britain's former immigration minister, robertjenrick, redoubles his attack on the government's rwanda plan — describing it as "unworkable". and argentina swears in its new far—right president, javier milei — as he pledged to "move fast" to turn the country's fortunes around. and a judge has ordered the bbc to release emails relating to the scandal over martin bashir�*s 1995 interview with princess diana on the panorama programme. hello and welcome to bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak. 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 on saturday night. the head of the israeli army has called for the military campaign in gaza to be stepped up. meanwhile, 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 ghebreyesus warned health workers are having to work in unimaginable conditions in a desperate effort to help civilians. our correspondent hugo bachega has the latest. this is nasser hospital in khan younis, and the aftermath of another night of unrelenting israeli attacks. in the chaos, a father desperately searches for his son.

mohamed abu shihab says a sniper opened fire when he was in his house giving water to his two sons. the oldest was wounded. the youngest killed. "the sniper killed my son, i want to see my sons," he says. this footage from the israeli army shows its soldiers in gaza. in the south, israeli tanks are advancing on khan younis. hamas is fighting back and some of the battles are house—to—house. there is intense fighting also in the north. the humanitarian situation is catastrophic, in the words of the un. it says half of gaza's population is starving. aid agencies are warning that those who haven't been killed by bombs may not survive hunger and disease. still, very little aid is getting in. with palestinians being killed by the dozens every day, pressure is growing on israel to do

more to protect civilians. prime minister netanyahu has rejected proposals for a ceasefire. today he insisted again that the war can't stop now. translation: you can't on the one hand support| the elimination of hamas, and on the other pressure us to end the war, which would prevent the elimination of hamas. israeli officials believe intense operations could continue until early february. by which time thousands more in gaza could be dead. hugo bachega, bbc news, jerusalem. tarikjasarevic is a spokesperson for the world health organisation. he says the need for humanitarian aid is getting more urgent every day. the needs are enormous and the capacity to address those needs are getting smaller by the day, only 14 out of 36 hospitals in gaza

are partially functional, with providing only basic health services or having only certain services available. more fighting, more bombardments mean more injured people who need trauma intervention, while hospitals are really struggling to have enough capacity to provide that. on top of injured people, there is also more than 350,000 people with chronic diseases who need health services. there's 50,000 pregnant women in gaza. and on top of all of that, there is a risk of emergence of infectious diseases as people are pushed into ever smaller places with dropping temperatures and lack of clean water and sanitation. so, really, the health system is on its knees and what we need is unhindered and unimpeded access

for humanitarian aid including medical supplies and protection of health workers and facilities. the special meeting of executive board of the world health organisation just ended and a resolution has been adopted by consensus, calling for unimpeded, sustained and immediate access of humanitarian aid, including medical supplies and also calling for protection of health workers and access for health workers to all patients in need. so, this is really good news that all countries could agree on this. what we need really now is a political will to put in practice what has been agreed. really, there is no health without having a cessation of hostilities and even if we bring medicalsupplies, if there is a conflict going on,

there will inevitably be more victims, more injured people and more suffering for people of gaza. here in the uk, it'sjust two days before parliament votes on rishi sunak�*s revised legislation to send some people seeking asylum to rwanda. but the conservative mp robertjenrick — in his first broadcast interview since leaving government last week — says the plan won't work. mrjenrick, who resigned as immigration minister over the bill, said it would become "bogged down" by legal challenges if it became law. but cabinet minister michael gove said only a "vanishingly small" number of appeals would be allowed under the new scheme. here's our political correspondent helen catt. it's a new experience for me... robertjenrick alongside his former government colleague michael gove. relations appeared cordial enough but when it came to the rwanda bill he said he would not vote for it and gave little cover to his long—time friend rishi sunak.

i think that a political choice has been made to bring forward a bill which doesn't do the job. and i think that at this moment when you've got a small boats crisis, where iia,000 people have crossed the channel on dangerous, unnecessary, illegal small boats, we cannot take that risk. mrjenrick�*s latest intervention came in a crucial weekend when his conservative colleagues are considering whether or not to back mr sunak�*s plan. the veteran mp sir bill cash has been examining the legislation with other lawyers on behalf of right—wing mps. his verdict in the sunday telegraph, it's not sufficiently watertight. michael gove disagrees. 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. but it's notjust his party's right wing which is taking legal advice. moderate conservatives have concerns too, of a different kind. 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 what we are spending thisl weekend reassuring ourselves, if we can, is that the legislation proposed actually— stays within the law. conservative mps agree that small boat crossings should be stopped. they disagree on how far the party should go to do that. labour doesn't believe the rwanda plan will work at all. 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. rishi sunak has staked part

of his political reputation on stopping small boat crossings. the coming days will be a crucial test of that. let's speak now to the former conservative chief whip, wendy morton. good evening to you, wendy. what do you make of the timing of all of this? ~ ~ , ., this? well, i think in terms of timin: , this? well, i think in terms of timing. the — this? well, i think in terms of timing, the government - this? well, i think in terms of| timing, the government knows this? well, i think in terms of - timing, the government knows that stopping the boats, the legislation, is a priority. it's one of the prime minister's five pledges. but i think, for me, it's also important that when you bring legislation forward, that you understand the strength of feeling in the party and this is obviously quite a challenging topic for our party. so,

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to the public as we possibly heading to an election year. lawyers are saying it is not sufficiently watertight and yet it is going to be pushed through and pushed through and more and more and more money being spent on it. and more and more and more money being spent on it— being spent on it. when it comes to the public. — being spent on it. when it comes to the public. you _ being spent on it. when it comes to the public, you know, _ being spent on it. when it comes to the public, you know, i _ being spent on it. when it comes to the public, you know, i know- being spent on it. when it comes to the public, you know, i know from | being spent on it. when it comes to l the public, you know, i know from my own constituency that controlling immigration is one of the things that really does concern them and they are expecting the government to do something about it. but, we have heard today from michael gove and he references legal opinion. we know that one group within my party are also referencing legal opinion, so we often get a divergence of legal opinion but for me personally, you know, i am continuing to reflect on this because i have some real concerns because i know that my constituents, i have a seat that

really does want to see us take back control of our borders and so they expect me to represent their views in the house of commons. find expect me to represent their views in the house of commons.- in the house of commons. and do their views — in the house of commons. and do their views agree _ in the house of commons. and do their views agree with _ in the house of commons. and do their views agree with that - in the house of commons. and do | their views agree with that solution being rwanda?— their views agree with that solution being rwanda? look, i think rwanda is one art being rwanda? look, i think rwanda is one part of — being rwanda? look, i think rwanda is one part of tackling _ being rwanda? look, i think rwanda is one part of tackling what - being rwanda? look, i think rwanda is one part of tackling what is - being rwanda? look, i think rwanda is one part of tackling what is a - is one part of tackling what is a very, very complex problem but i have some concerns about the legislation because i really want to make sure that if this legislation is coming forward, it's in the right place. but actually, it is going to deliver that change that i believe i was elected on delivering which is around taking control of the borders. it's also about having control of sovereignty and powers as well. i have spent the weekend pondering on this and i'm not going to rush into any decision and i am sure there are other colleagues who are in exactly the same boat as me and i don't want myself from either

wing of the party... and i don't want myself from either wing of the party. . ._ and i don't want myself from either wing of the party. . .— and i don't want myself from either wing of the party... wendy, i'm 'ust auoin to wing of the party... wendy, i'm 'ust going tojumpfi wing of the party... wendy, i'm 'ust going tojump in fl wing of the party... wendy, i'm 'ust going t°jump in so i wing of the party... wendy, i'm 'ust going to jump in so we i wing of the party... wendy, i'm 'ust going to jump in so we don't i wing of the party... wendy, i'mjust going to jump in so we don't run - wing of the party... wendy, i'mjustj going to jump in so we don't run out going tojump in so we don't run out of time. you have mentioned you have concerns a couple of times, i will pick up on that. what are the specifics of the concerns? are there other options on the table? is that what you are alluding to? what is the broader picture here?- what you are alluding to? what is the broader picture here? there is two specific _ the broader picture here? there is two specific concerns _ the broader picture here? there is two specific concerns i _ the broader picture here? there is two specific concerns i have. - the broader picture here? there is two specific concerns i have. one | the broader picture here? there is| two specific concerns i have. one is the reference to rwanda being able to send people back to the uk. so i'm not entirely happy with that. and i also have some concerns about the amount of money we have put into this, i was going to call it scheme legislation, or where we have got to so far. so, i need to feel reassured that this is actually going to work and deliverfor that this is actually going to work and deliver for my constituents. could this be damaging for rishi sunak if it doesn't go his way? it

is almost a vote of confidence. well, i'm not going to speculate, let's wait and see where we get to. but clearly it is a key issue, not just for our party but for the country as well.— just for our party but for the country as well. just for our party but for the count as well. ~ , a, ., country as well. wendy morton, it has been a _ country as well. wendy morton, it has been a pleasure, _ country as well. wendy morton, it has been a pleasure, thank- country as well. wendy morton, it has been a pleasure, thank you i country as well. wendy morton, it l has been a pleasure, thank you very much, enjoy the rest of your sunday evening. much, en'oy the rest of your sunday evenini. . ., much, en'oy the rest of your sunday evenini. ., ,, i. the new president of argentina, javier milei, has said that shock treatment is needed to deal with the economic crisis in the country. after being sworn in, mr milei, a right—wing outsider, warned that the situation would initially get worse for argentine people, but there was no alternative to austerity and spending cuts in the short term. inflation in argentina is rapidly heading towards 200 percent. mr milei has taken over from the unpopular centre—left president alberto fernandez, but will need to negotiate with rivals as his coalition only forms a small bloc in congress. mr milei gained popular support for radical proposals including

scrapping the central bank and allowing people to make money by selling their organs. argentina is experiencing its worst economic crisis in decades. our correspondent katy watson is in buenos aires with the latest. milei was handed the presidential sash amongst chance of yes he can underfreedom. certainly, this is a hugely different political path that argentina is about to embark on and in his speech after being sworn in, he talked about this new era for argentina after years of decay and decline stop also likened argentina to the fall of the berlin wall, a big change in history. he dedicated most of his speech to the economy. he talked about the fact that argentina and argentinians wanted this change, there was no going

back. you've got to remember that in argentina, inflation is about 150% per year, about four in ten argentinians are now living in property. he said what was needed was a shock, there was no other option. that's life would get harder, with the economy, wages, poverty, but that was what argentina needed. it had no money. so, certainly, javier milei was continuing along the lines of what he promised in the campaign, a radical new change for argentina and trying to improve the economic crisis. i think everybody is wanting to understand exactly how tough and radical he will be because, of course, he won't want to make things worse and i think his honeymoon period will be short lived because argentinians are so fed up with the status quo. they will want to see change and they will want to see it quickly. 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. our culture correspondent charlotte gallagher says the emails relate to a two—month period in 2020. martin bashir was back at the bbc, but he was off on sick leave. and it was around this time that questions about how he secured that interview with princess diana were really mounting. of course, we know now that he secured that interview through deception and forging documents. a journalist called andy webb used a freedom of information request to try and access the emails between senior bbc managers and martin bashir over that two—month period. he wanted to know what they knew about martin bashir and what they were doing about him. now, he only received a small number of emails, so he went to a judge. it's now emerged that there were actually 3,000 emails in that period.

however, the bbc has said that they contain irrelevant information or legally privileged information. but the judge has said to the bbc, you need to release a large number of these emails to andy webb. and the judge was also really, really critical of how the bbc handled the case, saying that it was erroneous, unreliable. he was really critical of the bbc. now, princess diana's brother, charles spencer, earl spencer, he's been speaking to the bbc and he feels essentially there is a cover up at the top of the bbc. we know, 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. now, in a statement, the bbc says it has admitted that mistakes were made in the past about this case and it says it has improved its processes. it has also apologised to andy webb and the tribunal that dealt

with the case. that was charlotte gallaher there. conspiracy theorist alex jones has had his account on x, formerly twitter, reinstated by elon musk. mr musk asked users to vote on whether or not to lift a ban on alexjones' account, signalling he would honour the result. and the majority of people voted in favour of removing the ban. from the newsroom, our reporter tom brada has the details. this is the poll which determined that alexjones, the infamous conspiracy theorist, can return to x. almost two million people cast their votes, with around 70% voting in favour of his comeback. and underneath the poll, elon musk had a simple message... alex jones is the founder of the far—right conspiracy theory website infowars

and he was originally banned in 2018 what was then twitter for breaching their rules on abusive behaviour. and this is a major u—turn for mr musk himself. last year, he posted in reference to the death of his first—born child and said... and what he was referring to was this... sandy hook is a synthetic, completely fake with actors, in my view, manufactured. i couldn't believe it at first. those were a series of false claims made about the 2012 sandy hook school shooting in which 20 children and six adults died. since then, alexjones has been ordered to pay more than $1 billion in damages. so, why would elon musk be willing to let him back on his site? well, elon musk has been a vocal supporter of free speech and this is what he told the bbc last year.

free speech is meaningless unless you allow people you don't like to say things you don't like, otherwise it's irrelevant. the point at which you lose free speech, it doesn't come back. alexjones remains banned on platforms like facebook and youtube, but he nowjoins a long list of divisive characters who have been allowed back on x since elon musk took over including donald trump, kanye west and andrew tate. but it comes at a perilous time for x. many advertisers have already left the platform because of concerns over hate speech. and the comeback of alexjones, a man who is synonymous, for many, with conspiracy theories, misinformation and outright lies will only add to the uncertainty. that was tom brada. live now to will guyatt who's a techjournalist. thank you very much forjoining us

here on bbc news. what are your thoughts on this? alexjones being back on x, on the platform. mi thoughts on this? alex jones being back on x, on the platform.- back on x, on the platform. all the mone in back on x, on the platform. all the money in the _ back on x, on the platform. all the money in the world _ back on x, on the platform. all the money in the world doesn't - back on x, on the platform. all the money in the world doesn't buy - back on x, on the platform. all the | money in the world doesn't buy you class or humility, i think that's the first place i would like to start. i am very shocked by this. i followed the sale of twitter to elon musk, i have followed elon musk for much longer. i don't know what comes from this, when you are wilfully letting a man back onto the platform that has been fined $1.5 billion for suggesting the death of innocent children was a conspiracy theory. and actors and actresses were employed. this isn't about freedom of speech, this is someone who has wilfully lied and been found out by a court to be a lawyer and has been forced to pay damages and decided to go bankrupt because they didn't want to pay. so, this is not the type of person i should imagine any other organisation and technology would wilfully be welcoming back onto their platform. elon musk i think now is running x into the ground. he

is either going to bankrupt it and blame the mainstream media and society for not making it work or he is just society for not making it work or he isjust going to society for not making it work or he is just going to keep writing this till the wheels fall off and we'll just see what happens when it has lost all normality and use as a mainstream platform. i have no other explanation for this. what mainstream platform. i have no other explanation for this.— explanation for this. what does alex jones brini explanation for this. what does alex jones bring to _ explanation for this. what does alex jones bring to x? — explanation for this. what does alex jones bring to x? i'm _ explanation for this. what does alex jones bring to x? i'm trying - explanation for this. what does alex jones bring to x? i'm trying to - explanation for this. what does alex jones bring to x? i'm trying to workl jones bring to x? i'm trying to work out as motivations for allowing him onto the platform. what will he bring to x? it’s onto the platform. what will he bring to x?— onto the platform. what will he brintox? �*, .,, , .,, bring to x? it's a simple answer, alex jones _ bring to x? it's a simple answer, alex jones brings _ bring to x? it's a simple answer, alex jones brings lies _ bring to x? it's a simple answer, alex jones brings lies to - bring to x? it's a simple answer, alex jones brings lies to the - alexjones brings lies to the platform. alex jones alexjones brings lies to the platform. alexjones is a liar. it has been proven in court. we find ourselves in a situation where elon musk is going to say this is all about freedom of speech and a small number of elon musk supporters will agree and suggest this is the best thing that has ever happened. you will probably find, if you were to look at the number of people who voted and it is nearly 2 million people, i can guarantee you that

most of them would be the accounts that are leaning towards the right and are suggesting that elon musk should be doing this to disrupt the mainstream which seems to be this really strange narrative that is coming out of a certain group of people on social media right now. i can't see this as much more than being another nail in the coffin for the platform. mainstream advertisers, he has already told them last week, i won't use the words he used, to go away from the platform as they didn't want to follow his rules and his beliefs. i don't think anybody is going to want to go back to the platform as a result of alex jones joining to go back to the platform as a result of alexjones joining it or rejoining it, i really don't. izieri; rejoining it, i really don't. very iuickl , rejoining it, i really don't. very quickly. that's _ rejoining it, i really don't. very quickly, that's how _ rejoining it, i really don't. very quickly, that's how you - rejoining it, i really don't. very quickly, that's how you see - rejoining it, i really don't. very quickly, that's how you see the future for x being, where people heading to as an alternative? people are headini heading to as an alternative? people are heading to. _ heading to as an alternative? people are heading to, elon _ heading to as an alternative? people are heading to, elon musk _ heading to as an alternative? people are heading to, elon musk is - heading to as an alternative? people j are heading to, elon musk is pushing people into the arms of mark zuckerberg but people seem to be going back to meta platforms in their droves.—

their droves. well, fascinating chattini their droves. well, fascinating chatting to _ their droves. well, fascinating chatting to you. _ their droves. well, fascinating chatting to you. thank- their droves. well, fascinating chatting to you. thank you - their droves. well, fascinating | chatting to you. thank you very their droves. well, fascinating - chatting to you. thank you very much indeed. a tech journalistjoining chatting to you. thank you very much indeed. a techjournalistjoining us there. discussing alexjones' return to the social media platform x, formerly twitter. you can read plenty more on that story on the website. stay with us, more coming up website. stay with us, more coming up shortly. hello. another wet day for many of us. and further rain and wind to come for a time at least this evening, particularly across western parts of the uk, around the irish sea. but then later tonight and towards the early hours, the skies will clear and the winds will fall light. now, if we look at the satellite picture, this swirl of cloud that is actually storm franklin moving across the island, bringing severe gales there. reports of even the odd tornado being spawned by this weather front associated with franklin. let's have a look at the radar picture.

and you can see from earlier on where the rain has been moving from, a really rugged area of weather. that's an indication of some vicious conditions in places, gusty winds as well. but the weather front is clearing, although the centre of the low is still going to go across the irish sea and bring some rain to parts of central britain. but then towards the early hours, notice that the skies are starting to clear. it's not going to be a cold warning by any means. around five in aberdeen, five in belfast. on the south coast, it'll be around eight degrees celsius. now on monday, we're actually in between the systems, literally sandwiched between the two — one towards the east, another one approaching out towards the west. and actually, for many of us, bright, if not sunny weather to come right from the word "go". so, this is the morning and then in the afternoon it could actually be cloudy across eastern scotland and the borders, but the vast majority of us should have at least bright weather. temperatures typically between eight and ten degrees celsius on monday. and then on tuesday,

another low pressure affects us. this one actually is going to be quite slow moving. so, slow moving showers with some drier gaps in between. could be quite windy around the far south—west of the country and also particularly wet in eastern and northern scotland. a persistent easterly wind dragging in that rain bearing cloud. so, that was tuesday. wednesday, the low pressure moves away. thursday, we're brushed by weather systems in the north and then towards the end of the week and into the weekend, the thinking is pretty sure high pressure is going to build in from the south. but the weather fronts never too far away from scotland this weekend. so, yes, for many of us, it's a case of turning things turning drier and brighter from around friday onwards. you can see there belfast, swansea and london, but glasgow could still catch some rain over the weekend. 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 minister said he didn't want to see people caught up in the crossfire in khan younis. in argentina, right—wing anti—establishment economist the world health organization says the war in gaza is having a catastrophic impact on health care there. he warned that health workers are having to work in unimaginable conditions in a desperate effort to help civilians.

in argentina, right—wing anti—establishment economist javier milei has been sworn in as president. mr milei said that shock treatment is needed to deal with the economic crisis in the country. inflation in argentina is rapidly heading towards 200%. britains's former immigration minister, robertjenrick, has said it was clear to anyone involved with the government's new rwanda asylum legislation that it would not work. now on bbc news, it's sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm gavin ramjaun. manchester city are back, with a comeback victory against luton as pep guardiola stops the winless run. a record crowd at the emirates — to see arsenal convincingly beat

the women's super league champions chelsea.