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last month in new york. more on those in a moment. first story making headlines in australia. now to a story which is making headlines in australia — and around the world — after broadcaster antoinette lattouf was sacked by the abc network for reposting a human rights watch report about gaza. the company has denied it succumbed to external pressure from an israeli lobby group — citing a breach of its social media policy and referencing the importance of impartiality. hundreds of staff at the abc have threatened walk—outs, unless they get assurances about support to staff in the spotlight. i've been talking to antoinette lattouf — who's now launched legal action against the broadcaster — i started by asking how suprised she was, when she was fired. i was floored, not only how i was fired, but how quickly things escalated. one minute i was taking talkback

calls about christmas playlists don't include michael buble, the next thrown under the bus in a very public way and within a day or two, they are protesters outside of the abc studios, in some cases vandalism of the abc studios and all of a sudden, all across the country, australians are asking what happened to antoinette, what happened to our public broadcaster? it was shocking but also escalated very quickly and became public very quickly. leaked messages from a group of lawyers show them encouraging each other to complain, "the more the better," was one quote, another said they want the journalist gone. did you know behind—the—scenes pressure was going on when you were terminated? yes, and the whatsapp group is called lawyers for israel, it's important to point out they are australia—based and to be honest i have no beef or issue with those who wish to lobby. people are free to join whatever

whatsapp group theyjoin, in australia you have the freedom to assemble and lobby whether you are a corporation, advocacy group or religious group. even if i think your demands outlandish and your claims are baseless. what i have concerns with is when a lobby group seems to have seems to have a direct channel, access to very senior people, in this case the chair of the board at the abc. and can influence an outcome so rapidly. i wanted to point out there that, while i might have ideological differences with those in that whatsapp group, they can lobby all they like, but our public broadcasterjust like the bbc, is meant to be independent and impartial and when it appears it's not, all of a sudden this becomes a really big political and free speech issue in australia. they deny they were pressured. but they were pressured! and they had direct correspondence and were celebrating my sacking. and they were then also saying that "what can we do to make sure that

abc doesn't settle with antoinette?" this was a really orchestrated attack to not only target me, and ruin my reputation but send a warning shot to otherjournalists. "criticise israel, use your voice, in a public domain and there will be consequences." it is true, is it not, abc told you not to post anything on social media and you broke their social media policy? no. that is disputed and i do dispute that and my lawyers will continue. i was told i am being watched closely. and to be careful. there was a comment, maybe stay off twitter, to which i responded to my manage, i am a journalist, i don't stay off twitter, i am very active on my socail media. what i can do is if i only share and amplify reputable sources in the examples i gave if another journalist is killed by the idf, i am going to post. amnesty international.

my manager's words were if it is reputable, it is factual. i reposted a human rights watch post with the attribution saying "human rights watch reporting starvation as a tool of war." no commentary, no adjectives, no emojis, nothing. within your case, you have extended it to include race. tell me why. yes. because the australian media unfortunately has a track record of treating people of colour, most pointedly and most obviously the way it treats first nations indigenous people in the public eye or the media, differently. there are people at the abc who shared the human rights watch post who work in news and current affairs, who were not deemed to be controversial and were not axed. there are people in that building who, and i would argue rightly so, provide far more inflammatory, in one case defamatory social media posts in which the public broadcaster paid for their legal case to defend this journalist,

thatjournalist remains on air. the difference is they are white and i have an arab background. all i did was post a human rights watch post attributing it to human rights watch. and i got fired. australia's industry minister says people should not feel theirjobs are under threat if they express peaceful views. you have had members of the abc threatening to have walk—outs, hundreds of staff. do you see this case now as beyond you and a bigger case than just you ? absolutely, it absolutely is bigger than me and what is interesting is the way it has unified people that are ideological not aligned. people from conservative think tanks have reached out to me worried about how this impinges on foot free speech. there are anti—war protesters outside of the abc, journalists of all ages and backgrounds worried about whether or not abc is truly independent and whether it bounced to lobby groups.

this helped galvanise a lot of people from various sectors of australia who would ordinarily not agree and barrack for the one cause. all in my corner, wondering how can this happen? what does this say about free speech and who is allowed to speak and have an opinion? and what does it say about our taxpayer dollars, which fund the abc? which seems to treat some views as more controversial than others and which appear to be influenced by whatsapp group. we asked the abc network for a response. they referred us to the document they've lodged defending the organisation in that legal action, which says antoinette laffouf had failed to comply with directions not to post on social media matters of controversy and denied race played any part in their decision. for more of this i spoke to kenneth roth — the former executive director of human rights watch. it is worth setting a few of the facts beyond what antoinette got into.

the post she made was of a short human rights watch video that summarised a short report and basically the gist of it was israel is using starvation as a method of warfare. this is 100% accurate. if you look in the last few days, a group of un experts said that everyone in gaza is starving. they said that a quarter of the people are facing extreme levels of starvation. 80% of the people in the world who are suffering from famine or catastrophic hunger are in gaza. the head of the world food programme said 90% of the people in gaza face crisis levels of hunger and complained the food across the border but israel is blocking it. i do not think the fact disputed, they are obvious. let me respond to

exactly that point. she is arguing that she reposted a report that was a matter of fact and that is what you have just gone through as well. isn't the truth that the accusation is that israel is using the starvation as a tool of war, it is an allegation, it is contested, it is not a fact, it is an opinion? israel denies it, at the genocide case last week they said no, we're not doing this, because we're letting in drips and drabs of aid, and that is happening, but what is clear is the amount of aid being let in is totally insufficient. 100 trucks on average compared to 500 which aid agency said would be required and were the norm. i understand the way you are arguing that. the central point i'm trying to make as it is not established universal fact, it is contested, it is an opinion and that is what the abc referring to, that is why they have a policy on social media posts. let me delve into that further.

human rights watch put out this report on december 18. that same day, abc reported on it. "this is what human right watch said." december 19, the next day, antoinette posted the exact same report and got fired for it. they say don't post anything controversial but abc had just reported this and let's look behind the controversial statement, because this is clearly a euphemism for criticism of israel. the metropolitan police have confirmed the girl found wrapped in a shopping bag is unharmed. a member of the public who kept her warm until paramedics arrived, the baby has been named ilse. a short while ago the police gave this update. we

believe el cid to be less than an hour old when she was found. our thoughts now turn to the baby's mother. we are extremely concerned for her welfare, as she will have been through a traumatic ordeal, and will be in need of immediate medical attention following the birth. trained medics and specialist officers are ready to support her, and we urge her to get in touch by phone, or walking to the nearest hospital or police station. if you are the baby's mother, please note that your daughter is well. no matter what your circumstances, please do seek help by dialling 999. that speak to our correspondent in east london. it is freezing cold where you are. tell us more about what is actually happening here and

what is actually happening here and what police are urging from the public and others. we what police are urging from the public and others.— what police are urging from the public and others. we are about 5 decrees public and others. we are about 5 degrees above — public and others. we are about 5 degrees above zero. _ public and others. we are about 5 degrees above zero. last - public and others. we are about 5 degrees above zero. last night i public and others. we are about 5 i degrees above zero. last night when one was discovered in a bag alongside a towel she was wrapped in, it was well below zero. it is quite a busy road, there is a path that goes on for a long way, about nine foot in width all told, a dog walker came along and found the baby and called emergency services. it was a little before quarter past nine, they attended here, it is thought she was less than one hour old at the time she had been discovered. police now very eager to track down the mother. they are asking for anybody with information, cctv to get in contact. if the mother herself is watching, clearly

people are concerned for her welfare, they have specialist officers on stand by and see if you are watching this, please, 999 or walk into any police station. come forward, let them know who you are but on a personal note they would like mum to know your baby daughter who has temporarily been called elsa is doing very well.— is doing very well. thank you very much. is doing very well. thank you very much- you _ is doing very well. thank you very much. you watching _ is doing very well. thank you very much. you watching bbc - is doing very well. thank you very much. you watching bbc news. i is doing very well. thank you very i much. you watching bbc news. this may look like a pleasant video of wildlife frolicking in the forest of dean, but take a closer look at this year's head. dean, but take a closer look at this year's head-— dean, but take a closer look at this year's head. side of the back of the head, year's head. side of the back of the head. sheared _ year's head. side of the back of the head, sheared off— year's head. side of the back of the head, sheared off and _ year's head. side of the back of the head, sheared off and gone - year's head. side of the back of the l head, sheared off and gone between the skull. and that year, behind that year. it is hanging out. we

know the deer survived for at least three weeks because dave first spotted it around christmas time. he did not get a clear photo so came back recently and within five minutes found the deer and took this video. deeply moved by what he had seen, he handed the video to police. i felt sorry for it, i really did. it could have gone into the dense part of the forest and hit somebody. you are live with bbc news. let's return to space. _ you are live with bbc news. let's return to space. the _ you are live with bbc news. let's return to space. the japanese linear model slim has landed on the moon. let me show you a simulation of the journey. we are waiting to hear from japan was mixed based agency if it has been a soft landing or hard.

success orfailure. has been a soft landing or hard. success or failure. let's speak to features editor at the sky at night. welcome to the programme. we know it has landed, we don't know if it is on the surface or on the surface in pieces. on the surface or on the surface in ieces. . , on the surface or on the surface in ieces. ., , .. , on the surface or on the surface in ieces. ., , , . pieces. that is exactly correct. the ja anese pieces. that is exactly correct. the japanese aerospace _ pieces. that is exactly correct. the japanese aerospace exploration i japanese aerospace exploration agency who have been running this are due to press conference at five, 15 minutes we will find out either way. it had been signs everything is ok. various people who were also 0k. various people who were also monitoring the situation, nasa's deep space network as well as several amateurs, they have measured that there is some signal coming loud and strong from the surface, hopefully everything is all right but we will not know for sure until they make that announcement. it underlines how tricky this is. we saw what happened with the american company a week or so ago and it underlines i think it is only half

of all attempts have succeeded. there are so many things that potentially can go wrong in those final stages. potentially can go wrong in those final stages-_ potentially can go wrong in those final staues. ~ ,,., , ., final stages. absolutely, getting to s - ace is final stages. absolutely, getting to space is hard. _ final stages. absolutely, getting to space is hard, they _ final stages. absolutely, getting to space is hard, they have _ final stages. absolutely, getting to space is hard, they have been i final stages. absolutely, getting to space is hard, they have been a i space is hard, they have been a number of failures of rockets just trying to get into earth orbit recently, trying to get to the moon is even harder. there have been several full, is even harder. there have been severalfull, there is even harder. there have been several full, there was a russian probe that also failed. it has been a lot of success in getting to the moon. i think it is important to focus on that. as we are making more progress towards being able to get to them and, hopefully as we get a bit better and learn how to do this it will have a much higher success rate and that will start creeping up from half. �* , ., , rate and that will start creeping up from half. �* , ~ , ., , from half. let's keep our fingers crossed. from half. let's keep our fingers crossed- i _ from half. let's keep our fingers crossed. i am _ from half. let's keep our fingers crossed. i am hoping _ from half. let's keep our fingers crossed. i am hoping it- from half. let's keep our fingers crossed. i am hoping it has i from half. let's keep our fingersj crossed. i am hoping it has been successful because on—board, it has two small a hopping robot and another one which is that is quite

interesting technology, what kind of information to the hope that will be trying to gather. that information to the hope that will be trying to gather-— trying to gather. that is sort of the main point _ trying to gather. that is sort of the main point of _ trying to gather. that is sort of the main point of this - trying to gather. that is sort of the main point of this mission, j trying to gather. that is sort of i the main point of this mission, its main goal is as a technology leap demonstration. they want to have a precision landing. they had a window of 100 metres if they do that successfully, that is a big part of the mission achieved. it has instruments on board. it has a novel kind of movement to get around because the moon surface is horrible, really abrasive, that is the main goal, to test this technology, see what works, see what doesn't and hopefully improve future

missions as they go. they have some instruments to test the temperature and radiation of the moon as well. how long will it work on the lunar surface? , ., ., ., surface? they want an entire lunar da out of surface? they want an entire lunar day out of it. _ surface? they want an entire lunar day out of it, about _ surface? they want an entire lunar day out of it, about 14 _ surface? they want an entire lunar day out of it, about 14 earth i surface? they want an entire lunar day out of it, about 14 earth days. | day out of it, about 14 earth days. on the surface. then it will go into the night, hibernation and we will have to see if it survives the night, that is quite tricky, that was what did the indian landing a couple of months ago. we hope at least two weeks more. i couple of months ago. we hope at least two weeks more.— couple of months ago. we hope at least two weeks more. i hope you can stick around — least two weeks more. i hope you can stick around and _ least two weeks more. i hope you can stick around and perhaps _ least two weeks more. i hope you can stick around and perhaps talk - least two weeks more. i hope you can stick around and perhaps talk to i least two weeks more. i hope you can stick around and perhaps talk to us i stick around and perhaps talk to us after we get that announcement. thanks so much for that update. two madonna fans are suing the american singer for being late by more than two hours for a show

last month in new york — according to court documents. they state that the show was meant to start at 8.30 on all three nights, but didn't start until after 10.30, and ended at one in the morning. our music correspondent mark savage had more on this. she has a reputation for being late on stage and was sued by two fans in florida in 2019 and again in 2020 for being late to the stage in both of those lawsuits were voluntarily dismissed and it remains to be seen what's going to happen in this case. any idea in terms of how much she is being sued for? it does not say in court documents but the tickets for these concerts start relatively low for a major pop concert, about £65, 70 or $80, but go up to over $1000. you could be looking for compensation in that amount. the two people who have brought the lawsuit are launching

it as a class action, looking for other fans who want compensation to come forward and join them in the court action. we don't know yet how many more will do that. i think madonna fans, die—hard madonna fans know she has this reputation late and when i saw her in london, the opening night of the celebration tour she was about one hour late on stage that night. there was a technical fault with the sound system that stopped the show for about 15 minutes. and it did end again very late that night, it has happened all the way through europe in quite a few american dates too. no exact detail about how much those two people are suing, they hope it is a class action but perhaps it will send a chevron down pop stars of spines because not unusual, but mark told me earlier those other groups and stars who have similar

stories. fascinating how that will end up. you're watching bbc news. health officials have warned that measles is likely to spread rapidly in more areas of the uk unless there is urgent action to increase uptake of the mmr vaccine. more than 200 cases have been confirmed in the west midlands in recent months, mostly in birmingham. here's our medical editor fergus walsh. 43% of more died in 2022 then 2021. here's our medical editor fergus walsh. measles is back. the highly—contagious viral disease is spread through coughs and sneezes. it can cause serious complications, like pneumonia and brain

swelling and, in rare cases, be fatal. those most at risk are infants and the immunocompromised. measles should be a disease of the past. two doses of the mmr jab give almost complete protection, but coverage is at its lowest in the uk for more than a decade. parts of the west midlands have very patchy mmr uptake and the measles outbreak there has prompted the uk health security agency to declare a national incident, which enables more resources to be given to laboratory and data teams. since october, there have been 216 confirmed and 103 probable measles cases in the west midlands, mostly in birmingham. mmr coverage is lowest in london. last year, the ukhsa said an outbreak of between 40,000 and 160,000 cases could occur in the capital. but child health experts say outbreaks could happen anywhere. it's such an infectious virus that it spreads about amongst all the children, who are not already protected. and that might be in the west midlands, it might be in london, but it might well also be in other parts of the country simply because the virus hasn't spread there yet. so it's notjust a case of worrying about this if you happen to live

in birmingham or london. wherever you live in the country, if your child's not had their two doses of mmr, it's really important that they get them now. since a measles vaccine was introduced in the uk in 1968, it's estimated that 20 million measles cases and 4,500 deaths have been averted. but it remains a potentially deadly threat to those who've not had the mmrjab. fergus walsh, bbc news. a new study has found that taking large glasses of wine off the menu in pubs and bars reduces the total amount of alcohol that people drink. 21 pubs took part

in an experiment run by cambridge university — the venues agreed to sell only small and medium glasses of wine.(ani they stopped and medium glasses of wine. they stopped offering large glasses — which are 250ml, so are in fact a third of a bottle of wine. results showed customers ordered more drinks but actually consumed fewer units overall. our correspondent frances read went to one of the pubs that took part in the research. dryjanuary for some, but for others it's been a case of drinking less without them even realising. at the three compasses pub in east london, the after—work crowd only have the option of a small or medium glass of wine. large has been taken off the menu after the pub agreed to take part in a study with the university of cambridge. most of the drinkers didn't even realise. i don't think people would have really noticed between a medium and a large. i don't think i would really notice or like really tune into that. yeah. you don't really look at the quantity of the wine when you're drinking. i guess, if you enjoy the taste you willjust enjoy it, no matter how much the quantity is. i if the research is showing that it.

does help, then why not, i suppose? but in this pub we didn't notice any difference. i i do quite like the choice for when you do come in. i suppose there's two of us and we'd like a large glass of wine. we're now more likely to go for a bottle. the impact on the pub — not much at all. the sales, it was a minimal difference. so it's not like we lost any trade. most customers just didn't really bat an eyelash, really. we said, "oh, sorry, we're not selling large glasses at the minute," and they said, "fine, i'll have a medium." and some people were happy because it meant their round actually cost less. and so yeah. so i think overall it was generally positive feedback really because they were spending less. this is just one of 21 places that have taken part in the trial, which previously had been selling small, medium and large. so if we look at what that means in real terms in the pub, it's 75 millilitres that's the difference between a medium glass of wine and a large glass of wine, and it's decreasing the volume by that much

that researchers say makes all the difference. what we found was that during the period when the larger serving size had been removed, volume sales on average each day were down by 7.6%. it's called the portion size effect. so if you reduce the portion size that people are served, it's a neat way of reducing how much we're eating and drinking. as i say, often without awareness. the researchers are now suggesting licensing authorities consider implementing the move more widely, a small change that they say could make a big difference to our overall health. frances read, bbc news, dalston.

stay with us, coming up at the top of the hour, and ambassadorjoins us after benjamin netanyahu publicly discussed publicly rejects the push for a two—state solution. devastating information from the fujitsu europe boss, we will also hear about that spacecraft japan has landed on the moon, is it good to go or in pieces? we find out in the next few minutes. the weather here first. hello there. a named storm coming our way later on through the weekend, but, for today, still a quiet day of weather. it's still cold out there. temperatures dipped as low as minus eight degrees celsius in parts of oxfordshire earlier on this morning. but we're now swapping the cold, wintry weather for something a lot milder as we go through the weekend, but it's going to be wet and really very windy. storm isha with us on sunday night into monday morning. more on that in just a moment. for the rest of today, though, it's starting to feel a little less cold. brisk westerly winds

across western scotland turning more south—westerly. there is still some wintriness over the tops of the hills, but largely the showers now falling as rain. for most, it will stay dry with some more weak wintry sunshine. temperatures more widely up to five or six degrees celsius, so not as cold as it has been over the last few days or so. the winds picking up towards western coasts in particular as we head through this evening and overnight with some downpours of rain across western scotland and north—west england. there could be some snow melt here, as well. that could lead to some problems, perhaps. temperatures dipping below freezing initially in eastern england, but then rising again with that milder air as we head through into saturday morning. a series of weather fronts with us as we head through the weekend. this is storm isha — a tight squeeze on the isobars. we'll come on to that injust a minute. for saturday morning, some more rain across western wales, through north—west england and across the pennines. more showers approaching western scotland and northern ireland through the afternoon. i think south—eastern areas of england likely to stay largely dry. temperatures will rise to nine

or ten degrees celsius in that milder feeling air and it will feel increasingly more windy towards those western coasts, with some more heavy rain for western areas as we head through saturday night and into sunday. here is storm isha, then. that's going to be swinging through. the worst of the winds as we head through sunday night and into monday morning itself. but, on sunday during the day, we're likely to see some heavy downpours of rain across western wales, into north—west england, northern ireland, moving into southern scotland. temperatures all the way up to between nine and 13 degrees celsius. there are warnings across the whole of the uk for the strength of the winds, but for some amber warnings are in force. we will widely see gusts of 50 to 60mph, some locations 70mph. towards exposed coasts these gusts could reach 80mph. of course, it will have an impact on your monday morning travel. bye— bye.

live from london. this is bbc news. yes in one word i would use. shameful, appalling.- yes in one word i would use. shameful, appalling. israeli tanks have mounted _ shameful, appalling. israeli tanks have mounted a _ shameful, appalling. israeli tanks have mounted a new— shameful, appalling. israeli tanks have mounted a new assault i shameful, appalling. israeli tanks have mounted a new assault and l shameful, appalling. israeli tanks. have mounted a new assault and to shameful, appalling. israeli tanks i have mounted a new assault and to do something because the main city after intense in street fighting. the united states is strongly criticised the israeli prime minister protection for any need of a palestinian state whilst the conflicts and gaza is over. prince harry withdraws his libel claim against the publisher of the mail on sunday. confirmation that thousands ofjobs will go at tata steel as the firm

closes blast furnaces at britain's biggest steelworks in south wales.