of 2025 was the hottest january on record — despite i'm helena humphrey. good to have you with i'm helena humphrey. good to have you with us. comments earlier this week, where he announced a plan palestinians in what he called the region's "far safer and more beautiful communities". at the annual national prayer breakfast, president trump,

only a few days in office, was talking about his legacy. and as the bible says, blessed are the peacemakers. when it's all finished will be known as i hope that's going to be true. these war—torn ruins, he said, would be turned into real suggested their relocation would be temporary. and when palestinians had already been resettled needing no soldiers on the ground. war crime if

carried out by force. to get involved... no. i think the president l was thinking out loud and suggesting a concept. ijust can't comment on iti until i know more details. i don't think it's . our responsibility. mr netanyahu marked his visit with a gift. to target members of hezbollah last year, he gave this golden pager. "our greatest friend and ally."

putting sanctions on the international criminal court. that's according to a white house official. it places financial and visa restrictions on icc officials who assisted in investigating the us and its allies. the court has an arrest warrant against netanyahu, or recognises its jurisdiction. released a statement condemining greece, italy

on thursday, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu met with top us lawmakers on capitol hill, two days after talks with us president donald trump at the white house. at the white house. and amid the visit i've been speaking with from the prime minister, one of his predecessors, former israeli prime former israeli prime minister ehud olmert. minister ehud olmert. thank you so much for being thank you so much for being with us, sir. donald trump's with us, sir. donald trump's with as. sir fignglé tfur’flg'i proposal for for with 55. 5ir 2555525 3551515 for us with 5555ir5§5r15l5 tfetfie's for us ownership and we ver gaza to with us, sir. donald trump's proposalfor us with us, sir. donald trump's proposal for us ownership of with 55 5ir5 5555555 tf5f55�*5 for us ownership of proposal for us ownership of has been headlines gaza has been making headlines the world. he doubled around the world. he doubled around the world. he doubled down on it today as we down on it today as we were just discussing. many experts many experts just discussing. many experts right are debating whether right now are debating whether right now are debating whether he is serious, whether he is he is serious, whether he is bluffing. what do you make of he 55 55rie555wh5th5r he is do he 55 5erieg55whether he 55 do you make it? , . ., ,5, blgffing. what do you make of is bluffing. what do you make of my mi - visual. america expects i

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trump? but this is serious. —— another intifada. these statement about forcing palestinians out of gaza are not helping to reduce the flame

rather 77 is rather than strengthen them. rather than strengthen them. is rather than strengthen them. do you think these statements do you think these statements are links prime minister are links to prime minister benjamin netanyahu's lyrical are links te prime minister netanyahu's lyrical benjamin neta nyahu's lyrical survival, benjamin neta nyahu's lyrical survival, benjamin netanyahu's lyrical survival, and that is influencing these statements? benjamin netanyahu's lyrical survival, and that is influencing these statements? definitely, the prime minister definitely, the prime minister for a long time now, and is for a long time now, and for is for a long time now, and for good reasons, that good reasons, that he decisions prioritises his personal 7 his personal prioritises his personal survivability over the national survivability over the national interests of the state of interests of the state of israel, and he is not doing he doing israel, and he is not doing what has to be done order to what has to be done in order to what has to be done in order to save the hostages, and in fact save the hostages, and in fact the agreement which now is the agreement which now is {accomplished and being accomplished and hopefully will be completed hopefullyuilipecompteted have been done already in could have been done already in may. whatever we do now is whatever j whatever we 5 whatever we do 5 whatever we do now 5 whatever we do now is what proposed and precisely what was proposed and precisetywhatwas proposed and was accepted in may, what was accepted what was accepted in may, eight nine months ago, so months ago, nine months ago, so unfortunately there many

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from the 5 from the member, from the member, and 5 from the member, and so three from the member, and so there is a real �* not three from the member, and so there is a real �*notjust the palestinians 7 the palestinians in 7 the palestinians in gaza, by the palestinians in gaza, including some of my family including some of my fannily and i've including some of my family and i've lost of members, and i�*ve lost some of and i speak to folks in them and i speak to folks in there a daily united states is aidin and in a what abetting, in a sense, what amounts to ethnic cleansing, or amounts to ethnic cleansing, or a stated policy for forced displacement, but is 7 5555555” ' ' " 7 555555555 ' ' " 7 the part of moderate sunni states that the arab sunni states that the united states is sucking the n out 77 n out of 77 n out of the 77 n out of the roorn with oxygen out of the room with these remarks, with this plan, these remarks, witnthis plan, of these remarks, witnthis plan. of actually engaging in leadership j 77 77 77 leadershipto % 77 77 leadership to supplanté role in the region, to iran's role intheregion, to marshall new iran's role intheregion. to marshall new arab and help marshall a new arab and needlelike force that can maybe needlelike force that canmaybe in gaza. i needlelike force that canm. % m 5, needlelike force that canm. % intervene in gaza. % 5 5 the comments intervene in gang _ the comments from you've seen the comments from the trump administration, they characterised this as blue sky thinking of the box thinking, is perhaps if is perhaps world's; this is perhaps the world's most intractable war in terms of an actual solution. what is

needed? what was a date ggeded? what was a strong date going to look like for gaza? trump is right to recognise _ gaza? trump is right to i recognise - potential gaza? trump is right to - recognise - potential for recognise gaza's potential for trump is right in wanting ”shakeithei ' shake the him 77 shake the rim works 77 ”551.555; 7 far}; 5.455; to shake the old rim works for you and lead reconstruction to allow hamas to be entrenched, that hamas siphon off that allows hamas to siphon off aid and rebuild exterior infrastructure. i don't want the people gaza that, the people of gaza don't want that and most importantly the arab that have the arab nations that have funded gaza's reconstruction want that. what gaza don't want that. what gaza needsis don't want that. what gaza needs is out of -e box thinking that the box thinking that reconstitutes it, that gives it a chance of and a 7 77 77 triap'rlbiea 7 7 renaissance. the problem with plan is it —: = -: it is so 7out of the it forget where the box is box, it forget where the box is or a chat or the box. gaza leadership allow its needs leadership to allow its people to benefit from rejuvenation and reconstruction, so that gaza's

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countries, friends and partners throughout history, are not handled that way. neither the government nor the panama canal authority may a judge temporarily blocked the trump administration's until at least monday. of "deferred resignation". to the plan after unions sued. white house press secretary karoline leavitt said... the scheme is part

of donald trump's plan the end of september — although they are not expected to work during that period. the bank of england cut interest rates by a quarter rate sincejune 2023. money in their pockets. but the bank also downgraded its growth forecast for the uk economy this year. nuclear power stations in england and wales. creating thousands of highly skilled jobs and boosting economic growth. groups but criticised

by environmentalists. princess anne has returned to the intensive care unit where she was treated last summer to thank medical staff. when a horse struck out at her. about what happened. warming the climate. our climate editor justin rowlatt has more. but not globally. ever recorded and it has left scientists scratching their heads.

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in which the sea cools — you can probably see it cooling there, the blue colour. so, what's going on? many scientists think the answer may literally some think a crackdown on air pollution could mean heat back into space. they'll be trying to work out what's happening she's a climate scientist who serves as the director at brown university. welcome to you, kim, great to

have you back on the programme. have you back onthe programme. �* it was getting hot even scientists were apparently even scientists were shocked, they said, by the fact we've just seen the 7 that we've just seen the warmest january on record. what warmestjanuary on record. what do you think that warmest january on record. what do you think that tells do youthinkthat tells us? i agree them, is: z -:= it is7 7 shocking, 7 it is7 7 shocking, and that it is quite shocking, and that it is quite shocking, and thatis that it is quite shocking, and that is because, as we just 7 7 thiswas 7 7 7 this was to be heard ,5thisouass5pposed to be relatively cool winter in the hemisphere by cooler than 7 those slightly cooler than average in the average temperatures in the pacific. this is tropical pacific; thi5'i5 ' " ' something i study very [5537777 777 77777a7ndto7 77 7 ahdto7s7e7e7 a7ndto7s7e7e an7other clo55l¥5 5nd to 555 5noth5fi * 5 broken in clo55l¥5 5nd to 555 anotin5i55 5 5 broken injanuary under conditions is these conditions is in fact, it has happened 7 happened in 7 happened in history of neverhappened inhistory of temperatures this 7 and it does 77777an7d7itdo7e7s7 77 7 7755555 year, and it does really begged the question, are we seeing already an acceleration and in response to our warming in response to our emissions patterns, and is that we are these records why we are seeing these records that have us year on that have surprised us year on year now, with course a new average record in 2024 global average record in 2024 being over a new record

being made over a new record in 2023? so, is a pattern of being made over a new record in 2023? so, accelerating ern of potentially accelerating ~ very potentially accelerating 5 very worrisome. potentially a" —— ve worrisome. �* warming, very worrisome. is the case, if we are seeing that indeed seeing that what does that acceleration, what does that mean? what are the consequences, particular when comes to the extreme weather? �* 5 more extreme weather? as we can all appreciate. — more extreme weather? as we can all appreciate, after _ all appreciate, after the close links 5itn555inn the 51555 lin55 continued warming and ootwoon contin5od warming and of a set of extreme any number of a set of extreme weather that are weather events that are directly to greenhouse directly related to greenhouse gases and fossil fuel can appreciate additional increment of each additional increment of warming will bring with it an warming will bringewithitan of those acceleration of those extremely costly and disastrous hazards that we seen in headlines that we have seen in headlines globally by now, and so the e -5—;55§555% inflation is that for each of emissions that we 7'fi5t5'fi5fit 5�*5'fi'55'5fi5 tn5t 555 be 7'fitt5'fi5fit fiftmiteififit tn5t 555 be putting 7'htt5'fi5ht fift'fiiteifih? th55t 555 be putting into the a'hfl5hh5he he5hh'55'hh5 eh5e 35 be putting into the sky, a'hke5hh5he 5e5hh'55'5h5 eh5e 555 be putting into the sky, we a'hke5hh5he 5e5hh'55'5h5 eh5e $55 be seeing into the sky, we a'hke5hh5he 5e5hh'55'5h5 eh5e $55 be seeing more he sky, we a'hke5hh5he 5e5hh'55'5h5 eh5e $55 be seeing more warming le a'hke5hh5he 5e5hh'55'5h5 eh5e $55 be seeing more warming bang four pvete ntially, 77 77 four pvetentially, andf 77 four pvetentially, andfl 77 stress pvetentially, andfl 77 stress thatfotentially, andfl 77 stress thatéthis tially, andfl 77 stress thatéthis tii early ndél 77 to stress that this is early days, are questions days, these are the questions that are circulating amongst my climate science colleagues and

myself in this moment, with ”fifiearlyrpanersrhq " ”if”earlyrpaoerscomzing’7 ”if”earlypanersc’omqingout early papers coming out to some early papers coming out to on some evidence in pile on some evidence in of that. but this will the topic of much study over be the topic of much study over coming as we dig into the coming years as we dig into the of this very unusual causes of this very unusual january record. causes of this very unusual january record.— causes of this very unusual january record. e???— —— — ask ou,i m taracl�* gay; 14-5951, h: i; ; said many record you have said many people will be finding peoplecwill be finding stop do you think it serve as a wake—up call, will serve as a wake—up call, and of course we got the and of course we have got the fact of the us has pulled out the claimant will 1 g 77 will there g w will there be w gnu there be an agreement, will there be an impact there? fix, agreement, will there be an impact there?— impact there? a couple of thins impact there? a couple of things to _ impact there? a couple of things to remember. - impact there? a couple of things to remember. we i impact there? a couple of - things to remember. we know as concerned as folks are that as concerned as folks are the kind of hazards about the kind of hazards that are heading closer and closer to their homes, and in some cases taking lives and cafes takings ewes. 555 w, , f 7 all livelihoods all across the world, these statistics of records have become a drumbeat are immune to that most people are immune to buy now. and so it really is to take a the going to take a reckoning, the kinds of events and scale damages we have seen in la in

the united the the united states, in the southeastern us, with billions southeastern us,—with'billions of dollars southeastern us,—with'biltions of dollars of audgbillions of dollars of is a public damages, this is a public safety it is safety hazard and it is security hazard, so to national security hazard, so to couch in terms hopes national security hazard, so to couch in the :erms hopes national security hazard, so to couch in the dots�* hopes national security hazard, so to couch in the dots�* h the. folks connect the dots to the somewhat abstract numbers 5555551555553 55555551“ him 5555551555553 555555?“ him as regards trump's to him as regards trump's intent to withdraw from the paris accord, obviously the writing is on the wall. leaning into ooinion is leaning into climate and climate solutions action and climate solutions across the world also here across the world and also here in america, and we have seen it enough across in america, and we have seen it enougi sector across in america, and we have seen it enougi sector and across in america, and we have seen it enougi sector and any ross in america, and we have seen it enougi sector and any federal with the; with thefpassage of government with the passage of historic legislation in the last administration that will, hard to sentiment is, is far : path way; is far . path wayztoo tar . path wayztoo far . path wayztoo far to . path wayztoo far to turn path and that is not in line around, and that is not in line with what public wants and expects from our federal government.— expects from our federal government. expects from our federal covernment. ., , , ., . ., who serves strcfiflsfifihfixrsn as

of the strcfiflsffsfihfiscrscs as of the institute at director of the institute at brown university, thank you for �*time. 7 7 let's turn to some other important news south korea ordered all airports to install bird after days of earthquakes. the biggest one was a magnitude 5.2 more than 11,000 people have left the popular tourist destination. but authorities are warning of a high risk of landslides. the first—ever kangaroo embryo through in vitro while kangaroos are not endangered, the researchers species such as koalas,

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