ukraine has carried out a series of deadly air strikes on targets in south—west russia over the past 2a hours. these pictures show smoke rising above the city of belgorod where russia's emergency ministry says 1a people including two children have been killed and dozens of others injured. the city is located approximately a0 kilometres north of the border with ukraine — 80 kilometres away from the ukrainian city of kharkiv. this dashcam video has been verified by the bbc. it shows an explosion on a street in the city, and people running from the scene. otherfootage and images show damage to buildings and vehicles gutted by fire. if the numbers of dead are confirmed, it would be one of the deadliest strikes on russia of the war so far — after nearly two years of fighting. it comes a day after friday's massive bombardment of ukraine, the biggest of the war so far. ukraine's president zelensky says at least 39 people were killed when 150 russian missiles and drones were launched

at cities across ukraine. our ukraine correspondent james waterhouse gave us this update from kyiv. the kremlin promised that these drone attacks by ukraine wouldn't go unpunished, in its words, and it hasn't hung around in its response. a day after launching more than 150 missiles on cities across ukraine, we are told by authorities in kharkiv, in the northeastern city, also close to the russian border, that a medicalfacility, residential blocks and other public spaces have been hit, including a hotel that our team was staying at four days ago. and itjust reminds you of the risk that city's civilian areas face. and you don't necessarily need to be close to the border or the front lines for that threat to go away. it is a threat that faces the whole of ukraine.

and we've seen this, the more than 70 launched by kyiv earlier today, on the south eastern belgorod region, around the city of belgorod, and nearby, where kyiv has said it was targeting military sites, including a microchip factory. but what's clear, if you look at the concentration of russian deaths, is that kyiv has felt emboldened, if you like, to to target cities as well, as a direct response to what the country endured yesterday. james waterhouse reporting from ukraine. peter dickinson is from the atlantic council's eurasia center. i asked him about the significance of this ukrainian attack to russia. at this stage it is very much the fog of war. there are competing claims, but it certainly appears that there has been a significant strike on bell growth, 1a dead

reported, and the ukrainian side claim they were attempting to strike military targets. they blame russian anti—air defence systems for malfunctioning orfalling in malfunctioning or falling in correctly malfunctioning orfalling in correctly and basically bringing debris and rockets down onto the civilian population. we will hear a lot more of such claims going forward but what is clear as it is the biggest civilian death toll in russia in almost two years since the invasion began. putin has been very careful to shield the russian population from the war and to maintain a business as usual stance. this will shatter that and send shock waves through russia, i am sure, and calls for vengeance so it will certainly lead to escalation, but it will also send a strong message that russians cannot simply wage war on ukraine and not expect to receive any retaliation from the kremlin side. to receive any retaliation from the

kremlin side-— kremlin side. let's talk a bit motivation _ kremlin side. let's talk a bit motivation from _ kremlin side. let's talk a bit motivation from the - kremlin side. let's talk a bit motivation from the kremlin kremlin side. let's talk a bit - motivation from the kremlin side, is that what related to what happened yesterday? that what related to what happened esterda ? , ., , ., _ yesterday? generally we would say es but in yesterday? generally we would say yes but in terms _ yesterday? generally we would say yes but in terms of— yesterday? generally we would say yes but in terms of civilian - yes but in terms of civilian casualties, we do need to be cautious because ukraine has been very careful throughout the campaign to strike military targets, primarily in deference to ukraine's own allies who are very cautious about arming ukraine to strike against russian civilian targets, so they are careful to avoid any complications with western partners who are the main supplier. so you would think there is some credibility to their claims, but certainly in ukraine today i would say there is widespread, i suppose satisfaction is the only world. people not necessarily glorifying in the loss of civilian lives but saying, now you know how we feel.

they are facing bombing on a daily basis for the last two years, almost. , a ,., ., almost. peter dickinson from the atlantic council's _ almost. peter dickinson from the atlantic council's eurasian - almost. peter dickinson from the atlantic council's eurasian area. | to the crisis in the middle east. israeli gunfire and airstrikes have continued to pound the gaza strip — with the focus on khan younis in the south. gaza's health ministry says that 165 people have been killed and 250 people injured in the past 2a hours. thousands of palestianians have moved towards rafah near the border with egypt in a bid to find safety. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has reiterated that israel's war on gaza would last many more months. yolande knell reports. a giant campsite for the displaced crammed into an ever shrinking area. tens of thousands of gazans who fled the fighting have set up makeshift tents and shacks by the egyptian border. israel says it's not restricting aid for gaza, but the un complains the amount getting in is woefully inadequate. it's a very long and convoluted process with numerous checks before

the aid actually gets into gaza. and then once the aids in gaza, you know, it's very difficult to get aid to people. essentially, we're delivering aid under fire. gaza's streets have been turned into battlegrounds as hamas fighters try to block the advance of israeli soldiers. the main focus for israel's ground troops is now the southern city of khan younis and the central urban refugee camps. translation: we arrested dozens of terrorists in a school. _ they were hiding among civilians, hamas and islamichhad. we took them to israel to continue their interrogation. large numbers of gazans have been detained by israel. the men here were picked up near their homes in the north. they claim they were beaten, stripped to their underwear and mistreated, even burnt with cigarettes. we can't independently verify their accounts. "they used obscene words," says ibrahim yassin. "they'd hold you like a dog and make you crawl. "then there'd be five soldiers

who'd hit you alternately "in the head and body." israel insists it treats detainees according to international law. for now, there's no sign that israel is lowering the intensity of its attacks on gaza. it says its aim remains to dismantle hamas. hamas says it won't give up the remaining israeli hostages it's holding unless there's a full ceasefire. and with a new year about to begin, for those living close to gaza's front line, the suffering continues. yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem. south africa has filed a case at the international court ofjustice alleging that israel is engaging in "genocidal acts" in gaza. the un court has confirmed the proceedings concerning alleged violations of israel's obligations under the genocide convention. the move has been welcomed by the leader of palestinian national initiative party mustafa barghouti. we appreciate and we support the decision of the south african government to take the case of genocide against palestinian people in gaza to the

international court ofjustice. israel is committing three terrible war crimes against the people in gaza — the war crime of genocide, the war crime of collective punishment, and the war crime of ethnic cleansing. and it is high time to hold israel responsible and accountable in front of the international community. but israel has responded with fury. israeli foreign ministry spokesperson lior haiat says "israel rejects with disgust the blood libel spread by south africa in its application to the international court ofjustice". he goes on to say "south africa's claim constitutes a despicable and contemptuous exploitation of the court." thousands of eurostar passengers have been left stranded, on one of the busiest travel days of the year. a flooded tunnel meant all services to and from london's st pancras station were cancelled. workers from hs1 which runs the affected line, have been trying to pump out the water all day. here's marc ashdown.

crowded platforms, frustrated faces. eurostar passengers hoping for a new year's break, orjust trying to get home, faced a day of disruption. all 41 services scheduled to run today between london st pancras and paris, brussels and amsterdam were cancelled — leaving thousands of people with their travel plans in tatters. i am just devastated, - i have just had a little cry. ijust want to get home. it is new year's eve tomorrow. it is because i am desperate to go to paris. i am really, really desperate to be with my family. we could have booked flights today, and i wish we had! so, yeah, iwill question whether eurostar is the best option. a lot of people are just sitting down and waiting. it seems like they are in for the long haul. we will have to wait and see if it goes or if it doesn't. tannoy: due to an infrastructure issue... oh, look, there's an announcement now. fingers crossed. this was the cause. a train track turned into a river.

water cascaded into the thames tunnel near ebbsfleet. track operator hs1 described it as an unprecedented volume. engineers with pumps and tankers worked through last night and all day today to bring the water levels down and tried to get things moving. this is not the first bout of major travel disruption over the festive period. a last—minute strike by french workers on eurotunnel saw major problems in the days running up to christmas day, for those trying to travel between europe and london. and storm gerrit caused widespread havoc across the uk last week. there has also been major disruption on thameslink rail services today across london and the south east due to staff shortages. and tomorrow, there will be no services on northern rail also because of a lack of staff, and delays are expected on london northwestern, and chiltern railways. eurostar has apologised for the disruption and said customers with tickets could exchange them or apply for a refund. some might be able to claim compensation.

with the met office issuing yellow weather warnings for wind, rain and snow for large parts of the uk, it is unlikely we have seen the end of the travel trouble. let's get more now from lisa minot, travel editor at the sun. thanks forjoining us. wejust heard on the report from some very unhappy people who are desperate to travel and this couldn't really have come any worse weekend, could it? hot. any worse weekend, could it? not, because trying _ any worse weekend, could it? not, because trying to — any worse weekend, could it? not, because trying to get _ any worse weekend, could it? lint, because trying to get to your destination, whether you are in paris, amsterdam, brussels trying to get home or trying to get out of st pancras and into europe, it is going to prove a very difficult. we have seen flights today go for anything up seen flights today go for anything up to £700 and there are very few of them, most flights now sold out. even the likes of coach services are proving to be 300, £400 and won't

get you into places like paris until after midnight tomorrow so it will really be a struggle for people trying to leave. we have already heard from the ferries down and over that they can take no more foot passengers, they are completely full, and that will be the issue. it is such a busy time of year and to have thousands of passengers, upwards of 30,000, unable to travel, it will be a real problem. haifa it will be a real problem. how ruickl it will be a real problem. how quickly do _ it will be a real problem. how quickly do you _ it will be a real problem. how quickly do you think - it will be a real problem. how quickly do you think eurostar can amend the situation and get train services up and running again? it is in the la- services up and running again? it is in the lap of— services up and running again? it is in the lap of the — services up and running again? it 3 in the lap of the gods, i am afraid. they have said in the last hour the pumping continues to try to get the water out of the tunnel that is impacted but no telling as to when that situation will improve. we know the engineers will be working literally through the night to get this resolved and hopefully services will be back up and running tomorrow, but those services would

always have been extremely busy anyway. all i can say is that anyone impacted by this, there is some compensation available. eurostar have said you can claim if you are stranded, up to £150 for a hotel room for the night and £50 per person per 24 hours for food. also if you need to get a transfer to your destination or to your home you can claim up to £150 per taxi. make sure you keep all of those receipts and make sure you claim within the write process but also look at the travel insurance. anyone who has travel insurance. anyone who has travel insurance. anyone who has travel insurance there may be something you can get out of that as well. �* ., , something you can get out of that as well. �* .,, .,, ., something you can get out of that as well. �* ., ,, well. and as eurostar responsible for findinu well. and as eurostar responsible for finding alternative _ well. and as eurostar responsible for finding alternative travel - well. and as eurostar responsible for finding alternative travel for i for finding alternative travel for people? for finding alternative travel for --eole? ., ., ., , ~ people? know, unfortunately unlike rules for flights _ people? know, unfortunately unlike rules for flights it _ people? know, unfortunately unlike rules for flights it is _ people? know, unfortunately unlike rules for flights it is very _ rules for flights it is very different. you are due a refund or do you reap looking onto a different train at any time. you can also claim a voucher but for most people

that wouldn't be the way forward. you want the refund so you have cash in your bank account to go somewhere else but nothing is involved. no compensation to you as you would see with flights we are normally when it is cancelled or delayed by a certain number of hours over certain distances then there is automatic compensation on top of the refund. that is not the case with trains. you can get a refund and be booked onto a different train and what eurostar have done today goes above and beyond what they were meant to do and have said they will compensate people if they are stranded but at the moment there is nothing in the law to compel them to do that. ., ~ nothing in the law to compel them to do that. ., ,, , ., ., nothing in the law to compel them to do that. . ~' , ., ., . nothing in the law to compel them to do that. ., ,, , ., ., ., ., do that. thank you for all that detail. i am _ do that. thank you for all that detail. i am sure _ do that. thank you for all that detail. i am sure it _ do that. thank you for all that detail. i am sure it won't - do that. thank you for all that detail. i am sure it won't be i do that. thank you for all that . detail. i am sure it won't be huge comfort to people at st pancras. now it's time for a look at today's sport. hello from the bbc sport centre. let's start in the premier league where there's been a huge result for nottingham forest who've beaten manchester united 2—1 at the city ground. morgan gibbs—white scored the winner late on to give them the win.

for eric ten hag's united, it was a frustrating result — they've now lost nine times in the league this season. disappointing. you are losing 1—0 and you get a goal back and in that moment i think we were quite good in the game and you are waiting for 2—1 and we gave a goal away. it was unnecessary, this loss, but i think already we lose the game in the first half. we were not energised enough, we didn't create chances. aston villa left it late but a late douglas luiz penalty against 10—man burnley gave them a 3—2 win at villa park. it put them level on points with leaders liverpool at the top of the premier league. both have 42 points but liverpool have a superior goal difference and a game in hand to come against newcastle united on new year's day. through the match, they were close

to get something and we needed to push it a push in the last minute but we were playing and trying to continue building, doing passes, trying to get that best motion to get the box and then we got the penalty and it was fantastic. and even winning at the last moment, with some emotion, it is important. talking of the top of the table, defending champions manchester city also closed the gap to the leaders liverpool with a 2—0 win over sheffield united. elsewhere, wolves were comfortable winners against everton. crystal palace eased the pressure on their manager roy hodgson with a 3—1win over brentford, and chelsea held on to win 3—2 against luton. rangers have contacted the scottish fa about an incident in their 2—1 defeat to celtic to ask why no penalty was awarded, despite a clear hand ball by celtic�*s alastair johnston. celtic�*s win puts them eight points clear of their rivals, who have two games in hand.

elsewhere, lawrence shankland scored for the fifth game in a row to help rescue a point for hearts against ross county, and st mirren picked up a rare away win at an unhappy pittodrie as they beat aberdeen 3—0. in italy, juventus and roma are playing in the late fixture. after 35 minutes, it's still 0—0. juventus are second in serie a, roma sit in sixth place. a win forjuve will bring them to within a point of leaders inter. to tennis now and the united cup where alexander zverev and angelique kerber have led germany to victory over italy on the first day's play. after a strong singles win over lorenzo sonego, zverev teamed with kerber to win the deciding mixed doubles rubber in straight sets. this was kerber�*s first time back on court after giving birth to a girl in february. i had no idea how i would feel after so long, but it is very good. there are a few things missing,

but playing two matches in a day, i think after so long, i don't know how i will feel tomorrow. i think this is more the question! but for now, i feel good, it feels good to be back and playing in front of a full stadium again, this is what i was missing the last few months. greece's preparations for the 2024 united cup included paying a visit to the iconic taronga zoo, where they fed the giraffes and met the koalas. they are the second seeds for the tournament and they'll take on chile on tuesday. and that's all the sport for now. thank you very much with all the

sport from the salford sports centre. here in the uk, the new year honours list has been announced — with people recognised from the worlds of sport, entertainment and charity. the authorjilly cooper is made a dame and there's a knighthood for michael eavis, who co—created the glastonbury music festival more than 50 years ago. and in a great year for women's football, there's recognition for three of england's lionesses. rizwanjaved is a duty station manager on the elizabeth line — part of the transport for london network. he's been appointed an mbe for helping to save 29 people from taking their own lives since 2015. i asked him about the moment he was awarded the mbe. ifinished my last night shift and i came home. i was in bed and fast asleep and my mother and my sister walked into my room with a letter in their hand and they're like, "you need to open this, you need to open this." and i was like, "when i get up, i'll open it." they insisted it was an important letter. i said, "if you want to open it so badly, why don't you open it?" so they opened it, read it out to me.

i had to take the letter and read it over and over again, probably about ten times, to digest it. i still couldn't believe it. it really is quite an achievement, rizwan, and clearly well deserved. there's a lot going on at a london train station, so how are you able to spot somebody who needs your help and then what support do you offer them? i mean, ijoined the railway about ten years ago, and a part of the training provided at the time was attending a samaritans training course. within that course, they train you how to identify someone vulnerable according to the clothing that they're wearing, maybe their facial expressions, if someone isolates themself on the platform. and what to do in that situation — take them to a point of safety and then get in touch with the british transport police. and i was able to do that successfully. it must be a very rewarding feeling, knowing that you have helped

someone to that extent, that you've helped not just one person but 29 people from potentially taking their own lives. it is definitely very rewarding, emotional at the same time. but ijust feel like everyone who comes through my station, while i'm working, is practically family. and ifeel like if our loved ones were in that position, you would hope and pray someone was around to initiate small talk with them and prevent them from those thoughts that they were having at the time. let's get some of the day's other news now from around the world. taiwan's three election candidates have taken part in the only televised debate ahead of next month plus my collection. many of the questions focus on taiwan's difficult relationship with china.

the front runner rejected the idea he would steer the country to full independence. china has expelled nine military members from its national people's congress. they include generals. it is the latest include generals. it is the latest in a series of high—profile restructuring moves and the ministry since the defence minister was abruptly sacked in october due to months of allegation about his whereabouts. no allegations but mac explanations have been given for his whereabouts but there have been rumours of corruption investigation. indonesia has announced a tax on electronic cigarettes is away... statistics show long—term vaping is shown to affect people's health. indonesia is among dozens of countries to impose punitive levels on tax on vaping to discourage their use. british 0scar—nominated

actor tom wilkinson, best known for his role in the full monty, has died aged 75, his family have announced. he played the former steel mill foreman, gerald cooper, receiving a bafta for the role. the british actor was also nominated for two oscars for "in the bedroom" and "michael clayton". entertainment correspondent colin patterson told us about some of tom wilkinson's biggest roles. he was almost 50 when he was cast in the full monty in the role of gerald, the foreman of the steel mill who was unemployed and hiding his unemployment to his wife and decides in desperation to become a male stripper, and one of the standout scenes in that film for people who have not seen it is when he goes to the dole office, where you sign on for unemployment benefits, and all the male strippers

are standing in a queue and the song they are routine as to starts playing and they can't help themselves dancing. they all start shuttling in the queue and the scene ends at the climax with tom wilkinson spinning round right after he has collected his dole cheque. that movie brought him to the attention of hollywood and the following year he was in shakespeare in the love, playing a financier and a film that won best picture at the oscars and suddenly lots of american directors were wanting to cast him in roles that would bring gravitas to their film. you in roles that would bring gravitas to theirfilm. you mentioned his 0scar nominations, both for roles where this man born in yorkshire had an american accent. americans were casting him to play americans. there was in the bedroom playing a doctor whose son ends up in a relationship with an older women, and then opposite george clooney in michael clayton where he plays a lawyer who

is bipolar, and looking at his career so many of his roles are playing characters full of inner turmoil. remembering the actor tom wilkinson who has died aged 75. stay with us here on bbc news. good evening, some very wet and windy weather for good evening, some very wet and windy weatherfor much good evening, some very wet and windy weather for much of the uk today with tricky travelling conditions, particularly across much of the central belt of scotland with snow to low levels, pushing further northwards and eastward through the afternoon. it all comes courtesy of this deep area of low pressure working its way eastwards from the atlantic. a tight squeeze on the isobars here. so strong, gusty winds, heavy rain and still the cold front to come through overnight tonight across central southern england, east anglia and the far south east of england. there will be some heavy rain for a short while and some squally gusts of wind as the front comes through. particularly blustery towards the south coast. gusts of wind here towards more

exposed locations could get as high as 50—60mph. potentially blustery showers following on behind. turning dry for scotland and here, not quite as cold as it was last night. now, this is how we'll start off new year's eve, sunday, of course. there will be a lot of dry weather out towards the east, i think, through the morning. staying dry across scotland for much of the day, but blustery showers still swirling around this area of low pressure, lighter winds across the centre of low pressure. but again, towards the south coast of england and wales, there'll be some strong, gusty, brisk south—westerly winds blowing throughout the day. temperatures for most a little lower than they were earlier on today. and still some more blustery showers, i suspect, as we head into the evening. if you're out celebrating new year's eve, watch out because he may well catch a good scattering of showers towards the south as we head through the first part of the night. but then they'll gradually fade away. so, fewer of them by the time we get to midnight, still very windy towards the south coast, could cause some disruption with fireworks, but mild here. we'll see more of the showers as we head into northern england and across parts of northern ireland. scotland looking largely dry. the winds a little lighter here, perhaps some of the showers a bit

wintry over the tops of the hills where we see them. and then into new year's day itself, monday, well, another area of low pressure will approach from the south—west by the end of the day. but i think for much of the day, it should be largely dry and there'll be some sunshine around as well, particularly across wales, parts of central southern england, perhaps a legacy of cloud still stretching from south west scotland into north—east england for a time through the day. the winds will be lighter and the temperatures a little lower as well, 5—10 degrees celsius north to south. now, as we head through the rest of the week, then it is gradually going to be turning a little colder. it stays unsettled. more showers at times. bye— bye.

this is bbc news, the headlines: russia convenes a meeting of the un security council as it accuses ukraine of having targeted civilians in the city of belgorod with missiles and rockets, killing at least 18 people and wounding dozens more. tank fire and air strikes have been reported in central and southern gaza. the un says around 150,000 palestinians are being forced to flee as israel's ground offensive advances. eurostar cancels all of saturday's train services to and from london st pancras due to flooding in a tunnel. in a statement it says affected customers should visit their website to find out what compensation they can receive. people from the worlds of sport, entertainment and charity are recognised

in the new year honours list. liz truss has unveiled her resignation honours list which largely consists of political supporters and former aides sparking an angry backlash from some critics. the finishing touches are being put to preparations for new year's eve celebrations around the world. in london, a large fireworks display will light up the thames. the 31st of december also marks 100 years since the bells of big ben were first broadcast. in 1923, bbc radio transmitted the famous bongs to the nation to herald the new year. 0ur reporter meghan 0wen is in east london where they're getting ready for the countdown. it's quite incredible to think that what we will see tomorrow evening

when london's skyline is lit up in colour with the fireworks