fighting in the city. there's also fighting in the north. these are the latest pictures from the israel defense forces, showing gun battles in the jabalia refugee camp, which remains surrounded by israeli tanks. people there say they've been without food and clean water for several days. earlier, the hamas—run health ministry in gaza reported the death toll since the conflict began now stands at 17,700. from jerusalem, our middle east correspondent, lucy williamson, reports. buried by the war, but still alive, dug from the rubble of their homes in deir al—balah after an israeli strike this morning. more than 20 members of the salman family and their neighbours. their faces, like their lives, made unrecognisable. six others were killed, they say. the frantic race to hospitals is gaza's new daily routine. health care in the north has collapsed. here, further south, doctors say the situation is catastrophic. there aren't the resources to treat all the wounded, much less to comfort them. this boy praying quietly to himself. the girl beside him calling for her mother. gunfire in the north of gaza israeli forces say they're targeting palestinian fighters in jabalia camp. one of those inside a un shelter there told the bbc they were encircled and had now been without food or water for five days. the army says it was targeted by fighters from a un school and a mosque yesterday. today a group of men and boys taken by israeli forces five days ago were released claiming they were tortured. among them, this man, held separately from his dad. translation:— separately from his dad. translation: , ., , , , translation: they made us sleep naked and kept— translation: they made us sleep naked and kept hitting _ translation: they made us sleep naked and kept hitting us _ translation: they made us sleep naked and kept hitting us with - translation: they made us sleep naked and kept hitting us with their guns. they hit me when i asked where my father was. they hit us with wires. ~ �* . r' my father was. they hit us with wires. ~ �* . w , ., my father was. they hit us with wires. ~ �* . , . . , wires. we've asked the israeli army for a response- _ wires. we've asked the israeli army for a response. israel's _ wires. we've asked the israeli army for a response. israel's ground - for a response. israel's ground campaign is now focused on khan younis. gaza's southern capital. fighting, it says, house to house and tunnel to tunnel. israel's aim of destroying hamas infrastructure here is also destroying lives. the city's nasser hospital reported more than 60 dead this morning, around 100 injured. others are said to still be trapped under the rubble of an attack four days ago. translation: we beg the world. what you waiting for? are you waiting for us to die here in gaza? don't worry. we are going to die here. today, we buried six relatives. tomorrow, and in the days to come, we fear we will all face the same fate. allahu akbar. funerals here have shifted from the mosque to the morgue. faith in hospitals and their power to protect still something to cling to even when the chance to save a life has gone. lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. our diplomatic correspondent, paul adams, is injerusalem and sent this report. the stated end game is the defeat of hamas and making sure hamas never rules the gaza strip again. it is clear from what we are seeing both in the north and in the south that there are still intense battles going on. hamas and other palestinian factions continue to put up palestinian factions continue to put up stiff resistance in certain areas, inflicting some casualties on israeli forces. each day brings news of more israeli soldiers killed. i don't think the end result of this is in any doubt. israel has overwhelming force on its side and it will prevail but the question is how long that takes and how much suffering will be inflicted on the civilian population in the meantime. what the israelis are trying to do at the moment is give the impression they are gradually breaking up hamas as a fighting force. we have seen images released not actually officially but by israeli soldiers and they have leaked onto social media accounts showing what appear to be hamas fighters or at least fighting age men again dressed in underpants giving themselves up. we saw one video of a man coming forward following instructions being delivered over a megaphone carrying an automatic weapon, putting it on the ground, and retreating. those images are starting to flood social media. whether that is the strategy of the israeli military or something soldiers are doing off their own volition we don't know but clearly the impression intended here is one of showing hamas showed a being defeated. —— of showing hamas being defeated. alexandra murdoch, is a spokeswoman for unicef injordan, and she told me more about the worsening humanitarian situation in gaza. by all the measures that you can think of, the situation for people in gaza is beyond crisis point. food is running out, as you have reported. there is a severe lack of safe water, safe drinking water and this a particularly lethal threat to children. people are sleeping outside and concrete floors. 80% of the population are displaced, almost a million of them are children. they are being pushed further and further south into areas that are overcrowded without any of the basics they need to survive. what are the options at the moment? i'm assuming there aren't many, for example, medicalfacilities, that are operating, and israel is now ordering evacuations to the west of the strip to this evacuation zone. yes. the options are extremely limited. as i said before, 80% of the population have been displaced. a small strip that civilians are being told to go to for safety represents about 4% of the entire strip, so it's impossible to have that many people going there and there is nothing there for them either. it is just a really catastrophic situation, and humanitarian aid at the moment is the only lifeline for people and we are simply able not to get the access that we need to get through for the past four orfive, six days, aid agencies have only been able to access the rafah crossing and even then it is limited. if we can't get through soon, so many people are going to really, really struggle because there isn't enough water, there isn't enough food. there isn't any shelter. i'm sure you are aware of the unrwa letter warning of a full—blown collapse and an inability for it to fulfil its mandate. what would that mean for you to be able to, or unicef or any other agencies to be able to do the job? how long have these children that have been described from suffering from wasting have? well, we are already unable to do ourjob to be aid agencies are not getting the access they need. the conditions are not there. the conditions are not being met for aid agencies to be able to deliver what they need to. it is really difficult to deliver aid supply when there is a likelihood you will be attacked. the delivery might be diverted or stopped. it's already impossible. the impact on children will be really severe. if malnutrition starts to take hold, then children's immune systems will be down. if you couple this with the lack of safe water, you will have a situation where children are forced to drink dirty water, they will be getting diarrhoea, other diseases, their immune system will be down. eventually it is going to lead to death in more children, so if they are not dying from the bombs and the bullets, eventually they will be dying through lack of food and deadly diseases. there was also a risk of epidemic illness. what needs to be done? this is kind of the message i'm trying to eke out of you. what needs to be done is a cease—fire, and i know we have been sounding the alarm on this for a long time, but this is the only way that we can deliver safe and sustainable access to people inside gaza. and the only way that we can stop children and civilians from being killed. just one more question, if i could. the breakdown of law and order. any reports of that that have come your way? i have seen the reports of this. i can't verify them specifically, but i mean, i think, to me, it makes sense. if you've got a situation where you are living in a place and you cannot give your child a drop of water or you have an elderly relative and you cannot get food for them, you will be desperate. you will do whatever you can to try and survive, and that is what is happening at the moment. people are just trying to survive. thank you very much for your time. thank you. two men and a woman have been arrested on suspicion of murder after the body of a newborn baby was found in ipswich. police were called to norwich road earlier on saturday, with paramedics in attendance, but the baby was declared dead at the scene. the death is being treated as unexplained. ukraine's first lady has warned that ukrainians will be left to die if the west doesn't continue its support for the country. speaking exclusively to the bbc, after the us senate blocked an aid bill for ukraine worth more than $60 billion, olena zelenska insisted a lack of help would pose a mortal danger. laura kuenssberg reports. explosion. war in winter, ukrainian forces on the front line in eastern ukraine. weapons, tanks paid for in part by billions of pounds, dollars and euros from western taxpayers like you and me. but as the war edges to two years old political arguments in washington have put payments on ice. in kyiv the zielinski ho, the first lady told me her fears if the money runs out. translation: we do need aid desperately. in simple terms. we cannot get tired of the situation because otherwise we will die. and if the world gets tired they will simply let us die. the us remains the largest military donor to ukraine providing more than $46 billion in weapons and assistance since the war began. germany and the uk come next in the top ten donor countries. billions have been given. yet us support has been on the decline in recent months. new assistance for ukraine has been blocked by republicans in the senate. yet the threat hasn't gone even though more money isn't there. speaking to me just hours after the latest strikes, olena zelensky urged the world not to forget. translation: | think i today there is a problem with the world in general. we are used to the world appearing calm. in fact, and that's what we have been saying for the past two years now, is that the aggression, if not stopped, spreads like a virus. explosion. while there are doubts about america's resolve to keep paying, russia's brute force on the front line shows little sign of fading, leaving ukraine with a sense of foreboding. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, kyiv. peter dickinson, is the editor of the ukrainealert blog at the atlantic council's eurasia centre. earlier, i spoke to him about olena zelenska's warnings. i think olena zelenska's comments reflect the mood in ukraine today. people are increasingly alarmed by the delays over the confirmation or further aid from the united states and in general a decline in military aid, which we have seen across—the—board in recent months. there is a sense in ukraine that the country is in grave danger. they have been fighting for almost two years now and ukrainians viewed this war not only as a war of independence but a war to defend their right to exist as a nation. they are very clear that if they are unable to defend themselves, if they do not receive the military aid they require to defend themselves, putin and his forces will simply wipe ukraine off the map and pick up the pieces, as it were. so, for ukrainians, the stakes could not be higher. and they are well aware that without continued western military aid, it is unlikely that they will be able to sustain a long—term military resistance. and what is at stake for nato in all of this if that happens? well, one would have to assume that if putin were successful in his quest to take over ukraine, to subjugate ukraine, and to bring the country back into the kremlin orbit, to essentially erase ukraine from that map, he would certainly go further. he has created a military dictatorship in russia which is driven by a very clear and clearly, clearly has a spoken of an anti—western agenda, he is forming an alliance with other autocratic powers, china, iran, north korea in particular, he has re—orientated his economy away from europe, away from the west, and put the entire russian society on a war footing. so the idea that he would succeed in taking over ukraine and then simply stop seems rather far—fetched. on the contrary, all the indications are that he would go further and he would look to test nato. at that point, of course, then the question for western leaders will not be providing funding but will be sending soldiers and that would be a far more difficult political issue for them to deal with if it comes to that. the former immigration minister, robertjenrick, has made his first public comments since resigning, and has cast doubt on rishi sunak�*s attempts to revive the policy of sending some asylum seekers to rwanda. he says the proposed legislation won't stop what he calls the endless merry go round of legal challenges. mps will vote on the issue on tuesday. with more on this, our political correspondent helen catt is in the newsroom. this opinion piece he wrote in the daily telegraph, how much of a problem is this likely to cause rishi sunak come tuesday? arguably robertjenrick— rishi sunak come tuesday? arguably robert jenrick has _ rishi sunak come tuesday? arguably robert jenrick has posed _ rishi sunak come tuesday? arguably robert jenrick has posed the - rishi sunak come tuesday? arguably robert jenrick has posed the biggest | robertjenrick has posed the biggest problem to rishi sunak at the point when he resigned. he is a long—term friend of rishi sunak. when he resigned over this piece of legislation and made it very clear very publicly he just does not think it will work to get the rowenta scheme off the ground. it is the timing of the writing of the peace. he is making sure the views are fresh in the eyes of his conservative colleagues over a crucial weekend in which they are deciding whether or not to back it. —— rwanda scheme. he's sure his views are in his colleagues' mines. we will hear more from him in person tomorrow. broadly speaking his main concern about this legislation is that he thinks because it allows for individuals to bring legal challenges based on their personal circumstances that that will allow people to come as he put it, concoct reasons to delay their removal and that will undermine the policy as a deterrent. he also in this article questions the government's commitment to it, really. he says he thinks it looks like the government's overall aim of doing what it takes has been reduced to delivering some symbolic half deliverance.— delivering some symbolic half deliverance. . , ~ deliverance. later this week, in fact 'ust deliverance. later this week, in fact just one — deliverance. later this week, in factjust one day _ deliverance. later this week, in factjust one day after- deliverance. later this week, in factjust one day after the - deliverance. later this week, in j factjust one day after the vote, deliverance. later this week, in l factjust one day after the vote, it will be the un global refugee forum being held in geneva so the world is also watching what happens in the uk on this subject. also watching what happens in the uk on this subject-— on this sub'ect. absolutely. the vote ou on this subject. absolutely. the vote you mentioned, _ on this subject. absolutely. the vote you mentioned, even - on this subject. absolutely. the vote you mentioned, even if. on this subject. absolutely. the l vote you mentioned, even if rishi sunak wins that it is unlikely to be the end of his troubles because that is what is known as a second reading vote. mps are voting on the principle of whether there should be a law that declares rwanda a safe country. usually mps don't vote at that stage, what they do is allow it to progress and make amendments and thatis to progress and make amendments and that is likely to happen a few months down the road. there is no timescale for that yet. even if rishi sunak gets his vote through there as a whole world of trouble waiting for him on this policy and it is not going to be a smooth ride by the looks of it.— it is not going to be a smooth ride by the looks of it. thanks very much indeed. president macron is at the centre of a row over france's secular ideals, after appearing to take part in a religious ceremony at the elysee palace. footage of the event was posted online on thursday and the president has since faced a wave of criticism. from the newsroom, our reporter, tom brada, has the details. this video has dragged president macron into the eye of a political storm. he's seen standing alongside the chief rabbi of france who is lighting the very first candle on the menorah as part of the jewish festival hanukkah. on the surface, there is nothing controversial going on, but the issue here is the location. the ceremony took place at the official residence of the president, the elysee palace. and for many people, that is completely at odds with the country's commitment to secularism. now, secularism is the idea that there should be a separation between religious institutions and the state, and many people from across the political spectrum are not happy. these are the thoughts of the right wing mayor of cannes who wrote that... as far as i know, this is the first time this has ever happened. it is a breach of secularism. and these were the thoughts of a prominent socialist leader who wrote that... for his part, president macron defended what took place. translation: if the president - of the republic had made a gesture of worship or taken part in a ceremony, this would not be respectful of secularism. that's not what happened. there's even been criticism from some members of the jewish community. this was the head of the representative council of frenchjewish institutions. he said that frenchjews have always considered secularism as a law of protection and of freedom, and that this is something that shouldn't be allowed to happen again. so when did secularism become such an important part of french identity? well, in 1905 it was officially enshrined into law with the separation of the church and state, and all religious symbols were removed from public buildings. the law ensures strict neutrality of all religions, but it frequently creates controversy, particularly recently with tensions over school dress codes and islamic traditions. and this recent incident at the elysee has brought the republic's relationship with religion back into sharp focus. tributes have been paid to the hollywood actor ryan o'neal who has died at the age of 82. in the 1970s, he starred in a string of box office hits, including the romance love story. lizo mzimba looks back at his life. it was a phenomenon. millions watched and wept as two students played by ryan o'neal and ali mcgraw fell in love before discovering one of them was dying. it made stars of them both. put up a big glass wall to keep from getting hurt, but it also keeps you from getting touched. it's a risk, isn't it, jenny? voiceover: this is the continuing story of peyton place. _ the good—looking los angeles—born actor was already a familiar face on tv, with a prominent role on america's first prime—time soap. i talk that way, alison — a little flip. defence mechanism. come on, hop in. in two minutes, i'm calling the police. after the tragedy of love story, he showed off his comedy skills in what's up doc, opposite barbra streisand. you are the last straw that breaks my camel's back. you are the plague, you bring havoc and chaos to everyone, but why to me? why me? why? by the time paper moon came out, he was one of the biggest box office draws in the world. shouts. all right! all right, maybe we've got the same jaw, but the same jaw don't mean the same blood — i know a woman looks like a bull frog, that don't mean she's the damn thing's mother. his co—star, his nine—year—old daughter tatum, won an oscar — just one factor in a deteriorating relationship, notjust with her but with many of his children. and then, there were the arrests, for drugs possession and for firing a gun during an argument. he eventually reconciled with tatum for a short—lived reality tv show, which documented their efforts to reconnect. i'm sorry i went. she needed me. we needed you too. it was confusing. it was horrible. i thought you guys were at practice... in recent years, he returned to tv acting with cameos in shows like desperate housewives. lynette, this is lois mcdaniel... she's one of my major suppliers in the area. still showing he lost little of the charm and appeal that, half a century ago, first made him into a global star. no! love... love means never having to say you're sorry. just time to bring you some pictures of an extremely rare, white, baby alligator. the female was born at a wildlife park in orlando in florida — measuring 49 centimetres. officials at the park say she is one of only 7 leucistic alligators in the world. they are the rarest genetic variation in the american alligator. the president of �*gatorland', said it was "beyond rare" and "absolutely extraordinary". you can see more of that video on bbc.com/news. hello. the weekend started off on a wet and windy fitting. it brought heavy rain. we have a number of flood warnings in force. some localised flooding on this picture in lancashire. the strongest winds came through during saturday evening just to the south of the centre of the low pressure. the strongest winds recorded in north—west wales, 80 mph gusts. not far behind that, western cumbria's coastline got hit with 7a mph. the low pressure is now working out into the north sea and pretty quickly we are seeing the winds die back down. patchy rain to come through northern england and scotland. otherwise the weather will become dry with clear spells foremost and not that cold a night, temperatures around five to seven. down to about two celsius. when otherwise, the weather will become dry with some clear spells for most and not that cold at night, temperatures typically around five to seven, but down to about two celsius in the cold spots in northern ireland. now, for northern ireland, england, and wales, it should be a fine another area of low pressure crosses the country. once that is out of the way we will start to see pressure builds from the south—west and that will really herald something of a more significant change in our weather pattern. more rain to come through during tuesday and wednesday, still relatively mild, then we get a dip in temperature late in the week, high pressure takes over with the weather settling down becoming drier and sunnier. this is bbc news, the headlines... a senior un official has warned half the population of gaza are now starving, as israel continues its assault. israel has been moving its tanks towards the centre of khan younis in the south of gaza. most of the population has now fled to coastal areas or towards rafah, further south. opec, the oil producers' organisation, has been heavily criticised at the un climate summit negotiations in dubai. a letter has been leaked from the head of opec calling on members to resist any reference to phasing out fossilfuels. an image of the aurora borealis taken in wales has been named as a winner in the 2023 northern lights photographer of the year awards. the bloodshed in israel and gaza is the latest in a conflict with a long history. many argue that peace will only come if both israelis and palestinians accept the others right to statehood. after decades of failure, we look into their positions and ask whether the two state solution is still a viable option for peace. issam ikir—mawi reports. israel has been shocked by the unprecedented violence in gaza and israel. fit. unprecedented violence in gaza and israel. �* ., , ., ., , israel. a two state solution is the onl wa . israel. a two state solution is the only way- this — israel. a two state solution is the only way. this is _ israel. a two state solution is the only way. this is the _ israel. a two state solution is the only way. this is the heart - israel. a two state solution is the only way. this is the heart of - israel. a two state solution is the only way. this is the heart of it. | only way. this is the heart of it. somewhere. — only way. this is the heart of it. somewhere, leaders _ only way. this is the heart of it. somewhere, leaders had - only way. this is the heart of it. - somewhere, leaders had suggested bringing the two state solution back to the table. but after decades of failure, is it still a viable option? the two state solution would create an independent state of palestine but for israelis and palestinians to live side by side in their own independent state, both have two recognise the other�*s right to exist. the leader of israel's government, benyamin netanyahu is against palestinian independence and opposed to the solution. he wants to include nojurisdiction for palestinians and he drew criticism of incitement the in speech. he also accused palestinians of not recognising the jewish accused palestinians of not recognising thejewish state of israel. recognising the jewish state of israel. ., , .,. recognising the jewish state of israel. ., , ., ., israel. for peace to prevail, that listin: is israel. for peace to prevail, that listing is a _ israel. for peace to prevail, that listing is a must _ israel. for peace to prevail, that listing is a must stop _ israel. for peace to prevail, that listing is a must stop spewing i israel. for peace to prevail, that i listing is a must stop spewing jute hatred, finally recognise —— reconcile themselves to the jewish state. fin reconcile themselves to the jewish state. ., , ., state. on the other side of the conflict, hamas, _ state. on the other side of the conflict, hamas, seen - state. on the other side of the conflict, hamas, seen by- state. on the other side of the | conflict, hamas, seen by some palestinians as a resistance movement, and designated a terrorist group by some western leaders. hamas describes armed struggle against israel. but hamas is not the only palestinian political voice. until 2006, the palestinian authority was in control of both the west bank and gaza. but after the election that year, hamas ousted the pa by force from gaza, creating a dividing palestinian leadership. the pa has long supported the two state solution and recognise israel, but the government body's president, mallud abbas, claims israelis no longer acting as a partner for peace. —— mahmoud abbas. critics of benjamin netanyahu's government says the dividing palestinian leadership is convenient for israeli opponents of the solution. for israeli opponents of the solution-— for israeli opponents of the solution. . , . solution. netanyahu... he did it in order to weaken _ solution. netanyahu. .. he did it in order to weaken the _ solution. netanyahu... he did it in order to weaken the palestinian i order to weaken the palestinian authority of the west bank. he is actually was feeding hamas in order to prevent any option for a palestinian state in the occupied west bank territories because his settlement�*s political base is there. settlement's political base is there. �* ., ., there. ben'amin netanyahu has reviousl there. benjamin netanyahu has previously rejected _ there. benjamin netanyahu has previously rejected claims - there. benjamin netanyahu has previously rejected claims he i there. benjamin netanyahu has i previously rejected claims he wanted to build up hamas, and other israeli voices have said peace is impossible while hamas is committed to israel's destruction. , ., while hamas is committed to israel's destruction-— destruction. there is no option but to eradicate _ destruction. there is no option but to eradicate hamas. _ destruction. there is no option but to eradicate hamas. if— destruction. there is no option but to eradicate hamas. if anyone i destruction. there is no option but to eradicate hamas. if anyone has| destruction. there is no option but| to eradicate hamas. if anyone has a better idea how to eradicate the hamas isis, let me know. consecutive israeli governments have made the building of illegal sentinels on occupied palestinian land a political priority. 2023 has set a record for settlement construction in the west bank. this map shows in red the increase of jewish settlements between 1979 and 2019, this art sanctioned by these really government, the post martin blues are an communities. under international law, settlements like this one are illegal, though israel disputes that. for many palestinians, they showed settlements as a significant barrier to a meaningful peace process. if you look on the ground, 30 years after the peace process, we are faced with an entrenched israeli military occupation. we are faced with a triple number of settlers that had reached more than 750,000 settlers in the west bank, hindering any facility for any palestinian state. ., ., ., ., , ., state. the idea of a two state solution dates _ state. the idea of a two state solution dates back _ state. the idea of a two state solution dates back to - state. the idea of a two state solution dates back to the i state. the idea of a two state j solution dates back to the un partition plan in191t7, solution dates back to the un partition plan in 1947, the plan proposed splitting the british territory of palatine into two separate states. a majority was located for a jewish state and 43 for arab states with an international enclave around jerusalem. the palestinians rejected the plan, whilejewish armed groups wasted no time in taking over towns and villages. by the end of the war, the israelis were in possession of 78% of ministry palestine. this became known as the catastrophe of 1948 which displaced hundreds of thousands of people. israel won another war in 1967 occupied the remaining land, including the west bank and gaza, as well as east jerusalem. but the conflict continued. in 1993, the leader of the palestinian liberation organisation, yasser arafat, and israeli prime minister yitzhak rabin signed the oslo accords. these agreements envisioned a two state solution to bring an end to the conflict. the israeli foreign minister shimon perez had a new partnership. we minister shimon perez had a new partnership-— minister shimon perez had a new --artnershi. ~ , ., ., ., partnership. we shall negotiate with our partnership. we shall negotiate with your permanent _ partnership. we shall negotiate with your permanent settlement, - partnership. we shall negotiate with 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i can bring you some good news from gaza now — a merseyside woman's emotional reunion with her two children after fleeing the fighting. crying. i think her son knew straightaway, the daughter couldn't believe it, could she? islam alashi returned home on wednesday after being stuck in gaza for weeks. she'd travelled there in september to visit her father before fighting broke out. islam managed to make her way to egypt before eventually returning home to the uk earlier this week. upon her return she surprised her two children at their school, describing it as the best moment of her life. i spoke to islam earlier and asked her about her time in gaza. it is really bad, the atmosphere and circumstances were very bad. till now, i was calling my family out there and they are still in bad conditions, living in tents there. i lived the worst days of my life during the two months, the last two months. we witnessed the war, i witnessed the war. we are just seeing images there of you surprising your children at school. what was that moment like? yeah, it was my best moment of my life, to be honest, because i did not expect that i would come back again to england anymore. i lost hope at that time, that i will never meet my family again, i will never meet my husband, my kids again. that moment when i hugged them in my lap in the school, without any notice, they didn't know that i am coming, ifelt... i felt my heart, it is just very happy. how is your heart feeling regarding the fact that, like you said, you have still got family left in gaza, you travelled out there to see your father. how is he? and what are your reflections on the family that you have left behind? yes. to be honest, my father, and my sister tried to come to the border with me in order to be able to cross but they refused them to cross so they went back to the war, and they only accepted me to get into egypt because my name was published on the list at the borders, only my name. so, now they went to rafah again, living in the same tent where i left them. and they are still suffering from a lot of illnesses. my dad suffers from diabetes, from chronic diseases and from a lot of things, he is 70 years old, he cannot take care of himself any more. my sister is holding a yemeni passport with my niece, with her daughter, she is one and a half years old, she is suffering from a lot of illnesses right now. you know, there is no hygienic means, there is nothing, there is no clean water, there is no food, only tinned food. there is not enough food as well, so they are living in bad, bad circumstances till now. sometimes, the israeli military is cutting the connection from gaza at all from the world so i cannot get in touch with them. so i feel very worried, i feel very sad and upset because i left my family there. sometimes i feel guilty because i left them but i did not have any option, i have to come back to my kids, as you know. the nhs is urging people to get their winterjabs — for covid and flu — with less than a week until online bookings close. take up is very low in london this year and the nhs wants people to get jabbed and protect themselves especially before the christmas period when people mix more. barry caffrey reports from east london. it is a busy saturday for this gp practice in dalston. people are being urged to get their winterjabs for both flu and covid—19 in order to protect themselves and the nhs. i have come here to have my booster injection. it has been fine, nothing wrong with it, have it done, two minutes and it's done and you are out again. prevention is better than cure because it is a long story, with my age, i need to prevent, you know? i don't like to take risks. most of my friends with this virus, it is nojoke. it was absolutely fine, very smooth, very quick, no pain, really. very easy. i was waiting for it to happen and it happened already. it didn't hurt at all, very quick. it is really important for patients to come forward to get their covid vaccinations and flu jabs. there is no doubt about that. this is the most important way to protect yourselves and your loved ones from serious illness and from the impacts of both flu and covid—19. as we move into the winter months, you know, all the festivities are beginning to start, families are coming together, we are going to be indoors and closer together as well. it is even more important, therefore, to keep yourself protected because transmission rates will be high. you are eligible for nhs flu vaccine or a covid—19 baster if you are over 65 years of age, are pregnant, are a carer, or live with someone with a weakened immune system or have certain other health conditions. with take up low in london for vaccinations so far this year, people are being reminded that getting jabbed means there will be less pressure on the nhs over the winter. uptake of both is a bit lower than is ideal, and we'd like to do better. for lots of complicated reasons, it is a little bit more difficult to get vaccinations out to people in london than in the rest of the country. so we have vaccinated about a third of the people that are entitled to vaccinate, where as in most of the country it is about half. and we do, you know, over the next few weeks leading up to the worst of the winter, we need to try and do a bit better. eligible londoners can book their vaccines online up until the 14th of december. after that, people can still book at pharmacies and at walk—in centres. barry caffrey, bbc news. trade union leaders in the uk say they'll build a mass opposition to a new law that would enforce a minimum level of service during strikes. members of the trade union congress have been meeting today at a special conference to discuss the legislation. the first regulations under the law cover the railways, borderforce, and ambulance services. they came into force on friday. daniel kebede is the general secretary of the national education union and was at the meeting today. i asked him what union leaders agreed on. today at conference, tuc congress collectively agreed a resolution to vigorously defend any workers who fall foul of this legislation and to rigorously oppose it and put pressure on this government to repeal the legislation and indeed any incoming government to repeal the legislation. and any incoming government to repeal the legislation. so, what are the current rules? i wonder if you could take us just a step back. so, we understand that the new law would enforce a minimum level of service during strikes. what is the current status quo? so, i represent teachers up and down the country, support staff and school leaders also, and we are being consulted on minimum service levels in education at the moment, and the government's proposals are that 74% of children should be in school on a strike day. so you are looking at any child in an exam year, so that is years 10, 11, 12, and 13, any child with an ehcp, any child of a key worker, and any all primary children. now, that would mean that literally all strikes in education are outlawed, so this is quite a draconian attack on our democratic freedoms. ok, so i wonder if you could take as to how it is set to be implemented. so, in education, there was a consultation going on until the 13th of january, and then regulations will be laid. but i mean there is a real problem here. this government are seeking to outlaw strike action in areas of health, education, in transport and so on, but really what underpins that is their desire to continue to underfund it. they say they are protecting services but what they really want is free rein to continue to underfund them and they want to restrict trade unions and the workers to make them up, to push back. do you think the public will be onside with this? i think so. anybody who is decent and believes in democratic freedoms would absolutely oppose minimum service levels. this is a hard—won, hard—fought win that we have a right to withdraw labour. and we have to remember that it is an absolutely last resort — no teacher wants to go on strike. scientists looking at the 75—million—year—old remains of a dinosaur have been able to identify its last meal. the bones of two other — much smaller — dinosaurs were discovered inside the fossil, which was found in canada. scientists have just published a detailed study of what they say is the first evidence of what these large, young predators ate and how they hunted. here's our science correspondent victoria gill. (vt scientists looking at the 75—million—year—old remains entombed in 75—year—million—year—old rock, this is a gorgosaurus. the backbone would have been here. you can see all the ribs. it's a type of tyrannosaur, a close cousin of t—rex, but this fossil is hiding the remains of something else. what was uncovered when the fossil was being cleaned at the museum is that there were toe bones of a very small dinosaur found between the individual ribs of the tyrannosaur. those bones were not immediately obvious to experts, but they were this gorgosaurus�*s last meal. highlighted in this diagram of the fossil, they are actually the remains of two small baby dinosaurs. and there was enough remaining of those unfortunate creatures for palaeontologists to identify them. both sets of legs belonged to this small, birdlike dinosaur called the citipes. it gives an insight into how the young tyrannosaurs would have hunted and bitten their prey in half. the prey remains are actually preserved by the tyrannosaur�*s stomach so this fossil is actually the first solid evidence that we have for diet or feeding behaviour in a juvenile tyrannosaur. experts say this also tells the story of how much tyrannosaurs transformed through their lives. young animals were agile predators, slender with blade—like teeth, while mature tyrannosaurs, like gorgosaurus and t—rex were slower but much more powerful. they were so big and so strong that they crushed through the bones of their prey, literally there are fossils that have bite marks that match the teeth of the bigger adult tyrannosaurs. but the younger ones chased down their prey. to me, that is really neat because it reveals these tyrannosaurs to be a lot richer, a lot more complex, a lot more nuanced as characters, they weren't just monsters. they were real animals and they adapted, they changed, as they grew up. this tyrannosaur never quite grew up, but its remains are a glimpse of its final hunt 75 million years ago. victoria gill, bbc news. an image of the aurora borealis, also known as the northern lights, taken in wales, has been named as a winner in the 2023 northern lights photographer of the year awards. matthew browne has travelled to iceland to see the northern lights, but it was his picture taken ten minutes from his west wales home that won him the award, something he's described as bonkers. stay with us here on bbc news. hello again. the weekend started off on quite a wet and windy footing, thanks to storm elin. it did bring some heavy rain, we have still a number of flood warnings in force, a bit of localised flooding here on this picture in lancashire. now, the strongest winds from storm elin came through on saturday evening just to the south of the centre of the low pressure, the strongest winds recorded in north—west wales, 80mph gusts here. not far behind that, western cumbria's coastline got hit with a gust of 74 miles an hour at st bees head. now, the low pressure is now working out into the north sea and pretty quickly we are seeing those winds died back down. still a bit of patchy rain to come through northern ireland and scotland. otherwise, the we when ather will become dry with some clear spells for most and not that cold at night, temperatures typically around five to seven, but down to about two celsius in the cold spots in northern ireland. now, for northern ireland, england, and wales, it should be a fine and sunny start to the day but quickly cloud and rain will spread into northern ireland and this band of rain will then extend across england and wales, rain at times probably best summing up of the weather in scotland. the rain bands are all associated with an area of low pressure that is over the republic of ireland and that has been named as a new storm, storm fergus. it will be a mild day, temperatures for most ten to 14 degrees, but a bit cooler in scotland with temperatures stuck at around seven or eight here. we get some strong winds, then, working across wales during sunday night, gusts could reach around 60 odd miles an hour around western coasts. the remains of that area of low pressure still with us on monday, bringing cloud and patchy rain to start off the day, although the weather should improve as we head into the afternoon, with most of us having drier weather with some breaks in the cloud, a bit of sunshine coming through. it continues to be on the mild side for most, temperatures around nine to 13 degrees, but again in scotland still a bit colder, looking at around six to eight celsius here. three tuesday and wednesday, another area of low pressure crosses the country. once that is out of the way, we will start to see pressure builds from the south—west, and that will really herald something of a more significant change in our weather patterns. still a bit more rain to come through during tuesday and wednesday, still relatively mild, then we get a dip in temperatures later in the week. high pressure takes over with that weather settling down, becoming drier and sunnier. live from washington. this is bbc news. warnings that half the population of gaza is now starving — the un says conditions on the ground make it almost impossible to deliver aid. if they are not dying from the bombs in the bullets eventually they will be dying through lack of food and deadly diseases. we speak exclusively to ukraine's first lady — about her fears over future military aid from the west. and — president macron sparks a row over france's secular ideals, after attending a hannukah ceremony at the elysee palace. i'm helena humphrey, good to have you with us. the un says half of gaza's population is starving, as israel's bombardment continues. the world food programme's deputy director says 9 out of 10 people cannot eat every day. israel says it's doing everything it can to get more aid in, but conditions on the ground are making it almost impossible for aid groups to reach gaza. unicef�*s spokeswoman alexandra murdoch has more on the situation. by by all the measures that you can think of, the situation for people in gaza is beyond crisis point. food is running out as you have reported, there is a severe lack of safe water, safe