This is a global news podcast from the BBC World Service.

I'm Nick Miles and in the early hours of Tuesday the 5th of December these are our main

stories. A cautious response from Washington to Israel's latest military action in southern

Gaza.

The Secretary was very clear about how we want to judge this based on results, not based on intent.

I will say we've seen a much more targeted request for evacuations here, so that is an improvement on what's happened before.

We get the latest on the COP28 climate talks in Dubai where the events president is back on the defensive.

And should one of the families at the center of America's

opioid crisis be shielded from future lawsuits.

Also in this podcast, Sweden is one of the hot spots for gun violence in Europe at the moment and what we're seeing now is that various types of homemade explosives are being used.

We have a special report on the rise of gang violence in Sweden and twice the size of London

and heading away from Antarctica, the massive iceberg on the loose. The US State Department has given a cautious welcome to Israel's new initiative to

warn civilians in Gaza of impending attacks. It said it was too soon to say

whether Israeli forces were fully heeding American advice to protect civilians

caught up in its renewed offensive against Hamas. But it did say that the Israelis seem to be making more

targeted requests for civilians to flee Israeli targets in the south of the

Gaza Strip. Matthew Miller is a State Department spokesman.

It's too early to make a definitive assessment. Matthew Miller is a State Department spokesman.

It's too early to make a definitive assessment.

I will say that in the first few days of this military campaign against the South,

we have seen some things that don't look like the operation as it was conducted in the

north for example in the north at the commencement of operations you saw them ask or

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