modern eu the architect of the modern eu has died aged 98. thank you for being with us. if you are just thank you for being with us. if you arejustjoining us, here is 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. israeli strikes reportedly killed dozens of people in

several camps in recent days. the united nations has expressed grave concern and warned that the scale in the intensity of ground operations and fighting is hindering the delivery of aid to those in need. 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. shaimaa khalil reports. no funeral, no dignified burial, no tombstone. a bulldozer carries their bodies into a mass grave... ..theirfinal 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. to the us now are one of the largest newspapers, the new york times, is suing the companies be hind chatgpt as well as microsoft. the new york times alleges that the power official active diligence programme use millions of his articles for training without permission. the newspaper is

seeking damages as well as in order that the company stop using its content and destroy the data. the defenders are yet to respond to the lawsuit. earlier my colleague spoke to riley in makkah from los angeles you provided more contacts. angeles you provided more contacte— angeles you provided more contacts. ~ ., , ., contacts. we reported it as of this morning. _ contacts. we reported it as of this morning, which - contacts. we reported it as of this morning, which is - contacts. we reported it as of this morning, which is that i contacts. we reported it as of| this morning, which is that the new york times believes that 0penai has been infringing on is copyright as well as microsoft. we reported the story this morning.- microsoft. we reported the story this morning. how long do ou story this morning. how long do you allege _ story this morning. how long do you allege this _ story this morning. how long do you allege this has _ story this morning. how long do you allege this has been - story this morning. how long do you allege this has been going l you allege this has been going on? . ., , . you allege this has been going on? ., on? the complaint says that there was — on? the complaint says that there was content _ on? the complaint says that there was content that - on? the complaint says that there was content that goes | there was content that goes back to as early as the 1950s that has been used in the's training models and chatbots to develop these new technologies, and the company is enforcing its copyright and pursuing claims under that argument. flan

claims under that argument. can ou tell claims under that argument. can you tell us _ claims under that argument. can you tell us more _ claims under that argument. can you tell us more about how the us law operates in terms of your expectations for this case? is there guidance on what kind of permissions are required to ask for before the user content?— user content? that is exactly at the crux — user content? that is exactly at the crux of _ user content? that is exactly at the crux of this _ user content? that is exactly at the crux of this case. - at the crux of this case. companies like 0penai, massive billion—dollar valuations with billions of dollars in funding have essentially scraped the internet and taken content, a lot of it that is copyrighted, for free and used lot of it that is copyrighted, forfree and used it lot of it that is copyrighted, for free and used it in lot of it that is copyrighted, forfree and used it in is technologies. the new york times is going to court to argue that was illegal. it is effectively _ argue that was illegal. it is effectively a _ argue that was illegal. it is effectively a test _ argue that was illegal. it is effectively a test case - argue that was illegal. it is effectively a test case in i argue that was illegal. it is effectively a test case in this arena? it effectively a test case in this arena? , ., ., ., , arena? it is one of many. there arena? it is one of many. there are ongoing _ arena? it is one of many. there are ongoing lawsuits _ arena? it is one of many. there are ongoing lawsuits from - arena? it is one of many. there| are ongoing lawsuits from other creative industries. you look at something like actors that have sued 0penai authors, fiction authors and non—fiction, and this isjust

the beginning. getty images has said another ai company that uses images to train generative ai that creates realistic images. i think we are at the forefront of this and it will remain to be seen what happens. earlier we also spoke to professor pamela samuelson and i asked herfrom professor pamela samuelson and i asked her from a professor pamela samuelson and i asked herfrom a copyright law perspective whether she thinks the new york times has a strong case. thinks the new york times has a strong case-— strong case. there are a dozen other lawsuits _ strong case. there are a dozen other lawsuits against - strong case. there are a dozen other lawsuits against openai | other lawsuits against 0penai and the other developers of these systems and many of the complaints are very similar. they claim copying for training data purposes is illegal and also that the output is illegal. i would say that the complaint that i have read, the new york times is the strongest complaint so far, because 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. that is pretty powerful evidence that they must have started with the new york times stories to produce the output that is substantially similar. in some cases, exact. this substantially similar. in some cases. exact-— cases, exact. as you say, openai — cases, exact. as you say, openai is — cases, exact. as you say, openai is raising - cases, exact. as you say, | openai is raising multiple 0penai is raising multiple similar lawsuits at the moment, so do you think this case could set a precedent? i so do you think this case could set a precedent?— set a precedent? i think many --eole, set a precedent? i think many people, including _ set a precedent? i think many people, including people - set a precedent? i think many people, including people at i people, including people at 0penai, hoping it will settle. there is a good chance that what happened here is there are negotiations going on and they broke down because the times wanted more money, i am guessing. then 0penai and

microsoft are willing to give. of course, this lawsuit, of course, this lawsuit, pending in new york courts now, is going to be the one to watch. because the cases are all in very early stages, it is going to be years before we actually get a ruling, but the new york times complaint will get the most visibility of all of the complaints that have been filed so far. i understand ou been filed so far. i understand you wrote _ been filed so far. i understand you wrote a — been filed so far. i understand you wrote a paper— been filed so far. i understand you wrote a paper about - you wrote a paper about copyright and computer—generated works back in 1985. this case will take several years to settle, it will take a while for law to catch up with this brand—new technology. catch up with this brand-new technology-— technology. this is only the most recent _ technology. this is only the most recent disruptive - most recent disruptive technology for copyright. player pianos are a disruptive technology way back when and video cassette recorders for

watching — for doing copying of tv programmes were also controversial and so internet cases have been challenging copyright law. this isjust the latest chapter in the kind of camp copyright law adapted to new technology. america's 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. 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.

0ur mexico correspondent will grant says pressure is growing on the white house to come up with a practical solution, even though president 0brador�*s term ends injune. make no mistake, these are crisis talks, in essence. we need to set it into context, the fact that somewhere in the region of 10,000 undocumented migrants a day have been detained in the us during certain points of december. you mentioned the caravan making its way north from tapachula, on the border with guatemala, hoping to make it to the united states. that always brings a lot of media and political attention on the question of migration. and now in christmas week, between christmas and new year, this high—level meeting, that's very, very unusual. you're right also to point out that president lopez 0brador won't be in power next year, but it's very, very likely that his party will be. and when we're in these election cycles, it's sort of in everybody�*s interest to at least

find common ground. and i think one thing the mexican president wants from these discussions is more commitment by the united states to at least talk to cuba, to talk to venezuela about migration and about how to stem the tide of those leaving, perhaps by improved development aid or lifting of sanctions. of course, this is an ongoing issue. but why has there been this surge in the number of people crossing into the united states? it's never one individual thing, but i think what's 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. " of course, let's look at those countries of origin. i mentioned venezuela and cuba.

el salvador has traditionally been a problem. there's a much better security situation there at the moment, but elsewhere in central america, things remain very, very bleak. economic circumstances for 2024 are very, very bleak across the region, so there are push factors and there are 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, as far as i can see, is containment strategies — basically a commitment by lopez 0brador�*s 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 asylum requests, to provide asylum opportunities in mexico if there's strong enough reason to provide asylum, but not, essentially, to allow them to continue the journey north,

make it to the us. that will be very, very difficult to stem, bearing in mind that so many of these families, so many of these children and pregnant mothers and so on, are heading towards family already in the united states. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. the united states has announced that this is a final package of military aid for ukraine. improvise up to $215 million of arms and equipment under previously agreed budget. joe biden is asking congress to provide another $61 billion in aid to ukraine. donald trump will be able to contest the presidential primary elections next year in a state of michigan, despite accusations that he led an interaction. the colorado supreme court recently ruled he could not contest the primary in that state republican party there has

asked the us court to intervene. police in the czech republic have confirmed they discovered a suicide note in the home of the man who carried out last week's mass shooting in prague. they say he admitted to shooting dated two people in the week prior to the attack on the week prior to the attack on the university before taking his own life. you're live with bbc news. let's turn to south korea now. fresh details are emerging about the death of the south korean actor lee sun—kyun — best known for his role in the 0scar—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. 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. translation: 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 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. more than 1000 soldiers and emergency workers have held drills in south korea that simulated a surprise attack by the north. the mayor of seoul said a lesson was learned after israel's defences were breached ljy israel's defences were breached by hammers. tensions between

north korea and south korea is high after pyongyang tested an intercontinental missile. in the indonesian island, a crowd of students stormed a centre housing rohingya refugees demanding they be teleported. scuffles broke out between police and students —— they be deported. forcing the refugees to move to another shot. residents say they are frustrated with the high number of arrivals. hundreds of rohingya refugees have landed ljy rohingya refugees have landed by boat after living camps in bangladesh. they fled persecution after a crackdown in myanmar in 2017. jacques delors is has died aged 98. he helped create the single market, allowing the free movement of people, goods and service is 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. .. 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. l 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. 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 is. mclaren is one of the most recognisable teams in world motorsport, associated with big name drivers such as lewis hamilton, but the team could have a new star in their ranks, as an 18—year—old filipino driver has recently become the first woman to be enrolled into the team's development programme, and will represent them on next year's f1 academy tour. earlier i spoke to their potential new star and she told me of her excitement for this new season. me of her excitement for this new season-— new season. honestly, it happened _ new season. honestly, it happened so _ new season. honestly, it happened so quickly. - new season. honestly, it| happened so quickly. this new season. honestly, it - happened so quickly. this year we kind of grew quite a lot, and the opportunity to sign with mclaren came about, and honestly it has been such a dream. and yes, everything has been going well and honestly i'm just very happy about what we have achieved so far. incredible to see what we can achieve more in the future. but

i ruess achieve more in the future. but i guess with — achieve more in the future. but i guess with the fame comes the spotlight, and you've recently had some social media controversy, after liking coast which appeared to criticise your rival, lance stroll. do your rival, lance stroll. do you have any update on that? honestly, it was a personal incident that just honestly, it was a personal incident thatjust happen incident that just happen through incident thatjust happen through going on social media, after reading a few things to connect with my fans, and honestly it was an honest mistake. having a brother that has autism, i spend my whole life really trying to fight for him and using him as my motivation, so to have this interlinked i am incredibly sad and sorry to lance and everyone that may have been hurt through this. i have beat myself up for a mistake that i do. that is just the life of an athlete, as a driver, i made a mistake and i'm deeply committed deeply

sorry, and yeah, it is what it is and i do my best to learn from every mistake that i do. mm, do you think you might be under even more scrutiny because you are a rare woman in motorsports? i because you are a rare woman in motomports?_ because you are a rare woman in motomports?— motorsports? i think pursuing a career path _ motorsports? i think pursuing a career path isn't _ motorsports? i think pursuing a career path isn't always, - motorsports? i think pursuing a career path isn't always, you i career path isn't always, you know, taken sometimes. everything that you do can be highlighted, and thatjust highlighted, and that just comes highlighted, and thatjust comes with the sport that i'm doing. honestly, it's tough. you've got to be tough, i guess, to pursue such a path, and of course learn from your mistakes and to account for them whenever you do make them and i think that's always quite tough, tough to learn as you grow up and you grow older but it's something that i personally am going through right now and just doing my best to learn as i go along. how did you get into the sport?

because there isn't much motor racing community in the philippines, is that? no, there isn't. philippines, is that? no, there isn't- there — philippines, is that? no, there isn't. there is _ philippines, is that? no, there isn't. there is only _ philippines, is that? no, there isn't. there is only racing i isn't. there is only racing drivers from the that is why i would say it is quite tough to actually get into racing and get the support, and that's why it was incredible how it started for me when my dad, he had to work three jobs just to put food on the table, and being a racing driver was not really a reality for me. through hard work we were able to make it and that's what i've always done, to share the stories and share the struggles, and i have always, always hold myself accountable for every mistake that i do on track and off track, and i think that's just the best way to go at it, and obviously i have done my best to make sure that the community continues to grow, because i do believe that the next is the future. someone that still has quite a long road ahead of herself, i want

to be the difference i want to see in the world, and i have always wanted to make myself better. mil always wanted to make myself better. �* , , ., �* ., inshallah, the makers of the star wars films are suing a car wash. the car wash on the outskirts of the capital santiago is called star wash, and has attendance dressed as characters, including the mandalorian, chewbacca and darth vader. lucasfilm claims the themed car wash is plagiarising its multi—billion dollarfranchise, and people dollar franchise, and people might dollarfranchise, and people might think that it is affiliated with them. but the owners of the car wash argue that the production company because my copyright, while covering products such as toys, furniture, nonalcoholic drinks, does not extend to cleaning cars. withjust does not extend to cleaning cars. 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 work in 2024 has been

revealed. 0rganisers say the new design features a pattern made from two triangles shining together to make the shade. times square was once known as the bowtie, and the new year's eve ball is just over three and a half metres in diameter and weighs nearly 5.5 kilos. that is it for this edition of news day. thank you so much for watching. 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 mph 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 mph 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.

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going on overhead just at the moment. yevgeny prigozhin seemed determined to march his men to the top of the hill. then, he marched them down again. political persecution like something straight out of a fascist or communist nation. this is southern israel and that is gaza, and the war here has dominated the news agenda since early october. tragic and polarising, it's one of the biggest stories of 2023 and one that i have followed here and reported on throughout, speaking to people in israel and in gaza about how they're living through it.