up its criticism of the way israel is carrying out its military offensive in gaza. antony blinken said there was a gap between the government s declared intentions to protect civilians and the casualties and what was happening on the ground. it comes as the un s top aid official has said there s no longer any meaningful humanitarian operation in southern gaza. it does appear, however, that the israeli border crossing kerem shalom could soon be opened to improve the flow of aid. currently making its way into gaza. also in the less 2a hours, we have seen new images from inside gaza. these are pictures of palestinians being held by the israel defense forces, many of them kneeling, many of them stripped to their underwear with their hands tied behind their backs. our international editor jeremy bowen has this report and i should warn you, you may find some of the images in the report distressing. video emerged of palestinian men taken for interrogation. bbc staff recognised the t
from new york. michelle fleury reports. we should get further evidence there is slowdown in the job markets. employers are growing more cautious and employees are sticking around longer. one caveat should see some distortion to the numbers, the auto and actors strikes both endedin auto and actors strikes both ended in november with many returning to work that same month. plus, the end of the year is when many seasonal workers get taken on. american central bank, the federal reserve, it will be watching closely because lowerjob growth will feel expectations the pheasant will leave rates on hold. they have risen 5% from nearly zero since march of last year as it wrestled to bring down inflation. thejobs report is a lot of economics data before the us central bank s meeting next week. despite expectation for a slowdown, america s labour market remains strong by historical standards. still, market remains strong by historicalstandards. still, if historical standards. still, if ec
fatih birol, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. every year the world awaits your world energy report, it is hugely influential, and this year it said something very interesting. it predicted that, for the first time, demand forfossilfuels, oil, coal and gas, will peak by 2030 and then start to decline. now, is that based on real evidence or is it your wishful thinking? no, i think it is based on very real evidence. there are two drivers which will end up giving us a different world in 2030 compared to today. the first one is a new clean energy economy is emerging. emerging fast, and faster than many of us realise. let me give you a couple of examples. electric cars. three years ago, only three years ago, 1 out of 25 cars sold in the world was electric. so three years ago, 1 out of 25. this year, 1 out of 5 cars sold is electric. and even with the current conservative policies, 2030, every second car sold in the world will be an electric car. look at the other side. i m going to
fatih birol, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. every year the world awaits your world energy report, it is hugely influential, and this year it said something very interesting. it predicted that, for the first time, demand forfossilfuels, oil, coal and gas, will peak by 2030 and then start to decline. now, is that based on real evidence or is it your wishful thinking? no, i think it is based on very real evidence. there are two drivers which will end up giving us a different world in 2030 compared to today. the first one is a new clean energy economy is emerging. emerging fast, and faster than many of us realise. let me give you a couple of examples. electric cars. three years ago, only three years ago, 1 out of 25 cars sold in the world was electric. so three years ago, 1 out of 25. this year, 1 out of 5 cars sold is electric. and even with the current conservative policies, 2030, every second car sold in the world will be an electric car. look at the other side. i m going to
palestinians out of gaza. khan younis and rafah were struck by strikes on monday. there are reports dozens of israeli tanks have been seen near khan younis. hamas is considered a terrorist organisation by the us and uk governments. israel says hamas fighters are hiding in the south. we says hamas fighters are hiding in the south. ~ , , the south. we pursue them in northern gaza, the south. we pursue them in northern gaza, we the south. we pursue them in northern gaza, we are - the south. we pursue them in northern gaza, we are now i the south. we pursue them in - northern gaza, we are now pursuing them in southern gaza two. we are operating with maximum force against hamas terrorists and infrastructures while minimising harm to the civilians that hamas places around them as shields. them as shields. hospitals inside gaza are struggling them as shields. hospitals inside gaza are struggling to them as shields. hospitals inside gaza are struggling to shake - them as shi