record rainfall driven by a tropical cyclone has caused widespread flooding in the north east of australia. hundreds of people were rescued as homes became inundated and roads cut off. cairns airport — a gateway to the great barrier reef — was closed yesterday, as video emerged online of planes submerged in floodwaters. in a far north queensland town, a saltwater crocodile was spotted in floodwaters. the 2.8 metre long croc, affectionately nicknamed jasper by locals, was in a storm drain in central ingham before being captured. that you are, a pet crocodile for you. ben rich is here with the weather. extraordinary down under?

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 evening and tonight, across much of england and wales, we

will see cloud thickening again and some heavy rain working its way in. for northern ireland and scotland, we will see the skies clearing, some showers, which could be wintry or high ground, the highest ground, in north—west scotland. may be cold enough for a touch of frost, possibly ice. much milderfurther south, where we start tomorrow with cloud, outbreaks of heavy and persistent rain. the rain will push away southwards and eastwards. brighter skies following on behind. scattered showers for northern ireland and for scotland, again, some of the showers over high ground in scotland likely to be wintry. —— wintry. it will be windy, but colder air pushing southwards. lower southwards. in wednesday, mild air returns. westerly wind to bring extensive cloud cover, outbreaks of rain, particularly to the north—west of scotland. it will be really quite windy but those temperatures are returning to highs of 12, may be 13 degrees. and then as we head through wednesday night into thursday, it looks like we will see potentially a really deep area of low pressure

passing to the north of us. this cold front slipping southwards. behind that, colder air works its way back in. in fact, with some snow showers and some gales in northern scotland, we could see blizzard conditions here for a time. a windy day elsewhere, more likely to be rain in the south, as milder air holds on here. then as we head towards the end of the week and into the christmas period, we are going to see some outbreaks of rain at times and if cold air digs its way in from time to time, some of us, particularly in the north of the uk could see a little bit of snow. thanks, ben. and that's bbc news at one. you can keep up with all the latest developments on the bbc website. now, it's time to join our colleagues for the news where you are — goodbye. hello and welcome to sportsday. it's a wonderful champions league

draw for manchester city — the holders are will face the weakest side left in the competition. a chip off the old block — woodsjunior steals the show while playing with father, tiger. we look ahead to tomorroew�*s sports personality of the year with a former winner. we've had the draw for the champions league last 16, the first knockout round. at this stage teams from the same country or who came through the same group are kept apart. the holders manchester city look to have been given what looks like an easy path to the quarterfinals. they will face fc copenhagen,

who are the lowest ranked team left in the competition, although they did make it out of the group which included manchester united. city faced the danes last season in the group stages, winning 5—0 at the etihad and drawing 0—0 in copenhagen. this is the full draw. porto will face the current premier league leaders arsenal. italian champions napoli take on barcelona. rb leipzig take on the 14—time champions, real madrid. those ties will be played over two legs in february and march.

we've also had the draws for the europa and europa conference league play—offs — all the details are on the bbc sport website. on the bbc sport website. but the five british clubs still involved get a bye into the last 16 because they won their groups. so brighton, liverpool, rangers, west ham and aston villa will have to wait until the next draw on 23rd february to find out who they are playing next. liverpool managerjurgen klopp says they learned a lot from their goalless draw at home to manchester united. they won 7—0 the last time they faced united at anfield, but it was a frustrating afternoon for klopp�*s side. they peppered andre onana's goal with 3a shots — trent alexander—arnold with one of their best chances. for all of united's recent difficulties this was a much better result for them, although they did finish the game with ten men — diogo dalot given a double yellow for dissent in injury time. a win would have taken liverpool back to the top of the table,

but they will take positives out of the game. it was the intensity that we wanted to have. to start into the game is probably the best we had so far, so all of that is really good and we can take that. you have to learn a lot of things during the season, and prove a lot of things during the season. this today hurts, but that's good. it gives us a lot of good information, as well. it gives us a lot of good information, as well. liverpool face west ham in the league cup quarterfinals on wednesday, last seasons runners up in the competition newcastle united are at chelsea tomorrow night. eddie howe�*s side had a morale—bosting win over the weekend, 3—0 against fulham after three defeats in a row. they did pick up a couple more injuries, tojoelinton and fabien schar, and though they are doubts for tomorrow night, sven botman should be available after coming off the bench over the weekend. his first appearance in three months

spain has done a lot of work. he has rehabbed really well, so we will have to make a decision on weather we want to start him in this game. i think from a physical perspective he has got the loot behind him. i've been really impressed with how he has attacked that. it was a great thing from the day, really. it was a great thing from the day, really. harry kane's dream debut season at bayern munich continues. the england captain scored twice in their 3—0 win over stuttgart, to take his league tally to 20 goals injust14 games — that's the quickest in the history of the bundesliga. they remain four points behind leaders bayer leverkusen, but they do have a game in hand. injuly, if in july, if somebody would injuly, if somebody would have in july, if somebody would have told you you would score 20 goals after 15 matches, what would you have answered? i 15 matches, what would you have answered?— 15 matches, what would you have answered? ., ., ., ~ ., answered? i would have taken it for sure, 10096! — answered? i would have taken it for sure, 10096! it _ answered? i would have taken it for sure, 10096! it has _ answered? i would have taken it for sure, 10096! it has been _ answered? i would have taken it for sure, 10096! it has been a _ answered? i would have taken it for sure, 10096! it has been a really - sure, 100%! it has been a really good _ sure, 100%! it has been a really good start _ sure, 100%! it has been a really good start. i'm really happy to

reach — good start. i'm really happy to reach 20 — good start. i'm really happy to reach 20 goals as quick as i have. all i can _ reach 20 goals as quick as i have. all i can say— reach 20 goals as quick as i have. all i can say is a big thanks to the team _ all i can say is a big thanks to the team for— all i can say is a big thanks to the team for giving me the chances and i had been _ team for giving me the chances and i had been there to put them away. h0pefully— had been there to put them away. hopefully we come back today upon wednesday and have a nice break and look forward to the business and next _ look forward to the business and next yeah — look forward to the business and next year. celebrating christmas here _ next year. celebrating christmas here or— next year. celebrating christmas here or in — next year. celebrating christmas here or in london? no, i'll be going away— here or in london? no, i'll be going away somewhere hot. the weather is too cold _ away somewhere hot. the weather is too cold here and in london! it will be nice _ too cold here and in london! it will be nice to — too cold here and in london! it will be nice to have christmas for the family— be nice to have christmas for the family so— be nice to have christmas for the family so i'm looking forward to it. jude bellingham's incredible debut season at real madrid continues, as well. he scored their opener in a 4—1win over villareal. that was his 17th goal in 20 games in all competitions — he's the league's top scorer with 13. that win took real back to the top of the table for now. girona can return to the top if they beat alaves tonight. fallon sherrock made history four years ago as the first woman to win a match at the world darts championship, but she was knocked out in the first round last night. she made a strong start against dutch player jermaine wattimena, taking the first

set, but it was a frustarting night after that as she gave herself plenty of chances but missed her doubles. wattimena took the match three sets to one. sherrock may have got away with making christmas dinner, though, after a bet with her partner, cameron menzies. he was knocked out on saturday and he had already said first one out cooks the turkey. it's the final day of the london international horse show at the excel arena in london. this is the world cupjump—0ff last night, with victory going to britain's olympic gold medallist ben maher on enjeu de grisien. the jump—off is against the clock over a shortened course and the rider with the fastest time and the least amount of faults wins. 14—year—old charlie woods, tiger's son, hit the shot of the day in the final round of the pnc championship, formerly the father and son challenge.

he holed this chip from just off the green at the ninth hole on the way to an 11—under par second round 61, which saw team woods finish the weekend on 19—under. however, it was only enough for a share of fifth behind bernhard langer and his sonjason. woods senior, who turns 48 later this month, plans to play competitively once a month next year, as he still struggles from the injuries sustained in a car crash two years ago. i look forward to being able to get ready for next year and these last two weeks have been goods and i have been able to shake up a lot of frost. i have gotten better each and every day, which has been great. i still have a lot of work to do. i still have a lot of work to do. it's the bbc sports personality of the year tomorrow evening. you can read up on the six contenders for the main award on the bbc sport website.

david beckham won it in 2001 and was also given the lifetime achievement award in 2010. it's a chilly magical. this heroes's lifetime _ it's a chilly magical. this heroes's lifetime achievement award goes to david _ lifetime achievement award goes to david beckham. it lifetime achievement award goes to david beckham.— david beckham. it was a surreal moment to _ david beckham. it was a surreal moment to be _ david beckham. it was a surreal moment to be stood _ david beckham. it was a surreal moment to be stood up - david beckham. it was a surreal moment to be stood up there. i david beckham. it was a surreal| moment to be stood up there. it david beckham. it was a surreal. moment to be stood up there. it is david beckham. it was a surreal- moment to be stood up there. it is a great privilege to wind this award. winning sports personality of the year and 20 years before that watching a performance by mum and dad thinking one day avid love to do that, one of the proudest moments of my career. you are in the room at the elite of sportspeople. you look around and there are people you admire, you look up to, that is what i love about the evening. the year i won it sir alex ferguson one. that was a very proud moment for me to see the bar step up and pick up

that. it's incredible. seeing beth mead when last year after such an incredible year for the lioness is, to see her wind was a very special moment. in all honesty, the best part of it is knowing that you are winning it, because the people who are deciding who winds it of the great british public. i have to thank everyone, all the viewers for boating. that is what makes it special. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. you're watching bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak. let's get more on our top story, the situation in gaza ahead of that un security council vote this evening on a demand for israel and hamas to allow aid into the territory. tess ingram, spokesperson for the charity unicef injordan, told me people in gaza are in dire

need of aid. the situation on the ground is absolutely desperate. we're talking about 72 days now of tragedy for the children of gaza and the situation really is only getting worse, as your correspondent explained earlier. we're seeing thousands and thousands of children killed, thousands more injured. for those that are surviving it's really a daily battle between dodging the air strikes and the bombardments from the sky and surviving the dangers on the ground — now with disease, a lack of safe water and really not enough food to go around. so we've been calling for this humanitarian ceasefire for weeks because it really is the only way that we can get in and provide the humanitarian aid that we need to and that the children of gaza can see an end to this fighting. i wonder if i could concentrate on your operations, as well. you're describing the dangers that the residents of gaza are facing, but when we see these images of the trucks that have been let in, the few that have been let in,

being mobbed essentially by desperate palestinians, desperate for that aid, surely it puts those humanitarian workers at danger, as well. the situation in gaza is dangerous for everyone. nowhere is safe right now. we're hearing about bombardments in the north and in the south. for our teams it's very difficult. there's been more un staff lost in this war than ever before. so the first challenge is getting the aid in, as we've been talking about. it's been very difficult to get these trucks across the border. the opening of kerem shalom this week is a positive step, but we're only going to see what a difference that makes once it's been up and running for a few days. and then, yes, you're right, once we get the trucks to the other side distribution remains an enormous challenge. if you think about how crowded these areas are, how unsafe it continues to be and the lack of fuel that we're still struggling with, it's very difficult for us to get the aid to the people that need it most.

in terms of the children, because that is unicef, of course,