but there's no let up in the fighting, the israeli military says it's hit more than a hundred targets in the last21i hours. for many the situation is desperate. almost every hour someone is coming in with an explosive injury or a serious injury. people are losing their legs, their eyes, their lives. houthi supporters rally to commemorate ten fighters killed by us navy. disgraced former paralympian oscar pistorius is released on parole almost 11 years after killing his girlfriend, reeva steenkamp. flooding causes chaos in parts of the uk and northern europe with rivers bursting their banks, forcing people to flee their homes. a taste of music's next big thing.

indie rock band the last dinner party are named the bbc�*s sound of 202a. hello, i'm lucy hockings, welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast moving news, interviews and reaction. lebanon has filed a complaint to the un security council over the killing of hamas deputy leader in beirut on tuesday. the reuters news agency reports that the complaint says that israel used six missiles in the attack that targeted him as the war against hamas continues in gaza. there is still one unanswered question, many unanswered questions, one of them is what will happen when it ends? the israeli defence minister has now outlined his plan which will be presented to the war cabinet. it is not official government policy but it does give an indication to what the senior israeli ministership might be thinking. underthe israeli ministership might be thinking. under the proposals hamas would no longer control gaza and israel would retain overall security

control. multinational force would take charge of rebuilding neighbouring egypt would take on an unspecified role. gaza would be run by palestinians as long as they are not hostile towards israel. it is not hostile towards israel. it is not clear who thus palestinians might be. if anyone would want to take on that role or if the people of gaza would be willing to accept it. the proposals are also a long way from the two state solution, of an independent palestine existing alongside israel. the deputy secretary general of the fat central committee, the highest decision—making of the fatah party which controls the palestinian authority in the west bank, i asked him for his response to these proposals. let me say that the palestinians are not the children of a lesser god, we have not delegated any of the fate of the palestinian people to any third party. israel is an entity that is under investigation for genocide. israel is categorised by the international law and the un resolutions and the un at large as the occupier. how can the occupier ever be given, after committing such genocide,

the role of deciding the fate of the people it occupies? what needs to be done now is that we need to see an end to the arab— israeli conflict and before we talk about the fate of gaza, we need to talk about the fate of the entire conflict and how to resolve it and how to put an end to the madness that has lasted over 90 days now. we are, though, talking about this plan today because many people have been asking for a long time what is the israeli plan? the palestinian plan as well, for the day after. so when israel talks about the fact that palestinians would run the territory, who do you see that being? who would step in? as i told you before, lucy, the sole representative of the palestinian people that is recognised by the un and the world community is the palestinian liberation liberation organisation. part of which is the palestinian national authority, which exists in gaza. so making this sound complicated as if it is a new engineering

of a formula that is accepted by israel and the world community is total nonsense. the palestinian authority is there and is there to stay. and you can ask the people of gaza as to whom they want to run their future. israel is now putting together a policy of perpetrators and people who will be basically acting on behalf of israel. which is not going to be accepted by the people of gaza, by the people of palestine, and especially by the people who have been subjected to the most horrifying atrocities ever in the modern history. doctor, if you ask palestinians, many would say that they would like to see hamas being part of any grouping that runs gaza afterwards. how does that get squared when you know that the united states, israel particularly, would never allow that to happen? i think when the palestinian authority ever talks about its return, it talks about political consensus. we have said many times that we will not go on the back of an israeli tank. that still stands and it will stand

all of the way through. so we will be talking to all members of the palestinian political scene, inclusive of hamas. i know that israel is saying that it wants to destroy hamas, but you know quite well that political parties stand on ideologies and an idea. and this indigenous idea would never be killed by tanks or military might. so as palestinians, we will be talking to everyone. as the palestinian authority and the plo. we will be talking to everyone inclusive of hamas in the future of gaza, indeed. the israeli military says it has hit more than a hundred targets across gaza in the last 2a hours targeting military positions, rocket launch sites and weapons depots. the bombardment came across the territory including the southern areas of khan younis and rafah and even tents in the al mawasi coastal strip, where israel had told civilians they would be safe. gaza's health ministry, which is run by hamas, says 162 palestinians have been killed in the last day with almost 300 injured. many people are continuing to flee the fighting.

these pictures show people leaving the nuseirat and maghazi refugee camps in the central part of gaza, apparently heading south towards khan younis and rafah. let's hear now from yasser khan, a canadian doctor working in gaza, at the european hospital in khan younis, who spoke to journalists from the reuters news agency. almost every hour, someone is coming in with an explosive injury or a serious injury. people are losing their legs, their eyes, their lives. all of the cases that we have seen are all explosive related. they are all because of explosives, whether it is artillery or it is bombs, and so all of the injuries are very severe. many of them are life—threatening. people lose their lives. the constant sound of drones, day and night, in the air is always there. it is a constant buzzing. and yes, every hour or so we hear bombs. the hospital shakes. and that is all around us. that is surrounding us.

the young man who is currently in central gaza has been speaking to us here at the bbc. he has sent us this message on what conditions are like in the area. we are not giving his name to protect his identity. we arejust being we are just being exterminated. all i see as streets filled with litter and casulities. snipers and tanks are attacking everybody who moves outside safely. and it's not safe. everywhere is not safe. every place is not safe. everyone is not safe. children are crying out in the streets. mothers are crying for their for their children. we cannot find food. we cannot find water. the situation is getting worse and worse every day, and every place is targeted.

snipers are killing everyone. tanks are attacking everyone, and people cannot any more bear another day of this war. it has been for more than 90 days. my family and i cannot do anything more. we're just burnt out. we're just torn apart. the war has taken so much from us and we cannot really do anything. we're just civilians. and we'rejust, like, being murdered and exterminated. people do not have any places, do not have water, do not have anything. life has stopped. we're just... we're just being treated as animals. so i think if this continues, we're just simply dying slowly. so it's very dire and it's indescribable.

the young man who sent us that first note from central gaza. oscar pistorius has been released from prison in south africa after being granted parole, almost 11 years after killing his girlfriend. the former paralympian left the atteridgeville correctional centre on the outskirts of pretoria, without being filmed or photographed. one of the conditions of his parole is that he does not talk to the media. officials said he's now "at home" with reports suggesting he is staying at a house owned by his uncle, in the upmarket waterkloof suburb of pretoria. as you can see, several police vehicles have been parked outside the residence. daniel de simone reports from pretoria on his release. commentator: 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. he has been serving his sentence at

this prison. early this morning the authorities announced he had left and was now officially a parolee and is at home. that is believed to be this nearby house owned by an uncle. until 2029, this nearby house owned by an uncle. until2029, he this nearby house owned by an uncle. until 2029, he will live under conditions including being required to attend anger management sessions not speaking the media. he could be returned to prison if he breaches them. pistorius murder reeva steenkamp on valentine's day 2013, by shooting four times through a locked toilet door at his home. his trial absorbed the world. he claimed to have shot her by mistake, thinking an intruder was in the house. . . , �* at house. reeva wasn't there... at first found _ house. reeva wasn't there... at first found guilty _ house. reeva wasn't there... at first found guilty of _ house. reeva wasn't there... at first found guilty of the - house. reeva wasn't there... at l first found guilty of the equivalent of manslaughter, he was convicted on appeal in 2015 as murder, with judges saying his story was inconsistent and improbable. reeva steenkamp�*s closer and says they have had nurse based agree. we

steenkamp's closer and says they have had nurse based agree. we want to mourn and — have had nurse based agree. we want to mourn and grieve. _ have had nurse based agree. we want to mourn and grieve. we _ have had nurse based agree. we want to mourn and grieve. we certainly - to mourn and grieve. we certainly would like reeva to rest in peace. every time we start processing and coming to terms with things, oscar p°p5 coming to terms with things, oscar pops up. in my opinion, oscar walking around as a free man without the necessary training and treatments and psychiatric evaluations, he is deadly on the streets. ~ . , ., , ., , streets. what oscar pistorius does next will be _ streets. what oscar pistorius does next will be the _ streets. what oscar pistorius does next will be the focus _ streets. what oscar pistorius does next will be the focus of _ streets. what oscar pistorius does next will be the focus of intense i next will be the focus of intense interest. campaigners against male violence are his release sends a terrible signal.— violence are his release sends a terrible signal. oscar's releases an indication that _ terrible signal. oscar's releases an indication that we _ terrible signal. oscar's releases an indication that we have _ terrible signal. oscar's releases an indication that we have a _ terrible signal. oscar's releases an indication that we have a serious i indication that we have a serious problem — indication that we have a serious problem. that there is a normalisation of leniency when it comes_ normalisation of leniency when it comes to — normalisation of leniency when it comes to predators, when it comes to anyone _ comes to predators, when it comes to anyone who _ comes to predators, when it comes to anyone who commits any type of gender—based violence. anyone who commits any type of gender-based violence.- gender-based violence. rena steenkamp's _ gender-based violence. rena steenkamp's mother - gender-based violence. rena steenkamp's mother today i gender—based violence. iifii�* steenkamp's mother today said that those left behind after her murder and one is serving a life sentence. bbc news, pretoria. let's take a look at some extraordinary pictures

at a situation we are monitoring in yemen's capital. a rally commemorates ten fighters killed by the us navy and the red sea. us helicopters repelled an attack on a group by a container vessel on sunday. they sang three ships and killed ten attackers. the cooties have stepped up attacks on ships in the red sea to show support for hamas. the shipping giant has announced that it is diverting all of its vessels from red sea routes around africa's cape of good hope for the foreseeable future and has also warned customers to prepare for significant disruption. more than 1000 homes are under water in england after storm henk brought with it a week of heavy rainfall. a major incident is still required in nottinghamshire and there are serious delays for travellers in many counties, with roads and railway lines flooded. about 300 flood warnings are still in place

across england and wales. dan johnson has this report from gloucestershire. after days of rain on already sodden ground, large parts of the country are now underwater. this was nottingham this morning. where the river trent is at its highest levels for 20 years. around 1000 homes in england have been flooded according to the environment agency. in loughborough, darren's father had to be rescued from this flat in the early hours of yesterday morning.— from this flat in the early hours of yesterday morning. anything three feet below is _ yesterday morning. anything three feet below is gone. _ yesterday morning. anything three feet below is gone. both _ yesterday morning. anything three feet below is gone. both beds, - feet below is gone. both beds, settees, they are all ruined. in bradford—on—avon in wiltshire, the sun was shining today but overnight the damage had been done. and the morning stroll for these two was cut short. , ., ., , ., short. there is normally a road with a bride short. there is normally a road with a bridge over _ short. there is normally a road with a bridge over there. _ short. there is normally a road with a bridge over there. but _ short. there is normally a road with a bridge over there. but it - short. there is normally a road with a bridge over there. but it is - short. there is normally a road with a bridge over there. but it is also i a bridge over there. but it is also flooded that no one can get through. and this is what the river avon did to alice and mark's garden in

hampshire. the flood defences swamped. hampshire. the flood defences swam ed. ., hampshire. the flood defences swamped-— hampshire. the flood defences swamed. ., , ., swamped. garin got flooded last year so we had to — swamped. garin got flooded last year so we had to start _ swamped. garin got flooded last year so we had to start bringing _ swamped. garin got flooded last year so we had to start bringing all- swamped. garin got flooded last year so we had to start bringing all of- so we had to start bringing all of the equipment and tools that we had in the _ the equipment and tools that we had in the garden and all of the toys for the — in the garden and all of the toys for the children up to the house, which _ for the children up to the house, which is — for the children up to the house, which is on — for the children up to the house, which is on higher ground. the water reached a couple _ which is on higher ground. the water reached a couple of _ which is on higher ground. the water reached a couple of weeks _ which is on higher ground. the water reached a couple of weeks ago - which is on higher ground. the water reached a couple of weeks ago and l reached a couple of weeks ago and now the river bank has gone as well. in some areas, water levels are not expected to peak until later today. they have been cleaning up to in the capital. 50 properties including this book shop had to be evacuated in east london. we this book shop had to be evacuated in east london.— in east london. we have 'ust been scooin: in east london. we have 'ust been scooping buckets h in east london. we have 'ust been scooping buckets and _ in east london. we have just been scooping buckets and buckets - in east london. we have just been scooping buckets and buckets of. scooping buckets and buckets of water. some areas have been quite submerged and there is quite a lot of damage to the books. abs, submerged and there is quite a lot of damage to the books.— submerged and there is quite a lot of damage to the books. a party but on the thames _ of damage to the books. a party but on the thames sank. _ of damage to the books. a party but on the thames sank. the _ of damage to the books. a party but on the thames sank. the master - of damage to the books. a party but| on the thames sank. the masterjust about the only thing still above water. some rail services have been badly affected, with major destruction on the great western and

south—western networks. destruction on the great western and south-western networks. somewhere between newton _ south-western networks. somewhere between newton abbot _ south-western networks. somewhere between newton abbot and _ south-western networks. somewhere between newton abbot and totnes i south-western networks. somewhere| between newton abbot and totnes we ground to a halt. we sat there for a couple of hours while they are assessed whether they could go through the flood water or not. driving too has been treacherous. in leicestershire, a number of stranded horses had to be rescued. forecasters say the rain will be replaced by a cold snap in the coming days. but for some, the clean up coming days. but for some, the clean up after one of the wettest stance to the year on record could take weeks. jon donnison, bbc news. more bad weather has meant more travel disruption, including on the trains. real problems yesterday on the roots connecting london with the rest of england. much of that was due to flooding. today, great western railway still particularly affected again with a lot of flooding causing

severe issues. to be a description and also much reduced levels of services. here at paddington we are seeing quite a few cancellations on the departure boards. south—western railway is also been affected by problems yesterday and is still having some description today. so you get cruise and trends that have been left in the wrong places by thoseissues been left in the wrong places by those issues yesterday and also there is a landslip, meaning no services can run between yeovil junction and exeter. destruction elsewhere includes some railway services in lincolnshire being disrupted. so not a great picture out there. do check before you travel if you need to travel today. also some main roads were hit by flooding, including some really major routes. part of the m25 was affected by flooding. i am told by national highways that a lot of the incidents on main routes have now been cleared up. but it is actually the second time this week alone that there has been a lot of disruption because of severe weather. and

incidence of intense and severe weather, intense rainfall are posing increasing challenges for our transport networks. the heavy rain from storm henk has also brought flooding to northern europe. this was the scene in lower saxony in germany. efforts were made to put artificial dykes in place, as rivers burst their banks. it was a similar story in the french pas de calais region which has a coastline on the english channel. greenhouses and fields were flooded, many for the second time in two months. in the netherlands, rising river waters led to a houseboat lets talk to our weather presenter who is with me now. they are suffering in northern europe and as we have been talking about, it has been so wet here. it feels relentless. it been so wet here. it feels relentless.— been so wet here. it feels relentless. ., , , , , relentless. it has been relentless and i relentless. it has been relentless and i think _ relentless. it has been relentless and i think it's _ relentless. it has been relentless and i think it's fair _ relentless. it has been relentless and i think it's fair to _ relentless. it has been relentless and i think it's fair to say - relentless. it has been relentless and i think it's fair to say that - relentless. it has been relentless and i think it's fair to say that we | and i think it's fair to say that we can tribute some of the significance of the weather we have been seeing this winter period to climate change, because we now know a warmer world can relate to and can mean a

better world. and that means that areas of low pressure that we see moving across the country, whether it is across the uk or whether it is in northern europe, has the potential to hold more rainfall and produce more rainfall. and we have been seeing that. it looks likely that we are heading for one of the wettest december is on record and if wettest december is on record and if we take a look at this sequence, this is actually last 12 days of the uk. you canjust see this is actually last 12 days of the uk. you can just see this relentless feed of cloud which is basically rain bearing clouds. we have had one area of low pressure sweeping through only to be replaced by yet another. and we are only five days into a new year. and we have already seen three deep areas of low pressure in that five days across the uk. it pressure in that five days across the uk. ., ,., , pressure in that five days across the uk. ., , ., the uk. it also feels that there have been _ the uk. it also feels that there have been a — the uk. it also feels that there have been a lot _ the uk. it also feels that there have been a lot more - the uk. it also feels that there have been a lot more named l the uk. it also feels that there - have been a lot more named storms coming our way. have been a lot more named storms coming our way-— coming our way. yes, last winter season we _ coming our way. yes, last winter season we only _ coming our way. yes, last winter season we only had _ coming our way. yes, last winter season we only had two - coming our way. yes, last winter season we only had two named l coming our way. yes, last winter - season we only had two named storms for the whole of that season. this year, that is going from september to first enter this year, we have

actually had eight. and we have had three significant areas of low pressure already and of course storm henk which arrived on the 2nd of january and brought that significant rain and damaging gusts of wind that affected much of central and southern parts of the uk. louise, thank ou southern parts of the uk. louise, thank you so _ southern parts of the uk. louise, thank you so much. _ around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news... derek draper, the author and former political adviser, has died aged 56, his wife kate garraway has said. he fell ill be the coded in march 2020 and spent more than 370 days in hospital. he returned home but needed round—the—clock care. his wife said he was surrounded by family in his final days. two teenagers have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a 16—year—old boy was killed on new year's eve. harry pitman was attacked at primrose hill in north london while waiting to watch the fireworks. earlier this week, three teenagers were released on bail pending further inquiries.

a man has been given a suspended sentence for a homophobic attack on a drag star in a fast food restaurant in liverpool in june last year. alan whitfield, who's 51 and from everton, punched james lee williams who performs under the name the vivienne, and was the winner of the first series of rupaul�*s drag race uk. you're live with bbc news. a spokesperson for president zelensky has confirmed claims that russia has been using the salsa ride by north korea and its air on ukraine. this is the result of a missile strike near the city of hack eve. let's bring you more on this with our correspondent who joins me from kyiv. brute with our correspondent who “oins me from k iv. ~ ~ ., with our correspondent who “oins me fromk iv. ~ ~ ., ., ., from kyiv. we know that from the local authorities _ from kyiv. we know that from the local authorities in _

from kyiv. we know that from the local authorities in hack _ from kyiv. we know that from the local authorities in hack eve - from kyiv. we know that from the local authorities in hack eve that i local authorities in hack eve that the city close to the russian border in the east of ukraine that the fragments of the ballistic missile were reclaimed there. and they particular ballistic missile allegedly was used in another country, not in russia. so it was launched by russia against ukraine but the general assumption now is that yes, these ballistic missiles could have came from north korea. it is very important to mention that this is a ballistic missile. why? because this type of missile is the most difficult and the most dangerous. difficult to intercept for the ukrainian dangerous. difficult to intercept forthe ukrainian air dangerous. difficult to intercept for the ukrainian air defence. ukraine has very limited numbers of air defence systems which can strike down ballistic missiles. for example in kyiv for local residents getting news that during the aero lamb ballistic missile could be launched,

or the hypersonic missiles could be launched against the ukrainian capital. that is the scariest news that you can get, because everybody already knows that it is very difficult to stop them. and ukraine does not have many missiles that intercept them. they are very costly and very expensive. there are some concerns about the supply of more missiles for ukraine in the next months, whether it might have enough of them. so yes, the ballistic missiles are a very big danger and they appear to be quite effective in targeting the ukrainian military infrastructure. and that might be a very important development in this war. if it is confirmed that russia can get more ballistic missiles from outside, from other countries. briefly, never development that we

need an update on, what has happened in crimea overnight? 50 need an update on, what has happened in crimea overnight?— in crimea overnight? so far the commander — in crimea overnight? so far the commander of _ in crimea overnight? so far the commander of the _ in crimea overnight? so far the commander of the ukrainian i in crimea overnight? so far the | commander of the ukrainian air in crimea overnight? so far the - commander of the ukrainian air force has confirmed that there were two ukrainian air strikes made by two —— nearby to cities. one of them is the base for the russian leader. they are mainly russian military bases, military airfields in the crimea. so far we fish sure know that the command post of the russian army was hit. that was the previous day. what is really important to know about all of this is that there are two main targets for the ukrainian army. the crimea, the russian air defence and the russian black sea fleet. i will correspond joining as they're from kyiv. let's take you to some

dramatic pictures that we have from newark in newjersey. we have been closely monitoring a massive fire there which has been burning through a large industrial complex in elizabeth. it broke outjust before 5:45pm at a large waterfront complex known as elizabeth industrial park. it is a big complex, the buildings spanned two blocks. there are also many businesses that are housed there at the south end of new wick airport. quite close to the airport. no word on what caused the fire or if there are any injuries, but a huge amount of fire crews called to the scene. you can see the water they're being sprayed onto that fire. this massive fire that has been burning for a large industrial complex in newjersey. right near newark airport. no word yet if anybody has been injured. at least three people have been killed after two commuter trains collided on the indonesian island of java. two commuter trains collided on the indonesian island ofjava. almost 30 others were injured in the accident.

pictures posted on social media surely mangled front of one engine wedged beneath the rear carriage of the second train. other carriages are lying on their sides. the three fatalities were crew on the trains. and residents of two small south korean island had been evacuated after north korea fired more than 200 artillery shells into the sea off the coast. south korean officials called the shelling near the two countries maritime border provocative and said it would respond with appropriate measures. do stick with us here on bbc news. we have all of the latest business coming your way. it is world business report. stay with us. hello.

it has been a very wet start to 202k. some places have seen all of their expected january rainfall in the first few days of the month. still lots of flood warnings in force and the weather is going to continue to cause some disruption. what is actually falling out of the sky is much, much drier over the next few days. there will be a lag between the rain falling and the flood water receding. high pressure is building and that will squeeze away most of the showers. low pressure clearing towards the east. still low pressure close to the north of scotland. one or two showers for the rest of the day, quite heavy around the north—east of scotland. cloudy skies in central and eastern england. through this evening and overnight, clearer skies. fairly light winds. the drop in temperature and a cold night, we will see some frost and mist and fog patches forming around parts of scotland, northern ireland. central and eastern england just about frost free where you've got more of that low cloud. but it could be quite a murky start to saturday one way or another with the low cloud in the east and the pockets of

fog elsewhere. they should clear away relatively quickly on saturday. just the odd shower coming around part of these irish sea coast and the odd spot of rain to england as well. much, much drier than it has been of late. temperatures cool in the east, seven, perhaps eight or nine further west with more sunshine. heading into the second half of the weekend, high pressure still with us. not many isobars on the map so relatively light winds. fog on sunday could be quite slow to clear. down towards the south—east, a bit more of a breeze just one or two showers towards east anglia and the far south—east. certainly nothing heavy like we have seen of late. a colder day across the board, only about three to seven celsius on sunday. it will feel different heading through the week and into next week courtesy of this area of high pressure. it is a large area of high pressure moving in, monday and tuesday then, we will see a change in air mass, the cold air moving in. as that wind rotates, high pressure coming in from

an easterly direction. very cold in scandinavia recently. we are tapping into something a bit colder than we have seen. a lot of dry weather thankfully. things looking a bit milder from mid week onwards but expecting to see some mist and fog at times. goodbye.

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