passable, with care. but the advice to motorists is to stay indoors, and not go out unless it is necessary. but for many, the cold weather has left its impact, and will be felt for a number of days. yunis mulla, bbc news, ambleside. that's all for now. stay with bbc news. hello, there. plenty of wintry scenes recorded by our weather watchers across the uk

throughout the weekend, such as here in derbyshire, with the lying snow, but further south, across much of england and south wales, then it turned milder on sunday, with outbreaks of rain moving northwards, and for all of us, the current cold spell will be coming to an end as we head through this week. it will be turning milder, but the payback is it's also going to be wetter and windier for much of the time. now, we've seen this deep area of low pressure just roll its way northwards and eastwards, strong, gusty winds towards channel coasts through the night. still some heavy downpours of rain around, snow over any elevation. this is how we're starting off monday morning. cold and frosty still towards the north, but milder further south, five to seven degrees celsius here. but let's just zoom in on the north of england and north wales, where we could see some icy conditions, tricky travelling conditions, i think, particularly over the higher passes of the pennines and across north wales, with some of this rain turning to snow with any elevation. but most of this will be falling as rain, maybe wet snow to lower levels, though, at times with any intensity,

and there's a brisk northerly wind blowing. we'll see some strong, gusty winds, particularly across western wales and to the southwest of england. it's going to feel cold in exposure to that wind, despite the fact that, in theory, temperatures will be higher than yesterday. largely dry for northern ireland and much of scotland, away from the east, with perhaps a few isolated showers around. so still feeling pretty raw with the briskness of that wind on monday. the same still true on tuesday, but our deep area of low pressure is gradually pushing its way further eastwards. it's very slow—moving. there'll still be some patchy outbreaks of rain, i think, across much of northern england. again, with any elevation, this could be falling as snow. still some rain too, just feeding down from western wales towards the southwest of england. but elsewhere, i think it will tend to turn a bit drier, particularly away from east anglia, as we head through the afternoon. largely dry for scotland, but still temperatures struggling to get above freezing over any lying snow. but a drier, brighter day, particularly out towards the west. and it's going to be a very cold night on tuesday. again, a widespread frost with some patches of freezing fog developing. then we've got another low just working its way

in from the south west, and this is going to drag with it some much milder—feeling air. so just look at those temperatures go up. by the time we get to thursday, we're back up into double figures across the board. but it will be wet and windy at times, with perhaps some transient snow in the north. bye— bye.

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the decision made in the next hour or so will find out whether one of china's biggest property companies could be forced to start a liquidation process. going back to live in caves — controversial comments made by the president of the cop28 climate summit when asked what would be needed to phase out fossil fuels. hello, and welcome to asia business report. i'm arunoday mukharji. our big focus today, and on a little over an hour crisis—hit chinese property giant, evergrande, faces a hong kong court hearing that could start to the start of a liquidation process. in october, a judge gave the company "one last opportunity "to come up with a new restructuring plan", and she warned that otherwise it will be likely to be subject to a winding—up order. evergrande has over $3 billion of liability.

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