Israel says it has resumed combat against Hamas in Gaza _ BBC News
The Israeli military said it has resumed combat against Hamas in Gaza, after accusing the group of violating the terms of a ceasefire.
The truce lasted seven days and saw the release of 110 hostages held by Hamas and 240 Palestinian prisoners held by Israel.
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COP28 climate conference enters second day in Dubai _ BBC News
In the last few hours we've seen world leaders starting to arrive in Dubai for the COP28 climate conference.
The UN summit follows a year of extreme weather events in which many climate records have been broken.
So far, speakers have included the UK's King Charles III and UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres.
"We are living through climate collapse in real time," the Guterres said, confirming that 2023 will be the hottest year on record.
COP28 is the 28th annual UN climate meeting where governments will discuss how to limit and prepare for future climate change.
The summit is taking place from 30 November until 12 December 2023.
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New AI may threaten 'safe' office jobs, say researchers _ BBC News
Humans already work alongside robots in industries such as manufacturing.
Now, for knowledge workers, the threat of AI (artificial intelligence) replacement is coming faster than they imagined.
In early 2023, OpenAI's ChatGPT ushered in a new era – one in which AI went from a pipe dream to a very real, contentious issue for workers.
The stakes are high: an April report from Goldman Sachs estimates ChatGPT, and other similar generative AI tools, could increase global GDP by as much as 7%, while replacing 300 million full time workers.
Yet the light-speed adoption and evolution of generative AI tools may now mean knowledge-work jobs that were long considered "safe" could be threatened even faster than workers anticipated.
That includes creative positions that many presumed would be hard to automate, in fields like marketing, music production and graphic design.
Accordingly, researchers have found that the "exposure curve is upward-sloping", says Mark Muro, a senior fellow at The Brookings Institution, who focuses on the interplay of technology, people and places.
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7 Way to MAKE your life more EASIER and PEACEFULL _BY USING STOIC PRINCIPLE
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The Pogues singer Shane MacGowan dies aged 65 _ BBC News
The Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan has died aged 65, after a lengthy illness.
The singer-songwriter’s hits include Christmas classic Fairytale of New York, and A Pair of Brown Eyes.
He fronted the Irish punk band until their break-up in 2014.
A statement from MacGowan's spokesperson confirmed he "died peacefully at 3.30am this morning (30 November) with his wife and sister by his side".
MacGowan had recently been hospitalised after being diagnosed with encephalitis, and also had well-documented problems with drugs and alcohol.
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Israel says Hamas truce will be extended for seventh day _ BBC News
Israel and Hamas have agreed to extend the temporary truce in Gaza, just minutes before it was due to expire.
The pause in fighting was due to expire at 05:00 GMT, but the Israeli military said it will be extended "in light of the mediators' efforts to continue the process of releasing the hostages".
On Wednesday evening, another 16 hostages taken captive by Hamas were released, as were 30 Palestinians.
It is thought that around 145 people remain in captivity.
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COP28 climate summit gets under way in Dubai _ BBC News
COP28 is set to get under way, with world leaders arriving in Dubai after a year of weather extremes.
The climate summit is taking place in the United Arab Emirates, which is one of the world’s top oil-producing nations, and the presidents of the world's biggest greenhouse gas emitters - the US and China - are not attending.
Scientists have said the planet is heading for catastrophic changes under current climate policies, while the UN has warned that efforts to limit global warming are “severely off track”.
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8-year-old shot dead by Israeli forces in West Bank -_ BBC News
Two Palestinian boys have been shot dead in the street in Jenin, in the occupied West Bank, during a raid by Israeli forces. They were 8 and 14 years old.
With war in Gaza, tension and violence have been rising in the West Bank, which is occupied by Israel but run by the Palestinian Authority.
Sophie Raworth presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Lucy Williamson in Jenin.
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Untreated diseases could kill more than bombings in Gaza, World Health Organization warns _ BBC News
Untreated diseases could eventually kill more people in Gaza than bombings if the health system is not restored, the World Health Organization says.
Diarrhoea and respiratory infections are widespread among children in overcrowded UN facilities where almost 1.1 million people are sheltering.
Patients with chronic illnesses like cancer are also receiving no treatment.
The warning comes as a truce between Israel and Hamas entered a sixth day, after a 48-hour extension was agreed.
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Women's sport to make £1bn in revenue in 2024 _ BBC News
Global revenue generated by elite women's sport is predicted to surpass £1bn for the first time next year.
Finance experts Deloitte predict women's sport revenue will reach £1.02bn in 2024 after a year of growth featuring the Fifa Women's World Cup in 2023.
Football is forecast to generate £439m, with basketball predicted to be the second most valuable sport with £280m.
The news comes before a busy year for women's sport, headlined by the Paris Olympics.
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'Perfect solar system' found in search for ALIEN LIFE _ BBC News
Researchers have located "the perfect solar system", forged without the violent collisions that made our own mix of different-sized planets.
The system, 100 light years away, has six planets all about the same size and is thought to have been formed up to 12 billion years ago.
The creation of our own solar system was a violent process, with planets crashing into each other, disturbing orbits and leaving us with giants like Jupiter and Saturn alongside relatively small worlds like our own.
In solar system HD110067, as astronomers have named it, things couldn't be more different - and these undisturbed conditions make it ideal for learning how these worlds formed and whether they host life.
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Hopes of Israel - Hamas truce extension as more hostages in Gaza set to be freed _ BBC News
There are hopes the truce between Israel and Hamas could be extended, with talks being held in Qatar about a possible new deal.
US president Joe Biden said that allowing the conflict to continue in Gaza would "give Hamas what they seek".
Israel says it's received a list of hostages held in Gaza who could be released later on Wednesday, on the sixth day of the current truce.
On Tuesday, 12 more hostages were released by Hamas and Israel freed 30 more Palestinian prisoners.
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How the food we eat impacts the planet _ Future Earth _ BBC News
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COP28_ UAE planned to use climate talks to make oil deals - BBC News
The United Arab Emirates planned to use its role as the host of UN climate talks as an opportunity to strike oil and gas deals, the BBC has learned.
Leaked briefing documents reveal plans to discuss fossil fuel deals with 15 nations.
The UN body responsible for the COP28 summit told the BBC hosts were expected to act without bias or self-interest.
The UAE team did not deny using COP28 meetings for business talks, and said "private meetings are private".
It declined to comment on what was discussed in the meetings and said its work has been focused on "meaningful climate action".
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Bennu_ 'Most dangerous asteroid' sample arrives in UK _ BBC News
Fragments from the asteroid US space agency Nasa has described as the most dangerous rock in the Solar System have arrived in the UK for study.
The tiny pieces of rock and dust from the object known as Bennu will be subjected to tests at the Natural History Museum, and the Open, Manchester and Oxford universities.
The sample was scooped up from the surface of 500m-wide asteroid Bennu in 2020 by Nasa's Osiris-Rex spacecraft, and then delivered by capsule to the Utah desert two months ago.
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Hamas training for raid on Israel revealed _ BBC News
Analysis by the BBC has revealed that Hamas held multiple training exercises in Gaza, ahead of their deadly attack on Israel on 7th October which claimed 1,200 lives.
BBC Verify and BBC Arabic have established that Hamas held military exercises over three years and posted the evidence on social media.
They practised hostage-taking, raiding compounds and breaching Israel's defences during these exercises, the last of which was held just 25 days before the attack.
Several armed Palestinian groups joined Hamas in the assault on Israel. The groups carried out joint drills in Gaza, including at a site less than 1km from the barrier with Israel.
The Ocotober attack on Israel provoked retaliation which has led to the deaths of more than 14,000 Palestinians in Gaza, according to the authorities there.
Fiona Bruce presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Jonathan Beale.
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Qatar says Israel-Hamas truce in Gaza extended by two days _ BBC News
Israel and Hamas have agreed to extend the four-day truce in Gaza for another two days, mediator Qatar says.
A Palestinian source also told the BBC that the truce had been extended.
The truce had been due to expire after today.
As part of the Israel-Hamas deal, 39 Israeli hostages in Gaza have been released so far with 117 Palestinians freed from Israeli jails.
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The Irish troops watching Israel's hidden war - BBC News
Along Israel's northern border with Lebanon, since 7 October the Israel Defence Forces have also been engaged in continuous fighting against the Lebanon-based Islamist armed group and political party Hezbollah.
The group are seen as terrorists by governments including the UK, and have long been opposed to Israel’s presence in disputed lands in the south of the country - resulting not in a border, but a so-called ‘blue line’ drawn by the UN, dividing the two nations.
From the Lebanese front line, embedded with Irish UN peacekeeping troops, Nafiseh Kohnavard reports.
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The Israel-Gaza battles raging on TikTok and X - BBC News
Social media feeds are unique to every user - so could they be shaping how you view the Israel-Gaza war?
BBC disinformation and social media correspondent Marianna Spring has looked into how platforms will recommend content that is more likely to align with and reinforce users views.
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Hamas says it is seeking to extend truce with Israel _ BBC News
Hamas has said it is seeking to extend the current four-day pause in fighting with Israel and increase the number of hostages released.
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the original agreement could be extended - but Israeli operations in Gaza would resume with full force after the truce period.
There are reports that truce extension talks are now under way, with Egyptian and Qatari mediation.
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Gaza truce may be extended as more hostages freed _ BBC News
There are strong signs that the four-day ceasefire agreement in Gaza may be extended. Hamas has released a third group of hostages and Israel has freed more Palestinian prisoners.
Both Israel and Hamas have indicated that they are considering extending the truce with the possible release of more captives. The United States has said it hopes the ceasefire agreement will be extended. However the Israeli government has also indicated that its military operation in Gaza is not over.
17 more hostages were in the third group released by Hamas, including Israeli women and children, a Russian national and three Thai citizens. Israel released 19 Palestinians from prison.
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More Israeli hostages freed by Hamas in exchange for Palestinian prisoners – BBC News
Hamas has released 17 more hostages, including 13 Israelis and four Thai citizens. It’s the second group of captives to be freed in an agreement that includes a four-day truce between Israel and Hamas.
The hostages were transferred by the International Red Cross through the Rafah border crossing from Gaza into Egypt where they were handed to the Israeli authorities.
It’s understood that 39 Palestinian prisoners held in Israel are being released in return for the latest hostages being freed.
Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Orla Guerin and Lucy Williamson.
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