live from london... this is bbc news medics in gaza say six newborn babies have died from hypothermia in a two week period. south korea'sjeju air says it will "strengthen" safety measures after one of its planes crashed on sunday killing almost everyone on board. the ambulance service in wales declares a critical incident after an increase in demand causes significant delays. severe weather warnings across the uk , stormy weather has already led to the cancellation of edinburgh's famous new year outdoor hogmanay events. and 2025 kicks off in auckland, as new zealanders celebrate the new year.

hello. i'm nicky schiller. welcome to the programme. and i want to take you straight to those live pictures from auckland in new zealand as they welcome in 2025. this is the sky tower in the city. this is 328 metres tall and is the tallest in the southern hemisphere. let's have a listen into the celebrations. cheering so, this display will last around five minutes. we are told there is

up of 33 islands and occupies a vast area of the pacific ocean, may be 4000 kilometres. it marking 20 years since they changed the time zone which meant they now celebrate one hour ago. and we can now see new zealand welcoming in the

new zealand welcoming in the new year. if you want to continue to watch the fireworks then you can see there is a qr code on the right—hand side of your screen. you can scan that throughout the day and we will be streaming fireworks from around the world live. so ones from auckland will continue. it's one of the big ones because, of course, australia were welcoming the new year in just under two hours�* time. there�*s already been a fabulous fireworks display near the opera house at sydney harbour. the main event he —— will feature robbie williams playing in australia.

we turn our attention to 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 news comes as a new report by the un says israel�*s attacks on hospitals in gaza have had a catastrophic effect on palestinians�* access to health care — raising serious concerns about war crimes and crimes against humanity. 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. and a warning — you may find some scenes in his report upsetting. in the morning, ifound her stiff, like wood. i was told

she was dead due to the cold. i have no food. only god knows our condition. she have no food. only god knows our condition.— have no food. only god knows our condition. she was seen by a doctor- _ our condition. she was seen by a doctor. she _ our condition. she was seen by a doctor. she suffered - our condition. she was seen by a doctor. she suffered from . a doctor. she suffered from severe hypothermia - a doctor. she suffered from severe hypothermia leavingj a doctor. she suffered from i severe hypothermia leaving to the cessation of vital signs, cardiac_ the cessation of vital signs, cardiac arrest and death. full stop— cardiac arrest and death. full stop yesterday to other cases, the mood's family have been displaced ten times throughout the wet — displaced ten times throughout the war. in this camp, tens of thousands_ the war. in this camp, tens of thousands of gazans displaced live on— thousands of gazans displaced live on the beach with flooding from _ live on the beach with flooding from rain — live on the beach with flooding from rain and the sea and a lack— from rain and the sea and a lack of— from rain and the sea and a lack of food. there are heavy restrictions by israel on aid to gaza _ restrictions by israel on aid to gaza. israel denies this. |

to gaza. israel denies this. i felt heartbroken for her because of the conditions. i did everything i could to keep her warm but i could not manage. her warm but i could not manage-— her warm but i could not manaue. ., ., , ., manage. without a phone, the family don't — manage. without a phone, the family don't have _ manage. without a phone, the family don't have a _ manage. without a phone, the family don't have a single - family don�*t have a single photo of herfrom family don�*t have a single photo of her from when she was alive. all they have four had their memories is her close. i never thought i would give birth living in a tent in such freezing conditions. water leaks down on us and sometimes we have to run and escape the water for the baby�*s sake. we have to run and escape the waterfor the baby�*s sake. fin water for the baby's sake. on sunda , waterforthe baby's sake. on sunday, another tragic case. this baby didn�*t make it longer than 20 days. he this baby didn't make it longer than 20 days— than 20 days. he is frozen. frozen- _ than 20 days. he is frozen. frozen. all— than 20 days. he is frozen. frozen. all eight _ than 20 days. he is frozen. frozen. all eight of - than 20 days. he is frozen. frozen. all eight of us, - than 20 days. he is frozen. frozen. all eight of us, we| frozen. all eight of us, we don't — frozen. all eight of us, we don't have blankets. what can i do? _ don't have blankets. what can i do? i_ don't have blankets. what can i do? i see — don't have blankets. what can i do? i see my children dying in front— do? i see my children dying in front of— do? i see my children dying in front of me. my children are dying — front of me. my children are dying in_ front of me. my children are dying in front of me. in

front of me. my children are dying in front of me.- dying in front of me. in 'ust over one week, i dying in front of me. in 'ust over one week, six i dying in front of me. in just over one week, six babies i dying in front of me. in just | over one week, six babies in gaza have died from cold weather. local health officials have said. under the sound of israeli drones above, mehmood carries a lifeless body to the makeshift graveyard. we carries a lifeless body to the makeshift graveyard. we are all sick, our chest _ makeshift graveyard. we are all sick, our chest hurts _ makeshift graveyard. we are all sick, our chest hurts and - makeshift graveyard. we are all sick, our chest hurts and if - makeshift graveyard. we are all sick, our chest hurts and if we l sick, our chest hurts and if we don�*t die from the war then we will die from the cold. this don't die from the war then we will die from the cold.- will die from the cold. as the winter cold _ will die from the cold. as the winter cold becomes - will die from the cold. as the winter cold becomes more i will die from the cold. as the . winter cold becomes more harsh and merciless, another preventable death in gaza with children suffering the most from the cruelties of war. let�*s get more on this with hamish young. he�*s the senior emergency coordinator in gaza for unicef and is in khan younis. how common are the stories like we�*ve heard of baby dying

from the cold. u nfortu nately, unfortunately, tragically common. i�*m sure you know, the total death toll since the war started for children is around 15,000. so, you know, it�*s a tragedy laying on top of another tragedy. tragedy laying on top of anothertragedy. ijust tragedy laying on top of another tragedy. i just heard that the latest count is six from hypothermia. i hate to say it but i would not be surprised if there is more. the weather here is atrocious. it�*s not just the low temperatures. there is a gale blowing in off the mediterranean which creates a wind—chill factor which really pushes temperatures down. it�*s raining heavily,

very much at the moment. as you can see, i�*m wearing a ski park at the moment and i�*m in a solid, substantial building, so the impact of this weather is tough on anyone but we are talking about an extremely vulnerable population, people living in tents, under plastic sheeting, displaced by the war many, many time. so the shelter they have is theory degraded as they have is theory degraded as they have is theory degraded as they have put it up and torn it down many times. so it�*s in a really difficult shape. children are acutely vulnerable to this, especially newborns and premature and low weight babies. and given, as your last videojust mentioned, the massively crowded state of the

health care system, there is a lot of malnutrition, disease is higher because sanitary and food situations are poor. children trying to live and survive in these tents and plastic sheets are... survive in these tents and plastic sheets are. . .- survive in these tents and plastic sheets are... are you able to offer _ plastic sheets are... are you able to offer any _ plastic sheets are... are you able to offer any help? - plastic sheets are... are you able to offer any help? are i plastic sheets are... are you i able to offer any help? are you able to offer any help? are you able to offer any help? are you able to get anything in like blankets for them to at least try to keep warm? we blankets for them to at least try to keep warm?— blankets for them to at least try to keep warm? we are trying to brina try to keep warm? we are trying to bring in _ try to keep warm? we are trying to bring in tents, _ try to keep warm? we are trying to bring in tents, plastic- to bring in tents, plastic sheeting and baby clothes for the children. unicef have brought in 60,000 tonnes and we�*ve distributed 40,000 but there are still several hundred thousand between the agencies. there is a limited amount of supply that we can get in and

it�*s a matter of prioritisation. we�*ve still got to bring in food, equipment for water supply and sanitation, hygiene and so on. but we are bringing in winter tents and tarpaulin. we�*ve also brought in some baby clothes kits and i personally went to nasser hospital to the ic you units, and it was interesting to learn that there are 20 to 30 babies being born per day so the amount of kit we are bringing in is not nearly enough. ijust want to mention one other initiative we are taking which is very much... comes out on communication that this is caring practices because in

addition to the baby clothes and tarpaulin there are certain practices people can take, they�*ve been living in buildings up until the war started, and that�*s the practice of kangaroo care which is ensuring that babies have skin to skin contact and are swaddled with the mum or dad. that�*s another practice we are rapidly rolling out and promoting which we hope will save lives of these babies. nicky, all of this is a band—aid. what is desperately needed here is a ceasefire. the government if they want to save the children on a large scale should be promoting the possibility of a ceasefire.

as we mentioned earlier a new report by the un s human rights office says israels attacks on hospitals in gaza have had a catastrophic effect on palestinians access to healthcare, raising serious concerns about war crimes and crimes against humanity. for more on that report we can speak now to our correspondent imogen foulkes. imaging, what else report say? this is a very detailed report, a good 24 pages long and it looks at not the immediate period, it looks at the period of october 2023 to the end of june of this year. and it catalogues a pattern of really, attack, besiege, invade evacuate hospitals in gaza by israeli forces. it says that patients have died as a result will have even been killed. medical staff detained, some reports of torture there, and basically that the systematic, the report claims, destruction

of these hospitals have been catastrophic for the population of gaza who basically, as you heard talking to unicef, other basic elements to the sane human life have been systematically taken away and one of these is health care. we should say _ one of these is health care. we should say that israel has said it has facilitated 10,000 tonnes of winter related aid into gaza over the past three months. you can get more information on this on our bbc website and app. 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. jordan davies has been monitoring events for us and gave me the latest

on the situation. it�*s 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 fact that almost half of all ambulance crews in wales were waiting outside hospitals to hand over patients. hospitals were full because of covid and winter flu. they haven�*t been able to discharge patients, so they weren�*t able to provide beds. and they weren�*t able to provide clinicians to see patients. so those patients have to remain in ambulances. now, this morning we heard from the chief executive of the welsh ambulance service, jason killens. he apologised for long delays, but he said he expects this

pressure to continue into today and tomorrow. our 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 to 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. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

now, it�*s time for a look at today�*s sport with john watson.

he�*s at the sports centre. 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 disappointing 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 14th, 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 theirfirst home game of the season as they beat fourth placed chelsea 2—0. yeah, one of the best nights. we�*ve been, i won�*t say lucky because i think you earn your luck, but we have been privileged to have a glut of good nights, but that�*s certainly after the first win at portman road in the premier league for 22 years, a special one for the players and the supporters

and everyone involved. 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. italy confirmed their place in the united cup quarterfinal after beating france 3—0 in sydney on tuesday. flavio cobolli had put italy ahead before jasmine paolini clinched the victory with a convincing win over chloe paquet, 6—0, 6—2. and a mixed doubles win made it 3—0, they will face the winner of group f, which could be decided by great britain against australia tomorrow. the usa confirmed their place in the last eight, beating croatia. it was coco gauff who sealed victory beating donna vekic. the americans, who then

won the mixed doubles, will face china next on new year�*s day in perth. nikola jokic and russell westbrook were the stars as denver nuggets won at utahjazz on monday night. the pair both achieved triple—doubles. jokic with 36 points, 22 rebounds and 11 assists. westbrook�*s number not quite as good with 16 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists, but he was crucial in some key moments that saw them to a132—121win. cleveland cavaliers won convincingly at golden state warriors to extend their winning streak to seven. they pulled away in the third and fourth quarter to win by 113—95. darius garland top scored with 25 points. that�*s all from our sport centre for now. back to you.

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 company�*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. 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. our 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 it�*s 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. 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. let�*s leave you with these lovely pictures from new zealand who are welcoming in the new year. they had traditional fireworks as you can see from the city�*s iconic sky tower. and they�*ve been

enjoying the first few minutes of 2025. we will take you round the world with the fireworks. in 25 minutes it will be sydney with their world— famous display. 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, strong and gusty winds with it and to the south. to the north of that, we�*ll see in the new year on a colder note. rain, sleet and snow here, which means icy conditions to start new year�*s day. that colder air pushing its way southwards. but at least for much of the day, south wales, central and southern england, a spell of heavy rain, gusty winds pushing its way southwards and temperatures dropping throughout. so whilst it does brighten up from north wales, northern england northwards, with a few wintry showers around, it will feel much, much colder to end new year�*s day. and that is the start of a spell of really cold air to seize 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. 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.

this is bbc news, the headlines: path to the presidency — year in review this is not the 12 days of christmas. this is the 12 months of us politics. you are wearing a very christmassy outfit. i am, and i can make it more christmassy, look. belljingles i've got my little elf hat. i don�*t know, it�*s got a bell, though. maybe that�*s... it�*s a little distracting. is it too noisy for serious conversation?

we were given the memo, "dress festive", and i look like the grinch because all i have in my closet is a green sweater and red earrings. so well done. you look very stylishly christmas, i�*ve gone... let me stick this over here. oh, that�*s a shame. ok, it�*s fallen on the floor. that�*s fine, we�*ll leave it there. it�*s the thought that counts. they laugh exactly. well, festive indeed, here we are. we�*ve made it to the end of the year. a couple of days left to go. this is a good opportunity to look back at the year that we had. yeah, so this is not the 12 days of christmas. this is the 12 months of us politics. how are we going to fit that into one short episode? but we�*ll give it a go. yeah. ready, set, go.