of sprawling urban refugee camps in central gaza strip as israeli tanks and troops advance. israeli forces have told them to head south and west into hastily built and already overcrowded tent camps. there's also been an intensification of fighting across the israel—lebanon border in recent days, sparking fears of a wider conflict. a member of israel's war cabinet has warned that the military will take matters into its own hands if cross border attacks by the hezbollah group don't stop. meanwhile, idf says it regrets harm to civilians during christmas eve air strikes. an israeli military official says the use of the wrong munition led to "extensive collateral damage" in strikes targeting the maghazi refugee camp on december 24. our middle east correspondent yolande knell begins our coverage. bundles ofjoy in a time of anguish. iman tends to three of her quadruplets recently born in one of gaza's overwhelmed hospitals.

one remains in intensive care. miles away from their home and with supplies short, iman and her husband fear for the safety of their newborns in this un school turned shelter. "because there is a lack of baby formula, i try to breast—feed them, but there is no nutritious food i can eat," iman explains. "disposable nappies aren't available, so i only change them three times a day". children continue to suffer in this brutal war. this little girl doesn't yet know her mother has been killed in an israeli air strike. medics here in khan younis battle to save lives close to the southern front line of the fighting. israeli ground forces are pushing into areas they say are strongholds of hamas, and targeting its command centres. the military says this tunnel network in northern gaza was miles long. it's now been destroyed.

increasingly, israel's attention is notjust focused on the war in gaza but on its northern border with lebanon, where there are almost daily exchanges of fire with the powerful iran—backed armed group hezbollah. sirens sent israelis in northern towns rushing to shelters. yesterday saw some of the heaviest incoming rocket fire since tensions surged in october. hezbollah aims to tie up israel's military resources that could otherwise be deployed in gaza. israeli ministers warn it's a dangerous strategy. translation: the situation on israel's northern - border demands change. the stopwatch for a diplomatic solution is running out. if the world and the lebanese government don't act in order to prevent the firing on israel's northern residents and to distance hezbollah from the border, israel will do it. as israeli fighterjets strike in southern lebanon in response

to the latest rocket fire, a grim pattern repeats itself. but the fear is that this could yet slip into another devastating all—out war. yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem. hamas�*s network of tunnels throughout gaza is proving a major problem for israel's ground operations. our correspondent kasra naji and cameraman soran qurbani were invited by the idf — along with other media outlets — to visit what it says is the biggest tunnel found so far. at the main crossing into northern gaza, for the israeli military, progress in the war has been a lot slower than anticipated. the reason — the vast network of tunnels that hamas is using for hit and run attacks on israeli soldiers and for hiding. there is crossing is right behind us. you can see how the entrance was blasted open. the israeli army took us and a group

of otherjournalists inside gaza on foot to show us the biggest tunnel that they have discovered so far. there were no restrictions on journalists other than not showing some positions of troop concentration. we are just north of gaza. this is what gaza looks like from here — a devastated shell of a ghost town. we can hear the sound of heavy machine gun fire and drones flying overhead. there is also the occasional blast of an artillery round. this is the mouth of the huge tunnel israelis have discovered just a few hundred metres from the border with israel. a spokesman for the army, originally from iran, spoke to me in persian. translation: in this tunnel you can find anything- _ you can live in them. you can sleep in them. you can take a bath.

you can keep prisoners here for years, if you like. and no one from the above would know what you are up to. from here, the tunnel doesn't look like a major discovery or a massive engineering feat. but inside it's clear that this has been a major development project for hamas to be able to quickly move gunmen to the border with israel. the tunnel is wide enough to drive the car through. it's 4.5 kilometres long. it opens in the northern part of the city of gaza. it's wired for electricity and other amenities. it's made of concrete. it must have taken hamas years to build and cost millions of dollars. it begs the question — how did the israeli intelligence agencies miss something of these dimensions? after about 30 metres or so, we were not allowed to go any deeper into the tunnel

for our own security. soldiers had their guns and their lights pointed at the dark end of the tunnel, just in case. israel discovered this tunnel over two weeks ago, its mouth hidden in a sand dune. i've just come out of this tunnel. you can only go down this tunnel for about 20 metres or 30 meters. and israeli soldiers stop you from going any further, which means that two weeks after having been discovered, this tunnel is still not completely safe or secure. the tunnel is, we've been through the whole tunnel from side to side. it branches off into different directions. it goes down. however, you have to understand that these tunnels are very complex and all of a sudden you can find another instance of a tunnel you never knew about. this stretches for kilometres all the way to gaza, into gaza city. this tunnel goes to gaza city and so therefore cautiously saying that we know every element of this

tunnel, but we're not going to take any chances. it is now clear that the tunnels have presented the israeli army with a big challenge. they say the war may now last for many months, particularly now that hamas says it has moved to guerrilla tactics of hit and run attacks using these tunnels. kasra naji, bbc, northern gaza. the un has deplored what it said was a "rapid deterioration" of human rights in the israeli—occupied west bank. the un high commissioner for human rights said it had recorded mass arbitrary detentions, unlawful detentions, and cases of reported torture and other forms of ill—treatment of palestinian detainees. it said about 4,785 palestinians had been detained in the occupied west bank since 7th october. i've been speaking to leah tsemel. she's an israeli lawyer who has represented palestinian defendants in the israeli court system. i began by asking her what conditions are like in these prisons.

i've been visiting a few prisons, the women's prison, men's prison, and there is one common phenomenon since the war started. all the prisoners, the political prisoners, or they called in israel security prisoners are being humiliated in the prison. it's a general order probably from above, because it repeats itself in each and every prison. the prisoners i met, after a month and a half of this war, are starving. they don't get enough food in all the prisons. all their articles were taken away from them. they had the same clothes. they cannot change it. they are kept in the rooms almost all day long.

besides a very, very short journey, or i would say going outside for a very short time. and then they are there again. the food is miserable. and i met one of my clients who lost already 25 kilos. and the other one says he lost 15 kilos. they are handcuffed. most of the time they are kept in the rooms. it's impossible to live there. the prison authorities took away the televisions, their kettle to have hot water. they can drink only tap water. i'm sorry to interrupt the. but just to ask you, this un report is also detailing reports of alleged torture as well. are you hearing this? i want to talk about it. yes, of course. of course.

first of all, the major thing is humiliation. when they are being counted two, three times a day, they have to bend and sit on their knees and being all the time handcuffed. and then they are being beaten, beaten without reasons whatsoever. the prisoners who refused to come to the court, even though they might have the right to do so, because they are afraid to be beaten on the way in the car or by the guards and by the policemen. this is a constant complaint. there are few people who died. a few were detained after the war and died as a result of ill treatment. and what does this treatment what does this do? what does this do to a person? first of all, i think this is a kind of a revenge. we have our captives in gaza. so you will be treated

as they are treated. and therefore, i think, i believe this is behind it. and the policemen and the guards and almost every authority person allows himself to treat them terribly. it's common. i see it everywhere, even in thejerusalem detention place near the courts. prisoners are complaining again and again that they are being they don't, they're not shifted from place to place. they've been beaten to go from a to b, and they are being humiliated all the time. this is the regular complaint. and we bring it before thejudges, bring it before the judges also in the military court. and we didn't see any reaction until now. they are, we are trying to get organised as lawyers to defend our clients. and we even addressed

the lawyers association in israel. and we are waiting for some kind of development. there have been all kinds of human rights organisations who address the supreme court ofjustice about the new conditions. and the answer was, well, we are in times of war. times of war is not times of peace. this is unbearable. that's what i can say. it was really lawyer leah tsemel. —— israeli lawyer. here in the uk, around 100 homes have been damaged by a small tornado in greater manchester as storm gerrit swept across the country. police declared a major incident in tameside after roofs were torn off houses, trees blew down and walls collapsed. elsewhere in the uk, storm gerrit has brought flooding and disrupted travel, with scotland being the worst affected area. thousands of homes are still without power and two major roads are closed because of flood water and fallen trees. our correspondent fiona trott is in millbrook where the mini tornado struck. they'll evacuate us now. this is me daughter's car.

the moment their lives turned upside down. it's been described as a "localised tornado". it lasted for seconds but the impact was devastating. here in millbrook, a lucky escape. this tree smashed through a house metres from where a woman slept. if you was to get a wrecking ball and go through the house, it was like — cos i opened the door and i thought, "oh, my god". maisie hasn't slept a wink. she has no idea what will happen to her home. what seems to have happened is the tree's hit the roof, gone through my bathroom, so the whole roof and ceiling of my bathroom is down, the tree is in the bathroom. and the whole tree is being held up by one branch and it is starting to snap currently, i've been told. so if it does snap, it's going to go through the whole house. a scene from a movie — that's how they've described it here in stalybridge. it's amazing that nobody was seriously injured. tornadoes can be massively damaging.

you can see winds in excess of 100mph concentrated on a very small area. but that is enough to bring down parts of houses, trees, cause massive amounts of damage. in scotland, the shetland isles were hit by winds of over 80mph last night, and across the whole of scotland more than 7,000 homes are still without power. fiona trott, bbc news, stalybridge. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. a 46—year—old man has died after a car hit a crowd of people outside a property in the burngreave area in sheffield. another person is also seriously injured. two men, aged 23 and 55, are being held by south yorkshire police, and the authorities are appealing for witnesses. holly willoughby will return to television to present dancing on ice alongside

stephen mulhern injanuary, itv has announced. the 42—year—old has been absent from screens since she left this morning back in october after a man was charged with soliciting to commit murder over an alleged plot to kidnap the tv presenter. fans of benjamin zephaniah have been asked to plant flowers and trees in his memory as he is laid to rest. the poet died earlier this month at the age of 65, after being diagnosed with a brain tumour. zephaniah has been remembered as a "titan of british literature" who popularised dub poetry. you're live with bbc news. sport and for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre. hello. we're starting with football and arsenal can go back to the top of the premier league with a win at home to west ham. mikel arteta's side are unbeaten in their last 17 london derbies

and the manager is well aware of everyone's high expectations. that's the thing in life, isn't it, i haven't met anyone who wants less. might wife always want more! these guys always want more, press conference, these players, more play, more money, we always want more so these are the positive expectations, that we always want to be better and improve. in the other match in the premier league today, a big win at brighton will take tottenham up to third. and it could be a high scoring game as spurs have scored in 30 consecutive league matches, whilst brighton haven't kept a clean sheet in the league since may. and their manager is full of admiration for the way tottenham play. he's always done things fairly unique in his whole career and he has brought that to the premier league. you have to respect that because, as we know, this is probably the toughest league competition in the world and it can be easy to shy away from doing anything that is two different. but

i don't know the man, i've never met him but i can tell that he is pretty determined to do things his own way and they do provide a different challenge from a lot of other clubs. well, tottenham, like several clubs, have a tricky january coming up with players missing on international duty. spurs' skippper son heung—min is off to the asia cup with south korea whilst manchester united's goalkeeper andre onana has been picked by cameroon for the africa cup of nations. onana had retired from international football following a row at last year's world cup, but he returned in september and has been included for the tournament which is being held in the ivory coast. 96 from mitch marsh has helped australia build a second innings lead of 241 with four wickets remaining at stumps on day three of the second test against pakistan. the first test between south africa and india didn't last that long

as india lost by an innings and 32 runs. only shubman gill and virat kohli reaching double figures. the second test begins in cape town next wednesday. the pdc world darts championship , but for teenage sensation luke liikala, a place in the quarterfinals is sealed and it could face the legend that is raymond van barneveld next. i spoke to barney, raymond, yesterday, just before christmas, he said i'm playing well, and it would be good to play raymond on the stage and there is a video of me doing his celebration and i always looked up to him and tell michael van gerwen. how much is it temperament and mentality and trusting in your ability? it's all you have to do, trust yourself and be confident. good luck to him. the first tennis major of the year starts on the 14th

of january, the sterling open, major of the year starts on the 14th ofjanuary, the sterling open, and overtook rich that he expects rafael nadal to be at his comp at their best despite a hip injury that wiped out his 2023 season. nadal practised in brisbane ahead of his competitive return this weekend and he will then play at the first grandson of the yearin play at the first grandson of the year in melbourne where he has won two of his 22 majors. djokovic believes nadal would not return to the sport just to believes nadal would not return to the sportjust to play believes nadal would not return to the sport just to play at a believes nadal would not return to the sportjust to play at a medium level, going to call him a of tennis. and that's all the sport for now. emergency services have been called to a fire at the top of blackpool tower, an iconic landmark in north—west england. footage on social media shows flames coming from near the top of the 158m structure. lancashire fire and rescue service say they've sent six engines, a drone team and a rope rescue team. staff have been evacuated from the building of course and people are

being told to stay away from the area as the incident may cause significant disruption. the taiwanese government has accused china of mounting a huge misinformation campaign to try to influence the outcome of the island's presidential election, which will be held next month. china says the claims are being hyped up. taiwan s ruling democratic progressive party is attempting to win an unprecedented third consecutive term. from taiwan, rupert wingfield—hayes reports. it 6am and already this is a hive of activity. at the job of these is to meet any incoming threat to the taiwanese airspace. these fighter jets are being scrambled by me and they are heading out into the taiwan strait to confront chinese aircraft that are coming across the strait and probing taiwanese essbase. that happening multiple times every day.

these picks are from chinese television, showing their fighter jets, and that below is the coast of taiwan. just over the horizon there is another game of cat and mouse. this man put up a long antenna to eavesdrop on the radio traffic coming from the chinese navy. that the chinese navy took the taiwanese navy, saying your territorial waters that you claim do not exist the people's republic of china is the only legitimate government of china and that taiwan is an inseparable part of china. "they tell us the taiwan strait is people" he says so why are they harassing as all the time questioning how is that peaceful? back in taipei, the former head of the taiwanese armed forces

says the chinese tactics are designed to intimidate the island's voters and send a warning to its allies. i voters and send a warning to its allies. ~ . voters and send a warning to its allies. ~' ., , , voters and send a warning to its allies. ~ . , , ., allies. i think china is sending a stron: allies. i think china is sending a strong signal — allies. i think china is sending a strong signal to _ allies. i think china is sending a strong signal to the _ allies. i think china is sending a strong signal to the united - allies. i think china is sending a l strong signal to the united states and evenjapan, this is our area, our territorial area so i can do what ever i want. but also in the meantime they can use this kind of thing to make taiwanese people more scared and make taiwanese people capitulate. figs scared and make taiwanese people caitulate. ~ , capitulate. as polling day approaches. _ capitulate. as polling day approaches, there - capitulate. as polling day approaches, there is - capitulate. as polling day| approaches, there is little capitulate. as polling day - approaches, there is little sign the intimidation is working. at this rally, supporters of the front runner to win the presidency told me they would rather fight than capitulate to beijing. i’m they would rather fight than capitulate to beijing. capitulate to bei'ing. i'm very worried but _ capitulate to bei'ing. i'm very worried but i'm _ capitulate to beijing. i'm very worried but i'm not _ capitulate to beijing. i'm very worried but i'm not afraid - capitulate to beijing. i'm very - worried but i'm not afraid because i will be a volunteer to be a soldier. if they invade our beautiful country. if they invade our beautiful count . ., if they invade our beautiful count _ .,y .,y if they invade our beautiful count . , ., ., country. some day we may be war or somethin: country. some day we may be war or something else. _ country. some day we may be war or something else, are _ country. some day we may be war or something else, are not— country. some day we may be war or

something else, are not afraid - something else, are not afraid because — something else, are not afraid because i_ something else, are not afraid because i think i'm taiwanese, i need _ because i think i'm taiwanese, i need to— because i think i'm taiwanese, i need to protect my country. on the coast, need to protect my country. on the coast. the — need to protect my country. on the coast. the jets _ need to protect my country. on the coast, the jets are _ need to protect my country. on the coast, the jets are returning - need to protect my country. on the coast, the jets are returning from l coast, thejets are returning from yet another patrol. taiwan has fewer than 300 fighterjets. china, more than 300 fighterjets. china, more than 2000. whoever wins taiwan's presidential race will face a military balance tipping ever more in china's favour. in an era of music streaming you might have thought vinyl records were destined to become a thing of the past. but it seems they are enjoying something of a resurgence. taylor swift's 1989, the rolling stones hackney diamonds, and lana del ray's did you know there was a tunnel and ocean boulevard. what do they have in common? they're the highest selling vinyl of 2023 and in fact, sales are the highest they have been in the uk since the 1990s, jumping by around 12% to 5.9 million

and continuing to increase the last 16 years. that is according to the british phonographic industry. although 80—85% of recorded music is still consumed via streaming, that has clearly been a huge surge in vinyl sales. i asked an expert from the british phonographic industry why this was. i the british phonographic industry why this was-— why this was. i think people love the idea of _ why this was. i think people love the idea of having _ why this was. i think people love the idea of having something - why this was. i think people love the idea of having something to | why this was. i think people love - the idea of having something to own and collect. it is a beautiful kind of piece of artwork really come from the sleeve and the packaging and of course the baby boomers like me who grew up with it are still buying it but of course we are seeing much youngerfans, millennial is but of course we are seeing much younger fans, millennial is and certainlyjens ed who are buying it and maybe they have been informed by their parent's record collection or streaming but they never because i think it helps them to feel closer to the artist they love. there is this emotional collection that i think vinyl in particular affords us pond and is notjust vinyl, cassette sales have also been up, despite

having died out in the 90s. despite the decline in _ having died out in the 90s. despite the decline in cd _ having died out in the 90s. despite the decline in cd sales, _ having died out in the 90s. despite the decline in cd sales, they - having died out in the 90s. despite the decline in cd sales, they have i the decline in cd sales, they have now plateaued and in fact 11 million were sold in the uk this year. it shows there has been a physical resurgence of the way we are consuming to music. in many ways, you could say it has gone full circle. good to have you with us on bbc news. hello. at its peak on wednesday, storm gerrit port gust of wind just shy of 90 mph and despite the storm pulling away, it's still pretty windy with gusts generally ranging from 50—70 mph across the country through a blustery afternoon and still some showers. this is storm gerrit, now off into scandinavian and weather warnings remain in force but for us it is a case of sunny spot and scattered showers. some shells are heavy with rumbles of thunder and lightning across wales and north—west england again pulled

that we will see the line of persistent showery rain drifting slowly south and east, never really getting into the london area put a narrow but intense line of showers from linkage into south—west england elsewhere, windy with further sunny spells and scattered showers to come. a cooler story in the far north of scotland, top temperatures of 4—7 but elsewhere, 9—13. going through the night, that line of rain pushes through the south—east, showers continuing in the north and with the wind swinging to a northerly direction, there will be a wintry component to higher ground in scotland put here, low single figures but elsewhere, overnight lows of 5—8 c. on friday, wintry showers continue on higher ground in the north, a line of showery rain through northern ireland into northern england, sunny spells and scattered showers for the rest of england and wales. still blustery but the winds slowly easing down and top temperatures of 5—11 c. if you

are heading off for the weekend, travel plans for new year's eve, keep abreast of the forecast is another area of low pressure, perhaps not quite as intense as storm gerrit, but nevertheless another spell of wet and very windy weather, widespread gales are likely and a combination of rain, sleet and snow, potentially even at lower levels across northern england and parts of scotland. as we move into sunday, new year's eve, that area of low pressure continues to drift steadily eastwards, with spiralling around that low a rash of showers and it will be windy across england and it will be windy across england and wales. slightly lighter winds in scotland and quieter but it will start to get just that bit scotland and quieter but it will start to getjust that bit cooler. moving into new year's day, the rain will continue but those temperatures will continue but those temperatures will gradually ease away.

this is bbc news. covid cases are on the rise across the world again. last week the world health organization declare the new variant of interest detected in a number of countries including the uk. it is the fastest growing strain in the us. paul hunter is a professor of medicine and he says he has also seen an increase in cases. well, i wouldn't say everywhere,

but it is certainly been going up since the last week in november. the problem is we no longer have as many tests available, so it is difficult to judge exactly how many infections we are seeing, but the resurrected ons survey published just before christmas and that would suggest we are seeing as many cases and probably more cases of infection across england, at least, than we have at the same period over the last two years. and the evidence from europe is almost certainly they are seeing increasing infections as well, although most countries have stopped publishing weekly covid reports these days, but those that are, it is certainly increasing. tell us about this new strain and how worrying it is, or whether it is worrying? well, thejn.1 strain is a daughter variant of the one we have been seeing for some time the ba.2.86. it is not much different to the parent strain, but is spreading rather more quickly than at most new variants we have seen it for the last year or so.