the twin children of nobel peace prize winner — narges mohammadi — receive her award in oslo. she is injail in iran. 0h oh wow. it's huge. and revealed — the skull of a sea monster that's 150 million years old. you're with bbc news — broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in israel where nine weeks after the attacks by hamas that killed 1,200 people — prime minister benjamin netanyahu says it is �*the beginning of the end' for the group.

israel says its ground forces have now reached the centre of khan younis in the south of the territory — to which many palestinians had previously fled on israel's instructions. israel urged civilians to leave the city's centre and move to safe zones. the head of the un agency for palestinian refugees has described gaza as �*hell on earth.�* meanwhile, civilians living in the other palestinian territory — the west bank — have had their rights and freedoms severely curtailed by israel since october 7th. our international editor jeremy bowen reports now on the situation on the ground in both the west bank and gaza. at al nasser hospital in khan younis, they laid out the wrapped bodies of people killed in the night by israel. at the end of the line was a baby killed on the day she was born.

laid across the bodies of her mother and her father. "don't cry", he told theirson, mohammed. "they are in heaven." gaza has been turned into a living hell for civilians by israel's offensive. thousands of children are among the palestinian dead. their families say there is only one way to make a difference. "everyone is only talking aboutaid", said ibrahim. "we don't care about aid, we want them to stop the bloodshed." the americans say israel is killing too many innocent people, but they still blocked the un's latest attempt to vote in a ceasefire. the war has increased the tension in hebron, a city on the west bank holy tojews and muslims that has been a flashpoint for decades. most palestinians can no longer access property, live or work in part

of the city centre. that's becausejewish settlers live here, behind the security provided by the israeli army. extremejewish nationalists in israel's government also live in hebron, and since the 7th of october attacks, palestinians of all ages near the settlement have been ordered to stay home under a strict curfew. the guard dogs are owned by shaddai — necessary, he says, to protect his family from attacks byjewish settlers. weeks of lockdown in the curfew have paralysed their lives. translation: you could call us zombies. - we have been imprisoned for two months. we can't leave the house or go to work or take our children out. life is hard. the curfew has been eased slightly but the security forces still didn't like him talking to us. translation: they have - all the rights, we don't have any. they don't see us as humans.

just outside his house, the settlement was having a party to reunite army reservists with their families. it was to thank them for all they have done for hebron�*sjews, said the organiser. what do you think of the fact that the arabs are under a curfew most of the time? is itfair? "i don't know anything about any curfew", she said. "the way the arabs behave isn't fair." the essence of the conflict is here in hebron. it's a reminder of the depth of its roots and of the reasons why it has never been settled. and as well as that, the enormous sacrifices in terms of deeply held beliefs that would be necessary if israelis and palestinians are ever going to make peace. back in gaza, israel says civilians suffer because hamas uses them as human shields. israel insists its strikes

are precise and intelligence—led. al aqsa martyrs hospital in deir el—balah, one of the few still functioning, is overwhelmed. no more beds are left. no hope either. polls have closed in hong kong, after the first local elections in which pro—democracy candidates were banned from standing. there have been some reports of low voter numbers, and with no opposition candidates to vote for, the turnout is being seen as an indication of the level of support for china's tightening grip on hong kong. under new rules, pro—beijing committees decided who was allowed to stand and far fewer councillors are being directly elected. one of the politicians unable to stand is ted hui. a former municipal councillor and member of the legislative council. he joins me live from adelaide where he's in self—imposed exile after being sentnced in absentia to three and a half years in prison.

great to have you on the programme. what do you make of the sunday election? i what do you make of the sunday election? ~ . , what do you make of the sunday election? ~ , , .,, ., , election? i think it is very obvious that few peeple — election? i think it is very obvious that few people see _ election? i think it is very obvious that few people see the _ election? i think it is very obvious that few people see the voter - that few people see the voter turnout even though the final figure has not been released, but it has been reported from interim turn that it has been historically low. so i personally believe that the turnout will be less than 30%. that is very low according to any country. so i think it is very, very obvious that people are angry. people are angry at not having for choices that they can choose from. people are angry that the pro—democracy voices have been totally cracked down. that is why people are not interested to take part in that election any more. they don't think it is a real

election. people called it a sham election. people called it a sham election. and i agree. at most, it is an election among beijing with its own people. so it does not represent people's to his. that is what people are protesting. somehow in the way of boycotting elections and other people are basically have lost interest. so that is why it is a reflection of the level of democracy in hong kong has dropped to an all—time historic low from the selection. to an all-time historic low from the selection. . to an all-time historic low from the selection. , , , . ., , to an all-time historic low from the selection. , ,, . ., , selection. yes, especially compared to the 6096 we _ selection. yes, especially compared to the 6096 we saw _ selection. yes, especially compared to the 6096 we saw in _ selection. yes, especially compared to the 6096 we saw in the _ selection. yes, especially compared to the 6096 we saw in the last - to the 60% we saw in the last elections. the hong kong police have offered a bounty for information about seven other activists who are now living abroad. do you feel safe in australia? in now living abroad. do you feel safe in australia?— in australia? in australia generally. _ in australia? in australia generally, yes. - in australia? in australia generally, yes. i- in australia? in australia generally, yes. i don't. in australia? in australia - generally, yes. i don't believe that the australian government would extradite me back to china or hong kong. and i don't believe that they have any means of getting me back to

theirjurisdictions. at the same time, i can see the chinese government, embassies here have been trying their best to mobilise to stir anger among their beijing loyalists here so wherever we have protests, pro—democracy protests, for hong kong or hong kong political prisoners they would come up to us. so i have had beijing loyalists, their fans throwing water at me, grabbing my microphone in public assemblies and protests. these things happen and i have seen in other places, they would beat up those activists who support hong kong and drag them into the chinese embassy and beat them up. this can happen so i'm not completely safe, but at least it is not done by the government agencies here. activist and former hong _

government agencies here. activist and former hong kong _ government agencies here. activist and former hong kong politician, . and former hong kong politician, many thanks. the new president of argentina, javier milei, has said that shock treatment is needed to deal with the economic crisis in the country. mr milei has taken over from the unpopular centre—left president alberto fernandez, but will need to negotiate with rivals as his coalition only forms a small bloc in congress. mr milei gained popular support for radical proposals including scrapping the central bank and allowing people to make money by selling their organs. argentina is experiencing its worst economic crisis in decades. i'm joined now by live now to our bbc mundo reporter, veronica smink — who's in buenos aires. what has a reaction been so far to the swearing in?— what has a reaction been so far to the swearing in? people here have a lot of horse —

the swearing in? people here have a lot of house he _ the swearing in? people here have a lot of hope. he won _ the swearing in? people here have a lot of hope. he won in _ the swearing in? people here have a lot of hope. he won in a _ the swearing in? people here have a lot of hope. he won in a runoff- the swearing in? people here have a lot of hope. he won in a runoff by i lot of hope. he won in a runoff by 56% of the vote which no other president in the last years have got such support and many people when you asked them why they voted for him, theyjust say, we couldn't go on like this. many people discovered inflation after the covid pandemic but argentina has been suffering inflation over ten years it has been 25% yearly since then and many people said we need a change and javier milei seems to add a very radical change.— radical change. here in asia, argentina — radical change. here in asia, argentina and _ radical change. here in asia, argentina and china - radical change. here in asia, argentina and china are - radical change. here in asia, - argentina and china are obviously big trading partners but one has had strong words during the campaign about china. is there a softening in tone now? . , tone now? yes, definitely, when he lost, he tone now? yes, definitely, when he lest. he came _ tone now? yes, definitely, when he lest. he came in _ tone now? yes, definitely, when he lost, he came in second _ lost, he came in second rather. seven points behind that then our economic minister back in october the 1st round of elections.

certainly, he moderated his tone after that. the famous chainsaw he wielded around during his campaign was put away and all of the harsh comments he had made not only with china, but also with brazil, towards brazil the other main argentine commercial partner. they were certainly moderated in many people are hopeful that the relations with these countries will stay strong because argentina is very dependent on them. . . , because argentina is very dependent on them. .,, , ., , , on them. lastly, what is the first aaenda on them. lastly, what is the first agenda item _ on them. lastly, what is the first agenda item going _ on them. lastly, what is the first agenda item going to _ on them. lastly, what is the first agenda item going to be - on them. lastly, what is the first agenda item going to be will - on them. lastly, what is the first| agenda item going to be will stop obviously the economic crisis is quite significant at the moment. that's right. we are expecting 180% inflation for this year. argentina has a huge debt as well to pay with the imf, around $41; million. so one of the main things he said is that argentina has no more money. we have no other option than to cut. he said

he expects a 5% gdp cut but he says it will go mainly on the state in full not affect the private sector. certainly, he said we have no other option. certainly, he said we have no other otion. , ., in the uk, it's just two days before parliament votes on rishi sunak�*s revised legislation to send some people seeking asylum, to rwanda. but the conservative mp robertjenrick — in his first broadcast interview since leaving government last week — says the plan won't work. mrjenrick, who resigned as immigration minister over the bill, said it would become �*bogged down�* by legal challenges if it became law. but the cabinet minister, michael gove, said only a �*vanishingly small�* number of appeals would be allowed under the new scheme. here�*s our political correspondent, helen catt. this time last week,

rishi sunak and robertjenrick were together in government — allies about to announce a slew of measures to reduce immigration. it�*s a new experience for me but it was a very important point of principle... this morning, mrjenrick was facing off against former colleagues. in his first interview since resigning, he said he would not vote for mr sunak�*s rwanda safety bill. i think that a political choice has been made to bring forward a bill which doesn�*t do the job, and i think that at this moment, when you�*ve got a small boats crisis where11li,000 people have crossed the channel on dangerous, unnecessary, illegal small boats, that we cannot take that risk. mrjenrick�*s latest intervention came in a crucial weekend when his conservative colleagues are considering whether or not to back mr sunak�*s plan. the veteran mp sir bill cash has been examining the legislation with other lawyers on behalf of right—wing mps. his verdict in the sunday telegraph — it�*s not sufficiently watertight. michael gove disagrees. my confident expectation would be that the overwhelming majority of people who we choose to send

to rwanda will be sent to rwanda, but more than that, you don�*t need to take my word for it, you merely need to see what lord sumption and a variety of other lawyers from doughty street chambers, from cambridge university and others have said. but it�*s notjust his party�*s right wing which is taking legal advice. moderate conservatives have concerns, too, of a different kind. we insist that one of the basic tenets of conservatism that all conservative governments should stick to is the rule of law and meeting our international obligations, and so what we are spending this weekend reassuring ourselves, if we can, is that the legislation proposed actually stays within the law. conservative mps agree that small boat crossings should be stopped. they disagree on how far the party should go to do that. labour doesn�*t believe the rwanda plan will work at all. it really does feel like the desperate dying days of this government. and labour understands

that this is a serious issue, dealing with the dangerous boats. it�*s serious for our national security and because of the potential numbers of lives being lost. rishi sunak has staked part of his political reputation on stopping small boat crossings. the coming days will be a crucial test of that. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. becca slater in 2016, wakeboarding and gym training. the following year, her car skidded on a motorway on black ice. she lost an arm. i ended up with a damage to the artery in my arm that resulted in it being amputated and i had a severe fracture in my ankle which has been reconstructed and i broke my back

at the same time. but the accident was a catalyst that turned becca into a world beater. she�*s competed across the world in strength events, has five world records and has twice been awarded the title world�*s strongest woman with a disability. i�*ve won britain�*s strongest disabled woman two years running, arnold�*s gk disabled strongest woman two years running and world�*s strongest disabled woman two years running. becca can lift double her body weight. her own achievements have inspired her to set up a gym. the legion strength and fitness in durham, specially adapted for people with disabilities. you�*re live with bbc news. in oslo, the nobel peace prize has been handed out to a human rights activist in her absence — as she has been imprisoned in iran since 2010. this is narges from comedy narges mohammadi, who is opposed to iranian women being required to wear the hijab. she remains in prison in tehran. ms mohammadi�*s seventeen—year—old twins received the prize on her behalf and read out a speech their mother had written from prison.

live now to farnaz fassihi, united nations bureau chief for the new york times. she�*s known narges mohammadi for 20 years and has interviewed her many times. since you know miss mohammadi so well, tell us about her and why she is so exceptional. find well, tell us about her and why she is so exceptional.— well, tell us about her and why she is so exceptional. and her have any. narues is so exceptional. and her have any. narges mohammadi _ is so exceptional. and her have any. narges mohammadi is _ is so exceptional. and her have any. narges mohammadi is an _ is so exceptional. and her have any. l narges mohammadi is an exceptional human rights activist, a woman�*s right activists, a woman who has dedicated her life and her career to notjust dedicated her life and her career to not just defending dedicated her life and her career to notjust defending women�*s rights, but also minorities in iran come of religious minorities, death sentences, prisoners, iwould religious minorities, death

sentences, prisoners, i would safely say that the women�*s movement that we saw spring out and explode in the public last year in the women life freedom movement really rests on the activism and the diligent work that narges has done in the past two decades. she has really been compared to nelson mandela. narges mohammadi is i iran�*s nelson mandela and she, even injailfor ten years, is defiant. she hosts workshops in jail for all of the is defiant. she hosts workshops in jailfor all of the women is defiant. she hosts workshops in jail for all of the women inmates and teaching them about their rights teaching them about their constitution. she teaches book reading classes in many different kinds of workshops and when i interviewed her she said, you know, this is our life, i am in prison and keeping up your spirit is really important. so in addition to doing

all of that i try to create some good times and positive energy for the women here, as well. she is a very skilled and classically trained singer so she hosts singing and dancing nights in prison for the women to bring some light and happiness to them. in every way she�*s exceptional. what is exceptional about her is that despite all of the tremendous cost that her activism, that the islamic republic has punished herfor her activism, she is never given up. she is resilient and defiant and even in her message today when her twin children kiana and ali red at the nobel peace ceremony, narges�*s message was that we will not be silenced until iran is free and democratic. i silenced until iran is free and democratic.— silenced until iran is free and democratic. . . . democratic. i believe she smuggled that speech — democratic. i believe she smuggled that speech out _ democratic. i believe she smuggled that speech out of _ democratic. i believe she smuggled that speech out of prison. - democratic. i believe she smuggled that speech out of prison. the - democratic. i believe she smuggled | that speech out of prison. the nobel committee did say that the prize was

about recognising the thousands of people who have been demonstrating for the same cause as miss mohammadi, what you think the impact of the protests have been? i think the impact — of the protests have been? i think the impact of _ of the protests have been? i think the impact of the _ of the protests have been? i think the impact of the protest - of the protests have been? i think the impact of the protest has - of the protests have been? i think| the impact of the protest has been bringing attention to the plight of women in iran in the challenges that they face in their everyday lives. and that a government that is really determined to suppress them in every way including but they decided to wear, whether they want to club cover their hair, basic human rights to have agency over your body and decide what you want to wear when you leave the house. so the struggle of what to wear and the forced his job as a struggle of human rights and women having agency and respect over being treated like adults over what they want to wear and from that

so many other rights come into play. —— forced hijab. narges has fought for custody rights and inheritance rights for women and this is a part of all of that. i think the nobel recognition of several things. one, of course it recognises and honours narges mohammadi for the leader that she is to, it recognises that the resilience that the courage of iranian women who are still fighting and i think there another important message, it recognises the change in iran will happen from inside iran. with the leadership of women like narges who are living there. who are feeling the society who understand and recognise the society and have chosen to stay and bring about change from inside and i think that is also an important recognition. a huge fossil of a 150 million—year—old sea monster has been unearthed from the cliffs of the jurassic coast

in southern england. it belongs to a pliosaur — a giant predator that dominated the oceans at the same time dinosaurs like t—rex were roaming the earth. it�*s one of the most complete skulls of this beast ever discovered. our science editor rebecca morelle went to see it. 0k. oh, wow! there you go. it�*s huge! unveiling a jurassic sea monster. this is the two metre long skull of a pliosaur, one of the most fearsome predators the planet has ever seen. it�*s got big teeth — excellent for stabbing and killing its prey. it doesn�*t chew its food, itjust breaks into bits. steve etches lead the effort to unearth this enormous fossil. so what makes this unique is it�*s complete. so the lowerjaws and upper skull are meshed together, as it would be in life. to find that, i think worldwide, there�*s hardly any specimens ever found to that level of detail. it�*s one of the best fossils

i�*ve ever worked on. i�*ll never probably work on another one. this is one of the pliosaur�*s teeth. around here, the back is flat, and there are these two sharp edges and an extremely sharp tip. around here, though, there are these fine ridges. and these would have helped it to sink its teeth into its prey and pull them out again. this really was a killing machine. the snout was discovered by a fossil enthusiast near kimmeridge bay in dorset. ijust found something quite extraordinary. it must've just come out of the cliff up there somewhere. the rest was excavated by a team dangling off ropes halfway down a fast—eroding cliff face. it was all followed by a bbc documentary team and sir david attenborough. in these waters, underneath my feet, lurked the ultimate marine

predator, the pliosaur. this gigantic reptile grew to more than 12 metres, powering through the water with huge paddle—like limbs. it would have terrorised the oceans. this is a surface scan of the skull of the pliosaur. scientists have learnt that it had a bite force similar to a t rex. what we�*re looking at here is the top predator in the environment. you know, this animal had a huge bite. it would have been able to eat pretty much everything else that was around in the water at that time, including some other very large animals. the exact location where the pliosaur�*s head was found is a closely guarded secret. the rest of its skeleton is probably still there and the team wants to get it out. i will stick my life that the rest of the animal is there. it won�*t be long before the rest of the drop

site and gets lost so it would be advantageous to do this because the opportunity is once—in—a—lifetime. the pliosaur will go on display in dorset in the new year, providing a close—up look at this monster of the seas and the world it lived in all those millions of years ago. rebecca morelle, bbc news, thejurassic coast in dorset. that�*s all for now — stay with bbc news. hello. for the second evening in a row, we�*ve seen gusts over 70mph hit west wales. of course, on saturday evening, it was storm elin that brought the very strong winds — whereas sunday evening, it was storm fergus, with a top of 74mph recorded at aberdaron. now those blustery conditions will tend to ease over the next few hours, with the winds picking up across the midlands, east anglia, and southern counties of england — might be strong enough to wake you from your slumbers. further north, the winds

are that bit lighter, and it�*s here where we�*ll see the lowest temperatures. in scotland, 2—5 celsius, otherwise the winds keeping those temperatures up for northern ireland, england, and wales, so between 6—9 celsius. so quite a mild start to the day on monday. now monday, any rain left over across eastern england will be clearing pretty quickly, but there will be some patches of light rain coming and going through the day across eastern scotland. some showers work in across merseyside, greater manchester, and northwest midlands — but otherwise, it�*s a day where the weather will continue to get brighter and brighter with sunny spells breaking out widely, and those temperatures lifting in places into double figures. make the most of that relatively quiet spell because, on tuesday, we�*re back to another area of low pressure. this one slowly rolling in off the atlantic, bringing with it some persistent rain in scotland — aberdeen�*s already had over a month�*s worth of rain, so we could see some localised flooding impacts. bit of snow over the high scottish mountains, but nothing to get excited about, it�*s really high up. blustery conditions in the southwest with plenty of showers, some of them turning quite heavy, with an odd rumble of thunder. temperatures again quite widely into double figures, but again, scotland seeing temperatures around 6—7.

now, that low pressure starts to pull away during wednesday — as it does so, the winds go round to a northeasterly direction, bringing some damp weather to eastern areas of england, but also dropping the temperatures progressively through the day — such that by the time we get to the afternoon, we�*re looking at temperatures typically around 6—7 celsius, feeling quite a bit cooler, but in scotland, around 3—4 for some. and then we have a weather front moving into that cold air wednesday night. could turn to snow for a time over the hills above 300 metres�* elevation. the snow is short—lived — it will turn back to rain as slightly milder air begins to push in off the atlantic once again. that damp weather then continues eastwards on thursday. high pressure then takes over, giving us quite a long spell of dry and sunny weather. we have to wait until friday to see the best of that.

this is bbc news. we�*ll have the headlines at the top of the hour, as newsday continues straight after hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i�*m stephen sackur. over three decades, rwanda has persuaded many outsiders that it�*s africa�*s shining example of political stability and sound economics — so much so that, right now, the uk government is looking to team

up with rwanda in a controversial migrant transfer deal. how does that sit with rwandans who oppose long—serving president paul kagame? well, my guest is former political prisoner and opposition leader victoire ingabire umuhoza. does rwanda deserve the plaudits it�*s getting? victoire ingabire umuhoza, in kigali, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it�*s a great pleasure

to talk to you. ijust wonder, would you accept the basic proposition that