left in northern gaza. a top eu court rules that uefa's ban on a european super league is unlawful. junior doctors in england take part in their second day of strike action as part of a dispute over pay. hello, welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast—moving news, interviews and reaction. we begin with the war in gaza, where hamas has issued a statement saying palestinian factions reject any talks about prisoner swaps until israel ends its offensive in gaza. hamas is designated a terrorist group by several hamas is designated a terrorist group by several countries hamas is designated a terrorist group by several countries including the us and the uk. this comes as negotiations continue

for a fourth day to attempt to secure a unanimous un security council vote on the suspension of hostilities in gaza. but the outcome remains uncertain with diplomats struggling to agree on terms that will avoid a us veto. israel has released footage of what it claims to be tunnels dug by hamas under gaza city, in the north of the territory. it says the structures, which cover a large area, were used as a base by hamas leaders. there's no let—up in the fighting inside gaza — and the world health organization has said there are no hospitals left in northern gaza that are still able to function with the medical system in "survival mode." live now to the bbc�*s security correspondent, frank gardener. what did you make of hamas�*s latest statement? fin what did you make of hamas's latest statement? ., . what did you make of hamas's latest statement? .. ., , , statement? on the face of it this is a very serious _ statement? on the face of it this is a very serious setback _ statement? on the face of it this is a very serious setback to _ statement? on the face of it this is a very serious setback to these - a very serious setback to these negotiations. hopes had been very high. it is very unusual for the political head of hamas to travel to

cairo. that was seen as a sign of the seriousness of hamas's willingness to negotiate. they had made that position very clear, they are not going to do any partial releases of hostages for a partial ceasefire. they want a total land to israel's military action in gaza. they are not prepared to release any hostages until that comes. this puts the israeli government in a really difficult position. this government of benjamin netanyahu has said right from the beginning they believe force is the best way to get release of hostages, not only to put pressure on hamas but they hoped to release hostages by force, finding them in tunnels. that has not really happened. there has only been one hostage release liberated by israeli forces. this is a real setback, under pressure from the relatives of

the 130 hostages held in gaza. they are calling on the government to do more. your way of force is not working, it is not producing hostages coming out alive. we do not want to see people coming out in body bags. it is putting pressure on the israeli government to stop the war altogether without a guarantee that hamas. armed actions against israel. the israeli government is extremely reluctant to pause or stop altogether its actions until it feels it is completely —— it has completely degraded the capability of hamas. in short, this will be a huge disappointment to the aid agencies, diplomats, but most of all to the people in gaza who are desperate for this war to stop. what desperate for this war to stop. what about the players. _ desperate for this war to stop. what about the players, there is in cairo, who are involved in some of the discussions and negotiations.

who can bring influence to bear on the different parties question among the different parties question among the biggest influences are egypt and qatar. ., ._ , , the biggest influences are egypt and qatar. ., , , ., . ~ qatar. there will always be a back channel, things _ qatar. there will always be a back channel, things are _ qatar. there will always be a back channel, things are never - qatar. there will always be a back channel, things are never quite i qatar. there will always be a back channel, things are never quite as grim as they look or sound on paper. 0ften grim as they look or sound on paper. often people put out portentous statements and it sounds incredibly flexible. 0ften statements and it sounds incredibly flexible. often there are back channels, like the head of the israeli intelligence agency, who has been meeting in warsaw with the qatari prime minister. qatar hosts the political office of hamas, a proscribed terrorist organisation by many countries. qatar has huge influence over hamas. the problem is you have got the political actors in hamas, the head lives in some comfort in qatar. then the architect, the mastermind behind those murderous attacks in southern

israel on october the 7th, he is the most wanted man, he is somewhere in tunnels somewhere probably in gaza. they cannot find him. they desperately want to find him. he is the guy in many cases he makes the decisions, along with other senior hamas officials in gaza.— decisions, along with other senior hamas officials in gaza. thank you for “oininu hamas officials in gaza. thank you forjoining us- _ hamas officials in gaza. thank you forjoining us. the _ hamas officials in gaza. thank you forjoining us. the world _ hamas officials in gaza. thank you forjoining us. the world health i forjoining us. the world health organization has said in northern 0rganization has said in northern gaza there is not a functioning hospital due to a lack of fuel, and supplies. live now to ahmed bayram, regional media and communications adviser for the norwegian refugee council. they had about 50 personnel in gaza. i understand most of your team is based in rafah. how are they and what is the situation for them? how

are the ? what is the situation for them? how are they? i — what is the situation for them? how are they? i cannot _ what is the situation for them? firm-0" are they? i cannot really answer that. we had lost communication for a few days. we barely get a word in from them. they are definitely not ok, they are alive. i have spoken to 0k, they are alive. i have spoken to a colleague who told me all they can do is try to get hold of some tinned food for their children. we are trying to support those who are in desperate need of aid is coming in in drops really. it has to be in streams. what we are offering on the ground is hardly scratching the surface because of the little amount of aid coming in. surface because of the little amount ofaid coming in. i surface because of the little amount of aid coming in. i think with even more onus on the israeli side asking for people to move further south, we are looking at a huge overcrowding problem in rafah and surrounding areas. thankfully, it is not raining

because these settlements, where they are now and where they have built their tents, they will turn into muddy pools with the first rain. it is chaos, desperation and a ceasefire cannot come soon enough. he mentioned a little bit of aid is getting in, not nearly enough, of course. when it makes it a cross into gaza, how do you decide who gets it and how do you make sure it does not get into the wrong hands we estimate there are allegations that they sometimes go straight to hamas. as far as the norwegian refugee council is concerned, we have designated shelters where we are providing aid. a lot of the aid is not even making it to leave in other parts of southern gaza, let alone northern or central gaza. there is northern or central gaza. there is no way aid can go there under the heavy bombardment we see, which is

creeping even closer to the south. we are in shelters where we are offering families some hot meals, some drinking water. like i said, it is never enough. we are providing tents forfamilies. we is never enough. we are providing tents for families. we are working with displaced people. there are almost 2 million of them at the moment. there are of course un shelters that are designated for people to perceive aid and, of course, like i said, what is coming through, and we had a couple of dozen aid trucks coming in, and that is hardly enough for a three days, probably even ate a few hours, given the scale of the need on the ground. we are talking about i have been working in the region for four years now. i have not seen anything like this, the scale and depth of the suffering. this, the scale and depth of the sufferinu. ,,, ., ~ ., . this, the scale and depth of the sufferin. ,,, ., ~ ., ~ .., suffering. speaking to the who can sa there suffering. speaking to the who can say there was _ suffering. speaking to the who can say there was no _ suffering. speaking to the who can

say there was no functioning - say there was no functioning hospital in the north. 0ne say there was no functioning hospital in the north. one other discussion we have been having with the who is their real concern about disease, particularly, notjust the bombardment but the illnesses as well. you mentioned children and the fact they are having to drink contaminated water. are you hearing reports of a lot of children and vulnerable children particularly becoming unwell? —— vulnerable people. becoming unwell? -- vulnerable --eole. ., , ., people. you get unwell, there is no one to attend _ people. you get unwell, there is no one to attend to _ people. you get unwell, there is no one to attend to you _ people. you get unwell, there is no one to attend to you because - people. you get unwell, there is no one to attend to you because some| one to attend to you because some doctor somewhere is saving a life. 0r performing surgery. skin infections, infections, skin problems, stuff like that, it has to almost be invisible in these circumstances. with overcrowded shelters like i said, and with winter and cool temperatures, it will only get worse. i think i have been saying —— even if the

ceasefire, even if there were to be a ceasefire and the bullet stopped tomorrow, we are talking about months, even years of disaster. 0ne months, even years of disaster. one of them as a health disaster, not just physical or mental for children who have lost limbs can have infections they do not even know what the infections are. yes, all of this, amidst the most probably acute shortage of medication and personnel and the state of hospitals, it is total collapse. we need the security council to come together and put pressure on all sides to agree to a ceasefire, release all hostages and lift the siege on gaza.— lift the siege on gaza. thank you very much _ lift the siege on gaza. thank you very much for— lift the siege on gaza. thank you very much for taking _ lift the siege on gaza. thank you very much for taking time - lift the siege on gaza. thank you very much for taking time to - lift the siege on gaza. thank you very much for taking time to talk lift the siege on gaza. thank you i very much for taking time to talk to a picture of what has been happening at the moment in gaza. we report on the death toll every day. a horrible milestone reached

yesterday, 20,000 people have now been killed in gaza. live now to yousef alhelou, british palestinian journalist and documentary film maker. his sister and seven other members of his family have been killed during this war. thank you so much forjoining us. this must be an incredibly different time for you and our sympathies are with you at the moment. as people around the world digests the figures are people killed in gaza and other parts of the conflict israelis have been killed as well on october the 7th. can i ask you to tell us about your sister and those who died, so we can remember every one of those people who were killed had a family and a life? tell me about your family. thank you. just to reiterate, palestinians are not collateral damage. we are not only numbers. my

family that i lost, they have names, stories, dreams. my sisterand her seven children were killed a few weeks ago, two weeks ago, actually, and they are still under the rubble. can you believe you don't have the honour even to bury them because of the intensity of the bombardment? people are unable to remove them because of the bombardment in gaza. there seems to be no timeline for this aggression on gaza. half the population in gaza children the age of 18 and they are considered the world's largest prison. 1.2% of gaza's population, including 8000 palestinian children killed, including israelis. this is utterly

shocking that this is allowed to happen. israel does not have the right to flatten gaza to the ground and make it uninhabitable. each life is important. the world has to pressure israel to stop this war, which many describe as genocide. were you able to hear ahmed from the norwegian refugee council quest when he says he has lost communication with his team in rafah. have you been able to talk to anyone from yourfamily in the been able to talk to anyone from your family in the last few days? sadly not. even people inside rafah and khan younis they cannot reach people in gaza city. my family is in gaza city. they keep moving from one place to another place. my father

and one of my brothers lives in the south and the majority are in gaza city. my brother told me about this tragedy on day one. he said they were full. they could only make a camp. they had to ration food. they live in the dark. a very important point. every night they wake up, it is a miracle. that is why we are urging the british government, we need ourfamily to be urging the british government, we need our family to be safe. urging the british government, we need ourfamily to be safe. we need david cameron's office to come up with a team to bring ourfamily to safety. this war does not differentiate between civilians and the military. we have seen that in hospitals, in schools. not a separate case in gaza. yesterday there was a bombardment of the

hospital. that was supposed to be the safest area in gaza, people are dying every day. what are the values? what is happening to human rights? people in gaza are being killed by american weapons, and they know it. as a human being, ifeel sorry for every lie. israel cannot go on. 77 days of this war with no goals achieved. what is the point? accomplishment of its goals. i think the solution, israel has to admit there —— the resolution to this is a political resolution. israel has the right of course, as they have said. what about the rest of the palestinians, who had been suffering measurably under decades of occupation? this policy has to end.

this hypocrisy is to end.— this hypocrisy is to end. thank you so much for _ this hypocrisy is to end. thank you so much forjoining _ this hypocrisy is to end. thank you so much forjoining us. _ this hypocrisy is to end. thank you so much forjoining us. as - this hypocrisy is to end. thank you so much forjoining us. as we i this hypocrisy is to end. thank you so much forjoining us. as we also | so much forjoining us. as we also think about the 20,000 killed in gaza we do have some pictures here as well, just to show viewers to remember your sister you are telling us about. your teen aqua nephews and five nieces, who were killed, as you mentioned, a few days ago. thank you for sending them to us as we remember your sister and herfamily who were us as we remember your sister and her family who were killed. thank you. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. charles hanson, from the bbc series bargain hunt, has been charged with domestic abuse. derbyshire police confirmed to the bbc that hanson, who acts as an antiques expert on the series, was arrested after the force was called to reports of a domestic incident in june. he faces seven charges including actual bodily harm and controlling and coercive behaviour. senior politicians and the security services fear artificial intelligence will be used

to disrupt elections here in the uk. formerjustice secretary sir robert buckland is urging the government to do more to tackle what he sees as a "clear and present danger" to uk democracy as we head into what will likely be a general election year. the government says british sign language will be taught as a gcse in england from september 2025. it says the qualification will be open to all pupils, who will learn about a thousand signs. the national deaf children's society says it is delighted by the recognition. you're live with bbc news. junior doctors in england are on strike for the second day of a three—day walkout. the doctors union, the british medical association, insists the action could be ended immediately if the government made a reasonable offer on pay. 0ur health correspondent dominic hughes has this report.

from newcastle to cambridge, hull to manchester, once again, junior doctors have taken to picket lines. this latest round of industrial action has seen concern from charities and nhs leaders that patients could end up stuck in hospital over the festive period and that patient care will suffer in what's a very busy time for the health service. butjunior doctors say measures are in place to ensure their strike action poses no danger to patients. as we've shown with our seven previous rounds of strike action this year, we can do it safely with the cover of our consultant colleagues, our specialist colleagues, expert senior doctors who can look after patients whilst we are here standing up for ourselves and trying to reverse the pay cuts that our government has inflicted upon us over the last 15 years. this is day two of a three day strike byjunior doctors in england. it's the 27th day of industrial action in their long—running pay dispute with the government. so far, nhs strikes, including those by ambulance staff and nurses, have seen more than a million appointments and treatments cancelled in the past year, and there's more to come. junior doctors will be on strike for six days

at the start of january, the longest in nhs history. ministers say this latest round of strike action is bound to cause significant disruption, but the door to further talks remains open if the january walk—out is cancelled. there was some optimism earlier this month that negotiations could lead to a breakthrough. an offer of a pay rise averaging 3% from january was being discussed on top of the average of nearly 9% junior doctors received in april. but the bma said that wasn't enough. junior doctors had asked for an extra 35% to make up for below inflation pay rises since 2008. so both sides seem to be back where they were as the nhs heads into what is one of the busiest, most pressured times of the year. dominic hughes, bbc news. health secretary, victoria atkins told the bbc where we're at with negotiations

well, within 2a hours of being appointed by the prime minister, i called the bma in, all of the committees, the chairs of the committees, to say to them, "look, i would like us to work together". and we have managed, through hard work and through compromise, to find an offer that i hope will be accepted by consultants and we have managed to find a fair and reasonable settlement for speciality doctors as well. the last cohort is that ofjunior doctors, or doctors in training as i prefer to call them, and say sadly, to my great disappointment, they walked out of our next and then —— our negotiations and then called these strikes. so i have said time and time again that if they call off the strikes, then i will be straight back round the negotiating table with them, because i believe we can get this done and we must get it done for the sake of our patients.

live now to our reporter mairead smyth, who's on a picket line in south london. a very quiet picket line today compared to picket lines and other parts of the country. yesterday there was one junior doctor here who had hoped to bejoined by other colleagues. he said there were other picket lines and other parts of the country and this is very much a walk—out they hope will make an impact. this will impact on patients. so far across all of the strikes, 1.1 million patient appointments have had to be cancelled and rescheduled because of the junior doctors strike. they say they need to stand firm and be committed to their cause to try to command the government to answer their call for that 35% pay increase. they say that reflects what they claim has been a real drop in wages since 2008. the nhs say thatis

in wages since 2008. the nhs say that isjust not in wages since 2008. the nhs say that is just not possible, as dominic hughes has explained. the nhs had agreed a pay rise of around 9% be granted in april. they hoped to get another 3% in the new year. junior doctors are holding firm and they say it will be another six—day strike in january, they say it will be another six—day strike injanuary, which will be the biggest walk at the nhs has ever seen. as the health minister said to thesejunior seen. as the health minister said to these junior doctors, she said she wanted to call them doctors in training foot at these doctors wanted to make up the majority of the nhs asjunior wanted to make up the majority of the nhs as junior doctors, wanted to make up the majority of the nhs asjunior doctors, many wanted to make up the majority of the nhs as junior doctors, many with “p the nhs as junior doctors, many with up to ten years experience in front line medicine at hospitals and wards across the country. they want to see across the country. they want to see a better pay deal in their view. the nhs providers say this will cause a great deal of stress to patients and to managers because of course there is such pressure on services at christmas time. charities as well

have asked that this walk—out didn't happen. they wanted to ensure particularly elderly patients would not be stranded in wards because it is just so difficult to get people who are ready to go home out and back into their homes or into care in the community. at the minute, it is day two of a three day strike with a further walk—out plan for the new year. with a further walk-out plan for the new year. . ~ with a further walk-out plan for the new year. ., ~ , ., with a further walk-out plan for the new year. . ~' ,, ,., with a further walk-out plan for the new year. ., ~ i. ,., . revamped plans for a controversial european super league have been announced after a top court ruled that banning clubs from joining a breakaway league was unlawful. in 2021,12 clubs — including six from the english premier league announced they were joining a european super league. but the plan quickly collapsed amid opposition from fans, football's governing bodies and even the british government. simon has been looking into this. seems a big and significant decision from the european court ofjustice.

the european court ofjustice basically says the governing body, uefa, european governing body and fifa, the world governing body, were abusing their position are not being clearfor the abusing their position are not being clear for the reasoning for rejecting the initial super league proposals and threatening to ban clubs and players who joined it. this certainly —— there said he has been a lot of movement in the last few hours in a statement released by fifa and uefa. fifa says it is standing by their statute, some of which has been updated already and they feel justified which has been updated already and they feeljustified in taking the stances they have. in the meantime, the lobby group, a22, which has backed super league proposals, have put new proposals on the table. the 64 team men's competition with three divisions under 32 team female

competition with two divisions. they are kind of putting their house in order in to come forward with new competitions. fans have released a statement saying they are not in favour of a super league in the same way they were not in favour and mobilised very successfully against it. there has been a lot going on but it is not clear which way it will go. it will be weeks and months, probably years, before we get a resolution.— get a resolution. thank you very much. get a resolution. thank you very much- more _ get a resolution. thank you very much. more on _ get a resolution. thank you very much. more on that _ get a resolution. thank you very much. more on that throughout| get a resolution. thank you very i much. more on that throughout the day. do stay with us. plenty more to come. we'll be looking at diplomatic efforts to try to bring an end cessation —— to try to bring about cessation —— to try to bring about cessation of hostilities in the middle east.

hello again. storm pia, named by the danish weather service, is still packing a punch. for some northern areas, we're looking at gales or even severe gales, with gusts as much as 80mph across shetland. so a very windy day wherever you are. there will also be some heavy showers, some wintry on higher ground. and, of course, the continued risk of disruption. this area of low pressure is storm pia, pushing off to scandinavia. we have a weather front that is sinking south, taking this cloud and patchy rain with it, and some squally showers following on behind. some of those wintry on high ground, but coming a bit lower as we go through the course of the day. so, strong winds in the north, strong winds too across northern ireland, the isle of man, northern england, the north midlands and north wales. for south wales, the south midlands, east anglia and southern areas, it is still going to be windy, just not as windy. and there is the risk of some coastal flooding, not just today but also tonight and tomorrow along parts of the coast of east anglia. so, a mild day for northern ireland, england and wales. but a cooler day in scotland, particularly so in the north—east. through this evening and overnight we continue with wintry showers

on high ground in scotland, notjust in the highlands but also the northern isles. a weather front pushes northwards, taking its rain with it. so still cold in the far north—east. could be some ice around as well to watch out for first thing. this is the weather front which is producing all the rain. tomorrow, you can see from the isobars, it's going to be windy, just not as windy as today. that mild air is trying to push up in through scotland, but not succeeding into the far north—east. we start off with a fair bit of cloud and rain around. some of that, giving way to some brighter skies as we go through the course of the day, and these are our temperatures. one in lerwick, five in aberdeen, but ten in glasgow, the warmer air getting in here. 11 and 12s as we push further south across england, wales and northern ireland. 0vernight friday into to saturday, we will have some transient snow clearing during saturday with a lot of rain piling in to the north and west. come further south and it will be drier. bits and pieces of cloud around and some showers. again, milder.

and as we head up towards christmas, for christmas day itself, we could well see some rain in the south, some wintry showers in the hills in the north and cooler.

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about prisoner swaps until the israeli offensive in gaza ends. as diplomatic efforts continue to get a pause in the fighting, the world health organization says there is no functional hospital left in northern gaza. a top eu court rules that uefa's ban on a european super league is unlawful. junior doctors in england take part in their second day of strike action as part of a dispute over pay. and british mps call on the premier league and other sporting bodies to protect children from gambling adverts in stadiums. ajudge has ordered that the names of the two 16—year—olds who killed brianna ghey in february should be made public when they are sentenced. this will happen on the 2nd of february. they were found guilty yesterday of murdering brianna, who was transgender, in a park in cheshire. nick garnett is outside manchester crown court. we have only known as carol x and y y. tell is what the judge said today and some to this horrible story.