�* candidates were pro—democracy candidates were banned from standing. the twin children ofjailed nobel peace prize winner narges mohammadi received her award in oslo. 0h, received her award in oslo. oh, well. it's huge. revealed, the skull of a sea monster that is 150 million years old. welcome we begin in israel i hamas that killed 1200 people the prime minister of israel says it is the beginning of the end for the beginning of the end for the group. the prime minister

of catalyst is the ongoing bombardment of gaza is narrowing the window for a new truce. israel says its ground forces have now reached the centre of car newness on the south of the territory. israel has urged civilians to leave the city centre and move to safe zones, meanwhile civilians living on the other palestinian territory the west bank have had their rights and freedoms severely curtailed by israel since october seven. our international editorjeremy brian reports on the situation on the ground in both the west bank and gaza. at al nasser hospital in khan younis, they laid out the wrapped bodies of people killed in the night by israel. at the end of the line was a baby killed on the day she was born. laid across the bodies of her mother and her father. "don't cry", he told theirson, mohammed. "they are in heaven." gaza has been turned into

a living hell for civilians by israel's offensive. thousands of children are among the palestinian dead. theirfamilies say there is only one way to make a difference. "everyone is only talking aboutaid", said ibrahim. "we don't care about aid, we want them to stop the bloodshed." the americans say israel is killing too many innocent people, but they still blocked the un's latest attempt to vote in a ceasefire. the war has increased the tension in hebron, a city on the west bank holy to jews and muslims that has been a flashpoint for decades. most palestinians can no longer access property, live or work in part of the city centre. that's because jewish settlers live here, behind the security provided by the israeli army. extremejewish nationalists in israel's government also live in hebron, and since the 7th of october attacks, palestinians of all ages

near the settlement have been ordered to stay home under a restrict curfew. the guard dogs are owned by shaddai — necessary, he says, to protect his family from attacks byjewish settlers. weeks of lockdown in the curfew have paralysed their lives. translation: you could call us zombies. we have been imprisoned for two months. we can't leave the house or go to work or take our children out. life is hard. the curfew has been eased slightly but the security forces still didn't like him talking to us. translation: they have all the rights, we don't have any. they don't see us as humans. just outside his house, the settlement was having a party to reunite army reservists with theirfamilies. it was to thank them for all they have done

for hebron�*sjews, said the organiser. what do you think of the fact that the arabs are under a curfew most of the time? is itfair? "i don't know anything about any curfew", she said. "the way the arabs behave isn't fair." the essence of the conflict is here in hebron. it's a reminder of the depth of its roots and of the reasons why it has never been settled. and as well as that, the enormous sacrifices in terms of deeply held beliefs that would be necessary if israelis and palestinians were ever going to make peace. back in gaza, israel says civilians suffer because hamas uses them as human shields. israel insists its strikes are precise and intelligence—led. al aqsa martyrs hospital in deir el—balah, one of the few still functioning, is overwhelmed. no more beds are left. no hope either.

jeremy bowen reporting. votes are being counted in hong kong after the first local elections in which pro—democracy candidates were banned from standing. the turnout was a record low 27 point 5%, down from a historic high of 71% in 2019. with no significant opposition candidates to vote for the turnout is being seen as an indication of the level of support for china's tightening grip on hong kong. under new rules pro— committees decided who is allowed to stand and far fewer counsellors are being directly elected. united states has called for beijing to halt what calls its dangerous and destabilising actions in the disputed south china sea after a filipino boat and chinese coastguard ship collided near a contested reef.

both countries traded blame after the incident on sunday, the latest such confrontation on the area, the collision happened during a filipino resupply mission to a tiny garrison on a second thomas scholl in the spratly islands. china claims almost the entire south china sea including waters and islands near the shores of its neighbours and has ignored an international tribunal ruling that its assertions have no legal basis. the new president of argentina, javier miliei has said shock treatment is needed to deal with the economic crisis in the country. he 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 block at congress. javier miliei gain popular support for a radical proposal including scrapping

the central bank and allowing people to make money by selling their organs. argentina is experiencing its worst economic crisis for decades. our bbc reporter is in view not erase, i asked her about the reaction and argentina. people here have a lot of hope. he won in a runoff by 56% of the vote, which, you know, no other president in the last years got such support. and many people, when you ask them why they voted for him, theyjust say, we couldn't go on like this. i mean, many people discovered inflation after the coronavirus pandemic, but argentina has been suffering a problem of inflation for ten years. it's been over 25% yearly since then. and many people just said, you know, we needed a change. javier milei seems to offer a very radical change. veronica, here in asia, argentina and china are obviously big trading partners, butjavier milei has had quite strong words during

the campaign about china. is there a softening in tone now? yes, definitely. when he when he lost, he came in second, rather. seven points behind the then economy minister back in october, in the first round of elections. and certainly he moderated his tone after that. the famous chainsaw that he wielded around during his campaign was put away and all the harsh comments he had made, not only with china but also with brazil towards brazil, that the other main argentine commercial partner, they were certainly moderated. and, you know, many people are hopeful that the relations with these countries are still going to stay strong because argentina is very dependent on them. and lastly, veronica, i mean, what's the first agenda item going to be? obviously, the economic crisis is quite significant at the moment. that's right. we're expecting 180% inflation for this year.

and argentina has a huge debt as well to pay with the imf over $41; billion. so one of the main things he said is basically argentina has no more money. we have no other option than to cut. you know, he said that that he expects have 5% gdp cuts, but he said it's going to go mainly on the state and it won't affect the private sector. but certainly, he said, we have no other option. let's ta ke let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines. voters are going to the polls in egypt where the president hopes to win a third term in office. if successful he will retain power until 2030, a victory his critics say is already inevitable. they claim him and his supporters have suppressed any real opposition candidates from entering the race. voting will be spread

over three days with approximately 66 million people eligible to vote. iranians state media say a buyer at an oil refinery in eastern iran has caused two large explosions and remains out of control. thick smoke from the blaze involving more than a million litres of fuel is reported to be visible from several kilometres away. emergency services are trying to contain the fire and the nearby factory has been evacuated, no casualties have been reported so far. one of the staples of south asian cooking, onions has doubled in price after india announced an export ban on the vegetable. india the world's largest exporter of onions extended an existing ban until march next year to contain a rise in domestic food prices. hundreds of onion farmers blocked a key highway to protest against the ban, saying it would affect their income.

in oslo the nobel peace prize has been handed out to a human rights activist in her absence as she has been imprisoned in iran since 2010. this is narges mohammadi, who is opposed to iranians women being required to wear the hijab. she remains in prison into a run. her 17—year—old twins received the prize on her behalf and read out a speech their mother had written from prison. our correspondent sent this report from oslo. this was the scene of a moving ceremony a few hours ago with the presence of the norwegian royalfamily, officials of the presence of the norwegian royal family, officials of this country and other human rights activists that came from around the world to witness the awarding of the nobel peace

prize in absentia because only for the third time in the 120 plus years of the history of this award, the winner of the nobel peace prize is behind bars. narges mohammadi from iran a human rights activist has spent the better part of the last two decades in jail, was not here, she remains in even prison in iran but her two kids, twins, 17 —year—olds a daughter and son accepted the award on her behalf, with the very moving message she has seen from inside the jail and listened to songs and performances of women, all from iran, just to crystallise the demands of women freedom movement inside that country that has become prominent in the last year as the force for

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caracas by the senior analyst for the region. great to have you on the programme and thank you on the programme and thank you for your time. what is your reading of the situation? these talks defuse the tension at all? ., , , ., , ., all? the two sites are very far a art all? the two sites are very far apart and _ all? the two sites are very far apart and in — all? the two sites are very far apart and in fact... _ all? the two sites are very far apart and in fact... not - all? the two sites are very far apart and in fact... not going | apart and in fact... not going to be discussing the essence of the problem which is who is entitled to sovereignty over the region which is two—thirds of guyana is presently constituted. they are really there to answer a plea by some of the neighbours, the caribbean countries who are alarmed by these increasing tensions and wanted to sit down and agree to run along peacefully while the international court ofjustice in the hague comes to terms with this problem and assesses who should be in charge.

militarily, guyana is much weaker, isn't it? what are the risks if venezuela does invade and what will other states in region do in response? it is true. guyana _ region do in response? it is true. guyana on _ region do in response? it is true. guyana on paper- region do in response? it 3 true. guyana on paper at least guyana is weaker than venezuela which is a much bigger country. guyana has less than 1 which is a much bigger country. guyana has less than1 million people, venezuela has 13 million and a stronger armed force. it is not as simple as that. i don't think venezuelan is planning to annex the areal think it would be a full dish move. i think there is a possibility of clashes, perhaps primarily in offshore water because a large part of the dispute has to do with the oil that guyana is now extracting from those waters which venezuelan disputes. the land is mountains and mark is covered by densejungle is mountains and mark is covered by dense jungle so you cannot just drive tanks covered by dense jungle so you cannotjust drive tanks across

it. cannot “ust drive tanks across it. ., , ., ., ., it. that is what i wanted to ask about. _ it. that is what i wanted to ask about. why _ it. that is what i wanted to ask about. why is - it. that is what i wanted to i ask about. why is venezuelan making these moves now and doesn't have any relation to the economic process just my crisis that venezuela is facing? crisis that venezuela is facin.? _, .,, crisis that venezuela is facina? ., crisis that venezuela is facin? ., ., facing? nicolas maduro came to ower in facing? nicolas maduro came to power in 20 _ facing? nicolas maduro came to power in 2013 _ facing? nicolas maduro came to power in 2013 and _ facing? nicolas maduro came to power in 2013 and has - facing? nicolas maduro came to power in 20 13 and has suffered | power in 2013 and has suffered a biggest economic collapse in peacetime and world history and venezuelans are suffering greatly. i think it would be much improved by a government that caused the collapse of its own oil industry to take over but it does have something to do with it. we discovered a large oil deposit primarily offshore, some of them in waters that correspond to the region which has increased the stakes are mainly it is to do venezuela's domestic politics because maduro is a weak president facing a difficult re—election campaign and is essentially wrapping himself in

the flag and looking for a nationalist slogan to help his re—election campaign. fill nationalist slogan to help his re-election campaign. fill guns in the senior— re-election campaign. fill guns in the senior analyst _ re-election campaign. fill guns in the senior analyst thank - re-election campaign. fill guns in the senior analyst thank you | in the senior analyst thank you for your insights. moving on. she was donald trump �*s ambassador to the united nations and now nikki haley is taking on herformer boss for the republican nomination to run for us president next year. as un ambassador she was the first american of indian origin to hold a cabinet level position in the united states. now she hopes to take her political career to the very top. our north america editor reports. nikki haley tells supporters that she is so often underestimated, it's become a superpower. and in this race, it's worked again, as she has quietly risen to overtake most of her rivals. she is promising tax cuts, beefed—up border security and smaller government if she becomes the first female president.

four televised debates saw her shine, with her rising profile making her a target for the others. i love all the attention, fellas — thank you for that! her campaign here in iowa has been boosted by big influential donors who are giving billions to try to cement her as the sole anti—trump candidate. so there's chaos all around us, but what i know is you don't defeat democrat chaos with republican chaos. and that's what donald trump gives us. i see nikki haley as too much of the establishment. i don't agree with her views on ukraine or the world environment at all. nikki, she's more . composed and calm in everything she says. it establishes a lot - of confidence in her as well. i think she does a good job of walking the middle ground, too. of not being so party versus party. you have supported trump in previous elections and now you are backing nikki haley. why? you know, i see her

bringing people together. and with donald trump there's a lot of divisiveness. and i don't think our country needs that right now. nikki haley, ambassador to the united nations, has been very special to me. haley did work for donald trump. she says he was the right president at the right time, but the country now needs more sober leadership. and she quotes recent polls that suggest she is more likely than trump to win. in every one of those polls, i defeat by ten to 13 points. nikki haley is selling pretty traditional conservatism. it could have won her the nomination a few years ago, but don't forget, the republican party has been transformed by donald trump. and many of them now reject this kind of establishment politics. there is a big chunk of the republican party still looking for a trump alternative. but even if they all coalesce around haley, they still seem likely

to lose to the former president. nikki haley is doing well in what right now is really just a battle for second place. sarah smith, bbc news, clear lake, iowa. a huge fossil of a 150 million —year—old cmos fossil has been unearthed in southern england. it belongs to soul, a giant predator that dominated the oceans at the same time that dinosaurs like tyrannosaurus rex were roaming the earth. it is one of the most complete skulls of this beast ever discovered. our science editor went to see it. 0k. oh, wow! there you go. it's huge! unveiling a jurassic sea monster. this is the two metre long skull of a pliosaur, one of the most fearsome predators the planet has ever seen. it's got big teeth — excellent for stabbing and killing its prey. it doesn't chew its food, itjust breaks into bits.

steve etches lead the effort to unearth this enormous fossil. 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. it's one of the best fossils i've ever worked on. i'll never probably work on another one. this is one of the pliosaur�*s teeth. around here, the back is flat, and there are these two sharp edges and an extremely sharp tip. around here, though, there are these fine ridges. and these would have helped it to sink its teeth into its prey and pull them out again. this really was a killing machine. the snout was discovered by a fossil enthusiast near kimmeridge bay in dorset. i just found something quite extraordinary. it must�*ve just come out of the cliff up there somewhere.

the rest was excavated by a 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 grew to more than 12 metres, powering through the water with huge paddle—like limbs. it would have terrorised the oceans. this is a surface scan of the skull of the pliosaur. scientists have learnt that it had a bite force similar to a t rex. 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.

the exact location where the pliosaur�*s head was found is a closely guarded secret. the rest of its skeleton is probably still there and the team wants to get it out. i will stick my life that the rest of the animal is there. it won't be long before the rest of the drop site and gets lost so it would be advantageous to do this because the opportunity is once—in—a—lifetime. the pliosaur will go on display in dorset in the new year, providing a close—up look at 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. a video shared online appears to show swimmers in australia approaching a whale swimming close to shore. the whale can be seen straying into shallow waters in an area near perth and attracting the attention of

people at the beach. the whale latest one back into deep waters before heading back out to sea. that is all the time we have for here on bbc news. do keep watching. hello. for the second evening in a row, we have seen gusts over 70mph in west wales. of course, on saturday evening, it was storm elin that brought the very strong winds — whereas on thursday evening, it was storm fergus, with a top of 74mph recorded at aberdaron. now those blustery conditions will tend to ease over the next few hours, with the winds picking up across the midlands, east anglia, and southern counties of england — might be strong enough to wake you from your slumbers. further north, the winds

will be that bit lighter, and it's here where we will see the lowest temperatures. in scotland, 2—5 celsius, otherwise the winds keeping those temperatures up for northern ireland, england, and wales, so between 6—9 celsius. so quite a mild start to the day on monday. now monday, any rain left over across eastern england will be clearing pretty quickly, but there will be some patches of light rain coming and going through the day across eastern scotland. some showers work in across merseyside, greater manchester, and north—west midlands — but otherwise, it's a day where the weather will continue to get brighter and brighter with sunny spells breaking out widely, and those temperatures lifting in places into double figures. make the most of that relatively quiet spell because, on tuesday, we're back to another area of low pressure. this one slowly rolling in off the atlantic, bringing with it some persistent rain in scotland — aberdeen's already had over a month's worth of rain, so we could see some localised flooding impacts. bit of snow over the high scottish mountains but nothing to get excited about, it's really high up. blustery conditions in the southwest with plenty of showers,

some of them turning quite heavy, with an odd rumble of thunder. temperatures again quite widely into double figures, but again, scotland seeing temperatures around 6—7. now, that low pressure starts to pull away during wednesday — as it does so, the winds go round to a northeasterly direction, bringing some damp weather to eastern areas of england, but also dropping the temperatures progressively through the day — such that by the time we get to the afternoon, we're looking at temperatures typically around 6—7 celsius, feeling quite a bit cooler, but in scotland, around 3—4 for some. and then we have a weather front moving into that cold air wednesday night. could turn to snow for a time over the hills above 300 metres' elevation. the snow is short—lived — it will turn back to rain as slightly milder air begins to push in off the atlantic once again. that damp weather then continues eastwards on thursday. high pressure then takes over, giving us quite a long spell of dry and sunny weather. we have to wait until friday to see the best of that.

across the uk, this is bbc news. argentina has a new president who pushes policies against china, its second—largest chain —— trading partner. chip making giant nvidia plans to set up a base in vietnam amid growing tensions between the us and china. hello and welcome to

asia business report. let's start in latin america where javier miliei has been sworn and is argentina's new president. as we have been hearing on newsday the libertarian economist said shock treatment is needed to jolt the country out of an economic crisis with inflation heading towards 200%. on the campaign trail he also included plans to shake up its relationship with china saying, he will not deal with communists. however, the chinese foreign minister is wanting it would be a serious mistake for argentina to cut ties with the country. rebecca rea senior researcher with the global china initiative at boston university says it is hard to break ties with the world's second—largest economy. javier miliei may not do business with communists but his farmers are happy to do so.

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