eating every day. israeli tanks are reported to be advancing slowly towards the centre of khan younis, as intense battles continue in southern gaza. there are reports of house—to—house fighting in the city. it comes amid fierce criticism of the us, for vetoing a united nations security council draft resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in gaza. the palestinian president mahmoud abbas said the veto made the us complicit in what he described as war crimes against palestinians. the us envoy to the un said a ceasefire would be dangerous and unrealistic. these are the latest pictures from the israel defense forces, showing fighting in the jabalia refugee camp in the north of the strip, which is still surrounded by israeli tanks. people there say they ve been without food and clean water for several days. from jerusalem, hugo bachega sent this report and a warning it does contain some distressing images. at the nasser hospital in khan younis last night, there were so many casualties after an israeli attack, doctors say they lost track of how many had arrived. hundreds, the director told us, many were brought in already dead. inside, chaos. residents say these people were wounded after several houses were hit in an air strike. children were again among the injured. this morning, another strike and more destruction, just hours after a un resolution calling for a ceasefire was rejected by the us, saying the goal should be to destroy hamas forever so there could be lasting peace. this resident was clear in his view of who was to blame for what is happening. "when america vetoed the ceasefire at the un, it was a veto on the people who are dying in shelling day and night with american weapons," he says. in the jabalia refugee camp to the north, the shops at the local market are closed and graves are being opened. the war doesn't stop even for people to bury the dead. the humanitarian situation is dire and getting worse. prayers unable to alleviate the suffering. no aid has reached un shelters, with thousands of displaced people in the camp, residents say. today the israeli military released this footage of what it says shows hamas using a un—run school in northern gaza to launch attacks against its soldiers. the un says it cannot access the area to try to verify the claims. israel has long accused hamas of using the population of gaza as human shields, and says a ceasefire now would only benefit to the group, which is still holding more than 100 hostages abducted in israel. hamas took hostages from the israeli people but they also took hostages some of the innocent citizens in gaza, who suffer. we have to get rid of this government and make sure that the citizens of israel and the citizens of gaza will not suffer from this administration. back at the nasser hospital, relatives gathered this morning two more than loved ones. ——mourn their loved ones. as the fighting continues, more people are being killed and the suffering of survivors is getting worse. israel says it is taking steps to protect civilians in gaza but the world is asking is it enough? hugo bachega, bbc news, jerusalem. i asked our diplomatic correspondent paul adams injerusalem about the fallout from the veto of the resolution at un security council. i mean, obviously, israel is relieved that it was not isolated. that its steadfast ally, the united states, has bought it some more time. i think that is probably how it will have seen that because this does come at a time when us officials are starting to sound increasingly impatient with israel's actions in southern gaza, but obviously not impatient enough to make an expression of that at the united nations. as for the palestinians, as you can imagine they were deeply disappointed by the way the vote went. mahmoud abbas, the palestinian president, said this this decision will haunt the united states for years to come and he regretted an opportunity had not been taken to prevent this crisis from escalating into what he called a religious war that threatens the entire world. clearly, the terms under which the un secretary—general called this vote were very much with that notion in mind, that this has the potential to spread beyond the boundaries of gaza to ignite the passions throughout the region. and as far as the palestinians are concerned, they weren't surprised that the united states vetoed the resolution. there is a long history of the united states doing that when it comes to resolutions on israel. but they are still dismayed nonetheless. bring us up—to—date with the latest on the ground in gaza? a senior un official warning that half the population of gaza is now starving? yes, we don't have any way of verifying that, but clearly it is somewhat in keeping with the messages coming out from aid agencies in the last few days. they sound increasingly desperate about their inability to handle a fast escalating humanitarian crisis, a crisis which surely they can't keep up with. israel's military is conducting operations at a pace that the aid agencies simply are unable to match. we are seeing more and more people displaced, more and more people now huddled out in the open in many cases, both in the middle part of the gaza strip, and also in the south. then those pockets in the north where there is still fighting around gaza city, where those people are essentially completely cut off. it was interesting today, there was a report from the israeli military of fighting in beit hanoun, in the far north—east corner of the gaza strip, close to the israeli border fence. israelis might be slightly surprised to learn that here we are two months into this war, and still hamas have the ability to engage in battles with the israeli army in a place like that. it shows that even after all of the that has used against hamas over the past eight, nine weeks, it is still capable of putting up a fight in multiple places. thank in multiple places. you to paulfor that. tamara al—reefai is director of communications at the united nations' relief agency for palestinians. she said the amount of aid getting into gaza had slowed in recent days. the humanitarian aid, the supplies, the trucks are coming in very, very small numbers, and definitely not up to the scale and magnitude of the needs of people. over the last few days, we have seen a big reduction in the number of trucks coming in and the number of leaders of fuel coming in, which is necessary for the tracks and for the water desalination plants and also for the electricity generators. basically, the humanitarian space has really shrunk. around the largest un agency operating in gaza, and on top of it, because of the intensity of the fighting of the bombardment since the humanitarian paws stopped, we have only been able to distribute food in a very small part of southern gaza. there are many, many people who are not in that area who we have not been able to access for the last few days. so they are left with nothing, no food, and no blankets, nothing. it is really, really a tight space for humanitarians right now. find really a tight space for humanitarians right now. really a tight space for humanitarians riaht now. �* ., ., humanitarians right now. and what do ou make humanitarians right now. and what do you make of — humanitarians right now. and what do you make of this _ humanitarians right now. and what do you make of this claim _ humanitarians right now. and what do you make of this claim this _ humanitarians right now. and what do you make of this claim this morning, | you make of this claim this morning, a senior official at the un, half the people in are starving. the senior official _ the people in are starving. tue: senior official represents the people in are starving. tte: senior official represents the highest international authority on the right to food. and therefore i think that comment should be taken very, very seriously, and it corroborates with our own findings based on what our colleagues tell us. people really have very little access to food because we know the quantities of wheat, flour and canned food that are going in. again, tens of trucks do nothing in the face of the needs of 2.2 million people. think about it. ten trucks or 50 trucks is barely what you can fail a medium scale grocery store or supermarket with. 2.2 million as a city, a very big city. and therefore how much can you do? 69 trucks a couple of days ago that only partially food, partially fuel and partially food, partially fuel and partially not food, like blankets and medical supplies, so if we do the maths, my colleague from the world food programme has... —— has it right. i spoke to richard hecht, a spokesperson for the israel defence forces. these are dire times, tragic times, also for our people and for the gazan people. and we are focused on hamas. very important to say that. we are doing everything we can to get civilians out of harm's way. we don't have any other alternative. if you are focused on hamas, why, according to one senior un official, is half the population of gaza starving? well, i would take these details with a pinch of salt. we are doing everything we can, and again we are opening more crossings, more trucks, to move them into the gaza strip, so that people who are moving to the south and do the humanitarian areas... but aid agencies have said nowhere near enough trucks have entered at any point during this war? we are doing everything we can to get as much trucks as possible inside the gaza strip. again, we are not fighting these civilians. these are dire times. we have also, our civilians have had to leave their communities, not only in the south but the north. our focus is not on the gazan people. it is tragic, it is hard, any death to a civilian is painful, but we don't have an alternative. there isn't a single thing that could be done to get more aid to innocent civilians? there is nothing more that could be done in your eyes? we are trying to bring up the capability of trucks. we are probably opening next week and another checking point to upscale the entry of trucks into the gaza strip. again, we have to check the strokes going into make sure there is no equipment that can arrive to hamas. aid agencies working on that say they are world leading experts, they do this day in, day out, they know about the checks that need to be done, they do it and they can do it. and the other point is there are other aid agencies who wanted no tie at all between aid entering and a ceasefires. are they right on that? i don't understand the question. i will say that again, lewis. we are doing everything we can to upscale the entry of aid into gaza. i have heard that a lot of that aid is not going to the right people. i even heard a gazan civilian are talking about how it is going to hamas. i would remind you that a lot of their leadership are sitting in five star hotels and looking at the suffering of their people and putting them in the line of fire. we are not fighting these people, lewis. ok, i want to ask you a couple of specifics to try to find out what is going on. sahar baruch, an israeli hare hostage is believed to have been killed in gaza. claims that this was a result, or came after an israeli operation. is that true, do we know? again, when they talk about hamas and how cynical they are, we saw this horrific movie, again, you can talk about how they don't have capabilities, they have the electricity and the means to make these horrific movies that we saw. i cannot make the connection between the two. we're focused on doing everything we can to get the hostages out and we will keep doing that until we get all of our hostages home. ukraine s first lady, olena zelenska, has warned russia's aggression against ukraine will �*spread like a virus�* unless it�*s stopped. mrs zelenska has called on western countries to support her country�*s war effort, amid a stand—off in congress over funding for kyiv�*s military. in the two years since russia s invasion, ukraine has relied on billions of dollars from its overseas allies. she was speaking to the bbc�*s laura kuennsberg. what would you say to american politicians right now who are arguing about whether ukraine should get more money? what would you say also to our viewers who might think it has gone on for a long time, it doesn�*t look like ukraine is able to win, maybe there needs to be a different way of trying to work this out? translation: | think i today there is a problem with the world in general. we are used to the world appearing calm. in fact what we have been saying for the past two years, is that the aggression, if not stopped, it spreads like a virus. it starts a chain reaction that doesn�*t stop. i asked our europe correspondent — jessica parker — who�*s in kyiv, how much concern there is there about levels of aid arriving from its western allies. yeah, i mean, ithink the first lady�*s fears expressed there are widely felt here. let me read you a few quotes from one woman i spoke to here in kyiv earlier this week, whose son is serving on the front line. she said, "we need more weapons from the west. our children are dying on the front line and we are protecting all of europe." and that is a view you hear quite a lot around here, and it comes at a really tough time for ukraine — the world�*s attention, of course, has been diverted somewhat by what is happening in israel and gaza, ukraine�*s counteroffensive widely seen to have faltered, and then there is this issue of potentially wavering support from the west — not just that us defence fund, which of course really important, america by far and away the biggest backer of ukraine in that regard, but also a question over some economic funds from the european union, not to mention will leaders in the eu later this week green—light plans to move ukraine to the next stage of accession talks as part of its hopes tojoin the bloc? so this is all coming to a head this week. ukraine is watching, russia is watching, and it will be a real test of western will. there�*s fury among some countries at the un climate summit in dubai, after the oil cartel opec urged its members to block any deal targeting fossil fuels. france�*s energy minister says she�*s "stunned" after opec — the organisation of the petroleum exporting countries — rallied its members to reject any proposal at cop28 to phase out fossil fuels. spain�*s ecology minister has called the move "disgusting". our correspondent carl nasman is in dubai, and told us more about the ambition to end the use of fossil fuels. this is really bubbling under the surface, it�*s a big point of discussion here at cop28, and it�*s likely a reaction, some people say, to the growing momentum here for calls for a phase—out of fossil fuel, to have that included in the final language of the final agreement at the end of this week. there are more than 100 countries that now would support that. that�*s more than half of the countries involved here. there�*s also probably some anxiety, and analysts are telling me on behalf of the oil nations themselves that this could be some kind of turning point for the future of oil and gas. this could mean trouble for their economies. we actually have some reaction now from germany�*s climate envoy, jennifer morgan. i think we are seeing very worrying tactics by the arab group here. one of the key issues is adaptation. that's the second big paris goal. how do we create resilience in all of our economies? how can small islands make sure that their houses aren't going to be blown away by the next cyclone? and there you have a position from the arab group which doesn't even want to have text. this is a problem. this is a priority of the most vulnerable countries, and europe stands with them. i�*m joined now by hindou ibrahim, she is a chadian environmentalist and the co—chair of the international indigenous peoples�* forum on climate change. a lot of talk today about what�*s going on with the opec nations, about what�*s going on with the cop28 president, sultan aljaber. i know that this morning he actually came to speak to your group, the indigenous peoples�* caucus. what did he tell you? right, so we had him this morning at the indigenous peoples' caucus because it is the endgame, the last three days, we wanted to have what we requested to be in the text, so what he said is like how he can help the indigenous peoples' language to be in the outcome. yes, this is worthy, but for us, how we can have loss and damage governors to get the permanent seat and active role of the observer, because the losses and damage are in our land. we have to be guardians of all the funding to go directly into the communities. this is the loss and damage fund that was improved on day one, and what you�*re saying is you want to have a role in terms of how that money will be distributed. absolutely. you know, when there is losses then they wanted to dam it, most of the time theyjust like go channel to the countries that have it, and it goes through ministries, processes, etc, but the communities who are losing their culture, their identity, and who can prevent it, it's very hard to get the cash to them, so that's why, for us, we need to be sitting into the board, then we can decide and guide them to go directly to those communities to prevent the loss and damage first, and when this happens, to repair it. now, you�*re part of a group of strong female climate activists. you�*ve actually said that women are the masters of the environment. what you mean by that? of course, if all the decisions of the world are in the hands of the women, the world will be more peaceful, morejust, equitable and inclusive. just look at a mother. she is taking care of the children, of the old people. she's the one that is making society work. so, that's why we are arguing about having women, or women right into the bracket, we cannot bracket half of our lives. it has to be a normal and natural way to have women leaders to sit in the cops. here at cop28, do you feel like indigenous leaders, indigenous environmentalists, are being put forward, are being kind of — have an equal seat at the table with everybody else? equal seat is like a very big word. having a seat at the tables, we tried to get in some of that. having a seat at the tables is not meaning that we have to check the box that we have indigenous peoples present, or women present. we have to listen to what we are saying and implement what we are saying into the decisions, so for now, some of the discussion, they give as we see it. i used to come out from a ministerial, when we talk about how when the rest of the climate can come together and have an action together, it's progress there, but does that mean they're going to consider what i said into the decision? if they are going to consider, they must coordinate the negotiations biodiversity and climate to have the same position into the two cops. all right, hindou ibrahim, chadian environmentalist, the co—chair of the international indigenous peoples�* forum on climate change, thank you very much for coming to speak to us today, and a few days to go, about four days left of those negotiations, that letter from opec certainly making some waves here, but there are plenty of countries that will be pushing for a fossil fuel phase—out, and we will continue to keep you up—to—date on all the latest developments here in dubai. next, to france, president macron is at the centre of a row over france�*s secular ideals, after appearing to take part in a religious ceremony at the elysee palace. footage of the event was posted online on thursday and the president has since faced a wave of criticism. from the newsroom, our reporter tom brada has the details. this video has dragged president macron into the eye of a political storm. he�*s seen standing alongside the chief rabbi of france who is lighting the very first candle on the menorah as part of the jewish festival hanukkah. on the surface, there is nothing controversial going on, but the issue here is the location. the ceremony took place at the official residence of the president, the elysee palace. and for many people, that is completely at odds with the country�*s commitment to secularism. now, secularism is the idea that there should be a separation between religious institutions and the state, and many people from across the political spectrum are not happy. these are the thoughts of the right wing mayor of cannes who wrote that... and these were the thoughts of a prominent socialist leader who wrote that... for his part, president macron defended what took place. translation: if the president - of the republic had made a gesture of worship or taken part in a ceremony, this would not be respectful of secularism. that's not what happened. there�*s even been criticism from some members of the jewish community. this was the head of the representative council of frenchjewish institutions. he said that frenchjews have always considered secularism as a law of protection and of freedom, and that this is something that shouldn�*t be allowed to happen again. so when did secularism become such an important part of french identity? well, in 1905 it was officially enshrined into law with the separation of the church and state, and all religious symbols were removed from public buildings. the law ensures strict neutrality of all religions, but it frequently creates controversy, particularly recently with tensions over school dress codes and islamic traditions. and this recent incident at the elysee has brought the republic�*s relationship with religion back into sharp focus. an image of the aurora borealis, also known as the northern lights, taken in wales has been named as a winner in the 2023 northern lights photographer of the year awards. matthew browne has travelled to iceland to see the northern lights, but it�*s his picture taken 10 minutes from his west wales home that has won him the award — something he�*s described as "bonkers". just time to bring you some pictures of an extremely rare white baby alligator. the female was born at a wildlife park in orlando in florida and measures 49 centimetres. stay with us here on bbc news. hello. quite a stormy evening for some of us, particularly around the irish sea. very windy inland. this is the outlook for the next few days. for their spells of wind and rain on the way. but at least it will stay at relatively mild, as you expect in this sort of weather. here is a satellite picture. a powerfuljet is propelling these areas of the pressure. one of us is moving over us right now. storm allen, named by the irish met service. here it is here. behind it, another developing storm, storm frigates, which will sweep across our island during the course of sunday. back to the here and now, so to this evening, the strongest gusts around the irish sea, but very windy. parts of wales, northern england, the midlands. you can see with the rain is a little bit further north, actually further south, some clear spells for this evening and overnight. and then later in the night, through the early hours actually, the winds fall light across many parts of the country has that decaying storm pulls away. not cold between 3—6 celsius. and here is the next low pressure heading our way. so early in the morning, rain spreading into northern ireland the irish sea, through wales, central and southern england and i think most of us will get at least some rain during the course of sunday. the strongest of the winds will be across the island linked to storm fracas here on sunday. the temperatures around 12-13 sunday. the temperatures around 12—13 celsius. maybe 1a in plymouth. the outlook as he head through the first part of the week, so, monday, in between weather systems, so when area of low pressure pulls away and another one tries to, and. just in that slither of bright weather, dry weather on monday, so perhaps a decent day. 12 celsius in london, 7 degrees in glasgow. a greater chance of catching some sunshine on monday. it then into tuesday, back underneath an area of low pressure. this high is trying to build in. that might be a hint of things to come later in the week. things could start to settle down, but you can see later on wednesday that low pressure starts to pull away. let�*s have a look at the outlook. a summary for the week ahead. dropping a little bit for the middle part of the weekend from the weather icons, well, a bit of everything on the way this week. goodbye. live from london. this is bbc news. a senior un official has warned half the population of gaza are now starving, as israel continues its assault. the palestinian president, mahmoud abbas, has accused the united states of being complicit in war crimes, after it vetoed a un security council resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in gaza. israel has been moving its tanks towards the centre of khan younis in the south of gaza. most of the population has now fled to coastal areas or towards rafah. opec, the oil producers�* organisation, has been heavily criticised at the un climate summit negotiations in dubai. a letter has been leaked from the head of opec calling on members to resist any reference to phasing out fossilfuels. ukraine�*s first lady tells the bbc that ukrainians will be left to die if western countries don�*t continue their support for the country. hello. now the latest round—up from the bbc sport centre, with karthi. we start with a terrible afternoon in the premier league for manchester united, as they suffered a 3—0 defeat at home to bournemouth. many of their supporters booed the team. dominic solanke, who scored bournemouth�*s first goal, agreed it could be one of the best results in his club�*s history after an organised and calm performance at old trafford. but it was another difficult afternoon for united manager erik ten haag. earlier, liverpooljumped above arsenal to go top of the league for the time being after beating crystal palace 2—1. once again, liverpool didn�*t make things easy for themselves, falling behind to a jean—philippe mateta penalty after the frenchman had been fouled. but liverpool have gained the most points from losing positions in the premier league this season, and that stands at 18 points now after mo salah levelled with his 200th goal for liverpool in all competitions. substitute harvey elliott struck the winner in the 91st minute. palace had a penalty overturned, and had jordan ayew sent off, leaving manager roy hodgson very unhappy with the officials. very, very disappointed. i think we were very harshly treated. i find it very hard to accept nine yellow cards for so—called fouls we committed. for kicking the ball... i don�*t see it. i thought for the rest of the time, 11 men, we did extremely well. unfortunately we were down to ten men, it got a bit harder, quite a lot of time added on, it cost us and liverpool could score twice. to say i�*m disappointed would be a bit of an understatement. after the game i told the referee what i felt. i�*m not going to repeat it, he might say what i said to him, andi it, he might say what i said to him, and i gota it, he might say what i said to him, and i got a yellow card as well, but i�*ve got to say i really do think today we were hard done by. interesting comments from roy hodgson. elsewhere in the premier league, brighton and burnley drew 1—1. sheffield united beat brentford 1—0, for chris wilder�*s first win since returning to the club this week. wolves and nottingham forest also drew 1—1. there�*s a huge game just under way. in—form aston villa at home to arsenal. current score, aston villa 0—0 arsenal. in the bundesliga, champions bayern munich had a shock 5—1 defeat to eintracht franfurt. 5—1 defeat to eintracht frankfurt. bayern had been aiming for a win that would have put them top of the table, but they�*re in second place behind bayer leverkusen. one other football story to bring you. fifa have confirmed three bids to host the women�*s world cup in 2027 — germany, belgium and the netherlands have submitted a joint european bid. mexico and the us have also teamed up. brazil is the only country with a solo bid. the final decision will be made through an open vote at the next fifa congress in may. south africa also had hopes of hosting the tournament, but withdrew their bid last month. cricket, and england�*s women have beaten india by four wickets in the second t20 international. the home side were dismissed for a below—par 80 all out, with only two players making double figures. in response, england stumbled as they lost six wickets on the way to chasing down the runs, alice capsey top—scoring with 25. the final game of the series is played tomorrow, with england already with an unassailable 2—0 series lead. to tennis, and home favourite nick kyrios says he won�*t take part nick kyrgios says he won�*t take part in the australian open next month for the second year in a row because of ongoing injury concerns. the australian 28—year—old missed all four majors this year because of various injuries. in fact, he has played just one match on the atp tour this year. kyrgios said he does really want to get back to playing at the top of his game, and needs a little more time. and that�*s all the sport for now. the bloodshed in israel and gaza is the latest in a conflict with a long history. many argue that peace will only come if both israelis and palestinians accept the other�*s right to statehood. after decades of failure, we look into their positions, and ask whether the two—state solution is still a viable option for peace. issam ikirmawi reports. the world has been shocked by the unprecedented violence in gaza and israel, and it�*s sparked new calls for a solution to the decades—old conflict between israelis and palestinians. a two—state solution is the only way. this is the heart of the two—state solution. some world leaders have suggested bringing the two—state solution back to the table. ..efforts to find - a two state solution. but after decades of failure, is it still a viable option? the two—state solution would create an independent state of palestine. but for israelis and palestinians to live side—by—side in their own independent state, both have to recognise the other�*s right to exist. the leader of israel�*s government, benjamin netanyahu, is against palestinian independence and he�*s opposed two—state solutions. he presented a map of israel to the united nations this year, which included nojurisdiction for palestinians and drew criticism of incitement. in the same speech, he accused palestinians of not recognising thejewish state of israel. for peace to prevail, the palestinians must stop spewing jew hatred, finally reconcile themselves to the jewish state. on the other side of the conflict, hamas, seen by some palestinians as a resistance movement and designated a terrorist group by western leaders, rejects israel�*s right to exist. hamas supports what they describe as armed struggle against israel. but hamas is not the only palestinian political voice. until 2006, the palestinian authority was in control of both the west bank and gaza. but after the elections that year, hamas ousted the pa by force from gaza, creating a divide in palestinian leadership. the pa has long supported the two—state solution and recognises israel. but the governing body�*s president, mahmoud abbas, claims israel is no longer acting as a partnerfor peace. critics of benjamin netanyahu�*s government say that the divide in palestinian leadership is convenient for israeli opponents of the solution. netanyahu, he nourished the hamas economy and the hamas existence in gaza in order to weaken the palestinian authority at the west bank. he is, actually, was feeding hamas in order to prevent any option for a palestinian state in the occupied west bank territories because the settlements�* political base is there. benjamin netanyahu has previously rejected claims he wanted to build up hamas, and other israeli voices have said peace is impossible while hamas is committed to israel�*s destruction. there's no option but to eradicate hamas. and if anyone has a better idea how to eradicate this hamas—isis, let me know. consecutive israeli governments have made the building of illegal settlements on occupied palestinian land a political priority. 2023 has set a record for settlement construction in the west bank, according to the non—governmental group peace now. this map shows in red the increase ofjewish settlements between 1979 and 2019. these are sanctioned by the israeli government. the outposts marked in blue are unauthorised communities. under international law, settlements like this one known as efrat, are illegal, though israel disputes that. for many palestinians, the issue of settlements is a significant barrier to a meaningful peace process. if we look from a realpolitik perspective, if we look on the ground, 30 years after the peace process, we are faced with an entrenched israeli military occupation. we are faced with a triple number of settlers that had reached more than 750,000 settlers in the west bank, hindering any possibility for any palestinian state. the idea of a two—state solution dates back to the un partition plan in 191t7. the plan proposed splitting the british mandate territory of palestine into two separate states. a majority was allocated for a jewish state and 43% of an arab state, with an international enclave around jerusalem. the palestinians rejected the plan, whilejewish armed groups wasted no time in taking over towns and villages. by the end of the war, the israelis were in possession of 78% of mandatory palestine. this became known to palestinians as the nakba, or catastrophe, of 191t8, which displaced hundreds of thousands of people. israel won another war in 1967 and occupied the remaining land, including the west bank and gaza, as well as eastjerusalem. but the conflict continued. in 1993, the leader of the palestinian liberation organisation, yasser arafat, and israeli prime minister yitzhak rabin signed the oslo accords. these agreements envisioned a two—state solution to bring an end to the conflict. the israeli foreign minister at the time, shimon peres, heralded a new partnership. we shall negotiate with you a permanent settlement and with all our neighbours, a comprehensive peace. but the oslo accords were attacked by hard liners on both sides, and the early promise of an independent palestinian state was dashed by the events of november 1995. the israeli prime minister, i yitzhak rabin, the architect of the middle east peace process, has been assassinated. _ he was shot tonight as he left. a peace rally in tel aviv and died shortly afterwards in hospital. his death at the hands of a jewish extremist left the peace process in ruins. hassan asfour was a member of the palestinian delegation to the oslo accords. he said he believed israelis were divided over the agreement rabin had reached with the plo. after rabin�*s assassination, benjamin netanyahu came to prominence opposing the agreement, and in the eyes of many, halting progress made during the peace talks. the founding charter of netanyahu�*s likud party sets out that, "between the sea and thejordan, there will only be israeli sovereignty." throughout most of his time in power, mr netanyahu has continued to promote security concerns as the main argument against a two—state solution. on the eve of the 2015 elections, he outright rejected the idea of palestinian state. it�*s clear that israel has seen a big political shift to the right since the oslo accords. the left—leaning peace camp, once vocal in its opposition to the settlement enterprise, has all but disappeared. the number of seats held by the left has gone from 56 in 1992 to just four in 2022. the israeli parliament is now dominated by right wing parties and religious groups. the two arab parties have only ten seats, even though 20% of israel�*s populations are palestinian arabs with the right to vote. public opinion polls carried out among israelis in early 2023 found that 35% thought it was possible for israel and an independent palestinian state to coexist peacefully. 46% disagreed. for many on the israeli right, a limited autonomy for palestinians is as far as they have been willing to contemplate. when i think about the future of the israeli—palestinian conflict, i have to be honest, i don�*t see any real solution any time soon. so i think what we should do now is minimise the conflict and allow palestinians to have more autonomy, to have their own power grids, to have their own water desalination factories, and it will help both of us. on the palestinian side, researchers who spoke to people in the west bank and gaza strip in early november 2023 reported just over 17% of palestinians they talked with supported a two—state solution. 68% of those they spoke with said their support for a two—state solution has declined. the bloodshed that followed the october 7th attacks has brought the elusive quest for a lasting peace to the israeli—palestinian conflict back into sharp focus. 30 years on from the oslo accord, some of those who played an instrumental role in the negotiations still hold fast to the idea of reviving the two—state solution. i believe that it is the only solution that we have. after the war, there will be a reshuffle. i don�*t believe that netanyahu will remain as the prime minister and the government will be very, very different this way or another. so i think that on the israeli side, there is a chance, a serious chance, that the issue of the two—state solution will reappear. so far, every effort to revive the peace process has failed. but as world leaders try again to push israelis and palestinians towards a resolution, the question remains whether the two—state solution may once again be revived. i will take you to israel lies to give you a sense of what�*s happening now. —— israel live. friends, families, relatives and supporters of the israeli hostages currently still being held in gaza by hamas. pressure from people across israel on the government remains to do all they can to secure the release of they can to secure the release of the hostages during that temporary pause in fighting there was a release of israeli hostages back to israel, along with the release of palestinian prisoners being held in israel. but the resumption of the fighting brought that process to an end. the demonstrations, the protests, the support, as you can see, in large numbers, continuing in israel. it crashed ticketing sites, led to sold—out hotels, and even generated earthquake—like seismic activity. we�*re talking about taylor swift�*s latest tour. now it�*s broken the record for sales. our reporter nicky schiller is in the newsroom with more. she is one of the biggest stars in the world, the most streamed artist on spotify of 2023, and now taylor swift has another record for her tour. welcome to the eras tour. it has beceome the highest grossing in music history, bringing in more than $1 billion in her first 60 shows between march and november of this year. trade publication pollstar, which tracks music sales, says taylor made $1.04 billion. they called that staggering. but taylor is not only making more money, she is doing it faster. the previous record holder was eltonjohn. he made $939 million, but that was over the course of 328 shows on his farewell tour. taylor is making more money because she is playing stadiums which hold bigger crowds. indeed, the experts say if she continues on her scheduled world tour, she could make over $2 billion. second on the list of highest grossing this year is beyonce, followed by bruce springsteen, coldplay and then harry styles. indeed, the top 100 global tours made over $9 billion, up 46% on last year. for taylor, it�*sjust one more record in a record—breaking year. just this week, she was named person of the year by time magazine. and the re—recording of her 1989 album is best—selling of the year, the movie of her tour made over $250 million, and looking ahead, she is up for album of the year at the grammys, and if she wins that in february, it would be for a record fourth time. scientists looking at the 75—million—year—old remains of a dinosaur have been able to identify its last meal. the bones of two other, much smaller dinosaurs were discovered inside the fossil, which was found in canada. here s our science correspondent victoria gill. entombed in 75—year—million—year—old rock, this is a gorgosaurus. the backbone would have been here. you can see all the ribs. it�*s a type of tyrannosaur, a close cousin of t—rex, but this fossil is hiding the remains of something else. what was uncovered when the fossil was being cleaned at the museum is that there were toe bones of a very small dinosaur found between the individual ribs of the tyrannosaur. those bones were not immediately obvious to experts, but they were this gorgosaurus�*s last meal. highlighted in this diagram of the fossil, they are actually the remains of two small baby dinosaurs. and there was enough remaining of those unfortunate creatures for palaeontologists to identify them. both sets of legs belonged to this small, birdlike dinosaur called the citipes. it gives an insight into how the young tyrannosaurs would have hunted and bitten their prey in half. the prey remains are actually preserved by the tyrannosaur�*s stomach, so this fossil is actually the first solid evidence that we have for diet or feeding behaviour in a juvenile tyrannosaur. experts say this also tells the story of how much tyrannosaurs transformed through their lives. young animals were agile predators, slender with blade—like teeth, while mature tyrannosaurs, like gorgosaurus and t—rex were slower but much more powerful. they were so big and so strong that they crushed through the bones of their prey, literally there are fossils that have bite marks that match the teeth of the bigger adult tyrannosaurs. but the younger ones chased down their prey. to me, that is really neat because it reveals these tyrannosaurs to be a lot richer, a lot more complex, a lot more nuanced as characters, they weren�*t just monsters. they were real animals and they adapted, they changed, as they grew up. this tyrannosaur never quite grew up, but its remains are a glimpse of its final hunt 75 million years ago. victoria gill, bbc news. more than ten million people in the uk are estimated to have a hidden disability which isn�*t immediately visible to the naked eye. 14—year—old ella is one of them. she has spina bifida, which has led to various health complications, including problems with her bowel and bladder. as part of the bbc young reporter competition, she�*s been telling her story. hi, i�*m ella. i have spina bifida. i decided to make this film to make people more aware of hidden disabilities. i go to lots of clubs, but it looks different how you may picture it. so i will show you all the things i have to think about before going out. this is my medical bag for going out. so any time we go on a walk, out to eat, this is what i have to pack. have a section for my stoma bags. this is what it looks like. so thatjust goes there. this is my medical supplies cupboard, which is where i keep all my medical bits. it�*s also an airing cupboard, so there is towels and everything else like that. we get a big order, so we have to stock it all up. it�*s very organised. it�*s quite nice. but i have my bags, my goals, my catheters. my gauze, my catheters. one of the clubs i do is musical theatre. i wanted to share my story with the group. i wrote a letter explaining this. i wanted to write to you to explain why my mum sits outside our sessions every week, why i sometimes appear quite upset and why i can�*t move in the same way as the rest of you in some of the dances. i was born with spina bifida, which means i had an open hole at the base of my spine. i had a life—saving surgery when i was just three days old to seal it up. since then, i�*ve had another 13 operations all... ..at great ormond street hospital, because the spinal bifida means i have lots of medical problems. my mum stays with me because i can have medical challenges that i am not always able to manage on my own. i am nearly there though, and hopefully i will be independent soon. what do you think the significance of sharing my story has made? i think you�*ve been able to be yourself in the lessons you have made so many friends here and just to watch you excel. honestly, going from, you know, that shy, timid girl that came into the class those first couple of months with your mum outside, to the way that you are now, confident young lady, is just amazing. and i think if you hadn�*t have shared that with everybody, i don�*t think you could have ever got to that point. i also do synchronised swimming. i have to pack more than my friends. but i�*ve got my medical bag... because of my stoma bag, it can be even harder to get ready and swim. sometimes i�*m not sure whether to change it or not change it, but i change itjust in case. hello. well, so far it�*s been an awful day across many parts of the country. heavy rain, strong winds. and this is the outlook for the next few days. further spells of wind and rain with some quieter gaps in between. i think there will be at least a little bit of sunshine. here�*s the satellite picture. and you can see propelled by a powerfuljet stream is today�*s weather system, that�*s actually storm elin moving across ireland and the uk, and behind it is the next developing storm, storm fergus, which will impact ireland on sunday. so here�*s the forecast then for the rest of the day. the bulk of the rain has cleared out into the north sea by this stage. but curling into the centre of the low is this area of rain across northern ireland, the irish sea, into northwestern parts of england, gales for many coastal areas and inland too. but i think the strongest of the winds will be around this part of the british isles. so 60—70 mile an hour winds, certainly some coasts of lancashire, cumbria, very, very, very windy here through the course of today and into the evening. but eventually the winds will die down as decaying by this stage, storm elin pulls away and then we�*re in between weather systems. actually, the winds are going to fall light. there could be some mist and murk forming. and then early in the morning, we�*ve got this next weather front moving into northern ireland, wales, the southwest linked to storm fergus, which is centred here. so the strongest of the winds will actually be moving into western parts of ireland. so not too many impacts from the wind i think for us on sunday, but certainly some rain spreading across the uk. and then actually you can see a clearance here with some brighter weather or clearer weather i think by this stage towards the end of the day. so sunday into monday, one low pressure moves away and guess what, into monday and tuesday, there�*ll be further lows heading our way and so far has already been a very wet december. so the ground is just so soaked at the moment. just further rain on the way. now monday�*s actually looking a little bit quieter. there will be some sunny spells on the way. temperatures between seven and around 12 degrees celsius. here�*s the outlook over the next few days. the weather sort of chopping and changing from bright weather to rain to cloudy skies. some sunshine again, a bit of everything really on the way. bye bye. live from london. this is bbc news. a senior un official warns half the population of gaza are now starving — and says conditions on the ground make the delivery of aid nearly impossible. israeli tanks are advancing slowly towards the centre of khan yunis — amid house to house fighting in southern gaza. also on the programme: ukraine�*s first lady — olena zelenska — appeals for further military support for her country — and warns russian aggression will �*spread like a virus�* unless the west stops it and actor, ryan o�*neal — who became one of the world�*s biggest film stars after being nominated for an oscar for his role in the 1971 romance, "love story" — has died at the age of 82. welcome to bbc news, i�*m lukwesa burak. a senior un official has warned that half of the population of gaza are now starving, as israel continues its assault on the territory. the world food programme�*s deputy director, carl skau, says nine out of ten people are not eating every day. israeli tanks are reported to be slowly advancing towards the centre of khan younis, as intense battles continue in southern gaza. there are reports of house—to—house fighting in the city. it comes amid fierce criticism of the us, for vetoing a united nations security council draught resolution calling