studio. newsday. hi there, thank you for being with us. we begin in gaza, where fighting is intensifying and communications are down for a third time. our correspondent rushdi abualouf in gaza has told us that tonight's bombardment seems to be the most intense since the beginning of the war, targeting the north—west of the gaza strip, in particular. and in the last few hours, the idf said it has now split gaza into two parts — north and south. it comes as the us secretary of state, antony blinken, has visted iraq and the west bank. and in the last hour, he has landed in turkey's capital, ankara, for a round of talks with leaders in the region. he has said that discussions are ongoing about a "humanitarian pause" in the fighting. mr blinken said the pause would advance several priorities, including getting more aid in to gaza, and getting the hostages out. yogita limaye reports. the bombing of gaza has intensified tonight, communication lines have also been cut off, which means tomorrow will likely begin for many gazans like today did. digging through rubble, looking for families and survivors. this was a crowded refugee camp. it's not one of the areas that israel had asked civilians to leave. hamas says it was an israeli air strike that killed dozens here. israel says it's investigating. "can anyone hear me?" he shouts. "i think there are people trapped here." his wife and daughters were injured, taken to hospital. for weeks, mohammed has taken photographs documenting death and loss in gaza. today, they've become a permanent part of his life. this is his son. "i've lost all my children except one, i've lost my only daughter, i don't know what else to say," he said. israel says it has made advances in gaza, effectively dividing the strip into south and north, but it insists it is doing what it can to minimise civilian casualties. the military claims to have dropped 6 million leaflets and made tens of thousands of phone calls warning people to move to safer areas. but it's not clear where in gaza is safe, and only a tiny number have been allowed to leave the strip. more people being let out has been one item on us secretary of state antony blinken's agenda. today, he stopped in the occupied west bank, meeting palestinian leader mahmoud abbas, who called for an immediate ceasefire. blinken has been pushing for shorter pauses in fighting. everyone would welcome a humanitarian pause. it could advance things we're all trying to accomplish, including getting hostages back, including getting a lot more assistance into gaza, including getting people of gaza. including getting people out of gaza. one of the more than 200 hostages being held is 84—year—old elma. her family found this photo online, where she is seen being taken by hamas. herson, uri ravitz, showed us the medicines his mother needs to take every day to stay in good health. he's hoping someone can take these to her. right now, we are four weeks after that, four weeks and one day, and they're still not here. and they should be here yesterday. not today, yesterday. i'm like in some horror movie that i'm stuck. but, yeah, i still have hope. yogita limaye, bbc news, tel aviv. our diplomatic correspondent paul adams explained more earlier. he's certainly putting in the air miles. he's been to israel, jordan, the west bank, iraq. he's now in turkey. he's talking to everyone, he's going everywhere. what is he achieving? well, the americans say that they're getting a lot more aid now into the southern gaza strip than was the case a week ago. antony blinken says it's still "grossly insufficient", i think that was the term he used. they want to see not the 100 trucks that are going in every day at the moment, but 400 or 500. a lot more. then there are the humanitarian pauses that you've been talking about. that still seems to be stuck, and the problem does seem to be the fate of the hostages. the israelis are saying, no pause until we get more information about the hostages. they want the red cross to go in and meet them and report on their condition. hamas is simply not accepting that. the americans aren't giving up. william burns, the cia director, has arrived in israel tonight, at the start of his own mission. he's well—known and well—regarded in the region. and the fact that you have america's top diplomat and top spy in the region at the same time, and american surveillance drones flying over the gaza strip, tells you just how much attention the americans are now paying to the crisis here — an administration that, until about a month ago, thought that everything here was more or less under control. paul adams reporting. since october the 7th prospects, for a ceasefire in gaza — let alone wider peace in the region — have been frozen. but there are individuals on both sides of the conflict with a commitment to peace that goes beyond this war. this is the story of two such men. our special correspondent fergal keane is injerusalem and has sent this report. frame by frame, one casualty after another... ..the trauma of the war is captured. and it is reverberating outwards. in his london flat, ahmed alnaouq mourns the 21 family members killed in an air strike. nieces, brothers, a sister. father, nephews. the summer video of a vanished family. no—one in the world will understand how i feel, if they do not live or experience what i have experienced. and i really, really, really hope that no—one will ever experience what i'm experiencing. they can see that i'm all the time anxious, restless. i can't sleep at night. in this image, all the children's faces you can see are dead. their uncle ahmed was a man who tried to build bridges. he worked on a website with israeli journalist yuval abraham to bring stories of palestinian life in gaza to israeli readers. then, on the 22nd of october, the air strike. and from that moment, you know, i cried and i spent the entire day trying to write him something. i didn't really know what to say. will you keep trying to build a bridge with him? i think you'll have to ask him. i don't know. i mean, for me, as i said to him, i made a commitment to ahmed and i will not stop. our aim was to prevent these wars from happening, but we have failed. so right now, i don't know how i will convince other palestinians to write for the israelis after the massacres that they have endured, after the loss of lives and houses. despite everything that has happened to you, do you still believe in the possibility of a peaceful future? i will keep on writing. i will keep on campaigning for peace for the rest of my life. i will never call for wars. we deserve to live. we deserve to live a decent, human life. tonight in gaza, the war speaks. for now, louder than hope. explosions rumble fergal keane, bbc news, jerusalem. let's take a look at some of the stories in the headlines in the uk. the in—laws of scottish first minister humza yousaf have arrived back in scotland, after being trapped in gaza for more than three weeks. mr yousaf confirmed the news on social media and posted a photo of the reunion. elizabeth el—nakla and her husband managed to cross into egypt via the rafah crossing on friday. about 100 young people clashed with riot police in edinburgh, with fireworks and petrol bombs being thrown directly at officers. video footage from the niddrie area showed officers in riot gear standing in a line, while youths threw explosives at their feet. the deputy prime minister, 0liver dowden, has denied the conservative party covered up rape allegations against an mp. a report in the mail on sunday says a former party chairman, sirjake berry, raised concerns with the police because he felt the claims hadn't been properly dealt with. mr dowden told the sunday with laura kuenssberg programme that all allegations were taken exceptionally seriously. a council leader and nine other councillors have resigned from the labour party over the leadership�*s position on gaza. burnley council leader afrasiab anwar had previously called for sir keir starmer to resign over his position. instead, he has quit the party, along with colleagues. a number of labour mps — including shadow ministers — have called for a ceasefire. but sir keir starmer has rejected the calls. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. bbc news, bringing you different stories from across the uk. - this is dawn, named to mark a new era of uk technology. it's the country's fastest ai supercomputer and it's housed in a high—security data centre at the university of cambridge. you can barely hear 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leader to visit china in seven years. beijing and canberra have clashed over a number of issues in recent years, including the origin of covid—19, a trade dispute and china's growing military assertiveness in the indo—pacific region. live now to canberra and speak to benjamin herscovitch, who is a research fellow at the australian national university. thank you so much forjoining us on the programme. the relationship hasn't been great in recent years. in your view, what has been the main sticking point and what is change now? it sticking point and what is change now? , ., ., , , ., now? it is wonderful to be with you. look, now? it is wonderful to be with you. look. there — now? it is wonderful to be with you. look, there are _ now? it is wonderful to be with you. look, there are so _ now? it is wonderful to be with you. look, there are so many _ now? it is wonderful to be with you. look, there are so many sticking - look, there are so many sticking points, beijing and canberra, despite all the smiles right now and despite all the smiles right now and despite the beat photo opportunities in shanghai and beijing are divided on a wide range of fundamental considerations —— upbeat. china is frustrated with stringy �*s plan to acquire nuclear powered submarines, beijing is frustrated with the way stringy has criticised chinese human rights records and there is concern about the way australia has lodged to roll back the presence of chinese companies in the australian business sector, reject some investments, chinese companies out of a stringy�*s critical telecommunications infrastructure. and australia is deeply concerned about china's military modernisation coming at on the world stage and human rights records and the like. so we have these really serious point of disagreement and they are not going anywhere. we are in a phase right now where the relationship is repairing and getting warmer and more positive, we have news of a range of trade restrictions been 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meetings? they will both be looking to get very _ from these meetings? they will both be looking to get very specific - be looking to get very specific things out of these discussions. of course the australian side will be raising all of the australian concerns stringy has about international security, the nature of the us and china relationship, china's human rights relationship and the like, but camera will press beijing human rights concerned —— camera. despite the release of cheng lei, we have an australian writer yang hengjun who has been in detention for many years and other australians being detained for extended periods. and then you have theissue extended periods. and then you have the issue from the australian government of australia wanting china and united states to engage more fulsomely and have more dialogue. and of course, the remaining trade restrictions china has in place. we have a plan for the removal of china's duties on a stringy�*s wine, but australian lobster and beef are still being restricted to the chinese market and canberra want announcements of the removal of those restrictions. there are still specific things canberra will be looking for. from beijing's point of view, two key goals. 0ne point of view, two key goals. one will be having the australian government adopt a more permissive approach to chinese investments. 0ver approach to chinese investments. over the course of this year, we have had two significant chinese or china linked investments rejected in a stringy�*s critical minerals industries. china wants more access to that industry for chinese investment and they will push the australian government to be more open on that front. and of course, beijing wants tojoin open on that front. and of course, beijing wants to join a comprehensive and progressive agreement for trans—pacific partnership. while china's trade restrictions were in place, there was no chance of china getting in from australia wielded veto power over china's future membership, but now trade restrictions are tumbling on the diplomatic relationship is back on track, china will be hoping they can win canberra over to support their bid to enter into the trade agreement.— support their bid to enter into the trade agreement. support their bid to enter into the trade aareement. �* . . ~' , ., trade agreement. ben'amin, thank you so much forjoining — trade agreement. benjamin, thank you so much forjoining us _ trade agreement. benjamin, thank you so much forjoining us and _ trade agreement. benjamin, thank you so much forjoining us and we - trade agreement. benjamin, thank you so much forjoining us and we will- so much forjoining us and we will be watching that very tricky balancing act of the australian prime minister has to plague later today. —— has to play. thousands of people are being forced to spend nights outdoors, after their houses were damaged by a strong earthquake in nepal on friday. 157 people have died and more than 300 were injured in the quake. shreejana shreshta reports from nalgad area, in western nepal. iam in i am in nalgad municipality, you can see a tragic scene behind. 13 people have been cremated together. those 13 people were killed in the 6.4 magnitude earthquake that occurred on friday night. locals told us that all 186 houses have been damaged in the village and the people affected by the earthquake have been eagerly waiting for the relief operation in the area. translation: . ., , the area. translation: , , , the area. translation: , , translation: our clothes, beds and food urains, translation: our clothes, beds and food grains, everything _ translation: our clothes, beds and food grains, everything is _ translation: our clothes, beds and food grains, everything is inside - food grains, everything is inside the rubble, we have not been able to recover them, the rubble, we have not been able to recoverthem, it the rubble, we have not been able to recover them, it is cold outside and the government 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sleep in the barren fields. locals told us that this is the first time | told us that this is the first time they have ever witnessed such a tragic incident in this area. to the war in ukraine now, and ahead of winter, both russia and ukraine are trying to consolidate their recent military advances. ukrainian counteroffensives in the east saw small territorial gains around such cities as robotyne and bahkmut. but there are growing concerns that the war has now reached a stalemate. renewed russian assaults on the town of avdiivka, with increasing use of heavy artillery along the front line is forcing thousands of ukrainians to leave their homes. and it's notjust in the east. our correspondentjenny hill has travelled to the south of ukraine to speak to refugees from kherson, who have been forced out because of heavy russian bombardments. on the shifting tides of a relentless war, fear and loss surge into odesa. this coastal city, a haven for those fleeing the front line. nina survived the second world war. now, at 91, she's a refugee again. "i couldn't sleep in kherson," she tells us. "i couldn't eat. there were explosions. i want to die in peace, not war." alone, among strangers, they wait for help. odesa's aid workers struggling under the load of so many ruined lives. almost everyone who arrives here turns up with little more than the clothes on their back. some have described to us fleeing underfire. they're terrified, they're shocked. and it's here that they have to begin the process of starting a new life. this is what they've left behind. once vibrant communities, ghost towns now. those who've not yet fled under near—constant attack. translation: two months ago, we were getting one or two aerial bombs a day — now it's 40. and shelling by artillery tanks and mortars has doubled. all along the vast front line, bitter and bloody battles — usually, for a few kilometres of territorial gain. ukraine's counteroffensive is making slow progress, and russia is also on the attack. a ukrainian unit sent us their footage as they defend the fiercely contested town of avdiivkja, in the donbas region. russia's suffered reportedly massive casualties, but ukrainian soldiers are dying too. so imagine this family's fear. daria knows her husband was sent to fight in avdiivka. they lost touch with him two weeks ago. she's haunted by the memory of waving him off to war. translation: he got on the bus, and i stood there for a long time crying. the feeling never leaves me that i saw him for the last time. painful to tell, hard to hear. those who recounted their stories ask only this — that the world listens. jenny hill, bbc news, odesa. prince william has arrived here in singapore to announce five winners of his earthshot prize at an awards ceremony. our royal correspondent daniela relph has more. for the arrival of the prince of wales, on came the world's biggest indoor waterfall at this oasis inside singapore's changi airport. amid a walkabout and endless selfies, prince william comes to asia for his earthshot prize — a search for solutions to the big climate challenges. flying from the uk to singapore is a long journey for an environmental prize. but the prince's team has offset its travel and stress that this is a global project and its impact relies on prince william taking his earthshot vision around the world. is there a chance we could get you an earthshot burger? one of last year's winners has seen the benefit of having prince william on board when promoting their project. coming right up. morning, everyone! the packaging for these burgers was made by the company notpla. thank you very much. so i'm going to apply a little bit of it. based in london, they turn seaweed into packaging, lining boxes with a biodegradable film that's even edible. they've relished their status as an earthshot winner. the earthshot prize has been a game—changerfor us. obviously, the £1 million helps a lot. the moment we won the earthshot prize, people returned our calls, they wanted to be associated with us. and that's something that money can't buy. that has accelerated us far more than just, like, £1 million from another source. to make the packaging, notpla need the seaweed. they've invested in uk—based seaweed farms, including cary—y—mor in pembrokeshire, which has had a royal visit. the potential of seaweed is vast. it's fast—growing, it captures carbon, it can replace single—use plastic and even be an alternative to cotton. in a remote corner of tasmania is a nominee for this year's earthshot prize. sea forest is growing seaweed that can be used as a small supplement in animal feed to dramatically reduce the methane produced by cows. if we got 10% of the world's livestock on this supplement, it would be the equivalent of taking 100 million cars off the road. so it would make a huge difference here. absolutely enormous. of all prince william's public work, the earthshot prize has become an absolute priority for him. he knows there are challenges in scaling up big environmental ideas, but wants a mood of urgent optimism to surround this week's events. daniela relph, bbc news, singapore. that's all for now. stay with bbc news. hello there. we've seen some strong aurora pictures coming in over recent hours here at the bbc weather centre. this beautiful one was from the aberdeenshire area in northern scotland. but this one is from folkestone. the significance of this is if you can see the northern lights in folkestone here in the uk, you can see it pretty much everywhere. so the aurora is very strong. it's worth taking a look outside, use a camera or a mobile phone to see the best views, because those bits of equipment are more sensitive than our eyes to low levels of light. but you have a chance over the next few hours. now, weather—wise, ok, there will be a few showers coming and going, but we'll also see some fairly lengthy, clear spells. so whilst it's dark, you do have a chance of spotting the aurora. on into monday's forecast, and it's a day of sunshine and showers, really. starting off, most of us will have a fine morning, with plenty of sunshine around. most of the showers really get going into the afternoon. and there could be some slightly longer spells of rain coming into west scotland and maybe northern counties of northern ireland. our temperatures continue to be a little bit below average for the time of year. now, we've got more of those showers to come on tuesday. again, a lot of sunshine, the showers have been most frequent into the north—west of both england and wales. then we get this ridge of high pressure building in during tuesday afternoon. now, that should kill the showers off in northern ireland. central and southern wales and south—west england having a fine end to the day as well. now, that ridge of high pressure is going to be short—lived, pushed out of the way by this next weather system coming in off the atlantic for wednesday. it's going to be a wet day then, with around 20 to 30 millimetres of rain expected, could bring one or two more issues. we'll have to be careful, i suppose, in northern ireland, where it has been so wet over recent times. the rain does clear through, followed by showers, with the winds picking up later in the day from the west. now, temperatures will start to come down a little bit across northern areas, 8—10 celsius for scotland and for northern ireland. 11—13 celsius for england and wales. but towards the end of the week, this area of low pressure is going to swing through the uk and, as it does so, we'll start to get a chillier flow of air coming in from the north—west. now, temperatures might not change very much on the face of it, but i think those north—westerly winds will start to make the weather feel a little cooler. and there'll be some showers around in the week, with more general outbreaks of rain heading in, it looks, for some of us, into next weekend. this is bbc news. the latest news headlines will follow at the top of the hour, after hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i'm stephen sackur and this is manchester, a british city which profited enormously from the exploitative economics of empire. it also attracted many migrants from that empire who came to settle here. my guest today is the renowned british artist, lubaina himid. now, her roots are a mix of industrial lancashire and zanzibar. she made her name in the black arts movement of the 1980s. she was the first black woman to win the prestigious turner prize. so what does her career tell us about race and culture in modern britain? lubaina himid, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. it's a great pleasure to be here at this exhibition, which you have curated. ijust wonder if it continues a theme that i see in so much