ofthe of the post office to former head of the post office to hand back and honour she received from the late queen. britain's foreign secretary lord cameron says he's worried that israel may have taken action in gaza that breached international law. if you're asking, am i worried that israel has taken action that might be in breach of international law because this particular premises has been bombed or whatever? yes, of course i'm worried. and donald trump insists he has immunity from prosecution at a court hearing in washington. it’s a immunity from prosecution at a court hearing in washington.— hearing in washington. it's a very sad thing that's _ hearing in washington. it's a very sad thing that's happened - hearing in washington. it's a very sad thing that's happened with i hearing in washington. it's a very i sad thing that's happened with this false situation. _ sad thing that's happened with this false situation. when _ sad thing that's happened with this false situation. when they- sad thing that's happened with this false situation. when they talk- false situation. when they talk about — false situation. when they talk about threat _ false situation. when they talk about threat to _ false situation. when they talk about threat to democracy, . false situation. when they talk. about threat to democracy, that's false situation. when they talk- about threat to democracy, that's a real threat— about threat to democracy, that's a real threat to — about threat to democracy, that's a real threat to democracy. _ about threat to democracy, that's a real threat to democracy. and - about threat to democracy, that's a| real threat to democracy. and i feel that as _ real threat to democracy. and i feel that as a _ real threat to democracy. and i feel that as a president, _ real threat to democracy. and i feel that as a president, you _ real threat to democracy. and i feel that as a president, you have - real threat to democracy. and i feel that as a president, you have to - that as a president, you have to have _ that as a president, you have to have immunity. _ that as a president, you have to have immunity, very— that as a president, you have to have immunity, very simple. i hello, i'm matthew amroliwala, welcome to verified live —

we start with a troubling landmark for the climate — as 2023 smashes the record, for the world's hottest year ever recorded. european scientists say, that 2023 left the records "tumbling like dominoes". the average global temperature in the past 12 months was 14.98 degrees. that beats the previous hottest year — set in 2016 — by 0.17 degrees. the announcement was made by the eu's climate change service. and the met office in the uk believes this record could be short—lived, as their forecasts suggest 2024 could be even hotter. earlier, i spoke to our climate editor, justin rowlatt, who told me that record was broken by some margin. yeah, it is interesting, isn't it? the margin, as you say, was 0.17 celsius. you might say, well, that doesn't sound very much to me, but remember, this is a global average, an average across the entire globe day and night across the entire year, and normally scientists say they expect it to be broken by a tiny fraction of a degree,

0.01, 0.02, not 0.17 degrees. that is, they say, a huge margin. when you dig into the figures, it's easy to see why it's so big. from july through to december, every single month was the hottest month ever recorded. we had more than 200 days that were the hottest days ever recorded. the sea temperature was even more dramatic. from april through to december it was the hottest sea surface temperature ever recorded. as you probably know, we switched into this el nino towards the end of the year, which means there's an extra kind of punch of heat from the ocean which actually goes on into this year. so, from 2023 into 2024, so in terms of temperature records, a really exceptional year. wildfires raged across southern europe this summer. vegetation parched by heatwave and drought was tinder—dry. many tourists and locals had

to flee for shelter. the exceptional european heatwave was just one example of the impacts of the record global temperatures in 2023. 0ur climate is changing, and it's changing drastically, and not only is this recorded in record temperatures around the world but it's also recorded in the frequency and intensity of extreme events, and what we've seen in 2023 were seven of the months of that year were the warmest months on record. the main driver of these record temperatures was greenhouse gas emissions, mostly carbon dioxide. but extra heat also came from a weather fluctuation in the pacific called el nino, where warm ocean waters come to the surface. the uk got off relatively lightly — it was the second hottest year on record here, but the heatwave injune brought some severe impacts.

high temperatures and low rainfall meant oxygen levels plunged in some rivers, leading to an unprecedented number of fish death incidents, according to angling groups. the oxygen reader is telling me it's1.7% oxygen when it should be 60% to 100%. it left fish gasping, making them easy pickings for the flocks of seagulls — just one example of the effects of the high temperatures the world is experiencing. well, justin still here with me in the studio. justin, before we get to wider questions, just take us through a little more about the implications here. well, the implications are, you know, we've seen this is a record temperature, the highest temperature ever. scientists are saying, you said the met office is predicting this is going to be even hotter. we may well than see temperatures fall back a bit as the effect of the el nino wanes, but behind the real driver of these

rising temperatures is anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions. greenhouse gas emissions from our activities, humanity's activities, so mostly, carbon dioxide but also methane. as long as they continue to rise we are going to see rising temperatures. so, what this tells us is itjust underscores the urgency of taking action to cut emissions as quickly as we can. live now to nigel topping, a former un climate change high—level champion to cop26 in paris, and a member of the uk's climate change committee. thank you so much forjoining us here on the programme. your snapshot reaction to today's report? well. reaction to today's report? well, it's no surprise, _ reaction to today's report? well, it's no surprise, first _ reaction to today's report? well, it's no surprise, first of - reaction to today's report? well, it's no surprise, first of all, - it's no surprise, first of all, because we've seen it throughout the year, and my real hope is that the word we heard there, urgency, infiltrates into the minds of politicians so that we get away from some of the silly political

posturing of adding licensing to north sea oil and gas, which we don't need, and accelerate the transition away from polluting carbon dioxide and methane emissions. carbon dioxide and methane emission— carbon dioxide and methane emissions. , ., emissions. just on the point you made and _ emissions. just on the point you made and the _ emissions. just on the point you made and the answer, - emissions. just on the point you made and the answer, becausel emissions. just on the point you - made and the answer, because alok sharma will not vote for the extension of oil and gas licenses. you mentioned it, how much of a backward step is that for the uk? it's terrible internationally, we had a great record, we've done a greatjob, we've decarbonised our economy will stroke it really well, we've let on things like renewables, we've let on things like renewables, we had a really good policy in place for accelerated transition towards electric vehicles. but this government has decided to take its foot off the accelerator on the transition and slow down the transition and slow down the transition to electric vehicles and the roll—out of heat pumps, slowing down the installation of homes, it is celebrating their wording of licenses for fossil fuels which the world doesn't need and, if burned,

will only make things worse. so we are missing a competitive opportunity — and alok sharma said he will vote against the bill, and chris skidmore, who brought net zero by 2050 into legislation, saying he'll resign over this issue. let by 2050 into legislation, saying he'll resign over this issue. let me aet back he'll resign over this issue. let me get back to — he'll resign over this issue. let me get back to today's _ he'll resign over this issue. let me get back to today's report - when. get back to today's report — when you see just the detail in it, and you see just the detail in it, and you compared to what we saw in dubai with cop28, how much of a basic mismatch is there, do you think? well, we know as a society, we are very bad at acting in time, there's a huge delay. it seems like things have to get really bad before we act. but we have seen over the last few years is the signal traction accelerating, but they're still not fast enough. 0ut accelerating, but they're still not fast enough. out of cop28, we had this broad consensus of a mission to travelling renewable energy by 2030.

we haven't seen that before, and reducing oil and gas emissions by 75%. so some very positive things, but we need to keep ratcheting up the ambition every year until the ambition and policies, and actions meet the urgency of the situation rolling out in our everyday lives. what concrete actions do you think are absolutely essential and urgent, and do you see any redeeming reports? we've seen record temperatures being recorded, do you see anything in this report that is redeeming in any way?— redeeming in any way? there are too many things — redeeming in any way? there are too many things we _ redeeming in any way? there are too many things we know _ redeeming in any way? there are too many things we know now, _ redeeming in any way? there are too many things we know now, that - redeeming in any way? there are too| many things we know now, that when we get the net zero, temperatures will stop rising quite quickly. but separately we know what all the solutions are, and we are accelerating. so the most redeeming feature would be just to commit to

getting to the net zero faster. we know we can get to net zero mobility, we can get to heat pumps, sojust commit and mobility, we can get to heat pumps, so just commit and when the competitive prize as well as mitigating the risk of exacerbating climate change.— mitigating the risk of exacerbating climate change. nigel, thank you for talkin: to climate change. nigel, thank you for talking to us- — let's turn now to major story here in the uk — which has been dominating the headlines over the past week. in one of the biggest miscarriages ofjustice, the uk has ever seen, more than 700 sub—postmasters received criminal convictions over period of around 16 years, after the post office introduced faulty software. pressure on the government and senior figures involved, has ramped up after a major tv drama aired, telling the story of those impacted. rishi sunak has welcomed a decision by the former head of the post office, paula vennells, to hand back the honour she was given by the queen for services to the post office, and her charity work. she said she was "truly sorry"

for the suffering caused. i've been speaking with the former subpostmaster michael rudkin — one of the victims of the scandal. he lost hisjob and union position, and his wife, susan rudkin, was wrongly convicted of stealing money — a conviction that was later overturned. their plight was depicted in the itv drama. the first thing is that i am pleased that paula vennells has handed back her cbe, because that is meant to be a serious honour that is bestowed upon someone for the work they've done for an industry, charity organisation. in this particular instance, when my wife was prosecuted and she was going through that process, i wrote to paula vennells personally to ask for clemency, and ask for a further investigation into the reasons why the action that the post office had taken against my wife was completely re—ignored, it was rebuffed and passed on to someone else who sent

me a box stamp letter back which was more or less, "sorry, nothing i can do." �* ., , more or less, "sorry, nothing i can do." ., , ., do." and of course, your family's exnerience. _ do." and of course, your family's experience, replicated _ do." and of course, your family's experience, replicated hundreds| do." and of course, your family's . experience, replicated hundreds and hundreds of times — just remind people who are watching what your wife was accused of stealing, and the impact it had on her, you, how you actually lived in the community? first of all, she was accused of stealing £44,000, which she had not taken 1p of, and i've reiterated that for the last 15 years that we've been out of office. susan has now been vindicated by the court of review that that wasn't the case. with regards to my two sons, they went to some —— were to some degree castigated and vilified, but the two strong lads could stand on their own two feet. but they were still ostracised, as were the rest, we had

a nice circle of friends and would meet up each week. they alljust faded away, you know that old adage of "no smoke without fire," and now the whole family has been vindicated.— the whole family has been vindicated. �* ., , �*, the whole family has been vindicated. ., , �*, vindicated. and of course it's taken so much time _ vindicated. and of course it's taken so much time to _ vindicated. and of course it's taken so much time to get _ vindicated. and of course it's taken so much time to get to _ vindicated. and of course it's taken so much time to get to this - vindicated. and of course it's taken so much time to get to this point. l so much time to get to this point. the government now considering legislation for a blanket quashing of those convictions for hundreds of people — but when you hear the counter argument that's been put forward in the last 24 hours, with some people raising the fear that some people raising the fear that some people raising the fear that some people who perhaps did commit fraud will get away with it, what do you make of that as an argument, given what's happened to hundreds of you? i given what's happened to hundreds of ou? ., �* , ., ., , given what's happened to hundreds of ou? .,�* , ., you? i don't see that as an argument. _ you? i don't see that as an argument, quite _ you? i don't see that as an argument, quite simply, i you? i don't see that as an i argument, quite simply, the you? i don't see that as an - argument, quite simply, the stats as they stand, you have 79 convictions

out of 700 — out of the three schemers, possibly 4000 claimants in the vast majority of these cases. —— three schemers. i can't speak for everyone, but the vast majority of these people have been persecuted, they've had their assets stripped, no pensions, nojobs, orthey they've had their assets stripped, no pensions, nojobs, or they find no pensions, nojobs, orthey find it no pensions, nojobs, or they find it very difficult to find a job. i myself have not worked for 15 years. michael rogan speaking to me earlier. our political correspondent, pete saull, is in westminster. number ten has been reacting to this news from paula vennells, what has the prime minister's spokesman been saying? in the prime minister's spokesman been sa inc? the prime minister's spokesman been sa in? , ., , saying? in the last couple hours, we had the afternoon _ saying? in the last couple hours, we had the afternoon briefing _ saying? in the last couple hours, we had the afternoon briefing for- had the afternoon briefing for westminsterjournalists, the prime minister's official spokesperson saying it was obviously the right thing to do for paula vennells to hand back her cbe. also interesting to note, downing street stressing

that she is still paula vennells cbe, that needs to be formally rubber—stamped by his majesty the king. in the meantime, there is still the prospect of the honours forfeiture committee could actually strip her of that cbe, something the prime minister's spokesperson said rishi sunak would still strongly support. but the focus for government, as you've been saying, is how they expedite the convictions of these sub postmasters mistresses, some 700 who have been wrongly convicted, around 100 or so had their convictions overturned, and their convictions overturned, and the justice secretary their convictions overturned, and thejustice secretary has had discussions with members of the judiciary today. as he said in the house of commons earlier on, we know he's actively considering the idea of active legislation —— blanket legislation. downing street says there will be more details provided in the coming days and certainly by the end of this week. this in the coming days and certainly by the end of this week.—

the end of this week. this is of course exploded _ the end of this week. this is of course exploded after - the end of this week. this is of course exploded after a - the end of this week. this is of course exploded after a tv - the end of this week. this is of - course exploded after a tv drama, despite it being elongated over 16 plus years for all those families, we were just hearing from one of them — but what about those questions about the role of the post office — cover ups, future two, the oversight from a variety of ministers? 50 oversight from a variety of ministers?— oversight from a variety of ministers? ., , , , ., ministers? so many ministers going back over the _ ministers? so many ministers going back over the years, _ ministers? so many ministers going back over the years, this _ ministers? so many ministers going back over the years, this has - ministers? so many ministers going back over the years, this has been l back over the years, this has been debated time and time again actually in parliament. it is farfrom a new issue in this post cody, it'sjust that the itv drama has really boosted the public awareness massively. so many people are aware of this massive scandal now that politicians are under a lot of pressure to do something about it, to speed up the compensation payments to those individuals— there's a big pot of money that's been set aside, but many haven't received much or any money at all in some cases. so ministers want to respond to that. sir ed davey was post office minister for a

respond to that. sir ed davey was post office ministerfor a key period in this. downing street was asked earlier on today if they thought ed davey should be stripped of his night would — they wouldn't go there, they said that was for political minds inside number ten —— knighthood. a lot of politicians are feeling the pressure about this, there's no doubt about it. and we will wait and see what exactly the government comes up with. the anxiety here is not wanting to be seen to be overruling the courts. this would be unprecedented to put forward legislation that would blatantly overturn so many convictions, but

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a landmark hearing has taken place as to whether donald trump should be immune from prosecution. his lawyers argued his term in the white house shielded him from prosecution. they said prosecuting a president would be like opening a pandora's box. in response, the us government's legal team said the court needed to show mr trump was not above the law. after that hearing, mr trump again insisted he had done nothing wrong and repeated widely discredited claims of voter fraud. he also suggested his opponents were using the case to prevent him from winning the case to prevent him from winning the presidency. i the case to prevent him from winning the presidency-— the presidency. i think they feel this is the way _ the presidency. i think they feel this is the way they'll _ the presidency. i think they feel this is the way they'll win, - the presidency. i think they feel this is the way they'll win, and i this is the way they'll win, and that's— this is the way they'll win, and that's not— this is the way they'll win, and that's not the _ this is the way they'll win, and that's not the way— this is the way they'll win, and that's not the way it _ this is the way they'll win, and that's not the way it goes. - this is the way they'll win, and that's not the way it goes. it's| this is the way they'll win, and i that's not the way it goes. it's a very— that's not the way it goes. it's a very bad — that's not the way it goes. it's a very bad thing. _ that's not the way it goes. it's a very bad thing, it's _ that's not the way it goes. it's a very bad thing, it's a _ that's not the way it goes. it's a very bad thing, it's a very- that's not the way it goes. it's a very bad thing, it's a very bad . very bad thing, it's a very bad precedent, _ very bad thing, it's a very bad precedent, as— very bad thing, it's a very bad precedent, as we _ very bad thing, it's a very bad precedent, as we said, - very bad thing, it's a very bad precedent, as we said, is - very bad thing, it's a very bad precedent, as we said, is the| precedent, as we said, is the opening _ precedent, as we said, is the opening of— precedent, as we said, is the opening of a _ precedent, as we said, is the opening of a pandora's - precedent, as we said, is the opening of a pandora's box. i precedent, as we said, is the . opening of a pandora's box. it's precedent, as we said, is the - opening of a pandora's box. it's a very— opening of a pandora's box. it's a very sad — opening of a pandora's box. it's a very sad thing _ opening of a pandora's box. it's a very sad thing that's _ opening of a pandora's box. it's a very sad thing that's happened i opening of a pandora's box. it's a . very sad thing that's happened with this whole —

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opponents, then resign completely immune from prosecution. thejudges asked lots of questions perhaps with asked lots of questions perhaps with a slightly more sceptical tone towards donald trump, but we'll have towards donald trump, but we'll have to see what they decide in the coming weeks and months. afterwards donald trump took to a local location and attacked joe biden, who he blames for these prosecutions. you talk aboutjoe biden's record — that's a clear indication that for donald trump, this is all part of his political strategy, these legal boards are also political wars and they are lucrative wars because he raises lots of money of them. we will getjudgment in due course, but both sides will have the opportunity to appeal this to the supreme court of the united states. it doesn't have to take up the case, but it's something as momentous as this, they just might. something as momentous as this, they “ust mirht. , �* ., something as momentous as this, they “ustmiaht. , �* ., , something as momentous as this, they “ustmiaht. , ., ,~ just might. gary o'donoghue they are in washington- _

britain's foreign secretary david cameron has said he's worried that israel might have taken action in gaza that breached international law. lord cameron was taking questions from parliament's foreign affairs committee. let's listen to the exchange from that hearing in the last hour. in any realm, in any respect. so you've never had a piece of paper put in front of you by a foreign office lawyer that says that israel is in breach of its international humanitarian commitments under international humanitarian law? look, i — the reason for not answering this question. i can't recall every single bit of paper that's been put in front of me. i see — i look at everything. i mean, of course, there are lots of things that have happened where you think, well, surely that is that was something that shouldn't have happened. and so i don't want to answer that question because... forgive me, 2013, you were quite happy to say from the dispatch box that war crimes had been committed by the assad regime when it came to chemical weapons use. and two years later, you were happy to say that hamas had committed a war crime when they shot rockets into israel. well, i do think there's a difference between using chemical weapons to kill people and israel fighting a conflict where they're

trying to deal with a terrorist force that inflicted an appalling attack on their country. it's a difference of setting or specifics or scale, but not in principle, which was your willingness and ability to determine whether or not international law have been broken? i'm not sure we're going to get a lot further with this. i mean, if you're asking me if you're asking me — but if you're asking, am i worried that israel have has taken action that might be in breach of international law because this particular premises has been bombed or... yes, of course, i'm worried about that and that's why i consult the foreign office lawyers when giving this advice on arms exports. so that's why i don't... so if you put it that way, i'm happy to say yes, of course, every day i look at what's happened and ask questions about, is this in line with international law? could the israelis have done better to avoid civilian casualties? of course i do that.

let's turn to the situation on the ground. the israeli military says it has killed 40 militants in gaza since sunday in expanded ground operations and air strikes in the southern city of khan yunis. israel has also acknowledged the deaths of nine of its soldiers on monday. it's the highest number in a single day since the war began in october. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, said he had much to discuss during a day of talks in tel aviv — this afternoon, he's been meeting israel's defence minister, yoav gallant. that meeting has now finished. mr blinken has re—iterated the need to do everything possible to minimize harm to civilians in gaza. the territory's hamas—run health ministry says, in all, more than 23,000 palestinians have been killed. glenjohnson served as an adviser tojohn kerry at the us state department under barack obama. he told me what washington wanted to achieve with mr blinken's trip. the primary objective of the secretary of state is to keep this war from spreading. secretary of state is to keep this warfrom spreading. you've secretary of state is to keep this war from spreading. you've already seen israel in recent weeks both

take out a hamas leader in beirut itself, and now a hezbollah leader in southern lebanon. the big concern for the biden menstruation is having once been a confined to military action in gaza spread to the northern border and also invite in interference from iran. irate northern border and also invite in interference from iran.— northern border and also invite in interference from iran. we know that antony blinken _ interference from iran. we know that antony blinken has _ interference from iran. we know that antony blinken has told _ interference from iran. we know that antony blinken has told israel's i antony blinken has told israel's prime minister to avoid further civilian harm in gaza — what does it tell you three months into this war, that he's having to repeat again that he's having to repeat again that really basic message? i mean, it seaks that really basic message? i mean, it speaks a — that really basic message? i mean, it speaks a little _ that really basic message? i mean, it speaks a little bit _ that really basic message? i mean, it speaks a little bit to _ that really basic message? i mean, it speaks a little bit to the - that really basic message? i mean, it speaks a little bit to the nature . it speaks a little bit to the nature of the israeli prime minister. i mean, he's a bulldog, he's a former soldier, he had a brother who was lost in a hostage rescue mission. so he is very focused on securing israel's border and the safety of its citizens. in the administration agrees with that, of course, to a

certain extent, but it also can't be secured in the carpet bombing of areas and without concern for civilians. and i'm sure that's what the secretary heard in his meetings that preceded this — he was in qatar, the uae, saudi arabia most recently yesterday — and i'm sure all those arab states have said the indiscriminate killing of civilians whilst in pursuit of hamas and avenging the events of october 7th has to be stopped. live pictures from tel aviv, we are expecting antony blinken to give a news conference after a day of talks. we will bring you their life on bbc news. —— bring you they are live on bbc news. hello there. well, it was a lovely start to the day across north—west wales, with the early sunrise illuminating these altocumulus lenticularis clouds. a lovely start here.

most of us will have more sunshine today. however, the issues that we had last week with heavy rain are still causing problems. there are still over 100 flood warnings currently in force. it's been another day where we've seen some snowfall across parts of the uk. here in the channel islands, injersey, seeing a few flurries over bodmin moor in south—west england and a few coming from this cloud across the moray coastline in northern scotland, as well. most of us, though, having a dry day with brighter skies. there is more sunshine to go around, but we've still got those very cold winds, particularly gusty winds feeding in across lincolnshire and yorkshire — gusts into the 30s of miles an hour. those temperatures are still well below average for the time of year — 3—5 celsius at best. overnight tonight, this cloud across eastern areas of scotland and north—east england is going to tend to thicken up, so we'll start to see some drizzle arriving. a few mist and fog patches around, as well. otherwise, it's cold with a widespread frost and a risk of some icy stretches, particularly where we see water still seeping in off fields after last week's heavy rain. tomorrow, this cloud a lot thicker, so a dull and damp kind of day for eastern scotland,

north—east england, with drizzle around here, maybe a few spots getting into north—west england, north wales, eastern counties of northern ireland. it continues to be cold. the best of the sunshine in the south of wales and southern counties of england. on into thursday's forecast, the cloud probably gets a bit thinner and so not as much drizzle to go around for these north sea coasts, but the cloud sheets will extend further southwards. still hanging on to a bit of sunshine across the far south of england. otherwise, probably the best of the brighter weather for northern ireland, western scotland and parts of north—west england. we keep this fairly quiet run of weather into friday and the weekend, as well, with some sharp morning frost, largely dry and bright as we go through the day. then, into next week, we could have some trouble on the way. it's going to get a lot colder. northerly winds push in. definitely we'll get some snow showers moving into scotland that could cause some issues, but maybe the weather system moving up from the south bumping into the cold air and so next week there is the potential of seeing some disruption. weather from the snow showers across northern scotland that will definitely be there, or maybe this area of more widespread snow elsewhere.

this is bbc news, the headlines. records �*tumble like dominoes' as european scientists confirm that 2023 was the warmest year on record.

a scandal in which hundreds of british post office managers were wrongly prosecuted for fraud has forced the former head of the post office to hand back an honour she received from the late queen. former us president donald trump insists he has immunity from prosecution following a court hearing in washington. and france appoints 34—year—old gabriel attal as prime minister. he becomes the youngest and first openly gay man to hold the role antony blinken due to address after rounds of speaking. and france appoints 34—year—old gabriel attal as prime minister. he becomes the youngest and first openly gay man to hold the role in modern french history. more and all of the stores coming up in a moment or two but first let's get the round up the sport. attention turns to the league cup tonight, which has reached the semi final stage. tomorrow, liverpool take on fulham in theirfirst leg,

but tonight its the turn of chelsea who travel to middlesbrough.