fighting since its invasion of gaza eight weeks ago — the world health organisation warns the situation is getting "worse by the hour�* coming up we will be live in jerusalem with the latest from our correspondent there but first, a quick round up of the sport. we're going to start with football and a crucial night in the women's nation league on tuesday with far more than just a place in the finals at stake. england go head to head with scotland hoping to book their ticket to next years olympic games. the english nominated as the home nation with eligibility to obtain a spot for great britain, so the added twist that some scotland players could feature in that olympic team. england must win to maintain team gb hopes of an olympic place they started perfectly

a looping alex greenwood header giving the visitors the lead after 12 minutes. a quickfire double from laurenjames 2 goals in 2 minutes approaching the break. beth mead has just put england to 4-0 beth mead has just put england to 4—0 up in scotland so it really is england in cruise control. for all the other nations league results, head to the bbc sport website. two games ongoing in the premier league on tuesday. arsenal can extend their lead to five points at the top of the premier league table, with a win at lutonand — table, with a win at luton. burnley will be looking to build on that big 5—0 win against sheffield united. victory away at wolves would take them out of the relegation zone. but that's not on their minds right now. wolves taking a 1—0 lead at half—time. south korea's hwang hee—chan giving wolves the lead just before half—time, while it's 0—0 betwen arsenal and luton. manchester united manager erik ten hag says his squad are "together" dismissing suggestions he has

a split dressing room. united are seventh in the premier league and bottom of their champions league group. adding to the mix — the club took the unusual step of excluding four media organisations from their scheduled news conference on tuesday after reacting furiously to reports up to half of the squad were either unhappy with ten hag, or his training and tactics. they should come to us first and not go around our back. printing articles, that is not the right thing. i think we have another relationship and they can give that to us beforehand. we have a normal and a professional discussion and debate about it. there are always, in every team, players who are less playing, less happy, but this is no different as normal.

we've had the first premier league sacking of the season with strugglers sheffield united dismissing paul heckingbottom and immediately replacing him with theirformer manager chris wilder. united are bottom of the table and four points from safety after losing 11 of their opening 1a games. wilder returns to the role he left after almost five years in march 2021. we are playing liverpool first came up we are playing liverpool first came up so thank you for the fixture list but 30,000 round on the england way on all the liens against probably one of the best teams in europe is a tough start but when we can go out and attack and have a ray: i think that will be the high chair for me and the players. we are up against it, everyone in the world. every pendant that wants to make an opinion, every supporter, i think it is worth done and dusted so we have always had that on the uptake, that mentality. we've had a break the with her. in cricket, it's a busy couple of weeks for england's women in mumbai, they play the first of three t20's against india tomorrow, followed by a four day test.

they'll be boosted by the return of sophie ecclestone who's had four months out with a shoulder injury. central contracts were awarded to 18 players yesterday, and for the first time three development contracts were handed out. i think it is great. those development contracts have been around in the men's game for long time and there is obsolete couple of players that receive those that are really high potential and we want to support those players in their development. yeah, it was brilliant. there is always room for improvement of course, but, yeah, in terms of the provision and support for us as cricketers to maximise our potential, i think it is in a really good spot. and that's all the sport for now. thank you, mark. back to our main story. the israeli military says it's engaged in the heaviest day of fighting since the start of its invasion of gaza. this is some of the destructionit comes as the world health organisation says the situation there is deteriorating by the hour. the united nations has warned that �*an even more hellish scenario�*

could be about to unfold. israel is trying to destroy hamas, designated a terror organisation by many western governments. unconfirmed reports claim israeli troops may try to destroy the vast network of hamas tunnels beneath the gaza strip by flooding them with seawater. at the start of the war almost two months ago, we spoke to dima ghanim, a pharmacy student who lived in gaza city. at the time, she was leaving her home for khan younis. her house was subsequently bombed and destroyed. today, dima sent us this video of her street in khan younis, where she's now packing up her belongings again and is leaving for rafah with six members of herfamily. as she left, she explained her ordeal to us via whatsapp, let's have a listen. last night was insane. the bombing didn't stop even for a single minute. we were hearing gunfire and

shelling on the ground and other sounds that i have never heard before. i only heard about such things from the older generation in my family who have experienced such things before in the nakba. the situation here is even more chaotic. we don't know how to save our lives any more or have a way to go. people arejust furious and any more or have a way to go. people are just furious and scared. and we are just furious and scared. and we are all trapped in this place. when bombings are not stop. an update from the spokesperson of the israeli military who says that the israeli military who says that the israeli military who says that the israeli government now believes that 138 people are now held in gaza after a missing person was designated kidnapped. he added that israel had a moral duty to return all of the abductees home. let's cross live

tojerusalem and our diplomatic correspondent paul adams. another update that you were sharing is that netanyahu has met the families of some of those who were held hostage. families of some of those who were held hostage-— held hostage. yes, this was a meetin: held hostage. yes, this was a meeting earlier _ held hostage. yes, this was a meeting earlier today - held hostage. yes, this was a meeting earlier today in - held hostage. yes, this was a meeting earlier today in tel l held hostage. yes, this was a i meeting earlier today in tel aviv held hostage. yes, this was a - meeting earlier today in tel aviv in and it appears to have been a very bad tempered and chaotic affair. we only really know about it because there was a recording of it that was leaked by one of the news organisations here. in its, one of the recently released hostages, we don't know the woman's nay but we know that her husband is still in captivity. launched a furious tirade against the prime minister, netanyahu, forfailing against the prime minister, netanyahu, for failing to against the prime minister, netanyahu, forfailing to bring the rest of the hostages home. she accused him of trying to play politics with the whole story of being more obsessed with destroying hamas than with rescuing israeli

lives. hertirade hamas than with rescuing israeli lives. her tirade was met with at least two rounds of applause by the assembled audience and when the prime minister said that bringing home all of the hostages in that brief pause in the fighting was simply impossible, some people even got up and walked out. so it was a very bad tempered affair and it illustrates some of the intense emotions generated by this. tell us more about — emotions generated by this. tell us more about the _ emotions generated by this. tell us more about the political— emotions generated by this. tell us more about the political reaction i emotions generated by this. tell us more about the political reaction to j more about the political reaction to the way that benjamin netanyahu has handled the situation so far, what is the reaction in israel at the moment?— is the reaction in israel at the moment? ~ , ., , moment? well, he is not widely --oular. moment? well, he is not widely pepular- he _ moment? well, he is not widely pepular- he was _ moment? well, he is not widely popular. he was not _ moment? well, he is not widely popular. he was not before - moment? well, he is not widely popular. he was not before this| popular. he was not before this crisis began and he is no more popular now. there are many people who believe that netanyahu was asleep at the wheel along with large parts of the security and defence establishment on october the 7th. he was asked about that every time he

does a press conference and asked about it again tonight and he said it was not the time to answer the questions about responsibility and how this all came about that the time would come for those questions and in that heat, among others, would be there to answer them. of course, judging by how much longer the israeli military say this war is likely to take, that we are not going to see that process of accounting for a good while yet. let's move to the ongoing situation in gaza itself. we have heard from a number of aid agencies today, a very strong word in particularfrom number of aid agencies today, a very strong word in particular from the norwegian refugee council, their heads and saying that the pulverising of gaza now ranks amongst the worst assault of any civilian population and our time and age. what more we hearing about the situation on the ground and the help thatis, situation on the ground and the help that is, of course there was some

aid that got into gaza, but how is it being distributed? bier? aid that got into gaza, but how is it being distributed?— it being distributed? very strong words that they _ it being distributed? very strong words that they are. _ it being distributed? very strong words that they are. i _ it being distributed? very strong words that they are. i think - it being distributed? very strong| words that they are. i think there is a growing realisation that as the war closes in on the most crowded, desperate part of the gaza strip where so many people have fled seeking sanctuary, where shelters are overflowing, where people are having to move two, three, four, five times, never really fully feeling safe. the agencies are once again sounding very, very dire warnings about what is likely to happen if the situation, the aid situation does not improve. now netanyahu this evening said he was going to increase the amount of fuel that was allowed into the gaza strip. that is clearly something he is under pressure to do. fuel is absolutely vital for any kind of aid operation to keep going, to keep the trucks going, generators going,

water pumps functioning. so that is something that he says he is going to facilitate. obviously now that the fighting is very much turned towards the south, it is a very perilous business getting the aid to where it is needed. while trying to avoid the violence. this can only, i think the eight agencies are saying, this can only get more difficult and more dangerous.— this can only get more difficult and more dangerous. indeed that is with the who saying _ more dangerous. indeed that is with the who saying as _ more dangerous. indeed that is with the who saying as well. _ more dangerous. indeed that is with the who saying as well. paul - more dangerous. indeed that is with| the who saying as well. paul adams injerusalem, thank the who saying as well. paul adams in jerusalem, thank you the who saying as well. paul adams injerusalem, thank you for bringing us up on all of those different developments. just to say that hamas officials in gaza say that at least 16,248 officials in gaza say that at least 16,2118 people have been killed in the israeli retaliatory campaign including around 7000 children of course more on that story on the bbc news website where we are running a live page. in india, at least 13 people have been killed in chennai, one of its largest cities, as cyclone michaung barrels

into the southern coast. entire villages have been subermerged — and transport has been impacted — authorities say nearly 400,000 people have been affected. the cyclone made made landfall near the beach town of bapatla in andhra pradesh with winds of up to 70 mph — it's now weakened. well as we were saying the city of chennai has faced majorflooding — in what's said to be the heaviest rainfall in 47 years. in some areas, water levels have begun to recede. bbc reporter saradha venkatasubramanian is there for us. michaung cyclone, which was formed in south—east bay of bengal, has left chennai, the capital city of tamil nadu, a southern state in india severely affected. incessant rains for more than 18 hours in chennai and its neighbouring districts had many parts of the neighbourhood inundated. rains have stopped now for more than 15 hours and the city is slowly recuperating. water has receded in many prominent parts of the city, but low lying

areas and areas adjacent to waterbodies like this have still about three to four feet of water and people are stranded. people who are living next to waterbodies like these are moved to relief camps. some 9,000 people from the city have moved to relief camps. the visuals of the river there, which you're seeing is one of the prominent rivers in the city which carries the water to the sea here. and this is receiving water from the lake, which is the drinking water reservoir for the city. the chief minister, the head of the state has said these rains are unseen in the last 47 years and the 4,000 crore worth storm water drain works has helped the city quickly revive power. power supply is slowly being resumed in 60 to 70% of the places. however, there are still neighbourhoods which do not have power supply for more than 35 hours. the worst damage of the cyclone was the shutdown of communication

services, which has still not been resumed. what is remarkable in 20191 was reporting from that very area on how it was suffering from a severe drought. the extreme weather events in india comes as ministers from more than 60 countries continue to meet in dubai at the cop28 climate summit — to find solutions. it comes as environment campaigners say a record number of delegates from the coal, gas and oil industries are attending the summit. now, a report by a coalition of green groups called kick big polluters out, says almost two and a half thousand people from companies linked to fossil fuels are there — that's four times the number at last year's conference in egypt. climate reporter, esme stallard has a sumary of today's events in dubai. we are on day six here in dubai of cop28,

and for the first time, 60 countries came together to sign what they are calling the global cooling pledge. now, this year, many countries have suffered back to back heatwaves and extreme heat, and that is expected to only get worse with climate change. so today, countries have committed to design our buildings and our homes better, not only to reduce the amount of heat related deaths, but also to reduce the emissions from the energy that's going to be needed to keep our homes cool. we also got a new draft text this morning that countries have been working on or negotiating on. and we saw for the first time the proposals put forward for how we might reduce our use of fossilfuels. there was also talking about oil and gas companies. new figures on the number of representatives from those companies here at cop, of which there are about 2,500. now, as we look forward to tomorrow, it will be all about building. so you can expect some more announcements on that global cooling pledge that we heard today. and, of course, those negotiations on that more formal text will continue behind closed doors. joining me now is laurie laybourn, an environmental researcher and author.

plenty to talk about in regards to the summit this year but let's talk about what is happening in india as one of one example that is facing extreme weather. as a singer earlier it was in 2019 that i went to india to report how there was a severe drought there and they were desperate for rains and i see some of the worst rains they have seen in the nearly 50 years. find of the worst rains they have seen in the nearly 50 years.— the nearly 50 years. and this is exactly what — the nearly 50 years. and this is exactly what scientists - the nearly 50 years. and this is exactly what scientists have - the nearly 50 years. and this is l exactly what scientists have been predicting for a long time. think of the weather on a given day as rolling a dice in certain countries in certain countries that dice is loaded towards certain conditions. climate change is loaded it further to more extreme conditions. societies have been wanting for a very long time that we will see extremes of dry at the drought that you saw as well as than more extreme storms and rain like we are seeing tragically at the moment. so this is it. again, the very day, climate

change playing out on our tv scripts and for those who are there in the communities.— and for those who are there in the communities. what can all of those leaders and — communities. what can all of those leaders and lobbyists _ communities. what can all of those leaders and lobbyists and _ communities. what can all of those leaders and lobbyists and all- communities. what can all of those leaders and lobbyists and all of- communities. what can all of those leaders and lobbyists and all of the | leaders and lobbyists and all of the other groups gathering at cop do, on a practical level, to help some people that i have met on the ground in places like south asia and even north america who are directly impacted by climate change. because to a lot of people watching that there is as people coming together into buy but what practically can be done, funding or otherwise, to be done, funding or otherwise, to be done to help people on the ground whose homes being flooded and displaced? find whose homes being flooded and dislaced? �* ., , displaced? and immediately funding can be provided _ displaced? and immediately funding can be provided to _ displaced? and immediately funding can be provided to make _ displaced? and immediately funding can be provided to make places - can be provided to make places better to pay for what is called loss and damage. a lot of stuff has been lost and damaged in chennai and it is not the people who live there's fault, they country did a very small amount to carbon emissions that then lead to the climate change that that is then had

problems. the wealthy nations in particular need to pay some of that and there has been some agreement at this cop about providing that compensation. a more than anything, they have to deal with the root cause of the problem. and have clean energy shooting up around the world, a very positive development. it is not enough to just allow clean energy to grow. countries need to actively get rid of those fossil fuels. ., , ~ actively get rid of those fossil fuels. ., , ., actively get rid of those fossil fuels. ., ,~' i. , . actively get rid of those fossil fuels. , . fuels. let me ask you, since you talked about _ fuels. let me ask you, since you talked about fossil _ fuels. let me ask you, since you talked about fossil fuels - fuels. let me ask you, since you talked about fossil fuels just - fuels. let me ask you, since you l talked about fossil fuels just then, be itjust mentioned the number of fossilfuel be itjust mentioned the number of fossil fuel lobbyists who are at cop, what you make of that? in some wa s this cop, what you make of that? in some ways this is — cop, what you make of that? in some ways this is showing _ cop, what you make of that? in some ways this is showing that _ cop, what you make of that? in some ways this is showing that cop - cop, what you make of that? in some ways this is showing that cop is - ways this is showing that cop is working is that it is a conference that provides a platform for important issues to get attention that might otherwise not be getting attention. one of those critical issuesis attention. one of those critical issues is that fossil fuel companies have, for a long time now, frustrated action to actively phase

down the use of fossil fuels. we can understand why that is the case because they are profiting hugely from them and their business models are depended on it but that has been going on forfar too long and so what we are seeing at this cop is a bigger backlash now against have the fossil fuel companies are not really engaging in this in a good—faith way. they are frustrating the action to do what we really need to do which is actively phase down the use of fossil fuels alongside switching us to those clean energy alternatives that are in many cases now cheaper than those fossil fuels. environmental coming up — we have a special investigation into violent watch crime here in the uk around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. this is the latest tactic in the fight against crime. these officers are already advanced motorcyclists. now they've had extra

training to prepare them for all off road conditions. much lighter than our road bikes. it's a smaller engine. it's more manoeuvrable off road as well. tyres are knobbly tyres, a lot more grippy off road. give a lot more traction on grass and gravel off. offroad bikes are already used by some forces but this is a first for the thames valley. it'll give officers the ability to disrupt anti—social behaviour in hard to reach areas. so the new bikes are capable of going off road both in urban environments, footpaths, parks, roadways, but also going into rural areas such as bridleways, farm tracks. rural crime is big business. £4 million of stolen equipment has been seized in the last 18 months, but it's in urban areas that this tactic could prove most useful. the bikes have already been deployed in reading to stop drug dealers and illegal vehicles being driven off road.

you're live with bbc news. people who wear luxury watches — worth tens of thousands of pounds — are being targeted in public places by thieves, who often use the threat of extreme physical violence to steal them. tonight we bring you a special report to shed light on this form of organised crime, and the methods used. tir dondy has been talking to criminals and the impact on the people they target. luxury watches stolen from people across the streets in the uk. a multi—million pound criminal industry. victims left traumatised by these unprovoked attacks. london is the hotspot. i've tracked down a gang of luxury watch thieves who have given me unprecedented access to their world on condition of anonymity.

are you guys happy with that? this is the gang leader who we are calling m. do you not feel bad that you are bringing kids into this? he has little regard for his victims. it scares them pretty much alive, some of them, they are scared to walk alone at night. does that not make you feel bad? the thieves i met say they are only interested in watches worth thousands of pounds. many are prepared to resort to extremely violent means. and you can see the size of the blade.

i met andrew dinsmore, a conservative councillor who last year was robbed by moped thieves wielding an 18 inch machete. his attackers are now behind bars. my wife thought it was a terrorist attack. at the time i was wearing a long—sleeved jumper and there was no way you could see it from the road, the way they approached us, very directly, straight to me, it was definitely wanted the watch and the only time it would have been visible was when we are in the restaurant and i pulled myjumper up and we were eating. it's organised crime with people involved at multiple levels. gangs pay to spot people in affluent areas. some work on the streets, some inside bars and clubs. guys, i will see what they are wearing and if they put something on the wrist that looks good. and how much do you get paid to do this? the leader, m, listens into the interview but becomes uneasy when he sees people he does not know. did you just put a knife

in your trousers? a gun? whilst we were there, another gang showed up. we finish our interview early. but not all evade the law. in central london, the metropolitan police are using plain clothes officers to tackle luxury watch there. i clocked them up there and round the corner. our suspicion is that he was spotting. i've spotted him and he's followed to females off down the side street and i can clearly see him looking at a watch and almost crouching down to get a look at the face where we've now gone into a bit of darkness. the watch thieves i met see it as a lucrative alternative to drug crime with scant sympathy for the people they target. but those who get caught face long prison sentences amid a rising awareness of their ruthless tactics. tir dhondy, bbc news.

some sad news to bring you this hour. denny laine, lead singer of the moody blues, and a guitarist with paul mccartney's band wings, has died at the age of 79. you can see him here, being interviewed with paul and linda mccartney. denny, whose real name was brian hines, died after a long battle with lung disease, according to his wife elizabeth. we'll leave you with one his songs, mull of kintyre #my # my desire is always to be... hello. skies are going to be clearing across much of the country through the evening and overnight, and that's going to lead to a widespread frost.

also fog forming, particularly across more southern parts of the uk. now, let me show you the satellite picture from earlier on. it really was quite a cloudy day across the bulk of england and wales — drizzly, too. but in the north—west, we had clearer skies and it's been quite a cold day. and this is where the temperatures will be lowest overnight. now the winds will fall light as well right across the uk, and that's going to help the fog to form. and we're thinking around parts of the midlands into wales, central, southern england and into the south—east as well — and really quite dense in places. now, the temperatures will be widely below freezing, even in bigger towns and cities, perhaps as low as —7 or —10 in the sheltered glens, but already somewhat milder in the far west of the uk. and that's in advance of this weather front. you can see the southerly winds. but the fog ahead of it and the windless weather will mean, well, that fog will stick around into the afternoon in one or two locations. and where it does, it really will be quite a raw day. so in some spots, temperatures on wednesday during the afternoon

could be barely above freezing. but i think that's not going to be the case for most of us. for many of us, it will be a bright, if not sunny day, but a really chilly one. so, 4 degrees in edinburgh, newcastle, around 6 in norwich. but out towards the west, that's where the front is advancing southerly winds, so a milder direction. wind and rain will spread across the uk during the course of wednesday night and into thursday. ahead of it, temporarily, there could be some wintry weather across the pennines and the scottish hills and mountains. and then on thursday, it's a wet day. at least a spell of rain on the way for many of us before it turns a little bit clearer later in the day out towards the west. and you can see those temperatures rising — 13 in plymouth, about 6 or 7 across the east and the north—east. and that pattern continues into friday and the weekend. we have a whole succession of low pressures and weather fronts coming our way. so basically it's what we call a westerly regime — so, fronts coming out of the west, bringing much milder conditions. and here's the outlook. from thursday onwards and even into next week,

you can see double figures. it's been below average for quite some time. now it's going to be somewhat above average. bye— bye.

hello, i'm rajini vaidyanathan. you're watching the context on bbc news. the fate of asylum seekers who travel to the uk on small boats has become a big political issue ahead of a likely general election next year.

the government wants to send some who are entering the uk illegally to rwanda on a one—way ticket — an idea which has proved controversial to many. the policy has been beset by legal challenges. last month, the uk supreme court ruled the policy was against the law. today, britain's home secretary james cleverly travelled to rwanda to sign a new deal with the country to send migrants there. mr cleverly said he believed the new treaty addressed all the concerns raised by the supreme court. he said he can't see "any credible reason" to question rwanda's human rights record, and hopes the first migrant flights will go there in spring 2024. £140 million has already been paid by the uk to rwanda for the implementation of the policy. fundamentally, the supreme court raised two issues. one was about the about the capacity of the rwandan judicial system. one was about the capacity of the rwandan judicial system. now, we've been working

on that for over a year. we started to address that at the time