the transition hasn t always been smooth, but hong kong retains its own currency and identity. it s one of the most densely packed cities on the planet, it s got more skyscrapers than anywhere else on earth and it s a fusion of cantonese culture with a colonial past. sojoin me as i explore this unique mix of east and west where. .. ..i put my dumpling making skills to the test. she laughs 0k, well, not bad. yeah! ..learn more about the visual identity of the city. ..and meet the conservationist putting hong kong back in touch with its rural roots. came out of nowhere and they kind of sound like ducks. who knew? horn blares now, this is the way to arrive into hong kong. i m on the star ferry, which goes from kowloon all the way into the heart of hong kong island. and it costs about four hong kong dollars, which is about 50 us cents, so i think it s fair to say this is probably one of the best value cruises in the world. you ll find hong kong off the southern coast of mainland
unbearable tragedy . yotam haim, alon shamriz and samer talalka were abducted on october 7th when hamas, which is deemed a terrorist organisation by the us and uk governments, carried out its deadly attacks on israel. just hours ago in tel aviv, relatives of hostages taken by hamas protested the accidental killings, while also calling for a ceasefire and agreement for the release of those still held captive. more than 100 hostages remain in gaza. our correspondent lucy williamson has more now on the incident from jerusalem. israel s army is in gaza to kill hamas fighters and bring hostages home. clear targets obliterated in the chaos of conflict. three of those shot dead in the northern district of shejaiya, not hamas gunmen but the captives israel came to save. one of them was yotam haim, 28 years old, a drummer with a heavy metal band, kidnapped from kibbutz kfar aza. his mother spoke to the bbc last month. they are talking about to release a few here, a few there. i know t
we start with the israel gaza war, and the qatari television network aljazeera has said one of its cameramen has been killed in gaza as the result of an israeli strike. aljazeera said that samer abu daqqa was wounded either by shrapnel or in a drone strike on a school in khan yunis, in central gaza. he bled to death when rescue workers failed to reach the school. this comes as hundreds of people gathered in tel aviv on friday night to call for the israeli government to secure the release of the remaining hostages held by hamas. the israeli military has admitted it killed three israeli hostages in gaza city, after they were mistakenly identified as a threat. the israeli defense forces have expressed deep remorse over the incident, which is now under investigation. from jerusalem, here s our correspondent, lucy williamson. israel s army is in gaza to kill hamas fighters and bring hostages home. clear targets obliterated in the chaos of conflict. three of those shot dead in th
pressure setup, a big area of high pressure setup, a big area of high pressure to the east. we have got this run of south easterly winds from the near continent, which is why we are seeing those high temperatures. there is an area out in the north sea and that has brought more clout around through the mourning period and one or two spits and spots of rain. that is drifting northwards into central and southern scotland as we move through the course of the afternoon. it will stay fairly cloudy in the midlands as well. breaks developing, so they will be joining as well. breaks developing, so they will bejoining into as well. breaks developing, so they will be joining into the sunshine for the rest of the country like we see in the south east. it will feel warmer today away from the north east with highs of 17 or 18. wins will remain a light, still quite breezy in the south west into northern ireland and the western isles. overnight there will still be further showers dotted and around and
tomorrow, starting cloudy, some brighter breaks developing, with some drizzle and hill and coastal fog but it s the snow i want to draw your attention to. again, across the highlands and the grampians, we could see 10 to 20 centimetres of snow on the tops of the hills. that might lead to some disruptions, certainly if you re travelling, something to watch out for. as we come south, some cloud breaking up and we will see some sunshine coming through. still cold in the northern half of the country, as you would expect with all the snow, temperatures up to about a celsius, but in the south, 10 to 15. from tuesday into wednesday, low pressure moving from the west towards the east, dragging the weather fronts with it so we will see some rain, eventually clearing the south and behind it will be a lot of showers. so you can see where we have got the shower is moving in across scotland, england and also wales, still some snow across the north of scotland, some of that getting down to modest