israeli air strikes continue — the us says it's still to early to say for sure whether israel is responding to calls to do more to protect civilians. venezuelans back in a referendum their country's claim over two thirds of guyana's territory, escalating tensions between the two nations and the president of the un climate summit says he's dismayed by what he called the constant attempts to undermine his work. welcome to the programme.

lets get you the latest on the israel—gaza conflict. israel says it has now all but completed its military objectives in the north of gaza — and is proceeding "aggresively" with ground operations in the south. around 170,000 people in khan younis, have the israeli military has again urged people to evacuate from areas they're targeting. around 170,000 people in khan younis, have been warned to leave for their safety. the world health organization says it has been told by israel to move medical supplies out of two warehouses in southern gaza within 2a hours — although israel has denied this. these pictures show explosions and fire in gaza on monday evening. a spokesman for the un children's charity, unicef, says there's nowhere safe for people to go. and there are reports from gaza that at least 30 people have been killed at two schools where people were sheltering, including children. earlier reports, from the official palestinian news agency, put the number of dead at 50 — it blamed an israeli air strike.

0ur corrsepondent paul adams here. so israeli ground forces, including tanks, other armored vehicles and bulldozers, have been operating close to the city of khan yunis in the southern gaza strip, the largest city in the southern gaza strip for the last couple of days. and it seems likely that an assault on the city may be coming fairly soon. the israelis have also told palestinians not to use the main road north out of khan yunis. it seems as though it's possible they will try and cut that road and cut off the southern part of the gaza strip from the rest as they concentrate their efforts on khan younis and the other big city in the south rafah. the reports we're hearing from khan younis suggest that the air strikes are really intensifying. they hit the whole of the gaza strip is now without connectivity. there are no phone lines, no internet. so it's very difficult to get an exact picture of what's going on. but we are hearing that there

are very, very heavy air strikes in parts of khan younis. some of those parts are areas that the israelis have told palestinians to evacuate. last week, when the us secretary of state, antony blinken, was here, one of the things he asked the israelis to make sure they didn't do was displace large numbers of civilians once again, as they did from gaza city. so it will be interesting to see whether as the offensive around khan yunis gathers pace, we do see large numbers of civilians on the move because that is the kind of thing that the aid agencies really fear. they don't feel that they have a real grip on the humanitarian situation. they are worried about more people moving, finding shelter elsewhere, and they really don't want to see that happening again. with israel expanding their ground offensive in southern gaza, there are concerns around the safety of civilians in gaza. on october eight, the day after hamas attack, more

than 123,000 people had to flee their home. but the numbers grew exponentially as a few days later. on october 12, this number rose to more than 420,000 people and with the evacuation order the following day, a real exodus of northern gaza began with civilians told to go south of the strip. and on october 16, the total number of displaced people in gaza rose to a million within eight days of the operation. as we speak now, 1.9 million people have had to leave their homes in the strip, representing 85% of the population in gaza. juliette touma is the communications director for the united nations relief and works agency that provided these numbers. she gave us some insight into the current situation in the strip. there are people who have moved multiple times in search of safety that they never found

because simply, no place is safe. and now even the south, which was believed to be safer but was never really safe, is no longer safe. 0ur teams on the ground are reporting very heavy bombardment in the area, not only in khan yunis, but also in rafa. but also in rafah. i was there just before the pause kicked in and there was constant bombardment all the time during the day and during the night. the underground shelters, which are now hosting 1.2 million people, they are overcrowded. they are not safe. we have recorded since the war began more than 100 hits on underground facilities, including those that were sheltering families. so no place is safe, not rafah, not khan younis, and there is no such thing as a safe zone in the gaza strip. there is no such thing. it's sad, the horrors that are going to repeat themselves from the first weeks of the war until the pause came into place.

it's the same horror as the displacement, it's the fear, it's the uncertainty is the grief. we're talking about two million people being forced to being pushed, being moved into what is less than one third of the total territory of gaza. it's not going to work. this is not going to work. the pause was very welcome, and it brought respite to people in gaza and it brought the release of the israeli hostages. we got to go back to that. that was very, very welcome. and we also have to have a flow of humanitarian supplies, because, you see, since the post came to an end, we have seen a very significant decrease in the humanitarian assistance and fuel coming into gaza. so we're really fearful that we're going to go back to square zero to where we were before the pause.

the latest fighting in gaza comes after the us called on israel to avoid attacking what its military has identified as �*no strike�* zones — and to ensure that people are warned to move out of areas to avoid being caught in the crossfire. for the latest, i spoke to our north america correspondent peter bowes. i think that phrase are too early to say whether the israelis are doing enough to protect those hostages. i think that's very telling of the uncertainty that prevails in washington regarding this current situation, whether the discussions that are occurring between the united states, israel and other allies, qatar, egypt as well, whether they will ultimately be enough to safeguard those hostages and see the release of those hostages, and the united states insisting that that is of paramount concern. still, the release of hostages, including americans, and jake sullivan, the national security adviser, saying that there is much work

going on to, as he put it, to get traction for a strategy to get those hostages released. he very tellingly doesn't go into details in terms of that strategy, the precise nature of what goes into getting that kind of traction. but clearly, there are multiple issues at stake here. it is the the practicalities of getting the release of hostages, the political sensitivities, and also the issue of getting more aid into southern gaza, which is increasingly a perilous situation. now, peter, just a few news lines that came in a few hours ago. the world health organization saying that it's been told by the israeli military that it needs to remove supplies from two medical houses in southern gaza because ground operations will put them beyond use. israel, importantly, has denied making such orders. but will statements like this make the us perhaps put more pressure on israel? they will certainly be the kind of statements that will many in this country, including some in congress,

will be hoping allows the united states to put more pressure on israel. we've heard it alreadyjust in the last few minutes through your reporting of the considerable amount of concern that there is, frankly, or will be soon nowhere safe for civilians to go in southern gaza, and that includes nowhere safe for those medical supplies. and that has been a chief concern of the united states, that aid is still desperately needed, but that aid has to be supplied and distributed in a practical way to get to those people that need it. so that is clearly an area of huge concern. and yes, it will go into those discussions and talks with israel looking further forward and looking at any measures that can be taken to ultimately get the release of those hostages, and the safety of civilians who are remaining behind in gaza. peter, you've been tracking statements that have been coming in from the white house very closely. do you see a difference in the us stand on israel in this phase of military

operations as compared to the last time? yeah, there is a clear shift in stance and i am actually on the west coast at the moment in los angeles and i talk to a lot of ordinary americans about this situation, notjust the politicians in washington. and you detect a shift in attitudes and a concern on these key issues that we're talking about here, the ultimate long game as to what happens in gaza, but also in the very short term, the the fate of those hostages. and there is a concern about washington, the biden administration's stance, obviously a long time ally of israel, but that the tone should be changed. and the other aspect of that, the shift in tone and strategy that i'm seeing, of course, is the difference between the huge movements of people that we saw in northern gaza. it's already been referenced in the last few minutes to what is potentially going to happen in southern gaza in the next few days. and the united states has made

it very clear that it does not, again, want to see en masse the movements of people putting their lives in danger. its notjust the gaza strip that remains in focus, but the west bank is also seeing a steep rise of violence in the last few weeks, with clashes between israeli settlers and palestinians. 0ur international editor jeremy bowen has been in the area south of hebron, where an entire village has just been destroyed. palestinian farmers are using the donkey because of their neighbours, aggressive jewish settlers who they say will steal or break their tractor if they use it. arabs and jews started fighting over every grain of soil in the land both sides believe should be theirs more than a century ago. in the west bank, it still comes down to that in every rocky field. in susiya in the south hebron

hills, palestinians live under constant pressure from jewish settlers, but it's been much worse since the hamas attacks on the 7th of october. the settlers were watching. one of their leaders cancelled an interview with us at short notice. palestinians fear another 19118, when their society was destroyed by israel's independence, which arabs call the catastrophe, the nakba. translation: we have | been passing through one nakba to another through the palestinian occupation years. we cannot handle another one. we don't have any place to go. this is our land. this is our property. we need to stand here, here in this land. soldiers came to check what we were doing. 0ne told an israeli colleague that he was a traitor for visiting palestinians. they filmed us, but took much less interest in what had happened a few miles down the road. the village of khirbet zanutah

had been bulldozed, activists said, last night. zanutah�*s 200 palestinians left four weeks ago after a barrage of threats from armed jewish settlers. the school was destroyed. britain helped fund it. the project was called supporting palestinians at risk of forcible transfer. activists said settlers did it to make sure the palestinians would never come back. someone drewjewish stars of david. we went there with a former israeli special forces soldier who now campaigns against the occupation. they are demolishing palestinian villages, beating up palestinian farmers, stealing their olives. they are trying to open a third front, an east front, against the palestinians. why? the palestinian west bank. why? because they want this without any palestinians. they want the land without any palestinians. palestinians see all this and the rest of the settler violence on the west bank as confirmation of their worst

fears, that there are powerful elements inside israel, in the government as well as the settler movement, who want them out and who are using the enormous crisis surrounding the gaza war as an opportunity to further their agenda. zanutah�*s palestinians have petitioned israel's supreme court and hope to return. it is going to be much harder now. jeremy bowen, bbc news, on the west bank. the uk's home secretaryjames cleverly is travelling to rwanda — where he will sign a new treaty with rwanda about the plan to send asylum seekers there to have their claims processed. his visit comes as the uk's government is putting more measures in place, after the supreme court ruled against the policy. that could include legislation, allowing the uk parliament

to vote and confirm that rwanda is a safe destination for asylum seekers who come to the uk. on monday, mr cleverly outlined plans to reduce legal migration to the uk — which included increasing the salary which skilled workers would need to get a visa by almost a half. there will also be a bar on health and social care staff you can find out more on both stories on our website — bbc.com/news also in the uk — the government has narrowly lost a vote on a plan to set up(take a compensation scheme for victims of the nhs infected blood scandal. instead, mps voted to back an amendment, which requires ministers to set up a body to administer the compensation scheme for the victims, when the bill becomes law. the government says it will try to amend the bill itself in the house of lords to clarify when compensation will be delivered. the scandal dates back to the 1970s and 1980s, when up to 30,000 people were treated with contaminated

blood products, going on to develop diseases like hiv or hepatitis c. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's take a look at some of the stories in the headlines in the uk.... sir keir starmer says any future labour government will not be able to quickly turn the taps on when it comes to public spending. in a speech to the economic think tank the resolution foundation, the labour leader says while economic growth in a speech to the economic think tank the resolution foundation, the labour leader says while economic growth would be his number one priority in government, every pound would have to be spent wisely it will be a hard route to walk, no doubt about it. and anyone that expects an incoming labour government to quickly turn on the spending tabs is going to be disappointed. inflation, debt, taxes, are now huge constraints. hundreds of properties in cumbria in northern england have spent monday

without electricity, following heavy snow over the weekend. motoring organisations have warned of icy conditions on the roads in some areas. you're live with bbc news. the us supreme court has been hearing a case brought by president biden�*s administration — that the company which makes the drug 0xycontin should not be allowed to declare bankruptcy. demonstrations were held as purdue pharma's lawyers argued that the company should be allowed to go through with the procedure, which the government says would shield its billionaire owners, the sackler family, from any further lawsuits. 0xycontin is considered by many people to have triggered an epidemic in opiod abuse across the us. 0ur north america correspondent nomia iqbal sent us this update from washington. crowd: shame on sackler. in the last two decades, half a million americans

have died from opioids. these are prescription painkillers, which are highly addictive. at the heart of this case is a drug called 0xycontin, produced by a company owned by the sacklers, one of america's richest families. people here protesting alleged the sackler�*s played down the effects of the drug in pursuit of profits. a bankruptcy court ordered the family to pay billions of dollars in compensation to victims and families. the supreme court is looking at that deal. people here want it struck down. i gave up my career as an engineer after i lost my son to try to help prevent families from going through the same thing that i went through. justice, to me, is prevention, making sure that this doesn't happen again. we have a responsibility here to make sure that no other billionaires can do this to america in the future. the only way that we can do that is to make sure that the sacklers don't walk away scot free with impunity.

i feel we are easily disposable and the stigma is so easy to look over. you know, we are drug addicts to everyone as a whole. and, you know, we did this to ourselves. and, you know, the fact is, is that a lot of these people are very sick, and they need real help. the supreme court is expected to make its decision at some point next year. technically, this is a bankruptcy case, but for people here, it's more than that. this is, they say, about accountability for one of america's worst public health crises. to south america now — and a growing row between guyana and venezuela. that's because over the weekend, venezuela held a referendum on its claim to — essequibo — an oil rich area. they voted to establish a new state there. but the international court ofjustice has ordered venezuela not to do anything that would change

the current situation. venezuela's president nicolas maduro says his countrymen have taken the first steps in a struggle to get back what belongs to them — even though the referendum was non—binding, and the turn out was reportedly low. we spoke earlier to the president of the republic of guyana — mohamed irfaan ali. here's some of what he had to say about the referendum. and on both these questions, the icj made it very clear that venezuela is not to act upon the outcome of these two questions or upon the outcome of the referendum, and that venezuela must respect the status quo as it exists today in guyana, and that is essequibo belong to guyana and guyana administering this county. carolina jimenez is from the washington office on latin america, a research organisation advocating for human rights in latin america. how reassured is she that this won't lead to conflict?

i think after the referendum we are entering uncertain territory because judging from his first statements after the polling closed, he said there is a new plan to reconquer historical parts of venezuela in the essequibo region. it is unclear what the next steps will be and what he can do. i believe that any attempt to move with the military or otherwise will encounter lots of international resistance. the icj has prohibited venezuela from taking action which would change the status quo in the region, but what can the international community do in terms of options with them? some countries that are allies of the maduro government do not support any intervention from venezuela into guyana, and cuba would be a good example.

the cuban government is a very strong political alliance of the venezuelan government, and the brazilian government has said in several occasions they would cause for dialogue and diplomacy, so maduro could be very isolated if he decides to move forward with plans to implement the decision to create a new state in the state of guyana, which is a territory controlled by the guyanese government. so, i think the international community would step in. a cyclone is making landfall in southern india, in chennal. five people have already been killed by the torrential rains in the area, and thousands of people have left their homes. local meteorological offices say the region might see its worst rain in 70 to 80 years. on day five of the un climate conference in dubai —

the summit�*s president has been forced to deal with a video of him, 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 a video 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 degrees above pre—industrial levels. to learn more about the importance of the cop targets, i spoke to kristina dahl, principal climate scientist at the union of concerned scientists — a nonprofit science advocacy organization in the us. what the science tells us is that it is critical that we slash our fossil fuel use if we are to meet that goal. in fact, if we look at the lifetime emissions from existing fossil fuel infrastructure and planned fossil fuel infrastructure, those emissions alone would bump us over that 1.5 degree celsius level. so it's critical that world leaders understand the latest

signs, so they can come together around a common goal. science, so they can come together around a common goal. would you agree with al gore who said the cop process has been captured by oil—producing nations? how do you respond to that? it's difficult to see the presence of fossil fuel companies and their trade organisations at cop, there's a definite presence. this process that brings together thousands of people from around the world is the process we have right now for international climate negotiations, and unfortunately we don't have time to be thinking about whether this is the structure we need or not because every year that goes by its us further and further from where we need to be in terms of reducing emissions, and limiting feature climate damages. to conclude, what more would you like to see happen at the summit this time? we would really like to see a commitment to phasing out

fossil fuels entirely. that would be a huge achievement. we also need to see a ramp up of climate finance for low to middle income countries. 0n the first day of the summit we saw countries agree to operationalise a fund called the loss and damage fund, an important step in getting low to middle income countries the funding they need to whether the damages to weather the damages that they are experiencing because of climate change. we now need to see countries make commitments to contributing to that fund and making it meaningful. that's all for now, stay on with bbc news.

hello. it is starting to turn less cold. that process, the transition to mild weather has already begun but we're not really going to feel it until the end of the week and into the weekend. in fact, there's still a chance of some frosts. now, let's have a look at the big picture then on tuesday. so low pressure close by with a wind off the north sea. so still a bit of an easterly, thick cloud and outbreaks of rain through the early hours across many parts of england and wales, maybe southern parts of scotland and into eastern northern ireland, but clear spells there in the north highlands and also around western parts of northern ireland. so a sharp frost in some spots early on tuesday, but not frosty in england and wales. and then here's the forecast for tuesday itself. in scotland and parts of northern ireland, it's a bright start with some sunshine in the afternoon. the rest of the country overcast, at least for the bulk of the day. chances are things will clear up a little bit in, say, the lake district, lancashire, wales in the southwest.

but then that's towards the end of the day now, it's sunset soon, so i think the bulk of england and wales, let's call it a cloudy day with a chance of some rain. however, later in the day, on tuesday, towards the evening hours, skies will clear, the winds will fall light, and we've got a frost on the way. so still that nip in the air first thing in the morning on wednesday, with temperatures perhaps as low as minus five in scotland and close to freezing if not below in the south. and the morning on wednesday will be very cold across many parts of the country, especially further east. could be some lingering fog, could feel quite raw during the day. so quite disappointing temperatures, again. four degrees, even could be optimistic in some spots, could be close to freezing. but out towards the west, we've got that warmth here, that mild air sweeping in, weather fronts coming in, bringing the outbreaks of rain. and that change really is under way towards the end of the week with a low pressure and westerly winds. now, this is the temperature anomaly map, so warmer than average or colder than average. and actually, you can see towards the end of the week and into the weekend, we've got these warmer colours indicating temperatures actually into double figures for some of us.

so let's have a look at the outlook, then. midweek onwards, you can see a fair amount of cloud and some outbreaks of rain, but a steady rise in the temperature as we lose the easterly winds and transition to westerlies. that's it for me. bye bye.

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since the crytocurrency crisis began. welcome to the club — uber�*s shares pop after it's selected to join the s&p500. hello and welcome to asia business report. i'm arunoday mukharji. the price of bitcoin has continued to soar overnight — up more than 6% today to over $42,000 — values it hasn't seen since april last year. meanwhile gold has been approaching an all—time high of more than $2100 an ounce. the two assets have jumped in recent days as investors bet that the us federal reserve will cut interest rates next year after 11 hikes since march 2022. for more on why lower rates make precious metals and cryptocurrencies more appealing, let's speak to stephanie leung from investment management platform stashaway.

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