i'm helena humphrey. good to have you with us. we begin in new york, where an attempt at the united nations to agree on a humanitarian ceasefire in gaza has failed tonight as the us opposed the proposal. despite 13 nations voting for a halt in fighting, the united states�* veto means the resolution failed to pass. earlier, the un secretary general warned that the people of gaza are at breaking point. meanwhile, the palestinian health ministry in the occupied west bank says six palestinians have been killed in an israeli raid on al—fara refugee camp. israel says any ceasefire would cement hamas' control of gaza. here's our correspondent nada tawfik in new york, this meeting and vote took

place after the secretary general antonio guterres used a rarely invoked article of the un charter. article 99 to bring to the attention of the security council threats to international peace and security. he urged the council to call for a ceasefire because he said there was a risk of the total collapse of the humanitarian system — that he anticipated a complete breakdown of public order. and he laid out in stark terms the desperate situation in gaza, that there was no protective — protection of civilians, there. that they were running out of food, at risk of starvation, that the health system was collapsing, most of the population displaced and more than 17,000 palestinians have been killed. so here we saw the majority of the council supporting that call by the secretary general, but despite that, the united states again cutting an extremely lonely figure

in the council, raised its hand to block this draft resolution to veto it. and united states said they did not support a ceasefire because thought this resolution was imbalanced and divorced from reality, concluding the us couldn't support something that would just plant the seeds for the next phase of war and help hamas. but 13 of the 15 other countries voted in favour of this draft. the uae which proposed it, along with 97 countries who sponsored it, along with the uae, they said the imperative to end this war must supersede every other consideration. they said they were disappointed. china, as well, saying condoning the continuation of fighting while claiming to care about the life and safety of the people in gaza and humanitarian needs was self—contradictory. nada tawfik there.

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. they were then driven away for interrogation. it's understood that some of the men have since been released. here's our international editor, jeremy bowen. gaza is at breaking point, says the un. almost two 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 area warcrime. 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 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 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. he said the un could no longer help them under current conditions. the freelance journalist 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 0mari 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, my colleague spoke to sabrina singh, the pentagon's deputy press secretary. you have said the defence department is continuing to engage the israelis on ensuring civilians in gaza are protected, the us does, however, to continue flow security assistance to israel without any conditions at this point. we have the right concerned in the us among allies the un as well about the mass loss of civilian life, should that change? we expect any of our partners or allies who we support with security assistance to uphold the humanitarian laws those weapons need to be used under. israel is — is fighting a war and we have to remember, they are fighting a war

against a terrorist organisation that committed horrific atrocities on october 7. we have been in all of our conversations and daily conversations and continue to emphasise the point on the importance of protecting innocent civilians, especially in these urban dense areas like gaza. you're going to continue to hear us continue to do that both publicly and privately, but we cannot forget how we got here. we cannot forget hamas as a terrorist network, terrorist organisation that has an extensive tunnel system that it's using in gaza and using innocent civilians and hostages as human shields to conduct and conceal its operations. we talked about the long haul for ukraine, how long will the security assistance for israel continue? especially because the israelis themselves haven't defined how long this operation to defeat hamas will take. you heard the president

say 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 supplemental package that gets passed by congress. we would be able to continue to support whether it is israel, ukraine, our efforts in the indo—pacific to continue to modernise our fleet. we need the support of congress. that is why we urge congress to not only is pasta supplement to request but also operating without a year of appropriations. but we are still operating under short term cr which is not ideal for this department and frankly other countries, avatars do not operate under it and we urge congress not the only pass the supplemental but give us on—time, full appropriations funding for the year. the pentagon's sabrina singh speaking there. now, vladimir putin announced

on friday that he will stand for re—election as russian president when his term ends next year. the decision was widely expected and confirmed following an awards ceremony in moscow. from moscow, our russia editor steve rosenberg reports. it had been his decision to invade ukraine. today, vladimir putin honoured russian soldiers who've been fighting in his war. there was pomp and patriotism, and more than a hint of kremlin choreography about what came next. president putin was surrounded by admirers. then... "in the name of the donbas," he says, "i ask you take part in the election. "we need you. "russian needs you." well, since you asked, "it's time for a decision," president putin replies. "i will run for the post of president." already he's the longest—serving kremlin leader since dictatorjosef stalin.

vladimir putin surprised no—one today. even after nearly a quarter of the century in power in russia as president or prime minister, he'd shown no sign of wanting to step aside. as for the outcome of next march's election, well, no surprises expected there either. the political landscape here has been cleared to remove all critics and potential rivals to president putin. that only leaves room for one man. the kremlin wants russians to see vladimir putin as the father of the nation, russians' protector. and although his invasion of ukraine hasn't gone at all to plan, many in russia have rallied around their flag and their president. putin's ratings were stagnating in the more or less peaceful time, especially in covid time. but in the periods of military and patriotic history, his ratings are going up. and he uses this war for keeping his power.

and to boost pre—election patriotic spirit, there's a giant russia exhibition complete with putin merch, with putin quotes. this one, "if a fight is unavoidable, throw the first punch." natalya's buying. "i don't think we need any elections," she says, "just let putin be our president." not all russians are putin super fans, but many see no alternative right now. that's just how the kremlin wants it. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. 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 defenses.

the central parts of the country also saw strikes. one person was killed and four others were injured in the city of pavlograd. six long range surface to air missiles were fired at the eastern kharkiv region, with residential buildings destroyed, one dead and several others injured. meanwhile, the fight over aid to ukraine is building on capitol hill. this week we saw rigorous attempts to resolve the congressional deadlock, as president biden continues to push for an aid package. on monday, the white house sent a letter to congress warning that time is running out. president zelensky scheduled a virtual briefing with us senators on tuesday, but had to cancel at the last minute. on wednesday, senate republicans blocked president biden's

what this is about right now is the us southern border, the administration, the biden administration, does not want to approve funding policies relating to shutting down or controlling the us southern border towards mexico because of uncontrolled immigration. the republicans are saying we have the votes, we will support to ukraine, this is not the issue. if we're going to do this, we have to be able to explain to american people why we are doing it if we are not also taking care of our own borders. the republicans need something on the southern border. so far, the administration

is unwilling to go that direction and they have in bringing out all of these people to lobby congress on their behalf to pass the ukraine funding without anything about the southern border. you have a ukrainian chief of staff in the present, a scheduled meeting with volodymyr zelenskyy by video, the ukrainian defence minister, david cameron, we're all here to congress in behalf of the administration to raise the stakes. that being said, when you get to next week, congress plans to go into recess on december 15, they will come up against the deadline and cut a deal. you have the domestic policy but also at a time a very high geopolitical crises and the nato secretary general said several some months ago when he was talking about ukraine that the world should be prepared for a long war here. that was several months ago.

it was before the war we are now seeing in the middle east. do you think the us and western allies realistically can deal with both of those wars? absolutely. let me start again with ukraine. there is a vast majority of the american public, a majority of republicans, a majority of democrats, majority republicans in the house, majority of republicans in the senate, all of whom are supported aid to ukraine. they are frustrated that our assistance to ukraine seems to have been piecemeal and too slow. it should have been more effective and faster. that is where the view was on ukraine amongst the great majority. there is a vocal minority against it but that will almost certainly not determine the outcome. with respect to the middle east, there's strong support for israel, strong support for aid to israel, also

strong support for taiwan which is in the end i think all of this gets passed. the political divide in the united states is again over the southern border, where the democrats do not want to touch it and the republicans are insisting that there be funding and programmes to clamp down on illegal crossings in the southern border. the democrats would agree with you in calling that a domestic policy issue. the republicans would disagree and they would call it a national security issue. that lethargy nevertheless with regard to the war and some elements of fatigue are setting in here in the united states. if the aid does not appear to be forthcoming, and that trend continues, are you concerned there might be some elements that try to push ukraine towards the negotiating table in the us and europe? it is very interesting the way you framed that speakers

i don't think there is fatigue in the us about aid to ukraine, there is a vast majority of republicans and democrats, the general public, all supporting aid to ukraine. where i think they will be a push for negotiations is coming from the us administration, germany, france, maybe some others, you look at the situation on the ground and ukraine and say that ukraine cannot win so we have to prepare them for negotiations. i think what you are getting and i will give you an example from the house republicans, three committee chairman, the chairman of the foreign affairs committee, mike turner, mike rogers, the chair of the armed services and intelligence committees, they are in favour of speeding up aid to ukraine, lifting restrictions on the range of systems that we give them, accelerating the delivery of air power to ukraine, all things that the biden administration has opposed.

it is not so clear that it is republicans against democrats. what you have is a situation where other things are being used as leverage. let's turn to some important news around the world. european union officials have drafted the world's first comprehensive laws to regulate artificial intelligence. if confirmed, they would pave the way for legal oversight of ai services including chatgpt. eu commssioner thierry breton called it "a historic agreement". the eu's parliament will vote on the proposals early next year. 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 mohammed as part of a lesson on free speech. the sentences were all suspended or commuted. a major donor to the university of pennsylvania has withdrawn a $100 million

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. 0ur correspondent nomia iqbal is at the university of pennsylvania and has more on the reaction there. it's part of the ivy league and it's traditionally home to a large jewish it's traditionally home to a largejewish student population. but support for the president of the university,

liz magill, has quickly eroded, following her appearance at a contentious congressional hearing. she was there alongside the presidents of other prestigious universities and has been criticised heavily for evading what to many seemed like a simple question — she and others were asked — would they discipline students calling for the genocide of jews? she said it was context dependent and that's upset many students here.— students here. i was horrified. i can't say _ students here. i was horrified. i can't say i'm _ students here. i was horrified. i can't say i'm shocked - students here. i was horrified. | i can't say i'm shocked because nothing — i can't say i'm shocked because nothing shocks me any more. this_ nothing shocks me any more. this is— nothing shocks me any more. this is what it is to be a jew. i know— this is what it is to be a jew. i know so_ this is what it is to be a jew. i know so many people, friends, who used to wear kippers and they don't any more, because they don't any more, because they feel safe walking on our campus. i they feel safe walking on our camus. , ., ., ., campus. i understand that, from the first amendment, _ campus. i understand that, from the first amendment, speech - the first amendment, speech like this— the first amendment, speech like this is totally 0k. the first amendment, speech like this is totally ok. we should _ like this is totally ok. we should invite speech that challenges our limits but this has made me uncomfortable, it's

made _ has made me uncomfortable, it's made large communities on campus— made large communities on campus very uncomfortable. liz mauill campus very uncomfortable. magill has campus very uncomfortable. l z magill has apologised and said she was focused on the university's long standing policies that say that speech alone is not punishable. but many say it's too little too late. former students and current students are calling for her resignation and there's a public petition that's garnered more than 20,000 signatures asking for her to step down. we want to focus now 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 toe bones of a very small dinosaurfound between the individual ribs of the tyrannosaur. those bones weren't immediately obvious to experts, but they were this gorgosaurus's 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 orfeeding 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. 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't just 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. thousands of fans lined the streets of dublin to pay an emotional tribute to the singer, breaking into song as the horse—drawn carriage bearing his coffin made its way through the city. later, hollywood actor johnny depp and bono were among those who attended the funeral in county tipperary. during the service, musicians performed macgowan's legedary tune fairytale of new york. people were seen dancing in the aisles. and we'll leave with these pictures. i'm helena humphrey, thanks for watching. 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 air 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. 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 milderair 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 1a in the southeast with some late sunshine. 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 oi’ 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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