a minute's 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 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. it was a fun experience, i think. and rebecca welch makes history, becoming the first female premier league referee. 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. in the last hour the white house has said that mr biden did not ask mr netanyahu for a ceasefire during their call. 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 fast. 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

they once again called on the israeli government to secure their release. more than 120 hostages are still being held since the attack by hamas on october the 7th. earllier, ahmed bayram from the norwegian refugee council gave me his reaction to the un 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 enough. 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 their families, 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. to the czech republic now. a minute's silence has been held for the 1a people shot dead by a student at a university in the captial, 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. a man has been arrested on suspicion of theft and criminal damage — after a street sign featuring work by the famous, elusive artist, banksy, was removed. the piece of street art, a red stop sign with three military drones, was unveiled in london on friday but taken a short time later. our culture reporter, noor nanji has more details.

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 was an instagram post by banksy which revealed that this was indeed his work and within one hour of that the art 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.

what's the reaction been like? well, southwark council have said they want the artwork back. we spoke to its 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. one local 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. here in the uk, thousands of people won't be able to spend christmas in their own homes this year, because of safety issues with the blocks of flats where they live. on average, one block a month has been evacuated this year, because of concerns about fire safety or cladding panels. in the wake of the grenfell tower disaster in london in 2017, almost 4,000 tower blocks are under scrutiny. phil hendry reports.

all wrapped up for christmas, and the hammers ring out. for residents of these south london flats, a white christmas takes the form of protective plastic sheeting, while their cladding panels are stripped and replaced. as first—time buyer sitara sorts out her presents, there's another presence that keeps on giving. talking about workmen stuff straight outside your bedroom window from first thing in the morning until the very end of the day. i can't even think about christmas, to be honest. i'm going to be probably leaving the flat for as long as possible. the building's management are apologetic, offering compensation and to buy back many of the 270 flats. as we approach the seventh year since the grenfell tower fired there are now nearly 4000 blocks of flats identified as having dangerous flammable cladding or having other fire safety defects. of those, only about 20%

have been fixed so far. the future for this block in ipswich is uncertain. residents were evacuated earlier this year because of numerous cladding and fire safety issues. some, like emily, are spending christmas in temporary accommodation, paid for, for now, by the building's freeholder. the outcome looks as if i'm going to be essentially kicked off the property ladder. i was a first—time buyer so i had all of the privileges then, bought a dud flat, essentially. i think i've gone past frustration. it'sjust devastating, really. this year, ministers did finally manage to get 50 major developers to agree to fix their dangerous flats. but that's revealed another 1000 blocks that will need checking. for hundreds of thousands, owning or living in flats with cladding problems, seasonal goodwill towards the government and building industry is in short supply. phil hendry, bbc news.

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 1—1. trent alexander arnold hit the bar in the second half. the point for liverpool sees them move back into second, above aston villa on goal difference. it was an unbelievable game of football. one of the most intense games i have had in 20 years in this league. that tells you a lot about the quality and level of the game. credit to them, the way they played. many moments we were on top of it and in the end, the result in the

last 20 minutes, we tried and tried but it is a fair result. manchester united are a long way off being title contenders, manager erik ten hag says his team have to "stay calm and stick together" after they lost 2—0 at west ham 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. 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 ended in a 3—2 defeat at home to bournemouth. dominic solanke scored a hatrick 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 emotional game at kenilworth road, luton were playing their first game since their captain tom lockyer suffered a cardiac arrest on the pitch at bournemouth last weekend. he is now recovering at home. they beat newcastle united 1—0, andros townsend with the goal and he held aloft lockyer�*s shirt in the celebration. i'm 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 handling anything like this and i've needed my staff to rally around me if needed, the support of the board and everybody, ourfans 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. we're still a few hours away from anthonyjoshua stepping into the ring in saudi arabia he's fighting otto warrin in a must—win heavyweight contest. this is another step back towards the top of the division. he's a former world champion. a win over the swede at the kingdom arena in riyadh could set up a long—awaited fight with deontay wilder next year, who is also fighting on the same card. the winner of that could then get a crack at a world title. i'm here to fight, i'm not here to

party and get caught up. i want to fight and perform well. there is pressure on myself, i want to perform, i have the urge to win and i want to hurt my opponent. if you go to the appleby website you can keep across the boxing as we wait for anthonyjoshua, to see how he gets on. 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! dr shweta patel 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. this but hers did not fuse and that led to two separate uteri 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! let s get some of the day s other news now. an attack by rebels in burundi

has killed 20 people — all but one of them being civilians. the attack in the west of the country was claimed by the red—tabara rebel group, which, in its own statement, said it had killed 10 members of the security forces. the attack occurred on friday evening near the border with the democratic republic of congo, where the rebels have a base. the chinese government says it could revise proposed changes to the online gaming industry. on friday, beijing said it was considering limiting incentives used by gaming companies to encourage people to continue playing. that led to tens of billions of dollars being wiped off the stock value of several chinese online companies. now, as we heard in the sport, 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. 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.

finally good news for children around the world waiting for christmas gifts. father christmas is on his way. take a look at these pictures. have a safe journey. thank you. this is santa claus — and of course his reindeer — departing from lapland in the arctic circle on his sleigh, ready to deliver presents around the world on christmas eve. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. we had some heavy rain in scotland on saturday, and as a result of that there are a number of flood warnings in force across the north of the country. we have had some disruption too. for most of the uk it was a very mild day, but not for everyone. massive contrasts in northern

scotland as the mild air butted up against the cold. 10 degrees in braemar, ten miles down the road in balmoral, just 1. and with those lower temperatures across the far north and east, well, on saturday we did see some snowfall. so for some, a winter wonderland. however, since then the snow has been turning back to rain and our main concern as we get through christmas eve is the strength of the winds. they could disrupt some travel plans that you may have, so stay tuned. the winds then will pick up over the next few hours, becoming quite gusty across england and wales with outbreaks of rain here. rain could be heavy enough to cause one or two localised flooding issues across mid wales. some showery conditions across scotland and northern ireland. for most, temperatures in double figures as we start the day on sunday. cold air stilljust about clinging on across the far north—east. now, the strong winds will be affecting scotland through the day, particularly late on. they could bring some distruption here. and over to the east of the pennines, winds could gust 50—70 mph, potentially strong enough to blow over some high—sided vehicles, maybe knock down one or two trees. so there is a risk of seeing some

transport disruption during the day on sunday, christmas eve, so it is worth checking conditions before heading out on anyjourneys you may have planned. and the winds could get even stronger actually for a time during the evening across northern scotland. on into monday, christmas day, for the vast majority of the uk we are in mild air, so rather than it being a white christmas it is a grey christmas. a lot of cloud around, outbreaks of rain, quite heavy rain for a time. quite windy conditions, but colder air starts to move back into northern scotland and that could start to turn some of the rain to snow across some of the higher hills of northern scotland. so for a few of you, it could just about be a white christmas, but not for many. looking beyond that into boxing day, we get colder air moving back southwards across the uk. with that there will be a lot more in the way of sunshine, so that is one positive. it will feel quite a bit colder, mind you. and there will be some showers around, particularly across scotland. one or two for northern ireland, one or two for the north—west of both england and wales.

the showers could come through wintry at times, so maybe a bit of sleet mixed in with some of these, maybe a bit of hill snow as well. bye for now.

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 2 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 — the royal year in review.