# god knows what is hiding in this world of little consequence. # behind the tears, inside the lies. # a thousand slowly dying sunsets. # god knows what is hiding in those weak and drunken hearts. # i guess the loneliness came knocking. # no one needs to be alone, oh save me # people, help the people # and if you're homesick, give me your hand and i'll hold it # people, help the people # nothing will drag you down... earlier i spoke to the manager of charlie's bar, una burns.

i began by asking her to tell us a bit about the history of the bar. it was established in 191m by my grandad and granny. my dad took it on then from there, and it's now — i'm the third generation. so what sparked the idea? i just thought about christmas and charlie's, and unfortunately for me, there is that undertone of loneliness and isolation, within that, and i suppose we see that more than most on christmas day whenever you see people leaving their empty homes to come into charlie's. i wanted to get that message across, but also get the message across that the true essence of charlie's, which is everyone feels welcome. and if you do feel lonely, you will 100% find company in here. and a good pint of guinness. in the film, you see this young couple rushing past him and someone else on the phone and this idea that people are kind of ignored. a lot of people can see

themselves in the elderly man and they themselves may not be of that age bracket. but i think we've all been through grief and everyone can resonate with somebody in that video. and are more people coming through the pub doors since you put it up? yeah, even on saturday morning, i was working from 11 and we had a couple through the doors and the first thing they said to me is, "we saw your tiktok advert. "that's why we're here. have you seen the amount of likes it's got?" and i said, "well, no, i'm behind the bar at the minute". and they were showing me and i heard today apparently people are now visiting the door of where the elderly man leaves, apparently they're photos at the door. so it's just spiralled. thank you very much indeed, una burns. thank you. that's all from us tonight. i'll be back tomorrow. goodbye.

making music from around the world 24 making music from around the world 2a hours a day. this is bbc news. this was a press conference by ayman nofal, a senior commander in the military wing of hamas, here boasting in 2021 that israel's border defences wouldn't protect it. the videos posted of the september drill, codenamed strong pillar 4, even made the news and a discussion programme on israel's kan 11 television station. the presenter here announcing that hamas had simulated an attack on israel. so, with all of this happening in plain sight, how was it that israeli soldiers on the ground were ta ken by surprise? there's clear evidence for a strategic intelligence failure. you have the data in front of you but you're not

doing anything with it. you are feeling safe behind a fence where you spend billions of dollars on it. you think the technology you have invested in will keep you safe. we asked israel's defence forces for their response. they said... they are, though, questions that will haunt israel for years to come. could the attack have been anticipated, potentially saving 1,200 israeli lives, and a war now which has already, according to gaza's health authority, killed more than 14,000 palestinians. with just days to go before the un's climate change summit gets under way in dubai, the president of cop28 is facing calls to resign after leaked docments seen by the bbc appeared to show that the united arab emirates has been using its role as host as an opportunity to strike oil and gas deals. greenpeace said the allegations, if true, were a "scandal". ?tonight

the un secretary—general, antonio guterres, expressed astonishment at the bbc�*s findings. 7 ?our climate editorjustin rowlatt has this report.. and now more than ever, we need to unite on climate. the man in charge of the latest round of un climate talks has bold ambitions for cutting carbon. the united arab emirates government appointed dr sultan al—jaber to head up its cop28 team, but he is also the head of adnoc, the uae�*s huge state oil and gas company, and its renewable energy business masdar. leaked documents obtained by the bbc and the centre for climate reporting show in meetings with at least 27 foreign governments, arranged as part of the climate process, drjaber was briefed to discuss business deals for these state firms. they suggest telling china that the uae�*s oil company is "willing to jointly evaluate liquefied natural gas "opportunities in mozambique,

canada and australia." and the brazilian environment minister was to be asked for help with the uae�*s multi—billion dollar bid for a brazilian oil and gas processing company. now, attempting to do business deals, especially oil and gas deals during the cop process, appears to be a serious breach of the standards the un expects of cop presidents. it told the bbc presidents should be impartial and act without bias or self—interest. professor michaeljacobs is an expert on un climate politics. this looks breathtakingly hypocritical, but i actually think it's worse than that, because the uae at the moment is the custodian of a united nations process, aimed at reducing global emissions. and yet, in the very same meetings, it's actually trying to do side deals which will increase global emissions. we know at least one country followed up a potential fossil fuel

deal raised in a cop meeting, but 12 of the 27 countries say business deals were not discussed. i questioned the uae�*s cop28 team in abu dhabi earlier this month. mr majid, as you know, there is some anxiety about an oil executive being put in charge of a climate conference. what would you say to reassure people of the independence of cop28 from adnoc? our team is fully independent. we are very confident that our team is focused on delivering cop28, is focused on delivering the results that we need to do. the cop28 team did not deny using climate meetings to discuss fossil fuel deals. it told the bbc... this former cop president fears if countries lose trust in the cop28 team, it could stall progress on climate. the president of the cop, . it is the leader of the world,

it is trying to be consensus on behalf of the planet. i if any person of the cop tried to bring a particular inquiry, i it could be one country or one commercial interest, - that immediately could mean a failure of that cop. - these are serious allegations, but ultimately the success of the uae�*s leadership of the climate talks, experts say, will be judged by the results achieved at the summit. justin rowlatt, bbc news. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. bbc news, bringing you different stories from across the uk. at the central methodist hall in coventry, volunteers have come together to put on the £1 panto. it's called cinder baller and is a take on cinderella with a twist. here is she wants to play football rather than go to the ball like. monday in the sky. cindy paula, she is four and she has an evil stepmum and she has dreams

of being a massive football player. and the dream is to show young kids and everyone else that anyone can follow their dreams. gareth southgate and serena wiegman, the national team coaches are in the cast of champions and world cup finalist this. world cup finalist this year. i manage the men's and we've won... it runs from december the fourth to the ninth and details of how to go are on friday social media accounts. you're live with bbc news. new zealand's new government has made a surprise announcement that it is scrapping a plan to phase out smoking. the legislation, introduced under the previous government led byjacinda arden, would have banned anyone born after 2008 from ever purchasing cigarettes. health organisations

say they are shocked and appalled by the decision. more people die from smoking in new zealand than any other preventable cause. the problem is most acute among the country's indigenous maori population. it's why back in 2021, new zealand's then health minister made this bold announcement. we want to make sure young people never start smoking, so we are legislating for a smoke free generation. the legislation was passed last year and was due to come into force later next year. but as the new centre right national party led government were sworn in earlier today, the landmark policy had been scrapped, with ministers insisting cash raised by the duty on tobacco sales should be used to fund tax cuts. as well as banning those born after 2008 from smoking.

the measures also included restricting the number of shops, selling tobacco and reducing the level of nicotine in cigarettes. scientific modelling suggests these interventions could save around 5000 lives each year. i think we all are shocked by this change in policy. we didn't see it coming and this was going to help guide us to smoke free society in the medium term. so all of that now is in tatters. but some business groups will welcome the news. newsagents and corner shops had criticised the loss of revenue and there were concerns that a ban would just lead to a black market for tobacco. here in the uk, plans for a similar smoking ban, which would mean anyone born from 2009 onwards will never be able to legally smoke. are still in play with the government, saying there are no plans to revisit its policy in view of new zealand's decision. tulip mazumdar, bbc news.

i'm joined now by robert beaglehole who's emeritus professor at the university of auckland, and chairperson of ash — action for smokefree 2025. the new zealand government has said it is doing this to fund tax cuts, what do you make of their reasoning? well, that is absolutely shocking. unforgivable. people and i am outraged by that. however, the good news is that new zealand is already on track to achieve our goal by 2025 of an adult smoking rate of less than 5%. we will reach that goal so long as we continue to help people who want to stop to quit, to move to a safer option. figs

who want to stop to quit, to move to a safer option-— a safer option. as one of the key campaigners _ a safer option. as one of the key campaigners for _ a safer option. as one of the key campaigners for this _ a safer option. as one of the key campaigners for this law, - a safer option. as one of the key campaigners for this law, are - a safer option. as one of the key| campaigners for this law, are you going to keep fighting, and do you think there is any chance of this ban being reinstated?— ban being reinstated? well, there are many good — ban being reinstated? well, there are many good things _ ban being reinstated? well, there are many good things about - ban being reinstated? well, there are many good things about the l ban being reinstated? well, there i are many good things about the law. there were, however, three key points that the smoke—free generation, the reduction in sales outlets and that the all of these things had problems, as the prime minister has pointed out, and in some respects, they were not going to work, and in other respects, the smoke—free generation not necessary. new zealand is a world leader in tobacco control, already, in fact, we have a smoke—free generation. less than i% of ia—year—olds smoke. so that part of the legislation was unnecessary and would be problematic.— unnecessary and would be roblematic. , ., ~' problematic. the smoke-free measures... _ problematic. the smoke-free measures... sorry, _ problematic. the smoke-free measures... sorry, go - problematic. the smoke-free| measures... sorry, go ahead. problematic. the smoke-free - measures... sorry, go ahead. the

reduction — measures... sorry, go ahead. the reduction in _ measures... sorry, go ahead. tie: reduction in retail outlets, yes, a very good idea, we need that, but we don't need it to come in overnight. it should perhaps be phased—in and therefore more efficient and less chaotic. , , , chaotic. very briefly, the new prime minister has — chaotic. very briefly, the new prime minister has argued _ chaotic. very briefly, the new prime minister has argued that _ chaotic. very briefly, the new prime minister has argued that a - chaotic. very briefly, the new prime minister has argued that a ban - chaotic. very briefly, the new prime| minister has argued that a ban would have led to a black market for tobacco. it isn't that what happens whenever you have prohibition? how do you respond to that? it’s do you respond to that? it's absolutely _ do you respond to that? it's absolutely true. _ do you respond to that? it�*s absolutely true. we don't know the size of the black market commits a penny about 10% already, losing $200 million to the government every year. it is likely that when we have d nicotine iced cigarettes, some people will stop. they are horrible. they won't smoke them. some i expect will go to the black market and we just don't know that. it's a big risk. i think the prime minister has a point, but we do not need to repeal the legislation, we need to modify it. we repeal the legislation, we need to modi it. ~ ., ., repeal the legislation, we need to modi it. ., ., ., modify it. we have to leave it there. that's _ modify it. we have to leave it there. that's all _ modify it. we have to leave it there. that's all the - modify it. we have to leave it there. that's all the time - modify it. we have to leave it there. that's all the time we |

modify it. we have to leave it - there. that's all the time we have, but thank you very much forjoining us and for sharing your views on that story. that's all for the moment, but for and more news and updates, do stay with bbc news. hello. it's cold out there. it's going to stay cold for the rest of the week into the weekend and probably into next week, too. in fact, there's no sign of any mild weather returning. now, how about tuesday itself? obviously cold, bright, if not sunny for many of us. now, here's the satellite picture. here's all that drizzly, cloudy weather that many of us experienced on monday. it's moving away towards the east and behind it, the skies are clearing. so clear skies through the early hours and into tuesday morning. and it will have been a pretty chilly start to tuesday, with those temperatures around freezing or below in the north and only around three or four degrees across central england and the south, too. but as i say, lots of sunshine around and at the very least, a bright start.

now, these northerly winds are pretty cold. they're also pushing in some wintry showers, particularly to the scottish hills. some of these showers might be clipping the northeast of england. now, let's have a look at the highs, if you can call them that. around four degrees in glasgow, seven in liverpool will match that in norwich and in the southwest there around nine degrees celsius. and then tuesday evening into wednesday, this cold front will be moving southwards across the uk from north to south. so introducing slightly colder air, and also the chance of one or two wintry showers once again. so wednesday, most likely those wintry showers occurring in the north of the country, maybe clipping the northeast, and also some areas a little bit further south. two showers, i think, in the southwest will be mostly of rain. again, a lot of sunshine around on wednesday and it's a cold air, in fact, temperatures really struggling in the north. this is more like january, really. so two degrees in glasgow, around about five or six degrees in the south of the country. and then on thursday, we think this area of low pressure, this weather front, will stayjust to the south of us where it

might graze the very far south of the country. but i think, for most of us, it's a case of dry weather. but of course, it's staying cold. this is what we call the anomaly map. so the blue colour indicates temperatures below average, and then you've got above average values there for portugal and spain, just iberia, really, and maybe parts of the mediterranean. so much of the continent staying cold. here's the outlook for the days ahead and into the weekend. you can see single figure temperatures in some places. really struggling to stay much above freezing so wrap up warmly. bye— bye.

this is bbc news. we'll have all the main stories and headlines for you at the top of the hour, as newsday continues straight after hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. the pause in israel's gaza offensive is still in place, but for how much longer? the netanyahu government, hamas and key third parties like the biden administration seem poised to continue the swap of israelis held hostage in gaza for palestinians imprisoned in israel for a few more days. but then, israel is adamant, the war goes on.

my guest is simcha rothman, an mp from the far—right religious zionism party, part of israel's ruling coalition. does netanyahu have a viable plan for what comes next? simcha rothman injerusalem, welcome to hardtalk. hi. thank you for having me. it's a pleasure to have you on the show, mr rothman. i want to begin with the limited, fragile deal between the israeli government and hamas, which has enabled some israeli hostages held

in gaza to return home.