UN: 'Gaza on brink of collapse'

The United Nations Security Council will vote later today on a call for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza. Meanwhile, Israel has defended the treatment of dozens of detained Palestinian men by Israeli forces in northern Gaza. Images emerged on social media on Thursday showing the men on their knees, stripped to their underwear and blindfolded with their hands tied behind their backs. Our correspondent has the latest.

Palestinians are mourning the death of well-known writer Refaat Alareer, who was killed in an air strike in Gaza City this week. We hear a tribute from his friend.

More soldiers are leaving the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo as the mandate for an East African peacekeeping force there comes to an end. We hear more from our correspondent.

Political leaders and their negotiators are meeting at COP28 to try to take new steps to rein in carbon emissions - while the climate picture painted by scientists continues to worsen. But amid the doom and gloom, many experts believe there are good reasons to be cheerful on climate change. Our environment correspondent Matt McGrath joins to explain.

We hear about the ordeal of train and underground passengers who were stranded for several hours in cold, dark trains last night.

Presenter: James Reynolds.

(Photo: Displaced Palestinian children stand near a water pipe, as Palestinians who fled their houses due to Israeli strikes shelter in a tent camp, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, December 8, 2023. Credit: Bassam Masoud/Reuters)