stormy weather has already led to the cancellation of edinburgh's famous new year outdoor hogmanay events. and it's arise sir gareth and sir stephen. former england football manager gareth southgate, and actor stephen fry are among those recognised in the new years honours list hello i'm nicky schiller, welcome to the programme. and a happy new year to the 16,000 or so residents of christmas island in kiribas in the indian ocean who have just welcomed in 2025 — one of the first inhabited places in the world to experience the new year. we start in the middle east. injust over a week, six babies in gaza have died from the cold weather — that's according to hamas—controlled health authorities.

with hundreds of thousands of displaced palestinians living in tents, and temperatures expected to drop further in the coming days, the united nations children s agency unicef has warned that more children s lives are at risk. israel doesn't allow the bbc independent access into gaza but our correspondent emir nadir has worked with two freelance camera operators in gaza who met families who've lost their loved ones. 0ur correspondent emir nader has more from jerusalem. it was again last night, a very cold night in gaza with winds and heavy rain. there are hundreds of thousands of gazans living in tents there in the gaza strip. and we've heard from the civil defence forces this morning, the first responders who say that whilst last night was a relatively quiet night in terms of airstrikes, they received many calls of families living in tents who say that the tents were flooded or destroyed. now the humanitarian agencies, including the united nations, are calling for israel to allow more aid into the gaza strip, saying there is a dire need for those

goods for winter to keep families warm there. israel, for its part, is saying that they do continue to facilitate the delivery and transfer of aid into the gaza strip. now, the report that you're about to see as a warning, just to say does contract does contain some distressing themes. baby seela was just 20 days old when herfather, mahmoud, couldn't wake her. translation: in the morning i found her stiff like wood. - i took her to the hospital and they told me, "your daughter has been dead for an hour due to the cold." i have no clothes, no food, no drink. only god knows our condition. seela was seen by doctor ahmed al farra. translation: she suffered from severe hypothermia, leading - to the cessation of vital signs, cardiac arrest, and eventually death. yesterday as well, two cases were brought in. one was a three—day old baby and the other was less than a month old.

the cause of this is life in the tents. mahmoud's family have been displaced over ten times throughout the war. here in mawasi camp, tens of thousands of gaza's nearly two million displaced live on the beach, suffering from the winter and flooding from the rain and the sea, with almost no infrastructure and a lack of food. amid heavy restrictions by israel on aid deliveries to gaza, says the united nations. israel denies it restricts aid. translation: i felt heartbroken for her| because of the conditions. i did everything i could to keep her warm, - but i couldn't manage to do so. without a phone, the family doesn't have a single photo of seela when she was alive. only three weeks of memories and little seela's clothes. translation: i never thought i would give birth living in - a tent in such cold - and freezing conditions

with water dripping on us. water leaks i into the tent, pouring down on us. at times we have to run to escape the water- for the baby's sake. on sunday, another tragic case. babyjamah also didn't make it longer than 20 days. translation: touch with your hand, he is frozen. _ frozen. all eight of us, we don't have four blankets. what can i do? i see my children dying in front of me. my children are dying in front of me. injust over a week, six babies in gaza have died from the cold weather, local health officials have said. under the sound of israeli drones above, mahmoud carried seela's lifeless body to a makeshift graveyard. translation: we're all sick. 0ur chests hurt and we have

colds from the cold and rain. if we didn't die from the war, we're dying from the cold. as the winter cold becomes more harsh and merciless, another preventable death in gaza, where the youngest are suffering most from the cruelties of war. well, there you go. some of the very, very upsetting testimonies of families in gaza who feel powerless and unable to keep their children warm. the united nations is saying that they estimate around a million people in gaza don't have adequate protection for winter. and without an improvement in the situation, many are predicting that this wave of preventable deaths in gaza because of the cold will sadly continue.

dave sagar gaza hospitals have to have become a death trap and they say the claims of army groups using gaza as hospitals are vague, that is the word the un are using, so that is coming up un are using, so that is coming up ina un are using, so that is coming up in a report that the united nations have just issued saying gaza health care is on the brink of total collapse and we will bring you more on that as we get it later on bbc news. flood warnings are in force for parts of northern scotland and edinburgh's world famous outdoor new year celebrations have already been cancelled. amber and yellow warnings for rain, snow and high winds are still in place in many other areas. officials in london are monitoring the weather ahead of tonight's sold—out fireworks display on the banks of the river thames, and blackpool�*s event has already been cancelled. 0ur scotland correspondent, katrina renton is in edinburgh with more on those hogmanay cancellations.

you can see how windy it is here. it's been very heavy rain here this morning as well, although we're getting a little bit of respite from that at the moment. but as you can see, the conditions are not good and that is why organisers here had to cancel their outdoor events. the world famous street party, the concert in princes street gardens that was due to be headlined by texas, the scottish rock band, of course. and of course, those spectacular fireworks that bring in the bells every year. but sadly not this year. now, the last time that this happened, when the outdoor events were cancelled because of adverse weather was back in 2006. so it's not something that happens very often. and of course there's massive disappointment. but organisers here have done this with a heavy heart. but you can see how difficult it would be today to be preparing in these conditions. and of course safety has to come first.

it looks like the weather will have cleared up quite significantly by midnight tonight. but the problem is today. and if you look at where we are just now, you can see that it's just not ideal. now, i've been in the city centre, i've been talking to people who've come here from all over the world to see in hogmanay, of course, to be here for hogmanay and of course, to to see in the new year. i've met people from australia, from malaysia who came here and of course they're disappointed. but of course, also understanding. and the thing that i have been able to cheer them up with, of course, is that here in scotland is, in my opinion, the best place to spend hogmanay and you don't need to be outside to enjoy it. there's plenty of things to do inside too, and the indoor events that were organised for edinburgh's hogmanay are still going ahead, so you know there's plenty to do, there's plenty to enjoy. but just of course, keeping safe and that

street party, the thing that people do look forward to and do come from all over the world to be involved in, is not going ahead. and we have a live page with the latest on the events that have been cancelled because of the uk weather warnings. you can find that on the bbc news website and app. to south korea and the latest on sunday's deadly plane crash. the chief executive ofjeju air has given a news conference where he said he was "committed to strengthening the compa ny�*s safety and maintenance procedures". it follows sunday's crash which killed 179 passengers and crew. plane crash investigators have started to inspect the plane's two black boxes — but the flight recorder has been damaged. four of the victims' bodies now have been released, and today theirfamilies will begin the funerals, which will last around three days, but most are still waiting. i'm sorry, but there

are five people who have not been identified yet. they need more precise testing for results, and i have heard it is due to various reasons. for those five, we will try our best and deliver the results before the end of the day. 0ur correspondent, rupert wingfield hayes, has the latest from muan. so we have now heard from the ceo ofjeju air. the main thrust of his press conference in seoul today was really to reach out to the families of those killed in the crash, to say that his company would help with funerals, that it is going to come up with some sort of compensation package for the families. that's something they have been talking about here over the last two days. it's the first time we've heard from the ceo since he came out and made an apology on sunday. he was also reaching out to the korean public saying, "this is a safe airline." "we have good training. "we will strengthen

our training. "we will strengthen our safety checks." so it's really saying, you know, trying to to to rescue the reputation of his airline after this terrible disaster. what we didn't hear from him is anything about the investigation. and that's not surprising because the investigation still really is just getting underway. what we do know today is that a team has arrived from the united states, from the ntsb, the national transportation safety board, from the faa, the federal aviation administration, and from boeing, the company that that manufactured the aircraft involved in this crash. a team of seven, they've arrived here in south korea. we've seen them out on the field on the crash site, inspecting the crash site behind me here. but the focus of the investigation is not going to be here. it is going to be on what are called the black box flight recorders that are inside the plane, in every commercial aircraft. those have been recovered.

there is a flight data recorder and there is a cockpit voice recorder. and what is recorded on those two devices, they'll have to retrieve the data and analyse it. and that's really going to be how they're going to find out what happened. what were the things that led to this just in the last few minutes of this flight as it came in here, so many things going wrong and then leading to this terrible disaster. the us treasury says it's been hacked by �*chinese state—sponsored actors', gaining access to staff workstations. a spokesperson said unclassified documents were also compromised in the attack earlier this month. the treasury said the compromised service had been taken offline and there's no indication the hackers have continued to access its information. beijing has denied involvement in the hacking. a chinese embassy spokesperson said: during his meeting with president biden in lima this year, president xijinping said that there is no evidence that supports the irrational claim

of the so—called cyberattacks from china. the statement went on to say the us needs to stop using cyber security to smear and slander china, and stop spreading all kinds of disinformation about the so—called chinese hacking threats. the ambulance service in wales has declared a critical incident, after an increase in demand caused significant delays. the nhs trust said that at one stage, hundreds of calls were waiting to be answered and ambulances were left queuing outside hospitals. let's speak to our reporterjordan davies. give us more information on what happened. the welsh ambulance service have declared a critical incident and say it is a reflection of the sheer pressure on emergency services in wales at the moment, as we heard there, 340 calls at one point yesterday evening went unanswered because of the pressure on the service across

the country. couple that with the country. couple that with the fact that almost half of all ambulance services in wales were waiting outside hospitals to hand over patients. hospitals were full because of winter flu and covid and they've not been able to discharge patients so they could not provide beds and clinicians to see patients, so those patients have to remain in ambulances. this morning we heard from the chief executive of the welsh ambulance service who apologised for long delays but said he expects this pressure to continue into today and into tomorrow. the whole health and social care system does plan for winter because we know it's going to be pressured. but what we have seen in the last 24—48 hours is an acute accumulation of much of those pressures and perhaps more of it coming together than was initially foreseen. we've got plans in place

across the nhs to manage surges in activity but the pressure we saw yesterday, across the whole of the urgent and emergency care pathway, led to that acute situation where we were unable to respond as quickly as we wanted to and that's why we declared a critical incident, to call on partners for assistance. and this year they say they have plans in place but tonight is new year's eve, a time when emergency services are already under pressure.— under pressure. jordan davies in cardiff, _ under pressure. jordan davies in cardiff, thank _ under pressure. jordan davies in cardiff, thank you. - around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

now it's time for a look at today's sport. thanks forjoining us. we begin with news of wayne rooney — the former manchester united player now manager — who has been sacked from his role with plymouth argyle. he was appointed as the head coach of the championship side

in may on a three—year deal, but after leading the side for 25 matches, only oversaw five wins. it was his third stint managing a side in english football's second tier following spells with derby and birmingham city and one which has come to a dissapointing conclusion. the club are currently rooted to the bottom of the table and facing relegation. there's been a warning from the current manchester united manager ruben amorim that the club could face relegation from the premier league this season. the portuguese coach has overseen five league defeats since joining the club with in form newcastle united inflicting their most recent, winning 2—0 at old trafford. it means manchester united will end the year i4th, seven points above the relegation zone, with a warning things could get even worse for the club. the worst moments in the history of our club. and we have to accept that.

another loss in front of our supporters, and newcastle were better. looking at the table, it does not look at all pretty. you are edging ever closer to the relegation zone. do you feel as though it it might be a battle to avoid the drop? i think it is a possibility and we have to be clear with our fans so we have to change something. elsewhere, there were great celebrations at ipswich as they won their first home game of the season as they beat fourth placed chelsea 2—0. whilst aston villa and brighton shared the points in a 2—2 draw. they stay ninth and tenth in a very tight middle of the table. wolverhampton wanderers forward matheus cunha has been suspended for two games and fined £80,000 following their premier league fixture against ipswich town this month. he was charged with misconduct after it was alleged he acted in an improper manner after the final whistle. he admitted the charge and will now miss two matches,

with the club themselves trying to avoid relegation. world number one aryna sabalenka has started her season with a win. the belarusian, who will be defending her australian open title for a second time next month, won comfortably at the brisbane international, beating renata zarazua of mexico 6—4, 6—0. nick kyrgios continued his comeback but couldn't get past the first round in brisbane. the australian has spent 18 months out of the atp tour due to wrist and knee injuries and he looked in decent shape. however, he was beaten by frenchman giovanni mpetshi perricard. each set went to a tie—break and he lost 2—1. and that's all the sport for now.

they were once the hollywood power couple with the nickname brangelina. well, now, eight years after they separated, brad pitt and angelina jolie have reached a divorce settlement. a lawyer for the actress confirmed the pair had managed to "come to a deal". so far his lawyers have not publicly commented. the couple got married in 2014 and have six children. the new year honours list 2025 has been released. they are awarded annually by the king to people from all walks of life, recognised for their contributions to uk public life. among those leading the honours list is former england manager gareth southgate. he is recognised for guiding the england football team to back—to—back euros finals. the mayor of london sadiq khan has also been knighted for his political and public service and said he was �*truly humbled". the actor stephen fry was awarded for his work on mental health awareness and the environment. 800m champion keely hodgkinson,

who receives an mbe, is one of several medallists to be honoured following the summer games in paris. and four sub—postmasters, who received wrongful convictions as part of the post office scandal have also been given obes with me now is our enterntainment correspondent, lizo mzimba. 0n the front and back pages today, gareth southgate. yes. today, gareth southgate. yes, the former _ today, gareth southgate. yes, the former england _ today, gareth southgate. 1&1: the former england manager led the former england manager led the men's team to back—to—back consecutive euros finals and has been given a knighthood but it's notjust has been given a knighthood but it's not just for has been given a knighthood but it's notjust for his work with the football team, it's also for some of his work off the pitch, particularly with the princes trust.— princes trust. and it's also arise sir— princes trust. and it's also arise sir stephen - princes trust. and it's also arise sir stephen fry. - princes trust. and it's also | arise sir stephen fry. yes, princes trust. and it's also - arise sir stephen fry. yes, sir stehen arise sir stephen fry. yes, sir stephen fry. _ arise sir stephen fry. yes, sir stephen fry, and _ arise sir stephen fry. yes, sir stephen fry, and not- arise sir stephen fry. yes, sir stephen fry, and notjust - arise sir stephen fry. yes, sir stephen fry, and notjust forl stephen fry, and notjust for being famous but for so much of the work he has done in other areas where he has used his fame to help others. it is done charity work and is a supporter of fauna and flora. he is also president of the mental health

charity mind, so those are the things he has been recognised for. i things he has been recognised for. ~' ., things he has been recognised for. ~ ., , ., things he has been recognised for. ~ ., ., ., ., for. i know you managed to catch up — for. i know you managed to catch up with _ for. i know you managed to catch up with him _ for. i know you managed to | catch up with him yesterday for. i know you managed to - catch up with him yesterday and i want to play a little bit of the interview that you did with sir stephen. let's have a listen. , ., . listen. first of all, congratulations, l listen. first of all, | congratulations, sir listen. first of all, _ congratulations, sir stephen, how does that sound? it sounds preposterous — how does that sound? it sounds preposterous and _ how does that sound? it sounds preposterous and wonderful - how does that sound? it sounds preposterous and wonderful at l preposterous and wonderful at the same time. like so many british— the same time. like so many british things. both enchanting and absurd somehow. it's wonderful and i'm very happy, obviously _ wonderful and i'm very happy, obviously. i don't know, there a sort — obviously. i don't know, there a sort of— obviously. i don't know, there a sort of feeling of guilt that these — a sort of feeling of guilt that these things are a bit strange, but on — these things are a bit strange, but on the _ these things are a bit strange, but on the other hand, and this is going — but on the other hand, and this is going to _ but on the other hand, and this is going to sound greasy, of course _ is going to sound greasy, of course but there is nowhere out of it, _ course but there is nowhere out of it. the — course but there is nowhere out of it, the citation that they accompany their letter offering you this — accompany their letter offering you this award, this honour with. — you this award, this honour with, mentions the charities that— with, mentions the charities that i— with, mentions the charities that i work for and i am, as i say— that i work for and i am, as i say without wanting to sound

greasy, — say without wanting to sound greasy, i'm very passionately committed to them. so he does said he did not want to be greasy in typical stephen fry language. he went on to talk to him and he was honestly overjoyed to get this.— overjoyed to get this. yes, but there is a _ overjoyed to get this. yes, but there is a great _ overjoyed to get this. yes, but there is a great air _ overjoyed to get this. yes, but there is a great air of - there is a great air of self—deprecation. people are whether they are famous or not, you often find that they do have that slight air of i cannot quite believe i've got this, do i really deserve it and there are so many people out there that do so much amazing work but very pleased to get it and i did point out to get it and i did point out to him that his long—time friend hugh laurie has only got a cbe, so will this introduce any tension, but he said it would be absolutely fine. irate would be absolutely fine. we often see _ would be absolutely fine. we often see the _ would be absolutely fine. we often see the famous people who get the headlines but some of the supposed masters and mistresses who have been forced into the spotlight over the last few years have been on at this time. last few years have been on at this time-— this time. yes, we saw last ear this time. yes, we saw last year alan _ this time. yes, we saw last year alan bates _ this time. yes, we saw last year alan bates who - this time. yes, we saw last year alan bates who has i this time. yes, we saw last i year alan bates who has been the main figurehead behind the campaigning on the horizon

standers —— scandal, but there were so many others involved at different levels over the years and we have seen for subpostmasters who were wrongly accused of stealing money from the post office being recognised for the campaigning work that they have done, lee castleton and seema mr and christopher head and jo hamilton and also the journalists from computer weekly who did the original first story not knowing where it would go but was the first journalist to take a big interest in this also receiving an 0be. interest in this also receiving an obe. ~ ., ., ., , an obe. we mention the famous --eole an obe. we mention the famous people but— an obe. we mention the famous people but a _ an obe. we mention the famous people but a lot _ an obe. we mention the famous people but a lot of _ an obe. we mention the famous people but a lot of people - an obe. we mention the famous people but a lot of people who i people but a lot of people who aren't famous get honoured and that must be amazing for them. absolutely. the majority of people on the honours list are people on the honours list are people who are not in the public eye who have just been working in their communities and are overwhelmed and overjoyed to be recognised because so much of the attention is on the famous

people. i must say one name in particularfor me, tom baker, exactly 50 years ago this week that his first series as the fourth doctor on doctor who started, so i am impartial but there is a part of me that is so delighted for him. he was my doctor, seeing him made an mbe for services to television. you wouldn't _ for services to television. you wouldn't know _ for services to television. you wouldn't know that _ for services to television. you wouldn't know that he - for services to television. you wouldn't know that he is a doctor who fan. thank you so much. there is a full list of the people who have got honours on the bbc news website and app and throughout the day we will be mentioning some of them. stay with us here on bbc news. hello. the weather will continue to have impacts for some on this last day of 2024. we still have a met office amber warning, for instance, at around fort william, inverness and aviemore for heavy rain. but actually, conditions, weather conditions, will slowly improve here. we'll see the persistent rain ease into the afternoon. there will be some heavy showers, though. the most persistent rain will be in the far north

of scotland with strong and gusty winds. southern scotland and northern ireland continue to brighten up and turn a bit drier and less windy. northern england, north and west wales deteriorating weather through the afternoon, more in the way of persistent rain, especially in the north west of both and strong and gusty winds. further south, it stays dry, blustery and for many, a mild end to the year. we'll see that rain, though, persist across parts of northern england, wales and the north midlands into the midnight hours. we see in the brand new year, we see in the brand new year, strong and gusty winds strong and gusty winds with it and to the south. with it and to the south. to the north of that, to the north of that, we'll see in the new we'll see in the new year on a colder note. year on a colder note. rain, sleet and snow here, rain, sleet and snow here, which means icy conditions which means icy conditions to start new year's day. to start new year's day. that colder air pushing that colder air pushing its way southwards. its way southwards. but at least for much but at least for much of the day, south wales, of the day, south wales, central and southern england, central and southern england, a spell of heavy rain, a spell of heavy rain, gusty winds pushing its way gusty winds pushing its way southwards and temperatures of the week out. southwards and temperatures dropping throughout. dropping throughout. so whilst it does brighten so whilst it does brighten up from north wales, up from north wales, northern england northwards, northern england northwards, with a few wintry showers with a few wintry showers around, it will feel around, it will feel much, much colder much, much colder to end new year's day. to end new year's day. and that is the start and that is the start of a spell of really cold of a spell of really cold

air to see the rest air to see the rest of the week out. arctic air coming down from the north to all parts as we head through into thursday. so it does mean as we start thursday, after a very cold start, there will be a widespread frost and the risk of some ice around, especially where you see the wet weather clear latest and indeed where you've got wintry showers to start the day. snow showers, in fact, northern scotland, some close to these eastern coastal counties of england, northern ireland and maybe one or two into north wales and the isle of man, as well. for many, though, thursday will be a bright and sunny day, but in the wind it will feel cold. this is what it will feel like out there exposed to the wind, as low as —6 wind chill in parts of the far north east of scotland. that cold air sits in place, then, through thursday night into friday, so anotherfrost and ice risk. but with a few weather fronts coming down that northerly flow, there'll be a bit more cloud, greater chance of some showers inland, scotland, northern ireland, northern england and north wales. again, a mixture of rain, sleet and snow giving a slight dusting over the hills. further south, it stays sunny but, for all, friday another cold day.

hgppy happy new year's eve, a very happy morning if you havejust joined us. i will have a full bulletin at 11.00. now on bbc news — a look at the famous faces we lost this year —

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