of drone attacks since the war began and hezbollah has been all but defeated — claims israel's new defence minister — as both sides continue to exchange strikes and rocket fire. welcome to newsday, i'm steve lai. we begin in azerbaijan, where the latest cop climate conference is getting under way in the capital, baku. once again the world's nations will try to agree on how to combat potentially catastrophic climate change. this year, for the first time, average global temperatures are expected to exceed 1.5 celsius above what they were before the industrial revolution. our climate editor justin rowlatt is in baku. archive: a veritable city of steel. baku was the birthplace

of the modern oil industry. the first oil wells were dug here more than 150 years ago. but as baku prepares to host the world's biggest climate conference, there are challenges ahead. donald trump, the us president—elect, is sceptical of climate action. my plan will terminate the green new deal, which i call the green new scam. greatest scam in history, probably. he's said he'll pull the us out of the key part of the un talks. the us has sent a negotiating team, but when trump takes office injanuary, he can overturn any promises they make. meanwhile, the bbc has revealed footage that appears to show the chief executive of the azerbaijani cop 2019 discussing potential oil and gas deals. there are a lot of joint ventures that could be established. cop29 has not responded to our request for comments.

cop29 has not responded to our request for comment. i can give you some statistics... but activists involved in the talks say they don't think the summit will be derailed. if we're going to be able to hold warming to below 1.5, it will take the whole world to come together. the biggest geopolitical challenge the world faces is climate change. if we don't tackle it, we don't have a planet. but top of the agenda is the trickiest subject of all. they are calling this the money cop because the focus is on finance. negotiators want to agree a new goalfor how much money richer countries should be paying to poorer countries to move away from fossil fuels and also adapt their countries to climate change. at the moment, it's $100 billion a year. the hope is it will be hundreds of billions of dollars a year. developing countries would like it to be more than $1 trillion. the fear is, with the us likely leaving the field, it will be much harder to raise that money, and that, in turn, could mean countries dial down their carbon—cutting ambitions.

justin rowlatt, bbc news, baku. joining me now is jackie peel, director of climate futures at melbourne university. what is the main thing to understand about what a second trump presidency could mean for climate change? the trump presidency could mean for climate change?— climate change? the main thing to understand _ climate change? the main thing to understand is _ climate change? the main thing to understand is that _ climate change? the main thing to understand is that for - climate change? the main thing to understand is that for the - to understand is that for the next four years we're not going to be seeing if the us as climate leader. the upcoming negotiations, that will have particular effects in terms of the ability to agree an ambitious finance target but going forward it also means other countries, other regions need to step into the bridge which has been left by the us exiting its role as a climate leader and also looking to pull out of the paris agreement. what you make of allegations regarding fossil fuel deals?

there's been reports on the bbc and other news outlets about this. again, this echo some of the concerns from last year at cop 28 in dubai. it is a difficulty holding this major climate solace in countries that have fossil fuel interests and we are expecting to see fossil fuel lobbying and representatives in force at this cop just as they were last year. —— major climate summits. countries are looking to increase the level of finance like going towards addressing the harmful effects of climate change. the harmful effects of climate chance. ~ , the harmful effects of climate chance. �* , change. why aren't these conferences _ change. why aren't these conferences held - change. why aren't these conferences held not - change. why aren't these conferences held not in i change. why aren't these | conferences held not in all your reach nations? divide last

ear, your reach nations? divide last year. the _ your reach nations? divide last year, the united _ your reach nations? divide last year, the united arab - your reach nations? divide last. year, the united arab emirates, this year in azerbaijan. —— they are held in these countries. if you held them in places that did not produce fossil fuel, places that did not produce fossilfuel, there places that did not produce fossil fuel, there would places that did not produce fossilfuel, there would not places that did not produce fossil fuel, there would not be many countries. countries are obviously trying to come together to talk about how to reduce emissions, fossil fuel is one of the major contributors to this but they could be a conflict of interest for companies, for countries in trying to make these changes. my trying to make these changes. my colleague was talking about climate financing in the report before we came to you. do you think progress will be made at this conference with regards to that? i this conference with regards to that? 4' this conference with regards to that? ~ , ., ,, that? i think some progress will be made. _ that? i think some progress will be made. the _ that? i think some progress will be made. the target.

that? i think some progressj will be made. the target for climate finance will expire next year so countries are on notice that they have to agree to a new target. the difficult questions will be getting a landing zone in terms of the quantum finance and whether that will satisfy developing countries in particular who are looking fought notjust 100 looking fought notjust100 billion but billions and may trillions in finders to meet those needs. the other key question is who is going to pgy- question is who is going to pay. in particular, are bigger emerging economies like china and saudi arabia potentially going to be asked to contribute? and whether there might be possibility of leveraging private finance alongside public finance sources. it is a complex set of issues that countries face but they know time is running out to agree on some kind of target. to agree on some kind of taruet. ., ~' ,, , to agree on some kind of taruet. ., ~ ,, , . ., target. thank you very much for our target. thank you very much for your time- _ russia and ukraine have carried out their biggest drone attacks against each other, since

the start of the invasion. russia says it has intercepted 84 ukrainian drones over six regions. the defence ministry said more than 30 drones even approached moscow. that forced flights to be diverted from three of the capital's major airports. these are pictures of the aftermath released by russian media. officials say five people were injured in an area near moscow and four houses caught fire due to falling debris. as for ukraine, its air force said russia launched 145 drones across the country, with most shot down. this barrage of attacks comes as donald trump, who is now the president—elect of the united states, has pledged a quick end to the war. speaking to the bbc�*s us partner cbs news, the white house national security adviserjake sullivan has said that biden will urge trump to not walk away from ukraine. president biden will have the opportunity over the next 70 days to make the case to the congress and to the incoming administration that

the united states should not walk away from ukraine. doing that means more instability in europe and ultimately as the japanese prime minister said, if we walk away from ukraine in europe, the question about america's commitment to allies in asia will grow. in the uk, the head of the armed forces has said that western countries should continue to support ukraine for �*as long as it takes'. his comments come amid uncertainty over us backing for ukraine following donald trump's victory. james landale reports. the aftermath of a massive drone strike. but this is not kyiv — this is the outskirts of moscow after one of the largest ukrainian drone attacks on russia since the war began. across the border, this was the scene in western ukraine after russia's own offensive, thought to be one of its largest drone attacks. russia is making gains on the battlefield and putting pressure on ukraine's energy network — at least according to this man, the head of the uk's armed forces. but he said russia was also suffering huge losses — 1500 killed

or wounded every day. and... the russian economy is under more and more pressure. and the western approach has been to be really clear that western countries will maintain their support to ukraine, and to do that for as long as it takes. as such, he said britain had to invest more to strengthen the armed forces. ministers insist their support for ukraine was resolute, but this treasury minister refused to say when the government would meets its target of spending 2.5% of national income on defence. but i'm not going to give you a date today, because we have to allow the strategic defence review to conclude, which will inform our decisions about how much money we need to spend and what we need to spend on. but in the meantime, will president—elect trump continue to support president zelensky? he says he wants the war

to end but on what terms? the kremlin said it saw positive signals. firstly to you, lord mandelson... the man tipped as a possible future ambassador to the united states suggested ukraine might have to compromise, giving up nato membership ambitions and even what he called the fringes of its territory. we've got to act in a way, together with the united states, to secure ukraine's freedom and secure its borders so that russia can't invade again. now, i think both those things are possible, not by ukrainejoining nato, but by nato members offering security guarantees. for now, the fighting in eastern ukraine continues, with analysts expecting russia to try to press home its advantage as power is transferred in the us. james landale, bbc news. the washington post is reporting that donald trump has spoken to vladimir putin for the first time since his re—election and that he urged the russian leader not to escalate the war in ukraine. we know that over the course of his presidential campaign, the president—elect pledged an immediate end to the war,

though he didn't offer details of how he would do so. our north america correspondent david willis has been following that report from the washington post. there is been a lot of uncertainty regarding donald trump's intentions in regards to ukraine. now it would appear that discussions have already begun. that is if the report in the washington post today is to believed, which says donald trump and vladimir putin spoke by phone last thursday, and discussed the situation in ukraine, with mr trump as you just pointed out, warning that mr putin should not seek to escalate the conflict in ukraine, warning washington has a sizeable military presence in europe. mr trump's press spokesman would not confirm or deny that report in the washington post, he said the campaign does not comment on mr trump's contacts with foreign leaders. but donald trump on the campaign trail said he would resolve the conflict in ukraine within a day as he put it without

actually specifying how he intended to go about doing that. although it is thought he will rely heavily on his relationships with foreign leaders, in particular perhaps that with vladimir putin, somebody he has come to admire over the years, and somebody who he has expressed confidence in, in the past. and indeed he has referred zelensky as the greatest salesman of any politician that ever lived. read into that what you will but i would have thought it does not bode especially well for mr zelensky�*s attempts to get further military and humanitarian aid in terms of billions of dollars that have been forthcoming from the united states.

a lot of that funding coming on the back of the work by presidentjoe biden. he has called on donald trump not to abandon ukraine, any indications of whether or not mr trump will listen? the national security adviser jake sullivan said today mr biden would be using donald trump's visit to the white house on wednesday of this week, to urge the president elect not to abandon ukraine. the point has been made of course as well the biden administration is intending to pump through billions of dollars into humanitarian, economic and other military aid as well in the weeks that remain before the transition to a trump administration. but to get some idea of perhaps where the trump administration, future administration stands on all this, there was a reposting of an instagram pictorial tonight by donald trumpjunior,

his son, which showed an image of mr zelensky with the caption, you are 38 days from losing your allowance. read into that what you will but i would not have thought it bodes especially well for the administration in ukraine, steve. president zelensky certainly won't want to see that. remind us about the relationship between donald trump and vladimir putin? they spoke by phone on thursday as i mentioned. vladimir putin said he was ready for dialogue apparently with donald trump, wanted to restore relations between the two nations. donald trump agreeing with that and vladimir putin praised donald trump, we are told, saying that he donald trump acted like a real man during that assassination attempt in pennsylvania back injuly. of course donald trump is known to favour autocrats, such as vladimir putin,

perhaps more so than he does democratically elected leaders such as volodymyr zelensky. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

you're live with bbc news. let's turn to the middle east. israel's new defence minister claims the country is close to defeating hezbollah. israel katz said the killing of the group's leader, hassan nasrallah, in september, was a crowning achievement and all that is left to do, is �*finish thejob'. he said he now hopes israel and lebanon can normalise relations. prime minister benjamin netanyahu appointed mr katz after sacking his predecessor, yoav gallant — a controversial move that sparked protests in israel. but shortly before mr katz spoke, hezbollah launched a barrage of rockets into northern israel. meanwhile amidst the war in lebanon, authorities say at least 38 people are dead.

that's after a series of israeli strikes across the country on sunday. the health ministry says at least 23 people, including 7 children, died in one raid, on a village north of beirut. security sources told the afp news agency that the strike killed a hezbollah member who was visiting the village. palestinian rescue teams in gaza say dozens of people have been killed and wounded in an israeli strike on a house in the north of the territory. gaza's civil defence agency, which is run by hamas, said at least 30 people were killed — including 13 children. in a statement israel's defense forces said they believed — quote "terrorists were operating" at the house injabalia. in the past hour the white house has confirmed that president biden will meet with israel's president, isaac herzog on tuesday. the two are expected to discuss the ongoing wars in lebanon and gaza. jon donnison reports from jerusalem. injabalia, destruction and death are the reality of everyday life.

grief. clawing through the rubble for those trapped underneath. more than 50 people were in the building, says ahmed, who says he lost a relative. grandchildren, children and daughters, he says, all displaced, they had taken shelter there. he says they were all civilians. the bodies were taken to a nearby hospital. at least 25 people, including 13 children, according to gaza's civil defence agency. "god is all i need," abdullah cries. "this is a massacre." israel's renewed offensive in northern gaza has now been going on for weeks, targeting, it says, hamas, who it accuses of hiding behind civilians. and after more than a year of war, israel's leader is feeling strong

and with a new ally. translation: in the last few | days, i have spoken three times with president—elect donald trump. these were good and very important conversations, conversations designed to further tighten the firm alliance between israel and the united states. for months, america has been urging israel to limit the number of civilian casualties in gaza. donald trump has pledged to end the war. and benjamin netanyahu might be ready to listen. jon donnison, bbc news, jerusalem. as israel's attacks on gaza continue, dozens of pro—palestinian demonstrators have been detained by police in amsterdam for defying a ban on public protests. hundreds gathered in dam square calling for an end to israeli strikes in gaza, while dissenting against the ban. demonstrations were temporarily banned by the mayor after israeli football fans were targeted

in attacks on thursday night, following a match between maccabi tel aviv and ajax amsterdam. police say maccabi supporters set fire to a palestinian flag and attacked a taxi the day before the game. the ensuing violence — which led to at least 62 arrests — was condemned by leaders in europe, the us and in israel. to china now, where indonesian leader prabowo subianto has made his first foreign trip as president. prabowo is embarking on a two—week trip that will include stops in the us, uk and south america. his visit to beijing was designed to maintain close relations with china, which is indonesia's biggest trading partner. for more on the significance of this visit i'm joined by siwage dharma negara. how will prabowo manage relations with both beijing and washington?

for prabowo subianto, here ready mention in his inauguration speech that he would put indonesia in a prominent role in international diplomacy and try to link this role to the development indonesia wants to push so under president prabowo subianto, we understand he wants to bring indonesia into higher economic growth and for that he will require international partners to achieve that goal and he needs to get more investment for indonesia in the next few years. on that backdrop, he wants to improve the relations with both china and also the united states and also other international partners, and this visit, actually,

represents that kind of strategy. he visited china in order to maintain good relations with china and china, as you mention, is indonesia's largest trading partner and so far china is of the main investorfor indonesia far china is of the main investor for indonesia key priority programmes, dense rooming industry so prabowo subianto needs to maintain cordial relations with china. details of deals amounting to over $10 billion between the two countries. what areas stood out for you?— out for you? there are of areas that stood _ out for you? there are of areas that stood out. _ out for you? there are of areas that stood out. first _ out for you? there are of areas that stood out. first is - out for you? there are of areas that stood out. first is on - out for you? there are of areas that stood out. first is on the l that stood out. first is on the mineral processing industry. there are two strategic mou's signed between the two countries and this will further help the development of downstream industry in indonesia with china's support.

another important sector is maritime corporation, fishing industry and education sector. indonesia and china agreed to develop more cooperation in these areas. and the other sector that indonesia and china have agreed to push forward, including in the industrial you energy transition, green and blue economy. we energy transition, green and blue economy.— energy transition, green and blue economy. we talked a bit about prabowo _ blue economy. we talked a bit about prabowo subianto - blue economy. we talked a bit l about prabowo subianto heading off to the us, uk and south america next. do you think you will meet with president elect donald trump and how do you think you will approach the relationship? it think you will approach the relationship?— think you will approach the relationship? it remains to be seen whether _ relationship? it remains to be seen whether prabowo - relationship? it remains to be l seen whether prabowo subianto will be able to set up a meeting with president—elect trump. of course, the importance of the meeting is to show that indonesia will

continue its non— alignment foreign policy approach so not just prioritising china but also good us and other key partners for indonesia but this will depend on president—elect trump and president prabowo subianto who has a tight schedule in the trip, including the g20 summit. schedule in the trip, including the 620 summit.— schedule in the trip, including the 620 summit. thank you very much. senior _ the 620 summit. thank you very much. senior fellow. _ to manchester, where taylor swift has become the first person to win best artist three times in the 30—year history of the mtv europe music awards. other winners on the night include sabrina carpenter, raye and tyla. the host of the awards, singer rita ora, paid a emotional tribute to liam payne, a former member of the british band one direction, who died in october.

liam payne was one of the kindest people i knew. cheering and applause. yes. and there was so many ways we were talking about honouring him and i think sometimesjust simply speaking is enough, he had the biggest heart and was always the first person to offer help in any way that he could. he brought so much joy to every room he walked into. and he left such a mark on this world. thank you for your company. i will be back shortly with business today. hello, there. finally, some brighter weather to enjoy for this week, certainly for the first half of the week, it's looking sunny. cool at times with the clear skies and light winds. we will see a return

to overnight frost and fog. by the end of the week, for next weekend, it will be turning much colder with arctic air pushing southwards across all areas, this new area of high pressure building from the west bringing a different air mass, a drier air mass to start on monday, armistice day. it will stay chilly continues but dry with a lot of sunshine. the sunshine continues into the afternoon some cloud for northern and western scotland, perhaps a few showers with a northerly breeze, light winds elsewhere staying dry and sunny temperatures in the low teens where we should be for the time of year. a fine end to monday, we go through a dry night, still a few showers peppering the east and southeast coast, some cloud for far north scotland, under the clear skies it will turn cold, a touch of frost and may be filed through central and northern and western areas, less cold when we hold onto some cloud. here is our area of high pressure, strong area of high pressure dominating the scene for tuesday. could see further showers just grazing the southeast of england through the day,

more of a breeze for the east and southeast, showers east anglia and the southeast most areas dry with widespread sunshine, lighter wind further north and west and temperatures into the afternoon range from ten to 13 celsius. another chilly night for tuesday night with clear skies. our area of high pressure will retreat further west to wednesday allowing this front to put into northern scotland this feature do affect the southeast, so top and tail of the country could be cloudy on wednesday with a few spots of rain and most of the rain should be through the channel and cross into france but it could graze east anglia and kent at times on wednesday. in between, a good slice of dry and sunny weather, and those temperatures into the low teens. similar sort of picture for thursday and friday, but beyond friday, we open the floodgates to an arctic northerly and this cold air will spread south through much of the country during the course of the weekend.

variable cloud building at times as we move towards the end of the week, still sunny spells around, nights will be chilly and then something much colder pushing in for next weekend.

as donald trump gears up to begin his second term in the white house, we discuss what it could mean for asia. plus — the world's top

climate summit begins today in azerbaijan. we look at how a trump presidency could impact global climate goals. hello and welcome to business today. i'm steve lai. it's being called the biggest political comeback in history. donald trump will return to the white house as the 47th president of the united states in january. but, what will that mean for businesses and economies in asia? on the campaign trail he regularly talked about trade and traiffs saying goods from china will be subjected to levies of up to 60 percent. the rest of the world wouldn't not be spared either, but at a lower rate of around 20%. there are concerns the next stages of a trade war could pose additional challenges to the global economy. angela mancini from control risks explained whether all the tariff talk is just rhetoric or more of a bargaining tool. this is someone who has been wanting to have tariffs for

decades. he called himself the tariff