welcome to bbc news. these are the main headlines. an historic deal is agreed at the cop28 climate summit — calling, for the first time, for all countries to move away from using fossilfuels. political leaders and climate campaigners broadly welcome the agreement — but express reservations about it limiting temperature rises to 1.5 degrees celsius. israel says it carried out more than 250 strikes on gaza in the last day — as the main refugee agency says it's on the verge of collapse. and — argentina's new president begins his "economic shock therapy" — slashing the value of the currency

in half and announcing deep cuts in public spending. one of those stories in a moment or two. sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's chetan pa rtak. newcastle will hope they don't go the same way as manchester united. absolutely, we're looking ahead to the final round of european champions group matches. it's the final round of european champions league group matches on wednesday, with newcastle united among the sides hoping to reach the knockout stages. eddie howe�*s side are up against ac milan. it's 20 years since their last champions league campaign. if it's to continue and they're to reach the knockout stages — they have to beat the italian side and hope paris st—germain don't win against the already qualified borussia dortmund. i think being under lights

here is very special but champions league, we have something to play for and everything to gain. we would have taken this position before the paris game. it could have been very different but we are where we are and in the position we are in and i think we are looking forward to trying to improve on our last two performances so the lads are very focused. erling haaland will miss the champion�*s manchester city's final group game against red star belgrade on wednesday. there's nothing riding on the match with city already group winners with rb leipzig guaranteed second. we're going to rotate some players, but because you have three days travel, five, six hour, three day, three day, final, potentialfinal. so and i'm very pleased to tomorrow to see many players that didn't play lately be involved in the team.

absolutely. i'm very pleased. these are the rest of wednesday's games. in group e, atletico and lazio are already through to the knockout stages — but with one point between them what happens in their match later will decide who wins the group. celtic, without a win, play feyenoord but are guaranteed to finish bottom. there's an intriguing game in group h where shakhtar donetsk play porto. whoever wins that one will take their place in the knockout stages behind the group winners barcelona. a draw would be enough for porto. the turkish football federation has announced that matches in all top—tier leagues will resume next tuesday — after being suspended due to an on—field attack on a referee by a club president. referee halil umut meler, who was punched in the face at the end of a match by the president of mke ankaragucu, has been discharged from the hospital where he was receiving treatment. his doctor, who escorted him out of the building, says meler�*s in "good spirits and doing well" as he recovers from a fractured eye socket. it's understood he'll continue to referee. australian cricketer usman khawaja says he'll "fight" the decision to stop him

from wearing shoes with a pro—palestinian message. the batter had planned to wear shoes with the words "all lives are equal" and "freedom is a human right" at a test match with pakistan. khawaja says he's been told by the international cricket council that he won't be allowed to do that because it's considered to be a political statement. they icc have told me i can't wear my shoes on the field because they believe it is a political statement under the guidelines. i don't believe it is so. i believe it is a humanitarian view. i will respect their decision but i will fight to seek approval. freedom is a human right. it's been confirmed that eddiejones has been appointed japan's rugby union head coach for the second time. the former england coach had previously led japan between 2012 and 2015, which included a famous win over south africa at the 2015 world cup. he resigned as australia coach

in october after they failed to reach the knockout stages of this year's world cup. there is more reaction to that on the bbc sport website. we will have more for you later. back to you, matthew. let's return to our top story — the new global deal on climate change approved by almost 200 countries at the un summit in dubai. the deal calls on all countries to move away from the use of fossil fuels. it's the first time there has been a direct reference to the future of fossil fuels at a un climate summit text. but this deal doesn't include any wording on the "phasing out of fossil fuels" — something many governments wanted. after the agreement — this was the reaction from the alliance of low—lying island states. have a listen. zoning in on paragraph 26 and 29 of this decision, we have come to the conclusion that the course

correction that is needed has not been secured. we have made an incremental advancement over business as usual. when what we really needed is an exponential step change in our actions and support. mr president, in paragraph 26, we do not see any commitment or even an invitation from parties to peak emissions by 2025. we reference the science throughout the text and even in this paragraph, but then we refrain from an agreement to take the relevant action in order to act in line with what the science says we have to do. that was some of the immediate reaction. let's get more from our correspondent in dubai, carl nasman. so despite the historic nature, of course, of this agreement, not every country is completely satisfied. there are many developing nations and many nations like samoa that are on the front lines of climate change that feel like this deal simply doesn't go far enough. i'm joined by a couple of guests here. i have brianna frewen, who is from samoa, a pacific climate

warrior, and also drew slater, pacific climate lawyer from fiji. brianna, i'd love to start with you. we heard the representative there who's from samoa but was speaking on behalf of aosis, this alliance of small island states. what did you make of that speech and the message behind it? is there satisfaction among people from samoa or similar nations that are on the front lines of climate change? are they satisfied with this deal? simply, mo, i think i echo the words of our aosis, annie, that there was so much that we needed to say, but weren't even given the time because some of the aosis members weren't even in the room when it was gavelled. and she said in her statement that she was a little bit confused as to what was happening. and then if you want to go and look at what in the text aosis is opposed to, you can have a look at her statement. drew, how about you? are those similar sentiments on your part? you're from fiji. is there a concern that nations such as samoa, such as fiji, simply were left out

of the process right at the end of this deal? i think it was gavelled very rapidly and as aosis chair said, some - of the aosis representatives weren't in the room - and there was a bit of confusion. and there are also clear points . of concern in the text, particularly around the lack of a phase—out. acknowledging the transition away from fossil fuels is historic. - yes, but it's a signal. we've heard it's a signal. and the time for- signalling is long past. well, is there enough in this deal that you think this could make a difference, potentially keep the world on track to meet our 1.5 degrees celsius goal? there's incremental change, so there's small bits in there of success, but it's not what we need it to be. it's not what we need it to be to get out of this trajectory that we're on. and we've made it clear, 1.5 is a red line for us. we can't cross 1.5 because our survival is on that line and there's text in there that crosses that 1.5 line. drew, there were concerns, of course, coming in to this cop28

that it was being hosted in an oil nation, that the cop28 president is also the ceo of an oil company. in the end, do you think that those concerns affected the outcome here? i think we need to acknowledge that there were over 2,000 fossil fuel. lobbyists present at cop28, a significant increase - from the cop before. i think it's also important - to acknowledge that the outcome possesses some loopholes that could benefit the fossil fuel- industry, referring to abatement, referring to transition _ fuels like gas. so it does feel like this could have been a win because it doesn't- completely phase out fossil fuels. there's still room for expansion. brianna, i think there are some that might say this seemed to be an impossible deal to get oil nations on board with something. we saw the leaked document from opec saying that they would absolutely oppose any language to a fossil fuel phase—out and yet to get fairly strong language on fossilfuels — does that seem like a win given those circumstances? i mean, i've said this before today.

it's like asking us to celebrate flowers that will lie on our grave. how can you ask us to do that? and at the same time, i think it's about transparency. the thing is, we were asked to come to this cop, and at the very beginning we got word from the presidency that this would be a historic win. there was no real history made. yes, a small, historic win of having fossil fuels in the text. but it's almost like the spirit of how we began. this is not how we're ending it. brianna fruin from samoa, drew slaterfrom fiji, both pacific climate warriors, thank you to you both for coming to share your perspectives on this text, which hasjust been approved in dubai. one notejust to end on, we heard, of course, that big standing ovation after sultan aljaber gavelled through this agreement. there was another standing ovation after that speech from samoa on behalf of these smaller states, and that lasted longer than that initial round of applause. that can just show you that there are plenty of concerns still about whether or not this

deal goes far enough. the head of the un palestinian refugee agency — unrwa — says their capacity to deliver services in gaza is on the verge of collapse. and un agencies are warning of a public health disaster, with the hamas controlled health ministry saying that its supply of vaccines for children has run out. 85% of the population of gaza has been displaced by the war with israel, and people are living in overcrowded, unsanitary shelters. live now to fawaz gerges, professor of international relations at london school of economics. thank you for being here with us. how long do you think this war has got to run still? figs how long do you think this war has got to run still?— got to run still? as long as the united states _ got to run still? as long as the united states opposes - got to run still? as long as the united states opposes a - got to run still? as long as the - united states opposes a ceasefire. as long as the united states green lights israel's war. just to give you an idea, yesterday, 154 nations

voted for a ceasefire out of 193 nations. 154. only ten nations opposed the ceasefire including the united states. the united states continues to oppose a ceasefire and continues to oppose a ceasefire and continues to oppose a ceasefire and continues to believe that israel will be able to destroy hamas, israel believes that it needs as many weeks as so the war goes on, suffering goes on, the killing goes on and the humanitarian crisis deteriorates by the hour. as you just said, you have more than 85%, more than 85% of the 2.3 million palestinians in gaza displaced. 1.9 million people. the united nations officials across the board believe there is no safe place in gaza. today, more than 18,000 civilians have been killed. 71% of the 18,000

are children and women. 50,000 have been injured. this gives you, the reason i'm mentioning the numbers, this gives your viewers a glimpse of the extent of the catastrophe unfolding in gaza. i the extent of the catastrophe unfolding in gaza.— the extent of the catastrophe unfolding in gaza. i suspect that erha -s unfolding in gaza. i suspect that perhaps might _ unfolding in gaza. i suspect that perhaps might explain _ unfolding in gaza. i suspect that perhaps might explain why - unfolding in gaza. i suspect that - perhaps might explain why president biden who was off—camera, but used the phrase indiscriminate bombing, and also sending jake sullivan to israel tomorrow. america has been talking again behind—the—scenes of allowing the war to continue to the new year. israel apparently wants to keep going until around february. a diplomatic clock often is at a mismatch with the military clock. what do you think it will actually take for america to say enough? the ressure is take for america to say enough? tue: pressure is building take for america to say enough? tte: pressure is building on, as you said. biden is coming under tremendous pressure from the international community. even the

united kingdom, britain, we, the closest ally to the united states, abstained both in the security council and the united nations. france, canada, australia, new zealand, they all voted for a ceasefire. there is tremendous pressure from within the administration. the state department, the cia and the white house. and also the public polls of joe biden are not really very promising at all. young democrats, 20% are deserting joe biden, less than a year before the presidential elections. my take on it, and i'm not exaggerating, i think president biden and his officials, advisers in the white house, the state department and the defence department, i don't think they appreciate the political and strategic and moral damage they inflict on american foreign policy. because i know a bit about what's

happening throughout the middle east... ~ , ., ., ., east... why do you come to that conclusion? _ east... why do you come to that conclusion? you _ east... why do you come to that conclusion? you said _ east... why do you come to that conclusion? you said that - east... why do you come to that conclusion? you said that exact | conclusion? you said that exact phrase to our producer and ijotted it down. why have you come to that conclusion given everything that has been said by the biden administration, both about the response to that hamas attack on october the 7th and the shuttle diplomacy with various arab allies? the entire american diplomatic machine is geared to give israel time and space to finish the mission. the mission in biden�*s eyes and his officials, is the destruction of hamas, the uprooting of hamas, this is quite an unlikely scenario. hamas is a social movement, a resistance movement, deeply anchored in its society, regardless of what you think of hamas, hamas does not have a vision for the palestinians. before the 7th

of october hamas was very unpopular evenin of october hamas was very unpopular even in gaza. it is almost impossible to uproot hammers from within a society that basically feels that hamas is standing up to israeli occupation. and let mejust say a word or two about the biden administration. everything that the administration. everything that the administration has done, in the past two months or so and again i'm not exaggerating, this particular war is notjust israel's war, american bombs, american missiles, american political backing, american surveillance drones over gaza american vetoes, this is really in the region itself, you asked me my opinion, you don't care about my opinion, you don't care about my opinion, in the region, the middle east and global south this is seen as notjust israel's war but biden�*s war. the reality is at the end of the day israel doesn't answer to

anyone of us, except one particular man, biden and we are seeing a bit of change. but so far the biden administration opposes ceasefire even on humanitarian basis. so we have to wait and see whether any particular real change, structural change, takes place in washington. fawaz gerges, we have to leave it there. thank you for coming on the programme. around the world and across the uk, you're watching bbc news. bringing you different stories from across the uk. breaking the law, these e—scooters were filmed on the streets of lincoln in the last few days. the only place they can legally be ridden is on private land with the permission of the landowner but they have become a common sight in our towns and cities. theyjust scoot past - you and you don't even know they're coming round. in the run—up to christmas, you will find a wide range of e—scooters on sale in big—name high street shops alongside warnings from lincolnshire police. their message is, think twice before you buy one as a present. the only place you can legally use

them is on private land with the landowner�*s permission. for most people, they won't have that option. from the point of view of saving fuel and things like that - and allowing people to travel, i think it's a good idea. - i think they could be quite useful just for an alternative to bikes. but until they are regulated and actually looked at, then i think they are a bit of a problem, yeah. for more stories from across the uk, head to the bbc news website. you're live with bbc news. a package of economic shock therapy has been announced by argentina's new president aimed at fixing its worst crisis in decades. they include weakening the value of its currency by more than 50% against the dollar. the country is battling soaring inflation, with prices rising by around 150% over the past year. it's struggling with high government debt and owes the international monetary fund $44 billion. around 40% of the population is living below the poverty line. that is the backdrop.

live now tojimena blanco, who leads the americas research team at verisk maplecroft, a risk analytics, research and strategic forecasting company. welcome to the programme. this is an eye—watering package of measures, isn't it? eye-watering package of measures, isn't it? , . ~ eye-watering package of measures, isn't it? , ., ~ , ., eye-watering package of measures, isn't it? , ., ~ ., ., isn't it? yes, thank you for having me. it is something _ isn't it? yes, thank you for having me. it is something we _ isn't it? yes, thank you for having me. it is something we expected, though. it is very interesting from the perspective of argentines who have lived with an economic crisis after another for over a century now. but the population actually elected for the first time a president who promised austerity, a president who promised austerity, a president who promised austerity, a president who campaigned with a chainsaw saying he would take a chainsaw saying he would take a chainsaw to the public sector and to the state. and yesterday the first economic measures that were announced very much cater to that campaign pledge. and of course, it's very important to highlight this is

only the beginning of what promises to be a very structural economic reform and austerity in particular, reform and austerity in particular, reform programme. he reform and austerity in particular, reform programme.— reform and austerity in particular, reform programme. he hasn't gone as far as he did — reform programme. he hasn't gone as far as he did on _ reform programme. he hasn't gone as far as he did on the _ reform programme. he hasn't gone as far as he did on the campaign - reform programme. he hasn't gone as far as he did on the campaign trail - far as he did on the campaign trail but ministers have been talking about the pain of this lasting a few months. that is very optimistic. this is likely to hurt for quite a considerable time, isn't it? absolutely. it is important to know that yesterday economy minister said we have been going through stagflation for 11 years. what we are asking the public is to go through it this time to solve the problems that have caused it rather than to try to provide some temporary medicine to the symptoms, so he really is looking to attack the fiscal deficit, to put that in

simple terms, if you are a household and you are spending more money than you are making, you are constantly in debt and having to borrow, that is in effect what argentina has been doing for decades. aha, is in effect what argentina has been doing for decades.— doing for decades. a final thought, an extra ordinary _ doing for decades. a final thought, an extra ordinary thing, _ doing for decades. a final thought, an extra ordinary thing, you - doing for decades. a final thought, an extra ordinary thing, you said i doing for decades. a final thought, an extra ordinary thing, you said at the beginning they voted for this. it's almost the first time i can remember of the population voting knowing that things are going to get worse. you have that that has gone on with this election. is he likely to get this package through congress? he to get this package through congress?— to get this package through concress? , ., ., , congress? he is in a minority osition congress? he is in a minority position and _ congress? he is in a minority position and as _ congress? he is in a minority position and as you _ congress? he is in a minority position and as you said - congress? he is in a minority position and as you said at i congress? he is in a minorityl position and as you said at the beginning, and as you said at the

beginning, and as you said at the beginning, the austerity measures we heard of yesterday are not as radical as he campaigned on. i think he is showing some moderation and pragmatism. that will be the key because he is in a minority position in congress. he needs to get other centrist parties on board if he is going to be able to deliver the green shoots of the economic recovery towards the end of 2024. me recovery towards the end of 2024. we have to leave it there but it's fascinating what is going on in argentina. thank you for being with us and giving us that analysis. more now on the news that netflix has released viewer data on 99% of its catalogue for the first time. users around the world watched the night agent for 812m hours, making the political thriller its most viewed show in the first half of this year. the streaming giant has been criticised in the past for not being transparent about how content performs on its platform. we're joined now by indigo stafford,

entertainment reporter. it had a 2022, 20 2% viewership. jenny and georgia had 160,000 hours viewed but the margins between it and other high performing shows such as the glory, wednesday and queen charlotte were much smaller. the night agent also outperformed hugely publicised shows such as prince harry and meghan's tell all documentary.— harry and meghan's tell all documentary. harry and meghan's tell all documenta . ., ., , ., ., documentary. now we have this data, what ou documentary. now we have this data, what you think _ documentary. now we have this data, what you think flows _ documentary. now we have this data, what you think flows out _ documentary. now we have this data, what you think flows out of _ documentary. now we have this data, what you think flows out of it? - documentary. now we have this data, what you think flows out of it? for - what you think flows out of it? for those popular shows, are they likely to attract more money? will it help creators know what is popular and therefore offer more that sort of thing? tt therefore offer more that sort of thin ? , therefore offer more that sort of thin? , ., ., therefore offer more that sort of thin ? , , ., ., ., , thing? it is important to remember this was a huge _ thing? it is important to remember this was a huge talking _ thing? it is important to remember this was a huge talking point - thing? it is important to remember this was a huge talking point when | this was a huge talking point when it came to the writer and actor strikes, it essentially brought the tv and film industry to a standstill this year. hollywood unions were arguing that writers and actors

should be able to demand better payment and loyalties depend on how well their shows and movies perform, just like they would in the traditional tv industry but they accuse netflix and other streaming platforms of a lack of transparency over these viewing figures. beforehand, big streaming platforms took over, it was much easier for actors and writers to access these viewing figures, therefore demand higher pay. tt viewing figures, therefore demand hiuher -a. , ., viewing figures, therefore demand hiu-hera. , ., ':::: higher pay. it breaks down 100 billion hours _ higher pay. it breaks down 100 billion hours of— higher pay. it breaks down 100 billion hours of viewing - higher pay. it breaks down 100 billion hours of viewing time. l higher pay. it breaks down 100 i billion hours of viewing time. that is extraordinary. the company says it isn'tjust is extraordinary. the company says it isn't just about viewing hours alone, it is about whether it thrilled the audience, that was the quote. how do they measure that bit? it's important to remember that they are just measuring this with the amount of hours viewed and they actually said themselves that that's not the only way to measure how much

people enjoy shows. there are all different ways to measure the way in which the viewers were tuning in. but like i said earlier, it was really interesting to see, some of these highly publicised shows may be not doing as well as we thought they were. for example, the harry and meghan show maybe didn't have the viewing figures you would have expected. viewing figures you would have exected. ., ., ., ., expected. indigo, we have to leave it there, expected. indigo, we have to leave it there. we — expected. indigo, we have to leave it there, we are _ expected. indigo, we have to leave it there, we are out _ expected. indigo, we have to leave it there, we are out of— expected. indigo, we have to leave it there, we are out of time. - expected. indigo, we have to leave it there, we are out of time. thank| it there, we are out of time. thank you for your timejoining us on bbc news. i'm back in a moment with all of the day's headlines. don't go away. hello there. for eastern parts of england it's been a dull and damp day with some cool winds as well, all rotating around this area of low pressure that's been bringing the cloudy, damp weather that's going to move away into continental europe. we've got the next weather system, though, coming in from the atlantic. in between, things have been turning a little bit quieter with the best of the sunshine earlier

on in scotland and northern ireland. but these are the temperatures early in the evening. so they're falling away fairly quickly. and there is the possibility where we keep those clearer skies just for a while into the night, the temperatures could get close to orjust below freezing, but the window of clearer skies is going to be closing because whilst this cloud and damp weather will finally clear the southeast, we've got cloud and outbreaks of rain coming in from the atlantic briefly, some snow over the scottish mountains. the tops of the northern pennines. should turn back to rain, though, later because temperatures are going to be rising and those temperatures will be above freezing by thursday morning. the wet weather clearing scotland and northern ireland still to move away from england and wales. it's mostly a light rain and drizzle, could linger across east anglia in the south east into the afternoon. but elsewhere we should seeit cheering up with more in the way of sunshine around. a few showers for scotland and northern ireland, mainly for northern scotland where it's still going to be quite blustery. but temperatures are going to be higher than today by something like two or maybe even three degrees. it will feel pleasant enough when the sunshine does come out. that weather system out of the way. the next one is going to come in from the atlantic around the top of this area of high pressure.

it's going to bring a lot of cloud as we head into friday for northern ireland and particularly into scotland. and that weather front may well bring some outbreaks of rain eventually to northern and western parts of scotland, but elsewhere it should be dry. as you can see, there'll be quite a bit of sunshine for england and wales. temperatures across eastern parts of england about eight degrees, but head further west and those temperatures are rising significantly. we've got milder air coming in from the atlantic here in the west and that will push its way across the whole of the country by the time we get into the weekend. you can see there is colder air to the north of scotland. that's to the north of that weather front there and that's going to hang around into the weekend before eventually pushing a little bit further south. but there will be a lot of cloud through this weekend and we're going to find temperatures around 12 or 13 degrees quite widely on sunday. some uncertainty, but it looks like there could be some patchy rain, especially in the north.

live from london. this is bbc news. it is so decided. an historic deal is agreed at the cop 28 climate summit — calling on all countries to move away from using fossil fuels. political leaders and climate campaigners broadly welcome the agreement, but express reservations about it limiting temperature rises, to 1.5 degrees celsius. we have come to the conclusion that the course correction that is needed has not been secured. we have made an incremental advancement of the business as usual. israel says it carried out more than 250 strikes on gaza in the last 24 hours —

as the main un refugee agency says, it's on the verge of collapse. also on the programme... on verify today, after the prime minister won a crucial vote on his rwanda plan, we have been looking at whether he will meet another pledge to eliminate the asylum backlog. and find out what we've been watching. netflix releases viewer data on 99% of its catalogue for the first time. hello, i'm matthew amroliwala. welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. for the first time, there's a global climate agreement which calls on all countries to move away from using fossil fuels. delegates at the un climate summit in dubai reached the deal after negotiating through the night, to secure agreement from all 197 countries and the eu taking part. the president of cop 28, sultan al—jabar said, it's a "historic" agreement that sets the world in the right direction.

but many had wanted a strongerform of words —