it's not clear how many are still alive. and at the golden globes, the brutalist, baby reindeer, and emilia perez are among the winners. the uk prime minister sir keir starmer has criticised what he calls "lies and misinformation" after attacks on his government and his record as a public prosecutor by elon musk, the close ally of president—elect donald trump and the richest man in the world. in a slew of posts online about sex abuse scandals and so called "grooming gangs", mr musk had claimed sir keir was "complicit in the rape of britain", and also that one of his ministersjess philips was an "evil witch".

mr musk also called for the release of the jailed far right activist tommy robinson. the prime minister condemned those who, he said, are whipping up intimidation and threats of violence. those that are spreading lies and misinformation as far and as wide as possible, they're not interested in victims. they�* re interested in themselves. those who are cheerleading tommy robinson are not interested in justice. they're supporting a man who went to prison for nearly collapsing a grooming case, a gang grooming case. these are people who are trying to get some kind of vicarious thrill from street violence that people like tommy robinson promote. and those attacking jess phillips, who i am proud to call a colleague and a friend, not protecting victims. jess phillips has done a thousand times more than they've even dreamt about when it comes to protecting victims

of sexual abuse throughout her entire career. and so, just as i took on the criminaljustice system and the institutions when i was chief prosecutor, i'm prepared to call out this for what it is. we've seen this playbook many times, whipping up of intimidation and threats of violence, hoping that the media will amplify it. jess phillips does not need me or anybody else to speak on her behalf. but when the poison of the far right leads to serious threats tojess phillips and others, then, in my book, a line has been crossed. let's speak to our political correspondent rob watson. sir keir starmer really clearly pretty angry about this. he did

not use mr musk�*s name but he was really very clear about what he thought were attacks on him. , ., ., , �* ., , him. yes, one doesn't often use the word impassioned _ him. yes, one doesn't often use the word impassioned and - the word impassioned and kissed, side by side and i think i was probably the most passionate he has been since becoming minister and i think he used that line, the line had been crossed on the treatment ofjess phillips but also quite interesting that he tried not to make his defence of his government's role, the defence of handling of rape gangs by not mentioning mr musk personally. it was much more about british politics and british politicians in particular, those from the now opposition conservative party. he said they should announce attacks on ministers, surely they should favour the use of evidence and facts in little debate because if not, you are heading down a slippery slope. so an extremely strong

intervention but one trying to be careful, not wanting to get into a fight, particularly with mr musk and therefore by proxy fight with donald trump, the incoming us president. that is the issue. _ incoming us president. that is the issue, isn't _ incoming us president. that is the issue, isn't it? _ incoming us president. that is the issue, isn't it? when - the issue, isn't it? when donald trump is back in the white house with elon musk alongside him, when psyche is speaking to both of them, to be quite embarrassing —— sir keir starmer is speaking to both of them? ~ . . ., them? we are in uncharted territory — them? we are in uncharted territory here _ them? we are in uncharted territory here and - them? we are in uncharted territory here and i - them? we are in uncharted territory here and i can't i territory here and i can't remember, and i have been covering politics for a very long time, a tech billionaire, interfering in the politics of another country, of an ally of the united states. we had similar charges in the last you minutes from yoon suk yeol run of cash president macron of

france. absolutely, leaders like keir starmer are thinking, how do i deal with this? in his view, mr musk has said something outrageous, summing up something outrageous, summing up could promote violence in this country but you want to do it in such a way that does not get him on the wrong side of donald trump. it is in its ornery moment we find ourselves in. ., ~ n' ornery moment we find ourselves in. ., ~ ., ., ornery moment we find ourselves in. elon musk having a go not 'ust at in. elon musk having a go not just at the — in. elon musk having a go not just at the labour— in. elon musk having a go not i just at the labour government, but also at the reform uk, saint nigel farage is not fit to be the leader. == saint nigel farage is not fit to be the leader. -- saying... niel to be the leader. -- saying... nigel farage _ to be the leader. -- saying... nigel farage had _ to be the leader. -- saying... nigel farage had been - to be the leader. -- saying... j nigel farage had been hoping that maybe mr musk would send some money to reform uk's way, to disrupt a party in uk politics, being against the status quo, being anti immigration. again, they seem to have had an falling out over

nigel farage not being willing to stand up all support tommy robinson who, as you mention at the start, is a far right activist, takes a very anti—radical islam's year and is currently in prison. it shows you the sort of dilemmas that politicians in countries where elon musk takes an interest, the dangers of mixing your politics and relationship of someone who is clearly, how do you describe elon musk, an interesting individual on the world stage.— world stage. thank you very much indeed. _ world stage. thank you very much indeed. that - world stage. thank you very much indeed. that is - world stage. thank you very much indeed. that is rob i world stage. thank you very - much indeed. that is rob watson now, our political correspondent, with his analysis on what sir keir starmer has been saying and what elon musk has been saying. while the prime minister's comments about lies and misinformation being spread about child sexual abuse have become the headline, his main reason for his news conference was to outline plans to cut the amount of time people in england spend on nhs waiting lists, for

elective treatments. he noted there would be a new agreement to expand the relationship between the nhs and the private health care sector — which he said would allow resources to be used where they are needed most. and you can find more details online on our website or on the bbc app. presidentjoe biden has announced a ban on offshore drilling across most of america's coastline, just weeks before donald trump takes over at the white house. during his campaign, mrtrump pledged at the white house. during his campaign, mr trump pledged to unleash, as he said, domestic fossilfuel production unleash, as he said, domestic fossil fuel production in a unleash, as he said, domestic fossilfuel production in a bid to lower gas costs, despite the us already seeing record high extraction rates. the ban announced by mr biden covers the entire atlantic coast and eastern gulf of mexico, as well as the pacific coast of california, oregon and

washington and a section of the bering sea of alaska as well. heavy snow and freezing rain have continued to cause widespread disruption for many parts of the uk. as weekend snow starts to melt, more than 170 flood warnings are in place across england and wales. yellow warnings for ice, snow and rain are in place across much of the uk. heavy snow this morning forced manchester airport to close its runways. they're now reopening. these pictures shot this morning in edenbridge in kent give an idea of how heavy rain has caused some flooding. let's go live to burnley, and our correspondent nicky schiller who's there for us. what is the picture there? i am stood outside _ what is the picture there? i am stood outside a _ what is the picture there? i am stood outside a primary - what is the picture there? i —n stood outside a primary school here in burnley, which normally as around this time would have lots of children playing and out for their lunch but of course, the snow is still on

the ground so the authorities took the decision this morning that it would not be safe for the children to play in the playground and come to school. indeed, that applies to over a dozen schools here in the town itself but wider, there are hundreds shut across the uk in lancashire and yorkshire. if you look, you can understand why, he can see that the school is in a residential area, there is in a residential area, there is a lot of snow on the ground and indeed, it is on a hill as well. so if you imagine first thing this morning, young children trying to get down here in those icy conditions, it would not be a good idea. it means, of course, that the children have got an extra day to their christmas and new year holidays. a snow day for them and we have seen some of them out playing. some of them almost slipping up on the pavements. as you will know, that also gives a nightmare for parents, you obviously have to find someone to look after their youngsters or indeed take

their youngsters or indeed take the day off work so i imagine they will be hoping that the school can get back open in the next couple of days.— school can get back open in the next couple of days. what about the wider situation _ next couple of days. what about the wider situation in _ next couple of days. what about the wider situation in the - next couple of days. what about the wider situation in the uk? . the wider situation in the uk? as you mentioned in the introduction, there is a lot of flooding and there are over 160 flooding and there are over 160 flood warnings in force because of course, we have had a lot of snow and that is starting to melt across large parts of the country. we have also had rain and that is a deadly mix in terms of going forward on the roads and the rail. on the m5 in gloucestershire, that is completely shut because of the flooding and then in leicestershire and the midlands, there are real problems. we have seen the police in leicestershire say they are being inundated with calls over the flooding and that rail lines, particularly between leicester and peterborough, is closed in places and they are having real trouble doing services there. as you show those pictures from cad, there has been subsiding

down there. flooding becoming the real issue but it is having an impact on the railways and as you mentioned, also at the airport because manchester airport had to shut it runway earlier this morning as i did yesterday. it is now back open but of course, there are lots of lights that have been cancelled or delays, which means lots of passengers are heading there and might not be able to take off on the flight that they were expecting. the advice, as always on the situation is, it's a check before you travel with your airline before you travel to the airport itself. i airline before you travel to the airport itself.— the airport itself. i know ou're the airport itself. i know you're not _ the airport itself. i know you're not a _ the airport itself. i know you're not a weather- the airport itself. i know- you're not a weather forecaster but what is the prognosis for the next couple of days? there are still alerts _ the next couple of days? there are still alerts in _ the next couple of days? there are still alerts in force, - are still alerts in force, yellow and that's they rein in a lot of part of the country —— yellow alerts for rain. when you have had all of us know that melt and then you have the rain on top, that could cause a

big issue so there is still concerned for the next few days over the amount of rain we will get. also, because of the freezing temperatures, there is also a warning out that health warning to make sure, particularly people check on elderly people and make sure they are ok because we have still got these really bitterly cold temperatures. i have been out on them for the last three days and today, both myself and my producer, feel that it is really cold today compared to the last couple of days. bath the last couple of days. both of ou, the last couple of days. both of you. go — the last couple of days. both of you. go and _ the last couple of days. both of you, go and get _ the last couple of days. both of you, go and get a - the last couple of days. both of you, go and get a nice - the last couple of days. both of you, go and get a nice hot cup of tea or something similar to warm you up! nicky schiller, thank you very much for being with us. let me show the picture in the united states because there are, about 60 million americans are in the grip of a huge winter storm. this is caused by polar vortex.

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more now on the weather in the us. more than 60 million americans are in the grip of a huge winter storm that could bring the heaviest snow — and lowest temperatures — in a decade. several inches of snow have

been dumped on eastern parts of the us. it's all part of a polar vortex sweeping down from the arctic. missouri, kansas and kentucky are among those declaring a state of emergency. for more, let's go live to new york and cbs news correspondent, naomi ruchim. how bad is it? here in new york, how bad is it? here in new york. it _ how bad is it? here in new york. it is _ how bad is it? here in new york, it isjust _ how bad is it? here in new york, it isjust cold - york, it is just cold temperatures so far. we might get some snow later today but across the country, much worse. this powerful winter storm is bringing treacherous blizzard conditions to some areas. the national weather service has issued storm alert and warning all the way from arkansas and missouri through the mid—atlantic and up to new jersey. icy roads lead to dangerous conditions throughout the midwest, including kansas city, where a truckjackknifed on a highway. drivers were urged to stay off the road

altogether and a major part of the interstate was shut down yesterday. more than nine inches of snow the first time inches of snow the first time in 1998 in kentucky. the governor declared a state of emergency there. snow and wind caused white out conditions in parts of indiana where the national guard was activated to help stranded drivers. a state of emergency was declared in the city ofjeffersonville and nearby floyd county. that is nearby floyd county. that is near the kentucky border. only emergency vehicles were allowed on roads in more than 100,000 customers lost power in missouri, kentucky, illinois as electric lines and trees toppled. the winter weather also forced many school districts to cancel classes today, which was supposed to be the first day back after winter break for most districts. hora break for most districts. how does this _ break for most districts. how does this then _ break for most districts. how does this then compared - break for most districts. how does this then compared to previous storms?—

does this then compared to previous storms? this storm could lead — previous storms? this storm could lead to _ previous storms? this storm could lead to the _ previous storms? this storm could lead to the coldest - could lead to the coldest january for the us since 2011 with temperatures that are well below historical averages. the biggest drop below normal is likely to be centred over the ohio valley but significant and unusual cold will extend south to the gulf coast. for some parts of the midwest, this could be the heaviest snowfall in at least a decade, that is according to the national weather service and the storm will also be especially shocking for some southern states. a hard freeze is expected as far south as northern florida, where some forecasts show temperatures dropping as low as the teens and 20s. that is unheard of in florida. ., ., ., , florida. extraordinary temperatures. - florida. extraordinary| temperatures. naomi, florida. extraordinary - temperatures. naomi, thank florida. extraordinary _ temperatures. naomi, thank you very much indeed. israel says hamas has not given any details about the status of hostages it claims it's ready to release in the first phase of a potential deal.

hamas has indicated that 3a hostages — including all the women, children, and elderly and sick captives it holds — could be freed. in recent days, negotiators from both sides have been holding indirect talks in qatar. meanwhile, three israelis have been shot dead and seven injured in an attack in the occupied west bank. the israel defense forces said gunmen opened fire at a bus and another vehicle near kedumim. it added that it was pursuing the attackers. let's speak to our correspondent emir nader, who's injerusalem for us. just bring us up to date on the ceasefire talks and this latest list of hostages that serhii bohachuk has released? == bohachuk has released? -- hamas- _ bohachuk has released? -- times we _ bohachuk has released? » hamas. we understand that the list of 3a names that hamas has

released is a list given to israel as early as july. there are a israel as early asjuly. there are a number of elderly, young female soldiers, some children who are understood to, it was previously said that they were dead. the israeli side has asked for information about the names, the names on the list, asked information on the condition of each person. hamas has asked, in order to ascertain the status of the hostages that they have. the publication of the list has been seen as a form of pressure on prime minister netanyahu, his spokesperson said today that it his spokesperson said today thatitis his spokesperson said today that it is a form of psychological warfare by hamas. name actors published on saturday video of one of the hostages, young female soldier. we can also see that there is

pressure being put on the palestinian side, where israeli strikes have continued throughout the weekend as the ceasefire negotiations have commenced. 195 people since friday, 195 palestinians, including women and children, have been killed there, including the d—mark according to local health officials there in the gaza strip. there is really mitra has said that they have struck over 100 targets, hamas targets in the gaza strip. what we don't know yet is if any progress is being made in the talks. there are a number of key sticking points, including her hamas wanting the removal of all israeli troops from the gaza strip. in the background of this, is a change of administration in the us government in two weeks' time which might play out and affect the momentum and the structure

of ceasefire talks. pius the momentum and the structure of ceasefire talks.— of ceasefire talks. plus a bit more about _ of ceasefire talks. plus a bit more about this _ of ceasefire talks. plus a bit more about this attack - of ceasefire talks. plus a bit more about this attack on . of ceasefire talks. plus a bit i more about this attack on the west bank, three israelis killed? , , ., ., killed? yes, this morning, near an israeli _ killed? yes, this morning, near an israeli settlement _ killed? yes, this morning, near an israeli settlement in - killed? yes, this morning, near an israeli settlement in the - an israeli settlement in the northern part of the occupied west bank, three vehicles came underfire by a number of gunmen leading to the death of three, we understand, three people were killed, including two women in their 60s and a ao—year—old man. the israeli military have said they are, they have enforced a call around a number of palestinian villages and they are searching for the attackers. this comes after a sense of real unrest in the west bank as the war on gaza has broken out there in gaza. in the west bank, we have seen a real surge in violence to leading to the deaths of hundreds of palestinians and dozens of israelis.— hundreds of palestinians and dozens of israelis. thank you very much — dozens of israelis. thank you very much indeed _ dozens of israelis. thank you very much indeed for- dozens of israelis. thank you very much indeed for bring . dozens of israelis. thank you | very much indeed for bring us up very much indeed for bring us up you all of us from

jerusalem. —— for bring us up—to—date. russia's defence ministry says it is continuing to capture towns in eastern ukraine. it says it's taken the industrial town of kurakhove and the village of dachenske. it says both are important logistics hubs. and ukraine has launched a new offensive in the russian region of kursk. the incursion near sudzha, follows an assault there five months ago. russia's military has played down the scale of the latest attack. in recent weeks, moscow has been trying to squeeze ukrainians out of the area, with the support of north korean troops. meanwhile, president zelensky has stressed that security guarantees leading to an end to the war with russia would only be effective if provided by the us under donald trump. let's speak to our correspondent will vernon, who's in kyiv for us. just bring us up—to—date on the latest developments? the

just bring us up-to-date on the latest developments? the latest is the full, _ latest developments? the latest is the full, reported _ latest developments? the latest is the full, reported full- latest developments? the latest is the full, reported full of - is the full, reported full of the russian defence ministry say this morning that it had captured that town. there has been no comment from ukraine yet in its morning update, the ukrainian military said that it was continuing to repel attacks in the area. it is not a big city, about 22,000 people live there before the war and is largely in ruins, as are a lot of the towns that russia are fighting for in that region. but this is something we expected because ukraine about to explode announced it was pulling some that she has out of the error to prevent them being encircled. would be a much bigger blow to uk will be more critically important city of petra oscar nearby. if that falls be a lot more serious.

ukraine appears to be carrying out a threat offensive in the kursk region. that is that error of russia on the bottom of ukraine was a bit was confirmed by the russian defence ministry, by ukrainian officials and by programming military builders that ukraine had launched a new offensive in the area. several of the bloggers wrote that they were put under intense pressure as a result of that offensive by ukrainian forces. we don't fully know what the state of play is there now. it is more than 2a hours after the offensive was launched. usually by this time, you would expect to hear some sort of update about forces advancing, perhaps seizing some settlements. there has not been any of that yet. perhaps that suggests that ukraine is not making much progress at the moment but of course, president zelensky is very keen to demonstrate that ukraine has to mount offensive operations and can still manage

to have some victories, even if they are relatively small—scale one. they are relatively small-scale one. ., ~' they are relatively small-scale one. . ~ , ., they are relatively small-scale one. ., ~ , ., y they are relatively small-scale one. . ~ , . one. thank you very much indeed- — one. thank you very much indeed. that _ one. thank you very much indeed. that is _ one. thank you very much indeed. that is well - one. thank you very much l indeed. that is well vernon. one. thank you very much - indeed. that is well vernon. to stay with us. we will see very soon. hello again. if you're wondering how long the cold weather is going to last, it's certainly going to be with us as we go through this working week. in fact, what we're looking at is the cold weather continuing, further the wintry showers for some of us, widespread frosts and the risk of ice on untreated surfaces first thing. so as we go through the days of the week, you can see the colder blues remain across the british isles as as we head towards the weekend, the milder yellows start to come our way so it won't be quite as cold as we're looking at at the moment. what we have at the moment, though, is the morning's rain having moved away, taking some snow showers with it, but further snow showers continuing across northern and southern scotland, northern england, a few in wales, wintry showers here getting into the midlands

too and also northern ireland. our temperatures today on your thermometer may say two to about seven degrees, but we've got gusty winds and when you add on the wind chill it will feel subzero for many. even looking at gales, potentially through the english channel in the north sea. now, through this evening and overnight, exposed to the northerly wind, we'll see further wintry showers across northern scotland, northern ireland, wales, northwest england, in through the midlands. and it's going to be another cold night with a widespread frost and the risk of ice on untreated surfaces. so, that takes us into tomorrow. tomorrow, though, will be a brighter day for many compared with today, but still wintry showers coming in in the northerly flow across northern scotland windward coast. some of them blowing inland at times, but a bit more sunshine. still cold though. temperatures three to about eight degrees. as we move through the week and into wednesday, still a lot of dry weather on wednesday. a fair bit of sunshine. wintry showers draped across the north of scotland, and we've got this area of rain moving from the west to the east across southern england.

if it moves a little bit further north and bumps into the cold air, we could see some wintry showers. it is one to watch, but that will clear away wednesday into thursday onto the near continent. then high pressure takes charge of the weather so the weather tends to settle down. but we still are looking at a northerly flow, so still quite strong winds along the coasts in particular blowing in some of these wintry showers. but for many of us it will remain dry, there will be some sunshine around, but it's still going to be cold. top temperatures two to about seven degrees north to south.

this is bbc news. this is bbc news. the headlines: the headlines: sir keir starmer defends sir keir starmer defends his record on tackling his record on tackling sexual abuse gangs, sexual abuse gangs, following online attacks from elon musk. following online attacks from elon musk. those that are spreading lies those that are spreading lies and misinformation as far and and misinformation as far and as wide as possible are not as wide as possible are not interested in victims. they are interested in victims. they are interested in victims. they are interested in victims. they are interested in victims. they are interested in victims. they are interested in themselves. interested in themselves. supporters maintain supporters maintain a vigil outside the home of the suspended south korean a vigil outside the home of the suspended south korean president. president. investigators are seeking investigators are seeking an extension of his arrest an extension of his arrest warrant, over his failed warrant, over his failed attempt to impose martial law.

attempt to impose martial law. and the brutalist, baby reindeer,