pictures matching the words. more than 1200 people from the world of sport, entertainmentand than 1200 people from the world of sport, entertainment and charity are recognised in the new years honours list. we start with the latest on the israel gaza war where health officials in gaza say that 100 palestinians have been killed in the past 2a hours as the israeli army strikes targets across the territory. there's been fierce tank fire and air strikes in khan younis in southern gaza, which israel sees as a stronghold of hamas. residents have reported intense gun battles between israeli troops and hamas fighters there. 0ur correspondent shaimaa khalil sent this report from jerusalem. 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 for further 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. meanwhile, israel has responded furiously to south africa s application, on friday, to the international court ofjustice, to rule that israel has carried out, what it called,

genocidal acts in gaza. israeli foreign ministry spokesperson lior haiat says... he goes on to say... 0ur middle east correspondent yolande knell is injerusalem and told us more about that response from the israelis. the israeli government isn't sitting today because it's the jewish sabbath. but this was a very strongly worded response that we had from the foreign ministry spokesperson. at the same time, though, i think some of it would be expected, it's often quite a difficult relationship with south africa because of the fact it has very strong support for the palestinian cause, often identifies, the ruling anc party in south africa, between the palestinian nationalist struggle and its own past struggle against apartheid. and we heard about those gun

battles in khan younis. what more can you tell us about what's happening? so, residents of khan younis were telling us that they could hear very loudly gun battles taking place on the streets, presumably between hamas fighters and israeli soldiers who are there deep in the heart of this city, the main southern city of gaza, seen as a place where perhaps the hamas leaders, the likes of yahya sinwar — whose hometown it is, he is the leader of hamas in gaza — perhaps they could be hiding in underground tunnels there. that's what the israeli military thinks. we've also had israeli artillery pushing into the city, artillery shells, and also more israeli air strikes. three people killed, according to medics, by an air strike earlier this morning. and so, really, that does appear to be a main focus still of israel's ground offensive. but at the same time, it is pushing into these three urban refugee camps in the centre

of the gaza strip, where there have also been air strikes ahead of the advance of israeli tanks overnight. and we're seeing many pictures, of those being displaced by this latest offensive, the un saying around 150,000 people. are there safe places for people to travel? i mean, it's extremely difficult. what we're seeing is that people are using whatever means they can, eitherfleeing on foot, using donkey carts in some cases, a few people have got their vehicles with enough fuel to make the journey, and they're sort of going in short hops. as they fled from these different camps in the centre of gaza strip, as israel's ground offensive has advanced just in the past week, heading first to deir al—balah, a big town there which has also been hit by air strikes, as we saw, and then going south into rafah, the town on the egyptian border. but of course, this is now the most densely populated part of the gaza strip. there are hundreds of thousands of people who are displaced there.

the un says that it's extremely difficult to deal with in terms of they're seeing now a spread of disease in the areas where there are these overcrowded shelters and people living in very difficult conditions, some of them sleeping rough or else in sort of makeshift tents that they've set up. eurostar has cancelled at least 1a trains to and from london and warns of severe delays after a tunnel flooded under the river thames. other services have also been cancelled. this video has been released by southeastern rail shows flooding along part of the line. the company says its high speed services will not run today. the disruption comes as many travellers are trying to get away for the new year. live now to london st pancras station and our reporter, rachel mcadam. what is the situation? i'm outside

st pancras and _ what is the situation? i'm outside st pancras and you _ what is the situation? i'm outside st pancras and you can _ what is the situation? i'm outside st pancras and you can see - what is the situation? i'm outside st pancras and you can see it's . st pancras and you can see it's pretty windy here and the eurostar services have been cancelled due to flooding of a tunnel underneath the thames. it doesn't seem too busy outside but it is just getting busier as the day goes on. as i walked through this morning and on my way here, it was pretty busy. there were lots of families standing around and they were announcing but there would not be any trains running before mid day but when i went back in a few minutes ago, they would say until further notice. they are working on resolving the problem and they said that anyone who is affected by this as you can get a refund or exchange their tickets for a new train but a lot of people who are trying to get away for new year's eve, it's a very busy time to travel. it was also announced that

if you are looking for a ticket to get on a eurostar train at any point today, they are completely sold out. there is no more space so there are lots of people inside wondering how to get to the destination but they want to get to and people are looking at getting a flight. some people are even looking at driving to dover and getting a ferry over to france so that they can be there for new year's or go and visit family or go on holiday during this festive period. go on holiday during this festive eriod. . ~' ,, an emergency meeting of the un security council has overwhelmingly condemned russia's aerial assault on ukraine on friday — the largest since the start of the war. many countries said hitting civilian infrastructure had violated the international rules of war. more than 30 people were killed and 160 injured in the missile strikes yesterday. let's hear some of what countries' ambassadors to the un had to say in new york. rather than peace, putin chose to mark this holiday season and usher in the new year with a unprecedented number

of drone and missile attacks against another un member state. these missiles were aimed at population centres across ukraine. they struck homes, apartment buildings, shopping centres and metros. a maternity hospital and a regional oncology centre has been damaged. in short, civilian infrastructure. meanwhile, poland has put its air defence forces on high alert after a suspected russian missile briefly entered polish airspace on friday. 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. _ 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 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 0desa 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 farfrom 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, while moscow is trying to damage ukrainian 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. now it's time for a look

at today's sport with chetham. we start with the nba where the boston celtics beat the toronto raptors to win their fifth straight game to solidify their position at the top of the eastern conference. celtics starjaylen brown made a triumphant return to the boston line—up after a one—game absence due to injury scoring 31 points in 41 minutes. brown showed no signs of the back problem that had forced him to miss the celtics' victory over detroit — he also added ten rebounds. despite his efforts, the raptors matched boston until brown's late alley oop to luke kornet saw them edge to a narrow win. in houston, the philadelphia 76ers overcame the continued absence ofjoel embiid as they beat the rockets. that they did so was largely down to the performance of tyrese maxey who stepped up with 42 points. the 76ers are 3rd in the eastern conference. next — brazil's famous christ the redeemer statue has been given a temporary makeover.

the enormous icon, which towers over rio dejaneiro, wore a number 10 brazil shirt last night — to mark the first anniversary of the death of legendary footballer pele. it's not actually a shirt, of course. it's coloured lights projected onto the statue. injust over an hour, it's the big game in the scottish premiership — as celtic and rangers go head to head at the top of the table. celtic have a five point lead — but rangers have two games in hand. it'll be the first old firm derby for rangers boss phillipe clement — but he's not getting caught up with the occasion: i know it's about three points. it is of course a boost at that moment, but then three days later you need to confirm the boost. i've seen in the past well enough, in my team or in other teams, people get an incredible boost and an incredible performance, and three days later they don't perform any more because they were thinking about their boost. so then you lose. it's about three points.

also kicking off in little over an hour is saturday's early game in the english premier league. luton town, who've won their last two matches, could move out of the relegation zone with a win. chelsea are the side they play at kenilworth road. mauricio pochetino's side are tenth after a disappointing first half of the season and the chelsea manager is expecting luton to push his team to the limit. we need to go there to luton and think that it is going to be really tough because the stadium, the fans and it is a team that love to fight but if we want to get some good result, we need to be ready of course to play but it is going to be a really tough game because we need to match the capacity to fight in every single goal. five other games — aston villa have the chance to move

level on points with the leaders liverpool when they play burnley, the champions manchester city can move within a couple of points of top spot when they face bottom side sheffield united, nottingham forest are at home to manchester united in the late game. former world number one naomi 0saka is stepping up her preparations for the first tennis grand slam of the new year — the australian open — which begins in a fortnight. 0saka will be playing in brisbane next week, her opening match is against the german world number 84 tamara korpatsch. 0saka hasn't played since september 2022 and gave birth to her daughter shai five months ago. the four time grand slam champion says becoming a mum has made her more patient, confident and ambitious: i think ithinki i think i consider this a second chapter. someone said there was a half—time and we are now on the second half. buti half—time and we are now on the second half. but i think for me, it has affected my goals in a positive way. i think it's better to have big goals and achieve half of them then set little goals and surpass what

you have dreamt of. i think it's better to have big dreams. and that's all the sport for now. lets bring you these pictures we are seeing from serbia, where several thousand protesters have gathered in central belgrade to protest alleged electoral fraud. central belgrade to protest alleged electoralfraud. it's another central belgrade to protest alleged electoral fraud. it's another day of protests against the local elections, where the secured a victory but groups have protested that decision. that we will bring you the latest on that when we have it.

earlier we reported on the travel disruption caused to eurostar train services because of the bad weather. well there are weather and flood warnings currently active across the uk, as nicky schiller reports. it is set to be a wet and windy and 2023 the many people. there are a number of weather warnings in force. lets start in scotland where there is a yellow warning enforce the rain and snow until midnight. in terms of the rain, we get up to 25 millimetres lower ground whilst the large parts of scotland have had snow in the past weeks, the forecasters are saying there could be a significant amount in northern scotland. they could be up to 20 centimetres of snow in the highest ground. down the country, there is a yellow warning for gusty winds in force for wales and southern and eastern england. you can expect gusts of up to 75 mph. in northern ireland, heavy rain also forecast.

forecasters are saying because of this wet and windy heavy conditions, you can see that he might expect disruption to travel. talking of disruption, thames link, which operates services across south—east england, is warning of disruption untilfive england, is warning of disruption until five o'clock england, is warning of disruption untilfive o'clock on england, is warning of disruption until five o'clock on new year's day. not down to the weather, rather the fact that they have staff shortages. they are saying there could be last minute cancellations and also delays to services. in particular, they are warning people coming into central london for the new year's eve celebrations, that there will be no overnight services. so revellers who are hoping to get home on the thames link service, there will be no services running overnight and they are not operating any alternative forms of transport like a bus, so you will need to find your own way home. that will also affect passengers heading to luton airport as thames link also services

the airport. here in the uk, the new year honours list has been announced — with people recognised from the worlds of sport, entertainment and charity. the authorjilly cooper is made a dame; and there's a knighthood for michael eavis, who co—created the glastonbury music festival more than 50 years ago. and in a great year for women's football, there's recognition for three of england's lionesses. 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. can't quite believe it. so lovely. i mean, when they told me i got te letter, and i thought, god, this can't be me. but it was lovely, i was thrilled to bits. 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. and justin welby, the archbishop of canterbury, is knighted for his role in the coronation. three world cup lionesses are recognised for services to football. i wasn't expecting it. this is not about any recognitions, this is about any recognitions, this is about running awareness for the mnd community and fighting for rob. i feel very humbled by the whole thing. three world cup 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, tony blackburn says it's unexpected and humbling to be made an 0be for services to broadcasting and charity. fellow dj steve wright becomes an mbe, as does bake 0ff star paul hollywood for services to broadcasting and baking. most honours go to people not in the public eye. rizwanjavid has saved 29 lives on rail platforms, approaching and talking to people who were showing signs 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. labour and the liberal democrats have attacked the publication of the resignation honours of the former prime minister, liz truss, who served just 49 days in office. peter saull reports. liz truss turned up on downing street in september last year. another conservative prime minister promising a fresh approach. but that approach backfired, so much so thatjust six weeks later she was behind the lectern again, this time to resign. it has been a huge honour to be prime minister of this great country. hers was the shortest premiership in british history. butjust like all former prime minister, she's been able to hand out some honours. there's a life peerage for matthew elliott, who co—founded the right of centre think tank, the taxpayers alliance, and was the chief executive of the vote leave campaign during the eu referendum.

the businessmanjohn moynihan, who was liz truss's main fundraiser, and ruth porter, a long time adviser, also get places in the house of lords. there are damehoods for the writer and mass education campaigner, shirley conran, and the former conservative minister, jacqui doyle price. another ex—tory minister, alex sandbrook, gets a knighthood while five other allies receive either cbes, 0bes or mbes. in a statement, liz truss said, i am delighted these champions for the conservative causes of freedom, limited government and a proud and sovereign britain have been suitably honoured. but her political opponents think it's a disgrace. remember, liz truss was prime ministerfor a0 odd days. she and her conservative colleagues pushed the economy off a cliff. families across the country are paying more in their mortgage, more in tax, more on their credit cards as a consequence of decisions taken by liz truss. and these are rewards for failure. borisjohnson caused controversy by making one of his aides, charlotte 0wen, the youngest peer

at the age ofjust 30, and some feel the whole system needs an overhaul. i think as long as we have this system where prime ministers are allowed to choose who goes in, we will see them using that power. so the only way we can actually kind of put a proper check on this is if we have an elected lords and the people such as ourselves who live under the laws that are made get to choose who decides them. and that's the only way we're going to actually put an end to this this absurd scenario. downing street, which published the list, insists that all of the proper conventions were followed. but should all prime ministers really get the chance to give out gongs to their allies, no matter how long they served? peter saull, bbc news. let's bring you some breaking news from sheffield in the uk where a man has been remanded in custody. he has

been charged with the murder of chris marriot, who died after being hit by a car while trying to help a stranger who was walking with his wife and two children when he was went to the aid of a woman on the street. hello there. if you are planning to set out on a journey later on today, there are a few weather bits and pieces to be aware of. heavy outbreaks of rain could bring some localised flooding today. health snow on the way for northern scotland in particular. and there's a risk of some particularly squally winds that could bring down some tree branches. the trouble all caused by this area of low pressure that's spinning to our west. outbreaks of rain heading in and some of the heaviest rain, the strongest winds later on this afternoon will be across wales and south west england. the rain really intense for quite a short period of time, but could be heavy enough to cause some localised surface water flooding in the winds strong enough to bring down some tree branches as well. so localised disruption from that feature.

further north as the rain works into the colder air in scotland, we see it turn to snow. could be some snow at lower elevations, but the risk of disruption is over the high ground, where we're looking at around 5 to 10 centimetres of snow. that puts routes like the a9, at risk of seeing some localised disruption. and then during the evening and overnight that squally band of rain, intense downpours, some very gusty winds works its way eastwards across wales and england, clearing towards the end of the night. so heading into new year's eve, we're looking at an unsettled day. the same area of low pressure is with us. it's a day of sunshine and showers. the showers widespread, heavy with some hail and thunder mixed in, particularly for northern ireland, parts of northern england, north wales and the midlands. the strongest winds for southern wales and southern parts of england, there will still be some gales around coasts and hills. that takes us towards the all important midnight hour and those new year's celebrations as we leave 2023 behind. and welcome 202a.

we're looking at unsettled weather conditions with widespread showers, some of them still pretty heavy with gusty winds. now, the showers will ease away for a time on monday, but then we'll see more unsettled weather moving in from the west, so a few showers to start the day. 0therwise some bright or sunny conditions. so not a bad day for a new year's day walk. that is until we see the next band of rain working in from the southwest. and given how wet the weather has been over recent weeks, we could well see some further flooding concerns into the early parts of the new year. the weather certainly staying unsettled. more rain at times, generally mild for england, wales and northern ireland, but on the cold side in parts of scotland.

this is bbc news, the headlines. in southern gaza, fierce tank fire and air strikes are reported in khan younis. it comes as the un says around 150,000 palestinians are being forced to flee parts of central gaza, as israel's ground offensive advances. an emergency meeting of the un security council has overwhelmingly condemned russia's aerial assault on ukraine on friday — the largest since the start of the war. many countries said hitting civilian infrastructure had violated the international rules of war. new year's eve travellers face major disruption as tunnel flooding under london's river thames brings eurostar services to a halt. more widely, dozens of train services have already been cancelled because of staff shortages and storm damage.

in the uk more than 1,200 people from the worlds of sport, entertainment and charity have been recognised in the new year honours list. the awards are chosen by king charles following now on bbc news — the royal year. a moment in history — the coronation of king charles iii. god save the king! congregation: god save the king! cheering.