live from london, this is bbc news. qatari television network aljazeera say their camerman has been killed in southern gaza by an israeli strike. hundreds of people gather in tel aviv on friday, calling for the israeli government to secure the release of the remaining hostages held by hamas. the medical examiner in los angeles has ruled the death of the actor matthew perry was an accident from the acute effects of ketamine. the missing british boy who was found after six years is expected to travel back to the uk over the weekend. hello. i'm catherine byaruhanga.

we start with the israel—gaza war, and the qatari television network aljazeera has said one of its cameramen has been killed in gaza as the result of an israeli strike. aljazeera said that samer abu daqqa was wounded either by shrapnel or in a drone strike on a school in khan yunis, in central gaza. he bled to death when rescue workers failed to reach the school. this comes as hundreds of people gathered in tel aviv on friday night to call for the israeli government to secure the release of the remaining hostages held by hamas. the israeli military has admitted it killed three israeli hostages in gaza city, after they were "mistakenly identified as a threat." the israeli defense forces have expressed deep remorse over the incident, which is now under investigation. from jerusalem, here's our correspondent, lucy williamson. israel's army is in gaza to kill hamas fighters and

bring hostages home. clear targets obliterated in the chaos of conflict. three of those shot dead in the northern district of shejaiya, not hamas gunmen but the captives israel came to save. one of them was yotam haim, 28 years old, a drummer with a heavy metal band, kidnapped from kibbutz kfar aza. his mother spoke to the bbc last month. they are talking about to release a few here, a few there. i know that they are playing with us, with our minds, with our hearts. we must hope. another of those killed was 25—year—old samer al—talalka, the eldest son of ten children from kfar hura, who worked with his father and brother in a hatchery and loved motorcycles.

and alon shamriz, kidnapped from kfar aza. israel's army said yotam, samer, and alon were mistakenly identified as a threat. prime minister benjamin netanyahu called it an unbearable tragedy. tonight, israel's armed forces are once again bearing the weight of their failure to protect. translation: the idf - mistakenly identified three kidnapped israelis as a threat. the force fired at them and they were killed. after the shooting, an immediate suspicion arose about the identity of the dead and their bodies were quickly transferred for examination in israel and there the hostages were identified. at a vigil to mark the end of hanukkah yesterday, alon�*s mother said she still had hope. translation: we yearn for a miracle, hoping - that the hostages would be back for hanukkah. but unfortunately it didn't happen. even so, we remain in hopeful anticipation and optimism that it will happen soon. the torment expressed by the families of hostages has cut deeper tonight.

already angry with israel's prime minister for not negotiating the release of more hostages, they also have his promise ringing in their ears that israel's military campaign in gaza would help bring their relatives home. with me is bbc arabic�*s said shehata. thank you forjoining us on the programme. want more do we know about the death of the al jazeera cameraman? aljazeera jazeera cameraman? al jazeera is jazeera cameraman? aljazeera is one of the few networks broadcasting live and regularly from the gaza strip.— broadcasting live and regularly from the gaza strip. samer abu dan aa a from the gaza strip. samer abu daqqa a camera _ from the gaza strip. samer abu daqqa a camera man _ from the gaza strip. samer abu daqqa a camera man for- from the gaza strip. samer abu daqqa a camera man for al - daqqa a camera man for al jazeera to a formerjournalist and has been injured but he was killed because of something

we're not sure exactly, but is from is really air strikes, thatis from is really air strikes, that is what the qatari network aljazeera said. he was not helped because rescue ambulances could not reach him so he would lead to death. this was worrying because the committee to protect journalists is at least 64 journalists were killed over this war. it is worrying for journalists, civilians and shows how the war is cruel on civilians and innocent people and there is a call for a ceasefire injuries and other ways to stop fighting to avoid the casualties of this is really air strikes. in the midst of _ really air strikes. in the midst of this _ really air strikes. in the midst of this other - really air strikes. in the - midst of this other accident or death, this time three israeli hostages, there is growing pressure on the israeli government to ensure the safety of israeli hostages in gaza. there has been a demonstration in israel almost every saturday in israel almost every saturday in front of the ministry of

defence calling for a truce, a deal to release hostages. the israeli army believes that it can release hostages through their special operation and through the military means but it shows in this incident they were not successful to do that, so the pressure is to reach a truce and this is what talking about. not talking about a ceasefire now but a truce like what happened before for a week which helps release some hostages from israel, some foreigners in addition to residents from the israeli prisons who are palestinian. and from other parties to reach a truce that i think the pressure from inside would be more influential and crucial to convince the government of netanyahu to do the truce sooner rather than later. thank ou, sooner rather than later. thank you. said _ sooner rather than later. thank you, said shehata, _ sooner rather than later. thank you, said shehata, for - sooner rather than later. thank you, said shehata, forjoining l you, said shehata, forjoining us here on bbc news.

let's turn to events in the us. the medical examiner in los angeles has ruled the death of the actor matthew perry was an accident from the acute effects of ketamine. the actor, who was best known for playing chandler bing in friends, was found unresponsive in a pool at his home in october at the age of 54. our north america correspondent shingai nyoka has this update. matthew perry who was best known for playing chandler bing and hit comedy series france was open about his struggles with addiction to painkillers and alcohol. a los angeles coroner has now ruled that his death was an accident caused by the acute effects of the drug called ketamine. ketamine is an anaesthetic but is also sometimes used as a recreational drug, according to the toxicology report he had been taken ketamine infusion therapy for anxiety as well as depression, but that the amount

that was found in his system at the time of death was really high and was similar to that needed for a general anaesthetic and would have caused problems with his breathing. the other contributing factors to his death include drowning, a coronary artery disease as well as the effects of another drug thatis as the effects of another drug that is used to treat opioid addiction. the 54—year—old actor was found in a hot tub unresponsive at his home in los angeles in october and a post examination was inconclusive at the time. we can speak alive now to gita amar, and entertainment commentator based in los angeles. thanks forjoining us. we have much reaction of the pronouncement from the medical examiner in los angeles? the news isiust — examiner in los angeles? the news is just under _ examiner in los angeles? the news isjust under filter examiner in los angeles? tta: news isjust under filter in examiner in los angeles? tt2 news isjust under filter in in news isjust underfilter in in los angeles in the evening so folks that are any other term industry are of course a bit

shocked because they knew that perry had been under treatment and had always had a drug addiction problem for over 20 years that he had been trying to overcome that everybody thought that he had been really trying to clean up his act, so to speak, even though it was a daily struggle. but i think the fact that it is ketamine and it was beyond the treatment he was being prescribed is raising questions of where he acquired what people would call recreational ketamine, so to speak, or how to dismount and get into a system which the report, as you've previously noted it would have been an amount that was anaesthetic so unusual circumstance. a position i spoke to today said to me that —— physician said this is used for depression and anxiety and has been so since 2019 but this is obviously an amount that is more than is normally prescribed. you mentioned _ normally prescribed. you mentioned that - normally prescribed. you mentioned that mr- normally prescribed. you mentioned that mr mccrea was very open and candid about his struggles with substance abuse

—— perry. what are the last few months or years of his life? how is he living? he months or years of his life? how is he living?— how is he living? he was livin: , how is he living? he was living. as _ how is he living? he was living, as he _ how is he living? he was living, as he would - how is he living? he was living, as he would tell. how is he living? he was l living, as he would tell you himself, day—to—day trying to get through therapy, he had been on the day that he had actually was found by his pool had played pickled law, his assistant resided at his home and he would say even in his book and memoir that he wrote that it was a daily struggle for him to deal with his addiction problems and those that knew him well knew that he tried and that he was making every effort but it was not easy for him and we would see him in public, his weight with ping-pong, him in public, his weight with ping—pong, his moods with ping-pong, ping—pong, his moods with ping—pong, but he was trying to make an effort and i think everyone thought after he'd written his memoir that it was going to be tough about that he would be able to get by, but this is shocking for folks and even zac efron who recently was on the hollywood walk of fame

discussing how he had been speaking to matthew perry and are like he was in his life, so i think my commentary will come in over the weekend. he i think my commentary will come in over the weekend.— in over the weekend. he passed awa in in over the weekend. he passed away in october _ in over the weekend. he passed away in october and _ in over the weekend. he passed away in october and we - in over the weekend. he passed away in october and we saw - away in october and we saw those initial reactions from his friends co—stars to the passing. how is his legacy being viewed at the moment and hollywood? his being viewed at the moment and hollywood?— hollywood? his legacy has been that he was _ hollywood? his legacy has been that he was this _ hollywood? his legacy has been that he was this sarcastic - that he was this sarcastic character but that he was a great friend to fix and that the foundation started after name will guide to help others and he was very open about his addiction problems and that he would say he could help others with addiction more than he could help himself, and that's a legacy that he has with many celebrities, friends and folks that were not even any the entertainment industry, so there was that. and there is that laughter he brought people, his legacy for ten years for being in over 200 episodes of friends and generations. because of streaming my kids are familiar

with friends, my parents watched it, so it is an intergenerational show that has gone on and if you think about it, it is globally known, the theme song is known, his character is globally known and people go to either new york to act out or do the opening scene, so he is going to have a wonderful legacy of what he brought not only to friends but his roles in west where and what he was able to do and raise awareness about addiction himself. 2, , raise awareness about addiction himself. . , ., ., himself. certainly a memorable lea of himself. certainly a memorable legacy of matthew _ himself. certainly a memorable legacy of matthew perry. - himself. certainly a memorable legacy of matthew perry. thank you forjoining us, gita amar. ajury in the united states has ordered donald trump's former lawyer, rudy giuliani, to pay $148 million in damages to two election workers he falsely accused of vote tampering. mr giuliani had already been found liable for defaming the mother and daughter during the twenty—twenty election in georgia. after the ruling, mr giuliani slammed the order in comments to reporters. the absurdity of the number merely underscores the absurdity

of the entire proceeding. so i am quite confident when this case gets before a fair tribunal, it will be reversed so quickly it will make your head spin. our north america correspondent nomia iqbal has been covering the story. a judge had already decided rudy giuliani had spread false information about these two women. ruby freeman and shaye moss, mother and daughter. during the civil trial, they both described how their lives had almost been destroyed after december three 2020 when rudy giuliani suggested both women, election workers, they were counting ballots, that they had somehow taken part in election fraud to try and turn the election result

against donald trump in the key swing state of georgia. both women gave emotional testimony in which they talked about in detail how they had received racist and threatening messages, phone calls, people turned up at their homes calling for them to be killed. and even ms moss's teenage son was targeted in such a way he could not finish his school education and had to finish it at home. in terms of what rudy giuliani had to say, he never actually gave evidence, never testified, but his lawyer said he should not bear responsibility for the abuse directed towards these women. whether or not he can actually pay this huge amount, we don't actually know. because during the actual civiltrial, rudy giuliani refused to disclose exactly how much he is worth. nomia iqbal. the metropolitan police says it will "carefully consider" the ruling that prince harry,

and others close to him, were victims of phone hacking by mirror group newspapers. on friday, a high courtjudge in london found the practice was "widespread and habitual" at the publisher's titles, and awarded the duke of sussex more than £140,000 in damages. prince harry is now calling for a criminal investigation to be reopened. a teenager who was missing for six years is expected to fly home this weekend. alex batty, who is now 17, disappeared while on a family holiday to spain with his mother and grandfather in 2017. french authorities said he fled his mother because she wanted to take him to finland. nick beake sent this report from toulouse. the little boy who went on holiday and was never seen again — until now. these photos of alex batty were taken more than six years ago. since then, he's been on the move from country to country.

but this week, alex, now 17, left his mother in their remote community in the french mountains and reappeared on this street with his remarkable story. french police say he seems to be a normal teenager, despite everything. translation: the young man was described as tired - by the police and doctor who were able to see him. but in overall good health, and intelligent, despite having never attended school during his entire journey. the prosecutor revealed that alex's grandfather, who he was traveling with when he disappeared, died six months ago. he said the community in which alex lived was not a cult. translation: he says there was no physical l violence from anyone. he talked about a spiritual community and didn't mention the word cult. we still need to find out more. on 30 september 2017, lex left oldham to go to marbella on holiday with his

mother and grandfather. alex was last seen a week later in malaga on the day they were due to fly home. the following february, alex's grandmother, his legal guardian, said she believed he'd been taken to morocco to live with a spiritual community. the french police believe he could have been there for two years, before moving to spain and then coming to france and living with a travelling community in the pyrenees mountains. but this week, after walking forfour days, he re—emerged and was picked up by a passing driver and taken to the town of revel, then to toulouse, as he identified himself as alex batty. and in france tonight, preparations are under way to fly the 17—year—old home. let's get some of the day's other news now. participants at a united nations forum trying to find solutions for the global refugee crisis have pledged more than $2.2 billion to support displaced people and countries

that take them in. hundreds of refugees attended the meeting in switzerland to share their experiences and to offer possible solutions. the united states says it welcomes the extension of a ceasefire in the eastern democratic republic of congo, ahead of elections. the parties involved in the conflict agreed to a two—week extension until 28 december. a white house spokesperson said the us would continue to monitor compliance to the ceasefire by armed forces and non—state groups. it's been a frustrating week for ukraine, as the country's grinding war with russian occupying forces continues. on tuesday, president zelensky�*s visit to washington failed to secure a new package of us military aid, blocked by president biden�*s opponents in congress. now hungary's leader

viktor orban has vetoed a £43 billion eu aid package to help ukraine's struggling economy. and while european leaders did agree to start talks on ukraine joining the eu, they've warned it could take years. almost two years on from russia's invasion, ukraine's counteroffensive has stalled and its leaders fear that western support is fading. jessica parker reports now from kyiv, on the harsh reality faced by ukraine's people. a school day in ukraine can often end up here — underground, but safer from missile threats that pepper their days and nights. it is very scary when you manage sleep and you heard "boom". 13—year—old ivan dreams of being a pilot, and at peace. we need in future to build our country and it will be very

hard, but i know that we will do it. teachers�* wages are among the many things that eu aid helps pay for, but fresh funds are stuck. so is new us defence money. we need this help very much now. don't be, you know, just a side. participate, help our children and us. we do our best but with the help of other countries, we will do even more. we've been down here for more than an hour now and, of course, it's highly disruptive to the children's education — they can't be taught properly down here. that being said, everyone's very calm, they're just getting on with it. they are used to it — this is the reality of daily life for ukrainian children. singing. on the streets of kyiv, patriotism can't disguise these difficult days after efforts to take back territory from russia stalled.

an application to join the eu did progress this week but for elena, it's the story of her home, occupied luhansk, which absorbs her. translation: it's very painful for me to watch | what is going on in our territory. do you feel hopeful for ukraine at the moment? i believe ukraine will be free and willjoin the eu but i don't know when it will happen. getting on the next step of a long ladder to possible eu membership is a boost for morale here, but you also need money — and lots of it — to fight a war. if president zelensky wanted to counter narratives of wavering western support, this hasn't been the week he would have hoped for. back in the bunker, the children wait to hear when it's safe to leave — a generation raised in the exhausting realities of war. jessica parker,

bbc news, in kyiv. this past week's cop28 summit again brought into focus the very real impact of climate change, rising sea levels, and the threat many low lying islands face of simply disappearing. now a new study in australia has found that more than a dozen of the country's coral islands are under threat, and that could have an impact on australia's maritime jurisdiction. we can speak live to one of the report's authors, dr tommy fellowes from the university of sydney. welcome to the programme. just explain to us why these, i understand, about 15 islands are at risk now?— understand, about 15 islands are at risk now? that's a great question- _ are at risk now? that's a great question- we _ are at risk now? that's a great question. we have _ are at risk now? that's a great question. we have just - are at risk now? that's a great question. we have just had . are at risk now? that's a great question. we have just had a i question. we havejust had a piece of research out that looked at multiple stressors from climate change to islands, and of the studied islands we found 25 are at high or very high risk of becoming unstable

in the future. and obviously that has major implications for people who live on these islands or people who use them or countries that use them to extend their maritime future. they are being explained as coral islands, just explain what these islands are like. you mentioned people are living on some of them.— on some of them. yeah, low i in: on some of them. yeah, low lying islands _ on some of them. yeah, low lying islands are _ on some of them. yeah, low lying islands are islands - on some of them. yeah, low lying islands are islands that j lying islands are islands that are made of sediment or rubble that comes part of the reef, and because of that they are very, the waves and other fact is moved sediment onto the reef and that means they are really low. so most of them are only a couple of metres above sea level. and obviously with the rising sea levels that becomes a major issue for their ongoing stability and being above the level itself.— stability and being above the level itself. �* , 2, , level itself. and why are these islands important _ level itself. and why are these islands important when - level itself. and why are these islands important when it - level itself. and why are these l islands important when it comes to australia's maritime jurisdiction?— to australia's maritime “urisdiction? , ., , ., jurisdiction? great question. about 1596 —

jurisdiction? great question. about 1594. of _ jurisdiction? great question. about 1594. of its _ jurisdiction? great question. about 15% of its maritime i about 15% of its maritime jurisdiction or over1 million square kilometres are supported and extended by these islands including places like the cocos keeling islands in the indian ocean which has a permanent population and other islands in the great barrier reef towards the great barrier reef towards the pacific. they provide a large amount of area that australia has rights over, for exploration and all sorts of things. exploration and all sorts of thins. , , 2, exploration and all sorts of thins. , , ., , things. this is a problem only for australia _ things. this is a problem only for australia but _ things. this is a problem only for australia but other - for australia but other countries who are islands have long coastlines.— long coastlines. absolutely. if we take the — long coastlines. absolutely. if we take the pacific for - we take the pacific for example, the number that is supported is closer to 100%. if you're entire space was based on these low—lying features, being able to manage them and monitor how they will change in the future are already changing now is crucial. find the future are already changing now is crucial.— now is crucial. and how likely is it that _ now is crucial. and how likely is it that the _ now is crucial. and how likely is it that the agreement - now is crucial. and how likely is it that the agreement we i now is crucial. and how likely i is it that the agreement we saw coming out of the copper summit in dubai and other pledges

could reverse these risks and say these islands? —— the cop28 summit. say these islands? -- the cop28 summit. , 2, , , say these islands? -- the cop28 summit. , ., ., summit. obviously climate chan . e summit. obviously climate change is _ summit. obviously climate change is a _ summit. obviously climate change is a global- summit. obviously climate i change is a global challenge, and unfortunately it is the low—lying countries that are at the forefront of its effects. any kind of global cooperation, regionally and across the whole world to phase—out or transition away from fossil fuels will be fantastic in trying to limit the impact of climate change.— trying to limit the impact of climate change. thank you very much, climate change. thank you very much. that _ climate change. thank you very much, that is _ climate change. thank you very much, that is dr _ climate change. thank you very much, that is dr tommy - climate change. thank you very i much, that is dr tommy fellowes from the university of sydney, thank you forjoining us on the programme. we're just we'rejust going to we're just going to close by showing you these live of northern gaza from southern israel. and a reminder of those top stories here that is the conflict continues there with an aljazeera journalist having been killed following an israeli air strike, according to the qatari newsagency. you are watching bbc news.

hello there. it was a stunning end to the day that we had across north—east england, with some amazing sunsets reported pretty widely caused byjust a few gaps in the cloud opening up at the right time to allow those setting sun rays through. now, it was across eastern england and parts of eastern scotland that we had the day's lowest temperatures — just six degrees in fylingdales. here, though, it is set to get a lot milder into the weekend — temperaturesjumping up to about 11 degrees. it's mild because it's cloudy, and that cloud sheet is with us for the next few hours. some damp weather moving across scotland, where it's quite breezy. a few patches of drizzle around western coasts and hills and there may well be one or two mist and fog patches but certainly no frost around. it's going to be a mild start to saturday. this weekend, though, does see a weather front that gets stuck across the northwest of scotland and this will bring some very large rainfall accumulations. with the rain building up,

then, through the weekend, the met office have issued an amber warning for this. potentially as much as 200mm of rain across the high ground in the highlands — enough to cause flooding concerns and maybe one or two landslips as well. the weekend, though, also dominated by these mild southwesterly winds, so temperatures will be reaching double figures widely. saturday, then. rain across the far northwest of scotland. a bit of damp weather to start the day in the west with a few patches of drizzle, a bit of mist and fog around. otherwise cloudy. but the chance of a few breaks developing, given there's more a bit more wind over the welsh mountains and the pennines, so to the east of the high ground here and across the midlands, you might actually start to see some breaks in the crowd and a bit of sunshine. otherwise, probably staying cloudy for most of the day. and it's a similar story, really, on sunday. a bit more in the way of rain, more extensively across scotland, north west england, some some damp weather for northern ireland, too. but at the same time, a better prospect of seeing some cloud breaks move up from north france. you could see a bit of sunshine across the south of england and southern parts of wales for the second part

of the weekend. monday continues with that mild flow of air. one or two weather fronts around, bringing some areas of rain, mainly across western areas. the east having the best chance of a few breaks, a few bright or sunny spells. with temperatures up at 13 or 14 degrees, it is going to be a very mild day for december. beyond that, though, the weather does turn colder and it may well be cold enough for some of these showers to start to turn wintry towards the end of the week or perhaps the following weekend.

this is bbc news. the headlines: the qatari television network aljazeera say their camerman has been killed in southern gaza by an israeli air strike. the network says samer abu daqqa bled to death after a drone strike hit a school in khan yunis. hundreds of people gather in tel aviv, calling for the israeli government to secure the release of the remaining hostages held by hamas. the protest comes after the israeli military admitted it killed three israeli hostages in gaza. the medical examiner in los angeles has ruled the death of actor matthew perry an accident from the acute effects of ketamine. officials say he drowned in a hot tub at his home after taking the drug.

the missing british boy who was found after six years