welcome to bbc news, i'm david eades, ourtop stories: israel's prime minister warns the operation against hamas in gaza will take as long as needed to restore calm. at the un, france pushes for a resolution but washington says it wants to pursue talks behind the scenes. the international energy agency sets out an ambitious vision to get to net zero carbon by 2050. the prime minister of spain vows to restore order to its territories in north africa, where thousands of migrants have crossed from morocco. morocco stands accused of allowing this unprecedented influx. last month it warned spain of consequences amid a diplomatic row. it seems this is what

they were talking about. and, a self portrait like no other, but who is the artist behind this ground breaking exhibition? hello, and thanks forjoining us. the question is, how much longer will the violence between israel and palestinian militants last? france is now trying its hand at calling for a un security council resolution in an effort to increase pressure for a ceasefire. the body has held its third meeting in a week, but the united states is still holding back, claiming a public pronouncement would not help calm the crisis. in the latest violence, three palestinians have been killed and many others injured in clashes between protesters and israeli security forces in the west bank. israel's prime minister

benjamin netanyahu has repeated his warning that the operation against hamas will take as long as needed to restore calm, as a barrage of rockets was fired into israel killing two thai workers and injuring seven others. our middle east editor jeremy bowen reports now from jerusalem. and just a warning, there are some images you may find upsetting. explosion the israeli army blew up the car of a man who attacked them with grenades. it was the centre of hebron where soldiers protect a jewish settlement in the heart of a palestinian city. last night, a group called the al—aqsa martyrs�* brigade showed off their weapons in ramallah on the west bank. they have been quiet since the end of the last armed uprising around 16 years ago. their return, if that's what it is, is a sign of the hardening mood on the palestinian side,

and competition between rival factions to confront israel. this morning the al—aqsa brigade and israeli troops exchanged fire near ramallah. the israelis said two of their soldiers were wounded. this was at the damascus gate intojerusalem's old city. egypt blames heavy—handed israeli pressure injerusalem for what it calls palestinian retaliation. the egyptians have used unusually harsh language to condemn israel's behaviour. that matters because egyptian mediators are a critical part of ceasefire negotiations. much more anger in more places is on display in the palestinian territories than during previous wars between israel and hamas. this was bethlehem just outsidejerusalem. this kind of thing just doesn't build up overnight. it comes after years of settlement expansion, land confiscation.

what happened injerusalem and what's happening in gaza was the last straw. it's about, for these people, years of israeli pressure. inside israel, jaffa is shared byjews and palestinian arabs. arab businesses across israel were closed in a general strike that was also solid on the west bank. in the last week, coexistence between israel's arab and jewish citizens has broken down, a disaster for national cohesion. explosion this was ashdod. all the pounding of gaza, this was an american—made israeli bomb, has not stopped hamas firing back. that could be an incentive for israel to respond to pressure from its allies for a ceasefire. jeremy bowen, bbc news, jerusalem.

the question is, who holds the cars when it comes to negotiation. one country that plays an important role in any mediation betweeb israel and hamas is egypt. the country's sinai peninsular shares a land border with the gaza strip, the only way into gaza without having to pass israeli checkpoints. in times of war the injured are evacuated through rafah to an egyptian hospital. and underneath the border wall there are tunnels, through which alot of things are smuggled. everything from food, to medicines, to arms, and rockets. the egyptians have confirmed they are in direct contact with hamas, they are the only country that has that kind of direct communication. here's the bbc�*s sally nabil in cairo. so far, mediation talks have not achieved any progress. no official statement from the egyptians saying that a ceasefire is expect to discern. a minister refused to disclose any details regarding mediation

talks at the moment, but we know that the foreign ministry has been in touch with many regional and international parties, russians, americans, israelis, palestinians. they tried to convince all the parties in the conflict to agree on a ceasefire but that so far has not been successful and israel has reportedly rejected an earlier egyptian suggestion of a ceasefire. to the moment, mediation efforts are under way but they have not yet succeeded on reaching a truce or a ceasefire. ina in a moment we are going to get a view as to what a timeline

might be towards some mediated arrangement here and then what happens next. a little bit later in the bulletin we will have that, so do stay with us. the navy has intensified its search after cyclone tauktae slammed into the west coast on monday. it is the worst in the area for some two decades. our correspondent reports from dally. in a nation already battered by covid came this — cyclone tauktae, a powerful storm which has hit western india with great ferocity. wind speeds of up to 160 kph have left a trail of destruction. translation: the strong winds came from this side and went. towards the west, damaging many trees and houses. in the city of mumbai, this is all that remains of a covid vaccination centre, the immunisation programme

in the city suspended for two days. off the city's coast, the indian navy said it rescued more that 150 people on board a barge. the race is on as hundreds more remain stranded at sea, some off the coast of gujarat. in recent days the storm has claimed lives in kerala, karnataka and goa as it advanced up the coast. the timing could not have been worse — as india battles a second wave of coronavirus, nature has shown no mercy. the return dominic authority said that the police shooting of andrew brown was justified. mr brown's family disagree with the decision, and say he was executed.

protesters are now on the streets of elizabeth city. the return dominic authority said that the police shooting a court in moscow has ordered the jailed opposition activist, alexei navalny, to pay damages for defaming one of president putin's closest allies. yevgeny prigozhin, a catering magnate widely referred to as putin's chef, wanted more than $130,000. mr navalny was ordered to pay $400,000. india is unlikely to resume major exports of covid—i9 vaccines until at least october, as it diverts doses for domestic use. india's largest vaccine producer, the serum institute, said it would scale up production of astrazeneca's vaccine, before beginning exports. india recorded more than 4,300 covid—related deaths on tuesday, another record. residents of two tower blocks in a west german town have been quarantined after a woman in the building tested positive for the indian variant of covid—i9. public health officials say all residents have now been tested for the coronavirus but say that sequencing

the samples to establish if they too had the indian variant would take several days. for the first time the international energy agency has declared countries must stop approving new coal—fired power plants, as well as oil and gas projects, to avert devastation caused by climate change. we've heard this before from environmentalists and climate groups, but never from the international energy agency. it says: the pledges by governments to date — even if fully achieved — fall well short of what is required. to achieve net zero by 2050 and give the world a chance of limiting the global temperature rise to i.5c, which is what scientists say must be done if humankind wants to avoid widespread climate—related destruction. the scale of the challenge though is illustrated by the australian government's decision to to spend $600 million on a new gas fired

power station north of sydney in kurri kurri. that announcement was made on the same day as the iea report, which recommends against this type of investment. nicki hutley is an economist who works for the australian climate council and she says the scott morrison government has been warned by dozens of experts who advised against this level of investment in a new gas project. they may not have known about the iea, but they have from their own energy security experts here, report saying gas—fired power is not economical, as well as being environmentally less—than—optimal. so, really, they should have known a lot better. isn't the point about gas, though, that it is seen by many countries around the world as the, if you like, the �*transition energy�* the transition fuel, and in terms of emissions?

it is far less damaging than coal, than oil, and you can�*t go from something to nothing? it�*s a slow process, so you are going to need gas? well, we don�*t need it anymore. we did think that 15—10 years ago. gas was seen as less bad than coal. what we now know as australia, with the most windy and sunny climate per capita in the world, is absolutely right for renewables, which have fallen dramatically in price. we can invest in battery storage, whether solar or hydro, and we can do better than gas. morejobs, growth, less emissions. and it isjust a win—win—win all round. and the only thing stopping it happening appears to be ideology. that is interesting. as you put it, the option is there, the opportunity is there.

what is the government�*s argument, then, for saying we really do need this? because this is a pretty big operation. they say that gas will be reliable and more of it will lower electricity prices. again, we know the experts say that is not the case because when you build a new gas—fired power station, the costs are way too high. it is only used in peak demand, and an we think this may be used only i% of the time. it would need to drive up prices to become economical. it doesn�*t make any sense. it�*s a very odd decision when there is so much evidence that suggests from an economic and environmental perspective. this is what the new south wales government itself is doing, attracting renewable energy zones, they declined to co—fund this power station. they are looking at renewables. you talk about renewable opportunities, and australia gets a lot of sunshine.

solar does stand out as an opportunity. but this has been a country with a government that has been, let us say, �*climate change reluctant�* in some respects? is the infrastructure, is the potential actually there in australia to make those transitions straight to renewables and straightaway? look, it will take time. that is true. we do need more investment in our critical transmission and distribution infrastructure. we do need more investment in storage. within 5—10 years, we could be well on the way towards a net zero sector. and this is what consumers and businesses are demanding. so, the government standing in the way doesn�*t make a great deal of sense. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: the rise of the android artist, what to make of a robot�*s very own self—portrait show

at the london design museum.

this is bbc world news, the latest headlines: israeli air strikes on gaza and rocket fire by palestinian militants towards southern israel have continued after a day of protests in the occupied west bank. so how is this going to be concluded? joining me now is ian lustick, professor of political science at university of pennsylvania. thanks very much indeed for joining us. there are various proposals being laid out at various levels, it seems, at the moment, and yet the fighting goes on. how do you see this being resolved? historically, i think we can say that in situations like this there�*s only two ways the

israeli government can afford to politically in a war. 0ne to politically in a war. one way is complete surrender where the enemy, in this case hamas, stops firing rockets and i don�*t see how that can happen. the other way is if the united states tells it to stop, that way it has an excuse for not achieving complete rectory, because the united states can tell israel to stop, and that�*s what hasn�*t happened yet, although it may be happening now. 50 although it may be happening now. ., although it may be happening now, ., y” although it may be happening now. ., y ., ~ although it may be happening now. ., ~ , although it may be happening now, ., 4' , ., now. so do you think it is a fairly measured, _ now. so do you think it is aj fairly measured, calculated approach withjoe biden approach with joe biden basically approach withjoe biden basically saying, we are looking for quiet ways of resolving this, public pronouncements won�*t work now, but with a pretty clear understanding that the moment will come when they do stand up and say ok, time to stop and israel complies. i and say ok, time to stop and israel complies.— and say ok, time to stop and israel complies. i wouldn't say it has been — israel complies. i wouldn't say it has been a _ israel complies. i wouldn't say it has been a systematically i it has been a systematically measured approach. i think the

bidens administration was caught without a policy, hoping that this problem would just stay on the back burner and it�*s been forced to climb an extremely steep learning curve with this war that broke out. so they stumbled around, i�*d believe, and gave signals to the israelis that were too strong, as far as a green light to go ahead and do whatever they wanted in gaza, and didn�*t realise that they were making that signal. by the end of the weekend, they realised that by blocking the initiative to have a un security council resolution, they had overly prolonged the war, and that now, signalling that unless the israelis do something like the egyptian suggestion for thursday morning, the united states probably will support the un security council resolution, and i think israel would stop the war before that happened. figs

would stop the war before that happened-— happened. as you know very well, happened. as you know very well. joe _ happened. as you know very well, joe biden's _ happened. as you know very well, joe biden's essential. well, joe biden�*s essential position for a very long time has been pro— israel, as you would act, that makes perfect sense. have you been surprised and do you think he has been surprised by the level of readiness of a good number of democrats to say it�*s time to pay more attention to the palestinians.— pay more attention to the palestinians. , , ., �* palestinians. this is what i'm in b a palestinians. this is what i'm in by a learning _ palestinians. this is what i'm in by a learning curve. - palestinians. this is what i'm in by a learning curve. we . in by a learning curve. we really didn�*t know what this one state reality would look like, what the world would look like, what the world would look like for politicians who have to take stands on this issue, when the two state solution formulate negotiations are no longer credible, and in this world, protests about palestinian rights and the kind of diplomacy that is holding israel accountable for its actions rather than trying to orchestrate negotiations is coming to the fore, and that is not something thatjoe biden was really prepared for. it is

true that he has always been a friend of israel but he has also had a very rocky relationship with benjamin netanyahu, who has humiliated him personally on a couple of occasions. so why am not sure that these phone calls between the two of them are any longer particularly warm and fuzzy. i�*d bet they don�*t talk about settlements, either. 0ne i�*d bet they don�*t talk about settlements, either. one of those key issues that has offended joe biden. we are going to have to leave it there, but thank you very much indeed. spain says its has returned half of the record 8,000 migrants who crossed into the spanish territory of ceuta from morocco this week. moroccan guards have reportedly begun closing the border again after they were accused of turning a blind eye to the crossings. some migrants have also returned voluntarily. earlier, the spanish prime minister vowed to restore order during a visit to ceuta. from there, nick beake reports. this was the day spain sent tanks to its beaches to hold

back a human tidal wave. the border with morocco under strain like never before. hundreds of troops scrambling to block the final steps to european soil. the pleas and the prayers, they didn�*t work. so different 2a hours earlier when the first of 8,000 people simply walked or waded round the border post at low tide. moroccan officials seemingly did nothing to stop them. some families took with them what they could, saying they were driven by desperation and the hope of a more prosperous future. translation: when you have no money and you have - to pay your rent and you have to take care of your children and parents, you can�*t afford to be scared. translation: no, i'm not afraid. - if i stayed here i would be afraid. i have to leave to save myself.

spain�*s prime minister flew in and was welcomed by local officials. he warned this was a significant crisis, notjust for spain, but for europe. shouting but he was given a furious reception by local residents in ceuta who feel abandoned and want tougher action. translation: this surge of irregular migrants - represents a serious crisis for spain and also for europe. in the name of the spanish government, i want to convey to all spaniards, especially to those living in ceuta and melilla, that we will re—establish order in their city and at our borders with the utmost speed. there now more than 1,500 members of spain�*s security forces on the streets and as well as that, hundreds of young men. morocco stands accused of allowing this unprecedented influx. it warned spain of consequences amid a diplomatic row, it seems this is what they were talking about.

overwhelmed, even though thousands of new arrivals have already been forced back. spain says children are being allowed to stay. they now await their fate. but some have seen enough and are now taking their chances, believing a new life is within reach. with a good eye, a pencil and a bit of imagination, anyone should be able to create art of a sort. but what if the eye is a camera belonging to a robot? this is ai—da — the world�*s first humanoid robot artist, which does draw portraits and is about to open her first major exhibition at london�*s design museum. but is she truly creative? david sillito has been investigating. meet ai—da, the robot artist. it�*s a slow and steady process, but effective. these are a few of her recent self portraits. and what�*s more, she�*s happy to have a chat. how are you today?

i am well, thank you. how would you rate yourself as an artist? i love to be creative. i enjoy being someone who makes people think. she answers questions. each painting is different, and a surprise. you could almost say she has a personality. fundamentally, that's a funny question. i think the prospect of getting to know her is hilarious, but at the same time, i mean, peering over at her now, i think her makers probably considered that they have some form of relationship, whether that's reciprocated or not. ai—da, could you look across there to the camera? we are all used to, these days, talking to machines and our phones. but creativity, that�*s a rather different question. and this is meant to be a little bit unsettling,

the thing that concerns us about technology is the fact that we don�*t know the domino effect of it. so ai—da foreshadows many technologies coming through, and she opposes those questions by her artwork to say, this is what�*s coming through, are we happy with that? so, ai—da, the artist. it�*s painting today. who knows what tomorrow? david sillito, bbc news. a bit of breaking news out of new york, the state attorneyofficers told�*s the trump 0rganisation that it�*s investigation into a company run by donald trump is a criminal i. run by donald trump is a criminali. 0ur run by donald trump is a criminal 1. our investigation is no longer purely civil in nature. he went on to say they

are organising the organisation in a criminal capacity. hello. although the weather will be a little quieter across the uk overall today, in contrast to recent days, it�*s not settling down properly any time soon. the end of the week looking very stormy indeed, and that will be thanks to this area of low pressure barreling in on thursday and friday. we�*ve kind of got a weak area of low pressure still with us for today. it�*s going to feed in a band of more organised showers to the south for first thing. this should clear the south—east, though, by the time we get to lunchtime. cloud and some patchy rain drifting south across scotland, and then through the afternoon, livelier, thundery showers develop, particularly across eastern scotland and the eastern side of england. a few elsewhere towards the west, but generally much drier for wales and the south—west and many parts

of the midlands than it has been of late. as we move through the overnight period, clear skies and light winds, actually pretty chilly into the small hours of thursday with a risk of a few pockets of ground frost, particularly for central and eastern areas. in the west, the wind will already, though, be starting to pick up, the cloud piling in and this deep area of low pressure starts to make itself felt first thing on thursday. wind and rain into the west, spreading to all areas through the day. yes, there will be some heavy rain, but potentially not as heavy as some of us have seen out of the recent showers. the big issue is likely to be the wind, particularly gusty in areas adjacent to the irish sea, gusting 45—50mph, strong enough to do some damage and cause some disruption. 0ur temperatures still very unremarkable for the time of year, at least a couple of degrees below where we�*d

expect to see them. thursday into friday, the area of low pressure continues its progress across the uk, so another windy day on friday. perhaps a little bit drier towards the far south and to the far north, but overall, plenty of showers still set to swirl around that low. and the biggest headache yet again will be the winds. and still our temperatures, well, we�*re barely scraping into the mid—teens. for the weekend, it looks like things will become somewhat quieter, certainly on saturday, perhaps some dry weather towards the west. yet more showers, though, on sunday.

this is bbc news, the headlines: the new york state attorney has said it has told the trump organisation that its investigation of a company run by donald trump is now a criminal probe, not purely a civil one. israeli air strikes on gaza and rocket fire by palestinian militants towards southern israel have continued after a day of protests in the occupied west bank. in new york, the latest meeting of the un security council has failed to reach any consensus. spain has deployed troops up to 8000 migrants entered from morocco. spanish officials say that the migrants either swung

around the border fences that juts out into the sea or just walked across at low tide. spain�*s prime minister has vowed to restore order. it was a year ago now that a global movement erupted, prompted by the killing of one man. george floyd died after he was pinned to the ground by a police officer in the us state of minnesota. graphic video showed the nature of his arrest and treatment, the officer�*s subsequent trial returned a verdict of murder. it was a killing that magfnified the focus on racial equity and justice and notjust in the us. here in the uk there were more than 200 demonstrations. adina campbell reports now on why george floyd�*s death resonated with so many people. chanting. everyone here today can make a difference. whether you have privilege

or whether you don�*t. leamington spa, worlds apart from where george floyd