hello. i'm sumi somaskanda. at least 30 people have been killed and more than 160 injured in ukraine after a wave of aerial attacks across the country on friday. ukrainian officials called it the largest missile bombardment of the war so far, saying it has "never seen so many locations targeted simultaneously." cities hit include kyiv, lviv in the west, odesa in the south, and dnipro, kharkiv and zaporizhzhia in eastern ukraine. this was the scene in dnipro, where a maternity hospital and a shopping centre were hit. at an emergency un security council meeting friday, countries including the uk, japan and france condemned the russian attack as appalling. translation: russia is deliberately _ translation: russia is deliberately attacking i translation: russia is - deliberately attacking civilian infrastructure and killing innocent people. this violation of international humanitarian law must be added to the long list of atrocities already committed by russia since the launching of its war of aggression. meanwhile, poland has

put its air defence forces on high alert after a suspected russian missile briefly entered polish airspace on friday. and russian officials say one person has been killed in an overnight ukrainian strike on the russian city of belgorod. from kyiv, our ukraine correspondent james waterhouse reports. it is and always has been the whole of ukraine which is under attack. kyiv is still moscow's biggest prize. air defences have improved here, but this attack proved too much. translation: i was woken up at 7:30 by a horrible sound. i it was so frightening, the missile was flying and everything was buzzing, so noisy. you are left in no doubt that this was a direct missile strike, the scale of the damage, the size of the blast zone, the heat caused. you're more used to seeing damage caused by falling debris when a missile is intercepted, but this reflects the scale

of this russian attack. and scenes like this are being replicated right across ukraine. a lucky escape in kharkiv in the north—east. this city is familiar with missile strikes, but not 20 in a single morning. a shopping centre in dnipro in the east, as well as a maternity hospital, were hit. it didn't stop there. this is the port city of odesa in the south, where a residential block was struck. zaporizhzhia wasn't spared either, where at least eight were killed. even lviv in the west, which sometimes feels far from this invasion, wasn't immune this time. all military targets were hit, as far as russia's defence ministry was concerned.

while moscow is trying to damage ukrainian morale, president zelensky is trying to boost it by visiting troops in avdiivka, one of the most hostile parts of the front line. "it's hard," he said. "it's about pain and loss as well these are the people who keep ukraine alive." his air force says it had never seen so many missiles in one attack. in a war where moscow routinely strikes cities it can't occupy, that is saying something. james waterhouse, bbc news, kyiv. the united nations says an estimated 150,000 palestinians are being forced to flee areas of central gaza, as israeli forces advance on refugee camps there. an israeli air strike is reported to have killed twenty already displaced people in rafah — a town that many people have fled to in recent days. meanwhile, a hamas delegation has arrived in cairo for talks about a possible truce. hamas is designated a terror organisation by many western governments. 0ur correspondent

shaimaa khalil sent this report from jerusalem. explosions. a massive israeli bombing in northern gaza turns an extensive network of hamas tunnels into dust. these idf pictures show a well—equipped infrastructure of long and branched out tunnels in which the army says senior hamas members moved and operated. in central gaza, more than 150,000 people were ordered to evacuate two of the area's biggest refugee camps. and this is where they were told to go for safety — the area of deir al—balah, itself reeling from the aftermath of strikes. translation: we were sitting in our homes peacefully - and all of a sudden, a missile hit and destroyed my house, my neighbour's house, the whole neighbourhood. my children are displaced now, we don't know where to go. have mercy on us, help us. it's a devastating situation. people are sleeping

on the streets. in rafah, now gaza's most densely populated city, according to the un, there's no let—up in the bombardment. children were killed here, 26 people were killed here. i'm terrified. i'm scared and the thought of me being killed or my other brother being killed, it'sjust crossing my mind repeatedly. i already lost my older brother, i can't lose my younger brother. and this is what egypt's ceasefire proposal is up against — an expanding military operation in gaza and a continuing barrage of hamas rockets into israel. a delegation of hamas members is in cairo now forfurther discussions, but there is no guarantee that either side is going to agree to this. and if they do, it will be a long, drawn—out process. for now, the displacement continues, and gazans are running out of places to go. shaimaa khalil,

bbc news, jerusalem. south africa has asked the international court ofjustice for an urgent order to halt israel's military campaign in gaza. the filing claims israel's war against hamas is in violation of the 19118 genocide convention, which makes it a crime to attempt to destroy a people in whole or in part. on friday, south african officials said the measure was quote: "necessary in this case to protect against further, severe and irreparable harm to the rights of the palestinian people." israel's foreign ministry has called the suit "baseless," saying "israel has made it clear that the residents of the gaza strip are not the enemy, and is making every effort to limit harm to the non—involved and to allow humanitarian aid to enter the gaza strip." no hearing date has been set by the court. israel says it launched an extensive series of strikes against hezbollah targets in nearby lebanon. the attacks come in response to missiles fired over the border. these pictures released by the israeli defence forces show them striking what they describe as hezbollah

infrastructure near wadi hamul in lebanon. israel says they hit a number of targets including launch sites and a military compound. the strikes impacted the iran—backed group's positioning near the border, though israel said it doesn't intend to open its border with lebanon. the two sides have traded strikes continously since the hamas's 0ctober seventh attacks. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has warned that beirut would be turned "into gaza" if hezbollah started an all—out war. in the uk, king charles' new year honours list has just been announced with people from the world of sport, entertainment as well as everyday walks of life recognised. the annual awards typically celebrate the contribution of celebrities, government employees and people who have served their community. some are decided following recommendations from the prime minister or senior government ministers. 0ur entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba has all the details. her books have sold in their millions. now, jilly cooper has been made a dame for services to literature and charity.

i can't quite believe it. it's so lovely. when they told me, i got the letter and i thought, "gosh, this can't be me. "me, blockbusterjill?" but it was lovely. i'm thrilled to bits. we're open! michael eavis has been welcoming festivalgoers to glastonbury for more than half a century. he's been knighted for his music and charity work. also receiving knighthoods, wetherspoons boss tim martin, who says he never expected to be recognised for services to hospitality and to culture. god save the king! and justin welby, the archbishop of canterbury, is knighted for his role in the coronation. former rugby league players kevin sinfield and rob burrow have campaigned around motor neurone disease since burrow was diagnosed with the condition. they've both been made cbes. certainly weren't expecting it. and this has never been about any recognition,

this is about raising money and awareness for the mnd community and fighting for rob. so, you know, ifeel very humbled by the whole thing. three lionesses are recognised for services to football. millie bright, who captained the world cup finalists, says it feels incredible to be made an 0be. england's joint top goal scorer lauren hemp and golden glove winner mary earps are both made mbes. in the entertainment world, tonya blackburn said it's an unexpected and humbling to be made an 0be for services to broadcast and charity. fellow dj steve wright becomes an nde, as does bake 0ff star fellow dj steve wright becomes an mbe, as does bake 0ff star

paul hollywood for services to broadcasting and baking. most honours go to people not in the public eye. rizwanjaved has saved 29 lives on rail platforms, approaching and talking to people who were showing signs that they were thinking of ending their lives. he's been made an mbe. every intervention that i was involved in, ijust felt like it was a part of life. i never thought it would be recognised to this scale. but it's definitely given me the confidence to carry on this work and spread awareness amongst everyone. the oldest person honoured is 97—year—old jill gladwell. a poppy appeal collector for eight decades, she�*s been made an mbe — one of many being recognised for making a real difference. lizo mzimba, bbc news. alongside that new year's honours list, the british government has also published the resignation list from former prime minister liz truss — a tradition granted to all outgoing prime ministers. my colleague caitriona perry spoke to our political correspondent peter saull about it a little earlier. pete, talk us through this. liz truss, only prime minister for 49 days, yet she gets to produce this list which has

been surrounded in controversy. what can you tell us about it? yes, that's right. the shortest—serving prime minister in british political history. but she, just like all the prime ministers who came before her, is perfectly entitled to hand out a list of honours. in her case, 11 names on this list. three new members of the house of lords, the unelected second chamber in british politics. not particularly controversial names, i have to say, and not really household ones either. perhaps the biggest among them is matthew elliott who set up the think tank called the taxpayers' alliance, right—of—centre think tank, and went on to be chief executive of the vote leave campaign, the victorious vote leave campaign during the eu referendum in 2016, so a significant figure in british departure from the european union. some other names on there include allies on the conservative benches

in the house of commons who are getting knighthoods and damehoods. then we have eight that have been given places in the house of lords, but it is really not the names that are the controversy here but the fact that liz truss, who had such an ill—fated frankly, catastrophic premiership lasting just 49 days, that is allowed to do this in the first place, and the labour party say rishi sunak should have blocked this. that's probably unlikely — rishi sunak making it clear through his people in downing street that he was just simply following convention and all prime ministers really have to approve these lists even if they don't necessarily like it. the deputy leader of the lib dems daisy cooper has said that this list called into disrepute the entire honours system. does it? yes, i think there is a question mark about the number of peers. borisjohnson before liz truss also gave plenty of places in the house of lords away.

there is something like 800 members of the house of lords now, not nearly enough space for them all to cram into the red benches in the houses of parliament. we have electoral reform society today saying that the whole system is rotten, out of control, they say this essentially calls the whole thing into disrepute and others point out that under liz truss, there was the so—called mini budget, wide scale tax cuts, she hoped to boost the economy, in the event it actually ended up causing a bit of a run on the pound and an immediate almost overnight increase in interest rates, having quite the impact on mortgage holders here in the uk. of course there were international factors there as well, interest rates have been going up in the united states but certainly labour now using that as a stick to beat the current conservative administration with and certainly the thinking is the voters will look fairly dimly on this new set of honours.

many of them close allies involved in that ill—fated liz truss administration. she though has put a statement out saying that all these individuals are more than deserving of their honours and they go back some years, a lot of them have worked with her in various ministerial roles before she got the job of prime minister and she says that these are individuals that are in her words champions of the conservative causes of freedom, limited government and a proud and sovereign britain. has there been any response from any of those on the list who have received this recognition? we haven't managed to get hold of anyone on the list yet, no. you'd imagine they'd be quite happy with this. certainly, in the new year when the houses of parliament returns, then we will see the swearing—in of those three new members of the house of lords. they may all then give maiden

speeches in the lords. there are some who haven't actually made it onto the list. it had been reported that mark littlewood, who was the head of a right—of—centre thinktank called the institute for economic affairs, quite influential in liz truss's politics, that he had been offered a place. he put on x about a month or so ago that he had been blocked by what's called the house of lords appointments committee — all individuals —— there are processes involved here to make sure that all individuals are suitable, so not everyone who liz truss wanted has made it onto this list. 11 names, as i say, in total. her team saying this is fairly limited, certainly compared to her predecessor boris johnson but, then again, borisjohnson was prime ministerfor an awful lot longer than liz truss was. indeed, he was. pete saull, thank you for all of that. the us—mexico border have been in focus this week with top officials from both countries agreeing on thursday to work more closely to tackle a record

number of migrant crossings. the agreement came a day after us secretary of state antony blinken met mexican president andres manuel lopez 0brador in mexico city. members of us congress have pressured the biden administration to take action as border states try to handle migrants. texas has taken drastic measures as record numbers of vulnerable people cross the border. earlier this month, its governor passed a state law allowing the arrest of those who cross the border unlawfully. since last april, greg abbott's administration has sent tens of thousands of migrants to mostly democrat—run cities. one of the primary recipients, new york city, now requires that charter buses transporting migrants provide 32 hours notice before arrival. as both mexican and us authorities crack down on immigration, many people headed to the shared border are facing uncertainty in the depths of winter. a short while ago, i spoke to mexico's former ambassador to china, jorge guajardo. n0 audio. ..with the mexican president. they were meeting to discuss migration in mexico city. and we saw the mexican

president say that they had met important agreements. he didn't say exactly what those agreements are but what do you think they might have been? do you think any real progress was made here? well, i think the fact that they are talking about a shared problem is progress in and of itself. there is an issue happening at the border and the fact that mexico and the us are both addressing it as partners, i think, is great progress. i am not privy to the agreements but i am very optimistic of the fact that they are talking in a respectful, creative and constructive way, so that is how partners are supposed to work, so i was very heartened by this visit. the us has been clear it wants to see mexico take on an even bigger role in curbing the flow of migration into the us. and the mexican president said he is willing to do that, to help. how can mexico do so? i mean, what concrete measures

could it take to actually curb this massive flow that we're seeing at the moment? well, first of all, there are things mexico can do, of course, is enforce migratory laws in our southern border with guatemala. but also, there are issues about taking in the immigrants that are not coming into the united states in mexico. in fact, a lot of them are staying to work in monterey — that's my home town in mexico — and there is a big haitian community that initially headed to the united states, were not allowed to go into the united states or are waiting in mexico, and they have been absorbed into the labour force. of the issues are, for instance, many of the immigrants crossing the border right now are not mexican — in fact, a big majority are not mexican — and the us is sending them back to mexico and mexico doesn't necessarily have a budget to repatriate to their respective countries, many of whom are from faraway places. so, in that sense, probably

working together, we can share the burden, the economic burden, of repatriating the immigrants in the most humane way possible. i want to ask you about what you said about some migrants coming and staying in some towns and working because we spoke to a republican congressman tony gonzales earlier. his district is upon the us—mexico border, as you're probably aware, and he says he wants to see mexico do more to curb humanitarian work visas for people who don't intend to use them. this is what he said. what ends up happening is people from all over the world going to — use mexico city, get these humanitarian visas, legally transit through mexico city and then, they illegally enter the united states. what do you think of that? well, whether or not they enter the us illegally or not, i think that's something for the united states to decide. however, i'm sure you have read in the news all this phenomenon of new shoring in mexico, all this new investment coming into mexico, most of it coming into monterey —

again, where i'm from. and one just assumes that a mexico has an endless supply of labour. in fact, that is not the case. there is high labour turnover, there is need for more labour and a lot of these immigrants — and again, i am mentioning the haitians because if you travel to monterey, you'll see a big haitian community that has been incorporated into the labour force, working in factories in monterey. you see a lot of central americans. now, those are notjust getting visas to transit to the united states. maybe they initially did. the fact is that nowadays, they are working in monterey. ambassador, really good to get your perspective on this issue. thank you forjoining us. thank you. live now to camilo montoya galvez, cbs news immigration and politics reporter. camilo, thank you so much for joining us. i want to start with a meeting with a top us officials heading to mexico. they reached an agreement but it wasn't exactly clear what they agreed on. what does the us want to see mexico do here to curb the numbers of migrants

crossing? to curb the numbers of migrants crossin: ? . �* , ,, crossing? that's right. the us suddenly and _ crossing? that's right. the us suddenly and abruptly - suddenly and abruptly dispatched top us officials, including the secretaries of homeland security and the department of state to mexico city, just after christmas to meet with the mexican president 0brador to get mexican support and try to reduce the record levels of unauthorised migration that we have seen along the us—mexico border, specifically what us officials want mexico to do more on is to bolster enforcement at the guatemala mexico border to divert migration away from the us—mexico border, to go after human smugglers, who use buses and railways to transfer migrants to the us and essentially increase deportations and interior enforcement within the interior of mexico, and this reallyjust illustrates, sumy, the continued reliance that the us continues to display when it comes to this issue. it has

relied on mexico, on the republican and democratic administrations to curb unlawful migration and mexico is again playing this outsider role as the us continues to struggle to contain this unprecedented migration crisis —— outsized role. {bs unprecedented migration crisis -- outsized role.— -- outsized role. cbs has reported _ -- outsized role. cbs has reported the _ -- outsized role. cbs has reported the migrant - -- outsized role. cbs has - reported the migrant crossings at the southern border has reached a record monthly high in december and camilo you were at eagle passjust in december and camilo you were at eagle pass just earlier this month. tell us how border communities are coping? we 'ust re orted communities are coping? we 'ust reported yesterday i communities are coping? we 'ust reported yesterday that in h reported yesterday that in december, border patrol is on track record nearly 250,000 migrant apprehensions of people who have entered the country unlawfully. that will be the biggest monthly tally in the agency's history and it really underscores the magnitude of this crisis that also does not include migrants who are being processed legally at ports of entry after securing an appointment through a phone app

that the biden administration has created. in terms of the on impact on cities like eagle pass and lukeville arizona, this is having a dire humanitarian consequence on many of these communities that are struggling to receive these new arrivals. these are small border communities. another one is combat in california and they have become transit routes for thousands of migrants on any given day who don't have places to stay and to require places to stay and to require places displays of the border of the crisis has been felled by the cities as well as chicago, new york and other cities in the interior of the country that are also struggling to house migrants. 0ne struggling to house migrants. one more question for you, camilo, wondering what the biden administration is doing in response. we know they replaced the pandering era title 42 measure that made it easier for migrants to be

returned to mexico and putting new measures and what impact is all that have? the new measures and what impact is all that have?— all that have? the biden administration's - all that have? the bidenl administration's approach all that have? the biden - administration's approach to migration has been essentially an inaudible strategy, the beloved son migrants to enter legally if they have sponsors or if they are able to use this app or if they are able to use this app when in mexico. they've also tried to clamp down on illegal border crossings by saying that there is a new rule that will render you ineligible for asylum if you cross the rio grande day or the desert illegally but right now, the government does not have the resources to detain and screen everyone who's crossing the border illegally, many of these folks are being released with court cases that takes years to complete and that's obviously a push factor and a pool fact that drives migration and in addition to conditions in home countries like venezuela where we've seen millions of people flee that the deteriorating conditions among countries of the push and pull factors that drive migration have

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obviously, the more isobars there are, the stronger the winds. here's that weather front as it sweeps across ireland towards the west of england, wales and scotland. some snow there, blizzards across the mountains. temperatures around 12 degrees in the south, ten in liverpool. further north, it will be colder. now, how about that really rough weather? well, it'll happen along this cold front here. very strong winds around coastal areas, exposed spots 60, maybe even 70 miles an hour. very windy inland, too. notice how that weather front curls into the centre of this low pressure. and that cold front actually doesn't reach eastern areas until very late — early hours of sunday, in fact. so, the low pressure barrels across the uk into new year's eve and, actually, many of us find ourselves in the centre of that low. why is that important? well, actually, the winds are very light in the heart of the low here. that also means that any showers will linger for a long period of time. there's just a few sunny spells around. the stronger winds will be towards the south.

and then, if we head towards midnight, this is roughly what it will look like. i mean, this forecast will still change — the details and the positions of these showers — but, broadly speaking, notice this patchy nature of rain and also, the clear spells at the stroke of midnight. so, further north, i think this is where the best of the weather will be, here around central and north—western scotland. further south across the uk, we've got the strong winds and also those frequent showers. and then, new year's day, another area of low pressure heads our way, another set of weather fronts, a more prolonged spell of rain. so, really, the first week of 2024 is looking very unsettled. relatively mild with those temperatures typically around sort of ten — 8—10 degrees, i think, for most of us. that's it from me. bye— bye.

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an onslaught of dam building, intensifying climate change and sand mining. but there is some hope. join us, as we head downstream in cambodia and meet the communities having to adapt to the changing nature of this river... translation: there will be no fish for the next generation. i ..and those trying desperately to save it. translation: when i see this, it makes me worry i about mekong's fate. mi lives in a world of water that was once predictable, reliable, renowned for an abundance of fish.