attacks on healthcare in gaza on the west bank and 60 attacks on healthcare in israel. healthcare should never be a target. i'm devina gupta in london. also in the programme... britain's former immigration minister, robertjenrick, redoubles his attack on the government's rwanda plan — saying it's unworkable. i'm afraid it's very clear to all those people who really understand how the system operates that this will not succeed. and the huge skull of a 150 million—year—old sea monster is revealed after it was extracted from cliffs on the south coast of england. hello and welcome to bbc news. i am

anna foster injerusalem. israel has ordered residents to leave the centre of gaza's main southern city, khan younis, as fighting there intensifies. there's been heavy bombardment of the territory overnight. the head of the israeli army has called for the military campaign in gaza to be stepped up. israeli tanks are reported to be slowly advancing towards the centre of khan younis and there are reports of house—to—house fighting in the city. the head of the world health organisation has said the war in gaza is having a catastrophic impact on health care there. tedros adhanom ghebreyesus warned health workers are having to work in unimaginable conditions in a desperate effort to help civilians. more on that in a moment, but first, this report is from our middle east correspondent, yolande knell. the misery of life under canvas. four in five gazans have now fled their homes and away from the front lines, they're still fighting to survive, with severe shortages of food and drinking water. aid agencies say that they're struggling to deliver the basics

even close to the egypt border where supplies come in. humanitarian aid at the moment is the only lifeline for people, and we're simply not able to get the access that we need to get through. for the past four or five, six days, aid agencies such as unicef have only been able to access the rafah governorate, and even then it's been with very limited aid. and if we can't get through soon, people are going to really, really struggle because there isn't enough water, there isn't enough food, there isn't any shelter. israel's ground campaign is now focused on the southern city of khan younis. troops saying they're going house—to—house and tunnel to tunnel. and the head of the israeli army is calling for the offensive in gaza to be stepped up amid signs, he says, that hamas is falling apart here injabalia in the north, the battles are at close quarters. 0ne local told the bbc they've received no food or water for five days. israel is under growing international pressure to spare gaza's civilians.

translation: other countries should also understand - that it is impossible, on the one hand, to support the elimination of hamas. and on the other hand, to call for an end to the war which will prevent the elimination of hamas. after this group of men and boys taken by israeli forces five days ago were released, they claimed they were tortured. among them, mohammed mahmoud salim, held separately from his dad. "they made us sleep naked," he said, "and kept hitting "us with their guns. "they hit me when i asked where my dad was. "they hit us with wires." the bbc has asked the israeli military for a response. new aerial shots show palestine square, previously a bustling spot of gaza city, now under control of israeli forces marking thejewish hanukkah holiday. after two months of the most intense ever war between israel and the palestinians, the scale of the suffering and devastation here is unprecedented. yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem.

this is the scene right now as we look from southern israel into gaza, this is the northern part of the gaza strip and we regularly see plumes of smoke rising from artillery shells. when it is clear you can see the devastation on the skyline in the northern part of the gaza strip and as our correspondent said, there is heavy fighting in the south a round younis. earlier, i spoke to mark regev, senior adviser to the israeli prime minister. i asked him to respond to accusations that israel is not doing enough to protect gazan civilians amid claims of war crimes in gaza. i think the body of evidence will support that israel has made a maximum effort to try to safeguard

civilian life and as we pursue hamas, which as you said, is a brutal and horrific enemy capable of the most atrocious violence, as we pursue that enemy, we are making maximum effort to safeguard civilian life. and i am sure when this conflict is over, and the dust has settled and the numbers are actually known, you will see that the effort that the idf has made to safeguard civilian life will be apparent to all when you compare the number of civilians killed with those in comparable operations, let's say in the operation against isis in syria and iraq, in places like mosul and fallujah where there was a comparable situation, a terrorist group in an urban area with civilians and forces coming into defeat the terrorists. we know what the civilian to combat death ratio was there and i believe we will be far superior at the end

of this conflict in gaza when the final and accurate numbers come out. there is still a strong focus on the humanitarian situation in gaza strip. this is the same in khan younis, people sheltering there, close to the medical complex we can see there, people sheltering in and around the complex and they said throughout the night they heard sounds of military bombardment. it is a continuing focus for humanitarian organisations around the world and the deputy head of the un world food programme has won 90% of people in some parts of gaza cannot eat every day because of the shortage of food. he said only a fraction of the humanitarian aid needed has been able to enter the strip. i've been speaking to nebal farsakh, spokesperson for the palestinian red crescent,

who explained what the situation is like on the ground. the health situation is catastrophic. over 63% of hospitals are shut down due to bombing and running out of fuel and medical supplies. the aid that is getting into gaza isn't even 10% of the needs. hospitals are still lacking fuel as well as medical supplies and medicines. all the hospitals that are still operating have gone beyond their capacity and they are overwhelmed with injuries and wounded, while you can see injured and wounded people are being treated at the hospital's corridor, on the ground, because there is no left space. if you allow me to just remember that today marks the 75th anniversary

of the universal declaration of human rights, these rights that should be granted to all people in the world at all circumstances. unfortunately, in gaza, these rights are just a dream. when we talk about the right to life and security, over 17,000 civilians have been killed and there is no safe place. let's talk about the right of education. all children have not been able to attend school for over two months since it's not safe and even dozens of schools have been destroyed. we talk about the rights to have basic human necessities, including food, clothing, medical care and shelter. unfortunately, in gaza, there is no available food, people have no homes since their homes were destroyed or they have to evacuate them from a place to another. talk about clothing, they have left their homes without clothing and we can see children having extreme pain and suffering because they have not enough clothing and it's getting winter and so much cold. on top of that, all medical care has

been reduced to the bare minimum. the humanitarian situation in gaza is not even imaginable. no—one can imagine the catastrophic situation that is going on right now in gaza. the world health organization is also holding a special session in geneva today talking about the impact in the occupied palestinian territories, the health impact of humanitarian impact so we are watching that as it happens and we will keep you updated with everything that happens and from here injerusalem. let's head back to london for the rest of the news. thank you. we will keep coming back to you.

here in the uk, the prime minister, rishi sunak, is under growing pressure over his plans to send asylum seekers to rwanda. the government has published new legislation which it says will allow it to send asylum seekers to rwanda, despite previous ruling by the supreme court. robertjenrick, who was until last week the immigration minister responsible for the plans,has said he won't support the government in a key vote on the issue on tuesday. it comes after a senior backbencher claimed lawyers working for conservative mps have decided the legislation is not fit for purpose, increasing pressure on mr sunak. 0ur political correspondent peter saull has more on the latest. robertjenrick, the immigration minister, as you say, resigned on wednesday, just hours after the government published this legislation designed to resurrect the rwanda plan, the essential plank really, of the prime minister's pledge to stop small boats' arrivals. it would mean that some asylum

seekers would be sent to rwanda and would gradually ramp up and act as a deterrent in the first instance so people don't even get on thoser boats in the first place, if they won't actually end up staying in the uk. so robertjenrick sort of said on wednesday that wasn't happy with the plan. a much more detailed assessment from him today on the bbc�*s laura kuenssberg programme. this is the first interview he is given since resigning, and he made it abundantly clear he does not think the plan will work. we've already done two bills. this is the third bill. it's three strikes and you're out. i want this bill to work and to be a powerful deterrent. we need to be clear to all the people who understand how the system operates that this bill will not succeed, as you just alluded to.

what will happen is that absolutely everyone who comes across in a small boat will put on a claim that rwanda might be generally safe, but individually it is not safe for them. this matters because robertjenrick was at the heart of policy—making on this issue untiljust a few days ago, so conservative mps will be deciding on how to vote on this legislation when it comes before the house of commons, and will be listening and watching his words very closely. we had an indication from one of the different tribes within the tory party that they are not best pleased with the legislation. this is the daily telegraph, an editorialfrom sir bill cash, saying they were deciding whether the bill was sufficiently watertight, at present, it is not sufficiently watertight, is his view. not clear whether that group will vote against the plan on tuesday. 0n the other wing of the conservative party, you have several conservative mps who think the plan goes too far. in the middle, i suppose,

is the prime minister and his supporters trying to chart a course through this, and it was left of the levelling up secretary michael gove to make the case of the plan, as it stands. my confident expectation would be that people who we choose to send to rwanda will be sent to rwanda, but more than that, you don't need to take my word, we've had lord sumption and variety of lawyers have said. michael gove saying that legal experts agree that this will stop migrants from making legal challenges and getting flights off the ground. 0pposition parties believe frankly this is a very expensive gimmick in theirview, there will be voting against it on tuesday, and actually the labour party standing back and quite enjoying this, because it is a big internal row once again within the conservative party. here is liz kendall, the shadow work

and pensions secretary. it really does feel like the desperate dying days of this government, and labour understands that this is a serious issue dealing with the dangerous boats. it is a serious for national security, and because of the potential numbers of lives being lost, so we need a proper plan to deal with that. the pm put out a statement calling on the labour party to act in the public interest and stop playing politics about the throu on tuesday, but perhaps his biggest challenge is to get his own mps to back it. it will be going through the various different parts of houses of parliament, they might be to make changes at later stages, so they might be to get it through on tuesday, but a massive challenge coming down the track for the prime minister, a hug week for him too,

because tomorrow he will have to appear before the covid inquiry here in london. let's get some of the day's other news now the president of the university of pennsylvania has resigned following days of intense criticism after comments she made to the us congress about anti—semitism. elizabeth magill was widely condemned for failing to say clearly whether calling for the genocide ofjews would breach the university's code of conduct. for the second day running, there's been a confrontation between boats from the philippines and china in contested waters of the south china sea. the philippines coastguard accused the chinese of firing water cannon and ramming two of its supply boats near the second thomas shoal. storms and tornadoes in the us state of tennessee have killed at least six people. many homes and vehicles were damaged or destroyed in the north—western suburbs of nashville, as well as in nearby clarksville. more than 80,000 homes are reported to be without power.

now it's time for a look at today's sport with chethan pathak. aston villa's manager unai emery and the captainjohn mcginn both say it's too early to call aston villa premier league title contenders — but they are the team everyone's talking about after following up victory over the champions manchester city with a 1—0 win over second placed arsenal. mcginn�*s early first half goal was enough to give his side all three points — the scottish international�*s sixth goal of the season in all competitions for villa. defeat for arsenal means they miss out on returning to the top of the table, a place currently occupied by liverpool after they won at crystal palace. four more games to come in the premier league on sunday, including tottenham hosting newcastle in the later game. newcastle lost to everton last time out. sean dyche's side will be aiming for successive home league victories for the first time since february when they welcome chelsea to goodison park.

fulham take on west ham, whilst champions manchester city go to luton as pep guardiola's team look to cut a run of four games without a win. he's never gone five matches without victory in his managerial career. i need to step back to realise, "0h, pep. "come on. "wake up." something wrong. make good analysis with your people. what happened 7 why have we not won in four games, when before, playing even worse than now, we were able to win games? come on. so, always myself. all myself, i have to realise. yes, it's a good warning for me. xabi alonso's bayer leverkusen have the chance to go six points clear at the top of the german bundesliga when they travel to third—placed stuttgart later. that's because bayern munich were thrashed by eintracht frankfurt on saturday. 5—1 it finished, as the ii—time defending champions fell to their first defeat of the season. bayern go to manchester united on wednesday in the champions league as both teams aim to bounce back

from shock defeats — united losing to bournemouth 3—0 at old trafford on saturday. to cricket now, and england have lost their 0di series with the west indies 2—1 after falling to a four—wicket defeat in barbados. ben duckett top scored with 71 to help england post 206—9 from a0 overs after a rain delay. and a further downpour left west indies with a revised target of 188 from 3a overs, which they achieved with 14 balls to spare, to give them a first home series win over england in the format since 1998. the two sides will now prepare for the five—match t20 series that begins on tuesday, also in barbados. anthony davis scored 41 points to help the los angeles lakers to victory against the indiana pacers in the nba's first in—season tournament final. davis also registered 20 rebounds, five assists and four blocks, whilst lebronjames added 2a points and 11 rebounds in a 123—109 win. lebron also named the most valuable player of the inaugural nba cup.

my my youngest over here, my rookies my second year guys, some of them have not experienced play of basketball, some of the paychecks are not that of some of the older guys, the guys are still out a little bit so i feel it's my obligation and responsibility to keep everybody engaged for our beautiful sport. 3? engaged for our beautiful sport. 39 later this month and stop firing! and finally, the baseball world is still reacting to the news that shohei 0htani hasjoined the los angeles dodgers on a gigantic ten—year, $700 million contract. the japanese star was a free agent after leaving the la angels at the end of last season. 0htani's deal surpasses the previous highest in sport, which was that of kansas city chiefs quarterback patrick mahomes. he agreed a ten—year, $450 million extension in 2020.

and that's all the sport for now. thank you. gigantic is the word you could use to describe the next story. now, imagine a sea monster with 130 razor—sharp teeth, the biting force of a t—rex, and a skull measuring two metres. it might sound like the stuff of legend but this creature really did exist around 75 milllion years ago. it was called a pliosaur, and a fossil of its enormous jaws has been found off dorset�*s jurassic coast. 0ur science editor rebecca morelle went for an exclusive look. 0k. oh, wow! there you go. it's huge! unveiling a jurassic sea monster. this is the 2m—long skull of a pliosaur, one of the most fearsome predators the planet has ever seen. so it's got big teeth —

excellent for stabbing and killing its prey. it doesn't chew its food, itjust breaks into bits and... throws it back to get in there... and digests the bone and everything. steve etches led the efforts to unearth and prepare this ancient aquatic beast. so what makes this unique is it's complete. so the lowerjaws and upper skull are meshed together, as it would be in life. to find that, i think worldwide, there's hardly any specimens ever found to that level of detail. if they are, a lot of the bits are missing, whereas this, although it's slightly distorted, has got every bone present. it's one of the best fossils i've ever worked on. i'll never probably work on another one. the snout was discovered by a fossil enthusiast on a beach near kimmeridge bay in dorset. ijust found something quite extraordinary. it's the jaw of a massive pliosaur. it's enormous. it must've just come out

of a cliff up there somewhere. over the course of weeks, the rest was excavated — a perilous process with steve and the team dangling off ropes halfway down a fast—eroding cliff face. it was all followed by a bbc documentary team and sir david attenborough. in these waters, underneath my feet, lurked the ultimate marine predator, the pliosaur. this gigantic reptile lived 150 million years ago. reaching more than 12m in length, its bulky body was powered through the water with huge paddle—like limbs. it would have terrorised the oceans. so what we're looking at here is a surface scan of the skull of the pliosaur. scientists have scanned the fossil to try and learn more about its bite with its 130 razor—sharp teeth.

they've calculated it had a bite force similar to a t rex. i think what we're looking at here is the top predator in the environment. you know, this animal had a huge bite. it would have been able to eat pretty much everything else that was around in the water at that time, including some other very large animals, as well — other pliosaurs and plesiosaurs, ichthyosaurs, other marine crocodilians as well, would all be potential prey items for this animal. the dark clay of dorset�*s kimmeridge bay is rich in fossils. why is that? 150 million years ago, this whole area would've been a tropical ocean. and the cliffs behind me were the mud on the sea floor, where the bodies of prehistoric sea creatures were buried. and there they remained, hidden away for millions of years. it's only now, as the rocks crumble, that these fossilised skeletons are finally being revealed.

the exact location where the pliosaur�*s head was found is a closely guarded secret. the team believes the rest of the skeleton is still embedded in the cliffs. i'll stake my life on the rest of the animal is there, that's for sure. really, it should come out because it's in a very rapidly eroding environment. this part of the cliff is going back by feet a year and it won't be very long before the rest of it sort of drops out and it gets lost, so it would be advantageous to do this because the opportunity is once in a lifetime. the pliosaur will be put on display in dorset in the new year and it will bring scientists from all around the world to study it, to learn more about this monster of the seas and the world it lived in all those millions of years ago. rebecca morelle, bbc news, thejurassic coast in dorset. more mysteries to be unlocked with that fossil!

the hollywood sign is 100 years old and to mark the anniversary a spectacular lighting ceremony was set up by the hollywood sign trust. millions of people visit this tourist attraction every year in search of a photo or selfie of those huge, world famous white letters. to celebrate, the hollywood sign trust lit up the letters with the original 4,000 vintage bulbs that illuminated the real estate sign hollywoodland back in 1923. hello again. yesterday it was a wet and a windy day. we had gusts up to 80 miles an hour around north wales, but that was all because of storm elin, which has cleared away to the east, and today we have this area of cloud moving in all linked into storm fergus, which is mostly going to affect the republic of ireland. there will be little if any impact to the uk, but we will have some rain moving and spreading north

and eastwards across many areas. the winds are strengthening later around those irish sea coasts, as we go through this afternoon it will push into scotland, clearing for much of england and wales, some sunshine across wales, the midlands and southern areas of england. some sunshine for a time in northern ireland before further showers move in, temperatures 7—8 in the north, 11—14 further south and in the sunshine it will feel fairly pleasant. tonight, the area of low pressure from storm fergus will move east with some strengthening winds around the south of england, some gusts here but on the whole not a great deal going on. we see showers clearing to the east with overnight temperatures could get close to freezing in central scotland, otherwise temperatures staying up 7—9 . on monday, that is the remnants of storm fergus clearing, another area of low pressure waiting in the wings but in between, a ridge of high pressure, something more settled to start the new working week. sunshine for many of us

on monday, showers affecting north east scotland and areas of england, some showers in the south—west as well. but for most of us monday is looking looking dry with some sunshine, temperatures about 8—11 for many, 6 or 7 degrees across scotland. for tuesday, we see more in the way of rain. this low pressure moving east, rain moving north and east, could be quite persistent, heavier across north—east england and eastern scotland, heavy showers coming into the south—west, perhaps heavy and thundery with blustery winds across the channel coasts, temperatures 7—12 and as we go through next week, things are settling down a little bit towards the end of the week. high pressure building in with sunny spells and temperatures 9—12 c. bye— bye.

this is bbc news. the headlines... israel has ordered civilians in the centre of the main city in southern gaza to leave as fighting intensifies in the area. an adviser to the israeli prime ministers said he did not want to see people caught up he did not want to see people caught up in the crossfire in khan younis. the world health organisation says the war in gaza is having a catastrophic impact on health care

there. he warned that health workers are having to work in an unimaginable condition is in a desperate effort to help civilians. britain's former immigration minister, robertjenrick, has said it is clear to anyone involved with the government's new asylum legislation that it would not work. and the huge scale of a 150 million —year—old sea monster has been revealed after it was extracted from the cliffs on the south coast of england. now on bbc news, the travel show, costa rica. i'm in a wild country! a place bursting with life and stunning landscapes. this is costa rica. over the past couple of decades, this small central american country

has been transformed into the eco—tourism