donald trump says he wants billionaire elon musk to lead a new us department of government efficiency along with republican presidential candidate vivek ramaswamy. 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 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 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 new administration

is taking shape. 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. i spoke to former us ambassador to the republic of malta and non—resident senior fellow at the atlantic council — gina abercrombie—winstanley. i started by asking her views on the passing of the us deadline without any action. it comes as a disappointment, a disappointment to many who were hoping that this would be a redline that helped. now, it is one of several over the last 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. and it looks like without accountability.

i will so that it would have been hard as we see the sort of appointees that the incoming president is going to make that even if a president biden work going to hold the redline and there 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 where we are and it looks like it's not going to get any better even as the new administration comes in. president biden does seem powerless at this point, but talking about incoming president—elect, donald trump, what does his administration mean for the civilians in gaza, the west bank and lebanon as well with israel continuing its attacks?

well, 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, that 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 thus far have that loyalty to president trump, very strong loyalty in common whether it is his selection for ambassador to the united nations or department of homeland security, state departments, all of them have been stalwart supporters of president trump. what does that mean for people on the ground in this middle east conflict? and president trump's relationship with the prime minister benjamin netanyahu?

yes, we know that it has been close, up and down 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 us ambassador 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 humanitarian assistance should be used as a weapon of war. so we have all of those public statements by all of these people that let us know that a very hard with regard to israel and support for prime ministers opposition is likely to be coming and in coming hard. at least 35 people have been killed in a car rampage incident in southern china, according to police there. 43 others were also injured, when a man drove his car into people exercising 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 mcdonnell 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 thing but then a man in his 60s drove in there and ran down people, according to the police, dozens of them have now died and dozens more, many more have been injured. xijinping has called on officials all over the country to try and settle community disputes to prevent this type of thing happening in the first place. i suppose what is he going to say after all? it's really explicable event, according to the police,

this official — the official reason they are giving 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 him to drive into this complex and kill people. he also harmed himself, 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 why it might inflame tensions and why there might be a local party officials trying 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, there are these copycat mass attacks, somebody has some sort of grievance, and end up taking it out on complete strangers and then we have this type of thing of the government trying to stop it from happening. let's get more on donald trump

that we've been hearing let's get more on donald trump that we've been hearing about. the president—elect has tapped tech billionaire elon musk for a role in his incumbent cabinet overseeing a new department of government efficiency, alongside his one—time rival for the republican nomination, vivek ramaswamy. donald trump said in a statement the department will become the manhattan project of our time. referring to the american programme to develop the first atomic bomb. it's unclear what form the new department will take. he plans to nominate the secretary of homeland security and nominate tv presenter and fox news host as defence secretary as well as former director of national to be director of national to be director of national to be director of the cia. to discuss these appointments, i'm joined by david willis. let's start with that elon musk and ramaswamy pick from donald trump for that incoming

apartment of government efficiency, tell us more. he is movinu efficiency, tell us more. he is moving quickly. _ efficiency, tell us more. he is moving quickly, isn't - efficiency, tell us more. he is moving quickly, isn't it? - moving quickly, isn't it? donald trump to unveil the people who will be populating his cabinet when he returns to the white house next year and just a week after he won election, one that election and he has named, as you mention, elon musk who together with another entrepreneur, vivek ramaswamy, someone who competed with donald trump before the republican presidential nomination, they will go ahead with this apartment of government efficiency and it is, in a sense, a reward for mr mask who became a very staunch supporter of donald trump and the latter stages of the trunk campaign. pumping millions of his own money into mr trump's run for office, ultimately successful run for office. ——mr

musk. according to the statement from the trump transition team, these two men will dismantle bureaucracy, cut wasteful expenditure and create currently and with the other peo dismantle 3 looking to currently and with the other peo dismantle bureaucracy, cut will dismantle bureaucracy, cut wasteful expenditure and create an entrepreneurial approach to an entrepreneurial approach to government now, government government now, government spending in this country is spending in this country is thought to amount to around thought to amount to around $6.5 trillion a year and it's $6.5 trillion a year and it's thought that this effort by mr thought that this effort by mr musk and mr ramaswamy could musk and mr ramaswamy could lead to the loss of quite a few lead to the loss of quite a few jobs in the federal government, jobs in the federal government, steve. ., _ steve. ., _ steve. complicated by the steve. complicated by the vafious steve. complicated by the various business - steve. complicated by the| various business ventures, steve. complicated by the i various business ventures, it will be a topic of vafious steve. complicated by the various business - steve. complicated by the| various business ventures, steve. complicated by the i various business ventures, it will be a topic of conversation. that's move on to conversation. that's move on to kristi noem, for homeland kristi noem, for homeland security?— security?— kristi noem, for homeland kristi noem, for homeland securi ? , , security? that's right, she is hard line _ security? that's right, she is hard line of _ security? that's right, she is securi ? , , security? that's right, she is hard line _ security? that's right, she is hard line of _ security? that's right, she is hard line of a _ hard line of a _ security? that's right, she is security? that's right, she is hard line of a long-time - hard line of a long—time hardliner as far as immigration hard line of a long-time - hard line of a long—time hardliner as far as immigration policy is concerned, she is the policy is concerned, she is the south dakota governor, south dakota governor, currently and with the other currently and with the other

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you're live with bbc news. 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 5.5 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. the un secretary—general has warned world leaders the un secretary—general has 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 change conference continues as the united nations climate change conference continues in baku, in baku, in baku. in baku. british prime minister sir keir british prime minister sir keir starmer says he wants the uk starmer says he wants the uk to be on the front line to be on the front line in addressing climate change, in addressing climate change, committing the uk to reduce committing the uk to reduce carbon emissions by 81% carbon emissions by 81%

within a decade. 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 financing to developing countries hit by climate change. it's thought donald trump may withdraw the us from the paris climate agreement for a second time when he takes office. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines.

after his coalition�*s landslide victory in sunday's election. the alliance for change won more than 62% of the vote, and nearly won a sweep of parliamentary seats upforgrabs. the electoral landslide prompted the incumbent pm's resignation. it's ramgoolam's third non consecutive term in the role. china's biggest air show is under way in zhuhai, in guangdong province. we're looking at some live pictures of the biennal event which gives visitors a glimpse of the country's expanding aviation industry and military advances. china's aerospace industry took center stage on tuesday with a display of its latest tech. the bayi aerobatics team, featuring j—20 stealth jets, flew overhead, along with the public debut of the j—35a stealth fighter. russia also flew its advanced su—57 fighter jet for its first international air show appearance, hinting at strengthening

china—russia cooperation. for more, let's cross over live to our correspondent, stephen mcdonell who is at the event. before we get to the air show, give us a quick update on the car running since we saw you reporting on earlier? == car running since we saw you reporting on earlier?- reporting on earlier? -- car ramming- _ reporting on earlier? -- car ramming- we _ reporting on earlier? -- car ramming. we came - reporting on earlier? -- car ramming. we came here i reporting on earlier? -- car ramming. we came here toj reporting on earlier? -- car- ramming. we came here to cover this huge as show and we also raced off last night to the scene of that terrible attack where at least 35 people are dead last count, many more injured so the death toll could actually go up. really shocking events, not enough people so our coverage, we were forced to leave thereby some a group of people who look like they have been told to keep an eye for the media but what is likely to happen now is we may not actually get much more of an

update from the police when it comes to this type of things. these mass attacks like that, sometimes they make one statement like they did, given information that they've given and that'll be it. this person who has been accused of committing these crimes apparently in a coma, we may not even hearfrom apparently in a coma, we may not even hear from them again, they may have a quiet trial, be sentenced to death and that could be all we hear of it and one of the reasons for this is that the authorities are worried about copycat attacks, these mass attacks on people in china seem to be copycat in nature, someone sees the intention that another person is getting from such terrible — well, murderous tracks on complete strangers and they follow suit and so, the government doesn't want to encourage more of this and hence, they do really try to downplay it. hence, they do really try to downplay it— hence, they do really try to downla it. . ., downplay it. thanks for getting us across those _ downplay it. thanks for getting us across those of _ downplay it. thanks for getting us across those of elements. i us across those of elements. let's come back to the air show that, you can see few people behind you, it has been wet but a straight up now, get us up to

speed with what's been going on. �* , , speed with what's been going on. h , ., ., , on. it's been unfortunately rainin: on. it's been unfortunately raining and _ on. it's been unfortunately raining and everyone - on. it's been unfortunately - raining and everyone undercover and then resisting the temptation to come out into the open here and see the stealth fighter jets trying open here and see the stealth fighterjets trying to hazard off its newer generation fighters and we've seen them on display, they have been flying through the sky above you and we may even get another pass will be our on—air but crucially, these new stealth fighters now give the people as my people's liberation army to stealth options to really assert its strength in this area with tensions around the south china sea and taiwan, some military experts have even said that thej in thej — 35 could be a reference to the chinese were to kill 35 as an is to kill its us equivalent. i'm not sure if that is the origin of the name of these

jets but you wouldn't be surprised. china is very proud of all the new take and that's all on display here. we also have russia's latest fighter jet on display and that is showing an increase corporation with the kremlin and beijing but apart from all that, china will also sell a lot of its gear, the military kit, and i doubt you can see behind me, but all these civilian pieces of aircraft that we can see, everything from drone to cars where the top can fly off into the air and the latest passenger aircraft, this is an absolute massive air show and it does really indicate the chinese aerospace industry coming ahead in leaps and bounds especially with new engine technology and the like. when you couldn't help but be

impressed by coming along to the show to see all of that first hand.— the show to see all of that first hand. ~ ., ;;:: , , first hand. we got 30 seconds left, ou first hand. we got 30 seconds left, you mentioned _ first hand. we got 30 seconds left, you mentioned russia, l left, you mentioned russia, they are their presence, tell us about that relationship from a military perspective.- a military perspective. well, we are seeing _ a military perspective. well, we are seeing more - a military perspective. well, we are seeing more and - a military perspective. well, l we are seeing more and more military cooperation between russia and china. some would say they are not allies in the true sense holiday sort of say they invented this new area of entsch — my friendship. we're not seeing this type alliances with the western countries... we have to leave it there, thank you very much. business todayis thank you very much. business today is next. hello there. so far this week, it's generally not been as gloomy. there was some sunshine around for many places on tuesday, but some parts of northern ireland and southwest scotland stayed misty and murky all day. that fog is lifting as cloud comes in, lifting temperatures in the northwest but ahead of it with clearer skies in england and wales away from the southeast, it's going to be cold to start

wednesday, temperatures close to freezing in places and a few mist and fog patches in northern england, the midlands towards the west country, too. those will lift through the morning, sunshine developing. it looks quite cloudy for western scotland, a bit damp to cloud for northern ireland, moving over the irish sea into north west england and north wales, but further south and east we'll hang on to some sunshine — not a bad day. temperatures generally 11 degrees, i think, for england and wales. milder further north, typically 13 in scotland and northern ireland. those atlantic winds bringing in the cloud will push southwards behind that weak weather front overnight — that weather front bringing a little rain first thing in the far southeast. but following on from that much more cloud, so it's not going to be as cold to start on thursday. but sunshine, i think, is going to be harder to find. and in the far north of scotland, there could even be a few spots of rain returning here as well. temperatures going to be evening out because there's more cloud around, so typically 12, maybe 13 degrees. so quite mild, i think, on thursday. high pressure with us at the moment — starting to shrink away a little bit on friday. some stronger winds coming

in ahead of this weather front, which will bring some rain into the northwest later on friday. stronger winds ahead of that, mind you. further south, though, we've got lighter winds. there could be some mist and fog patches lifting to give some sunshine, but temperatures across southern parts of england and the midlands, parts of wales, 9—10 degrees. it'll be milder further north with those stronger atlantic winds. and that weather front bringing the rain in the northwest scoots southwards. not much rain on it at all, i think, on saturday, showers following, and then on sunday we could see another spell of rain developing and that'll push its way eastwards, mainly across northern areas. but as it clears away, the wind direction changes and we draw in some colder air. so some big changes on the way. i think through the rest of this week, we're likely to find more cloud around before we see a spell of wet weather over the weekend. but then as that clears away and things turn colder, we're likely to find some snow in parts of scotland.

musk heads to the white house as us president—elect donald trump taps on the tech billionaire to lead a new efficiency department. plus nvidia teams up with japan's softbank to pilot a one—of—a—kind ai powered 5g network, as it hosts a two—day summit in tokyo.

hello and welcome to business today. i'm steve lai. donald trump has confirmed that the tech billionaire, elon musk, will lead a government efficiency department come january. former republican presidential candidate vivek ramaswamy will also be in—charge of the department, with trump saying their leadership will pave the way to dismantle government bureaucracy and slash excess regulation. musk became a key ally to trump during his campaign, reportedly spending well over $100 million to help the republican win.tech analyst mario morales weighed in on what musk�*s appointment in particular could mean for us businesses. i think that you have seen with what elon musk has been able to do with tesla and twitter and is really about trying to streamline the operations and i think we are in need of that in the us and there has been a lot of polarisation in the us.

whatever we can do to help streamline that so we can focus