opec has been heavily criticised at the cop climate negotiations in dubai after calling on its members to resist any reference to phasing out fossil fuels. when i listen to the smaller islands in my ear and in my heart, and i hear about this opec letter, i'm deeply concerned about it. ukraine s first lady — olena zelenska — tells the bbc that ukrainians will be left to die if western countries don't continue their support for the country. scientists have revealed the remains of a dinosaur that has its last meal fossilised inside its body. the young tyrannosaur — called a gorgosaurus — had eaten the hind legs of two baby dinosaurs shortly before it died 75 million years ago.

hello, i'm anna foster the us has faced fierce criticism for vetoeing a united nations security council draft resolution calling for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in the israel—gaza war. the palestinian president mahmoud abbas says the veto makes the us complicit in what he describes as war crimes against palestinians. in a statement, he condemns the american position as a "flagrant violation of all humanitarian principles and values" and he holds the us "responsible for the bloodshed of palestinian children, women and elderly people in the gaza strip". the us envoy said such a ceasefire would be dangerous and unrealistic. every other member of the council backed the resolution — apart from the uk, which abstained. israel thanked the us, saying a ceasefire would give hamas — which is classed as a terror group by many western governments — a chance to regroup.

the need for aid in gaza has become ever more acute, with a senior un official saying half the population are starving, with nine out of ten not eating every day. from jerusalem, hugo bachega sent this report and a warning it does contain some distressing images. in gaza, there is no safe place says the un secretary—general. the health care system is collapsing, hospitals have become battlegrounds and palestinians have no shelter and everything else needed to survive, he says. this was the scene in khan younis in the south yesterday. in the aftermath of an israeli air strike, as the military pushes ahead with its war against hamas. hours later, the un in new york, the secretary—general called for a ceasefire and had this morning. there is a high risk of the total

collapse of the humanitarian support system in gaza, which will have devastating consequences. we anticipate that it would result in a complete breakdown of public order and increased pressure for mass displacement into egypt. ifear the consequences could be devastating for the security of the entire region. at for the security of the entire reuion. �* ,, . ., region. at the us, which has veto ower, region. at the us, which has veto power. ignored — region. at the us, which has veto power, ignored his— region. at the us, which has veto power, ignored his calls - region. at the us, which has veto power, ignored his calls and - region. at the us, which has veto | power, ignored his calls and voted against it. fill" power, ignored his calls and voted auainst it. , , ., ., , against it. our goals should not be siml to against it. our goals should not be simply to step _ against it. our goals should not be simply to stop the _ against it. our goals should not be simply to stop the war _ against it. our goals should not be simply to stop the war for - against it. our goals should not be simply to stop the war for today, i against it. our goals should not be | simply to stop the war for today, it should _ simply to stop the war for today, it should be _ simply to stop the war for today, it should be to end the war for ever. break— should be to end the war for ever. break the — should be to end the war for ever. break the cycle of unceasing violence _ break the cycle of unceasing violence and build something strong in gaza _ violence and build something strong in gaza and across the middle east so that— in gaza and across the middle east so that history does not keep repeating itself.— so that history does not keep repeating itself. britain abstained in the vote- _ repeating itself. britain abstained in the vote. every _ repeating itself. britain abstained in the vote. every other— repeating itself. britain abstained in the vote. every other member| repeating itself. britain abstained i in the vote. every other member of the security council backed the ceasefire. we the security council backed the ceasefire. ~ .., the security council backed the ceasefire. ~ ., ., ceasefire. we call for further and loner ceasefire. we call for further and longer pauses — ceasefire. we call for further and longer pauses to _ ceasefire. we call for further and longer pauses to get _ ceasefire. we call for further and longer pauses to get aid - ceasefire. we call for further and longer pauses to get aid to - longer pauses to get aid to palestinians and allow space for further hostage releases. but we

cannot vote in favour of a resolution which does not condemn the atrocities hamas committed against innocent israeli civilians on the 7th of october. in against innocent israeli civilians on the 7th of october.— against innocent israeli civilians on the 7th of october. in gaza, the situation for _ on the 7th of october. in gaza, the situation for civilians _ on the 7th of october. in gaza, the situation for civilians grows - on the 7th of october. in gaza, the situation for civilians grows more l situation for civilians grows more tired by the day. the world food programme is warning of widespread famine and says nine in ten people in gaza are not getting enough food. our life is extremely difficult says one displaced gaza residents now. there is not even water. this is what we face every day, he says. b5 what we face every day, he says. as the fighting continues, more people are being killed and the suffering of survivors is getting worse. israel says it is taking steps to protect civilians in gaza, but the world is asking, is it enough? it's

been confirmed one of the israeli hostages held in gaza has been killed, a 25—year—old and i want to read you the community have released about this. "it is with great sorrow and a broken heart that we announce the murder of sahar baruch who was kidnapped from his home by hamas terrorists to gaza on the black sabbath and murdered there. his brother idan was murdered by hamas on 7th of october. we share in the unbearable grief of his parents, tami and roni, his brother, guy and niv, his family and all his loved ones.we will demand the return of his body as part of any hostages release deal. we won't stop until everyone is home." i spoke to steven erlanger who's the cheif diplomatic correspondent in europe for the new york times..

we were talking about what the us plan might be to do next. the us would like this over with but the us also once hamas taken out of power in gaza, so the us has given israel time on the clock is ticking and israel has urged, sorry, the us has urged israel very strongly to let more aid into gaza and the slaughter going on hurts israel's reputation and united states reputation but for hamas to win it only needs to survive in power and no one really wants that to happen, not the people of gaza, i assure you because i spent a lot of time there, not the saudis all thejordanians or the palestinian authorities, not israel or america, but to defeat hamas you have to defeat them. a ceasefire will simply stop the fighting and leave hamas in place.

that is the argument, that is the american argument, sojoe biden is giving israel time but the time is not unlimited and they have urged israel very openly, including from the vice president, to be much more careful about civilian deaths, casualties, to use less bombs, smaller bombs, to really bring this to a halt but they are not going to let but they are not going to let a ceasefire stop it in the middle. the us secretary of state was speaking the day before yesterday and talking about the gap between israel's stated intent to protect civilians but the reality of what was happening on the ground and that he needs to say that publicly, does it suggest he doesn't think israel is listening to what he is saying publicly or privately? that's an issue. the americans and israelis are talking everyday about all of

this, but israel has its own national interest and at some point will do what it thinks it needs to do. it is listening to the us and is listening to britain and listening to germany but it does not always agree. it's the same with the desired end state, they want a two state solution and the palestinian authority to somehow take over power in gaza and benjamin netanyahu says no way, but for that to happen, you need a new israeli government and a new palestinian government and you need the hostilities to end. there is a long way to go, i'm afraid. for how long do you think israel will continue to get us backing and you touched on this, to continue the military operation as the number of palestinian deaths and injuries continues to climb. there will surely be some sort of cut—off date for that backing, won't there? it is flexible, but i think it's a matter

of two weeks. i don't think it will be much more than that and i don't even think it will be another month. let me show you pictures from gaza right now, live pictures of the scene outside the medical centre in the southern city of khan younis where many people who originally lived in the north of the strip have fled to an we've seen again this morning fresh photographs from the centre of people who have been injured being brought in, children as well who have been wounded in the various strikes and fighting going on in the last 2a hours or so and it's been described in parts of khan younis is house—to—house fighting between members of hamas and the israeli defence forces and we will keep you up—to—date with this developing story and continuing coverage on bbc news but for now, hearing of the rest of the days

stories. —— here are the rest. thank you, anna. ukraine s first lady, olena zelenska, has warned that ukrainians will be left to die if western countries don t continue to support the war effort. in the two years since russia s invasion, the country has relied on billions of dollars from its overseas allies. in an exclusive interview with the bbc�*s laura kuennsberg, the first lady expressed grave concern over delays infunding, saying ukrainians were in mortal danger. translation: we do| need aid, desperately. in simple terms... ..we cannot get tired of the situation, because otherwise we will die. if the world gets tired, they will simply let us die. we can speak now to our correspondent in kyiv, jessica parker.

clearly ukrainians are getting increasingly concerned over levels of aid from their western allies? absolutely. what you heard from the first is a sentiment that is not hard to come by here on the streets of kyiv. i've been speaking to people all this week and often they will say we really do need more weapons. our children are dying. one woman told me her son is serving on the front line and there is a real nervousness because it's a tough time for ukraine and the world's attention has been diverted to some degree by what is happening in israel and gaza are the ukrainian counteroffensive which is much anticipated has been seen to have faulted. and as well this problem of whether western aid will come through and that really is coming to a head in the next week so there is this issue of the us aid, defence aide and america by far the biggest

backer to ukraine in that regard as economic aid that is in question from the european union, so ukrainians watching closely as to how much that western will to support them in this war holds up in the coming weeks. and what is happening on the front line? as i mentioned, the counteroffensive is now widely seen to have stalled but there is fierce fighting and some shelling today from the russian lines and then as well russia are widely seen to be trying to encircle the town and take one village and what you will notice i am talking about is more about russians trying to push forward rather than ukrainians and i think that takes us back to the point where ukraine really feels it needs more modern weapons from the west and they feel that they are hampered by a lack of that, so fierce fighting continuing

but not any major movement on the front line as things stand. the ukrainians did manage to get a bit of a foothold on the east bank of the day dnipro river which they are holding onto but fierce fighting there and it's proving difficult for them. �* , , . ., there and it's proving difficult for them. ,, ., ~ , there and it's proving difficult for them. ., , . them. jessica, thank you very much. now time to — them. jessica, thank you very much. now time to have _ them. jessica, thank you very much. now time to have a _ them. jessica, thank you very much. now time to have a look— them. jessica, thank you very much. now time to have a look at - them. jessica, thank you very much. now time to have a look at the - now time to have a look at the sport. here is gavin in our sport centre. how are we looking today? a busy day of football to start with, and we start in the premier league, where liverpool could go top for the time being at least, with a win at crystal palace. approaching half time at selhurst park — with the score at 0—0 alisson back in goal for liverpool. palace with a penalty decision overruled by var. palace with only one win in their previous eight matches which came against burnley. that one of six games in the top flight today. all eyes at villa park later, where aston villa could make it 15 home wins in a row. they're up againat league leaders arsenal though. brighton are home to burnley. sheffield united, the league's bottom side, are home to brentford.

wolves play nottingham forest. and for manchester united — they could go level on points with rivals manchester city who are fourth — with a win over bournemouth at old trafford. we've had our setbacks, especially at the start of the season a lot of things were against us, injuries, decisions and sometimes are just as a team we had to deal with that. you see the character of the team will be far back and we are in better form and the performances are increasing as a team and as individuals. he might be 38 years old — but cristiano ronaldo seems to show no sign of slowing down. ronaldo's made it 1200 professsional appearances on friday, and celebrated with a goal for his saudi club, al—nassr, as they won again. the five—time ballon d'or winner thanked all those who have helped him reach the landmark, but added that he

was "not done yet". games in the bundesliga today, but how about this to set the standard? the perfect volley from gonsalo pasiensia in the last minute for bochum on friday night. it was however only a consolation, his side losing 3—1 to hoffenheim. plenty of intriguing matches across europe. but staying in germany, 5th placed borussia dortmund host rb leipzig in 4th. bayern munich could back to the top, with a win over eintracht frankfurt. in italy's serie a, inter welcome udinese, looking to regain, top spot following juventus's victory over napoli last night. in the dutch league, ajax will hope to continue their resurgence, when they host sparta rotterdam, looking for a fourth—straight win. the nba's in—augural in—season tournament comes to a conclusion in las vegas later, as lebronjames's la lakers take on the indiana pacers. saturday's winners will become the first to lift the nba cup. it'll be a chance for both teams later to win silverware, given neither is expected to be

in contention come the nba finals next year. with the game taking place in vegas, it's likely to feel like a home game for the lakers. they are a pretty young team, very fast, they have a good energy and we have got to match it. we can't match it, but we've got to play our game and it's almost like our home court here, so we have to take that advantage. lewis hamilton says the actions of formula i's governing body have been "unacceptable" in launching an inquiry into mercedes head toto wolff — his wife susie — the head of fi's academy. the fia ended a conflict—of—interest investigation this week into the married couple, just two days after it began. it has been a challenging week, i think. a disappointing week, really, to see the governing body of our sport is, has sought to question the

integrity of one of the most incredible female leaders we've ever had in our sport. and without questioning, without any evidence, and thenjust questioning, without any evidence, and then just saying sorry at the end, and that's just unacceptable. and that's all the sport for now. will be back with more later, see you then. there's fury among some countries at the un climate summit in dubai, after the oil cartel opec urged its members to block any deal targeting fossilfuels. france's energy minister says she's "stunned" after opec — rallied its members to reject any proposal at cop28 to phase out fossil fuels. the french energy minister says he is stunned spain's ecology minister has called the move �*disgusting' . live now to my colleague carl nasman in dubai for us

to what extent is this move by opec dominating proceedings? it’s dominating proceedings? it's definitely a — dominating proceedings? it�*s definitely a big topic of discussion in dubai. a lot of people are speculating that this could show anxiety on the part of opec and it could also be some sort of response to the growing momentum we are seeing for some meaningful language in a final text about fossil fuel and to discuss this more i am joined ljy and to discuss this more i am joined by an independent climate analyst. what was your reaction when you saw the leaked opec documents which we should say we have not been able to independently verify but we haven't heard any response from opec either. if these are real communications, what do you make of them? i if these are real communications, what do you make of them? i was really rather _ what do you make of them? i was really rather surprised. _ what do you make of them? i was really rather surprised. it - what do you make of them? i was really rather surprised. it sounds like they— really rather surprised. it sounds like they kind of panicked and some and the _ like they kind of panicked and some and the letter gave the suggestion that they— and the letter gave the suggestion that they thought they were losing the battle for opinion over this possibility all the suggestion we should _ possibility all the suggestion we should be phasing out or phasing down _ should be phasing out or phasing down fossil fuels and the fact that

they wrote to their members saying in categorical terms, do not allow this agenda item to go through, i think— this agenda item to go through, i think that — this agenda item to go through, i think that is an indication of how they— think that is an indication of how they are — think that is an indication of how they are feeling.— they are feeling. there is some momentum _ they are feeling. there is some momentum because _ they are feeling. there is some momentum because more - they are feeling. there is some momentum because more half| they are feeling. there is some l momentum because more half of they are feeling. there is some - momentum because more half of the country here would support a phase—out of fossil fuels. i want to get to another word, and this is kind of cop 28101, but there is another word up for debate, abated and unabated and why is it so important? or more favoured. that suggests a gradual phase down into the back of the century and phase—out means the game is up forfossil

the century and phase—out means the game is up for fossil fuels and that's a very powerful message and scientists say it is absolutely needed but it is a very powerful message, but then there is the complication, further convocation of this abatement word. unabated fossil fuels means burning fossilfuels this abatement word. unabated fossil fuels means burning fossil fuels and then capturing the co2 out of the exhaust gases and burying it underground. that is extremely expensive and one projection suggested it would cost $1 trillion a year to do that and also all sorts of problems about how effective the technology is. one report suggested some carbon capture stations were losing up to 50% of their co2 which would make it useless, so that is where the argument is hovering at the moment. it something that the

interesting stuff in terms of combating co2. i have to say this was rather alarming, a group of marine scientists and charities said that they think politicians have not understood how the massive changes in the arctic are affecting world weather in all sorts of ways. the weather in all sorts of ways. the weather events are not driven on their own. they are partly driven, a lot of them, by changes in the arctic ice and the arctic is melting three times faster than other places on the planet, so they are calling for a moratorium on all development, exploitation of the arctic, whether it be tourism, or oil ships or cargo ships until we know more about what we are doing. ships until we know more about what we are doing-— we are doing. interesting stuff. we will see as the _ we are doing. interesting stuff. we will see as the day _ we are doing. interesting stuff. we will see as the day goes _ we are doing. interesting stuff. we will see as the day goes on, - we are doing. interesting stuff. we will see as the day goes on, we - we are doing. interesting stuff. we i will see as the day goes on, we have about four days left here in dubai for those negotiations and they are

expected to be rather intense, but we did hearfrom the cop 28 president earlier today who seemed actually pretty confident that this could get wrapped up on time and he said he wants most of the details done by the end of the weekend so it will be signed on the dotted line by tuesday, and the last one to finish on time was number 12 back in nairobi, so it's been a while. we'll see what happens and we will keep you up—to—date on the latest developments from cop 28 in dubai. carl they're bringing us continuing coverage of events in dubai. scientists have revealed the 75—million—year—old remains of a young tyrannosaur ? called a gorgosaurus — that has the hind legs of two baby dinosaurs it ate for its last meal preserved inside its body. the fossil was discovered more than a decade ago in dinosaur provincial park in alberta, canada. but scientists have just published a detailed study of what they say is the first evidence of what these large, young predators ate and how they hunted.

here s our science correspondent victoria gill. entombed in 75—year—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 dinosaur found between the individual ribs of the tyrannosaur. those bones were not immediately obvious to experts, but they were this gorgosaurs's last meal. highlighted in this diagram of the fossil, they are 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 this small, birdlike dinosaur called the citipes. it gives an insight into how

the young tyrannosaurs would have hunted and bitten their prey in half. the prey remains are actually preserved by the tyrannosaur�*s 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. they were so big and so strong that they crushed through the bones of their prey, literally there are fossils that have bite marks that match the teeth of the bigger adult tyrannosaurs. but the younger ones chased down their prey. to me that is 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. stay with us here on bbc news. hello. well, so far it's been an awful day across many parts of the country. heavy rain, strong winds. and this is the outlook for the next few days. further spells of wind and rain with some quieter gaps in between. i think there will be at least a little bit of sunshine. here's the satellite picture. and you can see propelled by a powerfuljet stream is today's weather system that's actually

storm elin moving across ireland and the uk and behind it is the next developing storm, storm fergus, which will impact ireland on sunday. so here's the forecast then for the rest of the day. the bulk of the rain has cleared out into the north sea by this stage. but curling into the centre of the low is this area of rain across northern ireland, the irish sea, into northwestern parts of england, gales for many coastal areas and inland too. but i think the strongest of the winds will be around this part of the british isles. so 60/70 mile an hour winds, certainly some coasts of lancashire, cumbria, very, very, very windy here through the course of today and into the evening. but eventually the winds will die down as decaying by this stage, storm elin pulls away and then we're in between weather systems. actually, the winds are going to fall light. there could be some mist and murk forming. and then early in the morning, we've got this next weather front moving into northern ireland, wales, the southwest linked to storm fergus,

which is centred here. so the strongest of the winds will actually be moving into western parts of ireland. so not too many impacts from the wind i think for us on sunday, but certainly some rain spreading across the uk. and then actually you can see a clearance here with some brighter weather or clearer weather i think by this stage towards the end of the day. so sunday into monday, one low pressure moves away and guess what, into monday and tuesday, there'll be further lows heading our way and so far has already been a very wet december. so the ground is just so soaked at the moment. just further rain on the way. now monday's actually looking a little bit quieter. there will be some sunny spells on the way. temperatures between seven and around 12 degrees celsius. here's the outlook over the next few days. the weather sort of chopping and changing from bright weather to rain to cloudy skies. some sunshine again, a bit of everything really on the way. bye bye.

this is bbc news. the headlines: the palestinian president, mahmoud abbas, has accused the united states of being complicit in war crimes, after it vetoed a un security council resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in gaza. israel has been moving its tanks towards the centre of khan younis, in the south of gaza. most of the population has now fled to coastal areas or towards rafah, further south. opec, the oil producers'

organisation, has been heavily criticised at the cop climate negotiations in dubai. a letter has been leaked from the head of opec calling on members to resist any reference to phasing out fossilfuels. ukraine's first lady — olena zelenska — tells the bbc that ukrainians will be left to die if western countries don't continue their support for the country. scientists have revealed the remains of a dinosaur that has its last meal now on bbc news, the travel show — costa rica: guarding the green revolution. i'm in a wild country! a place bursting with life and stunning landscapes. this is costa rica. over the past couple of decades, this small central american country has been transformed into the eco—tourism

beacon of the world.