this is bbc news. we will have the headlines for you at the top of the hour, which is straight after this programme. we are now in the middle of the sea. it is the place where we stay. where we lived. people within little haiti have started seeing signals for climate change gentrification. # money, money, money, money # money! # money, money, money... it's money. we get pushed out. we gentrify. the ocean, for me, is such a hard place because there were all of these challenges, these racial tensions, and thatjust builds on the fear. so, for me, it says we need all hands on deck to ensure

that these little ones that are growing up become ocean guardians in their own right. they are able to advocate for the protection of our ocean.

this was once a classroom where kids used to play and got educated. but this time, it's been reduced to a scene of no activity because of the level of destruction caused by increasing tidal waves. global warming is causing a significant rise in sea levels, making the erosion worse. the advancing coastline has already swallowed up these homes, and residents here tell me they fear losing everything.

djon djon is mushrooms. ooh! that smells good. my name is francois alexandre. i was born in ayiti, also known as haiti. and i came here, in the united states, in 1996, at the age of ten. little haiti has been here for such a long time. this place became a place of resurrection for myself in terms of my cultural identity. the little haiti is very vibrant, and you can smell the culture, the seasoning. this is definitely inside the united states but it feels very foreign. the majority of the properties that are in ti ayiti,

little haiti, these properties are way overdue for renovations. they were overdue to either be destroyed and to be built back up. i'm renita holmes. miami born and raised. i'm an african american, inner city woman that loves my city and loves my community. since i moved, i haven't unpacked this time. this is my fourth move in three years. the housing unit, where there's so many issues of mould, moisture, no drains. to me, my health changed when i came over. so, curtains are a luxury, and... ..that's what aluminium foil does, in making sure that covering my windows keeps the humidity down. i own a restaurant and i've

been here five years now and basically, the rent in one year, less than one year, has doubled. now i'm thinking, "what could happen in a couple of months?" that was the famous burrito, although we call in honduras baleada. i've been talking to some of my customers, some of my customers i no longer see, and we were like, "where is so—and—so? " and all of a sudden, they'll find us on facebook and they'll leave us comments that they left to... ..georgia, that they left to texas.

i'm not feeling secure. i'm already thinking about other cities, maybe other states, even possibly. ifeel like i am going to be displaced. there is an ironic phenomenon at play here. it's higher ground, further away from the coast, at one time was more affordable because it was the least desirable place to be. now, there is a certain irony that those places may, indeed, become much more desirable. my name is william butler and i'm a professor at florida state university and my areas of research are in environmental planning, broadly speaking. i can't speak specifically to whether climate gentrification or climate change gentrification is a key, or the key, driver of gentrification pressure in little haiti. what's clear is that gentrification pressure is very well under way.

people within little haiti have started seeing signals for climate change gentrification being part of the dynamic that they're facing. that adds one more layer to drivers of displacement of lower income people who are the most stressed in the context of climate change in the first place. little haiti has been underinvested in for almost 50 years. we can't make investment the bogeyman because people won't invest into an area unless they believe there is a future. i've been involved in little haiti for about 22 years. you know, little haiti

is at 18ft above sea level, most of it, in general, and that's higher than other parts of miami and it's not necessarily in a flood plain. so, i do believe that there are investors that will invest. you know, it will influence their investment decisions to come to a place like little haiti. every major urban area across the globe is experiencing gentrification — and miami is experiencing it more than other places, not only little haiti, and notjust because of climate. you have rapid inflation that's double the national average, a huge influx of high net worth individuals. and so, i don't think that little haiti is unique to displacement or gentrification or any of it, and i don't think any of it is intentional. # money, money, money, money — money! # money, money, money...# it's money. they monopolise on a lot of us, and we got displaced. we get pushed out, we're gentrified, thus

you have climate gentrification. buy cheap, sell high. if we don't tell our stories, if we don't expose it, they'lljust build on top of it. it'll be a concrete city. people are beginning to wake up now. there's a nine. 21. the subject is resilience. it's positive that i'm learning now to take care of the land and watch policies. having a place to live or having a place for your children to play that's safe is motivation enough for me. this is mayor daniella levine. when i actually started in activism, i learned a lot. climate gentrification is real. it was coined first here and some of those lands are a little higher and they have traditionally been for lower—income people and now, the land is very valuable.

so, we have to work super, super hard to make sure that we can house our people as well as build a more resilient future. ..to maintain the fiscal balance required... - "it has been inequitable and upside down," is our response in the african american and inner city community to the issue of climate change. i'm planning to run for office as commissioner, because that's where policy is made but not where policy is enforced. like i said, i'm resilient. i'm empowered. yeah, as long as i got empowerment, resilience and a voice, yeah. i live here. if you know about black history, when was the last time black people have not been displaced in america? yeah! thank you so much! and if you want, you can take the other ones inside... to those people who is

investing in our community, we say that we are here, so do not leave us out. we're here to build, we're here to be resilient and out of the ashes of little haiti rises ti ayiti and bonsoir, bonjour. that's what we're here to do. my name is zandile ndhlovu. i'm 35 years old, based in cape town, south africa. i became south africa's first black female freediving instructor. i'm also known as the black mermaid. i grew up in soweto, a landlocked area nowhere near the ocean. when we were growing up, there was no idea of a world that existed past our — our immediate. the challenge of connection to the ocean, particularly in black communities, is the internal story that you grow up with.

so, when i was growing up, every single time there was a drowning, whether by a river close to my grandmother's or later on out at sea, it would be said that a snake took the child. and so, you grow up with this, "stay away from all big bodies "of water," and it causes a fear inside your body. and then, externally, as you grow up, there's this narrative of how, you know, "oh, but black people don't "swim." this narrative lives around us but very quickly, it becomes internalised, and thatjust builds on the fear. the first time i saw the ocean, i was about 12 years old. and then, in 2016, i go on this snorkel trip. as we went on to jump into the water, i started freaking out. "i'm drowning, i'm drowning!" it is messy. in the moments that follow is a self—to—self. "calm down."

and as i look beneath the surface of the water, the vast and overwhelming of the blues, and there were these yellow fish that were moving just below and, most incredibly, was just seeing the floor of the ocean and it felt like there was this light beneath it, and those were the sun rays on the coral reef. it was the most beautiful thing i'd ever seen in my life. i fell in love. cackles. you know, when we were growing up, to braid your hair is generally the easiest way to keep it protected. when i started diving, i was always the only black person on the boat as a guest. whether it's language, whether it's your wetsuit not fitting, whether it's someone asking, "are you going to dive "with all of that hair?" and you'rejust like, "what does it mean to remind me "that i'm the outsider?" my friends would also say, "why do you do white people things?"

boom! and then, we're ready to go diving. chuckles. the ocean for me is such a hard place because it holds so much history around black bodies. there were all of these challenges, these racial tensions, because in south africa, people were jailed for being at the wrong beaches, never mind being dispossessed of their ocean—facing homes. there's the physical history that creates a disassociation as to who belongs in the water and who doesn't. when i qualified as a freediving instructor in 2020, i knew one thing — i did not want to work in a dive shop, continuing the norm. i wanted to use the certificate to be able to bring change in my community.

i was born here in langa, i stay here in langa, i studied here in langa, i work here in langa, so i'm a langanian. kwalanga's turning 100 this year — kwalanga being the first black township recognised and all that stuff — so, for me being kwalanga is an honour. kwa langa is overpopulated. there are no safe spaces. there are no spaces for children to play. there are no recreational facilities kwalanga. you can't even find a conference centre kwalanga. 0h... so, we work through the langa community advice centre and they bring us the kids and we go out on our ocean excursions. maybe. no. every single time i'm in the water with one of the youngest ones, i always see little zandile.

there's this fear when we go out into the water. there's shaking hands holding on to the buoy and somewhere along the way you hear, "it's a starfish!" no—one wants to get out the water. all i need is curiosity. the girls are done. the ocean hub for me is a safe space for the kids to dream. i feel like that's an important way to expand worlds that can feel very tiny and very suffocating. to go and see the container. yeah. and then, do some graffiti. 0k. cos i first thought we could get, like, an artist to paint

the outside and then, the kids can do the hands... i try my best to make sure that the programme gets grounded kwa langa. ..for the container, and we're trying to work at, like, getting a good spot for it. exactly. there's your container. there it is! oh, it's so good to see it! there's our baby girl. but look at this face. look how massive it is. what kind of whale is this? it's a humpback whale. the idea that we need to protect and save our oceans cannot be done by a minimal part of the population. that's been a very difficult world in trying to communicate climate change problems, rising ocean levels. it's hard to have that discussion when it feels like this wide ocean has always

been advocated by white people. so, for me, it says we need all hands on deck to ensure that these little ones that are growing up become ocean guardians in their own right, they are able to advocate for the protection of our ocean. and i think it starts by creating space for access, allowing that natural connection, because in that connection is a level of ownership, and in that ownership is ultimately protection.

hi, i'm zof with the catch up. thousands of people will lose theirjobs after tata steel confirmed plans to close coal—fired blast furnaces at its steelworks in port talbot. jobs will go across the uk but mainly in wales. 0ne union says the plans will be devastating to the town as not many people there are not connected to it. you've got people with just the worry of losing theirjobs and not being able to fend for theirfamily, losing their houses, losing everything. company says it will install an electric arc furnace which produces less carbon dioxide, but this needs fewer staff. it could cut uk emissions by 1.5%, but critics say it will mean bringing steel from more polluting countries. the government's going to help pay for the new furnace — rishi sunak says the alternative was closing everything.

there is loads more on the story on the bbc news website. some other stories now. stealing cats and dogs is set to become a crime in england and northern ireland. plans to create an offence of pet abduction have had initial approval from mps. it would mean anyone convicted could face a fine or up to five years in prison. and this is exciting — japan has landed on the moon. scientists are in touch with the robot craft, but say its solar generators are not working. they are racing to fix it before the batteries run out. the landing makes japan only the fifth country to land softly on the moon. and time now to leave you with ten seconds of dik—dik — yep — that is a tiny baby antelope, by the way, and nothing else — that's at paignton zoo in devon. the kirk's dik—dik is the fourth calf born there, that is absolutely adorable though. don't you think it looks like bambi? you're all caught up now, see you later.

hello. i think we've seen the last of the widespread cold, frosty days. on friday, there was plenty of blue sky and wintry sunshine for many of us, as was the picture in dudley, but things are changing now. we've got milder air moving in in time for the weekend and also much windier weather. in fact, the met office have named storm isha. that's on the way, particularly late sunday into monday, bringing severe gales and disruption to travel, power perhaps is likely. but let's have a look at saturday. first off, this band of rain will affect central portions of the uk, perhaps southern scotland, northern england into wales as well. there'll be some sunshine across much of the midlands, south—east england and east anglia and some brighter skies across the north—east of scotland too. temperatures around 6 or 7 in the east, but we're back into double figures towards the west — ten degrees for the likes of belfast and glasgow, for instance. later on saturday, heavier rain moves in from the west. the winds are going to pick up as well. that system sweeps its way eastwards into the early hours of sunday, followed by more showers. it isn't going to be

cold and frosty as we start sunday morning. we've got too much wind and the showers around from the word go. but let's take a look at sunday in a bit more detail because here is storm isha developing in the atlantic, sweeping its way in. just look at all these isobars across the uk. between the warm front and the cold front. that's where we're going to see really strong gusts, perhaps 70 or 80 miles an hour. so for sunday, some rain initially for northern ireland sweeping into other western parts of britain. there could be a little bit of snow just across the very highest ground for scotland. still chilly air in the far north of scotland, but much milder, 12 or 13. but the real emphasis on sunday, particularly later, is going to be the strength of the wind. we've got amber warnings for storm isha across northern ireland, southern scotland, northern england, western parts of england and wales and the south—east as well. gusts 70mph, 80mph, enough to cause some significant disruption. big waves, i think, around the coast with this storm system as well. now heading on into monday, we've still got the brisk winds at first. they should ease a little bit through the day, but it is going to be

another really windy day, with heavy showers rattling in across the north and the west. should be mostly dry, i think, later on, in the south and the east and temperatures somewhere between about six to 12 degrees for this stage — not quite as mild as sunday. but things are looking unsettled through the week ahead, often pretty windy, showery rain around at times — those temperatures much milder than they have been. bye— bye.

live from washington, this is bbc news the leaders of the us and israel speak about gaza for the first time in weeks, amid differences over the issue of a two—state solution. with women's reproductive health a key issue in the us 2024 election, anti—abortion activists rally in the nation's capital. and japan joins an elite group of nations to land on the moon. i'm carl nasman. good to have you with us. we begin the programme with the wrangling between the us and israel over the palestinians' future. us presidentjoe biden spoke with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu on friday, their first talk in nearly a month. mr biden re—affirmed

washington's commitment to a two—state solution, once israel ends its military