on telegram. the strikes occurred in the last couple of hours, and they come as ukrainian president volodmyr zelensky wraps up a whirlwind visit to washington where he sought more us support for his country's war against russia. ukraine's counteroffensive has stalled in recent weeks, even as the country continues to come under attack from the air and on the ground. while in washington, mr zelensky appealed to us lawmakers for the $61 billion laid out for ukraine as part of a larger package that has stalled in congress. but he may fly home with less than he hoped as republicans and democrats are divided on the aid. mr zelensky spoke with us senators on capitol hill, hoping to convince them of his cause. the ukrainian president then headed to the white house to meet with presidentjoe biden, who announced an additional $200 million in weapons and equipment for ukraine. but the war—time president is still hoping for more. today's discussion across both parties in both chambers were very productive.

i thank you for the bipartisan support. as we approach christmas on behalf of all our ukraine families separated by war and all sons and daughters on the front, ukraine's greatest wish is to reach a victorious and. it's mr zelensky�*s third visit to washington since the war began and second in just the past few months. the aid he's seeking could turn the tide against russia as the war ticks closer to its second year, with no sign of resolution. congress has approved more than $111 billion in total since the war began. but the biden administration says that money is running out. mr biden told reporters after his meeting with zelensky, that it would be a "christmas gift" to russia's vladimir putin if congress fails to pass fresh aid. putin is banking on the united states failing to deliver for ukraine. we must prove him wrong.

i will not walk away from ukraine. neither will the american people. president biden also said russia state media is celebrating republicans delaying aid to ukraine. republicans are looking to trade tougher policies on the us—mexico border in exchange for aid to ukraine. they want to see more done to address the surge of undocumented immigrants. democrats are unlikely to support their proposals and that has led to a stalemate in congress. mr zelensky met with republican speaker of the house mike johnson to try to move the needle. mr zelensky called the meetings productive but mrjohnson said republican conditions for releasing more funds remain unchanged. our correspondent nomia iqbal is at the white house with more on mr zelensky�*s day. in the fund he is asking for an washington could mean the difference in the battlefield and ukraine.

america is the biggest backer, no european ally comes close in that regard although the eu has donated lots of economic assistance and when you speak to people here in the streets are officials as well it is not likely to turn around and say to you if usa does not come through we will find a way forward, they will still keep fighting but the attitude much more seems to be we are counting on that usaid and the hope it will come true, we have faith they will find a way forward. there is a sense it is incomprehensible for ukrainians to think that aid could start to think that aid could start to trade away. i spoke with andriy zagorodnyuk, former ukrainian defense minister about mr zelensky�*s trip abroad, and how it could affect the war on the ground. what do you make of ukrainian president zelensky�*s visit to washington? we

president zelensky's visit to washington?— president zelensky's visit to washington? we will see the results made _ washington? we will see the results made by _ washington? we will see the results made by the - washington? we will see the results made by the us - results made by the us government, so of course we can only understand how influential it was after the set of resolutions which the government makes. but we clearly understand it was very critical to do at this point of time because ukrainian question is subject to political process in the united states, internal politics and president zelensky needed to make it very clear to the us politicians that it is more than just help to one country, it is about the world order, it is about all strategic interests and so on. from that perspective it is very successful, he delivered that message for sure, we understand the question is still going to be part of the political process but more importantly at some point of time us politicians are making a rational strategic decision. i want to ask you you said

president zelensky deliver that message, he met with senators in the us and the republican senator eric schmidt told reporters, i do not think he inspired any more confidence they are in closer to what victory looks like which has not been defined at all, he did not been defined at all, he did not indicate they are intending to give up, but what exactly does a win look like for you, that question was not asked directly but never been addressed. could you tell us what would you consider a bit tree? �* . . , what would you consider a bit tree? a . , ~ ., what would you consider a bit tree? n . , ~ ., , what would you consider a bit tree? n . , «a, , , tree? actually, ukraine is very clear on that _ tree? actually, ukraine is very clear on that since _ tree? actually, ukraine is very clear on that since the - tree? actually, ukraine is very clear on that since the very - clear on that since the very beginning of the war, we need to get russians out of our territory, that is absolutely critical, and we need to make sure that ukraine has enough capabilities to deter the next aggression, the future aggressions, then we're talking about justice, aggressions, then we're talking aboutjustice, we are talking aboutjustice, we are talking about returning our prisoners, our children and so on. most important thing is that russian

troops need to be removed from the territory of ukraine and that was communicated by president zelensky all the time. so questioners may be about the campaign plan or some details of that, which the senator wanted to know but the victory has been communicated since the beginning of the war. does that include russian troops leaving crimea, we have spoken to several analysts on the you —— bbc who say the prospect of going back to ukrainian borders before 2014 before russia next crimea looks increasingly unlikely.— increasingly unlikely. actually the success _ increasingly unlikely. actually the success and _ increasingly unlikely. actually the success and ukraine - increasingly unlikely. actually the success and ukraine in i increasingly unlikely. actually i the success and ukraine in 2023 has mostly been in black sea and crimea, especially in the black sea where we delivered what the minister of foreign forces of uk called the functional defeat of russian navy stop so we have been quite successful during that period of time in this region.

generally speaking yes absolutely should be a return of all territories but we should first of all deliver the liberation of the territory which was occupied since the beginning of the full—scale war which is 2023. in the format of deliberation... which is 2023. in the format of deliberation. . ._ deliberation... just to ask about counteroffensive, l deliberation... just to ask i about counteroffensive, you will know it has been to very difficult, the russians have dug in their defences and built several lines of minds as well, using drones to thwart ukrainian positions, do you think another $61 billion of us aid, also further support from european allies can significantly change the situation on the battlefield right now? it situation on the battlefield right now?— situation on the battlefield riaht now? ., . ., right now? it has changed the battlefield — right now? it has changed the battlefield situation _ right now? it has changed the battlefield situation because i battlefield situation because we have disabled russian ability to advance because they wanted to advance, secondly we did certain preparations of the capabilities. they cannot move in certain areas because we

have lack of capacity in terms of drones for example, in terms of drones for example, in terms of mining equipment and we need to come up with a different doctor in a more out—of—the—box approach rather than the conventional standard because the conventional approaches may not work in morse situation specifically because of the drone warfare. we need to operate certain things and get more capacity but what has been spent and invested as needed, no army can win without armoured vehicles, no army can win without armoured personnel carriers, tanks, or technical support, all those investments are needed and are certainly working. however, what we need to do is make lessons learned analysis this of the counteroffensive, clearly define what is missing, fill those gaps and move on. we should not lay down hands and say ok, something is not working it is not right, that is not an option. if working it is not right, that is not an option.— is not an option. if there is no agreement _ is not an option. if there is

no agreement on - is not an option. if there is no agreement on usaid, l is not an option. if there is - no agreement on usaid, what do the coming weeks and months look like for ukraine? it the coming weeks and months look like for ukraine?- look like for ukraine? it will be extremely _ look like for ukraine? it will be extremely difficult, - look like for ukraine? it will be extremely difficult, for l look like for ukraine? it will. be extremely difficult, for the next weeks or months we will still be fighting with russians because we're not to give up, whatever happens. ukraine will be fighting all the time because there is no worse scenario than russian occupation. what it means is more deaths on the front and more deaths on the front and more debt in the civilian life because of the air defence and so on. that is what it means. thank you so much forjoining us on bbc news tonight. thank ou. wednesday is dawning in dubai, and with it, a renewed push for a final agreement at the cop28 climate conference. the summit was supposed to have wrapped up on tuesday, but divisions remain on how to deal with fossilfuels in the text of the summit�*s draft deal. more than 100 nations, including the us and eu,

criticized the original draft released on monday for failing to call for a phase—out of fossil fuels, which scientists say are the biggest source of the greenhouse gas emissions driving global warming. however, those nations were met with strong resistance from members of the 0pec oil producer group and its allies. all 198 countries at the summit must agree or there is no deal. joining me now to discuss where negotiations currently stand is our news reporter carl nasman. what is happening? you can see behind me there are not too many people will behind me, dawn has just many people will behind me, dawn hasjust broken in dubai and many people were here waiting into the night, the late hours up until 3am, hoping to see that updated text released, we have been promised that since much earlier, during the day yesterday. it did not come so people darted to leave around midnight. we know there were ministers and delegates still on those backroom negotiating rooms till 3am last night, trying to work out some

sort of agreement, some sort of language that everybody here can agree on and remember, at ease summits, it has to be a unanimous decision that leaves 200 nations from oil reducing countries to developed countries to developed countries to developed countries to those on the front lines of climate change all have to come to an agreement that signs the exact same text. this morning we have seen in the last hour some texts, i'm just getting word so we just got the release of this text i'm just getting we will take some time and look over it. before that we did get some text coming out on other agreements on adaptation on how to deal with the effects of climate change, about finance, these have also been sticky issues, the main one is the global stock—take which is wrapping in the language about fossil fuels, wrapping in the language about fossilfuels, that wrapping in the language about fossil fuels, that has just finally coming out, people have been waiting through the night for this, a difficult slog and

we will look through that language to see what has changed from the last version. what have delicate said to you about their frustration over how this all unfolded, it has now gone into overtime, they were supposed to wrap up on tuesday? it were supposed to wrap up on tuesda ? , were supposed to wrap up on tuesday?— tuesday? it is important to note that — tuesday? it is important to note that often _ tuesday? it is important to note that often times - tuesday? it is important to note that often times we i tuesday? it is important to i note that often times we see these climate summits go into overtime, the last one finished on the date was scheduled to finish was number 12 back in nairobi, it is not a surprise this has been a difficult negotiation but still there has been some visible frustration for a lot of people you have been talking about given what is at stake. we know 2023 was the hottest year on record, scientists are saying we are well off track to get back onto these goals in terms of cutting emissions by 50% by the end of the decade, they say cutting fossil fuels has to be a the decade, they say cutting fossilfuels has to be a big part of that. i spoke with one delegate on the island nation

of fiji, she got emotional when she talked about her conversations with people back home, about the difficulties of potentially going back to friends and family without a deal that she thinks would be able to say the fate of many of these countries that are truly on the front lines and are risking any kind of being inundated by the rising seas. there is a lot on the line and we will be sure to get you the updates on the latest text as soon as we can.— updates on the latest text as soon as we can. what role has it -la ed soon as we can. what role has it played that _ soon as we can. what role has it played that you _ soon as we can. what role has it played that you have - soon as we can. what role has it played that you have an - soon as we can. what role has it played that you have an oil. it played that you have an oil producer estate like the uae hosting the summit, we know that has been a big source of controversy?— controversy? right, and the president— controversy? right, and the president of _ controversy? right, and the president of cop28 - controversy? right, and the president of cop28 is - controversy? right, and the president of cop28 is also l controversy? right, and the l president of cop28 is also the ceo of one of the largest oil companies in the world, dr sultan al—jaber, on the one hand there was hope potentially having that influence could bring more people to the table, could bring oil and gas companies to the table to help reduce their emissions, we did

see a deal on their earlier at the summit but it is clear we select documents allegedly showing these oil producing countries are very much against language that would completely phased out the use of fossil fuels, so this is still a divisive issue and it being here are certainly symbolic of those difficulties that this climate effort is still undergoing stock. climate effort is still underuaoin stock. ~ undergoing stock. we will let ou no undergoing stock. we will let you go so _ undergoing stock. we will let you go so you _ undergoing stock. we will let you go so you can _ undergoing stock. we will let you go so you can look- undergoing stock. we will let you go so you can look at - undergoing stock. we will let| you go so you can look at that draft deal and we will speak to you in the next hour. we are hearing the draft deal does not include the words phase out when it refers to fossil fuels, we will see exactly what it does contain, apparently it does contain, apparently it does say transition away, we will see there is agreement over those words but we will let carl take a look at that and get more later. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. the british museum has given an update on their investigation into a former employee who is suspected of stealing or damaging

around 2,000 items over a 30—year period. the museum's chairman, george osborne, says the man the museum believes to have taken them isn't talking to them, and they are still trying to establish a motive. 0sborne has been speaking to the bbc�*s culture editor katie razzall. we're pretty clear that an individual who was employed here stole from the museum, went to quite elaborate lengths to cover their tracks. one of the things that we have got to get to the bottom of is exactly the motivation of the individual who we believe was responsible, but he has not been talking are cooperating. he said the museum had big lessons to learn. a couple of years ago there was a warning, and it was not taken as seriously as it should have been. some of the artefacts, most of which had never been catalogued by the museum, were sold on ebay for as little as a few pounds. 651 of them have been recovered or identified. the true value of all the items is still unknown. by

by watching bbc news. —— you are watching. the un general assembly has overwhelmingly adopted a resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in gaza. though it's non—binding, analysts say this second attempt acts as a powerful measure of international opinion. president biden had earlier said that israel was losing support because of what he called its indiscriminate bombing of palestinians. here's our north america editor sarah smith. the administration is acutely aware of the fact they could be losing sympathy and it was over three quarters of the members of the general assembly voted in favour of an immediate military and ceasefire. uk abstained down the us was one of the few countries to against, un ambassador says, thatis against, un ambassador says, that is driven by the murderous ideology any ceasefire would be temporary at best and dangerous at worst. what has to be said americans are losing patience with the way israel is positing this war in gaza and that becoming increasingly public. just today president biden was criticising israel, saying they are now losing international

support and he described the government is one of the most conservative in history who don't want to see a two state solution in the middle east and i think you will hear more overt criticism of the way israel is prosecuting this war, evenif israel is prosecuting this war, even if the us isn't yet prepared to call for a ceasefire. speaking moments before that united nations vote, israeli ambassador to the un, gilad erdan, said the ceasefire was not a viable solution. there are no war crimes more heinous than the atrocities hamas committed, and those that support this resolution are giving the terrorists a free pass. a ceasefire means one thing, and one thing only — ensuring the survival of hamas. speaking after the vote, the palestinian ambassador to the un said "it is our collective duty to continue in this path "until we see an end to this aggression against our people." here's riyad mansour. today was a historic day in terms of a powerful message that was sent from the general assembly,

and it is our collective duty to continue in this path until we see an end to this aggression against our people, to see this war stopping against our people. it is our duty to save lives. saving lives is much nicer and better than taking it away. meanwhile, israel continues its bombardment of gaza, with the main focus on khan younis in the south. there's also been fighting in rafah, near the border with egypt. the world health organization says less than a third of the hospitals in gaza remain even partially functional. aid organisations are calling the situation in the strip desperate with limited aid flowing in. as the war rages on, the father of a young israeli woman killed by hamas during the october 7 attacks says he still believes palestinians should have their own state, and that peace is possible. eyal waldman is an israeli tech billionaire who invested in gaza and created jobs for palestinians. his daughter danielle and her boyfriend noam were killed at a music festival. 0ur senior international correspondent 0rla guerin sent this report from tel aviv.

they were young and in love. this is danielle waldman and her boyfriend, noam shai. their whole lives were ahead of them. she was an amazing girl. she loved to dance. she loved animals. she loved people. she had many, many friends. she never did anything wrong to anyone. she just loved doing good things. and then theyjust murdered her for no reason. they were so happy together. danielle's father, ael waldman, told me the couple were planning to marry. yeah, we decided, with noam's parents, that best is that we bury them together, instead of getting them married. and we did it, in the north. danielle and noam were among those who fled in terror when hamas attacked

a music festival on october 7. we have a video, like, few minutes before they were murdered, when they were still in the car. and then we had a phone call when they were screaming that everybody were hurt, so... this is the last footage of danielle and her friends trying to stay calm. someone says, "it'll be ok." then a hint of panic. despite the killing of his daughter, eyal waldman still believes in a palestinian state. he is a tech giant who has created jobs in gaza and the west bank in the past. do you regret that now? no, i don't regret. i think i need to do, and we need to do everything we can to make this place the best place to live in. and we need to stop killing each other and finding a way to live together. i built a design centre in gaza. i donated $360,000

to a hospital in gaza. i started a peace initiative with gaza. and he says he still has hopes for peace. and then i hope that, like, in two to four years, we'll be able to do peace and build two states for the two people and be able to live together, next to each other. but before that, anyone that was responsible, anyone that was associated with what happened in october 7, �*23, will be eliminated and we will take care of that. danielle was killed just weeks before her 25th birthday. her father says she touched everyone she met with her smile. 0rla guerin, bbc news, tel aviv. let's turn to some important news around the world. in poland, newly elected prime minister donald tusk won a vote of confidence in parliament, confirming his pro—eu coalition as the country's new government. mr tusk said his government would play a constructive role in europe, continue support for ukraine and give polish women increased access to legal abortions.

his government is expected to be sworn in on wednesday. argentina's new government has announced a 50% devaluation of its currency. it's part of a series of drastic steps aimed at pulling the country out of its worst economic crisis in decades. economy minister luis caputo also announced a cut to energy subsidies and the cancellation of tenders for public works. the president of a turkish football club has been arrested after punching a referee at a match on monday. 0fficials cancelled all football leagues across the country following the attack, the chairman of the sport's federation calling it a "night of shame for turkish football." the referee suffered a broken nose and was filmed in a hospital bed with a swollen face and wearing a neck brace. britain's prime minister, rishi sunak, has scored a political win in the house of commons with lawmakers approving his flagship rwanda immigration bill. it's just a first step for the emergency legislation aimed at reviving mr sunak�*s plan to send some asylum seekers to rwanda. it still faces further votes

in the new year. but for now, he successfully heads off a rebellion from his own party. in total, 313 mps voted in favour of the bill on tuesday, and 269 ministers voted against it. that means rishi sunak�*s conservative government held on for a healthy majority of 44. no members of mr sunak�*s party voted against the bill, though 37 abstained. and the opposition labour party voted against it. the bill seeks to declare in uk law that rwanda is a safe country to send asylum seekers to after the supreme court ruled the policy was unlawful last month. mr sunak�*s government wants to reduce the number of asylum seekers who arrive in britain illegally on small boats. chris mason has more from westminster. you can see, you can smell the tensions within the conservative party on all of this. they are there for all to see. they are in primary colours and they will return in january. the prime minister's challenge is to try and keep the show on the road,

try and find a path through. that looks very difficult, but he is still going, and what could have been a massive moment for him, in terms of training authority, has not happened. chris mason reporting from westminster. and one additional note — the uk has already provided rwanda with some $300 million for their work on this plan. but not a single migrant has been sent to rwanda thus far. and before we go, two—time emmy—winning actor andre braugher has died at the age of 61. he starred as captain raymond holt in the us comedy show brooklyn nine—nine alongside andy samberg. before that, braugher received an emmy in 1998 for outstanding lead actor in the series homicide: life on the street. he was going to star in the netflix show residence as his next project, set to begin filming in early 2024. us media is citing his publicist as saying that braugher died on monday after a brief illness.

that's all for now. i'm sumi somaskanda. you can head to our website for all the very latest. thank you so much for watching bbc news and do stay with us. hello there. wednesday's weather will see big improvements. it will brighten up very nicely from the west, and over the next few days, for the vast majority of us, it will turn a lot drier as high pressure starts to build in from the south, also turning milder into the weekend with westerly winds and temperatures rising across the board into double figures once more. now, that very slow—moving area of low pressure continues to meander its way into the near continent. still plenty of cloud, some showery outbreaks of rain for much of eastern england, and we're keeping that cloud here too for much of the day, but it'll brighten up very nicely across northern england, much of wales and down through the southwest of england.

still rather blustery for irish sea coasts, but some more sunshine for northern ireland and for much of scotland. but some lingering freezing fog for quite some time, and it will be feeling colder as well, 5 to 10 degrees celsius, north to south, with quite a chilly northerly wind blowing. but it's only a brief cold spell, because then we've got a warm front waiting out towards the northwest that's going to be pushing southwards and eastwards on wednesday night, turning briefly to snow across the highlands, the pennines, the cheviot southern uplands, perhaps before quickly turning back to rain, and that weather front is weakening as it pushes southwards and eastwards, bringing milderfeeling air. of course, a few patches of drizzle, some increased cloud for the southeast of england on thursday afternoon. but again, an improving picture from the west and some showers just pushing into western scotland too. temperatures starting to climb for many towards the west, but still rather chilly towards the south and the east. now, on friday morning, a cold start again for the south and the east

will see a lot of cloud out towards the west, a southwesterly wind now, and we're starting to see some showers out towards the northwest of scotland too. temperatures will be creeping up with that southwesterly wind of course. high pressure is building in from the south. so if we just take a look at the bigger picture, you can see that high here starting to extend in from the south, and that's sending all of the weather fronts scooting out towards the north and the west. so we'll still see some outbreaks of rain across parts of northern scotland. it will still be mild here. we've got brisk, westerly winds, so there won't be any issues with frost and fog and, in fact, temperatures are set to rise as we head through the weekend. so we'll be seeing 11 or 12 degrees celsius, 13 for some. the milder air set to stick around for the rest of the week, and it should be largely dry for most. bye— bye.

let carl take a look at that and get more later. emerging markets are keeping a watchful eye after argentina's new president weakens its currency by 50%. c0 p28 cop28 delegates c0 p28 delegates have cop28 delegates have released a new text which would encourage delegates to transition away from fossil fuels. welcome to asia business report. let's begin in argentina.

the new president has announced measures to fix its worst economic crisis indicates that the most prominent measure is to devalue its currency by more than 50% and this puts the peso 800 per dollar. we have been watching for any spillover effect in emerging markets because here in asia when we last saw a massive currency devaluation it triggered a currency crisis in thailand which then lead to the asian financial crisis in the late �*90s. katie silverjoins us now to tell us more. why does argentina need to do this? ., why does argentina need to do this? . ., ., ., ., , :: , this? that devaluation was 20% this? that devaluation was 20% this is in the — this? that devaluation was 20% this is in the order _ this? that devaluation was 20% this is in the order of _ this? that devaluation was 20% this is in the order of 5096 - this? that devaluation was 2096 this is in the order of 5096 so i this is in the order of 50% so it is a very large one, the country does not have the foreign currency reserves anymore prop up the currency in this way. one big part of this

the central bank it needs these foreign currency reserves to