it looks like australia might have had its wettest day on record, thanks to the cyclone. back home, it s not as bad as that, but it s not looking particularly festive. through the week we will see further rain at times, and we will also become very windy. it may be later in the week that some of us do see some snow. but i think it will only be some of us. we are in a battle ground right now. cold air to the north, mild airto ground right now. cold air to the north, mild air to the south. in between, the winds high in the atmosphere, driving weather systems around the world. the strong jet stream will spin up a various weather systems through the next few days. as cold air digs in from time to time, that is where we may see a little bit of snow. patchy rain across england and wales. northern ireland and scotland, a little bit brighter, at least for a time, and it is mild out there. temperatures up it is mild out there. temperatures up to around 13 or 1a degrees. through this e
the hamas run health ministry in gaza says the death toll since the conflict began is 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
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 comfo