hello, i'm matthew amroliwala, welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checkingn says the situation in gaza is deteriorating by the hour as israeli bombing intensifies

i m matthew amroliwala. welcome to verified live.security council vote on humanitarian aid for gaza. the vote was originally scheduled for monday but has been delayed several times since then as members wrangle over the specific language in the document.

next we will go to verified life, with matthew amroliwala so please keep watching bbc news. we have come to the conclusion that the course correction that is needed has not been secured. we have made an incremental advancement of the business as usual. israel says, it carried out more than 250 strikes on gaza in the last 24 hours — as the main un refugee agency says, it's on the verge of collapse. also on the programme... on verify today, after the prime minister won a crucial vote on his rwanda plan, we have been looking at whether he will meet another pledge to eliminate the asylum backlog. and find out what we've been watching. netflix releases viewer data on 99% of its catalogue for the first time. hello, i m matthew amroliwala, welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. for the first time — there's a global climate agreement — which calls on all countries to move away from using fossil fuels. delegates at the un climate summit in dubai reached the deal after negotiating through the night, to secure agreement from a

hello, i'm matthew amroliwala.art with the war in gaza — where israel says it will continue its military operations but admitted that it is "protracted" and "difficult". this is the live scene over the israel—gaza border, where we've seen continued bombardement this weekend. an israel military spokesman said it was expanding its "ground operations in the southern and northern parts of the strip. this is the scene outside nasser hospital in khan younis — we've seen more injured taken there in the past few hours. it has been overwhelmed with numbers of casualties being taken to that hospital. further north, this is the view across the israel—lebanon border — in the past hour we've seen a thick plume of black smoke in the sky there. us presidentjoe biden has told the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, that there's a critical need to protect the civilian population, including those supporting aid operations. the white house said that in a phone call between the two men, mr biden also stressed the importance of

hello, i�*m matthew amroliwala. operations but admitted that it is "protracted" and "difficult". this is the live scene over the israel—gaza border, where we�*ve seen continued bombardement this weekend. an israel military spokesman said it was expanding its "ground operations in the southern and northern parts of the strip.

hello, i'm matthew amroliwala, welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checkingut the truth behind them. the world health organization says the situation in gaza is deteriorating by the hour as israeli bombing intensifies in the south of the territory. and the united nations has warned that �*an even more hellish scenario�* could be about to unfold for civilians there. israel is trying to destroy hamas, designated a terror organisation by the uk government. unconfirmed reports claim israeli troops may try to destroy the vast network of hamas tunnels underneath the gaza strip by flooding them with sea water. our middle east correspondent yolande knell reports from jerusalem. more casualties pouring into this hospital in khan younis this morning, even brought in by donkey cart. medics struggling to find space for the dozens of wounded. palestinians say more than 30 were killed in an israeli strike and shelling close to a un school which was crowded with displaced people. "they launched mortars at us at night. "we were scared and didn't sleep," cries this boy. "all

hello, i m matthew amroliwala. welcome to verified live.start with the israel—gaza war, because in the next hour or so we're expecting a un security council vote on humanitarian aid for gaza. the vote was originally scheduled for monday but has been delayed several times since then as members wrangle over the specific language in the document. the original draft called for a �*sustainable cessation of hostilities�* but the final version calls for creating the conditions for one. the united states are the key players — having vetoed all previous un resolutions since the start of the war — but they say they are ready to support the latest draft. these are the latest pictures from the un because various member countries are just talking. these are live pictures coming from the security council into the bbc but we still await for confirmation that we are going to get the vote after all of the wrangling we have seen this week and still we wait for certainty of that. and of course, an exact time. we are keeping an eye on that and monitoring the s

earlier, my colleague matthew amroliwala spoke to elon levy — an israeli government spokesman.out those reports ofjoe biden�*s intervention. was israel considering a pre—emptive strike against hezbollah and that had to be dissuaded byjoe biden�*s intervention? the prime minister announced immediately after the october the 7th massacre, we are focusing on destroying the monsters who perpetrated that massacre. we don't want to fight on two fronts and have been warning from the beginning that we do not want to fight on two fronts, but the situation in the north now is escalating, as hezbollah appears hell—bent on driving lebanon into a needless war. we are warning that un security council resolution 1701 from 2006 must be implemented, which is supposed to keep the peace by keeping the iran—backed hezbollah militias away from the northern border. unfortunately, they have been stepping up more terror attacks that have destroyed half the houses in a village on the israel—lebanon border. are you now considering action against hezbollah? we are saying the situation in the north, with 8

hello, i'm matthew amroliwala, welcome to verified live, britain and rwanda have signed a new treatyt getting the uk government's flagship asylum policy operational, following a series of legal challenges. the policy — first announced in april 2022 — would see some asylum seekers sent to rwanda to claim asylum there. but it hit legal setbacks and was blocked in its previous form by the uk supreme court. after signing the agreement during a visit to kigali, the home secretary james cleverly said he believed the new treaty addressed all the concerns raised by the supreme court. he said he can't see "any credible reason" to question rwanda's human rights record, and hopes the first migrant flights will go there in spring 202a. £140 million has already been paid by the uk to rwanda for the implementation of the policy. fundamentally the supreme court raised two issues. one was about the capacity of the rwandan judicial system. we have been working on that for over a year. we started to address that at the time of the appeal courtjudgment. the rwandans have been very, very good partners.

hello, i'm matthew amroliwala, welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out president biden�*s national security adviser is in israel — to repeat us calls for restraint in the war against hamas. he's meeting the israeli prime minister benjamin neta nyahu in tel aviv. there was no let—up in israel's bombing of the gaza strip in the hours before his visit. the fighting has once again cut off internet and telephone services across the strip. this is the aftermath of a strike in rafah in the south of the gaza strip. the hamas—run health ministry says, at least 2a people have been killed in air strikes on two houses in rafah today. this was mr sullivan meeting israel's defence minister yoav gallant a short while ago. us officials say, mr sullivan is expected to discuss a timetable for ending the fighting and call for �*greater precision�* in future israeli targeting of hamas. it follows mounting international criticism of israel over the number of civilian casualties, and the un general assembly overwhelmingly voting in support of a ceasefire. mr gallant told

hello, i'm matthew amroliwala, welcome to verified live, britain and rwanda have signed a new treaty

hello, i'm matthew amroliwala.ld has a global climate agreement which calls on all countries to move away from using fossil fuels. delegates at the un climate summit in dubai reached the deal after negotiating through the night, to secure agreement from all 197 countries — and the eu — taking part. the president of cop28 sultan al—jabar said, it's an "historic" agreement that sets the world in the right direction. but many had wanted a strongerform of words —

hello, i m matthew amroliwala. welcome to verified live.arian aid for gaza.

hello, i'm matthew amroliwala.come to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. the temporary ceasefire in the israel—gaza war is over. it ended about 7am local time. since then, the hamas—run health ministry in gaza says more than a hundred people have been killed in fighting. each side blames the other for the end of the ceasefire.the israel defense forces said: "hamas violated the operational pause, and fired toward israeli territory". it also blamed hamas for failing to release all the female and child hostages. israel has resumed its bombardment of the strip. the idf says it's hit more than 200 targets today. hamas — which the uk, the us and many other governments consider a terrorist group — blamed israel for breaking the agreement by preventing fuel from reaching north gaza. the recommencement of israeli air strikes hasn't been restricted to gaza's north. there have also been attacks in khan younis, in the south of the strip, as our middle east correspondent hugo

i m matthew amroliwala. welcome to verified live.t with the israel—gaza war because in the next few hours we're expecting a un security council vote on humanitarian aid for gaza. the vote was originally scheduled for monday but has been delayed several times since then as members wrangle over the specific language in the document. the original draft called for a �*sustainable cessation of hostilities�* but the final version calls for creating the conditions for one. the united states are the key players — having vetoed all previous un resolutions since the start of the war — but they say they are ready to support the latest draft. here's the us ambassador to the united nations, linda thomas—greenfield. we do have that resolution and we are ready to vote on it. and it is a resolution that will bring humanitarian assistance to those in need and it will support the priority that egypt has in ensuring that we put a mechanism on the ground that will support humanitarian assistance. we will be live in new york in the next few minutes, talk

hello, i'm matthew amroliwala. welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking for the first time, the world has a global climate agreement which calls on all countries to move away from using fossil fuels. delegates at the un climate summit in dubai reached the deal after negotiating through the night, to secure agreement from all 197 countries — and the eu — taking part. the president of cop28 sultan al—jabar said, it's an "historic" agreement that sets the world in the right direction. but many had wanted a strongerform of words — calling for the �*phasing out�* of coal, oil and gas. our climate editorjustin rowlatt reports from dubai. we waited and we waited and then... hearing no objection, it is so decided. with the bang of a gavel, the deal was done. applause. and it got a standing ovation. so the hammer has just gone down here, and that was the fastest that an agreement text has ever been agreed. the presidency is calling this an historic agreement, but it is hedged around with questions and doubts. it ca

nick eardley at the bbc verify hub, speaking to my colleague matthew amroliwala earlier today. of the british museum is leaving the institution. katie razzall joins katie razzalljoins me in the studio for this. what more do we know about this? ~ ., , ., ., for this. what more do we know about this? ~ .,, ., ., ., this? within the last hour or so, a museum spokesperson _ this? within the last hour or so, a museum spokesperson confirms l this? within the last hour or so, a| museum spokesperson confirms to this? within the last hour or so, a - museum spokesperson confirms to me thatjonathan williams, the deputy director, will be leaving the museum. they have not given any timeline to this, we don't know whether he had stepped down voluntarily or whether he has been dismissed, but as you say, it is all in relation to this big story that broke across the world back in august, that 2000 items were stolen, missing or damaged. drjonathan williams oversaw a botched investigation into the thefts at the british museum back in 2021. after he was born by a doctor, who you met williams to sa

hello, i'm matthew amroliwala, welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking truth behind them. the united nations says it no longer has a humanitarian operation presence in gaza that is worthy of that name. the un's aid chief, martin griffiths, has just been speaking. he says the pace of the military operation in the south has replicated the speed of the north, meaning there was no safe space left for aid agencies to work. he was speaking to reporters in geneva, his bleak assessment was that while aid agencies would remain and not abandon people, they have no sense of clarity, no ability to plan and no sense of where this would actually end. at one stage he describes the humanitarian opportunism, that is how he described it, saying work was being done on the fly, a few lorries getting in, but they had to go through roads that were mined, to get to anybody that they could. that is how they described the operations on the ground. let's have a listen. and the message that we have been giving, we here, being the humanitarian community and i represent the humanita

hello, i'm matthew amroliwala, welcome to verified live, president biden's national security advisere israeli prime minister benjamin neta nyahu in tel aviv. there was no let—up in israel's bombing of the gaza strip in the hours before his visit. this is the aftermath of a strike in rafah in the south of the gaza strip. the hamas—run health ministry says, at least 24 people have been killed in air strikes on two houses in rafah today. this was mr sullivan meeting israel's defence minister yoav gallant a short while ago. us officials say, mr sullivan is expected to discuss a timetable for ending the fighting and call for �*greater precision' in future israeli targeting of hamas. it follows mounting international criticism of israel over the number of civilian casualties, and overwhelming support for a ceasefire during a vote in the un general assembly.

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