an adviser to prime minister benjamin netanyahu told the bbc that israel was making the "maximum effort" to avoid killing civilians. israel has been dropping leaflets with maps, showing gazans the areas it plans to strike. our diplomatic correspondent paul adams explains why that often isn't protecting civilians. this has been a problem throughout the past two months. israel believes and says it is giving as much notice as it possibly can to the civilian population to leave certain areas where the fighting is most concentrated. they believe these new maps, with this detailed grid, numbered grid, should help that process because they are saying to people in certain numbered areas, these are the areas you have to leave. the trouble is people don't know where they should leave to. israel is also hitting targets outside of those demarcated areas. anything that the israelis regard as a high—value target where hamas might have some of its infrastructure or where acre hamas commander may be living, those places are also in danger of being hit. so people frankly do not know and this has been a problem for the last two months. they do not really know where they can go to get out of harms way. as fighting continues in gaza, tensions have also been rising in the west bank, a terrority home to more than 3 million palestinians. there's been an increased presence of israel's military and jewish settlements there. those settlements are viewed as illegal under international law, though israel disputes this. our international editor jeremy bowen brings us this report on gaza, and the situation in the west bank. and a warning, it does contain images that you may find distressing. lost boys, brothers, looking for their father — "my dad's been killed. "i swear my dad's been killed." they're lost in the mighty vengeance promised by israel. then they found their father and brother were dead. the strike, filmed by a freelance journalist, destroyed the home of this family in northern gaza. these are the latest israeli army pictures. they're pushing forward into southern gaza. the american defence secretary says he's warned israel repeatedly that if its troops don't stop killing so many palestinians, they will drive civilians into the arms of hamas, turning a tactical victory into a strategic defeat. in khan younis, civilian casualties are overwhelming the hospital. israel insists civilians are getting warnings and time to get to designated safe areas. a un official on the spot says that's not happening. everything's broken down, the war on children has resumed and with a ferocity, at least here in southern gaza, that has not been seen before, during this war. another narrative that is so dangerous, this idea of "what happened in the north will not be "allowed to happen in the south." well, i can bear witness to it's happening. on the west bank, this village was mourning a man. local people said he was killed last night by armed israelis from a nearbyjewish settlement. palestinians said jewish settlers entered the village late on saturday afternoon, protected by the israeli army. settlers, they said, opened fire when local men rushed to stop them burning cars and a house. it was dark by the time they found the body of ahmed. they prepared the father of six for burial. attacks byjewish settlers on palestinians are repeatedly condemned by the american, british and other allies of israel. around noon, after the funeral, the men of the village paid their respects to ahmed's family. settler violence against palestinians has risen sharply since hamas attacked on october 7th, it is rarely prosecuted. among the mourners was the dead man's eldest son. the settlers are violently opposed to a palestinian state alongside israel. and they have powerful allies in the israeli government. "the lack of security has helped "them act like this," say ahmed's brother. "the army are protecting them, not stopping them, "but the future will be good, as god promised us. "this land is ours, this country is ours," he said. one things come out very strongly in the last couple of days of talking to palestinians in the west bank. something has changed since october 7th — the settlers are more aggressive, they're better armed and they're pushing harder. the increase in violence is a direct result of the gaza war, making international protests that the settlements are illegal even less important to those who believe god gave this land to the jews. you speak a lot about the law, the law, ok, the international law. it does not exist here, because arabs, all the time, break the international law. what about these videos of young men, settlers, with guns, intimidating palestinians? we're not happy to carry weapons. ok, i don't like weapons. but if we not carry weapons, the arabs destroy all the jewish people. after this war, the americans want an independent palestinian state alongside israel, to secure the future, but rising violence in the west bank shows that might be impossible. jeremy bowen, bbc news. here in the us, the pentagon ——here in the us, the pentagon says three commercial vessels operating in international waters in the southern red sea have been struck by drones or missiles fired by houthi rebels in yemen. he said its warship, the uss carney, shot down three believed to be launched by houthi—controlled areas of yemen. no injuries to personnel or the vessels was reported. in a statement, the us central command said, "we also have every reason to believe that these attacks, "while launched by the houthis in yemen, are fully enabled by iran." the us says it will work with international allies and partners on an appropriate response. the houthi military spokesperson confirmed the group attacked two ships in the red sea which he described as israeli vessels. the attacks started just after 9 o'clock in the morning when the uss carney detected an attack in the vicinity of the mv unity explorer. almost three hours later, the carney was patrolling international waters when it shot down an unmanned drone headed its way. it's not clear if it was targetting the carney. at 12:35pm, the unity explorer reported it was struck by a missile. the uss carney responded to the distress call, and destroyed another inbound drone. at 3:30pm, the mv number 9 was struck by a missile while operating in international shipping lanes. the vessel, is shared among panama, bermuda, the vessel is shared among panama, bermuda,and the uk. and at a30, the mv sophie 2 sent a distress call stating it had been struck by a missile. the uss carney again responded. the incident lasted 8 hours all told. our north america correspondent, nomia iqbal, has more. it is worth remembering the houthi rebels declared war on israel in september, saying they were doing so in support of palestinians in gaza and they said they attacked israel ships but israel is saying those ships have nothing to do with us. the fact this is happening, in of the most important parts of the world, a crucial waterway incredibly important to global shipping also reflected in the statement by the pentagon, this is of going to be a concern to the us. ——in one i want to add, last month the pentagon expressed confidence that the israel — hamas war would be contained and would not spill out into the region. but in the last month we have seen us attacks in iraq, syria and now there. i think this will be of huge concern to the us. one of their fears has always been that this conflict could spread further. we're following breaking news out of indonesia. rescuers found the bodies of ii climbers at marapi volcano which erupted in west sumatra sunday. three climbers were found alive but 12 more are still missing. dozens of other climbers were evacuated from the area. the volcano threw ash nearly 10,000 feet or 3,000 metres into the air. mount marapi is one of the most active volcanos in the region and is one of 130 active volcanoes in indonesia, which sits on the pacific ring of fire. venezuela ns have voted overwhelmingly in a controiversial referendum to establish a new state in a disputed and oil rich part of the contested jungle region, with neighbouring guyana claiming it as venezuela's. but it's not clear what power the results will have. the national electoral council, which is widely seen as loyal to president nicolas maduro, has announced 95 percent of voters backed the proposal, and they say the voter turnout was at 50%. sunday's referendum was called by president maduro, who argues the territory was stolen from venezuela. the dispute between the two countries has been going on for more than a century but it flared up in 2015 after oil was discovered in the region's offshore waters, boosting guya na's economy. mr maduro�*s government has not explained the steps they will take to enforce the results if it goes his way. guyana's government considers the vote a step toward annexation, raising concerns of a wider military conflict. guyana's president says mr maduro has ignored international order with the referendum. live now to pascal fletcher with bbc monitoring. he has been following the referendum. pascal, walk us through this result and what this means? what could it mean, crucially, as well? ., what could it mean, crucially, aswell? , , , as well? not surprisingly, the government _ as well? not surprisingly, the government of _ as well? not surprisingly, the government of president - as well? not surprisingly, the i government of president madero is presenting this as a major victory and have already put out numbers of 90% —— 95% and over endorsement. asking if they support venezuela's claim of it. they are proclaiming it as a major victory. there is a celebration going on now involving the president and his wife. they will hold it up as an example of national union and patriotism. but let's not forget what this is about. i think many people see this referendum as about internal politics and relations with states. basically, regarding venezuela's campaign to try to have sanctions lifted. that is really what is happening behind the scenes with this. i do not think anybody really expects that venezuela will make serious moves to cross the border or send military forces into the region, although guiana has been warning about that and calling the venezuelan referendum was like. but i don't think there is any real concern that will happen but certainly this is seen by many countries in the carabiner neighbours, the uk, the us — are not very welcome development and not helpful at this moment. and has been any reaction this news? certainly on the guiana side they have noted reports the turnout was quite low and despite the declaration of victory by the mindoro government, there have been reports from newsagents, for people on the ground that the turnout was not that high and actually no long queues — not many long queues were seen at the voting centre. the venezuelan opposition is basically saying this is a failure, this was propaganda, national�*s manoeuvre and it has failed. this all feeds into the national politics, where the opposition is hoping to challenge the president in elections in 202a. they have a candidate elected in primaries and basically this referendum was seen as an effort to divert attention from that make distracting divide the opposition, with a nationalist theme. there will be a lot of debate as to whether it really succeeded and people will be seeing what exactly venezuela tries to do from now. i repeat, i do not think many people expect them to send troops over the frontier, but that does not mean that many countries won't be watching that frontier very closely. be watching that frontier very closel . �* , , ., closely. i'm sure they will and we know _ closely. i'm sure they will and we know that _ closely. i'm sure they will and we know that brazil _ closely. i'm sure they will and we know that brazil for - closely. i'm sure they will and we know that brazil for one i closely. i'm sure they will and l we know that brazil for one has military reinforced its border there with more troops. as you say, before we get to this stage i wonder if there could be more international reaction because as we know prior to this referendum there was already that warning from the international court of justice in the hague, in the netherlands, says, saying essentially to venezuela do not challenge the status quo. could we see international reaction to try and counter this? venezuela already chose to interpret that internation court ofjustice ruling on the friday on its own particular way. they celebrated it as a vote again that word, saying well it did not stop us they did not say we could not go ahead referendum. if you read the actual ruling does urge venezuela to refrain from doing anything that could change the status quo. since some of the questions in the referendum were really quite sort of concerning from the gyan and interview, talking about declaring a niss waylon state in that region talking about giving nationality to its inhabitants there talking about incorporating it onto the map as venezuelan territory, that could be seen as pushing, trying to change the status quo. they have held the referendum and had this result but i do not think they will be doing anything on the ground. i don't think many people expect them to send people all over them to send people all over the border. to them to send people all over the border.— them to send people all over the border. to what extent do ou the border. to what extent do you think _ the border. to what extent do you think this _ the border. to what extent do you think this was _ the border. to what extent do you think this was also - the border. to what extent do you think this was also about | you think this was also about oil at a time when the venezuelan economy has been in dire straits? i venezuelan economy has been in dire straits?— dire straits? i think that was certainly a — dire straits? i think that was certainly a factor, _ dire straits? i think that was certainly a factor, this - dire straits? i think that was certainly a factor, this is - dire straits? i think that was certainly a factor, this is the j certainly a factor, this is the venezuelan claim has been around for 150 years but what an irritated venezuela was gyan open some licensing rounds, in the offshore area which extended to the offshore area, these were been taken up by us companies and even a chinese company, so that really irritated venezuela which is of course under us sanctions which have even affected its oil industry, so it does not like seeing its neighbour being able to have access to these resources.— to have access to these resources. . m, . resources. pascal fletcher, thank you _ resources. pascal fletcher, thank you so _ resources. pascal fletcher, thank you so much - resources. pascal fletcher, thank you so much for- resources. pascal fletcher, thank you so much for your reporting. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. snow and ice is causing considerable problems across parts of the uk. police in north—west england declared a major incident after hundreds of drivers were trapped in their cars in cumbria. more than 2,500 people were left without electricity. yunis mulla has more from the lake district. few have witnessed these scenes in recent years. motorists were stuck for hours on the m6. drivers were told to leave their cars and go to an emergency refuge. in the dark we ran into inaudible on his way to a family wedding, this man was stuck the 19 hours without food or water or he says help from emergency service. cumbria police declared this a major incident and at one stage around 7000 homes and businesses were without power. the met office has warned that parts of the country could be facing an "ice rink monday", as snow refreezes overnight. yellow weather warnings are in place for large parts of england, scotland and wales. you're live with bbc news. to india now, where prime minister narendra modi's party, bjp, has won three out of four key state elections, according to the election commission's website. votes were held in the central states of rajasthan, madhya pradesh and chhattisgarh, and the southern state of telangana. the results indicate a big boost for mr modi ahead of a general election due within six months. for more, here's our south asia editor anbarasan ethirajan. voters of the hindu nationalist bj party the governing party in india have been celebrating in major cities in india after their commendable victory in three states, very key states for politics in india and they have uncomfortably and very few more seats to be counted and they are poised to capture power two of the states and in one state they are retaining power. so this is a big victory for the governing bj b and the prime minister, mr modi who addressed party supporters a short while ago, celebrating their success. these three states lie in the hindi heartland of northern india, because india is going to parliamentary elections in the next six months and many will described these state elections these provincial elections as some kind of semi— final of a world cup match because this was setting the tone of how they are going to take the campaign issues and what other strengths and weaknesses of these various political parties. people see this as a big boost to mr modi was aiming to return to power for a third consecutive term when elections are held between april and may next year. let's get the latest from the united nations climate summit — cop28 — taking place in dubai. sunday is the first time any climate summit has focussed on the impact of global warming on health. our reporter carl nasman is there. day four and dubai was a significant one, the first time there is been a focus specifically on health off that comes at a time when the health impact of climate change are becoming ever clearer. 2023 now the hottest year on record, we saw those hot record temperatures affecting cities around the world and some shocking statistics as well, we already know one out of four deaths around the world are linked in some way to climate change. on the state more pledges, more cash being thrown at climate action, the first announcement today a partnership to combat climate and health, for $50 billion pledged by more than 120 countries towards that cause. the second one $777 million pledged towards eliminating neglected tropical diseases. but as always at these conferences the devil is in the details as they say, none of these agreements mentioning what many scientists they are the root cause of the problem, thatis the root cause of the problem, that is our use of fossil fuels like oil and gas. still, these pledges adding more momentum to what we have seen already at the beginning of a very busy cop28. wetter and warmer conditions, brought about by climate change mean that mosquitos can survive in more places around the world. and that can have a profound effect on global health. cases of tropical diseases are now being seen in europe, but scientists are investigating ways to predict where outbreaks will happen in the future, as victoria gill reports. tiny and troublesome — these mosquitoes are one of the two species known to transmit the dengue virus. scientists say that as our climate becomes warmer and wetter, it's helping these insects to spread into new areas. if you'd told that, when i started many years ago, i would be focusing on the uk for mosquito—borne diseases, that would've really surprised me. however, what we're seeing in other countries has given us a warning that this could be something that could be a significant problem for us in the future. climate change is not the only driver but it's helping to fuel a global surge in this tropical disease. there has been a huge increase in the number of cases of dengue globally in the past two decades. it's now spreading in new areas, including europe. in the year 2000, 500,000 cases globally were reported to the world health organization. in 2023, 11.5 million cases have been reported. the mosquitoes breed in stagnant water. not everyone the insects bite will develop the virus and for most that do, the fever lasts about seven days and the majority of people fully recover. but in developing countries where it's already widespread, dengue is taking more of a toll. in bangladesh, earlier this year, an outbreak killed nearly 1,000 people. it was linked to the hotter, wetter monsoons. that's why scientists, funded by the wellcome trust, are working to stay a step ahead of this disease. with a combination of on the ground surveillance for mosquitoes and new technology, researchers are developing tools to predict where outbreaks are most likely to happen. we're gathering data from global climate products, from satellite images, from field campaigns to collect data from drones and weather sensors and when we combine all this information, we can develop models that can then allow us to predict the risk in advance and help target those interventions. sunday is the first health day of the cop28 un climate talks. experts hope this official recognition of how our health is linked to climate change will help strengthen the ambition to slash global emissions quickly. climate change has a profound impact on our health and we must ensure that climate action is designed with both health and justice at the heart. mosquitoes have no regard for international borders. here in the uk, traps for the insects are set at sites where they're most likely to arrive, like ports and airports, so they can be quickly eradicated. it's just a little black bucket with a polystyrene block and some water. so, an invasive aedes will come in and she will lay her eggs just on the polystyrene block above the water. 0k. and then, you pick up the block, see if there's any eggs on it. if there are, then we can look to identify them. what do the eggs look like? you can see how tiny and inconspicuous they are. they look like dust. they do — they're easy to miss. wow. the problem is not going to go away, so more attention, more funding and more focus on these type of issues is welcomed. victoria gill, bbc news. one more story before we leave you, in wales, what was thought to be a garden ornament has turned out to be 100—year—old missile. sian and jeffrey edwards say the device had been outside their home all their lives, and they thought it was a dummy. the couple said they used to bang garden tools against it to remove the soil. imagine their surprise when the bomb squad was called in to detonate the device. it turned out to be a 29 kg naval projectile. a lucky escape. stay with us here on bbc news. more news at the top of the hour. bye for now. hello, there. plenty of wintry scenes recorded by our weather watchers across the uk, throughout the weekend, such as here in derbyshire, with the lying snow, but further south, across much of england and south wales, then it turned milder on sunday, with outbreaks of rain moving northwards, and for all of us, the current cold spell will be coming to an end as we head through this week. it will be turning milder, but the payback is it's also going to be wetter and windier for much of the time. now, we've seen this deep area of low pressure just roll its way northwards and eastwards, strong, gusty winds towards channel coasts through the night. still some heavy downpours of rain around, snow over any elevation. this is how we're starting off monday morning. cold and frosty still towards the north, but milder further south, five to seven degrees celsius here. but let's just zoom in on the north of england and north wales, where we could see some icy conditions, tricky travelling conditions, i think, particularly over the higher passes of the pennines and across north wales, with some of this rain turning to snow with any elevation. but most of this will be falling as rain, maybe wet snow to lower levels, though, at times with any intensity, and there's a brisk northerly wind blowing. we'll see some strong, gusty winds, particularly across western wales and to the southwest of england. it's going to feel cold in exposure to that wind, despite the fact that, in theory, temperatures will be higher than yesterday. largely dry for northern ireland and much of scotland, away from the east, with perhaps a few isolated showers around. so still feeling pretty raw with the briskness of that wind on monday. the same still true on tuesday, but our deep area of low pressure is gradually pushing its way further eastwards. it's very slow—moving. there'll still be some patchy outbreaks of rain, i think, across much of northern england. again, with any elevation, this could be falling as snow. still some rain too, just feeding down from western wales towards the southwest of england. but elsewhere, i think it will tend to turn a bit drier, particularly away from east anglia, as we head through the afternoon. largely dry for scotland, but still temperatures struggling to get above freezing over any lying snow. but a drier, brighter day, particularly out towards the west. and it's going to be a very cold night on tuesday. again, a widespread frost with some patches of freezing fog developing. then we've got another low just working its way in from the south west, and this is going to drag with it some much milder—feeling air. so just look at those temperatures go up. by the time we get to thursday, we're back up into double figures across the board. but it will be wet and windy at times, with perhaps some transient snow in the north. bye—bye. the hong kong court grants crisis of china's property developer even more time before it makes a decision on liquidation. going back to live in caves. controversial comments made by the resident of the climate talks when asked what would be needed to phase out fossil fuels. hello and welcome to asia business report. hong kong court has granted at around more time yet again to come up with a restructuring plan adjourning a hearing until the end of january. adjourning a hearing until the end ofjanuary. the company adjourning a hearing until the end of january. the company is the world's met and entered company developer and its lawyers told the court that was five more weeks it could put refined its restructuring proposal. for more on this, let's go to asia business correspondentjoining us from our studios. we have been in this situation before, haven't we? , ., this situation before, haven't we? , . , ,