and fresh details about the death of lee sun—kyun, star of the oscar—winning film parasite, whose body was found in seoul. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it's newsday. we start with the latest on the israel—gaza war. the israeli war cabinet minister, benny gantz, has said time is running out for a diplomatic solution to prevent attacks on israel's northern border. he warned that if the lebanese government does not do more to stop hezbollah, his military would take matters into their own hands.

it comes as israel continues to expand its ground offensive in gaza, with the hamas—run health ministry there saying almost 200 palestinians have been killed in the past two days, bringing the total to over 21,000. hamas is designated a terrorist organisation by the uk government. shamaa khalil reports. no funeral, no dignified burial, no tombstone. a bulldozer carries their bodies into a mass grave. their final resting place. israeli forces are expanding their ground offensive into the densely populated urban refugee camps in central gaza. and this is the scene at the neighbouring al aqsa hospital. 0verwhelmed, they have had to treat the injured on the floor and in hallways. across gaza at the moment, health capacity is at about 20% of what it was 80 or so days ago. so almost all of the hospital beds, almost all of the hospital services,

have stopped functioning. 0n foot, donkey carts or crammed onto the back of trucks, those who fled from northern gaza have come here for safety, but the war has chased them out again. heavy bombardment continues in the south and there aren't many places left to go. israel says the war will last for months and insists the aims are clear. translation: the next stages of the fighting i will also be powerful, deep and surprising. the campaign will continue and will be expanded as needed to additional locations and arenas. in the west bank, an israeli air strike killed six palestinians. the military says they were armed militants. locals deny it. this, as the palestinian president, mahmoud abbas, has warned that the area could implode.

a new refugee camp has now been set up for those twice displaced — first from northern gaza and now from the centre. this man lost six family members. "0ur houses have been destroyed," he says. "this is what's left. "it's worse than hell here." the hamas—run health ministry says more than 21,000 people have now died in gaza. those who've survived are running out of places to flee. shaimaa khalil, bbc news, jerusalem. the danish shipping company maersk has said it is ready to resume sailings through the red sea, despite a threat of drone and missile attacks by rebels in yemen, who say they're acting in support of hamas. the firm says it has scheduled several dozen container vessels for the coming weeks, but its plans could change depending on risk assessments. the world's biggest shipping company, msc, said one of its ships had been hit

by a missile on tuesday. one of the largest newspapers in the us, the new york times, is suing the companies behind chatgpt — 0penai and microsoft. the times alleges that the powerful artificial intelligence programme used millions of articles for training without permission. the newspaper is seeking damages, as well as an order that the companies stop using its content and destroy the data. the defendants are yet to respond to the lawsuit. for more on this story, we go live now to san francisco, california, to speak with professor pamela samuelson from the berkeley law school. thank you so much forjoining us today. what do you make of this case being brought by the today. what do you make of this case being brought by the new today. what do you make of this case being brought by the new york today. what do you make of this case being brought by the new york times? in your view today have a strong argument for may copyright law

perspective? argument for may copyright law perspective?— argument for may copyright law --ersective? . ., ., ., perspective? there are a dozen other lawsuits against _ perspective? there are a dozen other lawsuits against openai _ perspective? there are a dozen other lawsuits against openai and - perspective? there are a dozen other lawsuits against openai and the - lawsuits against 0penai and the other developers of these generative ai systems and many of the complaints are very similar. they are claiming copying fort training data purposes is illegal and also that the outputs are i would say of the complaints i read, the new york times is the strongest complaint so far. because it shows a number _ strongest complaint so far. because it shows a number of _ strongest complaint so far. because it shows a number of examples - strongest complaint so far. because it shows a number of examples of i it shows a number of examples of things that were published in the new york times and things that basically show what chatgpt produced in response to prompts and queries, so that's pretty powerful evidence that they must have started with new york times stories to produce the output that is substantially similar

and in some cases is exact. b5 output that is substantially similar and in some cases is exact. as you sa , and in some cases is exact. as you say. openal _ and in some cases is exact. as you say. open/ii facing _ and in some cases is exact. as you say, openai facing multiple - and in some cases is exact. as you| say, openai facing multiple similar say, 0penai facing multiple similar lawsuits at the moment, so do you think this case could set a precedent? i think this case could set a precedent?— think this case could set a recedent? ~ ., , , ., , precedent? i think many people, includin: precedent? i think many people, including people _ precedent? i think many people, including people at _ precedent? i think many people, including people at openai, - precedent? i think many people, including people at openai, are l including people at 0penai, are hoping that it will settle. there is a good chance that would happen here as they were negotiations going on and that they were broke down because the times wanted more money, i'm guessing, then 0penai and micro software really to give —— and microsoft were willing to give. while it is pending in the new york courts, it is going to be the one to watch, and because the cases are all very early stages, it is going to be years before we actually get a ruling, but the times complaint i think is going to get the most

visibility of all of the complaints that have been filed so far. i understand you wrote a paper about copyright in computer—generated works back in 1985. as you say, if this is going to take several years to settle, it will take a while for lot to catch up with this brand—new technology? lot to catch up with this brand-new technology?— technology? this is only the most recent disruptive _ technology? this is only the most recent disruptive technology - technology? this is only the most recent disruptive technology for l recent disruptive technology for copyright. player pianos were a disruptive technology way back when, and video cassette recorders for watching, doing copying of television programmes, were also controversial, and so internet cases have been challenging copyright law, so this is just the latest chapter in the kind of, can copyright law adapt to new technology? professor

samuelson. — adapt to new technology? professor samuelson, thank _ adapt to new technology? professor samuelson, thank you _ adapt to new technology? professor samuelson, thank you so _ adapt to new technology? professor samuelson, thank you so much - adapt to new technology? professor samuelson, thank you so much for. samuelson, thank you so much for joining us on newsday, and happy holidays. joining us on newsday, and happy holida s. �* , ,, a major incident has been declared in scotland, with long queues of vehicles stranded in the highlands. storm gerrit has been sweeping across the uk, bringing high winds and heavy rain. about 20,000 homes are still without power in northern scotland. 0n the roads, trains, ferries and at airports, people are facing delays and hazardous conditions. shiona mccallum reports. as you can see, we are stuck on the a9, just south of dalwhinnie. thick snow and ice took grip of the a9, the main trunk road between perth and the highlands. a major incident was declared. richard was at a standstill with his wife and daughter for over six hours, trying to get home to bristol after christmas. so, when we set off from loch laggan, it wasjust raining and the snow was actually melting away, it seemed

to be all right. and then as soon as we got to dalwhinnie, itjust was a complete white out. the skies opened and, within minutes, it wasjust complete white out. the traffic had come to an absolute halt and we were going nowhere. away from the white out, and it was the rain that was causing problems in cupar in fife. some residents had to be rescued from their homes after severe flooding in the town. specialist boats were brought in to help. woke up and i could hear some rustling noises and i looked out and there was two to three feet of water, up to my bed. i'm thinking most things in the lounge will be gone. so obviously, not what you want to wake up to just after christmas. in aberdeenshire and angus, there were major power outages. winds reached over 85 miles an hour in some parts. across scotland, thousands of people are still without power,

with more rural areas being warned it could take 48 hours to restore. it is too early at the moment to say exactly when everyone will be reconnected, but for those especially in rural places, you should be expecting to be without power for some time because of the damage caused and the access challenges our engineers are facing. trains were hit too. not only were services cancelled but some passengers were stuck on board for hours. in bowling, the line remains blocked by flood water and there was a landslip between cupar and leuchars. the operating companies are still working out there, they work 24/7 if they have to, to try and get these roads open as soon and as safely as possible. two top—flight football games were postponed, including ross county's trip to ibrox. flood warnings will continue into tomorrow and rail inspections for damage will need to be done,

so people can expect more disruption. the united states' top diplomat, antony blinken, is holding talks with the mexican president on how to deal with a surge in the number of migrants trying to reach the united states. mr blinken is being accompanied by the us homeland security secretary for the meeting with president lopez 0brador in mexico city. the meeting takes place amid a reported new influx of migrants, estimated at around 6,000, who are walking through mexico from tapachula to the us border. at stake for mr blinken�*s boss, presidentjoe biden, is securing some means of easing the wave of immigrants trying to cross the us southern border that is now receiving calls from both democrats and republicans for practical solutions. live now to our mexico correspondent will grant, who's in mexico city.

well, so the pressure has been growing on the white house, but how likely is it that they can actually come up with a practical solution, especially when president 0brador is not seeking reelection injune? yeah, make no mistake, these are crisis toxin in essence. —— crisis talks. somewhere in the region 10,000 undocumented migrants a day have been detained in the us during certain points of december. he mentioned the caravan making its way north from tampa chula on the border with guatemala, hoping to make it to the united states, that always burns a lot of media and political attention on the question of migration —— tapachula. and now, in christmas week, between christmas and new year, this high—level meeting, that is very, very unusual. you are right also to point out that

president lopez 0brador is not a power next year, but it is very, very likely his party will be. in these situations it is always good to find common ground commanding the mexican president wants from this discussion is more commitment by the united states to these talk to cuba, to talk to venezuela about migration and about how to stem of those leaving, perhaps by lifting of aid or sanctions —— development aid or lifting of sanctions. mit? or sanctions -- development aid or lifting of sanctions.— lifting of sanctions. why has there been this surging _ lifting of sanctions. why has there been this surging the _ lifting of sanctions. why has there been this surging the number- lifting of sanctions. why has there been this surging the number of. been this surging the number of people crossing into the united states? it people crossing into the united states? , ., ., states? it is never one individual thin , but states? it is never one individual thing, but nothing _ states? it is never one individual thing, but nothing what - states? it is never one individual thing, but nothing what is - states? it is never one individual thing, but nothing what is going| states? it is never one individual l thing, but nothing what is going on currently is a sort of perfect storm of a lack of investment in certain institutions and agencies in mexico that deal with deporting or detaining migrants, combined with

the fact that the criminal organisations are really pushing home to the migrants themselves that this is your moment. you have to do it. let's look at those countries of origin. i mentioned venezuela and cuba. el salvador has traditionally been a problem, there is a much better security situation there at the moment, but elsewhere in central america, things are mean very, very bleak. economic circumstances for 2024 very, very bleak across the region, so their push factors in their pull factors in all of this. and you told us what mexico is hoping to get from the us, but as the united states head into the presidential election year, what is washington seeking from mexico? essentially, they call it contention strategies. what that means is containment as far as i can see. basically a commitment by the administration and no doubt the one that follows it to remove people who are not on mexican soil with the right papers, to detain them if need be, to listen to their assigned him

requests about to provide asylum opportunities in mexico if there is strong enough reason to provide asylum, but not essentially to allow them to continue the journey north and make it to the us also that will be very, very difficult to stem, bearing in mind that so many of these families, so minis of the children and pregnant mothers and so on, are heading towards family already in the united states —— so many of the. already in the united states -- so many of the-— already in the united states -- so many of the. and what is next after this rather unusual _ many of the. and what is next after this rather unusual meeting, - many of the. and what is next after this rather unusual meeting, as - many of the. and what is next afterj this rather unusual meeting, as you said, overthe this rather unusual meeting, as you said, over the holiday season? we will have said, over the holiday season? - will have to sort of see as things move into 2024 what happens to the immigration issue. i think it is good feature so highly on the list of priorities, the list of things that come up in debates between the two main presidential candidates in the us, it won't go away as an issue for the candidates here in mexico either, so, look, it is going to remain a political football. either, so, look, it is going to remain a politicalfootball. i doubt there will be hard, concrete policies decided today, but a broad

strategy, memorandum of understanding, areas to work on, things that they can do together to at least begin to open the port of entries that got shut down during this current crisis. imilli entries that got shut down during this current crisis.— this current crisis. will grant, in mexico city. _ this current crisis. will grant, in mexico city, thank _ this current crisis. will grant, in mexico city, thank you - this current crisis. will grant, in mexico city, thank you so - this current crisis. will grant, in mexico city, thank you so much| this current crisis. will grant, in i mexico city, thank you so much for updating us on that story. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. a murder inquiry is under way after a car hit a crowd of people outside a property in sheffield. a 46—year—old man died and several other people were injured. two people have been arrested. nearly 90,000 nhs appointments had to be cancelled because of last week's junior doctor strike in england, according to new data from nhs england. most were hospital check—ups and operations, but some community appointments were also affected. a new study has found that hospital admissions from a common winter virus could be reduced by more than 80% if babies are given a single injection of

a new antibody treatment. more than 30,000 under—fives are admitted to hospital with rsv in the uk each year, resulting in between 20 and 30 deaths annually. and in darts, the rise of the british 16—year—old star luke littler continues. he's become the youngest player to reach the last 16 of the world darts championship after a comfortable 4—1 you're live with bbc news. fresh details are emerging about the death of the south korean actor lee sun—kyun — best known for his role in the oscar—winning film parasite. police say his body was discovered in a car in the capital seoul. he'd left a note for his family. the star — who was a household name in south korea — was recently questioned by police about alleged drug use. nick marsh reports. we simply won't go out there.

lee sun—kyun was a man at the top of his game. he played the father in the park family in the searing social satire parasite, which won the oscar for best picture in 2019. even before that, he was a household name in south korea, playing the leading man in well—loved romcoms and dramas. but his life was turned upside down two months ago when reports emerged that he'd been visiting an escort karaoke bar. i'm sorry for the concern i caused. he was accused of taking marijuana and ketamine with one of the women. mr lee strenuously denied the drug use and said he was being blackmailed. south korea has strict laws on drugs. this weekend, he was questioned by police overnight. this weekend, he was questioned by police overnigh for 19 hours.

celebrities are held to a high standard in south korea. using drugs, visiting escort bars — those kinds of things can ruin the career of a public figure. but there's also been sympathy for a man who, in a western country, at least, might not have found himself in this situation. this is where lee sun—kyun was found alone in his car in one of seoul's main parks. police had received a report that he'd left his home and written what appears to be a suicide note. his family have asked the public to respect their wishes and allow them to grieve. nick marsh, bbc news, seoul. let's get some of the day's other news now. the united states has announced this year's final package of military aid for ukraine. it provides up to $250 million of arms and equipment under previously agreed budgets. president biden has asked congress to provide another $61 billion in aid to ukraine, but republicans are refusing to approve the assistance without an agreement on us border control policy.

more than a thousand soldiers and emergency workers have held drills in south korea that simulated a surprise attack by north korea. the mayor of seoul said a lesson was learned after israel's defences were breached by hamas. tensions between north and south korea are high after pyongyang tested an inter—continental ballistic missile. in the indonesian island of aceh, a crowd of students have stormed a centre housing rohingya refugees, demanding they be deported. scuffles broke out between police and students. aceh residents say they're frustrated with the high number of arrivals. hundreds of rohingya refugees have landed by boat after leaving camps in bangladesh. they fled persecution under a crackdown in myanmar in 2017. donald trump will be able to contest next year's presidential primary election in the us

state of michigan. the state's supreme court upheld a lower court's order that mr trump be allowed to participate, despite accusations he led an insurrection. colorado's supreme court recently ruled that he could not contest the primary in that state. the former european commission presidentjacques delors — described as the architect of the modern eu — has died, aged 98. he helped create the single market, allowing the free movement of people, goods and services within the eu. and he was also a key figure in the creation of the euro. adam fleming looks back at his life. he was the architect of modern europe. in the �*80s and �*90s, the president of the european commission thought the eu should come more closely together, socially, economically and politically. some british conservatives reacted in horror. no!

no, no! born to a working—class, devoutly catholic family, jacques delors first became a banker. in 1981, president mitterrand appointed him finance minister. four years later, he headed for brussels. good friends, they certainly aren't... i margaret thatcher signed up to the single european act, which tore down barriers to trade. but delors then championed something she couldn't stomach. this government has no intention of agreeing to the imposition of a single currency. the iron lady saw him as europe's new bonaparte. that would be entering a federal europe through the back delors. the sun said the same in less diplomatic language. in 1992, the maastricht treaty laid the foundations of the euro. translation: let's look. to the future, with economic and monetary union, the 12 member countries can hope to draw

the greatest possible benefits of a common economic area, with its social dimension, too. arguments over that future led to the downfall of margaret thatcher and john major. tony blair and gordon brown disagreed onjoining the euro. in 2016, britain decided enough was enough and left. the british people have spoken, and the answer is — we're out. l at times, financial crises in europe have been blamed on the way the single currency was constructed, but the high priest of european integration never had a doubt. the former european commission president, jacques delors. now we want to show you a huge statue of the colombian singer shakira that has been unveiled in her hometown. the bronze sculpture is more than six metres tall and shows

the star swivelling her hips. shakira and her parents have visited the figure in barranquilla. a plaque at its base praises shakira's music, charity work and — in a reference to her hit song — her "hips that don't lie". google says that shakira was among the names most searched during the year. before the statue was unveiled, she settled a tax fraud case and released a song about her ex — footballer gerard pique. with just a few days to go until new year's eve, the design of the iconic ball that will drop in new york's times square to welcome in 2024 has been revealed. 0rganisers say the new design features a bow tie pattern. it's made from two triangles shining together to make the shape — that's because times square was once known as "the bow tie." the new year's eve ball is just over three and half metres in diameter

and weighs nearly five and half thousand kilos. indeed, only a few more days to go, isn't it? that is it for this edition of newsday. we will be back at the top of next hour, so do join us if you can, but for now thanks for watching the programme. hello. storm gerrit has certainly made its presence felt across the uk with a combination of significant snow, flooding, rain and some exceptionally strong winds. just a selection of the gusts recorded during wednesday and on into the evening. wind gusts of close to 90 miles per hour in the northern isles. now on the satellite picture, this storm looks beautiful — this swirl of cloud here. the main body of the wet and windy weather is now sliding away north—eastwards, up towards scandinavia, but low

pressure is still firmly in charge. lots of isobars on this chart. that means it is going to stay windy for many of us during thursday and there will be lots of showers. those showers heavy, possibly thundery, wintry over hills in the north of the uk. across england, wales and northern ireland, some very gusty winds, gusting to 40, 50, maybe 60 miles per hour around some irish sea coasts, but certainly not as windy as it has been across scotland. temperature—wise, well, five or six degrees in the north of scotland, 12 or 13 in south wales and southern england. and then as we head through thursday night, there will be further showers or longer spells of rain. still some wintry showers mixing in across the northern half of the uk with this northerly wind kicking in. that will bring a somewhat chillier feel. in fact, i think we'll see quite a lot of rain, sleet and snow developing in northern scotland by the start of friday morning. that is a sign of things to come. we'll see this showery and at times wintry weather continuing to affect

northern parts of scotland with a strong northerly wind. pretty windy in other areas as well. a band of showers across northern ireland into northern england, something wintry mixing in here over higher ground. sunshine and showers further south. a slightly chillier feel to the weather on friday. and then into saturday, here comes our next weather system. some heavy rain in places where we really do not need it. some snow developing over high ground in northern england and scotland. we could see some snow to quite low levels for a time in scotland. 5 degrees for aberdeen, 12 degrees for plymouth. and so low pressure will be firmly in charge of our weather as we head towards the end of the year, towards the new year's eve celebrations. in fact, this low could well bring another bout of very windy weather indeed. so this is the forecast through new year's eve and into new year's day. it looks quite unsettled.

this is bbc news. we'll have the headlines for you at the top of the hour, straight after this programme. thai women are sold a dream online. the message is, marry a foreign man and you will have a good life.

many couples of course remain happy, but the dark reality of others isn't talked about in my community. in this isolated part of england, the body of a thai woman was found. 20 years on, her family is still seeking answers and justice. she died not long after i moved to the uk. her death has always haunted me.

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