should never be a m health care should never be a target. also in the programme... britain's former immigration minister robertjenrick redoubles his attack on the government's rwanda plan, saying it's unworkable. ajudge has ordered the bbc to release emails relating to the scandal over martin bashir�*s 1995 interview with princess diana on panorama. and the huge skull of a 150—million—year—old sea monster is revealed, after it was extracted from cliffs on the south coast of england. hello and a warm welcome to bbc news. israel has ordered residents to leave the centre of gaza's main southern city, khan younis, as fighting there intensifies. there's been heavy bombardment of the territory overnight. the head of the israeli army has called for the military campaign in gaza to be stepped up. israeli tanks are reported to be

slowly advancing towards the centre of khan younis and there are reports of house—to—house fighting in the city. the head of the world health organization has said the war in gaza is having a catastrophic impact on health care there. tedros adhanom ghebreyesus warned health workers are having to work in unimaginable conditions in a desperate effort to help civilians. anna a n na foster anna foster has been giving us the latest. an agonising goodbye. at least 14 people were killed in an israeli strike on a school where they'd been seeking safety in khan younis in southern gaza. crushed by the rubble. mohamed el rani lost his mum, dad and an unborn brother. what we want is to stop the bloodshed. every day we're losing our loved

ones, says this bereaved man. those who lived. and even those still in the womb. nearby, the rumble of tank fire amid fierce street fighting continues. further south, the town of rafah is now a sprawling campsite for displaced palestinians. but even here by the egyptian border, aid distribution is difficult. un officials are now warning of mass starvation. and despite a us veto for a resolution on friday, they're demanding action by the security council. i reiterated my appeal for a humanitarian ceasefire to be declared. regrettably, the security council failed to do it. but that does not make it less necessary. the head of israel's army is calling for the offensive in gaza to be stepped up amid signs, he says, that hamas is falling apart.

and the prime minister has this answer for countries pressing for a truce. you cannot, on the one hand support the elimination of hamas and on the other hand pressure us to end the war which would prevent the elimination of hamas. with predictions that fighting could go on for weeks more, back in gaza, the suffering continues on an unprecedented scale. yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem. that wasn't an foster as you heard there. let's now hearfrom that wasn't an foster as you heard there. let's now hear from anna foster injerusalem. well, i was speaking a little earlier, maryam, to mark regev, who is the spokesperson. he's a senior adviser actually to the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu. on some of those points that people have been raising about the humanitarian situation and particularly about this ongoing fighting, as well as the large numbers of civilians who are still being killed. now, he maintained the same point several times.

he said that when the fighting is is over, he said it would become apparent that israel had done everything possible to try and protect civilian lives. i mean, that is an interesting point, it's worth saying. and, you know, we've seen a lot, haven't we, the work that our courageous local colleagues have been doing in gaza. but internationaljournalists are unable to get in there at the moment to actually see for themselves what is happening and to support those local colleagues. so that is why so much of what we see as is based on the testimony of one side or another. and while mark regev said that, he said time will, will, will pass and that it will be apparent that israel did what it could to protect civilians. of course, the hamas—run health ministry says that more than 17,000 people, civilians have now been killed in gaza and the world health organization as well. they've been holding a special session today in geneva about the health situation in the occupied palestinian territories. and they were giving some really granular detail about some of the hardships that people

are facing in gaza at the moment, notjust to do with a crumbling health system there, but also the lack of of basic things, of food and of fuel and of sanitation kits, you know, the very, very simple things that people need to stay alive and to stay healthy. now, they are putting out that message to the world that only a cease fire will help preserve the health and the well—being of people in gaza. but of course, it's well over a week now since that last ceasefire ended. and it seems like there is very little prospect, at least in the short term, of another one being brought in to replace it. and of course, as this continues, we hear more and more about the dire situation people in gaza find themselves in. that's right. and again, we talk about the humanitarian situation. we see those people, more than a million people who were displaced from the north of the strip to the south. and you have now people who are are being told which areas are safe, which areas might take them away from the continuing

israeli bombardment. but those areas are becoming smaller and smaller, and the number of people that need them is becoming larger as more and more are having to to leave their homes. the weather is starting to turn now. at this time of the year, it's getting colder. you still have people who fled their homes without their possessions, without simple things like warm clothes and blankets. there isn't enough food for everybody. there isn't enough clean water. and while this continues and while the amount of humanitarian aid that goes in remains less than it needs to be on a normal day before the war, it was around about 500 trucks of humanitarian aid a day that would pass through the rafah crossing from egypt into gaza. at the moment, on a good day, it's something like 100, so it's really nowhere near the need of all of those people, so many more who are now displaced from their homes as this war has gone on. and again, no realsign, mariam, that any kind of concrete plan is being put in place to try and alleviate that huge need.

joining me now is professor nick maynard — a consultant surgeon from oxford university hospitals. nick works with medical aid for palestinians — and is overseeing the first team of uk medical professionals to enter gaza. you are well placed to update us on what the situation is there right now. . ~' what the situation is there right now. . ~ , ., what the situation is there right now. . ~ i. ., what the situation is there right now. . ~ ., ., ., now. thank you for asking me on. the situation is — now. thank you for asking me on. the situation is appalling _ now. thank you for asking me on. the situation is appalling out _ now. thank you for asking me on. the situation is appalling out there. - now. thank you for asking me on. the situation is appalling out there. i - situation is appalling out there. i have been in contact, or my colleagues have everyday with friends, colleagues who work in hospitals in southern gaza and we are seeing now exactly what happened in northern gaza a few weeks ago. the hospitals are overwhelmed, the health care structure has been systematically destroyed by the israeli defence force, and as we know, the amount of killings is going up steadily. i think one huge concern we are now seeing is there are about 30% of the population starving, most people can't get food

on everyday, most people are eating everyone or two days, 500,000 children are undergoing starvation. they are particularly susceptible to malnutrition and we are very, very worried we will see a huge increase in excess deaths. we became familiar with that phrase during covid, but the excess deaths many people predict will happen will dwarf the amount of killings that i haven't so far. i have heard some figures that unless there is a ceasefire, the amount of excess deaths because of malnutrition, diseases, we will get on to 100,000. i malnutrition, diseases, we will get on to 100,000.— on to 100,000. i believe you're overseeing _ on to 100,000. i believe you're overseeing the _ on to 100,000. i believe you're overseeing the first _ on to 100,000. i believe you're overseeing the first team - on to 100,000. i believe you're overseeing the first team of- on to 100,000. i believe you're overseeing the first team of uk| overseeing the first team of uk medical professionals entering gaza. is that the case, and when do you aim to get there? what will they be able to do, given the level of destruction we've heard about from aid agencies to hospitals around

gaza? ~ u, ., aid agencies to hospitals around gaza? ~ . , aid agencies to hospitals around gaza? ~ ., ., , gaza? medical aid is organising the teams to go _ gaza? medical aid is organising the teams to go out. — gaza? medical aid is organising the teams to go out, and _ gaza? medical aid is organising the teams to go out, and i _ gaza? medical aid is organising the teams to go out, and i been - gaza? medical aid is organising the teams to go out, and i been asked | gaza? medical aid is organising the l teams to go out, and i been asked to lead the clinicians going out to the first wave. they have got a significant number of volunteer doctors, nurses and physiotherapists ready to go. we are all on three week notice to go out there, but of course we will be going out on the emergency medical team mechanism which does guarantee a degree of safety from the israeli defence force, but that permission has not yet been granted yet. we are ready to go, but we have no idea what we will find. we don't know if we are going to gaza to deal with patients. as we speak, and we are learning more each day, we don't know when we are going in but as soon as we are

allowed we will.— allowed we will. thank you for talkin: allowed we will. thank you for talking to _ allowed we will. thank you for talking to us _ allowed we will. thank you for talking to us on _ allowed we will. thank you for talking to us on bbc _ allowed we will. thank you for talking to us on bbc news. . allowed we will. thank you for i talking to us on bbc news. thank allowed we will. thank you for - talking to us on bbc news. thank you very much- — here in the uk, the prime minister rishi sunak is under growing pressure over his plans to send asylum seekers to rwanda. the government has published new legislation which it says will overcome a previous ruling by the supreme court, which blocked deportations. robertjenrick — who was until last week the immigration minister responsible for the plans — says he won't support the government in a key vote on the issue on tuesday. 0ur political correspondent, peter saull, has more. why did you resign? this time last week, he was a loyal member of rishi sunak�*s government. but the ex—immigration minister is now on the opposing side of the argument to those who he used to share the cabinet table with. in his first interview since resigning, robertjenrick explained why he believes legislation designed to resurrect the rwanda plan will fail. we've already done two bills. this is the third bill. it's three strikes or you're out. i want this bill to work and create that powerful deterrent. i'm afraid it's very clear

to all those people who really understand how this system operates, that this bill will not succeed. and he's certainly not alone in urging the government to go further. in the sunday telegraph, sir bill cash from the european research group of right—leaning conservative mps writes that the bill isn't sufficiently watertight. on another wing of the tory party, though, a very different perspective. we insist that one of the basic tenets of conservatism that all conservative governments should stick to is the rule of law and meeting our international obligations. and so what we're spending this weekend reassuring ourselves, if we can, is that the legislation proposed actually stays within the law. caught in the middle, this still—serving cabinet minister believes the legislation will work. my confident expectation would be that the overwhelming majority of people who we choose to send to rwanda will be sent to rwanda. but more than that, you don't need

to take my word for it. you merely need to see what lord sumption and a variety of other lawyers from doughty street chambers, from cambridge university and others have said. remember, this is what the political arguments are all about — how to dissuade people from getting in boats in the first place. and there are questions for all parties about their plans to stem the tide. it really does feel like the desperate, dying days of this government and labour understands that this is a serious issue, dealing with the dangerous boats. it's serious for our national security, and because of the potential numbers of lives being lost. he's put the promise to stop the boats front and centre. but first he's got to stop the war of words in his own party. a judge has strongly criticised the bbc for failing to release a large number of emails relating to martin bashir�*s 1995 interview with princess diana on panorama. the documents had been

requested by a journalist, who was investigating what managers at the corporation knew about the controversial interview. martin bashir stepped down from his job at the bbc in 2021. our culture correspondent, charlotte gallagher, has been giving us more details. so these emails relate to a period in 2020 covering two months. and at that time martin bashir was back at the bbc, but he was on sick leave. and this was also the time that questions were mounting about how he secured the interview with princess diana. of course, we now know it was through deception and faking documents. now, a journalist called andy webb put in a freedom of information request to the bbc. he wanted to see the emails between senior managers and martin bashir over that period in 2020. he received a small number of emails and he thought there would be many more that he wasn't getting access to. so he went to a judge. it's now emerged there were over 3000 emails sent between these managers and martin bashir over that period.

the bbc, however, has said these are irrelevant and contain legally privileged information. but a judge has ordered the bbc to release a large number of emails to this journalist and he's been very critical of the bbc in the way they handled the request in the first place, saying it was a cause for serious concern. princess diana's brother, charles spencer. earl spencer also believes there was a cover up essentially at the top of the bbc. we know we haven't been able to read yet, but we know there are 38 emails between bashir and senior people at the bbc at this time. my suspicion is that they were cooking up a story to try and make him unavailable during a time of particular interest in diana's interview, which was the 25th anniversary. now, in a statement, the bbc says it has admitted that mistakes have been made in the past with this case and it said it's working to improve its processes. it says it has also apologised to andy webb, the journalist and the tribunal.

now it's time for a look at today's sport. hello from the bbc sport centre. we could be seeing one of the shocks, manchester city are losing against luton. adebayo put the home side up, and that is how it stands for the second half not long under way. pep guardiola trying to avoid a fifth win this game in the first time in his career. two other matches at the same stage, full cruising against west ham 3—0 and looking for a first win against them since 2014. everton have gone 1—0 up against chelsea. later on, a big match for tottenham and newcastle as they look to bounce back from defeats.

tottenham became the first team in premier league history to fail to win five consecutive matches after taking the lead in all of them, but their boss ange postecoglou remains postive for the future. there's been progress made, for sure, in many areas. other areas we need to do a lot of work in. we have obviously had some challenges within that timeframe of injuries which have disrupted our sort of ability to have a consistent line—up out there. we have to work our way through this difficult period, but we are still at the beginning of what we are trying to build. xabi alonso's bayer leverkusen have the chance to go six points clear at the top of the german bundesliga. they are currently 1—0 down against stuttgart. that's because bayern munich — their nearest rivals — were thrashed by eintracht frankfurt on saturday. 5—1 it finished, as the 11—time defending champions fell to their first defeat of the season. bayern go to manchester united on tuesday in the champions league as both teams aim to bounce back from shock defeats — united losing to bournemouth 3—0 at old trafford on saturday. england captainjos buttler says it is the start of a long journey after they lost their one day series

against the west indies 2—1, falling to a four—wicket defeat in barbados. ben duckett top scored with 71 to help england post 206—9 from 40 overs after a rain delay. and a further downpour left west indies with a revised target of 188 from 34 overs, which they achieved with 14 balls to spare, to give them a first home series win over england in the format since 1998. the two sides will now prepare for the five—match t20 series that begins on tuesday, also in barbados. in australia, the men's big bash league game between melbourne renegades and perth scorchers was abandoned afterjust 41 deliveries because of an unsafe pitch. the players were taken off after the umpires stopped play to inspect the pitch. the decision was greeted by boos from the fans. anthony davis scored 41 points to help the los angeles lakers to victory against the indiana pacers in the nba's first in—season tournament final. davis also registered 20 rebounds, five assists and four blocks, whilst lebronjames added 24 points and 11 rebounds in a 123—109 win. lebron also named the most valuable

player of the inaugural nba cup. my youngest over here, my second year guys, some haven't experienced play—off basketball. some of their paycheques aren't as equipped as some of the older guys in the team. some of our fans during december and january stall out, so i feel it's my obligation and responsibility to keep everyone engaged with our beautiful sport. luton are still leading 1—0. could be one of the shocks. fulham leading west ham 3—0, and everton are leading chelsea 1—0. we will have more for you later on. people in egypt are casting their ballots in the country's

presidential election. voting will be spread over three days, with approximately 67 million egyptians eligible to vote. president abdel fattah el—sisi hopes to win his third term in office. 0ur bbc arabic middle east correspondent, sally nabil, is in cairo and joins me now. correspondent, sally nabil, he correspondent, sally nabil, has been in power sinc since he has been in power since 2014, and since then the economy has had major problems and a huge impact on so many people living in egypt. what does he need to do to persuade people he is the candidate of change? people he is the candidate of chance? n . , people he is the candidate of chance? a . , ., , , change? actually that is the big cuestion, change? actually that is the big question, whether _ change? actually that is the big question, whether or _ change? actually that is the big question, whether or not - change? actually that is the big | question, whether or not change change? actually that is the big - question, whether or not change will happen after the elections. a lot of people we've talked to before the elections were pretty apprehensive. they have this feeling things are not going to go for the better. they are just not going to go for the better. they arejust hoping not going to go for the better. they are just hoping they won't get worse because there are speculations that the government will evaluate the

local currency once more over the past year or so, and the pound lost more than 50% of its value against the us dollar. prices of everything have skyrocketed, inflation rates have skyrocketed, inflation rates have hit an unprecedented level of 40%. the economy is people's major concern. everyone we've talked to has complained about their dire living conditions. we understand more egyptian families have been plunged into poverty since the government started applying what it calls economic reforms, austerity measures have been imposed, subsidies have been lifted off key sectors like fuel. a lot of people are struggling to meet ends meet. president abdel fattah el—sisi will secure an easy win for his third term, but what will he do with the

economy that is not in a good shave? that's the big question because a lot of people are pessimistic about tomorrow. ruefully, if you can, you say he's expected to wear and. is that because it is a one horse race question mark he's being contested by three local politicians. whenever you go around cairo you see banners bearing his face and name and promising people better days to come. there isn't a real challenge in the selection, and all the airtime and egyptian television has been dedicated to the president. it is more less a referendum, according to some critics, and people we've been talking to, they don't know who the contest is. that is why it is believed it will be an easy win. sally, thank you very much. working in a shop can be a tough job at any time of year

but the festive period — with its extra stress, queues and alcohol — can make attacks on retail staff even more likely. unions in the uk say their members are facing unacceptable levels of violence on a daily basis. stuart whincup reports. attacked behind the counter. some staff say they've been spat at, punched and abused while trying to serve customers. parviz has seen it all before. in his shop he's been robbed, racially abused, and had threats made against his life. from last year people coming in with a knife, people come with weapons, know what i mean? some people just cover their face, abusing, "go back to your country," and these things. "you don't know who i am. i burn your shop, i know where you live." the british retail consortium says every day hundreds of shop owners are dealing with abuse and violence. 0ne union described the situation as shocking. we are seeing a massive increase in threats,

verbal abuse, shoplifting, it gets worse, and our members are just not sure what they are walking into. business leaders want better protection for staff and tougher penalties for offenders. and more shop workers are now wearing body worn cameras. why are you touching me? get out. what are you touching me for? the government says it is completely unacceptable to threaten or assault shop workers and its changes in sentencing show these crimes will not be tolerated. stuart whincup, bbc news. the international energy agency says pledges made so far at the cop28 climate summit are only about a third of what is needed by 2030. governments and the oil industry have made non—binding promises to triple renewable energy and double energy efficiency by the end of the decade, as well as make sharp cuts in methane emission. the international energy agency said that while the pledges are positive steps, they would not be nearly

enough to move towards reaching international climate targets. 0ur climate reporter georgina rannard has been telling us why the next 24 hours are so critical. so we've reached the final two days of these talks here in dubai. and the nearly 200 countries assembled need to agree on what they want from these un climate talks. the key sticking point is the question of fossil fuels. how might they be phased out? when and what might that look like? there are big dividing lines between between the countries gathered here. there are countries on the front lines of climate change who are really suffering the effects. they are in the pacific islands and the caribbean and they want to make sure that the science is respected and that countries agree to limit global warming to 1.5. but these talks are in the uae, which has made its fortune off fossil fuels. and there are other petro states, saudi arabia, iran, and they do not want strong language on getting rid of fossilfuels. but then we also have countries like the us, the eu, they do want to have some language

on fossil fuels, but they want to make sure the whole world moves together rather than taking some of the responsibility of addressing those emissions that are driving climate change. we have a good climate section on our website with the latest from cop28. go there if you want to read more, but do stay with us. i am back in a few minutes. hello. we had wind and rain yesterday, last night, some wet weather around today as well. how about the outlook for the week ahead? further spells of wind and rain in the forecast, but there is an indication that towards the end of the week, high pressure should build from the south and the weather will settle down. it will turn drier and brighter. here is the satellite picture. 0ne low pressure clears away, here's the next one. this is actually storm fergus, named by the irish met service, met eireann. it's affecting ireland today

with severe gales there in the west. we'll also have some strong winds out towards the west later today. here are the temperatures at the end of the afternoon. around 10 degrees in the south, 5 degrees expected in glasgow and edinburgh. here's the low, with wind and rain moving through parts of north—western england, into wales, ending up around lincolnshire and east anglia. towards the end of the night, the winds fall light again. temperatures between around 2 degrees in the lowlands and about 9 degrees in the south, so a relatively mild night on the way. on monday, we are in between weather systems, so totally sandwiched between one low here and another one approaching off the atlantic and some weather fronts further south, too. i think a greater chance of some dry and bright if not sunny weather, at least for a time tomorrow, although not everywhere, because we have an easterly wind here, around aberdeenshire, fife, into the borders, so often cloudy and some spots of rain. but the next weather front is approaching — the next area of low pressure. and that will be sweeping over us during the course of tuesday,

so frequent showers, quite windy as well off the welsh coasts, the south west of england, central and southern england, and particularly wet in eastern scotland. that wind off the north sea constantly pushing in the rain clouds, so it could be really wet here and further north across scotland. and then wednesday, that low pressure pulls away, we will still be brushed by weather systems to the north, but watch this high. it's starting to build in from the azores, spreading across the country from friday onwards, into the weekend, so it looks as though things are going to be settling down, and this is reflected in our outlook for midweek onwards and into the weekend. from about friday, much drier and brighter weather. and certainly saturday and sunday, some sunshine around. bye— bye.

this is bbc news. the latest headlines... israel has ordered civilians in the centre of the main city in southern gaza to leave as fighting intensifies in the area. an adviser to the israeli prime minister said he didn't want to see people caught up in the crossfire in khan younis. the world health organization says the war in gaza is having a catastrophic impact on health care there. he warned that health workers are having to work in unimaginable conditions in a desperate effort to help civilians.

britain's former immigration minister, robertjenrick, has said it was clear to anyone involved with the government's new rwanda asylum legislation that it would not work. and the huge skull of a 150—million—year—old sea monster is revealed — after it was extracted from cliffs on the south coast of england. the right—wing libertarian, javier milei, has been sworn in as argentina's new president. mr milei, a former television pundit, won a november run—off poll — he'd gained popular support for radical proposals including scrapping the central bank and allowing people to make money by selling their organs. argentina is facing its worst economic crisis in decades with inflation rapidly heading towards 200%. this was the moment he was officially inaugurated. mr milei won popular support for radical policies including

making the us dollar the official currency and allowing people to make money by selling their organs. as well as promising to root out the establishment within politics. live now to juani fernandez, an economist and supporter of javier milei. and i believe you are a contender for a post in his administration. thank you forjoining us here. people don't trust the established political class in argentina. it is clear. and this is why in many ways the vote forjavier milei was a bit of a protest against corruption and soaring inflation and mounting poverty, but he is bringing members of the political caste into his government. for example, patricia bullrich, who he once upon a time called a more generic terrorist. why is he doing that and how can people trust him if that is the first thing he does? i think you have been muted. , ., , , .,, .,

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is more like a left wing part of that party. let's talk about the economy- _ that party. let's talk about the economy- is — that party. let's talk about the economy. is he _ that party. let's talk about the economy. is he genuinely - that party. let's talk about the - economy. is he genuinely intending to abolish the central bank and dollar rise the economy? scores of economic experts have said that this is going to exacerbate the country's already very serious economic travails. the poor, they always bear the brunt of these things in argentina, is this not going to concern his administration? yes. argentina, is this not going to concern his administration? yes, he he will not do _ concern his administration? yes, he he will not do that _ concern his administration? yes, he he will not do that immediately. - concern his administration? yes, he he will not do that immediately. it | he will not do that immediately. it will take a year or two may be to do that, but he will do that eventually. it was a commitment he took to his voters so he will do that. ~ ., , ., ., ., that. whether he does it now or a ear, the that. whether he does it now or a year. the impact _ that. whether he does it now or a year, the impact is _ that. whether he does it now or a year, the impact is going - that. whether he does it now or a year, the impact is going to - that. whether he does it now or a year, the impact is going to be i that. whether he does it now or a | year, the impact is going to be the same. most economists say the impact is going to be catastrophic? argentina is heading to a catastrophic scenario if we do not change, if we do not change direction quickly. for you to take

some context, both the treasury and central bank deficit is like 13% of gdp, which is enormous. we had a hyperinflation around the corner. if you do not drastically restrict monetary policy, new heading towards hyperinflation. and a humanitarian crisis which could take poverty rate to 80%. so it is like, if you don't do anything, you are heading towards that scenario. that is why javier milei's goal in 2024 is to engage in damage control, extinguish the inflationary fire and prevent the hyperinflation.— inflationary fire and prevent the hyperinflation. how is he going to do that? he _ hyperinflation. how is he going to do that? he is _ hyperinflation. how is he going to do that? he is cutting _ hyperinflation. how is he going to do that? he is cutting public - do that? he is cutting public spending. but he set himself the cost will be borne by corrupt political classes. that is not true, surely, is it? he political classes. that is not true, surely. is it?—

surely, is it? he can do that by transferring, _ surely, is it? he can do that by transferring, exchanging - surely, is it? he can do that by transferring, exchanging from | surely, is it? he can do that by i transferring, exchanging from the central bank to do some financial tricks. so he can do that in 2024. without touching the public expenditure that goes to social welfare and stuff, so he can do that. the thing is, from 2025 onwards, the plan is to further reduce inflation. as you said, we have now a 200 inflation rate, which is devastation here. so the challenge, that will be done in 2025. in 2024, he will not touch that. , . , , 2025. in 2024, he will not touch that. , ., , , ., that. listen, it has been good to talk to yon _ that. listen, it has been good to talk to you. thank _ that. listen, it has been good to talk to you. thank you _ that. listen, it has been good to talk to you. thank you very - that. listen, it has been good to i talk to you. thank you very much. a philippine boat and a chinese ship have collided in contested waters in the south china sea, with each country blaming the other

for the confrontation. it's the second maritime clash between the two countries this weekend. here's david waddell. the collision occurred during a philippine resupply mission to a tiny garrison on second thomas shoal in the spratly islands. that's an archipelago between the philippines and vietnam. these are myriad tiny islands spread across a huge area and they're hotly contested. so much so, in fact, that the united states routinely patrols the area in what is known as freedom of navigation exercises. here's the uss carl vinson making its way through what the us regards as international waters, much to the irritation of china. because china, taiwan and vietnam each have competing claims to the whole area. the philippines and malaysia each have partial claims. and between them, each of the five countries occupies at least some territory in the spratly islands. brunei claims an inclusive economic zone to a continental shelf which overlaps with the area. indeed, the economic implications are crucial to these disputes. about 112 ships a day pass through the south china sea. that's double the number that pass

through the suez canal, triple the number that pass through panama. it's also an area that is rich fishing territory and a source of guano, a type of fertiliser, along with oil and gas. so what's happened here? these pictures shared earlier by the philippine coastguard show water cannons being fired upon philippine vessels by the chinese coastguard. there was a similar incident on saturday. these pictures are from today, sunday. and a further image from the philippine armed forces is this. it shows the chinese coastguard vesseljust after making contact with the philippine supply boat. it's the latest in a litany of maritime incidents between the two countries, but tensions have escalated in recent months as president marcos has sought to improve ties with washington and push back against chinese ambitions in the south china sea. manila says its boat was rammed by the chinese vessel, beijing accuses the philippine boat of changing direction suddenly and deliberately colliding with the chinese vessel. it claims the philippine vessels were trying to take construction

materials to an illegally—based warship upon which their garrison is located. in 2016, an international tribunal ruled that china's claims to the south china sea have no legal basis. that's my colleague, david waddell there. the bloodshed in israel and gaza is the latest in a conflict with a long history. many argue that peace will only come if both israelis and palestinians accept the others right to statehood. after decades of failure, we look into their positions and ask whether the two—state solution, as it's called, is still a viable option for peace. issam ikirmawi reports. shouting the world has been shocked by the unprecedented violence in gaza and israel, and it's sparked new calls for a solution to the decades—old conflict between israelis and palestinians. a two—state solution is the only way. this is the heart of

the two—state solution. some world leaders have suggested bringing the two—state solution back to the table. efforts to find a two state solution. - but after decades of failure, is it still a viable option? the two—state solution would create an independent state of palestine. but for israelis and palestinians to live side—by—side in their own independent state, both have to recognise the other�*s right to exist. the leader of israel's government, benjamin netanyahu, is against palestinian independence and he's opposed two—state solutions. he presented a map of israel to the united nations this year which included nojurisdiction for palestinians and drew criticism of incitement. in the same speech, he accused palestinians of not recognising thejewish state of israel.

for peace to prevail, the palestinians must stop spewing jew hatred, finally reconcile themselves to the jewish state. 0n the other side of the conflict, hamas, seen by some palestinians as a resistance movement and designated a terrorist group by western leaders, rejects israel's right to exist. hamas supports what they describe as armed struggle against israel. but hamas is not the only palestinian political voice. until 2006, the palestinian authority was in control of both the west bank and gaza. but after the elections that year, hamas ousted the pa by force from gaza, creating a divide in palestinian leadership.

the pa has long supported the two—state solution and recognises israel. but the governing body's president, mahmoud abbas, claims israel is no longer acting as a partnerfor peace. critics of benjamin netanyahu's government say that the divide in palestinian leadership is convenient for israeli opponents of the solution. netanyahu, he nourished the hamas economy and the hamas existence in gaza in order to weaken the palestinian authority

of the west bank. he, actually, was feeding hamas in order to prevent any option for a palestinian state in the occupied west bank territories because the settlements' political base is there. benjamin netanyahu has previously rejected claims he wanted to build up hamas, and other israeli voices have said peace is impossible while hamas is committed to israel's destruction. there's no option but to eradicate hamas. and if anyone has a better idea how to eradicate this hamas—isis, let me know. consecutive israeli governments have made the building of illegal settlements on occupied palestinian [and a political priority. 2023 has set a record for settlement construction in the west bank, according to the non—governmental

group peace now. this map shows in red the increase ofjewish settlements between 1979 and 2019. these are sanctioned by the israeli government. the outposts marked in blue are unauthorised communities. under international law, settlements like this one known as efrat are illegal, though israel disputes that. for many palestinians, the issue of settlements is a significant barrier to a meaningful peace process. if we look from a realpolitik perspective, if we look on the ground, 30 years after the peace process, we are faced with an entrenched israeli military occupation. we are faced with a tripled number of settlers that had reached more than 750,000 settlers in the west bank, hindering any possibility for any palestinian state.

the idea of a two—state solution dates back to the un partition plan in 1947. the plan proposed splitting the british mandate territory of palestine into two separate states. a majority was allocated for a jewish state and 43% of an arab state, with an international enclave around jerusalem. the palestinians rejected the plan, whilejewish armed groups wasted no time in taking over towns and villages. by the end of the war, the israelis were in possession of 78% of mandatory palestine. this became known to palestinians as the nakba, or catastrophe, of 1948, which displaced hundreds of thousands of people. israel won another war in 1967 and occupied the remaining land, including the west bank and gaza, as well as eastjerusalem. but the conflict continued.

in 1993, the leader of the palestinian liberation organisation, yasser arafat, and israeli prime minister yitzhak rabin signed the oslo accords. these agreements envisioned a two—state solution to bring an end to the conflict. the israeli foreign minister at the time, shimon peres, heralded a new partnership. we shall negotiate with you a permanent settlement and with all our neighbours, a comprehensive peace. but the oslo accords were attacked by hard—liners on both sides, and the early promise of an independent palestinian state was dashed by the events of november, 1995. the israeli prime minister, i yitzhak rabin, the architect of the middle east peace process, has been assassinated. _ he was shot tonight as he left. a peace rally in tel aviv and died

shortly afterwards in hospital. his death at the hands of a jewish extremist left the peace process in ruins. hassan asfour was a member of the palestinian delegation to the oslo accords. he said he believed israelis were divided over the agreement rabin had reached with the plo. after rabin's assassination, benjamin netanyahu came to prominence opposing the agreement, and in the eyes of many, halting progress made during the peace talks. the founding charter of netanyahu's likud party sets out that, "between the sea and thejordan, there will only be israeli sovereignty." throughout most of his time in power, mr netanyahu has continued

to promote security concerns as the main argument against a two—state solution. on the eve of the 2015 elections, he outright rejected the idea of palestinian state. it's clear that israel has seen a big political shift to the right since the oslo accords. the left—leaning peace camp, once vocal in its opposition to the settlement enterprise, has all but disappeared. the number of seats held by the left has gone from 56 in 1992 to just four in 2022.

the israeli parliament is now dominated by right—wing parties and religious groups. the two arab parties have only ten seats, even though 20% of israel's populations are palestinian arabs with the right to vote. public opinion polls carried out among israelis in early 2023 found that 35% thought it was possible for israel and an independent palestinian state to coexist peacefully. 46% disagreed. for many on the israeli right, a limited autonomy for palestinians is as far as they have been willing to contemplate. when i think about the future of the israeli—palestinian conflict, i have to be honest, i don't see any real solution any time soon. so i think what we should do now is minimise the conflict and allow palestinians to have more autonomy, to have their own power grids, to have their own water desalination factories, and it will help both of us. on the palestinian side, researchers who spoke to people in the west bank and gaza strip

in early november, 2023, reported just over 17% of palestinians they talked with supported a two—state solution. 68% of those they spoke with said their support for a two—state solution has declined. the bloodshed that followed the october 7th attacks has brought the elusive quest for a lasting peace to the israeli—palestinian conflict back into sharp focus. 30 years on from the oslo accord, some of those who played an instrumental role in the negotiations still hold fast to the idea of reviving the two—state solution. i believe that it is the only solution that we have. after the war, there will be a reshuffle. i don't believe that netanyahu will remain as the prime minister and the government will be very, very different this way or another. so i think that on the israeli side, there is a chance, a serious chance,

that the issue of the two—state solution will reappear. so far, every effort to revive the peace process has failed. but as world leaders try again to push israelis and palestinians towards a resolution, the question remains whether the two—state solution may once again be revived. that was a deep dive into the two state solution. now, imagine a sea monster with 130 razor—sharp teeth, the biting force of a t—rex, and a skull measuring two metres.

it might sound like the stuff of legend or hollywood movies, but this creature really did exist around 75 milllion years ago. it was called a pliosaur — and a fossil of its enormous jaws has been found off dorset�*sjurassic coast. our science editor rebecca morelle went for an exclusive look. 0k. oh, wow! there you go. it's huge! unveiling a jurassic sea monster. this is the 2m—long skull of a pliosaur, one of the most fearsome predators the planet has ever seen. so it's got big teeth — excellent for stabbing and killing its prey. it doesn't chew its food, itjust breaks into bits and... throws it back to get in there... and digests the bone and everything. steve etches lead the efforts to unearth and prepare this ancient aquatic beast. so what makes this unique is it's complete. so the lowerjaws and upper skull are meshed together, as it would be in life. to find that, i think worldwide, there's hardly any specimens ever found to that level of detail. if they are, a lot of the bits are missing, whereas this, although it's slightly distorted, has got every bone present.

it's one of the best fossils i've ever worked on. i'll never probably work on another one. the snout was discovered by a fossil enthusiast on a beach near kimmeridge bay in dorset. ijust found something quite extraordinary. it's the jaw of a massive pliosaur. it's enormous. it must've just come out of a cliff up there somewhere. over the course of weeks, the rest was excavated — a perilous process with steve and the team dangling off ropes halfway down a fast—eroding cliff face. it was all followed by a bbc documentary team and sir david attenborough. in these waters, underneath my feet, lurked the ultimate marine predator, the pliosaur. this gigantic reptile lived

150 million years ago. reaching more than 12m in length, its bulky body was powered through the water with huge paddle—like limbs. it would have terrorised the oceans. so what we're looking at here is a surface scan of the skull of the pliosaur. scientists have scanned the fossil to try and learn more about its bite with its 130 razor—sharp teeth. they've calculated it had a bite force similar to a t—rex. i think what we're looking at here is the top predator in the environment. you know, this animal had a huge bite. it would have been able to eat pretty much everything else that was around in the water at that time, including some other very large animals as well — other pliosaurs and plesiosaurs, ichthyosaurs, other marine crocodilians as well, would all be potential prey items for this animal. the dark clay of dorset�*s kimmeridge bay is rich in fossils. why is that? 150 million years ago,

this whole area would've been a tropical ocean. and the cliffs behind me were the mud on the sea floor, where the bodies of prehistoric sea creatures were buried. and there they remained, hidden away for millions of years. it's only now, as the rocks crumble, that these fossilised skeletons are finally being revealed. the exact location where the pliosaur�*s head was found is a closely guarded secret. the team believes the rest of the skeleton is still embedded in the cliffs. i'll stake my life on the rest of the animal is there, that's for sure. really, it should come out because it's in a very rapidly eroding environment. this part of the cliff is going back by feet a year and it won't be very long before the rest of it sort of drops out and it gets lost, so it would be advantageous to do this because the opportunity is once in a lifetime. the pliosaur will be put on display in dorset in the new year and it

will bring scientists from all around the world to study it, to learn more about this monster of the seas and the world it lived in all those millions of years ago. rebecca morelle, bbc news, thejurassic coast in dorset. absolutely amazing. stay with us here on bbc news. i'm back in a few minutes. hello. we had wind and rain yesterday, last night, some wet weather around today as well. how about the outlook for the week ahead? further spells of wind and rain in the forecast, but there is an indication that towards the end of the week, high pressure should build from the south and the weather will settle down. it will turn drier and brighter. here's the satellite picture. one low pressure clears away, here's the next one. this is actually storm fergus, named by the irish met service, met eireann.

it's affecting ireland today with severe gales there in the west. we'll also have some strong winds out towards the west later today. here are the temperatures at the end of the afternoon. around 10 degrees in the south, 5 degrees expected in glasgow and edinburgh. here's the low, with wind and rain moving through parts of north—western england, into wales, ending up around lincolnshire and east anglia. towards the end of the night, the winds fall light again. temperatures between around 2 degrees in the lowlands and about 9 degrees in the south, so a relatively mild night on the way. on monday, we're in between weather systems, so totally sandwiched between one low here and another one approaching off the atlantic and some weather fronts further south, too. i think a greater chance of some dry and bright if not sunny weather, at least for a time tomorrow, although not everywhere, because we have an easterly wind here, around aberdeenshire, fife, into the borders, so often cloudy and some spots of rain. but the next weather front is approaching — the next area of low pressure.

and that low will be sweeping over us during the course of tuesday, so frequent showers, quite windy as well off the welsh coasts, the south west of england, central and southern england, and particularly wet in eastern scotland. it's that wind off the north sea constantly pushing in the rain clouds, so it could be really wet here and further north across scotland. and then wednesday, that low pressure pulls away, we will still be brushed by weather systems to the north, but watch this high. it's starting to build in from the azores, spreading across the country from friday onwards, into the weekend, so it looks as though things are going to be settling down, and this is reflected in our outlook for midweek onwards and into the weekend. from about friday, much drier and brighter weather. and certainly saturday and sunday, some sunshine around. bye— bye.

live from london, this is bbc news. fighting is intensifying in gaza's second city, khan younis — with residents ordered by israeli forces to leave central areas. the head of the world health organization has said the war in gaza is having a catastrophic impact on health care there. the who has verified more than 449 attacks on healthcare in gaza on the west bank and 60 attacks on healthcare.

health care should never be a target. also in the programme... britain's former immigration minister robertjenrick redoubles his attack on the government's rwanda plan, saying it's unworkable. in argentina right—wing libertarian economistjavier milei sworn in as president. ajudge has ordered the bbc to release emails relating to the scandal over martin bashir�*s 1995 interview with princess diana on panorama. hello, a warm welcome to bbc news. israel has ordered residents to leave the centre of gaza's main southern city, khan younis, as fighting there intensifies. there's been heavy bombardment of the territory overnight. the head of the israeli army has called for the military campaign in gaza to be stepped up. israeli tanks are reported to be

slowly advancing towards the centre