it comes as — hamas says more than 20 thousand people have now been killed in gaza. in the uk — two teenagers are found guilty of murdering 16—year—old brianna ghey. and atjust 8 years old, a british school girl makes history in a major chess championship. you're with bbc news — broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. the united nations security council has delayed — for a third day — a vote on a suspension of the fighting in gaza. intense negotiations

are continuing in the hope that the united states will finally back a resolution. it comes as hamas said that more than 20 thousand people have now died in gaza since israel launched its military offensive after the october 7th attacks, in which 12—hundred people in israel were murdered. hamas — which is designated a terrorist organisation by the uk government — says the majority of those who've been killed in gaza are women and children. our special correspondent fergal keane reports. the world is debating calls for a ceasefire and a bleak new reckoning of the dead is declared. but, for the people of gaza, the suffering is felt. not counted.

dead children brought to be touched a final time by their wounded father. a mother comes to mourn a lost daughter. imagine that yesterday i was brushing her hair, making her a sandwich for dinner and putting her to sleep. then you wake up in the morning and there is no fatima anymore. from the beginning, they have known there is no escape. not from gaza orfrom grief. ortrauma. the wounded now number in their tens of thousands. in al—aqsa hospital, the child holds two symbols of a vanished normality. nearby, this child, aged 13, who lost ten members of herfamily, among them a two—year—old brother

and three grandparents. the fear of death is ever present. people driven from one unsafe place to the next. we interviewed this person over six weeks ago as she tried to escape gaza with her disabled brother. today, our colleagues in gaza caught up with her. without vital medicine, he is suffering from seizures and is terrified by the israeli drones in the skies above. it's been really hard because recently i heard rockets. it's horrible to say this but it's a sort of relief that it's not us, but it does not mean... it's like we are next. today, as every day,

they gathered to bury the dead of gaza. for this child, the loss of his father leaves a void to last a lifetime. why did you leave me, he asks. fergal keane, bbc news. more now on that delayed vote at the un security council — calling for �*urgent and extended humanitarian pauses�* in gaza. our correspondent neda tawfik says they will try again tomorrow. the latest i'm hearing is the latest i'm now they've resolved the issue around the language of the form of the cessation of hostilities in the draught was watered down to simply call for suspension and now the real sticking point is over this proposal to set up a un monitoring mechanism to deliver aid in gaza.

the united states has real issues with that, israel is concerned that it will take away its control to do security screens to really have say over that aid going over to gaza and diplomats have allowed for additional negotiations of the united states and egypt which also shares a border with gaza can discuss what a mechanism would look like that would make all parties happy. given this been delayed numerous times, there was a real sense of frustration among councilmembers but they decided it was better to just wait a little bit longer to see if they could avoid the problems with the us and reach an agreement on the mechanism. rosa freedman is a professor

of law conflict and global development at the university of reading, and gave us a sense of what may be gong on behind closed doors at the un security council.. resolution or action, the united states vetoed in the uk abstained on the resolution earlier this month the confiscation of hostilities and there were two real key sticking points for this solution. the first is the language of the cease—fire and cessation of this should only benefit hamas, and the suspension much more in line with the humanitarian court in suspension will allow release of hostages. another sticking point that is because the delay to the vote tomorrow it was meant to be on monday is around this monitoring mechanism that the united nations would monitor the aid going into gaza and this would be similar to what happened in a number of years ago and israel has said it is not trust the united

nations, particularly after so many of hamas rockets have been launched on schools and documented evidence of you in complicity with hamas terrorist inside the gaza strip and they do not trust monitoring would prefer independent one. do not trust monitoring and would prefer independent one. all this deliberation over wording, why do you think the us is reluctant to back a cease—fire? us is reluctant to back a cease-fire?— us is reluctant to back a cease-fire? where the key problems _ cease-fire? where the key problems is _ cease-fire? where the key problems is the _ cease-fire? where the key i problems is the headquarters cease-fire? where the key - problems is the headquarters is often negotiations of her words because they forget that each delay, each day, there's more violence, more suffering and gaza and in israel and i think there'sjust this gulf gaza and in israel and i think there's just this gulf between what goes on on the ground and the diplomacy of the girls on the diplomacy of the girls on the new york that is to be more reminders from the security

council to the crossing to remind diplomats in each day of these delays causes more suffering, more devastation or make it much harder in the future that have sustainable peace on both sides. with the bbc has taught that the government and hamas leader has ended without results. itruiith government and hamas leader has ended without results.— ended without results. with the meetin . s ended without results. with the meetings elsewhere _ ended without results. with the meetings elsewhere have - ended without results. with the meetings elsewhere have any i meetings elsewhere have any impact on the un resolution? the uae draughted this resolution and they in the gulf states are going to make sure that there is peace in this region, they're invested in this for obvious reasons but they are going to be the key players will put the most pressure on hamas for them to come to the table and negotiate it. in the uk, two teenagers

have been found guilty of murdering 16—year—old brianna ghey in a park in cheshire in february. the girl and boy, who were 15 at the time, stabbed her 28 times. they cannot be named for legal reasons. outside court prosecutors said it had been "one of the most distressing cases the crown prosecution service had ever had to deal with". here's our north of england correspondent, judith moritz. brianna ghey�*s family described her as a ball of energy, funny, brave and one of a kind. the 16—year—old was also transgender, though, they say, that did not define her. she was fearless to be whoever she wanted to be. she wanted to identify as a female and she wanted to wear girls' school uniform and, yeah, shejust did it. it wasn't a hurdle at all for her. but not everyone wished brianna well. she was targeted as a murder victim by two teenagers who wrote out a plan to stab her in the back and in the stomach.

brianna was lured from her home. she thought she was going to meet herfriend, a 15—year—old girl. but when she got off this bus, the girl had brought a boy of the same age along, too. the group ended up at this park near warrington. it was the middle of saturday afternoon, broad daylight, and there were lots of people walking their dogs. they saw the teenagers walking along this path and hanging around some steps. the exact detail of what happened next is where accounts differed in court. the boy said he had left the others sitting on this bench and then went to the toilet behind some trees, when he saw the girl stabbing brianna. but the girl said she'd left the group to go and stretch her legs and it was the boy who knifed her. no matter who used the knife, both teenagers are guilty of murder. the children ran off across these fields, leaving brianna with 28 wounds. her parents were in court for the verdicts. their grief is visibly raw. to know how scared my

usually fearless child must have been... ..when she was alone in that park with someone that she called her friend, will haunt me forever. prior to the trial, i had moments where i felt sorry for the defendants, because they had ruined their own lives, as well as ours. but now, knowing the true nature and seeing neither display an ounce of remorse for what they have done to brianna, i have lost all sympathy. the identities of the children have been protected due to their age. they were also given special support during the trial as both have been diagnosed as autistic. the court heard disturbing detail about their fascination with dark subjects, including torture. neither showed any reaction to the verdicts. they had a real thirst for death and for murder. the two of them were

quite depraved in terms of the conversations they were having. i think it was brianna's availability or accessibility that led to her being a victim on that day. we believe that there were others, possibly, who it would have been, had it not been brianna. the lgbtq+ community mourned brianna's death at a series of vigils. the police considered whether the murder was motivated by her gender identity, but the case was not built around that as a motive. there was never, ever any evidence of brianna being bullied, and i think what was really hard was that she was portrayed in the media as a victim, and she didn't live her life as a victim. she was someone that was loud and proud and confident in who she was. brianna's family say they want that positivity to be what she's known for, that all they ever wanted was for her to be happy and for the world to remember her as the life force she was.

judith moritz, bbc news. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. the government has welcomed official figures showing that the rate of inflation has fallen by more than was expected. the rate, measured by the consumer price index, was at three—point—nine percent last month. it's the lowest level for more than two years. our economics editor faisal islam has more. novembers inflation number was 3.9, lower—than—expected sectors going in different directions through inflation, flips that i was but still 9.2% and growing at a most stable percent a year ago and there's always second—hand causes and household bills are down 2.4%, both of those are a bigger share of the inflation basket and food stability only you can

make life better for families working very hard and feeling that they are dealing with the cost of is to get the economy going sustainably you're live with bbc news, let's turn now to the us where in colorado, the supreme court has ruled that donald trump cannot run for president next year in the state. it ruled that the former president was ineligible due to his involvement in the capitol riots on january the 6th 2021. mr trump says he'll appeal. here's our north america correspondent, john sudworth. music plays. # proud to be an american... 0n the campaign trail following the ruling, president trump made no direct reference to the legal shockwave now reverberating through america's political system, but the significance is hard to overstate. the colorado supreme court itself spoke of the magnitude

and weight of the case and the need to decide without fear or favour before going on to rule by majority decision that president trump is disqualified from holding the office of president. the landmark case was brought by six voters in colorado, some of them republicans, and although it removes mr trump from the primary ballot in that state only, the political ramifications are far wider. these six individuals, i cannot overstate how courageous they are, to bring a lawsuit like this and to bring it out and basically say that the united states constitution stands for the fact that this country is a rule of law country, and that is what they believed in. crowd chants the case centred on the former president's actions on 6th janary 2021 when his supporters stormed the us capitol and an arcane section of the 14th amendment to the us constitution dating back to the civil war

which bars insurrectionists from holding office. with similar cases, some already rejected, others ongoing, in other parts of the us, all of this is almost certain to end up here at the us supreme court, putting the ninejudges, three of them trump appointees, at the heart of this country's partisan politics. with comments attacking migrants... they're destroying the blood of our country, that's what they're doing, they're destroying our country. they don't like it when i say that and i never read mein kampf. they said, oh, hitler said that in a much different way. and rallying his base, with a narrative of his own victimhood. we are headed into an era in which the government is deciding which candidates are worthy of being voted for or against. that's not our system, that's against our republic, that's against our american values, itjust goes against very basic

democratic principles. the 2024 campaign, already set to be a major test of the institutions of us democracy, just got messier. john sudworth, bbc news, washington. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines. the indian prime minister, narendra modi has said that he will look into any evidence he receives, about his government's alleged involvement, in a foiled plot to kill a sikh separatist leader in the us. in an interview with the financial times he played down the diplomatic impact of a us indictment last month that claimed that an indian official directed the attempted murder of a dual us and canadian citizen venezuela's president, nicolas maduro, has welcomed washington's release of alex saab, a colombian, born businessman close to mr maduro who'd been facing money—laundering charges in the us. in return thirty people, americans and venezuelans,

are being freed from venezuelan prisons. the french president, emmanuel macron, has described a divisive new law on immigration as a necessary shield after it caused splits in his own party. the law makes it more difficult for migrants to bring family members to france. the european commission has proposed making it easier to cull the growing wolf population in the eu as livestock attacks increase. the commission president — ursula von der leyen —lost a family pony to a wolf attack in germany over the summer. sudan. the healthcare system is on the brink of collapse, this is after the country's second largest city was captured by forces fighting against the army. wud madhani had been seen as a safe haven. not now.

the paramilitary rapid support forces — or rsf has taken it. there have been reports of summary executions, sexual violence and other abuses by the rsf. in the first six months of the conflict, the un estimates that more than 9,000 people were killed. six point seven million people are believed to have been displaced, both internally and externally. four point nine million people are at risk of extreme hunger. and twenty five million are in need of humanitarian assistance. james dorsey is an expert on north africa at nanyang technological university and can tell us more on this. essentially, you have the civil war between the sudanese armed forces led by the general and the rapid support forces which really were the shock troops in the war. and since the sudanese

army in october 2021 essentially staged a coup d'etat overthrowing the government that i come as a result of a popular protest, you've have this ongoing civil war and the rise of the rs and thence the humanitarian crisis that sudan is 30 suffering due to the fighting in khartoum, this was the main hub with which humanitarian aid was flowing to the country and now with the rsf in control, that's going to become a lot more difficult. ,,. going to become a lot more difficult. w , going to become a lot more difficult. , ., difficult. said she mentioned that city that _ difficult. said she mentioned that city that was _ difficult. said she mentioned that city that was the - difficult. said she mentioned that city that was the hub - difficult. said she mentioned that city that was the hub for humanitarian operations, the entire areas of huge agricultural importance, what is the options of a safe haven for the thousands of people

have fled there. it for the thousands of people have fled there.— for the thousands of people have fled there. it has shrunk. you already — have fled there. it has shrunk. you already have _ have fled there. it has shrunk. you already have almost - have fled there. it has shrunk. you already have almost 7 - you already have almost 7 million displaced people, many of home if i've been evacuated across and borders to the neighbours and this somali enhance the problem. == neighbours and this somali enhance the problem. -- this is only going _ enhance the problem. -- this is only going to — enhance the problem. -- this is only going to enhance - only going to enhance the problem. do you think this is a turning point? i problem. do you think this is a turning point?— turning point? i do not think it is a turning _ turning point? i do not think it is a turning point - turning point? i do not think it is a turning point but - turning point? i do not think it is a turning point but it. it is a turning point but it is an indication that this was by far not over. and part of the problem is not only do you have to military forces, domestic forces fighting each other, but they also support regional players that have an interest in the way sudan goes. briefly,

how do you _ in the way sudan goes. briefly, how do you see _ in the way sudan goes. briefly, how do you see this _ in the way sudan goes. briefly, how do you see this ending? i l how do you see this ending? i think that the problem is you haveis think that the problem is you have is really a part of a greater destabilisation in the ritzy region. we already have the conflict of her the houthis on the shipping in the region and now somewhat unstable ethiopia where we had, i do i think you'll see an end to this without a much broader sweep of trying to solve problems in the middle east, including the gaza conflict but notjust the gaza conflict. an 8—year—old girl from london has made chess history, after being crowned the best female player at the european chess championships in croatia. she beat an international master more than 30 years older

than her, and drew in the final with the two time romanian champion grandmaster who's sit. ellie price has been to meet her. sa nta! hello! come in! this is what most eight—year—olds focus on at this time of year. bodhana is no different. she just had a rather busy weekend. i played a grandmaster on saturday and i managed to draw him. she also managed to become the female champion at the european blitz chess championship, pitting her skills against the clock and 554 other players, mostly grown—ups. i don't really look at how old they are. ijust play the board, so i don't really mind it. she's also played the board with the prime minister,

visiting downing street in the summer when the government announced £1 million of chess funding to increase the number of home—grown grandmasters. that being her ambition, she says it may take her until she is a teenager. the chess community, including this former child prodigy, thinks she is on the path to greatness. it is really quite remarkable. if she only goes on to become the first female to become a grandmaster in the united kingdom, i would be disappointed. i think she will go on and do much more than that. back at her school in north—west london, they're setting up a chess club in the new year. bodhana, who has been playing for three years — since she was five — is already an inspiration. i think she's one of. the best in the world. she always beats me, l so i want to be like her. she's a european champion and you can learn stuff from a european champion as well. learn new moves? yeah, learn new moves.

when she started winning her first tournaments, - the interest kind of swept across the school, so it'si played at lunchtime. some well, others not so well, but she's there as a coach - and a mentor when she can be to help other children. - white plays first, so i will play this. ok, what would i do? bodhana will face some proper opponents next week, when she plays at the international chess congress in hastings, one of the world's longest running tournaments. checkmate. ellie price, bbc news, in north—west london. that's all for now — stay with bbc news. hello. the weather in the run up to christmas now is looking fairly unsettled, especially

so over the next 21t hours because we've got a spell of really windy weather right across the uk. the danish metservice have named storm pier. now that's moving to the north of us, but it's going to bring really windy conditions wherever you are, especially the further north. some heavy showers in the mix, too. and there's the potential for some significant travel disruption on thursday. so there's that area of low pressure storm pier heading towards denmark. lots of isomers on the map here and we've got really windy conditions for scotland, northern ireland, northern england, north wales to even further south. it's going to be a blustery sort of day. so some heavy showers, especially towards the north and the west. a bit more sunshine

returning across scotland through thursday morning. but look at the gusts of wind, 65 to 75 miles an hour, even 80 miles an hour up towards the northern isles. really windy, too, for northern ireland, the isle of man into northern england, 50 to 60 mile per hour gusts, more around the exposed coasts and hills. windy too, but not quite as windy as further north for the likes of south wales and southern england. so cloud and patchy light rain in the south, sunshine and blustery squally showers moving into the north. even a little bit of snow over the highest ground of scotland. temperatures just five degrees in aberdeen, but still up to around 12 down towards the london region. so we've got the mild, cloudy and fairly damp weather in the far southwest overnight. clearer skies elsewhere as we head through into thursday morning. but then more rain returns from the west through the early hours. i think it's going to be frost free again heading into friday morning, but the lowest temperatures will be across the north east of the uk. so we're in the colder air there, but further towards the southwest we've got milder this weather front that is the dividing line between those two air masses heading through friday and this area of mild rear will spread its way across the uk. the winds coming in from a westerly direction. so that weather front will bring some rain initially

across northern ireland, parts of england and wales tracking its way eastwards, perhaps a little bit of snow for a time, again over the highest ground across the north of scotland. but for most of us, it'll be rain showers and again, temperatures between around about five to 12 degrees. colder than that, though, towards the northern isles. and then looking ahead towards the festive period, it's a little bit up and down. it's fairly unsettled, mild for the next few days, perhaps things a little bit colder into boxing day, bye—bye.

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we take a look at the impact on energy markets. and because you're worth it — we look at how l'oreal wants and the corrupt malaysian businessman who has been expedited to the us as part of a venezuela prisoner swab. —— prisoner swap. hello and welcome to asia business report. i'm suranjana tewari. prepare for 90 days of red sea disruptions. that's what shipping advisers are warning clients, following the recent attacks on ships by iran—backed houthi rebels. beyond supply chain disruptions and consumer goods, one sector that's been for him the heat is oil. the price of brent has climbed about 6% since the weekend, with many energy giants like bp having to stop transporting crude through the crucial waters. overnight, oil prices have dipped — a slight reprieve. but will it last? rebecca babin is a senior energy trader at cibc private wealth. she gave me her predictions.