whatever they can, because, you know, like, state of war, so they can kill anyone easily. israeli activists helping the village say the army supports the settlers in the area. they show us how roads have been blocked for some palestinians. the military didn't respond to our questions about the attacks in al tuwani. israel's prime minister has said anyone taking the law into their own hands will be held to account. we arrive in the city of hebron where extensive curfews have been in place. jewish settlers live in the heart of the city and the army has enforced strict lockdowns on many palestinians. the abu markhiya children haven't been to school for six weeks. a family on the front line in a city of closures, who i saw last year amid rising settler violence. now they fear a backlash

after the massacres by hamas. translation: from october 7th until now we've had no life. - there has been a continuous curfew. it is a bad situation. we are living in a prison. a soldier forces a resident back into his home. "i'm telling you one last time, get inside," he says. the israeli army says the closures are due to increased security concerns amid deadly palestinian gun attacks on israelis in the west bank. but many more palestinians have been killed. hafez takes me to the spot where his friend was shot and critically wounded by an armed settler. the current war revives an old goal by the extremists, he says, to drive them off the land. tom bateman, bbc news, al tuwani in the occupied west bank. you may be surprised to learn that more than 170,000 russians are still living in ukraine, almost two years after their country

launched its full—scale invasion. the figures come from the state migration service. some are even fighting in ukraine's army. but their situation is complicated. they say they can't access basic services without a ukrainian passport. to get that, they have to travel to russia to surrender their citizenship. 0ur ukraine correspondent james waterhouse reports. three women in wartime ukraine. bound by their love for the country, trapped by their links to russia. galina was born here in central ukraine, but raised in russia and has a russian passport. her pregnancy is spent stitching t—shirts for the wounded. she speaks ukrainian, sees herself as ukrainian. the state considers her to be a russian.

translation: when you go to a city with your documents they look at. you like you're something strange. changing a passport was difficult even before the war. now it's just impossible. galina needs a ukrainian passport to apply for work, to access free health care and prevent her bank account from being blocked. to get it, she says she needs to go to russia to surrender her citizenship, but fears she won't make it back. galina's connection with ukraine is intertwined — a bond with maksym, a ukrainian soldier. they were married in church, but the state won't recognise it because she doesn't have settled status. this is sergey and alina, another russian—ukrainian union, though theirs was cut short. alina is fighting for her country. sergey, a russian,

was fighting against his. after years of trying and failing to get ukrainian citizenship, he died in combat without it. translation: i think this fight is not over. | ukraine as a state must pay its debt to the one who defended it. i see this as the ultimate injustice to our defenders. officials in ukraine told us this is due process and it won't be made easierfor russians. it has been made simpler, they say, for people who've been fighting. like anastasia, a russian combat medic for ukraine. as soon as i came here for my first day, i'm dreaming to have a passport, ukrainian passport. this is what i'm fighting for, not only forfreedom, but for my passport. nobody was asking me my

passport and my nationality when i was working. for sure, my colleagues, they know. whereas galina remains in a vulnerable limbo. she gets a brief moment to call her husband, who's fighting on the front. if something happened to your husband, what would that mean for your family, given your situation? translation: i'm afraid to even think about it. i it's very scary. it's very hard. james waterhouse, bbc news, central ukraine. three boats overladen with more than 500 rohingya refugees have been allowed to land in indonesia's aceh province. one of the vessels had tried to come ashore in aceh before, but had been pushed back out to sea. more than 200 people

were on board that boat, including 60 children. indonesia is not a signatory to the un's refugee convention. the supreme court in bangladesh has upheld a ban on the country's largest islamic party, the jamaat—e—islami, from taking part in elections. jamaat e—islami are a key partner to the opposition bangladesh nationalist party, who have threatened to boycott the country's upcoming elections in the new year if prime minister sheikh hasina does not transfer power to a non—partisan caretaker government to oversee the period. earlier today, the british prime minister, rishi sunak, opened a global food security summit in london. the conference is a joint initiative between britain, somalia and the uae, as well as organisations such as the bill and melinda gates foundation. representatives from more than 20 countries are attending. as the summit began, the un urged donors to urgently increase their aid and invest in long—term solutions to tackle what it called the root causes of hunger. here is the prime minister opening that summit, where he announced a new virtual hub

to link british scientists with global research into climate—resilient crops. as a country that, over the last few years, led the development of the world's first and second malaria vaccines, we're also driving scientific advances in food security, which benefit millions globally, as well as supporting our brilliant farmers here at home. we've already helped develop crops that are drought resistant and even richer in vitamins, now feeding 100 million people across africa. and we're going further launching a new uk cgiar science centre to drive cutting edge research on flood tolerant rice, disease resistant wheat and much more. these innovations will reach millions across the poorest countries, as well as improving uk crop yields and driving down food prices. many of us are familiar with giving blood, but what about donating your plasma? it's something that medical

professionals are urging people to do to help treat those with weakened immune systems, cancers and other diseases. giles latcham's been to meet a woman who's benefited enormously from donations. fit and well, back running her own business. emma from lichfield is pretty special. last summer she was paralysed by guillain—barre syndrome, a rare nerve disorder. and when she woke from an induced coma, the doctors had awful news. they said, "it's really unlikely that you're going to walk again because your nerves in your bottom half of your body aren't responding." i was absolutely devastated, but i thought, "i am — i am going to walk again. you're w rong " two, one. whee, well done. ha—ha! she was right — thanks to months of physiotherapy and her natural determination, she's regained full movement. but thanks mainly to a daily transfusion of plasma — a component of blood containing 700 proteins. without the plasma, i think i wouldn't be in the position that i am today.

i wouldn't have made the recovery that i have. and i'm just so grateful for that treatment, because without that, i think i'd still be in hospital and potentially still paralysed. currently in the west midlands, about 2,000 people donate plasma every year. the ambition is to attract another 2,600 donors — and with the plasma they donate, 100 lives could be saved or improved every year. plasma is incredibly valuable. it is liquid gold. it can be used to treat over 50 diseases, and you have the potential to change someone's life, to save lives. it takes about an hour, you can give every fortnight. some have switched from giving blood. some have particular reasons. i'm a nurse at birmingham children's hospital, - and some of my patients need plasma donations. | and i thought, since i live i so close to a plasma centre, it's worth coming to donate as often as i can _ emma can barely believe

what she went through, describing it as a bad dream, but it's one that plasma — and those that donated it — helped her wake from. giles latcham, bbc news, birmingham. now it's time for a look at the weather. hello. good afternoon. it's a rather messy picture weather—wise for the rest of today. there's been plenty of cloud around, but also some sunshine, best across the midlands, east anglia and towards the east of wales. here's herefordshire. this is where we're likely to continue to see those brighter skies this afternoon. but stormy seas earlier on across the south coast of england. some heavy rain, some strong, gusty winds, but that little feature, that front is pushing away, so it should dry out and brighten up, but a couple of fronts just sinking southwards. again, lots of cloud and rain. still brisk winds out towards the west, northern ireland, western scotland, down through western wales and the south—west of england too. a brisk north—westerly blowing. some showers at times. the best of the breaks in the cloud to the south and the east of high ground.

some sunny spells for northern ireland, some more rain for eastern scotland. it's cooler than it was yesterday, highs of ten to 12 degrees celsius, but maybe 1a towards the south coast of england. 0vernight tonight, a few changes. we will see high pressure build into northern ireland and scotland. clear skies here and temperatures in the sheltered glens in particular are likely to drop low enough to get a bit of frost and some mist and fog into tomorrow morning, perhaps minus two, minus three degrees and a few spots. cloudier and milderfor england and wales, with a few showers around first thing. here's our area of high pressure. it's extending in from the west across much of the uk tomorrow, so it will be an improving picture. lots of sunshine across scotland, northern ireland with the mist and fog lifting and clearing. the early showers clearing away from east anglia, kent and across pembrokeshire and down towards the south—west of england. we'll see some sunny spells develop here. but quite a cool northerly wind blowing and eventually some outbreaks of rain moving into the highlands. temperatures a little lower at seven to 12 degrees celsius. as we head through into wednesday,

there's a warm frontjust dragging that rain in across scotland. it will be followed by a cold front on thursday. but for wednesday, heavy rain across western scotland, gales too, with a brisk westerly wind blowing across much of england and wales, though it does look dry with some spells of sunshine and the air will still be mild for the time of year. but then we're going to see cooler feeling conditions come behind this cold front. this area of rain sinking southwards on thursday. some of these showers across the higher ground of scotland in particular are likely to be wintry in nature. bye— bye.

hello and welcome to bbc news, i'm gareth barlow. you're joining us for live coverage of the covid inquiry here in london. the inquiry is taking witness evidence until christmas, before moving to scotland, wales and northern ireland. today, sir patrick vallance, the chief scientific adviser during the pandemic, has been giving evidence this morning.

the inquiry is currently focusing on key decision—making between 2020 and february 2022, when the final restrictions in england were lifted. extracts from sir patrick's diary during his time in office have already been the subject of much of the inquiry�*s examination. one entry recorded that then—prime minister borisjohnson had referred to the treasury as the "pro—death squad" when he wanted the ministry to back him in arguing for a path to eased restrictions. sir patrick's evidence will be followed by england's chief medical officer, professor sir chris whitty, and his former deputy, sirjonathan van—tam, will also speak to the enquiry later this week. live now to our corrrespondent ellie price for more on the inquiry. just bring us up to speed with what was discussed this morning. we knew those diary entries _ was discussed this morning. we knew those diary entries that _ was discussed this morning. we knew those diary entries that sir— was discussed this morning. we knew those diary entries that sir patrick - those diary entries that sir patrick vallance made would be part of it, they have been over the last few weeks and they were today. one entry was put to him that he said boris

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