out scrambling. people calling out that they need blood for their sons and daughters, who are dying. christians in pakistan rebuild for christmas, months on from attacks on churches and homes. and — we'll find out where santa has got to as he races around the world to deliver all of those presents. i'm helena humphrey. good to have you with us. the hamas—run health ministry says at least 70 people were killed in an israeli strike on a refugee camp in the centre of the gaza strip. a ministry spokesman said that a densely populated residential block was destroyed in al—maghazi refugee camp — with many people reported buried under the rubble. israel says it's investigating the incident. hamas has described it as "a horrific massacre". from bethlehem in the occupied west bank, shaima khalil has more. what we understand from

the hamas—run health ministry is that the air strike hit a densely populated residential block in central gaza. several buildings in very close proximity to one another. one man who had lost his daughter, his grandchildren and his son—in—law had said that his family was ordered to evacuate from gaza city because of the israeli military operation. he said, "we came to central gaza only to die." he said, "there's just no safe place." there are two big challenges ahead after this. one is that the palestinian red crescent said because of the air strike has caused the main road connecting these refugee camps to shut down. that's going to make it very

difficult for rescue teams, for ambulances to get through. but also remember that most hospitals in gaza are struggling, whether it's fuel or lack of supplies or water. so as this rescue operation struggles, so will the medical situation. the world health organization has described the situation at gaza's largest hospital, as "absolute misery". the un agency has visited four hospitals in gaza — including a maternity hospital — and says there's an urgent need for fuel, food and drinking water. sean casey is an emergency medical team co—ordinator at who, speaking from inside al—shifa hospital. it's still absolute misery, with people still on the floors. it's almost impossible to walk. critical cases, doctors and nurses, absolutely scrambling. people crying out that they need blood for sons and daughters who are dying. there's almost nothing that this team can do, this very small clinical team can do, to help all of these people. it's absolute chaos still.

earlier, israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu said the war in gaza has come at a "very heavy price" with more than 150 israeli soldiers killed. in a message posted on social media, mr netanyahu promised that israel would win against what he described as the "barbarism" of hamas. in bethlehem, it's a very different, and sombre, christmas this year, as shaimaa khalil reports. a message from the children of bethlehem to the world — the city looks nothing like its festive self this time of year. there are no celebrations, but there's lots of solidarity. the latin patriarch ofjerusalem made a point of entering the church of nativity wearing the traditional black—and—white chequered palestinian scarf. there's no atmosphere of feast, because we are in a war. a terrible war. and we are here to pray —

but also tonight to ask notjust for the ceasefire — ceasefire is not enough. we have to stop these hostilities and to turn the page. because violence generates only violence. on days like this, jawdat and his father would have been talking about christmas preparations. not this year. jawdat�*s family is stuck in northern gaza. he tries to reassure his father that he will make it out alive and that they will be together again, but his dad is overcome with grief. a week ago, jawdat�*s grandmother nahida was shot twice in the stomach. his aunt samar rushed to help, and was shot in the head. jawdat�*s parents and relatives had been sheltering in the holy family church. now they've buried their loved ones there. the family blames israeli snipers for their deaths. the idf says it will continue its investigation.

"there is still shelling around us," his father tells me. before he says goodbye, he has one last message for his son. "may god be with you, my son," he says. "take care of your sisters." the war in gaza weighs heavily on bethlehem. visitors from around the world would have been here by now. it's empty, the city is empty from happiness, from joy, from kids, from santa, from every celebration, there is no celebration this year. we cannot be happy because, you know, we are not on another we are in palestine. translation: it so difficult, we are really struggling. - look at bethlehem, it has never been this way. - the atmosphere is heavy with absence, the absence of any features of celebration, the absence of tourists, of pilgrims who would

normally fill this square. bethlehem is many miles away from the war in gaza, but the pain is felt deeply here. in manger square, a nativity scene in the rubble has replaced the giant christmas tree, a tribute to the children in gaza and the call to end their suffering. shaimaa khalil, bbc news, bethlehem. pope francis has appealed for peace in the middle east during his christmas eve mass at the vatican. speaking from st peter's basilica, the pontiff said that jesus�* message of peace was being drowned out by what he called the "futile logic of war". translation: tonight, - our hearts are in bethlehem, where the prince of peace is once more rejected by the futile logic of war, by the clash of arms that even today prevents him from finding room in the world. four months ago,

the christian community in pakistan saw nearly two dozen of their churches and many homes ransacked by protesters in the punjab city of jara nwala. in the aftermath, the government promised money to help rebuild. but as they prepare for christmas, many are still living with the damage and shock of the attack. our pakistan correspondent, caroline davies reports. music plays cheering joy and christmas hats. familiar celebrations mask painful memories. jaranwala's christians have lost much this year. this woman lives in the only room left of her family home. rebuilding is slow. life in this charred space, exhausting. translation: we are tired now. in this one room, there is no facility. there is no light. no water. everything is finished. we don't have anything.

she and her family received two million rupees from the government — just over $7,000. she says that's not enough. translation: it takes a whole lifetime to build a house. - our parents saved each and every penny for the house and now it's all burned. whatever we had, you can look at the house. it's all burned. for two million rupees, you can't rebuild this whole house. jaranwala's authorities told us that the amount given to families was based on an assessment of the loss of each house. this is what caused that loss. hundreds gathered injaranwala after two christians were alleged to have desecrated the koran. allegations of blasphemy. it turned violent. churches, homes burnt and ransacked. four months on, the authorities say all the churches have been rebuilt.

this was the...this was the church. now, this looks...this looks completely different to the last time we were here, when the walls were completely blackened. and instead, of course, it's been completely redone. more than 350 were arrested, but none have yet stood trial. do you think the police should have moved faster? this is a process of law. the biggest stakeholder may be public, but there's one hidden, bigger stakeholder, which has much more stakes than the people actually know. that is the police department. that's the government itself, because we want to show people that such acts will not be tolerated in future. if we don't ensure justice in these cases, such like incident will keep happening. prayers, thoughts on a better year. will take far longer. caroline davies, bbc news, jaranwala.

around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. a sprawling caravan of migrants trekked through mexico on sunday, heading towards the us border. the procession came just days before us secretary of state antony blinken arrives in mexico city to try to strike agreements addressing the surge of migrants seeking entry to the us. the group of around 6,000 people, many of them families with young children, is the largest in more than a year. serbian police dispersed hundreds of protesters outside belgrade city hall demonstrating against allegations of fraud in last weekend's general election. protesters threw rocks and used flagpoles to break windows. riot police fired tear gas. the country's president dismissed the allegations of vote rigging as lies pushed by political rivals. police in slovakia have arrested a 64—year—old man

who allegedly threatened to carry out an attack similar to thursday's mass shooting in prague. tributes have been laid at the prague university where 14 people were killed when a student opened fire, before shooting himself dead. czech police have also made a number of arrests since the shooting, including one person on social media who congratulated the killer. you're live with bbc news. voters in chad have approved a new constitution that the country's military rulers say will pave the way towards a return to democratic rule. 86% of voters approved the resolution but a boycott by the opposition led to a turnout of 64%. critics accuse the government of voting irregularities and say the vote could help cement the power of the junta leader, general mahamat idriss deby, who seized power when his father was killed by rebels in 2021. he was one of africa's longest—ruling leaders and considered a key western ally. the oil—producing country is one of the poorest in the world. the world food programme says 42% of the population lives below the poverty line.

over the past few days, the us and china have restored communications between their two militaries with top generals speaking via videoconference. it comes after a year of strained relations amid tensions over taiwan and the south china sea. at the start of 2023, the pentagon shot down an alleged chinese spyballon that had traversed the united states and relations grew increasingly frosty. that was until november, when chinese president xi held talks with presidnet biden at the apec summit in san francisco, with both leaders agreeing to further talks, as well as a number of other commitments to try and deescalate. but where does that relationship stand going into 202a? i spoke with former us ambassador to china gary locke. ambassador, thank you for joining us here on bbc news. we've heard this week that the us and china have managed to restore those military—to—military communications. it's coming around a month after they agreed to do so at the apec

summit in san francisco. in your assessment, what does that tell us about where the relationship presently stands between the united states and china? ~ �* , between the united states and china? ~ 3 . between the united states and china? ~ �*, ., , between the united states and china? ~ �*, . , ., china? well, it's a pleasure to be with yom — china? well, it's a pleasure to be with you. this _ china? well, it's a pleasure to be with you. this is _ china? well, it's a pleasure to be with you. this is a - china? well, it's a pleasure to be with you. this is a very - be with you. this is a very important development. it's following through on the talks that president biden and president xi had in san francisco about a month ago. and it's really important that we re—establish, certainly, these military—to—military dialogues and communications. with all the tensions in the south pacific around the taiwan straits, it's absolutely critical that there not be any miscalculation, misinterpretations, of the actions of either side — and that there be close communication to make sure there are no unfortunate incidents.— there are no unfortunate incidents. ,, . ., , incidents. since that summit, there's been _ incidents. since that summit, there's been more _ incidents. since that summit, there's been more reporting i there's been more reporting coming out from us media outlets about conversations between president xi and president biden. we're hearing that president xi rather

bluntly told president biden that beijing will seek to reunify taiwan with mainland china, but the timing hasn't yet been decided. so the overarching message essentially being — it's not a question of if, but when. what did you make of that conversation?— of that conversation? well, that's really _ of that conversation? well, that's really a _ of that conversation? well, that's really a reiteration i of that conversation? well, that's really a reiteration of the longstanding views of the prc and beijing — that taiwan is part of china. we believe that the united states has long espoused a one china policy, but the actual status and the future of taiwan is to be decided by the people of china and taiwan, and we do not want it to occur by military force. and so what china's doing is reallyjust reiterating their strongly held position that taiwan is really a province of the mainland, and they hope it will eventually be reunified. the hope for that not to be

achieved through military force but do you think military force is a prospect? if we take a look at us intelligence from earlier this year according to the cia there is intelligence the cia there is intelligence the president xi had been directing his military to be ready to invade by 2027. so, do you think that move is on the horizon? do you think it can even come before then? i think it's certainly — even come before then? i think it's certainly an _ even come before then? i think it's certainly an option. - even come before then? i think it's certainly an option. that - it's certainly an option. that is certainly an option, that the prc has in case something drastic occurs within taiwan, whether an outright movement or independence but in the meantime, i think it's simply a preparation, it simply contingencies and let's really hope the sides, taiwan and the mainland, can work this out without having to resort to any force by the mainland.- force by the mainland. and, of course, force by the mainland. and, of course. we _ force by the mainland. and, of course, we do _ force by the mainland. and, of course, we do have _ force by the mainland. and, of course, we do have the - force by the mainland. and, of course, we do have the crucial| course, we do have the crucial election just around the corner in january, election just around the corner injanuary, don't we? where do

you think this puts the united states, essentially? president biden has said of course that washington would be ready to defend taiwan. realistically, what do you think that defence could look like?— could look like? again, we really should _ could look like? again, we really should not - could look like? again, we. really should not speculate. could look like? again, we - really should not speculate. we have pledged to protect taiwan in case of military action by the mainland. but all signs other taiwan is, while they prepare for their elections and is quite possible the pro—independence movie or party will prevail, not the kmt which very much supports reunification but the pro independent group, democratic group that's prevailed over the last many years and nothing has happened so it's important and i think all sides know as long as the rhetoric does not inaudible there are no overt actions for independence then the mainland is content to let things progress and hope that

there will be eventually reunification but that's something that the people of taiwan and the mainland need to decide without influence and interference by outside forces but again the united states is ready to protect taiwan in the inaudible military action by the mainland but again, nobody wants it. , ., ., , �* wants it. growth in china isn't what it once _ wants it. growth in china isn't what it once was. _ wants it. growth in china isn't what it once was. we - wants it. growth in china isn't what it once was. we know i wants it. growth in china isn't i what it once was. we know that president xi has set a goal of doubling growth by 2035. what doubling growth by 2035. what do you think that goal means for competition with the united states? ., , for competition with the united states? . , , states? certainly china's economy _ states? certainly china's economy right _ states? certainly china's economy right now- states? certainly china's economy right now is - states? certainly china's economy right now is inl states? certainly china's| economy right now is in a states? certainly china's - economy right now is in a very tough predicament. growth is very, very slow. high unemployment, especially among the young people. and there's a lot of anxious and the economy is in trouble with low property values and so many buildings that have been abandoned mid construction. and so there's a lot of worry and anxious within china. china wants to grow because it needs to provide

opportunity for its people, it wants to raise the standard of living for its 1.4 billion people with still many hundreds of millions still living close to poverty levels. china has done a remarkable job to poverty levels. china has done a remarkablejob in transforming inaudible amazing people out of poverty but it still has a long way to go but nonetheless china will try to be dominant, world—class in many areas. they are still the largest producers of electrical automobiles, they are very much intent on high and inaudible advanced manufacturing inaudible they are very much intent on being a technology powerhouse. that will create competition for the united states, certainly. and we need to make sure that we are educating our people and producing highly qualified graduates out of our high schools and colleges and universities to provide and to

continue the inaudible that is the hallmark of american economy. the hallmark of american economy-— the hallmark of american econom. . , �* ., economy. finally, we've also had comments _ economy. finally, we've also had comments from - economy. finally, we've also had comments from the - economy. finally, we've also had comments from the us l had comments from the us ambassador to china currently nicholas burns, saying this month, i want to quote him, "i don't feel optimistic about the future of us—china relations. i feel we need to see how things develop." do you share his view? ., , develop." do you share his view? . , , ., ., view? certainly the state of us-china — view? certainly the state of us-china relations - view? certainly the state of us-china relations is - view? certainly the state of| us-china relations is almost view? certainly the state of. us-china relations is almost at us—china relations is almost at an all—time low which was why the meeting between president be —— president xi and president biden in san francisco was so important, to try to get that relationship back on track. we all have fundamental differences with china on a whole host of issues, whether it is their government's role in enterprise state—owned companies, government owned companies competing against the private sector, unfairsubsidies, competing against the private sector, unfair subsidies, we have a lot of concerns about protections of intellectual

property as well as their record on human rights and of course there military activities. again, in the asia—pacific region. but it's critically important that the two largest economies find a way to work together for the benefit of both peoples and indeed, the entire world in automatic counting on both united states and china to tackle some the most existential issues facing the entire planet, whether it is halting the proliferation of nuclear weapons such as by korea and iran, as well as reducing carbon emissions in automatic world over the precipice with irreversible climate change. these are things that the state cannot do alone, nor china can do alone. the world is counting on strong, concerted partnership between the united states and china and even in areas of trying to find an automatic for the most dreaded diseases, we have opportunities for collaboration that will benefit the entire world but certainly our two peoples and that is why

trying to get this relationship back on track while recognising very fundamental differences is critically important. ambassador gary locke, thank you for being with us.- you for being with us. thank ou. it's an iconic sports car that's instantly recognisable. now, the story of ferrari and its founder is one of the big cinema releases this christmas. the film stars adam driver as enzo ferrari, and the bbc�*s charlotte gallagher went along to meet him. it's the story of an italian icon. two objects cannot occupy the same point in space. how the car synonymous with speed, luxury and excess was born. this film takes you back to the early days of ferrari, when the car firm and its founder, enzo ferrari, were in dire financial straits and struggling to stay on the road. you have perhaps a crisis of identity. the star wars and house of gucci actor adam driver

takes on the role of enzo. you lift. he passes. he won. you lost! he had a great pride and in being kind of a self—made person in a way, and, and maybe we both share a kind of manic or obsession with not getting lazy, you know, or constantly pushing, attention to detail. director michael mann has been trying to make this film for decades. his love of ferrari dates back to the 1960s, when he was a young student in london. i was standing in the rain on brompton road, waiting for the bus, and somebody drove by and stopped at a light with a blue piece of sculpture that belonged in the museum of modern art or something. and it was a 1967 ferrari. it was a 275 gtb. and that's how i first really got interested in what that was.

archive: the marquis de portago of spain and eddie nelson of america share a ferrari. the film is set in 1957 and ferrari are risking it all on a lucrative but incredibly dangerous road race. they were kind of these titan heroic figures because the risk was so high. am i willing to risk life for the sake of a win? because that will differentiate someone who wins and loses. yeah. did it make you want to drive around in a ferrari? or is it, like, as an actor if you're trying to be inconspicuous, i suppose... ferrari is not your vehicle. yeah, big red ferrari driving around — "hi, everybody!" right, right. well, i mean, we did drive ferraris. they're movable pieces of art. you were supposed to save him! penelope cruz stars as enzo's wife, grieving the death of their son. director michael mann was even given access to the family home forfilming. everything we shot in the film, many of them are actual.

that is the family mausoleum that we were allowed to shoot in. that is the house, that is the barber. adam's being shaved in that chair by the son of the barber who shaved enzo. wow. so there's — there's a kind of osmosis from all the authenticity that was around us. adam driver may not own a ferrari but he did get to test one out for the film. i only got to drive one of the cars that was in the movie, you know, for insurance reasons, and we didn't tell anybody that we went to an airstrip and the skin hadn't been put on the chassis yet but i got to drive one of the cars — i think the 801 — and it's terrifying. michael mann and adam driver are now used to critical and commercial success. they're hoping ferrari will race to repeat that. charlotte gallagher, bbc news. for those who celebrate, christmas has now arrived in many parts of the world. so, let's check on santa's whereabouts live, courtesty of norad's radar

and global mapping system. in the past few minutes, he's made it to the us. he's now over north carolina. —— delaware, actually. he's given out more than 5.5 billion gifts so far worldwide. norad, or the north american aerospace defense command as it's actually known, has been tracking santa's annual journeys since 1955. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. it is going to be a white christmas, but only over the hills of northern scotland — it's too mild elsewhere. and on sunday, it was the warmest christmas eve since 1997. temperatures in the south reached 15.3 celsius. and these are the temperatures that we've got first thing on christmas morning, ranging from maybe close to freezing in north—east scotland to 12 degrees across southern england,

where we're going to see some cloud and we're going to see some rain developing, and more rain develops in that cloud across england and wales. northernmost parts of england and northern ireland seeing sunshine and showers. just gets wetter through the day in scotland — mostly rain but over the hills in the north, there will be some fresh snow falling here, and that's where we've got some cold air. but otherwise, it is going to be a mild day, particularly across the south—east. 14 degrees here, but some gusty winds as well. so, we're seeing cloud and rain across many parts of the country on christmas day. boxing day is going to look and feel quite different, mind you. the weather systems that are bringing in the cloud and bringing in that wetter weather are going to slide away and things will calm down a bit as we head into tuesday. there's still going to be a few wintry showers blown in on those brisk winds across the far north of scotland on boxing day and there may be a few icy patches but for large parts of the country, it's going to be dry with some sunshine. there is more cloud and rain in the channel that will edge back into the south—west of england in the afternoon and some cloud will push ahead

of that into parts of england and wales, turn the sunshine a bit hazy. temperatures are going to be lower but the winds are going to be lighter as well. now, things change again for wednesday because that rain that's in the southwest is going to come northwards again on that weather front wrapped around the area of low pressure and the winds will be strengthening as well. the strongest of the winds, actually, on wednesday could be through the english channel and along the south coast of england — gusts of 50, 60 miles an hour. it's going to be wet across many places, briefly some snow over the pennines, but as that wet weather continues northwards into scotland, here, we could see the snow lasting a little bit longer. now, for many, it may well be rain, but over the hills above about 200m, there could be 10—15 centimetres of fresh snow and, of course, it's going to be colder here. elsewhere, though, it is going to be a mild day. despite that wet and windy weather, particularly in england and wales, temperatures will widely be into double figures but we're going to turn a little cooler later in the week.

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a moment in history — the coronation of king charles iii. god save the king! congregation: god save the king! - cheering across three days in may, the nation celebrated the newly crowned king and queen. at a star—studded concert, a poignant tribute from prince william. as my grandmother said when she was crowned, coronations are a declaration of our hopes for the future. and i know she's up there fondly keeping an eye on us. and she'll be a very proud mother. cheering also this year, prince harry reveals family secrets

in his bestselling memoir and in evidence as he takes on the british press.