oui’ m fiht aainst illeal and our fiht aainst illeal and ”eole fight against illegal and people smuggling. they are doing so professionally, thoughtfully and as a partner genuinely willing to work with us. a woman has been stabbed in aberfan in south wales just after nine o'clock this morning, putting nearby schools into lockdown while officers try to find the suspect. armed police are investigating. israel intensifies its operation in southern gaza with reports of bombardments by israeli forces around the southern towns of khan younis and rafah. it comes amid fresh warnings from the un of an �*even more hellish�* situation for civilians in gaza. it is terrifying, i have women and children hang onto me, saying, please give us water, get us out of here.

hello, welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast—moving news, interviews and reaction. britain and rwanda have signed a new treaty aimed at getting the uk government's flagship asylum policy operational following a series of legal challenges. the planned policy first announced back enable 2022 would see some asylum seekers sent to rwanda to claim asylum they are. the plan has hit legal setbacks and was blocked in its previous form by the supreme court. after signing the agreement during a visit, the home secretary james cleverley said he believed the new treaty addressed all the concerns raised by the sabine court. the treaty that will sign today builds on thatjoint work. it takes the positive professional attitude that you and your government display, and allies it with the work that the uk is doing to ensure that

we break the business model of those evil people smuggling gangs. live now to our west africa correspondent mayeni jones who's in kigali. a united front between the two men in kigali? talk me through what exactly this treaty means. bath in kigali? talk me through what exactly this treaty means. both of them keen — exactly this treaty means. both of them keen to _ exactly this treaty means. both of them keen to emphasise - exactly this treaty means. both of them keen to emphasise that - exactly this treaty means. both of| them keen to emphasise that they exactly this treaty means. both of - them keen to emphasise that they are committed to this plan, that they want to see it move forward. but also addressing some of the criticisms of this scheme, implications on british local media that money might have been paid to the rwanda government, something they both deny. james cleverley said they both deny. james cleverley said the treaty doesn't involve any more money going to the rwandan government. as far as we know so

far, they treaty will involve assurances by the rwandan government that anybody applying for asylum in rwanda will not be at risk of being returned to a country where the life or freedom would be at risk. they also say that they have addressed and mayjoint to address rwanda's following compliance with the obligations of the treaty. for example making sure that asylum claims are processed fairly, people are being treated in anti—skid tree fashion, and finally they will be a new appeal body set up to deal with any appeals on this asylum process. all of this should make sure that some of the supreme court's concerns that led it to deem the scheme and love last month have now been addressed. love last month have now been addressed-— our political correspondent, rob watson, is in westminster. what is the next step for there is now in terms of the conservative

government here in the uk? the next ste is for government here in the uk? the next step is for the — government here in the uk? the next step is for the uk _ government here in the uk? the next step is for the uk government - government here in the uk? the next step is for the uk government to - step is for the uk government to pass legislation recognising this treaty that has just been agreed. it is part of international law, treaty between rwanda and the uk. the interesting thing will be just how far the legislation goes in the uk, and some of the right of the governing conservative party want it to be in tripoli song and to say, we have got this treaty with rwanda, we are now going to do supply any human rights human street legislation whether from the un rights human street legislation whetherfrom the un or the convention on human rights, there will not be any roots to appeal. the other possibility is that legislation of a softer nature, saying we have reached the agreement with rwanda, rwanda is clearly a safe place to send people to come in which case that probably wouldn't entirely close—down legal appeals but we try to minimise them. in

other ways, but we try to minimise them. in otherways, rambling, long story, the government will basically pass a law essentially trying to make it far more difficult for them to be any legal appeals against deportation.— any legal appeals against deportation. any legal appeals against deortation. ., ., , ., , deportation. what does it mean terms of caettin deportation. what does it mean terms of getting peeple _ deportation. what does it mean terms of getting peeple to — deportation. what does it mean terms of getting people to rwanda, - deportation. what does it mean terms of getting people to rwanda, which i of getting people to rwanda, which is the cabinet? aim? we haven't seen a single person heading out there yet, and how long will it be before we do? . . , . yet, and how long will it be before wedo? . . , ., yet, and how long will it be before wedo? ., . h, yet, and how long will it be before wedo? ., . , ., ., we do? fantastic question, you heard james cleverley _ we do? fantastic question, you heard james cleverley saying _ we do? fantastic question, you heard james cleverley saying as _ we do? fantastic question, you heard james cleverley saying as soon - we do? fantastic question, you heard james cleverley saying as soon as - james cleverley saying as soon as possible. i think this agreement does make it more likely now, will it happen in the next couple of weeks? probably not, because there certainly will be a passing of domestic legislation here, that will need to go through the second chamber, the house of lords, but i think the government are genuinely hoping that it could have some asylum seekers on a plane to rwanda before the next election now. then

you have to ask, when is that? people think between spring and the end of next year. i did speak to a very senior source in britain's home office interior ministry who thought that planes would set off at some point. i have to say others are far more sceptical and think thatjust because the british government has essentially passed a law saying i country is safe, that doesn't make it so and if you're going to be one of those people who is going to be sent to a wonder, you will certainly explore every legal avenue that is available to you, even if new laws passed here around those legal avenues —— sent to rwanda. un was an even more hellish it's about to unfold in the gaza strip, the world health organization saying the world health organization saying the situation is getting worse by the situation is getting worse by

the hour. these early military is intensifying its operations in the south with what it described as aggressive actions against hamas and other armed groups in khan younis. this is what you see now, the latest footage from the israel defence forces. it has also released a video of ground troops moving through buildings, shooting at hamas in gaza. we don't know where or when the footage was filmed but take a look. hospital say they are overwhelmed with new arrivals, we want to show you some pictures from inside one hospital in khan younis, a warning you may find some of these images very distressing as they show injured children being treated on floors. doctors had medical staff say they are struggling to treat the influx of injured patients. you can

see that very young patients had been treated on the blows, analyses and private cars are being used to bring wounded people to the medical facility —— ambulances. james elder from unicef has recently returned from unicef has recently returned from gaza, he told us what he himself had witnessed. hospitals are war zones, blood _ himself had witnessed. hospitals are war zones, blood streaming - himself had witnessed. hospitals are war zones, blood streaming on - himself had witnessed. hospitals are war zones, blood streaming on the i war zones, blood streaming on the floor, children with multiple wounds, the burns you see a little child, with shrapnel. then of course those people who are not in hospitals are fleeing, in panic every time you turn a corner there is a new suburb with 5000 people who have made a makeshift home. basically don't know where to go, there is an anxiety palpable because every time they move, they are moving to somewhere further away from those other essentials of life. bought developers on theirs, here is our middle east correspondent.

more casualties pouring into this hospital in khan younis this morning, even brought in by donkey cart. medics struggling to find space for the dozens of wounded. palestinians say more than 30 were killed in an israeli strike and shelling close to a un school which was crowded with displaced people. "they launched mortars at us at night. "we were scared and didn't sleep," cries this boy. "all night we were reading the koran." on the move once again. israel has issued evacuation orders affecting tens of thousands of palestinians as it advances on khan younis. and today, amid the intense fighting, many people who'd fled here from northern gaza headed even further south. translation: safety can only be provided by god. | there's no safe place in gaza. we were in gaza city in a place we were told would be safe. then they brought us to khan younis, and now from khan younis to rafah.

one un official is accusing israel of repeating horrors from past weeks, but israel's military says it's taking time to plan more precise action in southern gaza and stop innocent people being killed. while we've been operating, we are ensuring that there is minimum harm to civilians, with soldiers on the ground going from building to building. we've been making, again, with everything we have at our in our capabilities, every effort to mitigate civilian casualties. israel says it's still fighting intense battles across the gaza strip as it attempts to topple hamas. but as it heads into khan younis, where it's believed top hamas officials may be hiding underground, it's readying for some of its toughest combat yet.

armed police are searching for a male suspect after a 29—year—old woman was stabbed in aberfan in south wales. schools and nurseries in the area are an lockdown while the police search takes place. let's cross live to aberfan and our wales correspondent. bring us up—to—date. the police were called here to aberfan before ten past nine uk time this morning, i have been speaking to a neighbour who described what she saw. she first heard screams in the street in the area, which is now been cordoned off, she saw a woman there with a man on top of her. she says that women was stabbed and the suspect fled. she and other neighbours try to help her but it is clearly shocked once people. we understand the 29—year—old woman has been taken to hospital in cardiff and her injuries and

non—life—threatening. the eichmann essentially is able to talk to and remain calm. it sounds like those injuries will not be life—threatening. she suggested this lady was pregnant, 37 weeks pregnant, so there will be concerns potentially about the health of an unborn child, but the police search continues and that is what creates a monies here for people in this community. normally a very quiet place, many people saying nothing like this ever happens in an area like this ever happens in an area like aberfan, so people quite shocked and concerned and waiting for another update from the police in the hope that this aspect will be apprehended. == in the hope that this aspect will be apprehended-— apprehended. -- there is suspect. thank yon — apprehended. -- there is suspect. thank yon they — apprehended. -- there is suspect. thank you. they speak _ apprehended. -- there is suspect. thank you. they speak to - apprehended. -- there is suspect. thank you. they speak to gerald l thank you. they speak to gerald jones mp. it must be extremely worrying time for people in the area as this is an ongoing operation, police are telling us they are still looking for the assailant. what more

can you tell us?— can you tell us? that is my understanding _ can you tell us? that is my understanding as - can you tell us? that is my understanding as well. - can you tell us? that is my i understanding as well. clearly can you tell us? that is my - understanding as well. clearly the community in aberfan is tightly knit, closely, were pretty much everyone knows everybody. people in the community will be distraught and concerned that the developments today. this is very significant, a police presence in the area, the police presence in the area, the police are appealing to residents to stay away from the area for the time being in the hope that they can catch that person and they are doing everything they can in that space to do the work they need to do. we are heafina do the work they need to do. we are hearing that — do the work they need to do. we are hearing that local _ do the work they need to do. we are hearing that local schools _ do the work they need to do. we are hearing that local schools and - do the work they need to do. we are hearing that local schools and care i hearing that local schools and care centres for children have been put on lockdown. are they still in lockdown? do we know any more? this lockdown? do we know any more? is far as i understand it, that is the local school is a few hundred yards away, the committee centre is at the

end of the road. so it is very small, tightly knit community, and those facilities are very close by, so we can understand why the school is reluctant and why the police wouldn't want people at the community centre as it as at the end of the road were this incident took place. of the road were this incident took lace. , , , of the road were this incident took . lace, , , , , of the road were this incident took lace. , , , , ' . place. this must be very difficult for people _ place. this must be very difficult for people living _ place. this must be very difficult for people living in _ place. this must be very difficult for people living in this - place. this must be very difficultl for people living in this close-knit for people living in this close—knit community to get their heads around. very much so. aberfan is a friendly community, very close—knit. as many south wales valley communities are. there is a unique history in aberfan as well, but the community undoubtedly distraught and concerned added a's developments. qm. undoubtedly distraught and concerned added a's developments.— added a's developments. 0k, gerald jones, added a's developments. 0k, gerald jones. thank — added a's developments. 0k, gerald jones. thank you- — added a's developments. 0k, gerald jones, thank you. we _ added a's developments. 0k, gerald jones, thank you. we will— added a's developments. 0k, gerald jones, thank you. we will keep - added a's developments. 0k, gerald jones, thank you. we will keep you | jones, thank you. we will keep you up—to—date on this developing story as head when we get more information. rather well done across the uk, this is bbc news.

let's look at some other stories making the news. the government has suffered a defeat in the commons over delays in compensation payments to victims of the nhs contaminated blood scandal. thousands of patients were given tainted blood products in the 19705 and �*80s, causing them to contract diseases like hiv and hepatitis. so far only a small proportion of them have been given interim payments. new guidance states trans women who have hurt or threatened women or girls will not be held in female prisons unless there are exceptional circumstances. the scottish prison service policy follows a public outcry after a rapist was sent to a women's prison. isla bryson raped two women while known as a man called adam graham. traffic from ofcom suggest pawn users could have their face kind to prove their age. the watchdog has

set out a number of ways expose its could prevent children from viewing pornography. you're watching bbc news. you alive with bbc news. junior doctors in england have voted to stage fresh strikes in england this month and next. the british medical association says junior doctors will stage further strikes in december and january after talks between the government and british medical association broke down, the union said. the bma said junior doctors would strike from 7am on december 20 to 7am on december 23 and from 7am onjanuary 3 to 7am onjanuary 9. this the bma says a new government offer adding 3% to pay this this y this what is the story so far? junior doctors in _ what is the story so far? junior doctors in england, _ what is the story so far? junior doctors in england, that - what is the story so far? junior doctors in england, that is - what is the story so far? junior - doctors in england, that is doctors who have had maybe up to ten years experience after qualification, some in the late 30s, early 405, experience after qualification, some in the late 305, early 405, quite a wide—ranging doctors, they have been

striking since march over pay. they went into talks with the government in this dispute in england in october, but those talks appeared to have broken up with the junior doctors union, the british medical association, saying that the offer the government came up with still not a credible one they had been looking for the conference —— compensate for inflation. the government had already paid out 9% on average tojunior government had already paid out 9% on average to junior doctors and offered another 3%, that has been rejected. we now have the prospect of strikes at the most difficult time of year for the national health service in england, those three days before christmas, and then six days from january the 3rd. it is in the new year when hospitals come under real pressure after a certain amount of health coverage is shutdown for the holidays, that tends to create pent—up demand and really busy days after new year. i think nhs leaders will be really concerned about this,

the bma said the offer wasn't made that was credible that they could put to members, the government say they are very disappointed because of the disruption this will cause. the bma also said, i quote, we can still avoid the need for these strikes, we are ready and willing any time the garment wants to talk, is that likely? —— the government. it seems unlikely because the health secretary said she was ready to talk again if they called off the strikes, and this is often the sticking point. the union want to go ahead with the strikes and will not stop them because they say that they need to strike to make their point. ministers say they will not talk to them unless they pull the plug on them unless they pull the plug on the strikes. i should say senior doctors, consultants had agreed in principle and offer put to them by the government, that is going out to members over the next two months. they will not be staging any action butjunior doctors will be striking

though days, tough for the nhs and patients in england. —— six days. ministers from more than 60 countries have been meeting at the climate conference. it all comes as environment campaigners say a liquid number of delegates from the industries are attending the summit this year. now a report by a coalition of green groups says almost 2500 people from companies linked to fossil fuels are there, four times the number at the last year's conference. our correspondences there and explained more about these developments. the focus here more about these developments. tue: focus here and more about these developments. tte: focus here and buy more about these developments. "tt2 focus here and buy remains more about these developments. tt2 focus here and buy remains on the future of fossil feels. the record number of representatives from fossil fuel companies number of representatives from fossilfuel companies in

number of representatives from fossil fuel companies in attendance this year at cop28, more than four times the number of previous years, and in many ways that exactly part of the design. the president of cop28 is also the ceo of one of the biggest oil companies in the world, and he promised to bring oil and gas companies the table to try to reduce emissions. the question is, how far can do that go? also today, we saw a sneak peek of a text, a work in progress for a final agreement that may come out off the summit. you can see in black—and—white between the margins that one of the biggest sticking points for these negotiations will be the fate of fossil fuels and weather and not countries can agree to completely phased amount. 100 countries say they will be pushing for that but there are questions about how the presence of so many oil and gas companies will affect any kind of text that comes out of the summit.

there is continued coverage of cop28 throughout the day and bbc news, and as always on our website. a decade—long wait for gamers is a trailerfor a decade—long wait for gamers is a trailer for the a decade—long wait for gamers is a trailerfor the six main game in the grand theft auto series has been released. rockstar games released earlier than expected after it was leaked online. its predecessor is the second bestselling video game of all time. behind early mine craft. for more, here is our technology corresponded. critically acclaimed, commercially lucrative and controversial, in equal measure. this the official announcement for grand theft auto six arrived 15 hours earlier than expected due developers' worries over leaked footage. developers' worries over leaked footaae. �* , developers' worries over leaked footaae. , ., , ., developers' worries over leaked footaae. , . , ., ., ,

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it is still regularly top sales charts, racking up over £6 billion in revenue. an innovative and immersive game world, gta five's fictional city allows players to indulge in everything from its team sports to watching in game tv shows. i think the essential thing it is like rebelliousness, a freedom to be the naughty version of yourself, things that we obviously cannot do in real life and none of us really actually want to, but the gta games are criminal simulators. this actually want to, but the gta games are criminal simulators.— are criminal simulators. this first look at gta _ are criminal simulators. this first look at gta six _ are criminal simulators. this first look at gta six repeals _ are criminal simulators. this first look at gta six repeals the i are criminal simulators. this first look at gta six repeals the game j are criminal simulators. this first l look at gta six repeals the game is set in a location similar to miami, vice city, and the wider state of lien either. it is the first time these games have featured female and male lead characters. then; these games have featured female and male lead characters.— male lead characters. they spent over $1 billion _ male lead characters. they spent over $1 billion on _ male lead characters. they spent over $1 billion on it. _ male lead characters. they spent over $1 billion on it. this - male lead characters. they spent over $1 billion on it. this will i male lead characters. they spent over $1 billion on it. this will be i over $1 billion on it. this will be domestic pets of game ever made. we'll have to wait until the game's release in 2025 to save gta six lives up to the series's legacy of

lawlessness. we always like to direct you to our website, it has a lot of really good stories and in particular i wanted to signpost this one. it is about the english national opera, this story by ian young, it talks about the fact that the en oh has chosen manchester as its new headquarters a year after it was told to leave london or eleusis arts council funding. the historic company also had birmingham, bristol, liverpool and nottingham on its list, but it has chosen manchester, gusts saw england controversially threatened to access annual £12 million grant if it did not leave the capital. now it has chosen a new location, read all about it on the bbc website. before you go, i want to talk to you about something that might be a bit tricky if you are afraid of heights, so if you are, look away. this is a

wake boarder called brian who decided that being pulled along by a drone on top of a huge skyscraper wasn't quite scary enough so he did this. have a look. there it is. he went off a ramp and off the side of a 77—storey building in dubai for a bit of basejumping. it is said to be the first time anyone has combined the two extreme sports, thankfully you will see, it was a soft and graceful landing. you can see the full video on the bbc website or on the bbc news app. i believe with these lovely pictures of him making soft landing on the sand. back in a few minutes. this this hello. if you've had enough of the cold and you'd rather have the mild weather, well, be careful what you wish for, because we could be in for a lot

of rain and some strong winds, but not in the short term. this evening, actually, the skies are going to be clearing and there's another frost on the way tonight. quite a sharp one and some fog forming, too. now, in the short term, quite thick cloud across parts of england and wales, although in the northwest here we've had some clearer skies, it's also been colder. and you can see at 5:00 pm, temperatures around freezing in aberdeen, about four degrees in the south of england. now this evening, we're in between weather systems, one pulling away towards the east, another one advancing here from the west. in between calm conditions, clear skies and fog will form. and on top of that, also very frosty weather. in fact, in parts of scotland, in rural spots, temperatures could be minus seven, minus ten degrees celsius and certainly a frost further south to now out towards the west. we're starting to see that milderair coming in. you can see the southerly ease just ahead of this weather front here, which will bring rain, too. but for a time, that fog will linger tomorrow, particularly across parts of the midlands, southern england, the southeastern, where it does during the day,

it could be really quite, quite raw, barely above freezing through most of the afternoon. but i think most of us should get at least some sunshine, particularly out towards the east. so more like five or six degrees. but look how much milder it is in belfast and plymouth. plymouth double figures. so that wind and rain sweeping in. as i said, it could be a fair amount of rain over the next few days. we've already had some flooding recently in the southwest, so more rain to come and that weather system will be sweeping across the uk during the course of wednesday night through thursday as well. ahead of it there could be a little bit of wintry mess across the scottish hills or the pennines to and then really a blustery day with a spell of heavy rain, at least for a time on thursday before things turn a little bit drier out towards the west. and you can see those temperatures recovering as well. so a very turbulent weekend on the weather front with low pressure sweeping in and weather fronts. i don't think it's going to be raining all the time because the winds will be quite strong. so, pushing those clouds along quite quickly towards the east.

but if you look at the outlook, i think it's a case of rain symbols pretty much every single day for most major places. and you can see temperatures into double figures.

moody's downgrades china's credit outlook, as concerns mount over the high levels of debt in the world's second—largest economy. and tension at tesla — a former technician tells the bbc he believes the carmaker�*s assisted—driving technology is unsafe. welcome to world business report. let's start in china, where ratings agency moody's has downgraded the country's credit outlook. it's gone from stable to negative because of concerns about rising debt held by companies in the country's faltering property sector. the government in beijing is rumoured to be considering providing more financial support for property developers, including evergrande and country garden, which are both billions of dollars in debt. live now to janet mui, head of market analysis at rbc brewin dolphin.