hello. i'm sally bundock. a very warm welcome to the programme. we start with the latest from the israel—gaza conflict. intense fighting has continued through the night in the gaza strip. this is the view from southern israel into northern gaza, where you can see explosions and flares in the sky. israel says it's now split gaza into two parts, north and south. further south, a royal jordanian air force cargo plane has dropped several containers of humanitarian relief supplies over the gaza strip. the update was shared in a tweet by thejordanian king. jordan's state news agency said the consignment was urgent medical aid for thejordanian field hospital in gaza. israeli media reports say the air drop was carried out in co—ordination with the idf. meanwhile, the us has stepped

up diplomatic efforts in the region. secretary of state antony blinken is now in turkey for meetings with the country's foreign minister. the country's cia director william burns is also now in israel, urging greater effort to avoid civilian casualties. and in the last few hours, the white house has said vice president kamala harris will discuss the conflict in a phone call with unnamed foreign leaders on monday. this is live, looking across at the gaza strip. it's just after 7am. in a moment, i'llspeak to my colleague, mohamed taha, for the latest developments. but first lets hear from our correspondent, yogita limaye. the bombing over gaza has intensified tonight. communication lines have also been cut off, which means tomorrow will likely begin

for many gazans like today did — digging through rubble, looking forfamilies and survivors. this was a crowded refugee camp. it's not one of the areas that israel had asked civilians to leave. hamas says it was an israeli air strike that killed dozens here. israel says it's investigating. "can anyone hear me?" saeed al—najma shouts. "i think there are people trapped here." saeed's daughters were injured, taken to hospital. for weeks, mohammed alaloul has taken photographs documenting death and loss in gaza. today, they've become a permanent part of his life. this is his son. "i've lost all my children except one. "i've lost my only daughter. "i don't know what else

to say," mohammed said. israel says it has made advances in gaza, effectively dividing the strip into south and north, but it insists it is doing what it can to minimise civilian casualties. the military claims to have dropped 6 million leaflets and made tens of thousands of phone calls warning people to move to safer areas. but it's not clear where in gaza is safe, and only a tiny number have been allowed to leave the strip. more people being let out has been one item on us secretary of state antony blinken�*s agenda. today, he stopped in the occupied west bank, meeting palestinian leader mahmoud abbas, who called for an immediate ceasefire. blinken has been pushing for shorter pauses in fighting.

everyone would welcome the humanitarian pause because, again, it could advance things we're all trying to accomplish, including getting hostages back, including getting a lot more assistance into gaza, including getting people out of gaza. one of the more than 200 hostages being held in gaza is 84—year—old elma avraham. her family found this photo online, where she is seen being taken by hamas. her son, uri rawitz, showed us the medicines his mother needs to take every day to stay in good health. he's hoping someone can take these to her. right now, we are four weeks after that, four weeks and one day, and they're still not here. and they should be here yesterday. not today, yesterday. i'm like in some horror movie that i'm stuck. but, yeah, i still have hope.

yogita limaye, bbc news, tel aviv. with me is bbc arabic�*s mohamed taha. tell us more about what you've been hearing about what's been going on overnight.— going on overnight. good morning- _ going on overnight. good morning. overnight - going on overnight. good| morning. overnight heavy fighting in gaza in the north, south, west of the strip. heavy man—to—man fighting and still be shelling on gaza is continuing in several parts. concentrated on the al—maghazi refugee camp and jabalia camp. the israeli forces are saying that again hamas fighters are using hospitals and tunnels under hospitals in their operation and this is a warning

that these hospitals could be a target. as we see in the pictures on the screen, these are the israeli strikes, all might on gaza. there is news that there are 18 agencies of the un issuing an urgent call in the last hours to emerge before humanitarian pause and they are really shocked from they are really shocked from the number of children and women suffering in this conflict. as you may know, palestinian authorities are saying the number of deaths in this conflict in gaza has reached nearly 10,000 people so far. . . , , , far. the un agencies pushing the call for — far. the un agencies pushing the call for a _ far. the un agencies pushing the call for a humanitarian i the call for a humanitarian pause at the same time that antony blinken is doing the same thing as he too was around. we'll talk about him in around. we'll talk about him in a moment but you know more about airdrop of medical aid

thatjordan was able to accomplish overnight? figs that jordan was able to accomplish overnight? as you mentioned — accomplish overnight? as you mentioned in _ accomplish overnight? as you mentioned in your _ accomplish overnight? as you mentioned in your intro, - accomplish overnight? as you mentioned in your intro, they| mentioned in your intro, they managed to do that with cooperation with the idf. they cannotjust cooperation with the idf. they cannot just send cooperation with the idf. they cannotjust send an aeroplane amidst this missiles and f—16 aeroplanes on top of gaza and the shelling from the air, land, and sea. i think we had a guest from egypt comment on that that this might be a pushing card against egypt that is closing the rougher order and having a firm stance on that and they are also against the american point of view for only a humanitarian pause and

they want a ceasefire —— rafah border. so egypt will appear to be in a weaker position to jordan who managed to send an aeroplane and egypt have a border and the political intensity of fighting and diplomatic situation does not allow them to make a big stance in the humanitarian effort. what is the arabic press for social media saying in terms of the secretary of state's visit because he had a few meetings over the weekend with various leaders? , , ., , over the weekend with various leaders? , , , . leaders? everybody expected him to achieve something _ leaders? everybody expected him to achieve something related - leaders? everybody expected him to achieve something related to l to achieve something related to the humanitarian pause but this did not happen because benjamin netanyahu's firm stance that no pause unless the hostages would be freed. the differences

between the united states and egypt was clear in the press conference that egypt wanted a ceasefire, the americans don't want mark, they did not manage to achieve a lot. what social media says as they did not achieve a lot in the meeting in jordan when he met mahmoud abbas, the palestinian president, to convince him to take over the administration of gaza after hamas going away as the scenario suggesting, he did not manage to convince him to do that. now he is going to turkey, which is the most firm stance in the middle east against israel. will he achieve something? that's why this is explaining why the american administration sent also william burns to try to put some more efforts to achieve something. some more efforts to achieve something-— something. 0k, thank you. mohamed _ something. 0k, thank you. mohamed taha _ something. 0k, thank you. mohamed taha from - something. 0k, thank you. mohamed taha from the i something. 0k, thank you. l mohamed taha from the bbc arabic service.

hundreds of thousands of people are running hungry in gaza as food and water supplies run out, the world food programme has warned. the agency has told the bbc exclusively that out of 130 bakeries operating in gaza before the war, 11 have been destroyed by israeli airstrikes. many of those remaining are unable to operate due to shortage of fuel and flour. bbc arabic�*s adnan el—bursh has visited some bakeries in southern gaza. long queues, frustrated families. these scenes have become a norm outside gazatranslation: i become a norm outside gazatranslation: i have an entire family _ gazatranslation: i have an entire family of— gazatranslation: i have an entire family of at _ gazatranslation: i have an entire family of at least - gazatranslation: i have an entire family of at least 20 i entire family of at least 20 people who have been displaced from jabalia in the north and we are here now in khan younis. in 25 days i've only received one pack of bread. how long i'm going to keep living this humiliation?— going to keep living this humiliation? , ., ., humiliation? this long waiting hours are now _

humiliation? this long waiting hours are now common - humiliation? this long waiting hours are now common and i hours are now common and getting brad is not even guaranteed. translation: i spent four or five hours every day in the queue and at the end i only get one portion of brad. i only get one portion of brad. i have 30 people to provide for a home. how is one portion enough for them all? we be living on one meal a day, sometimes we sleep hungry. the ressure sometimes we sleep hungry. the pressure is _ sometimes we sleep hungry. the pressure is on — sometimes we sleep hungry. the pressure is on the bakers who worked around the clock with ngos helping where they can't. translation: the ngos helping where they can't. translation:— translation: the amount we -roduce translation: the amount we produce is _ translation: the amount we produce is not _ translation: the amount we produce is not even _ translation: the amount we produce is not even enough i translation: the amount we produce is not even enough for a third of the people who need it. but we are producing an enormous amount in comparison to our usual work in normal times. a ~ , to our usual work in normal times. ~ , ., ., times. bakers are the main lifeline for _ times. bakers are the main lifeline for gazans. - times. bakers are the main lifeline for gazans. and - times. bakers are the main | lifeline for gazans. and brad is essential. no food can be without it. it is also usually the cheapest and most filling

option. the cheapest and most filling 0 tion. �* ., , the cheapest and most filling otion. �* . , .,, the cheapest and most filling otion. �* . , , option. brad is the last staple food option — option. brad is the last staple food option for— option. brad is the last staple food option for people - option. brad is the last staple food option for people in - option. brad is the last staple | food option for people in gaza. there is no fresh produce, no fresh dairy products, no fuel in the homes and many of the homes, 50% of homes in gaza have been destroyed, so people don't have access to cooking facilities. �* don't have access to cooking facilities-— facilities. and with bombardment - facilities. and with - bombardment continuing facilities. and with _ bombardment continuing across the gaza strip, queues outside the gaza strip, queues outside the remaining bakeries are only likely to increase. adnan el—bursh, bbc news, khan younis, gaza. now onto other news. donald trump is due to give evidence at his civil fraud case in new york later today. the judge has already ruled that the trump organisation massively inflated the value of properties in order to obtain preferable rates on loans and insurance deals. our bbc north america correspondent, shingai nyoka, reports.

donald trump has attended several sessions of this trial, listening impassively as prosecution witnesses accused him of fraud. today he is expected to take a stand in a case that threatens his new york business empire. over the last month various witnesses took to the stand. his former attorney turned foe michael cohen among those who testified that the former president had a history of misrepresenting the value of assets to gain favourable loan terms and tax benefits. last week his two aduu benefits. last week his two adult sons and co—defendants eric and donald jr testified who took over management of the trump organization after he became us president in they deny wrongdoing and say they relied on others to verify the documents. trouble is expected to say the same. the documents. trouble is expected to say the same.— to say the same. the assets are much more _ to say the same. the assets are much more valuable _ to say the same. the assets are much more valuable as - to say the same. the assets are| much more valuable as opposed to less valuable than are in the statements. they can't be fraud when you've told institutions to do the their

own work. these cases —— like the case is a fraud and scan. he accuses letitia james and the judge either he accuses letitia james and thejudge either anger he accuses letitia james and the judge either anger and, both democrats, being part of a broader political witch—hunt. james who trump has caught up in a mess and racist sued the former president under a new york law that gives her office power to investigate and prosecute corporate fraud. trump is the front runner in the republican race for the 2024 presidential elections. it is a scam, political interference, it is a fight against a political opponent that's leading the polls. this is a scam — that's leading the polls. this is a scam case. _ that's leading the polls. this is a scam case. the - that's leading the polls. this is a scam case. the judge had is a scam case. thejudge had already ruled the former president and his sons and the wider trump organization lied about the values of properties such as trump towers. the case will determine the penalties if any. donald trump is facing multiple cases on both criminal and civil fronts including multiple cases on both criminal and civilfronts including for trying to overturn a 2020 us presidential election. but israel unlike the others goes

to the heart of his identity as a businessman in a city where he built his name. he had his organisation could be fined up to $250 million and lose control of some of his iconic real estate to a court appointed receiver will be banned from doing business in new york. to the war in ukraine now, and ahead of winter, both russia and ukraine are trying to consolidate their recent military advances. ukrainian counteroffensives in the east saw small territorial gains around such cities as robotyne and bahkmut. but there are growing concerns that the war has now reached a stalemate. renewed russian assaults on the town of avdiivka, with increasing use of heavy artillery along the front line is forcing thousands of ukrainians to leave their homes. and it's notjust in the east. our correspondent, jenny hill, has travelled to the south of ukraine to speak to refugees from kherson who have been forced out because of heavy

russian bombardments. on the shifting tides of a relentless war, fear and loss surge into odesa. this coastal city, a haven for those fleeing the front line. nina survived the second world war. now, at 91, she's a refugee again in her. ——now, at 91, she's a refugee again. "i couldn't sleep in kherson," she tells us. "i couldn't eat. "there were explosions. "i want to die in peace, not war." alone, among strangers, they wait for help. odesa's aid workers struggling under the load of so many ruined lives. almost everyone who arrives here turns up with little more than the clothes on their back.

some have described to us fleeing underfire. they're terrified, they're shocked. and it's here that they have to begin the process of starting a new life. this is what they've left behind. once vibrant communities, ghost towns now. those who've not yet fled under near—constant attack. translation: two months ago, we were getting one or two - aerial bombs a day — now it's 40. and shelling by artillery tanks and mortars has doubled. all along the vast front line, bitter and bloody battles — usually for a few kilometres of territorial gain. ukraine's counteroffensive is making slow progress, and russia is also on the attack. a ukrainian unit sent us their footage as they defend the fiercely contested town of

avdiivkja in the donbas region. russia's suffered reportedly massive casualties, but ukrainian soldiers are dying too. so imagine this family's fear. daria knows her husband was sent to fight in avdiivka. they lost touch with him two weeks ago. she's haunted by the memory of waving him off to war. translation: he got on the bus, and i stood there for a long time crying. the feeling never leaves me that i saw him for the last time. painful to tell, hard to hear. those who recounted their stories ask only this — that the world listens. jenny hill, bbc news, odesa. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

let's look at some other stories making news. a council leader and nine other councillors have resigned from the labour party over the leadership's position on gaza. burnley council leader afrasiab anwar had previously called for sir keir starmer to resign over his position. instead, he has quit the party along with colleagues. a number of labour mps — including shadow ministers — have called for a ceasefire. but sir keir starmer has rejected the calls. the deputy prime minister, oliver dowden, has denied that the conservative party covered up rape allegations againstan mp. a report in the mail on sunday says a former party chairman, sirjake berry, raised concerns with the police, because he felt the claims hadn't been properly dealt with. mr dowden told the sunday with laura kuenssberg programme that all allegations were taken

exceptionally seriously. about 100 young people clashed with riot police in edinburgh with fireworks and petrol bombs being thrown directly at officers. you're live with bbc news. later today, australian prime minister anthony albanese will meet chinese president xijinping in beijing, becoming the first australian leader to visit china in seven years. beijing and canberra have clashed over a number of issues in recent years, including the origin of covid—19, a trade dispute and china's growing military assertiveness in the indo—pacific region. the trade relationship between these two countries is really enormous. we will be discussing this later in our business coverage. prince william has continued his visit to singapore ahead of the awards ceremony for his earthshot environmental prize on tuesday.

a short time ago, the prince met with the president and prime minister of singapore. earlier, he took part in a boat race on the famed marina reservoir, alongside locals, british expats and representatives from across the commonwealth. it has been a busy agenda. lovely to see you. tell lissemore to begin with about what the prince has been up to? we had a very eventful morning here in singapore. he took part in a dragon boat race, as you mentioned, alongside an expat team, the british dragons. it was one of 22 people and he raced against another boat led by the high commissioner here in singapore. and his boat won. that is one positive event from

this morning. he went to meet the prime minister and president of singapore and later on he will be joining the united for wildlife event which looks to shine a spotlight on wildlife trafficking. teilii looks to shine a spotlight on wildlife trafficking.— wildlife trafficking. tell us more about _ wildlife trafficking. tell us more about the _ wildlife trafficking. tell us more about the prize. - wildlife trafficking. tell us more about the prize. the earthshot prize, it is the third one?— earthshot prize, it is the third one? . �*, ., third one? that's right and the first time here _ third one? that's right and the first time here in _ third one? that's right and the first time here in asia. - third one? that's right and the first time here in asia. asia i first time here in asia. asia is a number of climate emergency related challenges. singapore faces rising sea level. indonesia, the philippines, the pacific islands are all struggling with climate change. the whole idea of the earthshot prize, the reason that prince william started it, was to draw attention to the climate emergency and to find innovative solutions for the impact of climate change on people and animals. now, each

winner — there will be five in five categories that will go home with e1 five categories that will go home with £1 million and the idea of it being held here in singapore is because singapore is seen as an innovative place. they will be able to scale their solution to the climate emergency and really bring a force for change and good to the entire world. he force for change and good to the entire world.— force for change and good to the entire world. he is due to a- ear the entire world. he is due to appear at _ the entire world. he is due to appear at a — the entire world. he is due to appear at a united _ the entire world. he is due to appear at a united for- the entire world. he is due toj appear at a united for wildlife event, that is this evening? lots of celebrities also coming further that, lots of celebrities also coming furtherthat, including lots of celebrities also coming further that, including the chairman someone who is very recognisable in the uk. it will be looking at animal trafficking and it is meant to be a $1 billion trade and they will be looking for solutions on how to combat that going forward. ., , ., , ,, forward. lovely to see. see you aaain forward. lovely to see. see you

again soon- _ parts of england were treated to a spectacular display of the northern lights on saturday night. this scene greeted st mary's lighthouse in whitley bay in the north east of england. in kendal in the lake district, scout scar was bathed in this green glow. although that looks very purple to me. finally, dunstanburgh castle in northumberland ended tonight's light show. lots of fireworks in the sky as well where i was looking. all the top business stories next on bbc news. including, we will be discussing the latest move on the part of elon musk. the latest is he has launched an ai chatbot called grok. the

announcement on his social media site x and he said this bot has attitude, love the sarcasm, a little humour. it is interesting, it is kind of based on guardian of the galaxies which is something that he really enjoyed and influenced him a little bit. apparently. also as we mentioned, the prime minister of australia anthony albanese is in china at the moment, it is in china at the moment, it is a really significant visit and we will be discussing that as a trade is so important to both those country and their relationship. —— countries. hello there. we've seen some strong aurora pictures coming in over recent hours here at the bbc weather centre. this beautiful one was from the aberdeenshire area in northern scotland. but this one is from folkestone. the significance of this is if you can see the northern lights in folkestone here in the uk, you can see it pretty much everywhere. so the aurora is very strong.

it's worth taking a look outside. use a camera or a mobile phone to see the best views, because those bits of equipment are more sensitive than our eyes to low levels of light. but you have a chance over the next few hours. now, weather wise, ok, there will be a few showers coming and going, but we'll also see some fairly lengthy, clear spells. so whilst it's dark, you do have a chance of spotting the aurora. on into monday's forecast, and it's a day of sunshine and showers, really. starting off, most of us will have a fine morning with plenty of sunshine around. most of the showers really get going into the afternoon. and there could be some slightly longer spells of rain coming into west scotland and maybe northern counties of northern ireland. our temperatures continue to be a little bit below average for the time of year. now we've got more of those showers to come on tuesday. again, a lot of sunshine, the showers have been most frequent into the northwest of both england and wales. then we get this ridge of high pressure building in during tuesday afternoon. now, that should kill the showers off in northern ireland. central and southern wales and south west england having a fine end to the day as well. now that ridge of high pressure

is going to be short lived, pushed out of the way by this next weather system coming in off the atlantic for wednesday. it's going to be a wet day then, with around 20mm to 30mm of rain expected, could bring one or two more issues. we'll have to be careful, i suppose, in northern ireland, where it has been so wet over recent times. the rain does clear through, followed by showers, with the winds picking up later in the day from the west. now, temperatures will start to come down a little bit across northern areas, 8—10 celsius for scotland and for northern ireland. 11—13 celsius for england and wales. but towards the end of the week, this area of low pressure is going to swing through the uk, and as it does so, we'll start to get a chillier flow of air coming in from the northwest. now, temperatures might not change very much on the face of it, but i think those north—westerly winds will start to make the weather feel a little cooler. and there'll be some showers around in the week with more general outbreaks of rain heading in, it looks, for some of us, into next weekend.

live from london, this is bbc news. talking trade — australia's prime minister is in beijing where today he meets president xijinping. both sides are hoping to end their trade war. meet grok, the ai chatbot with a rebellious streak. this is elon musk�*s rival to chatgpt, inspired by the hitchhiker�*s guide to the galaxy.

and we look at the seemingly insastiable appetite for travel. the world travel market kicks off here in london, with many in the industry expecting a busy year ahead! hello. i'm sally bundock, here with your top business stories. let's start in beijing, where australian prime minister anthony albanese arrived on saturday and became the first australian leader to visit china in seven years. he is due to meet chinese president xi jinping today and trade will dominate the agenda. in recent years, the two have been involved in a number of trade spats. here's a prime example — australian wine shipments to mainland china reached almost $1.2 billion in 2021 before tariffs reaching 218% were abruptly imposed by china.