there s a few hours left but is any festive cheer for retailers this year? after covid, brexit and chain disruptions, have shoppers got what they need? disruptions, have shoppers got what the need? ., talk of a player strike in the premier league. manager pep guardiola says the threat might make football authorities listen to players over their welfare. ready for launch the space telescope that could change our understanding of the universe. good morning. if you re heading out early, watch out for fog. there good morning. if you re heading out early, watch out forfog. there is some dense patches around. today s forecast is cloudy with patchy light rain. with snow flurries mostly on higher ground and heavier rain coming in from the south west through the day. i will have all the details later on in the programme. good morning. it s christmas eve, friday 24th december. our main story. covid vaccination clinics will remain open tomorrow and throughout the holiday weekend, as t
is a sovereign nation, our military decisions are based upon our own calculations. israel has pledged to continue its military operations, but admitted that it is protracted and difficult . this is the live scene over the israel gaza border, where we ve seen continued bombardement this weekend. an israel military spokesman said it was expanding its ground operations in both southern and northern parts of the gaza strip. and these are live pictures from outside nasser hospital in khan younis. we ve seen more injured arriving there in the past few hours. further north, this was the view across the israel lebanon border. in the past couple of hours, we ve seen a thick plume of black smoke in the sky there. the white house has said that in a phone call with mr netanyahu, president biden stressed the importance of allowing civilians to move safely away from areas where there s fighting in gaza. greg mckenzie has this report. president biden told the israeli prime minister, ben