israel says it has now all but completed its military objectives in the north of gaza and is proceeding aggressively with ground operations in the south. the israeli military has again urged people to evacuate from areas they're targeting. around 170,000 people in khan younis have been warned to leave for their safety. the world health organization says it has been told by israel to move medical supplies out of two warehouses in southern gaza within 2a hours — although israel has denied this. these pictures show explosions and fire in gaza on monday evening. a spokesman for the un children's charity, unicef, says there's nowhere safe for people to go. and there are reports from gaza that at least 30 people have been killed at two schools where people were sheltering, including children. earlier reports from the official palestinian news agency put the number of dead at 50 — it blamed an israeli air strike. 0ur diplomatic correspondent paul adams has the latest from jerusalem. so israeli ground forces, including tanks, other armoured vehicles and bulldozers, have been operating close to the city of khan yunis in the southern gaza strip, the largest city in the southern gaza strip for the last couple of days. and it seems likely that an assault on the city may be coming fairly soon. the israelis have also told palestinians not to use the main road north out of khan younis. it seems as though it's possible they will try and cut that road and cut off the southern part of the gaza strip from the rest as they concentrate their efforts on khan younis and the other big city in the south, rafa h. the reports we're hearing from khan younis suggest that the air strikes are really intensifying. they hit the whole of the gaza strip is now without connectivity. there are no phone lines, no internet. so it's very difficult to get an exact picture of what's going on. but we are hearing that there are very, very heavy air strikes in parts of khan younis. some of those parts are areas that the israelis have told palestinians to evacuate. last week, when the us secretary of state, antony blinken, was here, one of the things he asked the israelis to make sure they didn't do was displace large numbers of civilians once again, as they did from gaza city. so it will be interesting to see whether as the offensive around khan younis gathers pace, we do see large numbers of civilians on the move because that is the kind of thing that the aid agencies really fear. they don't feel that they have a real grip on the humanitarian situation. they are worried about more people moving, finding shelter elsewhere, and they really don't want to see that happening again. there are more details on the attack by hamas on october seven still emerging including now allegations of sexual violence by members of hamas. united nations held an event discussing his accusations on monday. 0ur correspondent has the very latest from new york. israeli police have said they set up are gathered statements from victims. they said they found the attacks from hamas, committees allegations of sexual violence were preplanned and orchestrated. today at the un, they had a few people speak, one of them was the police representative cheap superintendent. she spoke about how women were found without clothes, raped, mutilated bodies, she also played previously released recorded testimony is given to police investigators. 0ne testimony is given to police investigators. one person described as a rescuer who helped evacuate parties from the brave say it they found bodies with their hands cuffed behind their backs. a woman's corpse bleeding from the genital area. a paramedic that gave first aid said they saw a lot of gun was targeted at sexual organs of both men and women and amputations. a survivor of the rapist said she saw a woman gang raped. some very serious allegations. they are in the un meeting. we also had hamas reacting to this. the group has said that they have rejected accusations of rape and sexual violence by the militant group during the october seven attack. they 0ctober seven attack. they dismissed these claims as unfounded lies, as allegations to demonise the palestinian resistance. a un commission of enquiry investigating war crimes on both sides of this will focus on sexual violence by hamas, those allegations. it has appealed for evidence to be submitted to them. israel has denounced that commission of enquiry as biased. it remains to be seen as there is another way the un could potentially get involved in any other investigation. the state department has also reacted today. they say the us has been grieved extensively on a number of the findings but they do not have their own independent assistant —— assessment because they don't have people on the ground to conduct those assessments. this probably enjoyed too many, the heartbreak does not end there. for more, let's speak. his cousin believed we go along with the children. i appreciate you joining us on newsday at bbc news. i am sure it has been a difficult experience to talk about it. i appreciate your time with us. it must have been a difficult time. how are your relatives doing at the moment and what have they told you? the process to recover _ have they told you? the process to recover is _ have they told you? the process to recover is starting. _ have they told you? the process to recover is starting. they - to recover is starting. they spent a couple of days in hospital, got professional help. but they went through hell that we will, might never understand fully what happened. they are making progress, slow process. we need to understand what the children have been through, how the are understanding it, how they will recover. we are waiting. it is step—by—step. it recover. we are waiting. it is step-by-step-_ step-by-step. it has been a life altering _ step-by-step. it has been a life altering experience - step-by-step. it has been a life altering experience for. life altering experience for them if you could explain, what really has changed from them to now in what you are seeing? i think it is too early to say. you have to understand that on this terrible day, she has become a hostage, a widow, she lost her husband, they lost their elder sister, and they lost their house. no house to return to. and ruin. the whole community is the word. nobody is living there. grandparents on both sides from the same kibbutz and also displaced. we're talking about the displaced community. it is unstable from every matter, psychologically, personally, economically, everything is ruined. they need to start over after spending two months hostage held by a terrorist organisation. i don't think we can understand the scale of this event and probably they also will struggle. we see progress and we are very happy and fortunate they are here. there are many other families still waiting to hear about their loved ones. do you think enough has been done or being done to help them get the list? —— released. i do believe enough has been done. i think israel, with getting support from the us, is putting a lot of pressure on hamas. if it is by military means or diplomatic means or by economical means that we hear there are steps and measures being taken now. i think this is what brought us the first steel. as unfortunate as it is and the prices of war are very high for both sides. we cannot ignore them. but this is the way to bring back innocent people. we do hope this pressure that is now applied again because the ceasefire has ended will bring us more deals because we are devoted to bringing all of our people home. are devoted to bringing all of our people home-— devoted to bringing all of our --eole home. �* ,, .,, people home. are you hopefulwe might see another temporary - might see another temporary pause in fighting anytime soon? if the price is bringing back hostages home, definitely. all right, we will have to leave it there but thank you very much for your time and speaking to us here on newsday on bbc news. thank you so much. fin us here on newsday on bbc news. thank you so much.— thank you so much. on day five ofthe thank you so much. on day five of the un _ thank you so much. on day five of the un climate _ thank you so much. on day five of the un climate conference in j of the un climate conference in dubai, the summit president has to deal with a video cutting down on the world to phase out. yours without going back to living in caves. the guardian newspaper published a video telling an online event last month there is no science to say phasing out fossil fuels will achieve the climate goal of limiting global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees above preindustrial levels. our climate editor gets in dubai with more on whether this is an embarrassment for the cop president. he says they have been clean all the speeches that might seem quite guided by the size and it is absolutely true. you look at the speeches he has made in the run—up to this conference, consistently said he is guided by the sides and believe the climate science, recognises what you're in climate science body says which is that emissions need to be, greenhouse gas emissions need to be reduced by 43% by 2050. consistent on that. what has happened here is mary robinson used the were urgent in terms of raising down fossil fuel. he didn't like the word urgent for that he said when you look at the un science, it says we need to face down fossil fuel by 60% by 2050, not completely out by 2050. down by 60% by 2050. gas by 45%. that was why he said what he said during that altercation with mary robinson. buried in what he said today at the press conference was something frankly even more interesting. he said, it will be hard to follow, he said, " i have encouraged the parties to come forward with the strong language on fossil fuels. i have asked them to find consensus. " what does that mean? let's deconstruct the language. i have gone to the parties of the countries and asked them to find strongly which on fossil fuels. same asked them to find strongly which on fossilfuels. same he has asked them to face down or out fossil fuels and asked them to agree on it. he is saying the uae has called this conference, the nations of the world, to phase down or out fossil fuels. world, to phase down or out fossilfuels. to commit world, to phase down or out fossil fuels. to commit the world to facing down or out fossil fuels. world to facing down or out fossilfuels. he has always said this was going to be a transformational cop. it is up to the countries to decide but what we're saying is he wants a really ambitious outcome and frankly the world agreeing to phase down or out fossil fuels would be a transformational outcome. a recognition of what the science so compelling telesis but something the world has never said before. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's take a look at some of the stories in the headlines in the uk. sir keir starmer says any future labour government will not be able to quickly turn the taps on when it comes to public spending. in a speech to the economic think tank the resolution foundation, the labour leader says while economic growth would be his number one priority in government, every pound would have to be spent wisely. it will be a hard road to walk. no doubt about it. and anyone who expects an incoming labour government to quickly turn on the spending tap is going to be disappointed. inflation, debt, taxes are now huge constraints. hundreds of properties in cumbria in northern england have spent monday without electricity, following heavy snow over the weekend. motoring organisations have warned of icy conditions on the roads in some areas. the situation is being monitored. you're live with bbc news. let's get you more stories we are tracking. indonesian rescuers say 11 is are being found dead near the mount merapi volcano in west samedov interrupted on sunday. a dozen more are still missing. to get the latest let's cross live to jakarta and speak to our correspondent who has been tracking developments very closely. good to have you on the programme. it was the latest on the rescue efforts and what more do we know about those missing? qm. and what more do we know about those missing?— those missing? ok, thank you. so, the authorities _ those missing? ok, thank you. so, the authorities have - those missing? ok, thank you. so, the authorities have just i so, the authorities havejust evacuated three out of 11 bodies of the vic terms who have been declared dead after the eruption of mount merapi in western sumatra, now they are still trying to evacuate eight other bodies. the evacuation team says the other victims are still around 2000 metres above ground and there are still 12 other climbers who are still missing up until now. but the search operation has been halted since yesterday because of security reasons. one reason is that the evacuation route is slippery and also the indonesian geological body have reported some aftershocks after the eruption on sunday. so the evacuation team stressed they are now focusing on evacuating the bodies of the deceased victims. meanwhile, the 49 people who have safely been rescued, evacuated, are still being treated in some health facilities nearby. some of them are experiencing burns and bone structures and some are having a headache. 0ne structures and some are having a headache. one of the victims as a girl who has been attracting a lot of attention after she uploaded selfie video of her right after the eruption, where she can be seen with answers all over her body as she is crying for help. hannah, mount merapi... crosstalk. if they can also asked, mount merapi has been an active volcano, we know what kind of warnings were in place before the hikers were allowed in that area? , ., , the hikers were allowed in that area? , , ., area? yes. some locals have been asking _ area? yes. some locals have been asking why _ area? yes. some locals have been asking why there - area? yes. some locals have been asking why there was i area? yes. some locals have | been asking why there was no some kind of alert from the authorities right before the eruption, but the geological body said there was no volcanic activity right before the eruption happened, so there was no warning. but mount merapi itself has just erupted in january and february and some of the trails have just opened lastjune, so the residents have been asking why there was no warning from the authorities. but the authorities. but the authorities just said there was no volcano activities right before the eruption so there was no warning needed. bill was no warning needed. all riaht, was no warning needed. all right, hannah, we will leave it there. thank you for getting us up—to—date with the situation on the ground. hannah their reporting from jakarta. now to india. a cyclone is making landfall in southern india in chennai. five people have already been killed by the torrential rains in the area and thousands of people have left their homes. local meteorological offices say the region might see its worst rain in 70—80 years. in the uk, the government has announced its plans to reduce legal migration, promising the biggest reduction in the number of people invited to the country either on work or student visas as the dependents for humanitarian reasons. the plans include raising the minimum salary for skilled workers except for health or social care workers, which make up social care workers, which make up the bulk of the visas, and the number of family members that can be brought to the uk will be further limited. here is chris mason with all the details. saint cecilia's nursing home in scarborough this afternoon, 225 people working, 35 from abroad. the wider social care sector has a vast number of vacancies. 0verseas staff are seen as crucial. but next legal migration has ballooned when the government promised it would fall.— the government promised it would fall. ., ,, . ., , would fall. home secretary... the government _ would fall. home secretary... the government wants - would fall. home secretary... the government wants to - would fall. home secretary... l the government wants to show would fall. home secretary... . the government wants to show it gets that for many this is an except turrbal.— except turrbal. people are understandably _ except turrbal. people are understandably worried i except turrbal. people are i understandably worried about housing, about gp appointments, bowskill places —— unacceptable. bowskill places -- unaccetable. �* ., unacceptable. and so the home secretary said _ unacceptable. and so the home secretary said the _ unacceptable. and so the home secretary said the government | secretary said the government will... ,, .,, secretary said the government will... ,, ., , will... stop overseas care workers _ will... stop overseas care workers from _ will... stop overseas care workers from bringing i will... stop overseas care i workers from bringing family dependence and we will require care firms in england to be regulated by the care quality commission in orderfor them to sponsor visas. commission in orderfor them to sponsorvisas. he commission in order for them to sponsor visas-— sponsor visas. he claimed he didn't think— sponsor visas. he claimed he didn't think this _ sponsor visas. he claimed he didn't think this would - sponsor visas. he claimed he didn't think this would cut i sponsor visas. he claimed he| didn't think this would cut the number of care workers coming out. ,, . ., number of care workers coming out. ,, .., , .,, out. second, we will stop immigration _ out. second, we will stop immigration undercutting out. second, we will stop i immigration undercutting the salary of british workers. we will increase the skilled workers earnings threshold by one third to 38,700 from next spring, in line with the median full—term wage for those kinds ofjobs. full-term wage for those kinds of “obs. ., ., , ., of jobs. that means someone will need _ of jobs. that means someone will need to _ of jobs. that means someone will need to earn _ of jobs. that means someone will need to earn more - of jobs. that means someone will need to earn more to i of jobs. that means someone will need to earn more to get| of jobs. that means someone l will need to earn more to get a visa. those working in health and social care trusts will be exempt, allowing overseas workers to earn 20% less in sectors with staffing shortages is to end at allowing graduates to stay on after the horse will be reviewed. and... irate to stay on after the horse will be reviewed. and. . ._ be reviewed. and... we will ensure people _ be reviewed. and... we will ensure people only - be reviewed. and... we will ensure people only bring i ensure people only bring dependence who they can support financially. by raising the minimum income forfamily minimum income for family visits minimum income forfamily visits to the same threshold as the minimum salary threshold for skilled workers, 38,700. that is an increase of £20,000. around 300,000 fewer people will be eligible to come to the uk than were coming last year. this is the largest reduction on record. this is the largest reduction on record-— this is the largest reduction on record. ., ., ,, ., on record. labour are less than impressed- _ on record. labour are less than impressed. the _ on record. labour are less than impressed. the conservatives i impressed. the conservatives are in chaos. _ impressed. the conservatives are in chaos. they _ impressed. the conservatives are in chaos. they have i impressed. the conservatives are in chaos. they have got i impressed. the conservatives| are in chaos. they have got no serious plan for the economy, no serious plan for the immigration system, no serious plan for the country. britain deserves better than this! the snp said scotland badly needs migrate workers. i snp said scotland badly needs migrate workers.— migrate workers. i don't know if the secretary _ migrate workers. i don't know if the secretary of _ migrate workers. i don't know if the secretary of state i migrate workers. i don't know if the secretary of state has i if the secretary of state has any elderly relatives in care. i do. and they know the valuable contribution that overseas care workers make. the trade-off overseas care workers make. the trade—off surrounds migration, a colourful debate resumes. chris mason, bbc news. to south america now, and a growing row between guyana and let us wait. that's because over the weekend, venezuela held a referendum on its claim to — essequibo — an oil rich area. they voted to establish a new state there. but the international court ofjustice has ordered venezuela not to do anything that would change the current situation. venezuela's president nicolas maduro says his countrymen have taken the first steps in a struggle to get back what belongs to them — even though the referendum was non—binding and the turn out was reportedly low. we spoke earlier to the president of the republic of guyana, mohamed irfaan ali. here's some of what he had to say about the referendum. the icg made it very clear that venezuela is not to act upon the out come of these two questions. and that venezuela must respect the status quo as it exists today in guyana, and that is essequibo belonging to guyana and guyana administering this county. news from the us where the supreme court has been hearing a case brought by president biden's administration that the company that makes the drug 0xycontin should not be allowed to declare bankruptcy. demonstrations were held as purdue pharma's lawyers argued that the company should be allowed to go through with the procedure, which the government says would shield its billionaire owners, the sackler family, from any further lawsuits. 0xycontin is considered by many people to have triggered an epidemic in opioid abuse across the us. 0ur north america correspondent nomia iqbal sent us this update from washington. crowd: shame on sackler. in the last two decades, half a million americans have died from opioids. these are prescription painkillers, which are highly addictive. at the heart of this case is a drug called 0xycontin, produced by a company owned by the sacklers, one of america's richest families. people here protesting alleged the sacklers played down the effects of the drug in pursuit of profits. a bankruptcy court ordered the family to pay billions of dollars in compensation to victims and families. the supreme court is looking at that deal. people here want it struck down. i gave up my career as an engineer after i lost my son to try to help prevent families from going through the same thing that i went through. justice to me, is prevention, making sure that this doesn't happen again. we have a responsibility here to make sure that no other billionaires can do this to america in the future. the only way that we can do that is to make sure that the sacklers don't walk away scot free with impunity. i feel we are easily disposable and the stigma is so easy to look over. you know, we are drug addicts to everyone as a whole. and, you know, we did this to ourselves. and, you know, the fact is, is that a lot of these people are very sick, and they need real help. the supreme court is expected to make its decision at some point next year. technically, this is a bankruptcy case, but for people here it's more than that. this is, they say, about accountability for one of america's worst public health crises. we will have more on this story in our asia business report thatis in our asia business report that is coming up in a few minutes. that is all for the moment. do stay on with bbc news. hello. it is starting to turn less cold. that process, the transition to mild weather has already begun but we're not really going to feel it until the end of the week and into the weekend. in fact, there's still a chance of some frosts. now, let's have a look at the big picture then on tuesday. so low pressure close by with a wind off the north sea. so still a bit of an easterly, thick cloud and outbreaks of rain through the early hours across many parts of england and wales, maybe southern parts of scotland and into eastern northern ireland, but clear spells there in the north highlands and also around western parts of northern ireland. so a sharp frost in some spots early on tuesday, but not frosty in england and wales. and then here's the forecast for tuesday itself. in scotland and parts of northern ireland, it's a bright start with some sunshine in the afternoon. the rest of the country overcast, at least for the bulk of the day. chances are things will clear up a little bit in, say, the lake district, lancashire, wales in the southwest. but then that's towards the end of the day now, it's sunset soon, so i think the bulk of england and wales, let's call it a cloudy day with a chance of some rain. however, later in the day, on tuesday, towards the evening hours, skies will clear, the winds will fall light, and we've got a frost on the way. so still that nip in the air first thing in the morning on wednesday, with temperatures perhaps as low as minus five in scotland and close to freezing if not below in the south. and the morning on wednesday will be very cold across many parts of the country, especially further east. could be some lingering fog, could feel quite raw during the day. so quite disappointing temperatures, again. four degrees, even could be optimistic in some spots, could be close to freezing. but out towards the west, we've got that warmth here, that mild air sweeping in, weather fronts coming in, bringing the outbreaks of rain. and that change really is under way towards the end of the week with a low pressure and westerly winds. now, this is the temperature anomaly map, so warmer than average or colder than average. and actually, you can see towards the end of the week and into the weekend, we've got these warmer colours indicating temperatures actually into double figures for some of us. so let's have a look at the outlook, then. midweek onwards, you can see a fair amount of cloud and some outbreaks of rain, but a steady rise in the temperature as we lose the easterly winds and transition to westerlies. that's it for me. bye bye. bitcoin continues its full value, meeting has not seen in almost two years since the crypto currency crisis began. and welcome to the club. uber shares popped after it has elected to join the snp 500. hello and welcome to asia business report. let's start with this. the price of bitcoin has continued to saw overnight, up has continued to saw overnight, up more than 6% today to over $42,000. values it has not seen since april last year. meanwhile gold has been approaching an all—time high of more than $2100 an ounce. the two assets have jumped more than $2100 an ounce. the two assets havejumped in recent days as investors bet the us federal reserve will cut interest rates next year after 11 hikes since march 2022. stephanie leung from investment management fund stashaway explained to me what is behind this surge. there are a few factors that drive gold prices and also crypto prices higher. specifically i think two factors actually drive