and criticism about his leadership? good evening. the bbc has been hearing evidence that women in israel were sexually assaulted, raped and mutilated by hamas — designated a terrorist organisation by the uk — during the attacks on october 7th. israeli investigators say they are trawling through 60,000 hours of footage, and have compiled more than a thousand testimonies from witnesses and those who handled the bodies of victims after the attack. 0ur middle east correspondent, lucy williamson has been speaking with some of those affected and joins us now from jerusalem. there are now several pieces of individual testimony made public by witnesses and police that paint a shocking picture. tonight the israeli prime minister challenged governments, nations, and women's rights groups to speak up against the sexual atrocities being reported. the us president, joe biden, said the world cannotjust look away. we've been looking at these reports of brutal sexual violence by hamas and we would like toward new that our report contains extremely graphic details from the start and material you may find distressing. out of the chaos and mass trauma of the hamas attacks, new stories are starting to emerge — of rape and sexual assault. including graphic testimony from an eye witness interviewed by police. they bent her over and i realised they were raping her one by one. she was passed to another man in uniform. she was still alive when she was being raped. they cut off her breast and played with it on the street. the scale of sexual violence here is not clear — bodies were mutilated and survivors few. police admit they are facing a lack of forensic evidence from the site. you can still hear the israeli bombardment of gaza and see vast clouds of black smoke hanging over the gaza strip. but in the days following the attacks, this site was an active combat zone. it was a big enough challenge to collect the bodies, let alone early forensic evidence of sexual crimes. videos shot by hamas during the attacks, an early warning, a large bloodstain on the trousers of one woman captive, female bodies piled on trucks, naked or semi—clothed. body collectors describe piles of women's bodies, naked from the waist down, some with their legs splayed. those who witnessed sexual attacks have struggled with what they saw. i spoke with girls that are now, at least three girls, that are now hospitalised for a very hard psychiatric situation because of the rapes they watched. they pretended to be dead and they watched it and they heard everything from the side. some of them want to kill themselves. some can't deal with that. crucial evidence has come from the makeshift identification unit at this army base. teams here describe clear signs of assault including pelvis is broken by sustained violent rape. —— pelvises broken. but the scale of sexual abuse during these attacks may never be fully known. it's definitely multiple. it's hard to tell. i have also dealt with more than a few burnt bodies, and those, i have no idea what they went through before hand. bodies that are missing the bottom half, i also don't know if they were raped. but women who were clearly raped with. .. but women who were clearly raped with... yeah. staff told me there were patterns in the violence visited on women's bodies according to location. investigators say these attacks were systematic and premeditated, but piecing together even one single story is slow and difficult work. the wider story of sexual violence in these attacks is onlyjust beginning. lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. the israeli military says it has been engaged in the heaviest day of fighting since the start of its offensive in gaza. in the south, israeli forces have entered the city of khan younis. the united nations is warning of an "even more hellish scenario" in gaza with no safe places for people to go. this map shows the main districts of gaza — a huge flow of people were told to leave their homes more than a month ago — since hamas — designated as a terrorist organistaion by the uk government — attacked israel. the un says nearly 1.9 million people have been forced from their homes in this way since october the 7th. that's more than 85% of the population in gaza. this is the latest damage assessment map of the territory — as shown here in red. the worst hit areas you can see in the north of the strip. 0ur diplomatic correspondent, paul adams, sent this report from jerusalem. as israeli forces move south, another hospital in the eye of the storm. this was al nasser in khan younis this morning. four days after the ceasefire ended, a desperate, constant procession of death, injury and grief. seven members of kassim sheba's family were killed as they slept. the home secretary james cleverly is tonight flying home from rwanda after securing a deal he says will address the supreme court's concerns about sending illegal migrants arriving in britain to the african country. the court ruled the government's original plan to be unlawful, saying it was open to human rights breaches. mr cleverly said he had assurances from the rwandan government that they would commit to the safety of asylum seekers. stopping the boats is one of the government's flagship pledges but the rwanda scheme has been beset by legal challenges and no asylum seekers have been sent there to date. 0ur political editor chris mason reports from rwanda's capital, kigali. this was james cleverly, his first foreign trip as home secretary. but hang on a minute. as part of east african deja vu, priti patel came here as home secretary in april of last year and suella braverman was here in march, three home secretaries making it to rwanda before a single migrant. last month, the supreme court said the rwanda plan was unlawful. this is what the government's hoped for solution looks like — a treaty between the uk and rwanda. the uk and rwanda are working on this because it is important, not because it is necessarily easy or that it buys you cheap or quick popularity. rwanda and the uk understand that there is a critical need to find innovative ways to address the suffering of migrants making dangerous, desperate journeys under the exploitation of criminal human smugglers. mr cleverly, can you guarantee that migrants will be on their way here as soon as the spring, or are you crossing your fingers and hoping for the best? of course, we want to see this, this part of our wider migration plan up and running as quickly as possible. we feel very strongly that this treaty addresses all the issues raised by their lordships in the supreme court. key to the supreme court's concern was the fear rwanda would send people to countries where they would be unsafe. british judges will now sit in rwandan courts to hear appeals where in some instances migrants could return to the uk. this whole idea has always been novel and conventional ministers say it has to be because illegal migration is a massive challenge and so they have to think of big new ideas, but they can't be certain it'll work. and critics say it could end up being an expensive experiment, doomed to failure. we've seen more home secretaries than we have asylum seekers sent to rwanda, and we still don't have a full answer on how much this is costing. we know they've already sent checks to rwanda for 140 million for a scheme that's clearly failing. what the government should be doing is creating safe and legal routes for people to come to the uk. that would stop the small boats but also real investment into clearing the asylum backlog, which makes sense. the reason they're not doing that is because they want this to be a problem. as the home secretary prepared to leave, the big question remained. can you guarantee migrants will arrive in rwanda from the uk before the general election? well, look, i the only thing i can guarantee is the effort that we put in. you can't. and i have guaranteed that we will address the issues that the supreme court has put forward. and we have. i've guaranteed that we'll work collaboratively with the rwandan government, and we have. and i guaranteed that we'd put this relationship on a firm international footing and we have. another trip complete. the same issue hangs in the air. will it be migrants, not ministers, heading here soon? chris mason, bbc news, kigali, in rwanda. what do voters make of the government's revived rwanda deal? 0ur correspondent danjohnson has been to swindon in wiltshire to find out. bbc radio wiltshire breakfast... good morning. this is swindon�*s voice. good morning. i think we should look after them. from streets that typically reflect the national mood. why not rwanda? why not? it's not a bad place. we are not sending them to a prison. so what about this controversial plan, deemed unlawful? i think it makes us cruel. i think it makes us unkind. but pursued to please people in towns like this. we need to help ourselves within england before we start helping others. we've got the barbers are kurdish and next door is chinese. havelock street has changed in the a0 years vince has cut keys here. but his national pride is etched in memorials engraved forfallen soldiers. we've got to be protective of what we've got on this island. i feel that they've come in here illegally, they are being treated fair and now we are saying, we've got nowhere to put you but, whilst we are dealing with you, rwanda is the place to be. and from nairobi they came to england. across the road, there's deeper unease. what do you think about the way this country welcomes people from overseas? i think sometimes it doesn't welcome them. you know, we are open arms to everybody. but the person in england who lives here and needs help doesn't get the help. how long have you lived in swindon? a growing population hasn't stopped the high street struggling. marks & spencer here, gone. despite all the closed shops, there are loads of vacancy notices. we need people. give me a sense of where you think the government is on immigration at the moment. they are clueless. absolutely clueless. they don't seem to have a plan. all they seem to do is go around shouting, stop the boats! have you heard about this plan to fly people to rwanda? do it. get them over. get them out. better off. bear in mind, not everyone is even aware of this plan or the detail of it, never mind has a strong feeling about it, and then there are people who won't even talk about immigration because it's such a sensitive topic and they fear the sort of reaction they may get. growing waiting lists and pressured public services have built resentment. sending them to rwanda is not going to solve anything. and the debate is divisive. my family do feel like it should be more closed borders and we should focus on our own but we need to be a bit more human. ultimately, this plan will bejudged notjust by whether people are flown to rwanda but how we all feel about it. danjohnson, bbc news, swindon. 0ur political correspondent ione wellsjoins me now. ione, what happens now? there is still a big question about what happens next because it is not yet clear whether this treaty will be enough to overturn that supreme court ruling and what it does mean is that if, hypothetically, this does all go ahead anyone arriving in rwanda will either get refugee status there or permanent residents there, ie stay there will be returned to the uk. they won't be able to be returned to their home country which was a fear the supreme court had. separately the government is working up new legislation to try and address some of the other concerns supreme court raised, largely safety in rewind for refugees. some tory mps want that new law to essentially allow the uk to override existing international human rights treaties and laws. it is not yet clear what that new law may look like, how hard or not ministers may go on that specific and controversial point. that certainly is the next step in this kind of process. ministers are fully preparing for that new law to face new legal challenges. still big ifs around this and it could all end up in the courts again.— in the courts again. thanks very much. junior doctors in england will stage further strikes in the week running up to christmas and then again in the first week of january, after rejecting a new government pay—off. the walkouts will begin at 7am on 20th december and end at 7am on 23rd december. and injanuary, the strikes are from 7am on 3rd january and end at 7am on 9th january, in the longest single period of industrial action ever in the nhs. let's get more now with our health editor, hugh pym. it couldn't come at a more difficult time for the nhs, particularly at that time of year.— time for the nhs, particularly at that time of year. that's the right. the nhs confederation _ that time of year. that's the right. l the nhs confederation representing employers say this is the worst fear of health leaders country. strikes in the heart of winter. difficult enoughin in the heart of winter. difficult enough in the run—up to christmas but even more so in earlyjanuary which is always the busiest time for hospitals and emergency services. a really challenging time as people come back from holidays. now this six day strike, unprecedented, by junior doctors in earlyjanuary. junior doctors in early january. that junior doctors in earlyjanuary. that was the impact on winter pressures. what about hopes for a solution? noises coming from both sides weren't encouraging on that score. the bma say the offer isn't credible. what is on the table, 3% above the existing average of 9% already awarded. they say it doesn't compensate for previous inflation. 0n the government's side, real frustration. they said the bma walked out when progress was being made and they cannot have further talks while strikes are threatened. what about the impact of consultant and their deal announced last week? ministers and senior nhs leaders thought that might point the way towards consultants but it pointed the way towards the junior doctors doing something similar but that isn't true and the plan is to go ahead with the strikes.- isn't true and the plan is to go ahead with the strikes. a major manhunt was launched today in the village of aberfan in south wales after a 29—year—old pregnant woman was stabbed. schools, nurseries and a community centre were told to lockdown as police searched for the suspect, who has now been arrested. south wales police have confirmed that the 28—year—old man was known to the woman. her injuries are not thought to be life—threatening. the hillsborough disaster in 1989 — when 97 liverpool fans died following a crush at an fa cup semifinal — remains britain's worst sporting tragedy. for decades, the victims�* families campaigned for the truth about what happened that day and forjustice. in 2016, at new inquests, the deaths were finally ruled unlawful. that prompted the government to commission a report to look at the struggle those families had been through and what lessons could be learned to help other bereaved families in large—scale tragedies. it has taken six years, but tomorrow the families will finally hear the government's response. 0ur north of england correspondent, judith moritz, reports. hillsborough happened nearly 35 years ago. but for the families of those who died, and the survivors, it's not past history. they're still pushing for change. welcome, everybody, to this, which is our 11th forum. the former bishop of liverpool, jamesjones, has long supported the families. in 2016, he was commissioned to write a report about their experiences, to ensure their suffering would never be repeated. he made 25 recommendations and then waited. six years and seven home secretaries later, the government will publish its response tomorrow. every time there's a new minister in post, you have to brief them yet again. and that does, i'm afraid, prolong these things. but again, i go back to the tenacity of the families. i sense that they are weary, that it's been a very, very long journey. grief is a journey without destination. there are milestones along the way. publishing the hillsborough independent panel report was one of those milestones. tomorrow will be another of those important milestones. in this report, the bishop said that the government should give full consideration to what's become known as the hillsborough law, which would force all public officials to speak truthfully and not withhold information from inquiries. but it's my understanding that the government will stop short of endorsing the law in full in the way campaigners had hoped. charlotte hennessy was six when her dad, jimmy, was unlawfully killed in the disaster. she wants the government to give its backing to a full hillsborough law, but doesn't believe it will. the sense that i'm getting from the correspondence that i've received from the ministry ofjustice is that what they're proposing to do is focus on police telling lies. but what we need, we need to look at the bigger picture. and that's what the hillsborough law is about, to make sure that there is a duty of candour for any public servant, any mp, any politician. in 2009, as culture secretary, andy burnham was interrupted with cries forjustice when speaking at the hillsborough 20th anniversary service. he says meaningful change is still needed and should sit outside party politics. this goes beyond any of us. all governments have failed on this front. no one's got the moral high ground here. what we've all got to do is get the victims fully in front of us, make our commitments to them by looking them in the eye and saying, we won't let this happen to other people. the hillsborough families say this is a real opportunity for legacy and change, though nothing can soothe the decades of pain they've endured. judith moritz, bbc news, liverpool. in other news... the number of pupils regularly skipping meals due to poverty in the uk is one of the highest in western europe, according to a new report. the latest assessment has looked at the education and welfare of 15—year—olds worldwide. it shows that, in the uk, nearly 11% are missing meals at least once a week. the english national opera has chosen manchester as its new headquarters, a year after it was told to leave london or lose its arts council funding. it won't have a single base but will perform around the city region, in a bid to attract new audiences. and prince harry's lawyers have begun legal action against the government over its decision last year to strip his royal security arrangements in the uk. the home office said prince harry was no longer entitled to them, because he lives in the us and is no longer a working member of the royal family. football — and olympic dreams have been shattered tonight. despite england's thumping 6—0 win over scotland this evening, it won't be enough to take the lionesses and team gb to the olympics next year. katie gornall reports on the heartbreak in glasgow. it's feeling festive in glasgow, but life in the nations league has been anything but merry and bright for england. having experienced a few ups and downs in this campaign, they arrived here with olympic qualification in the balance. england's players had the hopes of team gb on their shoulders. anything less than a win and the dream would be over. scotland made it clear every inch would have to be earned. but in the rankings, england are ahead by some distance. 12 minutes was all it took for alex greenwood to show why. and it's there. england's strike first, and it's greenwood. england weren't hanging about. with the netherlands ahead in the other game against belgium, it was now about goal difference. laurenjames scored two in two minutes. for her second, she turned on the style. it's another stunner. 3—0 up, but still they needed more. injury has kept beth mead out of england's starting line—up for over a year. it felt good to be back. it's mead. it's 4-0. as it stood england were going through, but one goal here or for the dutch could change everything. kirby. it's another. england weren't letting up. a reminder, it is possible to be 5—0 and still feel tense. mary earps brought her best. another goal for england would settle the nerves. or would it? as lucy bronze scored, so did the netherlands in tilburg. at full time in glasgow, england didn't know if they'd done enough, and then the dutch scored again at the death. in three minutes of incredible drama, their 0lympic dream had unravelled. no one will question the effort and the heart shown by england against scotland. they gave everything to try and keep their dreams of qualifying for the olympics on behalf of team gb alive but ultimately they have been undone not just by that 4—0 victory for the netherlands 600 miles away but by their form early in the tournament. it's been a heartbreaking night for them at hampden park. denny laine, the founder and lead singer of the legendary �*60s band the moody blues, has died at the age of 79. # malloc ten tyre —— mull of kintyre... he also started the group wings with sir paul mccartney, co—writing mull 0f kintyre, which famously outsold any beatles single in the uk. to the turner prize now, one of the most prestigious awards in the arts world. it has been won this year by 41—year—old jesse darling. his work was inspired by brexit, the pandemic and immigration. our culture editor, katie razzall, was at the ceremony in eastbourne. and the weather isjesse darling. jesse darling only went to art school in his 30s. his work in music and the chef and now he is the winner of the uk was not the most prestigious contemporary art prize. this is a lot. prestigious contemporary art prize. this is a lot-— this is a lot. this so open to the checkpoints _ this is a lot. this so open to the checkpoints surrounded - this is a lot. this so open to the checkpoints surrounded by - this is a lot. this so open to the l checkpoints surrounded by barbed wire, there are 20 sculptures of crash barriers, union checks in buntingford the oxford born, berlin—based artist says in part he is focusing on what he sees as the cost on a permit on you in immigration.— cost on a permit on you in immigration. cost on a permit on you in immiaration. �* ., ., �*, immigration. i'm looking at what's auoin on immigration. i'm looking at what's going on here _ immigration. i'm looking at what's going on here and _ immigration. i'm looking at what's going on here and i _ immigration. i'm looking at what's going on here and i wanted - immigration. i'm looking at what's going on here and i wanted to - going on here and i wanted to make it work that reflected that and they work about britain for the british public. and whether they like it or not, it was a great honour and privilege to be able to do something so public. privilege to be able to do something so ublic. .,, , ., so public. hosting the exhibition has doubled _ so public. hosting the exhibition has doubled visitor _ so public. hosting the exhibition has doubled visitor numbers - so public. hosting the exhibition has doubled visitor numbers at i has doubled visitor numbers at eastbourne the town a calorie. what does it mean for eastbourne? {lin 5; does it mean for eastbourne? on a local level we _ does it mean for eastbourne? on a local level we are _ does it mean for eastbourne? on a local level we are proud. _ does it mean for eastbourne? on a local level we are proud. to - does it mean for eastbourne? q�*i —. local level we are proud. to be able to host the turner prize is really special. we are getting thousands of visitors coming through, different age groups, and they have been feeling the confidence to come into space. feeling the confidence to come into sace. , , , feeling the confidence to come into s-ace. �* , , feeling the confidence to come into sace. ,, , :::::: space. jesse darling is £25,000 later limb which _ space. jesse darling is £25,000 later limb which are. _ space. jesse darling is £25,000 later limb which are. he - space. jesse darling is £25,000 later limb which are. he said . space. jesse darling is £25,000 i later limb which are. he said he'll probably spend the money paying his rent. martha walker was the bookies' favourite with a show depicting people caught up in the winter sky. another artist focused on motherhood and the roles we play a drawing programme crash the film during the pandemic looking at what we cling to in difficult times. all the artists reflect the themes of our age. in the end, jesse darling takes the prize, praised by thejudges the end, jesse darling takes the prize, praised by the judges for his dynamic work. time for a look at the weather. here's simon king. what have you got in store for us? the recent cold weather is coming to an end and i think tonight is the last night we will see widespread frost across the uk. with clear skies out there at the moment, it's already turning very cold. temperatures in northern scotland down to —9 already. we've got a few showers affecting eastern scotland and the risk of some ice. they will be some fog developing around east wales and southern areas of england. that could be quite stubborn to clear on wednesday. but a widespread frost tonight and temperatures in the countryside down to —2 to —5. some sunshine throughout wednesday for most of us. but the fog could linger for for most of us. but the fog could lingerfor some for most of us. but the fog could linger for some southern areas into the afternoon flip if you keep some vlogger, is going to be particular chilly, 102 celsius. elsewhere, with sunshine, still feeling cold, highs of three to six. but in belfast and plymouth, nine to 11 celsius. with that, some cloud and rain moving in. that rain continues to moving to the north—east overnight wednesday and into thursday the could see some snow on the high ground of northern england and scotland. but it will be temporary because mould air is pushing into dip you could see that milder air on the ms picture of those oranges are pushing away the cold blues. for a time of thursday, we could see some snow overhyped ground. heavy rain spreading in and with recent flooding more heavy rain could be an issue for localised flooding in the next couple of days but temperatures, 11 or 12, a bit higher elsewhere, six or seven. those temperatures continue to rise but, as we go through friday into the weekend, it is areas of low pressure that moving and we are back once again twit and 20 weather at times. we have lost the wintry mix of snow, ice, to be replaced by heavy rain and at times flooding. thanks, simon. and that's bbc news at ten. newsnight is just getting under way on bbc two with kirsty wark.