council in an effort to bring help to civilians in gaza. the head of hamas arrives in egypt for talks, as pressure mounts for a pause in the fighting. the irish government is taking britain to court over plans to change investigations into the northern ireland conflict. time now for a full round—up of today's sport, here's olly foster. nuno espirito santo has been setting out his plans as nottingham forest's new head coach. the portuguese had been in talks with the club before steve cooper was sacked yesterday. today, he was confirmed in the role on a two—and—a—half—year contract. his lastjob in the premier league was at tottenham two years ago, where he was sacked after just four months. he was well—regarded in a four—year spell at wolves, gaining promotion from the championship and also european football.

his lastjob was in the saudi pro league, where he won the title with al ittihad, but he was sacked by them last month. hejoins forest one place above the reelgation zone with just one win in 13. big chance. i'm very honoured, it's a pleasure to be at forest and be able to manage such a great club with such great history. so i'm delighted. we had a good training session today, we had the chance to build up the players. and more important is the knowledge, i think, the chance to be with them personally, me knowing them, them knowing us as coaching staff, the ideas. of course we have a lot of things to improve. but at the same time, we are motivated to do it. what i found was a good atmosphere

among them, i think the players are engaged. and now we have to meet ourselves together to improve things, and that starts today. he also said he wants to build on steve coopehs also said he wants to build on steve cooper's legacy. his predecessor was much loved by the fans despite the struggles. young back when it comes to nuno espirito santo, it's been mixed. it didn't go so well for him at tottenham, but they're clinging to the fact that he was the man who is able to bring wolves up into the premier league and notjust establish them, but guide them to consecutive seventh place finishes that included the quarterfinals of the europa league. and it's that sort of steady footing in the top flight of this football club and these fans are after. it's what they crave and what they've spent so much

money on. and that's the one thing that can't be overlooked — nottingham forest and the owner have spent a lot of money since they got promoted to the premier league, and he expects a return for that financial outlay. aston villa and brentford have been charged by the football association for the behaviour of their teams during their premier league on sunday. villa's ollie watkins scored the winner against his former side — his celebration sparking a scuffle between the players. villa's boubacar kamara was sent off in injury time, brentford's ben mee had also received a red in the second half. the clubs have until friday to respond. villa won the game to— one and sit third in the league. liverpool and west ham go head to head at anfield in a few hours' time for a place in the semi finals of the league cup.

the hammers are afterjust a second victory at anfield in 60 years. liverpool forward darwin nunez and his form is in the spotlight. the £61; million striker hasn't scored in ten games, but the coaching staff still have faith. i feel, above everything, ifeel, above everything, darwin is playing a much better game than last year. the way he controls everything but the way he puts pressure and chases back. this guy is full of fire, and that's what we need, as well. and that's all the sport for now. you'll notice it was exclusively football, but hugh ferris will be here on sportsday with lots more on that. we heard earlier about moves towards a new pause in the fighting in gaza. for now though, the violence continues and there's renewed focus on the situation in hospitals. health officials have warned that many are out of action, others struggling to cope with treating the injured. bbc verify�*s merlyn thomas has been taking a closer look. this is the latest assessment

of the scale of damage across gaza. now, we'll focus on what's happening in its hospitals. it's a situation the world health organization has described as "unconscionable". it says nearly three quarters of them are out of action due to a lack of fuel and supplies, as well as israeli strikes. now we're focusing on three hospitals — two in the north, and one in the south. so let's start with this one, nasser hospital, in the south. this is a satellite image of it. and this is the immediate aftermath of the hospital after an unexploded shell hit it. injured people being led away amid the chaos. inside that building was this woman — her leg had already been amputated after a previous strike killed her parents. her hospital said a shell landed in her room in the children's department, killing her without ever exploding. now we found this image of a man carrying a shell — an unexploded shell. it's said to be at the hospital site on the night in question. and we showed it to several military

experts who all said this looks like an israeli shell. and the idf has said they fired an artillery at what they call an "identified terror target" in the area, but at a considerable distance away. we can't independently verify this. there's also been damage at the kamal adwan hospital, in northern gaza. this is what it looked like before, on the 5th of december. and this is after — rubble clearly visible following an israeli ground operation. now they claim it was a hamas compound. and this is footage we verified from that site showing the aftermath. there's also been a claim about idf bulldozers driving through the courtyard where people had been sheltering and bodies laid out. we've been unable to independently verify this claim, and the idf has denied burying civilians. now, we can't find any footage of such an incident taking place — although video does show track marks

in the hospital grounds. and finally, to al adwa hospital injabalia. now, the medical charity msf has said it was taken over by israeli forces after a siege lasting 12 days. now, we verified this video of children inside the hospital, which was sent to us last week — but we haven't been able to find any other footage in recent days. we've contacted the idf. as israeli bombing continues in gaza, we'll keep monitoring the situation there. a vote is expected in around two and half hours' time. it is all about the wording of the text, the draught is very long but the key section talks of extended humanitarian pauses and corridors throughout the gaza strip for a sufficient number of days to enable full, rapid, safe and unhindered humanitarian access. it remains to be seen if the new wording is acceptable to the united states. live now to john strawson, professor of international law and middle east studies

at university of east london. welcome to you, thanks for being with us. what wording do you think will be acceptable to the united states, and why is this resolution so important? i states, and why is this resolution so important?— so important? i think antony blinken, so important? i think antony blinken. in — so important? i think antony blinken, in his _ so important? i think antony blinken, in his press - so important? i think antony - blinken, in his press conference, made it very clear what he thought should be in it. he didn't actually say it, but he said, where are the condemnations of hamas? not nearly for october 7th, condemnations of hamas? not nearly for october7th, but condemnations of hamas? not nearly for october 7th, but the fact that it fights within civilian areas, uses civilian protected sites, like hospitals and schools, and mosques, like un centres actually to launch military operations. i suppose that's the kind of thing that the americans would want to see. i think the other thing is we have to bear in mind that this takes place against a background of quite intense negotiations — first in warsaw yesterday, and today in egypt — over a possible deal in

relationship to israeli hostages, which would also be tied to some form of humanitarian pauses. the difference with this resolution, as opposed to the resolution on the 8th of december, is that it has i think two very good advantages. first of all, it's talking about quite clearly a humanitarian pauses, a cease—fire, which is something that i think is possible given these negotiations have taken place. the other thing which is very interesting, it also calls for the palestinian authority to take over responsibility for gaza. and i think that's a very important step towards the internationalisation of the solution to this particular conflict. ~ , solution to this particular conflict. , , �* solution to this particular conflict. , ,�* ., solution to this particular conflict. _�* .,. ., conflict. why isn't that criticism of hamas in _ conflict. why isn't that criticism of hamas in this _ conflict. why isn't that criticism of hamas in this resolution, - conflict. why isn't that criticism | of hamas in this resolution, why don't other countries think it's important and insist on it? i think ou have important and insist on it? i think you have to _ important and insist on it? i think you have to ask _ important and insist on it? i think you have to ask them, _ important and insist on it? i think you have to ask them, i - important and insist on it? i think you have to ask them, i think- important and insist on it? i think you have to ask them, i think it's| you have to ask them, i think it's quite interesting. we have seen since october 7th a reluctance on the part of the official

international community, i mean the united nations, to really give some support to israel. and i think from a psychological point of view, not a political point of view, this has been a really bad mistake because when it's done is to give an impression to israel that in fact, the response to october 7th is the thing that has to be dealt with, and not what happened on october 7th. so i think the critical question the international community could have done earlier is to give some real commitment to israeli security. and that would actually perhaps have lessened the kind of israeli response that we've seen. so what we've actually done, i'm afraid, is what has happened with the international community since 1947, wejust allow to international community since 1947, we just allow to the parties to this conflict, this long—running conflict just to fight it out. and what we haven't actually done is intervened enough to provide a way out of the

conflict. ., , ,., ., ~ , ., , conflict. professor, thank you very much for your— conflict. professor, thank you very much for your analysis _ conflict. professor, thank you very much for your analysis and - conflict. professor, thank you very much for your analysis and for - conflict. professor, thank you very i much for your analysis and for being with us. patients are being warned to expect major disruption in england afterjunior doctors began further strike action in their ongoing dispute over pay. nhs strike action has already seen more than a million appointments and treatments cancelled this year. the stoppage will last for three days until 7am on saturday, with senior doctors draughted in to provide emergency cover. this latest walk—out will be followed by a six—day strike injanuary, the longest in nhs history. it comes after talks between the british medical association and government broke down, earlier this month. our health correspondent sharon barbour reports. across england, tens of thousands ofjunior doctors stopped work at 7am this morning and walked out of hospitals in a dispute with the government over pay, their strike ending on saturday morning. we don't feel valued. we're getting tired. we're getting burned out.

and people are looking at other options realistically for what they can do. you know, they want to help people, but how long can they look after themselves in these conditions? but it's action that health bosses were dreading, coming at the worst time of the year with hospitals already struggling. the doctors, though, say pressures on them are growing and they say their pay hasn't kept up with inflation. dr greenhaus is a surgical registrar. he's already qualified to undertake major knee and hip surgery. we're not asking for a huge pay rise. what we're asking for is our pay to stop being caught and to reverse the pay cuts we've already suffered. i want us to reach fair and reasonable settlements, and i've managed to do that with consultants and with specialist doctors. i want to do the same with junior doctors, but them calling a strike and walking out of negotiations is not the way to secure that. the strike action will mean

the cancellation of thousands of appointments and operations. sally said she was in excruciating pain and had two appointments for an operation cancelled because of strike action, unable to take it any more, she's now paid more than £13,000 to get her hip operation done privately. it was a big decision because obviously i'd been saving the money to leave to my kids or to have a nice holiday. but it's my health rather than this poor soul who's wandering around screaming in pain. what do you say to people who are having their operations, their appointments cancelled or postponed as a result of the strike action? of course, i'm sorry to anyone who has had their operation or appointment postponed, but unfortunately the government are not bringing us a credible offer that we can put to members to end this. with consultants covering for theirjuniors and surgical teams diverted to help on the front line,

emergency care will continue, but hospitals are warning of long waits in a&e. we're entering into unchartered territory and the level of risk and uncertainty we in the nhs confederation come together with patients organisations to call on the government to try to resolve this dispute that we have or for both sides that is to suspend this action. the government says talks can continue if the junior doctors call off their strikes. sharon barbour, bbc news. live now to dr tim cooksley, immediate past president of the society for acute medicine, the national representative body for staff caring for medical patients in the acute hospital setting. good to have you on the programme. the health secretary we saw their critical of these junior doctors out on strike, which will only add to waiting lists which are already over 7 million, and to the impact on people who are waiting on procedures and operations. what can it achieve?

that evening, samantha. of course i think it brings forward today again the pressures of the nhs is under, and has example find that, although there's a strike today in the situation is more challenging today, we've had an extremely challenging number of years. whilst the strike today will have extended that to an extent, it must be emphasised that this is not the root of the problem. we've had serious demand outstripping capacity for a number of years now, and this is continued. and throughout the nhs, we have been under tremendous pressure — that's the community and hospital that's most vividly example find in our emergency care systems where we are seeing immense pressures, patients having really poor experiences, corridor care and really degrading experiences during that, and poor outcomes as a result. and these are the things we're desperately trying to address. today has caused great pressure, we are greatly missing our

highly skilled teams and junior doctors, but we are fully understanding of our taking of the action. �* ~ �* understanding of our taking of the action. �* ~ ~ ., , ., ., ,': , action. the bma wants an extra 35% to make action. the bma wants an extra 3596 to make uo — action. the bma wants an extra 3596 to make up for— action. the bma wants an extra 3596 to make up for what _ action. the bma wants an extra 3596 to make up for what they are - action. the bma wants an extra 3596 to make up for what they are saying | to make up for what they are saying is below inflation pay rises since 2008. they projected a 3% offer on top of 9%, what government can afford 35% pay rise for all those people? afford 3596 pay rise for all those --eole? �* ., afford 3596 pay rise for all those --eole?�* ., _, , afford 3596 pay rise for all those --eole? �* ., , ., people? and of course, the “unior doctors strike is i people? and of course, the “unior doctors strike is really fl people? and of course, the junior doctors strike is really example . doctors strike is really example example eyeing the low morale we face at the moment as we strive to meet safe standards of care in really challenging circumstances. so i understand why ourjunior doctors are feeling so undervalued. morale has never been so low in the nhs, we are striving to provide high—quality care, we are struggling to deliver safe care, and this strike simply exemplifies the low morale and stress that people are under. the junior doctor in your clip there

talk about not feeling valued, and alongside improving pay conditions, we have to have value for how our colleagues work so we can deliver high—quality care for patients, which is what we are trying to do. thank you very much for being us, doctor. the irish government is taking britain to the european court of human rights over london's plans to change the way killings from the three decade conflict in northern ireland are investigated. it opposes recent british legislation aimed at offering conditional amnesty to british security personnel. live now to grainne teggart, who's the deputy director for northern ireland at amnesty uk. welcome to you, what's your reaction to this move by the irish government?— to this move by the irish government? to this move by the irish covernment? . , ., ., , government? the decision today is the riaht government? the decision today is the right thing _ government? the decision today is the right thing for— government? the decision today is the right thing for victims, - government? the decision today is the right thing for victims, the - the right thing for victims, the right thing for the rule of law, and it's the right thing for the upholding of human rights. this is a law that was overwhelmingly opposed by victims, by the irish government, by victims, by the irish government, by all political parties in northern ireland, and also on the international stage where the uk

government finds itself isolated in wanting this law. i'm sure we appreciate their diplomatic challenges, but obviously with a decision like this, today's decision has been made necessary by the uk government's actions. this log represents a unilateral action by the uk government. we did have an agreement forward to deal with the northern ireland government, but the uk government rate edged on this and introduce this law. so the irish government's decision is entirely necessary. government's decision is entirely necessa . �* , ., necessary. the british government sa s so necessary. the british government says so much _ necessary. the british government says so much time _ necessary. the british government says so much time has _ necessary. the british government says so much time has passed - necessary. the british government. says so much time has passed since the conflict at the prospect of any successful prosecutions is now very unlikely, and they think it's more important to get accurate information on many of these cases. what's your response to that? well. what's your response to that? well, for many victims _ what's your response to that? well, for many victims this _ what's your response to that? well, for many victims this is _ what's your response to that? well, for many victims this is about - for many victims this is about getting truth and justice, about getting truth and justice, about getting a measure of truth that they've otherwise had to fight decades four and are still waiting for. the processes that are

established under this new law are not capable of delivering the truth to victims. we know that these protests that we've had in place such as inquests, whilst we've had piecemeal mechanisms to deal with the past, nonetheless they've been delivering for some victims. so for the uk government to legislate to remove those mechanisms at a time when they were delivering for victims is particularly cruel. this will bring to an end to various processes that have been under way that victims were engaged in, and replace them with a new body that does not have the confidence of victims and is very clearly a far inferior body, and one in which the uk government has a very strong degree of control. so as well as the challenge from the european court of human rights, there are also domestic challenges, victim led challenges under way, and it is essential that we get to a place

where we have processes that can deal with the past that have victims at the centre, not swept aside and having the rights dismissed. thank ou for having the rights dismissed. thank you forjoining _ having the rights dismissed. thank you forjoining us. _ a man who murdered his former partner in 2012 has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 20 years. darren osment killed claire holland during a drunken argument after she left a bristol city centre pub. her body has never been found. while handing down the sentence mrsjustice cutts, described osment as a man with an explosive temper who showed no remorse. a fresh start was ahead of her. you robbed her of that fresh start. you robbed her of the future she deserved. you took her permanently from her supportive family who loved her and cherished her. you took herfrom her children — all of whom, including your own son, have had to grow up without her presence and her love. they have understandably struggled to cope with her loss — but you have made their suffering

so much worse in the way that you've behaved since her death. you must face the consequences of your action in the punishment that i impose upon you today. i recognise that such punishment cannot bring her back, and those who love and cherish her must live forever with her loss. the bbc�*s danjohnson takes a look at the background to the case. claire holland was 32 when she went missing. she was a mother of four young children who disappeared injune 2012, and there was absolute no trace of her... ..untilfour years ago. the police got a call confessing to the worst of crimes. officers arrested darren osment — but he later retracted his

admission, saying he'd been drunk and suicidal. so began an extraordinary operation — an undercover officer moved on to osment�*s road, befriended him, and earned his trust whilst secretly recording him. osment said he blamed claire for their son being taken into care, and that he'd killed her, cut upper body, and dumped her in the severn estuary. when she left this pub around closing time, claire was on her way to meet darren osment — but there was no trace of her, absolutely no record of her sense. so the prosecution had to show, without a body, that claire was dead and that darren osment was responsible. thejury found him guilty of murder, and he'll now be heading to prison. claire holland's family finally have some answers about what happened to her —

but they still don't have her body. danjohnson, bbc news, at bristol crown court. let's turn to iceland where the dramatic volcano eruption is calming, after days of lava spewing hundreds of metres into the sky from a crack in the earth that's now several kilometres long. the area is a volcanic and seismic hot spot not far from the capital, reykyavik. experts say the eruption could last weeks, or maybe even months. our correspondent sofia bettiza is in iceland and sent this update. the volcano's corruption is currently weakening, but there is a warning that new fence could open at a moment's notice. events are opening on a volcano through which magma erupts, or gases are admitted. because of this, authorities are warning people not to come to this area and to stay away for their own safety. now the main concern at the

moment is that fuse from the volcano are making their way towards the capital, reykjavik, which is about 30 minutes away from here. now luckily there have been no reports of injuries, although some houses have been damaged. now in terms of what happens next, this could go on for weeks or even months — and what that means is that about 4000 people who live in a village near the volcano will probably spend christmas away from home. now we've been speaking to some of the people that have been evacuated, and some of them have told us that they are worried that their town will disappear from the map. worried that their town will disappearfrom the map. but most people here are quite optimistic about the whole situation — they say that they are perfectly aware that they live in a town where there is lava all around, but they are quite philosophical about the situation and they've told us that this is

just what life is like in iceland. b, just what life is like in iceland. a british schoolgirl has been crowned bess a player at the championships over the weekend, and she's only eight years old. she's from northwest london and this was her meeting the prime minister this summer. next week shall be competing at the international chess congress in hastings. she's been speaking to the bbc about how she became interested in chess.— the bbc about how she became interested in chess. when one of my friend's -- — interested in chess. when one of my friend's -- dad's _ interested in chess. when one of my friend's -- dad's friends _ interested in chess. when one of my friend's -- dad's friends was - interested in chess. when one of my friend's -- dad's friends was going i friend's —— dad's friends was going up, he gave us a few gifts, and in those gifts was a chessboard. and i was interested in the pieces, and i started playing. was interested in the pieces, and i started playing-— was interested in the pieces, and i started playing. congratulations to her, how fantastic. _ started playing. congratulations to her, how fantastic. stay _ started playing. congratulations to her, how fantastic. stay with - started playing. congratulations to her, how fantastic. stay with us, i her, how fantastic. stay with us, here's a check on the weather. hello again. we're still in for some windy

weather all the way into the run—up to christmas day itself. but maybe the strongest of the winds will be happening overnight tonight and continuing into thursday — and this is where we've got the greatest risk of some travel disruption. now, the winds have been picking up today and managing to punch a few holes in the cloud. but if i show you the satellite picture — you can see the extent of the cloud that's streaming in from the atlantic — and is continuing to bring some rain and drizzle mainly to western hills and coast. those strengthening westerly winds are drawing in mild air, mind you, around the top of that area of high pressure. but it's that deep low that's moving away from iceland that'll track to the north of scotland, and then, into scandinavia that will really strengthen the winds around it — and that's been named storm pia by the danish weather service. so overnight tonight, the winds continuing to strengthen. it'll be a noisy night, particularly in this heavy rain in scotland — that will move down into northern england and northern ireland. replaced by squally showers, slight change in the wind direction, the air gets a bit colder in scotland. but elsewhere, those temperatures not changing very much from what we've seen

during the afternoon. but it will be a windy day everywhere on thursday, the strongest of the winds further north. we could see higher gusts over into the east of high ground, and the top gusts of 70—80mph in the north and northeast of scotland, so very windy here. now, we still have this cloud and increasingly patchy rain that'll move southwards to southern england. it'll be replaced by sunshine, but streams of squally showers coming in, and some wintriness over the hills in scotland. things are turning a little bit colder here, but we've still got that milder air across the far south — temperatures 12—13 celsius. now, as the storm tracks further into scandinavia, we get this surge of stronger winds just for a while down those north sea coasts. we still have that weather front there, and that's the boundary between this milder air that's trying to push back northwards across the uk, and the colder air that's still particularly in scotland. and along that boundary, we've got this area of rain here. now south of it, in the milder air, there's still a lot of cloud,

but maybe some sunshine. in the colder air, mainly in scotland, there'll be some showers. wintry over the hills, but to lower levels across the far northeast, the northern isles, where it's particularly cold. milder elsewhere, but not quite as windy on friday.

at six — two 16—year—olds are found guilty of murdering the schoolgirl brianna ghey in a frenzied knife attack in cheshire.

brianna, who was transgender, was stabbed dozens of times. this was her mother after the verdict. to know how scared my usually fearless child must have been... when she was alone in that park with someone that she called her friend, will haunt me forever. a surprise fall in inflation, driven by lower fuel costs, sparks hopes of an early interest rate cut. junior doctors in england begin their longest period of strike action yet in their dispute over pay. and beating the adults — the eight—year—old from london who's made history at the european chess championships in croatia. on bbc london... coming up on bbc news... back in the premier league — dormer wolves and spurs boss, nuno espirito santo is the new manager of nottingham forest taking over from the sacked steve cooper.