on sunday killing almost everyone on board. the ambulance service in wales declares a critical incident — after an increase in demand causes significant delays. tourists brave the elements — as stormy weather leads to the cancellation of edinburgh's famous new year outdoor hogmanay events fireworks and 2025 kicks off in auckland, as new zealanders celebrate the new year. hello. i'm nicky schiller.

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 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. our correspondent emir nader has more from jerusalem. receive many calls that tents

have been flooded. in the humanitarian agencies have called for more aid to be allowed into the strip to keep families warm there. israel, for its part are saying they continue to facilitate the delivery and transfer of aid into the gaza strip now they report you are about to see does contain some distressing themes. baby sila was just 20 days old when herfather, mahmud, couldn't wake her up in the morning. translation: 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. sila was seen by doctor ahmed al farah.

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. mahmud's family have been displaced over ten times throughout the war. here in moascar camp, tens of thousands of gaza's nearly 2 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. heartbroken for her 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 sila when she was alive. only three weeks of memories and her clothes. i never thought i would give birth living in a tent in such cold and freezing conditions with water dripping on us, water leaks into the tent, pouring down on us. at times we had to run to escape the water for the ba by�*s sake. on sunday, another tragic case. abu jamal also didn't make it longer than 20 days. her hand is frozen. 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 sela's lifeless body to a makeshift graveyard. translation: we're all sick. our 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. some of the very upsetting testimonies from those in gaza. there is an estimate that over a million in gaza don't have adequate protection for winter and without adequate provisions in these deaths from cold will sadly continue. hamish young is the the senior emergency coordinator in gaza for unicef

and is in khan younis: 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. ijust heard that the latest count is six from hypothermia. i hate to say it but i would not be surprised to learn there is more. the weather here is atrocious. it's notjust 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 parker 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. by the war many, many times. so the shelter they have is heavily 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, sadly, there is a lot of malnutrition, disease is higher because sanitary and food situations are poor.

there are a lot of low and premature children trying to survive in these tents and plastic sheets. as we mentioned earlier a new report by the un 5 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. our correspondent imogen foulkes has more on that report from geneva. this is a very detailed report, a good 2a pages long and it looks at not the immediate period, it looks at the period of october 2023 to the end ofjune 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 or have even been killed.

medical staff detained, some reports of torture there, and basically that the systematic, this 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 sustain human life have been systematically taken away and one of these is health care. israel said it facilitated 10,000 tonnes of winter related aid in the last three months. you can get more on this on our 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. translation: 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. our 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. 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 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 2a 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. countries around the world have started to see in the new year. as well as fireworks, global leaders take the opportunity to address their nation and china's president xi jinping said just ahead of celebrations across china that "no—one can stop" unification with taiwan. it was part of his new year's address. in russia president putin hails "proud" achievements

in new year's address marking 25 years in power. new zealand has welcomed in 2025 with a fireworks display from the auckland sky tower. thousands of revellers gathered to watch the spectacular display. it is one of the first countries in the world to celebrate. people across the globe are getting ready to say goodbye to 2024 with a variety of celebrations. next up is sydney and most of australia's east coast. it will take 26 hours for the entire world to welcome in the new year. 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, i've met people from australia, from malaysia who came here from malaysia who came here and of course they're disappointed, and of course they're disappointed, but of course also but of course also understanding. understanding. and the thing that i have and the thing that i have been able to cheer them been able to cheer them up with, of course, is that up with, of course, is that here in scotland is, here in scotland is, in my opinion, the best place in my opinion, the best place to spend hogmanay and you don't to spend hogmanay and you don't need to be outside to enjoy it. need to be outside to enjoy it. there's plenty of things there's plenty of things to do inside too, to do inside too, and the indoor events and the indoor events that were organised that were organised for edinburgh's hogmanay for edinburgh's hogmanay are still going ahead, are still going ahead, so you know there's plenty so you know there's plenty to do, there's plenty to enjoy. to do, there's plenty to enjoy. but just of course, but just of course, keeping safe and that keeping safe and that street party, the thing street party, the thing that people do look that people do look forward to and do come forward to and do come from all over the world from all over the world to be involved in, to be involved in, is not going ahead. is not going ahead. we have a live page up and we have a live page up and running with all the fireworks running with all the from around the world. we are askin: from around the world. we are asking for _ from around the world. we are asking for your _ from around the world. we are asking for your 2025 _

asking for your 2025 resolutions and some

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. 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. the singer and tv presenter myleene klass is also amongst those being honoured today — myleene has been appointed an mbe for services to women's health, miscarriage awareness and to charity. she has shared her experience of miscarriage and campaigned for better treatment for women who have experienced this loss. let's listen to a clip from an interview she gave in 2021. recognise this, let us talk about it. recognise these women let them talk about their pain. if you compare it to the same level of trauma and ptsd as a soldier returning from afghanistan, you wouldn't expect anyone to go through

this level of pain. we are now all so much more aware of what mental health can do to our families, the workforce, the bigger picture. this is something that must be taken seriously. it's happening to 20,000 women a month and we are not even addressing it. something has gone very, very wrong. let's speak myleene now. congratulations. thank you, so much. i still haven't let the news thinking. my haven't let the news thinking. my family are very excited, needless to say. how did you find out? i got igota i got a letter sent to me two weeks ago and we stood round my kitchen island. i can't believe it's actually happening. and now i can say that it is. i now i can say that it is. i suppose it's hard to keep that secret until today from other

people that you work with? it’s people that you work with? it's been people that you work with? it�*s been difficult to keep it a secret because it's about miscarriage, baby loss, and understanding that it is so traumatic and shrouded in darkness and sadness, so to have a real spotlight shone on it, a little bit of happiness, as well, it's very much welcomed and it helps to give a platform and eyes to so many women who have felt isolated. it has made a lot of women feel seen. ., ' . it has made a lot of women feel seen. ., , . ., , it has made a lot of women feel seen. ., , . .,, ., seen. how difficult was it for ou to seen. how difficult was it for you to share _ seen. how difficult was it for you to share your _ seen. how difficult was it for you to share your story - you to share your story originally? i you to share your story originally?— you to share your story originally? i started my campaign _ originally? i started my campaign journey - originally? i started my campaign journey by i originally? i started my - campaign journey by making a campaignjourney by making a documentary that was nominated for a _ documentary that was nominated for a better a few years ago. and — for a better a few years ago. and that's when i realised that i really wasn't alone. as

isolated as you may feel by baby loss, you are very much not alone, 20,000 women per month, that's what we think it is. there is no official data collected, very sadly, which could help to help change but it's a very difficult subject to bring up. no one wants to talk about miscarriage, understandably, and it's one of those subjects, one of the last taboo is, people feel that women should just get on with it like their mothers and grandmothers but no one should have to put up with this. we deserve the caring recognition in comfort and treatment and medical intervention and support you would get for anything else. you wouldn't in anything else. you wouldn't in any other area of the medical world suffer three consecutive heart attacks before receiving any kind of intervention and yet that's what we are expecting women to do. hopefully the fact that you are

now an mbe will help with that. are you going to be able to celebrate?— celebrate? absolutely. i'm currently _ celebrate? absolutely. i'm currently on _ celebrate? absolutely. i'm currently on holiday - celebrate? absolutely. i'm currently on holiday with i celebrate? absolutely. i'm. currently on holiday with my family so celebrations will start in a matter of hours. i've got all my family with me and i'm very excited and what a way to start 2025. there's not much good news about, as i imagine you know that this is very, welcome.— imagine you know that this is very, welcome. thank you, for “oininu very, welcome. thank you, for joining us- _ very, welcome. thank you, for joining us- stay _ very, welcome. thank you, for joining us. stay with _ very, welcome. thank you, for joining us. stay with us- joining us. stay with us because we've got the winner coming up to you next. —— the weather. hello. the weather will continue to have impacts for some on this last day of 202a. 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 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 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.

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the first time this year that the fireworks are going to dazzle the harbour from the fireworks are going to dazzle the harbourfrom both the east and west sides. we'll have that live at the top of the hour. a year like no other. first the king, then the princess of wales diagnosed with cancer. this, of course, came as a huge shock, and william and i have been doing everything we can to process and manage this privately for the sake of our young family. good man, this one. prince william called it the hardest year of his life,

supporting his wife and family while flying the flag