i'm caitriona perry.e sullivan told the israeli prime minister israel must lower the scale of its operation in the gaza strip as the war continues. he had a productive conversation during his visit to israel with israeli about transitioning from a high intensity to a low intensity military operation in gaza. israel's defense minister and ports you told mr. sullivan the war would last more than several months. israeli prime minister bennett you not ya oh is -- benjamin netanyahu is vowing absolute victory against hamas, designated a terrorist organization by several governments including the u.k. and u.s. arrest of hamas members in northern gaza. they are accusing israeli forces of preventing medical staff of providing care at the same hospital, causing two patients to die. in gaza the phone and internet networks are down again as the committed carried situation continues to deteriorate. the head of the u.n. agency for palestinian refugees says they do not have the ever structured to host the growing numbe

caitriona: i'm caitriona perry in washington and this is "bbc world news america."ael says it mistakenly killed three hostages after miss identifying them during its campaign in gaza. hungary's victor your ben blocks aid to ukraine as the u.s. pushes back its holiday break to discuss ukraine and border security. rudy giuliani order to pay a massive amount in damages 40 framing two -- in damages for defaming two georgia election workers. hello and welcome to "world news america." the israeli military says it mistakenly killed three hostages after miss identifying them as a threat. a 28-year-old, 25-year-old come 26-year-old were all kidnapped back on october 7. the israeli military is investigating the event. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu renewed his vow to bring the hostages home, calling this an unbearable tragedy. more than 100 hostages remain in gaza. here is the idf spokesman come explaining the incident to the bbc earlier. >> they were dressed in civilian clothing and probably in a similar fashion to what we have seen hamas combatants. the second th

i am caitriona perry.iator is threatening that the bloc will walk away from climate talks happening at the top 28 summit in dubai. there is is one of many criticisms emerging after the body published its latest draft of a deal. key nations are outraged at the scrapping of what they say is important language to keep global warming within 1.5 degrees celsius. the latest draft says countries could reduce consumption of fossil fuels. it scraps previous calls to phase out coal, oil, and gas use. the u.s. and the e.u. have called for the trap to be strengthened and some island nations call it insufficient. a representative from the alliance of small island states sharply criticized the text. >> if we do not have strong mitigation outcomes at this cop, this will be the cop where 1.5 will have died. we will not sign our death certificate. we cannot sign on to text that does not have strong commitments on phasing out fossil fuels. caitriona: the deal means nearly all of -- it needs nearly all of the countries to ag

i am caitriona perry.iator is threatening that the bloc will walkalksappening e top 28 summit in dubai. there is is one of many criticisms emerging after the body published its latest draft of a deal. key nations are outraged at the scrapping of what they say is important language to keep global warming within 1.5 degrees celsius. the latest draft says countries could reduce consumption of fossil fuels. it scraps previous calls to phase out coal, oil, and gas use. the u.s. and the e.u. have called for the trap to be strengthened and some island nations call it insufficient. a representative from the alliance of small island states sharply criticized the text. >> if we do not have strong mitigation outcomes at this cop, this will be the cop where 1.5 will have died. we will not sign our death certificate. we cannot sign on to text that does not have strong commitments on phasing out fossil fuels. caitriona: the deal means nearly all of -- it needs nearly all of the countries to agree or else it will collaps

i'm caitriona perry. you are very welcome. we begin in china where at least 100 people have died and more than 200 injured after an earthquake hit the gansu-qinghai border region in the northwest of the country. there have been varying reports on the exact number of casualties as details of the devastation trickle in. the us geological survey says the quake had a magnitude of 5.9. thousands of rescuers worked overnight in subzero temperatures to help those affected. firefighters, soldiers and police are searching for survivors as the temperature hits —13 degrees celsius — that's about 9 degrees fahrenheit. those efforts carried on into daybreak as authorities warned that more aftershocks may occur. a second quake struck neighbouring xinjiang hours later. the damage from that 5.5—magnitude strike was not immediately clear. in a statement, chinese president xi jinping said: he's ordered full rescue efforts to gansu, one of the country's poorest regions. taiwan president tsai ing—wen has expressed condolences to china on the gans

i'm caitriona perry. you're very welcome.e begin with a major decision in the us state of colorado that could impact the 2024 us presidential election. the colorado state supreme court ruled that donald trump is disqualified from holding office and not eligible to appear on the state's republican primary ballot next year. the case was tied to the former president's actions onjanuary 6, 2021 — the day of the attack on the us capitol building. the decision is based on a rarely used provision of the us constitution that bars officials who have engaged in "insurrection or rebellion" from holding office. the ruling says he's ineligible to appear on next year's ballot because of his role instigating violence against the us government. the ruling only applies to colorado's republican primary ballot, but is on hold pending appeal until next month. the decision came down shortly before mr trump gave a campaign speech in iowa, where the first contest of the 2024 season will take place in less than a month. the former president did not

hello, i'm caitriona perry. you are very welcome.e begin with a major decision in the us state of colorado that could impact the 2024 us presidential election. the colorado state supreme court ruled that donald trump is disqualified from holding office and not eligible to appear on the state's republican primary ballot next year. the case was tied to the former president's actions onjanuary 6, 2021 — the day of the attack on the us capitol building. the decision is based on a rarely used provision of the us constitution that bars officials who have engaged in insurrection or rebellion from holding office. the ruling says he's ineligible to appear on next year's ballot because of his role instigating violence against the us government. the ruling only applies to colorado's republican primary ballot but is on hold pending appeal until next month. the decision came down shortly before mr trump gave a campaign speech in iowa, where the first contest of the 2024 season will take place in less than a month. the former president did not exp

hello, i'm caitriona perry. you're very welcome. israeli military has said that it mistakenly killed three hostages during its military operation in gaza, after misidentifying them as a "threat". those hostages have been named as 28—year—old yotam haim, 25—year—old samer talalka and 26—year—old alon shamriz. all three were kidnapped from their kibbutzes by hamas during its attack on october 7th. the israeli military says it is investigating this latest event. israeli prime minster benjamin netanyahu has renewed his vow to bring hostages home and calld the incident an "unbearable tragedy. " relatives of hostages taken by hamas are currently demonstrating near the israeli ministry of defence in tel aviv in response to the incident — calling for a ceasefire and for an agreement for the release of those still held captive. more than 100 hostages remain in gaza. here's how idf spokesman lieutenant coloneljonathan conricus explained what happened to the bbc earlier. they were dressed in civilian clothing and probably in a similar fashion

i'm caitriona perry.e begin with a major decision in the us state of colorado that could impact the 2024 us presidential election — the colorado state supreme court ruled that donald trump is disqualified from holding office and not eligible to appear on the state's republican primary ballot next year. the case was tied to the former president's actions onjanuary 6 2021 — the day of the attack on the us capitol building. the decision is based on a rarely used provision of the us constitution that bars officials who have engaged in "insurrection or rebellion" from holding office. the ruling says he's ineligible to appear on next year's ballot because of his role instigating violence against the us government. the ruling only applies to colorado's republican primary ballot, but is on hold pending appeal until next month. the decision came down shortly before mr trump gave a campaign speech in iowa, where the first contest of the 2024 season will take place in less than a month. the former president did not

i'm caitriona perry. you are very welcome. we begin with a developing story out of china where at least 111 people have died and more than 200 injured after an earthquake hit the gansu-qinghai border region in the northwest of the country. those numbers are from chinese state media, though there have been varying reports on the number of casualties. the us geological survey says the quake had a magnitude of 5.9. chinese state media is also reporting that some water, electricity and road networks are damaged. a second quake struck neighbouring xinjiang hours later on tuesday. the damage from that 5.5—magnitude strike was not immediately clear. in a statement, chinese president xi jinping said: he has ordered full rescue efforts to gansu, one of the country's poorest regions. we'll bring you more details as they come in. now, international pressure is growing for israel to ease its military campaign in gaza. on monday, the us defense secretary was the latest to add his voice during talks with prime minister benjamin netanyahu an

i'm caitriona perry. you are very welcome. before we get to the latest from the israel—gaza war, we want to bring you a developing story in china. at least 111 people have died after an earthquake hit the gansu-qinghai border region in northwest china on tuesday according to chinese state media. another 220 people are reported injured. the us geological survey says the quake had a magnitude of 5.9. chinese state media also reports that some water, electricity and road networks are damaged. the chinese government has dispatched teams of rescue workers to assist local emergency personnel. we'll bring you more details as they come in. now, international pressure is growing for israel to ease its military campaign in gaza. on monday, the us defense secretary was the latest to add his voice during talks with prime minister benjamin neta nyahu and israel's war cabinet. the department of defense says mr austin underscored the need for concerted efforts to protect civilians and urged israel to plan for transitioning to the next phase

hello, i'm caitriona perry. you're very welcome.ael saying that is has accidentally shot dead three hostages in gaza, after mistakenly identifying them as a threat.

i'm caitriona perry. you are very welcome. you a developing story in china. at least 111 people have died after an earthquake hit the gansu-qinghai border region in northwest china on tuesday according to chinese state media. another 220 people are reported injured. the us geological survey says the quake had a magnitude of 5.9.

hello, i'm caitriona perry. you are very welcome.do that could impact the 2024 us presidential election. the colorado state supreme court ruled that donald trump is disqualified from holding office and not eligible to appear on the state's republican primary ballot next year. the case was tied to the former president's actions onjanuary 6, 2021 — the day of the attack on the us capitol building. the decision is based on a rarely used provision

i'm caitriona perry.hat could impact the 2024 us presidential election — the colorado state supreme court ruled that donald trump is disqualified from holding office and not eligible to appear on the state's republican primary ballot next year. the case was tied to the former president's actions onjanuary 6 2021 — the day of the attack on the us capitol building.

i'm caitriona perry. you're very welcome. that could impact the 2024 us presidential election. the colorado state supreme court ruled that donald trump is disqualified from holding office and not eligible to appear on the state's republican primary ballot next year. the case was tied to the former president's actions onjanuary 6, 2021 — the day of the attack on the us capitol building. the decision is based on a rarely used provision

i'm caitriona perry. you are very welcome.ied and more than 200 injured after an earthquake hit the gansu-qinghai border region in the northwest of the country. those numbers are from chinese state media, though there have been varying reports on the number of casualties.

i'm caitriona perry. you are very welcome.han 200 injured after an earthquake hit the gansu-qinghai border region in the northwest of the country. there have been varying reports on the exact number of casualties as details of the devastation trickle in. the us geological survey says the quake had a magnitude of 5.9. thousands of rescuers worked overnight in subzero temperatures to help those affected. firefighters, soldiers and police are searching

hello, i'm caitriona perry. you're very welcome.ine after a wave of aerial attacks across the country on friday. ukrainian officials called it the largest missile bombardment of the war so far. ukraine's air force says it has "never seen so many locations targeted simultaneously." cities hit include kyiv, lviv in the west, odesa in the south, and dnipro, kharkiv and zaporizhzhia in eastern ukraine. a maternity hospital and shopping centre were also hit. poland has said an object entered the nato country's airspace overnight. ukraine's air force says it has "never seen so many locations targeted simultaneously. poland has said an object, likely a russian missile, briefly entered its airspace overnight , before veering back into ukraine. from kyiv, our ukraine correspondentjames waterhouse reports: it is and always has been the whole of ukraine which is under attack. kyiv is still moscow's biggest prize.

. ♪ caitriona:'m caitrÍona perry in washington and this is "bbc world news america." the u.s.e secretary visits israel, announcing support. more shipping companies diverge from using the red sea as houthi attacks continue. a major shift in the catholic church as the pope commits to blessing same-sex couples. ♪ caitriona: hello and welcome to "world news america." lloyd austin is in israel reiterating the u.s.'unshakable support for the country. he has spoken to israel about making the war in gaza more surgical and reducing harm to civilians but says he will not do date timelines or terms. he spoke beside his israeli counterpart who said israel would not control gaza in anyway following the war. the un security council is expected to vote tuesday on a resolution calling for cee-fire if the humanitarian situation in gaza continues to deteriorate. it is unclear if the u.s. will veto that. our correspondent sent us this report from jerusalem. reporter: direct criticism of the israeli -- there was no criticism of the israeli defense force when lloyd austin gave a statement today, b

. ♪ caitriona: i'm caitrÍona perry in washington and this is "bbc world news america." the u.s.e secretary visits israel, announcing support. more shipping companies diverge from using the red sea as houthi attacks continue. a major shift in the catholic church as the pope commits to blessing same-sex couples. ♪ caitriona: hello and welcome to "world news america." lloyd austin is in israel reiterating the u.s.'unshakable support for the country. he has spoken to israel about making the war in gaza more surgical and reducing harm to civilians but says he will not do date timelines or terms. he spoke beside his israeli counterpart who said israel would not control gaza in anyway following the war. the un security council is expected to vote tuesday on a resolution calling for cease-fire if the humanitarian situation in gaza continues to deteriorate. it is unclear if the u.s. will veto that. our correspondent sent us this report from jerusalem. reporter: direct criticism of the israeli -- there was no criticism of the israeli defense force when lloyd austin gave a statement today,

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i'm caitrÍona perry.ch government has declared a national day of mourning after a mass shooting that killed at least 14 people and injured dozens more. it happened in the heart of prague and is the deadliest attack in modern check history. thursday afternoon the gunman opened fire at charles university faculty of arts near the center of the capital, an area that is a major tourist attraction. authorities evacuated faculty and students who were told to stay put inside of classrooms. some climbed onto rooftops and window ledges to escape the gunfire. the police killed the gunman at the scene and said he was a student there himself. gunman's father was found dead at their home earlier the day. done crime is relatively rare in the czech republic. the country's president says he is shocked by the mass shooting and has declared a day of mourning december 23. here is the latest. reporter: panic and confusion of the streets of central prague this afternoon, dozens fling after a gunman opened fire just days before

i am caitriona perry.op diplomat has urged israel to take steps to protect civilian lives, and some of the most direct public comments made by the u.s. to its ally about its military operation in gaza. after meeting the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and his war cabinet in jerusalem, the u.s. secretary of state antony blinken said massive loss of civilian life in northern gaza cannot be repeated in the south. he acknowledged the difficulty of israel's fight against hamas, who he says embeds itself among civilians. he issued a warning. sec. blinken: before israel resumes major military operations, it must put in place humanitarian protection plans that minimize further casualties of innocent palestinians. that means taking more effective steps to protect the lives of civilians, including by precisely designating areas in southern and in gaza where they can be safe and out of the line of fire. it means avoiding further significant displacement of civilians inside of gaza. it means avoiding damage

hello, i'm caitriona perry. you're very welcome. across the country on friday. ukrainian officials called it the largest missile bombardment of the war so far. ukraine's air force says it has "never seen so many locations targeted simultaneously." cities hit include kyiv, lviv in the west, 0desa in the south, and dnipro, kharkiv and zaporizhzhia in eastern ukraine. a maternity hospital and shopping centre were also hit. poland has said an object entered the nato country's airspace overnight. a polish general says the object, which is likely to have been a russian missile, spent less than three minutes over polish territory. from kyiv, our ukraine correspondent james waterhouse reports. it is and always has been the whole of ukraine which is under attack.

my colleague caitriona perry spoke to tomas philipson, who served on the council of economic advisershe cost—of—living crisis and affordability crisis has been troubling many americans, as it has around the world, but if we focus here on the situation in the us, is next year likely to be any better? people realise that inflation is coming down in 2023 and people are expecting that to continue into 202a. what has been the troublesome issue in the us is incomes have not kept up with inflation so that purchasing power of your earnings, so your wages, have gone down. the paychecks do not reach as far and that has been the real cost—of—living crisis we have had over the last couple of years in the us. at the same time, unemployment has been at a record low as well. do you speak, broadly speaking — and i know you were working under president trump — broadly speaking, do you think bidenomics has been working? no, i do not think so because if you look at the labour market, there is low unemployment by the number of people who enter it every month or so is about 100,000 — 200,000. that is noth

hello, i'm caitriona perry. you're very welcome. at least 30 people have been killed and more than 160 injured in ukraine after a wave of aerial attacks across the country on friday. ukrainian officials called it the largest missile bombardment of the war so far. ukraine's air force says it has "never seen so many locations targeted simultaneously." cities hit include kyiv, lviv in the west, odesa in the south, and dnipro, kharkiv and zaporizhzhia in eastern ukraine. a maternity hospital and shopping centre were also hit. poland has said an object entered the nato country's airspace overnight. a polish general says the object, which is likely to have been a russian missile, spent less than three minutes over polish territory. from kyiv, our ukraine correspondent james waterhouse reports. it is and always has been the whole of ukraine which is under attack. kyiv is still moscow's biggest prize. air defences have improved here, but this attack proved too much. translation: i was woken up at 7:30 by a horrible sound. _ it was so fright

my colleague caitriona perry spoke with aaron david miller, a senior fellow at the carnegie endowment international peace. we saw jake sullivan on the diplomatic mission trying to apply a little us pressure to israel in terms of the next phase of the offensive. what is that next phase look like from your viewpoint?— that next phase look like from your viewpoint? assuming that the co-ordination _ your viewpoint? assuming that the co-ordination that - your viewpoint? assuming that the co-ordination that jake - the co—ordination that jake sullivan seems to have achieved pertains, i think you could probably expect in the next several weeks, certainly by mid—january or the end of january, again, he has been reluctant to give a precise timetable for obvious reasons, a transition from artillery air strikes and more, has a ground campaign to intelligence driven specific operational efforts, to target hamas cells and leaderships. presumably to try to gain additional operational information on the hostages, although i suspect that will be difficult. we although i suspect that will be difficult.

my colleague caitriona perry spoke to tomas philipson, who served on the council of economic advisersrisis and affordability crisis has been troubling many americans, as it has around the world, but if we focus here on the situation in the us, is next year likely to be any better? people realise that inflation is coming down in 2023, and people are expecting that to continue into 202a. what has been the troublesome issue in the us is incomes have not kept up with inflation so that purchasing power of your earnings, or your wages, have gone down. the paychecks do not reach as far and that has been the real cost—of—living crisis we have had over the last couple of years in the us. at the same time, unemployment has been at a record low as well. do you think broadly speaking — and i know you were working under president trump — broadly speaking, do you think bidenomics has been working? no, i do not think so because if you look at the labour market, yes, there is low unemployment by the number of people who enter the labour market every month or so is about 100,000 - 200,000. that is not

my colleague caitriona perry spoke to tomas philipson, who served on the white house council of economicrisis and affordability crisis has been troubling many americans and as it has around the world but we focus on the west, is next you're likely to be any better? people realise inflation is coming down in 2023 and people are that to continue into 2025. what has been the trouble in the us is incomes have not kept up the us is incomes have not kept up with inflation so that purchasing power of your earnings, so your wages, have gone down. the paychecks do not reach as far and that has been the real cost of living crisis we have had over the last couple of years in the us. at couple of years in the us. at the same time, unemployment has been at a record low as well. do you speak broadly speaking and i know you are working under president trump, broadly speaking, do you think biden nymex has been working? h0. speaking, do you think biden nymex has been working? no, i do not think— nymex has been working? no, i do not think so _ nymex has been working? no, i do not think so because - nymex

hello, i'm caitriona perry. you're very welcome. at least 30 people have been killed and more than 160 injured in ukraine after a wave of aerial attacks across the country on friday. ukrainian officials called it the largest missile bombardment of the war so far. ukraine's air force says it has "never seen so many locations targeted simultaneously." cities hit include kyiv, lviv in the west, odesa in the south, and dnipro, kharkiv and zaporizhzhia in eastern ukraine. a maternity hospital and shopping centre were also hit. poland has said an object entered the nato country's airspace overnight. ukraine's air force says it has "never seen so many locations targeted simultaneously. poland has said an object, likely a russian missile, briefly entered its airspace overnight , before veering back into ukraine. from kyiv, our ukraine correspondentjames waterhouse reports: it is and always has been the whole of ukraine which is under attack. kyiv is still moscow's biggest prize. air defences have improved here, but this attack proved too mu

my colleague caitriona perry spoke to our political correspondent peter saull about it a little earlierz truss, only prime minister for 49 days, yet she gets to produce this list which has been surrounded in controversy. what can you tell us about it? yes, that's right. the shortest—serving prime minister in british political history. but she, just like all the prime ministers who came before her, is perfectly entitled to hand out a list of honours. in her case, 11 names on this list. three new members of the house of lords, the unelected second chamber in british politics. not particularly controversial names, i have to say, and not really household ones either. perhaps the biggest among them is matthew elliott who set up the think tank called the taxpayers' alliance, right—of—centre think tank, and went on to be chief executive of the vote leave campaign, the victorious vote leave campaign during the eu referendum in 2016, so a significant figure in british departure from the european union. some other names on there include allies on the conservative benches in the house of commons w

for more on the humanitarian situation in gaza, my colleague caitriona perry spoke to kelly flynn, countrying in gaza at the moment?- your team is encountering in gaza at the moment? what is our gaza at the moment? what is your operation _ gaza at the moment? what is your operation look _ gaza at the moment? what is your operation look like? - gaza at the moment? what is. your operation look like? well, i will be very open, our operation in gaza right now, in terms of the team and our partners, are more or less, they are incapacitated, to a certain degree, given that they have all been displaced multiple times since 7 october. what impact is the bad weather of the last three days having on the situation there? i would sa that on the situation there? i would say that the — on the situation there? i would say that the change _ on the situation there? i would say that the change in - on the situation there? i would say that the change in the - say that the change in the season, as it is coming to windsor, in this part of the region, and the heavy rains that have been experiencing as of late h

my colleague caitriona perry spoke to our political correspondent peter saull about it a little earlierrounded by controversy. tell us about it. surrounded by controversy. tell us about it— us about it. yes, that's right. the shortest _ us about it. yes, that's right. the shortest serving - us about it. yes, that's right. the shortest serving feministj the shortest serving feminist in british history. she is perfectly entitled to hand out a series of honours — ii in total. three new members of the house of lords, the unelected second chamber in british politics. not particularly controversial names, i have to say, not really household ones either, perhaps the biggest among them matthew elliott who set up the think tank or the taxpayers alliance, right of centre think tank, and went on to be chief executive of the vote leave campaign, the victorious vote leave campaign during the eu referendum in 2016, so a sniffing at figure in british departure from the european union, some other names on their include allies on the conservative benches in the house of commons who are getting knighthoo

earlier, my colleague caitriona perry spoke with lieutenant colonel mark schwartz, former us security between israel and palestinian authority, about the deaths of the three hostage and pressure on israel to scale back its gaza offensive. you worked at all kinds of levels including the special you worked for the us military for 33 years, what do you think happened that led to the idf killing three israeli hostages? good to be with you. based on the information that the idf have released today it sounds like there was an ongoing direct fire exchange between hamas and the idf and we will never know for sure, but it sounds like that the three hostages, the gentlemen that were tragically killed, were caught in the crossfire and identified as a potential threat to the idf as well. what i do not know is what time of day this occurred, whether evening or even dust which would have made identification even more challenging, but it sounds like they were mistakenly engaged by idf ground forces during the conduct of combat operations against hamas. the us has asked israel to move from high inten

yesterday, my colleague caitriona perry spoke to the ceo of the schneider children's medical center ofcondition of some of their youngest patients released from capitivity. we don't want to infringe on anyone�*s privacy obviously, but can you tell us in a general way what sort of condition that people are when they arrive with you, the women and children? it with you, the women and children?— children? it is very sad because _ children? it is very sad because i _ children? it is very sad because i try _ children? it is very sad because i try to - children? it is very sad because i try to put - children? it is very sad because i try to put it | children? it is very sad i because i try to put it into words. _ because i try to put it into words, the images that i see, once — words, the images that i see, once they— words, the images that i see, once they get to a hospital. i would — once they get to a hospital. i would say that when they come, they don't— would say that when they come, they don't really look like children. i would say they look more — children. i would say they look more

yesterday, my colleague caitriona perry spoke to the ceo of the schneider children�*s medical centerdition of some of their youngest patients, released from capitivity. we don�*t want to infringe on anyone�*s privacy obviously but can you tell us in a general way what sort of condition that people are when they arrive with you, the women and children?— with you, the women and children? �*, , , children? it's very sad because i tried to put — children? it's very sad because i tried to put it _ children? it's very sad because i tried to put it into _ children? it's very sad because i tried to put it into words, - i tried to put it into words, the — i tried to put it into words, the images that i see once they -et the images that i see once they get to— the images that i see once they get to our— the images that i see once they get to our hospital, and i would _ get to our hospital, and i would say when they come, they don't _ would say when they come, they don't really look like children, i would say they look more — children, i would say they look more like _ children, i would say the

for more on this, my colleague, caitriona perry spoke with gina mccarthy — former white house climatent biden. is this the text that you were expecting to see come out of this? ~ , . .,, expecting to see come out of this? ~ , . , ., expecting to see come out of this? ~ , . ., ., this? well, it is close to what i assumed — this? well, it is close to what i assumed would _ this? well, it is close to what i assumed would be - this? well, it is close to what i assumed would be coming l this? well, it is close to what l i assumed would be coming out at this stage. my hopes are that it will improve a little bit over the next day. there has been — bit over the next day. there has been much _ bit over the next day. there has been much witticism . bit over the next day. there l has been much witticism that the phrase the phasing out of fossil fuels is absent from the text at this point. do you consider that to be a failure, that the absence of that phrase? it that the absence of that phrase?— phrase? it certainly is a disappointment, - phrase? it certainly is a . disappointment, especially phr

thank you for watching, i'm caitriona perry. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. with quite a few wintry hazards to come this weekend. there'll be some areas of fog, which will be slow to lift. we've also got the risk of snow and ice, but this time probably a bit further south across the uk. now these are the temperatures we're starting with first thing in the morning, a widespread frost, could be as low as —10 celsius in scotland. and following the earlier showers around these coastal areas, some icy patches, so too with that wintry weather coming into south west scotland. this is the area of mist, fog and low cloud. it will gradually shrink, break up, some sunshine comes through in most parts of the country. could stay grey and murky across parts of east anglia and lincolnshire. we've got more of these showers coming into north west england, into west wales and the far south west of england. it is going to be a cold day on saturday after that frosty start, typical temperatures in the afternoon, one 1—3 celsius. and coming into that colder air, this wet weather w

my colleague caitriona perry spoke with him earlier.ened to president zelensky today did he persuade you the us should continue funding the support giving that support to ukraine? 1 funding the support giving that support to ukraine?— funding the support giving that support to ukraine? i think the resident support to ukraine? i think the president did _ support to ukraine? i think the president did an _ support to ukraine? i think the president did an excellent - support to ukraine? i think the president did an excellent job. president did an excellentjob of making his case, i don't know there is a lot of new and nation but he did do an excellentjob of outlining not only why it's important united states support ukraine in other words why it is in our interest to support ukraine, which he will elaborate on but he did it all in english by the way and thatis all in english by the way and that is unusual, i think it was very effective. more importantly he did a good job of answering senators questions about what the game plan is, how can yo

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hello, i'm caitriona perry. you're very welcome. there's new reaction to israel saying that is has accidentally shot dead three hostages in gaza, after mistakenly identifying them as a threat. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has called the incident "an unbearable tragedy". yotam haim, alon shamriz and samer talalka were abducted on october 7th when hamas, which is deemed a terrorist organisation by the us and uk governments, carried out its deadly attacks on israel. in the last hour in tel aviv, relatives of hostages taken by hamas have been protesting the accidental killings — while also calling for a ceasefire and agreement for the release of those still held captive. more than 100 hostages remain in gaza. meanwhile, we've also learned that aljazeera journalist samer abu daqqa, was killed in khan younis by an israeli missile fired from a drone. one of his colleagues, wael al—dahdouh, was injured. 63 journalists and media workers have been killed due to fighting in gaza since october 7th, according to the committee to pro