Baby abdulrahman was crawling early, but now his mum worries he ll never be able to walk. He was the first child found to have polio in gaza in 25 years, and it paralysed his leg because of the war he wasn t vaccinated and now medical care is limited. He want to live and be treated. He wants to live and walk like other children. I feel a lot of guilt that he didn t get the vaccination, but i couldn t give it to him because of our circumstances. Displaced five times, the baby s family now lives in a crowded tent camp in deir al balah in central gaza. Raw sewage flows through streets nearby. Conditions are ideal for diseases to spread, especially polio, which is highly infectious. Since discovering the virus, un agencies have been racing to set up an emergency mass vaccination programme and with war raging, they ve negotiated three localised three day pauses in fighting with israel and hamas. Un officials say the plan is not ideal, but it s workable. What we re aiming at is to have 640,0
Showers. One or two of those could be on the heavy side, a very mild and the weekend, temperatures for sunday afternoon, 13 16. This is bbc news, the headlines. Israel sends a delegation back to qatar for Ceasefire Talks despite Branding Hamas Proposals Unrealistic amid netanyahu approving plans for a military operation in rafah. It comes as an aid ship with 20 tonnes of food and medical supplies arrives off the coast of gaza. We will talk live to those organising the relief effort. A new ruling on trumps Georgia Election case well be live with our correspondent with the latest. And we get an insight into the incredible images from this years British Wildlife photography awards as we speak to one of the judges. Sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. We start with reaction to the European Champions League draw. Manchester city manager Pep Guardiola says getting the 14 time winners real madrid in the Quarter Finals isnt ideal. Its the third season in a row that the two
race from a top four finish will be the first premier league fixtures with three of the teams featuring vying for the champions league places. newcastle a third right now and play everton who are second from bottom. southampton also playing bournemouth and also manchester united travel to tottenham. tottenham stayed in to play spurs under another caretaker manager. fix, under another caretaker manager. reaction because as a professional when you have a result like we did we want the action. i expect one. absolutely. i think that takes care of itself as a professional and you see with a gesture that the players have done for the fans as well, we were hurting but, ultimately, that was a couple of days ago now and our focus is on thursday and we re going to face that with the full belief that we can get a positive result. i have to make sure our players are ready have to make sure our players are ready for have to make sure our players are ready for tomorrow facing a good opp
as a life threatening injury. ukraine has accused russia of continuing its offensive despite president putin announcing a 36 hour ceasefire to mark the russian orthodox christmas. ukraine never agreed to a truce and has dismissed it as a cynical ploy by the russians to resupply their forces. now on bbc news, the big cases: killing my children s abuser. a warning, this programme contains themes some viewers may find distressing. i had taken the law into my own hands, i have done that. in 2014, sarah sands and her young sons moved into a maisonette on this estate, their first proper home. maisonette on this estate, theirfirst proper home. her their first proper home. her elder son their first proper home. her elder son bradley their first proper home. her elder son bradley wasn t much older than his twin brothers, alfie and greece, so from the start they were always close. family had been on a council waiting list for years, and sarah hoped their new home would finally give
the nhs in england is increasingly reliant on doctors and nurses recruited from outside the uk and eu, analysis by the bbc has found. hello. if you havejustjoined us, a warm welcome to bbc news. china is halting cooperation with the us in several key areas, including climate change, military talks and efforts to combat international crime. the new measures follow a trip to taiwan by senior democrat nancy pelosi. china views the visit as a challenge to its claims of sovereignty over the island. taiwan s foreign minister, joseph wu, has defended ms pelosi s visit and said that taiwan would continue to invite democratic politicians from around the world. our correspondent rupert wingfield hayes sent this report from taipei. for the second day in a row, china has continued its military intimidation of taiwan. at least 68 chinese fighterjets are reported to have crossed into taiwanese controlled airspace. this video broadcast on chinese television this evening shows just how close