lebanon has lodged a complaint with the un about the incident. he says all of lebanon would be exposed if his group does not react. israel's defence minister outlines proposals for the future of gaza once the war against hamas is over. but there's no let up in the fighting the israeli military says it's hit more than a hundred targets in the last 2a 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. disgraced former paralympian oscar pistorius is released on parole in south africa, almost 11 years after killing his girlfriend, reeva steenkamp. flooding continues to cause disruption in parts of england and wales forcing hundreds to leave their homes.

and flavour of the year. indie rock band the last dinner party are named the bbc�*s sound of 202a. hello, i'm ben thompson, welcome to the programme. his brother has repeated its warning of a fierce response to the killing of a fierce response to the killing of a fierce response to the killing of a hamas leader. saleh al—arouri in beirut on tuesday. it comes as lebanon lodged a complaint with the un about the attack. tensions are still high in his hometown in the occupied west bank, following the killing, as shaimaa khalil reports. the town of al—arura in the west bank, saleh al—arouri's hometown, is in a state of mourning. but there is also deep fury

and rage at his killing. protesters have come out after the friday prayer�*s protesting, chanting his name, chanting for continuation of resistance, and condemning the war. saleh al—arouri's killing may have taken a significant name off israel's and the us's most wanted list. he is a man that they have accused of being responsible for many acts of terror, as they put it. but for the people in his home town, for the people in the west bank where he is from, they have lost a symbol of resistance. he was a very important figure on both the political and the military front. he was the link between hamas and the iran backed hezbollah and iran itself. also responsible for many significant prisoner swap deals with israel. there has always been this fear, this concern among the international community since the beginning of the war in gaza that this conflict could spill over here in the west bank and the rest of the region. and the concern now that saleh al—arouri's killing could be that trigger.

although it is not clear what this retaliation from either hamas or hezbollah would look like. all of this comes as israel's defence minister has said that israel will retain security control of gas after the fighting has ended and all hostages have been freed. the proposals are part of a series of broad principles set out by yoav gallant. they come as america and europe's most senior diplomats head to the middle east to press israel on its strategy. well, yoav gallant�*s ideas that have been briefed to reporters and official policy and they do appear to reject positions put forward last year by washington. so what are they? well, under yoav gallant�*s so called fork on the proposals, hamas would no longer control gaza and israel would retain overall security control. a multinational force would take charge of rebuilding in the territory. neighbouring egypt would

take on a roll, but yoav gallant did not say what exactly that would be. he did say that gaza would be run by a palestinian administration, but yet it is not clear who. there would be no resettlement of israeli citizens in the territory. the deputy secretary general of the fatah central committee, the highest decision—making part of the fatah party in the west bank gave us his response to those 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. the israeli military says it has hit more than 100 targets across gaza in the last 2a hours, including military positions, rocket launch sites and weapons depots. the bombardment came across the territory, including in southern areas of khan younis and rafa. and even tense in the al—mawasi coastal strip where israel had told gazans that they would be safe. gaza's health ministry which is run by hamas says that 162 palestinians have been killed in the last day. with nearly 300 injured. many people are continuing to flee the fighting. you can see people here losing the refugee camps in the central part of

gaza. 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 view there from inside one

hospital in gaza. a little earlier i spoke to professor nathanj brown, a senior fellow at the carnegie endowment for international peace. i asked him how he would expect israel to respond to those comments. the rhetoric has — to respond to those comments. tue: rhetoric has always to respond to those comments. tte: rhetoric has always been strong. hezbollah behaviour so far has been very restrained. it is a little bit less clear exactly what the israelis intend. there is some talk in israel about a changing security doctrine where instead of trying to deter their adversaries like hamas and hezbollah they need to attack them directly. what started in gaza has to continue into lebanon. there has been open talk of that but there has not been much action beyond the assassination so far. you not been much action beyond the assassination so far.— assassination so far. you would exect assassination so far. you would meet this _ assassination so far. you would expect this sort _ assassination so far. you would expect this sort of _ assassination so far. you would expect this sort of response, i assassination so far. you would i expect this sort of response, this tough talk, coming from the hezbollah chief, that it will also be very calculated to take into account what the response from israel may be. and given, therefore, what we have had from hezbollah, what we have had from hezbollah,

what do you expect israel's response to those comments may turn out to be? t to those comments may turn out to be? ., �* ~' to those comments may turn out to be? ., �* ~ , ,., to those comments may turn out to be? .,�* ~ be? i don't think it will respond so much to the _ be? i don't think it will respond so much to the comments. _ be? i don't think it will respond so much to the comments. i - be? i don't think it will respond so much to the comments. i think- be? i don't think it will respond so much to the comments. i think it. be? i don't think it will respond so | much to the comments. i think it is looking at a careful political calculation about whether or not it really wants to engage in war with hezbollah. and that involves not only its position with hezbollah but also with the united states which has been very active in trying to prevent the spread of the conflict. so there may be strong advances within the israeli leadership saying that this is the time to have it out finally with hezbollah. but that could lead to a crisis with the united states. this could lead to a crisis with the united states.— could lead to a crisis with the united states. as we know, us secretary of — united states. as we know, us secretary of state _ united states. as we know, us secretary of state is _ united states. as we know, us secretary of state is heading i united states. as we know, usj secretary of state is heading to united states. as we know, us - secretary of state is heading to the region. it is a long trip, he takes on a number of countries in the region. 0ne hope is to ratchet down some of that rhetoric but also to try to talk about what happens after this war is over. whether there is any possibility of lasting peace. i wonder, therefore, if we turn to those comments, that for corners plan that we have heard from yoav

gallant. we should be really clear that they aren't just proposals at this stage, and they do sit at odds with what we have had from the white house but also others within the israeli cabinet. what is your assessment of what they spoke on as planned looks like and whether it will make any difference to the outcome of this work was my goal i don't think it'll make a difference to the outcome, and the plan is described is simply impractical. tt is asking people to do things that they are very clear about not doing. the international force, they are very clear about not doing. the internationalforce, who wants to go in while israel is still actively involved in security military operations in gaza? who is going to want to go in and make part of this international force? going to want to go in and make part of this internationalforce? who is going to want to pay and conduct reconstruction when they are going to be seen as an agent of israeli reoccupation in gaza? what sort of palestinian authorities would they be willing to work with? i don't think it is a workable plan in its current stage. it may be more

diplomatically aimed to persuade the international community that the israelis do have a plan for post—conflict governance and that it is one that does not involve active israeli settlement and direct administration of gaza. find israeli settlement and direct administration of gaza. and the fact therefore that _ administration of gaza. and the fact therefore that is _ administration of gaza. and the fact therefore that is somewhat - administration of gaza. and the fact therefore that is somewhat vaguely| therefore that is somewhat vaguely defined, does that speak to some of the indecision, some of the conflict within israel itself about what the future will look like and who once what, what is achievable, but also what, what is achievable, but also what the ambition is when this war is over? t what the ambition is when this war is over? ~ , what the ambition is when this war is over? ~' , , ., , is over? i think there is some deep conflict within _ is over? i think there is some deep conflict within the _ is over? i think there is some deep conflict within the israeli _ is over? i think there is some deep conflict within the israeli cabinet i conflict within the israeli cabinet right now. some deep ideological conflict. i think there might be a little bit more or a little bit less than meets the eye when you look at what these ideas are going to be, if they were actually implemented. some voices within the cabinet talk about restoring israeli settlements in gaza, some have loaded the idea of expelling some of gaza's population. those are the ones that aren't likely to get much traction, but

they aren't taken seriously. yoav gallant�*s plan sort of balances of those but if you look at what israel will actually be able to accomplish with his plan, and if you rule out settlements are expulsion of the population, what it really looks like is a military reoccupation of gaza and leaving governance for other people to deal with. so we mentioned _ other people to deal with. so we mentioned there _ other people to deal with. so we mentioned there the _ other people to deal with. so we mentioned there the us - other people to deal with. so we | mentioned there the us secretary other people to deal with. so we - mentioned there the us secretary of state making that visit to a number of countries in the region. just to confirm, antony blinken now landing in turkey on the first leg of what is a pretty extensive middle eastern tour that will begin in turkey and then go on tojordan, qatar, united arab emirates, saudi arabia, egypt, israel and crucially the west bank. all of that part of the us effort to counter the growing risk of this conflict spreading into a broader regional war. conflict spreading into a broader regionalwar. so conflict spreading into a broader regional war. so antony blinken arriving at his first in turkey. if there are any further developments we will bring them to you right here. around the world and across

the uk, you are watching bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news... strikes by london underground workers will go ahead from friday evening after last ditch talks failed to resolve a pay dispute, according to the rmt union. earlier this week careful want that there would be severe disruption across the tube network from the 7th of january until the across the tube network from the 7th ofjanuary until the morning of friday the 12th. workers are walking out of pay, grading structures and travel facilities. 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 fatally stabbed as people gathered near a viewing platform in primrose hill in north london to watch the fireworks. earlier this week, three teenagers were released on bail pending further inquiries. a record number of electric cars were sold in the uk last year 315 thousand in all< with the majority taken by business and fleet buyers who benefit from compelling tax incentives. the society of motor manufacturers and traders believes the industry has recovered from the pandemic, but says more still needs

to be done to promote the uptake of electric cars, including tax breaks for private buyers. more on those stories on the bbc news website. you're live with bbc news. more than a thousand homes have been flooded in england, after storm henk brought days of heavy rainfall. a major incident has been declared in the county of nottinghamshire, and there are serious delays for travellers across the country, with roads and railway lines flooded and around 250 flood warnings still in place across england and wales. jon donnison reports. after days of rain on already sodden ground, large parts of the country are now under water. 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 his flat in the early hours of yesterday morning. anything three feet and below is gone, and that includes both

beds, settees and whatnot, 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. it's normally like a road into a bridge over there, but it all so flooded that no one can get through. and this is what the river avon did to alice and mark's garden in fordingbridge in hampshire, the flood defences swamped. the garden would get flooded, it did last year, so we had to start bringing all the equipment and tools we had in the garden, all of the toys for the children and start bringing them closer to the house, which is on higher ground. the water breached 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 in the capital, 50 properties including this book shop had to be evacuated in east london.

just been scooping buckets and buckets and buckets of water. some areas are quite submerged and there is quite a lot of damage to the books. and a party boat on the thames sang, the mast is just about the only thing still above water. some rail services have been badly affected with major disruption in the great western and south—western networks. somewhere between newton abbot and totnes, we ground to a halt. we sat there for a couple of hours and they assessed whether they could go through the flood water or not. driving also 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 after one of the wettest starts to the year on record could take weeks. jon donnison, bbc news.

live now to mary dhonau, a flood resilience campaigner and a flood survivor. mary, thank you for talking to us. how can you be resilient against something like this?— how can you be resilient against something like this? well, first of all, the something like this? well, first of all. the most _ something like this? well, first of all, the most important _ something like this? well, first of all, the most important thing - something like this? well, first of all, the most important thing is l all, the most important thing is that you plan in advance for flooding. so you get your flood warning from the environment agency which is free, then you plan, it is really boring, but you plan what you are going to do when you get that flood warning. where you are going to put your car, grandma, the kids, all of yourfurniture. some to put your car, grandma, the kids, all of your furniture. some of the things can be moved really quite easily using things like advisors or buckets are plastic bins, and even wellington boots can be put on the legs of your cables. so literally plan what you are going to do and then also pack a grab bag, should you need to evacuate. but you can also get kite marked certified flood protection products, flood doors,

flood barriers, self—closing air brake, submersible pumps, even toilet bungs, it does not have to cost a lot even if you are desperate you can use gaffer tape. i tested gaffer tape recently in a testing tank and gaffer tape help do really well. and even when the flood water started leaking, somebody pulled it off and it burst through. so it will hold the water back. it is perfectly possible to try and reduce the impact at a home level, but look, if you are flooded then check whether your insurance company is signed up to flood read's build back better. that is one of the brilliant ways of being flood resistant because in addition to flood products which i've been mentioning, for me, my preferred choice would be to have waterproof plaster, flood resilient kitchens, and hard floors. so if you do flood, you can literally squeegee it out, sanitise it and light your

fires and open the windows and carry on living there without being forced out of your home for nine whole months. tt out of your home for nine whole months. , , . , . out of your home for nine whole months. ,,. ,. , months. it is such, such useful advice, months. it is such, such useful advice. mary- _ months. it is such, such useful advice, mary. but— months. it is such, such useful advice, mary. but everything i months. it is such, such useful. advice, mary. but everything you months. it is such, such useful- advice, mary. but everything you are telling me there is about facing up to something that feels inevitable. this is about the flood waters are coming, you have to deal with it. should we not be in a position where we can say how do we stop those flood waters getting into our homes in the first place?— in the first place? well, i looked on flood risk _ in the first place? well, i looked on flood risk management - in the first place? well, i looked on flood risk management as i in the first place? well, i looked on flood risk management as a i in the first place? well, i looked - on flood risk management as a jigsaw of many pieces. first of all, yes, the government must invest more in flood risk management. in building defences. but also we have to think about working with nature and slowing the flow. 0n the river severn, from where i come from, there is a lot of talk about holding there is a lot of talk about holding the water back at the top of the seven. working with nature rather than against it. there are certain kinds of mosques for instance, names

that i can't pronounce, that can hold over 20 amounts of its weight in water. so working with nature, thinking about agricultural land, managing that as well, so that we don't put sheep on steep sided catchment and turning it into tarmac essentially and making the water go down the catchment. so we have got to think about the bigger picture, working with catchments and literally using a batch jigsaw puzzle to reduce the impact. and we have got to adapt our homes as well, hard as it is, to recover from floods. t5 hard as it is, to recover from floods. , ., , ., hard as it is, to recover from floods. , ., ., ., floods. is to the problem in all of this that we _ floods. is to the problem in all of this that we are _ floods. is to the problem in all of this that we are still _ floods. is to the problem in all of this that we are still building - floods. is to the problem in all of this that we are still building too | this that we are still building too many homes on floodplains? floodplains are there to flood. they are there to give us a bit of breathing space when water levels rise. but house—builders are still building property in those areas. that needs to stop, doesn't it? t that needs to stop, doesn't it? i could not agree more. in worcester again, i keep banging on about it,

but the floodplain is absolutely full of flood water. but but the floodplain is absolutely full of flood water.— but the floodplain is absolutely full of flood water. but it is doing what it should _ full of flood water. but it is doing what it should do, _ full of flood water. but it is doing what it should do, isn't _ full of flood water. but it is doing what it should do, isn't it? - what it should do, isn't it? absolutely, doing what it should do. but what often happens is that the environment agency and local authorities will actually turn down authorities will actually turn down a plan application, but because government has a presumption in favour of development and because we are short of houses, many houses are built at risk of flooding. if that absolutely has to happen, we should notjust bung them up quick and cheap, we should think about building them in a flood resilient way with flood doors and flood barriers and self—closing air brakes. 0r barriers and self—closing air brakes. or maybe building them up higher so that you have a garage underneath and a living accommodation overtop. but that is, for me, the absolute last resort, because the floodplain is such a powerful thing to save people from flooding. powerful thing to save people from floodinu. , ., powerful thing to save people from floodinu. ., ., flooding. mary, so good to have you on the programme. _ flooding. mary, so good to have you on the programme. i— flooding. mary, so good to have you on the programme. i can _ flooding. mary, so good to have you on the programme. i can tell- flooding. mary, so good to have you

on the programme. i can tell how i on the programme. i can tell how passionate you are about getting these problems fixed and preparing people for what feels like an inevitability sometimes, doesn't it? when we see the rains we have had in recent days. thank you for being with us. let's return to events in the middle east and that worsening humanitarian crisis because un aid agencies have responded to criticism from israel that they have been stalling on deliveries in gaza. they have said their efforts continue to be impeded by a number of factors, including security risks, damaged roads and delays at checkpoints. the israeli army says it has carried out more than 100 strikes on hamas targets over the past day. so how can it get in? live now to sean carroll who is the chief executive of the american near east refugee agency. sean, thank you forjoining us. that is the point here, isn't it? it is it difficult to get aid to places if they are under attack. what are you hearing from your team is on the ground about their ability to deliver the aid that is there on

the border but is increasingly difficult to get to the people that need it? ~ ., , , , need it? well, that is the biggest impediment- _ need it? well, that is the biggest impediment. half— need it? well, that is the biggest impediment. half of _ need it? well, that is the biggest impediment. half of our - need it? well, that is the biggest impediment. half of our staff - need it? well, that is the biggest l impediment. half of our staff have been, for many weeks, all of our staff are displaced from their homes, we have 12 palestinian staff in gaza who are all displaced. half of them have been in a shelter since shortly after the war began in the middle area and they have been relatively safe but over the last two days there has been bobbing and sniper shooting near them. and they are terrified. some of the staff in that shelter are going out every day to deliver humanitarian aid and deliver meals and blankets and mattresses, and winter clothing. so the biggest impediment is the ongoing hostilities. but there are many other impediments, to the un relief chief has outlined them in bullet form on twitter. and i urge everyone to look at those. as it does at the issues that our team is facing everyday. we are letting everyone we can no that the un

agencies, donor governments, letting them know all of the barriers. it should not be this hard to get humanitarian aid to where it is needed most.— humanitarian aid to where it is needed most. �* ., , ., needed most. and therefore when you hear that response _ needed most. and therefore when you hear that response from _ needed most. and therefore when you hear that response from israel - hear that response from israel criticising the aid effort, accusing the un of stalling, in their words, on aid deliveries, what do you say to them? ~ ., , ., ., to them? well, that is not what i saw. i to them? well, that is not what i saw- i was _ to them? well, that is not what i saw- i was in _ to them? well, that is not what i saw. i was in gaza _ to them? well, that is not what i saw. i was in gaza for _ to them? well, that is not what i saw. i was in gaza for two - to them? well, that is not what i saw. i was in gaza for two days i saw. i was in gaza for two days before christmas and i saw the barriers. it is difficult if you don't have staff on the ground or if your staff feel impeded, they feel too scared to do the work. a lot of un aid agencies and others are coming to us because we have been delivering. the un is delivering now and out we have been working well with the unrwa there, with unicef, the world food programme, we are helping them to deliver, they are helping them to deliver, they are helping us to deliver, there are some pieces we do, so that they do, i think the main issue is that it

takes too many trucks, too many inspections, we all recognise the need for inspections but there is too nature of it. the delays are too long. and then there is the issue of our distribution centres being safe. 0ur truck safe? is there enough fuel? can they get to where they need to go safely? convoys have been shot upon, and it is not safe. i don't think there is any single point of blame here, i think we all need to work harder but we need to recognise that the biggest humanitarian aid for the people in gaza would be an end to the bombing, and the biggest help for delivering more aid would be a ceasefire and end to the bombing. but there are a lot of things that we can do, we need to make sure that things are coming in at a higher rate. we are still not anywhere near the need of goods that we have to come across the border. i goods that we have to come across the border-— the border. i wanted to ask you that, actually. _ the border. i wanted to ask you that, actually. sorry— the border. i wanted to ask you that, actually. sorry to - the border. i wanted to ask you i that, actually. sorry to interrupt. just clarify for us if you will whether there is enough of what you

need and to the problem is just getting it to people, but i think you are telling me there that actually you are still really short of the supplies that you need. looking at the numbers, correct me if i am wrong, you provided 115,000 appeals to gazans yesterday. how sustainable is that sort of demand on your services?— sustainable is that sort of demand on your services? well, now in the first few weeks _ on your services? well, now in the first few weeks of _ on your services? well, now in the first few weeks of the _ on your services? well, now in the first few weeks of the first - on your services? well, now in the first few weeks of the first 40 - on your services? well, now in the first few weeks of the first 40 or i first few weeks of the first a0 or 50 days, we were procuring food locally and serving over 100,000 meals a day every day. we have now delivered over 10 million have a lot of support from world central kitchen and other donors. now that food has to come in and if it can't come in then we can't keep those numbers up. and those numbers aren't enough. at this point, 90% at least of the population needs a meal a day and nobody is getting more than one meal a day. so it is not coming in at a big enough rate.— at a big enough rate. sean, i am sor to at a big enough rate. sean, i am sorry to interrupt, _ at a big enough rate. sean, i am sorry to interrupt, time - at a big enough rate. sean, i am sorry to interrupt, time is- at a big enough rate. sean, i am sorry to interrupt, time is tight l sorry to interrupt, time is tight but we are really grateful for you being with us. stay with us.

hello. it has been a very wet start to 202a. 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 as we head through the next 2a hours. still low pressure close to parts of 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 moving towards the west. 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, northern england, wales as well. 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, so plenty of sunshine. just the odd shower coming around part of these irish sea coast and the odd spot of light rain to eastern england as well. much, much drier than it has been of late. temperatures cool in the east, around five to 7, 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 through the central belt and the welsh marshes as well. 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 milderfrom mid week onwards but expecting to see some mist and fog at times. goodbye.

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