there is severe travel disruption across the uk as storm gerrit brings strong winds, rain and snow to some parts of scotland. and the new york times sues open ai and chatgpt sent uses millions of articles. hello, i'm christian fraser. welcome to the programme. we start with the latest on the israeli gaza war. israel says it is expanding its ground offensive in the centre of gaza. the israeli defence forces have released this video. military officials say they are carried out

strikes from the air, the ground and the sea against at least 200 hamas targets in the last 2a hours. the hamas—run health ministry says more than 21,000 people have been killed in gaza since the 7th of october. israeli military operations are now focussed on the centre of the gaza strip, where the local hospital is overwhelmed with casualities. the world health organization has described the scenes there as a "bloodbath." and in the occupied west bank, tensions have been rising, more than 300 palestinians killed by israeli forces and settlers. the palestinian health ministry there says six people were killed in an israeli drone strike. 0ur middle east correspondent yolande knell reports. 0n the move again. palestinian families now desperately fleeing much of central gaza, as israel's ground offensive expands into a new part of the besieged territory. "me and my kids, everyone is evacuating," says this woman. "already my niece was killed."

casualties fill even the floor of the nearby hospital. the world health organization describing the scenes here as a "bloodbath". and this as israel's army is warning that the war will continue for many more months, as it insists it will find hamas leaders who masterminded the deadly 7th of october attacks. a government spokesman says israel's aims are clear. we can't destroy hamas�*s ideology, unfortunately, that is not realistic. but we can remove them from power. we can prevent them from having control over this territorial enclave. and that will do a lot to save lives and prevent future conflict in the region. with the number of palestinians killed now in excess of 20,000, according to local health officials, this is one of the most devastating military campaigns in recent history. in rafah yesterday, it was a bulldozer that unceremoniously buried the dead. and there is the constant danger of this war spreading. we've seen more attacks

by iran—backed groups across the middle east in recent days. and there has been more violence, too, in the occupied west bank. today, this was an israeli strike which killed at least six palestinians in the west bank. israel's military says they were armed terrorists. locals deny it. it comes after the palestinian president, a political rival of hamas, warned the area could implode. translation: what is happening in the palestinian territories - is a disaster and far more than a genocide. the palestinians have never seen anything like this. even during the nakba catastrophe in 1948. what is happening today is far worse. meanwhile, this was a missile being fired at northern israel by hezbollah in lebanon. and israel's military says it shot down this drone, sent by houthi rebels in yemen over the red sea. the fighting now extends across multiple fronts. yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem.

we are going to focus on the humanitarian situation in gaza and how aid workers can be protected. professor, you are very welcome to the programme. the question here is whether the laws of armed conflict that protect hospitals are relevant if, as the israeli say, they are being used by her mass who are hiding among them. what do you say to that? . ., ., to that? thanks for having me. the laws do apply _ to that? thanks for having me. the laws do apply and _ to that? thanks for having me. the laws do apply and they _ to that? thanks for having me. the laws do apply and they have - to that? thanks for having me. the laws do apply and they have a - to that? thanks for having me. the laws do apply and they have a very| laws do apply and they have a very specific purpose from decades and decades and decades and that is to protect civilians as much as possible from the horrors of war. unfortunately, and catastrophically, israel is interpreting those laws

rather than to advance their protective function and they apply evenif protective function and they apply even if civilian structures like hospitals are used by an enemy like hamas. they are interpreting the law to allow unlimited harm to civilians and that is responsible for their justifications for the massive harm being caused to civilians. and the use of £2000 bombs targeting apartment blocks, they are interpreting the law in a way that undermines it. is interpreting the law in a way that undermines it.— undermines it. is there a legal obligation _ undermines it. is there a legal obligation to _ undermines it. is there a legal obligation to provide - undermines it. is there a legal obligation to provide health i undermines it. is there a legal l obligation to provide health care undermines it. is there a legal - obligation to provide health care in a conflict, in a war zone? they're down to the last functioning hospital in the strip now and the bombardment is coming ever closer. if that is closed down and there is no health care at all in the gaza strip, how would international

lawyers look at that?- strip, how would international lawyers look at that? there is an obligation. _ lawyers look at that? there is an obligation, not _ lawyers look at that? there is an obligation, not only _ lawyers look at that? there is an obligation, not only under - lawyers look at that? there is an obligation, not only under the i obligation, not only under the laws of war but the laws of occupation, to make sure the civilian population has access to health care. and beyond that, there is a very strong obligation to protect health and make sure that in military operations, health care is not compromised. unfortunately, the way the war is being conducted by israel and attacks on hospitals, even if they used by hamas, which is yet to be proven, they are obligated to minimise harm to the patients. but they have not done that. in fact, they have not done that. in fact, they have not done that. in fact, they have deprived patients of water, medicalsupplies, medication, water, medical supplies, medication, fuel, water, medicalsupplies, medication, fuel, electricity, which has caused many, many deaths, even within hospitals. if many, many deaths, even within hositals. , ., , ., many, many deaths, even within hositals. , ., , . . hospitals. if you deny water and medical supplies _ hospitals. if you deny water and medical supplies to _ hospitals. if you deny water and medical supplies to people - hospitals. if you deny water and | medical supplies to people more

generally, it is being called an annihilation of his people by the palestinian leader. are we reaching up palestinian leader. are we reaching up point where the laws of collective punishment do become relevant? we collective punishment do become relevant? ~ ., , , ., relevant? we absolutely do. the requirement _ relevant? we absolutely do. the requirement of _ relevant? we absolutely do. the requirement of the _ relevant? we absolutely do. the requirement of the law - relevant? we absolutely do. the requirement of the law is - relevant? we absolutely do. the requirement of the law is to - relevant? we absolutely do. the. requirement of the law is to make sure the necessities of life, such as water, electricity, food, continue to be made available to the population. but from the first day of the war, israel has not done that. ., . , of the war, israel has not done that. . . , ., . that. our audience will be watching this and thinking _ that. our audience will be watching this and thinking of— that. our audience will be watching this and thinking of previous - this and thinking of previous conflicts, where israel may or may not have crossed the line, and wonder who is going to prosecute this? who is ever going to hold israeli leaders responsible for some of the things that have happened in gaza in recent months?— gaza in recent months? problem of lack of accountability _ gaza in recent months? problem of lack of accountability for _ lack of accountability for violations of the geneva conventions, the war crimes, has been very problematic for long time.

in fact, there has never been a major prosecution in any major international tribunal for attacks on health which is a war crime. [30 on health which is a war crime. do ou on health which is a war crime. do you think that affects the current conflict? do you think there is, i think, a sense of impunity among israeli leaders at the moment? weill. israeli leaders at the moment? well, israeli leaders at the moment? well, i think israeli leaders at the moment? well, i think there — israeli leaders at the moment? well, i think there is _ israeli leaders at the moment? well, i think there is a _ israeli leaders at the moment? well, i think there is a sense _ israeli leaders at the moment? well, i think there is a sense of— israeli leaders at the moment? -ii i think there is a sense of impunity generally. we should recognise that the international criminal court does have jurisdiction over this conflict and can investigate and prosecute violations, as they should, just as they should with respect to ukraine, where it also hasjurisdiction. so respect to ukraine, where it also has jurisdiction. so whether impunity will prevail in this conflict remains to be seen. professor, i am very grateful for your time. thank you very much. thank you. disruption to global shipping

through the red sea has intensified after yemen's houthi rebels declared their backing for hamas. the group has been targeting commercial vessels in the region. the danish shipping company maersk says it's prepared to resume sailings through the red sea, despite the threat of attack by the iranian—backed houthis. the well�*s biggest shipping company said one of its ships was hit by missile while sailing from saudi arabia to pakistan on tuesday. it was the latest attack by the group who have announced their support for hamas. an international military coalition has been deployed to the red sea in response. this is certainly causing some major disruption and confusion to global shipping. remember, this is a really important route. about 12% of global travels through that route, the suez canal and the red sea. and we have heard today

from two of the world's biggest shipping firms but with slightly contradictory messages. we have heard from the danish company saying that with the support of that international military coalition they are preparing now to resume shipping after a gap of almost two weeks through that route. but any diversions will be assessed on a case—by—case basis so there still could be some and the safety of their crews is their number one priority. but at the same time we have heard from the number five player in the industry, a german company, and they think it is just too dangerous to resume shipping through that route and they will continue to take the longer route down the south of africa and around the cape of good hope and it adds anywhere from seven days to two weeks to a ship journey depending exactly on the route they take, whether it is going to america or the eastern mediterranean. and we have heard in recent days

from some of the world's biggest companies such as ikea and danone, saying there is some disruption already to their supply chains and the longer this all goes on, the more likely it is that we will see products not available on shelves in shops. here in the uk, parts of the country are being battered by storm gerrit. there are strong winds, heavy rains and six flood warnings in place. a yellow weather warning for snow has been issued for parts of scotland. 0ur north of england correspondent fiona trott, who is in lancaster, has more on the impact of the storm. there's a yellow warning for rain here today in this part of the world. flooding is likely on some roads and there is also a yellow warning for wind, too. so motorists are being told to slow down here on places like the m6, and particularly problems there for high—sided vehicles. let me give you an idea of what's happening across the uk. the met office is explaining that the worst—affected areas at the moment are parts of scotland, central and eastern parts of scotland, where we have snow and rain.

rain in north—west england, like here in lancashire, and rain and wind across most of wales. let me show you what eastbourne and east sussex looked like earlier today. that's because the met office is saying there that in southern england, winds across coastal areas like that could be peaking at up to 70 mph today. and there are 13 flood warnings in place across england, scotland and wales. now, as for transport disruption, because of the weather i was telling you about in scotland, most of the roads there are worst affected, mainly due to fallen trees. in dundee though, strong winds are causing a problem. the a92 is closed to high—sided vehicles there, and in wales the m48 severn bridge crossing is also closed due to high winds. now, on the trains, we are being told that the storm is affecting scotrail services until about nine o'clock tomorrow morning, again because of things like fallen trees, and there will be isolated flooding there as well. glasgow and edinburgh and glasgow

and airdrie are the areas worst affected there. and flooding has affected rail services in wales, and between leeds and here in north west england. now of course with the rain and wind, we have got problems with power outages as well and what we are hearing from electricity north west is that it has more engineers on standby prepared for any power cuts in the coming hours, and the energy network association has just this second told us that at lunchtime today, around 8,600 homes were without power as a result of storm gerrit. that storm due to move to the north—east later today. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. rail passengers are experiencing major disruption to theirjourneys because of planned engineering works being carried out at london st pancras. east midlands railway have cancelled all services towards luton airport because of a signalling issue.

the midland main line from st albans has also been hit by similar problems. network rail has apologised for the delays. the chancellorjeremy hunt will unveil his spring budget on march 6, in what could be his last chance to introduce tax changes before a general election. the conservative party has been hinting it could make pledges on housing and taxes, as rishi sunak struggles to turn around his party's major deficit in the polls. metropolitan police officers have arrested a 16—year old boy on suspicion of arson after a fire at a school in west london. ten fire engines and about 70 firefighters were called to the selective catholic school on seagrave road in fulham this morning. the blaze at the london 0ratory school is now under control. you're live with bbc news. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc

sport centre, here's sarah. let's begin with football, manchester city are back to premier league action this wednesday, after winning the club world cup just before christmas. they take on everton at goodison park later as they look to close the gap at the top of the premier league table on leaders liverpool. city are currently eight points behind them with two games in hand. pep guardiola's side are the first english club to win five trophies in a calendar year, but the manager is still keen for them to try and emulate last season's success. the most difficult is arrive to play this tournament. once we are here we have to perform well and, yeah, really pleased. i had the feeling that we closed a chapter. we won already all the titles, some of them in a row. so there is nothing else to win. i had the feeling that the job is done, it is over, and tried to buy another book and start writing again. because the book, the last

eight years it is over. chelsea are looking to bounce back from defeat at wolves on christmas eve when they take on struggling crystal palace at stamford bridge. mauricio pochettino admits his side are way below where he'd hoped to be. we want to be on the top, even if no one believed but of course in the circumstances i think we are in a position where we are fighting for different things. yes, we are chelsea because of our history and everything, the demand is to be on the top but at the moment being realistic we need to increase in the way that we compete if we want to win more games. so there are the fixtures — in the third match, brentford could jump above wolves into i2th on the table with a win at home.

anti—discrimination charity kick it out say anyone found guilty of racially abusing luton town's carlton morris must face "the strongest possible consequences." the striker reported a comment made by the home crowd late on in the premier league match against sheffield united at bramall lane. luton boss rob edwards confirmed after his side's 3—2 win that the matter has been reported to the police. three games going ahead in the scottish premiership later. you'll see here there should have been five but ross county's trip to second place rangers has been postponed, with snow, heavy rain and strong winds stopping them from making that journey. motherwell—aberdeen also off due to the travel disruption. those other three are still scheduled to go ahead as things stand. to cricket now and australia captain pat cummins took three wickets to shift momentum away from pakistan on day two of the second test in melbourne. pakistan were 124

fori before cummins took his first wicket, abdullah shafique caught and bowled by the aussie skipper — a couple of overs later he dismissed babar azam. pakistan ended day two on a disappointing 194 for 6, given how they started the day. they trail by 124 runs. staying with test cricket, south africa closed day two on 256 for 5 in response to india's first innings total of 245, in their first test in centurion. 0pener dean elgar going really well in his farewell series — 140 not out to push south africa in front. david beddingham the only other to pass 50. and bangladesh have beaten new zealand by 5 wickets in their first t20 in napier. litton das' unbeaten 42 giving the visitors a 1—0 series lead with eight balls remaining. the second game takes place on friday.

and that's all the sport for now. to the us next where one of the country's biggest newspapers — the new york times — is suing the companies behind chatgpt — 0penai and microsoft. the times alleges that the powerful artificial intellegence models used millions of articles for training — without permission. the newspaper is seeking damages as well as an order that the companies stop using its content, and that they destroy data already harvested. the lawsuit says the ai companies "seek to free—ride on the times' massive investment in itsjournalism." the defendants are yet to respond to the lawsuit. live now to executive director of the minderoo centre for technology and democracy at the university of cambridge, gina neff. she is in oxford, just to confuse you! before we talk to the law and how it pertains to what's going on here, can we talk about what chatgpt

is actually doing. it is scraping is it the archive that belongs to the new york times?— it the archive that belongs to the new york times? that is what the com - laint new york times? that is what the complaint alleges. _ new york times? that is what the complaint alleges. they _ new york times? that is what the complaint alleges. they were - new york times? that is what the complaint alleges. they were able new york times? that is what the i complaint alleges. they were able to find examples of how the model verbatim fed back exact articles that were hidden behind the pay wall of the new york times. and so they say this hurts their business and it hurts their business, it hurts their ability to keep democracy alive by producing independentjournalism. because presumably people would subscribe to the new york times website for the archive was yellow while according to the complaint 10 million subscribers are currently paying for that privilege to be able to search the archive and the times is producing again according to the complaint 250 original articles every single day. they say in order to be able to keep their business going they need to be able to maintain, well, control over their copyrighted material. so when you in a request chatgpt does it

regurgitate verbatim what it has great from the new york times website or does it give you a synopsis of what it has read? well, any schoolchild _ synopsis of what it has read? well, any schoolchild who _ synopsis of what it has read? well, any schoolchild who has _ synopsis of what it has read? well, any schoolchild who has been - synopsis of what it has read? -ii any schoolchild who has been trained how to write a school paper knows that you need to provide a citation and you need to say according to. according to this complaint, the new york times was able to get verbatim articles that did not reference that they had come from the new york times. and in addition, they essentially say it is stripping out, the models are stripping out in their output the sources where they have come from. when they do and are asp flow sources, sometimes they make up the wrong information and the times alleges that hurts their bottom line too because they want to be seen as the source for reputable news and journalism. what be seen as the source for reputable news and journalism.— be seen as the source for reputable news and journalism. news and “ournalism. what would you ima . ine news and journalism. what would you imagine first's — news and journalism. what would you imagine first's defence _ news and journalism. what would you imagine first's defence to _ news and journalism. what would you imagine first's defence to this - imagine first's defence to this would be?—

imagine first's defence to this would be? ~ ., �* ., would be? well, we haven't heard from them — would be? well, we haven't heard from them yet _ would be? well, we haven't heard from them yet but _ would be? well, we haven't heard from them yet but what _ would be? well, we haven't heard from them yet but what we - would be? well, we haven't heard from them yet but what we know. would be? well, we haven't heard - from them yet but what we know from the complaint is that the new york times has been in negotiations with both microsoft and 0penai. microsoft has been a party to this because they've already integrated 0penai's technology into their models. into their products. they are using the underlying gpt models from 0penai. so the new york times has asked for some kind of negotiations, one would assume a licensing fee for their material. but those negotiations... i look at this i say really important test case here. presumably other broadcasters like the bbc, other broadcasters like the bbc, other print organisations, will look at this and watch very closely what the judgment is. at this and watch very closely what thejudgment is. find at this and watch very closely what the judgment ia— the judgment is. and it is not 'ust journalism. — the judgment is. and it is not 'ust journalism. asfi

the judgment is. and it is not 'ust journalism, as important �* the judgment is. and it is not 'ust journalism, as important as h journalism, as important as journalism, as important as journalism is, because those of the input to these models. i think all small and medium sized enterprises who are looking to build on to generative ai models are going to have to look closely to see how these intellectual property cases will play out because they can't provide for the possibilities, the enormous and exciting possibilities that generative ai offers for new products and services until we settle those ip issues. that is something we will see go through the courts and something we will see lawmakers address as well. enormous case coming — lawmakers address as well. enormous case coming up _ lawmakers address as well. enormous case coming up then _ lawmakers address as well. enormous case coming up then in _ lawmakers address as well. enormous case coming up then in the _ lawmakers address as well. enormous case coming up then in the new - lawmakers address as well. enormous case coming up then in the new year. case coming up then in the new year with repercussions you would think for all of ai with repercussions you would think for all of a! research. gina, thank you so much for coming on the programme. you so much for coming on the programme-— key figure in german politics has died aged 81. the former finance minister played a big role in

negotiating german reunification after the fall of the berlin wall in 1989. he also survived an assassination attempt by gunmen in 1990. at least six people have been killed in floods in southern thailand. authorities say at least 70,000 homes have been affected by the flood which reached three metres in some places. teams handed out bottled water and food to those rescued from the homes. an opposition leader in the democratic republic of the congo say several people were injured when police dispersed supporters protesting outside his party's headquarters in the capital kinshasa. supporters of and asked for a rejection... after the election was marred by delays and administrative chaos. china's space agency has released footage of astronauts completing their first spacewalk. the astronauts worked for seven and a half hours to complete a

set of tasks that included a solar wing repair test. finally this half an hour, we want to show you a huge statue of the colombian singer, shakira, that has been unveiled in her hometown. the bronze sculpture is more than six metres tall and shows the star swivelling her hips. that's not bad that, quite a good representation. all likely to cause disruption for the rest of the day, even as we head into tonight as well. here it is denman daly dominating the weather seen. active weather fronts denman daly dominating the weather seen. active weatherfronts bringing heavy rain, this next front poised to bring in some frequent and heavy

showers as we head through the overnight period but the rest of the day says very wet and blustery. we could see up to 90 millimetres of rain. gusts here in excess of 80 miles an hour. stays very windy across southern and western coasts, 50 to 60, even 70 miles an hour here. perhaps some late brightness at the end of the day towards western areas. but most places will stay cloudy with outbreaks of rain. 0n the face of it temperatures in the low teens, but it won't feel like that when you add on the strength of the wind. this evening and overnight, it stays very windy. gales developing again across southern and western areas with showers or longer spells of rain. severe gales continue across the north of scotland to the northern isles with rain and further blizzards too. a little bit of a chillier night to come, i think, across the board with lengthy, clear skies certainly across eastern areas. into thursday, not quite as windy across the north of scotland as what we'll see today, but another blustery day to come with gales certainly across north west england, northern and western wales. it'll be a mixture of sunshine and blustery showers.

some of these will be heavy at times, merging together to produce longer spells of rain. double figure values again for england and wales, something a little bit chillier in scotland, northern ireland. as we head into friday, we see this area of low pressure bring another spell of gales and blustery showers, some wintriness over the high ground of northern scotland and also the northern isles. colder air sinking a bit further southwards as well. it could turn this band of showery rain into something a bit wintry, certainly over the hills, a few showers across south west england. 0therwise better chance of seeing the sunshine. but a chilly day to come across the board on friday. so we head into the weekend then, the run up to new year's eve. we see another deep area of low pressure hurtle in, that's going to bring another spell of gales, heavy rain and hill snow across northern areas and that could affect new year's eve as well. so stay tuned to the forecast.

now on bbc news talking movies: martin scorsese special. # si e fatto tardi anche stasera. # in pist�*ormai nessuno balla...

hello from new york and welcome to our talking movies martin scorsese special. i'm here in lower manhattan in the neighbourhood of little italy. in the 1950s and �*60s, it was home to martin scorsese, who is without any doubt, one of america's most celebrated film—makers. my name's tom... 40 years or so ago, prior to my move to live in new york, i was already a big scorsese fan. the director had made his mark with his defining films of the 1970s like mean streets... i'm gonna pay him next week. i'm gonna pay... ..taxi driver... you talking to me? ..and the soon to be released raging bull... there's no—one else around wants to fight me. they're all afraid. ..all three starring robert de niro. the collaboration with de niro persists to the present day, but he's also worked closely with leonardo dicaprio on many memorable movies... she is a prim—looking stargazer. ..gangs of new york... i'd check my pockets if i was you. cos i do believe she lifted your timepiece.

..and the aviator.