live from london. this is bbc news. a severe weather alert is in place for parts of northern england after heavy snow overnight. the conditions are causing travel disruption across the country. manchester and liverpool airports reopen their runways after temporarily closing for a few hours, but passengers are warned of delays. reports of further israeli strikes overnight in gaza. local officials say areas of the central part of the strip have been hit. thousands of supporters and opponents of south korea's suspended president have taken to the streets of seoul for a second day. this is the live scene in the capital. the uk health secretary,

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and manchester airports have now reopened, but there are warnings of more delays and disruption to come. sharon barbour reports. after days of waiting, it finally arrived overnight. creating picturesque but also hazarded scenes. yorkshire had some of the heaviest snowfall and this is leeds. rotherham was completely carpeted. north wales has also received some of the thickest of us police has advised against any nonessential travel. here in yorkshire, we woke up to a very beautiful scenes but it is very checked treacherous on the pavements and there are warnings to take care if you have to head out. many are enjoying the snow here but many

are worried about their journeys ahead. it was very exciting because i love doing is nobles of my sister but it is nobles of my sister but it is a bit hard because you are going to date and we do not want it to be too icy. i’m going to date and we do not want it to be too icy. i'm not enjoying _ want it to be too icy. i'm not enjoying it — want it to be too icy. i'm not enjoying it very _ want it to be too icy. i'm not enjoying it very much - want it to be too icy. i'm not enjoying it very much a - want it to be too icy. i'm not enjoying it very much a tool| want it to be too icy. i'm not| enjoying it very much a tool i want — enjoying it very much a tool i want to— enjoying it very much a tool i want to get a train but they are delayed so... —— i want to get _ are delayed so... —— i want to get a — are delayed so... —— i want to geia train— are delayed so... —— i want to geia train -- _ are delayed so... —— i want to get a train —— i'm not enjoying it get a train —— i'm not enjoying iivery— get a train —— i'm not enjoying it very much_ get a train —— i'm not enjoying it very much at all. get a train -- i'm not en'oying it very much at all.* it very much at all. people have already _ it very much at all. people have already had - it very much at all. people have already had their- it very much at all. people l have already had their travel plans disrupted. indie have already had their travel plans disrupted.— have already had their travel plans disrupted. we are going to stay out. — plans disrupted. we are going to stay out. we _ plans disrupted. we are going to stay put, we have - plans disrupted. we are going to stay put, we have been - to stay put, we have been driving from scottish round to writing and we stopped off last night i looked at the weather forecast but you are going to stay putjust enjoy the weather and travel safely back down south tomorrow. i and travel safely back down south tomorrow.— and travel safely back down south tomorrow. i can't get to the airport. — south tomorrow. i can't get to the airport. i— south tomorrow. i can't get to the airport, i have _ south tomorrow. i can't get to the airport, i have looked - south tomorrow. i can't get to the airport, i have looked intoj the airport, i have looked into iry the airport, i have looked into by bus— the airport, i have looked into by bus they— the airport, i have looked into by bus they have _ the airport, i have looked into by bus they have cancelled . the airport, i have looked into by bus they have cancelled iti by bus they have cancelled it and i'm — by bus they have cancelled it and i'm trying— by bus they have cancelled it and i'm trying to _ by bus they have cancelled it and i'm trying to get - by bus they have cancelled it and i'm trying to get another one — and i'm trying to get another one and _ and i'm trying to get another one and i_ and i'm trying to get another one and i am— and i'm trying to get another one and i am waiting - and i'm trying to get another one and i am waiting for- and i'm trying to get another one and i am waiting for a i one and i am waiting for a driver— one and i am waiting for a driverto— one and i am waiting for a driverto appear. - one and i am waiting for a driver to appear. manchester airort driver to appear. manchester airport has — driver to appear. manchester airport has been _ driver to appear. manchester airport has been closed - airport has been closed overnight by train services

have been affected in the north. chris wood from aa roadside patrol in harrogate gave us his best advice for drivers out in the snowy conditions. so the biggest advice is plan your route. you know, we've got aa route planner that we're asking people to check before you head out. obviously, there is a lot of delays and diversions on the road today, and so just plan your route before you go and try to stick to the major routes, which are now getting gritted and ploughed. and a lot of the minor minor routes are still,

you know, quite heavily blocked with snow. and so they are quite treacherous. so yeah, it's a case of stick to the major routes where you can do. so if you do go out and as you said, stick to the main routes, what is the advice in terms of driving in this sort of weather? so first of all it's making sure your vehicle's ready for it. prepared for it. so clear all the snow from your vehicle. if it's iced over, make sure it's completely de—iced. your screens are completely misted, so you've got full visibility. make sure your lights are working as well. make sure they're switched on with this weather. you know you want to be visible. actually driving in the weather, you just want to take it as nice and steady as possible. you know, really, really cautious. give yourself plenty of stopping distance. i mean, in snow and ice, your stopping distance can be up to ten times more than what it normally is. so just going really, really cautious. use it. if you're in a manual vehicle, using your gears to slow yourself down. and if you're in an automatic, a lot of these vehicles have actually got snow and ice mode on them, which will help you drive your will help you drive in these conditions. let's go live now to west yorkshire, and our correspondent nicky schiller who's there for us. how are things are looking? the

last time you — how are things are looking? tia: last time you were with how are things are looking? ti2 last time you were with me, you see, it was still snowing and as you can see, the snow has eased off and it is now sort of sleety rain which means people are out on the roads and starting to get out and about because they feel that the snow has stopped and it gives them a chance to get out on the roads if they did need to get somewhere. as you had not aa patrolman, there are warnings to really be careful about when you head out on the road and be careful about things like having water and having a charge was mobile phone. leeds bradford airport isjust charge was mobile phone. leeds bradford airport is just seven miles from here and the runway still close and going to remain closed until further notice. they are trying to get rid of the snow that has come down over the last two hours from the runway, but the officials that there are telling us that they are so many people in the departure lounge at the moment that they may well have to limit the number of people that go through security once they reopen the airport, but we do not have a time when they will

reopen it. manchester and john lennon airport are back opened but they are one of delays. a similar situation on the trains are where there are cancellations and i've just had a look on the app and for leeds, there are loads of cancellations and delays, particularly on northern and trans— pennine, the latter you would expect with that is a lot that were a lot of the snow is. they was one winners of scott road delays and gwr. —— are warnings of scott to rail delays. 16 centimetres of snowfall in bingley here in west yorkshire overnight and into this morning, my york she is on the other side of yorkshire and she is in york and what are the conditions with you as the moment? thanks. be re with you as the moment? thanks. be pretty similar. _ with you as the moment? thanks. be pretty similar. the _ with you as the moment? thanks. be pretty similar. the rain - with you as the moment? thanks. be pretty similar. the rain is - be pretty similar. the rain is turning — be pretty similar. the rain is turning to _ be pretty similar. the rain is turning to a slushy, as you said. — turning to a slushy, as you said, somewhere between snow and rain — said, somewhere between snow

and rain. also talking to people _ and rain. also talking to people here having real problems of the trains, some are delayed and people are telling _ are delayed and people are telling us that ever stopped for an— telling us that ever stopped for an hour in their cars on the— for an hour in their cars on the a1~_ for an hour in their cars on the a1. very slippery on the pavement and on the roads for the yorkshire ambulance and said — the yorkshire ambulance and said that _ the yorkshire ambulance and said that it is very hazardous driving — said that it is very hazardous driving and it is really delaying the ability to get two patients right now and they wanted _ patients right now and they wanted to put a message out that— wanted to put a message out that they are doing their best to get— that they are doing their best to get around and they haven't a lot— to get around and they haven't a lot of— to get around and they haven't a lot of cause and have had to attend — a lot of cause and have had to attend to _ a lot of cause and have had to attend to a lot of road traffic accident _ attend to a lot of road traffic accident about some roads are so bad — accident about some roads are so bad that they are blocked and cannot get past. they are advising — and cannot get past. they are advising patients to stay put and stay _ advising patients to stay put and stay calm and they are doing — and stay calm and they are doing everything they can to -et doing everything they canto get to— doing everything they can to get to patients and they are asking — get to patients and they are asking others to keep out for vulnerable people and keep people _ vulnerable people and keep people warmer. we visited a warm — people warmer. we visited a warm hub, another big concern is that— warm hub, another big concern is that this _ warm hub, another big concern is that this cold weather could cause — is that this cold weather could cause serious health

conditions.— cause serious health conditions. ., . ., cause serious health conditions. . . ., , conditions. good advice to stay indoors. thank _ conditions. good advice to stay indoors. thank you _ conditions. good advice to stay indoors. thank you sharon, - conditions. good advice to stay| indoors. thank you sharon, live indoors. thank you sharon, live in york with the view of york minster behind her. i and sharon are both in the amber warning area for snow and this last until midnight tonight and covers yorkshire but also up to northumberland and over to cumbria and carlisle, so the forecasters are still keeping an eye on how much snow is going to fall over the coming hours. northern ireland, it has to be said, has gotten of weird to be said, has gotten of weird to be said, has gotten of weird to be light unlike the republic of ireland where 28,000 people are without power and they are trying to reconnect them there. do not forget, if you want to get the latest, we have a live page “p get the latest, we have a live page up and running on the bbc news website with the latest both from a team of correspondents around the country but also more critically, the bbc weather centre as well and they have the details of the forecast where you are. you can see here the snow is easing off by the snow is still on the ground

certainly until those temperatures rise and is no such a rise back to you in the nice warm studio. has such a rise back to you in the nice warm studio.— such a rise back to you in the nice warm studio. as nikki were sa in: , nice warm studio. as nikki were saying. there — nice warm studio. as nikki were saying, there are _ nice warm studio. as nikki were saying, there are updates - nice warm studio. as nikki were saying, there are updates on . saying, there are updates on the live page. 11 flood are willing to have been issued so —— flood warnings have been issued so they are all listed on the bbc live page if you want to check that out now. ukraine has launched a new offensive in kursk, a region of russia it partially occupied in a lightning incursion five months ago. its forces fanned out in three directions from their main base at sudzha. president zelensky�*s chief—of—staff said russia was getting what it deserved. in recent weeks, moscow has been trying to squeeze the ukrainians out of kursk, with the support of north korean troops. in gaza, there have been reports of further israeli strikes overnight. local officials say areas of the central part of the strip have been hit. the attacks come after prime

minister benjamin netanyahu said that israel planned to resume indirect talks with hamas to end the war. 0ur correspondentjonah fisher gave us this update from jerusalem. those strikes continued overnight, as you mention, in the central part of gaza, in particular. we are hearing hearing reports that at least ten people were killed. in a central part of gaza, also report elsewhere. —— also reports of strike elsewhere. it has clearly been a very bloody few days in both central and northern gaza. the hamas—run ministry of health but as one of their regular updates at this morning, saying that 88 people had been killed in the last 2a hours, bringing the total to more than 200 since thursday. we've also heard from the idf in the last 2a hours and it is clear that they have been striking a lot as well. they said that they had hit about 100 sites over the weekend and some of those

sites, websites use to launch projectiles, rockets out of gaza towards israel. meanwhile, when you says that israel intends to resume indirect talks with hamas? that is right, there is a delegation from israel containing security ages, from my side, israeli defense forces in qatar, holding talks with mediators and effectively, that is the way that it communicates with hamas through a group of mediators that have in the past included the the qatari government and the united states.

as well as, the egyptian government. those talks are continuing with a view to try to find some sort of ceasefire agreements that it might evolve the return of some of the hostages being held and have been held since the october attacks of 2023. those discussions are taking place and from what we have been hearing from the israeli side, they are hopeful, cautiously and are waiting for answers from hamas is to some of their queries about many of the outstanding issues relating to ending the conflict in gaza, in a terms of what happened next and what will be the israeli presence in gaza and any future arrangements, those are issues that the size are quite a long way apart on. the view is whether they can achieve some sort of preliminary agreements that will see some of the hostages to return for some sort of ceasefire and to try and build to a more permanent agreement. this is the scene now live in seoul outside

the presidential residence, where you can see protestors once again gathered, both in support and opposition to president yoon. some stayed out all night, braving the cold and snow. thea;r braving the cold and snow. they were turned _ braving the cold and snow. they were turned away _ braving the cold and snow. they were turned away from - braving the cold and snow. they were turned away from security personnel guarding the present and is thought that they may try to detain him again before the arrest warrant expired at midnight on monday. thousands of supporters and opponents of south korea's suspended president have been on the streets of seoul for a second day. some stayed out all night, braving freezing temperatures and snow. many protesters are gathered around the official residence of president yoon suk yeol. investigators tried to get into the compound and arrest mr yoon on friday for declaring martial law. they were turned away by security personnel guarding the president. it's thought they may try to detain him again before the arrest warrant expires at midnight on monday. this is the scene now live in seoul outside

the presidential residence, where you can see protestors once again gathered, both in support and opposition to president yoon. there are a lot of police there out in force. woongbee lee is editor of bbc korean. he told me about the attempts to arrest the former president. on friday, the coi investigators went to the possession palace to try and execute the arrest warrant it but due to the political severity service and the military personnel in the presidents office than against them, making human walls and for that reason, the coi a could not enter and execute is the arrest warrant. after hours of stand off, the coi has sound of —— could have the arrest warrant citing percent over the safety of people and their officers. since then, they have been as you mention, bright is going on in front of the president's office with both the supporters of the presses and the opponents are calling for a quick arrest of the president. just explain what he would be arrested because of, just explain with what happen of the martial law and what the

arrest warrant actually says. the president has declared martial law on december the 3rd and the coi as national assembly called it illegal, saying that was an act of insurrection and fight an arrest warrant for the president and the coi, they issued was to investigate that before going into the impeachment process which will take more than 180 days for the results to come out. so, for this warrant issued, it was to investigate what by the president played in martial law. who are these officials protecting him? presumably, they are being paid for by somebody, by him personally, or how does it work in terms of these people stopping the officials turning up to try and arrest him? it is the presidential security service, a government body, that has always been there and the official reason, mentioned by the chief of the pss today, is that there are still some legal

argument around whether this arrest warrant is due or not and that is why the pss say they are standing firm on the ground to fulfil their duty of protecting the president. where is the acting president in all of this? the acting president is still in place and he has been requested by the opposition party to make more firm request to the presidential security service to abide to the investigators arrest warrant, however the pss, the political security service, is still saying the same thing that the current president, president yoon suk yeol�*s arrest is still debatable. now it's time for a look at today's sport with hugh ferris.

.we . we have been talking about disruption caused by the weather and there were question marks over whether the big match at anfield will still be going on. is match at anfield will still be auoin on. , match at anfield will still be going on-— going on. is it still happening? - going on. is it still happening? it - going on. is it still happening? it is. l going on. is it still| happening? it is. a going on. is it still— happening? it is. a particular where we are, we had a good deal of snow to deal with and you can see how it effected anfield and the surrounding areas. liverpool after the right as well and that is a picture that has been approved quite improved upon sufficiently for liverpool to say that the matter gets manchester united will go on ahead. they held two meetings with the city's council to assess whether the match will go ahead transporting for the match are due to kick off at liz30pm local will involve two teams in first and a 40th in the premier league, a rare large gap between of —— are two of england's great rivals.

they have much better playersl in my opinion there may be the league table shows at the - moment and i think it is good to take a while to bring these other players but they were l definitely go up and they are i much, much, much betterthan the league table - shows at the moment. they are anxious and sometimes afraid on the pitch so we have to cope with that, and we need a leader to step up and help the other guys and i am the most responsible person here to improve the performance so this is a difficult moment and i will help the players to be better. however beating their rivals, celtic in the last game, rangers, as trying to beat their rivals. the rangers took their rivals. the rangers took the lead injust their rivals. the rangers took the lead in just the fourth minute and they then went to— zero up but it is to— one up and they have a penalty with an

hour gone with a chance for them to equalise and get back from 2—0, laterfrom aberdeen, who dropped down to fourth after a bad run from full whose. but after a bad run from full but celtic, host saint mirren and scored that penalty, it is now too mid—2 against rangers. that meant 2—2 against rangers. two of the teams who might still be harbouring hopes australia surged to victory on day three of the fifth test in sydney to beat india by six wickets and win the five—match series 3—1. fast bowler scott boland took 6 for 45 with india adding just 16 runs to their overnight score to be bowled out for 157. australia reached their target of 162 in just 27 overs to regain the border—gavaskar trophy. the result also sees pat cummins' side qualify for the world test championship final at lord's injune, where they will face south africa. a huge win.

in the context of the series, it has the biggest series that you can play at home. i felt like i was kind of seesaw throughout the whole so is to finish at 3—1 and told the driver was an amazing feeling and the extra layer is securing a spot at the world test championship final and it was always a huge goal for us in this cycle and we have done it so yeah, really satisfied. this was not this typical sydney wicket, which we are used to. this is how it needs to be played and i know we talk a lot when you go home about two wickets but there is a public way to get back home on the wicket as well so i think this is the interesting part in test cricket. meanwhile in cape town, south africa extra special also trying to wrap up victory. against saggy of pakistan in the second test. that represented a deficit of a21 so south africa have to bat again and started their self splash —— second innings in much

better order. 80 without loss and perhaps, this will not be sorted out within three days. south africa is 1—0 up in it is too much series. —— two match series. japan's hideki matsuyama set a new 5a—hole tournament record at the pga tour season—opening event in hawaii. the overnight leader shot a 62 to move to 27 under par, but still only leads by one shot after collin morikawa also went round in 62. both players fell one shot short of equalling the course record on a day when virtually no wind meant perfect conditions for low scores. much more on our website. that is where you can follow all of the live football. back to you, lucy. the health secretary, wes streeting, has hit back at the billionaire, elon musk, after his attacks on the uk government's response to grooming gangs. mr musk said that sir keir starmer was "complicit

in the rape of britain" and called the home office minister, jess phillips, an evil witch who should be meanwhile, the leader of reform uk, nigel farage, has defended elon musk in an interview with the bbc. 0ur political correspondent, harry farley, told me more about what wes streeting has been saying. the horrific sexual abuse of vulnerable girls by gangs, often of asian men, in towns like 0ldham, rochdale, rotherham. none of that is new, but it's re—emerged this week because, as you say, from that

criticism orfrom elon musk, the billionaire owner of x, he said, as you mentioned, jess phillips was a rape genocide apologist and should be in prison, particularly for her refusal to launch a national inquiry. wes streeting, the shadow health secretary, her labour colleague, was asked what he made of of elon musk�*s comments earlier. disgraceful smear of a great woman who has spent her life supporting victims of the kind of violence that elon musk and others say they're against. and it's all very well sitting there... and i'm notjust talking about musk, i'm talking about armchair critics on social media, it's all very easy to sit there and fire off something in haste and click send. when people like keir starmer and jess phillips have done the hard yards of actually locking up wife beaters, rapists, paedophiles. just explain if you can though, harry, what the situation is with terms of the public inquiries and what labour have done on this issue. well, so this morning, actually, we have a letter from yvette cooper, the home secretary, in which she defends that decision not to hold a national inquiry. she says in the case of 0ldham in particular, a local investigation is more appropriate. and she points to the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse, which spent seven years looking into this issue, reported back in 2022. and in a letter to conservative shadow ministers who had written to her earlier this week,

she says that of the 20 recommendations included in that final inquiry report, the previous government, ie the conservatives, failed to fully implement a single one. so that's her response to why labour are not holding a national inquiry. they say, well, there already was one. it took seven years, it reported in 2022. we're focusing on implementing those recommendations. of course, elon musk, not only is he a billionaire owner of x, a very influential social media platform, he is also supported reform uk, nigel farage. there are rumours of a possible donation to that political party which could be quite influential. nigel farage, you know, was asked about his ally, his supporter elon musk. and he defended him this morning. musk describes himself as a free speech absolutist. now...now you know what he's referring to. there specifically is that in 2008, keir starmerwas hadjust been appointed as director of public prosecutions, and there was a case brought before them of alleged mass rape of young girls that did not lead to a prosecution. i don't know the rights and wrongs of that

any more than you do. but the point... but if you believe in free speech, people are allowed to have an opinion. thanks to our pitt or corresponded. do stay with us here on bbc news. —— thanks to our political correspondent. we can still see some accumulations with this sleety mix of wet snow to us levels but possibly to a 50 snow with brisk easterly winds and some of the snow making its way into the southern uplands are but a bit of sunshine for northern scotland and perhaps most wedded to a 50 snow with brisk easterly winds and some of the

snow making its way into the southern uplands are but a bit of sunshine for northern scotland and perhaps most wedded towards coastal areas areas and there'll be a lot of spray without snowmelt and extra it is likely that we will see everything we freeze on to the roads and pavements to the overnight period with that, the feeling at a loss of ice into tomorrow morning and again, plenty of rain at times just kind across the midlands and into east anglia by the time that we get to the start of the day tomorrow. i see services, still mild in the east strike back far south and east. next week, and i see start into monday morning for many and it will still stakeholder. going to cold their way with her that mount the air across east anglia and south—east england is that locales aware and we draw down the northerly wind again on monday. another blustery day pick city for these loci facing close and rain to start moving away. wintry showers, running down quest north—east of england.

showers of northern ireland into many parts of wales and down through the moors. temperatures dipping throughout the day across east anglia, south—east england elsewhere where you much when it gets passed to a three celsius are a wide spread force into tuesday as those winds tries to lighting. take a look at wednesday, this area of low pressure can start to graze the southern part of england and at the leading edge, they could possibly be a little bit of snow on it as well. send possibility of snow in the south but generally speaking, quite next week. 0vernight frost against some icy surfaces and also some sunshine and very cold.

live from london. this is bbc news. a severe weather alert is in place for parts of northern england after heavy snow overnight. the conditions are causing travel disruption across the country. manchester and liverpool airports reopen their runways after temporarily closing for a few hours, but passengers are warned of delays. the uk health secretary, wes streeting hits back at tech billionaire, elon musk, after his social media attacks on the uk government's response to grooming gangs. the 82nd golden globes will take place in los angeles later, wicked, emilia perez, conclave, and the brutalist are all in the running

for top prizes. now on bbc new: bbc 100 women in conversation: sharon stone. fame is a currency, and that currency, well spent, can do a great deal of good in the world. music: love is strange by mickey & sylvia sharon stone shot to international fame after her role in basic instinct, which propelled her to superstardom in the 1990s. her work has also earned her a golden globe nomination and oscar nominations. she's since added many strings to her bow, including humanitarian,

author and painter. i caught up with her at a festival in italy