jon donnison, bbc news, jerusalem.ar. and bibi netanyahu might be ready to listen. jon donnison, bbc news, jerusalem. lebanon's health ministry says at least 20 people, including three children, have been killed in israeli strikes near the port city of byblos. there has also been a series of air strikes by israel's military — on targets in the bekaa valley — including this one, in the village of sareen. israel says it is targeting hezbollah militia operating in lebanon. us warplanes have carried out strikes on houthi targets in yemen. they said the attacks were aimed at houthi weapons stores. the houthi movement claimed the us had launched at least nine air raids on the capital sanaa and amran. on friday, the houthis released footage they claimed showed a downed us spy drone in yemen. the united states and britain have repeatedly struck houthi targets since january, in response to attacks on ships in the red sea, which the rebels say are in solidarity with palestinians in gaza. king charles has led the uk in two minute

jon donnison, bbc news, jerusalem.*s report he was speaking to louise from unrwa. it is the un relief work agency for palestine and i asked her if the people on the ground who worked for unrwa had seen any improvements. i can seen any improvements. i can tell ou seen any improvements. i can tell you i — seen any improvements. i can tell you i have _ seen any improvements. i can tell you i have been _ seen any improvements. i can tell you i have been here - seen any improvements. i can | tell you i have been here since april and everyday it gets worse. we see here is right now people are begging for pieces of bread. they don't have access to clean water and winter is around the corner and many people are sheltering under curtains, under pieces of fabric. they don't have sufficient shelter, they don't have respite from the cold weather as it comes in. it really is hopeless and we have been communicating about this for 13 months. we are running out of words, we are running out of words, we are running out of words, we are

jon donnison, bbc news, jerusalem.red 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. amid the chaos of gang violence in haiti, the governing council has fired the prime minister, afterjust six months in office. garry connille was sacked in an executive order issued on sunday, signed by eight of the nine members of the country�*s transitional body. mr conille calls his removal illegal. constitutionally, only parliament can sack him. but haiti currently has neither a parliament nor a president. the order named his replacement as local businessman didier fils—aime, who flew

jon donnison, bbc news, jerusalem.ilence at the national service of remembrance ceremony at the cenotaph, in central london. he was joined by the prince and princess of wales along with political leaders. 10,000 veterans and civilians also took part, paying their respects to those who lost their lives in the two world wars and in other conflicts. 0ur senior royal correspondent, daniela relph, reports. the quiet precision of the servicemen and women on whitehall. the king led the nation in remembrance, as big ben signalled the start of the two—minute silence. big ben chimes music: last post the king laid the first wreath, honouring those whose lives had been lost in conflict. looking on, the princess of wales, as she continues her careful return to public duty. with her, sophie, duchess of edinburgh. queen camilla was not here — she's still recovering from a chest infection. at the cenotaph for the first time as prime minister and party leader, sir keir starmer and kemi badenoch. as the country paused to reflect. rememb

jon donnison, bbc news, jerusalem.ro—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 join

jon donnison, bbc news, jerusalem.onstrators 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. demonstrations were temporarily banned 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. king charles has led the uk in two minutes of silence at the national service of remembrance ceremony in central london in the uk. he was joined by the prince and princess of wales along with political leaders. tens of thousands of veterans and civilians paid their respects to those who lost their lives in the two world wars and in other conflicts. our senior royal correspondent daniela relph reports. the quiet precision of the se

jon donnison reports from jerusalem. 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 i

jon donnison, bbc news, jerusalem.h less than six months to live would be able to end their life, but only if they can self—administer the fatal drugs. the patient would also need approval from two independent doctors and a high courtjudge. she's been speaking in the palace of westminster. we know that the current situation is not fit for practice. we've got people, who in their dying days, feel they have no other option than to either end their own lives, travel to a different country but only if they can afford to do so which is very expensive, and often doing so prematurely before they are actually so ill that they are dying because they have to be fit enough and well enough to travel. we've also got people who no matter how good the palliative care they receive is, and we have got some of the best palliative care in the world in this country, that does not mean there aren't challenges and we need to talk about those as well, but for some people, no matter how good that care is, they have a horrible harrowing death.

our correspondent in jerusalem, jon donnison, is following the story.king stories to newspapers to try and further mr netanyahu's political aims and goals in gaza, those stories leaked to newspapers, the jewish chronicle those stories leaked to newspapers, thejewish chronicle in great britain and the german newspaper bild. thejewish chronicle, ed suggested hamas was trying to smog will be then leader into egypt through tunnels. —— smuggle the then leader. coming at a time when netanyahu was trying to argue he needed to keep an israeli presence on the border with egypt and gaza to stop that happening. that then led to her ceasefire talks between hamas and if you're not going anywhere, at least that is the allegation. some of the families of the hostages still being held in gaza are saying and what the opposition are saying unusual, and affect these leaks were aimed at undermining those un led efforts to secure a ceasefire deal between hamas and israel. mr netanyahu has denied that his office was involved in this but investigation is ongoing and it is goi

jon donnison, bbc news, jerusalem.ng out in northern gaza. nick eardley from bbc verify has been looking atjust how much aid has been getting through. firstly, as you heard from jon, boosting aid was the key ask from the us. this is the picture — the number of aid lorries crossing into gaza, as observed by the un. it was about 500 a day before the current conflict. you can see it fell significantly when the conflict started, went up a bit in spring but then fell again, quite dramatically in october. it's crept up again in the past few days. but look at this line here. the current level of aid is still far less than the 350 lorries a day the us demanded. another us demand was ending the forced evacuation of north gaza — this area on the map here. we've looked at all the areas where evacuation notices have been issued since the start of last month — we can add that here. and you can see it's the vast majority of the region — around 90% of north gaza. just to give you a sense of what that means in practice. this satellite

jon donnison, bbc news, jerusalem.eek 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 — s

jon donnison, bbc news, jerusalem.as saudi arabia hosts an emergency summit to address israel's military action in the region. the crown prince ali man urged israel to stop launching attacks on iranian soil and described israel because my actions in gaza as a genocide. leaders are also discussing the consequences of donald trump's return to the white house. now let's turn to azerbaijan, where there's been a breakthrough on day one of the cop—29 climate conference. delegates and world leaders have approved new standards for a global carbon market. that will allow richer countries to offset carbon pollution by investing in clean energy projects or forests in poorer countries. the overall focus of this year's summit is how to keep long—term temperature rises below 1.5 degrees — a target set by the 2015 paris agreement. casting a shadow over this year's summit is the election victory for donald trump, a known climate skeptic, who has threatened to again withdraw from that landmark agreement. us climate envoyjohn podesta, w

had �*eliminated dozens of terrorists' in jabalia, as well as a weapons store. 0ur correspondent jon donnisonattack. well, look, it's difficult to verify those numbers because israel does not allow foreign journalists uncontrolled access to gaza. but as you say, this does seem like a significant strike. a house targeted injabalia. 13 children among 25 people killed. there are apparently still people trapped. trapped under the rubble. i've just looked at some footage reportedly from the scene, and it's one of considerable devastation and confusion, chaos in that area injabalia. and i think it's important to remember that this comes just two days before a us set deadline for israel to significantly improve humanitarian access to gaza, and also to take measures to reduce the number of civilian casualties. the united nations put out some figures last week, saying 70% of people killed in gaza in a six—month period have been women and children. we were hearing yesterday about the demand for hamas to no longer have a base for talks in qatar. how, how confident can we be that that is the case because

jon donnison, bbc news, jerusalem. 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 app

�*eliminated dozens of terrorists�* in jabalia, as well as a weapons store. 0ur correspondent jon donnison about the attack. it is difficult to verify those numbers because israel does not allow foreign journalists uncontrolled access to gaza but as you say, this does seem like as you say, this does seem like a significant strike, house targeted, 13 children among the 25 people killed. there are apparently still people trapped under the rubble. i'vejust under the rubble. i've just looked under the rubble. i'vejust looked at some footage reportedly from the scene and it is one of considerable devastation and confusion, chaos in that area injabal year. and i think it is important to remember that this comesjust two important to remember that this comes just two days before a us deadline for israel to significantly improve humanitarian access to gaza and also to take measures to reduce also to take measures to reduce a member of —— the number of civilian casualties. figures last week say 70% of people killed in gaza in a six month period have been and children. us warplanes have carried out s

we'll have more on the middle east from our correspondent injerusalem —jon donnison — later in the programmestay with us for that. russia has deployed 50,000 troops to fight ukraine in kursk region, president zelensky says. this includes around 10,000 north korean soldiers, according to some estimates. kyiv launched its shock incursion in russia's kursk region in early august, to reduce moscow's ability to attack inside ukraine itself. moscow neither confirms nor denies that troops from north korea, a close ally since soviet times, are in kursk. let's speak to our ukraine correspondent james waterhouse. hejoins us now he joins us now from hejoins us now from keogh. we have these pictures of ukrainian drones attacking targets inside the kursk region. how much do we know about how much is going on there? it about how much is going on there? , , ., ., there? it seems at the moment, if we remind _ there? it seems at the moment, if we remind ourselves _ there? it seems at the moment, if we remind ourselves that - there? it seems at the moment, if we remind ourselves that the i if we remind oursel

jon donnison, bbc news, jerusalem. let's take a look at today's papers.lby, to resign over a report into his handling of a report into a prolific child abuser associated with the church of england. the times looks into a pill that is going to be offered to tens of thousands of smokers in england who are looking to give up cigarettes. the pill is said to reduce cravings and the effects of nicotine that keep people addicted. the i reports on how water bills will need to rise in order to fix the sewage crisis, according to the water minister. the paper says the government is also looking at conducting year—round sewage testing at wild swimming spots. the sun leads with the news that gary lineker is stepping down from his role hosting match of the day, at the end of the season, and could leave the bbc altogether after the 2026 world cup. it says the former footballer wants to "leave on a high". he would stay on for an extra year for the world cup. zebras, you know they look like bar codes? a story in they look like bar codes? a story in the daily mail said th

let's go straight to our correspondent jon donnison in london.ohn, what more do we know about this investigation? this news has just come through in the last half an hour or so just come through in the last half an hour orso and just come through in the last half an hour or so and as you say, police say they are now investigating at least five individuals who may have assisted the former harrods boss mohammed all fired in his alleged abuse of dozens of young women and girls. —— mohammed al fayed. without a statement from steve clayman who has leading the investigation saying this investigation is about giving survivors a voice despite the fact that mohammed al fayed is no longer live to face prosecution and we are now pursuing individuals suspected to have been complicit in his alleged offending. d0 to have been complicit in his alleged offending.— to have been complicit in his alleged offending. do we have a sense of why — alleged offending. do we have a sense of why this _ alleged offending. do we have a sense of why this investigation i allege