the right direction. but many had wanted a strongerform of words calling for the phasing out of coal, oil and gas. our climate editorjustin rowlatt reports from dubai. we waited and we waited and then. hearing no objection, it is so decided. with the bang of a gavel, the deal was done. applause. and it got a standing ovation. so the hammer has just gone down here, and that was the fastest that an agreement text has ever been agreed. the presidency is calling this an historic agreement, but it is hedged around with questions and doubts. it calls on countries to contribute to ambitious actions to tackle climate change. now, i could do a single plate and claim to have contributed to doing the washing up, but would you consider that i had really pulled my weight? the president of these talks was in no doubt how important it was. together we have confronted realities, and we have set the world in the right direction. there was support from many countries, especially richer nat
but the main focus of the strikes were north west and and south west were north west and.and south west of of gaza, where the israel is expanding its ground operation. and now they say they are in control of the coastal road, isolating gaza completely. the air strikes, according to the director of shifa hospital, who i managed to spoke to this morning after the communication, will resume. he said about 200 people were killed in those strikes overnight and they were transported by people. they said people were carrying the dead bodies on the cart by donkeys and their own cars because the communication were cut and people couldn t like talk, communicate with the ambulance services. and they said the hospital is overwhelmed by the number of bodies and the number of injuries. he expects the number to go up again. and he said it s now over 10,000 people have been killed. the strikes were not only in gaza city, where the focus of the israeli operation, but also in the safe area whe
effectively divided gaza into two parts north and south. 11 un agencies and six humanitarian groups have called for an immediate ceasefire urging israel to protect civilians and allow more food, water, medicine and fuel into gaza. they also called on hamas to release the hostages captured on october the 7th. some aid continues to get through a royaljordanian air force cargo plane has dropped several containers of humanitarian relief supplies over the gaza strip. the update was shared in a tweet by thejordanian king. jordan s state news agency said the consignment was urgent medical aid for thejordanian field hospital in gaza. israeli media reports say the air drop was carried out in co ordination with the israeli military. meanwhile, the us has stepped up diplomatic efforts in the region. secretary of state antony blinken has held talks with the turkish foreign minister in ankara. the country s cia director william burns is also now in israel urging greater effort to avoi