foster who is in israel. here in the uk... the home office has earmarked at least £700 million to manage the arrival of migrants on small boats until 2030. the projections flew under the radar yet officials published them online last week, as home secretary james cleverly flew to rwanda to sign a new treaty to, quote, "stop the boats". they predict the channel crossings could continue up to 203k. 0ur chief political correspondent henry zeffman has more from downing street. it's been the government's mantra for the last three prime ministers, although that does not actually take you back that far in time, given the turmoil in the conservative party, but rishi sunak very much made it his own, at the start of this year he set out five promises for the year ahead and one of them was, in his words, to stop the boats. now, he was dealt a very significant setbackjust a month or so ago when the supreme court ruled that his plan to deport asylum seekers to rwanda was in its current form unlawful and tomorrow the house of commons will have its first vote on emergency legislation designed to effectively overcome, supersede, that supreme court ruling. now, rishi sunak is having a very tough time trying to persuade conservative mps to vote for this bill at this stage, and it is not just one chunk of his parliamentary party he has got to persuade, he has got the so—called one—nation mps on the left of the party, they are concerned that the government needs to ensure it is meeting its international human rights obligations, and on the right of the party he has got mps who fear that perhaps this bill doesn't do enough to stop appeals. so, to come back to where you started, it is little wonder that the government is nevertheless still setting aside money for effectively contingencies for those who do make it here across small boats because it is far from certain that rishi sunak is going to get the support that he thinks is necessary to get this policy going. henry zeffman from downing street there. we can go back live now to southern israel and my colleague anna foster who had to disappear during the headlines there with an alert being issued. back to you, anna foster. thank you, sorry about that, just to explain to you what happens here, people who live in this part of southern israel know it very well, it is called the red alert as you know that it is close because you hear it over loudspeakers so you might have heard it in the background during the headlines and that means we need to take cover and find some sort of solid shelter, and a puff of smoke has just about gone in the sky but it was a rocket attack from gaza so we moved to a sheltered area, you move quite fast which is why i am slightly out of breath and we heard the loud interception where the iron dome system intercept the rocket from gaza in the air and blows it up so you see this big puff of smoke on the horizon but everything is clear now so we are back to telling you about the story which is happening today. if you look at these live shots of gaza from southern israel, it has really been a very active morning this morning. we have seen and heard some really intensive airstrikes in gaza, you can see there the big, big plumes of smoke that have been rising into the sky. it is one of those mornings where it is clear enough to see right across to gaza and see how shattered that skyline is and it is also still in love that there was plumes of smoke hanging in the airfor love that there was plumes of smoke hanging in the air for longer than they do on windy days when they are blown away but you can really see this morning the impact of the intensity of the military operation thatis intensity of the military operation that is still going on, notjust in this part of northern gaza but all the way down to the southern city of khan younis as well. let's go back to the beginning because we were going to talk about the need for a new ceasefire, the fact that of course there are still israeli hostages being held inside gaza and qatar who are the key broker between israel and hamas have said that actually the window to try and negotiate a new ceasefire deal is narrowing, particularly given the intensity of that operation. and also diplomats at the united nations have said that the general assembly is going to vote on tuesday on another call for an immediate ceasefire in gaza. a seniorfigure in the hamas movement has also issued a threat to israel in the last few hours saying that not a single hostage will be allowed to leave gaza alive unless the group's demands are met. benjamin netanyahu, the israeli prime minister, has called on hamas to lay down its arms, he also told the israeli people that some hamas members are now starting to surrender to israeli forces and there has also been a global call today for a general strike, this has come from palestinian groups and you see it already imports of the occupied west bank and parts of occupied east jerusalem and other countries in the middle east as well where we see that some of the day today activities have stopped, we see that shops are closed, schools are closed in some areas as well. you might also remember yesterday the world health organization was holding a special session on the medical situation in gaza and they have adopted a resolution after that calling for an increase in humanitarian aid for gaza. the head of the who has said that the war is having a catastrophic impact on healthcare, particularly for civilians inside gaza. i spoke a little earlier to neri zilber, an adjunct fellow at the washington institute for near east policy, and we talked in particular about those suggestions that hamas is starting to degrade both in terms of their system and their leadership. well, obviously it has had a major impact, weeks of air strikes and also now four divisions of the israeli army operating inside the gaza strip so undoubtedly it has had a major impact but reports and even comments by certain israeli officials to the effect that hamas is on the verge of collapse i think is at the current moment wildly optimistic. while it is true that hamas in the northern gaza strip is disintegrating, is, as other israeli officials have put it, eroding, we have to remember that even by israel's own count, about 7,000 hamas fighters have been killed over these two—and—a—half months of war and of an estimated total of 25,000 to 30,000 hamas fighters, and hamas has five brigades in the gaza strip from north to south, about two brigades in the north have actually suffered extreme damage, but that also leaves three brigades remaining in southern gaza still fighting. the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has been very clear about the objective of this war to entirely remove hamas from gaza but what does that look like in practice, is it the senior leadership, is it a certain amount of the infrastructure or is it everybody who may be a hamas sympathiser, who may have voted for hamas at some point in the past, what would that actually look like? so, according to my own reporting, there is a very clear war objective by the israeli side in terms of what they call destroying or eliminating or neutralising hamas as both a military and governing force in the gaza strip. it would entail eliminating at least the three top leaders of hamas, yahya sinwar, mohammed deif and marwan issa, and also degrading a majority of hamas�*s 2a battalions which are under those five brigades, still a lot of work to do in that respect, and also eliminating hamas�*s stockpile of weapons and primarily rockets. as we know hamas is still firing rockets into southern and even central israel, so those are the actual military objectives of the israeli army that would extend in their minds to elimination of hamas as a military force in the gaza strip and also a governing force in the gaza strip and on that side of the ledger, a bit more progress, at least in israeli minds, hamas has effectively lost a lot of control even in southern gaza about what happens above ground in terms of governing and internal law and order. but a lot of work to be done and even according to my own reporting there is still at least a month left of this high—intensity ground operation from the israeli point of view. that was neri zilber from the washington institute for near east policy. i also spoke earlier with jeremy hopkins, from unicef, based in cairo in egypt and he was explaining how the very small amount of humanitarian aid that is getting into ghazi at the moment is nowhere near enough to meet the desperate civilian need. what we are seeing going in is, yes, a slight improvement in the last few days as compared to the last week for example but the gap is enormous, the humanitarian needs are huge, we have 2.1 million people who need life—saving humanitarian support in all its forms, and that ranges from food, nutrition support, clean water, medical assistance, medicines, reusable medical equipment, that sort of thing. the trickle of trucks going in is a trickle and it is not enough and we really need to see all the borders open between israel and gaza to supplement the corridor that we currently have going from egypt into gaza. prior to the crisis there were 400 trucks entering gaza every day, and we're lucky here if we're getting 100 trucks in a day. so, if you like it is a quarter of what we need and added to that is the fuel needs, so it is all very well getting humanitarian support into gaza but if we can't transport it around gaza, which requires fuel, and if we can't operate the water pumps and the hospitals and health centres with simple electricity, which requires fuel, then that is an added impediment and if i may, the final, if you like the most important, constraint is that we cannot safely move around gaza, we need to reach every child in gaza, in any part of gaza, and to do that we need guarantees of huanitarian protection for our work. that was jeremy hopkins from that wasjeremy hopkins from unicef in cairo. ijust want that wasjeremy hopkins from unicef in cairo. i just want to that wasjeremy hopkins from unicef in cairo. ijust want to show that wasjeremy hopkins from unicef in cairo. i just want to show you again the live pictures of gaza as seen from southern israel here. i was telling you it has been a particularly active morning, even as i am speaking we can hear again the sounds of artillery fire and mortar fire, we've seen some big airstrikes this morning in the northern part of the gaza strip and you can really see it there on the skyline, there have been huge plumes of smoke, columns of smoke rising into the skies, that intense military operation continues notjust in the north of the strip but down to the south and the main southern city of khan younis as well. much more to come from here in southern israel throughout the day but for now let's go back to samantha simmonds in london. rishi sunak, the british prime minister, will appear before the covid inquiry shortly, where he'll face questions about the decisions he made as chancellor of the exchequer during the pandemic. this was him arriving a little earlier at the central london hearing. those decisions that he made are expected to include relating to the eat 0ut made are expected to include relating to the eat out to help 0ut scheme, with cut—price meals, and a scheme, with cut—price meals, and a scheme which has since been blamed for helping to increase covert deaths. live now to our health correspondent, ellie price who is at the inquiry. what kind of line of questioning to go think the prime in will face? well, it is an interesting today today, by the way it is the last day of witness statements that we are going to have in this part of the inquiry so it is significant because obviously over the last few weeks we've had from the scientific advisers, from political advisers, from former cabinet ministers, last week we had two days�* worth of boris johnson, then prime minister, and today we got rishi sunak, who obviously is still the british prime minister, but was at the time the chancellor of the exchequer. so, interesting because of his liver decisions he made, he was not the final make—up of decisions if you like, that was borisjohnson, but he was obviously very significant because he was an influential figure, influencing some of those key moments in the pandemic here in the uk and as you say, that issue of eat 0ut the uk and as you say, that issue of eat out to help 0ut the uk and as you say, that issue of eat out to help out i think we'll definitely come up, it is something which has been talked about for weeks and weeks here at the inquiry, this scheme that was introduced in the summer of 2020, shortly after the summer of 2020, shortly after the first lockdown here in the uk, essentially giving everyone up to £10 towards a meal out in a restaurant. there has been criticism that that lead to an increase in the virus, but there has also been other scientific advice, actually, that it did not necessarily increased prevalence of the virus, it was more that it had an impact on the governments and messaging. so i think we are going to hear a little bit about that. there is a broader point which is, how much was rishi sunak pushing back against scientific advice to lockdown and introduce tougher restrictions, particularly by the autumn of 2020, and i think we are going to hear questions about that, we have already heard that he has been referred to by some scientists as dr death, the treasury was referred to as the pro death squad. i think there will be broader questions about how much he was reticent to introduce some of those are stricter than rules or indeed restrictions generally and how much that had an influence on government policy at the time. i think there will also be questions on the furlough scheme here, this was the scheme introduced by the treasury which was welcomed by the treasury which was welcomed by a number of business leaders, effectively it offered businesses help to pay up to 80% of an employee's salary. welcomed at the time by many business leaders and indeed people who work in a sense keptin indeed people who work in a sense kept injobs indeed people who work in a sense kept in jobs that they could not go to. but obviously there were also criticisms at the time that it didn't take adequate money to the low—paid and self—employed, so i think there are plenty of questions today to the prime minister, for his then role as chancellor. ali price, thanks very much. you can follow all of the developments today at the inquiry, website. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. a 29—year—old woman is appearing before croydon magistrates later charged with four counts of manslaughter after her two sets of twins died in a fire in south london. leyton and logan hoath were three years old and kyson 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is not guaranteed as not all countries are on board. draft language for a possible deal is expected in the next few hours. earlier today the un secretary general urged negotiators to show maximum ambition and flexibility. antonio guterres said countries must leave the talks with a clear understanding of what's required saying not all countries must phase out fossil fuels at the same time. we can get more now with our correspondent carl nasman who is in dubai following elements.— dubai following elements. that's ri . ht. , no dubai following elements. that's right., no updated _ dubai following elements. that's right. , no updated text - dubai following elements. that's right. , no updated text yet, - dubai following elements. that's right. , no updated text yet, we | dubai following elements. that's l right. , no updated text yet, we are right., no updated text yet, we are still waiting for that to drop, in the meantime let's talk about some of the science behind what is going on here, and for that we have the chair of the into government or panel on climate change, kind of the face of the science, if you like to put it that way. one of the big sticking point so far has been around the fate of fossil fuels, where there there should be a phase—out or a face down, what does the science say about the fate of fossil fuels, the science say about the fate of fossilfuels, like coal the science say about the fate of fossil fuels, like coal or gas? well, let's face it, we've said that emissions — well, let's face it, we've said that emissions have to fall by approximate e by 2030 and get to net zero by— approximate e by 2030 and get to net zero by the _ approximate e by 2030 and get to net zero by the middle of the century. f0ssil— zero by the middle of the century. fossil fuels account for about two thirds _ fossil fuels account for about two thirds of— fossil fuels account for about two thirds of emissions of greenhouse gases, _ thirds of emissions of greenhouse gases, just the carbon dioxide, so, untess— gases, just the carbon dioxide, so, unless we — gases, just the carbon dioxide, so, unless we address the question of fossil— unless we address the question of fossil fuels, which are the biggest part of— fossil fuels, which are the biggest part of the emissions inventory, the problem _ part of the emissions inventory, the problem will not get sold, and i think— problem will not get sold, and i think that — problem will not get sold, and i think that is why they are getting the attention.— the attention. what kind of consequences _ the attention. what kind of consequences are - the attention. what kind of consequences are we - the attention. what kind of. consequences are we looking the attention. what kind of- consequences are we looking at if these talks fail to conclude with a meaningful agreement that would address many of those big and difficult goals you've just mentioned? difficult goals you've 'ust mentioned?i difficult goals you've 'ust mentioned? . . mentioned? right, well, we can already see _ mentioned? right, well, we can already see the _ mentioned? right, well, we can already see the effects - mentioned? right, well, we can already see the effects of - mentioned? right, well, we canl already see the effects of climate change _ already see the effects of climate change taking place this year, extreme — change taking place this year, extreme weather, wildfires et cetera~ — extreme weather, wildfires et cetera~ if _ extreme weather, wildfires et cetera. if we go beyond 1.5 degrees warming. _ cetera. if we go beyond 1.5 degrees warming, which is within sight if we don't _ warming, which is within sight if we don't take _ warming, which is within sight if we don't take more ambitious action, we're _ don't take more ambitious action, we're going — don't take more ambitious action, we're going to see much wider effects. — we're going to see much wider effects, all of t