a mass shooting on an university campus in prague leaves 1a dead. it's the czech republic's deadliest mass shooting in decades. and the humanitarian crisis in sudan intensifies with more than seven million people now displaced amid a civil war. i'm helena humphrey, good to have you with us. the united nations security council's vote calling for "urgent humanitarian pauses" in the israel—gaza war has been delayed again until friday. despite intense talks, the us says it still has serious concerns over the wording. the negotiations come as the world food programme says that all of gaza's 2.2 million people are suffering acute shortages, and almost 600,000 are starving as israel continues an almost complete blockade.

a security council resolution to let more aid in has been delayed since monday as member states try to work out a draft that the united states won't veto. the us says it wants to make sure israel still has control over goods moving into gaza, to ensure it doesn't fall into the wrong hands. 0ur united nations correspondent nada tawfik has the latest from new york. i heard from one diplomat that they have made more progress today than they have all week and that they are narrowing the gaps. what we have received is the latest draft resolution and it is different in key aspects from the last proposal. instead of calling for a suspension of hostility, the draft now calls for urgent steps to immediately allow safe and unhindered humanitarian access with creating conditions for a sustainable cessation of hostilities. the wording there, toned down from the original draft. the resolution on the

table now also appoints a senior humanitarian and reconstruction co—ordinator that will then appoint a un mechanism to try to speed up aid into gaza. it is all quite aid into gaza. it is all quite a mouthful but these are the proposals on the table. this was made to try to prevent a us veto to get the united states on board with this resolution. 0ur un corresponded there. meanwhile, the israeli army says that it has destroyed a significant tunnel network used by hamas to move weapons and supplies in gaza. israel says it has killed more than 2,000 palestinian fighters since a week long truce collapsed at the start of this month. as the fighting continues, negotiations are ongoing in egypt to try and broker a new truce and secure the release of more israeli hostages. but hamas has said palestinian groups will reject this prospect until israel ends the war in gaza altogether. meanwhile, israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu has said the war would not stop until israel has achieved

all of its goals. elsewhere, the world health organization has said northern gaza has been left without a functional hospital due to lack of fuel, staff and supplies. a team leader said that hospitals have now become hospices. and the world food programme says that palestinians are at risk of famine if the war continues. meanwhile, officials from gaza's hamas—run health ministry say more than 20,000 people have been killed since the israeli offensive began, including thousands of children. yollande knell reports from jerusalem. en khan younis, drones and shelling are the soundtrack of this war. a new day in gaza brings no escape from the relentless bombardment. for little rhiannon, the attacks have taken a cruel told. her uncle now cares for her in a local hospital. what her family's home was hit by an

israeli strike last month she lost her parents and her brother and sister. she was crushed and has had a brain haemorrhage. hersituation crushed and has had a brain haemorrhage. her situation is very difficult, the doctor says. she needs to be taken abroad for treatment but so far we have not managed to send her out. deep in gaza, israeli troops taken hamas —itis in fierce urban battles. israel says the war here will not end until hamas is toppled from power and eliminated. to believes hamas leaders now probably hiding in tunnels like these. this footage shows an underground network connecting places used to live in gaza city. the guz, israeli army says. we cannot independently... this israeli officer's new exchanges were being built. officer's new exchanges were being built-— officer's new exchanges were bein: built. , , . ., ., . being built. deep katana which was built for _

being built. deep katana which was built for the _ being built. deep katana which was built for the last _ being built. deep katana which was built for the last few - was built for the last few months topic you can see the heavy duty left here.- months topic you can see the heavy duty left here. with such a man suffering _ heavy duty left here. with such a man suffering in _ heavy duty left here. with such a man suffering in gaza, - heavy duty left here. with such a man suffering in gaza, there| a man suffering in gaza, there are new international calls for at least a humanitarian pause that could see more aid going in and the release of more israeli hostages. hamas is insisting on a full ceasefire. british says it is pushing for a new un resolution. everything that can be _ a new un resolution. everything that can be done _ a new un resolution. everything that can be done must - a new un resolution. everything that can be done must be - a new un resolution. everything that can be done must be done l that can be done must be done to get— that can be done must be done to get aid — that can be done must be done to get aid into gaza and the people _ to get aid into gaza and the people in the desperate situation they are in. on that level. — situation they are in. on that level. we _ situation they are in. on that level, we have been talking about— level, we have been talking about the united nations security council resolution, where _ security council resolution, where we are very keen to see consensus _ where we are very keen to see consensus arrived at.- where we are very keen to see consensus arrived at. more than 20,000 consensus arrived at. more than 20.000 people _ consensus arrived at. more than 20,000 people have _ consensus arrived at. more than 20,000 people have been - consensus arrived at. more than i 20,000 people have been killed in gaza in the past 2.5 months. is diplomatic efforts why don, that number is continuing to grow. —— wind onjoining me now to talk about that deepening

humanitarian crisis now is rachel because. you would have seen that warning today from the wealth organisation talking about northern gaza, essentially saying there are just no more functioning hospitals there whatsoever. talk to us about that means for anyone, isuppose talk to us about that means for anyone, i suppose it was still in the area. civilians who have not managed to get out. absolutely. thank you. it is a really horrific situation here. there are reports there are no more functioning hospitals in northern gaza, with the closer of two hospital. this means there are simply no areas that these civilians, those that do remain, are able to seek the care they need stop, the world health organization has said hospitals are becoming hospices andindeed hospitals are becoming hospices and indeed the lack of fuel, power, medicalsupplies and indeed the lack of fuel, power, medical supplies and health workers means that there really is not any fair chance for getting medical care that

people need in the area. israel did claim that some hospital buildings were directly involved in harbouring how must. hamas. ...- involved in harbouring how must. hamas. rachel, as you would have _ must. hamas. rachel, as you would have been _ must. hamas. rachel, as you would have been tracking - must. hamas. rachel, as you would have been tracking this . would have been tracking this week as well, of course we know diplomats at the united nations have been in negotiations all week. they have been trying to get that resolution for a halt inviting to get that aid in. it has been delayed once again this evening. ijust wonder, at this evening. ijust wonder, at this stage you hardly, study the humanitarian system. what do you make of the un system's ability to make any impact in this situation right now? absolutely. it is a great question. we know this has been a delayed vote. it is down to technicality. the idea we are hearing now that the idea of the wording for steps towards

humanitarian access for suspension of hostilities, rather than substation, is the small move to try and support some kind of solution here to get immediate access for the humanitarian crisis.— cessation humanitarian crisis. — cessation we humanitarian crisis.— cessation we know that humanitarian corridors, ceasefires and pauses are limited tools and conflict. in fact between 1989 and 2000 more than 2000 ceasefires were declared globally. the evidence is that ceasefires are pretty limited in impacts and in fact if temporary they can lead to future escalation. that's where my concern is. we know this is an important tool to make that if surgically and creatively delivered can quell some violence, butjust look to sedan. we have seen at least 16 failed ceasefires in that conflict. we have seen violations of humanitarian

corridors in many areas. even just getting to the step is going to get a hurdle, the next step would be to actually deliver it successfully. before we ever get — deliver it successfully. before we ever get there, _ deliver it successfully. before we ever get there, if - deliver it successfully. before we ever get there, if you - deliver it successfully. before we ever get there, if you look at humanitarian law and studied as you do, what we know is that civilian infrastructure, hospitals, they are all meant to be protected under international humanitarian law. the idf though has said that hamas has been using hospitals, for example, as bases, command centres and so on. does that complicate things in this instance?— complicate things in this instance? ~ , ., instance? absolutely. no, unfortunately _ instance? absolutely. no, unfortunately it _ instance? absolutely. no, unfortunately it does. - instance? absolutely. no, unfortunately it does. asl instance? absolutely. no, i unfortunately it does. as you said, international law is clear. are 18 of the first geneva convention guarantees that hospitals in no circumstances may the object of an attack. and goes on to protect health workers. the bloodline that is can point to in this law is when these hospitals move from being purely hospitals to being military areas of military activity and in fact launching

attack. so this is where the grey area international law is failing this — the humanitarian needs of this crisis. and in fact, where we have seen violations before and ukraine — 15% of medical facilities have been attacked — sue dan again maybe 70% of sudan's medical facilities are no longer faxing. international law is failing to protect medical facilities and that is where we are sealing israel able to point to these blurred lines. —— sudan. the human cossar in stewing a really tragic. thank you for walking us through all of that. the czech government has declared a national day of mourning after a mass shooting — in which at least 1a people were killed and dozens more injured. it happened in the heart of prague and is the deadliest attack in modern czech history.

on thursday afternoon, the gunman opened fire at charles university's faculty of arts in the city's old town. an area that is a major tourist attraction. authorities evacuated staff and students, who were told to stay put and lock themselves inside classrooms. some climbed out on to rooftops and window ledges to escape the gunfire. police killed the gunman at the scene and say he was a student at the university. the gunman's father had been found dead at his home earlier in the day. gun crime is relatively rare in the czech republic, the country's president said he was shocked by the mass shooting and has declared a day of mourning on december 23. bbc�*s sarah rainsford has more. the centre of prague was transformed today into a major crime scene. armed police rushed towards a university building as a government stalker corridors there. at that point, he was still on the loose. these with the soon at

charles university. desperate students clinging for their lives to allege. their fear of falling overtaken by the fear of the gunmen. metres away on the roof. as the shooting began, students had to barricade themselves into classrooms, told to hide with the lights off. , students had to lock up themselves in their room. they put furniture in front of the doors. they were ready to fight with the suspect that the suspect will come inside the room where they have been locked. down below, crowds scattered in fear. 0rder been locked. down below, crowds scattered in fear. order to clear the area and take cover. although many had no idea what danger they were running from. prague is full of tourists this time of year. some described hearing shots fired and panic. multiple ambulances were sent

to the scene, some of those injured are in a very serious condition. injured are in a very serious condition-— condition. gunshots were obvious _ condition. gunshots were obvious adverse. - condition. gunshots were obvious adverse. i- condition. gunshots were - obvious adverse. i remember the first one, i looked at and said is that — almost questioning myself. then you saw people running and heard screams and you thought, it can't be. you tell yourself, you see it on the news and think, you are not going to be in it. in that situation. and then you hear another one, and another ones. and we were like — and we heard police sirens and it became clear we need to get out of here. ., ., . ~ clear we need to get out of here. . ., . ~ .,, ., , here. the attacker has now been named as _ here. the attacker has now been named as local— here. the attacker has now been named as local media _ here. the attacker has now been named as local media as - here. the attacker has now been named as local media as david i named as local media as david cossack. he made disturbing posts leading up to the shooting on a social media account. i shooting on a social media account-— account. i have no understanding - account. i have no understanding of. account. i have no i understanding of the account. i have no - understanding of the motive yet. — understanding of the motive yet. i'rn _ understanding of the motive yet, i'm talking about a high performing student who got inspired by another heinous act elsewhere in the world. this

evenin: elsewhere in the world. this evening the _ elsewhere in the world. this evening the czech _ elsewhere in the world. ti 3 evening the czech government announced the man behind the attack had been eliminated, as they put it. his father had been found dead at his home earlier in the day. the motive is not clear yet but the government says there is no link to international terrorism. it is the worst shooting in this country in decades. and it is a huge shock. sarah rainsford, bbc news, prague. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. ukraine's capital came under a russian drone attack early friday morning. kyiv�*s mayor reported strikes on several residential districts. he says a drone hit a block of flats south of the city centre, sparking a fire. two people were injured. the strike marks the sixth drone attack on kyiv this month. thousands of people have protested in argentina's capital buenos aires after the country's new president announced an emergency plan to prop up the ailing economy. the decree issued by javier milei includes measures

to privatise state—owned companies and cut funding to social programmes. mr milei says the order is aimed at averting hyperinflation. former trump attorney, rudy giuliani, filed for bankruptcy on thursday — just one day after a federal judge ordered him to pay $1118 million in damages to two election workers in georgia, who he had falsely accused of fraud. mr giuliani says he has nearly $500 million in debts including owing "unknown" amounts to election technology companies smart—matic and dominion, which named him in their 2020 defamation lawsuits. you're live with bbc news. the world's largest displacement crisis is not in gaza or ukraine — but in sudan. that's according to the united nations which says more than 7 million people have had to leave their homes since the conflict began in april. the humanitarian situation continues to deterioriate following the suspension of aid from the un and red cross, who said it was too

dangerous to operate. a spokesperson for the un secretary—general said the displacement crisis was made even worse when 300,000 people were forced to flee the second largest city, wad madani, which had, until now, been seen as a safe zone. the paramilitary rapid support forces seized the city earlier this week. during the attack on the city, reports say civilians were arrested based on their ethnicity as well as reports of summary executions, sexual violence and other abuses, perpetrated by the rsf, which they've denied. the us state department said earlier this month that both the rsf and sudanese armed forces were committing war crimes, including crimes against humanity. 0ur correspondent kalkidan yibetal sent this update. hundreds of thousands of civilians have fled wad milan. now, this is sudan's second largest city, which has been described as a sannury and a

safe haven for —— sanctuary for and a safe haven. many people have come from khartoum and other parts of the country seeking refugee here. it was a humanitarian hub, where many aid agencies operate based here. now, afterthe aid agencies operate based here. now, after the rsf forces raided this week, things were turning from bad to worse. many people were already impacted by the conflict and have been left without homes and are now finding themselves on the move again. many are scattered out of the city and they are fleeing the violence on foot without much on their backs. and in the past few days, reports of summary executions, sexual violence and looting of property have been reported. health facilities, including hospitals, have been attacked. relief agencies are announcing that they're suspending their operations in the city of wad madani because they find it difficult to operate after the

city was captured by the rsf. this could only mean bad news for the millions who are desperately dependant on aid. rights organisations and western countries have been sounding the alarm bells, and calling for the protection of civilians as this war drags on. but civilians continue to pay a heavy prays. the latest drone images from iceland are showing a calmer scene, after monday's volcanic eruption. officials say the flows of lava have diminished, but smoke is still surfacing from the ground. residents from the evacuated town of grindavik were allowed to return for a short time thursday, where they found a massive crack in the ground, spanning about 4 kilometres — all caused by the volcanic activity. people checked on their homes and collected belongings, before again leaving the area ahead of the holidays. this will be a different christmas. i think people should celebrate the christmas

where they are. leave grindavik for this year, and maybe think about coming home next year, maybe. just celebrate christmas very well. some tourists have defied warnings from officials to keep their distance. the icelandic coast guard was called to rescue a stranded traveler who beamed �*sos�* signals with a flashlight. separately, the coastguard gave the bbc�*s nick beake a look at how they're monitoring the volcano from up above. iceland's emergency services remain on high alert after this week's awesome display of nature, they expect the unexpected. well, this is what the grindavik volcano looks like today, three days after the eruption. the lava is still flowing. there is still smoke billowing, but the activity is considerably less compared with monday night. but the thing is, this was a much bigger eruption

than they'd experienced in recent years. and so, there is concern about what might come next. that's why the coastguard are monitoring possible cracks that might emerge. the decision to evacuate 4,000 people from the nearby town more than a month ago proved a wise one. the coastguard are practising for what they'll do in the future if there is another volcanic eruption. they have to winch people to safety. you can make out a solitary figure there who is being brought back up there who is being brought back up to the helicopter. if there is an eruption in the days, weeks, months to come, they may have to move people out extremely quickly. this week's eruption was the first at this specific spot for 2,000 years. scientists fear more now could follow. as the end of the year approaches, let's take a look

back at the films of 2023. tom brook — the bbc�*s film industryjournalist — ranked the best films released in the uk and the us over the last twelve months. from the heart of new york city — he gives us his top ten. it's our annual tradition, our list of the top ten films of 2023. artistically at least, 2023 did deliver in terms of the quality of films. so here's our list. you're the man who gave them the power to destroy themselves, and the world is not prepared. at number ten, 0ppenheimer. christopher nolan certainly gave us a great movie to watch and ponder, an admirable portrait of the complicated man who helped to develop the atomic bomb. i don't know if we can be trusted with such a weapon. but we have no choice. in 1941, they started

rounding people up. in 1942, the deportations began. in ninth place, film—maker steve mcqueen's documentary 0ccupied city, which very effectively tells of the nazi efforts to remove thejewish population from amsterdam during world war ii. and number eight, another original holocaust film — the zone of interest, from uk directorjonathan glazer, depicting the commandant of auschwitz and his wife trying to lead a perfect life while living next door to a concentration camp. in seventh place, from germany, the teacher's lounge, an intense story of an idealistic teacher who is thrown off kilter after one of her pupils is accused of stealing. it works as a very engaging thriller. at number six, barbie.

film—maker greta gerwig's fresh, intelligent satire, which reminded many of us just how much fun it could be to share the act of movie—going with others. in fifth place, the holdovers — what is perhaps one of director alexander payne's best films, with a great performance from paul giamatti. it showed that families, in any shape or form, can emerge anywhere. in fourth place, killers of the flower moon, martin scorsese's epic western, showing how greed led to the murder of 0sage native americans in oklahoma in the 1920s. at age 81, scorsese is still a master of his craft. a number three, american fiction from director cord jefferson, making his first feature. look at what they publish. look at what they expect us to write. a hilarious satire on the way people respond to racist stereotypes, with a great

performance from jeffrey wright. can i ask what you were in for? was it murder? you said that, not me. i am bella baxter and there is a world to enjoy, - circumnavigate. in second place that frankenstein—inspired poor things, directed by yorgos lanthimos, in which we accompany bella baxter, played by emma stone, on a wondrous, wild ride as a woman of great, uninhibited passion. are you ready? i'm going to press it. merry christmas. here we go. merry christmas. and the talking movies number one film of 2023 is all of us strangers, from british film—maker andrew haigh, starring andrew scott and paul mescal in leading roles. hello. hi. i saw you looking at me from the street. it's a moving romance, and partly a ghost story. 0ur boy's back home. our son.

a film from which you can take a million and one things. you and me... ..together. .. ..into the world. you're watching bbc news, im helena humphrey in washington dc. thanks for your company. remember, you can always get more on our website bbc.com/news or download our app. 0rjoin me again at the top of the hour. we have the live blog of the israel—hamas conflict which has continued to be updated throughout the night. do also join me again at the top of the hour. for now. hello. at long last, we've reached that turning point to the year in which days gradually start to stretch out. once again, it is the winter solstice today, barely five hours and 50 minutes of daylight at lerwick.

but come the 20th ofjune next year, there'll be nearly 19 hours. now, the weather today, though, not quite as windy as it was yesterday, this is the remnants of storm pia and it's going to cause huge problems around parts of north east germany and poland. we're though still in the wake of it with plenty of cloud pushing its way in and weather fronts, which will stop the temperature from dropping too much tonight across much of the uk, the exception being northern scotland. so cold and winter here, icy conditions around, more snow flurries in shetland and a bit of snow mixed in with the rain in northern scotland but turning bright at later in the day. brightening up too across wales, southern parts of england, the channel islands after a cloudy start with some patchy drizzle. but this zone from south west scotland, northern ireland through northern england towards east anglia, staying rather cloudy throughout the day. outbreaks of rain. now, whilst it's not as windy as yesterday, that northwest wind is still going to be quite gusty in places and it will limit the way things feel. maybe not quite as mild as it was during thursday, but barely above freezing in shetland. now with that cold air in place, weatherfront pushing its way in through

friday night into saturday, we could see some significant snow in the mountains of scotland, icy conditions around as well. but you can see just how limited that cold air is placed — the blue colours on the chart elsewhere, another very mild night to take us into the weekend. but for the weekend, high pressure is established way towards the southwest, toppling around it, the cloud, more weatherfronts, but also much, much milder air. if anything, temperatures will creep up even further this weekend. the exception being on the northern side of that weatherfront, significant snow, as i said, in parts of scotland, even to lower levels for a time, never reaching the mild air towards shetland through the day and rain will continue to fall across western scotland throughout. so, there could be some flooding issues here. six degrees in aberdeen, three in lerwick, most though around 12 or 13 degrees. as we go into sunday, well, we've got a weather front which willjust straddle the country bringing more cloud, outbreaks of rain. so christmas eve, there will be some scattered rain, a little bit of brightness, but it could potentially be one of the warmest christmas eves on record. temperatures up

to around 15 degrees. that warmth continues into christmas day, a grey one rather than a white one. but if you wanted to get out for a good walk on boxing day, it's looking good.

i k ike i k e shares tumble with warnings of more pain to come. nike. and from korean food to bollywood cinema, the search trends of 2023. hello and welcome to asia business report. i'm suranjana tewari. let's begin in the us where nike has unveiled plans to cut $2 billion in costs over the next three years. it comes after the sportswear brand missed expectations for quarterly sales. nikkei also warned of lowered revenue ahead. its shares fell by around 10% after the closing bell. michelle fleury has the latest from new york. once a taste maker, sneaker giant nike is falling behind, adidas and new balance are wowing the fashion set with their new styles and colour waves while runners increasingly have more choice thanks to newer brands.

nike set sales of footwear in north america, which is its largest market fell 5%.