in the south of gaza has begun. it says armed forces are there and expect to expand their offensive. the us defence secretary warns israel it risks driving civilians into the arms of the enemy. singing glenys kinnock, the former british minister and wife of the former labour leader neil kinnock, dies, aged 79. and heavy snow causes major disruption in england's north. police urge people to stay away. the israel defense forces have announced the beginning of a new ground operation in southern gaza, just north of the city of khan younis. israel continued its renewed bombardment of gaza for a third day, having told more palestinians to leave areas in and around khan younis immediately.

the hamas—run health ministry in gaza says more than 15,500 people have now been killed there since the start of the conflict between israel and hamas, which is considered a terrorist organsation by the uk government. this is the scene live outside al nasser hospital in khan younis an area that has been under frequent assault. the scenes both inside and ouside the hospital are traumatic. these pictures were shot today. children are among those being driven to the hospital carried inside by family and friends. for many, the journey to hospital was too late. unicef�*s spokespersonjames elder is inside khan younis — he described the scense to us. a senior adviser to the israeli prime mininister has insisted israel is doing all it can to minimise the deaths of civilians in gaza, after the us defence secretary, lloyd austin, said israel had a moral responsiblity to minimise casualties not linked to hamas. our middle east correspondent paul adams has this report, and a warning it contains images some viewers may find distressing.

in gaza's overcrowded south, children are once more in the frontline. israel says it's going to great lengths to avoid killing civilians, but khan younis, it says, is a hamas stronghold. the hospital is overwhelmed. further north in gaza city, civil defense workers try to evacuate civilians as battles raged nearby. for a week, these streets were silent. now the israeli army is closing in. injabalia, a generation in despair, losing parents and protection. "my dad was killed," he says. :i swear my dad was killed." people are fleeing, not for the first time trying to follow israel's instructions. not sure where to go.

"we can't see any safe areas," says nabeel. this is his family's sixth move. "we go from place to place, but there's no safety anywhere." israel says its new maps showing specific blocks in danger of being attacked should make it easier for people to find safety. this is basically israel's policy. but for one british palestinian, there's only confusion. everyone is in a panic because they got a phone call this morning for block 49 and other blocks to make called a family in the area and told them you must leave. people are being pushed like pawns in someone's chessboard into places with no water, no sanitation, no food, no safety. this idea of safe zones is a very dangerous narrative. we see here a fighting tunnel of hamas. - israel says it continues to unearth evidence of hamas embedding itself in civilian areas here.

here a tunnel close to a school. the battle for gaza now rages in the north and the south. it's tough, urban warfare full of risk and a determined enemy. in petah tikva this morning, the funeral of israeli staff sergeant ashar usama wounded during the ground invasion last month. "you fought bravely for the protection of the state," his girlfriend, says. "we salute you." however, abdel approved and hamas is not done. more rockets fired at israel today. memories of last week's precious truce fading fast. paul adams, bbc news, jerusalem. let's cross live to our reporter paul adams injeursalem. we saw those distressing images in your report there and we heard that people did get a warning but many saying it was not enough. this people did get a warning but many saying it was not enough.- saying it was not enough. this has been a problem _ saying it was not enough. this has been a problem throughout - saying it was not enough. this has been a problem throughout the i saying it was not enough. this has i been a problem throughout the past two months. israel believes and says

that it two months. israel believes and says thatitis two months. israel believes and says that it is giving as much notice as it possibly can to the civilian population to leave for certain areas where the fighting is most concentrated. and they believe that these new maps with this detailed grid, numbertwo grid, should these new maps with this detailed grid, number two grid, should help that process because they are saying to people in certain numbered areas. these are the areas you have to be. these are the areas you have to be. the trouble is people do not know where they should leave to. it is also the case that even though israel may be concentrating on one particular set of areas, they are also hitting targets elsewhere, outside of those demarcated areas. anything the israelis regard as a high—value target where hamas may have some of its infrastructure, where a hamas commander may be living, those places are also in danger of being hit. so people,

frankly, don't know. this has been a problem for the last two months. they don't know where they can go to get out of harm's way.— get out of harm's way. we are heafina get out of harm's way. we are hearing about _ get out of harm's way. we are hearing about the _ get out of harm's way. we are hearing about the ground - get out of harm's way. we are - hearing about the ground operations that have resumed, what can you tell us about that? we that have resumed, what can you tell us about that?— us about that? we are beginning to see evidence _ us about that? we are beginning to see evidence of _ us about that? we are beginning to see evidence of israeli _ us about that? we are beginning to see evidence of israeli forces - see evidence of israeli forces moving in on the ground in the southern two thirds of the gaza strip. you will recall that the fighting, until one week, ten days ago, was mostly concentrated in the northern third of the gaza strip in and around gaza city. now we are seeing reports of israeli tanks and troops moving in close to the city of khan younis. this suggests that they are beginning to launch some kind of operation to break up the southern gaza strip into certain manageable areas. it's early days we do not know what that movement is, the israelis are not seeing anything about it but it is evidence of a ground operation in the way, on the

way in the south as well. what way in the south as well. what do ou think way in the south as well. what do you think that _ way in the south as well. what do you think that means in _ way in the south as well. what do you think that means in terms - way in the south as well. what do you think that means in terms of| way in the south as well. what do i you think that means in terms of aid agencies trying to get the aid through. it agencies trying to get the aid throu~h. , ., ., ., ~ through. it is going to make life difficult. during _ through. it is going to make life difficult. during the _ through. it is going to make life difficult. during the pause - through. it is going to make life difficult. during the pause in - difficult. during the pause in fighting, the humanitarian pause that lasted for a week ending on friday, the aid agencies were able to get quite a lot of aid in anywhere from 150—200 trucks a day. that was starting to make a difference. it has been more problematic since friday. friday and saturday no aid was getting in then we began to see a little bit and i think the reports that i saw it earlier suggested that as many as 100 trucks had crossed today. i would need to check those figures, but i think the agencies would argue that as fighting moves down closer to the rafah crossing in the south it is going to be harder to get aid in and more importantly, once it is in, ticketed to places where people are sheltering.

for further assessment of israel's ongoing military operation, we speak now to michael clarke, who is the former director—general of rusi. one that is israel is going into the jabalia refugee camp in the north. it was always going to do that because the israelis always said and i am sure they are not wrong that the jabalia refugee camp was a headquarters for hamas — and recruited in the camp and had facilities below it. so just as the al shifa hospital was a major israeli target in the north, jabalia refugee was the next. when they finished at al shifa they would always go to jabalia refugee and that is what doing now.

in the south it looks as if they had started a ground offensive toward khan younis. we were not sure if they would do this but if they do they are trying to get people moving west of khan younis towards the coast which is what they would like them to do and this, we will not help. because all it will do if you cram people into the western corner of the gaza strip, tou will have cholera, there is no hygiene, the gaza strip, you will have cholera, there is no hygiene, no water, no facilities and so on. so the israelis are trying to move people around as one is your correspondent said almost like a chess board and that is not likely to work very well so as they move in towards khan younis this will certainly get a lot more brutal as far as civilian casualties and hamas, 20,000 of them now, are in with the civilian population. so they will move in and of the civilian population as it moves. what is the next step for israel given the complications you are talking about? they will destroy the physical facilities of hamas as they come across them so as they come across tunnels and whatever facilities

they discover in khan younis and probably the rafah crossing as well which is probably the next area they will go for they will physically destroy what they can, but given that they can't take themselves, their 25,000 armed terrorists in hamas there are some say 40,000 but most of those are part—timers, 25,000 they think they have captured 5,000 so there are 20,000, most now in the south so this people are not going to hang around to be killed or captured, they will keep moving either in tunnels or with the civilian population. so the israelis could physically destroy what hamas has got, but they will be lucky if they can actually eliminate the 20,000 they say they are determined to eliminate. an interfaith peace vigil for israel and gaza is being held in central london this evening. (pres) earlier we had the assessment of michael clarke, who is the former our reporter meghan owen

is there for us and has the latest. earlier today that there was a vigil that happened just behind me, hundreds gathered to listen to speeches by faith leaders including the archbishop of canterbury who talked about love and forgiveness and he also said that we will not let islam a phobia that we will not let islamophobia or anti—semitism have a place on our streets and there were also speeches about politicians from all parties and bereaved families as well. this is organised together for humanity and the aim of the vigil today was to promote peace and to mourn people who had been killed in the conflict on both sides. i am joined by two of the speakers a palestinian peace activist and an israeli peace activists. how did you feel that it went today? it went really well, many people showed up and people were hungry to hear such vigils and such stands in this hard time

because people do not know how to deal with this conflict, how to not choose the side of hate. and we showed to them. it is good that they are paying attention to this conflict but they should never let hate come to the way because no amount of hate will ensure any family home. and if they can come together then this gives hope to people they are that one day there will be peace there. and you've both got very personal reasons for being here. you both had family members killed in the conflict. what drives you to be here today? well, hamzah has a son who's six and a half and my son _ is almost seven. what drives me is that i want- they to grow up not hating anyone, not fearing anyone, and being able to play together like human beings and play football and enjoy each other's company. - and that's what drives us. and for that to happen, _

we have to make the bridge today so they will have a better future. you know, we love our kids- and that's the world we want them to grow up in. hamza, you flew to the uk, especially for this vigil. what was so different about this for you? in these dark times it's so easy to lose hope. it's so easy to just want to escape because you see the amount of hatred, you see the amount of bloodshed, and you're looking for hope. it's not an easy thing to find hope. and then when i heard about this happening, i knew this is where i belong, because if anything would would help my people and the israeli people that i know very well and i'm close to, is such voices. it's people coming for peace, for the future of humanity in israel and palestine and all over the world, because humanity is one. and i want to put my energy here, because here i know

i'm not harming anyone. any other stance will not help my people, not help the other people. and i am not going to waste my energy there. i think one of the things that was most striking about today's vigil was the lack of placards. why were you encouraging people not to bring them today? so going on, talking about our kids, again, it's you don't educate - a child to have the core values- you want of respecting other human beings, people from other faiths and backgrounds. . you don't educate a child by a placard or a slogan. | it takes time and effort. you have to move step by stepl and you have to get the support of your community. and i think in the same way, if we want to achieve peace, | you know, any kind of a clever slogan, it's not going to do it. | we need to work hard, . day in, day out, put time and effort if we want to, to have a solution - and we want to have peace. so, again, thinking about our kids, that's the way forward, _

step by step. and i hope it's going to come sooner ithan later, but it's going to come. i it's inevitable. and it's a powerful image seeing both of you stood beside each other. what message does this send to the world? that it's possible. and that it's our duty. it's not easy, but it's our duty, as he said, for our children. my family grew up in conflict. i grew up in conflict. and i see now my son is going through an even to a way worse conflict than we ever knew in the past. and if we don't do these things, if we don't remind ourselves and people of our humanity, then which world we are giving to our children? we are betraying them, actually. and i'm not sure his future will be better, but he will know that his father have done something unusual, hoping for a better future. what's the feeling after today's vigil for you? is it hope? i think i feel supported.

it's knowing that you're not alone. and if you just read the news. or social media, you might feel very alone because the voicesi there seem to be very hateful. and i think coming here together and hearing different voices, - a large community getting together and hoping for a better future - and doing it together, _ it just gives the support and hope that we can do it. and i completely agree with hamza, the point is that to _ show that it's possible and it is possible. - thank you so much. and it definitely felt today it was a it was a peaceful atmosphere. it was a sombre atmosphere as many lit candles and listen to those speeches. but it was clear that everybody was united and everybody felt unity. snow ice and plummeting temperatures are causing problems across large

parts of the uk's. heavy snow in cumbria left hundreds of drivers trapped in their cars and more than two and a half thousand people without any electricity. it was declared a major incident and still advising people to avoid the county. yellow weather warnings from the met office covering large areas of england, scotland and wales are in force until morning. severe weather left a blanket of snow in some areas as much as 30 cm fell. motorists were cut out and stranded. carrie appended her trip home and slept at work. i appended her trip home and slept at work. , , . , ., ~' appended her trip home and slept at work. , _, ,~/ , work. i slept at my work because i have the flood _ work. i slept at my work because i have the flood upstairs _ work. i slept at my work because i have the flood upstairs so - work. i slept at my work because i have the flood upstairs so i - work. i slept at my work because i have the flood upstairs so i just i have the flood upstairs so i just stayed there for the night which was helpful because a lot can get home. we did not expect this amount of snow_ we did not expect this amount of snow so — we did not expect this amount of snow so it— we did not expect this amount of snow so it has been chaos.- snow so it has been chaos. entity harrison has _ snow so it has been chaos. entity harrison has lived _ snow so it has been chaos. entity harrison has lived here _ snow so it has been chaos. entity harrison has lived here for- snow so it has been chaos. entity harrison has lived here for 35 - harrison has lived here for 35 years. he opened up his house to give a friend a bed for the night. abs, give a friend a bed for the night. friend who rang me at lunch times

that he could not get home and said can i come around to doris for lunch? so he came at 12 o'clock yesterday and he left at ten o'clock this morning. he stayed with me this past night. there were lots people stuck and people putting people up and just doing what we can to help. if you have witnessed the scenes in recent years. this was the end six. motorists were stuck for hours. drivers were told to leave their cars and go to a emergency refuge. i eventually got as far as health water but i left the car there. and me and the dog ran into ambleside. at the paris centre in ambleside no more than 100 people including children. lots of bedding and local people brought in food, close, shops provided. 50 people brought in food, close, shops rovided. , ., , , people brought in food, close, shops rovided. , .,, , provided. so the people 'ust so crateful provided. so the people 'ust so grateful to i provided. so the people 'ust so grateful to have t provided. so the people just so grateful to have somewhere . provided. so the people just so | grateful to have somewhere and provided. so the people just so - grateful to have somewhere and not 'ust grateful to have somewhere and not just sleeping in their cars. this

was on the _ just sleeping in their cars. this was on the view _ just sleeping in their cars. this was on the view on _ just sleeping in their cars. this was on the view on and - just sleeping in their cars. in 3 was on the view on and was stuck for 19 hours without food or water. cumbria police declared this a major incident and said around 7000 homes and businesses are without power. a met office yellow weather warning for ice across much of northern england, the midlands and north wales is in place. until midnight on monday. separately a amber health alert for cold weather is also in place. here cumbria police advise motorists not to travel within the county unless necessary. in steve lee somewhere making the most of the snow by enjoying a bit of skiing. but for many, the cold weather has left its impact and will be felt for a number of days. in france — one person has been

killed and two others, including a british man, injured, in a knife and hammer attack in central paris. social media video shows armed police approaching a suspect in paris. the french interior minister gerard darmanin said the attacker targeted tourists around quai de grenelle — which is close to the eiffel tower. the man who was killed was german. authorities in berlin described his death as an 'abominable crime'. our paris correspondent hugh schofield sent the latest from paris. it was here on this bridge that it happened last night at around 9:15 local timejust down there. the man, the attacker, used a knife to attack this german tourist. this german tourist, a male nurse, killed him. the attacker then crossed the bridge to the north side of the scene where he encountered two other victims, both men.

he attacked them with a hammer. one of them was this a british citizen aged 66, who whose condition we understand is satisfactory now in hospital. at that point, the police were on the scene and the man was cornered. he was incapacitated with an electronic taser, and then he was brought into custody by police. and we now know who he was. he's a man who was known to the police because he has served time in jail for plotting a terrorist attack before. he's someone who's had psychiatric problems. he's a man who's french, but with iranian parents. and police will now be questioning him and his entourage to find out more about what motivated him for this. what we know is what he told police last night, which was that the immediate driver was seeing images of the suffering in in gaza. he said he could not stand to see muslims dying in such numbers under israeli bombardment. let's return to dubai now, and the lastest from the united nations climate summit — cop28.

sunday is the first time any climate summit has focussed on health. experts say global warming is already having a "profound effect" on global health. our correspondent carl nasman interviewed the former prime minister of australia, julia gillard, who has been advocating for a health focused day at the summit from the very beginning. she explained why. and the research was clearly telling us that the climate crisis is a health crisis. climate change already means that infectious diseases are in new parts of the world, that the food system we rely on for nutrition is being degraded in many places, that the biological effects of exposure to extreme heat are manifest and impact on people's health. and that's what we know now. we're investing £100 million this year alone in research to give us more information for the future. so climate, health — these are twin crises. and we wanted a day at cop that brought them together to motivate action. already coming into today, we have the declaration on climate

and health, some 123 countries signing on $450 million pledged. what's your reaction to that? it's a terrific start. i mean, it's wonderful to see the world coming together and mobilising and understanding the interconnections. 123 countries is fantastic, but we do need to build on this and to do more. and we are pointing out very clearly that the transition from fossil fuels is hugely important to human health, important because it mitigates climate change. and of course, fossil fuels cause air pollution, which we know kills around five million people every year. i was surprised to learn only 0.5% of climate funding currently goes to health. how do you think delegates here will go about trying to change that? get some concrete pledges beyond what we've already seen, the a50 million? yeah. i mean, it really does feel sort of counterintuitive, doesn't it,

when we all know that our health depends on the air we breathe, the water we we drink, the food we eat, and that all of these things are impacted by climate change. so, yes, it's been a long time coming, but we're finally here. and i do think it is a motivator for climate action. i mean, as individuals, we all know that there's nothing more important, really, than our health and the health of our families. we worry about that a lot. and so i don't think it's too big a leap to say to communities, well, if you're worried about your own health, you should be worried about climate change because it's going to matter for you and your community. and hopefully that makes more political space for action. we've seen so many visible impacts this year, the hottest year on record, but there are also some impacts that are a little bit less visible when it comes to climate change, particularly on mental health, which were onlyjust now starting to discover, right? that's true. and we also invest in research on mental health. we do know that trauma has a mental health consequence. and in many parts of the world, climate change trauma, extreme weather events are now

more and more routine. and so that has to add up and be an extra pressure on mental health. and we do think that when people have just got a sense of hopelessness about the future, i mean, i think all of us feel a frisson of anxiety. now that in some ways is a normal human emotion, but for some people, it can become very, very deep and very destabilising and very impactful on their mental health. a reminder of our top story is really forces have announced the beginning of a new ground operation in gaza this is the live scene outside of a hospital that has been described as overwhelms in there. of course we will be keeping you up—to—date with what is happening there throughout the programme. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. we've seen some changes to the weather today. across the south of the country, low pressure has been ushering

in some slightly milder air, more cloud outbreaks of rain. it's the north of the country which is seeing the cold, dry, sunnier weather today. but this new upcoming week starts off on a cold note. then we start to see it turning more unsettled — wet, windy weather moving in off the atlantic. that will usher in milder for all areas by the end of the week. now it's the first of a series of low pressure systems continue to push northwards into england and wales. in fact, the rain's going to pep up, turn heavier through the evening and overnight period. as it bumps into the colder air lying across the north of the country, likely see some snow of the welsh hills, the peak district, the pennines, maybe even down to lower levels for a time. we'll also see wintry showers feeding into eastern scotland, but western scotland, northern ireland will see the clearer skies. so here the lowest, the temperatures less cold. further south, southern england should have a frost—free night. but to monday morning it could be a bit tricky across northern england, the north midlands and north wales, could see some wet snow on the hills, maybe the odd flake down to lower levels for a time, but it'll be mostly of rain. but as the band of rain continues to move north,

it's likely to see that risk of sleet and snow transferring to the north pennines. frequent wintry showers pushing into northern and eastern scotland could give some significant accumulations there. best of the brightness western scotland, northern ireland but to central southern parts of britain will stay rather cloudy, quite breezy with rain on and off. now, despite temperatures being a little bit higher across the board, you factor in the wind tomorrow, it's going to feel quite cold and raw. now that area of low pressure starts to pull out towards the near continent. so during monday night into tuesday, it'll take a while, but it means that the eastern side of england will bear the brunt of the edge of the low, bringing fairly brisk north, north—easterly winds, further wintry showers here, and there'll be further wintry showers, northern and eastern scotland. but elsewhere, with a ridge of high pressure building in increasing amounts of sunshine out west. so an improving afternoon for many. but again, it's going to be quite a cold day. temperatures 2—7 degrees —

cooler than that further east when you factor in the breeze. so wednesday looks like it'll be a fine day for most. another cold one to come. then thursday, friday, it turns wetter and windier, but you'll notice the milder air reaches pretty much all areas. so we start the upcoming week off on a cold note, a bit of sunshine around before it turns more unsettled by the end of the week and turning milderfor all.

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israeli army radio says the ground operation in the south of gaza has begun. it says armed forces are there and expect to expand their offensive. one person is dead and two injured in a knife and hammer attack in central paris. the french interior minister says the attacker targeted tourists around quai de grenelle, close to the eiffel tower. in a first for the un climate summit — world leaders discuss the impact of climate change on health, experts say it has a 'profound effect'. and police declare a major incident in the north of england. heavy snowfall causes disruption and challenging conditions on the roads. people are being urged to stay away.

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