hello, i'm lucy hockings. russia has launched one of its biggest aerial attacks on ukraine since the war began, killing at least 18 people in a wave of deadly explosions across the country. president zelensky says 114 of 158 missiles and drones fired were shot down by ukrainian defences. ukraine's air force says it has "never seen so many locations targeted simultaneously". cities hit include kyiv, lviv in the west, odesa in the south, and dnipro, kharkiv and zaporizhzhia in eastern ukraine. a maternity hospital and shopping mall were among buildings damaged and destroyed. meanwhile poland says an identified aerial object entered the nato country's airspace at hrubieszow overnight. a polish general says the object, which is likely to have been a russian missile, spent less than three minutes over polish territory, before returning to ukrainian territory. we'll get reaction from poland in a moment. from kyiv, our ukraine correspondent

james waterhouse reports. it is and always has been the whole of ukraine which is under attack. kyiv is still moscow's biggest prize. air defences have improved here, but this attack proved too much. translation: i was woken up at 7:30 by a horrible sound. i it was so frightening. the missile was flying and everything was buzzing, so noisy. you are left in no doubt that this was a direct missile strike. the scale of the damage, the size of the blast zone, the heat caused. you're more used to seeing damage caused from falling debris when a missile is intercepted. but this reflects the scale of this russian attack. and scenes like this are being replicated right across ukraine. a lucky escape in kharkiv in the north—east. this city is familiar with missile strikes, but not 20 in a single morning.

a shopping centre in dnipro in the east, as well as a maternity hospital, were hit. it didn't stop there. this is the port city of odesa in the south, where a residential block was struck. even in lviv in the west, which is usually spared the worst of this invasion, wasn't immune this time. ukraine's air force says it has never seen so many missiles. in a war where moscow routinely strikes cities it can't occupy, that is saying something. let's return to poland now, where military sources say an object which enterered its airspace was likely to be a russian rocket. can give you an update on the figures from ukraine. we have been told at least 20 people have been killed in ukraine in these attacks, it was 18 a short time ago, that has

dramatically gone up to 28. the highest number of fatalities, we understand, in a single error are thought to be in zaporizhzhia, eight people have lost their lives there, according to the governor. so, separation, eight people losing their lives, the overall death toll now standing at 28. —— zaporizhzhia. let's return to poland now, where military sources say an object which enterered its airspace was likely to be a russian rocket. 0ur poland correspondent adam easton gave us the latest from the capital, warsaw. poland has been a nato member since the mid—�*90s. and nato has an article 5 which states that an attack on any one nato member will be repelled by the whole of nato. were a russian missile to actually land in poland, by the letter of that article, then that could be considered, poland could apply to nato to say, we've come under attack from a non—nato country

and we'd like you to defend us against attack. in practice, that's not likely to happen, of course, because it's probably regarded in this case and in two previous cases that these are stray missiles and not a deliberate attack against poland, a nato member. the united nations says an estimated 150,000 palestinians are being forced to flee areas of central gaza, as israeli forces advance on refugee camps there. an israeli air strike is reported to have killed 20 displaced people in rafah — a town that many people have fled to in recent days. meanwhile, talks to end the conflict are reported to have restarted in egypt. 0ur middle east correspondent yolande knell has sent this report — and a warning that it does contain distressing images. gathering in disbelief at the scene of another israeli strike. this is rafah, crowded with displaced gazans. last night, the scenes

here were frantic, with 20 people killed, including children. 0thers somehow making it out alive. amid all this suffering, ordinary palestinians ask when the war will stop. "the situation has gone beyond all limits," says samad. "we're asking the world to protect us and stop the aggression. "we're helpless." 0ngoing fighting means little aid has been reaching gaza city. new pictures show the desperate looting when this convoy finally arrived. the vast majority of gazans have now been forced from their homes. people here have been setting up new makeshift camps as they've fled from advancing israeli troops. but new diplomatic efforts are taking shape, even as the war rages on. a hamas delegation is now in cairo after egypt, a key mediator with israel, proposed a new ceasefire deal. crowd chants

in israel, there is pressure to find a way to bring home the 100—plus hostages still in gaza. those released during a truce last month say they endured harsh conditions while held captive by hamas fighters. mia schem now accuses all gazans of being complicit with the armed group, something many would deny. translation: it's families under hamas control. - you know, in retrospect i realised i was staying with a family. i was asking myself, "why am i at a family's house? "why are there children and a woman here?" israel says its aim in gaza remains to dismantle hamas�*s military and governing capabilities. but for now, palestinian civilians are paying a huge price — forced to flee from their homes with no safe place to go. yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem. about 100,000 people have arrived in rafah in recent days hoping for safety, according to the un. but gaza's health ministry, which is run by hamas,

have reported multiple air strikes in the area. the building 13—year—old nadeen abdulatif and her family were sheltering in was severely damaged by an israeli strike earlier today. the family had moved to rafah after their house in gaza city was destroyed, killing nadeen�*s older brother. where am i supposed to go? children were killed here. 26 people were killed here. i am terrified. iam scared. and the thought of me being killed or my other brother being killed is just crossing my mind repeatedly. i already lost my older brother. i can't lose my younger brother. israel says it has has struck hezbollah militants in southern lebanon in response to missile fired over the border. these pictures released by the israeli defense forces show them striking what they describe as hezbollah infrastructure near wadi hamul in lebanon. israel says they hit a number of targets including launch sites and a military compound.

well, lets get more now on that ceasefire proposal being put forward by egypt. live now to nancy 0kail in washington dc. she is the ceo of the center for international policy — a us progressive research organisation which advocates for peace. thank you forjoining us. it is a three stage proposal that we are hearing from egypt, can you take us through what they are suggesting? yes, well, basically, they are suggesting to have, first a sort of technocratic governance body that would take care of humanitarian aid and the post—ceasefire phase and then going through different stages of forming a government would take over afterwards. however, all this is meaningless if there is no

ceasefire, and all this is meaningless if the united states is not putting its weight behind this. meaningless as well if we do not have all sides signing up to it. there doesn't seem to be any indication from hamas or from a zero that they are going to agree to this proposal. == that they are going to agree to this ro osal. ., ., , ., that they are going to agree to this --roosal. ., ., , ., ~ proposal. -- or from israel. and the oint proposal. -- or from israel. and the point about — proposal. -- or from israel. and the point about finding _ proposal. -- or from israel. and the point about finding the _ proposal. -- or from israel. and the point about finding the right - proposal. -- or from israel. and the point about finding the right people | point about finding the right people to be in governance and right people to be in governance and right people to be in the conversation or the transition government, these are all futile exercises because without having the environment and the means and the resources in order to govern, this will all fall apart in days. because it is not really providing the main basic tools to govern, the main basic tools to provide for the people, you cannot govern without having resources, while having complete deprivation of food, water, fuel and medicine, while having the entire medical system collapsing. so these are

talks, it's a good start, however, without having the means and resources and the full backing of the united states and the international community, this will all stay in the realm of talks and conversations. is all stay in the realm of talks and conversations.— all stay in the realm of talks and conversations. is egypt still read count to conversations. is egypt still read country to be — conversations. is egypt still read country to be a _ conversations. is egypt still read country to be a key _ conversations. is egypt still read country to be a key mediator- conversations. is egypt still read i country to be a key mediator here? honestly, it is not really. the main player here is qatar, they are the ones with the good relations with hamas. egypt was a key player and mediator in the past, its role has dwindled over the years. it has been attending and participating in the talks, but everyone knows that the key player and influence here is qatar. again, they are the ones who have the resources and the good relations with hamas.— have the resources and the good relations with hamas. nancy, are you seeinu an relations with hamas. nancy, are you seeing any change — relations with hamas. nancy, are you seeing any change in _ relations with hamas. nancy, are you seeing any change in rhetoric - relations with hamas. nancy, are you seeing any change in rhetoric from i seeing any change in rhetoric from the us administration? we are about to enter an election year so there

had been some speculation that if big moves were to be made by the us, it would perhaps have early january. well, that is to hope. however, right now, the united states is saying one thing but in action it looks completely different. the idea of continuing to provide israel with weapons and security assistance without conditioning on human rights, which basically is abiding by international human rights law and us domestic law, is basically sending the wrong message. it is basically giving israel a carte blanche and a blank cheque to just do whatever you need to do to accomplish that goal, but nobody still even clear about it, what is the endgame and the end goal over their other than further destruction and further death?— their other than further destruction and further death? nancy, thank you for “oininu and further death? nancy, thank you forjoining us- _ here in the uk, tributes have been

paid to a man who died after a car hit a group of people in the northern city of sheffield. police say christian marriott had stopped to help an unconscious woman after a row between two groups. his family have paid tribute, saying the "tragic and unfathomable" circumstances of his death "show the sort of man he was — going to help rather than to turn away." two men have been arrested on murder charges. 0ur correspondent 0livia richwald has the latest from sheffield. this is college close, where chris marriott was hit and killed by a car as he went to the aid of an unconscious stranger he had come across on a family walk. and today people across sheffield have paid tribute to the 46—year—old father of two. his family have described him as a kind, caring and devoted man, a wonderful dad, husband, brother, and uncle, and a friend to many. his boss heather keates said the it manager had spent his life trying to help others. chris's whole raison d'etre was to help others.

he would sort of see anybody and be prepared to go and help. i think hejust had a heart for people. chris's family said he had a strong christian faith and the manner of his death shows just the kind of man he was. his church have said everyone here is deeply shocked. two men aged 23 and 55 remain in police custody and the woman chris marriott was trying to help remains in hospital in a life—threatening condition. the police have to described him as a "good samaritan" and they have appealed with anyone with information to get in touch. the latest from sheffield. some breaking news to bring you from here in the uk, in response to what we had a scene in ukraine in the past 24 had a scene in ukraine in the past 2a hours. we are now hearing at least 28 ukrainians have been killed in this wave of russian drone and

missile strikes. many cities in ukraine have been targeted, one of the worst nights since the war began. we have had a response from the uk's defence minister, grant shapps. around 200 british made air defence missiles will be sent to ukraine to protect civilians and infrastructure from drones and bombing. this is the tweet tweet —— but that we have had from grant shapps, saying the uk is moving rapidly to bolster ukraine's air defences in the wake of putin's mattress air strikes. hundreds of british made air defence missiles are being sent to ensure ukraine has what it needs to defend itself from putin's barbaric bombardment. so thatis putin's barbaric bombardment. so that is what we are currently hearing from grant shapps. more on this story as we get it. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. a clean—up operation is taking place after around 100 homes were damaged by a tornado in stalybridge in greater manchester, during storm gerrit.

it tore roofs off some houses, blew over trees and damaged cars. thousands of homes in wales and scotland were left without power. the chief inspector of prisons for england and wales has called for a fundamental re—orientation in the way the system is run. charlie taylor said the high availability of drugs in some prisons was a barrier to rehabilitation. and he said many inmates were failing to learn to read, and not developing the skills they need for a life of work, rather than crime. the home of the manchester city footballerjack grealish has been broken into while he was playing in his side's 3—1win against everton. according to local media, £1 million worth ofjewellery and watches were stolen. no arrests have yet been made. you're live with bbc news.

british transport police has recorded an eleven—fold increase of cases for islamophobia and anti—semitism since the israel—gaza war began. greater manchester police recorded 7a cases of anti—semitism after the 7th october, almost five times as many as the same period last year, when 15 incidents were reported. and the force reported a decrease in islamophobia cases, which went from 43 last year to sa this year. the metropolitan police, the largest force in the uk, said delays prevented it from supplying full figures until the new year, but it had previously reported 218 anti—semitic offences between october 1st and 18th this year, compared with 15 in the same period in 2022. while islamophobia cases last year were 42 and have risen to 101 this year. i'm nowjoined by iman atta. she's the director of tell mama, which records and measures anti—muslim incidents

in the united kingdom. thank you forjoining us. just take our viewers through the figures, can you paint a picture about what the members of your community are telling you this happening on the streets? ~ , ,., , ~ ., streets? absolutely. we have recorded between _ streets? absolutely. we have recorded between them - streets? absolutely. we have recorded between them after| recorded between them after december, 432 cases, but in the physical world as well as the online world, ranging from cases of vandalism, to abusive behaviour, to threats and assault, to discrimination cases as well as acts of vandalism to institutions. individuals reporting to us reported cases where their household doors have been daubed with graffiti listing them as killers, murderers, people have been abused on the streets, being called terrorists,

butchers, people have been discriminated against in the workplace and online, using dehumanising language towards muslim communities, palestinian communities, palestinian communities, they have been pushing the narrative that is highly at a muslim and anti—migrant and pushing racist conspiracies of the so—called replacement theory and stigmatising muslim communities as criminals and individuals who are terrorists. and individuals who are terrorists. and eo - le individuals who are terrorists. and people telling _ individuals who are terrorists. and people telling you that they are changing the behaviour and the weather they are living their lives because this?— weather they are living their lives because this? ~ , , ~ ., ., because this? absolutely. women, who tend to be the — because this? absolutely. women, who tend to be the number _ because this? absolutely. women, who tend to be the number one _ because this? absolutely. women, who tend to be the number one target - because this? absolutely. women, who tend to be the number one target of. tend to be the number one target of this kind of hatred, have had to change the way they look and dress, so they will take off headscarves, they would wear hats, some would give up on where even the headscarves, some would change the way the attitude is in terms of their commute to work because of cases on public transport have significantly risen. so people would start taking cars. we have had families who decided to stop family members from using public transport

and asking them to use taxis or drop them off on private cars.— them off on private cars. thank you for “oininu them off on private cars. thank you forjoining us- _ them off on private cars. thank you forjoining us. thank _ them off on private cars. thank you forjoining us. thank you. _ sport now, and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's sarah. the busy festive period in the english premier league has just one day off between christmas and new year. it's today. and this is the picture at the top of the table after arsenal didn't take their chance to go back above liverpool on thursday night. it's making for a compelling title race with six points separating those top five teams. and a lot of competition further down as well. when we lose a game, we are out of the title race, when we win a game, we are there, it's the same for our contenders, so it's possible we can address the fact that this year, anything can happen. this season it is a common thing for all the teams, they are struggling

to get the results. that means how tough it is to keep going, game by game. manchester united's manager erik ten hag says he's confident he'll have a strong working relationship with his club's new co—owners ineos. the company announced their 25% stake in united on christmas eve, prompting speculation about the manager's future. ten hag hasn't spoken to those new investors yet, but he says he's looking forward to the new era. this woman, i don't want to have distractions, —— this moment, but in the coming days, weeks, there will be time for this when i know more. but i think it is a good thing, it's very positive and as i said, we are really looking forward to work together. many of us wants to work with me, with this structure. and i want to work with them. —— ineos.

australia's cricketers have sealed a series win over pakistan. they've beaten the tourists by 79 runs in melbourne, with captain pat cummins finishing with ten wickets in the match. he helped bowl pakistan out for 237 in their second innings as they chased 317 for victory. pakistan had looked well set to get close to that target, at 219—5 at one stage, but they then lost wickets quickly. so australia take an unassailable 2—0 lead in the three—match series with the third test starting in sydney on tuesday. after almost a year out, rafa nadal will return to action at the brisbane international ahead of a year that may well be his last. nadal�*s last competitive match was injanuary at the australian open, which he's preparing for here. after missing the other three slams in 2023, he's slipped out of the world's top 600 and says he's realistic about his chances of winning more titles in 2024. for me it is impossible to think

about winning tournaments today, but what is really possible is to think to enjoy the comeback to the court. no, i don't expect much. it is going to be a tough process at the beginning. nothing is impossible, but at the end, for me, just to be here is a victory and i hope i am going to have the chance to enjoy, and the crowd too. and that's all the sport for now. you can stay across the latest sports news using the bbc sport website. donald trump's 2024 election campaign says it will file a legal challenge to a ruling by the state of maine to prevent him from contesting the republican primary there. maine is the second state to announce such a move after colorado, with officials in both citing a clause in the constitution which bans those who have engaged in insurrection from taking political office. the us supreme court is likely to make the ultimate decision as to whether he can run for president. the heiress of the beauty brand l'0real has become the first woman in the world to hold

a $100 billion fortune — that's according to the bloomberg billionaires index. emily brown reports. the first woman in the world to hold a $100 billion fortune — francoise bettencourt meyers. she's also ranked the 12th richest person globally, according to the bloomberg billionaires index. her grandfather founded the french beauty empire l'0real, and she's the vice chairperson on the company's board. l'0real�*s shares rose to a record high in paris on thursday, and the firm has seen its sales rebound after the pandemic, when people under lockdown were using less make—up. now, the 70—year—old heiress has been named on this list. this is the bloomberg billionaires index. it's a daily ranking of the world's richest people. and the top of the list is dominated by men in the tech industry from the us. and sitting at the very top is elon musk, spacex and tesla chief executive, who's now worth $232 billion.

but what about the other women on the list? well, seven places behind francoise is alice walton. she's the heiress to the walmart fortune. she's now worth $70 billion. closely behind alice walton isjulia flesher koch. she's worth $66.6 billion. she's the widow of david koch, former chief executive of koch industries. and in 26th place on the bloomberg billionaires index is jacqueline badger mars. her grandfather founded the mars confectionary company. now, it's worth noting that of the 500 people named on this list, more than 180 of them are from the us, china provided 52 and britain 17. emily brown there. us national park service rangers have charged formerjames bond actor pierce brosnan with trespassing in yellowstone national park. mr brosnan was charged

with going off trail near the mammoth hot springs and has been ordered to appear in court in wyoming next month. the hot springs are part of the park's thermal features that include geysers, steam vents and scalding mud pools. stay with us here on bbc news. good afternoon. new year's eve is just around the corner and once again it looks likely that the weather is going to play a leading role when filling in the final curtain of this year. this weekend we are likely to see further heavy rain. snow is likely even at lower levels in the north for a time and once again the winds are a feature. it's this area of low pressure that is drifting towards our shores and it will make its way steadily east. ahead of it, a brief ridge of high pressure which will allow the temperatures in scotland to fall well below freezing, a cold and icy but hopefully sunny start to

your new year's eve. as with the best of the drier weather will be. cloud and rain gathers to the west, some of it have across north—west england, wales, south west england, accompanied by gales particularly on the exposed coasts. central and south—eastern england staying dry and bright and still relatively warm with 11 or 12 degrees, called a story in scotland. where the frontal system bumps into that cold air, that's when we are likely to see the risk of significant snow for a time. it may cause some disruption even at lower levels. it will gradually turn back to rain as we start to see some mild airbrushing in as i say, there could be some issues. keep abreast of the weather forecast and tune into your bbc local radio station. 0n into your bbc local radio station. on sunday, the low pressure still centred up to the north—west. slightly milder stuff almost, but that low setting to the north—west will continue to push in, a frequent rash of showers for new year's eve. so the showers add to the west and

some of these will gradually feed their way steadily eastwards as we go through the afternoon. shelford eastern areas staying relatively dry and bright. most frequent showers out of the west. wendy along the channel coasts, temperatures between 8 and 10. some of the showers will push east as we go through the evening. a frequent rash of showers to northern ireland in western scotland north—east scotland doing a little better than lately, dry and should keep some sunshine. it should stay largely down to the evening. as we move into new year's day, on the whole, quieter story. we move into new year's day, on the whole, quieterstory. keep an we move into new year's day, on the whole, quieter story. keep an eye on this frontal system down to the south but for many it will be slightly cooler slightly quieter. but there will still be some rain around at take care.

this week, nick's getting into his trunks to find out what a phone can do for a forest. now i've just completed another survey injust under a minute. we'll find out what lara's thinking as she immerses herself in culture. i know what i'm looking at now, but how do i feel? and less than two years

after ai took up art, is it ready for hollywood? spencer's getting his big trailer voice ready. the ai will listen to the audio... deep trailer voice: ..and generate me a new one. jazz music plays this is the tinpot jazz orchestra. it lasts less than a minute, but it is a charming, glitchy, cartoon—like production created using generative—ai video tools. now, this means that the characters weren't designed by illustrators and animators. instead, they were described in english to an ai, which then created them itself. the film was made by william bartlett,

who's a creative director from visual effects house framestore,