what we know, though, is that today. what we know, though, is that at the _ today. what we know, though, is that at the subnational level, there is a lot of— at the subnational level, there is a lot of action — at the subnational level, there is a lot of action being taken to tackle climate change. cities, regions and communities are taking action at a much _ communities are taking action at a much faster— communities are taking action at a much faster pace, more ambitious action, _ much faster pace, more ambitious action, because i think a lot of people — action, because i think a lot of pe0ple are _ action, because i think a lot of people are frustrated at the slow pace of _ people are frustrated at the slow pace of change, at the international level~ _ pace of change, at the international level. 00 _ pace of change, at the international level. , ., pace of change, at the international level. ,, , , pace of change, at the international level. , , . , level. do you sense that countries are willing — level. do you sense that countries are willing to _ level. do you sense that countries are willing to have _ level. do you sense that countries are willing to have tough - are willing to have tough conversations with their publics around election times, for example, about some of the changes in lifestyle that surely are inherent in the sorts of changes that have been agreed at high level? i think that varies a lot. we _ i think that varies a lot. we saw_ i think that varies a lot. we saw in australia, for example, that was_ we saw in australia, for example, that was an — we saw in australia, for example, that was an election that was partly on climate — that was an election that was partly on climate change. it remains to be seen _ on climate change. it remains to be seen whether that is part of the

discussion— seen whether that is part of the discussion next year when we are having _ discussion next year when we are having our— discussion next year when we are having our general election, but it is certainly — having our general election, but it is certainly the case there is a lot of debate — is certainly the case there is a lot of debate about how we translate national — of debate about how we translate national commitments to tackle climate — national commitments to tackle climate change into concrete action, so we _ climate change into concrete action, so we are _ climate change into concrete action, so we are seeing the public are on board _ so we are seeing the public are on board with — so we are seeing the public are on board with a lot of the changes, actually. — board with a lot of the changes, actually, that we need to make to our lifestyles around travel, diet, consumption. these are the things which _ consumption. these are the things which people are actually broadly on-hoard — which people are actually broadly on—board with, so it is now down to the details — on—board with, so it is now down to the details of— on—board with, so it is now down to the details of some of those policies _ policies. all right. michael, on policies. — all right. michael, on that issue, we have had a sort of test case, have we not, after the pandemic, with a run out of energy prices where, in the rest of europe, they cut their energy consumption by 10-15% cut their energy consumption by 10—15% as a result of high prices, whereas we didn't really do that in this country. it was too politically difficult. on top of that, the americans are talking a good game about climate change but have become the world's biggest oil and gas exporter. is this really happening, or is itjust a bunch of

negotiations in the desert? it is negotiations in the desert? it is beauinnin negotiations in the desert? it is beginning to — negotiations in the desert? it 3 beginning to happen, and the example i would give you is power. 15 years ago, nearly all of our power came from coal and gas, a little bit from oil. in most countries in the world, almost all the new power investment is renewables. it is solar and wind. why? because the price of those things has come down. why has the price come down? because governments have put in policies demanding more of it, and as more is demanded, so more is produced. that gives you scale, you get innovation and the price going down. the same is true in electric vehicles. a few years ago, completely unaffordable. now, within two or three years, they will be cheaper to run on a lifetime basis than petrol. that is the shift of lifestyle. it isn't, at least for the next ten years, that we will suddenly all have to wear hair shirts or even go vegetarian. these are things that are happening because the technologies are changing, and then our attitudes towards them change. so people are eating less meat already.

we must leave that there. thank you very much, both of you. so let's take a look at some of the front pages. i think we have the independent first. dare we hope the future of fossil fuels is going first. dare we hope the future of fossilfuels is going up in smoke? sort of hedging their bets on the result of those cop. landmark deal to transition away from fossil fuels in the guardian. the telegraph: britain to build next—generation fighter jets. the telegraph: britain to build next—generation fighterjets. a next—generation fighter jets. a project next—generation fighterjets. a project with japan and italy for a new supersonic aircraft by 2035. thenin new supersonic aircraft by 2035. then in the times, facebook is now a danger to children, parents told. the crime chief raises alarm over encrypted messages. that is all from us tonight. kirsty is in the chair tomorrow. goodbye. this is bbc news. we'll have the headlines for you at the top of

some were carrying homemade explosives. the real battles today, between soldiers and palestinian gunmen, were further up the road injenin's refugee camp. but many young people watching the war in gaza feel fresh pride in resistance. translation: what's happening here in jenin is we are resisting l and we are defending jenin out of love. we are not related to any of the parties. if netanyahu comes with his soldiers, he will fail. several times today, gunfire and tear gas broke the crowd apart. people yelling.

the tension is starting to build here again on the second day of the army operation injenin. the young men gathering in the street have built a barricade here to try and stop the armyjeeps coming down towards the city. but there's tear gas in the air now and rounds have been fired. hundreds have been arrested in house to house searches and residents trapped in their homes have sent desperate messages asking for ambulances, medicine and food. palestinians in the west bank are watching israel's war with hamas in gaza. troops there have been pushing into the southern city of khan younis and shejaiya in the north. an ambush there yesterday left nine soldiers dead. almost two million people have now fled the fighting. the head of the un agency for palestinian refugees described the situation there as "a living hell". he said gaza's people were running out of time and options.

the winter weather is adding to the misery. lamas came here after her family's house was bombed. "there are swimming pools from the rain now," she said, "and people are suffering in water—filled tents. "we're sleeping in water. "what did we do? "we could have been sitting in our homes now. "shame on them." injenin tonight, mosques have called on people to come out in defence of their brothers in gaza and those at home. palestinians say this conflict did not begin with the hamas attacks and is no nearer an end. lucy williamson, bbc news, janin. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's take a look at some other stories making news today. wales first minister mark drakeford has announced he is stepping down after five years in the job. mr drakeford, who's 69,

says he'll remain as first minister until his party elects a new leader. jon venables, one of the two boys who killed toddler jamie bulger in 1993, has had his bid for parole rejected. venables — who's now 41 — was released on licence in 2001 but has been sent back to jail twice for having indecent images of children on his computer. the bbc understands that the deputy director of the british museum is leaving the institution. it follows the suspected thefts of two thousand of artefacts earlier this year. earlier this year, drjonathan williams stepped back from his deputy director duties whilst an internal review into the thefts took place — but a spokesperson has told the bbc that he will not resume the role. you're live with bbc news.

dozens of people, including children, have been injured in a wave of missile strikes on kyiv — the worst attack on the ukrainian capital in months. a kindergarten and a hospital were damaged by debris as authorities say ten ballistic missiles were shot down. this latest russian strike on kyiv is the third within a week, and comes as ukraine's president zelensky continues his tour of countries to plead for more money for the war and reenergise western support. for the latest from kyiv, here's jess parker. you wouldn't think that just a few small steps from here there'd be this. but that's how life looks today in kyiv. in last night's explosion, ondrej�*s skin was pierced by shards of glass. translation: it was horrifying, a niahtmare. i couldn't believe it had happened. we don't have a house anymore. we don't have a car. what to do? where to go? it's not clear.

throwing away the debris from missiles shot down in the night. packing up without anywhere to go. a terrible, familiar routine and one for which there's less global attention and dwindling pledges of aid. "see what the russians are doing to us?" says oleksander. "help is needed." he's in shock, seeing injured children. he thanks god his own grandson didn't stay last night. president zelensky arriving in norway. big decisions on eu support and membership talks loom after he failed to clinch crucial defence funds in the us following a faltering counter—offensive. aircraft to artillery, it doesn't matter.

i mean, you need it, and of course you can have it if the world, if europe in unity around ukraine. that's why, of course, you can't win without help. ukraine is, by now, used to dealing with destruction, picking up the pieces and carrying on. but every attack, of course, leaves shattered lives behind. and now a question is hanging over this country. were some of those promises of solid, long—term support from the west, in the end, just words? all this has collided with a massive cyber attack on ukraine. but people i talk to still have belief that the necessary aid will come to help them fight a war they cannot conceive of losing. jessica parker, bbc news, in kyiv. let's take a look at some other

stories in the headlines... the european commission has released previously frozen funding for hungary worth $11 billion. it comes on the eve of an eu summit on ukraine's membership accession, which hungary disputes. prime minister viktor orban threatened to block proposals to allow kyiv to start accession talks and to receive substantial financial and military aid from the eu budget. a court in pakistan has indicted former prime minister imran khan on charges of leaking state secrets. he's accused of making public the contents of a confidential cable sent by pakistan's ambassador to the united states and using it for his political interests. a party colleague of khans and the former foreign minister has also been indicted in the same case. both deny the charges. the office of the south african president cyril ramaphosa says he will appeal against a court ruling that his crowning

of the new zulu king was unlawful and invalid. king misuzulu's half—brother, prince simakade, says he's the rightful heir. the late king goodwill zwelithini died in 2021, sparking a vicious power struggle between the brothers. movie lovers have a chance to bid for some unique props and costumes from some of the biggest movies ever. there is an auction of items starting on thursday from films including batman, harry potter, spider—man and star wars. but as our reporter nicky schiller explains the must have prop is out of this world. it was back in 1982 that the world fell in love with et, the homesick extraterrestrial, and the bond he had with elliott, the little boy who found him. the steven spielberg movie won four oscars, and children in playgrounds around

the globe were saying "et, phone home." well, now the original alien head is up for auction. it comes from the collection of the original designer, carlo rambaldi. although it is showing some signs of age, it's expected to sell for up to $1 million. incredible movie that we can still watch and enjoy today. and this was before cgi. so everything was mechanically operated. the eyelids, the nostrils, the tongue, the neck. all of that was done by manual operators with cables phenomena. operators with cables. phenomenal. so it's really a special piece. another item that could fetch half a million dollars is this the original b9 robot from the pioneering 19605 sci—fi series, lost in space. more than 1000 bits of memorabilia will go under the hammer, including the batman costume worn by michael keaton in batman returns. dumbledore's robes from harry potter and hundreds of items from the big lebowski.

part of those proceeds from the sale will go to the no kid hungry organisation at the request of the movie's star, "the dude", jeff bridges. and it's notjust movie items up for sale. this dress warm by the late princess diana in 1985 is also going under the hammer with the crown on netflix. at the moment, it could reach between $100,000 and $200,000. 110w now a little more on that breaking news story before we go. the republican led us house of representatives has voted in favour of going ahead with a formal inc. impeachment require —— inquiry into presidentjoe biden. he calls it a baseless political stunt, and said the republicans were focused on attacking him with lies. his son did have an emotional statement in front

of the capital earlier on as well. that's all for now — stay with bbc news. hello there. given all the rain that we've had over the past few weeks, it's still pretty wet out there. but the next few days at least will turn drier and also the temperatures will be rising. now, this area of low pressure brought cloud and some rain and drizzle to eastern parts of england. that's moving away. the next weather system is coming in from the atlantic. but in between the two, well, we did have some sunshine earlier on, particularly in northern ireland and here in scotland. but where we have the clearer skies in the first part of the night, there's the risk that temperatures could fall just below freezing in places. but that window of clearer skies will close as the night goes on because all that cloud will come in from the atlantic. it's going to bring some rain and briefly some snow over the scottish mountains, perhaps the northern pennines, but it should turn back to rain later on in the night as temperatures start to rise.

so these are the numbers by first thing thursday morning. and by this time, the rain will have cleared away from northern ireland and just about the whole of scotland. but we will see some further patchy, mostly light rain and drizzle affecting england and wales, and that cloudy, damp weather could continue across the south—east well into the afternoon, but otherwise we'll get some sunshine following on behind, a few showers for northern ireland and scotland, mostly in the north of scotland, where it's still quite blustery. but if anything, temperatures are going to be a degree or two higher than what we had today. as one weather system moves away, we look to see another one coming in from the atlantic as we move into friday. this is going to be focused more to the north—west of the uk. we'll see more cloud coming into northern ireland and also in scotland, showers in the north of the country being replaced by some rain and drizzle. elsewhere, it should be dry and a lot more sunshine more widely across england and wales, where the winds will be lighter. still, temperatures 7—8 celsius across eastern parts of england, but further west, it is much, much milder. and this milder atlantic air and some brisk winds will come

rushing in across the whole of the country in time for the start of the weekend. we've got colder air to the north of that weather front, which may move southwards on sunday to bring some patchy rain. but on saturday, it's staying to the north of us, just bringing the chance of some rain in the north of scotland. again, it looks like it's going to be windy here and across northern ireland. the winds are lighter as you head further south, but there won't be as much sunshine for england and wales on saturday. but it is mild air and those temperatures will be widely12—13 celsius.

this is bbc news. we'll have the headlines at the top of the hour, as newsday continues straight after hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk with me, zeinab badawi. the spiralling death toll in gaza, triggered by the killing and abduction of israelis by hamas on october 7th, has led many to wonder what happens the day after the conflict stops. can palestinians and israelis look to a peaceful future based on mutual respect? or has this painful chapter in their history set back the prospects of renewing the path towards reconciliation?

my guest is a palestinian doctor, izzeldin abuelaish, whose three daughters and niece were killed in an israeli tank strike on his home in the gaza strip in 2009. at the time, he said he felt no bitterness. and, soon after, he published his award—winning autobiography called i shall not hate. now, he has lost 22 more family members in these current bombings. is he still preaching his message of forgiveness and peace? dr izzeldin abuelaish, welcome to hardtalk.

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