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COP 28: 200 countries continue work on agreement after draft text caused widespread anger
The climate deal which could determine the future of the planet is furiously being worked on at the UN’s COP28 summit.
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COP28 anger as pledge to ‘phase out’ fossil fuels removed from draft text
We will not go silent to our watery graves – that’s the warning from one of the small island nations most at risk from climate change – after a pledge to “phase out” fossil fuels was removed from the COP28 final agreement.
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Israeli tanks push further south in Gaza as Palestinians launch general strike in West Bank
Israel’s tanks are pushing further into the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis, searching for Hamas leaders, warning residents to flee from the city centre.
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‘I’m the victim of human rights violations in Rwanda,’ says Rwanda opposition figure
The internal fighting in the Conservative party has somewhat overshadowed the debate around Rwanda’s ability to safely welcome asylum seekers – if the UK government ever succeeds in sending them there. We spoke to Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza and started by asking whether – from her perspective within Rwanda – the country is safe.
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Gaza: Israel orders civilians to flee “difficult fighting” in centre of Khan Younis
Civilians in Gaza keep moving, but the fighting and bombing keeps following them, as Israel pushes on with its offensive against Hamas – which many countries consider a terror group. The Hamas-run health ministry says around 18 thousand people have now been killed in the Strip, and almost 50 thousand injured.
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‘With every fighter or civilian killed, Israel is creating new Hamas,’ says diplomatic scholar
We were joined by Jennifer Cassidy who lectures in diplomacy at the University of Oxford – she’s served as a diplomatic attache to Ireland’s UN mission.
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US ‘responsible for bloodshed’ in Gaza, says President of Palestinian Authority
Our foreign affairs correspondent Secunder Kermani is in Jerusalem.
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Israel-Hamas War: US criticised after veto on UN ceasefire vote
Israeli airstrikes have continued to bombard parts of the Gaza strip, as the UN chief warned that humanitarian support was now on the brink of collapse – sparking fears of “devastating” consequences for the whole region. The death of a 25-year-old Israeli hostage has also been confirmed – after reports that a rescue operation by…
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UNWRA: UN relief agency in Gaza ‘on verge of collapse‘, says director of communications
We’re joined by the Director of Communications at the UN’s relief agency in Gaza, Tamara Alrifai.
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Israel-Hamas war: UN Security Council to vote on ceasefire resolution
Delegates at the UN security council will vote later tonight on the ceasefire resolution – but the United States has already said it would not support an “immediate truce”, saying Hamas “has no desire to see a durable peace” for both Israelis and Palestinians.
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Inside Gaza: Palestinians forced south to Egyptian border
Although we can’t get into Gaza ourselves, the Palestinian filmmaker Yousef Hammash – who also works for the Norwegian Refugee Council – has been filming there for this programme.
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‘Nowhere is safe in Gaza’ as Israeli forces close in on areas north and south
Heavy fighting has been taking place across Gaza – with Israeli and Hamas forces taking part in house to house battles, reaching the centre of the southern city of Khan Younis.
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UK ‘doing everything’ it can to help countries impacted by climate change, international development minister Andrew Mitchell says
We talked to international development minister Andrew Mitchell, who’s just been announcing £100 million to support climate vulnerable countries at COP28, and began by asking him for his reaction to Grace’s story and the plight of Tuvalu.
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‘One shower for 4,000 people’ in Gaza hospital, says World Health Organisation
We spoke to Tarik Jasarevic from the World Health Organisation, which says people in Gaza who need medical treatment aren’t getting it.
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Israel surrounds Khan Younis on ‘most intense day’ of Gaza war
The Israeli Defence Forces say they have engaged in “the most intense day” of fighting since their offensive in Gaza began, as troops encircle the southern city of Khan Younis.