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. the israeli army has released this new footage which is says shows the 55th brigade on military operations in the khan younis area of gaza. the idf said it has deployed additional forces to the southern city — the hometown of the hamas leader yahya sinwar. 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, the israel defense forces 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 24th. our first report this hour is from our middle east correspondent yolande knell. 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. bbc 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 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 4.5km 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 30m 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 forabout 20m or30m. 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's labelled the "rapid deterioration" of human rights in the israeli—occupied west bank. the un high commissioner for human rights says it's recorded mass arbitrary detentions, unlawful detentions, and cases of reported torture, and other forms of ill—treatment of palestinian detainees.

it says about 4,785 palestinians have been detained in the occupied west bank since october 7th. 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 shortjourney, 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. 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 the judges, 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. let's get some of the day's other news now. more than a0 people have died after a fuel tanker crashed and exploded in central liberia. officials say it burst into flame soon after people rushed to the site to scoop fuel from the tanker after it overturned on a road about 130km from the capital, monrovia.

the cause of the crash is unclear. the funeral has been held in iran for a senior revolutionary guards adviser who was killed in an air strike in syria this week. iran says sayyed razi mousavi was killed by an israeli air strike. mourners at the funeral chanted "death to america, death to israel." the commander in chief of the islamic revolutionary guard vowed to avenge his death. russia has reopened its embassy in burkina faso after a gap of more than 30 years. the move comes a week after france said it was closing its mission. the military governments in mali, niger and burkina faso have all moved towards greater military and economic cooperation with moscow. cher has reportedly filed for a conservatorship of her son elijah blue allman due to his alleged substance abuse and mental health issues. court documents seen by us media reportedly claim mr allman — seen here with the star in 2002 — is "substantially unable to manage his financial resources". a taylor swift fan who collapsed

at a concert in rio dejaneiro in novermber died from heart exhaustion according to police in brazil. the 23—year—old attended the first of swift's eras tour shows in the city when a heatwave drove temperatures to 39 degrees celsius. 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. 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. 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. 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, here's lizzie. 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.

my 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. we've been playing well and we've been getting good results, so we have to _ been getting good results, so we have to keep it going. we have had one blip. _ have to keep it going. we have had one blip, but there's been some reasons— one blip, but there's been some reasons for— one blip, but there's been some reasons for it. overall, we are pleased — reasons for it. overall, we are pleased with some of the individuals, they are getting talks about _ individuals, they are getting talks about i_ individuals, they are getting talks about. i think i would rather talk about— about. i think i would rather talk about how— about. i think i would rather talk about how the team performs over the beriod~ _ about how the team performs over the beriod~ we _ about how the team performs over the period. we had picked up a good amount— period. we had picked up a good amount of— period. we had picked up a good amount of wins. we've had a good yeat _ 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. their style is clear, i love their style. they have good players. in terms of personality on the pitch, they are one of the best teams in this moment in the premier league and europe. 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 too 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 hueng min is off to the asia cup with south korea, whilst manchester united's goal keeper 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. onto cricket, and south africa thrashed india inside three days in their opening test. despite virat kohli's best efforts, india were bowled out forjust 131 runs in their second innings — with only kholi and shubman gill reaching double figures — as they crumpled to an innings and 32 runs defeat at centurion. the second test begins in cape town next week. and a 96 from mitchell marsh helped australia wrestle back control of the boxing

day test against pakistan. after a terrible start to day three in melbourne, where at one point australia were 16 for 4, marsh and steve smith combined for a crucial stand of 156 to rescue things and they closed with a lead of 241 runs and four wickets in tact as pakistan attempt to level the series. rafael nadal is back playing competitive tennis this weekend after nearly a year out through injury. the 22—time major winner has been practising for the brisbane open, ahead of the first grand slam of the year — the australian open — which starts onjanuary14th. nadal hasn't played a tournament since last year's aussie open due to a hip injury. there is more on the website, but that is— there is more on the website, but that is it — an update now on a story we brought you earlier. there had been reports of a fire at the top of blackpool tower — an iconic landmark in north—west england. well police now say, having flown over the area in their helicopter, there is no fire — and what was seen was actually

orange netting blowing in the wind. police said the tower had been closed for renovation and had therefore been difficult to access. a man has been arrested on suspicion of breach of the peace. now, how do you listen to music? on a streaming service or are you a little more "old school"? well, latest figures where in the uk show that sales of vinyl albums have surged by almost 12% this year — returning to levels last seen more than 30 years ago. meghan owen has more. taylor swift's 1989, the rolling stones hackney diamonds and lana del ray's did you know that there's a tunnel under ocean blvd? what do all of these have in common? they are the highest selling vinyl albums of 2023. in fact, sales are the highest they've been in the uk since the 1990s. they've jumped by around 12% to 5.9 million and they've continued to increase for the last 16 years — that's according to the british phonographic industry. now, although 80% to 85% of recorded

music is still consumed via streaming, there's clearly been a huge surge in vinyl sales. and i asked gennaro castaldo from the british phonographic industry why this was. i think people love the idea of having something to own and to collect. it's a beautiful kind of piece of artwork, really, from the sleeve artwork, the packaging and of course the baby boomers like me, who grew up with it, are still buying it, but we're seeing much youngerfans, millennials, certainly gen z who are buying it. maybe they've been informed by their parents' record collections, certainly by streaming as well. but they love it because i think it helps them to feel closer to the artists they love, there's this emotional connection that vinyl, in particular, i think sort of affords us as fans. it's notjust vinyl. in fact, cassette sales have been up this year as well, despite having died out in the 1990s. and despite the decline in cd sales, they've now plateaued. in fact, 11 million were sold in the uk this year. so it shows that there's been a bit

of a physical resurgence of the way that we're consuming music and, in many ways, you could say that it's gone full circle. to the us next, and police have deployed an unusual method to arrest a driver who refused to stop. take a look at this. a swat team and armoured vehicle was called in to break open the cab of a lorry on a motorway in texas. officers then threw in a gas canister. the driver has refused to get out when officers used spike strips to stop the vehicle. the man was eventually pulled from the cab. some rather cute pictures to leave you with this half hour. they are of a critically endangered lemur. this little one was born at chester zoo here in the uk and weighed in at 120 grams. experts say it'll be a little while until they find out the sex

of the baby coquerel�*s sifaka. the species are native to madagascar and are also known as dancing lemurs for the way they spring across the floor. lemur babies ride on their mother's back for about three months until they are ready to explore the world on their own. they are not monkeys, they are primates, something the keepers often are keen to point out. good to have you with us. good evening. well, storm gerrit certainly brought some challenging weather conditions on wednesday, particularly for those of you returning back from seeing friends and family over the christmas period. now, an early heads up if you're travelling this weekend to see in the new year — there's further heavy rain forecast, maybe some snow likely in the north, and the winds, widespread gales on exposed coasts, so that's worth bearing in mind. through the night tonight, we'll see a rash of showers turning increasingly wintry in scotland, some showers into northern ireland. a milder story further south with rain easing — here, around 5 to 9 degrees. it's going to be a chilly start

in scotland, though, still under the influence of low pressure. and with the winds coming round to a northerly, that means that showers to higher ground in scotland could be a mix of rain, sleet and snow. but this weak weather front as well, that's going to produce some persistent outbreaks of showery rain into northern ireland, north—west england, and a westerly flow will drive in a few scattered showers across south—west england and wales, which will drift its way steadily eastwards as we go through the day. here, we'lljust scrape double digits, but a cooler story across the far north and east of scotland in particular. now, as we move out of friday into saturday, here's that area of low pressure which could cause some further travel disruption, bringing some wet and windy weather in from the west. now, ahead of it, under clearer skies, we could see temperatures falling below freezing in the far north of scotland, so a cold start, and that could be relevant as that front starts to move in. so first thing on saturday, dry and bright, but the rain will start to push in from the west and some of it quite heavy.

and as it bumps into that colder air, we'll see some snow even at lower levels for scotland as well. so it's going to be a windy day, the best of the drier weather through the midlands, east anglia, south—east england — 12 degrees the high. the rain heavy as it moves its way gradually into south—west england, wales and northern england. some real torrential downpours likely. a brighter end to the day in northern ireland, but look at this. yes, we could see some snow even at lower levels for scotland — and that's worth bearing in mind — accompanied by gale force gusts of winds. so that low pushes through at quite a pace in the early hours of sunday morning. sunday is, of course, new year's eve. and for those of you out and about, it is going to get a little bit cooler, but it's going to stay pretty unsettled. happy new year.

now on bbc news, the royal year in review. 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. and digging deep on his first official royal engagement, five—year—old prince louis. crowd: god save the king!

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