all republicans in the house voted in favour of the impeachment probe. congressman and chairman of the housejudiciary committee, jim jordan, gave this reaction to reporters afterwards. the house has now spoken and i think pretty loudly and clearly with everything republican voting in favour of moving into this official inquiry phase to do oversight. when a majority of the house goes on record in support of an official impeachment inquiry with the power that resides solely in the house of representatives, i think that sends a message. our reporter helena humphrey has been following the impeachment inquiry vote on capitol hill. i asked her what comes next. for this republican party puts them on a sure footing on how they prosecute this in sense of expanded powers to request his to me by subpoena from documents then they will have the job of documents then they will have thejob of going documents then they will have the job of going through the documents the evidence deciding whether to press forward with impeachment proceedings, remember when it comes to impeachment and the removal of office of beneficial in this case a president you need to have a conviction in both the house and the senate but all of this speaks to as we just mentioned 2024 and the potential headache for president biden if that seed of corruption is so and even if it is not the case. the impeachment inquiry vote camejust hours after mr biden�*s son hunter failed to appear at a private hearing on capitol hill to testify about his business dealings. house investigators now say they will begin contempt of congress proceedings against hunter biden for defying the subpoena to testify. instead, hunter biden held a news conference in front of the capitol, saying he was ready to answer questions in an open forum, and accusing republicans of exploiting his personal problems for political gain. for more on the hunter biden case, i spoke to cbs chief election and campaign correspondent robert costa. how do you think this will play out over the coming election year? a, out over the coming election ear? ~ ,, ., ., out over the coming election year? a congressional subpoena is alwa s year? a congressional subpoena is always a _ year? a congressional subpoena is always a serious _ year? a congressional subpoena is always a serious issue - year? a congressional subpoena is always a serious issue you - is always a serious issue you are meant to come by with that, for now democrats are standing with hunter biden as he defies this particular congressional subpoena, early today i spoke with congressman dan goldman democrat from new york close to the leadership and he said yes in the past he has pushed others to make sure they can comply with the congressional subpoena, he has called for punishment for those who do not, but in this case he believes this is so politically motivated he is ok with hunter biden saying no thanks to a congressional subpoena. the issue here was hunter biden said he was willing to testify publicly but not willing to sit for closed—door depositions. republican response has been, you want to depose you privately and have that in an extensive hours long process before we have the public showdown and that is the tension, maybe it could be resolved in coming weeks as pressure builds. turning now to the war in the middle east. israel says it will continue its operation against hamas with or without international support. relations between israel and the united nations have reached an all—time low as fighting continues to rage across gaza. israeli forces say they are rooting out hamas militants. the political leader of hamas, ismail haniyeh, said he was open to any initiative that could end israeli aggression, but added that there could be no such arrangement that excluded hamas. the israeli army today released this video showing combat operations in the gaza strip. it says it's carried out more than 250 strikes over the past 24 hours. but it's also suffered its worst combat losses in more than a month after several soldiers were killed in one day, most of them in an ambush. meanwhile, an overnight storm has worsened the conditions for hundreds of thousands of palestinians who have fled their homes. many are in makeshift shelters. aid officials say winter conditions are now compounding the plight of more than a million displaced civilians. here's our middle east correspondent hugo bachega with the latest. we heard from benjamin netanyahu today say that the war continues, the goal of the israeli military has not changed and that is the elimination of hamas. it was interesting that he said nothing is going to stop us as he was referring to international pressure and obviously this comes after the vote of the un yesterday, calling for a ceasefire, and also after those very strong comments by president biden saying that israel was losing support around the world because of the indiscriminate bombing of gaza. that was benjamin netanyahu, we also heard from the foreign minister, he said that the war will continue with or without international support. there is still a lot of support here domestically for the war but international pressure is growing on the israelis. especially because of the widespread destruction of gaza, the immense humanitarian crisis happening in the territory, and also the high number of civilian casualties. one of the family members there today was jonathan dekel—chen. more than 137 hostages are still believed to be in captivity in gaza. of them, as many as ten americans. on wednesday, presidentjoe biden met with some of the family members of those american hostages. they attended a gathering at the white house either in person or by phone. a seven—day truce saw more than 100 hostages released, including four americans. the rest are still being held incommunicado as israel bombards gaza in an effort to destroy hamas leaders and fighters. one of the family members there today was jonathan dekel—chen. he's the father of sagui who was taken from his home on october 7. earlier, jonathan told me about that meeting with the president and about his son. i will ask you about your meeting with president biden. i can imagine that you are experiencing so many emotions. how are you and yourfamily coping? we're doing the best we can. we are remaining as optimistic as possible. in our case, there are multiple levels of crisis, we are from a kibbutz, it was one of several communities along the border with gaza, a civilian cooperative farm that was attacked on october 7 and over 30 people were murdered on the spot, 80 taken captive out of a community a little over 400. the village itself, the kibbutz itself, was looted and ransacked and burned. we have a lot to deal with right now in our community. at the same time, 30 of our members, you mentioned a couple of weeks ago there was a round of releases. 30 of our members, women and children were returned to israel. we have some joy mixed in with the worry and the tragedy in the morning over our murdered members. an incredibly traumatic time for you and your family members of a community. going back to your meeting withjoe biden today, you said that for you and yourfamily members of those who were being held hostage, that you can have no better friend than president biden. can you tell us more about your meeting with him? what he conveyed to you and the other family members? as i am sure you can understand, this was a private meeting and the contents of the meeting will remain private. what i can share with you is that the us israeli families, we have known since the beginning of the crisis, within two days, the us government had only contacted us in various agencies and was very clear to us that the administration and congress, really, there was bipartisan strong support. we were aware of this. the meeting today with president biden and antony blinken reinforced for us in the most positive way how committed they truly are to releasing all of the hostages, notjust the eight americans, american citizens who remain captives of hamas. they are in this for the long run. they will not go away and they are going to put all of the force of the american government into returning all the hostages. at this point, is there any further information from us officials, israeli officials, on how your son is doing? unfortunately there is very little information about any hostages. what i can share with you is as a result of those 30 children and women coming back to our community, we did hear some reports, some testimony, from the releasees and from the testimony we know from within the tunnels under gaza that sagi is alive. we do know that and we have received information about many other, still a 40 of our members, that a being held hostage in gaza. we do know something, that as of two, three weeks ago, when he was last seen by the released hostages, he was alive. time is short, as we know, from all those testimonies. the conditions in those tunnels are horrific. there is torture, neglect, they are starving to death with little to no medical care. the fact that we do know that he was alive as of three weeks ago was an enormous relief but all of these hostages need to come home now. you have shared remarkable information about your son. he was captured after making sure that his pregnant wife and children were safe. he then went out to fight hamas and you called him the son every parent would love to have. tell us more about him. he is a guy who, any room he walks into, any space he walks into, everyone starts smiling. his humour, his goodwill, and a positive energy. the positive energy is notjust in a room, it is out in the world. he is a creator, a builder. that saturday morning, october 7, he was engaged in a moonlighting project that he and his wife have been engaged with for several years now. he was converting an old — two airport buses into mobile technological classrooms that would service the southern communities in israel, which are underserved by our government in a chronic way. it would bring top level technological education tojewish and non—jewish communities in the southern part of the country. he is my friend, my playmate, he is a wonderful father to his girls. he has so much more to give to this world. to all of the communities in our region. the sooner he is returned home, the more quickly he can re—engage in the positive works of his. just quickly before we let you go again, i know you cannot speak directly to your son, but if you could, what message would you give him? i would tell him and all of the other hostages that they will come home. they will come home and live the lives that they were meant for and that they deserve. have faith, stay strong, and we will, all of us, get you home. we hope they certainly do come home. thank you so much forjoining us. thank you for having me. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. britain's prime minister says his victory in the house of commons on his flagship rwanda policy will pave the way for him to stop illegal immigrants coming to the uk in small boats. but a backlog of asylum seeker applications remains. last year, mr sunak pledged to process those applications by the end of this year. 0ur verify correspondent nick eardley looks at how they're doing. there has been a big backdrop this year. it was 91,000, i can show you here, when rishi sunak made his pledge. you can see over the next few months it comes right down so at the end of november there it is at 18,000. the immigration minister told parliament today he was confident that all the cases that could be dealt with would be by the end of the month. that drop is a high level of asylum seekers being granted. there is a record number of cases withdrawn, including people who failed to make contact with officials. those who had their applications related outright and that figure is at an all—time low. you're live with bbc news. in the first deal of its kind, a global climate agreement calls on all countries to move away from fossil fuels. after a long night of negotiations, delegates at the un climate summit in dubai, also known as cop28, secured signatures from all 197 participating countries to reach the deal on wednesday. many countries hoped for a stronger stance, calling for the phasing out of coal, oil and gas. 0ur climate editor justin rowlatt reports from dubai. we waited and we waited and then... hearing no objection, it is so decided. ..with the bang of a gavel, the deal was done. applause and it got a standing ovation. applause so the hammer has just gone down here in dubai, and that is the fastest that an agreement text has ever been agreed. the presidency, dr sultan aljaber, he's calling this an historic agreement, but it's hedged around with questions and doubts. it calls on countries to contribute to ambitious actions to tackle climate change. now, i could do a single plate and claim to have contributed to doing the washing up, but would you consider that i'd really pulled my weight? the president of these talks was in no doubt how important it was. now we can truly say that we united and we acted and we truly delivered. applause there was support from many countries, especially mature nations. to countries, especially mature nations. ., ., ., nations. to have a strong document _ nations. to have a strong document has _ nations. to have a strong document has has - nations. to have a strong document has has been l nations. to have a strong l document has has been put together, ifind, is cause for optimism, cause for gratitude, and cause for some significant congratulations to everybody here. and congratulations from saudi arabia too, which had pushed hard to weaken the commitment. small islands later on the front line of climate change, many of their representatives were not in the room when the hammer went down, and they weren't happy today. there is a litany of loopholes, they said, and it won't do enough to tame climate change. the and it won't do enough to tame climate change.— climate change. the course correction _ climate change. the course correction needed - climate change. the course correction needed has - climate change. the course correction needed has not i climate change. the course - correction needed has not been secured. what we really needed was an exponential step change in our actions and support. applause that got a bigger round of applause than the president's speech. applause but the consensus does appear to be that this is a significant step forward. that is certainly the view of the president. fix, that is certainly the view of the president.— that is certainly the view of the resident. �* . . ., the president. a game changing agreement _ the president. a game changing agreement. thank _ the president. a game changing agreement. thank you. - the president. a game changing agreement. thank you. he - the president. a game changing agreement. thank you. he told | agreement. thank you. he told delegates _ agreement. thank you. he told delegates today _ agreement. thank you. he told delegates today that _ agreement. thank you. he told delegates today that now - agreement. thank you. he told delegates today that now the i delegates today that now the deal is done, it is up to them. they need to go back to their countries and take action on climate change. that is how the promise of this agreement will be delivered. here in the us, the supreme court will be ruling on a case that could have significant impact for millions of women in the country. the top court has agreed to review a lower court decision to make the abortion drug mifepristone less accessible. its a drug used in half of abortions across the the country. the food and drug administration says more than 5.6 million women have safely used the drug to terminated unwanted pregnancies since 2000. injune of 2023, a gallup poll said that 63% of americans are in favour of access to the drug. this case will be the most significant us reproductive rights case after the court overturned roe v wade in 2022, ending a nationwide right to abortion. a short time ago, i spoke to nicole freehill, an 0bgyn in louisiana, and amy howe, who writes for the scotus blog covering the supreme court. amy and nicole, good to see you both. how significant is it that the court is taking up this case? it that the court is taking up this case?— that the court is taking up this case? it is significant. as ou this case? it is significant. as you said. _ this case? it is significant. as you said, it _ this case? it is significant. as you said, it is - this case? it is significant. as you said, it is the - this case? it is significant. as you said, it is the first | as you said, it is the first major ruling on abortions in the court overturned the constitutional right to an abortion in 2022. it is not that surprising that the court decided to weigh in on both the biden administration and the drug manufacturer had asked the justices to weigh in after the circuit that sits in louisiana, part of the south, had restricted access to the drug earlier this year.— restricted access to the drug earlier this year. nicole, you are in louisiana, _ earlier this year. nicole, you are in louisiana, you - earlier this year. nicole, you are in louisiana, you had - are in louisiana, you had prescribed these medications, and last time we talked you were testifying about why it is important for patients to have access to this medication. tell us why it is important. i access to this medication. tell us why it is important.- us why it is important. i think with a prisoner— us why it is important. i think with a prisoner and _ us why it is important. i think with a prisoner and is, - us why it is important. i think with a prisoner and is, as - us why it is important. i think with a prisoner and is, as it . with a prisoner and is, as it has — with a prisoner and is, as it has already been said, extremely safe medicine and i think— extremely safe medicine and i think safety is what it comes down — think safety is what it comes down to— think safety is what it comes down to —— mifepresone. there are accommodations and problems that can _ are accommodations and problems that can happen when patients don't _ that can happen when patients don't have access to healthcare and mifepresone as healthcare and mifepresone as healthcare and limiting achieve and banning it can only potentially cause — banning it can only potentially cause catastrophic events as far as — cause catastrophic events as far as safety is concerned. staying _ far as safety is concerned. staying without. louisiana's governor signed a bill into law that made the mailing of abortion pill is a crime. looking at the patients you trade, what effect has that had? patients in our state however very few options as far as in our state, and that is something that we are seeing something that we are seeing some complications from as far as leading and patients not being treated appropriately stop one of the biggest consequences has been the potential criminalisation of providers and that has scared a lot of providers for adequately treating patients at present to the er for things like discourage management. hat the er for things like discouraauemanaement. ., discourage management. not even reauardin discourage management. not even regarding abortions. _ discourage management. not even regarding abortions. that - discourage management. not even regarding abortions. that is - regarding abortions. that is what — regarding abortions. that is what we _ regarding abortions. that is what we are seeing here in louisiana _ what we are seeing here in louisiana right now.- what we are seeing here in louisiana right now. amy, what will the court _ louisiana right now. amy, what will the court have _ louisiana right now. amy, what will the court have to _ louisiana right now. amy, what will the court have to weigh - louisiana right now. amy, what will the court have to weigh up| will the court have to weigh up in considering this case? the court has _ in considering this case? the court has two _ in considering this case? tue: court has two questions in considering this case? tta: court has two questions before it. the first question is whether or not the fifth circuit was right when it rolled back the changes that the fda made in 2016 and 2021, expanded access to the drug, for example, by allowing it to be used in the 10th week of legacy rather than through the seventh and allowing healthcare providers who aren't physicians to prescribe the drug, and one of the things that the biden administration has stressed is that it administration has stressed is thatitis administration has stressed is that it is not simply about drug, which is itself significant, but that it also, if the decision was upheld, it would open the door for courts to review other approvals of drugs by the fda. and then the second thing that the supreme court will be weighing in on is whether the drug, the doctors and the medical groups who are challenging the approval of these changes, the availability of mifepristone, the wide availability of the drug, have availability of the drug, have a legal right to sue at all because you can'tjust go into court and challenge and regulation or a law because you don't like it. the biden administration is saying that they do not have a right to sue and that, again, if it was upheld, it would open the door for all kinds of challenges, one example they gave, could go to court and challenge the epa, something having to do with air pollution could affect their patients. pollution could affect their atients. . ~ pollution could affect their atients. ., ,, , ., ., patients. thank you, both. i am sure we will— patients. thank you, both. i am sure we will talk— patients. thank you, both. i am sure we will talk about - patients. thank you, both. i am sure we will talk about this - patients. thank you, both. i am sure we will talk about this in i sure we will talk about this in the months to come. let's turn to some other stories making headlines around the world. on wall street, stocks surged on wednesday after the the us federal reserve held interest rates steady and projected a series of rate cuts in 2024. the dow industrials closed at an all—time high above 37,000. in its decision, the us central bank forecast that they will cut borrowing costs three times in the coming year as they try to ease pressure on the us economy after raising rates to their highest point in two decades. researchers say they've discovered why some women become extremely nauseus during the first trimester of pregnancy. this is commonly referred to as �*morning sickness'. a study published in the journal nature says a hormone called gdf15 is to blame. the researchers say the severity of illness depends on the amount of the hormone circulating in the woman's body during pregnance. they hope the discovery will lead to treatments for the condition. tesla is recalling more than two million cars in the us after regulators found safety concerns involving the company's driver assistance system, autopilot. the recall applies to almost every tesla sold since the feature was launched in 2015. the action follows a two—year investigation into crashes, which occurred when the technology was in use. it's the largest—ever recall for elon musk�*s flagship car company. and finally, oprah winfrey has become the latest icon to be honoured with a painting in the national portrait gallery right here in washington. the media mogul was on hand to unveil the portrait, painted by chicago artist shawn michael warren. here's a closer look. applause to have a portrait included in the national portrait gallery alongside all the greats... harriet tubman... frederick douglas... abraham lincoln and ida b wells. michelle and barack 0bama. lena horne. john f kennedy. 0prah barack 0bama. lena horne. john f kennedy. oprah winfrey. applause thatis that is our show at this hour. thank you for watching bbc news. please stay with us. hello there. given all the rain that we've had over the past few weeks, it's still pretty wet out there. but the next few days at least will turn drier and also the temperatures will be rising. now, this area of low pressure brought cloud and some rain and drizzle to eastern parts of england. that's moving away. the next weather system is coming in from the atlantic. but in between the two, well, we did have some sunshine earlier on, particularly in northern ireland and here in scotland. but where we have the clearer skies in the first part of the night, there's the risk that temperatures could fall just below freezing in places. but that window of clearer skies will close as the night goes on because all that cloud will come in from the atlantic. it's going to bring some rain and briefly some snow over the scottish mountains, perhaps the northern pennines, but it should turn back to rain later on in the night as temperatures start to rise. so these are the numbers by first thing thursday morning. and by this time, the rain will have cleared away from northern ireland and just about the whole of scotland. but we will see some further patchy, mostly light rain and drizzle affecting england and wales, and that cloudy, damp weather could continue across the southeast well into the afternoon, but otherwise we'll get some sunshine following on behind, a few showers for northern ireland and scotland, mostly in the north of scotland, where it's still quite blustery. but if anything, temperatures are going to be a degree or two higher than what we had today. as one weather system moves away, we look to see another one coming in from the atlantic as we move into friday. this is going to be focused more to the northwest of the uk. we'll see more cloud coming in to northern ireland and also in scotland, showers in the north of the country being replaced by some rain and drizzle. elsewhere, it should be dry and a lot more sunshine more widely across england and wales, where the winds will be lighter. still, temperatures 7 or 8 degrees across eastern parts of england, but further west, it is much, much milder. and this milder atlantic air on some brisk winds will come rushing in across the whole of the country in time for the start of the weekend. we've got colder air to the north of that weather front, which may move southwards on sunday to bring some patchy rain. but on saturday, it's staying to the north of us, just bringing the chance of some rain in the north of scotland. again, it looks like it's going to be windy here and across northern ireland. the winds are lighter as you head further south, but there won't be as much sunshine for england and wales on saturday. but it is mild air and those temperatures will be widely 12 or 13 celsius. voice-over: this is bbc news. we'll have the headlines and all the main news stories for you at the top of the hour, which is straight after this programme. welcome to hardtalk with me, zeinab badawi. the spiralling death toll in gaza, triggered by the killing and abduction of israelis by hamas on october 7, has led many to wonder what happens the day after the conflict stops. can palestinians and israelis look to a peaceful future based on mutual respect? or has this painful chapter in their history set back the prospects of renewing the path towards reconciliation? my guest is a palestinian doctor, izzeldin abuelaish,