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good morning. for england and wales we are looking at rain at times, some hill snow that even some of that getting to lower levels at times. and the risk of ice. the scotland and northern ireland, some wintry showers, drierand scotland and northern ireland, some wintry showers, drier and brighter in the west, but wherever you are it will be blustery and cold. i will have all the details later. it s monday the 4th of december. our main story. israel says its ground offensive has now expanded to every part of the gaza strip following days of intense bombardment. the united nations says palestinians are being squeezed into a corner of the territory worsening the already dire humanitarian conditions. yolande knell has this report. ominous warnings the israeli flairs that hang in the night sky over gaza are followed by the thuds of explosions. rumbling explosion. and on the ground, israel s military says its offensive has now expanded to every part of the palestinian ter ....
of horror every day, including hospitals underfire and an entire population deprived of the basic means of survival. as soon as the news conference starts, we will return to it. time for a look at the business news now with ben thompson. we begin in the us, where world leaders have been arriving in san francisco for the ongoing summit of the asia pacific economic co operation, orapec. but all eyes will be on the high stakes meeting between us presidentjoe biden and his chinese counterpart, xijinping. the leaders of the world s two biggest economies have a lot to discuss including their ongoing disputes over trade, technology, taiwan and the drug fentanyl. for more on this joining me now is drjie yu, senior research fellow on china at the think tank chatham house. thanks for being with us on the programme, and i m looking up the agenda and there are just four hours set aside for the meeting of the two world leaders. the white house already playing down expectations of ....
reserve. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to the programme. if you ve just joined if you vejustjoined us, if you ve justjoined us, here s a if you vejustjoined us, here s a quick if you ve justjoined us, here s a quick update if you vejustjoined us, here s a quick update on the latest development over the israel gaza war. fighting between israel and hamas continue in gaza and this just in that israel says it s carrying out a precise and covert operation against hamas in a specified area the biggest hospital that al shifa hospital. they said the intent is, quote, no harm is caused to civilians being used by hamas as human shields, however thousands of people including patients and medical staff are said to be sheltering around the hospital. the israeli military says idf was include medical teams and arabic speakers trained specifically to operate in this complex environment. israel says the al shifa hospital compound conceals an ....
phillips. labour had ordered its mps to back the party s own amendments which called for a longer humanitarian pause. labour wanted those mps to abstain on the snp proposal. so the language is really important. the labour proposal had simply been a humanitarian pause, the idea a pause in fighting, a longer pause to allow aid in and people out, should they need medical help. the snp proposal was calling for an outright ceasefire. we know internationally there is growing condemnation, growing criticism of the rising death toll in israel s wore in the middle east. so that is at the centre of these discussions and the votes. we know tonight the un security council in new york is voting on a similar proposal around the wording of whether it is a ceasefire or a humanitarian pause. the un proposal is for a humanitarian pause. let s get the latest on what is happening at westminster, iain watson is an central lobby. you are running through some of the logistics and details of h ....
for talks on the sidelines. the leaders of the world s two biggest economies have a lot to discuss not least their ongoing disputes over trade, technology, taiwan and the drug fentanyl. the bbc s james clayton is in san francisco and sent us the latest. apac has started here and it is a huge apac has started here and it is a huge moment apac has started here and it is a huge moment for apac has started here and it is a huge moment for the apac has started here and it is a huge moment for the city apac has started here and it is a huge moment for the city of san francisco. it is summer to be held here since the united nations charter was signed here in 1945. nations charter was signed here in 1916. this is a huge economic summit. you are talking about more than 50% of the worlds trade belongs to the 21 nations who will be attending here this week. talking about 40% of the world s population. it is a big economic conference but by far the biggest ticket item here is the ....