glad you can join glad you canjoin us. at least 30 people have been killed and more than 160 injured in ukraine after a wave of aerial attacks across the country on friday. ukrainian officials called it the largest missile bombardment of the war so far. at an emergency un security council meeting, countries including the uk, france and japan condemned the russian attack as appalling. 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. this was the scene in dnipro, where a maternity hospital and a shopping centre were hit. poland has put its air defence forces on high alert after a suspected russian missile briefly entered polish airspace on friday. meanwhile, russian officials say one person has been killed in an overnight ukrainian strike on the russian city of belgorod. 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 the scale of the damage, the size of the blast zone, the heat caused. you're more used to seeing damage caused by 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. zaporizhzhia wasn't spared either, where at least eight were killed. even lviv in the west, which sometimes feels far from this invasion, wasn't immune this time. all military targets were hit, as far as russia's defence ministry was concerned. while moscow is trying to damage grand morale, president zelensky is trying to boost it by visiting troops in avdiivka, one of the most hostile parts of the front line. "it's hard," he said. "it's about pain and loss as well these are the people "who keep ukraine alive." his air force says it had never seen so many missiles in one attack.

in a war where moscow routinely strikes cities it can't occupy, that is saying something. james waterhouse, bbc news, kyiv. in the middle east, 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 already displaced people in rafah — a town that many people have fled to in recent days. meanwhile, a hamas delegation has arrived in cairo for talks about a possible truce. hamas is designated a terror organisation by many western governments. 0ur correspondent shaimaa khalil sent this report from jerusalem. explosions a massive israeli bombing in northern gaza turns an extensive network of hamas tunnels into dust. these idf pictures show a well—equipped infrastructure of long and branched out tunnels in which the army says senior hamas members moved and operated. in central gaza, more

than 150,000 people were ordered to evacuate two of the area's biggest refugee camps. and this is where they were told to go for safety — the area of deir al—balah, itself reeling from the aftermath of strikes. translation: we were sitting in our homes peacefully - and all of a sudden, a missile hit and destroyed my house, my neighbour's house, the whole neighbourhood. my children are displaced now. we don't know where to go. have mercy on us. help us. it's a devastating situation. people are sleeping on the streets. in rafah, now gaza's most densely populated city, according to the un, there's no let—up in the bombardment. children were killed here. 26 people were killed here. i'm terrified.

i'm scared and the thought of me being killed or my other brother being killed. it's just crossing my mind repeatedly. i already lost my older brother. i can't lose my younger brother. and this is what egypt's ceasefire proposal is up against — an expanding military operation in gaza and a continuing barrage of hamas rockets into israel. a delegation of hamas members is in cairo now forfurther discussions, but there is no guarantee that either side is going to agree to this. and if they do, it will be a long, drawn—out process. for now, the displacement continues, and gazans are running out of places to go. shaimaa khalil, bbc news, jerusalem. south africa has asked the international court ofjustice for an urgent order to halt israel's military campaign in gaza. the filing claims israel's war against hamas is in violation of the i948 genocide convention, which makes it a crime to attempt to destroy a people in whole or in part. on friday, south african

officials said the measure was quote: "necessary in this case to protect "against further, severe and irreparable harm "to the rights of the palestinian people." israel's foreign ministry has called the suit "baseless," saying: "israel has made it clear that the residents "of the gaza strip are not the enemy, and is making every "effort to limit harm to the non—involved "and to allow humanitarian aid to enter the gaza strip." no hearing date has been set by the court. israel says it launched an extensive series of strikes against hezbollah targets in nearby lebanon. the attacks come in response to missiles fired over the border. these pictures released by the israeli defence 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. the strikes impacted the iran—backed group's positioning near the border, though israel said it doesn't intend to open its border with lebanon. the two sides have traded strikes continously since the hamas�*s 7 october attacks.

israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has warned that beirut would be turned "into gaza" if hezbollah started an all—out war. to some other news now. in the uk, king charles new year honours list has just been announced with people from the world of sport, entertainment, as well as everyday walks of life recognised. the annual awards typically celebrate the contribution of celebrities, government employees, and people who have served their community. some are decided following recommendations from the prime minister or senior government ministers. 0ur entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba has all the details. her books have sold in their millions. noinlly cooper has been made a dame for services to literature and charity. i can't quite believe it, it's so lovely. when they told me, i got the letter and i thought, "gosh, this can't be me. "me, blockbusterjill?" but it was lovely. i'm thrilled to bits. we're open!

michael eavis has been welcoming festival—goers to glastonbury for more than half a century. he's been knighted for his music and charity work. also receiving knighthoods, wetherspoons boss tim martin, who says he never expected to be recognised for services to hospitality and to culture. god save the king! and justin welby, the archbishop of canterbury, is knighted for his role in the coronation. former rugby league players kevin sinfield and rob burrow have campaigned around motor neurone disease since burrow was diagnosed with the condition. they've both been made cbes. certainly weren't expecting it. and this has never been about any recognition, this is about raising money and awareness for the mnd community and fighting for rob. so, you know, ifeel very humbled by the whole thing. three lionesses are recognised for services to football. millie bright, who captained the world cup finalists, says it feels incredible

to be made an 0be. england'sjoint top goal scorer lauren hemp and golden glove winner mary earps are both made mbes. in the entertainment world, tonya blackburn said it's an unexpected and humbling to be made an 0be for services to broadcast and charity. fellow dj steve wright becomes an nde, as does bake 0ff star paul hollywood. most honours go to people not in the public eye. rizwanjaved has saved 29 lives on rail platforms, approaching and talking to people who were showing signs that they were thinking of ending their lives. he's been made an mbe. every intervention that i was involved in, ijust felt like it was a part of life. i never thought it would be

recognised to this scale. but it's definitely given me the confidence to carry on this work and spread awareness amongst everyone. the oldest person honoured is 97—year—old jill gladwell. a poppy appeal collector for eight decades, she�*s been made an mbe, one of many being recognised for making a real difference. lizo mzimba, bbc news. my colleague caitriona perry spoke to our political correspondent peter saull about it a little earlier. she gets to produce a list surrounded by controversy. tell us about it. surrounded by controversy. tell us about it— us about it. yes, that's right. the shortest _ us about it. yes, that's right. the shortest serving - us about it. yes, that's right. the shortest serving feministj the shortest serving feminist in british history. she is perfectly entitled to hand out a series of honours — ii in total.

three new members of the house of lords, the unelected second chamber in british politics. not particularly controversial names, i have to say, not really household ones either, perhaps the biggest among them matthew elliott who set up the think tank or the taxpayers alliance, right of centre think tank, and went on to be chief executive of the vote leave campaign, the victorious vote leave campaign during the eu referendum in 2016, so a sniffing at figure in british departure from the european union, some other names on their include allies on the conservative benches in the house of commons who are getting knighthoods and james woods. then we have got places given in the house of lords but it is really not the names that are the controversy here but the fact that liz truss who had such an elevated, frankly catastrophic prime ministership lasting just 49 days that allow that it lasting just 49 days that allow thatitis lasting just 49 days that allow that it is in the first place and the labour party say rishi

sunak should have blocked this. that's probably unlikely that rishi sunak making it clear through his people in downing street that he was just simply following convention and all prime ministers really have to approve these lists even if they don't necessarily like it. the deputy leader of the lib dems daisy cooper has said that this list called into disrepute the entire honours system. does it? , ~ ., , ., it? yes, i think though is a question — it? yes, i think though is a question mark— it? yes, i think though is a question mark about - it? yes, i think though is a question mark about the i it? yes, i think though is a - question mark about the number of peers. borisjohnson before liz truss also gave plenty of places in the house of lords away. there is something like a hundred members of the house of lords now, not nearly enough space for them all to cram into the road benches in the houses of parliament. we have electoral reform society today saying that the whole system is rotten, out—of—control, they say this essentially because the whole thing into disrepute and others point out that under

liz truss, as the so—called mini—budget, widescale tax cuts, she hoped to boost the economy in the event actually ended up causing a bit over run on the pound and an immediate almost overnight increase in interest rates, having quite the impact on mortgage holders here in the uk. 0f the impact on mortgage holders here in the uk. of course there were international factors there as well, interest rates have been going up in the united states but certainly labour now using that as a step to be the current conservative administration with and certainly thinking is the voters will look fairly dimly on this new set of honours. many of them close allies involved in that ill—fated liz truss administration. she they put a statement saying all these individuals are more than deserving of their honours and they go back some years, a lot of them have worked with her in various ministerial roles before she got the job of prime

minister and sheer sale of these are individuals that are in her words are champions of the conservative clauses of freedom, limited government and proud and submerged. has freedom, limited government and proud and submerged.— proud and submerged. has there been a response _ proud and submerged. has there been a response from _ proud and submerged. has there been a response from those - proud and submerged. has there been a response from those in i been a response from those in the under list you received this recognition? we haven't managed — this recognition? we haven't managed to _ this recognition? we haven't managed to get _ this recognition? we haven't managed to get hold - this recognition? we haven't managed to get hold of - this recognition? we haven't i managed to get hold of anyone on the list yet, no. you'd imagine they would be quite happy with this. certainly in the new year when houses of parliament returns we will see in of those three new members of the house of lords, they may all then give maiden speeches in the lords, there are some who haven't actually made it onto the list. it had been reported that mike littlewood was the head of a right of centre think tank or the institute for economic affairs quite influential in liz truss's politics that he had been offered a place. he put on x a month or so ago that he had been blocked by what's called the house of lords appointment

committee, there are processes involved to make sure all individuals are suitable, so not everyone who liz truss wanted has made it onto this list. 11 names as i see in total, herteam list. 11 names as i see in total, her team saying this is limited, certainly compared to her predecessor borisjohnson that again borisjohnson her predecessor borisjohnson that again boris johnson for her predecessor borisjohnson that again borisjohnson for is a ministerfor an awful lot a minister for an awful lot longer. a minister for an awful lot loner. longer. indeed. peter saull, thank you — longer. indeed. peter saull, thank you for _ longer. indeed. peter saull, thank you for that. - let's turn to some other headlines around the world. a british woman and her 22—year—old son have been killed in an avalanche while skiing in france. the mother, who was 5a, and her son, who have not been named, had been skiing off—piste near the swiss border when they were buried by an avalanche. lawyers for the russian opposition activist ksenia fadeeva say she's been jailed for nine years for extremism. she had led jailed opposition leader alexei navalny�*s now—banned organisation in the siberian city of tomsk, building it into a powerful voice in local politics. her supporters say she will appeal to the highest court. the sentence is the latest in vladimir putin's crackdown before the march presidential election. turkey's interior minster says that security forces have

detained at least 29 people suspected of having links to the islamic state. the raids on friday came a week after police arrested more than 300 people with alleged ties to the group, saying it is part of a security drive in the run—up to new year festivities. us prosecutors say they do not plan to conduct a second trial against sam bankman—fried, who was convicted last month of stealing from customers of his now bankrupt ftx cryptocurrency exchange. in a letterfiled in federal court in manhattan, prosecutors said much of the evidence that would be offered at a second trial was already presented at the first trial, and there was, quote, a "strong public interest in a prompt resolution" of the matter. it's been a busy week for america's southern border. us and mexican officials agreed work together more closely to tackle a record number of migrants crossing over on thursday. this comes just a day after secretary of state antony blinken's meeting with president andres manuel lopez 0brador in mexico city. in the past several months, members of congress have been applying pressure on the biden administration to take action as border states are being hit

hardest with the influx of migrants. texas has been taking steep measures to manage the overwhelming surge of people. earlier this month, its governor passed a state law allowing the arrest of those who cross the border illegally. since last april, greg abbott sent tens of thousands migrants to mostly democrat—run cities. primary recipient new york city is now requiring charter buses transporting migrants to provide a 32—hour notice in advance of their arrival into new york. as both mexican and us authorities are cracking down on immigration, many those headed to the shared border face the harshness of winter. a short while ago, i spoke to mexico's former ambassador to china, jorge guajardo. ambassador, earlier this week, we saw the us secretary of state and homeland security secretary meet with the mexican president. they were meeting to discuss migration in mexico city. and we saw the mexican president say that they had met important agreements.

he didn't say exactly what those agreements are but what do you think they might have been? do you think any real progress was made here? well, i think the fact they are talking about a shared problem is progress in and of itself. there is an issue happening at the border, and the fact that mexico and the us are both addressing it as partners i think is great progress. i am not privy to the agreements but i am very optimistic of the fact that they are talking in a respectful, creative and constructive way, so that is how partners are supposed to work, so i was very heartened by this visit. the us has been clear it wants to see mexico take on an even bigger role in curbing the flow of migration into the us. and the mexican president said he is willing to do that, to help. how can mexico do so? what concrete measures could it take to

actually curb this massive flow that we're seeing at the moment? first of all, things mexico can do, of course, is enforce migratory laws in our southern border with guatemala. but also, there are issues about taking in the immigrants that are not coming into the united states and mexico. in fact, a lot of them are staying to work in monterey, my home town in mexico, and there is a big haitian community that initially headed to the united states, were not allowed to go into the united states, they were waiting in mexico, and they have been absorbed into the labour force. so, in that sense, that has also helped, but a lot in that instance, many of the immigrants crossing the border right now are not mexican — in fact, a big majority are not mexican — and the us is sending them back to mexico and mexico doesn't necessarily have a budget to repatriate to their respective countries, many of whom are from faraway places. so, in that sense, probably working together, we can share the burden, the economic burden, of repatriating

the immigrants in the most humane way possible. i want to ask you about what you said about some migrants coming and staying in some towns and working because we spoke to a republican congressman — tony gonzales — earlier. his district is upon the us—mexico border, as you're probably aware, and he says he wants to see mexico do more to curb humanitarian work visas for people who don't intend to use them. this is what he said. what ends up happening is people coming from all over the world going to mexico city, get these humanitarian visas, illegally transit through mexico city and then, they illegally enter the united states. what do you think of that? well, whether or not they enter the us illegally or not, i think that's something for the united states to decide. however, i am sure you have read in the news all this phenomenon of new shoring of investment coming into mexico, most of it coming into monterey — again, where i am from. and one just assumes that a mexico has an endless supply

of labour. in fact, that is not the case. there is high labour turnover, there is need for more labour and a lot of these immigrants — and again, i am mentioning the haitians because if you travel to monterey, you will see a big haitian community that has been incorporated into the labour force, working in factories in monterey. you see a lot of central americans. now, those are notjust getting visas to transit to the united states. maybe they initially did. the fact is that nowadays, they are working in monterey. so, how do you convince more people, then, from the mexican perspective to stay and not travel on to the us? keep in mind they are not necessarily mexicans coming to the us. a lot of them are coming from other countries. there are a lot of chinese, africans, central americans, venezuelans — huge numbers of venezuelans and cubans. we have to enforce our immigration laws in our southern border so they don't cross into the country and take advantage of a lax situation to reach the us border but those who do come

with a plight — humanitarian plight. i think mexico, who has a long tradition of absorbing immigrants, of granting asylum, maybe we can incorporate them into the labour force within mexico, and i think that is a that is already being done. another item that the congressmen mentioned to us is to discuss some of the push factors that are creating some of these migration flows that we are seeing from countries like venezuela, nicaragua, where people are fleeing violence and also economic hardship. what do you want to see the us do, together with mexico, to address some of those push factors? well, immigration is a global phenomenon. it's happening in indonesia, it's happening with bangladesh, people migrating to indonesia, it's happening in europe with syrians migrating north. it is a global issue. there are many reasons why people migrate. some are related to climate

change, to poverty, to social unrest, to violence — there are many things we can do to help but at the end of the day we have to ensure the trend leads to greater migratory flows and movements. so, we have to be aware, and if we're not going to be absorbing them, at least we have to provide a humane way to deal with the issue. cruelty is no way to deal with migrants and oftentimes we get confused and think that using them as a political ball helps. it doesn't. it is a very tragic situation that forces people to migrate and i guess it's on us to give them a humane treatment. ambassador, really good to get your perspective on this issue. thank you forjoining us. thank you. the us military�*s robot space plane blasted off from florida on its seventh mission. it's the first launch atop the spacex falcon heavy rocket, which is capable of delivering rockets into a higher orbit than ever before. the launch followed more than two weeks of false starts and delays due to poor weather and technical issues. the pentagon disclosed few details about the mission but said the space plane will carry out a series of classified experiments.

its previous trip lasted more than 900 days. it's been another day of dangerous surf along the california coast. in ventura, at least eight people were taken to the hospital with injuries. 15—foot waves slammed retaining walls and even flooded a seaside hotel. crews have been building berms and dams along beaches. for days, it's been a draw forsurfers, however. and just before we go, we're just a couple of days away from new year's eve but the confetti is already falling in new york city's times square. take a look at these images. 0rganisers of the big new year's eve festivities did a test run for the big moment, when an estimated 3,000 pounds of confetti will fall from rooftops overlooking times square. the entertainment company leading the festivities said no details can be overlooked, including the quality of the confetti. on new year's night, about 100 volunteer �*dispersal engineers' will drop the confetti on the street below to ring in the new year.

thank you so much for watching bbc news. do stay with us. hello. well, new year's eve is just around the corner. obviously, a lot happening, but we've also got some bad weather on the way. and here's some advice for you this weekend — with the very heavy rain and the gale force winds, there could be some disruption, certainly some delays are likely. and on top of that, we've got snow on the way for the northern hills and mountains. and here's the area of low pressure as it approaches us during the course of early saturday. now, ahead of it, the weather's actually not too bad. there'll be some clear spells and some chilly, frosty weather in scotland but elsewhere, you can see that milder weather already setting in. so, here's the low pressure — lots of isobars here. obviously, the more isobars there are, the stronger the winds. here's that weather front as it

sweeps across ireland towards the west of england, wales and scotland. some snow there, blizzards across the mountains. temperatures around 12 degrees in the south, ten in liverpool. further north, it will be colder. now, how about that really rough weather? well, it'll happen along this cold front here. very strong winds around coastal areas, exposed spots 60, maybe even 70 miles an hour. very windy inland, too. notice how that weather front curls into the centre of this low pressure. and that cold front actually doesn't reach eastern areas until very late — early hours of sunday, in fact. so, the low pressure barrels across the uk into new year's eve and, actually, many of us find ourselves in the centre of that low. why is that important? well, actually, the winds are very light in the heart of the low here. that also means that any showers will linger for a long period of time. there's just a few sunny spells around. the stronger winds will be towards the south. and then, if we head towards midnight, this is roughly what it will look like. i mean, this forecast will still change —

the details and the positions of these showers — but, broadly speaking, notice this patchy nature of rain and also, the clear spells at the stroke of midnight. so, further north, i think this is where the best of the weather will be, here around central and north—western scotland. further south across the uk, we've got the strong winds and also those frequent showers. and then, new year's day, another area of low pressure heads our way, another set of weather fronts, a more prolonged spell of rain. so, really, the first week of 2024 is looking very unsettled. relatively mild with those temperatures typically around sort of 10 — 8—10 degrees, i think, for most of us. that's it from me. bye— bye.

voice-over: this is bbc news. we'll have the headlines for you at the top of the hour, which is straight after this programme. 2023 was a remarkable year for sport. up here, an historic treble. down under, a women's world cup. england and australia couldn't be separated in the ashes, whilst cricket, rugby union and netball all had world cups of their own. golf came togetherfor

the solheim and ryder cups. but the start of this sporting year was, for some, less a beginning and more a resumption. football had onlyjust returned after its unprecedented winter world cup break. also resuming, returning, the australian open once more welcomed novak djokovic, a year on from his deportation over his covid vaccination status. still no vax for novak but here he was, back and unbeatable. his was a 22nd grand slam title. for irina sabalenka, a first. saudi arabia's bid to become a major player in global sport was laid bare. cristiano ronaldo becoming a figurehead for the fledgling football league. before the end of the year, they had all but been awarded a world cup. there was shock, too, injanuary, after buffalo bills' damar hamlin suffered a cardiac arrest during an nfl game. the world watched on, as he would eventually make a recovery. here, rugby union's six nations, well, that was all about ireland.