drought since records began. and cameras follow king charles for a bbc documentary that will be broadcast on tuesday. we have a special preview, coming up. hello, i'm lewis vaughanjones. welcome to the programme. we will start with the latest on the israel—gaza war. benjamin netanyahu says three prerequisites for peace — destroy hamas, demilitarize gaza and deradicalize the whole of palestinian society. this was written in an article in the wall streetjournal. we can take you live. this is the

southern israel border, looking out over the skyline of gaza. israel's war cabinet met on monday night to discuss the conflict, as protesters gathered outside government buildings in tel aviv. meghan owen. there is a constant stream of casualties entering this hospital in gaza. with no fuel, no walter and minimal supplies, it is overloaded. ——no water. i just left the resuscitation room where a nine—year—old boy was being treated basically with sedation to ease his suffering as he does. the building beside him collapsed. we are seeing kids like this

dying unnecessarily because fighting and because the health system does not have the capacity to even come close to managing these kinds of complex cases. �* . , managing these kinds of complex cases. ~ . , ., ., cases. agencies in gaza have reiterated — cases. agencies in gaza have reiterated their _ cases. agencies in gaza have reiterated their fees - cases. agencies in gaza have reiterated their fees for - reiterated their fees for civilian safety after hundreds were killed in major strikes over the weekend. following reports of one attack on a refugee camp, the israeli military told the bbc it is committed to taking feasible steps to minimise harm to civilians about the war is not close to being over. benjamin netanyahu has vowed to intensify the fight against hamas. after visiting troops on the ground in gaza, he faced the ground in gaza, he faced the families of hostages. heckling their minister at the israeli parliament with demands for the immediate release of their loved ones. his answer... translation: we their loved ones. his answer... translation:— translation: we will not succeed in _ translation: we will not succeed in releasing - translation: we will not succeed in releasing all. translation: we will not| succeed in releasing all the hostages without military

pressure, political pressure, operational pressure, and that is why there is one thing we will not do, we will not stop fighting. fist will not do, we will not stop fiuuhtin. �* ., fighting. at a time when so many around _ fighting. at a time when so many around the _ fighting. at a time when so many around the world - fighting. at a time when so many around the world are | many around the world are celebrating as the year draws a close, there is no sign of such respite the people of gaza or of those trying desperately to save them. meghan owen, bbc news. with me is said shehata from bbc arabic. great to see you. let's spend a moment on boymac�*s comments for prerequisites for peace, in his words, those three games he has. ~ ., , ., words, those three games he has. ~ ., .,~ words, those three games he has. ., ., has. what you make of them? i think it seems _ has. what you make of them? i think it seems like _ has. what you make of them? i think it seems like not - think it seems like not reality. to destroy hamas with experts, military, politics, everyone says you cannot destroy hamas. you can eliminate the threat of hamas by establishing a palestinian state but to destroy hamas as

such, it has been working since 2014 until now. the second one, deregulating palestinian society, the grief and the complaint, without a palestinian state, once the negotiations of a two state solution that could help. —— deradicalizing the establishment of a two state solution but benjamin netanyahu does not believe that. the american president said this is the most conservative government in israel's history. they are looking at it from a religious point of view, right

wing, so it is very hard. what he is saying, it looks impossible to happen. the only way forward is negotiations, accepting or trying proposals from egypt to work out and build a negotiation forward for a future after the end of the world. �* , ., , ., ,., world. big questions about the broader aims _ world. big questions about the broader aims he _ world. big questions about the broader aims he talks - world. big questions about the broader aims he talks about. l world. big questions about the l broader aims he talks about. on the narrow point of militarily defeating hamas, it seems from all the statements from israel over the last few days that the fighting will continue and will continue with intensity. this is despite us requests for things like moving to new phase of conflict, a lower intensity of conflict, a lower intensity of strikes. we have not seen any evidence of that. unfortunately. although the americans and the foreign minister antony blinken

repeated that, to lower intensity, protect civilians, but after boymac�*s visit to gaza yesterday morning, he insisted on carrying on the intensity of the current and strike would not ensued. —— benjamin netanyahu. even if there is pressure from the family of the hostages because some hostages were killed mistakingly by israeli troops. in order to get them. the pressure now is on benjamin netanyahu to look for the hostages and the future of peace between israelis and palestinians.— peace between israelis and palestinians. ,, palestinians. stay right there. i want to get _ palestinians. stay right there. i want to get your _ palestinians. stay right there. i want to get your analysis - palestinians. stay right there. i want to get your analysis ofl i want to get your analysis of another story. us armed forces have carried out air strikes in iraq against what it called iranian—sponsored militias. the pentagon says it's

in response to an attack on the erbil airbase that injured three us military personnel — one of them critically. in a statement, us defence secretary lloyd austin said that military forces conducted necessary and proportionate strikes on kataib hezbollah and affiliated groups in iraq. he added: said shehata it is still with us. what do we know about what happened here?— happened here? according to american _ happened here? according to american defence _ happened here? according to american defence secretary i american defence secretary american defence secretary american facilities were targeted. there are many forces within kataib hezbollah, it is a militia with strong links with iran and since the war in

gazait with iran and since the war in gaza it attacked american targets. according to american sources, since the seventh of october, after ten days of the war in gaza, 103 attacks on american targets in syria and iraq and there is also a link to that, iran, according to the foreign minister, he said iran will revenge because of the killing of a guard from iran killed by their strike by israel. israel has not commented on that. he said they will revenge on that. we will expand, according to him, a strong reply, response to that. three american soldiers were injured. one seriously injured. the american so they are doing

everything to support the american and the safety of the americans so these are the facilities targeted but as long as the war is ongoing, this group, as the light brigade linking it to iran will carry on to attacks. it is ongoing, it is not helping, it is making the inaudible regime adding to that the earthy attacks on the red sea making problems for prices and consumers. —— houthi. many have changed their route which have cost millions, affecting the economy so all of that will put pressure in order to create a peaceful solution

for the current conflict in the middle east.— for the current conflict in the middle east. ,, ., ., ., ,, middle east. said shehata thank ou ve middle east. said shehata thank you very much- _ the united states says it's deeply concerned about the wellbeing of the jailed russian dissident, alexei navalny, after it emerged he's in a penal colony in siberia. the prominent opposition politician has been transferred to the remote location three months before russians vote in a presidential election. he's been injail since 2021, and his new prison is nicknamed the �*polar wolf' colony. it's considered one of the toughest in russia. navalny�*s team had lost contact with him on the sixth of december but have now confirmed his location. let's hear from one of his team. there is no law in russia that is applied to alexei. they always create for him special conditions, and they don't have anything to do with the law. so we don't have any legal routes. we know that for sure in this new colony that his conditions would be even worse

than they were before. but the thing is that this colony is very distant. it is very difficult to access it. for lawyers, it will be very difficult to go there and to see alexei. let's get some analysis now from our europe regional editor, paul moss. the timing of this is very interesting. there are presidential elections coming up presidential elections coming up in march. no—one has any doubt that vladimir putin will win but it seems like the kremlin is really not taking any chances at all. on saturday, they banned an anti—war candidate from standing on some technicality, and now this move to get alexei navalny as far away as possible. his lawyer said would be hard to visit him. they clearly do not want this man have any influence at all. i suppose that is a complement to the extraordinary power that alexei navalny still has, certainly in the kremlin imagination. let's get some of the day's other news now:

armed groups have killed at least 113 people in a series of attacks on communities in central nigeria, in a region beset by religious and ethnic tensions. an official in plateau state said attacks had taken place in at least 20 communities. ukraine has denied russia's claim its troops have captured the ukrainian town of mariinka in the eastern donetsk region. ukraine's army spokesperson said fighting was continuing for control of the town and his forces were near the district's borders. it lies five kilometres southwest of the russian—held city of donetsk. the claims cannot be independently verified. protesters have held another day of demonstrations in the serbian capital belgrade, demanding the release of nearly 40 people arrested during violent anti—government protests on sunday. students blocked roads around serbia's main government building throughout

the afternoon. cameras have followed king charles for more than a yearfor a bbc documentary that will be broadcast on tuesday evening. it'll feature new footage of king charles, with his grandchildren, rehearsing before the coronation, and informal moments with the queen. our royal correspondent daniela relph has more. the coronation rehearsals inside westminster abbey. an important practice for all of the family. and a greeting from a grandfather and father as well as a king about to be crowned. well as a king about to be crowned-— crowned. what struck me particularly _ crowned. what struck me particularly is _ crowned. what struck me particularly is how - particularly is how extraordinarily affectionate they are. clearly a very close family. of all the generations. in a sense you felt you were part of a family occasion as well as a royal occasion and a national occasion.— national occasion. the first time the — national occasion. the first time the programme - national occasion. the first time the programme will l national occasion. the first - time the programme will show

the intricate and alterations that were made for the crown used in the coronation. on the big day after the service, cameras film the welcome back at buckingham palace.- at buckingham palace. three cheers for — at buckingham palace. three cheers for his _ at buckingham palace. three cheers for his majesty - at buckingham palace. three cheers for his majesty the i at buckingham palace. three l cheers for his majesty the king and her majesty the queen! hip hip! and her ma'esty the queen! hip hi-! and her ma'esty the queen! hip hi! the and her ma'esty the queen! hip hip!�* the programme - and her ma'esty the queen! hip hip!�* the programme is. hip! hurray! the programme is not a critical _ hip! hurray! the programme is not a critical eye _ hip! hurray! the programme is not a critical eye for— hip! hurray! the programme is not a critical eye for the - hip! hurray! the programme is not a critical eye for the work | not a critical eye for the work family this year. there is no mention of the duke and duchess of sussex harry and meghan nor prince andrew. instead a view of some of those moments we don't normally get to see. i love the way it comes through. the king and queen at balmoral and some time away from public duty. and some time away from public du . �* ., and some time away from public duty-_ what - and some time away from public duty._ what are i duty. don't leave it. what are ou duty. don't leave it. what are you doing? — duty. don't leave it. what are you doing? she _ duty. don't leave it. what are you doing? she loves - duty. don't leave it. what are you doing? she loves eating i you doing? she loves eating crass. you doing? she loves eating grass- for— you doing? she loves eating grass. for those _

you doing? she loves eating grass. for those knows - you doing? she loves eating| grass. for those knows them best, reminder _ grass. for those knows them best, reminder of _ grass. for those knows them best, reminder of something j best, reminder of something very personal. best, reminder of something very personal-— best, reminder of something very personal. she is his rock. i cannot actually _ very personal. she is his rock. i cannot actually emphasise i i cannot actually emphasise that enough. she is somebody who is completely loyal and she is not somebody who has huge highs and lows. he brings to her everything. i am highs and lows. he brings to her everything. iam not talking about all of this. he has such a knowledge and interest in so many different things which she would not really have been open to had she not met him.— she not met him. every child that comes _ she not met him. every child that comes here, _ she not met him. every child that comes here, they - she not met him. every child that comes here, they rush l that comes here, they rush their~ — that comes here, they rush their. �* ,, ., that comes here, they rush their. ,, ., their. all access to the royal family is _ their. all access to the royal family is carefully _ their. all access to the royal family is carefully managed | their. all access to the royal. family is carefully managed but here the curtain is slightly left it on some of the more private moments of a very public year. daniela relph, bbc news.

and you can see charles iii: the coronation year tonight at 6:50 on bbc! and the iplayer. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making headlines here in the uk. uk house prices are expected to fall next year, according to analysts and lenders, while the cost of renting a home will continue to rise. the government's official forecaster said property prices were most likely to drop by nearly 5%. rents on newly—let properties could go up by a further 5%—6%. the actor richard franklin, best known for his role as colonel mike yates in the classic bbc science—fiction show doctor who has died at the age of 87. a statement announced he passed away peacefully on christmas day morning. he also appeared in shows including emmerdale, crossroads and heartbeat. a white christmas has been officially confirmed

by the met office, following snowfall in the highlands of scotland. a mixture of rain and snow was reported in tulloch bridge and aviemore on monday afternoon despite mild temperatures elsewhere. the met office also provisionally confirmed the highest daily minimum temperature for christmas day on record. you're live with bbc news. the amazon rainforest has been experiencing the worst drought since records began. with one of its main rivers recording the lowest levels in 121 years. the drought is the result of a combination of effects of el nino, coupled with a warmer atlantic ocean and a heatwave in south american. but scientists worry that this drought means the amazon is moving faster towards its tipping point — where plant and animal life can no longer recover. stephanie hegarty reports he is taking us to his. this is the only way to get there. it

is a five hourjourney. at least normally. his community of 40 families is in the middle of the amazon. it is dry and it is hot. brazil is in the midst of a heat wave. i think that is the end of the line. we have been travelling for nearly five hours now. and olivia harris says we're not even halfway. looks like we're going to have to turn back.

hundreds of thousands of people have been cut off by this drought. but scientists worry an ecological disaster is unfolding as well. and there are signs. in two major lakes, dolphins are turning up dead. and here, a city within the rainforest, the air is thick with smoke. man—made fires burning out of control in a dry forest. we have rain.- forest. we have rain. finally. perha -s forest. we have rain. finally. perhaps not _ forest. we have rain. finally. perhaps not for _ forest. we have rain. finally. perhaps not for long. - forest. we have rain. finally. perhaps not for long. not - perhaps not for long. not enough? _ perhaps not for long. not enough? climatologists l perhaps not for long. not l enough? climatologists are sa in: enough? climatologists are saying this _ enough? climatologists are saying this drought - enough? climatologists are saying this drought will- saying this drought will continue.— saying this drought will continue. ,, , ., . , continue. she researches the health of— continue. she researches the health of plants _ continue. she researches the health of plants and - continue. she researches the health of plants and trees - continue. she researches the health of plants and trees in | health of plants and trees in the forest.— health of plants and trees in the forest. some colleagues fl in: the forest. some colleagues flying drones _ the forest. some colleagues flying drones say _ the forest. some colleagues flying drones say they - the forest. some colleagues flying drones say they can i the forest. some colleagues i flying drones say they can see also canopies that are completely defoliated. the fear is the amazonas _ completely defoliated. the fear is the amazonas racing - completely defoliated. the fear is the amazonas racing towards a theoretical tipping point. in

the vast forests, water evaporates from the trees to form rain clouds. so it feeds salty water it needs to sustain life. and the force would keep dying faster in a catastrophic feedback loop. in the last big drought year in 2015, some estimates say 2.5 billion plants and trees died. lode plants and trees died. we mostly expect _ plants and trees died. - mostly expect the same amount which is sad. some regions, it will probably become, but there are pockets of forest that probably will remain. the amazon _ probably will remain. the amazon stores _ probably will remain. the amazon stores around 150 billion metric tons of carbon. we rely on it to help keep the planet cool. but the question is, how long it can continue to do that. stephanie hegarty bbc news. mile—long queues, stampedes at opening time and chaos at the tills that's certainly how the uk's boxing day sales used to be.

but with so many pre—christmas discounts and online deals, are people still heading out to the high street in search ofa bargain? our business correspondent, theo legget reports. christmas is done. left are in the fridge and on the high street, the sales figures are out in force. the boxing day sales were once a major annual event eagerly awaited by bargain hunters. but in recent years, pre—christmas discounting events such as black friday have stolen some of that cachet. it is also possible these days to shop online and find hefty reductions throughout the hefty period. some high street retailers won't be opening today. they include big names such as margaret spencer, john lewis, but experts say enticing offers should not be hard to find. as, offers should not be hard to find. ~ ., offers should not be hard to find. �* ., ., offers should not be hard to find. . ., ., , .,, offers should not be hard to find.~ ., ., , ,, find. a lot of people spent less busy _ find. a lot of people spent less busy on _ find. a lot of people spent less busy on christmas - find. a lot of people spent - less busy on christmas shopping because of the cost—of—living crisis. retailers have a lot

more stock on the hand. the good news is there will be bigger discount post christmas. the question is whether people will have money to spend. they are predicting shoppers will spend an average of £253 each over the coming days. that would be the highest level in four years. what will high—street retailers, there was another major challenge. many consumers now prefer to do their shopping online from the sofa. so persuading them to surrender their phones and tablets and rush into the town centre is not going to be easy. theo legget bbc news. millions of people around the world may well be recovering from their christmas revelries. for many it was a day of eating, drinking and spending time with loved ones. but while some celebrated to excess others took a different path as the bbc�*s tim allman explains. some christmas traditions are a little more eccentric than others. here in this part of

berlin, they cannot block chocolate selection boxes, roast turkey or mulled wine. instead they stripped down to their swimming costumes and go for a dip their swimming costumes and go fora dip in their swimming costumes and go for a dip in the late for that it is not unusual to break through the ice to reach the water but this year it was unseasonably mild. translation: on christmas day it is particularly sociable and fun. it is an old tradition that has been going on for more than 40 years. been going on for more than 40 ears. ,, ., years. staying with the aquatics _ years. staying with the aquatics theme, - years. staying with the aquatics theme, this . years. staying with the aquatics theme, this is years. staying with the - aquatics theme, this is like origin. one of europe's deepest. a local diving school decided to decorate a christmas tree underwater. like you do. the tree will be there until the end of january. the tree will be there until the end ofjanuary. if the tree will be there until the end of january. if you fancy a trip or dip. christmas coincides with the height of summer. at sydney's famous bondi beach, they celebrated with surfing, sunbathing and

even a spot of spiritual salvation. it even a spot of spiritual salvation.— even a spot of spiritual salvation. it is all about family- _ salvation. it is all about family- my _ salvation. it is all about family. my sister - salvation. it is all about family. my sister has i salvation. it is all about i family. my sister has been travelling, we have come to see, we love her, the son gives you a boost, you are joyful and have to take those moments for what they are. a moment of happiness and that is what jesus would have wanted. in the us state of— jesus would have wanted. in the us state of boston, _ jesus would have wanted. in the us state of boston, one - jesus would have wanted. in the us state of boston, one couplel us state of boston, one couple decided to tie the knot during the festive period. their value, the ice free in the city �*s famous common. a touching moment and fairly practical. after all, moment and fairly practical. afterall, it moment and fairly practical. after all, it should make remembering the date of your anniversary a piece of cake. tim allman bbc news. congratulations to them. i want to take you back to the main story. developments in the israel—gaza war, these are life pictures, the live feed from southern israel looking out towards gaza. i want to bring you the comments made by the

israeli prime minister in an article in the wall street journal. saying there are for peace. firstly, destroy, smack in his words, secondly, demilitarised gaza and thirdly, the radicalise the whole of palestinian society. we have plenty more reaction and details about what is happening. stay with us. this is bbc news. hello. we had some christmas day weather contrasts, with a high of 13.6 celsius, it was the mildest christmas day since 2016, but at the same time, northern scotland had snow, and so it was a white christmas. this stripe of cloud here brought rain solace for some of us, but in the north of the uk, colder air was in place, and that colder air is now pushing just a little bit further southward. so a chillier day in

prospect for boxing day. cold enough for some icy stretches through the morning across northern parts of scotland. some further wintry showers here through the first part of the day. one or two showers elsewhere, but broadly speaking, it should be a much drier and brighter day with some spells of sunshine. some of the showers in northern scotland could turn thundery through the afternoon. and at the same time, cloud and rain will be gathering across the southwest of england and the channel islands, where temperatures will reach 11—12 celsius. but elsewhere, 4—9 celsius covers it in most spots. and then as we head through boxing day night, we'll see cloud and rain spreading from the southwest, things turning very wet and very windy with some snow mixing in over high ground in northern england, and more especially across parts of scotland. temperatures coming up as the night wears on. a big area of low pressure dominating the scene for wednesday. if you have travel plans on wednesday, things do not look too pretty, i have to say, with a combination of heavy rain — could well be enough rain in places to give some issues with flooding —

but also some significant snow over high ground in the northern half of scotland. some areas could see 10—15cm of snow, say, above 200m elevation. it's possible that some spots exposed to the south—easterly wind could see even more snow than that. and the wind will be a big feature, widely a very windy day. we could see gusts of 50—60mph or more, gales around some of the coasts. temperatures, well, quite mild in the south, actually, 12—13 celsius. a little bit colder across northern parts of scotland, particularly where we will have snow falling. and then later in the week, through thursday into friday, we'll see various weather systems working from west to east. outbreaks of rain, perhaps a little bit of wintriness mixing in, as colder air tries to stage a comeback as we head towards the end of the year. that's all from me. bye— bye.

now on bbc news: windrush — portraits of a generation episode 2.

history is thankfully and finally beginning to accord a rightful place to those men and women of the windrush generation. you look beautiful. how are you? it is, i believe, crucially important that we should truly see and hear these pioneers who stepped off the empire windrush at tilbury injune 1948, only a few months before i was born, and those who followed over the decades, to recognise and celebrate the immeasurable difference that they, their children and their grandchildren have made to this country. many served with distinction in the british armed forces during the second world war, just as their fathers and grandfathers had in the first world war.