live from. newsday. hi there. thank you for being with us. we begin in gaza, where fighting is intensifying and communications are down for a third time. our correspondent rushdi abualouf in gaza has told us that tonight's bombardment seems to be the most intense since the beginning of the war, targeting the north—west of the gaza strip in particular. of the gaza strip in particular. and in the last few hours, the idf said it has now split gaza into two parts — north and south. it comes as the us secretary of state antony blinken has visted iraq and the west bank. and in the last hour, he has landed in turkey's capital, ankara, for a round of talks with leaders in the region. he has said that discussions are ongoing about a "humanitarian pause" in the fighting. mr blinken said the pause would advance several priorities, including getting more aid in to gaza, and getting the hostages out. yogita limaye reports. the bombing over gaza has intensified tonight, communication lines have also been cut off, which means tomorrow will likely begin for many gazans like today did. digging through rubble, looking for families and survivors. this was a crowded refugee camp. it's not one of the areas that israel had asked civilians to leave. hamas says it was an israeli air strike that killed dozens here. israel says it's investigating. "can anyone hear me?", he shouts. "i think there are people trapped here." his wife and daughters were injured, taken to hospital. for weeks, mohammad al—aloul has taken photographs documenting death and loss in gaza. today, they've become a permanent part of his life. this is his son. "i've lost all my children except one, i've lost my only daughter, i don't know what else to say," he said. israel says it has made advances in gaza, effectively dividing the strip into south and north, but it insists it's doing what it can to minimise civilian casualties. the military claims to have dropped more than a million leaflets and made tens of thousands of phone calls warning people to move to safer areas. but it's not clear where in gaza is safe, and only a tiny number have been allowed to leave the strip. more people being let out has been one item on us secretary of state antony blinken�*s agenda. today, he stopped in the occupied west bank, meeting palestinian leader mahmoud abbas, who called for an immediate ceasefire. blinken has been pushing for shorter pauses in fighting. everyone would welcome a humanitarian pause because, again, it could advance things we're all trying to accomplish, including getting hostages back, including getting a lot more assistance into gaza, including getting people out of gaza. one of the more than 200 hostages being held in gaza is 84—year—old elma avraham. her family found this photo online, where she is seen being taken by hamas. her son, uri rawitz, showed us the medicines his mother needs to take every day to stay in good health. he's hoping someone can take these to her. right now, we are four weeks after that, four weeks and one day, and they're still not here. and they should be here yesterday. not today, yesterday. i'm like in some horror movie that i'm stuck. but, yeah, i still have hope. yogita limaye, bbc news, tel aviv. our diplomatic correspondent paul adams has told us more earlier. he's certainly putting in the air miles. he's been to israel, jordan, the west bank, iraq. he's now in turkey. he's talking to everyone, he's going everywhere. what is he achieving? well, the americans say that they're getting a lot more aid now into the southern gaza strip than was the case a week ago. antony blinken says it's still "grossly insufficient", i think that was the term he used. they want to see not the 100 trucks that are going in every day at the moment, but 400 or 500. a lot more. then there are the humanitarian pauses that you've been talking about. that still seems to be stuck, and the problem does seem to be the fate of the hostages. the israelis are saying, no pause until we get more information about the hostages. they want the red cross to go in and meet them and report on their condition. hamas is simply not accepting that. the americans aren't giving up. william burns, the cia director, has arrived in israel tonight, at the start of his own mission. he's well—known and well—regarded in the region. and the fact that you have america's top diplomat and top spy in the region at the same time, and american surveillance drones flying over the gaza strip, tells you just how much attention the americans are now paying to the crisis here — an administration that, until about a month ago, thought that everything here was more or less under control. paul adams reporting. jordan's king abdullah has announced that the country's airforce has provided aid to gaza by air. in a post on x, formerly twitter, he said that urgent medical aid was delivered by air drop to thejordanian field hospital in gaza, adding that his country would always be there for their "palestinian brethren". since october the 7th, prospects for a ceasefire in gaza — let alone wider peace in the region — have been frozen. but there are individuals on both sides of the conflict with a commitment to peace that goes beyond this war. this is the story of two such men. our special correspondent fergal keane is injerusalem and has sent this report. frame by frame, one casualty after another... ..the trauma of the war is captured. and it is reverberating outwards. in his london flat, ahmed alnaouq mourns the 21 family members killed in an airstrike. nieces, brothers, a sister. father, nephews. the summer video of a vanished family. no—one in the world will understand how i feel, if they do not live or experience what i have experienced. and i really, really, really hope that no—one will ever experience what i'm experiencing. they can see that i'm all the time anxious, restless. i can't sleep at night. in this image, all the children's faces you can see are dead. their uncle ahmed was a man who tried to build bridges. he worked on a website with israeli journalist yuval abraham to bring stories of palestinian life in gaza to israeli readers. then, on the 22nd of october, the air strike. and from that moment, you know, i cried and i spent the entire day trying to write him something. i didn't really know what to say. will you keep trying to build a bridge with ahmed? i think you'll have to ask him. i don't know. i mean, for me, as i said to him, i made a commitment to ahmed and i will not stop. our aim was to prevent these wars from happening, but we have failed. so right now, i don't know how i will convince other palestinians to write for the israelis after the massacres that they have endured, after the loss of lives and houses. despite everything that has happened to you, do you still believe in the possibility of a peaceful future? i will keep on writing. i will keep on campaigning for peace for the rest of my life. i will never call for wars. we deserve to live. we deserve to live a decent, human life. tonight in gaza, the war speaks. for now, louder than hope. explosions rumble fergal keane, bbc news, jerusalem. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines. german police say a gunman who took his four—year—old daughter hostage, forcing the suspension of flights at hamburg airport, gave himself up without resistance. the turkish man had demanded to be allowed on board a plane after a custody dispute with the mother. a radio host in the philippines has been killed during a live broadcast. hwan hoomalon, known as "dj johnny walker", was live—streaming his programme on facebook when a gunman entered his studio and shot him at close range. police said they were not aware of any previous threats against his life. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. bbc news, bringing| you different stories from across the uk. there's a new tea craze in london. this is chai, india's most beloved tea. chai is made by brewing black tea and adding different spices, sugar and milk. in india, chai is a way of life. it's the drink for every occasion — morning, afternoon or night. this one street in walthamstow has five chai shops and four of them opened in the last year alone. we've got 4 million customers coming every day. it's like costa or starbucks for them. mainly, they are asian people, originating from india, pakistan or bangladesh. in the recent couple of years, we've seen a surge in other people as well. we've seen british people coming in, people from all ethnicities. as manyjoin the trend, only time will tell if london's love affair with chai will be here to stay. for more stories from across the uk, head l to the bbc news website. you're live with bbc news. later today, australian prime minister anthony albanese will meet chinese president xi jinping in beijing, becoming the first australian leader to visit china in seven years. beijing and canberra have clashed over a number of issues in recent years, including the origin of covid—i9, a trade dispute and china's growing military assertiveness in the indo—pacific region. benjamin herscovitch is a research fellow at the australian national university. he outlined what the sticking points have been in recent years, and what's changed now. look, there are so many sticking points. beijing and canberra, despite all of the smiles right now, despite the upbeat photo opportunities in shanghai and beijing, are divided on a wide range of fundamental considerations. china is frustrated with australia's plan to acquire nuclear—powered submarines. beijing is frustrated with the way australia over many years has criticised chinese human rights records. and then they are concerned about the way australia has sought to roll back the presence of chinese companies in the australian business sector, reject some investments, hold chinese companies like huawei out of australia's critical telecommunications infrastructure. and australia is deeply concerned about china's military modernisation. china's assertiveness on the world stage and human rights records, and the like. so we have these really serious points of disagreement and they're not going anywhere. we're in a phase right now where the relationship is repairing and getting warmer and more positive. we have news of a range of trade restrictions being removed and there's dialogue at the very highest level, with this visit to beijing and shanghai by the australian prime minister. but underneath all that, these deep—seated points of disagreement will endure, despite all the positivity. but at least one positive news headline ahead of this visit was australian journalist cheng lei being released. others, like yang hengjun, remain in detention. so what will both leaders try to gain from these meetings? so they will both be looking to get very specific things out of these discussions. of course, the australian side will be raising all of the australian concerns that australia has about international security, the nature of the us—china relationship, china's human rights relationship and the like, but canberra will also press beijing on contentious human rights concerns. associated with detained australians. despite the release of cheng lei, we have an australian writer yang hengjun who has been in detention for many years and other australians have been detained for extended periods. and then you have the issue from the australian government of australia wanting china and the united states to engage more fulsomely and have more dialogue. and of course, the remaining trade restrictions china has in place. we have a plan for the removal of china's duties on australia's wine, but australian lobster and beef are still being restricted in the chinese market and canberra will want announcements of the removal of those restrictions. there are still specific things canberra will be looking for. from beijing's point of view, there are two key goals. one will be having the australian government adopt a more permissive approach to chinese investments. over the course of this year, we've had two significant chinese or china—linked investments rejected in australia's critical minerals industries. china wants more access to that industry for chinese investment and they will push the australian government to be more open on that front. and then of course, beijing wants to join the comprehensive and progressive agreement for trans—pacific partnership. while china's trade restrictions were in place, there was no chance of china getting in, australia wielded veto power over china's future membership. but now the trade restrictions are tumbling and the diplomatic relationship is back on track, china will be hoping that they can win canberra over to support their bid to enter into that trade agreement. thousands of people are being forced to spend nights outdoors, after their houses were damaged by a strong earthquake in nepal on friday. 157 people have died and more than 300 were injured in the quake. shreejana shreshta reports from western nepal. i am in nalgad municipality, you can see a tragic scene behind. 13 people are being cremated together. those 13 people were killed in the 6.4 magnitude earthquake that occurred on friday night. locals told us that all 186 houses have been damaged in the village and the people affected by the earthquake have been eagerly waiting for the relief operation in the area. translation: our clothes, beds and food grains, everything - is inside the rubble. we have not been able to recover them. it's cold outside and the government should look after us urgently. there's a risk that even those who are alive might die from the cold. translation: our houses are l destroyed, we are now sleeping in agriculturalfields. our children are sick. we don't have clothes and blankets, it's cold outside, we don't have tents. the dewdrops are falling over us. it has been two nights, we've made our children sleep in the barren fields. locals told us that this is the first time they have ever witnessed such a tragic incident in this area. let's take a look at some of the stories in the headlines in the uk. about 100 young people clashed with riot police in edinburgh, with fireworks and petrol bombs being thrown directly at officers. video footage from the niddrie area showed officers in riot gear standing in a line, while youths threw explosives at their feet. the un—laws of scottish first minister humza yousaf have arrived back in scotland, after being trapped in gaza for more than three weeks. mr yousaf confirmed the news on social media and posted a photo of the reunion. elizabeth el—nakla and her husband managed to cross into egypt via the rafah crossing on friday. to the war in ukraine now, and ahead of winter, both russia and ukraine are trying to consolidate their recent military advances. ukrainian counteroffensives in the east saw small territorial gains around such cities as robotyne and bahkmut. but there are growing concerns that the war has now reached a stalemate. renewed russian assaults on the town of avdiivka, with increasing use of heavy artillery along the front line is forcing thousands of ukrainians to leave their homes. and it's notjust in the east. our correspondentjenny hill has travelled to the south of ukraine, to speak to refugees from kherson who have been forced out because of heavy russian bombardments. on the shifting tides of a relentless war, fear and loss surge into odesa. this coastal city, a haven for those fleeing the front line. nina survived the second world war. now, at 91, she's a refugee again. "i couldn't sleep in kherson," she tells us. "i couldn't eat. there were explosions. i want to die in peace, not war." alone, among strangers, they wait for help. odesa's aid workers struggling under the load of so many ruined lives. almost everyone who arrives here turns up with little more than the clothes on their back. some have described to us fleeing underfire. they're terrified, they're shocked. and it's here that they have to begin the process of starting a new life. this is what they've left behind. once vibrant communities, ghost towns now. those who've not yet fled under near—constant attack. translation: two months ago, we were getting one or two - aerial bombs a day — now it's a0. and shelling by artillery tanks and mortars has doubled. all along the vast front line, bitter and bloody battles — usually, for a few kilometres of territorial gain. ukraine's counteroffensive is making slow progress, and russia is also on the attack. a ukrainian unit sent us their footage as they defend the fiercely contested town of avdiivkja, in the donbas region. russia's suffered reportedly massive casualties, but ukrainian soldiers are dying too. so imagine this family's fear. daria knows her husband was sent to fight in avdiivka. they lost touch with him two weeks ago. she's haunted by the memory of waving him off to war. translation: he got| on the bus, and i stood there for a long time crying. the feeling never leaves me that i saw him for the last time. painful to tell, hard to hear. those who recounted their stories ask only this — that the world listens. jenny hill, bbc news, odesa. here in singapore, crowds have gathered around the world's largest indoor waterfall to greet prince william, as he arrived last night. he's here to announce five winners of his earthshot prize at an awards ceremony on tuesday. our royal correspondent daniela relph has more. for the arrival of the prince of wales, on came the world's biggest indoor waterfall at this oasis inside singapore's changi airport. amid a walkabout and endless selfies, prince william comes to asia for his earthshot prize — a search for solutions to the big climate challenges. flying from the uk to singapore is a long journey for an environmental prize. but the prince's team has offset its travel and stress that this is a global project and its impact relies on prince william taking his earthshot vision around the world. is there a chance we could get you an earthshot burger? one of last year's winners has seen the benefit of having prince william on board when promoting their project. coming right up. morning, everyone! the packaging for these burgers was made by the company notpla. thank you very much. so i'm going to apply a little bit of it. based in london, they turn seaweed into packaging, lining boxes with a biodegradable film that's even edible. they've relished their status as an earthshot winner. the earthshot prize has been a game—changerfor us. obviously, the £1 million helps a lot. the moment we won the earthshot prize, people returned our calls, they wanted to be associated with us. and that's something that money can't buy. that has accelerated us far more than just, like, £1 million from another source. to make the packaging, notpla need the seaweed. they've invested in uk—based seaweed farms, including cary—y—mor in pembrokeshire, which has had a royal visit. the potential of seaweed is vast. it's fast—growing, it captures carbon, it can replace single—use plastic and even be an alternative to cotton. in a remote corner of tasmania is a nominee for this year's earthshot prize. sea forest is growing seaweed that can be used as a small supplement in animal feed to dramatically reduce the methane produced by cows. if we got 10% of the world's livestock on this supplement, it would be the equivalent of taking 100 million cars off the road. so it has the potential to make a huge difference here. absolutely enormous. of all prince william's public work, the earthshot prize has become an absolute priority for him. he knows there are challenges in scaling up big environmental ideas, but wants a mood of urgent optimism to surround this week's events. daniela relph, bbc news, singapore. in the next hour of newsday, we'll be live from where prince william is starting the week with some dragon boating sojoin us if you can. that's all for now. hello there. we've seen some strong aurora pictures coming in over recent hours here at the bbc weather centre. this beautiful one was from the aberdeenshire area in northern scotland. but this one is from folkestone. the significance of this is if you can see the northern lights in folkestone here in the uk, you can see it pretty much everywhere. so the aurora is very strong. it's worth taking a look outside, use a camera or a mobile phone to see the best views, because those bits of equipment are more sensitive than our eyes to low levels of light. but you have a chance over the next few hours. now, weather—wise, ok, there will be a few showers coming and going, but we'll also see some fairly lengthy, clear spells. so whilst it's dark, you do have a chance of spotting the aurora. on into monday's forecast, and it's a day of sunshine and showers, really. starting off, most of us will have a fine morning, with plenty of sunshine around. most of the showers really get going into the afternoon. and there could be some slightly longer spells of rain coming into western scotland and maybe northern counties of northern ireland. our temperatures continue to be a little bit below average for the time of year. now, we've got more of those showers to come on tuesday. again, a lot of sunshine. the showers will be most frequent into the north—west of both england and wales. then we get this ridge of high pressure building in during tuesday afternoon. now, that should kill the showers off in northern ireland. central and southern wales and south—west england having a fine end to the day as well. now, that ridge of high pressure is going to be short—lived, pushed out of the way by this next weather system coming in off the atlantic for wednesday. it's going to be a wet day, then, with around 20 to 30 millimetres of rain expected, could bring one 01’ two more issues. we'll have to be careful, i suppose, in northern ireland, where it has been so wet over recent times. the rain does clear through, followed by showers, with the winds picking up later in the day from the west. now, temperatures will start to come down a little bit across northern areas, 8—10 celsius for scotland and for northern ireland. 11—13 celsius for england and wales. but towards the end of the week, this area of low pressure is going to swing through the uk and, as it does so, we'll start to get a chillier flow of air coming in from the north—west. now, temperatures might not change very much on the face of it, but i think those north—westerly winds will start to make the weather feel a little cooler. and there'll be some showers around to end the week, with more general outbreaks of rain heading in, it looks, for some of us, into next weekend. obviously it's difficult and it's a challenge away. today i learned, i learned the game. we can't relax, we have to be stronger defensively away and we have to try to work hard if we have to try to work hard if we want to get the top seven teams in the league. arsenal ended manchester city's unbeaten start to the women's super league season with a third win in a row. chloe kelly's equaliser for city cancelled out the opener before substitute to scored a late winner. charting a new direction, the australian prime minister visits china, promising to work constructively with its biggest trading partner. as one co—working giant we work is on the brink of collapse, we speak to another who says the rise in hybrid working needs are a boost for the industry. welcome to asia business report. constructive economic engagement, that's what australia's prime minister anthony albanese has pledged in shanghai during his four—day visit to china. the two countries, which share significant trade, are seeking to thaw icy relations after several years of tension because of trade and technology, and there seems to be a breakthrough in some spots. this is what the australian media said over the weekend. ., ., weekend. the government that i lead will continue _ weekend. the government that i lead will continue to _ weekend. the government that i lead will continue to work- lead will continue to work constructively with china. as the business people in this room understand so well, it is in all our interests to have a relationship where there is dialogue and co—operation. later today, the australian leader is expected to meet president xijinping and president xi jinping and premier president xijinping and premier li chan. michael clarke