donald trump says he wants billionaire elon musk to lead a new us department of government efficiency — along with republican presidential candidate vivek ramaswamy. and scientists discover an illuminating way to deter shark attacks on surfers by fixing led lights on to surfboards. welcome to newsday, i'm steve lai. a us deadline for israel to improve humanitarian aid access in gaza has expired without repercussions from washington. us ambassador to the un linda thomas—greenfield said while israel has "taken some important steps" toward addressing america's demands — their actions will be continue to be monitored. last month, us secretary of state antony blinken gave israel an ultimatum of thirty days to ensure more aid trucks reached gaza daily or risk losing the supply of us weapons.

as the deadline expired — the israeli army announced the opening of a new aid crossing into gaza, but un agencies still say israel has not done enough to meet the threshold. the deadline comes as israel's president isaac herzog is here in washington, holding talks with presidentjoe biden. the bbcsjon donnison is following developments from jerusalem. much of gaza now looks unlivable. a month ago, america once again demanded israel take steps to reduce the number of civilian casualties. the united nations says more than 1000 people have been killed in the last 30 days, the majority, it says, were civilians.

nizar needed to see with his own eyes. in the bag is the five—year—old's auntie. his uncle, their children and nizar�*s sister khalood were also killed when israel attacked a school housing displaced families in central gaza. israel's military says it was targeting hamas. "god is all we need," cries bara, nizar�*s brother. there is food in gaza... ..if you can get your hands on it. this, the daily scramble for bread, if you can afford it. 0n gaza's northern border, this is zikim. you can see the war is not over. but israel has reopened

a number of crossings to allow aid in, as the us requested. it's not enough. america demanded that by now israel should be getting a minimum of at least 350 trucks of aid into gaza every day. but over the past month the united nations says the average has been onlyjust over a0 trucks a day. we've got this deadline set by the united states. have their demands been met? no, there is not enough aid here, there is not enough supplies. people are starving in areas. people are very hungry, they are fighting over bags of flour. for more than a year, israel has crossed most of america's red lines. much of this was done using us weapons. but in the dying days of the biden presidency and with more than 43,000 palestinian lives lost, the state department has indicated this evening it is not ready to cut off weapons supplies to its closest ally in the middle east.

jon donnison, bbc news, jerusalem. it's nearly a week since donald trump won the white house for a second time, and the president elect�*s is shaping his administration's team to focus on the middle east. he's nominated former arkansas governor mike huckabee as us ambassador to israel when he takes office in january. israel's ambassador to the united nations welcomed that move, saying mr huckabee is a dearfriend. meanwhile, new york real estate developer, and close friend of mr trump, stephen witkoff, has been named as his special envoy to the middle east. i'm joined now by former ambassador to the republic of malta and non—resident senior fellow at the atlantic council — gina abercrombie—winstanley. thank you forjoining me today. we will get to trump's appointment in a bit but first i want your reaction and your

thoughts to this deadline that's been passed and the us are saying it has no intention to stop arms supplier to israel, does it come as a surprise to you? i israel, does it come as a surprise to you? i believe it comes as — surprise to you? i believe it comes as a _ surprise to you? i believe it| comes as a disappointment, disappointment to many who were hoping that this would be a redline that helped. now, it is one of several over the year that the president and us leadership laid out to demand adherence to international humanitarian law, the law of armed conflict and yet, another redline has been crossed. looks like without accountability. i will so that it would have been hard as we see the sort of appointees that incoming president is going to make that evenif president is going to make that even if a president biden work going to hold the redline and they are all indications that he should, recognising that

before this war started, 500 trucks used to go into the gaza strip every day. so even asking for merely 350 was a decrease of what was the norm. and so, we are aware we are and it looks like it's not going to get any better even at the new administration comes in. president biden seems powerless at this point, took about incoming president—elect, donald trump, what does his administration mean for the civilians in gaza, the west bank and lebanon as well continuing its attacks? well, the -e continuing its attacks? well, the type and _ continuing its attacks? well, the type and identification i continuing its attacks? well, the type and identification of the type and identification of the nominees that he is putting forward or has said is going to put forward, make two things clear and that we know about him, president—elect trump values a great deal of wealth, people will have a cumulative great deal of wealth and values

very highly loyalty. personal loyalty to him and all of the names are with her does far have that loyalty to president trump, very strong loyalty in common whether it is his selection for an basa to the united nations or department of homeland security, state departments, all of them have been stalwart supporters of president trump.— been stalwart supporters of president trump. what is that mean for people _ president trump. what is that mean for people on _ president trump. what is that mean for people on the - president trump. what is that | mean for people on the ground in this middle east conflict? and president trump relationship with the prime minister benjamin netanyahu? we minister ben'amin netanyahu? we know minister benjamin netanyahu? - know that it has been closed, up know that it has been closed, up though because he was irritated with the prime minister after the prime minister, deleted president biden but they have spoken several times since the election, the prime minister has made very clear that he is pleased and the selections that president—elect trump has made

for ambassador to the united nations, ambassador to israel, both have something very much in common and that is supporting an israeli hardline, we heard that settlers are overjoyed with the announcement of mike huckabee as an basa to israel, he has been on record saying that the israeli should control all of the west bank that there is no west bank. that god has given the land to the israelis. so, he is going to be someone to toe that line and push it, certainly, the middle east envoy that he has named is someone that doesn't have diplomatic experience but also is very close and admiring with prime minister netanyahu and the ambassador designate to the united nations has suggested that food and amended tearing assistance should be used as a weapon of war. so we

have all of those public statements by all of these people that lets us know that a very hard with regard to israel and support for prime ministers, opposition is likely to be coming coming hard. thank ou, we to be coming coming hard. thank you. we will— to be coming coming hard. thank you, we will leave _ to be coming coming hard. thank you, we will leave it _ to be coming coming hard. thank you, we will leave it there, - you, we will leave it there, thank you so much for your thoughts today. authorities in china have pledged �*all—out efforts' to help those injured in a deadly car attack in the south of the country. (map at least 35 people in the south of the country. at least 35 people were killed and 43 others seriousy injured, when a man drove his car into people outside a sports center in zhuhai. a 62—year—old man has been arrested in connection to what may be china's deadliest act of random public violence in decades. 0ur china correspondent stephen mcdonell sent this report from outside the scene — but locals appear to have been organized to try to keep journalists away. people in china are in shock

following events that unfolded, in front of the stadium. the complex is now closed off but normally, you can go in there and exercised our running tracks on the light and you have groups of communities dancing and this type of things but then a man in his 60s drove in their and but then a man in his 60s drove in theirand ran but then a man in his 60s drove in their and ran down people, according to the police, dozens of them have now died and dozens more, many more have been injured. xijinping have called on officials i love the country to try and settle community disputes to prevent this type of thing happening in the first place. i suppose what is going to say after all? it's really explicable event, according to the police, this official — the official reason they are given is that this man was upset about his dispute with his wife after the

division of his property following his divorce and for some reason, this has led to drive into this complex and kill people stop he harmed themselves, it seems with a knife and according to reports, he is now in a coma. so, all of this has been very disturbing, partly you can see it might inflame tensions and why there might be a local party officials tried to organise those who will try to stop us from reporting on this but otherwise it's the type of thing that happened unfortunately in china before, these copycat mass attacks, somebody has some sort of grievance taking it out on complete strangers and then we have this type of thing of the government trying to stop it from happening. a russian doctor is facing 5.5 years injail

after a patient reported her for comments on the war against ukraine. nadezhda buyanova, a paediatrician, was reported to police by the mother of a 7—year—old boy she'd been treating, who claimed she'd made negative remarks about the boy's father, a russian soldier. 0ur russia editor steve rosenberg reports. you might have thought this was a dangerous criminal — handcuffed, locked in a cage. but dr nadezhda buyanova was on trial for spreading fake news about the russian army. in effect, for criticising russia's war in ukraine. "it's absurd," nadezhda tells me. "i can't get my head around what's happening to me." there's been huge interest in this case. huge concern, too, about how it would end for the 68—year—old paediatrician. so the verdict was announced a few moments ago — a prison sentence of five and a half years for comments

allegedly made about the war in ukraine. it shows, i think, that for russia now, a war abroad is fuelling repression at home. nadezhda buyanova worked at this moscow clinic. there, a patient�*s mother claimed the doctor told her russian soldiers in ukraine were legitimate targets. the mother, whose ex—husband had been killed fighting in ukraine, recorded an emotional video and then wrote to the police. a denunciation. it led to the doctor's arrest, trial and conviction. "the sentence is monstrously harsh," the doctor's lawyer, 0skar cherdzhiyev, tells me. "even given what's happening in russia today, "we didn't expect this." but last month, a moscow nurse, 0lga menshikh, was sentenced to eight years in prison on the same charge. that was for two anti—war posts on social media. as for nadezhda buyanova, she's been a children's doctor for a0 years. now, she's a prisoner. steve rosenberg,

bbc news, moscow. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news in the uk. the police watchdog is looking into the death of a 17—year—old girl, who died after being hit by traffic when she got out of a police car on the m5 in somerset. police say she was being transported to custody but left the vehicle when it stopped and was later hit by traffic on the opposite carriageway. the nhs will start offering an "improved" stop smoking pill to tens of thousands of people in england who want to quit cigarettes. nhs england says varenicline, nhs england says varenicline, a daily tablet given over a few a daily tablet given over a few months, is more effective months, is more effective than nicotine replacement than nicotine replacement gum or patches. it works by reducing cravings gum or patches. it works by reducing cravings and blocking nicotine's effect and blocking nicotine's effect on the brain, while also helping with withdrawal on the brain, while also helping with withdrawal symptoms. symptoms.

sir keir starmer�*s former sir keir starmer�*s former chief of staff, sue gray, chief of staff, sue gray, will not be taking up her post will not be taking up her post as the prime minister's envoy as the prime minister's envoy to the nations and regions. to the nations and regions. she was appointed to she was appointed to the newly—created position after stepping down from her the newly—created position role in downing street. sue gray said then, sue gray said then, that she risked becoming a distraction, after a series that she risked becoming of negative headlines about her pay. about her pay. you're live with bbc news. you're live with bbc news. countries hit by climate the un secretary—general has the un secretary—general has warned world leaders warned world leaders we are facing the final we are facing the final countdown to limit global countdown to limit global temperature rises. temperature rises. it comes as a new report shows it comes as a new report shows carbon dioxide emissions carbon dioxide emissions are set to hit a new high this are set to hit a new high this year, with experts saying year, with experts saying there's no sign of the use there's no sign of the use of fossil fuels peaking. of fossil fuels peaking. as the united nations climate as the united nations climate change conference continues in baku, british prime minister sir keir starmer says he wants the uk to be �*on the front line' in addressing climate change, commmitting the uk to reduce carbon emissions by 81% within a decade. meanwhile the heads of the international monetary fund and the world bank say they'll work with the incoming trump administration

to continue to provide change conference continues financing to developing

those negotiations falling back on investment in technologies which the world needs to do this transition much more effectively and i think what it does also was given a green light to those countries who might want to sit on the fence orsay might want to sit on the fence or say no to climate action. fix, or say no to climate action. a lot of talk about climate financing in this years cop meeting, why is it so difficult to turn a cop into action? —— talk into action? fix, to turn a cop into action? -- talk into action?— talk into action? a lot of countries _ talk into action? a lot of countries are _ talk into action? a lot of countries are hurting - talk into action? a lot of countries are hurting in l talk into action? a lot of - countries are hurting in terms of economy so it's hard to find dollars for domestic spending, let alone expenditure for things such as climate finance and yet, we are all part of this on a global problem so we'll need to be part of the global solution and so, the argument for additionalfinance argument for additional finance can — from argument for additionalfinance can — from developed countries is quite strong in the quantum of that is much larger than what has been contributed to date. , ., , what has been contributed to date. , .,, ., ., , what has been contributed to date. , ., ., , ., date. developing nations have been pointing _

date. developing nations have been pointing out _ date. developing nations have been pointing out the - date. developing nations have l been pointing out the hypocrisy of those developed nations saying that they benefited from the industrial revolution and because of a lot of this climate change and have a point, don't they?- climate change and have a point, don't they? they do and historical emissions _ point, don't they? they do and historical emissions are - point, don't they? they do and historical emissions are an - historical emissions are an important part of the discussion by when we look at many of those emitting countries, they are on a steep decline in terms of their emissions so those emissions are going down quite considerably, emissions particular going up in economies in transition and in some developing countries as well so, it's a mixed story and one of the really important things there is thatjust because other countries i've gone through essentially a dirty fossil fuel development phase does not mean everyone has to do that, we have the technologies and the government assistance that economics that can actually enable people to go through a green development phase having much lower footprint and getting all the benefits from that development. these meetings go on for

another ten or so days, what will you be looking out from these cop meetings? i will you be looking out from these cop meetings?- will you be looking out from these cop meetings? i think a aeneral these cop meetings? i think a general progress _ these cop meetings? i think a general progress would - these cop meetings? i think a general progress would be . these cop meetings? i think a general progress would be a i general progress would be a good start. 0ne general progress would be a good start. one of the things that's come out already is agreement on aspect of the carbon trading so how we assess the quality of carbon credits for global trading purposes so that the positive. even though criticisms are various aspects of that being rushed through and possibly not take into account the verified ability and sustainability of those carbon credits. i think there will be some movement on additionalfinance for will be some movement on additional finance for climate finance for emission reduction adaptation and loss and damage, we will see some country stepping up in bish and so has said that they would step up stepping up in bish an