hello, i m lucy hockings. welcome to bbc news now. the head of gaza s biggest hospital says nearly 180 people are being buried in a mass grave there after it ran out of fuel. fighting between the israeli military and hamas continues around the al shifa hospital. that s prompted growing international concern, with president biden saying he wants less intrusive action . medical staff at al shifa say the lives of 36 premature babies are hanging in the balance. this is an image of some made public by the hospital on sunday. it said they had been placed on a bed after the fuel ran out to power the generators to keep their incubators going. their current condition is not known, although a hospital spokesperson on monday said three of the original 39 babies had died. israel insists it is only targeting hamas, and that their command centre is in tunnels beneath the hospital. it has also released these images, which it says are of incubators which it is offering to supply to al shi
of manslaughter over the death of ice hockey player adam johnson. whose neck was cut during a match. the nottingham panthers player was injured by a skate in a match against sheffield steelers last month. and was pronounced dead after being taken to hospital. fans and mourners paid tribute to the 29 year old at the nottingham arena a week on from his death which south yorkshire police said a postmortem confirmed happened as a result of a fatal neck injury. the force said the suspect remained in custody. in a statement this afternoon. police said. england will be without jude bellingham and levi colwill for their euro 2024 qualifiers against malta and north macedonia. both withdrawing from the squad because of shoulder injuries. there won t be any replacements named for the two players with gareth southgate already forced to call up three other players this week. chelsea s cole palmer has been training with the senior squad for the first time whilst aston villa s ezri konsa
and we report from iceland as a town is evacuated amid growing fears of a volcanic erruption there. the adage that revenge is a dish best served cold in the sanctum secretary has a blistering attack on rishi sunak on newsnight at 1030. good evening. suella braverman has launched an all out attack on the prime minister a day after he sacked her as home secretary. in a letter to the prime minister she told rishi sunak that his plan is not working, the party is running out of time and he needs to change course urgently. the letter was relentless in its personal attacks strewn with stinging words like weak, betrayal, failed. let s go straight to westminster and our political editor chris mason. you picked three words but there are plenty for me to go out. here are a few more, wishful thinking, no appetite for doing what is necessary, equivocation and lack of interest. downing street said the prime minister s focus was on actions and not words. after this letter that chall
for the new year. good evening from jerusalem. more british nationals have made it out of gaza after palestinian authorities listed nearly 100 as being eligible to cross into egypt. israel began bombing gaza after hamas, described as a terrorist organisation by the uk government, killed more than 1,400 people in israel and kidnapped over 200 others. the hamas run health ministry in gaza says more than 9,000 people have been killed in the strip since then. the leader of the lebanese islamist group hezbollah, which is also classed as a terrorist group by the uk government, has today described the hamas attacks on israel as right, wise and just . in a moment we ll be hearing from 0rla guerin who s in beruit. fergal keane will be reporting on the worsening situation in gaza. and we ll get the lastest from the rafah crossing where those british nationals will cross into egypt. but first, this report by our international editorjeremy bowen begins with the aftermath of what the ham
among britons, the family of the first minister of scotland. sport, and for a full round up from the bbc sport centre, here s olly. lucy, thank you very much indeed. the manchester united manager erik ten hag came out fighting today, insisting that he is the man to turn the team s fortunes around. they lost 3 0 at home to manchester city last weekend and were then knocked out of the league cup on wednesday by newcastle united by the same scoreline at old trafford. they are at fulham in the lunchtime kick off on saturday. they are positive. they want to put this right. we know the standards here, and we have to match the standards every day. and we had two big setbacks, but we will fight back. and this dressing room is strong, the staff is strong, this manager s strong to put this right. liverpool are at luton on sunday. luis diaz is available again after missing the last two games. he was allowed time off after his father was kidnapped. though he hasn t been released yet, the