singapore, this is bbc news. it's newsday. hi there. thank you for being with us. wheat will have the latest as prince william visits singapore later but we will begin with our daily update on the situation in gaza. it is now overfour situation in gaza. it is now over four weeks since the start of the war by hamas and our correspondences tonight bombardment is the most intense in the campaign so far. israel's military said it has split gaza into two parts, north and the south. a humanitarian pause has been one of the main points on the agenda by the us secretary of state antony blinken. he said the force would advance several priorities including getting more aid into gaza and getting the hostages out. we begin our coverage with this report from yogita limaye. the bombing of 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. this man's daughters and wife were injured, taken to hospital. "can anyone hear me?" he shouts. "i think there are people trapped here." his wife and daughters were injured, taken to hospital. for weeks, mohammed 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 is doing what it can to minimise civilian casualties. the military claims to have dropped 6 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. 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. 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. 0ur 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 turkiye. 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 there. since the seventh of october massacre of more than 1300 israeli civilians, prospects for a ceasefire in gaza let alone a wider piece 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 air strike. 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 am 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 him? 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. jordan's king abdullah has announced that the country's air force 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�*. to beijing where australian prime minister anthony albanese is set to meet chinese president xijinping. beijing and canberra have clashed over a number of issues in recent years, including the origin of covid—19, 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 deeply frustrated with australia's plan to acquire nuclear—powered submarines. beijing is frustrated with the way australia over many years has criticised china's 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 much 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 trade restrictions. there are still specific things canberra will be looking for. from beijing's point of view, there will be two key goals in mind. 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 industry. china wants more access to that industry for chinese investment and they will push the australian government to be a bit 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. russia brand around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. bbc news, bringing you different stories from across the uk. this is done, unable to mark a new era of technology. it is housed in _ new era of technology. it is housed in a _ new era of technology. it is housed in a high _ new era of technology. it 3 housed in a high security centre at the university of cambridge. you can barely hear yourself think here. you cambridge. you can barely hear yourself think here.— yourself think here. you have to wear earplugs _ yourself think here. you have to wear earplugs for - yourself think here. you have to wear earplugs for safety i yourself think here. you have l to wear earplugs for safety but thatis to wear earplugs for safety but that is the sound of the system which calls this computer. we have 7000 processes in how performing 19 million million calculations person could. that generates a lot of heat. but why do we needed? without the ca abili , why do we needed? without the capability, science _ why do we needed? without the capability, science is _ why do we needed? without the capability, science is held - capability, science is held back. think of cancer research. it is driven by genomic, huge amounts of data and we cannot process it. our researchers compresses 100 time more data with machines like this. climate change and we are struggling to come up with the computing capacity to tackle the challenge. for more stories from across the uk, head to the bbc news website. you're live with bbc news. 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. 0ur 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. 0n the shifting tides of a relentless war, fear and loss surge into 0desa. 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 in her. 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. 0desa'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. 0nce 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, 0desa. 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. there were tearful scenes and a cremation centre. shreejana shresta reports from western nepal. i'm in the chiuri village of nalgad municipality in jajarkot district. 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 is cold outside and the government should look after us urgently. there is a risk that even those alive might die from the cold. translation: our houses are destroyed, _ we are now sleeping on agricultural fields. 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's been two nights. we've made our children sleep in the barren fields. locals told us that this is the first time they've ever witnessed such a tragic incident in this area. let's take a look at some of the stories 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. here in singapore, crowds 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. it is aimed to tackle environmental challenges. but he is starting the week with dragon boating. very popular in singapore. i am joined live by our correspondent. how are the dragon boating skills of prince william shaping up?— william shaping up? pretty nood, william shaping up? pretty good, actually. _ william shaping up? pretty good, actually. it- william shaping up? pretty good, actually. it has - william shaping up? pretty good, actually. it has beenj william shaping up? pretty i good, actually. it has been a very eventful morning here on the river, the longest river in singapore. and if the dragon boatsjust came past singapore. and if the dragon boats just came past the up moments ago and prince william was one of 22 in a boat that actually won the race with another boat as well. he is therefore the earthshot prize ceremony which is tomorrow. later on today, he will have breakfast with his fellow rowers and then meeting some ambassadors and high commissioners from commonwealth nations before meeting the president and prime minister of singapore. the president and prime minister of sinaa ore. . president and prime minister of shame. . ., singapore. the prince lodged the earthshot _ singapore. the prince lodged the earthshot prize _ singapore. the prince lodged the earthshot prize awards i the earthshot prize awards three years ago but singapore is a long way to travel in order to announce the prize winners. why are they taking place here?— winners. why are they taking place here? that's right. one ofthe place here? that's right. one of the reasons _ place here? that's right. one of the reasons is _ place here? that's right. one of the reasons is to _ place here? that's right. one of the reasons is to draw - of the reasons is to draw attention to the climate emergency which we are hearing about every day will we report the news, stories from all around the world but here in asia, it is a particularly pressing issue, especially singapore whether arising sea levels but also nearby countries. indonesia is facing many challenges when it comes to climate change and also other islands around the region, the philippines for example and further afield the pacific islands facing the climate emergency very starkly. prince william will be doing a number of other events while he is here to try and shine a spotlight notjust on the climate emergency and its impact on people but animals as well. latertoday, he would impact on people but animals as well. later today, he would be attending an event for the united for wildlife organisation to try and shine a spotlight on that.— spotlight on that. critics have an ued spotlight on that. critics have argued that — spotlight on that. critics have argued that his _ spotlight on that. critics have argued that his flight - spotlight on that. critics have argued that his flight alone i spotlight on that. critics have | argued that his flight alone to come here because it is quite a lot of carbon footprint. hasn't been any response from prince william? . . , been any response from prince william? . ., , ., been any response from prince william? . ., , ., william? that has not been a resnonse _ william? that has not been a resnonse to _ william? that has not been a response to that _ william? that has not been a response to that but - william? that has not been a response to that but as - william? that has not been a response to that but as i - william? that has not been a | response to that but as i said, he has already had a warm welcome and so his goal of trying to raise awareness around the climate emergency has already been met, in some respect, but for the earthshot prize, there are 15 finalists, all of whom are trying to tackle those solutions to the climate emergency. there will be five winners i wanted tomorrow. each will go home with £1 million to try and help scale their solutions to the impact of climate change. thank ou so impact of climate change. thank you so much _ impact of climate change. thank you so much for— impact of climate change. thank you so much for that _ impact of climate change. thank you so much for that update. i impact of climate change. thank you so much for that update. of| you so much for that update. of course, a lot more on that story. we will be reporting from singapore throughout the day. and of course a lot more on our website on all our other top stories we have been telling you about on newsday. for now, thank you so much for watching newsday. i will be back with business news shortly with a lot more on the australian prime minister �*s visit to china. thank you for watching. 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, 0k, 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. 0n 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 west scotland and maybe northern counties of northern ireland. 0ur 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 have been most frequent into the northwest 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 or 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 northwest. 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 in the week with more general outbreaks of rain heading in, it looks, for some of us, into next weekend. charting a new direction: australia's prime minister visits china, promising to work with its biggest trading partner. as one co— working giant looks on the brink of collapse we look at another who says the rising needs are a boost for the industry. hi there. welcome to asia business report. a constructive economic engagement — that is what australia's prime minister anthony albanese has pledged in shanghai on its four—day visit to china. the two countries which share significant trade are looking to for icy relations several years of tension over trade and technology. there seems to be a breakthrough in some spots. here is what the australian leader had to say over the weekend. leader had to say over the weekend-— leader had to say 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 interest to have a relationship where there is dialogue and cooperation. later toda he dialogue and cooperation. later today he will — dialogue and cooperation. later today he will be _ dialogue and cooperation. later today he will be meeting - today he will be meeting president xijinping and today he will be meeting president xi jinping and the premier. michael clarke is