of the azerbaijan airlines plane, which crashed on christmas day and killed 38. thick fog is causing travel disruption around the uk, with flights cancelled and drivers warned to be careful on the roads. over 1300 critically endangered tiny snails have been released in the remote portuguese island of desertas, in the atlantic ocean. hello. the world health organization and palestinian health officials say the last majorfunctioning hospital in northern gaza has been put out of service after it was evacuated by the israeli military. the kamal adwan hospital has been under siege by the idf for weeks. staff say airstrikes there on friday 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 anyone that remained. palestinian health officials say around 100 medical staff were ta ken into an interrogating site and questioned last night and the director of the hospital was detained. some of those relesaed have now reached the indonesian hospital. israel says the kamal adwan hospital was being used by hamas as a command centre, but has not provided any evidence to support this. patients and medical staff have described what they witnessed during the evacuation. take a listen. the army came to the hospital and asked all the medical staff and asked all the medical staff and patients and people accompanying them to go into the court. then, they grouped

everyone. the medical teams alone, the patient alone, then they got angry and sent us to they got angry and sent us to the main gate.— the main gate. the patients that were — the main gate. the patients that were evacuated - the main gate. the patients that were evacuated now i the main gate. the patients i that were evacuated now have been — that were evacuated now have been held from interrogation despite — been held from interrogation despite their injuries. the army— despite their injuries. the army didn't care that they were injured. — army didn't care that they were injured, and left them out in the cold _ injured, and left them out in the cold that 24 hours. they were — the cold that 24 hours. they were left _ the cold that 24 hours. they were left on the roundabout and were left on the roundabout and we as _ were left on the roundabout and we as paramedics got the closest _ we as paramedics got the closest point despite the dangers and evacuated a large number— dangers and evacuated a large number of patients. our correspondent emir nader is injerusalem and i asked what the health picture in gaza now looks like. much worse, it has now been put out of service, we have just heard from the deputy minister of health in gaza this morning and told us that the staff at the hospital was forcibly evacuated yesterday around 100 of the staff are taken to a place to be interrogated. some of them have been released and it was a hard night of

interrogation. others are understood to be detained including the director of the hospital, now, those who have been released have had a chance to go to a nearby hospital which was itself evacuated by the israeli military earlier in the week. it has been... it has been proposed as a place where the staff could continue their work. they said the staff has said that there is no hospital to speak of, they are at the indonesian hospital. they say there is no sort of running water and electricity. the world health organization said that they are very concerned for the patients had acute needs including ventilation. it does not appear to be equipped in order to take care of their needs. now, the israeli military have cleared the hospital yesterday and said it was being used by hamas as a

stronghold. it's something that hamas have denied. but, the medical picture in the north of gaza in the northernmost area is looking extremely dire now with the last major hospital put out of action. the head of the world health organisation has told the bbc that it was public knowledge he was in yemen on thursday when israel launched air strikes at houthi targets. this footage reportedly captured the incident from inside the airport. dr tedros adhanom ghebreyesus, who's now injordan, said the main target, the international airport in sanaa, was a civilian facility and should not have been hit. at least six people were killed. israel says it was targeting military infrastructure but dr tedros says he only survived through good fortune. it was very chaotic, you know, people were in disarray and running everywhere. there was

no shelter. we were completely exposed. it's a matter of luck otherwise if the missile deviated slightly it could have been on our head. so, my colleague said, after all that, we escaped death narrowly. it's a civilian airport. i think there are rules for engagement and that has to be respected and that's why we have international laws. what we're saying is international law should be respected. the russian state media has spoken to azerbaijan about the azerbaijani airlines plane which crashed in kazakhstan. russia has so far refused to comment on allegations in the

downing on the plane but it says that mr putin has told the president that defences were active at the time. the kremlin described it as a tragic incident. it has seen indications... indications' that suggest an azerbaijani airlines plane which crashed in kazakhstan this week was possibly brought down by russian air defence systems. russia has so far refused to comment on the allegations. the airline says preliminary results of an investigation into the incident found there was �*external physical and technical interference'. but the report stopped short of accusing any group or country of being responsible. the azerbaijan transport minister said all of the 29 survivors of the crash �*without exception�* said they heard three blast sounds when the plane was flying above grozny in southern russia. the plane was flying above the head of russia�*s aviation authority says the plane was unable land at grozny airport because of a ukrainian drone attack. 38 people died when the plane came down, two miles short of the runway, at aktau airport, in kazakhstan. this report from jon donnison.

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. fierce clashes are reported to have broken out on the border between afghanistan and pakistan. the taliban officials say their forces have launched attacks on areas in neighbouring pakistan. the development comes days after kabul said 46 people were killed in pakistani air strikes inside afghan territory. i�*ve been speaking to our

south asia regional editor — anbarasan ethirajan who gave me the latest. crashes were reported on the border. the defence ministry spokesman, this is the defence ministry, said they had launched what they called retaliatory attacks. so far, we haven�*t heard any confirmation about casualties but one source reported is saying that there was one soldier killed and six others injured. it has triggered tensions between the two forces across the border, particularly in the province. as said, what happened was that 46 people were killed when they carried out air strikes. the militants who had been targeting it insecurity in the province so that has resulted in a war of wills between the

two sides because kabul always denied the accusations that it was harbouring any insurgents carrying out attacks on pakistani security forces. this is also due to people fleeing because of this escalating tensions in the province. how does this latest incident fit into the bigger - picture of the tension between these two neighbours?- after the taliban took over in august 2021, when they seized power, since then the relations between islamabad and kabul have deteriorated. previously, everyone was talking about how pakistan was providing sanctuary. then, their relationship soured because of repeated attacks by the taliban. this shares common ideology with the taliban and this year alone, pakistan says that hundreds of the soldiers

had been killed in flash attacks by these militants particularly in the province along the border. in march this year, pakistan carried out similar strikes that led to further violence and tensions between the two countries. the two are neighbours and afghanistan depends on trade and for food imports and a number of essential items as they escalate, the borders are closed and that leads to complications for civilians and in fact, today, the local residents and afghanistan have been holding a protest urging pakistan not to carry out any air strikes and the un mission in afghanistan a couple of days ago said that it had credible evidence that many civilians, including women and children, were killed in the air strikes carried out by pakistan. the taliban are angry and they want to show that they want to take

a retaliatory attack, they cannot be pushed aside by a neighbour like pakistan and that is what led to the incident today. i always appreciate your analysis, thank you very much. here in the uk, airline passengers across the uk are facing delays of up to several hours as thick fog — which led to dozens of cancellations and delays across uk airports yesterday — continues. live to the uk�*s second busiest airport, gatwick, and the bbc�*s barry caffrey. what the picture today? it's uuite what the picture today? it's quite bad — what the picture today? it�*s quite bad particularly at gatwick it all started yesterday when 48 flights were grounded. that has continued into today. they have been a number of cancellations this morning but the big problem here at gatwick airport is the delays. many of the flights, particularly shuttle flights, are being delayed by two or

three hours. they have been problems too with some of the planes due to coming to gatwick airport if we take the most extreme case, a turkish airline flight, from istanbul, landed at nine hours late just after half past six this morning. there was another flight from egypt was which was due to land and was diverted to birmingham. there have been a number of cancellations, easyjet has cancelled flights to belfast city, to edinburgh, and to glasgow. there have been a flight cancelled by welling to barcelona and to valencia. just looking at british airways, they have cancelled several flights today so far to faro in portugal, to algiers, malaga, innsbruck and salzburg too. lots of delays notjust at

gatwick, heathrow airport the biggest airport of course in the uk, cancelled 20 flights before eight o�*clock this morning. there were significant disruption there, manchester airport, birmingham and london city all have problems too. the uk's city all have problems too. the uk�*s main control provider says temporary air traffic control restrictions are in place, it�*s for the locations with low visibility and it said restrictions of this type are only ever applied to maintain safety. it said its working closely with the airlines and the airports to minimise the disruption, the advice to anyone travelling today though is to check with your airline before travelling to the airport and plenty of extra time for yourjourney. time for your “ourney. thank ou time for your “ourney. thank youvery— time for yourjourney. thank you very much- _ now it�*s time for a look at today�*s sport. hello from the bbc sport centre. australia remain in charge of the fourth test

in melboune but india have hope thanks to a superb first test century from nitish kumar reddy. playing only his fourth test match, the 21—year—old hit an unbeaten 105 to drag his side from 191—6 to 358—9 at the close of play. you can see what it meant to his dad here. a special moment. bad light and rain arrived soon after to end play, with india 116 runs behind going into day four — but they have hope of at least a draw thanks to reddy�*s hundred. the series is currently tied at 1 all. meanwhile on day three of the first test at centurion, pakistan are 173 for 5 in their second innings, leading south africa by 82 runs in the afternoon session. marcojensen has taken four wickets including babar azam, just after he made his half century. nick kyrgios is gearing up for his first tournament in 18 months at the brisbane international.

he�*s won the title there before, back in 2018, and is going to partner novak djokovic in the doubles. the 29—year—old, who won the australian open doubles title in 2022 and reached the wimbledon final later that year, has been recovering from wrist and knee injuries which threatened to end his career. he�*s playing both singles and doubles in brisbane but it�*s his partnership with djokovic that�*s got people excited: you know, ithink you know, i think we are wanting to play one time at least. career ends or mine finishes it well so to finally do it on my home soil. i think the fans, when you get a team up like this, it is important that the fans get that because that�*s what tennis is about. having two great personalities and... it's going to be fun.

we have a team down so let's see who takes it and we spoke earlier in wimbledon about playing together, he's back on tour so we got the first chance right away. it should be fun. no premier league or scottish premiership football on saturday — but the injury woes continue for tottenham — who could be without any fit centre—backs for sunday�*s premier league game against wolves. wales international ben davies was nearing a return from a hamstring problem, but ange postoglou says he�*ll be out for a while longer after a setback in training: we are in a tough spot. we have i been for a while. we're gettingl through it and fingers crossedl we won't have more issues but the nature of football and that kind of... i scheduling we've had has meant that was always kind of been on a fine line. it's - another test for us but it is- what it is. whatever we need to

deal with, we will deal with. in the nba, the eastern conference leaders the cleveland cavaliers have improved their league—best record to 27 wins in 31 with a 149—135 victory over the denver nuggets. elsewhere jaylen brown scored a season—high 44 points, including six 3—pointers, as the boston celtics eneded a run of two defeats with a 142—105 win over the indiana pacers. jayson tatum adding 22 points and 13 rebounds for boston. and that�*s all the sport for now. the eu is urging a swift independent probe into the crash that brought down the

azerbaijan airlines plane. that is coming in to us from the afp news agency, it comes after interfax, the russian state agency, putin has spoken to the azerbaijani president. he confirms that they were active at the time the plane came down. sir keir starmer has written to the uk�*s major regulators asking them to submit proposals for reforms that could boost economic growth. the prime minister wants each watchdog to come up with a series of ideas by mid—january. these could include removing regulations and other potential barriers to growth. labour is under pressure after downgraded figures revealed the uk economy flatlined between july and september, earlier this week. a 49—year—old man has appeared in court in high wycombe charged with two counts of murder after two women died following a suspected stabbing in milton keynes on christmas day. jazwell brown is accused of killing joanne pearson and teohna grant and is also charged with the attempted murders of another man and a teenage boy. he�*s also charged with

possessing a knife in a public place and causing unnecessary suffering to a staffordshire bull terrier. he�*s been remanded in custody and will next appear at luton crown court on tuesday. the state funeral of the former indian prime minister, manmohan singh has taken place in delhi. india�*s first sikh premier died on thursday at the age of 92. mourners turned out across the capital to pay their respects as mamohan singh�*s coffin was placed on a flower—decked carriage pulled by a ceremonial army truck. the ceremony included a 21—gun salute and was attended by india prime minister narendra modi, members of mr singh�*s congress party as well as other politicians and foreign dignitaries. our correspondent, arunoday mukharji, was at the funeral and says people of all political affiliations attended.

it was a massive affair as you can see just by the crowd and also the heavy police presence here because there were leaders from various political parties to several politicians of opposition parties as well. that is testament to who the former prime minister was, serving as the leader of the country from 2004 to 2014. prior to that, he was known primarily for being the finance minister and crafting india�*s economic policy which liberalised the indian economy, opening it up and many say that was the time that india�*s economic growth story really began. that�*s what he is known for. an academic , a scholar first and then a politician. that�*s why you see the kind of condolence messages that have been pouring in right from various political parties, including the prime minister who said that india today is morning one of the country�*s

most distinguished leaders. condolence messages continue to fall in. we seem politicians and dignitaries and citizens and various supporters who have come in to pay their respects. the actress olivia hussey, who shot to international prominence as a teenager for her role in the acclaimed 1968 film version of romeo and juliet, has died aged 73. the argentinian—born actress, who grew up in london, died on friday surrounded by her loved ones. hussey won the best new actress golden globe for her part asjuliet, but decades later she sued paramount pictures for sexual abuse as she was aged just 15 when she filmed the movie�*s nude scene. her other most notable screen role was as mary, mother ofjesus, in 1977 tv miniseriesjesus of nazareth. more than 1000 critically endangered snails — some of which were bred in captivity here in the uk —

have been released onto a remote portuguese island. the desertas island land snails were believed to be extinct until an expedition team discovered a tiny native population, and set about growing their numbers. our science correspondent victoria gill has more. this is a story with some very tiny main characters. these are desertas island land snails. they were rescued from the brink of extinction and brought here to chester zoo, where they�*ve been living and breeding inside this converted shipping container. these were snails at risk of extinction or thought to be actually extinct in the wild, so we were lucky enough to have them brought to us, and this is where we�*ve managed to breed up from very low numbers to what we have here today, which is almost 1,400 snails ready for release. there are two snail species the team are bringing back to their wild island home off the coast of portugal — discula snails and the even smaller geomitra. they�*re prepared for their journey with a little

scientific makeover. we have uv markers and literallyjust a metallic pen. why do they need to be marked? basically, so there are some individuals left in the wild and we just want to be able to distinguish the ones we have bred and released so we can track their progress. this is a discula snail. you can just see the shell is marked with a green mark and there is a uv mark in the middle. they are ready to go. the desertas islands, close to madeira in portugal, are their destination and their natural home. the largest of the islands where the last snails were found has had its habitat decimated, eaten away by goats, rats, goats and mice brought here by people, so the team has transported the snails to the protected neighbouring island of bugio. it has meant a long and precariousjourney. after waiting for the ideal cooler evening conditions... they�*re quite active.

..it is finally time to set the snails free. we are going to release them really close under the rocks, which will be the perfect place for their new life, where they have protection, humidity and a lot of food. this is a small but significant part of a mission to restore the natural habitat and wildlife on these mountainous atlantic islands. if it goes well, more snails will be brought here next year, each bringing a small splash of colour back to their habitat. victoria gill, bbc news. that�*s it for now. goodbye. some higher parts of england and wales have been sticking out above this misty low cloud. it's out above this misty low cloud. it�*s quite gloomy and murky and a little damp in other parts of

england and wales, the fog though not quite as extensive as it has been. through the rest of the weekend, the breeze picks up a little and that list of patchy fog lived. heading into northern scotland by the end of the day. but temperatures in scotland and northern ireland in double figures. where it�*s grey and gloomy through the midlands, south—east england, it�*s going to be a chilly 5 or 6 degrees here, again. and still some extensive low cloud, some patches of mist and fog into the night, tending to lift from the north, as the breeze picks up, and we see some rain arriving across more of northern scotland, particularly towards the highlands. where we do see a few breaks in the cloud further south, temperatures could get close to freezing once again. we may still have some mist and patchy fog to start with in southern parts of england and wales on sunday. that should tend to lift, skies brightening, there may even be a bit of sunshine across more areas. further north though, with those stronger winds

in scotland we are going to find some further rain across the northern half of the country. but temperatures should be higher in england and wales with the promise of a little sunshine, temperatures reaching 9 or 10 degrees. we are going to find that rain, though, continuing in scotland and every now and again an area of low pressure develops on that, intensifying the rain. and it�*s bumping into colder air in the far north of the country, so we could well find some snow in parts of scotland. it�*s rain for the most part, but some of that rain will be affecting northern england and northern ireland on monday. further south, the breeze continues to pick up a little, and bring in a few holes in the cloud but lifting temperatures into 10 or 11 degrees. but it is colder in scotland, and this is where we could have some disruptive weather at the end of the year. monday into tuesday, from the central belt northwards, mainly some heavy rain, but there could be some snow for a while. as that melts it brings the risk of flooding and some travel disruption as well. but things could get even worse for new year�*s day because the next area of low pressure is going to be deeper,

it�*ll be stronger winds, more widely, some heavy rain and some heavier snow in scotland.

this is bbc news, the headlines... the world health organisation says that israeli forces have put the last major hospital in northern gaza out of service. it said initial reports showed key departments were severely

burned and destroyed in yesterday�*s raid on kamal adwan hospital. russia�*s president vladimir putin has spoken to azerbaijan�*s president about the plane crash in kazakhstan. he apologised for what he called a tragic incident in russian airspace but didn�*t take responsibility. indians gather to pay their respects to former prime minister manmohan singh at his state funeral. india�*s first sikh prime minister died on thursday at the age of 92. he�*s being cremated with full state honours. thick fog is causing travel disruption around the uk, with flights cancelled and drivers warned to be careful on the roads. now on bbc news...the travel show: antarctica: the frozen frontier — part 1.

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