bbc verify has been working on geolocating some of the videos of strikes posted on social media. and as we've been reporting, israel has again been using leaflets to urge people in some areas of gaza to move. merlyn thomas is in the bbc verify hub with more. after the seven—day temporary ceasefire between israel and hamas came to a shuddering halt, these are some of the images we've been seeing coming out of gaza today. the hamas—run health ministry in gaza says dozens of people have been killed in a series of attacks. we verified three videos of strikes in rafah and khan younis, all in southern gaza. and this is a video posted in rafah on social media this morning. we verified and located it and matched it up with other photos we've seen from news agencies. you can also see this logo briefly here of an injured child being taken into the centre, which we've also matched it up with this location. and this is another video we verified from khan yunis. this appears to be the aftermath of an explosion of an apartment building. as you can see, people are running and there's smoke billowing out. and this is another video we verified in khan younis as well. we verified it using the name of this shopping centre written on the building as being in west khan yunis, as well as a small dress shop in the bottom here, which also matches the location of this video. and yesterday, the us secretary of state, antony blinken, warned that israel would need to clearly and precisely designate areas where civilians would be out of harm's way. the israeli army has now created a map dividing gaza into hundreds of zones. so if you zoom in, can now see that each of those specific areas have numbers. and they say that this map is designed to enable residents of gaza to orient themselves and understand instructions and to evacuate from specific places for their safety if required. but it's not clear from this which areas are safe and which are not. we do know that the israelis have been dropping leaflets which people have posted online. this one's in arabic, and it tells people to leave four specific parts of khan yunis. and there's no mention of those block numbers that we just showed you earlier, but this qr code here does lead you back to the map that we've just shown you, which is fine if you've got internet connectivity. it also tells residents here to evacuate immediately and to go to shelters in rafah, and here in red in arabic it says, "you've been warned." now, people in khan younis have a decision to make. do they stay or do they follow the israeli army's advice and go to rafah, where we know there's been a strike? we asked the israeli army about where exactly the shelters in rafah are, but they told us they couldn't comment on ongoing operational activity. the un children's agency warned of a humanitarian catastrophe unless the truce resumes. us politics. george santos. he has been booted out of the house of representatives. take a listen. on this vote the user 211, the notes are 114. ~ u, on this vote the user 211, the notes are 114. ~ , ., ~ are 114. we can see him making a sharp exit. _ are 114. we can see him making a sharp exit. did — are 114. we can see him making a sharp exit, did not _ are 114. we can see him making a sharp exit, did not meet - are 114. we can see him making a sharp exit, did not meet a - sharp exit, did not meet a commented, lots of media interest, he has been charged with multiple crimes but there allegations, also investigations internally. he says the allegations are slanderous. our correspondent, nomia iqbal, has the latest on the story from washington. well, let's begin with george santos, 35 years of age. he's had a very short career as a lawmaker. ten month career. he was voted in in november 2023. and throughout his short tenure, he has been dogged by claims that he doesn't know how to tell the truth. so he claimed that he embodies the american dream. he's the son of brazilian immigrants, but for many people, less of a dream and more of a fabulist. and, you know, in terms of the lies that he's alleged to have said, they ranged from the quite silly to the more serious. so, you know, he's been accused of all sorts of things about lying, about who he worked for, which university he went to, what his faith is. he even said he was a volleyball champion, that he had two knee replacements. none of that proved to be true. but on the more serious side, he's been charged with 23 federal indictments. and this was recently, this covers everything from money laundering to identity fraud to lying to congress. and then earlier this month, there was a house ethics committee report which claimed that he used campaign funds to bankroll a lavish lifestyle that included allegedly buying botox treatments, subscribing to the adult content website, onlyfans. and so that has now accumulated to today where we have seen this house vote. he's been expelled by the majority of the house and gone down in history as the sixth person ever in us political history to be kicked out of congress in this way. and just to also add, lewis, he is due to face trial next year. he's not running again for his seat. but if we can go by, anything that he's been saying recently has been holding quite a lot of press conferences, he says that he's not going to go down without a fight. here in the uk, the former health secretary matt hancock has told the covid inquiry that if the government had acted more swiftly, school closures could have been avoided injanuary 2021. he's been giving evidence to the inquiry for a second day — and our political editor chris mason was watching. in the chair of scrutiny, matt hancock, the health for england when the pandemic struck. five hours of questioning yesterday, more today and a consistent theme. tougher restrictions earlier would have been better, he claimed, on reflection, and with hindsight, i think that if we take an action sooner in september of 2020, then we might, for instance, have avoided the need to close schools, which in the end we had to because cases were so high byjanuary. mr hancock was asked today about his affair with a university friend who worked for him at the department of health, a revelation that did little for his dignity or political career. you obviously transgressed yourself. there were a number of transgressions in public life. it is important that those who make the rules abide by them and i resigned in order to take accountability for my failure to do that. matt hancock accused the former first minister of scotland nicola sturgeon of unhelpful spin during covid. nonsense, she insists. and on the decision to discharge people from hospital into care homes in england without knowing if they had covid, he had this to say. every decision was a choice between difficult options. nobody has yet brought to me a solution to this problem that was that was that... ..i think even with hindsight would have resulted in more lives saved. larry burn caught covid in a care home and later died in hospital. his son, also called larry, was in the public gallery here today. did matt hancock say anything that changed your mind? no, nothing at all. was there anything he could have said? no, no. sorry is too late in the day. sadly, my dear father and many other loved ones have died. borisjohnson will be here next week. rishi sunak is expected the week after. chris mason bbc news at the covid inquiry. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. bbc news — bringing you different stories from across the uk. at national star college in cheltenham students living with conditions that affect their speech often use aac, augmentative and alternative communication devices to help them talk. 21—year—old shannon was hit by a car when she was 11, affecting her ability to speak. my ipad is my voice, and without it, i would have no independence at college. in wales there aren't yet any voices for young people with welsh accents or that can speak in the welsh language. i am from wales and i would like a welsh voice. but the national centre for electronic assistive technology at rookwood hospital in cardiff is working to improve the diversity of voices that their young aac users can access. so we've got eight voices and they are broken down into north and south wales, young and old, child, male orfemale. and then each of those eight voices is bilingual. for more stories from across the uk, head to the bbc news website. you're live with bbc news. a visual is taking place here in london outside downing street for medical professionals who have been killed in the conflict between israel and gaza. live now to our reporter yasmin khatun dewan who's at the vigil. hi, we've just hi, we'vejust had a minute hi, we've just had a minute silence and some speeches, we've seen the name of some medics killed in gaza over the last several weeks, and we have one of the organisers of the vigil with us, he is a paediatrician. why have you organised this vigil today? i know you've been coming out a few times, the third or fourth vigil in london. thank you for having me, we have been _ thank you for having me, we have been congregating as health care workers. — been congregating as health care workers, this is our fourth vigil, and national and global visual in the uk — and national and global visual in the uk and processes across continents, we have one clear message, _ continents, we have one clear message, there needs to be an urgent and immediate cease—fire and enter hospital— and immediate cease—fire and enter hospital -- — and immediate cease—fire and enter hospital —— hostilities on the bombing _ hospital —— hostilities on the bombing of hospitals and bombing of health— bombing of hospitals and bombing of health care workers need up inside gaza will_ health care workers need up inside gaza will stop we are asking our government to apply pressure on the government, the american president, for incomplete discontinuation of this violence at to tell israel to stop _ this violence at to tell israel to sto -. ., ., ., ., this violence at to tell israel to sto. ., . ., ., ., this violence at to tell israel to sto. ., . . ., . �* stop. you are initiation and you've soken to stop. you are initiation and you've spoken to other— stop. you are initiation and you've spoken to other health _ stop. you are initiation and you've spoken to other health care - stop. you are initiation and you've i spoken to other health care workers in gaza can you tell us what they have been telling you? we in gaza can you tell us what they have been telling you?— in gaza can you tell us what they have been telling you? we have been in constant communication _ have been telling you? we have been in constant communication with - in constant communication with them every— in constant communication with them every day, _ in constant communication with them every day, the situation is atrocious, it is catastrophic, they're _ atrocious, it is catastrophic, they're oath of basic medications and supplies. performing operations with little _ and supplies. performing operations with little to no and if they think, no drinking — with little to no and if they think, no drinking water or basic sanitation, having to go to the local_ sanitation, having to go to the local shop— sanitation, having to go to the local shop to buy cleaning equipment for cleaning the wounds of their patients, — for cleaning the wounds of their patients, these wounds are often infested — patients, these wounds are often infested with maggots because they are so_ infested with maggots because they are so infected, and children are so unwett— are so infected, and children are so unwett they— are so infected, and children are so unwell they cannot provide them with basic supplies. that is a reality, their— basic supplies. that is a reality, their heen— basic supplies. that is a reality, their been systematically targeted. some _ their been systematically targeted. some of— their been systematically targeted. some of them have been taken hostages — some of them have been taken hostages by the israeli defence forces — hostages by the israeli defence forces a — hostages by the israeli defence forces a month and this needs to stop _ forces a month and this needs to sto -. ~ ., forces a month and this needs to sto -. ~ . ., forces a month and this needs to sto. . . . . stop. we have heard about the need for more aid — stop. we have heard about the need for more aid to _ stop. we have heard about the need for more aid to get _ stop. we have heard about the need for more aid to get into _ stop. we have heard about the need for more aid to get into gaza, - stop. we have heard about the need for more aid to get into gaza, we . for more aid to get into gaza, we heard from primus or rishi sunak today and from the un and others, how has a lack of aid and resources really impacted the work that medics are able to do inside gaza? the reali is are able to do inside gaza? the reality is very — are able to do inside gaza? the reality is very little it has made it where — reality is very little it has made it where it _ reality is very little it has made it where it needs to which is the hospitat's— it where it needs to which is the hospital's and remaining function in hospitals _ hospital's and remaining function in hospitals of which there almost none _ hospitals of which there almost none. sending an unfettered humanitarian aid is all well and good _ humanitarian aid is all well and good but — humanitarian aid is all well and good but not good when you have continued — good but not good when you have continued bombing like today, last i checked _ continued bombing like today, last i checked there was 50 or 60 palestinian deaths in less than a few hours— palestinian deaths in less than a few hours since they really started bombing _ few hours since they really started bombing in gaza. so, the reality is to allow— bombing in gaza. so, the reality is to allow medical professionals to go in with— to allow medical professionals to go in with appropriate aid and equipments, we need to have a permanent and lasting cease—fire and a permanent solution to this ongoing escalation— a permanent solution to this ongoing escalation which is been going on. thank— escalation which is been going on. thank you — escalation which is been going on. thank you very much. this is the fourth of a number of visuals held by medics across the uk, we had that minute silence, there are over 20 medics as well as other processors joining this, and they're going for more medics and supplies to go to gaza to assist medics operated inside the gaza strip. buckingham palace has said it's considering all options, after the king and princess of wales were identified as two members of the royal family who allegedly discussed the skin colour of prince harry and meghan's son. the names appeared in a dutch translation of a book by omid scobie. he insists the naming was an error by the publisher. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell reports. it certainly isn't the backdrop the palace had wanted for the king's speech to the cop climate conference, a significant speech by a british monarch vying for attention with another drama involving the british royal family. the king is now revealed alongside the princess of wales as the royal family members who supposedly made comments about the skin colour of the sussex's then unborn first baby. the king and the princess were identified in the dutch edition of the latest royal book. the book's author says he doesn't know how it happened. the book i wrote, the book i edited, the book i signed off on did not have names in it. but how well—founded is all of this? let's go back to the moment that started it all — meghan's interview in 2021 with oprah winfrey when she said this... and also concerns and conversations about how dark his skin might be when he is born. what? moments after the line that captured all the headlines, it becomes clear that meghan didn't actually hear the alleged remarks herself. it was a conversation with you? with harry. about how dark your baby is going to be? j potentially and what that would mean or look like. woo! that was relayed to me from harry. those were conversations that family had with him. in other words, meghan relied on harry's account of the conversation and harry has subsequently placed the whole matter in a broader context. you speak to any other couple, mixed race couple around the world and you will probably find that the white side of the family have either openly discussed it or secretly discussed, you know, "what are the kids going to look like?" again for me the difference is unconscious bias and racism, but if that... ..if you're called out for unconscious bias, you need to make that right. so a matter the family had hoped was over has reappeared. the prince and princess of wales ignored questions as they arrived at the royal albert hall. buckingham palace is "considering all options", though quite what those options are isn't clear. nicholas witchel, bbc news. scientists have found that chinstrap penguins in the antarctic. are able to accumulate hours of sleep in short four—second bursts. scientists at the neuroscience research centre of lyons in france say they take more than 10,000 micro—sleeps throughout the day and night, allowing them to protect their nests from predators and rivals around the clock. paul—anotine libourel is from the sleep department at the neurosciences research centre of lyon. we don't know why they are this sleeping like this. we think that this is because of the pressure of the predation. and so they have to carry their eggs, they have to protect the eggs. and we think that this is an adaptation of the natural selection and that select this particular sleep expression. so they fall asleep thousands and thousands of times throughout the day and the night. but it means they're kind of able to try and protect their nest. right. can you talk us through what we're seeing on screen now? it's a lot of wiggly lines. is this your analysis of what's going on in the brain when they're sleeping and when they're awake? just talk us through it. yeah. so we have to record sleep in the penguin, we have deployed and developed a new device that can record that brain activity because we can only record sleep by recording the brain activity of the animal. and i think the video that is actually running is showing the brain activity of the two brain hemisphere of the penguin. and at the same time, you can see the penguin that is opening and closing the eyes very fast. the video is in real time and this is what is fantastic. the brain is switching from left and right hemisphere, both at the same time very fast so we can identify this that they are sleeping and switching for very short micro sleep. micro sleep. but do any other animals do this? there is also some report of very short sleep. we can call them micro sleep or drowsiness. so there is actually some report of drowsiness in penguin and other animals, but no other reports in animals were showing such a sustained fragmentation across day and night. this is what is amazing here. and do we know if it's a good night's sleep? actually, i guess this is a good night because they are foraging. they are protecting the herd. they have a successful breeding. so we feel this, but we have absolutely no idea whether there is a cost for the penguin of sleeping like this. this is something that we're not able to measure in that study. okay. and lastly, because the producer in charge here, jane, wants to know, how did you actually do this measuring? we saw the wiggly lines on the graph. but how do you actually do it with the penguin? so i'm a specialist of sleep, a physiology, meaning that i develop technology and tools to record animal in the wild. and basically we put some electrodes under the skin of the animal and then we tape on its back, the data logger, the device that store and save and amplify the data. and then we release the animal. and few weeks after that, the system was recording continuously. and then we retrieve the animal when it came back to the nest. and then we remove everything on the animal and we're able to record its brain activity and activity associated with other parameters. i think ithinki i think i understand, thanks for that expedition. this is bbc news. train drivers who are members of the aslef union have voted to continue strike action for the next six months — as they begin a new round of industrial action today. our business correspondent marc ashdown reports from paddington station in central london. there's going to be more disruption for train passengers in the next few months. train drivers who are members of the aslef union have begun nine days of strikes as part of a long—running dispute about pay. an overtime ban will be in force until a week tomorrow, affecting 16 rail companies in england. workers have also voted to continue industrial action for the next six months. marc ashdown has more from paddington station in london. this is the start of nine days of industrial action, involving 12,000 drivers. this is how it will affect services. an overtime ban is in place today for nine days, until next saturday. it means a reduced service every where across the rail network. on top of that, tomorrow marks the start of a series of rolling 24 hour strikes. until now, drivers have walked out together in unison, 14 times in total. now they will be staggering it and different drivers will walk out on different days for different companies. so every day there will be some kind of strike action. if you want to check your services check the bbc website. in terms of dispute, the train companies say an 8% pay rise is fair and reasonable. aslef says there are too many strings attached. i have to say there are no more fresh negotiations planned at this stage and aslef drivers today voted to extend the industrial action until at least the summer. many of us may be feeling chilly at the moment — and we'll have more on that in a moment — but there are visitors coming here to escape even colder climes. there's been an increase in the number of short eared owls seen along the east coast — and they've come from scandinavia and russia. danny savage has been finding out. on open land to the east of the industries of hull is a bit of a head—turner. no, they don'tjust come out at night. short—eared owls hunt during the day. they're causing a bit of a stir among bird—watchers and the winter light is good for photographers like david. everybody likes owls and because they are so easy to see, people get to hear and they want to come and see them. i know people locally who aren't necessarily bird—watchers or photographers, who just want to come and have a look at them. further up the east yorkshire coast is the rspb reserve at benson. it's great to see you out for an owl walk this afternoon. so, it's owls and birds of prey we'll be looking for. here, there are guided walks to see the owls. they are just great. it must be something about the big eyes, the fluffiness of them. they are really beautiful birds. we've watched them here before coming in off the sea and to think an owl with all those feathers on it has just flown across the north sea, it'sjust incredible. retired bricklayerjim took up photography during covid — and he's not bad at it. he snapped these this afternoon. if the light�*s right, it's all about the light. it's become like my park bench up here, do you know what i mean? you meet so many people, that's what it's all about. one chap told me, it's good for the soul. and you agree? i do agree, 100%. the truth is, though, you don't need lots of expensive equipment and long lenses to see these owls. as somebody said to me this afternoon, be quiet and be still and they can come quite close. this year has seen an above average number of these birds along this coastal area. that's encouraging, because there are concerns about its conservation status. there is still much to learn about these endearing hunters. danny savage, bbc news, east yorkshire. with the animal theme, away from owls, we will see no a deer being rescued, this is an minnesota, the frozen lake, and you can see the poor dear is stuck, so the fire service, this is how the rescue apparently. crawling on for safety reasons, as you can imagine, and the fire department than sweep the deer off the ice, easy does it, but you can see he has another goal here, and there it goes wassup i know we can't see it but apparently it is safe and well, it got off the ice, it ended well. we are reassured. that is it for me, christian waiting in the to take over to take you through the context, stay with us postop for the moment that is it for me. this is bbc news, i'm lewis vaughanjones. hello there. the big freeze is set to continue throughout the weekend ahead and well into next week as well. on friday, we did have some fresh snowfall around, but many of us had blue skies and sunshine. it was a day where temperatures didn't get above freezing all day in places. and we're going to see temperatures drop like a stone overnight. now, these showers — heading into dumfries and galloway — could be quite interesting, bringing up to three centimetres of snow, eventually working into cumbria. and we'll also have some snow showers for northern and eastern scotland, eastern england that could bring an odd centimetre or two. ice the main hazard, a really cold night. lowest temperatures probably getting down to about minus ten. onto saturday's forecast, any mist patches tending to clear away. a lot of dry weather, with sunshine. showers this time focused across western areas. these are likely to come in as rain or sleet through the day on saturday. temperatures really struggling. there'll be some places that stay well below freezing once again. now, saturday night could bring some areas of localised disruption across england and wales. clumps of showers are going to start to push eastwards. now, some of them could well fall as snow, but i think mixed in with this, we may well have a spell of freezing rain, really dangerous stuff. this is liquid rain that's got a temperature below zero and it turns to ice on any surface it touch. so we could well see roads and pavements turn to ice rinks across parts of england and wales from this feature. further northwards, we've got clearer skies, drier weather. and another bitterly cold night, with temperatures again plumbing, the depths and probably getting down to about minus ten, again, in the coldest areas. sunday, any wintry mix will clear away from eastern areas. in the south, we'll be threatened with bits and pieces of rain, maybe a bit of sleet or hail, snow on the northern edge of this. away from that, though, we've got a few mist patches. otherwise, it's dry. with sunshine, it stays very cold and it could be another day where temperatures stay below freezing. or in other words, there will be some of you that have temperatures throughout the whole of the weekend below freezing. on monday, an area of low pressure is forecast to move to the south of the uk. now, this could well have some snow on its northern edge, but the exact amount of snow that will get in places depends entirely on the track of that area of low pressure and there's a bit of uncertainty. but away from that, a lot of sunshine, some showers affecting eastern coasts. and for most, it stays really cold again. bye for now. hello, i'm christian fraser, and this is the context. taste hello, i'm christian fraser, and this is the context.— hello, i'm christian fraser, and this is the context. we also want --eole this is the context. we also want eo - le to this is the context. we also want people to understand _ this is the context. we also want people to understand why - this is the context. we also want people to understand why the - this is the context. we also want. people to understand why the pause came to an end. it came to an end because of hamas. the ceasefire well and truly over. israel is blaming hamas for all this, saying it fired rockets early this, saying it fired rockets early this morning and refused to release all the women it's holding.- all the women it's holding. having chosen to hold _ all the women it's holding. having chosen to hold on _ all the women it's holding. having chosen to hold on to _ all the women it's holding. having chosen to hold on to our - all the women it's holding. having chosen to hold on to our women, | chosen to hold on to our women, hamas— chosen to hold on to our women, hamas witt— chosen to hold on to our women, hamas will now take the mother of all thumpings. hamas will now take the mother of all thumpings— all thumpings. they were hearing hue all thumpings. they were hearing huge explosions _ all thumpings. they were hearing huge explosions and _ all thumpings. they were hearing huge explosions and seeing - all thumpings. they were hearing huge explosions and seeing black smoke _ huge explosions and seeing black smoke coming _ huge explosions and seeing black smoke coming out— huge explosions and seeing black smoke coming out of— huge explosions and seeing black smoke coming out of buildings. l smoke coming out of buildings. people — smoke coming out of buildings. people were _ smoke coming out of buildings. people were looking _ smoke coming out of buildings. people were looking under- smoke coming out of buildings. people were looking under thel smoke coming out of buildings. - people were looking under the rubble of some _ people were looking under the rubble of some of— people were looking under the rubble of some of the — people were looking under the rubble of some of the buildings. _ you have been warned. israel dropped leaflets in parts of southern gaza 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