a minute silence is held in prague to remember the victims of thursday's mass shooting. police say a man has been arrested on suspicion of theft and criminal damage, after the removal of a banksy art—installation in south—east london. a woman in the us with a rare double womb has given birth twice in two days, after a "one in the million" pregnancy. and — rebecca welch makes history — becoming the first female premier league referee. hello and welcome to bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak. we start in the middle east. gaza's health ministry says more then 200 people have been killed in the past 2a hours

as israel's bombardment continues. it comes as a watered—down un security council resolution for more aid to be allowed into gaza has been criticised for not going far enough. israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has thanked the us for abstaining at the un security council — and reiterated tojoe biden that the war will continue until all the objectives are met. lucy williamson reports. in gaza, this is the new normal. drone strikes in the border town of rafah, emptying the local market. 17—year—old joe, filming on his phone, still clutching his bag of shopping and calling on god for protection. america has blocked un calls for a ceasefire. israel says it needs to keep fighting to keep up the pressure on hamas. if you want a ceasefire, that, from israel's perspective, can only

happen with the release of hostages. as you know, hamas continues to hold over 100 hostages. there's a chance, because they want that ceasefire, they need that ceasefire, they will agree to the hostages but to be frank, had we agreed to the un secretary—general�*s proposal over a month ago for this unilateral ceasefire, we would never have got the 110 hostages out that we did in november. israel's army said this week it had killed tens of hamas fighters in an ambush near gaza city. and that it's preparing to expand operations to new areas in the south. israel is keen to show its making progress against hamas. its security forces say 700 palestinian fighters have been taken to israel for questioning. 200 of them in the last week. but palestinian groups are still firing rockets into israel and there's no sign of the hamas leaders israel blames for the 7th of october attacks.

strikes in khan younis yesterday reportedly killed around 50 people. gaza's hamas—run government says most of those killed in the war are women and children. mass funerals, daily, at hospital morgues. translation: the mask of humanity has fallen. i what's going on in the corridors of the un security council is nothing more than theatre and farce. confirming the continued murder and extermination of civilians. this is a genocide. israelis were told this war would bring security. to gazans, it's bringing the opposite. lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. earllier, ahmed bayram from the norwegian refugee council gave me his reaction to the resolution being passed. we can all agree, while it's a step in the right direction what we need is a giant stride towards achieving a lasting ceasefire.

this is not going to cut it, this is not it. and while there is clearly a political will to help the people in gaza i think the negotiations that are happening will decide the fate of 2 million people over the next period. we are entering a very dangerous territory in terms of the weather, in terms of displacement, in terms of the famine that we are risking now, as reported by the un. all these factors come together to test, really, the humanity of the world, the humanity of the political leaders of the world, and the political powers of the world. so, what we need to see next is serious negotiation for a lasting ceasefire in gaza. how are your team operating within gaza? are they getting any aid at all at the moment?

very little compared to what we can do. i have 50 colleagues on the ground. they are doing an impossiblejob. they are literally risking their lives. they have to spend the day fending for theirfamilies, trying to find whatever thing, water, food they can get hold of. the market is obviously empty. there is very little aid coming in. at the same time they have to provide for people who desperately need this aid, particularly in areas around rafah which is now one of the most densely populated areas in the world. they're working under impossible circumstances and conditions, really. just like all other aid workers in gaza, what they have to do is provide aid while at the same time taking income and making sure their family are still alive with every air strike that keeps creeping closer and closer to rafah. this environment is

simply unsustainable and we need safety for aid workers who can deliver for people in gaza, 2 million of them and of course that cannot happen without a surge in the number of aid trucks coming in and the quality of aid that comes in and of course negotiations for a ceasefire. the un special envoy to yemen says the warring sides in the long—running conflict have agreed to engage in a ceasefire to end the fighting. hans grundberg said he welcomed the breakthrough, adding that a nationwide ceasefire would improve living conditions in the war—torn country. in a statement he added that the parties had agreed to join preparations for the resumption of an inclusive un—led political process. a minute's silence has been held for the 14 people shot dead in the czech republic by a student at a university in the capital, prague. thursday's attack also

left dozens injured. the czech prime minister has described the "pain and sorrow" of an entire societyjust before christmas. the gunman killed himself after he was surrounded by police. from prague, sarah rainsford sent this report. bell tolls. a nation paused today to remember the victims of an attack people here can't make sense of, but has brought pain and suffering. church bells rang out across the czech republic to mark the moment. to honour those killed when a student attacked his own university, shooting in the corridors and classrooms. so far, we know three of the dead, including lenka hlavkova, a teacher, who was 49. here at the arts faculty that was attacked, some have personal connections to the victims. a friend of these women

survived by locking herself into a classroom to hide. translation: she cowered under the table. _ i saw her yesterday and felt sorry for her. she was still shaking. images from a bodycamera show the police hunt for the gunman inside charles university. at this point, the 24—year—old was prowling the corridors above. we are told most of his victims were female, but we have no idea of his motive. in the end, he turned his gun on himself. many people were seriously injured, carried out of the building by police. this attack has not only brought horror here to prague, it is a national tragedy. there are so many questions to answer about how exactly it was possible, and how to prevent anything like it in the future. but for now, the focus is on mourning the dead, and on remembering the injured. the mass shooting is the worst this country has ever known, and it targeted young students

and teachers who should have been returning home to theirfamilies now, for christmas. sarah rainsford, bbc news, prague. london's metropolitan police say a man has been arrested on suspicion of theft and criminal damage after a street sign featuring work by the elusive artist banksy was removed on friday. earlier, the area s council said the incident had been reported to the police. with more on this we now cross to the newsroom, to our culture reporter noor nanji. hello, what do we know? on friday a iece of hello, what do we know? on friday a piece of street _ hello, what do we know? on friday a piece of street art _ hello, what do we know? on friday a piece of street art was _ hello, what do we know? on friday a piece of street art was unveiled - hello, what do we know? on friday a piece of street art was unveiled on i piece of street art was unveiled on commercial way, piece of street art was unveiled on commercialway, in piece of street art was unveiled on commercial way, in peckham, south—east london. the artwork showed a red stop sign with three military drones painted onto it and was widely interpreted as being a reference to the war in gaza and perhaps calling for a ceasefire there. on friday around lunchtime

there. on friday around lunchtime there was an instagram post by banksy that revealed that this was indeed his work and within one hour of the post the work was removed by two men who went there with bolt cutters to take it down, in full view of a crowd of people. one passer—by said people didn't know what to do and other witnesses were taking pictures. southwark council have reported the incident to the metropolitan police. this evening the met police say that a man has been arrested on suspicion of theft and criminal damage. officers said the man remains in custody and that investigations are ongoing. a new traffic sign in the meantime has been put up to help with safety and anyone with information about the incident has been urged to contact police. incident has been urged to contact olice. ~ . v incident has been urged to contact olice. ~ . �*, ., , police. what's the reaction been like? well, _ police. what's the reaction been like? well, southwark— police. what's the reaction been like? well, southwark council. police. what's the reaction been i like? well, southwark council have said they want _ like? well, southwark council have said they want the _ like? well, southwark council have said they want the artwork - like? well, southwark council have said they want the artwork back. i like? well, southwark council have l said they want the artwork back. we spoke to the deputy leader who said that the artwork was for the public, it is street art for the community and she has every confidence it will

be brought back. local businesses say they were disappointed to see it taken down. michael street artist took matters into her own hands, she was installing her own version of banksy�*s art in the position where it had gone. she said that art should be accessible to everyone. thank you. in russia, a former tvjournalist has been barred from challenging president vladimir putin in the country's upcoming presidential elections. our reporter, naomi choy smith, is in the newsroom with more. well, it was a short lived presidential bid for former tv journalist turned politician yekaterina duntsova, who threw her hat in the ring just three days ago. she's one of 29 contenders who have filed to run for in russia so far. the candidates are expected to gather thousands of signatures from supporters before they qualify to have their name on the ballot. now, duntsova will no longer have that chance after the russian electoral commission

banned herfrom running, saying she had "mistakes" on her application. and telling duntsova on saturday, "you are a young woman and you have everything ahead of you". now, duntsova had planned to run on a campaign of ending the war in ukraine and freeing russian political prisoners. those include kremlin critic who is serving consecutive prison sentences, alexei navalny. well, when asked about concerns for her own security and fears for her safety in running for president, duntsova did admit she had some fears and concerns saying that any sane person taking the step would be afraid, but fear must not win. she also said that she believed russians were looking for an alternative to president putin at the ballot box. translation: many people write to me, "you gave us hope. - "if you manage to get registered, we were definitely vote for you." they do not see any

alternative and also consider boycotting the elections. well, duntsova's disqualification leaves no notable opposition candidate to challenge putin in the presidential elections in march. now, president putin, for his part, is seeking a sixth term in office. he's been in power, either as president or prime minister, since 1999 and the upcoming elections will mark the first presidential ballot since russia launched its war in ukraine, nearly two years ago. now it's time for a look at today's sport with olly foster. hello, you caught me unawares! hello from the bbc sport centre. arsenal are top of the premier league for christmas but only by a single point after they drew at title rivals liverpool. the gunners dominated the early stages at anfield and scored inside the first five minutes thanks to a headerfrom gabriel. but mo salah equalised on the half hour mark and it stayed i—i.

trent alexander arnold hit the bar in the second half. the point for liverpool sees them move back imnto second, above aston villa on goal difference the manchester united manager erik ten hag says his team have to "stay calm and stick together" after another defeat. they lost 2—0 at west ham and it's nowjust one win in five premier league matches in december. that's back to back wins for the hammers and they are up to sixth in the table, moving above united. jarrod bowen scored the opener, his thirteenth of the season, inside the final 20 minutes and mohammed kudus sealed the win with a great strike shortly afterwards. that's an 8th league defeat for united, they stay 8th and are 12 points off the top of the table. i think ithinka i think a decent 72 minutes where we didn't take our chances. we should have gone into the lead but we didn't but one moment of switching off... i think the team played over

a long period a good game but the game is over 96 minutes, today, and you have to keep the focus and you have to win it. this was a 12 kick off and we had — to win it. this was a 12 kick off and we had to _ to win it. this was a 12 kick off and we had to juggle - to win it. this was a 12 kick off and we had to juggle it - to win it. this was a 12 kick off| and we had to juggle it around. and we had tojuggle it around. disappointed to go out of the cup but i disappointed to go out of the cup but i had — disappointed to go out of the cup but i had to save players for this game _ but i had to save players for this game today to see if we can get three _ game today to see if we can get three points and we done that. to keep— three points and we done that. to keep going — three points and we done that. to keep going is a big thing but that's what i _ keep going is a big thing but that's what i do _ keep going is a big thing but that's what i do and what i want to do, keep— what i do and what i want to do, keep building the team and making them _ keep building the team and making them better. rebecca welch has become the first female referee to take charge of a premier league match. she was in the middle for the match at craven cottage between fulham and burnley. burnley won 2—0 to move off the bottom of the table. tottenham are back into the top four after beating everton 2—1 at home. spurs were two up inside the first 20 minutes with goals from richarlison and son. andre gomes pulled one back

for everton late on and spurs were hanging on at the end with guigelmo vicario pulling off an extraordinary save on the line. nuno espirito santo's first game in charge of nottingham forest eneded in a 3—2 defeat at home to bournemouth. dominic solanke scored a hat—trick, with his winner coming in injury time. forest were down to 10 men from midway through the first half after willy boly was sent off for a second booking. it was an emotionally charged gamne at kenilworth road, luton were playing their first premier league game since their captain tom lockyer suffered a cardiac arrest on the pitch at bournemouth last week. he is now recovering at home. andros townsend scored the only goal as they beat newcasrtle united 1—0 . an emotional wreck at the moment. i said to the lads, really proud of everybody. it's been a tough week for the football club. it's been the greatest challenge of my professional career and it's funny, no coaching badges or anything

prepare you for having anything like this and i've needed my staff to rally around me if needed, the support of the board and everybody, our fans and the players have been incredible. to go and perform the way they have today after last week... yeah, words fail me, really, at this moment. a huge night of boxing ahead. we're still a few hours away from anthonyjoshua stepping into the ring in saudi arabia. he's fighting otto valeen in a must—win heavyweight contest. this is another step back towrds the top of the division. a win over the swede at the kingdom arena in riyadh could set up a long—awaited fight with deontay wilder, that's if he wins his fight againstjoseph parker on the same card. the winner of that could then get a crack at a world title. a lot more on the bbc sport website, reaction to the football.

and that's all the sport for now. now to one of the most read stories today on the bbc news website and app. and it's quite a remarkable story. a mother from alabama in the united states with a rare double womb gives birth to two babies in two days. kelsey hatcher delivered one daughter on tuesday and a second on wednesday after a total of 20 hours in labour at the university of alabama hospital. experts say it's a "one in a million" pregnancy — a double uterus affects 0.3% of women. kelsey and husband caleb called them "miracle babies". it's a little surreal. like, the morning of driving in i got very emotionaljust thinking about how long it could take, all the things that could go wrong, but also all the things that could go right. and we'd been talking about it for so long. to actually be in the moment and know that we are going to have two babies at one time. so it was... it was a fun experience.

i mean, i think! i guess ijust like to have babies! earlier, we spoke to dr shweta patel who's assistant professor in the obstetrics and gynecology department at uab and was one of the doctors who helped manage the delivery. kelsey was coming in for her first new 0b visit and we knew that she had a condition with a double uterus and that's when we found out that not only was she pregnant in one uterus, she was also pregnant in the other uterus. it's very, very rare. something that obstetricians go through their whole careers and never see. biologically, her uterus developed in an atypical way. typically, a normal uterus forms by having two ducts, called mullerian ducts that fuse together. but hers did not fuse and that led to two separate uterus and cervices. and then she likely ovulated

separately, with separate eggs going down each uterus and sperm being fertilised separately as well, leading to two separate babies, in each uterus. as most babies and labours, they had a mind of their own and one came, the first baby of the right uterus came vaginally and then ten hours later, the second baby from the left uterus came by c—section, on separate days. mum's doing great, both babies are doing well. baby a, the one from the right uterus that came vaginally, is named roxi and the second baby, on the left side, who came by c—section is called rebel. appropriately named! football. rebecca welch has made history by becoming the first female to referee a premier league match. she took charge of the game between fulham and burnley. welch began her refereeing career 13 years ago, with university and sunday league games, before climbing through the ranks. burnley manager vincent kompany says women in football, but also in general, will see her progression as "a way

to achieve at the highest level". earlier i spoke to rosheen khan, wales' first muslim female football referee. she's honestly been such an inspiration for every little girl across the country today, watching that match, because, i mean, when i became a referee i didn't even think there were female referees around, as silly as that sounds. but now that rebecca has gone on to progress to the milestone it's such a huge moment, not only for women and girls' football but especially female refereeing. i mean, your sister elisa is also a referee. you're both doing fantastic work and you have both said in the past that "we just didn't see anyone who looked like us doing the job." no, we didn't. why is that so important? it's so important because for us, we never had those role models so we didn't even think we could enter an industry such as this.

and that's had a huge decline on ethnic minorities joining sport. i know it's had a decline in my community which is something that i'm trying to make a difference in. so it's so important to have these role models for little girls and for ethnic minority backgrounds, which is why sam has done such an amazing job this weekend, the other referee. you're certainly doing and playing your part. in october you are giving talks at some local schools as well. what sort of questions would they ask you? the main questions that we were asked is whether we had received any abuse considering how we look and we have because i mean, it's normal for us to receive abuse. it shouldn't be normal. abuse is horrible. i really hope that rebecca doesn't receive the same abuse that we've had. what was the abuse about, that you were a referee? that you were female? or that you were wearing a hijab? it was all of them, to be honest.

me and elisa were at the euro bid in october as well and when we got back we had some articles published about us and we had some horrible abuse about the way that we look because we were representing wales on the world stage and we are not typically welsh. rosheen, you really are leading the way, here. i'm sure you followed the women's world cup and you had nouhaila benzina from morocco, you also had heba saadieh, the first palestinian refugee in history, never mind that she was female. what are your hopes for the future? i mean, i would love to follow not only rebecca's footsteps but definitely heba's too, because she did a fantasticjob in the world cup over the summer, being from palestine too. such an amazing thing that she did. and you're a qualified coach as well, aren't you? yeah, iam. i started coaching at my primary

school with my sister. fantastic, speaking to me there earlier. rebecca welch made history on saturday when she became the first woman to referee a premier league fixture. we were just discussing how significant that was for other women to see. speeding motorists in florida have had a holiday surprise after being pulled over for driving too fast. this is "officer grinch" and any motorist breaking the speed limit by a few miles an hour was offered a challenge — either accept a speeding ticket or take a bite of onion. the initiative was inspired by the onion—loving fictional character created by dr seuss. those stopped are also offered lessons on safer driving. we give our violators a choice because it's the holiday season. if they are going just a few miles per hour over the speed limit, no more than five, what we will do

is give you a choice of the citation or an onion. keeping with the travel theme, one of the big stories we are watching in the uk because we are heading into the festive period, aren't we, christmas on monday, and all of that last—minute shopping as well as travelling to see relatives to spend christmas and possibly new year is obviously leading to a fair bit of travel chaos. the picture you can see is used in station in central london. you can read plenty more on all of that on the bbc news website. hello there. we've got typical festive fare to come over the next few days. i'll show you that in a moment. today was another mild one, temperatures widely in double figures. there was even a bit of sunshine coming through the cloud as well. different story in scotland

where we've had a wintry scene across northern parts of the mainland. the snow that was falling here has since turned to rain. and it's quite misty and murky, very wet at the moment. but the rain will ease off in scotland and northern ireland. the main rain band pushing down towards southern parts of england and across the northern isles. it'll be followed by some clearer spells for northern parts of the uk and a few showers. and it's going to be a mild start to sunday morning, christmas eve, but it's going to be a windy day for all of us on christmas eve, particularly so over and to the east of the pennines — could be quite difficult for driving high—sided vehicles up and down the a1. very windy conditions also — widely in scotland with the strongest gusts 70 miles an hour in northern parts of the mainland and across orkney. and those really strong winds will drive in lots of blustery showers across scotland. sunshine and showers will follow to northern ireland, northern england and eventually north wales and the north midlands as our main band of clouds sinks southwards, bringing rain for a while in wales and then more towards the south west of england in the afternoon. temperatures could actually reach 15 degrees across eastern parts

of england, but those numbers do drop a little bit during the afternoon. cooler air is coming in behind that weather front there. that's bringing the rain and the cloud across southern areas. it's going to sit around overnight and will still be there into christmas morning. but we've got another weather system to the north and the two will combine to bring a lot of cloud, rain developing quite widely, some snow over the hills across northern scotland where the air is that bit colder, but otherwise, another mild day. temperatures could reach 1a degrees in the southeast with the blustery winds. now, those two weather systems will sweep away overnight. things will calm down as we head into boxing day. the winds will be lighter. it's still a bit blustery across the north and west of scotland with a few wintry showers here just for a while. otherwise, a lot of dry weather, plenty of sunshine around. there is some rain in the channel — that'll push back towards the far south west of england. temperatures will be a little bit lower. so let's summarise the next few days. we've got the strong winds and mild weather for christmas eve. could bring some travel disruption, then rain develops for christmas day.

if you're out on boxing day, it looks sunny.

this is bbc news, the headlines... gaza's health ministry says 200 people have died and hundreds of others have been injured over a period of 2a hours — as israel's bombardment continues. it comes as a watered—down un security council resolution for more aid into gaza has been criticised for not going far enough.

the czech republic holds a minute's silence for the 1a people who died in thursday's mass shooting at a university in prague. a woman in the us with a rare double uterus has given birth twice in two days — after a "one—in—a—million" pregnancy. 32—year old kelsey hatcher delivered one daughter on tuesday, and a second on wednesday. and police say a man has been arrested on suspicion of theft and criminal damage, after the removal of a banksy art installation in south—east london. now on bbc news — it's the travel show.