welcome to newsday. the headlines: it was due to begin. tens of thousands more palestinians make their way back to northern gaza. people in cities across asia celebrate lunar new year, embracing the year of the snake.

hello and welcome to newsday. i'm katie silver. in india, where several people are feared dead and many more injured after a crush at a major let's go live to the scene and join our south asia correspondent samira hussain. for joining forjoining me. what do we know so far? to give you a sense of the choreography of how this is chorecgraphycf how this is behind chorscgrsphycf hsw this is behind over here is working, behind me over here is part of the river and this is ”7776; s” w, ., s m}? my vivi/here gggfigthe holy areas where. . want to oggfigthe holy areas where” . want to and take a people want to go and take a but the that further down this and it into a and it and ito a and it and so a and it and so you we re 77 amillions and expecting a millions and millions of to come.

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..on the hour—long journey to the gaza strip. we passed over jordanian territory... only two can land at a time.

this is towards the south, close to deir al balah. across there, the ruins where tens of thousands of people took refuge. lasts so that this aid can get there.

this won't heal gaza. netanyahu has been invited to a meeting at the white house with president donald trump next week. president trump has repeatedly taken the credit for a delicate and in recent days — he's touted an idea for neighbours egypt and jordan to take in palestinians, to 'clean out ' the gaza strip. the proposal was condemned by hamas and the palestinian authority. authority. jordan and egypt have also rejected the idea.

the crisis in eastern democratic republic of congo forces escalates. a city of two million people. the control of m23 fighters. increased risk.

dvorichna has now changed hands three times during the conflict. from yuliia tarasevich. her mother. then russia attacked.

filmed by his great grandmother, tatiana. one hour later, they were both dead. along with adam's mother, sophia. three generations gone.

in the uk. but she missed her parents and her country. yuliia shows me adam's red coat, which was found under all they have left of him. along with one of his favourite toys. now a family treasure. through the ruins. nine civilians were killed here in all.

translation: my view of negotiations is negative. a cousin of the family. i saw them very seldom, and it's a big pain for me. and i will spend a lot of time with people whom i love, but i won't.

to those they lost. more vulnerable to burning, as our climate editor justin rowlatt explains. that blocked a major road, but also means more people can

today's study, produced by a team here at imperial it said the chances of the low autumn and winter rainfall that the scientists also found climate change means fire—prone on the other, it's got desert, and we know that the rainfall is variable in this region, but we've looked at different in the same direction and suggesting that, it comes just days after president trump visited la,

with vibrant celebrations. figures. ornaments adorned the area, symbols of good fortune.

we have heard of a crush but we official hello there. with some sunshine.

temperatures in single digits for most. showers continue across northern scotland, northern ireland. will be pulling away slowly from the south east, but with skies clearing overnight, cold air mass, a cold start with some mist and fog patches, probably the best day of the working week. works its way in from the west. and there's your thursday temperatures. of england and wales as it moves its way southeastwards.

across more northern and western areas. again, a chilly day to come and then as we move into the weekend, high pressure begins to build across the south and the east. so i think most of the rain will stay out west

this festive period. i'm katie silver. niccol. this week, several policy have returned to its chains in the us and chains in therhsaand canada. of ceo brian nichols

part of ceo brian nichols massive task of reversing