britain's former immigration minister robertjenrick redoubles his attack on the government's rwanda plan, saying it's unworkable. argentina prepares for a new president. the right—wing libertarianjavier milei is being sworn later today. welcome to this edition of bbc news. welcome to this edition of bbc news. we start with the latest on the conflict in israel and in gaza. 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 organization 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. our correspondent yolande knell reports. an agonising goodbye. 14 people were killed in an israeli strike on a school who had been seeking safety in khan younis. theirfamilies school who had been seeking safety in khan younis. their families say. crushed by the rubble, this boy lost his mum, dad and an unborn robber. translation:—

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apart and the prime minister has this answerfor apart and the prime minister has this answer for countries pressing for a truce. translation: you can't on the one — for a truce. translation: you can't on the one hand _ for a truce. translation: you can't on the one hand call _ for a truce. translation: you can't on the one hand call for _ for a truce. translation: you can't on the one hand call for the - on the one hand call for the elimination of hamas and ask us to end the war. elimination of hamas and ask us to end the war-— end the war. with predictions fi . htin: end the war. with predictions fighting could _ end the war. with predictions fighting could go _ end the war. with predictions fighting could go on - end the war. with predictions fighting could go on for - end the war. with predictions | fighting could go on for weeks end the war. with predictions - fighting could go on for weeks more, backin fighting could go on for weeks more, back in gaza, the suffering continues on an unprecedented scale. live now to our correspondent anna foster injerusalem. bring us up to date with what we have been hearing this morning? what have we heard from the government in israel and the world health organization? i government in israel and the world health organization?— government in israel and the world health organization? i was speaking earlier to the _ health organization? i was speaking earlier to the spokesperson, - health organization? i was speaking earlier to the spokesperson, a - earlier to the spokesperson, a senior adviser to the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu on some of those points people have been raising about the humanitarian situation, and particularly about

this ongoing fighting. as well as a large numbers of civilians being killed. he maintained the same point several times, saying when the fighting is over, he said it would become apparent israel had done everything possible to try and protect lives. that's an interesting point, we've seen a lot of the work our courageous local colleagues had been doing in gaza, but internationaljournalists been doing in gaza, but international journalists are been doing in gaza, but internationaljournalists are unable international journalists are unable to internationaljournalists are unable to get in there to see for themselves what is happening and to support those local colleagues. that is why so much of what we see is based on the testimony of one side, while he said time will pass and it will be apparent israel did what it could to protect civilians, of course the hamas run health ministry says more than 17,000 civilians have been killed in gaza and the world health organization as well have been holding a special session to in geneva about the health situation in

the occupied palestinian territories. they were giving some granular detail about some of the hardships people are facing in gaza, notjust hardships people are facing in gaza, not just to hardships people are facing in gaza, notjust to do with the crumbling health system there, but also the lack of basic things, of food and fuel and sanitation kits. the very, very simple things people need to stay alive and to stay healthy. they are putting out that message to the world but only a ceasefire will help preserve the health and well—being of people in gaza, but of course it is well over one week since that last ceasefire ended added seems there is very little prospect, at least in the short—term, of another one being brought in to replace it. as this continues, we hear more and more about the dire situation people in gaza find themselves in. that more about the dire situation people in gaza find themselves in.— in gaza find themselves in. that is ri . ht, in gaza find themselves in. that is riaht, and in gaza find themselves in. that is right. and we _ in gaza find themselves in. that is right, and we talk— in gaza find themselves in. that is right, and we talk about _ in gaza find themselves in. that is right, and we talk about the - right, and we talk about the humanitarian situation, we see those people, more than1 million people displaced from the north of the

strip to the south, and you have now people being told which areas are safe, which areas might take them away from the continuing israeli bombardment. those areas are becoming smaller and smaller, and the number of people needing them is becoming larger as more are having to leave their homes. the weather is starting to turn at this time of the year, it is getting colder. you have people who fled their homes without their possessions, without things like warm close and blankets. there isn't enough food, enough clean water, and while this continues and while the amount of humanitarian aid going in remains less than it needs to be, before the war it was around 500 trucks of a day that would pass through the crossing. at the moment it is something like 100 on a good day. it is nowhere near the need of all of those people, so many more who are displaced from their homes as this war has gone on. and no real

sign that any kind of concrete plan is being put in place to try and alleviate that huge need. anna, thank ou alleviate that huge need. anna, thank you very _ alleviate that huge need. anna, thank you very much. _ alleviate that huge need. anna, thank you very much. anna - alleviate that huge need. anna, i thank you very much. anna foster alleviate that huge need. anna, - thank you very much. anna foster in jerusalem. 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 overcome a previous ruling by the supreme court, which blocked deportations. robertjenrick — who was until last week the immigration minister responsible for the plans — says he won't support the government in a key vote on the issue on tuesday. our political correspondent peter saull has more. why did you resign? this time last week, he was a loyal member of rishi sunak�*s government. but the ex—immigration minister is now on the opposing side of the argument to those who he used to share the cabinet table with. in his first interview since resigning, robertjenrick explained why he believes legislation designed to resurrect the rwanda plan will fail. we've already done two bills. this is the third bill.

it's three strikes or you're out. i want this bill to work and create that powerful deterrent. i'm afraid it's very clear to all those people who really understand how this system operates, that this bill will not succeed. and he's certainly not alone in urging the government to go further. in the sunday telegraph, sir bill cash from the european research group of right—leaning conservative mps writes that the bill isn't sufficiently watertight. on another wing of the tory party, though, a very different perspective. we insist that one of the basic tenets of conservatism that all conservative governments should stick to is the rule of law and meeting our international obligations. and so what we're spending this weekend reassuring ourselves, if we can, is that the legislation proposed actually stays within the law. caught in the middle, this still—serving cabinet minister believes the legislation will work. my confident expectation would be that the overwhelming majority of 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 for it. you merely need to see what lord sumption and a variety of other lawyers from doughty street chambers, from cambridge university and others have said. remember, this is what the political arguments are all about — how to dissuade people from getting in boats in the first place. and there are questions for all parties about their plans to stem the tide. 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's serious for our national security, and because of the potential numbers of lives being lost. he's put the promise to stop the boats front and centre. but first he's got to stop the war of words in his own party. today, argentina will today swear in its new president,

the right—wing libertarianjavier milei. he won popular support for radical policies including making the us dollar official currency, and allowing people to make money by selling their organs. i'm joined now by our south america correspondent, katy watson, who's in sao paulo. some interesting policies here from javier milei. talk is through what argentina can expect.— javier milei. talk is through what argentina can expect. javier milei has won because _ argentina can expect. javier milei has won because he _ argentina can expect. javier milei has won because he offered - argentina can expect. javier milei - has won because he offered something radically different. argentina is currently in an economic crisis, 150% annual inflation, four in ten argentinians living in poverty, so people wanted change, he offered it. you mention the us dollar, he said he wanted to destroy the central bank. there were drastic policies that people thought we will give it a shot. since he has won, he has reigned back a bit on those, so we

has hired a more traditional conservative, the former head of the central bank to be his economy minister. he is watching and waiting and making sure he doesn't make the crisis any worse, because that is what argentinians are watching. he has a short honeymoon period to make sure the economy is better and people are more encouraged by the political direction they are going on. ~ . , political direction they are going on, ~ ., , ., political direction they are going on. ~ . , ., ., ., on. what is it about him that made him win so — on. what is it about him that made him win so much _ on. what is it about him that made him win so much of— on. what is it about him that made him win so much of the _ on. what is it about him that made him win so much of the popular- on. what is it about him that made i him win so much of the popular vote? he'sjust not... he him win so much of the popular vote? he's just not... he talks about reining against the political caste, so argentina has a traditional political history. one peron and his wife are famous figures, and his populist approach of government spending, making sure the poor are looked after. that is an honourable objective, but government spending

has risen. he went on campaigns where they chainsaw to bow to slash government spending. that is something he said he will do, he's cut the number of ministers in his cabinet and he's really going in with that approach, cutting down spending to rein in inflation and make the life of argentinians better. it's a difficult situation, he's not the first leader to try and make things better. he's certainly got a novel approach. just how able he is to carry out that novel approach, everybody will be watching and waiting to see exactly what he can achieve. i and waiting to see exactly what he can achieve-— can achieve. i know it's been written he's _ can achieve. i know it's been written he's a _ can achieve. i know it's been written he's a climate - can achieve. i know it's been| written he's a climate change denier. the world is watching to see which of the policies he's talked about will actually go ahead and which want will be pushed aside as the reality of leadership continues to hit him. , . ., . .,

the reality of leadership continues to hit him. , . . . ., , to hit him. yes, climate change is something — to hit him. yes, climate change is something people _ to hit him. yes, climate change is something people are _ to hit him. yes, climate change is something people are concerned. something people are concerned about. he has said he wants to ban abortion. this is in a country that are seen as a leader in the region, it legalised abortion in 2020 and has had a real ripple effect across the region. that is something many organisations are concerned about, whether those rights will be reined back, in terms of education he talked about getting read of the ministry. people are watching to see what policies he can get rid of. you won't have a majority in congress, so we has these bold ideas. whether he can implement them is another question, because he will have a lot of opposition. question, because he will have a lot of opposition-— of opposition. interesting times, i'm sure, of opposition. interesting times, i'm sure. for— of opposition. interesting times, i'm sure, for argentinian - of opposition. interesting times, | i'm sure, for argentinian politics. now it's time for a look at today's sport. hello from the bbc sport centre. we're under way in the premier league — with manchester city against luton one of three games about half an hour in. city are without erling haaland for the match — who's injured — a blow for them and most people's

fantasy football teams! the score at kenilworth road is 0—0. 15 minutes into the game there. pep guardiola hoping to avoid a fifth winless game in a row, for the first time in his managerial career. everton are at home to chelsea — where it's 0—0. sean dyche's side looking for successive wins, following their points deduction. fulham also looking to follow up from midweek with another win. 0—0 against west ham. and later, a huge match for both spurs and newcastle — as they look to bounce back from defeats this week. tottenham became the first team in premier league history to fail to win five consecutive matches after taking the lead in all of them, but their boss ange postecoglou remains postive for the future. there's been progress made, for sure, in many areas. other areas we need to do a lot of work in. we have

obviously had some challenges within that timeframe of injuries which have disrupted our sort of ability to have a consistent line—up out there. we have to work our way through this difficult period, but we are still at the beginning of what we are trying to build. xabi alonso's bayer leverkusen have the chance to go six points clear at the top of the german bundesliga. they kick off against third—placed stuttgart in a few minutes time. that's because bayern munich — their nearest rivals — were thrashed by eintracht frankfurt on saturday. 5—1 it finished, as the 11—time defending champions fell to their first defeat of the season. bayern go to manchester united on tuesday 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. england captainjos buttler says it is the start of a long journey after they lost their one day series against the west indies 2—1, 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 1a 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 this that begins on tuesday, also in barbados. in australia, the men's big bash league game between melbourne renegades and perth scorchers was abandoned afterjust 41 deliveries because of an unsafe pitch. the players were taken off after the umpires stopped play to inspect the pitch. the decision was greeted by boos from the fans. 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 youngest over here, my second year guys, some haven't experienced play—off basketball. some of their paycheques aren't as equipped as some of the older guys in the team. some of ourfans some of the older guys in the team. some of our fans during december some of the older guys in the team. some of ourfans during december and january stall out, so i feel it's my obligation and responsibility to keep everyone engaged what our beautiful sport. and finally, the baseball world is still reacting to the news that show—hey ohtani has joined the los angeles dodgers on a gigantic 10—year, 700 million dollar contract. the japanese star was a free agent after leaving the la angels at the end of last season. ohtani's deal surpasses the previous highest in sport, which was that of kansas city chiefs quarterback patrick mahomes — he agreed a 10—year, $450 million extension in 2020. and that's all the sport for now. still goalless in the man city luton

match. a judge has strongly criticised the bbc for failing to release a large number of emails relating to martin bashir�*s 1995 interview with princess diana on panorama. the documents had been requested by a journalist, who was investigating what managers at the corporation knew about the controversial interview. martin bashir stepped down from his job at the bbc in 2021. with me is our culture correspondent charlotte gallagher. bring is up—to—date with what we know. these e—mails relate to a period in 2020, and martin bashir was back at the bbc but on sick leave. this was a time questions were mounting about how he secured interview with princess diana. we know it was through deception and vacant documents. a journalist called andy webb put in a freedom of information requested the bbc and wanted to sue the e—mails between senior managers and martin bashir over the period in 2020. he received

a small number of e—mails and thought there would be many more that he wasn't getting access to. you went to a judge, and it has now emerged there were over 3000 e—mails sent between managers and martin bashir over the period. the bbc has said these are irrelevant and contain the ugly privileged information, but a judge has ordered the bbc to release a large number of e—mails to this journalist, and he's been critical of the bbc in the way they handled the request in the first place, saying it was a cause for serious concern. princess diana's brother also believes there was a cover—up at the top of the bbc. we know the top we haven't been able to read yet, - we haven't been able to read yet, but we know there are 38 emails between bashir and senior people at the bbc at this time. my suspicion is that they were cooking up a story to try and make him unavailable during a time of particular interest in diana's interview, which was the 25th anniversary. ina in a statement the bbc says it has

admitted mistakes have been made in the past with this case, and it said it is working to improve its processes. it has apologised to andy webb and the tribunal.— webb and the tribunal. charlotte, thank ou webb and the tribunal. charlotte, thank you for— webb and the tribunal. charlotte, thank you for that _ webb and the tribunal. charlotte, thank you for that update. - 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. votes are being cast in local elections in hong kong, but pro—democracy candidates have been banned from standing. under new rules, all candidates have

been vetted by pro—beijing committees, and fewer councillors are being directly—elected. the turnout is being closely watched as an indication of the level of support for china's control of the territory. 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. voters are going to the polls in egypt, where president abdel fattah el—sisi hopes to win his third term in office. if successful he will retain power until 2030 — a victory his critics say is already inevitable. they claim sisi and his supporters have suppressed any real opposition candidates from entering the race. voting will be spread over three

days, with approximately 67 million egyptians eligible to vote. working in a shop can be a tough job at any time of year but the festive period — with its extra stress, queues and alcohol — can make attacks on retail staff even more likely. unions in the uk say their members are facing unacceptable levels of violence on a daily basis. stuart whincup reports. attacked behind the counter. some staff say they've been spat at, punched and abused while trying to serve customers. parviz has seen it all before. in his shop he's been robbed, racially abused, and had threats made against his life. from last year people coming in with a knife, people come with weapons, know what i mean? some people just cover their face, abusing, "go back to your country," and these things. "you don't know who i am. i burn your shop, i know where you live."

the british retail consortium says every day hundreds of shop owners are dealing with abuse and violence. one union described the situation as shocking. we are seeing a massive increase in threats, verbal abuse, shoplifting, it gets worse, and our members are just not sure what they are walking into. business leaders want better protection for staff and tougher penalties for offenders. and more shop workers are now wearing body worn cameras. why are you touching me? get out. what are you touching me for? the government says it is completely unacceptable to threaten or assault shop workers and its changes in sentencing show these crimes will not be tolerated. stuart whincup, bbc news. here in the uk, members of the royal family have unveiled their official christmas cards. the prince and princess of wales have opted for a black

and white family portrait showing william, catherine and the three children looking relaxed in jeans and white shirts. that's in contrast to king charles and queen camilla, who have gone for a more formal look in their card — which shows them in full regalia in the buckingham palace throne room on coronation day — may 6th. the iam yet i am yet to receive either of those christmas cards. i will send you my address later on, royal family. 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.

you can read and watch all the stories on the bbc�*s brilliant website or the news app from where ever you are. goodbye from me. hello. we had wind and rain yesterday, last night, some wet weather around today as well. how about the outlook for the week ahead? further spells of wind and rain in the forecast, but there is an indication that towards the end of the week, high pressure should build from the south and the weather will settle down. it will turn drier and brighter. here is the satellite picture. one low pressure clears away,

here's the next one. this is actually storm fergus, named by the irish met service, met eireann. it's affecting ireland today with severe gales there in the west. we'll also have some strong winds out towards the west later today. here are the temperatures at the end of the afternoon. around 10 degrees in the south, 5 degrees expected in glasgow and edinburgh. here's the low, with wind and rain moving through parts of north—western england, into wales, ending up around lincolnshire and east anglia. towards the end of the night, the winds fall light again. temperatures between around 2 degrees in the lowlands and about 9 degrees in the south, so a relatively mild night on the way. on monday, we are in between weather systems, so totally sandwiched between one low here and another one approaching off the atlantic and some weather fronts further south, too. i think a greater chance of some dry and bright if not sunny weather, at least for a time tomorrow, although not everywhere, because we have an easterly wind here, around aberdeenshire, fife, into the borders, so often cloudy and some spots of rain. but the next weather front is approaching — the next area of low pressure.

and that will be sweeping over us during the course of tuesday, so frequent showers, quite windy as well off the welsh coasts, the south west of england, central and southern england, and particularly wet in eastern scotland. that wind off the north sea constantly pushing in the rain clouds, so it could be really wet here and further north across scotland. and then wednesday, that low pressure pulls away, we will still be brushed by weather systems to the north, but watch this high. it's starting to build in from the azores, spreading across the country from friday onwards, into the weekend, so it looks as though things are going to be settling down, and this is reflected in our outlook for midweek onwards and into the weekend. from about friday, much drier and brighter weather. and certainly saturday and sunday, some sunshine around. bye— bye.

this is bbc news. the latest 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 minister said he didn't want to see people caught up in the crossfire. the world health organization says the war in gaza is having a catastrophic impact on health care. he warned that health workers are having to work in unimaginable

conditions in a desperate effort to help civilians. britains's former immigration minister, robertjenrick, has said it was clear to anyone involved with the government's new rwanda asylum legislation that it wasn't working. 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. scientists hope to discover more about dinosaurs by studying this amazing looking head. now on bbc news, tecthlore japan: episode two. enjoy. in tecthlore, we go in search of some of the most exciting innovations in tech the world has to offer and i get to combine my two passions, tech and travel. this time i'm injapan.

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