but nevertheless you try, you chuck out a load of people into the sinai desert and you also try to chuck out the people living in the west bank and in eastjerusalem intojordan, which is also very difficult. 0k, supposing you, this is israel, succeed in some measure with this. what next? what happens next? i strongly believe that the only way forward is for us to share the space in equality within a democracy. though she fears gaza being wiped out completely and ultimately the west bank too, a one—state solution is ghada's hope, but the huge number of civilian casualties in gaza won't leave behind a population that is any more likely to want to live alongsidejewish israelis. and hostagetaking and violence have a similar impact on israeli hearts. living together might be as distant a prospect as it has ever been. so let's take a look at some of the front pages. the guardian revealed how the king secretly profits from its assets, ancient rites that the duchy of lancaster have on estates where people die without leaving a will. on the daily telegraph, cabinet pressure on rishi sunak to slash immigration. the immigration story quite widely in the papers. the independent, tories at war over a slap in face record migration numbers. the times newspaper has the dublin violence, but also leads with migration figures pile on pressure on pm to act. we're out of time, i'm afraid. faisal will be here tomorrow — dojoin him. goodnight. breaking news from around the world, 24 breaking news from around the world, 2a hours a day — this is bbc news. and the fact that is happening in china, a place notorious for lack of transparency. we saw during covid and sars in 2003. that's all playing into this. i think it's very important that it's considered the norm. if you have outbreak in your country and your very transparent, very quickly to put the world at ease, to make sure that everybody is comfortable with what's going on there in your ability to handle it. it's different than any 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about disease outbreaks in their country. it's not something that's very fancy, but it is what gave us warning about the sars outbreak in 2003. it does work, even though it's low—tech. sometimes, official channels live. they are not as transparent or as open as individual clinicians to speaking with each other about what they see. dr amesh adal'a, other about what they see. dr amesh adalja. thank — other about what they see. dr amesh adalja. thank you _ other about what they see. dr amesh adalja, thank you so _ other about what they see. dr amesh adalja, thank you so much _ other about what they see. dr amesh adalja, thank you so much for - adalja, thank you so much for joining us on the programme today. thank for having me. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. household energy prices in the uk will rise injanuary, putting more financial pressure on bill payers at the coldest time of year. energy regulator ofgem said the typical annual household bill would go up by £94, or 5%. it said the rise in bills is worrying at a difficult time for many people, but was the result of higher wholesale costs faced by suppliers. the car manufacturer nissan is expected to announce on friday that the electric versions of the qashqai and thejuke are to be made at their sunderland plant in north—east england. the plant currently employs around 6,000 staff to build petrol versions of the two cars, as well as the electric leaf. british families will be £1,900 poorer at the end of this parliament compared with the beginning, according to the think tank, the resolution foundation. it said this government would set a "grim" new record for living standards going down. but chancellorjeremy hunt said the tax cuts announced in the autumn statement would put more money in people's pockets. you're live with bbc news. figures from the office of national statistics show that net migration to the uk has hit an all—time high. the revised figure for the year to december 2022 was 745,000. the number for the year tojune 2023 is estimated to be slightly lower, at 672,000. foreign students are the biggest contributor to non—eu immigration — accounting for 39% of arrivals. mark easton reports. today, we got updated figures for long—term migration to the uk, and the number that raised eyebrows is the revised net migration figure for 2022, a record. 745,000 more people came to the uk than less, far higher than previously thought. now, the equivalent figure for the year tojune this year is 672,000, suggesting that net migration may now be on a downward trajectory. let's look in a bit more detail at who the immigrants are. now, the figures suggest 1.2 million people came to britain for more than 12 months. roughly a third of those were higher skilled workers and their families, and one in three of those were coming to work in the nhs and in social care. the countries providing the most workers were india, nigeria and zimbabwe. now, the uk also welcomed — down the bottom — 410,000 students, another third. the remainder here, a range of people — dependants, humanitarian visas and so on. we also got another set of immigration figures from the home office today, and they show that in the year to september, 45,000 came to the uk by irregular means, mostly in small boats — down a little from the previous year. now, the asylum backlog remains high, slightly down, but the number of asylum—seekers in hotels has reached a record high, 56,000 people, costing the taxpayer around £3 billion a year. the government focus may be on the small boats, but today's figures show that they make up a tiny fraction of all arrivals. 97% of immigrants coming to britain arrive legally. it's the difference between a channel ferry and a tiny inflatable. mark easton, bbc news. staying in the uk — metropolitan police officers have seized a record 150,000 tablets of the synthetic opioid nitazine. it says the tablets were found in a makeshift factory and are probably being sold on the dark web. nitazine emerged as a problem in the uk earlier this year. nitazines were first developed in the 19505 as a pain—killing medication, but are so potent and addictive they have never been approved for medical or therapeutic use. 11 people have been charged. in india, rescue efforts to retrieve 41 workers trapped in a collapsed road tunnel have stopped for the evening. the workers have spent 12 days underground. engineers have managed to reach them, delivering food, water, air and electricity. late on wednesday, the operation slowed after a drilling machine encountered a steel structure it could not cut through. the men appear to be in good health. ambulances and specially—fitted stretchers are on standby in preparation for their rescue. our south asia correspondent samira hussain is at the scene with the latest. in the last 24 hours, rescue workers here have made very little progress. now, just behind me, you can see the mouth of the tunnel. that is where all the rescue operations are taking place, and what they're trying to do is drill a hole through the rubble and debris where the men are trapped behind. each time they get close, they hit other rocks, debris. but ach time they get closer, they hit other rocks, debris. and now they're hitting metal, which damages the drilling machine, so it forces rescue operators to bring new machinery up into this area. and the longer that the rescue operation takes, and the longer that this rescue operation takes, the longer that those 41 construction workers remain. now, we did see some video of them earlier this week. it was the first video released of the construction workers that have been trapped since last sunday. and they appeared in the video wearing hard hats, some with high—vis vests, and they were saying that they are in good health. samira hussain reporting. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines. dutch political leaders are preparing for negotiations to form a coalition government, after the far—right freedom party pulled off a surprise election victory. no party won a majority, but the freedom party's controversial leader, geerd wilders, may now lead negotiations. his political agenda includes ending immigration and banning the quran. one of the rising stars of american politics, the new york city mayor, eric adams, has been accused of sexual assault. a summons alleges that the plaintiff was assaulted in 1993 — while they both worked for the city. a spokesperson for mr adams said he "vigorously denies" the claims. in ecuador, 35—year—old daniel noboa has been sworn in as president, becoming the the country's youngest ever leader. at his inauguration, in the capital, quito, mr noboa promised to tackle the twin challenges of economic stagnation and a surge in violent crime. if you're a bit squeamish, it might be time to look away. rats — in massive numbers — have over run areas of queensland. residents have been overwhelmed. imight i might look away, too! a wet winter and a good harvest have created ideal conditions for the rodents to breed. our reporter nicky schiller is in the newsroom with more. the rats are everywhere. social media has been full of images like this one. tens of thousands of rats, both dead and alive, have swept up on beaches across queensland. now, as you can imagine, local media has been covering this. the abc here, they've posted a video where you can see those rats at this shoreline. now, in some cases, those dead rats have attracted flies and other insects. they've also been seen floating in the water. to give you an idea ofjust how big the rats can be, take a look at this image. you can see a hand and also the rat there. now, the rodents, they have been forced to move across the state in the search for food. derek glaude, he owns a vehicle hire company. he posted this video. he said it was terrifying how the rodents could destroy a vehicle overnight by getting at the wiring in an engine, so much so that he set up these homemade traps to try and catch the rodents. how many this morning? oh, another four. the area worst hit by the rat plague is here around the town of normanton normanton and karumba, which is on the queensland coast, well—known for fishing and bird watching. so, why has there been a sudden surge in the rat population? well, experts say it's down to a combination of factors. first of all, the wet weather has meant there have been ideal conditions for breeding. add to that the fact that the rats reproduce quickly. there has also been a bumper harvest of food for the rats to eat. now, more wet weather is forecast for queensland, which has led some people to fear that the worst is yet to come. and we could see many more rats in the area. goodness me, i hope you're not eating breakfast if you're watching us in asia! researchers are celebrating, after discovering that blue whales have returned to a part of the indian ocean where they were wiped out by hunting decades ago. a year of underwater audio recording has revealed the animals spend months in the region. scientists say this means they could be breeding there. commercial whaling has had a lasting impact. blue whale numbers are still a tiny proportion of what they were. at least some good news to end the programme. i'll be back with business news shortly, but thank you so for watching newsday. hello. a change is taking place in our weather. thursday brought temperatures as high as 15 degrees in parts of the uk. i don't think we'll see 15 on friday. colder air has been pushing down from the north. a cold wind, some sunny spells, yes, but scattered showers, some of which will be wintry over high ground in the north. we've got high pressure to the west of us, low pressure to the east driving these strong northerly winds, bringing that cold air southwards, although, as you can see, we start the day with something a little bit milder across parts of wales, southern and south—western england and the channel islands. colder further north, wintry showers for a time, even to quite low levels in northern scotland. i think the wintriness increasingly becoming confined to the hills. quite a few showers down the east coast of england, too. northern ireland, wales, the south—west starting cloudy, but brightening up as the day wears on. breezy for all, but windy for the east coast of england and most especially for north—east scotland. there'll be a significant wind chill through friday afternoon. so, these are the temperatures on the thermometer, but factor in the strength of the wind, it will feel like freezing across parts of north—east scotland, particularly the northern isles. a little bit milder down towards the south—west corner. now, during friday night, winds will slowly ease. it does take quite breezy for these eastern coast with a few showers, it does stay quite breezy for these eastern coasts with a few showers, but with high pressure building from the west, we'll see clearing skies, lighter winds and a really cold night. some places likely to get to —5 celsius as we start saturday morning. quite a widespread frost, but lots of sunshine to start the weekend. still some showers down this east coast. i think it'll still feel quite chilly here. still a fairly brisk wind, but not as windy. top temperatures, 4 degrees for glasgow, 8 degrees in plymouth. so, yes, a chilly—feeling day, but it will not be as windy. now, as we move into the second half of the weekend, high pressure tries to hold on — a frosty start for some on sunday. but low pressure attempting to push in from the west, so it does look like we'll see some outbreaks of rain spreading eastwards. but eastern parts of england, certainly north—east scotland staying largely dry. could see a bit of rain getting into shetland. something milder trying to push in from the south—west. but broadly speaking, actually, next week looks like remaining cold, with spells of rain at times and perhaps a little bit of snow in places. that's all from me. bye for now. this is bbc news. we'll have the headlines at the top of the hour, as newsday continues straight after hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk from washington. i'm stephen sackur. this is a city of power and politics, but also of secrets and spies. in the cold war, the us built the best resourced intelligence agency in the world just down the road at langley. now, the cia has had a chequered history — involved notjust in spying, but assassination attempts and coup plots as well. but now intelligence seems to have entered a different realm of cyber hacking, big data and electronic surveillance. my guest isjonna mendez. at the end of the cold war, she was the cia's chief of disguise. is human intelligence still a vital asset? jonna mendez, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. pleasure. well, it's great to have you here. what do you think are the qualities you possess that made you a good spy? no—one�*s asked me that before. um... i'm tenacious, i'm a... ..a bit adventurous. that's how i got into it to begin with. and i think the biggest piece of it was hoping that i had done something worth doing, and that it had made a difference. so the values behind the work were important to you,