outrage from health experts. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it is arunoday mukharji. is arunoday mukhar'i. welcome to the programme. _ is arunoday mukharji. welcome to the programme. if— is arunoday mukharji. welcome to the programme. if you're - to the programme. if you're justjoining in here is a quick overview of all the latest development taking place in the last few hours in the israel gaza conflict. the ceasefire has been extended for another two days and gaza hours before the four day truce was due to expire. the extended truth aims to allow more humanitarian aid to allow more humanitarian aid to enter the territory and more israeli hostages and palestinian detainees to be released. another 11 ismaily hostages including the old twins were freed by hamas on monday, according to israel, bringing the total released hostages to more than 50. while john kirby says that hamas has

committed to releasing another 20 women and children over the next two days. in exchange, 33 palestinians are to be freed by israel and just two hours ago we have also seen the first pictures from the west bank where the bus carrying those detainees released by israel arrived there. memo, on the humanitarian aid front that is flowing into gaza as a result of that temporary truce, further truckloads of supplies entered the gaza strip on monday with food, fuel and medicines being distributed by aid organisations. he is more from the bbc, on all the days development. inseparable — and coming home tonight. emma and yuli, twin girls just three years old, released with their mother sharon. their father is still

being held in gaza. they'll be picked up by military helicopter. like these boys, freed last night. the government here has been sharing footage of every release. israelis very invested in this and the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, needs a victory — even a partial one. already savouring her freedom, margalit moses, who is 78. she tells hospital staff in tel aviv they are amazing. so is she. freed from gaza on friday after almost 50 days in captivity. already a survivor of cancer, and now of hamas. some homecomings are overshadowed by sorrow. hila has been reunited with her uncle, yair rotem. but her mother,

raya, yair�*s sister, was not freed by hamas, though israel says mothers and children were supposed to be released together. yair says his niece is still finding her voice. well, hila is whispering because she says that the terrorists that held them told them to keep it low all the time, especially at night — they didn't allow them to talk a lot at night. and in the day they were always making them quiet, told them to keep it quiet. so she got used to whispering. now her voice is very low. hila turned 13 today, with balloons and a cake at the hospital. but without her mother. applause herfamily say she's doing well, on the surface at least. she's not afraid to go to sleep. she is eating. she's not afraid to turn off the light.

i think she's doing pretty well here. again, i still don't know how deep the scar in her heart is. i think we will find out later. israel's prime minister was grim—faced today, touring bullet—riddled homes where hamas went on a killing spree on october the 7th. he insists israel will eliminate this enemy. for now, it's had to do a deal with hamas to get some of its hostages back. 0rla guerin, bbc news, tel aviv. i have also been speaking to ian bremerfounder of i have also been speaking to ian bremer founder of your racial group and he told me whether he thinks the two days of the truce will hold an event could ultimately lead to a complete ceasefire. it will hold as long as hostages continue to be released expeditiously. so, i mean, a few more days is great news but no—one believes that this is

going to morph into a ceasefire. the hope — and this is certainly true for both the inaudible and the americans talking to israel right now, is that you will continue to see the humanitarian aid getting through. humanitarian aid getting throu~h. ., humanitarian aid getting through-— humanitarian aid getting throu~h. ., ., :: :: through. right now over 200 trucks a day. _ through. right now over 200 trucks a day, compared - through. right now over 200 trucks a day, compared to i trucks a day, compared to nothing at the beginning of this war, are getting in to gaza and there is an expectation that the israelis have talked about this privately, that those trucks will still go through even once the fighting begins once again. ian, could we see further extensions like we have seen or does it really get harder from this point onwards in terms of negotiations for more hostages? no, we can still see — there are still women and children, in fact, being held by hamas right now in gaza. there are also meant that our civilians they clearly are not fighting

age and are not credibly part of the israel defence forces. those can be released as well. but is going to get harder over time, certainly i have a hard time, certainly i have a hard time imagining we will see a ceasefire extended for more than a week, 1.5 weeks, and at that point israel still has plenty of targets of hamas military command and control structure, tunnels and of course most importantly, for them, operatives and leaders that they intend to fight. that is both true in the north of gaza and gaza city. it is also true in parts of the sale. we are not, sadly, we are not close to the end of this war. nobody believes that we are. in fact, ian, iwas nobody believes that we are. in fact, ian, i was listening to a video you posted online a short while back in which you said that israel has probably lost some degree of support from the united states. if we were to zoom out and look at the larger picture, why do you say that? what is the reasoning behind israel feeling like it has lost

more support from the us? one, ou see more support from the us? one, you see it — more support from the us? one, you see it has — more support from the us? one, you see it has become _ more support from the us? one, you see it has become more - more support from the us? one, you see it has become more of. more support from the us? one, you see it has become more of a| you see it has become more of a partisan and polarising issue in the united states, especially in the democratic party. there a of palestinian sympathisers in the us. you would not have said that 10—20 years ago. generation z strongly that can. biden is filling that pressure and it is hurting his ratings as we enter into an election season. but also you have the fact that the israelis have killed an awful lot of civilians in the north and part of that is the brutality and the lack of pinpoint strikes in the air war. the ground war has been easierfor them war. the ground war has been easier for them actually, to find and root out palestinians involved directly in hamas. civilians though in the air war a much bigger challenge. those numbers of course are all beings in the united states, just as they are in europe and as a consequence there is a lot

more domestic opposition. not just with people who are on the far—left in the house but even people like chris murphy in connecticut, a moderate if there ever was one, saying publicly, well maybe we could condition some of the american aid to israel on the basis of how they fight the war and ensuring that humanitarian aid continues to get in. you never would have heard that kind of statement at the beginning of the war. . . , statement at the beginning of the war. . ., , ., �* the war. that was ian bremer speaking _ the war. that was ian bremer speaking to — the war. that was ian bremer speaking to me _ the war. that was ian bremer speaking to me a _ the war. that was ian bremer speaking to me a short - the war. that was ian bremer speaking to me a short while| speaking to me a short while back and as we have mentioned the four days of precepting truckloads of aid and fuel into gaza as part of that agreement between israel and hamas. residents of areas bombarded... are using the spores and fighting to go back to their homes or what is left of them as new media images of the destruction emerged. 0ur middle east correspondent lucy williamson has sent this report from jerusalem.

sometimes the impact of war hits hardest when the fighting stops, when the drones overhead are filming, not firing. in the al—zahra district of khan younis, residents return to reclaim their homes, clinging to the smallest remnants of their earlier life. islands of normality in a vast, distorted world. in gaza city, the dead have been cut off from the living by weeks of fighting. among them, ali mahdi's father and nephew. he returned to find them lying dead in front of their house. translation: lily father and my nephew were martyred 1a days ago. when the truce came i was able move my father's body and bury him at my house. the truce, his first chance to return and bury them. translation: what did we do? we are neither hamas nor fatah and we have never held a weapon in our lives. food and fuel are being trucked into gaza during the pause in fighting, but even

in the southern city of khan younis many people are struggling to find enough to eat. translation: the situation | in khan younis is catastrophic, as you can see. the people are waiting in lines for three days to get a packet of flour. this was gaza before it became a battlefield, its buildings and its population densely packed. "a shield for hamas," israel said. no match for modern weapons. in areas like beit hanoun, few buildings have been spared. this brief window onto gaza's new landscape may be closing soon. the present hard to look at. the future hard to see. lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. for more analysis on this, i'm joined by a senior lecturer at the university of sydney. thanks for your time here on bbc news on newsday. while we

have been reporting extensively on the latest announcement that came in about the extension of the temporary truce, your reaction was largely unexpected lines given all the expectations on the run up to its. i expectations on the run up to its. ~ ., �* expectations on the run up to its. ~ . �* ., , its. i think ian bremer was riaht in its. i think ian bremer was right in a _ its. i think ian bremer was right in a way _ its. i think ian bremer was right in a way - _ its. i think ian bremer was right in a way - all- its. i think ian bremer was | right in a way - all different right in a way — all different sides including israel, hamas and international community are all in favour of an extension. swaps, more swap. the only ones who may be against it are very tiny sliver at the kind of far end of the israeli public, but most israeli public is certainly supportive. in terms of longer term, certainly supportive. in terms of longerterm, i certainly supportive. in terms of longer term, i agree there are different categories of israeli hostages. there are many, quite many more civilians that are held by hamas that may be able to be included in

future swaps past the two days extension. than we have a lot of soldiers that will make everything more difficult but at the end of the day, whatever how long any future swaps take, israel still intends to try to destroy hamas which is in my opinion a very difficult undertaking and will certainly cause a lot more killing, especially if the campaign moves to south gaza where there is close to 2 million people and a lot less space. very grim outlook for the future. but you say it is a difficult prospect but prime minister benjamin netanyahu has made it very clear that the war will not and they will go until they have completely dismantled all hamas infrastructure. what really are you seeing in the weeks and months ahead, in terms of whether war is heading? i think the only two main actors that can play a significant role in

changing this grim outlook are one, the americans, who have besides military aid they have various kind of leverages on israel. so a lot will depend on how far the americans would be interested and willing to push israel. the second one of course is the israeli public. the polarising international debate, where a lot of the pro— palestinian sides have been refusing to condemn hamas have kind of pushed the israeli public to a sense of victimhood where the whole world is against us, so what is the point of listening to the whole world? inadvertently in that undermined may be prospect for greater leniency but the israeli public at this time is still thinking of the way of thinking is that there is no way for hamas to be next door to the south of israel, so whoever and whatever solution will be found has to be some

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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 multibillion—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. if any person of the cop tried to bring a particular inquiry, 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. we will have more analysis on cop28 and the reaction to the investigation ahead coming up investigation ahead coming up in about 15 minutes from now, so stay tuned for that as well. switching focus to the other big headline now. almost two million people in russia and ukraine have been left without power after hurricane winds, snowfall and heavy rain cut electricity lines and caused widespread flooding. more than 1000 towns and villages in ukraine have been left in the dark. in a creamy city, around 500 marine animals were killed when the aquarium was flooded. from kyiv, james waterhouse sent this report. nature doesn't discriminate. in war or peace time,

it knocks when it wants. in occupied crimea, russian emergency crews rescue people on ukrainian soil after a river burst its banks. southern ukraine felt the brunt of this storm. it meant in the 0dessa region, no one was going anywhere without help. instead of russian bombs, people here faced a different enemy, punishing winds, which damaged homes and left many without power in the biting cold. translation: it is undoubtedly a catastrophe on a huge scale, l not only for the city, it's a statewide disaster. amid the misery, hope. baby victoria was born at her mother's home. the hospital was out of reach, so they took refuge at a fire station. for the southern

russian city of sochi, the storm meant this. the black sea pounded hundreds of miles of coastline. the weather for ukraine's capital is more bittersweet. high winds mean drone attacks are less likely. relative calm after a weekend where russia launched 75 of them at kyiv. translation: just our weather. what's more important is keeping the boys warm in the trenches. we will survive it here. i start crying when i think about soldiers. it's hard to imagine what it feels like there. it's painful to think about it. for all of the struggles caused by this storm, they're most acutely being felt by the soldiers fighting in the endless trenches and tree lines. it's been a devastation for the region, which for once hasn't been caused by russia's invasion. james waterhouse, bbc news, kyiv.

new zealand's new government says it plans to scrap the country's ban on smoking. it has made a surprise announcement. the legislation, introduced under the previous government, would have banned cigarette sales next year to anyone born after 2008. from july, it would have severely restricted were cigarettes could be sold. health organisations say they are shock and appalled by the decision. tulip mazumdar reports. 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. before we go, take a look at this. this is a rare rhino, born over the weekend on an indonesian island. it is important because there are fewer than 50 of these left in the wild. this calf was yet to be named ways an impressive £55 and was born on a rhino sanctuary on the island. the second this year as they battle to try to save the species. we will end on the reassuring

note. you can read more about that on the bbc news website. that's all for now — 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? 0bviously 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 north—east 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 south—west 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.

world leaders gather in dubai this week to find ways to curb carbon emissions but a bbc investigation finds fossil fuel deals were on the uae�*s agenda. as climate change disrupts food production will that be enough food to feed a growing global population? hello and welcome to asia business report i am arunoday mukharji. 0ur to asia business report i am arunoday mukharji. our top story is on climate change as the un climate talks or cop 28 gets under way in the united

arab emirates this week. a joint investigation for the centre for climate reporting and the bbc has found that the uae had found to use the opportunity to discuss fossil fuel deals with 15 nations. fossil fuels like coal, oil and gas are the biggest contributors to carbon emissions, leading to rising global temperatures. cop 28 organisers said the report is inaccurate and the uae sub said private meetings are private. i have seen speaking to a climate... and he gave me his reaction to the possible discussions of fossil fuel deals at cop 28, eight event that aims to lessen the worst impact of climate change. first reaction, everybody _ impact of climate change. f “st reaction, everybody needs to be at the table on this and this is a complex issue and we cannot avoid heavy fossil fuel companies engaging in this discussion to have a systemic economy wide response. scrutiny

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