a minute silence is held in prague to remember the victims of thursday's mass shooting. and a us women with a rare double womb has given birth twice in two days — after a "one in a million" pregnancy. hello, i'm carl nasman. we start in the middle east, and the hamas—run health ministry has said that more than 200 palestinians have been killed in the past 2a hours, as air strikes continue. the israel defence forces say that five of their soldiers have been killed in the gaza strip since friday. fighting has been raging despite a un resolution demanding more access for humanitarian deliveries. the us abstained in that vote, and president biden said he spoke to israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu by phone on saturday —

but did not demand a ceasefire. mr netanyahu said he reiterated that the war will continue until all the objectives are met. with more, here's our middle east correspondent, lucy williamson. 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. america has blocked un calls for a ceasefire. 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 it's 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 held 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. meanwhile in tel aviv, thousands of people attended a rally on saturday, calling on israel's government to secure the immediate release of all hostages being held by hamas. it's thought that more than 120 people remain in captivity. a palestinian official says egypt has presented a new plan for a two—week truce with an exchange of israeli hostages and palestinian detainees. earlier this week, hamas said that it would not release any more hostages until the end of the war.

and in bethlehem, a christmas grotto in support of gaza has been installed outside the church of nativity on manger square. the display includes figures which are covered and standing among rubble and razor wire fences. about half a million palestinian refugees are currently registered in lebanon — they were mostly displaced there in 19118 and 1967. for many of them, the current war in gaza is both a traumatic flashback — and a worrying development for the future. lina sinjab reports from the shatila refugee camp. a slum in the south of beirut. shatila camp is home to thousands of palestinian refugees. translation: 0ur| house was on a hill. it was very beautiful. dawood is originally from nazareth. he arrived in lebanon with his family in 19118 when he was six.

translation: we walked from palestine. _ like him, many arrived in 19118. up until may that year, britain had governed palestine under a un mandate on a promise to establish a national home there forjewish people. in the war that followed israel's declaration of statehood in may 19118, about 700,000 palestinians were expelled or forced from their homes. dawood's family members now live in lebanon, europe and gaza. this latest war has reopened old wounds and has pushed people to the extreme. translation: if you look. at hiroshima, it is not as bad as what they did in gaza. they want to exterminate all palestinians, not only hamas. the bloodshed has been going on since 19118. the israeli defence forces say they are trying to minimise civilian casualties in gaza, but here, there is a

widespread sense of anger. many share dawood's views as now, over 20,000 people have been killed in gaza. nearly half of them are children. because of the sectarian divisions in lebanon and the palestinian involvement in the lebanese civil war in the mid—70s, to this day, the lebanese government does not recognise any rights to palestinian refugees, not even property ownership. and poorly paid jobs are the only ones allowed for young people in this camp. the united nations agency unwra has been providing help here for decades. security is very bad. sanitation, water is always a problem and unwra is struggling to provide these very basic services to the palestine refugees that should be standing on their own feet, 75 years later. this museum connects personal belongings of refugees. some people have even kept their old house keys,

hoping one day to be back. but as war continues in gaza, the future for many looks bleak. netanyahu does not want a state of palestine. so what can we do? we are in need of a partner that will also say ok to peace. today, people in the camp have taken to the streets to express solidarity with people in gaza. generation after generation here keeps palestine in their heart and mind. staying in the middle east and there's now growing hope for an end to the nine—year war in yemen. the nation has been gripped by conflict between the iran—backed houthi rebels, and a saudi—led coalition supporting the government. the war has killed hundreds of thousands of people and became one of the world's worst humanitarian crises. now, both sides have agreed to a ceasefire and to engage in

a united nations—led peace process. the un envoy to yemen has welcomed the breakthrough. a minute of silence has been held for the 1a people shot dead in the czech republic by a student at a university in the captial of 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. there are shrines like this outside universities all over the country. here at the arts faculty that was attacked, some have personal connections to the victims. one of our...not friend, but neighbours of our city died here. she was a professor, a music professor. so, it's very, very sad. sorry... unbelievable for us, this occasion. 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're 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. to sudan now, where thousands have fled the city of wad madani amid heavy fighting in the eastern region. the war between the army and the paramilitary

rapid support forces has left sudan's second largest city in chaos — with crowds of people looking for refuge from the violence. wad madani was considered one of the few remaining safe areas in the country before the rsf seized control the and established a base there earlier this month. many had already fled from the capital khartoum. the un reports that 300,000 people have been displaced in the fighting in wad madani — mostly by foot — and overall more than seven million have been uprooted from their homes by the conflict. a un spokesperson described it as the world's largest displacement crisis. local media say sudan's army's chief, lieutenant abdel fattah al—burhan has reportedly agreed to a "face—to—face meeting" with the rsf commander, mohammed hamdan dagalo if the paramilitary group agrees to "cease fighting" the fighting erupted in april this year after growing tensions between the two sides. for more on the situation, i spoke to analyst and former

nonresident fellow at the tahrir institute for middle east policy, hamid khalafallah. the paramilitary forces capturing wide madani, what you make of that and do you think this could be a turning point now in this conflict? 0bviously turning point now in this conflict? obviously the significance of it stems from what madani south of khartoum have not been part of the violence in the past eight months, around half a million citizens from khartoum sought refuge in wad madani actually after the conflict erupted in khartoum in april. so it is a

city that hosts a lot of displaced people, but also a large population of who have thought for quite some time there in a safe place, and it wasn't part of the conflict in any way. 0bviously khartoum, the capital for two militaries struggling fighting over power, it makes sense that they would fight in khartoum, that they would fight in khartoum, that also therefore it is the traditional kind of base for iraqi support forces so it also made sense that there was a lot of fighting going there between to there was no kind ofjustifications to go there and try to capture the cities outside the territory which they have already kind of claimed and had control over. other than they are

trying to try and capture the entire country. which is a very bad negative development, at the same time people were trying to contain this and find a solution, peaceful solution to the ongoing war but this means that it's about to be a full on war that extends to the entire country. on war that extends to the entire count . �* , on war that extends to the entire count . v . ~ on war that extends to the entire count . �*, ., ~ ., country. let's talk about the humanitarian _ country. let's talk about the humanitarian situation - country. let's talk about the | humanitarian situation there. country. let's talk about the - humanitarian situation there. you left sued on earlier this year, you set on social media that your father, who is still in sudan, has had to flee for separate times from the violence there. can you just described for us, what was it like to be a civilian in sudan and trying to be a civilian in sudan and trying to survive there? so to be a civilian in sudan and trying to survive there?— to survive there? so at this point, no one is safe _ to survive there? so at this point, no one is safe anywhere. - to survive there? so at this point, no one is safe anywhere. and - to survive there? so at this point, no one is safe anywhere. and the | no one is safe anywhere. and the situation in wad madani like ijust described, it was a city full of displaced people who had to become displaced people who had to become displaced again and seek safety, in

other places. within the country, at a time where it's almost impossible for people to leave the country. without paying so much money and going through very prolonged processes to get visas to cross over borders, and also it's quite hard to arrange transportation outside the country. so people are moving within the country, meanwhile nowhere is safe. �* , ., the country, meanwhile nowhere is safe. fl ., , the country, meanwhile nowhere is safe. 3 ., , ., the country, meanwhile nowhere is safe. �*, ., , ., ., safe. it's now been more than eight months since _ safe. it's now been more than eight months since this _ safe. it's now been more than eight months since this war _ safe. it's now been more than eight months since this war broke - safe. it's now been more than eight months since this war broke out. i safe. it's now been more than eight| months since this war broke out. we saw some shifting here, it looks like the sudanese army might be on the back foot, but do you see any end in sight here? what kind of incentive is there right now for either side to lay down their arms? well, there have been much greater windows for mediation and an agreement to be reached. unfortunately mediation incidents, they are quite fragmented, we've seen a lot of competition between

different initiatives for the last eight months. after the capture of wad madani, it becomes even more difficult. as he said, what are the incentives for the forces now kind of having the upper hand if i may say in this conflict at the moment, it's very hard to make them stop. however, i think the only opportunities that are still available is the support forces through their supporters in the region who have been, continued to provide them armed with soldiers and funds to continue this war for eight months now, and pending that and something the support that's coming in, there is no way out of this. yeah, there have been some complaints or suspected comments about the united arab emirates being involved at least on the side of the rapid support forces. researcher and

policy analyst specialising in suit on's constitution building, thank you so much. in russia, a former tvjournalist has been blocked from challenging president vladimir putin in the upcoming presidential election. yekaterina duntsova was preparing to campaign on ending russia's war in ukraine. she said she wanted to make russia peaceful, friendly, and cooperative with the world. banning duntosva is the latest anti—democratic measure in a country notorious for driving out opposition candidates before they can ever threaten president putin, who's all but guaranteed to win a fifth term. 0ur reporter, naomi choy smith, has this report from london. 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." we will 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. some developing news for you now. an earthquake has struck taiwan. the magnitude 6.3 quake struck early on sunday. authorities say the quake's epicentre was at a depth of 10 kilometres. we'll bring you more on the story as we get it. now to a remarkable story. a mother in the us state of alabama

with a rare double womb has given 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, one of the doctors who helped manage the delivery.

kelsey was coming in for her first new visit and we knew she had a condition with a double uterus. that is when we found out that not only was she pregnant in one uterus, she was also pregnant any other uterus.in the other uterus. it is very, very rare. that is something that obstetricians go through their whole careers and never see. biologically her uterus developed in an atypical way. a normal uterus forms by having two ducts that fuse together. hers did not fuse and that led to two separate uterus to two separate uterii and two separate cervixes. she likely ovulated separately with separate eggs going down each uterus and spurn being fertilised separately as well, leading to two separate babies in each uterus. as most babies they had a mind of their own and one came...

the first baby on the right uterus came vaginally, about ten hours later the baby came by c—section. mum is great and both babies are doing well. the baby on the right is called roxy and the baby on the left side, who came by c—section, is called rebel — appropriately named. us band the chicks say they're "shocked and saddened" by the death of founding member laura lynch, who was killed in a car accident in el paso, texas. the band posted a tribute to the 65—year—old on instragram, to the 65—year—old on instragram. a tribute saying she was instrumental to their early success as the dixie chicks, propelling them from "busking on street corners" to stages all across the us. in london, a man has been arrested on suspicion of theft and criminal damage after a piece of street art by thought to be by the artist banksy — painted onto a road sign — was taken shortly after being unveiled yesterday. the artwork comprised images

of three military drones attached to a traffic stop sign. our culture reporter, noor nanji reports. this was the extraordinary moment when two men took down a banksy work in broad daylight within an hour of the street artist confirming it was his. that prompted the local council to make an appeal for its return. banksy put this art here for the people of peckham, the local community want it back. the council represents the local community and they are going to get it back. we have already contacted the broad commander and we have also submitted a formal report to get it back. and also we have noticed that there is quite strong resolution footage of the people taking it down, so we kind of hoped that they would bring it back. the metropolitan police said they have arrested a man on suspicion of theft and criminal damage. it says the man remains in custody and investigations are ongoing.

anyone who may have information about the incident is being asked to call the police. the artwork was taken down from the spot at around lunchtime on friday in full view of a crowd of assembled passers—by. a new traffic sign has since been put up for safety reasons. local businesses have also said they are disappointed that the work by the famous street artist is no longer there. the work showed a red stop sign with three military drones painted on it. it was widely interpreted as being a call for a ceasefire in gaza. estimates of what the artwork could be worth have been flooding in. i would think that if it had certification from banksy, which it won't because it is street art, although it has been known to give certification to some pieces of street art, with certification i would say between £400,000 and £500,000. a local artist, meanwhile, took matters into her own hands, installing her own version of banksy�*s work, she said art should be accessible to everyone. noor nanji, bbc news.

christmas is just about a day away and in the arctic circle, santa has set out for his trip around the world. santa claus, father christmas, whatever you may call him, has departed along with his reindeer from lapland in finland to begin the long annualjourney to deliver christmas gifts around the world. it means he has a big to—do list. here in the us, norad begins tracking santa's flight 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. 0n 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. we'll have the headlines and all the main news stories for you at the top of the hour, straight after this programme. hello, everybody. a very warm welcome to talking business weekly with me, aaron hazelhurst, and a very special edition looking back at the last 12 months. spiralling prices, the rise of the robots, the end of fossil fuels, and the return to the office. oh, boy, it's been quite a year. we're going to hear from the policy makers, the big bosses, and the unlikely stories that made

the year so tumultuous. from the head of the imf and nasa to the side hustler making millions. how much money do you make doing this? so this past year, we did over $2 million. shut the front door! it's been a wild ride in business and work, so buckle up as we look back at 2023. wherever you joining me from around the world. once again, a big hello and a warm welcome to the show. you know, as the year began, europe, it was feeling lucky to have got through a relatively mild early winter. nevertheless, the russian invasion of ukraine and the impact it had on energy and food prices were certainly at the top of the agenda. the year to come in the west, well, it would be a dance between rising prices and wages and interest rates, which were just going up to keep a lid on everything else.