at least 60 people are feared dead after a rubber dinghy has run into trouble in the mediterranean sea. i'm anna foster injerusalem. israel says it wants to move displaced palestinians in gaza to what it's calling " humanitarian islands�* in the middle of the strip. starship — a powerful rocket owned by elon musk�*s space x company — has taken off from its launch site in south—east texas. welcome to bbc news. here, the government has set out a new definition of extremism. it's part of its promise to tackle what is says is an �*increased threat�* since the hamas attacks in israel last 0ctober.

the intention is to stop extremist groups or individuals from having a platform to spread their views. but concerns have been raised that any definition could be seen as unfair — and undemocratic. this has become a regular sight at protest in our cities. the current conflict in the middle east has prompted a political debate, not just about the fighting there, but about the impact on community cohesion here. in about the impact on community cohesion here.— about the impact on community cohesion here. . ., cohesion here. in recent weeks and months we — cohesion here. in recent weeks and months we have _ cohesion here. in recent weeks and months we have seen _ cohesion here. in recent weeks and months we have seen a _ cohesion here. in recent weeks and months we have seen a shocking i months we have seen a shocking increase in extremist disruption and criminality. in a increase in extremist disruption and criminali . , , ,, . criminality. in a surprise speech two weeks _ criminality. in a surprise speech two weeks ago _ criminality. in a surprise speech two weeks ago the _ criminality. in a surprise speech two weeks ago the prime - criminality. in a surprise speech l two weeks ago the prime minister criminality. in a surprise speech - two weeks ago the prime minister won the extremists were trying to tear us apart. but who are these extremist? today the government has published a new definition of extremism. it is described as the

promotion or advancement of an ideology based on violent hatred or intolerance that aims to negate or destroy the fundamental rights and freedom and freedom of others and undermine the uk�*s system of democracy and democratic rights or intentionally create a permissive environment for others to do that. it is the brainchild of the community secretary. michael gove told the house of commons that groups that fall foul will be blacklisted, excluded from government meetings and funding. we government meetings and funding. - are in no way intending to restrict expression, religion or belief. but the government cannot sponsor or support in any way organise ocean organisations or individuals who do this. he names some of these organisations. the groups that promote nazi ideology and forced repatriation are precisely the type of groups at which we should be

concerned. ., ,., ., ., type of groups at which we should be concerned._ this l concerned. labour want more. this announcement _ concerned. labour want more. this announcement will _ concerned. labour want more. this announcement will not _ concerned. labour want more. this announcement will not be - concerned. labour want more. this announcement will not be enough l concerned. labour want more. this| announcement will not be enough it does not _ announcement will not be enough it does not go far enough.— does not go far enough. some organisations _ does not go far enough. some organisations already - does not go far enough. some organisations already fell - does not go far enough. some organisations already fell got l does not go far enough. some - organisations already fell got out. communities are concerned at this time _ communities are concerned at this time at _ communities are concerned at this time at how— communities are concerned at this time at how the _ communities are concerned at this time at how the government - communities are concerned at this time at how the government is - communities are concerned at this . time at how the government is going to in apply— time at how the government is going to in apply this _ time at how the government is going to in appiythis. it— time at how the government is going to in apply this. it is _ time at how the government is going to in apply this. it is not _ time at how the government is going to in apply this. it is not a _ time at how the government is going to in apply this. it is not a legal- to in apply this. it is not a legal definition— to in apply this. it is not a legal definition but— to in apply this. it is not a legal definition but one _ to in apply this. it is not a legal definition but one that - to in apply this. it is not a legal definition but one that they - to in apply this. it is not a legall definition but one that they have arbitrary— definition but one that they have arbitrary power— definition but one that they have arbitrary power to _ definition but one that they have arbitrary power to choose. - definition but one that they have arbitrary power to choose. fill. definition but one that they have arbitrary power to choose. fill ofj arbitrary power to choose. all of this is fundamental _ arbitrary power to choose. all of this is fundamental to _ arbitrary power to choose. all of this is fundamental to our - this is fundamental to our democracy. we expect our politicians to defend people�*s right to speak out no matter how unpalatable their views are, but we also expect them to protect the view is that most of us hold dear. those in power hope they have struck the right balance. to get more reaction to that story we can go now to brendan cox. he

co—founded the organisation survivors against terror net after his wife the labour mp was murdered by his wife the labour mp was murdered by a far right extremist in 2015. festival i would like to get your reaction to what michael gove said today. i reaction to what michael gove said toda . ~ �* , reaction to what michael gove said toda . ~ �*, ., ., today. i think it's good the government _ today. i think it's good the government are _ today. i think it's good the government are talking . today. i think it's good the i government are talking about extremism. after the seventh of october there has been an uptick and 0ctober there has been an uptick and thatis 0ctober there has been an uptick and that is making british citizens feel less safe on our streets. the question is how do we do that? for me there are two critical things that we need if we are going to defeat extremism. the first is that we need there to be a political consensus around what extremism is, what are strategies and i think in recent weeks we really undermine that by the way this has been briefed, the politics around it. secondly, it has to stand the test of time. we have to have a

consistent approach. the politicians who try to undermine our democracy and fundamental values have a long—term strategy. they have a ten to 30 year strategy. if we have a general election, we are going to be less effective. addressing extremism is obviously, the people i work with, survivors against terror, people who have been killed by far right extremists, islamist extremist, irish republican terrorists and others, they want a serious and credible attempt to defeat extremism. they don�*t want people who are willing to play politics with what should be a important and an area of consensus within the country. pare important and an area of consensus within the country.— within the country. are you saying that the government _ within the country. are you saying that the government is _ within the country. are you saying that the government is playing - that the government is playing politics at the moment? i that the government is playing politics at the moment? i think the wa this politics at the moment? i think the way this process — politics at the moment? i think the way this process has _ politics at the moment? i think the way this process has been - way this process has been done has divided us rather than united us. what has happened in recent weeks is that you have everybody from the

archbishop of canterbury to mps out on the far right of the conservative party, three former home secretaries, former head of policing in the armed forces saying that they has has to be an area of consensus. if we divide our country on this issueit if we divide our country on this issue it makes us vulnerable. whether that is because of the electoral timescale and it is being announced in the run—up to an election should concern us, but the critical thing is that the consensus is built. if the prime minister, michael gove and others are serious, what they should be doing is sitting down with communities, faith leaders and with different political parties to make sure this is a strategy that unites us and brings us together rather than one that we weaken is us. ,., rather than one that we weaken is us. y ., ~ rather than one that we weaken is us. ,., ~ ., rather than one that we weaken is us. do you think a redefinition was necessary in _ us. do you think a redefinition was necessary in the _ us. do you think a redefinition was necessary in the first _ us. do you think a redefinition was necessary in the first place? - us. do you think a redefinition was necessary in the first place? you l necessary in the first place? you work at the coal face of this

issue... work at the coal face of this issue- - -_ work at the coal face of this issue... ~ , ., ., issue... when its non-violent extremism — issue... when its non-violent extremism it _ issue... when its non-violent extremism it is _ issue... when its non-violent extremism it is always - issue... when its non-violent extremism it is always hard l issue... when its non-violent| extremism it is always hard to define because the risk is that you capture organisations who you might fundamentally disagree with but that aren�*t necessarily violent far right people. there is a risk of undermining some of our democratic values and in the past, people like the suffragettes might have been named extremis. people who are campaigning against south african apartheid in angry and noisy ways might be labelled as extremists. current tory donors might be labelled as extremists. how you do the definition is to be sensible, careful and something that takes different communities and different political backgrounds with it. i don�*t have a major problem with each of the words used in this definition, but i do have a problem with the way that this process has

been botched and has ended up with us being more divided as a country. i wanted to ask about something you posted on x, you said it could risk lurking like an ideological stooge of whoever is in power, it the body that decides who is on the list. what is the way forward if it is not having a body to draw up a list? the ke thin having a body to draw up a list? tue: key thing is having a body to draw up a list? tte: key thing is that having a body to draw up a list? "tt2 key thing is that it having a body to draw up a list? tt2 key thing is that it is a centre of excellence and notjust some civil servants that work for a ms minister and are accountable to him. if we end up with that we will essentially have a minister drawing up a list over the cornflakes of organisations they don�*t like and rubber—stamping that. that is a terrible way to go about what is a serious set of issues. the list of organisations

that have been briefed aren�*t extremist organisations. the government might not like them but they are not extremist organisations. the list that michael gove gave today was much shorter and i think that was on advisement that the list that they had been briefing didn�*t reach a threshold. i think it could provide great insight but it needs to be independent, have independent oversight. it can�*t be part of the civil servants reporting to minister. conservative mps who are thinking about this and might like michael gove�*s view have to ask themselves the question, if there is an election in a few months and labour wins and angela rayner is signing up that list and overseeing that centre of expertise, will be theirs comfortable—— will they be as comfortable? tote

theirs comfortable-- will they be as comfortable?— comfortable? we have more information _ comfortable? we have more information on _ comfortable? we have more information on the _ comfortable? we have more information on the bbc- comfortable? we have more| information on the bbc news comfortable? we have more - information on the bbc news website. a charity says that at least 60 people have died in a dinghy trying to cross the mediterranean sea. they were trying to reach italy from libya. 25 people have been rescued. to discuss this i am joined by our reporter. what more do we know? bill reporter. what more do we know? iii. of this is an account by an n60 and of this is an account by an ngo and they said that what happened is that last week a group of migrants set off from libya for italy but after three days, the engine of the dinghy broke down. it capsized and it was a dreadful days. what happened next is pretty grim. people started to die. they had no food or water. italian media said some of them died because of serious burns because they were

in the sun for hours. after days, the ngos spotted them and rescue 25 people who told them that they saw several planes, helicopters flying overhead but nobody helped. this is a reminder of— overhead but nobody helped. this is a reminder of the _ overhead but nobody helped. this is a reminder of the risks _ overhead but nobody helped. this is a reminder of the risks that - overhead but nobody helped. this is a reminder of the risks that people take when they try to leave their countries for economic or safety reasons to get to another part of the world. you covered a similar situation in greece last year. this particular crossing from libya to italy, it�*s a common root. particular crossing from libya to italy, it's a common root. according to the un, — italy, it's a common root. according to the un, it— italy, it's a common root. according to the un, it is— italy, it's a common root. according to the un, it is the _ italy, it's a common root. according to the un, it is the most _ italy, it's a common root. according to the un, it is the most dangerous| to the un, it is the most dangerous in the world this route from libya to italy. people are getting on dinghies and small boats that break down after 20 or 30 hours of navigation. the numbers that we got last week from the international

organisation for migration tell you everything you need to know. in 2023 it was the deadliest year for migrants since records began a decade ago. more than 8500 people died on migrant routes worldwide. this latest tragedy tells us that internal politics here in europe or the dangers of crossing the mediterranean sea are not to deterring people who are willing to risk everything to try and reach europe for a better life.- risk everything to try and reach europe for a better life. thank you very much — europe for a better life. thank you very much for— europe for a better life. thank you very much for bringing _ europe for a better life. thank you very much for bringing us - europe for a better life. thank you very much for bringing us up - europe for a better life. thank you very much for bringing us up to . very much for bringing us up to date. let�*s go lie to haiti and show you this pictures that are coming into us from the capital. we are hearing reports of a fire at 80�*s national penitentiary. reports from the local media and radio and television. videos online show a

thick plume of smoke billowing out from the facility. this comes as politicians and business leaders in haiti negotiate they make up of a transitional council to govern the caribbean nation. the prime minister. you can see those live pictures from haiti. that is the capital and we are hearing reports of a fire and videos on line show thick plumes of smoke. we will go back to that story as and when we get more. let�*s turn to the middle east now where israel says it wants to move displaced palestinians to what it�*s called " humanitarian islands�* in the middle of the strip. let�*s go live tojerusalem and our correspondent anna foster with the very latest. anna.

this is new information about what israel would do in rafah. this is something that israel has repeatedly said over the last few weeks that it is planning because it says it can�*t achieve its aim of fully eradicating hamas run gaza without going into rafa where it believes some of hamas senior leadership are. the problems are many and varied. half of gaza�*s population displaced and living in rafa and the conditions are desperate. you can see the tents that people are living in. there isn�*t enough food, water, medical supplies. it becomes apparent how difficult it would be to do any kind of ground offensive in those conditions. that is why israel has given just this grain of information about what it might do. it would involve moving people to the central

parts of the gaza strip. large swathes of that have been destroyed. israel says people would get temporary housing and aid but there are many logistical questions about how you would move so many people. any kind of move that sky is an scale would take time. we are looking at weeks before a ground offensive could begin. i spoke to the un special rabbit for the occupied palestinian territories and i asked her more about how this humanitarian island idea could work. very concerned about what this might mean, because israel has been using humanitarian language to cover what is in fact the defacto commission of crimes in gaza, safe zones, evacuation orders, nothing has worked according to international humanitarian law. i�*m among the more worried, i know that the conditions of life

in the gaza strip are very difficult wherever we look at because 70% of the civilian infrastructure has been destroyed. so, where are these 1.4 million people going to go? which houses? there are not even enough tents to host these people. so, no, i am extremely concerned and i think the only way to get out of this tragedy is to have a ceasefire. this is the only way to provide a shelter to the millions of survivors of this catastrophe in gaza. i wonder, when you look at the words that the international community are using at the moment, josep borrell from the eu said in the last couple of days that israel was using humanitarian aid as an arm of war. i wonder, we keep hearing, don�*t we from world leaders that they are telling israel that more needs to be done to improve access for humanitarian aid, but it doesn�*t seem to be happening at the speed required. what conversations are

you having around that? first of all, i think there are two enormous limitations in the public discourse, primarily in the west. first is that israel is not only to allow unfettered, unimpeded humanitarian aid. israel, as the occupying power should be the first one to provide that humanitarian aid and shelters and safe areas to the affected civilians in gaza. which has not happened. in doing so, israel has violated interim measures recommended by international court ofjustice on the 26th of january. now, those measures are binding and then the order of the icj is binding on international communities. and i still cannot see any meaningful and effective act, measures taken against israel for it to apply international law and the icj order.

therefore, there is the usual, business—as—usual attitude to israel, while it violates blatently international law. it might lead also to complicity at a certain point, if the charges of genocide are confirmed. but that is francesca alba and. benjamin netanyahu is on a visit to one of the idf basis. some interesting comments from him on other stories we were talking about about rafah. even as the idf is continuing fighting there as international pressure to stop the work. as prime minister of israel i will continue to reject the pressure, we will enter rafah. it

shows you israel�*s direction of travel. i want to show you these live shots of gaza at the moment. this is the coast where an aid ship is due to arrive. it has been making its way from cyprus over the last few days. it is not a fastjourney but it will be the first time during this conflict that aid will enter gaza by sea. 200 tonnes of meals provided by world central kitchen. it could arrive any time in the next 24—hour is or so. you can see the barge that is carrying those meals. the logistical difficulties when it arrives at its destination will be trying to unload all of that onto a temporary pier and then how you securely and safely and fairly distribute that aid among people who need it so desperately. thanks to anna. around the world and across

the uk. this is bbc news. let�*s take a look at the other stories making the news. indonesian rescue teams continued to search for more than 20 people missing after a fishing boat capsized in bad weather. the boat had 35 people on board. poor safety regulations in indonesia have frequently contribute to maritime accidents. 0ne frequently contribute to maritime accidents. one person was killed when a gold mine collapsed in australia. rescue teams were able to free 29 trapped workers in the mine in victoria. 0ne free 29 trapped workers in the mine in victoria. one was taken to hospital in a serious condition. north korea�*s state media has released pictures of kim jong—un overseeing pictures of training. south korea and the us have been holding joint military drills in the region,

you are live with bbc news. china has hit back after the us house of representatives passed a bill which could see the social media act tiktok band in the us. china accused congress of adopting the logic of a bandit. if approved by the senate, the bill would give the parent company six months to sell its controlling stake or the app would be blocked in the us. earlier i spoke to a cbs journalist for more details. at this point, this tiktok potential ban bill is going to go to the senate, where it potentially has, if not a steeper uphill climb

to get passed, at least a longer roadwayto getting passed. the senate is a body that traditionally works a lot more slowly than the house does, and we have heard from the senate majority leader saying he plans on taking at least taking a look at the house bill but has not made any gaurantees whether this would get a vote on the senate floor. we have heard from some senators saying that they think there potentially could be some changes or amendments made to the bill that was brought over from the house, and then potentially that could get a vote and that potentially could then get passed into law and signed by president biden but we are potentially here, and potential is the key word, a couple of months away from any of that happening, according to some of them. and we are of course in an election year and, in many ways, this has become an election issue as well? that�*s right. when it comes to both president biden and former president trump, they have weighed in a bit on this issue. president biden and the white house has said he would sign this bill if it does in fact pass in the senate, that�*s despite the fact that they recently,

the biden campaign recently, put up their own tiktok account. former president trump has backed away from his original stance of banning tiktok, now saying he doesn�*t think that should happen. the question, though, is going to be, if this does end up passing, how much of a wedge issue this could be for voters. significantly, there are younger voters across the country who are opposed to this type of legislation, that�*s a group that both of these parties have been looking to really tap into, so the question is going to be if that is going to be a big enough factor for them not to turn out for either one of these candidates. there have been concerns among small businesses and there were some protests at capitol hill yesterday because, as much as this is a social media site, it�*s also become a platform for many people to make money on. of course, this is notjust a social media site where people connect with their friends but this is a place where people make money, whether that�*s promoting their own businesses or some people have businesses that exist entirely

within the space of tiktok. so that was a group we did see protesting outside capitol hill. that was a group that tiktok largely paid, though, to travel to capitol hill to do that protest in an effort by them to try and sway lawmakers, an effort they did not work, but we heard from the ceo of tiktok that they are going to continue trying to push the users of all likes to continue getting in contact with their members of congress to try and at least slow down this legislation as it makes its way through the senate. the spanish lower house has passed a controversial law granting amnesty to separatists in catalonia for their role in seeking independence for the northeast region in 2017. the government says the law will improve co—existence with catalan nationalists. but it�*s proved to be

highly divisive. i�*m outside congress, where the vote took place. it passed by a very narrow margin, 178 votes in favour, just two more than were needed in order to get the amnesty approved. but that is pretty much what was expected — it was always known this was a very divisive piece of legislation and pedro sanchez, the prime minister, needed the support of his natural allies to his left but also of basque and catalan nationalists. with their support, he did get this through. it�*s a very controversial piece of legislation and there are people already gathering outside congress now, starting to protest against it. they say this piece of legislation is unconstitutional, they say it�*s unfair to give amnesties to these people who they say broke the law back in 2017 and in some cases earlier than that. so a lot of people are very angry about the amnesty and say it shouldn�*t have got through.

for all of the stories we have talked about in this half an hour there is more analysis and news on there is more analysis and news on the bbc website and of course to stay with us on bbc news. hello. you may have noticed things feeling a little milder out there today. certainly temperatures have been on the rise, but we�*re paying for it because it�*s another fairly cloudy day for many of us with outbreaks of rain, too. this is the picture in bedfordshire. we have had some spells of hazy sunshine in the south and the east, but really through the rest of today, showery rain affecting much of the uk. but it is certainly feeling mild, particularly in the south. that�*s down to the fact that we�*ve got the air coming in from the southwest, this warm front sitting across parts of scotland in particular. a cold front does follow on behind, so something a little cooler and showery later in the day, particularly out towards the west. but we could see 16, possibly 17 degrees in the warmest spots across parts of eastern england, butjust single figures across scotland. and that�*s because we�*re sitting in the slightly cooler air and more

persistent rain here across central scotland. some patchy rain for northern ireland, northern england and wales just drifting slowly eastwards as we head through the evening hours. so you may well catch a shower almost anywhere through this evening and overnight as well. the next band of showery rain moving into the south—west for the early hours of friday. for most of us, it�*s a mild night, certainly frost free, but a little bit chillier across central and northern parts of scotland first thing tomorrow. so we�*ve still got that more persistent rain across scotland. nothing particularly heavy, and it�*ll turn to snow for a time, just on top of the highest peaks. should tend to dry up a little bit tomorrow for northern ireland into wales, the south—west as well. so some sunnier spells, still a few scattered showers elsewhere working their way eastwards on that breeze. and top temperatures, 15, possibly 16 degrees, so a degree or so down on what we�*ve got out there today. but friday night now we�*re looking at heading into saturday morning, it�*s quite a cold night, particularly in the north. certainly a chance of some frost around here. could be some mist and fog patches for parts of southern and eastern england, for instance, as well. more cloud on saturday, than starts to work in from the south—west. so we�*ll see some showers, potentially northern ireland, wales and south—west of england, whereas further north and east

you�*re more likely to stay dry through the day. and temperatures for most of us, ranging between around six in lerwick to 13 in norwich. heading through the second half of the weekend, then, into sunday, this frontal system makes its way further east. so, yes, it will bring a spell of rain around. it could be lingering for some eastern areas first thing on sunday. but then it does look like we see a return to sunny spells and a few scattered showers moving in on that breeze. not a bad day, actually, for many of us. some sunshine looks like it could break through. and, again, we�*re in that milder air with temperatures up to around about 1a to 16 for most of us.

behaving like a bandit — china slams us law most carers over their vote to ban tiktok in america. and spacex launches its starship rocket — so far, so good. welcome to our business report. we start with the social media app tiktok. its chief executive has vowed to keep on fighting after the us house of representatives passed a bill that could lead to the app being banned in america.