developments coming out of israel and gaza. the israeli military says its troops are now in the heart of khan younis, which they call a hamas stronghold . it follows an intense overnight bombardment. it follows what they call the most intense day of fighting. the islamichhad organisation posted this video which it says it shows are fighting against israeli forces in the city. the un food programme says the resumption of fighting has intensified the hunger crisis intensified the hunger crisis in gaza and also along without more details emerging of the october seven attack. bbc has been hearing evidence that women in israel was sexually assaulted, raped and mutilated by hamas. israeli investigators that have gathered more than 1000 testimonies from witnesses and those are handled the bodies of the victims after the attack. lucy williamson has more from jerusalem and a warning, this report contains distressing details. out of the chaos and mass trauma of the hamas attacks, new
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to coal, gas and oil are attending that s four times the number at last year s conference in egypt. climate reporter esme stallard has a summary of today s events in dubai. we are on day six here in dubai of cop28, and for the first time, 60 countries came together to sign what they are calling the global cooling pledge. this year, many countries have suffered back to back heat waves and extreme heat, and that is expected to only get worse, with climate change. today, countries have committed to design our buildings in our homes better, not only to reduce the amount of heat related deaths but also to reduce the emissions from the energy that is going to be needed to keep our home school. we also got a new draught text this morning. countries have been working on negotiating on, and we saw proposals put forward for the first time how we might reduce ourfossilfuels. there the first time how we might reduce our fossil fuels. there was also, talk about oil and gas companies, ne
a russian cell. these 2 are to we raised the evidence of those crimes. so this is a very are very dramatic situation, but also a situation that is very difficult to assess or went, ernest simply do not have access to the ground. and just to last quick question for me when you are the secretary general of the united nations antonia terrace is going to both moscow and keep in the coming days to talk to the presidents there. and it hope chances of a breakthrough to think well, it s very difficult to assess at this stage or we know data vladimir putin has voiced a. he s a dissatisfaction in russia over the way what he calls a wester russo phobia. oh rhetoric, if you will. so of course it is good that there still a dialogue open that with the united nations, but i would say dots at given what we re seeing here on the ground over the past 2 months that it, there is a little hope that this visit will drastically improve things on the ground may be it will lead to humanitarian corrid
a situation that is very difficult to assess or winter than is simply do not have access to the ground. and just the last quick question for me when you and the secretary general of the united nations antonia terrace, is going to both moscow and keep in the coming days to talk to the presidents there . and it hope chances of a breakthrough to think well, it s very difficult to assess at this stage. we know that s a vladimir putin has voiced. he s a dissatisfaction in russia over the way what he calls a west rissa phobia rhetoric if you will. so of course it is good that there still a dialogue open with the united nations. but i would say that given what we see here on the ground over the past 2 months that it, there is a little hope that this visit will drastically improve things on the ground may be it will lead to humanitarian corridors, but they haven t been established permanently here since they were needing since the beginning of the war, so only a little hope here that