weather warnings continue in parts of the uk with thousands of homes across cumbria still without power after days of heavy snowfall. the 2026 commonwealth games hosting headache continues with the australian state of victoria out of the running. another location pulls out of a bid. and the giant pandas set to return to china today after 12 years at edinburgh zoo. hello. thanks forjoining us. a very warm welcome to the programme. i'm sally bundock. israeli ground forces are pushing into southern gaza after three days of heavy bombardment with troops being told the operation would be no less powerful than in the north of the enclave. israeli bombardments on khan younis and rafah in the south

have continued, as have those on the jabaliya refugee camp in the north. israel insists it's making "maximum effort" to avoid killing civilians. hospitals inside gaza are struggling to take in the casualties with un officials describing a "degree of panic" in medicalfacilities that hasn't been seen before. the un says palestinians who are being told to leave areas, which were previously seen as safe, are being pushed into a narrow corner of gaza. our international editor jeremy bowen reports on the situation in the west bank and gaza. there's distressing footage from the very beginning. 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 injabalia, 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's happening. on the west bank, this village was mourning ahmed asi. 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. shouting it was dark by the time they found the body of ahmed asi. they prepared the father of six for burial. attacks byjewish settlers on palestinians are repeatedly condemned by the americans, british and other allies of israel. around noon, after the funeral, the men of the village

paid their respects to ahmed asi's family. settler violence against palestinians has risen sharply since hamas attacked on october 7. it is rarely prosecuted. among the mourners was the dead man's eldest son, nour. 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," say offman, 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 thing that's come out very strongly in the last couple of days of talking to palestinians in the west bank — something has changed since october 7. 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 thejews. 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 all 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...all thejewish 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. let's go live to gaza now. this morning it isjust let's go live to gaza now. this morning it is just after seven o'clock local time and you can see the haze there and smoke after another night of bombardment. with me is mohamed taha from bbc arabic. good morning to you. good morning- — good morning to you. good morning. tell— good morning to you. good morning. tell us _ good morning to you. good morning. tell us more - good morning to you. good l morning. tell us more about what happened _ morning. tell us more about what happened overnight. i morning. tell us more about| what happened overnight. as morning. tell us more about - what happened overnight. as you said in the headline, _ what happened overnight. as you said in the headline, the - what happened overnight. as you said in the headline, the big - said in the headline, the big news this morning is the start of the attack in southern gaza, so the last two months of the focus of the fighting in northern gaza, now the israeli forces started a ground operation in southern gaza. there are two main highlights on that. so the first highlight that apparently there is no

safe place in gaza at the moment, even the places that the israelis said that the civilians can be safe, like rafah and western rafah, we saw overnight, the areas that are supposed to be a safe place for civilians. so there is no safe place for these civilians at the moment. there is also strikes targeted at a hospital in northern gaza. this is the only working hospital in northern gaza. the humanitarian situation became really tense and in that regard, and we heard lots of distressing stories, sadly, about whole families wiped from the registration because they all died, children without any surviving families, bodies under rubble that people cannot

get out, and also, people are living in beyond catastrophic situations, as a british palestinian person said recently. in palestinian person said recently-— palestinian person said recentl . , ., recently. in terms of the humanitarian _ recently. in terms of the humanitarian aid, - recently. in terms of the humanitarian aid, that l recently. in terms of the i humanitarian aid, that does continue to come in, doesn't it, but now gaza is under bombardment again, it makes it difficult for distributional. i suppose that most of the aid has stopped because most of the bombardment is now focused on the south, where this age should be coming from, so most of the aid is stopped, it is a dire situation. people are eating a sandwich a day, they don't have clean water, and sadly, this war is taking a global impact, as i talked with a palestinian british family here, and they told me how distressed they are, day and night, because they have

families there in gaza, they try to check on them and in a nightmare they wake up one day and don't find them. so the sombre mood is global amongst many people who are really concerned about their families in gaza. . ~ concerned about their families in gaza. ., ~ i. concerned about their families in gaza. ., ~ . ., in gaza. thank you so much for the latest _ in gaza. thank you so much for the latest on _ in gaza. thank you so much for the latest on that. _ let's get some of the day's other news now. the us military says three commercial vessels operating in the southern red sea have been struck by drones or missiles fired by houthi rebels in yemen. it said its warship, the uss carney, shot down three drones launched from houthi—controlled areas. no casualties were reported. the authorities in tanzania say at least 47 people have died in severe floods and landslides in the north of the country. east africa has been badly hit by severe weather partly caused by the el nino phenomenon. tanzania's president has ordered the security forces to help with the rescue efforts. french prosecutors say a man

accused of a deadly attack on tourists in central paris on saturday had pledged allegiance to the islamic state group. a german man was killed when the suspect allegedly attacked people with a knife and a hammer near the eiffel tower. the islamic state group has claimed responsibility for a bombing on sunday that killed four people. the blast occurred at mindanao state university in the philippines�* southern city of marawi. four people were killed and dozens more injured. police say fragments of a mortar bomb had been recovered. the uk government is believed to be close to revealing its proposals to revive its policy of processing some asylum seekers' claims in rwanda. it's thought british lawyers could work inside rwandan courts as part of a treaty designed to address the concerns of the supreme court, which ruled the policy unlawful. a yellow weather warning

for ice is in place for the north of england and most of wales. thousands of homes across cumbria are still without power as the temperature remains at or below freezing after heavy snowfall over the past few days. a rescue operation is under way to reunite drivers with their vehicles abandoned in the heavy snow, as well as restoring electricity to homes. the met office estimates as much as 30 centimetres of snow fell, which means difficult travel conditions are likely, as well as icy patches on roads and pavements. a yellow warning for ice is in place for much of northern england, midlands and north wales and they are enforced until midnight tomorrow. with snow turning to ice, most major routes here in cumbria are possible with care, but the advice to motorists is to stay indoors and not go out unless

it is necessary. so be aware of the weather situation as the weather progresses. the gold coast in australia's eastern state of queensland has pulled out of bidding to host the commonwealth games in 2026. it had offered a $700 million bid to hold the games jointly with perth, but failed to win government support. the event could now be postponed or cancelled. live now to sydney and our correspondent phil mercer. this is becoming a real problem. tell us more. well, it is becoming — problem. tell us more. well, it is becoming a _ problem. tell us more. well, it is becoming a bit _ problem. tell us more. well, it is becoming a bit of _ problem. tell us more. well, it is becoming a bit of a _ problem. tell us more. well, itj is becoming a bit of a marathon if you like. the gold coast in queensland said it was willing to host the commonwealth games in 2026 after the southern australian state of victoria pulled out injuly citing financial constraints. courier is saying the event was costing too much money and simply wasn't worth the money —— of

victoria. instead, the gold coast mayor tom tate unilaterally said that his region, he said he was willing to take on the event in three years' time. but he said that he is now pulling the pin because there is no support from the state government in queensland, also the federal government in canberra. mr tate says his decision to abandon plans to launch a bid really fails to save australia's sporting reputation. he believes the reputation has been tarnished by victoria's decision to walk away from the games will stop the queensland state government has said previously that it is not interested in hosting the commonwealth games in 2026, preferring instead to concentrate on the bigger prize of hosting the olympics in 2032. so australia has a very proud sporting reputation earlier this year, if successfully hosted the women's football world cup, it has

hoser the olympics in sydney in 2000 many years ago in 1956. commonwealth games officials in australia say they are still looking for an alternative. you have to say that the issue are relevance of the whole event and certainly financial constraints mean it is highly unlikely that the commonwealth games will be held here in australia in 2026. this is of course an event that has had financial problems before. the uk city of birmingham stepped into host the games last year after the south african city of durban it couldn't afford to carry on in 2017. so there will be many athletes, fans and administrators very disappointed in the gold coast's decision, but tom tate, the mayor, says he has no alternative, anne still, commonwealth games is looking for a home in 2026. the commonwealth games is looking for a home in 2026.— for a home in 2026. the clock is ticking- _ for a home in 2026. the clock is ticking. thank _ for a home in 2026. the clock is ticking. thank you - for a home in 2026. the clock is ticking. thank you very - for a home in 2026. the clock. is ticking. thank you very much indeed. bill mercer there.

-- phil. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. gordon brown has described his former minister, glenys kinnock, who's died aged 79, as one of the great women of her generation. baroness kinnock was married for 56 years to the former labour leader neil kinnock. she spent 15 years as a member of the european parliament before eventuallyjoining gordon brown's government. herfamily said she had "endured alzheimer's" since a 2017 diagnosis and faced it with "innate courage". where ever there was an injustice, where ever there was poverty and inequality, wherever women and girls were being denied their basic rights, there was glenys kinnock is standing up for them, and that's why she will be more than every part of the

world, she gained an international reputation for standing up for women and girls worldwide, but also internationally. the loss will be great to the labour party but those two also to those people who stand up forjustice across the world. tributes to glenys kinnock who has died aged 79. you're live with bbc news. in the lead—up to international human rights day on december 10, the united nations is encouraging activism on ending violence against women and girls. in the latest crime survey for england and wales, it's estimated that 2.1 million people aged 16 and over experienced domestic abuse in the year ending march 2023. of that, 1.4 million women and 751,000 men. women were disproportionately represented among victims of domestic abuse—related crimes, 73.5% of all victims being female in the last year. we're joined now by matt brown, co—founder of the group

she is not your rehab, who has been speaking to students in the uk about domestic violence and healthy masculinity. really good to have you in the programme today. tell us about your work with young man. how do you tackle this subject? we do you tackle this sub'ect? we started this i do you tackle this subject? - started this movement from our barbershop, it was really creating a space where men could feel seen to talk about these things, it is often a taboo in our society,. tell us more, taboo in our society,. tell us more. here _ taboo in our society,. tell us more, here in _ taboo in our society,. tell us more, here in the _ taboo in our society,. tell us more, here in the uk, - taboo in our society,. tell us more, here in the uk, your. more, here in the uk, your barbershop was in new zealand, but you are working now across england and wales, why did you come here? irate england and wales, why did you come here?— england and wales, why did you come here? . ., come here? we came here, we got invited by of _ come here? we came here, we got invited by of organisation _ come here? we came here, we got invited by of organisation so - come here? we came here, we got invited by of organisation so i - invited by of organisation so i have been travelling around the

uk talking schools, encouraging and inviting men into the conversation, your childhood trauma was not your fault but healing is your responsibility, because what we do not transform we ultimately transmit, onto our children and partners. transmit, onto our children and tartners. ~ ., .,, transmit, onto our children and tartners. ., . , ., partners. what has reception been like _ partners. what has reception been like to _ partners. what has reception been like to what _ partners. what has reception been like to what you - partners. what has reception been like to what you had . partners. what has reception been like to what you had to | been like to what you had to say? overwhelming, humbling, if you don't want our social media, you will see messages from young boys, young men all around the uk who have been touched, who have really resonated with our message. what is happening on social media? what is it that young men and boys are watching currently, and is it good? or is it bad? is it making the situation worse or better, or a bit of both probably? i situation worse or better, or a bit of both probably?- bit of both probably? i think it is making _ bit of both probably? i think it is making it _ bit of both probably? i think it is making it better, - bit of both probably? i think it is making it better, we're| it is making it better, we're having tough conversations on social media, we share videos from the men in our division as

year's global 16 years of activism, investing to prevent violence, and we're to inspire the men in this world, for over a decade through our work, and ongoing journey, we have seen the investments, because better partners and fathers. in the investments, because better partners and fathers.— partners and fathers. in terms of this issue _ partners and fathers. in terms of this issue globally, - partners and fathers. in terms of this issue globally, really i of this issue globally, really it is a global problem, and yet in different countries you have to tackle it in different ways, culturally, the way you address this, say for example, in the north america or asia or middle east, it would be very different to what you are doing in england and wales currently? you have to be culturally appropriate when you are entering any country, so it is being sensitive and aware of who we are speaking to, so for me, i call on my experiences as a young boy growing up in a toxic, violent household, i

witnessed my father beat my mother to a pulp constantly, so i knew going forward and father i knew going forward and father i wanted to be was not to be the model that i witnessed and experienced in my childhood. thank you for talking to us today and good luck with the work you are doing. rescuers have found the body of 11 climbers after an aikido eruption on sunday. three climbers were found alive by 12 i still missing. dozens of other climbers were evacuated from the area, nearly 10,000 feet or 3000 metres into the air. it is one of the most active volcanoes in the region and one of 130 active volcanoes in indonesia, which sets in in the pacific ring of fire. ministers from more than 60 countries have been meeting at the cop28 climate summit in dubai to discuss the health

challenges posed by global warming. many have endorsed the annual conference's first ever health declaration, which acknowledges the positive impact climate policies can have on health. our correspondent carl nasman has more from dubai. day four in dubai was a significant one, the first time there is been a focus specifically on health off that comes at a time when the health impact 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 one out of four deaths around the world are linked in some way to climate change. on the state more pledges, more cash being thrown at climate action, the first announcement today a partnership to combat climate and health, for $50 billion pledged by more than 120

countries towards that cause. the second one $777 million pledged towards eliminating neglected tropical diseases. but as always at these conferences the devil is in the details as they say, none of these agreements mentioning what many scientists they are the root cause of the problem, that is our use of fossil fuels like oil and gas. still, these pledges adding more momentum to what we have seen already at the beginning of a very busy c0 p28. it is busy and we will have more on that in our is this coverage in about five minutes. you might remember last week we told you about the uk's only two giant pandas getting ready to leave edinburgh zoo where they've lived for the last 12 years. well, today, yang guang and tian tian are heading back to china. our scotland correspondent

alexandra mackenzie reports. a final farewell, edinburgh reserve afinalfarewell, edinburgh reserve has been home to the pandas for more than a decade. at the weekend, staff helped them to acclimatise to these crates, which will be used to help transport the animals back to china. staff at the zoo became attached to the giant pandas, and they're very different personalities, and say their departure will be emotional. some have looked after them since they arrived, and well travelled with them on their return plane journey. it's been up—and—down, stressful times over the past years but we have all taken to it in very good spirits, had a very good time and it will be such a change to our lives, to our day without them here, definitely sad and it will take some getting used to fit into our new normal, without them

here. ~ ., ., here. while in scotland, there were eight _ here. while in scotland, there were eight attempts - here. while in scotland, there were eight attempts at - were eight attempts at artificial insemination between the power, but yang guang and tian tian returned home having failed to produce a carb. staff say they will be closely monitored while aboard the plane. monitored while aboard the tlane. , ., plane. during the flight are not expected _ plane. during the flight are not expected to _ plane. during the flight are not expected to have - plane. during the flight are j not expected to have major challenges, yang guang and tian tian are healthy, so my plan is to feed them throughout the flight, iwill to feed them throughout the flight, i will monitor them very closely of course and they also have one of their favourite keepers with them so they should be happy. the official handover _ they should be happy. the official handover of - they should be happy. the official handover of the two pandas will take place halfway between scotland and china. a zookeeper would handover the crates, officially ending their time in edinburgh zoo. alexander mackenzie, bbc news. you will find lots more detail and background to the stories we're covering on our website. just head to bbc.com/news

or download the bbc news app. next, we will be looking at the top of business stories, hearing more on cop28 in dubai, what has been happening over there over the past few days and their commitments to try and their commitments to try and reach a deal on reducing the use of fossil fuels, which is proving to be quite difficult, but also as well be will be looking ahead to what has been going on in hong kong where the high court has adjourned for now, a decision on whether or not to liquidate evergrande which is the huge chinese real estate company which has been in financial trouble for a very long time. all that and the other type of business stories, here on 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, 5 to 7 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 southwest,

and this is going to drag with it some much milderfeeling 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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made by the president of the cop climate talks when asked what would be needed to phase out fossil fuels. case adjourned: a hong kong high court grants crisis—hit chinese property developer evergrande more time before it makes a decision on liquidation. and still to come, the elf on the shelf: what did the mischievous little elf get up to last night in your home? it's becoming a popular festive tradition. we talk to its creators. hello. a very warm welcome to the programme. i'm sally bundock. and we start with the cop28 summit as it moves into its second week in dubai. un secretary general antonio guterres has criticised the emissions reduction plans

launched by summit president sultan al—jaber,