redoubles his attack on the government's rwanda plan, saying it's "unworkable". in argentina, right—wing libertarian economistjavier milei is sworn in as president. hello, i'm maryam moshiri. 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 healthcare there. tedros adhanom ghebreyesus warned

health workers are having to work in unimaginable conditions in a desperate effort to help civilians. our middle east correspondent yolande knell has the latest. an agonising goodbye. at least 14 people were killed in an israeli strike on a school where they had been seeking safety in khan younis in southern gaza, the family say. crushed by the rubble, mohammed lost his mum, dad and his unborn brother. what we want is to stop the bloodshed. every day we are losing our loved ones, says this bereaved man. those who lived and even though still in the womb. 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 are 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. the prime minister had this answer for countries pressing for a truce. translation: you cannot on the one hand support the elimination - of hamas and on the other hand prefer to end the war which would prevent the elimination of hamas.

with predictions that fighting could go on for weeks more, back in gaza to the suffering continues on an precedented scale. let's hear more now from the world health organization which met in switzerland for a special session on the situation in the occupied palestinian territories. here's the director general of the who. since the 7th of october, who has verified more than 419 attacks on health care in gaza and the west bank, and 60 attacks on health care in israel. healthcare should never be a target. i also grieve the loss of more than 100 of our un colleagues in gaza, including our own dima alhaj, who was killed alongside her six—month—old son, her husband and her two brothers. in summary, health needs have

increased dramatically and the capacity of the health system has been reduced to one third of what it was. live now to geneva where we can speak to tarikjasarevic, spokesperson for the world health organization. thanks so much forjoining us on bbc news. let me ask you first of all, we heard there from the doctor about the situation in gaza, tell us a little bit more about how desperate things are in terms of the medical needs in gaza. the things are in terms of the medical needs in gaza.— needs in gaza. the needs are enormous — needs in gaza. the needs are enormous and _ needs in gaza. the needs are enormous and the _ needs in gaza. the needs are enormous and the capacity i needs in gaza. the needs arei enormous and the capacity to needs in gaza. the needs are - enormous and the capacity to address those needs are getting smaller by the day, only 14 out of 36 hospitals in gaza are partially functional, providing only basic health services or only certain services available.

more fighting, more bombardments mean more injured people who need trauma intervention, while hospitals are really struggling to have enough capacity to provide that. on top of injured people, there is also more than 350,000 people with chronic diseases who need health services. there is a 50,000 pregnant women in gaza. on top of all of that, there is a risk of emergence of infectious diseases as people are pushed into ever smaller places with dropping temperatures and lack of clean water and sanitation. so, really, the health system is on its knees and what we need is unhindered and unimpeded access for humanitarian aid including medical supplies and protection of health workers and facilities. ., ., , ., protection of health workers and facilities. ., ., ., ., facilities. how are you going to get

that suwly. _ facilities. how are you going to get that suwly. get — facilities. how are you going to get that supply, get what _ facilities. how are you going to get that supply, get what you - facilities. how are you going to get that supply, get what you need, i that supply, get what you need, given the fact that there is no plan for a ceasefire in the nearfuture? well, the special meeting of executive board of the royal organisation just ended 30 minutes ago. a resolution has been adopted by consensus, calling for unimpeded, sustained and immediate access of humanitarian aid, including medical supplies and also calling for protection of health workers and access for health workers to all patients in need. this is really good news that all countries could agree on this. what we need now is a political will to put in practice what has been agreed. really, there is no health without having a cessation of hostilities and even if

we bring medical supplies, if there is a conflict going on, there will inevitably be more victims, more injured people and more suffering for people of gaza. h0??? injured people and more suffering for people of gaza.— for people of gaza. how likely is it, civen for people of gaza. how likely is it, given that — for people of gaza. how likely is it, given that there _ for people of gaza. how likely is it, given that there is _ for people of gaza. how likely is it, given that there is this - it, given that there is this consensus, given you are talking about political will, that we are going to see some sort of resolution to this? becausejudging going to see some sort of resolution to this? because judging from the kind of words we are hearing from the who director—general, it is almost a feeling it is just too late already. almost a feeling it is 'ust too late alread . ~ ., ., ., already. well, we have to do everything — already. well, we have to do everything we _ already. well, we have to do everything we can _ already. well, we have to do everything we can as - already. well, we have to do - everything we can as humanitarians. we together with other un agencies and humanitarian actors are doing our best to have those supplies to be ready to get in, to have enough people to provide support to really have the work of health workers in gaza. but every day, there is less and less available health workers because they have had to take care of their security, they have not been able to rest for a second. so

we as humanitarians, we do what we can. what is really needed at a political level, there is enough will really to bring solutions that will really to bring solutions that will stop the fighting and let us and health workers both in israel and health workers both in israel and in gaza do theirjob to provide health care to all those who need it. ., ~ health care to all those who need it. . ~ ., ~ health care to all those who need it. tarik, thank you very much indeed. spokesperson - it. tarik, thank you very much indeed. spokesperson for- it. tarik, thank you very much indeed. spokesperson for the | it. tarik, thank you very much - indeed. spokesperson for the world health organization, good to have you on the show, thank you. thank ou. staying in the uk, 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. our 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. with more on this, our political correspondent helen catt is in the newsroom. this is very much a political crisis for rishi sunak, what are the next few days going to hold for him potentially? the few days going to hold for him potentially?— few days going to hold for him potentially? few days going to hold for him otentiall ? ., , , ., potentially? the next few days are auoin to potentially? the next few days are going to be _ potentially? the next few days are going to be pretty— potentially? the next few days are going to be pretty crucial- potentially? the next few days are going to be pretty crucial to - potentially? the next few days are going to be pretty crucial to this. | going to be pretty crucial to this. on the votes around the rwanda scheme and the legislation that he is trying to put through to try and get that back up and running, there is a... it is going to the house of commons on tuesday for what is known as a second reading, that is when mps vote on the principle behind the bill. between now and then, there

are a couple of really important things that are due to happen in westminster. over this weekend, conservative mps have been considering whether or not they are going to back this plan or whether they won't and tomorrow at noon, we are going to get a meeting of right—wing mps. we are going to hear from the lawyers who have been looking at it on their behalf and as to be heard in the peace there, we already know that those lawyers think that it is not sufficiently watertight, it needs to go further. so the question will be, what will they decide to do about it? do they decide tojust they decide to do about it? do they decide to just vote against this bill or do they decide they will let it through at this stage and try and toughen it up at a later stage? there has certainly been indications that they would like the government to tighten this bill up. on the other hand, you have another group of conservative mps known as the one nation group, they are meeting tomorrow evening and they are more centrist, moderate and they are already concerned that this bill is pretty much on the edge of what they find acceptable when it comes to international law. so, they haven't

yet said of one way or the other which way they are coming down on the bill. but any attempts to strengthen it is likely to alienate them. the important thing to say is, whatever these two meetings come out with, it doesn't necessarily mean every conservative mp in each of these groupings is going to follow exactly that. but there are certainly the numbers on each side of this debate to potentially put this policy in jeopardy and we know that the opposition, labour, i going to vote against it. so that is why it is so crucial and for rishi sunak, another added problem for him tomorrow is that he won't be in westminster to try to bring mps on either side to his way of thinking because he is going to be spending his day giving evidence to the covid inquiry. his day giving evidence to the covid inuui . , ., , ~' his day giving evidence to the covid inuui . , ., , ,, inquiry. this does feel like it has divided opinion _ inquiry. this does feel like it has divided opinion amongst - inquiry. this does feel like it has - divided opinion amongst conservative mps, divided opinion amongst conservative mp5, is it worth it in the long term for rishi sunak? this

mps, is it worth it in the long term for rishi sunak?— mps, is it worth it in the long term for rishi sunak? this is the gamble he is looking _ for rishi sunak? this is the gamble he is looking at _ for rishi sunak? this is the gamble he is looking at and _ for rishi sunak? this is the gamble he is looking at and the _ for rishi sunak? this is the gamble he is looking at and the challenge l he is looking at and the challenge is taking. he made the decision of stopping the boats, as he puts it. he made it one of the five things that he said the public should judging home, whether or not he delivers. the government has actually made progress on this, but crossings are down when they had been going up and they have had quite a lot of success from striking a deal with albania so they have actually got some good progress report on this. but the overhanging issue has been the fact that this rwanda plan, which is part of their strategy for this and they see it as a deterrent in a way that perhaps some of the other things aren't, that has struggled to get off the ground. what rishi sunak has done is put a lot of his own political capital behind getting this particular plan up and running. that is a risk, not least because of the divisions that we can see so clearly between the different wings of his party about how far they think the party, the government, should go when it comes to international law or how far they think it needs to go to try to get this plan off the

ground. so, there is a lot of risk there and certainly rishi sunak is spending quite a lot of political capital on it. spending quite a lot of political capital on it— spending quite a lot of political caital on it. . ~' ,, , capital on it. helen, thank you very much. capital on it. helen, thank you very much- helen _ capital on it. helen, thank you very much. helen catt, _ capital on it. helen, thank you very much. helen catt, our— capital on it. helen, thank you very much. helen catt, our political- much. helen catt, our political correspondent. the new president of argentina, javier milei, has said that shock treatment is needed to deal with the economic crisis in the country. after being sworn in, mr milei, a right—wing libertarian, warned that the situation would initially get worse for argentine people, but there was no alternative to austerity and spending cuts in the short term. inflation in argentina is rapidly heading towards 200%. yes, 200%! mr milei has taken over from the unpopular centre—left president alberto fernandez, but will need to negotiate with rivals as his coalition only forms a small bloc in congress. mr milei gained popular support for radical proposals including scrapping the central bank and allowing people to make money by selling their organs.

juani fernandez is an economist and supporter ofjavier milei and is a contender for a post in his administration. he's been telling me that it's going to take time to tackle the economic problems. from 2025 onwards, the plan is to further reduce inflation to single digits. we have now, as you said, 200% inflation rate which is devastation here. the challenge here for social welfare and stuff, that will take... that will be done in 2025. in 2024, he will not touch them. let's go live to buenos aires and here we have the new president. let's have a look at what is happening here. ithink let's have a look at what is happening here. i think he is meeting members of congress. earlier on, he addressed people outside congress. he was driven very slowly

in a motorcade along the streets of buenos aires with thousands of people gathered to greet him and to celebrate his victory. as we see these pictures, live now to our our bbc mundo reporter, veronica smink, who's in buenos aires. a lot of people watching this at home having seen the now president holding the chain saw in that video, the kind of like which he uses will be quite a surprise with the fact he is so popular in argentina. explain if you can why he is so popular. to if you can why he is so popular. trr understand this, you have to understand this, you have to understand that while many people discovered what inflation is off to the coronavirus pandemic in argentina. people have been with over 25% annual inflation in the last ten years and if you ask many of those, 50% of arjun seniors who voted for milei in the run—off, what he said as we can go on like this, we have to try something very different, very new. but

we have to try something very different, very new.— different, very new. but his definition _ different, very new. but his definition of _ different, very new. but his definition of different - different, very new. but his definition of different and l different, very new. but his i definition of different and new fields for many people, particularly dollarisation in argentina, a lot of economists saying that is going to make the economy lot worse. what is going on a cosmic own, we can see live pictures now actually of president zelensky, can we go back to those live pictures please? veronica, i will hold you because president zelensky of ukraine is alive in buenos aires and he is embracing the new president milei, this trip by president zelensky was planned in advance, i believe. do you know anything about this trip? what is it that president zelensky is argentina to do? this what is it that president zelensky is argentina to do?— is argentina to do? this trip was announced _ is argentina to do? this trip was announced just _ is argentina to do? this trip was announced just a _ is argentina to do? this trip was announced just a few— is argentina to do? this trip was announced just a few days - is argentina to do? this trip was announced just a few days ago l is argentina to do? this trip was i announced just a few days ago and is argentina to do? this trip was - announced just a few days ago and he is the most surprising visit. i believe his intention is to talk to many of the presidents who have travelled to argentina from different countries of latin america to speak to them together during

today's events. we to speak to them together during today's events.— to speak to them together during today's events. we are going to 'ust sta with today's events. we are going to 'ust stay with these fl today's events. we are going to 'ust stay with these pictures i today's events. we are going to 'ust stay with these pictures for i today's events. we are going to 'ust stay with these pictures for a h stay with these pictures for a little bit longer of president zelensky meeting the argentinian president. president zelensky, as you said, is visiting latin america at the moment. he is drumming up support, it has been a difficult week for him, this is his first ever trip to latin america and he is drumming up support amongst developing nations. in fact, drumming up support amongst developing nations. infact, i believe he was at the swearing in of argentina's new president a few hours ago. argentina's new president a few hours ago-— argentina's new president a few hours ago._ thank l argentina's new president a few. hours ago._ thank you hours ago. that's right. thank you very much — hours ago. that's right. thank you very much for— hours ago. that's right. thank you very much for taking _ hours ago. that's right. thank you very much for taking the - hours ago. that's right. thank you very much for taking the time - hours ago. that's right. thank you very much for taking the time to l very much for taking the time to speak to us. we will leave you with those pictures, caught a little bit by surprise here at bbc news, i have to say, seeing president zelensky striding into that beautiful room but we will leave those pictures now and perhaps bring you more on what is happening in argentina. it is all happening in argentina, isn't it? conspiracy theorist alex jones has had his account on x, formerly twitter, reinstated by elon musk.

mr musk asked users to vote whether or not to lift a ban on alexjones' account, signalling he would honour the result. the majority of people voted in favour of removing the ban. alexjones is most notorious for his false claims about the sandy hook school shooting. he claimed that it never really happened. from the newsroom, our reporter tom brada has the details. this is the pole that determined that alex jones, infamous conspiracy theorist, can return to x. almost 2 million people cast their votes with around 70% voting in favour of his comeback. and underneath the pole, elon musk and a simple message... the people have spoken and so it shall be. alexjones is the founder of the far right conspiracy theory website infowars and he was banned from twitter for breaching the rules on abusive behaviour. this is...

last year, he posted in reference to the death of his first—born child and said... what he was referring to was this... sandy hook is a synthetic, completely fake with actors, in my view, manufactured. icouldn't believe it at first. view, manufactured. i couldn't believe it at first.— view, manufactured. i couldn't believe it at first. those were a series of false _ believe it at first. those were a series of false claims _ believe it at first. those were a series of false claims made - believe it at first. those were a i series of false claims made about the 2012 sandy hook school shooting in which 20 children and six adults died. since then, alexjones has been ordered to pay more than $1 billion in damages. so, why would elon musk be willing to let him back on his site? well, elon musk has been a vocal supporter of free speech and this is what he told the bbc last year. speech and this is what he told the bbc last year-— bbc last year. free speech is meaningless _ bbc last year. free speech is meaningless unless - bbc last year. free speech is meaningless unless you - bbc last year. free speech is| meaningless unless you allow bbc last year. free speech is - meaningless unless you allow people you don't like to say things you don't like, otherwise it's irrelevant. at the point of which

you lose free speech, it doesn't come back. you lose free speech, it doesn't come back-— you lose free speech, it doesn't come back. �* , ., , come back. alex jones remains banned on platforms — come back. alex jones remains banned on platforms like _ come back. alex jones remains banned on platforms like facebook _ come back. alex jones remains banned on platforms like facebook and - on platforms like facebook and youtube, but he nowjoins a long list of divisive characters who have been allowed back on x since elon musk took over including donald trump, can you west and andrew tait. but it comes at a perilous time for x. many advertisers have already left the platform because of concerns over hate speech. and the comeback of alex jones, concerns over hate speech. and the comeback of alexjones, a man who is synonymous, for many, with conspiracy theories, misinformation and outright lies will only add to the uncertainty. my colleague there. let's go live in outer... live now to chris stokel—walker who is a technologyjournalist. what does this say to us about the direction elon musk wants to take x? i think it says he is taking it in a pretty dangerous direction. we have had donald trump previously, now alex jones being had donald trump previously, now alexjones being the latest, both

men have used the platform to essentially incite off—line violence. in the case ofjones, against the parents of those who were massacred at sandy hook because of his mistaken belief that this was some sort of fictional event and it is worth remembering, whenever we broadcast those sorts of things, to point out very clearly alex jones is lying there, this was very much a real thing. lying there, this was very much a realthing. i lying there, this was very much a real thing. i think that is the danger here is that by allowing someone like alexjones, who is willing to lie so openly and to poison the well of discourse, to say that night as day and day is night is a really significant issue because of the importance of twitter. elon musk said that this was the de facto public square when he launched his bid to take it over and if you willingly, i suppose, allow disinformation and that to spread on this platform, that becomes very serious. so spread on this platform, that becomes very serious. so why do you think elon musk— becomes very serious. so why do you think elon musk did _ becomes very serious. so why do you think elon musk did this? _ becomes very serious. so why do you think elon musk did this? why -

becomes very serious. so why do you think elon musk did this? why is - becomes very serious. so why do you think elon musk did this? why is he l think elon musk did this? why is he doing these poles and asking people their opinion is? what is it he wants from all of this? attention is trobabl wants from all of this? attention is probably the _ wants from all of this? attention is probably the answer _ wants from all of this? attention is probably the answer in _ wants from all of this? attention is probably the answer in a _ wants from all of this? attention is probably the answer in a single - probably the answer in a single word, though it is very difficult to discern, to be honest. as you say, elon musk has previously said that alex jones' comments elon musk has previously said that alexjones' comments round sandy hook are reprehensible, that nothing should be used like that in the case of dead children and yet he seems so willing now to flip back. i think it is, in part, an attempt to continue to try to push the envelope to reshape twitter, now x, in his own image and trying to make it into a slightly different place. the one thing we do know about elon musk as he likes to court controversy, he likes to feel as if he is loved and there is a small but vocal section of society that supports what he is doing with this platform which is generally making it unpleasant for everybody else who previously has been on and will think that this is a great thing and elon musk, i think, wants to be loved and so he feels like his democratising thing

is when, in fact, his essentially just pushing it in a very dangerous direction. he just pushing it in a very dangerous direction. ., , just pushing it in a very dangerous direction. . , ., , ., direction. he wants to be loved, correct, direction. he wants to be loved, correct. but _ direction. he wants to be loved, correct, but any _ direction. he wants to be loved, correct, but any businessman i direction. he wants to be loved, - correct, but any businessman wants to make money. what danger is there now that advertisers are going to continue leaving the platform and the monetisation of the platform, is it actually working for him? trio. it actually working for him? no, it's not. it actually working for him? no, it's not- i _ it actually working for him? no, it's not. i think— it actually working for him? no, it's not. i think this _ it actually working for him? no, it's not. i think this is _ it actually working for him? iirr, it's not. i think this is the huge issue. any user who goes on to x nowadays will see that the sorts of products and services that they are shown through adverts has taken a pretty significant downward turn. it is a challenge for elon musk because he invested $44 billion into the company when he bought it, it has now halved in value, more than, with about $19 billion at the last count. advertisers have abandoned it in droves precisely because of these reasons. we can't overlook this decision he made literally a week ago to essentially say to advertisers, go to stuff yourselves. that wasn't the exact wording he used, but we can't exec me say what he actually said the decency

reasons. i think this is a man who was overbought and overpaid for platform and has decided actually, if he's not going to make this a going concern, then he's going to try and make it something he finds fun and sadly that has an impact on us all. the; fun and sadly that has an impact on usall. a. fun and sadly that has an impact on us all. a. , ., fun and sadly that has an impact on usall. a. ., ., ,, fun and sadly that has an impact on usall. ., ., ,, ., us all. as always, good to talk to ou, us all. as always, good to talk to you. thank _ us all. as always, good to talk to you. thank you — us all. as always, good to talk to you, thank you very _ us all. as always, good to talk to you, thank you very much - us all. as always, good to talk to | you, thank you very much indeed. stay with us on bbc news, i am back in a few minutes. hello. another wet day for many of us. and further rain and wind to come for a time at least this evening, particularly across western parts of the uk, around the irish sea. but then later tonight and towards the early hours, the skies will clear and the winds will fall light. now, if we look at the satellite picture, this swirl of cloud that is actually storm franklin moving across the island, bringing severe gales there. reports of even the odd tornado being spawned by this weather front associated with franklin. let's have a look

at the radar picture. and you can see from earlier on where the rain has been moving from, a really rugged area of weather. that's an indication of some vicious conditions in places, gusty winds as well. but the weather front is clearing, although the centre of the low is still going to go across the irish sea and bring some rain to parts of central britain. but then towards the early hours, notice that the skies are starting to clear. it's not going to be a cold warning by any means. around five in aberdeen, five in belfast. on the south coast, it'll be around eight degrees celsius. now on monday, we're actually in between where the system is literally sandwiched between the two — one towards the east, another one approaching out towards the west. and actually, for many of us, bright, if not sunny weather to come right from the word "go". so, this is the morning and then in the afternoon it could actually be cloudy across eastern scotland and the borders, but the vast majority of us should have at least bright weather. temperatures typically between eight and ten degrees celsius on monday. and then on tuesday, another low pressure affects us. this one actually is going to be quite slow moving.

so, slow moving showers with some dry air gaps in between. could be quite windy around the far south—west of the country and also particularly wet in eastern and northern scotland. a persistent easterly wind dragging in that rain bearing cloud. so, that was tuesday. wednesday, the low pressure moves away. thursday, we're brushed by weather systems in the north and then towards the end of the week and into the weekend, the thinking is pretty sure high pressure is going to build in from the south. but the weather front�*s never too far away from scotland this weekend. so, yes, for many of us, it's a case of turning things turning drier and brighter from around friday onwards. you can see there belfast, swansea and london, but glasgow could still catch some rain over the weekend. bye— bye.

live from london. this is bbc news. 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. britains'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 iso—million—year—old sea monster is revealed after it was extracted from cliffs on the south coast of england. hello i'm maryam moshiri. more now from israel and gaza. israel has ordered residents to leave the centre of gaza 5 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. i spoke to our correspondent anna fosterforfurther updates from jerusalem. 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 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 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 ceasefire 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 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 real sign, maryam, that any kind of concrete plan is being put in place to try and alleviate that huge need. here in the uk, the conservative peer michelle mone has said she "regrets" not being more transparent publicly about her involvement with a company called ppe medpro that was awarded uk government contracts during the pandemic. baroness mone's has broken her silence in a youtube documentary funded by ppe medpro. earlier i spoke with our correspondent david wallace lockheart, who has been following the story from glasgow. in 2021 the government said she had been a source of referral for the company who wanted to supply personal protective equipment at the beginning of the covid pandemic and they eventually ended up on what's called vip lane, a system of

procurement recommended by politicians of any party. the mp was chairman of the consortium supplying the uk government. the company is now being sued by the government for breach of contract and subject of an ongoing investigation by the national crime agency. ppe medpro say what they supplied met the basic specifications and michelle mone denies any wrongdoing here. but she had previously said to the press she had previously said to the press she had no function within the company ppe medpro. she is now taking part in a document funded by ppe medpro but it's the first time she's done in an interview like this and he reflects on the fact she had no

links to the company and she thinks in hindsight that was a mistake. i made imade an i made an error in what i said to the press — i made an error in what i said to the press i_ i made an error in what i said to the press. i regret not saying to the press. i regret not saying to the press — the press. i regret not saying to the press straightaway, yes, i the press. i regret not saying to the press straightaway, yes, lam involved — the press straightaway, yes, lam involved and the government knew i was involved. and the cabinet team knew— was involved. and the cabinet team knew i_ was involved. and the cabinet team knew i was— was involved. and the cabinet team knew i was involved. the government, the nhs _ knew i was involved. the government, the nhs all_ knew i was involved. the government, the nhs. all of them knewl knew i was involved. the government, the nhs. all of them knew i was involvett — the nhs. all of them knew i was involved. , ., the nhs. all of them knew i was involved. ., .,~ , involved. husband also takes part in this documentary _ involved. husband also takes part in this documentary and _ involved. husband also takes part in this documentary and said _ involved. husband also takes part in this documentary and said he - this documentary and said he believes the gowns provided was fully compliant with contract specifications. he also talks about talking with the department of health and social care negotiator about the idea of settling the civil legal case and he believes it was implied in his settlement was generous enough and the department

of health to meet the investigation go away. a department of health and social care spokesperson said that he would not comment on ongoing legal cases but they adhere to all laws and regulations and the national crime agency has said they are operationally independent and their investigations are intelligence led. we also had this morning from the uk government cabinet minister, michael gove who was in cabinet at the time and he was in cabinet at the time and he was stressing that any company... 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 agency said that while the pledges are positive steps, they would not be nearly enough to move towards reaching

international climate targets. our 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. the theme of today's events at c0 p28 cover food agriculture and water. earlier, over 30 countriesjoined the world s largest freshwater restoration and protection initiative at the conference. with me now is the chief executive of wateraid, tim wainwright. good to talk to you. i know you have been at cop28. tell me what your assessment is of how things have gone so far. assessment is of how things have gone so far-— gone so far. thank you. well, i would say _ gone so far. thank you. well, i would say we _ gone so far. thank you. well, i would say we have _ gone so far. thank you. well, i would say we have two - gone so far. thank you. well, i would say we have two first. gone so far. thank you. well, i would say we have two first of| gone so far. thank you. well, i l would say we have two first of all remember that although the focus of these meetings for many years has been on slowing down climate change, that was what your last report just talked about, trying to reduce emissions and focus on fossil fuels, there is another side to climate change was is that it has a big impact on us and that impact won't be avoided entirely by slowing it

down. obviously it is important to slow down because the impact is very serious and if we admit more, the impact will be worse. but we already see today all over the world, everywhere wateraid is working, we are seeing major impacts of climate change and these are in countries that currently have relatively poor access to water. we are working in places where millions, tens of millions of people worldwide, it's in the billion, don't have access to safe drinking water. and that situation is getting harder and harder to obtain because you are seeing changes in weather patterns, we were seeing them in the uk but more serious in parts of the world we are working in which have done the least to cause this in the first place. water is in the heart of trying to live with climate change and adapt to it. it's like energies

in the heart of slowing it down, what is at the heart of trying to live with it. 50 what is at the heart of trying to live with it.— what is at the heart of trying to live with it. so what needs to be done now _ live with it. so what needs to be done now in _ live with it. so what needs to be done now in terms _ live with it. so what needs to be done now in terms of— live with it. so what needs to be done now in terms of what? - live with it. so what needs to be j done now in terms of what? you live with it. so what needs to be - done now in terms of what? you said and a lot of people talk about how the countries who suffer the most are the ones who pollute the least. what's the answer here? itide are the ones who pollute the least. what's the answer here?— are the ones who pollute the least. what's the answer here? we need to make communities _ what's the answer here? we need to make communities resilient - what's the answer here? we need to make communities resilient to - make communities resilient to climate change and resilient to water change. we see extremes of weather patterns from floods to droughts. eithertoo weather patterns from floods to droughts. either too much or not enough. so the two things are quite practical in the good news here is the human race generally understands this area pretty well. in their mitigation area of trying to slow down climate change, there are technical advances we don't understand and in the water area, we understand and in the water area, we understand them. if things like if the sea level is rising, for example in coastal bangladesh, rising sea levels, salt water getting into people's water sources which is undrinkable. it's very dangerous for

your health. but you can do something about it, you can plant mangroves for instant and start to protect in a very natural way in a way that is good for nature and the environment but also protecting people's access to drinking water. or... yes, those kinds of things. also dealing with floods, flood defences, water source can be elevated so if there is a flood, it is protected. and sanitation is incredibly important, especially if you have a risk of flood, you need to make sure sanitation is very well managed so that the water sources don't get looted.— don't get looted. sorry, we ran out of time. don't get looted. sorry, we ran out of time- good _ don't get looted. sorry, we ran out of time. good to _ don't get looted. sorry, we ran out of time. good to talk _ don't get looted. sorry, we ran out of time. good to talk to _ don't get looted. sorry, we ran out of time. good to talk to you - don't get looted. sorry, we ran out| of time. good to talk to you though and a very interesting angle to talk about in terms of what is coming out of cop28 this year. thank you for talking to us. 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 island 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's known as "freedom of navigation exercises". here's the uss carl vinson making 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 exclusive 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 passed through the south china sea. that's double the number that pass through the suez canal.

it's triple the number that passed 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 a water cannon being fired upon philippine vessels by the chinese coastguard. there was a similar incident on saturday. these pictures are from 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. arguably one of the greatest baseball players of all time, shohei ohtani, has announced on social media that he willjoin the los angeles dodgers. the japanese superstar signed with the dodgers in the biggest deal in baseball history — agreeing to a 10—year, $700 million contract. ohtani spent the last six years playing for the los angeles angels before becoming a free agent at the end of last season. the 29—year—old is considered a transformative baseball player, specializing in both hitting and pitching. ohtani's $700 million contract, meanwhile, surpasses the earnings of other superstar athletes like lionel messi and lebron james. live now to greg brady, a sports radio host who hosts toronto today on global news radio 640.2.

thank you forjoining us on bbc news. good to talk to you. for those who don't know who he is, why is he so special? is he worth this much money? so special? is he worth this much mone ? ~ , ., money? well, the dodgers thought he was so its a weird _ money? well, the dodgers thought he was so its a weird one. _ money? well, the dodgers thought he was so its a weird one. you _ money? well, the dodgers thought he was so its a weird one. you ask- money? well, the dodgers thought he was so its a weird one. you ask a - was so its a weird one. you ask a good question. i'll wager that halfway through this contract so we have to wait about half a decade to find out for sure. it's a really transformative amount of money. the biggest contract we have seen so far is the $360 million for nine years and that has gone from 40 million up to 45 up to 50 but $17 million a year. —— 70. i’ll to 45 up to 50 but $17 million a year- -- 70-_ year. -- 70. i'll get you one in five years' _ year. -- 70. i'll get you one in five years' time _ year. -- 70. i'll get you one in five years' time to _ year. -- 70. i'll get you one in five years' time to talk - year. -- 70. i'll get you one in five years' time to talk about | year. -- 70. i'll get you one in i five years' time to talk about how transformative he has been. tell us how this has revolutionised baseball players and their pay packages. surely this will change things for

the sport? i surely this will change things for the sort? ., , the sport? i think it might but ohtani is so _ the sport? i think it might but ohtani is so unique, - the sport? i think it might but ohtani is so unique, he - the sport? i think it might but ohtani is so unique, he hits. ohtani is so unique, he hits phenomenally but also... we are going back to babe ruth and we are talking about 110 years ago when he was in his prime. either hit and play in the fields or you pitch and don't hit. ~ , , ., ~ , play in the fields or you pitch and don't hit. ~ , , . . , ., play in the fields or you pitch and don't hit. , , . . , ., don't hit. why is that? why do you don't hit. why is that? why do you do one of the _ don't hit. why is that? why do you do one of the other? _ don't hit. why is that? why do you do one of the other? why - don't hit. why is that? why do you do one of the other? why can't - don't hit. why is that? why do you do one of the other? why can't wej do one of the other? why can't we have both skills? it is do one of the other? why can't we have both skills?— have both skills? it is 'ust something i have both skills? it is 'ust something you i have both skills? it is 'ust something you focus h have both skills? it isjust something you focus on i have both skills? it isjust - something you focus on adass are teenage, —— at a certain age. it's a bit like one position in american football playing on the other side of the field. so ohtani is very unique in that respect. but six years with the la angels, they never made the play—offs. and that is the key here. so he's going to a team he thinks he can win and play in the world series and with 125 million people injapan, he is their

favourite player. that is huge marketing dollars. so he may not be worth the $70 million on the field but in terms of merchandise, it might work. but in terms of merchandise, it might work-— but in terms of merchandise, it might work. really interesting. i will tet might work. really interesting. i will get your— might work. really interesting. i will get your back _ might work. really interesting. i will get your back on _ might work. really interesting. i will get your back on in - might work. really interesting. i will get your back on in a - might work. really interesting. i will get your back on in a few- will get your back on in a few years' time to talk about how transformative he was. thank you. 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 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 its 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. so glad it wasn't so long ago.

the hollywood sign is 100 years old and to mark the anniversary a spectacular lighting ceremony was set up by the hollywood sign trust. millions of people visit this tourist attraction every year — in search of a photo or selfie of those huge, world famous white letters. to celebrate, the hollywood sign trust lit up the letters with the original four—thousand vintage bulbs that illuminated the real estate sign — hollywoodland — back in 1923. they also bought 400 gallons of white paint to give the letters a makeover. and she is definitely ready for her close—up. you know, after the last several years, this is really a coming out moment for la because the hollywood sign really is our global icon. it is the reason people choose to come to la, notjust because of getting that bucket list photo with the hollywood sign in the background, but also because it represents the fact that la is the city of endless possibility. here in the uk, members of the royal family have unveiled their official

christmas cards. the prince and princess of wales have opted for a black and white family portrait showing william, catherine and the three children looking relaxed in jeans and white shirts. that's in contrast to king charles and queen camilla, who have gone for a more formal look in their card — which shows them in full regalia in the buckingham palace throne room on coronation day — may 6. stay with us here on bbc news. hello. another wet day for many of us. and further rain and wind to come for a time at least this evening, particularly across western parts of the uk, around the irish sea. but then later tonight and towards the early hours, the skies will clear and the winds will fall light. now, if we look at the satellite picture, this swirl of cloud that is actually storm franklin moving across the island, bringing severe gales there. reports of even the odd tornado being spawned by this weather front associated with franklin. let's have a look at the radar picture.

and you can see from earlier on where the rain has been moving from, a really rugged area of weather. that's an indication of some vicious conditions in places, gusty winds as well. but the weather front is clearing, although the centre of the low is still going to go across the irish sea and bring some rain to parts of central britain. but then towards the early hours, notice that the skies are starting to clear. it's not going to be a cold warning by any means. around five in aberdeen, five in belfast. on the south coast, it'll be around eight degrees celsius. now on monday, we're actually in between where the system is literally sandwiched between the two — one towards the east, another one approaching out towards the west. and actually, for many of us, bright, if not sunny weather to come right from the word "go". so, this is the morning and then in the afternoon it could actually be cloudy across eastern scotland and the borders, but the vast majority of us should have at least bright weather. temperatures typically between eight and ten degrees celsius on monday. and then on tuesday, another low pressure affects us. this one actually is going

to be quite slow moving. so, slow moving showers with some dry air gaps in between. could be quite windy around the far south—west of the country and also particularly wet in eastern and northern scotland. a persistent easterly wind dragging in that rain bearing cloud. so, that was tuesday. wednesday, the low pressure moves away. thursday, we're brushed by weather systems in the north and then towards the end of the week and into the weekend, the thinking is pretty sure high pressure is going to build in from the south. but the weather front�*s never too far away from scotland this weekend. so, yes, for many of us, it's a case of turning things turning drier and brighter from around friday onwards. you can see there belfast, swansea and london, but glasgow could still catch some rain over the weekend. 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 says the war in gaza is having a catastrophic impact on health care. the who has verified more than 449 attacks on healthcare in gaza and the west bank and 60 attacks on health care in israel. healthcare should never be a target.

also in the programme: a judge orders the bbc to release emails relating to the scandal over martin bashir�*s 1995 interview with princess diana on panorama. argentina's new president, javier milei, who's just been sworn in, warns that shock treatment is needed to deal with the country's economic crisis. and the huge skull of a o150—million—year—old sea monster is revealed after it was extracted from cliffs on the south coast of england. hello and 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