israel's defence minister outlines proposals for the future of gaza, once the war against hamas is over. more than ten years after killing his girlfriend, the disgraced paralympian oscar pistorius is due to be released on parole. this is the prison near pretoria from which he'll be released after serving around half his sentence. flooding in parts of england and wales continues to cause disruption, forcing hundreds to leave their homes. and return of the king. how a digital version of elvis presley is making a rock—and—roll comeback. hello, i'm tadhg enright. we begin this hour

in the middle east, where israel's defence minister has been outlining his plans for gaza, once its war with hamas is over. it comes almost three months after hamas�*s deadly october the 7th attacks on southern israel, which triggered the conflict. under yoav galla nt�*s "four corner" proposals, hamas would no longer control gaza and israel would retain overall security control. a multi—nationalforce would take charge of rebuilding gaza, after its widespread destruction in israeli bombing. neighbouring egypt would also have an unspecified role under the plan. but gaza would be run by palestinian bodies, as long as they were not hostile towards israel. fighting in gaza has continued alongside the plan's publication. the hamas—run health ministry says that dozens of people have been killed in the past 2a hours. here's the view of mara rudman, a former senior us national security official,

on the israeli plan for gaza. so, the united states has talked about the need for revitalised authority to have a key role in gaza, authority in charge of the west bank and still actually had a number of people that have been on its payroll in gaza and have that element of the structure to be able to take over but will need able to take over but will need a lot of help in doing so from international community, from israel, as well and i believe that that is what has happened, that's part of what antony blinken will be talking about wally is there an iq that the defence minister �*s comments as leading away open that while acknowledging that his has a

prime minister netanyahu to try to close the door to that. as mara rudman mentioned, us secretary of state antony blinken is heading back to the middle east to visit israel, the west bank and a number of other countries in the region. state department spokesperson matthew miller outlined another key priority for mr blinken. he can focus on, as he has consistently since october seven, preventing the conflict from expanding. he will discuss specific steps parties can take including how they can use their influence with others in their influence with others in the region to avoid is collation. it is in no—one �*s interest, not israel is, not the region, not the world's interest, not israel is, not the region, not the worlds for this conflict to spread beyond gaza. concerns about the conflict spilling over into lebanon have been heightened by the killing of a top hamas leader in an apparent drone strike in beirut. thousands of people attended the funeral of saleh al—arouri in the lebanese capital on thursday, with crowds carrying palestinian and hamas flags through the streets. hezbollah, a powerful paramilitary and political group in lebanon, blamed tuesday's drone strike on what it called flagrant

israeli aggression. israel has neither confirmed nor denied responsibility. another issue that the us secretary of state antony blinken will be addressing on his trip is attacks by houthi rebels in yemen on commercial shipping in the region. the us, uk and 10 other states have warned the rebels that they will face consequences if they continue to attack vessels in the red sea. but the houthis have responded with defiance, vowing to continue targeting vessels they consider to be linked to israel. most shipping companies are now avoiding the region and opting to take a safer route, adding about nine days to their journeys. and consumers are being warned that their products could be delayed.

with me is bbc arabic correspondent, mohamed taha. you could say that antony blinken�*s mission in the region is one of containment, making sure the conflict doesn't get worse than it already is. what does he need to do? to achieve that? he needs to do a lot, this _ to achieve that? he needs to do a lot, this conflict _ to achieve that? he needs to do a lot, this conflict is _ a lot, this conflict is partially became now original conflict, we can see it now five fronts of this conflict thatis five fronts of this conflict that is the fight in gaza, the fighting in west bank, the fighting in west bank, the fighting on the lebanese border, the problems in the red sea with the with the rebels and finally, the exclusions in and finally, the exclusions in a run so there are five fronts at the moment that antony blinken needs to deal with and is a daunting task. h0 blinken needs to deal with and is a daunting task.— is a daunting task. no doubt, he will be _ is a daunting task. no doubt, he will be talking _ is a daunting task. no doubt, he will be talking about - he will be talking about israel's plans for the future

of gaza, the emanation of hamas from government is a predictable component, what do you make of the details of the plans and how do they differ from other plans including one by the palestinian authority which still runs the west bank? indeed, it is this plan coming out of differences inside israel about what should happen in gaza after the war so the vigil from in gaza after the war so the vigilfrom prime minister netanyahu is to continue the war, to be able to control gaza and security in military terms and security in military terms and he wing ministers want more jewish settlement to come back to gaza. on the contrary, the army in israel is a scene that, they need to have a way out of this war so this plan is that

it gives some families, palestinian tribe in gaza, some control in trying to make this loyal to israel after the finishing of the water. but this plan, as you mentioned, it is not clear and the war cabinet in israel is not an all agreement to this plan. at cabinet in israel is not an all agreement to this plan. at the beauinnin agreement to this plan. at the beginning of— agreement to this plan. at the beginning of negotiations, - agreement to this plan. at the beginning of negotiations, asl beginning of negotiations, as well, the us, obviously, a staunch israeli ally has been urging israel to exercise more restraint in recent weeks, when you look at the situation on the ground in gaza right now, we've been hearing from the how hamas run health ministry casualties over the last 2a hours, what evidence do you see of the us actually has influence israel in how it conducts itself in the world? of course, the united states have a big influence on israel

but the problem, again, is a differences between the views inside the war cabinet in israel, the world — make war on not, it's apparent that three targets of the war are not happening, hamas is not imminent, hostages didn't return to israel, a lot of them didn't return to israel and now, israel didn't have a clear vision on what the future of gaza is. ithink vision on what the future of gaza is. i think the united states now priority is to stop the war and to make sure that it's not widespread more than that and that and to end the suffering of this violence. mohamed taha, thank you so much forjoining us with that analysis. former athlete oscar pistorius is due to leave prison today after being granted parole, more than ten years after killing his girlfriend.

the south african has served just over half of his jail sentence, following a crime and trial that dominated international headlines. he shot reeva steenkamp multiple times through a bathroom door on valentine's day in 2013, later claiming he mistook herfor a burglar at their home in pretoria. these are live pictures of the prison in atteridgeville where pistorius has been held for the past nine years. from pretoria, daniel de simone sent this report. oscar pistorius is champion. oscar pistorius is champion. oscar pistorius is champion. oscar pistorius convicted murderer today leaves prison on parole. he was once a paralympic and olympic superstar, nicknamed the blade runner. his victim was girlfriend reeva steenkamp, a law graduate and model. pistorius murdered her on valentine's day on 2013 by shooting four times to allot the toilet door at a time. ——

locked at door. his trial absorbed the world, pistorius claimed to have shot river by mistake thinking an intruder was in the house. i mistake thinking an intruder was in the house.— mistake thinking an intruder was in the house. i got to the bed and then _ was in the house. i got to the bed and then i _ was in the house. i got to the bed and then i realised - was in the house. i got to the bed and then i realised she . bed and then i realised she wasn't there to stop at first, only found guilty of the equivalent on manslaughter, he was convicted on appeal in 2015 of murder. was convicted on appeal in 2015 of murder-— of murder. with 'udges saying his story was _ of murder. with judges saying his story was inconsistent - of murder. with judges saying his story was inconsistent and | his story was inconsistent and improbable. reeva close friends and so she said no evidence that his change. i and so she said no evidence that his change.— that his change. i want to know, that his change. i want to know. has _ that his change. i want to know, has he _ that his change. i want to know, has he been - that his change. i want to know, has he been given | that his change. i want to - know, has he been given proper anger management and insane that, this rehabilitation, have they focus on all of that because in my opinion, oscar walking around as a free man without the necessary training and treatments and psychological evaluations, he is deadly on the streets. in november, pistorius was granted parole with the release set for today. the five years, he will live on the conditions that he

can be returned to prison if a breach of them. campaigners against male violence said his release sent a terrible signal. oscar's release is an indication that we have a serious problem that there is normalisation of leniency when it comes to predators, when it comes to anyone who commits any type of thermos idle violence. her mother says the void left by her murder can never be filled by anyone else. daniel de simone, bbc news. flooding in parts of england and wales continues to cause disruption, forcing hundreds of people to leave their homes. areas in central and southern england are worst affected with nottinghamshire county council declaring a major incident because of rising water levels on the river trent. mairead smyth reports. yet more heavy rain on already

sold on grant, in nottinghamshire, major incident has been declared as the river trent continued to rise. as high as it's been in more than 20 years, the peak expected today. hundreds of people have been evacuated from their flooded homes and a few miles south, this flood ruined by floodwater. darren's father had to be rescued in the early hours of yesterday morning. it was freezing water, there is no water today. was freezing water, there is no water today-— water today. the river also exnected _ water today. the river also exnected to _ water today. the river also expected to be _ expected to be today, belongings piled high in this cottage to escape the worst of the damage. in the village near gloucester, catherine is helping to look after her mom's house which was surrounded by water, again, from the river. it's 2007 all over again. it just means, if it does go through, it'll be like that again. through, it'll be like that aaain. , , ., again. this is what the river did to alison _

again. this is what the river did to alison marks - again. this is what the river did to alison marks garden, again. this is what the river - did to alison marks garden, the flood defence swamp. the garden not flood defence swamp. the garden got flooded _ flood defence swamp. the garden got flooded last _ flood defence swamp. the garden got flooded last year _ flood defence swamp. the garden got flooded last year to _ got flooded last year to whether stabbing all the equipment doors that we had in the garden and all the toys for the garden and all the toys for the children and start bringing it because of the house which is high ground. it it because of the house which is high ground.— is high ground. it breeds a coule is high ground. it breeds a counle of _ is high ground. it breeds a couple of weeks _ is high ground. it breeds a couple of weeks ago - is high ground. it breeds a couple of weeks ago are l is high ground. it breeds a . couple of weeks ago are now, that— couple of weeks ago are now, that the — couple of weeks ago are now, that the riverbank gone as welt _ that the riverbank gone as well. �* , ., . _ well. anyone travelling by train today _ well. anyone travelling by train today is _ well. anyone travelling by train today is advised - well. anyone travelling by train today is advised to i well. anyone travelling by - train today is advised to check their service before they set off after major disruptions to multiple routes including western out southwestern railway. this was the station last night. the rail line between this garden and bloom, looking more curricular.- looking more curricular. some web between _ looking more curricular. some web between them, _ looking more curricular. some web between them, we - looking more curricular. some web between them, we grant| looking more curricular. some i web between them, we grant or hold and sat there for a couple of hours while they assess whether they could go through the floodwater or not.- the floodwater or not. there were 259 — the floodwater or not. there were 259 active _ the floodwater or not. there were 259 active flood - the floodwater or not. there i were 259 active flood warnings last night, meaning flooding is

expected across much of england and in wales and more than 300 alerts meaning flooding is possible. the environment agency is advising people in areas covered by flood warnings to turn of dust, water and electricity supplies, may belongings downstairs and seek safety for family packs and cars. and after storm henk comes a cold weather alert for all of england. from tomorrow until tuesday. mairead smyth, bbc news. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. security footage from a corner shop in liverpool appears to show a gunman demanding cash, before firing a gun. there are reports of two other similar incidents, at a nearby cinema and on a residential road in the norris green area. no one was harmed. a 49—year—old man

has been arrested. on day three of a record six—day strike byjunior doctors in england, the health secretary has warned of "very serious consequences" for patients. victoria atkins says the nhs cannot be "switched on and off on whim". nhs leaders in nottinghamshire have declared a critical incident, which means there's concern they may not be able to provide critical services. glynisjohns, the british actress who played mrs banks in the 1964 film mary poppins, has died at the age of 100. she appeared in dozens of films during a career spanning more than 60 years and was also an accomplished theatre performer. she memorably sang send in the clowns, which stephen sondheim wrotejust for her. you're live with bbc news. let's get more on our top story. the israeli defence minister's plan for the future governance of gaza once the war between israel and hamas is over. it comes as us secretary of state antony blinken heads back to the region.

live now to retired us army lieutenant general mark schwartz, who is a senior fellow at the rand corporation, a us think tank and a research organization. thank you very much for being with us today. is blinken as interested in israel's plan for gaza's future as he is about the ongoing bombardment of the area? what you think is top of his priority? i what you think is top of his riori ? ~ priority? i think the future governance _ priority? i think the future governance and _ priority? i think the future governance and security i priority? i think the future | governance and security of priority? i think the future - governance and security of gaza is very high on the priority of secretary antony blinken in the united states. a lot of work is being done with the us national security is council staff and the department of state to develop options to present to the government of israel on the future of governance in gaza. obviously involving the palestinian authority as the

core or future governance. i think it is a very important visit that is going to take place. the secretary is also going to discuss the ongoing campaign in gaza and certainly the very slow response on behalf of the government of israel and the idea of bringing humanitarian aid into the the gaza strip. what is your reaction to yoav gallant�*s proposals for a future gaza under palestinian control? how balanced are they as an opening position in negotiations?- opening position in negotiations? first and foremost, _ negotiations? first and foremost, on _ negotiations? first and foremost, on the - negotiations? first and| foremost, on the minds negotiations? first and i foremost, on the minds of negotiations? first and - foremost, on the minds of the minister of defence and certainly the people and government of israel is their security. i am government of israel is their security. iam not government of israel is their security. i am not surprised the minister of defence came out and said for the near term certainly security responsibility is going to remain that of the idf until

such time that a viable and trusted embedded security force made up of palestinians can replace security responsibility after obviously this offensive and the ongoing counterterrorism operations, are not complete, but to a point where you're not seeing this level of military activity. it will take several months if not years to develop a viable palestinian security force as it was in the west bank working with the united states security core and with great partnership with the uk and several other coalition nations. most importantly the kingdom ofjordan. to nations. most importantly the kingdom of jordan.— kingdom of jordan. to what extent would _ kingdom of jordan. to what extent would you _ kingdom of jordan. to what extent would you say - kingdom of jordan. to what extent would you say the i kingdom of jordan. to what | extent would you say the us recent calls for restraint by the israeli government have actually been heeded? it was interesting to see and indications that would be a more targeted approach by israel in the north of gaza. it strikes me that is what we

heard at the beginning of this conflict. ~ ., heard at the beginning of this conflict. . . ., ., conflict. we are never going to see the actions _ conflict. we are never going to see the actions by _ conflict. we are never going to see the actions by those - see the actions by those involved and close combat operations materialised to what we would like to see. the fighting is obviously still extremely high risk, still great danger to israeli security forces given the hamas threat there. not an excuse for the level of civilian casualties being reported and continuing to be reported. that pace of transition that we would like to see and i think the international community would like to see a more precise operations. i think it is going to materialise in the coming days and weeks. what i have seen from reporting through the idea is the level of intelligence they have been able to gather, frankly the magnitude of it is really assisted them in locating and

targeting and destroying a law of the tunnel underground, fighting a lot of the command and control centres. obviously inside civilian structures they have been targeting and doing raids on. we have seen a change just from afar in the nature of the operations of the idf and their special operations have been conducting just in the past seven or ten days. thank ou past seven or ten days. thank you very _ past seven or ten days. thank you very much _ past seven or ten days. thank you very much for _ past seven or ten days. thank you very much forjoining - past seven or ten days. thank you very much forjoining us i you very much forjoining us with your analysis on the situation. the us says north korea has significantly increased its support for russia's offensive in ukraine, supplying moscow with ballistic missiles and launchers. white house national security spokesperson, john kirby, says newly declassified intelligence shows that russian forces fired one such missile at ukraine last week and several more two days ago. coinciding with his comments, north korea released new pictures showing the country's leader kimjong—un touring a missile launcherfactory with his young daughter. the girl, who's reported to be

about ten years old, made herfirst public appearance in november 2022, when she watched a long—range missile test launch with her father. mr kirby said that pyongyang was seeking russia's military assistance in return for the supply of weapons. and he said washington would raise the issue at the united nations security council. due in part of our senses and export controls butter has become increasingly isolated on the world stage have been forced to look to like—minded states for military equipment as we have been wanting public, one of those states is north korea. —— warning publicly. our north america correspondent, shingai nyoka, told us what more about john kirby had to say. he said that russia is violating un resolutions because north korea is under un sanctions. he said the us would raise this matter at the

security council but also laid out other measures the us was going to proceed. he said they would also impose sanctions against those that are facilitating the transfer of these weapons from north korea to russia. he described this as a significant and concerning escalation. notjust because of the weapons, the types of weapons north korea is applying to russia but also the fact north korea will expect a different type of weaponry and military equipment in return. and that the us also poses concerns about security in the indo—pacific area. let's get some of the day's other news 110w. authorities in japan say that 92 people are now confirmed to have died after the earthquake on new year's day. another 2a2 people are missing. thousands of rescue workers continue to search for survivors, days after the devastating tremor collapsed buildings and triggered landslides. tens of thousands of people

are still living in shelters. a suicide net has finally been completed on san francisco's iconic golden gate bridge, after more than 2,000 people plunged to their deaths, since it opened in 1937. work becan in 2018 on the 20—foot—wide stainless steel mesh nets on both sides of the bridge which is 1.7 miles long. elvis presley, who died in 1977, is being brought back to life, virtually. a lifesized digital elvis, will be created from thousands of his personal photos and home—videos, all part of a new immersive concert experience. the show is due to open in london in november. david sillito has the story. # the warden threw a party at the county jail. .. elvis never played the uk while he was alive, but 46 years after his death, plans have been announced for a show in london.

with what the organisers say will be a convincing 3d computer—generated elvis. an ai elvis. i mean, is this entirely created by computers then? the way of thinking about it is the ai learns elvis's movements, elvis's face structure, all about elvis and generates a computer model, which then will enable us to produce a new performance of elvis. using hours of home video and performance footage, the ai program is studying his look, his movements and his expressions, to recreate elvis. but this is far from the first holographic performance. # oh, i want to dance with somebody... this an early version of a digital whitney houston. we've also seen a ghostly buddy holly and roy orbison back on stage, but the real breakthrough was abba's avatar show in london. i've been to visit the show

twice, and it's very strange. the first time you see it you go, this is really, really weird. and then eventually it's almost like you're thinking they are real. the technology that they have is astonishing, really. # you ain't nothin' but a hound dog... and the attraction of holograms is obvious — many of the world's biggest acts are getting on a bit. the band kiss announced a farewell tour in the year 2000, and a few weeks ago, assured the world that this really was the end by introducing their replacements — avatar kiss. david sillito, bbc news. i will have to business news in a moment. stay with us here on bbc news.

hello. after the exceptional rainfall and the significant flooding of the last few days, you may well be pleased to hear that the weather is set to change. the next few days will be drier, yes, also colder, but i'm sure some lower temperatures will be a small price to pay for less in the way of rain. we certainly saw some rain on thursday in the south of the uk, thanks to this hook of cloud. that's an area of low pressure still close by for the first part of friday morning, still bringing some rain across eastern parts of england. we've also still got some showery rain from this weather system, centred across the north of scotland. so, as we head through the morning on friday, yes, still a little bit of rain across eastern england, quite a brisk wind, as well. still windy for the northern isles, and generally cloud and some showery rain across the northeast of scotland. further west, though, some brighter skies, some spells of sunshine and, while there will be

some showers, there probably won't be too many, and a decent amount of dry weather. those temperatures a touch lower than they have been — 6 degrees for aberdeen, nine for cardiff, for plymouth, maybe 10 for the channel islands. and then, as we head through friday night, we'll keep some quite large amounts of cloud, especially across the eastern half of the uk, with some showery rain. drier out west with some clear spells and just one or two showers. that will give rise to some fog patches and a touch of frost for some. temperatures across parts of northern england, scotland, northern ireland are likely to drop below freezing. so, frost and fog to start the day for some of us on saturday. quite a lot of cloud across the eastern half of england. that will break up to some extent, and i think we will see some spells of sunshine. just one or two showers here and there, but a much drier story than we've been used to. temperatures coming down again, 5—9 celsius at best. through saturday nights, the last remnants of this weather system really clearing away, as high pressure builds more strongly across the uk. that will set us up actually for the forecast for next week and certainly on sunday, we're looking at a lot of dry weather. some early mist and fog, touch of frost in places, but some spells of sunshine.

small chance of one or two showers maybe across northeast scotland, also grazing the southeast of england and the channel islands. and it certainly will be a colder—feeling day, 3—7 degrees. and actually, into the start of the new week, the winds will really pick up across the south, so that will add to what will be a really cold feel to the weather. but it'll be a mostly dry week ahead, some spells of sunshine with some frost and some fog at night.

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