the bodies of 11 hikers have been recovered in indonesia, a day after an active volcano spewed ash high into the air. the cop28 climate summit continues in dubai — leaders today are looking at the issue of funds for climate action and disaster support. hello, i'm samantha simmonds. 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. there are reports that dozens of israeli tanks have moved near to the city of khan younis 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 medical facilities 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 middle east correspondent, yolande knell, reports. ominous warnings — the israeli flares that hang in the night sky over gaza are followed by the thuds of explosions. rumbling explosion. and on the ground, israel's military says its offensive has now expanded to every part of the palestinian territory. it said its operations here will be of no less strength than those that have devastated the north. explosions, shouting israel's already ordered more evacuations in the south of gaza, crowded with displaced people who were told to move

here for their safety. a un official on the spot told the bbc that palestinians are running out of places to go. hundreds of thousands of people on the move, probably for the third orfourth time. some cannot because there's not enough transport to move them. many are well aware that they are moving to a place with no water, no shelter. it's cold, starting to rain. no sanitation. memories of a truce have faded fast, with a return to these all—too—familiar scenes of frantic searches in the rubble left by israeli air strikes. in khan younis, civilian casualties are overwhelming the local hospitals. israel says it will now carry on fighting here until its goals are met. one is to remove hamas from power. while hamas says it will only talk about releasing further israeli hostages it holds if that's tied to a permanent ceasefire. meanwhile, this war — now nearly two months old — continues to take a terrible toll.

yolande knell has more from jerusalem. i mean, it's clear that the operations also continue in the north of gaza, but in the south, there has been this widening of israel's ground offensive. the israeli military said in its latest briefing that it was now present in every part of the gaza strip, certainly advancing on some of these areas around khan younis, one of the main cities in the south. we know that there were these evacuation orders that were given for areas. the un says they account for about one fifth of khan younis. and the people who are affected, it's about 170,000 of them. some 50,000 of those, according to the un, are people who are already internally displaced within gaza because, of course, in the early stages of the war,

people from the north of the strip were told to relocate to the south for their own safety. so that has been causing quite a lot of panic and confusion, particularly with this map being put up online. and of course, communications and the internet is so patchy across gaza, it's been difficult for people to access that information. the un has also been warning that the areas that they're being told they should now evacuate to are places that are already extremely overcrowded with other displaced people. and what's the feeling there in israel about the continuation of these air strikes, this military action, given the number of hostages still being held? and i'm just reading that the death toll from the october 7th attacks by hamas continues to go up even today. well, of course, the warning that came out in advance of all this from the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, and others was that the war would resume once that seven—day truce had really broken down. and the worries for many israelis

will be about what happens to those 136 hostages that we're told remain inside the gaza strip. it looks like at the moment the heavy bombardment that's happening, particularly around khan younis, is kind of a precursor to a ground operation. looking in the israeli media, many of the military analysts this morning are talking about how this is going to be a tough period of urban warfare. it is believed by israel that top leaders of hamas, including the leader of hamas in gaza, yahya sinwar, the head of the military wing of hamas, mohammed deif, are hiding out in khan younis, that there are many hamas fighters who remain in that area. but also complicating this, of course, all the palestinians who have been displaced there and indeed it's believed also by israel that some of the israeli hostages that remain in gaza could be in that khan younis area. yolande knell in jerusalem yolande knell injerusalem there. human rights organisations

in the netherlands are bringing a court case today against the dutch state, alleging the export of f35 fighterjet parts to israel makes the netherlands complicit in alleged war crimes in gaza. the organisations, which include the dutch branches of amnesty international and oxfam, are demanding an immediate halt to the supply. live now to our correspondent anna holligan. welcome. just explain what this case is all about. it's about f 35 fighter jets it's about f 35 fighterjets bear parts which are held in a distribution centre in the european distribution centre in the european distribution centre in the european distribution centre here in the netherlands. this case has been brought by the human rights organisations. they want the judges here in the hague to say those exports can't continue. the hearing has been going on for about an hour now. we heard first of all from a lawyer representing those ngos. she began by repeating some of the lines

by israeli officials saying there are no non—competence in gaza. this is about whether or not the netherlands should be allowing the export of american f—35 spare parts to israel potentially contributing to israel potentially contributing to human rights abuses. and we are now hearing from a lawyer representing the state who has repeated that the world is watching in horror, the deaths of civilians in horror, the deaths of civilians in gaza and israel, but has also just said that it's not for the ngos to decide on this type of policy, it is for the government. but that's where we are with the hearing so far. , . , , . ., far. this hearing is expected to last a while. — far. this hearing is expected to last a while, a _ far. this hearing is expected to last a while, a ruling _ far. this hearing is expected to last a while, a ruling expected | far. this hearing is expected to i last a while, a ruling expected in far. this hearing is expected to . last a while, a ruling expected in a couple of weeks. what could they rule? 50 couple of weeks. what could they rule? , , ., ~' , ., rule? so yes, we are unlikely to get a verdict from _ rule? so yes, we are unlikely to get a verdict from the _ rule? so yes, we are unlikely to get a verdict from the judge _ rule? so yes, we are unlikely to get a verdict from the judge today. - rule? so yes, we are unlikely to get a verdict from the judge today. at l a verdict from the judge today. at maximum within two weeks. we have already heard from the government,

though. because during parliamentary questions, the cabinet said they were looking at the legality of these exports because in the past there have been intercepts put into place if the exports of violet dutch foreign policy. at the moment they say, the government says, it has to weigh up israel's right to defend itself with potential human rights abuses. and we are hearing more from state lawyers in court at the moment. this hearing should end within the next half an hour or so and then thejudge within the next half an hour or so and then the judge will have up to two weeks to deliver a verdict. anah, thank you for updating us. rescuers have found the bodies of ii climbers after the marapi volcano erupted in west sumatra on sunday. three climbers were found alive. but 12 more are still missing. dozens of other climbers were evacuated from the area. the volcano threw ash nearly 10,000 feet or 3,000 metres into the air. mount marapi is one of the most active volcanos in the region and is one of 130 active volcanoes in indonesia, which sits on the pacific ring of fire.

live now to hanna samosir injakarta. welcome to you. what more do we know about those impacted by this eruption? about those impacted by this eru tion? , about those impacted by this emption?_ about those impacted by this erution? , . . . ~' about those impacted by this erution? , ., ., ., eruption? yes, samantha, thank you. u. eruption? yes, samantha, thank you. u- until eruption? yes, samantha, thank you. up until now— eruption? yes, samantha, thank you. up until now the _ eruption? yes, samantha, thank you. up until now the authorities _ eruption? yes, samantha, thank you. up until now the authorities haven't i up until now the authorities haven't been able to identify the 11 bodies of the victims who have been declared dead. the police has set up a post several kilometres from the mountain to identify the body later. and there are also 12 other climbers who are still missing after the mount erupted. but the search operation has now been temporarily halted because of security concerns. the geological body has recorded

several aftershocks from this morning up until noon indonesian time. they said that at this time we cannot do any search operation because it is still too dangerous. but meanwhile, the 49 other victims who are successfully evacuated are now being treated in nearby medical facilities. also for now the authorities have raised the alert to the second highest level and prohibited residents from going within three kilometres of the crater. that is all we have for now and we are still waiting for the police for the identification of the 11 bodies who have been declared

dead. ~ ., ., , , ., 11 bodies who have been declared dead. ., ., , , ., ., 11 bodies who have been declared dead. ., , ., ., dead. what does this mean for people livin: dead. what does this mean for people living nearby? — dead. what does this mean for people living nearby? as _ dead. what does this mean for people living nearby? as i _ dead. what does this mean for people living nearby? as i said _ dead. what does this mean for people living nearby? as i said before, - dead. what does this mean for people living nearby? as i said before, the i living nearby? as i said before, the authorities has _ living nearby? as i said before, the authorities has raised _ living nearby? as i said before, the authorities has raised the - living nearby? as i said before, the authorities has raised the alert - authorities has raised the alert level to the second highest so the residents are prohibited to access the area within three kilometres from the crater. also, some of them asked about why the authorities, there are no warning about the potential eruption. but the authorities said that there was no warning because there was no increase of volcanic activity right before the eruption happened. {lilia before the eruption happened. 0k, hanna samosir, thank you very much. we have some breaking news coming in concerning the war in ukraine from

the russian news agencies that they are saying a russian general has been killed in the fighting in ukraine. we will bring you more on that as it comes in to us. around the world and across the uk this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. british lawyers could be stationed in rwandan courts as part of a treaty to allow asylum seekers to be sent there. it comes weeks after the uk's supreme court ruled the plans unlawful, and downing street said it would publish a treaty with kigali to address the court's concerns about the rwandan justice system. the prime minister says the bbc should be "realistic about what it can expect people to pay" for the tv licence fee during times of high inflation. the licence fee has been frozen for the last two years at £159 but is due to rise in april in line with inflation. a bbc panorama investigation reveals water companies can make sewage pollution disappear from the official figures. leaked documents suggest one firm, united utilities, wrongly downgraded dozens of pollution incidents

in north—west england last year. the environment agency signed off all the downgrades without attending any of the incidents, united utilities denies misreporting pollution. you're live with bbc news. the un climate conference in dubai is set to address the thorny issue of boosting funds for climate action and disaster support. this is the fifth day of the conference and already different economic opinions are being laid out. the international monetary fund wants to see an increase in the price of carbon to incentivise countries to reduce their carbon emissions. but, the united arab emirates wants investment in hydrocarbons, such as oil, saying that otherwise the green transition could be hindered by high commodity prices. a video has emerged showing the president of the cop 28 climate summit in the uae casting doubt on the world's ability to phase out fossil fuels — without, as he put it, going back to living in caves. the guardian newspaper

published footage of sultan aljaber, telling an online event last month that there is no science to say phasing out fossil fuels achieves the climate goal of limiting global temperature rise to one point five temperature rise to 1.5 degrees above pre—industrial levels. radio 4 presenter mishal husain spoke tojohn kerry, the united states special presidential envoy for climate. she asked him what concrete outcome he is hoping forfrom this un climate conference and what he made of the cop president's comments about fossil fuels. i hope we're going to raise ambition on a global basis, because we're behind in the reduction of cutting emissions. i hope that we will break new ground on finance, because we desperately need much larger sums of money deployed, investing in order to effect this transition. i'm very hopeful that the global stock—take, this is the first measurement of where we are since paris, and that needs to be an honest, open, transparent, forceful, candid document which really lays

out the gaps where they exist and what we need to do to get where we need to go. if we did all of that, it would be great. don't we already know one very key gap, which is, if the key thing is limiting temperature rise to 1.5 degrees from pre—industrial levels, we are on track currently for at least 2.5 degrees? that's correct, we are, but when did paris, we were on track to 3.7 to 4 degrees. so we have in fact reduced that into the twos now, and we know that if all the promises of glasgow and all the promises of sharm el—sheikh were actually being implemented, the iea tells us that we could be at 1.7 degrees celsius above there. so that doesn't mean it's over and we can go home, no. it means that we know that if we do the things we say we're going to do, we could actually keep

it at 1.5 degrees. that means taking dramatic action here in dubai, which is being talked about, about how do we accelerate this? we just had a huge meeting the other day, a summit on methane. methane wasn't even talked about in paris, and it is slowly now coming into focus where people realise that methane is 80 to 100 times more destructive than co2, and yet methane only gets about 1% of the funding effort of climate—related expenditure. so that's going to change now. even oil and gas companies came to the table and said they're going to put money on the table, they're going to help to reduce the leaks, reduce the flaring and venting, and that will make a huge contribution to getting on track. so i'm hoping that much more of those kinds of initiatives will come to life here in dubai. but if you want dramatic action, what do you make of the comment from the cop president,

the emirati official in charge of this process, saying that there is no science to say phasing out fossil fuels is what achieves a temperature rise of1.5 degrees? well, i think what he was saying, i can't speak for him, obviously, and i'm not sure, i wasn't there. i don't know exactly what was said. but what i think the meaning is that, what he's saying is the science itself does not prescribe a particular approach. it doesn't say you have to do this or you have to do that. what you have to do is clearly reduce emissions. that the science says we must do. how we do it, it's up to us. but they've made it clear we need a 43% minimum reduction in emissions of fossil fuel burning by 2030, and we need net—zero by 2050 in order to meet the goal of keeping 1.5. now, we've got all kinds of ways of getting there and people

are spending now more than $1 trillion chasing hydrogen, green hydrogen, blue hydrogen battery storage, faster, better means of reducing emissions through renewables. renewables are now being built at a record pace. we need even more, because renewables are the one technology we really know we can deploy today and it has the impact we need. john kerry. this is the sea and live at cop where aljaber is speaking. we didn't only operationalise it but we began filling it and that's what they have been repeatedly saying. our task is not only to operationalise it and establish or create empty bank account. no, we made a promise, we want to operationalise it and we want to agree the funding arrangements and start filling it, and that's exactly what happened. and again, that's the

first time at any cop on day one of such a decision gets adopted. this is historic. these are success stories. no one can deny those. it is also worth reminding everyone that the loss and damage was in real danger of not happening at all until we made a bold call and we requested to convene a special session in abu dhabi to get it over the line. and this happened right after the pre—cop at the beginning of november. tc five was never part of the agenda or part of the plan but

we took that bold decision to ensure that we give it our best shot and will utilise and capitalise on our abilities, expertise, network, partners, relationships to get it over the line. and yes, we got it over the line. and yes, we got it over the line with the help and support of all parties. we also brought together the us and china in an unprecedented commitment to an economy wide reduction of methane and other non—co2 gases. these gases are over 80 times more damaging than c02. are over 80 times more damaging than co2. tackling methane will have massive near—term impact on keeping 1.5 within reach, and that's why i am putting it at the top of my agenda. in fact, am putting it at the top of my agenda. infact, it am putting it at the top of my agenda. in fact, it has been one of my top priorities as the cop

presidency. we made it very high and a top priority for everyone and that's why we are able to make progress. i am pleased to say that we have also mobilised over in new pledges and commitments only in the first four days. 30 billion in a new custom tailored uae catalytic fund. that is 100% focused on solutions and bridging gaps to climate change. mohammed aljaber, the cop28 president outlining some of the achievements he says they have made in the past few days and also defending some of the criticism that has been directed at him. in the past few days he has had to deny that his country is using this

meeting of world leaders and environmentalists to make oil and gas deals. also in the past few hours the guardian newspaper reported that he said a few weeks ago there was no science behind demands for phasing out all fossil fuels. he has responded to that saying, "we very much respect for science." he said everything this presidency has been working on has been focused on and centred around the science. let's go live to dubai to speak to alvaro lario, president of the un internationalfund to speak to alvaro lario, president of the un international fund for agricultural development. how much faith do you have in this cop presidency to achieve what you hope it will do? ., ,, i. ., ., it will do? thank you for having me. we are seeing _ it will do? thank you for having me. we are seeing the _ it will do? thank you for having me. we are seeing the first _ it will do? thank you for having me. we are seeing the first time - it will do? thank you for having me. we are seeing the first time food i we are seeing the first time food systems and climate are coming together. there has been ajohn lewis declaration by 134 heads of state that really put at the centre how we produce food, distribute food and consume food. —— joint leaders declaration. this is the most

important part for hundreds of millions of small farmers who cannot adapt to extreme world events, drought, floods, big heatwaves. there is clearly issues and concerns among some around the fact that dubai is hosting this, the uae is hosting this, round the fact that the president is also the head of the president is also the head of the uae�*s state oil company and we have seen him responding to some of those criticisms today. do you think there is too much of a conflict—of—interest here? there is too much of a conflict-of-interest here? that is difficult for _ conflict-of-interest here? that is difficult for me _ conflict-of-interest here? that is difficult for me to _ conflict-of-interest here? that is difficult for me to comment. - conflict-of-interest here? that is| difficult for me to comment. what conflict-of-interest here? that is i difficult for me to comment. what i would say is the most important part is that it is turned into financing and actions and we do not forget adaptation. there's hundreds of millions of people who are currently suffering the impacts of extreme weather events. there is a lot of money on the private sector, from governments, into mitigation, developed economies. the key question is the hundreds of millions of people we are leaving behind and many times we forget about them.

when we look at that the un released a this weekend saying money to help those countries prepare for climate change adaptation has fallen by 15%. what is going on? how can that be rectified? irate what is going on? how can that be rectified? ~ ., ., , ., rectified? we already agreed under the glasgow _ rectified? we already agreed under the glasgow pack _ rectified? we already agreed under the glasgow pack that _ rectified? we already agreed under the glasgow pack that we - rectified? we already agreed under the glasgow pack that we would . rectified? we already agreed under the glasgow pack that we would be j the glasgow pack that we would be mobilising $40 billion as per 2025. currently we are at 21 billion so actually we are falling behind once more. and out of that only some of the overall climate finance is going to the millions of small farmers who are the ones producing the food in africa and south asia. once more those are the ones that we are leaving behind. technology is there to continue working on mitigation and it's important that we get out ofjust and it's important that we get out of just only and it's important that we get out ofjust only consumption of fossil fuel, we get into a just transition. in the meantime we need these hundreds of millions of people also to be able to adapt and be able to really lead to decent livelihoods and currently they are on the brink

of poverty because of climate change. of poverty because of climate chance. ., , .,, ., change. you see the developed world committin: change. you see the developed world committing to — change. you see the developed world committing to help _ change. you see the developed world committing to help those _ change. you see the developed world committing to help those people, - committing to help those people, doing what it should be doing and what its responsibility is around this? ~ . , ., , this? well, currently we are seeing the fi . ures this? well, currently we are seeing the figures are _ this? well, currently we are seeing the figures are really _ this? well, currently we are seeing the figures are really very - this? well, currently we are seeing the figures are really very much - the figures are really very much down. they are coming down by 40%. once more we are losing them, we are losing the people who are actually producing that food, having their livelihoods linked to food and rural areas. so my answer is, yes, once more we are even people in behind. alvaro lario, president of the un international fund alvaro lario, president of the un internationalfund for alvaro lario, president of the un international fund for agriculture, thank you for being with us from dubai. stay with us here on bbc news. or you oryou can or you can head to our website as well. thank you for being with us. hello again.

after some disrupted snow and some low temperatures this week we see a change in the weather. we start on a cold note but as we head through the mid week period it is going to become wetter and windier, but also milder as the weather comes back in from the atlantic. what is happening at the moment is low pressure is driving our weather and it today will be slowly moving northwards. there is a lot of cloud and rain associated with this, some hill snow but even some of the snow getting too low levels some hill snow, but even some of the snow getting too low levels of the snow getting too lower levels at times and it will be cold today and also blustery. the strongest winds will be with exposure in west wales, the southwest and channel islands where we could have gusts to gale force. we have the cloud, the rain and hill snow across england and also wales. some of that getting down to lower levels at times. some snow showers across eastern and northern parts of scotland and on the hills of northern ireland. but we do have that cold feel, especially if you are exposed to the wind. through this evening and overnight the centre of the low pressure pulls away to the near continent

but we are still dragging in this north—easterly wind. so there will still be a lot of cloud and also some patchy light rain and showers and still some hill snow across the southern uplands, northern england on the hills and also the hills of wales. under clear skies for the rest of scotland and northern ireland it is going to be cold, frosty and the risk of ice on untreated surfaces. we could start the day with —8 in parts of the highlands. but here it will be brighter. meanwhile in the south for england and for wales the low pressure continuing to drift towards the near continent taking the showers with it and the showers across eastern parts of scotland are likely to be wintry in nature. through the course of tomorrow, our temperature range, three in the north, to about ten as we push towards the south. overnight tuesday into wednesday it's going to be cold and during the day on wednesday you can see the milder air conditions come in. you can see the milder air it you can see the milder air will push across us durir course it will push across us during the course of thursday. wednesday will start on a cold note with a

widespread frost. it could be —10 in parts of the highlands with some freezing fog. but a lot of dry weather until we see the change in the weather from the west as some wetter and windier conditions come in. but with that, so do milder conditions. how this is bbc news, the headlines: in fact, we are going to take you straight to dubai and the cop28 summit which is continuing. the cop president is taking questions after giving a statement. let’s president is taking questions after giving a statement.— giving a statement. let's talk progress. _ giving a statement. let's talk progress, momentum - giving a statement. let's talk progress, momentum and i giving a statement. let's talk- progress, momentum and traction. let's talk about facts on the ground. let mejust let's talk about facts on the ground. let me just say this about the media reports without naming anybody. the media reports on a

conversation i had with a person i have great respect for. i have incredible respect for mary robinson, and i have respect for everything she has been able to accomplish and achieve over the years. in fact, accomplish and achieve over the years. infact, i accomplish and achieve over the years. in fact, i was very honoured to receive her invitation to participate and speak in a discussion around climate and gender. climate and gender, that was the topic that i was invited for and i appreciated and respected invitation. that's why i didn't even blink, i accepted invitation. that's why i didn't even blink, iaccepted it invitation. that's why i didn't even blink, i accepted it right away. let me just clarify where i stand on the science. i hope this time, it gets picked up, because what i'm saying today, you have access to all of my

public engagements, it's there. i'm not going to say anything new. i honestly think that there is some confusion out there. and misrepresentation and misinterpretation. and to address this question right, let me first introduce myself to you. i'm an engineer by background. it's the science and my respect for the science and my respect for the science and my passion about the science, and it's about my conviction in the science that have enabled me to progress in my career. i'm an economist by background, and by combining my passion for science and my engineering background and supplementing that with business and economics skills, i was able to

progress in my career.