hello and welcome. we begin in the middle east, where the israeli military says it has hit targets belonging to the palestinian militant group hamas in the gaza strip and lebanon. these are the latest images showing the aftermath. the airstrikes in gaza are the heaviest since last august and israel says they re in retaliation for a major rocket attack on israel launched from southern lebanon which the israelis blamed on hamas. our correspondent lucy williamson spoke to us from jerusalem. israel says it carried out a series of strikes over night against targets it says were linked to the palestinian militant group armas in both lebanon and in gaza. in gaza, it says it hit tunnels and also weapons manufacturing sites, and reports from southern lebanon describe explosions around the palestinian refugee camp there. in return, palestinian militants fired dozens of rockets from gaza into israel over night. most were intercepted or landed in open ground, but one hit a house in the s
and this is the scene right now, with people continuing to queue despite an onset of colder weather tonight and waiting times of around 22 hours. earlier, the king ended his tour of the uk in cardiff, addressing members of the welsh parliament and greeting crowds who came to welcome him. i take itake up i take up my new duties with immense gratitude for the privilege of having been able to serve as prince of wales. we ll bring you details of the events taking place over the weekend leading up to the queen s state funeral on monday. also on the programme. ukraine says hundreds of graves have been found outside izyum, a city that was recently regained from russian forces. it s only now, after the russians have been pushed out, that the authorities can really investigate and can establish how many victims they left behind. as retail sales in the uk dip sharply, the pound falls to a 37 year low against the us dollar. and the women s super league in england gets under way, with cl
moment so there is no service running there at all and they are trying to foot plus is on but this has come and they don t always bring those buses into operation. so you are going to have to expect, if you are going to have to expect, if you are thinking of travelling on the trains into the south west from london, through bristol and into cornwall and devon that they will be those cancellations that could happen at any moment. they may cancel a train a very short notice and looking at the arrivals and departures from exeter saint david s, there will be delayed. and nottingham, i was also looking at the transport situation in nottingham and that the trams and the buses are having issues today because of course, you have seen the aerial pictures we were showing you of the flooding across nottinghamshire. if buses and trams are trying to operate through that there are also going to be problems. if that wasn t enough, there has also been a landslip in
the number of flights leaving uk airports remains below pre pandemic levels, but is 11% up on last easter. industry bosses have insisted airlines and airports now have enough staff to cope with demand. but a series of strikes in france has been causing cancellations of some flights and eurostar services. whether it s by plane, train, car orferry, the advice is to plan ahead and prepare. katy austin, bbc news. and this is the seen live at the port of dover right now. we will go live two hour correspond their in a moment to get a picture of the transport situation across the travel network. we will go live to our correspond that. french president emmanuel macron and the president of the european commission ursula von der leyen are wrapping up their trip to china.
almost undoable, it is a very heavy workload day after day. almost undoable, it is a very heavy workload day after day. some more news on the workload day after day. some more news on the transport workload day after day. some more news on the transport situation i workload day after day. some more news on the transport situation in l news on the transport situation in the wake of all the industrial action we are seeing at the moment, this is from euro star saying they will not operate on 26 december, boxing day. euro stars say they ve been informed that the uk high speed line will be closed to the euro star trains on boxing day because of rmt strike action. while no staff are actually on strike themselves on 26 december, euro star services cannot run to and from sam pancras if the uk high speed line is closed. in the cheap off chief operations officer at euro star has said we understand our customers s disappointment. we will do all we can to give passengers more flexibility.