and climate scientists are examining whyjanuary we begin with the continuing fallout over donald trump's the us president is doubling down on his idea — palestinians in what he called

i hope that's going to be true. earlier this week, he laid out his vision. these war—torn ruins, he said, would be turned into real would be temporary. now, he's doubled down, with a social media post to the united states once the fighting was over has expressed his approvalfor the idea. war crime if carried

out by force. but mr netanyahu, when asked if us troops would need no. i think the president was thinking out loud and suggesting a concept. i don't think it's our responsibility. mr neta nyahu marked to target members of hezbollah last year, he gave this golden pager. "to donald trump," the inscription reads, "our greatest friend and ally."

putting sanctions on the international criminal court, the court has an arrest warrant against netanyahu, for suspected war crimes. neither israel nor the us is a member of the court in—transit to the us.

on thursday israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu met with top us lawmakers on capitol hill, two days after talks with us president donald trump israeli prime minister, ehud olmert. thank you so much for being with us, sir. just discussing. many experts right now are debating whether and as soon as we end

the war, which we have force that will prevent any further hopefully be done by the palestinians, gaza and i think that this is not practical, not doable, and i'm not certain that it was even discussed in a serious way before it was presented to next creative, outstanding active leadership by president

can i ask you, whether this comes to fruition or not, the voluntary departure of gazans. to forced expulsion. what is your take on that? this is just a statement. about this statement made but this is not serious. israel has to stop the war.

could jeopardise the prospect of a lasting peace, a cease—fire, phase two negotiations? against palestinians for a long period of time now which is inflaming the entire region intifada. are not helping to reduce the flame

is influencing these statements? is being accomplished and hopefully will be completed could have been done already in may. months ago, nine months ago, so unfortunately there many decisions and many recommendations and many

are the national interests. as the next head of the office of management and budget, despite fierce pushback from democrats. they see mr vought as being at the heart of president trump's agenda. the role is one of the most influential positions administration of the $6.75 trillion federal budget. up federal spending. it was rescinded amid legal challenges.

longer have to pay. complaining of excessive fees and claiming that china controls it. that wasn't true. neither the government nor the panama canal authority proposal for a so—called buyout for federal workers until at least monday.

of "deferred resignation". "we are grateful to thejudge for extending the deadline during that period. illinois is one of several us states rejecting donald trump's plans for mass deportations. as well as chicago.

federal immigration agents. and is challenging illinois state laws, as well as chicago city laws, that hamper police from cooperating with ice. chicago has a vast immigrant population , some of whom have democratic congressman jesus "chuy" garcia of illinois represents a district covering parts of chicago. if state, county the city are in full compliance with federal law as it exists today, there is nothing that impedes ice's ability or any ice's ability or anrggvernment to detain ice's ability or anrgavernmant to detain or arrest ability to detain or arrest someone if they have an arrest

byjudge. this warrant signed byjudge. this has the practice for a time. all three entities, longtime. alt three entities. county and long time. alt three entities. county and the city have state, county and the city have a long history of welcoming immigrants, recognising a long history of welcoming immigrants, and;nising their a long history of welcoming immigrants, and ofsing their contributions and of protecting we contributions and of nrotectjng we have a long themwe hate a 'eng history thatis themwe hate a 'eng history that is part reason this'tansnicnas fiiéii the will mists-signifies files. the will prevail because they are protected from government by the amendment overreach by the 10th amendment and they have been tested and.they..hav -~~. ~ ~. before. just to be clear, since the dru: before. just to be clear, since the drug administration - before. just to be clear, since the drug administration has . in and have been come in and there have been ice they have not tbgse ice rates they havernetrrr . , ~ — any attempts these ice rates; they havernetrrr . , ~ — any attempts state been any attempts from state officials �* city officials or officials or city officials or a law to restrict a law enforcement to restrict or block immigration raids in way?

has ha ened to kind has happened to my knowledge. the authorities have very clear understanding of a very clear understanding of how to arrest properly howto’arres'rsomeone property have how to’arres'rsomeone property have a n howto’arres'rsomeone property have an arrest warrant, if they have an arrest warrant, what ice has been looking for cities and? and cities and? and states s and? and states into if counties and states into complying with their to 77 provide turnover neonte. inrey'de so turnover neonte. nreyide so they turnover neonte. nrevide so they hunt down. peo-le are their exercising their constitutional rights and all these leaders rights and all of these leaders have stood up �*the rights of residents in their allresidents in their a. a, w jurisdictions. we ta ke we take great ”7 we take great pride especially 77 of being when i immigrant background when i came here as a young boy. the argument _ came here as a young boy. the argument from _ came here as a young boy. the argument from the trump administration is people argument from the trump adi here ration is people argument from the trump adi here ra the is people argument from the trump adi here ra the united le argument from the trump adi here ra the united states are here in the united states without the right paperwork, people who are criminals should

is an mm- many people voted in favour of during the past presidential election. have you seen �*those people in election. have you seen have those people in election. have you seen have you e people in election. have you seen have you seen ple in chicago? have you seen something that goes beyond something that goes be�* - - founded and lies and largely founded and'lies and and making filsffiff'fifis ans fiéé'fifi a e'eeefe'ehe eee fiee'fie a and immigrants a target and sensationalising the number attributable to immigrants. no—one in my that large community that has a large number of immigrants living in it to any killers, rapists, anyone that is a threat to public safety. it goes against common sense. the has been there implication has been there are all these criminals are all these criminals that are immigrants running around the

country making the country unsafe. that is a lie and country making the country unsafe. th we a lie and country making the country unsafe. th we know lie and country making the country unsafe. th we know the: and country making the country unsafe. th we know the truth 7 if ice wants 7 if icewants detain and if ice wants to detain anyone or any of the other deputised agencies, know to do, they have to go to what to do, they have to go to court and get an arrest nobody is warrant. nobody is blocking them from doing that, they need them from doing that; they need do job but also need to respect the rights of everyone in our communities. what you anticipate in terms of the next steps because we had governor of illinois say if the governor of illinois say if you want come for the people you want to come for the people of illinois, have to come of illinois,ryourhave to some me. is it a ’—— zmh ”the—hies ”ties are all of the three entities are prepared defend their prepared to defend their jurisdictions. and their practices as well. we know the

truth. we know how illinois has lot of vitality because of a lot of vitality because of immigrant we immigrant contributions. we know have 7 have committed crime, there m no firm“ them are snls has violation has been a civil many arrested so far violation. many arrested so far for being in proper ,e:§£t% without proper authorisation. the storyline of crirninality . does not hold up. we just does not hold up. we believe about half of all people detained have believe about half of all people i record 1 have believe about half of all people i record whatsoever and criminal record whatsoever and lastly, many undocumented individuals are part of families that include us citizens.-us citizen child ren, citizens.-us citizen child ren, citizens spouses and other into families and integration into families and . . throughout illinois communities throughout illinois across the country communities throughoutlllinois across the country as well.

and across the country as well. that is are fighting on to protect 77 77 to protect the 77 principle to protect the constitutional of constitutional rights of also of us constitutional rights of as also of us constitutional rights of as well also of us constitutional rights of as well and of us constitutional rights of as well and we us citizens as well and we are confident we prevail. let confident—wewillprevail. icet not forget confident—wewillprevail. let not forget that in the 77 sought to trump administration sought to stop funding to chicago to the city, the city intimidate the city, the city pushed back and won its fight pushed backand won its'fight funding a similar expect a similar type of outcome in lawsuit as well. the bank of england cut interest rates by a quarter since june 2023. ministers said it meant people would have more money but the bank also downgraded its growth forecast for the uk as he announced plans to make

it easier to construct mini nuclear power stations in england and wales. economic growth. the move was welcomed by unions and business groups, but criticised by environmentalists. princess anne has returned to the intensive care unit when a horse struck out at her. scientists say the world has just experienced the hottest the copernicus climate service found the average temperature

these grey lines show average monthly global now, here's 2023. above previous years. higher across the year. now, scientists were expecting things to cool down a bit recorded. look in the middle of the pacific. you'll see the water getting hotter — the darker colour there.

el nino has a sister weather pattern, la nina, so, what's going on? heat back into space. they'll be trying to work out what's happening we can expect more extreme weather events if we continue i've been speaking to kim cobb, a climate scientist who serves she explained the signifcance

of this heat record. in the northern hemisphere driven by this is actually something i study very these conditions is exceptional. year, and it does really begged the question, are we seeing already an acceleration and warming in response to our emissions patterns, and is that why we are seeing these records being made over a new record in 2023? that mean? links between continued warming

and any number of a set and disastrous hazards that we have seen in headlines these are the questions that are circulating january record. said many people will be finding worrisome.

do you think it will serve as a wake—up call, a couple of things to remember. we know that as concerned as folks are about the kind with billions and billions of dollars of damages, hazard, so to couch it in those terms helps folks connect

solutions across the world and also here in america, will be hard to claw—back, the overall sentiment 0ur colleagues in singapore will take over at the top of hour. have a very good the hour. have a very good evening. bye for now. this was highland thursday afternoon.

and just look at devon. hardly a cloud in the sky as well, but i suspect there's going to be more cloud for england and wales. there's quite a cold wind developing that in turn will bring some wintry flurries, so the high pressure and with wind gusts for some in excess of 30 miles an hour, the feel of the weather as well. western fringes will keep some sunshine. clear skies and sunny spells after a frosty start but at the same time,

as we go through the day, with wind gusts potentially particularly if you're caught in those sharper showers. best of the sunshine, best of the warmth to the northwest. we'll see a rash of showers moving their way steadily west, across the downs and the hills of wales, we keep those clear skies, so saturday to the northwest will start off again with some patchy frost and fog around. drifting its way steadily north, turning drizzly, not quite as cold on saturday, the winds not quite as strong either. but still pretty cold.

but that still means there's a risk from time to time.

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