i'm sally bundock. very i'm sally bundock. warm welcome. we start with the israel—gaza conflict.t's now early morning. this is a live shot looking across at gaza, where intense fighting has continued into a fifth week. we're following a few different points today — let's take a look. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has said he anticipates that israel will have "overall security responsibility" in gaza after the conflict with hamas ends. speaking to us television, mr netanyahu said it would be for "an indefinite period." he's again dismissed calls for a ceasefire. gaza's hamas—run health ministry now suggests more than 10,000 people have been killed in the gaza strip since israel's campaign began. this includes more than 4,000 children. un secretary—general antonio guterres warned the situation is now a "crisis of humanity." iam i am deeply concerned about the clear violations of international humanitarian law that we are witnessing. let me be clear. no party to an armed conflict is about —— above international humanitarian law. we'll get more on the latest developments

i'm sally bundock. very i'm sally bundock. warm welcome. we start with the israel—gaza conflict. where intense fighting has continued into a fifth week. we're following a few different points today — let's take a look. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has said he anticipates that israel will have "overall security responsibility" in gaza after the conflict with hamas ends. speaking to us television, mr netanyahu said it would be for "an indefinite period." he's again dismissed calls for a ceasefire. gaza's hamas—run health ministry now suggests more than 10,000 people have been killed in the gaza strip since israel's campaign began. this includes more than 4,000 children.

i'm sally bundock.art with growing optimism about a potential deal to free some of the 240 hostages being held by hamas in gaza. the president of the international committee of the red cross has travelled to qatar to try to secure a deal, as us officials said an agreement was "closer "than ever before". the icrc said mirjana spoljaric�*s visit to meet qatari and hamas representatives would "advance humanitarian issues related to the "conflict". reports suggest that dozens of women and children could be freed in exchange for more substantial pauses in the fighting. the leader of hamas, ismail haniyeh, also says his group is close to reaching a truce with israel. it comes as a group of 28 premature babies, who were trapped by fighting around al—shifa hospital in gaza city, arrived in egypt for medical treatment. our senior international correspondent orla guerin reports. alive, against the odds — premature babies rescued from al—shifa hospital. parents cluster around before they are transferred from gaza.

hello, i'm sally bundock. a very warm welcome. we start with news of growing reports that the rafah border crossing in southern gaza may open soon to allow wounded palestinians to get treatment in egypt. the uk's foreign office said the reports were credible and had informed the estimated 200 britons who are trapped in gaza. the us state department said real progress had also been made in negotiations to open the border to foreign nationals. we are also hearing reports from gaza's largest telecommunications provider saying that all communications and internet services have again been cut off. that news comes as israel confirmed that it carried out an air strike near the jabalia refugee camp in northern gaza. the hamas—run health ministry and a hospital director say at least 50 people were killed israel says its strike killed a senior hamas commander and caused the collapse of hamas underground infrastructure. bbc verify have located the exact position of the blast which you can see here — and you can see how built up it is. more n

i'm sally bundock. a very warm welcome to the programme. we start with the latest from the israel—gaza conflict. intense fighting has continued through the night in the gaza strip. this is the view from southern israel into northern gaza, where you can see explosions and flares in the sky. israel says it's now split gaza into two parts, north and south. further south, a royal jordanian air force cargo plane has dropped several containers of humanitarian relief supplies over the gaza strip. the update was shared in a tweet by thejordanian king. jordan's state news agency said the consignment was urgent medical aid for thejordanian field hospital in gaza. israeli media reports say the air drop was carried out in co—ordination with the idf. meanwhile, the us has stepped up diplomatic efforts in the region. secretary of state antony blinken is now in turkey for meetings with the country's foreign minister. the country's cia director william burns is also now in israel, urging greater effort to avoid civilian casualties. and in the last few hour

hello, i'm sally bundock. we start with new footage released by the israeli military, to support its claim that hamas was using gaza's biggest hospital as a command centre. it's released cctv images, which it says show two hostages being taken by hamas into the al—shifa hospital, after they were abducted from southern israel on october 7. one is injured and wheeled in on a trolley. the bbc has not been able to verify the video. the idf has also released footage which it says shows a 55 metre—long tunnel, beneath the hospital complex. hamas, which is designated a terrorist organisation by many western governments has denied using al—shifa as a base. 31 surviving premature babies evacuated from al—shifa, in a joint operation by the un and the palestinian red crescent, are expected to be transferred today to egypt via the rafah crossing. meanwhile there are indications of progress on a deal, to free some of the 239 israelis, being held hostage in gaza since october 7. orla guerin has this report from jerusalem, a

i'm sally bundock. we start with a major breakthrough in the israel—hamas war.he israeli cabinet has approved a deal to secure the release of dozens of hostages being held by hamas in gaza, six weeks after they were abducted from southern israel. a statement from the prime minister's office says... "at least 50 hostages — women and children — will be released over four days, during which a pause in the fighting will be held. "the release of every additional ten hostages "will result in one additional day in the pause". the deal was approved by israel's cabinet after a lengthy meeting that ran into the early hours. ahead of the meeting, prime minister benjamin netanyahu said the war effort would continue even if a hostage agreement was struck. the deal has been welcomed by president biden, who says it should bring home additional american hostages. in its own statement, hamas, which is considered a terrorist group by many western governments, says the 50 hostages will be released in exchange for 150 palestinian women and children being held in israeli jails. in t

i am sally bundock. i am sally bundock.t in dubai, where, as you have been hearing, 167 world leaders and 70,000 delegates from business, charities and faith groups are gathering for the latest round of global climate talks, the conference of the parties or cop28. of the parties, or cop28. eight years ago, in paris, nearly 200 nations pledged to keep global warming "well below" two degrees centigrade above pre—industrial levels, and try to limit it to 1.5 degrees. but a recent un report has confirmed the world is not acting fast enough to achieve the paris goals. there is added controversy, this time around, given the event is hosted by one of the world's top oil and gas producers. the president of the summit, dr sultan al—jaber, is also the boss of abu dhabi's state oil company. on wednesday he angrily dismissed a bbc report, based on leaked documents, that his country was planning to use the summit to negotiate oil deals. these allegations are false, not true, incorrect, are not accurate, and it's an attempt to undermine

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i'm sally bundock. a very warm welcome to the programme.est from the israel—gaza conflict. intense fighting has continued through the night in the gaza strip. this is the view from southern israel into northern gaza, where you can see explosions and flares in the sky. israel says it's now split gaza into two parts, north and south. further south, a royal jordanian air force cargo plane has dropped several containers of humanitarian relief supplies over the gaza strip. the update was shared in a tweet by thejordanian king. jordan's state news agency said the consignment was urgent medical aid for thejordanian field hospital in gaza. israeli media reports say the air drop was carried out in co—ordination with the idf. meanwhile, the us has stepped up diplomatic efforts in the region.

i'm sally bundock. in gaza are expected to be released over the next two days after a deal was struck to extend a temporary ceasefire. the latest group of nine children and two women was freed by hamas late in the evening. the israelis were flown by helicopter to a hospital in tel aviv. in return, israel released 33 palestinians — most of them teenagers — from its prisons. a bus carrying the newly released palestinian prisoners reportedly arrived in ramallah, in the west bank. the un has used the lull in fighting to increase urgent aid deliveries to gazans but has warned the consignments are a drop in the ocean. though more aid lorries are bringing supplies, they aren't carrying the winter clothing particularly needed for children. this is what a spokesperson for the israel defense forces

hello, i'm sally bundock. the chinese leader, xijinping, as their most constructive and productive discussions yet. mr biden said they agreed to resume high level military—to—military communications and he said clear and direct contact was necessary to avoid

hello, i�*m sally bundock.a hundred palestinian detainees released from israeli jails. sunday saw the release by hamas of 1a israeli and three thai hostages. 39 palestinian prisoners were freed in return. israel�*s prime minister benjamin netanyahu restated his position that after the truce, israel would resume fighting with the goal of "eliminating hamas". but president biden said his goal is to keep the pause in the fighting going beyond monday. more is needed, but this deal is delivering life—saving results — critically needed aid going in and hostages coming out — but there is still a structure to ensure that it can be extended, to keep building on these results.

hello, i'm sally bundock.spital as a command centre. it's released cctv images, which it says show two hostages being taken by hamas into the al—shifa hospital, after they were abducted from southern israel on october 7. one is injured and wheeled in on a trolley. the bbc has not been able to verify the video. the idf has also released footage which it says shows a 55 metre—long tunnel, beneath the hospital complex.

i'm sally bundock. the 240 hostages being held by hamas in gaza. the president of the international committee of the red cross has travelled to qatar to try to secure a deal, as us officials said an agreement was "closer "than ever before". the icrc said mirjana spoljaric�*s visit to meet qatari and hamas representatives would "advance humanitarian issues related to the "conflict". reports suggest that dozens of women and children could be freed in exchange for more substantial pauses in the fighting.

i'm sally bundock. a day in the deal struck between israel and hamas, which would have seen a four day pause in the fighting. under the agreement, hamas would exchange 50 israelis, who were taken during the october the 7th attack, for 150 palestinian women and children held in israeli jails. israel says it still expects that to happen but not before friday and there will be a similar delay to that temporary halt of hostilities.

hello, i'm sally bundock. a very warm welcome.er crossing in southern gaza may open soon to allow wounded palestinians to get treatment in egypt. the uk's foreign office said the reports were credible and had informed the estimated 200 britons who are trapped in gaza.

i'm sally bundock. we start with a major breakthrough in the israel—hamas war.dozens of hostages being held by hamas in gaza, six weeks after they were abducted from southern israel. a statement from the prime minister's office says...

hello, i'm sally bundock. a very warm welcome. president biden has warned that a continuation of the conflict in gaza would only play into hamas�*s ideology. in what appears to be a softening of the us stance, mr biden said on social media, and without mentioning israel, that continuing down the path of terror, killing and war is to give hamas what they seek. it comes as intelligence chiefs from the us, israel and egypt are continuing talks in qatar to try to further extend the current six—day pause. earlier, 12 more hostages were released from gaza bringing the total number now freed to more than 80. tuesday's hostage handover included 10 israeli citizens, and two thai nationals. in return, israel has released another 30 palestinian prisoners. theyjoin the 150 other palestinians, mostly women and teenage boys, who have so far been released from israeli jails, since the truce began on friday. tal heinrich, spokesperson to israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, told the bbc, the israelis are willing to extend the ceasefire unde

i'm sally bundock.e begin with the war in gaza and a delay of at least a day in the deal struck between israel and hamas, which would have seen a four day pause in the fighting. under the agreement, hamas would exchange 50 israelis, who were taken during the october the 7th attack, for 150 palestinian women and children held in israeli jails. israel says it still expects that to happen but not before friday and there will be a similar delay to that temporary halt of hostilities. hamas says some details have yet to be finalised. the fighting has continued — these pictures show a series of explosions in gaza overnight. it's also likely to resume at some point, even if it is paused — israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu has said that his country will continue to fight against hamas, until absolute victory was achieved. aid agencies had already been voicing concerns about the situation in gaza. some trucks carrying humanitarian supplies have been able to cross into the territory this week. but picture

hello, i'm sally bundock.t control of northern gaza. a military spokesperson said people were fleeing because hamas has lost control of the north. 0ur middle east editor jeremy bowen, has been with the israeli defence forces, inside the territory. while the bbc retained editorial control of the report, the sections featuring the israeli military have been cleared by the idf. they know they cannot win a pitched battle so they are using hit—and—run tactics. that will intensify as israel tanks

i'm sally bundock.e start with breaking news, and within the past few minutes, israel's military has said that a truce israel has agreed to extend its temporary truce with hamas. they said it will continue "in light of the mediators' "efforts to continue the process of releasing "hostages, and subject to the terms of the agreement". as you can see, this is a live shot of gozo this morning, as they wake up to the news that they wake up to the news that the truce is still in place. it was due to end just a few moments ago at 7am, local time. on wednesday, the sixth day of the deal, 16 hostages were freed from captivity in gaza. they included two russians, ten israeli citizens and four thai hostages, who were all handed over to the red cross. their release was delayed by what hamas called logistical issues. on wednesday, 30 palestinian women and teenage boys were freed from israeli prisons, in exchange for the hostages. this, as the us secretary of state antony blinken touched down in tel aviv for more tal

i'm sally bundock. american officials say a further 20 israeli women and children held hostage in gaza are expected to be released over the next two days after a deal was struck to extend a temporary ceasefire. the latest group of nine children and two women was freed by hamas late in the evening. the israelis were flown by helicopter to a hospital in tel aviv. in return, israel released 33 palestinians — most of them teenagers — from its prisons. a bus carrying the newly released palestinian prisoners reportedly arrived in ramallah, in the west bank. the un has used the lull in fighting to increase urgent aid deliveries to gazans but has warned the consignments are a drop in the ocean. though more aid lorries are bringing supplies, they aren't carrying the winter clothing particularly needed for children. this is what a spokesperson for the israel defense forces had to say about the situation. we will rescue our hostages at all costs. it is our duty, it is our moral responsibility of the israel defense

i'm sally bundock, here with your top business stories. let's start in beijing, where australian prime minister anthony albanese arrived on saturday and became the first australian leader to visit china in seven years. he is due to meet chinese president xi jinping today and trade will dominate the agenda. in recent years, the two have been involved in a number of trade spats. here's a prime example — australian wine shipments to mainland china reached almost $1.2 billion in 2021 before tariffs reaching 218% were abruptly imposed by china. exports are now curently worth $7 million annually. but things are improving. last month china said it will review its tariffs on australian exports and australia has suspended action it had taken against china at the world trade organization. let's discuss this with professorjames laurenceson — director of the australia—china relations institute at the university of technology sydney. good to have it on the programme. i'vejust mentioned programme. i've just mentioned wine programme. i'vejust mentioned w

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hello, i'm sally bundock. hamas says it's looking to extend a temporary ceasefire with israel, which is due to end today. it has seen dozens of hostages freed by hamas, as well as more than a hundred palestinian detainees released from israeli jails. sunday saw the release by hamas of 14 israeli and three thai hostages. 39 palestinian prisoners were freed in return. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu restated his position that after the truce, israel would resume fighting with the goal of "eliminating hamas". but president biden said his goal is to keep the pause in the fighting going beyond monday. more is needed, but this deal is delivering life—saving results — critically needed aid going in and hostages coming out — but there is still a structure to ensure that it can be extended, to keep building on these results. that's my goal, that's our goal, to keep this pause going beyond tomorrow, so that we continue to see more hostages come out and surge more humanitarian relief in to those who are in nee

hello, i'm sally bundock.sident biden has described his talks in san francisco with the chinese leader, xijinping, as their most constructive and productive discussions yet. mr biden said they agreed to resume high level military—to—military communications and he said clear and direct contact was necessary to avoid accidents or misunderstandings. earlier, mr xi described china's relationship with the us as the most important in the world. president biden made his comments at a news conference that mr xi didn't attend. i welcome the positive . steps we've taken today, and it's important for the world to see - that we're implementing the approach _ in the best traditions i of american diplomacy. we're talking - to our competitors and the key... and just talking, just - being blunt with one another, so there's no misunderstanding, |as a key element to maintainingj global stability and delivering for the american people. - and in the months ahead, we're going to continue to preserve i and pursue high level diploma

hello, i'm sally bundock, with the top business stories, and we start with the turmoil at the top atnai. most of its staff are now calling on the board of the artificial intelligence company to resign, after the shock dismissal of former boss sam altman. in a letter, almost all of the company's 770 employees have reportedly questioned the board's competence, and accuse it of undermining the firm's work. the signatories also demand mr altman's reinstatement. his dismissal on friday kicked off a rocky few days for the firm. our north america business correspondent erin delmore has the latest. what began as the firing of openai as ceo and co—founder sam altman on friday is now a stand—off between hundreds of openai employees and the company's board. nearly all of openai's workers are threatening to quit if the ball doesn't resign and reinstate the former leadership. board members fired altman on friday, saying in a statement that he was not consistently candid in his communications with them. the company also announced that greg brockman the president and co—founder of openai would be s

i'm sally bundock here with your top business stories. and we start with oil and the biggest player in the world — the saudi state—owned oil company aramco. it is poised to announce its earnings for the third quarter, and is expected to show that profits have been boosted by the recent rise in oil prices. this is what shareholders want to hear especially after aramco�*s profits fell by almost 40% in the last quarter. here's our middle east business correspondent sameer hashmi. aramco is also to announce its earnings, and according to analyst, they should clock somewhere between 30 and $32 billion of profit during the july to september period. if the results are in line with what analysts are expecting, that would be a drop of around 25% if not more compared to the same period last year. it is important to note that the oil prices are in a very different place than what they were last year. last year they were about 110 to $120 a barrel because of the russian ukrainian war which led to oil prices touching a record high, and that benefited

hello, i'm sally bundock with the top business stories and we start in argentina where as you've been hearing the far right libertarian javier milei has won the presidential run—off, according to provisional results. milei is calling for radical change in argentina to kick start its economy. his proposals include abolishing the central bank and possibly adopting the us dollar as the country's official currency. 56% of voters seem keen to try something new in a country where inflation is running at over 1a0% and two in five people live in poverty. but many economists are concerned about mr milei's victory. lets get the view of andres abadia, chief latin america economist at pantheon macroeconomics. good morning. a lot has been said about his radical ideas, his promises and he is saying he will bring them into being very swiftly. give us your take on this result. a new chapter in the argentinian economy. he is in the argentinian economy. he: is trying to in the argentinian economy. he is trying to implement new measures. we don't really know what will happen from now on. the reality is

hello, i'm sally bundock. we begin in the middle east, where israel is saying hamas has lost control of northern gaza. a military spokesperson said people were fleeing because hamas has lost control of the north. our middle east editor jeremy bowen, has been with the israeli defence forces, inside the territory. while the bbc retained editorial control of the report, the sections featuring the israeli military have been cleared by the idf. they know they cannot win a pitched battle so they are using hit—and—run tactics. that will intensify as israel tanks and troops moved deeper into gaza city. after an israeli strike that were digging for survivors. the town is in an area israel has told palestinians to go to stay safe but no—one is safe. israel says this is self defence, palestinians call it genocide. this man had 27 members of his family inside the house when it was head. , , family inside the house when it was head-— was head. this is the river of israel, kids _ was head. this is the river of israel, kids

hello, i'm sally bundock with the top business stories, and we begin with the upcoming face to face meetingen us presidentjoe biden and china's president xi jinping. the two leaders are meeting on wednesday on the side lines of the asia—pacific economic cooperation summit in san francisco and the world will be watching to see if they can soothe their fraught economic and diplomatic relationship. in their first face—to—face talks in more than a year, they are expected to discuss the ongoing trade row between the two countries, as well as washington's measures to restrict beijing's access to advanced computer chips, citing people familiar with the matter. let's discuss this with brian coulton — chief economist at fitch ratings. good morning. we will talk about the cletus meeting on wednesday but today finance leaders are gathered. what is expected from them? i leaders are gathered. what is expected from them?- expected from them? i think there will — expected from them? i think there will be _ expected from them? i think there will be a _ expected from them? i think there will be a lot _ expe

hello, i'm sally bundock. here with all your latest business news.start here in the uk where world leaders and artificial intelligence experts are gathering for the first ever global ai safety summit. set to look at the risks of the fast growing technology and also consider how to regulate it. us vice president kamala harris and european commission president ursula von der leyen are among those attending, along with at least two of the so—called godfathers of ai and elon musk. yes, he is coming as well. it's being hosted at the historic bletchley park as zoe kleinman reports. the secret work carried out at bletchley park once help the allies win world war ii. today the uk government will host a global summit to address a new kind of threat posed this time both superfast and supersmart computers. we both superfast and supersmart computers-_ computers. we can set up processes — computers. we can set up processes to _ computers. we can set up processes to really - computers. we can set up processes to really delve l computers. we can set up i processes

i'm sally bundock, with the top business stories, and the headlines will be dominated today by the announcementsoming from the uk government on its tax and spending plans for the year ahead. the autumn statement is one of two big fiscal events each year, and this time, the chancellor is under pressure from his party to cut taxes. just this week, the prime minister rishi sunak suggested "the time had come" to cut tax. economists expect a focus on business taxes as cutting them is seen as key to helping the economy to grow, and late yesterday, the chancellor announced the minimum wage is to go up by more than a pound, to £11.44 per hour, from april next year. and jeremy hunt decided the rate would also apply to 21— and 22—year—olds for the first time. here's our econmics corrrespondent, andy verity. ona cold, on a cold, damp day at the south london market, ask what they want the government to do something about and you will hear two big concerns that haven't gone away. energy and food. , ., , ., , food. used to get six or seven oran . es food. used to get six or seven oranges for — food. used to g

i'm sally bundock.o let's now get down to business and it is the eve of cop 28 in dubai, where world leaders, government representatives and delegates will discuss ways to tackle climate change. this year, health will be at the heart of the summit with the first ever official health program. from the lab to the patient, the healthcare industry is responsible for twice the carbon emissions of the aviation sector. now rival ceos from seven of the biggest pharmaceutical companies, alongside the world health organization are set to decarbonise the sector and make healthcare more sustainable. i spoke to pascal soriot, the ceo of astrazeneca and is heading up the task force and paul hudson, the ceo of sanofi. i began by asking pascal what has already been achieved. each company card to reduce carbon emissions. as a company astrazeneca over the next few years we reduce carbon emissions by 60% even though the size of the company almost doubled. at the top 28 we are planning to announce a joint effort to source

mr barroso's been speaking to the bbc�*s sally bundock.nerable to hacking attacks and cyber espionage. as you see the world is becoming more polarised, there is the possibility of having more massive attacks on cyber security, not only from a geopolitical point of view but geo economic, we are also seeing the repatriation or the regionalisation of supply chains, so the competition in economic terms is increasing and making it more instinct for economic espionage.— and making it more instinct for economic espionage. does does the current _ economic espionage. does does the current conflict _ economic espionage. does does the current conflict between - the current conflict between israel and hamas present a new risk when it comes to cyber security?— risk when it comes to cyber securi ? ~ ., , , ., security? we have seen before this more _ security? we have seen before this more recent _ security? we have seen before this more recent conflict - security? we have seen before this more recent conflict we i this more recent conflict we have been

and my colleague sally bundock spoke to helen clark, the former prime minister of new zealand, who also served as the administrator of the un development programme from 2009 to 2017. she is also a member of the elders, an international non—governmental organisation of public figures who are calling for a shift in policy from us presidentjoe biden. the elders were started with nelson mandela as patron, kofi annan has chaired it, until his untimely death, and now it is the former president of ireland mary robinson. and mary robinson and ban ki—moon, former un secretary—general, both actually visited israel palestine backin actually visited israel palestine back in may this year and came away extremely worried about what they saw. and it was really with a sense of dread that the elders saw these events unfold. so, we did in the past of weeks right to president biden, we said that it needed him to step up now to rally forces for peace. there needs to be a clear plan for peace. now, clearly the longer you can keep a cessation of hostilities and a truce going, the more chance you have of buil