the climate crisis added six more weeks of extreme heat in 202a. one of the last functioning hospitals in northern gaza has been forcibly evacuated by the israeli military. a nasa spacecraft has made history by surviving the closest—ever approach to the sun. hello, i'm luxmy gopal. azerbaijan airlines says that the preliminary results of the investigation into the plane crash in kazakhstan found there was �*external physical and technical interference�*. but the report stopped short of accusing any group or country of being responsible. the plane had originally tried to land at grozzni

airport in southern russia. the head of russia's aviation authority says the plane was unable to do so because of a ukrainian drone attack. pro—government media in azerbaijan has quoted un—named officials, saying they believed a russian air defence missile caused the plane to crash. jon donnison reports. this is the moment the plane went down. it's remarkable anyone survived. but emerging from the wreckage, some did. the flight had been diverted to kazakhstan after passengers heard bangs when it tried to land at its original destination — grozny, in chechnya. translation: they say there were two bangs, l but i only heard one. it was quite substantial. i honestly didn't hear the second one. at first only some of the oxygen masks fell out, not all of them. investigators are now examining the damage to the outside of the plane.

the owner, azerbaijan airlines, said only that it had suffered external physical and technical interference. the kremlin has again refused to comment on speculation that it was mistakenly brought down by a russian air defence system. translation: i'd like to point out that the situation on that l day during those hours in the area around grozny airport was very difficult. ukrainian military drones were carrying out terrorist attacks on civilian infrastructure in the city of grozny and others nearby. in azerbaijan today, the first funerals for some of the 38 people who were killed. why they died will take time to find out and will likely be disputed. jon donnison, bbc news. tim atkinson is a former air accident investigator. he gave me his assessment of what's happened.

these days, there is so much imagery in social media and in the news that occasionally it is possible to draw some quite clear conclusions very early on. and the photographs that we've seen and the video footage, which are many at the public domain now, clearly show damage to the aircraft which is consistent with an explosion of some kind, almost certainly external to but very close to the aircraft. and those images, along with the other evidence, indicate very strongly some that what has happened her indicate very strongly that what has happened her is that some kind of air defence missile has exploded close to the aircraft. that has not only caused the disruption to the aircraft's skin, which is very easily apparent in the photographs and video, but importantly, other evidence suggests that that disrupted the aircraft's flying control systems, which are hydraulic, and if they lose their hydraulic fluid, then

the pilots in the flight deck effectively lose their normal means of controlling the aircraft. and that is an extraordinarily difficult situation from which disaster is almost certainly the only outcome. but occasionally we see cases, and this appears to be another of them, very similar to the sioux city crash many years ago, in which the pilots nonetheless managed to maintain some degree of control of the aircraft. and the video footage shows the aircraft in a series of what we would call phugoid manoeuvres, so the video shows it pitching up and then down over a period of many seconds in each case. and fortunately, the final manoeuvre which results in the aircraft's contact with the ground — i don't that we can call it a landing — but i have no doubt whatsoever that the manner in which that was achieved by the flight crew is the reason that there were 29 survivors and not

the loss of all on board. that was tim atkinson there. one of the last functioning hospitals in northern gaza has been forcibly evacuated by the israeli military. the kamal adwan hospital has been under siege by the idf for weeks. staff say air strikes overnight which targeted the area killed 50 people. the head of the hospital's nursing department told the bbc the army gave them only a 15 minute warning to evacuate patients and staff before the israeli army entered the hospital and removed any patients that remained. israel has not commented on the evacuation. our colleagues at bbc arabic have been talking to those who witnessed the operation. translation: guys, we are talking to you from inside i the hospital as we are coming down to the courtyard. the army is inside the hospital. we hope everyone will be safe. if we are lucky, we will get back to you and talk to you again, god willing for the best. please forgive us if we have wronged anyone and pray for us.

i'm the paramedic at kamal adwan hospital, walid al—badri. translation: the occupation army is now besieging - kamal adwan hospital and is asking dr hussam abu safiya to bring patients down to the hospital's courtyard. in 15 minutes from now, the army will enter the hospital. this is the message verbatim which dr hussam hasjust received from the occupation army. some witnesses and speaking to our colleagues at bbc arabic. our correspondent, shaimaa khalil, sent this report from jerusalem. we've heard from medical staff, who say that, as you mentioned, they were given very, very short time to evacuate the hospital — both the patients and the medical staff — and that israeli soldiers went into the hospital and evacuated the rest. we're unsure where the patients and the medical staff had gone. we also heard reports from the medical staff inside the hospital that some people were taken in the courtyard and told to strip, to take off

their clothes, in very, very cold conditions. we haven't heard a comment from the israeli military about that. one concerning point is that we're unaware, or we're not sure, where the patients and the medical staff are being taken after the evacuation of the hospital. there has been a statement by an israeli military official earlier, a couple of days earlier, that there is an intention to take some of the patients and evacuate them to another hospital, the indonesian hospital. the problem with that is that the indonesian hospital itself has been evacuated and itself has been the site of shelling and bombardment, and so it is essentially hollowed out as a medicalfacility. medical staff tell us that you've got people in icu, patients in a coma who need acute medical attention — they need oxygen, for example, they need medication. and the hospital, the indonesian hospital, is not equipped.

this comes after hours, from what we've heard from dr hussam, who's the head of the kamal adwan hospital, he said that overnight, there'd been shelling in the vicinity of the hospital and in the building opposite it, and that resulted in the death of dozens of people — around 50 or so — but also major destruction around the hospital. the israeli military said they're unaware of that and that they're looking into it. new analysis shows fossil fuels are supercharging heatwaves, leaving millions prone to deadly temperatures. it shows the climate crisis caused an additional six weeks of dangerously hot days in 2024, and nearly half the world's countries endured at least two months of high—risk temperatures. let's speak to dr kristina dahl — she is from climate central and leads global weather attribution and climate trend research. thank you forjoining us, christina. tell us first of all

which of the areas that have been worst affected by these weeks of extreme temperature. we did look at all countries around the world and we calculated just how many additional days of dangerous heat climate change has caused this year. and what we found is that on average, people experienced about a0 days additionally of extreme heat because of climate change this year. but that really masks these different trends geographically. so we found that the places that are most affected by climate driven extreme heat tend to be in tropical areas, countries like barbados for example or trinidad. whereas the effects were somewhat less in places like europe. were somewhat less in places like eur0pe-— were somewhat less in places like europe. and how easy is it to accurately _ like europe. and how easy is it to accurately obtain _ like europe. and how easy is it to accurately obtain this - like europe. and how easy is it to accurately obtain this data l to accurately obtain this data and get a real sense of how many deaths these heat waves are causing?— are causing? yeah, that's a ureat are causing? yeah, that's a great question _ are causing? yeah, that's a great question because - are causing? yeah, that's aj great question because this are causing? yeah, that's a i great question because this is

a branch of science called attribution science that has really just developed attribution science that has reallyjust developed within the last 20 years or so. so it's only in the last few years that we've really been able to say with confidence whether a particular heat wave or a particular heat wave or a particular stretch of hot days or extreme rainfall can be attributed to climate change. and to do this work, we basically have to use a climate model to compare the temperatures that we actually experienced with what we would have experienced in a world without any human caused climate change. and so it's definitely intense scientific work, but it's becoming more and more possible year—by—year. and is there anything that can be done to help save lives given that we have this knowledge?— given that we have this knowledge? given that we have this knowledue? ., , ., ., ., knowledge? there was a lot that can be done- _ knowledge? there was a lot that can be done. heat— knowledge? there was a lot that can be done. heat is— knowledge? there was a lot that can be done. heat is often - can be done. heat is often called the silent killer because it doesn't attract the same kind of attention as, say, a big wildfire or a major hurricane that's incredibly destructive and obviously

dangerous to human life in the moment. extreme heat actually kills many people every year, more than any other type of extreme weather in places like the united states at least. and there's a lot that we can do to prevent those deaths. things like making sure that people have access to a cooling shelter that they can get to safely, making sure that people understand that extreme heat can be fatal, making sure medical professionals are on the lookout for an increase in an emergency room visits when there is a heat wave. so all of those things can help our communities to adapt to extreme heat. �* , , �* ., heat. and briefly, we've heard a lot on the — heat. and briefly, we've heard a lot on the news _ heat. and briefly, we've heard a lot on the news of— heat. and briefly, we've heard a lot on the news of the - a lot on the news of the impacts of hurricanes we've had recently, how much are they being impact by all of this? hurricanes are also being affected by climate change. work on my organisation found that every hurricane in the atlantic this year was made stronger because of climate

change. some of those hurricanes wouldn't have reached the highest categories, four and five, without the effects of climate change warming the waters below them and making them stronger. that is rather stark, _ and making them stronger. that is rather stark, isn't _ and making them stronger. that is rather stark, isn't it? - is rather stark, isn't it? thank you so much for your analysis, dr dall from climate central. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

now it's time for a look at today's sport with jane. hello. hello from the bbc sport centre. two games in the premier league are underway, with brighton verus brentford approaching half—time. after a3 minutes, it's 0—0 at the amex. brighton have had most of the chances, with julio enciso hitting the bar. meanwhile, it'sjust kicked off between arsenal and ipswich at the emirates.

we will keep you up—to—date with both of those matches. manchester united head coach ruben amorim says he won't be protected from the sack if he fails to produce a winning team just because it was expensive to bring him to old trafford. he was booed at the final whistle of the 2—0 defeat by wolves at molineux on boxing day, leaving united iath in the league. however, sources inside the club say there is support for amorim despite his poor start. five defeats in his first ten games is the worst record of any new united manager since the 1930s. the manager of manchester united cannot be never, no matter what, comfortable. and i know the reason that i am in. so i know if we don't win, regardless if they pay it out or not, i know that every manager is in danger and i like that. i like that because that

is the, ourjob. sol understand the question and you can say that i am here a month ahead for trainings but we are not winning. sol ahead for trainings but we are not winning. so i have that, thatis not winning. so i have that, that is a reality and i'm quite comfortable with that. the injury crisis has worsened at tottenham. they could be without a fit centre back for their game against wolves on sunday. spurs finished their loss yesterday at nottingham forest with midfielders archie gray and yves bissouma at the heart of defence after radu dragushin was injured. ben davies has reportedly suffered a setback in training. postecoglou has said this is the worst injury situation he's faced in his managerial career. my motivation to do what i do is to try and create teams that win with things and have success and make an impact, and that doesn't really change. i'll keep doing what i'm doing, and it doesn't add any pressure, or i don't feel any extra anxiety about anything. i firmly believe that, you know, we'll get through this and we'll come out

stronger and will come stronger and we'll come out the team we to be. a late flurry of wickets has given australia control of the boxing day test in melbourne, with india more than 300 runs behind after day two. replying to the home side's first innings score of a7a, built on the back of steve smith's 3ath test century, india started well, but a chaotic run out and the wicket of virat kohli started a mini—collapse in which the tourists lost three batters for just six runs. it left them in trouble at i6a—5. it was celebrated particularly by australian teenager sam konstas, who was barged into by kohli when he was batting on debut yesterday, leading to a fine for the indian player. meanwhile, at the close of play on day two in centurion in the opening test between south africa and pakistan, debutant fast bowler corbin bosch, batting at number nine, hit an attacking 81 not out to take south africa to a 90—run first—innings lead.

pakistan finished the day on 88—3 in their second innings, trailing by two runs with seven wickets remaining. iga swiatek has said she feared losing herfans after her positive doping case earlier this year. the five—time grand slam champion failed an out—of—competition drug test in august, but tennis' integrity unit accepted her explanation that the result was unintentional and caused by the contamination of a different substance she was taking to help jet lag and sleeping issues. swiatek accepted a one—month suspension in november. overall the reaction in poland basically because mostly what i read it has been pretty supportive and i really appreciate that because my name is trying to swing, and nobody knew why it wasn't so easy.

after my case information was released, i was scared that most of people were going to turn their back on me. but i felt the support and it was great. it's still 0-0 it's still 0—0 for both of the premier league matches under way on friday. and that's all the sport for now. mexico's government has announced an emergency strategy to protect migrants in the united states ahead of the inauguration of the president—elect, donald trump, next month. of the president—elect, mr trump has threatened to deport millions of illegal migrants. among the measures announced by the foreign minister, juan ramon de la fuente, is a mobile phone panic button which can be activated by anyone facing imminent arrest. translation: in case you find yourself in a situation - where the detention

is imminent, you push the alert button. that sends a signal to the nearest consulate and to the relatives whose contact details you saved on the app. 2a hours a day call centre for mexicans abroad backed by a team of more than 300 us based lawyers. more than four million mexicans live and work in the united states without a visa. staying with immigration, it appears a rift has emerged among donald trump supporters over the issue. us media reports that recent tensions over the issue were sparked by the appointment of sriram krishnan as donald trump's ai adviser. he'd recently made comments supporting the removal of some caps for high—skilled workers. that prompted criticism from some in the trump support base, who back a stricter approach to immigration. for more on this, i spoke earlier to scott macfarlane — congressional corresponent for cbs news. this all felt inevitable that there would be a fracture at some point among those of influencers that aligned with doctor donald trump. —— donald

trump's year, elon musk the billionaire. the long—time trump ally, one time republican primary candidate. who are saying things that run counter to the beliefs of donald trump's elected allies, those in the us congress, those in state offices. and what really caused this first profound fracture was a set of social media posts by ramaswamy arguing that companies may be better positioned and better acclimated to attract foreign workers through the immigration process instead of using us workers. he made a series of cultural arguments what he thinks people from other nations would be better situated for us companies than those who live in the us because of the cultural dynamics at play among other things.

that runs so very counter to what donald trump's political allies in elected office are arguing, that it should be america first, that american workers should be championed, lionised and prioritised. you already have a butting of heads on that issue, with likely more to come, because there is this frustration, if not resentment, among some of the elected officials that these non—elected outside billionaire influencers have the ear of the president—elect. and, scott, what this also illustrates, doesn't it, is how potentially contradictory the positions are among some trump supporters? do we know how mr trump plans to manage that broadened supporter base that he has in this second term? the same way he has for eight years. he has a whole set of seemingly contradictory positions that his political base accepts. he's talked about trying to lower prices in the us for things like food and houses and consumer goods, yet he's also championing tariffs on foreign goods, which there seems to be a consensus would lead to higher prices. so he has a contradiction

there, but his supporters seem not to be swayed by that. he talks about law and order, prioritising a tougher criminal justice system, yet is poised to pardon a whole set of us capitol riot insurrectionists, seemingly in contradiction, but he seems to navigate that just fine. he has a version of political teflon that allows his base to be seemingly impenetrable no matter what contradictions he brings to the table. and, scott, we've got less than a month to the inauguration. just briefly, what will you be keeping an eye on in washington? there is this particularly narrow us house majority in the lower chamber of us congress, that president—elect trump's party has, where they can lose just one vote on anything of consequence, which means the minority party, the democrats, are going to have some outsized influence in this first two—year set of the trump term. trump's going to have to do deals with democrats to do things like keep the government

open, raise the debt ceiling, pass major legislation that requires spending. that's going to come to a head almost immediately upon him taking the oath. how he navigates it, how democrats navigate it, is going to tell how this first year's going to go. he will not get everything he wants because of that narrow majority in the lower chamber. a nasa space probe has made history by flying closer to the sun than any other spacecraft. the parker solar probe was out of communication with nasa for three days after coming within six million kilometres of the sun's surface, and facing temperatures of up to 1,000 degrees celsius. pallab ghosh has this report. it seems like science fiction — sending an un—crewed spacecraft to the sun. nasa's parker solar probe was designed to withstand its scorching heat. but could it? nasa has now confirmed that it has. the spacecraft sent back

a beacon signal indicating that it survived the closest ever approach to the sun. we have never had a human—made object so close to the sun. also, we had to not melt, that's why the parker has this heat shield that holds the instruments at room temperature and keeps the heat of the sun away. and these are just amazing feats, and so it's so amazing that we were so close and really getting to measure in detail this material up close. lift off of the mighty delta iv heavy rocket. there have been many missions to study the sun, but there's so much more we can learn, especially about the sun's shimmering atmosphere... ..which we can see from earth during a total solar eclipse. this new data from this very, incredibly close approach to the sun, just touching the surface of that corona, is going to hopefully give us a lot more information about exactly what's going on in our beautiful,

beautiful sun that heats up and gives us light. close up, the sun's magnetic field twists and lifts its explosive surface. it's hoped that the solar probe will shed light on the processes that make this happen and how this solar turbulence affects us on earth. but they'll have to wait until the 1st of january before they see the initial data. pallab ghosh, bbc news. an amazing bit of space history there. you can find out more by going to the bbc news website. stay with us here though, on bbc news. hello there. the weather for christmas week has been pretty benign. high pressure has brought light winds, a lot of cloud, some mist and fog and also some drizzle.

subtle changes as we head into the weekend. we start to lose the influence of this area of high pressure and begin to pick up more of an atlantic influence, which should mean there should be more breeze and see a bit more sunshine. but we've still got this weather front straddling the north and west of scotland. that'll bring further rain through this evening and overnight. elsewhere, again, there's a lot of cloud around, some mist and fog, some drizzle too. but where skies are clear, then it will turn quite chilly — temperatures getting down to i or 2 degrees. for most though, holding up to between 5—9 celsius. so, into the first part of the weekend, for saturday, we're losing the influence of that area of high pressure, picking up more of a westerly breeze for scotland and northern ireland. so initially, it'll be grey with outbreaks of rain. that weather front sinks southwards and tends to fizzle out as it pushes into the higher pressure. but we should see more sunshine for scotland and northern ireland into the afternoon. a few blustery showers in the north—west. for most, though, again, it's another rather grey day, i think, with limited sunshine, maybe some spots of drizzle and again feeling cool, particularly where you have the mist and the cloud. through saturday night, we should start to see the breeze picking up further.

that should break up the clouds a bit more. so, greater chance of seeing clearer spells to start sunday morning, but it will be quite chilly under clearer skies, turning wetter and windier across scotland. that's because we've got a very active weather front on sunday lying across the north of the uk. you'll see more isobars on the chart, so it will be breezy, and that will help break up the clouds even further. so i think sunday, a better chance of seeing more sunshine, even across england and wales. but it will be blustery and very wet across scotland, particularly northern and western areas. temperature—wise, 9—ii degrees, so we're still above par for the time of year. and then as we move into monday, the run—up to new year's eve, it looks very unsettled — wet and windy weather in the north with some hill snow. and then around new year's day, we could be seeing this deeper area of low pressure. it could bring some stormy and wet weather to the uk. and then, as it continues to pull away into the first few days of january 2025, it opens the floodgates to some colder air from the north. so there could be some disruption around the new year

period, so stay tuned to the forecast. things are set to turn colder but brighter, with some wintry showers into early january.

now on bbc news, panorama: can scientists save the world? our climate is changing. we're seeing more extremes. we need to cut our use of fossil fuels, but other solutions will be needed... you look out of the window and you see a tree and you say, "well, clearly that tree is collecting co2 out of the air," so we know it can be done. ..new ideas that could help pull us back from the brink. it's in everyone's best interest to start taking action.

the one thing that you can do with it that you can't do - with any other climate risk mitigation method - is that you can cool- the planet down quickly. time is running out. so can scientists help save the world? the sooner we stop this warming, the better. we could stop the warming within a generation if we just put our minds to it. here we go. this is a programme looking for hope.