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would obviously be pushing for that resource, which what everyone else has been using for 100 years to help me and my children, my family, etc, have a better life. so the climate justice becomes important, climate finance is critical, and something that is also very much a discussion point here at the cop. so, finally, what would success look like for this cop? this cop needs to be credible on the fossil fuel dimension. it needs to, and it has already, delivered the loss and damage, as we discussed. and it needs to deliver hope on the adaptation finance side, as well as the adaptation goal, as well as the renewable energy goal. and i believe that it will. so the challenge would be to then see how expeditiously we do that,
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and that, time will tell. inger andersen, thank you very much for talking to us this evening. it's a pleasure. thank you for having me. so let's take a look at some of the front pages. the i, angry mps plotting to derail pm rwanda law pond at the times is similar. the front page of the guardian... the front page of the guardian... the son, i won't be emotionally blackmailed by harry, apparently keenjails blackmailed by harry, apparently keen jails will not be emotionally blackmailed by his son, they reveal. the king is defiant on the book row. that's all from us tonight. i'm back on monday. have a good weekend. goodnight.
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humanitarian needs were self—contradictory. meanwhile, more video has emerged showing dozens of palestinian men detained by israel. the footage, verified by the bbc, shows them stripped to their underwear, kneeling on the ground and being guarded by israeli soldiers. then driven away for interrogation. it's understood that some of the men
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have since been released. here's our international editor, jeremy bowen. gaza is at breaking point, says the un. almost 2 million people have been driven from their homes by israeli forces. in deir al—balah, the mosque was bombed with such force that the yafa hospital next door was put out of action. the us warned israel again that it was killing too many civilians. targeted or indiscriminate attacks on civilians are a war crime. israel said it launched a50 strikes in the last 2a hours. it sent out these pictures of its men assaulting hamas inside a school near gaza city. another video released by hamas shows a dead hostage and what it said was the bloody aftermath of a failed israeli raid to free him. gunfire.
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at the un in new york, the secretary—general requested an immediate ceasefire, telling the security council that hamas violations of the laws of war did not excuse israel's. there is a high risk of the total collapse of the humanitarian support system in gaza which would have devastating consequences. we anticipate that it would result in a complete breakdown of public order and increased pressure for mass displacement into egypt. i fear the consequences could be devastating for the security of the entire region. but the us rejected his warnings and vetoed the ceasefire resolution. it is giving israel more time to destroy hamas. our goals should not simply be to stop the war for today, it should be to end the war for ever, break the cycle of unceasing violence, and build something stronger in gaza
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and across the middle east, so that history does not keep repeating itself. back in gaza, israeli troops posted more video on social media of their round—up of hundreds of palestinian men, allegedly hamas suspects. the men were ordered to leave their families at a un shelter, stripped to their underwear and had their hands tied before being driven away for interrogation. israel still hasn't beaten hamas in northern gaza. fighting continues in an urban wasteland. the bbc traced the video to israeli soldiers, who deleted it after it went viral. the way hundreds of thousands of palestinians in gaza are being forced to live was filmed by a freelance journalist working for the bbc. he is sheltering in a tent made of plastic sheets in the grounds of a hospital in deir al—balah, in the middle area of gaza. gaza's people are at serious risk of starvation and famine, according to the secretary—general.
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he said the un could no longer help them under current conditions. this man said he is trying to get his kids to forget the good food they used to like. translation: idon't| know what to tell you. the only thing we have to eat is tea with no sugar. the only three words we hearfrom our children are "hungry, cold, thirsty". and we would rather die than see them get sick. the israelis destroyed the historic omari mosque in gaza city. they are ignoring us warnings that so much destruction and death could push palestinians into the arms of hamas, and the us cannot block a ceasefire indefinitely. jeremy bowen, bbc news, jerusalem. for more on the us�*s role in funding israel's military campaign, i spoke to sabrina singh,
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pentagon's deputy press secretary. you've pentagon's deputy press secretary. said that the d department you've said that the defence department is continuing to engage the israelis on ensuring that civilians in gaza are protected, the us does continue to flow security systems to israel without any conditions at this point. with the rising concern in the us and allies about the mass loss of civilian lives, should that change? we select an of our lives, should that change? we select any of our partners _ lives, should that change? we select any of our partners or— lives, should that change? we select any of our partners or allies - lives, should that change? we select any of our partners or allies who - lives, should that change? we select any of our partners or allies who we | any of our partners or allies who we support with security assistance to uphold the humanitarian laws that those weapons need to be used under. israel is fighting a war, and we have to remember they are fighting a war against the terrorist organisation that committed horrific atrocities on october seven. in all of our conversations, nearly daily compositions, continue to emphasise the point on the importance of protecting innocent civilians,
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especially in urban, dense areas like gaza. we will continue to do that privately and publicly, but we cannot forget how we got here. we cannot forget how we got here. we cannot forget how we got here. we cannot forget that hamas is a terrorist network and organisation that has an extensive tunnel system it is using in gaza, and using innocent civilians as hostages to conduct and conceal its operations. we talk about the long haul for ukraine, how long will the security assistance for israel will continue, especially because it is really has not defined how long the operation to defeat hamas will take?- to defeat hamas will take? you've heard the presidency _ to defeat hamas will take? you've heard the presidency of— to defeat hamas will take? you've heard the presidency of our- heard the presidency of our commitment to israel will be there for as long as they are in this fight with hamas, we stand with them as does the international community. so, security assistance continues to flow to israel, and since you mentioned, also to ukraine, but we can't do it without a supplement to
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package getting passed by congress. we can't continue to support, whether it's israel or ukraine, or efforts in the indo—pacific to modernise our fleets there, we need the support of congress, which is why we urge them to pass this supplemental request, but we are also operated without a full term, full—year, operational bill, we are operating on a short—term cr, other countries don't operate under short—term crs, but we urge congress to pass the supplemental but give us full—time funding for the year. russia fired cruise missiles at ukraine on friday for the first time in over two months. the air raid in kyiv lasted almost two hours and all the missiles heading towards the ukrainian capital were intercepted and destroyed by western supplied air defences. the central parts of the country also saw strikes. one person was killed and four others were injured in the city of pavlohrad. six long range surface to air missiles were fired
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at the eastern kharkiv region, with residential buildings destroyed, one dead and several others injured. the fresh attacks come as vladimir putin announced that he will stand for re—election for the fifth time as russian president when his term ends next year. our correspondentjess parker is in kyiv with the latest. president putin's announcement that he was then for a further term in office is not welcome news here in ukraine, but it does make a point that he can seemingly hold onto power while many believe he is waiting for a western support for ukraine to ab away and crack. the next week or so could be a crucial test of that. there are two packages of support that appeared to be in jeopardy because of political wrangling. one is economic assistance from that european union, and the other is defence aid from the united states. many billions of pounds worth that has been caught up and tangled in the domestic
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political issues. when ukraine's winter sets in and is faltering counter offensive, the idea that us defence aid could start to dry up is almost unthinkable, so crucial has it been on the battlefield. so, ukrainians will be hoping and praying that what president putin may believe it is proven to be wrong. here in the us, congress remains deadlocked on a crucialfunding bill with republicans refusing to budge unless and untiljoe biden agrees to their immigration demains. to understand how ukrainians are feeling about the debate over aid, i spoke to melinda haring, an internationally recognised expert on ukraine and nonresident senior fellow at the atlantic council's eurasia centre. you are in ukraine right now, how are people looking at the us debate over further aid are people looking at the us debate overfurther aid for are people looking at the us debate over further aid for ukraine? people are discouraged, _ over further aid for ukraine? people are discouraged, so _ over further aid for ukraine? people are discouraged, so the _ over further aid for ukraine? people are discouraged, so the vote - over further aid for ukraine? people are discouraged, so the vote this . are discouraged, so the vote this week in congress was not unexpected, but ukrainians are in a dark, cold,
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winter. i'm here in kyiv, this morning started with an air siren and many people have left the country. of a population of a0 million, 25 million remain behind, many women and children have left, and they are really looking for america, there are number one friend, to have their backs to stop so there is massive this appointment and i would say pessimism here as well. ~ . . ~ ., and i would say pessimism here as well. ~ . . ~' . . well. what are the ukraine and sa in: well. what are the ukraine and saying they _ well. what are the ukraine and saying they need _ well. what are the ukraine and saying they need on _ well. what are the ukraine and saying they need on the - well. what are the ukraine and - saying they need on the battlefield right now to break what appears to be a stalemate? that right now to break what appears to be a stalemate?— be a stalemate? that word, stalemates, _ be a stalemate? that word, stalemates, is _ be a stalemate? that word, stalemates, is in _ be a stalemate? that word, stalemates, is in hot - be a stalemate? that word, l stalemates, is in hot dispute, be a stalemate? that word, - stalemates, is in hot dispute, the word was used and president zelensky push back on it, but you are right, the map isn't changing. there are hot bottles right now in the east, but the ukrainians need more air defence systems to get through the winter, but they really need more shells. they are short on shelves and i think that is the number one
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item they need. flan and i think that is the number one item they need.— and i think that is the number one item they need. can europe step up and replace — item they need. can europe step up and replace the _ item they need. can europe step up and replace the type _ item they need. can europe step up and replace the type of assistance l and replace the type of assistance the us has provided until now? yes and no. the us has provided until now? yes and he the — the us has provided until now? jazz and no. the assistance of the us has provided until now? 123 and no. the assistance of the us is provided is more than military. the us is the leader on military assistance, europe will have a hard time replacing that, but on economic assistance, is called budget support, and it's the thing that keeps ukraine from not becoming afghanistan, it's not very sexy, it's called budget port support, it pays for pensions and schools and hospitals, it's what keeps the banking system afloat. the eu is the leader on that and they can take an even greater leadership role. it's not very popular in the united states, the attitude, especially among certain republicans, why should be paying for pension for ukrainian godmothers rather than schools here in the us? that is attitude. i expected to be more
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controversial. the third leg is humanitarian assistance, which we know is not as controversial but historically as conflicts go on the amount of assistance continues to decline. ~ . ., , ., , decline. the ukrainians have been marked remarkably _ decline. the ukrainians have been marked remarkably resilient - decline. the ukrainians have been marked remarkably resilient this | decline. the ukrainians have been i marked remarkably resilient this far in the war and seems are meant remarkably resilient, that being said, how confident do you think they are in their countries ability to win this war?— they are in their countries ability to win this war? ukrainians believe the 're to win this war? ukrainians believe they're willing _ to win this war? ukrainians believe they're willing to _ to win this war? ukrainians believe they're willing to war. _ to win this war? ukrainians believe they're willing to war. 90% - to win this war? ukrainians believe they're willing to war. 90% of - to win this war? ukrainians believe| they're willing to war. 9096 of them they're willing to war. 90% of them think they will win the war. they are confident about it. ukrainians give many examples to me of resilience. ukrainians have multiple jobs. everyone i know here is volunteering. people are building drones and rockets, and they have read tools in order to make sure that ukraine can win. so, i don't think their spirits are diminished. this winter, in particular, its not as hard yet as the previous one yet. we saw a rocket strike after
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orchestrate last year, the number of rockets and frequency are not as high as it was last year. so there is relief from that perspective, and that the surprise element as well. however, the ukrainians worry when you talk to them that the russians are going to plan swarms of drones in the really hard once injanuary and february. at the white house, all rural white house, has warned that if the supplemental is not passed, it would not be able to give ukraine the weapons system that they really need. so it's essential to get this supplemental passed as soon as possible, so ukraine can end the war as soon as possible, and we can stop the number of deaths. the longer the supplemental goes, and it looks like it is going, this debate like this fight over ukraine aid, will go into january, the more suffering and death we will see. good to get your perspective, thank you so much. my good to get your perspective, thank you so much-— good to get your perspective, thank
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ousomuch. g , ., around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's look at another story that's making headlines in the uk... britain's prime minister has again been forced to defend his rwanda immigration plan. rishi sunak has introduced emergency legislation to try to overcome legal issues — which have so far delayed the scheme. but, mps from across his party have concerns about the approach. our deputy politcal editor vicki young explains. the problem he has got, that there's at least two factions in his party who are opposed to this for diametrically opposed reasons. one side are saying, "we've got to disregard more "human rights legislation," the other saying, "well, actually, "you've gone too far already." so, this weekend, the home secretary and other ministers will be giving really a very simple message to their mps — "focus on this, don't worry about all the other things that you are also grumpy about. "this is the best way forward." the plan would send migrants to the african nation — in the hopes of deterring others from crossing the channel in small boats. but supreme courtjudges have already blocked a previous
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version of the scheme — declaring that rwanda was not a safe country and that the asylum system was flawed. mps will debate the latest plan on tuesday. you're live with bbc news. a major donor to the university of pennsylvania has withdrawn a one—hundred—million—dollar grant in protest against remarks to congress by its president liz magill about anti—semitism. this comes on the back of a list of donors, politicians, business leaders, and students — all calling for ms magill�*s resignation. the uproar follows a heated hearing on capitol hill — where representative elise stefanik grilled ms magill on whether calls for the genocide ofjewish people violated the university's code of conduct. ms magill said it was 'context dependent. she later clarified her answer and apologised in a video on wednesday, but it failed to quell further criticism. meanwhile rabbi david walpe has resigned from harvard university's anti—semitism committee saying there was an evil ideology gripping several students
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and faculty members there. this calling for the genocide of dues violated pens code of contact when it comes to harassment, yes or no? i when it comes to harassment, yes or no? . , when it comes to harassment, yes or no? ., , , ., when it comes to harassment, yes or no? , ., ., no? i was focused on our universities _ no? i was focused on ourl universities long-standing no? i was focused on our - universities long-standing policies universities long—standing policies are aligned with the us constitution, which say that speech alone _ constitution, which say that speech alone is_ constitution, which say that speech alone is not— constitution, which say that speech alone is not punishable. live now to our correspondent nomia iqbal, she's at the university of pennsylvania getting the latest for us. good to see you, what are people saying about the presidents testimony and her apology? i5 saying about the presidents testimony and her apology? is a real of frustration _ testimony and her apology? is a real of frustration and _ testimony and her apology? is a real of frustration and anger _ testimony and her apology? is a real of frustration and anger at _ testimony and her apology? is a real of frustration and anger at the - of frustration and anger at the comments made by the president. to give you an example, i spoke to a young student here called noah, who is jewish, young student here called noah, who isjewish, he wants the president to resign and rejected the apology, saying that it was a shame that the president hadn't expressed what she
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felt under oath when ask a question. for him, it was a sense of her having an opportunity to make a moral clarity about, in terms of that question. also, a moment ago i spoke to student because mia, she's jewish, she said she is torn between herjewish identity and also the fact she's part of an organisation that absolutely believes in free speech. soko, in terms of what the president said, she understands legally it was fine and it was part of free speech, but was disappointed ljy of free speech, but was disappointed by it as well. so, there are these mixed opinions on campus, but for some it might feel it's a little too late. it some it might feel it's a little too late. , , ., late. it seems to highlight the tensions we _ late. it seems to highlight the tensions we have _ late. it seems to highlight the tensions we have seen - late. it seems to highlight the tensions we have seen on - late. it seems to highlight the . tensions we have seen on college campuses across the us over the israel — hamas war, how is that plane over at the university of
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pennsylvania? fist plane over at the university of pennsylvania?— plane over at the university of pennsylvania? at the start of the war, hundreds _ pennsylvania? at the start of the war, hundreds of _ pennsylvania? at the start of the war, hundreds of faculty - pennsylvania? at the start of the l war, hundreds of faculty members signed a letter condemning hamas, and backed israel's rights to defend itself, over the course of the work there many of people who said the university has been slow to act on anti—semitism, because of the boundaries of free speech for some on the other side, there are faculty members said expressing your support for palestinians has also resulted in at sex and discrimination. the head of the middle east centre here said they had to resign because they were frustrated at not being heard. but these comments by the university president has reignited a row, and there's a petition which has more than 26,000 signatures, with people calling on the president this is resign. the governor has also got involved saying the university board
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has serious questions and decisions to make about her future.— has serious questions and decisions to make about her future. thank you nomia lqbal- — let's turn to some important news around the world... eu lawmakers and policymakers reached a deal on the world's first comprehensive artificial intelligence rules on friday, paving the way for legal oversight of ai services including chatgpt. eu commssioner thierry breton called it a historic agreement and that the eu becomes the very first continent to set clear rules for the use of ai. the agreement came after 15 hours of negotiations and a nearly 2a—hour debate the previous day. a court in france has found six teenagers guilty in connection with the beheading of a schoolteacher three years ago. samuel paty was murdered after showing caricatures of the prophet muhammad as part of a lesson on free speech. the sentences from ia months to two years are all suspended or commuted. up to one billion dollars will be available to boost vaccine manufacturing in africa, the gavi global health organisation said on thursday. the fund aims to address the vaccine access inequality and to use domestically—produced shots
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for diseases like cholera and malaria. various vaccine initiatives have launched since the covid—i9 pandemic, but some have struggled amid high costs. we want to focus on the last meal of a long—extinct creature. scientists in canada have revealed the remains of a young dinosaur dating back 75 million years. in its fossilised stomach they discovered the hind legs bones of two baby dinosaurs it probably ate as its last meal. victoria gill has more. entombed in 75 million year old rock. this is a gorgosaurus. the backbone would have been here. you can see all the ribs... it's a type of tyrannosaur, a close cousin of t—rex. but this fossil is hiding the remains of something else. what was uncovered when the fossil was being cleaned at the museum is that there were two bones of a very small dinosaur found between the individual
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ribs of the tyrannosaur. those bones weren't immediately obvious to experts, but they were this gorgosaurus' last meal. highlighted in this diagram of the fossil, they're actually the remains of two small baby dinosaurs. and there was enough remaining of those unfortunate creatures for palaeontologists to identify them. both sets of legs belonged to a small, birdlike dinosaur. it gives an insight into how the young tyrannosaurs would have hunted and bitten their prey in half. the prey remains were actually preserved by the tyrannosaurus stomach. so this fossil is actually the first solid evidence that we have for diet or feeding behaviour in a juvenile tyrannosaur. experts say this also tells the story of how much tyrannosaurs transformed through their lives. young animals were agile, predators, slender with blade like teeth, while mature tyrannosaurs like gorgosaurus and t—rex were slower but much more powerful.
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they were so big and so strong that they crushed through the bones of their prey. literally, there's fossils that have bite marks that match the teeth of the big adult tyrannosaurs, but the younger ones chased down their prey. to me, that's really neat because it reveals these tyrannosaurs to be a lot richer, a lot more complex, a lot more nuanced as characters. they weren'tjust monsters, they were real animals. and they adapted. they changed as they grew up. this tyrannosaur never quite grew up, but its remains are a glimpse of its final hunt 75 million years ago. victoria gill, bbc news. and finally — ireland has been bidding farewell to the pogues frontman shane macgowan, who died last week at the age of 65. hollywood actorjohnny depp and the president of ireland were among the mourners who attended his funeral in county tipperary. earlier, fans lined the streets of dublin to pay an emotional
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tribute to the singer, breaking into song as the horse—drawn carriage bearing his coffin made its way through the city. the service included several musical performances, organised by oscar—winning songwriter glen hansard. thank you for watching, i'm sumi somaskanda. stay with us here on bbc news hello there. it's going to be quite a mixed bag for us this weekend. not a wash—out. there will be some sunshine at times, but that's going to come in between two spells of rain that are coming in from the atlantic. atlantic, that means it's going to be mild, but saturday looks like it could be quite windy for many places. now, one part of the country sensitive to more rain is dorset, where we've got a number of flood warnings already and there could be 20—30 millimetres of rain here.
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you can keep up to date with the flood warnings online. we could see the risk of flooding increasing this weekend with more rain moving in. and this is the rain that's heading in at the moment from the southwest. we've got this rain still across scotland leftover from earlier on that is moving northwards. allowing that rain to come in from the southwest and usher in some milder air as well as some stronger winds as well. so for many parts, it's going to be a wet start. and because of that, we're looking at a mild start to saturday, no frost this time. you can see the extent of the rain across england and wales and northern ireland. it's going to move northwards and eastwards. could be quite heavy for a while. for england and wales, we should eventually see some sunshine coming in from the west. the odd shower but rain could return to northern ireland, and it looks quite cloudy for scotland with some rain from time to time. mild though temperatures 8—9 in scotland to a high of ia in the southeast with some late sunshine.
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it's going to turn quite windy through the day, though, across england and wales and northern ireland, gales quite widely, and around some irish sea coasts the winds could be gusting 60—70 miles an hour. now, those winds will tend to ease overnight and the rain will continue for a while across scotland and northern england. and then as that move through, we've got the next band of rain just approaching the far southwest by sunday morning. again, it should be frost free temperatures, six or seven degrees. and it's almost a repeat performance, really, on sunday. this band of rain moves in a little later, but it's not going to be quite as heavy. shouldn't last as long. and again, we'll get some sunshine coming in after the rain for england and wales. more rain returns to northern ireland and still cloud and patchy rain left over in scotland. temperatures not quite so high, but it's probably not going to be quite as windy. should be a reasonably mild start to next week. there's still some rain around from time to time. it does turn drier as the week goes on, but it does turn a little chillier.
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should bbc news interview active criminals? welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed. coming up, this man admitted robbery to a bbc reporter and was carrying a machete.
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should bbc news have interviewed him? and after the cuts to news programmes announced last week, i'll be asking the deputy head of bbc news about the choices being made. watches worth more than £50 million were stolen in london last year, according to police figures. celebrities such as the singer aled jones and the boxer amir khan have been among the more high—profile victims. bbc three made a documentary about it, parts of which were shown on bbc news output on tuesday. the reporter, tir dhondy, met some of the victims and the criminals. let's have a look at a clip. i met him a month before his trial where he was handed a two year sentence.
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during the interview, we noticed that he was

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