arrived at the scene of thursday's deadly mass shooting. this is the scene live from the czech capital where people are laying hundreds of flowers and candles as tributes to the victims. sudan's army chief vows to hold his commanders accountable after a rival paramilitary captures a strategic sudanese city. we get the latest on the humanitarian crisis. and it's bin day on the international space station. is the way they get rid of waste the way forward to tackle the growing problem of spacejunk? the israeli military says it has destroyed a major hamas tunnel network under part of gaza city. video has been released showing a large explosion which the idf says targeted these tunnels. bbc verify has been looking at the video and others released by the israelis in recent days, which they claim shows

extensive tunnels in gaza. here's merlyn thomas. the israeli army has released this footage of a huge explosion which they say destroyed hamas infrastructure, including a tunnel network in gaza city. and by studying this video we have worked out it is around here, around palestine square in the heart of the city. and we know this because of these to a shaped buildings and the palestine stadium which you can see just here in the background. and i will show you that on this map, the two a—shaped buildings and palestine stadium in the background. and just a day before this, the idf released several videos claiming to show hamas tunnels around this area. and this is the beginning of one of those videos, just next to the square. here is what they say is a tunnel entrance that is about to appear right here. and we know it is here because we can see building signs on the posts here.

this is the one on the right and it is a sign for society for the deaf, which they also make reference to in the video. and the israeli army claimed this was a centre of a strategic tunnel network of hamas leadership strongholds, which they said connects to the underground infrastructure in the area of al—rantisi hospital and al—shifa hospital. this is just one of several videos they have released in recent days, and a lot of it is filmed indoors or underground. the idf claims this shows a tunnel leading to the home of the right—hand man of yahya sinwar, a hamas official. now, some of the above ground footage is filmed at night. overall, this makes the footage hard to verify. the idf have offered many graphics and explanations about how the tunnels are connected. but without video to link those tunnels to identifiable exteriors, we have yet to verify these images. and this isn't the first time the israeli army have made claims about tunnels. for example, in october they produced this animation which they said showed a network

of tunnels under al—shifa hospital. they called it the main headquarters for hamas terrorist activities. then the israeli forces got control of the al—shifa site and were able to investigate what lay underneath it. and now in november, they released a video of what they said was a 55 metre tunnel under the hospital site. we were able to confirm the location of this as the far north—eastern edge of the complex, and one part of the tunnel apparently ran underneath a hospital building. the idf footage showed two rooms, toilets and a sink area. there was also electrical wiring visible. but the idf didn't explain how this constituted the command and control centre they had earlier alleged. we have been back to the idf to ask for further details and evidence of what they found at al—shifa since, and they haven't provided this.

returning to our main focus here, the un security council, we are waiting for the vote. still no official confirmation but all the signs are suggesting the resolution will be voted on in the next little while. that's the latest we were hearing from our correspondent. we continue to watch and see final details on that vote. just to show you another shot of the corridors, all set up in terms of light freedom ready for comments. —— live feed. it looks like the backdrop is being prepared for a vote. unicef have just put out a statement reflecting on yesterday's report, warnings of potential famine. on yesterday's report, warnings of potentialfamine. they on yesterday's report, warnings of potential famine. they say the report, one in four households in the gaza strip, more than half a million people facing acute food

security. the highest level of warning. and they say this means for many families in gaza, the threat of dying from hunger is already real. the findings imply all children underfive in the the findings imply all children under five in the gaza strip, 335,000, are at high risk of severe malnutrition and preventable death. they go on to say unicef estimates in the common winks, at least 10,000 children underfive will in the common winks, at least 10,000 children under five will suffer the most severe form of malnutrition and will need therapeutic food. that is the backdrop, what the aid agencies and un is saying is at stake here as those member countries sits to consider the vote which will if past lead to the increase of aid going into gaza. that very much is the

scene set, we still wait for the vote to take place and what the outcome will be. the us indicate they are ready to support the wording here which of course has changed over the days of wrangling. but the americans of course are the big sticking point in terms of vetoing any resolution that seems to be a hurdle that is overcome. but there are other hick ups and potential problems so no certainties when looking at the situation at the un security council. that is the scene and those are the latest details we are hearing. we will move on now but leave the pictures of the un security council on your screen in that box so if there is movement, we will be able to see it and return to the story immediately. that's the latest from new york and the un. india's top wrestler

has quit the sport in protest at her federation�*s new president. sanjay singh was elected the chief of the wrestling federation of india on thursday. but he is reportedly a close ally of the former chief, who has been accused of sexually harassing female wrestlers. the former head denies the allegations. this was the moment the wrestler sakshi malik resigned: translation: i fought this fight with all my heart. - but if brij bhushan or someone associated with him is the president of the wrestling federation of india, then i quit wrestling. you won't see me there after today. from delhi, our correspondent raghvendra rao sent this update on the story. she is india's first woman wrestlers to have won a medal at the olympics. but on thursday, sakshi malik announced a tearful exit from the sport. earlier this year, malik, along with several wrestlers, had accused the wrestling federation

of india former chief, brij bhushan sharan singh, of sexual harassment. singh is a member of parliament from the ruling bharatiya janata party, and following these allegations, he is currently facing criminal charges. he however denies any wrongdoing. on thursday, the wrestling federation of india held polls to choose its next chief, and the person who got elected, sanjay singh, is believed to be a close associate of him. an exasperated sakshi malik said she was quitting the sport because of this. the women wrestlers feel that with sanjay singh�*s appointment to the top job, the real control will continue to be in the hands of his predecessor. these wrestlers had asked the government not to allow any close associates of brij bhushan sharan singh to contest these polls. they had also been pressing the government for female representation in the wrestling

body. when both of these demands didn't yield results, these wrestlers expressed their frustration. and sakshi malik did so by putting her wrestling shoes on the table and calling it quits. let's turn to sudan now, where the paramilitary rapid support forces — who are fighting the sudanese army — have managed to make more territorial gains, in the strategic central state of gezira. the head of the army, has vowed to hold his commanders accountable, after the rsf captured wad madani, the capital of gezira, on monday. war between the two sides erupted in april, following disagreement over an internationally backed political transition plan. the conflict has displaced more than seven million people, it has left the capital khartoum in ruins, and has unleashed a devastating humanitarian crisis. alain w'uattara is the deputy head of the sudan office at the united nations office for the co—ordination

of humanitarian affairs. he told me about the suffering of civilians there — and the urgent need for aid. what comes to mind now is when is all this going to stop? when is the warring party going to abide by the commitment to protect civilians by international military law? the situation now in the state is worrisome. the current situation, as we are hearing coming through, is that looting happening despite the fact we have been able to communicate some of our assets of humanitarian locations, civilians have been forced to flee for the second time in wad madani, which was hosting half

a million people. we were forced to suspend our humanitarian assistance in those areas and relocate a neighbouring state so we could resume when the situation allows. so it's so dangerous that you can't operate on the ground. tell me more about that and tell me more about the numbers because they are colossal, the amount of people displaced, and presumably the conditions as well. definitely. we're talking about half a million forced to be displaced from khartoum and various areas into wad madani. we have turned that into one of our humanitarian areas. for the second time, displacing into different areas, some are heading into neighbouring states, some are going to others and down south to the brunei area.

some have even crossed the border. it's a situation where people are left with almost nothing. nothing. and we were forced also to suspend the operation because we can't operate in the active conflict zones for the safety of our staff. so the situation is catastrophic. what are you most concerned about? is it the attacks on civilian infrastructure? is it the collapse of the health care system? is it the behaviour of both the sudanese army and rebels as they fight over territory? our concern is mainly about protection of civilians. in recent events, it showed that most of the time, we are facing brutal attacks on civilians.

we are seeing rape cases, gender—based violence happening. these conflicts are taking millions of children out of school and about 3 million children are in a high—risk environment. this is worrisome. a final thought then, how do you avoid this conflict with the terrible human consequences you just described being totally overshadowed by a war in the middle east, a war in ukraine? that is where so much of international tension currently is. it is. there have been previous initiatives to silence the guns and provide for humanitarian scale—ups. but those initiatives were a desperate attempt.

what we need is a unified strategy in trying to collectively work to force the warring parties to abide by commitments. they committed to protect civilians so they should be abiding by what they say they are going to do. that was the latest on the ongoing humanitarian catastrophe in sudan. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. bbc news, bringing you different stories from across the uk. for all of the joy at this time of year, christmas spending can add to everyone�*s worries about money and debt. christmas is coming and your wallet may be feeling fat, but it is going to get a bit lighter this month, because a lot of spending happens in december.

and while plenty of people budget for christmas, an awful lot of others will end up going into debt. but a small number will turn to illegal money lenders, or loan sharks, and they are not your stereotypical bruisers. 83—year—old tabatha richardson from newport was convicted of illegally lending money for 20 years, the court heard she took advantage of vulnerable people and charged 40% interest. the team tackling loan sharks say they would normally only hear about the problem in the new year, but the cost of living crisis means illegal money lenders have been operating all year and are already making life difficult. for more stories from across the uk, head to the bbc news website. you're live with bbc news. as we've been telling you, we have

been waiting for the events in the box, the un security council, the room is full now as they edged towards we think the crucial un resolution they have spent all week trying to draft. initially they were going to vote on monday and day by day we have had that vote pushed back as the language has changed. we got the indication overnight from the us ambassador who was watching in that room, she is there, she was indicating the un is now prepared to support the resolution and an important moment because the critics will say the language has been watered down but this will be the first moment the americans have supported a un resolution since the start of this war. thus an important moment and designed to get more humanitarian aid into gaza. lots of conversations about exactly how that

is done and referencing needing to create the conditions for a ceasefire. that language, the crucial part of this, that's been changed, no longer calling for an elongated cessation of hostilities but talking about the conditions needed to bring that about. that is what we are waiting for, that is why we continue to leave those pictures on the screen because the initial indications were that we were going to have a vote by about 15 minutes ago so we are slightly behind on the clock. but we think that is where we're heading towards. it'll be a significant moment for the un, our correspondent as they're ready to give us the latest. we will leave the pictures there because that will be an important development after the war has gone on for such a long time, to actually get a resolution passed at the un. now — how do you get rid of �*spacejunk�*? it is a growing problem, with thousands of defunct satellites, orbiting the earth —

posing some pretty obvious dangers. let me show you pictures released by nasa in the past couple of hours. this is the international space station getting rid of its �*waste material�* by deliberately sending a small spacecraft — the cygnus craft you see here detaching into a re—entry path, where it's incinerated in the earth's atmosphere. so is that the way we should get rid of around 25,000 bits of space junk that nasa estimates is out there? to find out the answer, i spoke to professor malcolm macdonald, the chair of applied space technology at the university of strathclyde. well, it's one way forward, and it's what we've done for a long time. we've just burned things up in the atmosphere. and it is a very reliable way to do it. and it is something that, when we only had a few spacecrafts, we had to get rid of them, we had to take them out of orbit, this is a safe and reliable way to do it. and that is why nasa are continuing to do it. it has been a busy few days at the space station with the cygnus

vehicle departing today. yesterday there was a spacex dragon vehicle that departed. and that is a different type of vehicle, that will bring stuff back down through the atmosphere. so we have different options available to us. in terms of what we are seeing today, the spacecraft bringing down waste, it goes through the atmosphere, gets burnt off. i mean, what is the problem with simply continuing with that as a method of choice? what we are seeing and what has changed over the last few years is we are moving from a time when we had a few hundred satellites in orbit to launching thousands of satellites per year into orbit. and what that means is that in five, six, seven years we are going to have thousands and thousands of satellites per year building up in the atmosphere. when it was two, three, four, five per year, it really didn't make that much difference to the atmosphere, but when we are burning up thousands of satellites, think about all of that aluminium, all of the copper, all of the rare earth materials and the lithium and different things like that inside these satellites, we are burning that up, we are vaporising that in the atmosphere, and we don't know

what effect that is going to have. it might be fine, the atmosphere might be able to absorb it and deal with it, but we have not really stopped to think about it yet. and that is what we need to be doing now. we need to be figuring out what is the effect that we could potentially be having in the future with the spacecrafts that we are currently launching today, when they get to the end of their life. and that is something that we are just starting to think about now. what you have just described, isn't that happening so high up let's return to the un security council because as you can see, this session has started. we will put microphones up and see what is happening. microphones up and see what is happening-— microphones up and see what is haueninu. ~' . ., ,., happening. last week, a group of security council— happening. last week, a group of security council members - happening. last week, a group of i security council members travelled to the rafa border. we saw first—hand the dire challenges we have been discussing in this chamber for over two months now. and we met victims who have endured and survived the hell unleashed on gaza

following the october seven attacks on israel. i will neverforget meeting a boy almost the same age as my son, like countless other children, recovering at the hospital from wounds caused by an israeli air strike. he told me hejust wanted from wounds caused by an israeli air strike. he told me he just wanted to go home and see his parents. it was heartbreaking to hear from go home and see his parents. it was heartbreaking to hearfrom hospital staff that he had no idea that the strike that had wounded him had also killed every single member of his family. the situation council members saw at the rafa border is unbearable. thousands of trucks trying and failing to enter through a checkpoint, a crossing that was only ever intended to be for pedestrians. nearly1 million people are crammed into an area at the rafa border in gaza where before the war there were less than 300 thousands. according to the world food

programme, the food entered into gaza since the beginning of the conflict is only 10% of what is necessary to sustain the population. half of the people of gaza are now starving. the un has reported that the proportion of people hungry in gazais the proportion of people hungry in gaza is higher than any country in any conflict in the last 20 years. given the desperate situation i have just described, that is being detailed by the secretary—general to all un agencies, things cannot possibly get any worse. let's be clear, in the coming period, unless we take drastic action, there will be famine in gaza. this war and the unbearable price being paid by palestinian civilians, 60, 70% of whom we know our women and children, is also having a significant impact on neighbouring countries. regional spill—over is a real possibility. we

are seeing it already including in the west bank where almost 300 palestinians including 75 children have been killed. egypt's efforts to mitigate the crisis on its border are admirable but it needs help. this is not egypt's's problem alone. there must be an international response and this is why the security council has asked to urgently step in. the text is the product of extensive consultations and engagement between members of this council and concerned parties, in particular egypt and palestine, for whose efforts we are especially grateful. the purpose of this stakes are simple. a responsive action to the dire situation on the ground in palestine bearing the brunt of the conflict while protecting those trying to deliver life—saving aid. it demands the urgent release of the hostages and for humanitarian access to address their medical needs. the

draft reaffirms we are building on the important resolution of 2712 and its provisions. it demands the parties to the conflict facilitate the use of all available routes to the use of all available routes to the gaza strip for the provision of humanitarian assistance. this means all possible land, sea and air routes into gaza must be utilised to allow life—saving aid to enter. this includes ensuring the crossings remain open in full with this council's backing. but even if trucks are going on at scale, if d complexion does not happen, aid simply cannot reach those who need it. current dcom flexion efforts are not working if 136 workers have lost their lives. that is why it reaffirms that humanitarian pro —— personnel are protected. a vital

principle of humanitarian law that has been repeatedly violated in this conflict. the text also calls for urgent steps to allow unhindered and critically expanded humanitarian access and also calls on parties to create conditions for a cessation of hostilities. we know this is not a perfect text. we know only a ceasefire will end the suffering and thatis ceasefire will end the suffering and that is why the uae put a resolution to the vote in this council on friday eighth december. unfortunately it failed to pass up on 12 december, 153 countries called for this in the general assembly. again, a ceasefire did not happen as a result of this court although it's a result of this court although its significance in this moral clarity is clear. the resolution the uae has put in blue this morning response to the calls for a sustainable cessation of hostilities and a massive scale above humanitarian aid. often in diplomacy, the challenges meeting the moment in the

world we live in, not in the world we want. we will never tire in pushing for a fall humanitarian ceasefire. the resolution tasks the secretary—general with appointing a co—ordinator. their mandate will be to monitor, verify and facilitate humanitarian relief to gaza and the resolution gives them the necessary resources and equipment to do so and the co—ordinator will establish a mechanism for accelerating the delivery of aid. we expect initial report on its work within 20 days. we have established similar mechanisms in other crises. we are watching scenes on our screens in recent weeks, civilians desperately scrambling over necessities to live for. this should be an alarm bell of civil order breaking down in gaza. this is not only morally abhorrent, it is not to anybody�*s interest and could spiral unless we address it head on. many governments including

those represented at this table have made tremendous efforts to send aid, fans and advance negotiations around hostages but until we pull efforts for international response, we will not be able to manage this crisis sustainably. if the current situation continues, over the next few days, while we are safe at home is with our loved ones during the festive periods, civilians in gaza will be dying either from military strikes or the secondary impacts of war, hunger, disease and widespread infection. this council has a responsibility to ensure they are not victimised twice over. we have extensively negotiated and tried to find language that means everybody�*s concerns but also addresses the challenge with a practical response. i would like to thank each and every council member who has contributed to the text and improved it and i would like to thank the united states for their complete engagement in trying to find a resolution that

meets the moment. that is not rejects the resolution when the needs of people are so great. if we do, it will be an additional responsibility and the palestinian people will have to bear it. thank you. i people will have to bear it. thank ou. . ~' people will have to bear it. thank ou. . ~ , , ., ., you. i thank the representative of the united _ you. i thank the representative of the united arab _ you. i thank the representative of the united arab emirates - you. i thank the representative of the united arab emirates for - you. i thank the representative of the united arab emirates for a i the united arab emirates for a statement. translation: ., , statement. translation: . , ., , , translation: in the last few days, the security — translation: in the last few days, the security council— translation: in the last few days, the security council and _ translation: in the last few days, the security council and together i the security council and together with the entire world has been with us to the latest and i'm not afraid to use this word, shameful, cynical and irresponsible conduct by the united states which is trying to avoid responsibility for the further use of the veto resorting to all sorts of means of sabotaging the security council decision on gaza. the world media and public this entire time have been wondering, why is the vote been delayed which is a

really pretty and blue? the answer is simple. the us under various pretexts has been dragging out the negotiating process, deviating from the normal transparent negotiating work. instead of this, they have resorted to their favourite tactic of pressure, blackmail and twisting arms so that at the last minute they will be able to presents them with an ultimatum. ed tech switches convenient for washington or block the product. the draft is now being put to a vote which was initially in our view entirely truthfulness. but respecting the colleagues and their needs, we need to support it under pressure from the usa that initially intercepted the text behind the scenes at various levels and twisting the hands of those in the region with each new drafting the

text losing more and more important provisions. ultimately, the wording put to a vote today has been extremely muted including its pa on the mechanism that would be supposed to facilitate their assistance to gaza and ensure its monitoring. instead of the wording on an immediate cessation of violence in the 0p immediate cessation of violence in the op two and an ambiguous phrase has appeared calling for the parties to create conditions for a cessation of hostilities. colleagues, destruction or displacement or the exile of the population of gaza in a cynical reading and that is precisely how it is going to be read in israel but also create the conditions for a cessation of hostilities. by signing off on this, the council would essentially be

giving the