at the end of the season. king charles appears to be doing well after an operation for an enlarged prostate. hello, welcome to verified live. the un s top court has ordered israel to take action to prevent acts of genocide against palestinians in gaza, but has stopped short of calling for an immediate ceasefire. delivering an interim ruling on a case brought by south africa, the international court ofjustice at the hague said israel must ensure that its forces do not commit genocide and take measures to improve the humanitarian situation for palestinian civilians. this is not the court s final ruling on genocide that s likely to take several years. thejudge went on to order israel to take measures. the court considers that with regard to the present situation, israel must, in accordance with its obligations under the genocide convention, in relation to palestinians in gaza, take all measures within its power to prevent the commission of all acts within the scope of article
iam in i am in stroud, where it is snowing. it may not be real but it is probably as close as many of us will get to a white christmas. a cloudy and damp day, murky in the west, rain crossing the north of the country. tonight and tomorrow the wind becomes a feature. details later. good morning. it s wednesday, the 20th of december. junior doctors in england are about to start a three day strike in a dispute over pay. they ll walk out from seven o clock this morning, after five weeks of negotiations failed to reach an agreement. this time of year is traditionally one of the nhs s most busy periods. our health correspondent sharon barbour has the details. hospitals across england, already struggling with the pressures that winter brings, are bracing themselves, as tens of thousands ofjunior doctors walk out for three days. whose nhs? our nhs! dr greenhaus, a surgical registrar. he s already qualified to undertake major knee and hip surgery. every time that i go and see a patien
lots of routine care has been cancelled. not everywhere. patients are being advised to have a look on the website of the hospital to see what is happening. if you have been contacted to come in, do but many appointments and operations have been cancelled right across england. thousands, tens of thousands, ofjunior doctors on strike and when we sayjunior doctors, we mean all those doctors up to consultant level and we mean half the medical workforce in hospitals. so, a significant impact on hospitals overwinter. doctor lizzie greenfield is one of the junior doctors. you were just telling me before we came on air why you ve come out here today, just talk us through why. from day one of work as a junior doctor, there was low staffing, gaps not filled on the rotas, corridor nursing, and the hospital was at a critical capacity. that s from my first day. so, ithink, you know, to have experienced that, just makes you realise how people are getting so burned out, how we re not being
pressure is set to pass to the north of the uk and lots of isobars on the chart, strong winds and a cold front slipping south. a band of cloud and rain and to the sunny spells and showers, some of them are wintry over the high ground in scotland but it is the wind that will cause issues on thursday, widely a windy day with gales in places and we could see 80 mph gusts and some really rough seas around some eastern coasts and some coastal flooding, so some real disruption to travel on thursday and it stays quite windy in the run up to christmas but broadly speaking on the milder side and if you do want some snow on christmas day, i think it is really only likely over hills in the north of the uk. and that s bbc news at six. now its time to join our colleagues for the news where you are. hello there, i m 0lly foster. here s what s coming up on sportsday. farewell to forest, with the team sliding on the stable. steve cooper has been sacked. we ll be at all the quarterfinals incl