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. hello, i'm martine croxall. heavy snow and freezing rain is causing widespread disruption across the uk — with amber warnings in place in parts of northern england and the midlands. forecasters say up to a0 centimetres of snow could fall in some places, and temperatures overnight fell as low as minus 11 celsius.

the runway at leeds bradford airport is closed due to snow and ice — but an announcement is expected soon on whether or not it will be reopened. after earlier closures, the runways at liverpool 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 hazardous scenes. yorkshire had some of the heaviest snowfall. this is leeds. and rotherham was completely carpeted. north wales has also received some of the thickest snowfall where police have advised against any non—essential travel. here in yorkshire we woke up to very beautiful scenes, but it's very treacherous on the pavement and especially in places on the roads and warnings, of course, to take care if you have to head out. many are enjoying the snow here, but some are worried

about their journeys ahead. it was actually quite exciting because i love doing snowballs with my sister, but it's a bit hard because we're going today and we don't want it to be too icy. well, i'm not enjoying it very much at all. i want to get the train, but the trains are delayed. so, the weather, eh? in nearby harrogate, the snow ploughs have been out, but people have already had their travel plans disrupted. we're going to stay put. we've been driving from scotland down to brighton and we stopped off last night. looked at the weather forecast. but we're going to stay put, just enjoy the weather and then just travel safely back down south tomorrow. i can't get to the airport. i've booked an uber but they've cancelled it and i'm trying to book another one and i'm waiting for a driver to appear. manchester airport has now reopened after being closed overnight, but train services are being

affected across the north and the west, and how long it will last remains to be seen. sharon barbour, bbc news. let's go live now to west yorkshire, and our correspondent nicky schiller who's there for us. what's the situation where you are nicky? well, as you can see, the snow has turned into this icy rain now so that is a positive it means that more people are out on the roads. but the big disruption at the moment manchester airport and liverpooljohn lennon airport have reopened but at the moment leeds bradford, which you can probably see is just seven miles of this road, currently is not operating. we are expecting news from them shortly. they said there are so many people in the departure lounge that even when they get that runway open they may have to limit the number of people

that go through security. with all three airports, they are advising people to check before they travel with their airline. on the railways there are real problems because there has been this heavy downpour of snow and also the ice as well. northern is particularly affected at the moment. their services from manchester airport in particular through to glasgow, also through to leeds. they are not running and they are saying they are unable to put on road transport, so, basically, there is no service. they are saying that you can try and use other providers but the trans— pennine express also have issues and there are a of council services when i looked out of leeds. lner also have delays and they have said to passengers that there tickets for today will be valid for services tomorrow. there are also issues on scotrail and

down into the south west on gwr. the rain is continuing here and the area that i am in still has this humbert warning for snow that is through until midnight tonight. we are not out of the worst of it. there could be more. we have already seen 16 centimetres of snow falling in bingley in west yorkshire and even higher in high areas of the pennines. elsewhere in the country, the temperatures have risen, so the snow that fell last night down in bristol and gloucestershire and somerset is melting. there are issues there that may be causing flooding and there are flood alerts. we also have issues in wales, northern ireland not too many problems there. a different kettle of fish in the republic of ireland where over 20,000 people are without power. it is still

calling problems. the bbc weather site is the best place to check the forecast and the bbc news app is where you will find the latest as we have a live page. back to you in the warm studio in london. sorry, nikki, you _ warm studio in london. sorry, nikki, you drew— warm studio in london. sorry, nikki, you drew the _ warm studio in london. sorry, nikki, you drew the short - nikki, you drew the short straw. he is very happy out there, i know he is. 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. let's speak to our correspondent will vernon in kyiv. what do we know about this operation? it what do we know about this operation?— operation? it is still in its early hours. _ operation? it is still in its early hours. the - operation? it is still in its early hours. the russianl early hours. the russian

defence and military in a statement earlier said the offensive was launched at around eight o'clock this morning local time and that fighting was ongoing. you mentioned the head of the ukrainian presidential administration who —— didn't confirm. he said the russians were getting what they deserved. i have been reading pro—kremlin military bloggers who have been saying that ukraine has launched a major operation in the kursk region. but there is a lot we don't know. we don't know what scale this is on. we don't know if it will lead to any change in ukraine's tenuous position on the battlefield.— the battlefield. how likely is it to change _ the battlefield. how likely is it to change what _ the battlefield. how likely is it to change what is - the battlefield. how likely is l it to change what is happening on the front line in kursk? it is difficult to say at this stage. ukraine is on the defensive in kursk. they

launched that shock incursion into the kursk region in august, managed to seize a large chunk of territory. at the time it wasn't clear what the time it wasn't clear what the intention was. there was speculation that they were trying to draw russian forces away from other parts of the battlefield in the east of the country, for example. president zelensky later said the operation was designed to be used as a bargaining chip in any future peace talks with russia. but the ukrainians made good progress. then russian forces counter—attacked and in recent weeks, ukraine has been losing ground and russian forces have been bolstered by the presence of several thousand troops from north korea. ukraine has been on the back foot in the kursk region. russia hasn't managed to knock them out of the area altogether. ukraine has hung on there. it has hang onto the key town of suture. we will have to see whether this new operation

appears to have been launched today makes any difference. and whether it can be sustained. ukrainian forces badly need a victory. morale is low. ukraine is losing ground in the east of the country. russia has made significant gains there. ukrainians need to show to their own people, to western countries and, most importantly of all, to the incoming trump administration, that they can still mount offensive operations and can still win, they can still achieve victories, even ones that are relatively small.— relatively small. for the moment _ relatively small. for the moment thank - relatively small. for the moment thank you - relatively small. for the moment thank you very| relatively small. for the - moment thank you very much. 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. meanwhile, strikes have continued on gaza overnight. while israel says it is

ready to end the war, the world health organisation says that 25 % of the 105,000 injured civilians face life—changing injuries. over 12,000 remain on waiting lists for urgent treatment outside of the strip. the organisation has verified over 600 attacks on healthcare facilities in gaza since october last year a situation described by the un human rights chief volker turk as a �*human rights catastrophe which continues to unfold before the eyes of the world'. israel's government says hamas operatives hide behind human shields in the strips medicalfacilities. let's speak to richard peeperkorn, who representative for the occupied palestinian territory. welcome to bbc news. clearly a grave situation, describe some of the things you are hearing about what is happening to people in the gaza strip. we need to talk _ people in the gaza strip. - need to talk about, if you look at the numbers, 7% of the population have been killed,

45,000, or injured, one in ten. life changing injuries which will need lifelong rehabilitation and support. we forget that tens of thousands have also died because of the lack of access to appropriate medical care. the so—called indirect death. if you look at the hospital functionality currently, 16 out of the 36 hospital, partly functional. the capacity that used to be in the thousands is now less than 1800. only one hospital in the north, i've been there many times over the last months, only one of them has minimum function. no primary health care centres and no medical points in the north. catastrophic.- points in the north. catastrophic. points in the north. catastrohic. . . ., catastrophic. israel says that these health _ catastrophic. israel says that these health care _ catastrophic. israel says that these health care facilities i these health care facilities are being used to heat are

being used by hamas so they can hide theirfighters being used by hamas so they can hide their fighters among civilians. i hide their fighters among civilians. . hide their fighters among civilians. , , ., civilians. i get this question often. having _ civilians. i get this question often. having been - civilians. i get this question often. having been there i civilians. i get this question - often. having been there myself before this crisis multiple times, together with my teams, we have never witnessed anything like that. however, i want to make this point very clearly, at the world health organisations we are supporting with medical supplies and teams. we are not a crime investigating bureau or investigation. but we are witnessing damaged hospitals, partly destroyed hospitals all over the strip. i want to add something. we talk about protection of hospitals and i'm not a lawyer, but hospitals have special protection under international humanitarian law because of their life—saving

functions. hospitals may under specific and limited circumstances lose their protected status. that does not absolve any party of their obligation comply with rules of humanitarian law which are a applicable. including proportion and proportionality. what needs to happen to expedite the treatment of those who need it? we expedite the treatment of those who need it?— who need it? we need hospitals to be suoported _ who need it? we need hospitals to be supported to _ who need it? we need hospitals to be supported to function - to be supported to function again. expedited pace of medical evacuation, the use of more medical corridors including to the west bank to get patients out. sustained access to hospital and health facilities all over the strip. increased flow of aid into and across gaza and lastly, an

urgent and lasting ceasefire. thank you very much forjoining us. meanwhile parents of female israeli soldier liri albag have called on their daughter to keep strong in captivity after hamas released a video of her, sitting in a dark room and talking to the camera. the video, which albag's family asked not to be published in full, she says israel should do more to secure the hostages�* release. she said their lives were in danger because of israel's military action in gaza. on saturday, hostage families welcomed prime minister benjamin netanyahu's decision to resume indirect ceasefire talks with hamas in doha. well in the last 24 hours ms albag's parents have issued a video statement — calling on the government to push harderfor the return of the hostages in gaza translation: dear people of israel. today we received a sign of life from liri. a video that was difficult for us to watch. this isn't the liri we know. today, the prime minister,

president, idf chief of staff and defence minister spoke to us. we told them to make a deal. this is the time. there's liri and 99 other hostages who need to return home quickly. now it's time for a look at today's sport with hugh ferris. hello from the bbc sport centre. liverpool's game against manchester united... under threat because of the weather in the north west of england... will go ahead as planned at anfield injust over two hours' time. the club held two safety meetings with liverpool council to assess the stadium and travel conditions for fans. the game will kick off at 4.30 local time. that follows fulham against ipswich... which is about 15 minutes old at craven cottage. those two yet to provide us with a goal. they have much better players in my opinion in the league table shows. it's going to take

a while for him to bring his other players. but they will definitely go up and they are 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. we need the leaders to step up to help the other guys and i am the most responsible person here to improve the performance. so, this is a difficult moment and that will help the players to be better. south africa have enforced the follow on against pakistan on day three of the second test in cape town. babar azam top—scored with 58 for pakistan as they were all out for 194 in response to the home side's mammoth first innings total of 615. in pakistan's second innings, the score is currently 127 without loss.

elsewhre, 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... when they will face south africa. in the context of this series, as big a in the context of this series, as bi- a series in the context of this series, as big a in the context of this series, as bi- a series as in the context of this series, as big a in the context of this series, as bi- a series as you in the context of this series, as big a in the context of this series, as bi- a series as you can as big a series as you can play at home. it felt like it was seesawing throughout the whole series. to finish 31 and to hold the trophy is an amazing feeling. the extra layer is now securing a spot in the final, which was always a huge goal for us in this cycle and we have done it, so, really satisfied. this was not the typical sydney wicket that we

have seen in the past but this was our destiny to be played. i know we talk a lot about when we go back home but this was what we get back home and i feel that this is an interesting part in test cricket. team usa won tennis�* united cup for the second time after beating poland in sunday's final in sydney. taylor fritz overcame hubert hurkacz 6—4, 5—7, 7—6 in an epic 2 hour, 19 minute encounter to give his team an unassailable 2—0 lead and take the trophy. usa were champions in the inaugural event in 2023, but it was heartbreak again for poland, who were beaten by germany in last year's final. earlier, coco gauff beat iga swiatek 6—4, 6—4 in the first singles game. congrats to poland on a great week there, and incredibly tough team and the margins are very small. ifeel like it could have gone the other way. a great week for them and i want to say thanks to my whole

team. unbelievable support. the team. unbelievable support. the team vibes a week are amazing. i think that is one of the things that makes our team so great and is one of the reasons we have been able to do so well. and that's all the sport for now. the uk health secretary, wes streeting, has accused elon musk of a "disgraceful smear" after he attacked labour over the grooming gangs scandal. the tech tycoon called the home office minister, jess philips, "a rape apologist" after she rejected a request for a national inquiry into child sexual exploitation in oldham, in northern england. there have been past inquiries into the issue. here's our political correspondent, harry farley. come here. take over, elon, just take over. the richest man in the world and owner of the social media site x, elon musk will have a key role in donald trump's administration. but he's also supported nigel farage's reform uk party and has made controversial attacks on keir starmer,

saying he was complicit in the rape of britain and the labour minister, jess phillips, over her refusal to hold a new public inquiry into child sexual abuse by grooming gangs. it's a disgraceful smear keir starmer and jess phillips, by the way, who have both been on the receiving end of completely illjudged and ill founded criticism, are people who have done in their professional lives more than most people will ever do to lock up paedophiles, rapists, wife beaters and every other kind of scumbag in our society. but nigel farage said musk was a hero who was right to raise the issue. what has happened to our country? - how could this possibly have happened? - why did everybody. want to cover it up? drip feed, drip feed, dripfeed~ _ no big, full national public inquiry. - jess phillips. jess phillips has denied that the conservative . administration before equally denied that. i but the question that i... and by the way, our americanj

friends, ouramerican friends, and musk is one of them, look at what's happened i with utter disbelief. there have been several inquiries into child sexual abuse, including in rotherham in 2014, in telford and a seven—year national review that published its final report in 2022. labour say the recommendations that made were not implemented by the last government. the conservatives argue the review was not robust enough. they denied playing politics with the issue. the grooming gangs task force that rishi sunak set up has led to over 500 arrests of gang rape perpetrators, but has also uncovered this problem has not finished and that's why it's — because of those reasons — that's why it's so important we now have a proper national statutory inquiry looking at all of this. injust over two weeks, elon musk will be part of trump's us government, increasing his already enormous influence. but it's his interventions in british politics that worry labour ministers here, whether and how they respond could dominate the weeks ahead. harry farley, bbc news.

the first big film awards of the season take place later, with the 82nd golden globes in los angeles. wicked and conclave are all in the running for top prizes. a win at the globes can boost a film's profile just as bafta and oscar voters are preparing to make their nominations. emma vardy reports. the golden globes kicks off hollywood's awards season with what's known as the biggest party of the year. and i've been getting a little look at how the celebrities get ready. but first, the runners and riders. here we go. you're green. iam. wicked, the wizard of oz reimagined, has been spellbinding audiences as a stage show for two decades. now, as one of the biggest films of the year, it could win best musical or comedy at the globes with cynthia erivo and ariana grande up for acting awards. are you...english?

no, no, i'm not english...why? but the surprise stand—out with the most nominations is emilia perez, a film about a transgender mexican drug lord. kate winslet is nominated for her roles in the film lee and tv�*s the regime, while daniel craig and ralph fiennes are both up for best actor. denzel washington has his 11th golden globes nomination for gladiator 2. but awards season is about much more than the accolades. it's a chance for celebrities and designers to make their mark on the red carpet. so stylists like ceren are busy behind the scenes. how you look, the appearance is the most important thing on the red carpet. how do you decide what dress a celebrity should wear? i work according to their personality, their style. you imagine it first and then when you see it on the red carpet and then when people love it or like it, you feel satisfied. having a dress is one thing, but it's nothing without the right pose, because even if you are not walking away with an award,

getting snapped with a memorable look on the red carpet... right...next. ..will mean media attention in magazines and keep celebrities in the spotlight. the sky's the limit. and the night could also hold clues for who may do well at the oscars later in the season. emma vardy, bbc news, los angeles. # ohh—hhhhh! breaking news regarding the airport in leeds where the runway has been closed because of the poor weather conditions. the airport is now saying that the runway has been reopened and operations are resuming. but they are warning that due to a backlog of departing flights, some disruption is to be expected to continue throughout the day. they are expecting that to improve, but the warning and the advice is, if you are planning to fly from leeds bradford airport or meeting a flight, check

directly with your airline. there is plenty more information about the poor weather in the united kingdom on the bbc news website, where a live page will give you minute by minute updates. you're watching bbc news. hello there. good afternoon. across the southern half of the uk, the snow where we've seen it has now turned back to rain. and there's been some added snow melt too, in that milder feeling air. but across northern england there is still an amber met office weather warning in force for snow. and that covers these areas, particularly the higher ground of the pennines and the cumbrian fells, where we could still see some more accumulations of sleet, mix of rain and some wet snow i think towards lower levels, but the possibility of some drifting snow still too, with brisk easterly winds across the higher ground, some of the snow making its way into the southern uplands, but a sunshine for northern scotland perhaps. it remains windy towards

coastal areas and there'll be a lot of spray with that snow melt and extra rain across the southern half of england and wales, where it's mild, 12 or 13 c, but it remains very cold further north. and the milder air never quite gets here either, so it's likely that we'll see everything refreeze onto the roads and the pavements through the overnight period with that colder feeling air. so lots of ice into tomorrow morning and again, plenty of rain at times just curling across the midlands and into east anglia. by the time we get to the start of the day tomorrow. so icy surfaces still mild though in the far south and east. so next week an icy start is going to be an issue, i think into monday morning for many and it will stay cold. it's going to turn colder to where we've had that milder air across east anglia and south east england. as that low curls away and we draw down the northerly wind again on monday. so it's another blustery day, particularly for these

north sea facing coasts. some rain here to start that moves away. wintry showers across eastern scotland running down through northeast england. perhaps also some wintriness in these showers across northern ireland into many parts of wales and down through the moors. temperatures dipping throughout the day across east anglia, southeast england and elsewhere. i don't think we'll get much past 2 or 3 c, so there'll be a widespread frost on monday night into tuesday, as those winds inland tend to lighten. we're staying in the cold air as we head through the rest of the week. take a look at wednesday. this area of low pressure could start to graze the southern part of england and on the leading edge, there could possibly be a little bit of snow on it as well. so the possibility of some snow in the south. but generally speaking, its quiet next week, there will be overnight frost again, some icy surfaces, but also some sunshine and very cold.

this is bbc news, the headlines... 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, liverpool and leeds bradford airports reopen their runways after temporarily closing for a few hours — but passengers are warned of delays. the 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.

we will bring you all of the reports from the red carpet here on bbc news throughout the coming hours. 5m? here on bbc news throughout the coming hom— now on bbc news... world questions: south africa. from cape town, south africa, this is world questions from the bbc world service. a country rich in potential, weighed down by history, south africa faces mighty challenges. can its new coalition rise to the occasion? welcome to the homecoming centre in district six, just round the corner from city hall, where nelson mandela made his famous speech after decades as a political prisoner. "our march to freedom," he said, "is irreversible." 30 years after democracy was established and the rainbow