water, safe drinking water at this poses a particularly lethal threat to children. people are sleeping outside on concrete floors. 80% of the population are displaced almost 1 million children and they are being pushed further and further south into areas that are overcrowded and without any of the basics that he need to survive. humanitarian aid at the moment is the only lifeline for people and we are simply not able to get the access that we need to get through. for the past four, five, six these eight agencies such asjosepha only been able to access the rafah crossing and it is only limited aid and if we cannot get through soon people are going to really struggle because there is not enough water, food, shelter. on saturday — a group of men and boys taken by israeli forces and claiming to have been tortured — were released. with more on that — and the aid situation in gaza — here's a report from lucy williamson, injerusalem. just a warning that it contains distressing images — from the start. buried by the war, but still alive, dug from the rubble of their homes in deir al—balah after an israeli strike this morning. more than 20 members of the salman family and their neighbours. their faces, like their lives, made unrecognisable. six others were killed, they say. the frantic race to hospitals is gaza's new daily routine. health care in the north has collapsed. here, further south, doctors say the situation is catastrophic. there aren't the resources to treat all the wounded, much less to comfort them. this boy praying quietly to himself. the girl beside him calling for her mother. gunfire in the north of gaza israeli forces say they're targeting palestinian fighters in jabalia camp. one of those inside a un shelter there told the bbc they were encircled and had now been without food or water for five days. the army says it was targeted by fighters from a un school a group of men and boy by it's taken by israeli forces parties gober release claimed that they were tortured. among them, this boy, held separately from his dad. they made a sleep naked, he said and kept hitting us with their guns. they hit me when i asked when i —— where my dad was. they hit us with wires. we asked the israeli army for a response. israel's ground campaign is now focused on khan younis. gaza's southern capital. fighting, it says, house to house and tunnel to tunnel. israel's aim of destroying hamas infrastructure here is also destroying lives. the city's nasser hospital reported more than 60 dead this morning, around 100 injured. others are said to still be trapped under the rubble of an attack four days ago. translation: we beg the world. what you waiting for? are you waiting for us to die here in gaza? don't worry. we are going to die here. allahu akbar. funerals here have shifted from the mosque to the morgue. faith in hospitals and their power to protect still something to cling to even when the chance to save a life has gone. lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. meanwhile, the us has faced fierce criticism for vetoeing a united nations security council measure calling for a ceasefire in the israel—gaza war, calling the resolution "imbalanced". the us was the only country to veto the resolution friday, while 13 countries voted in favour of it and the uk abstained. for more on the situation in gaza and the latest in the war, i spoke with our diplomatic correspondent, paul adams. good to see you once again. today we have a fresh warning from un that half of all people in the gaza strip are starting a serious warning there from un what more can you tell us about that ever worsening humanitarian situation inside the strip? it humanitarian situation inside the stri - ? , humanitarian situation inside the stri? , ., ., humanitarian situation inside the stri? ., , humanitarian situation inside the stri? ., , strip? it is hard for us to verify that particular _ strip? it is hard for us to verify that particular claim, - strip? it is hard for us to verify that particular claim, you - strip? it is hard for us to verify that particular claim, you are l that particular claim, you are right, it is an extraordinarily drastic claim indeed. coming from un. keeping with other comments we are hearing with increasing urgency, save the children but out a statement today saying they have identified more than 7000 children under the age of five whose malnutrition is so acute now that they require urgent medical treatment to avoid dying. we have heard desperate accounts of the lack of sanitation in these encampments of sanitation in these encampments of tents and other makeshift shelters that are springing up all across the far southern reaches of the gaza strip. with so many people hemmed into these small areas, lacking basic supplies, lacking sanitation, realfears about lacking basic supplies, lacking sanitation, real fears about the spread of disease. it is no longer warm. winter is arriving. it is getting cold at night. so with every passing day and in every passing way, the situation seems to be getting worse and worse. {iii way, the situation seems to be getting worse and worse. of course, we know that _ getting worse and worse. of course, we know that america _ getting worse and worse. of course, we know that america vetoed - getting worse and worse. of course, we know that america vetoed the i getting worse and worse. of course, | we know that america vetoed the un security council resolution calling for a cease—fire, i wonder in light of that news, what has been the reaction in the region? obviously, dismay among _ reaction in the region? obviously, dismay among arab _ reaction in the region? obviously, dismay among arab countries - reaction in the region? obviously, dismay among arab countries and | dismay among arab countries and relief and thanks in israel. this was not a surprise. there would have been very surprising if the united states had supported a cease—fire resolution at this point. because the us, like israel does not believe that the job of defeating hamas has yet been achieved and to the united states, like israel, once to make sure that it does happen. so it was never likely that they were going to do anything other than vetoed the cease—fire resolution. certainly, that has not stopped arab leaders and arab ministers, many of whom who are friends of the united states, some who have relations with israel from saying that this was simply not good enough. it was a missed opportunity for the united states to use its undoubted leverage over the israel to stop what many people in the regard in the region as a catastrophe that is beyond explanation and beyond justification. i explanation and beyond justification.— explanation and beyond justification. explanation and beyond 'ustification. ., ., ., justification. i want to ask with re . ards justification. i want to ask with regards to _ justification. i want to ask with regards to the _ justification. i want to ask with regards to the defeat - justification. i want to ask with regards to the defeat of - justification. i want to ask with i regards to the defeat of hamas, justification. i want to ask with - regards to the defeat of hamas, do we know how long that, potentially, could take? do we know what israel's endgame is here? the could take? do we know what israel's endgame is here?— the stated endgame is the defeat of hamas, and making sure hamas never rules the gaza strip again. it is clear from what we are seeing both in the north and in the south that there are still intense battles going on. hamas and other palestinian factions continue to put up stiff resistance in certain areas, inflicting some casualties on israeli forces. each day brings news of more israeli soldiers killed. i don't think the end result of this is in any doubt. israel has overwhelming force on its side and it will prevail, but the question is how long that takes, and how much suffering will be inflicted on the civilian population in the meantime? what the israelis are trying to do at the moment is give the impression they are gradually breaking up hamas as a fighting force. we have seen images released not actually officially, but by israeli soldiers and they have leaked onto social media accounts showing what appear to be hamas fighters, or at least fighting age men again dressed in underpants giving themselves up. we saw one video of a man coming forward following instructions being delivered over a megaphone carrying an automatic weapon, putting it on the ground, and retreating. those images are starting to flood social media. whether that is the strategy of the israeli military or something soldiers are doing off their own volition we don't know but clearly the impression intended here is one of showing hamas showed here is one of showing hamas slowly being defeated. here in washington, the state department has approved the potential sale of tank shells to israel. the deal would send about 14,000 tank rounds for immediate delivery. the biden administration used an emergency authorization to push the sale through without the congressional review that's normally required. our north america correspondent shingai nyoka joins me now. shingai, we understand that the state department is pushing through this sale — usually there is a review process when it comes to sale to a foreign oountry. what more do we know about this? according to a state department statement, they notified congress last night of their intention to move ahead with this arms sale. it includes 13,000 rounds of tank ammunition, but also logistical and support services to israel. they said this equipment will be taken from the us army inventory. as you have mentioned, this is a very rare move, not unprecedented. in his statement, the secretary of state antony blinken also justified the reasons why he was waving this move of going through congress. he says that this is an emergency and in the interest of the united states, but also that israel needs to defend itself. this obviously comes against the background of frustration within the background of frustration within the biden administration. there is a request, an emergency request, that has been sitting in congress since october. and that has essentially stalled because republicans want a certain concessions before they can approve it. president biden has, in the last week or so, said that the republicans are playing chicken with issues of national security, but that really is the justification on why they are going ahead with this. it is because they believe that it is an emergency and israel needs these arms. it also happens a day after the us vetoed the un resolution to order a cease—fire in gaza. so it is coming at a very incredible time at this moment. fiur incredible time at this moment. our north america correspondent there. thank you a lot. well, the ongoing conflict is also playing out on university campuses. and the president of the university of pennsylvania has resigned — four days after her testimony at a congressional hearing sparked an anti—semitism row. during her testimony, elizabeth magill seemed to evade the question of whether students who called for the genocide ofjews should be disciplined. pressure had been mounting for her to stand down from jewish students, alumni and donors, who claimed that she was not taking concerns about anti—semitism on campus seriously. even the white house weighed in. she later sought to clarify her comments and apologised. but on saturday, she resigned, saying... "it has been my privilege to serve as president of this remarkable institution." ms magill is the first president of a major university to leave office as part of the fallout from the protests that have engulfed campuses since october 7th. with students deeply divided over the war, university presidents have tried to balance pro—palestinian protesters' right to free speech with concerns that some of their language has been anti—semitic. ukraine's first lady has warned that ukrainians will be left to die if the west doesn't continue its support for the country. speaking exclusively to the bbc — after the us senate blocked an aid bill for ukraine worth more than 60 billion dollars — olena zelenska insisted a lack of help would pose a 'mortal danger�*. laura kuenssberg reports. explosion war in winter, ukrainian forces on the front line in eastern ukraine. weapons, tanks paid for in part by billions of pounds, dollars and euros from western taxpayers like you and me. screams but as the war edges to two years old political arguments in washington have put payments on ice. in kyiv, the zelensky ho, the first lady told me herfears if the money runs out. translation: we do need aid desperately. in simple terms, we cannot get tired of the situation because otherwise we will die. and if the world gets tired, they will simply let us die. the us remains the largest military donor to ukraine providing more than $46 billion in weapons and assistance since the war began. germany and the uk come next in the top ten donor countries. billions have been given. yet us support has been on the decline in recent months. new assistance for ukraine has been blocked by republicans in the senate. yet the threat hasn't gone even though more money isn't there. speaking to me just hours after the latest strikes, olena zelenska urged the world not to forget. translation: | think i today there is a problem with the world in general. we are used to the world appearing calm. in fact, and that's what we have been saying for the past two years now, is that the aggression, if not stopped, spreads like a virus. explosion. while there are doubts about america's resolve to keep paying, russia's brute force on the front line shows little sign of fading, leaving ukraine with a sense of foreboding. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, kyiv. the highest court in the us state of texas has temporarily blocked a woman with a high—risk pregnancy — from obtaining an emergency abortion. the texas supreme court on friday halted a lower court ruling from earlier this week — that would have allowed the abortion for 31—year—old kate cox. her foetus was diagnosed with a fatal abnormality, and doctors told her continuing with the pregnancy posed a risk to her health and, potentially, her ability to carry another child. the case has drawn national attention, with the latest ruling drawing criticism from top democratic leaders on saturday. it's considered one of the biggest test cases since the us supreme court overturned the nationwide constitutional right to abortion last year. president macron is at the centre of a row over france's secular ideals, after appearing to take part in a religious ceremony at the elysee palace. footage of the event was posted online on thursday — and the president has since faced a wave of criticism. from the newsroom, our reporter, tom brada, has the details. this video has dragged president macron into the eye of a political storm. he's seen standing alongside the chief rabbi of france who is lighting the very first candle on the menorah as part of the jewish festival hanukkah. on the surface, there is nothing controversial going on, but the issue here is the location. the ceremony took place at the official residence of the president, the elysee palace. and for many people, that is completely at odds with the country's commitment to secularism. now, secularism is the idea that there should be a separation between religious institutions and the state, and many people from across the political spectrum are not happy. these are the thoughts of the right wing mayor of cannes who wrote that... as far as i know, this is the first time this has ever happened. it is a breach of secularism. and these were the thoughts of a prominent socialist leader who wrote that... for his part, president macron defended what took place. translation: if the president - of the republic had made a gesture of worship or taken part in a ceremony, this would not be respectful of secularism. that's not what happened. there's even been criticism from some members of the jewish community. this was the head of the representative council of frenchjewish institutions. he said that frenchjews have always considered secularism as a law of protection and of freedom, and that this is something that shouldn't be allowed to happen again. so when did secularism become such an important part of french identity? well, in 1905 it was officially enshrined into law with the separation of the church and state, and all religious symbols were removed from public buildings. the law ensures strict neutrality of all religions, but it frequently creates controversy, particularly recently with tensions over school dress codes and islamic traditions. and this recent incident at the elysee has brought the republic's relationship with religion back into sharp focus. there's fury among some countries at the un climate summit in dubai, after a letter was leaked from the oil cartel opec urging its members to block any deal targeting fossilfuels. france's energy minister says she's "stunned" spain's ecology minister called the move 'disgusting'. countries at the summit have been clashing over a possible agreement to phase out fossil fuels — which means that a first—ever commitment to end the use of oil and gas in 30 years is now injeopardy. our correspondent, carl nasman, is at the conference in dubai. there's lots of anxiety on one side, at least analysts believe, in terms of the oil producers. they are clearly worried that we may get some strong language and a final text about a phase out or face down off fossil fuels. on the other side, i think there is some anticipation and a little bit of hope. you know, those statements are coming from these documents that appear to show opec nations urging their members to vote against any strong actions against fossilfuels, but then again you have a coalition with 100 countries are urging that this text should have some language about a fossil fuel phase—out. those are negotiations happening in the room just to the side of me. today the focus is on the effects of climate change on nature, and to talk more about that we have rita el zaghloul, director of the high ambition coalition for nature and people. thank you for stopping by. tell me about that coalition. what does it aim to do? the high ambition coalition is a coalition of now 118 countries that are really calling for increasing the protection and conservation of land and ocean by 30% by 2030. so mainly as of today we have only 17% of our land protected and only 8% of our ocean protected. science tells us that we really need to accelerate action and we really need to move and increase to 30% by 2030 so this coalition mainly works on getting countries together and we are very happy that today, on nature day, we have our latest member, which is china, whojoined the high ambition coalition. there is a pretty big deal, having china join, isn't it? of course. they are one of the most diverse countries, the also hold the presidency of the convention on the biological diversity, so it is incredibly good to have them on board. we need to have that ambition. those milestones you're hoping to hit in terms conservation in nature, obviously many people would love to say, ok, look, it's important to conserve nature, it's beautiful, we love to enjoy it, but it's also crucial when it comes to climate change, right? of course. protecting and conserving natural areas such as forests and wetlands act as carbon sinks, absorbing and storing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. by conserving important ecosystems that also contribute to carbon sequestration and to climate change and mitigation. i know... sorry, please. with those efforts, what we really want to do is try to align the two conventions. we cannot work in silence any more. we only have six years, this is what we have set out with our different international agreements, be it to the sustainable development agenda or other climate agreement or now the global biodiversity framework. so we need to align our global goals. i know that you are also involved with an initiative called 30 by 30. you are leading its implementation around the world. tell us about that goal. what does 30 by 30 stand for? 30 by 30 is basically protecting 30% of our planet's land and ocean by 2030. as i mentioned before, we need to scale up and really accelerate the action and for the high ambition coalition, what we have done is for the last three years we have been calling for the adoption of this goal. it has been adopted, it was adopted last december in montreal at the cop 15 of the convention on biological diversity, but now we need to act very fast. we only have six years. so, from the high ambition coalition for nature and people, we have created some tools to support countries in the implementation of this goal. rita el zaghloul, director of the high ambition coalition for nature and people, thank you for coming to speak with us. that 30 by 30 goal one of many on the table here at cop28, and the focus today on nature, conservation and the effects, of course, on climate change. it crashed ticketing sites, led to sold out hotels and even generated earthquake—like seismic activity. we're talking about taylor swift's latest tour. now it's broken the record for sales. nicky schiller explains. she is one of the biggest stars in the world, the most—streamed artist on spotify of 2023, and now taylor swift has another record for her tour. welcome to the eras tour. it has beceome the highest grossing in music history, bringing in more than $1 billion in her first 60 shows between march and november of this year. trade publication pollstar, which tracks music sales, says taylor made $1.04 billion. they called that staggering. but taylor is not only making more money, she is doing it faster. the previous record holder was eltonjohn. he made $939 million, but that was over the course of 328 shows on his farewell tour. taylor is making more money because she is playing stadiums which hold bigger crowds. indeed, the experts say if she continues on her scheduled world tour, she could make over $2 billion. second on the list of highest grossing this year is beyonce, followed by bruce springsteen, coldplay and then harry styles. indeed, the top 100 global tours made over $9 billion, up 46% on last year. for taylor, it'sjust one more record in a record—breaking year. just this week, she was named person of the year by time magazine. and the re—recording of her 1989 album is best—selling of the year, the movie of her tour made over $250 million, and looking ahead, she is up for album of the year at the grammys, and if she wins that in february, it would be for a record fourth time. stay with us here on bbc news. hello again. the weekend started off on quite a wet and windy footing, thanks to storm elin. it did bring some heavy rain — we have still a number of flood warnings in force, a bit of localised flooding here on this picture in lancashire. now, the strongest winds from elin came through during saturday evening, just to the south of the centre of the low pressure. the strongest winds recorded in northwest wales, 80mph gusts here. not far behind that, western cumbria's coastline got hit with a gust of 74mph at st bees head. now, the low pressure is now working out into the north sea, and pretty quickly, we are seeing those winds die back down. still a bit of patchy rain to come through northern ireland and scotland. otherwise, the weather will become dry with some clear spells for most. and not that cold at night — temperatures typically around 5—7 — but down to about two celsius in the cold spots in northern ireland. now, for northern ireland, england, and wales, it should be a fine and sunny start to the day, but quickly, cloud and rain will spread into northern ireland, and this band of rain will then extend across england and wales — "rain at times" probably best summing up of the weather in scotland. the rain bands are all associated with an area of low pressure that's over the republic of ireland — and that has been named as a new storm, storm fergus. it will be a mild day, temperatures for most 10—14 celsius, but a bit cooler in scotland, with temperatures stuck at around 7—8 here. we get some strong winds, then, working across wales during sunday night. gusts could reach around 60—odd mph around western coasts. the remains of that area of low pressure still with us on monday, bringing cloud and patchy rain to start off the day — although the weather should improve as we head into the afternoon, with most of us having drier weather, with some breaks in the cloud, a bit of sunshine coming through. it continues to be on the mild side — for most, temperatures around 9—13 celsius, but again in scotland, still a bit colder, looking at around 6—8 celsius here. through tuesday and wednesday, another area of low pressure crosses the country. once that's out of the way, we'll start to see pressure build from the southwest, and that will really herald something of a more significant change in our weather patterns. so, still a bit more rain to come through during tuesday and wednesday, still relatively mild, then we get a dip in temperatures later in the week. high pressure then takes over, with the weather there settling down, becoming drier and sunnier. this is bbc news. we'll have the headlines for you at the top of the hour, which is straight after this programme. hello, everybody! a very warm welcome to talking business weekly with me, aaron heslehurst. let's go and take a look at what's on the show. it's crunch time for the climate emergency — but is business ready to rise to the challenge of a new generation? as world leaders meet in dubai for cop28 and billions are committed for the carbon transition, we ask if the workforce around the world is skilled up and ready for the task in front of us. linkedin have been crunching through millions ofjob adverts — and its co—founderjoins me with those results. plus, the man running one of the world's leading electric car companies, polestar, tells me how they're getting their workforce ready for the demands of the future. i'm sameer hashmi here at cop28, in dubai, where funds worth billions of dollars have been announced for the carbon transition. i'll be getting you all the reaction from a new generation of voices. there are barely any opportunities for young people who want to enter the green industry. and we'll wrap things up with lord john browne — the man who nearly, 30 years ago, started a transition to a greener future while running oil giant bp. so three decades on, how much closer are we to a world beyond petroleum? wherever you'rejoining me from around the world, once again, a big hello and warm welcome to the show. "we are living through climate collapse in real—time." that was the warning of the head of the united nations, antonio guterres, as the un's conference on climate change — known as cop28 — opened in dubai. money — it's been flooding into a climate transition for a long time now. lots more of it was announced just in the last few days — and we'll hear about those big money announcements from cop very shortly. but, going back between 2014 and 2020, the eu spent 220 billion euros — that's $21t0 billion — on climate change projects, and has since announced hundreds