and benefited from, the business dealings of his son, hunter biden. in a statement, president biden called the vote a �*baseless political stunt�* and said the republicans were focused on attacking him with lies. our correspondent helena humphrey is following the story from capitol hill. great to see you, helena. what are the details? the great to see you, helena. what are the details?— are the details? the day unfolded _ are the details? the day unfolded in _ are the details? the day unfolded in the - are the details? the day unfolded in the way - are the details? the day unfolded in the way that are the details? the day - unfolded in the way that the republican party largely would have been hoping it to unfold. we saw that result and that vote falling along party lines - 221-20 -- 212. that vote falling along party lines — 221—20 —— 212. that means that the impeachment has now been formalised —— 221— 212. this gives the republican party more short legal footing when it comes to testimony, for example, witnesses as well as document, whether he benefited from his son's foreign business dealings. keep in mind we have no evidence of wrongdoing currently at this present stage. we saw the boat pass in the way that republicans wanted it to and subsequently we have seen now a statement put out by the white house saying that this is baseless, but there is no substance to these allegations, and president biden also accusing the republicans, when the house has a lot of work to do including consensus to get aid to ukraine and israel. keep in mind, all of this is coming with 2024 just around the corner stop president biden potentially going head—to—head with former president donald trump in that election race and course at a time when trump himself is facing a raft of legal cases including charges that he acted to subvert the result of the 2020 election result. hunter biden has — 2020 election result. hunter biden has also _ 2020 election result. hunter biden has also been - 2020 election result. hunter i biden has also been speaking, 2020 election result. hunter - biden has also been speaking, a rather emotional statement at the capital. rather emotional statement at the capital-— the capital. that's right. there was _ the capital. that's right. there was a _ the capital. that's right. there was a question i the capital. that's right. there was a question as| the capital. that's right. i there was a question as to whether we would see him on capital hill where i am today. he came down and gave that emotional statement saying that for six years he has been at the centre of what he calls the trumpet machine which has tried to go after his personal life in order to sow discord when it comes to his father, president biden. and tracking all of the latest development was our north america debt —— north america correspondent. hunter biden came to capitol hill to speak out, just not to the committee waiting to interview him. for six years, i've been the target of the unrelenting trump attack machine shouting, "where's hunter?" well, here's my answer. i am here. he's refusing to give evidence behind closed doors, instead denouncing the inquiry into him and his father as a political stunt. and they have taken the light of my dad's love... the light of my dad's love for me and presented it as darkness. republicans will not give up in their quest to grill bidenjr about his business dealings, and specifically whether his father profited from them. we have specific questions for the president's son. he does not get to dictate the terms of this subpoena. this house committee has already gathered thousands of documents, including bank statements, claiming they showed payments to president biden that were linked to hunter's business activity in china. turns out that was just repayment for a car loan. hunter biden is also accused of trading on his father's name when he was vice president. and all republicans want for christmas is evidence that proves corruption. democrats, though, argue this is just a desperate attempt to try and find something, anything, to pin on president biden. the biden impeachment investigation isn't a whodunnit. it's a "what is it?" it's like an agatha christie novel where the mystery is, "what's the crime?" with a presidential election looming, republicans hope at least a whiff of possible corruption will stick to what they like to call the "biden crime family". hunter is facing criminal charges for illegally possessing a firearm and tax evasion... and it was a great suit, believe me, a really good suit. ..while donald trump is selling pieces of the clothing he wore when he was indicted for election interference in georgia. it is an authentic piece of the suit i wore when i took that now famous mug shot. you could call it his "law—suit". trump's legal problems are much more serious than anything the bidens are accused of. he's facing four criminal trials, but they've not yet dented his electoral appeal. republicans are hoping that hunter biden�*s shady business dealings could serve as a weakness for president biden and his campaign for re—election, and essentially what the political risk here is for president biden is even if there isn't any evidence of corruption that just there isn't any evidence of corruption thatjust by merely sowing the seed of corruption, that could potentially germinate and that could prove potentially problematic for president biden�*s hopes for re—election. president biden's hopes for re-election._ president biden's hopes for re-election. . , , ., re-election. helena humphrey on caital re-election. helena humphrey on capital hill— re-election. helena humphrey on capital hill there. _ israel's foreign minister says his country will continue its war with hamas — with or without international support — after president biden warned that it risks losing support over its �*indiscriminate' bombing of gaza. according to gaza's hamas—run health ministry, at least 50 people were killed in the latest air strikes. that takes the total killed in the past eight weeks to more than 18,600 by their calculations. witnesses say khan younis in the southern part of the strip is in ruins and now largely deserted. and the head of the palestinian un refugee agency warned its capacity to render services in gaza is now on the verge of collapse. and there's violence in the occupied west bank too. an israeli raid injenin that lasted more than a day has left at least seven palestinians dead, according to the palestinian health ministry. 0ur correspondent lucy williamson sent this report from jenin, and a warning, you might find some of the images distressing. when israeli troops come intojenin, the teenagers come out, their flimsy barricades no match for israel's army. some were carrying homemade explosives. the real battles today, between soldiers and palestinian gunmen, were further up the road in jenin�*s refugee camp. but many young people watching the war in gaza feel fresh pride in resistance. translation: what'sl happening here in jenin is we are resisting and we are defending jenin out of love. we are not related to any of the parties. if netanyahu comes with his soldiers, he will fail. several times today, gunfire and tear gas broke the crowd apart. people yelling. the tension is starting to build here again on the second day of the army operation injenin. the young men gathering in the street have built a barricade here to try and stop the armyjeeps coming down towards the city. but there's tear gas in the air now and rounds have been fired. hundreds have been arrested in house to house searches and residents trapped in their homes have sent desperate messages asking for ambulances, medicine and food. palestinians in the west bank are watching israel's war with hamas in gaza. troops there have been pushing into the southern city of khan younis and shejaiya in the north. an ambush there yesterday left nine soldiers dead. almost two million people have now fled the fighting. the head of the un agency for palestinian refugees described the situation there as "a living hell". he said gaza's people were running out of time and options. the winter weather is adding to the misery. lamas came here after her family's house was bombed. "there are swimming pools from the rain now," she said, "and people are suffering in water—filled tents. "we're sleeping in water. "what did we do? "we could have been sitting in our homes now. "shame on them." injenin tonight, mosques have called on people to come out in defence of their brothers in gaza and those at home. palestinians say this conflict did not begin with the hamas attacks and is no nearer an end. lucy williamson, bbc news, janin. to dubai now — where the united nations climate summit has broken fresh ground on trying to limit harmful emissions. for the first time, the deal at cop28 calls on all countries to move away from using fossilfuels — but it does stop short of asking to phase them out completely. but island nations, which are hardest hit by climate change, are not happy - they say their way of life is being threatened because there's not enough focus on cutting emissions in the short term. 0ur climate editorjustin 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. so the hammer has just gone down here in dubai, and that was the fastest that an agreement text has ever been agreed. the presidency, dr sultan aljaber, he's calling this an historic agreement, but it is 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 had 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 truly delivered. applause. there was a support from many countries, especially richer nations. i countries, especially richer nations. , ., , nations. i find it is to cause for optimism _ nations. i find it is to cause for optimism and _ nations. i find it is to cause for optimism and some - for optimism and some significant congratulations to everybody here. find everybody here. and congratulations - everybody here. andj congratulations from everybody here. and congratulations from saudi arabia, two, which had pushed harder to weaken the commitment. small island states weren't, often in the room when the gavel went down. they were loopholes, they said, and it won't do enough to tame climate change. won't do enough to tame climate chance. �* , . change. because collect -- correction _ change. because collect -- correction that _ change. because collect -- correction that is _ change. because collect -- correction that is needed . change. because collect -- i correction that is needed has not been secured. what we really needed is an exponential step change. really needed is an exponential step change-— step change. that got a bigger round of applause _ step change. that got a bigger round of applause than - step change. that got a bigger round of applause than the - round of applause than the president's speech. but the consensus does appear to be that this is a significant step forward. that is certainly the view of mr alger bear. —— that is certainly the view of mr aljaber. this is a historic, historic, landmark, game changing agreement. only time will tell. thank you. he told 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. justin rowlatt, bbc news, dubai. some will be surprised that in 28 summers, this is the first time there has been a commitment on action against fossil fuels. commitment on action against fossilfuels. how is commitment on action against fossil fuels. how is that so? because of fossil fuels are still the dominant form of energy that he will continue to use. remember, we're trying to make a truly civilisational historic transformation from using a i9th—century energy system, digging coal, oiland gas out of the ground and setting it on fire to power our societies, to a 21st—century energy system which is harnessing the sun and the wind and the ties and heats beneath our feet. and the ties and heats beneath ourfeet. this is really huge and there are huge amounts of money at stake and so it has been really difficult to get the world to these points where we can finally say the goal is to transition away from fossil fuels and towards cleaner energy. fuels and towards cleaner ener: . ~ fuels and towards cleaner ener: . . ,., fuels and towards cleaner ener: . ~ ., ., energy. we saw the leader of the summits, _ energy. we saw the leader of the summits, he _ energy. we saw the leader of the summits, he is _ energy. we saw the leader of the summits, he is the - energy. we saw the leader of the summits, he is the head| energy. we saw the leader of i the summits, he is the head of an oil company himself, what will the agreements look like on the ground now when all these delegates go back to their countries? do you have any examples?— their countries? do you have any examples? this is a really important _ any examples? this is a really important work, _ any examples? this is a really important work, so _ any examples? this is a really important work, so the - any examples? this is a really i important work, so the meetings are of course important in terms of thing here is what we aspire to as the world but the hard work comes within each individual country because each individual country because each individual country because each individual country has to commit and contribute what it can on its own. just taking the us as an example, we have recently passed a major visit legislation for the inflation reduction act which will invest at least $300 billion in accelerating the clean energy transition and you are seeing the same policy being adopted increasing by the eu, china has just agreed to triple the amount of renewable energy, that was also one of the things that was also one of the things that came out of this international meeting, the world has said they want to try to double and triple the amount of clean energy, so this is all part of a bigger process that we are moving towards over the next few years. we are moving towards over the next few years-— next few years. you wake in the communication _ next few years. you wake in the communication around - next few years. you wake in the communication around climate. communication around climate change and the impact of climate change. we have had so much about the urgency but many people still do not understand the challenges and, in fact, some countries profit from the use of fossil fuels, for example. do you think this deal will change anything?— will change anything? again, comes back _ will change anything? again, comes back into _ will change anything? again, comes back into mentation l will change anything? again, i comes back into mentation and so you are right. we are doing a study in 187 countries and territories around the world and one of the most important things we have learned is about 2 billion people on earth, often the most vulnerable who have contributed lilies of the problem really getting hit first and wi—fi the issue, they know little to nothing about climate change. we still need a range basic awareness among the most vulnerable, particularly in developing countries. in the richer countries like the us, we still need to better understand that this is human caused and that we too are a threat for climate change. it is showing up any droughts, the wildfires, the smoke, the heat waves, record—setting he waves that have afflicted the whole planet. we have a lot of important communication still to do. ., j~ ., , to do. your view, cop28, has it chanced to do. your view, cop28, has it changed anything _ to do. your view, cop28, has it changed anything when - to do. your view, cop28, has it changed anything when it - to do. your view, cop28, has it| changed anything when it comes to raising awareness around climate change? it to raising awareness around climate change?— to raising awareness around climate change? it is important that the world _ climate change? it is important that the world finally _ climate change? it is important that the world finally has - that the world finally has agreed in consensus to say that we ultimately need to reduce fossil fuels. essentially eliminate them. they will be lots of discussion about how exactly to do that in his country but for the first time we have finally named the primary culprit and that is fossil fuel.— primary culprit and that is fossil fuel. many thanks for our fossil fuel. many thanks for your time- _ around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's take a look at some other stories making news today. wales first minister mark drakeford has announced he is stepping down after five years in the job. mr drakeford, who's 69, says he'll remain as first minister until his party elects a new leader. jon venables — one of the two boys who killed toddler jamie bulger in 1993 — has had his bid for parole rejected. venables — who's now 41 — was released on licence in 2001 but has been sent back to jail twice for having indecent images of children on his computer. the bbc understands that the deputy director of the british museum is leaving the institution. it follows the suspected thefts of 2000 artefacts earlier this year. drjonathan williams had stepped back from his deputy director duties while an internal review into the thefts took place. you're live with bbc news. dozens of people, including children, have been injured in a wave of missile strikes on kyiv — the worst attack on the ukrainian capital in months. a kindergarten and a hospital were damaged by debris as authorities say ten ballistic missiles were shot down. this latest russian strike on kyiv is the third within a week. it comes as ukraine's president zelensky continues his tour of countries to plead for more money for the war and re—energise western support. for the latest from kyiv, here's jess parker. you wouldn't think that just a few small steps from here, there'd be this. but that's how life looks today in kyiv. in last night's explosion, 0ndrej's skin was pierced by shards of glass. translation: it was horrifying, a nightmare- _ i couldn't believe it had happened. we don't have a house anymore. we don't have a car. what to do? where to go? it's not clear. throwing away the debris from missiles shot down in the night. packing up without anywhere to go. a terrible, familiar routine and one for which there's less global attention and dwindling pledges of aid. "see what the russians are doing to us?" says 0leksander. "help is needed." he's in shock, seeing injured children. he thanks god his own grandson didn't stay last night. president zelensky arriving in norway. big decisions on eu support and membership talks loom after he failed to clinch crucial defence funds in the us following a faltering cou nteroffe nsive. aircraft to artillery, it doesn't matter. i mean, you need it, and of course you can have it if the world, if europe in unity around ukraine. that's why, of course, you can't win without help. ukraine is, by now, used to dealing with destruction, picking up the pieces and carrying on. but every attack, of course, leaves shattered lives behind. and now a question is hanging over this country. were some of those promises of solid, long—term support from the west, in the end, just words? all this has collided with