this is bbc news. the headlines: gaza's largest hospital says it's run out of water and oxygen. israel takes the bbc inside al—shifa to see what it's found there. a bbc investigation finds the uk's second most senior general was warned of alleged war crimes in afghanistan, but failed to inform the military police. emergency crews are optimistic that they will soon be able to reach a0 men trapped in a tunnel in india. scotland's health secretary says that an £11,000 data charge on his ipad was caused by his sons watching football on holiday last year. sport now and a full round—up from the bbc sport centre. let's start with cricket. australia

have made it through to the cricket world cup final following a three wicket victory over south africa. they face india in sunday's final. south africa won the toss and chose to bat first, however they were reduced to 2a—a following superb spells with the new poll byjosh hazlewood and mitchell starc. hazlewood and mitchell sta rc. davidmillarhelpedwith ioi,but theywere alloutfor212. pat cummins�*s side made afantastic start. australia edged closerto thetalk about losttheir seventh wicket with 20 runs still needed. they kept their cool to complete a hard—fought victory with 16 balls to spare. novak djokovic has boosted his chances of making the atp finals after he recovered from a second skynet —— second set slump. he took the first set against his polish

opponent on a tie—break. despite losing the second set 6—a, the defending champion came back in the third to take that uncomfortably 6-1. there is an evening of international football under way with nine european qualifiers this thursday, including scotland in action. they are up against georgia where they are up against georgia where they are losing by 1—0 30 minutes in. steve clarke has taken are losing by 1—0 30 minutes in. steve clarke has ta ken a are losing by 1—0 30 minutes in. steve clarke has taken a second string side to face them. they are on a three—game losing streak having been beaten by england and france either side of a loss to spain in qualifying. you can follow all of those matches as they continue this evening. england have also already qualified for germany next year. they will

play malta next year. the squad trained earlier at st george's park. one more win will guarantee them top spotin one more win will guarantee them top spot in the group. northern ireland, who can't qualify, are going to play findon tomorrow and wales face armenia on saturday, they need to win their last couple of batches to make it. formula 1 is preparing to have the first grand prix in las vegas for many years. the cold desert temperatures giving the team some technical challenges. max verstappen says the event is 99% show, 1% sporting events.— sporting events. entertainment follows. sporting events. entertainment follows- if— sporting events. entertainment follows. if you _ sporting events. entertainment follows. if you provide - sporting events. entertainment follows. if you provide great. follows. if you provide great racing, it will also be entertaining. being able to do this in the middle of las vegas on the strip was unthinkable many years ago and i think hopefully it will become

and i think hopefully it will become a fixture among the big events that happen every year in las vegas and we will provide great racing. the british and irish lions have signed a new partnership with premiership rugby at the united rugby championship that will make sure that all players tour at the same time. recent tours have seen some players involved in the knockout stages of their domestic club competitions during a plate duty and overlap in the planning calendar. the lion said the crucial agreement demonstrates a wider commitment throughout rugby union to work togetherfor the commitment throughout rugby union to work together for the good of the game. that is all to sport for the moment. you can stay up—to—date on the bbc sport website and app. israeli forces have dropped leaflets in the khan younis area of southern gaza warning people to evacuate their homes and head to shelters for their own safety. similar leaflets were also dropped over northern gaza weeks ahead of the ground offensive, suggesting imminent military operations may be planned for the south.

the israeli military says its fighterjets have struck the house in gaza of the hamas political leader, ismail haniyeh. with me not is menna hijazi. she is a student living here in london, but from gaza. her family is still there. thank you for coming in. tell us about yourfamily, where thank you for coming in. tell us about your family, where they are now. , ., ., ., , now. they are now in a facility in khan yunis _ now. they are now in a facility in khan yunis were _ now. they are now in a facility in khan yunis were 55,000 - now. they are now in a facility in khan yunis were 55,000 people | now. they are now in a facility in i khan yunis were 55,000 people are being displaced there. they are in a tent now, just like the rest of the people, trying to survive day by day. i think the situation is getting worse and worse. it is a catastrophe being born out of an already existing catastrophe before. he did manage to speak to your family today. he did manage to speak to your family today-— family today. yes, for like two minutes. _ family today. yes, for like two minutes. just _ family today. yes, for like two minutes, just to _ family today. yes, for like two minutes, just to know - family today. yes, for like two minutes, just to know that - family today. yes, for like two l minutes, just to know that they family today. yes, for like two - minutes, just to know that they are alive and still in the same area.

they are not evacuating again. they did not bomb the place where they are. what did i say? theyjust said we are surviving and nothing else to say at this point. this situation is so frustrating, so devastating, scary. we are all living in fear every day. i am living in fear every day, having nightmares about any bad news, about any killing of my family, losing anyone.- news, about any killing of my family, losing anyone. your parents out there, family, losing anyone. your parents out there. you _ family, losing anyone. your parents out there, you have _ family, losing anyone. your parents out there, you have siblings - family, losing anyone. your parents out there, you have siblings there. | out there, you have siblings there. we know that the weather is getting worse. what are they doing for clothing, for food, for worse. what are they doing for clothing, forfood, for water? it is clothing, for food, for water? it is nettina clothing, for food, for water? it is getting cold _ clothing, forfood, forwater? it 3 getting cold there. it is winter. there is flooding. they told me there is flooding everywhere. now in there is flooding everywhere. now in the southern area. people who have

just arrived from the northern area were trying to get inside the un facility thinking that it is better to be inside, but in fact it is not, it isjust like anywhere to be inside, but in fact it is not, it is just like anywhere else because there are only 50 five tenths and the building where they are now is not built for people to live inside. i think there are only five bathrooms inside and they have no access to food, they are barely eating anything, one meal a day. the last time my mum told me that they could find a can of mushrooms and a can of pineapple is and that is what they had for the whole day. water is contaminated, not safer drinking. i have two brothers, one of them told me he had stomach pain every day and he feels noxious and he not he is all right and this is besidejust

what he is going to mentally and all the frustration. he told me he had lost to have his friends at school that he is to go outwith. my older brother, who lives there also, he works as a programme developer. he doesn't have any of his laptops or equipment that he needs to work and, at this point, he has no idea for work, for scaling or anything that is normalfor any human being in the world, butjust for them to survive every day. escaping death, escaping hunger, escaping any catastrophe that could happen to them. xyour hunger, escaping any catastrophe that could happen to them. your home was in northern — that could happen to them. your home was in northern gaza. _ that could happen to them. your home was in northern gaza. do _ that could happen to them. your home was in northern gaza. do you - that could happen to them. your home was in northern gaza. do you know- was in northern gaza. do you know what is happening to your family home? it what is happening to your family home? . , what is happening to your family home? ., , , what is happening to your family home? .,, , ., home? it was destroyed, it got bombed, home? it was destroyed, it got bombed. my — home? it was destroyed, it got bombed, my home. _ home? it was destroyed, it got bombed, my home. my - home? it was destroyed, it got bombed, my home. my father| home? it was destroyed, it got - bombed, my home. my father doesn't

have any affiliation with anything, yet they still bombed it, on the third day, at the start of the war. they went to my grandparents house. they went to my grandparents house. they told my relatives to evacuate their home. the whole area now is just something different. my mum is describing it as a ghost city, this is how gaza is becoming. my cousin told me, she is a pharmacy student, she told me even if we survive, even if things went back to normal, he would never recognise the whole area where you left and you would not recognise the streets or anything in gaza. we recognise the streets or anything in gaza. ~ . , ., ~ ., gaza. we have been talking today about this latest _ gaza. we have been talking today about this latest being _ gaza. we have been talking today about this latest being dropped i gaza. we have been talking today| about this latest being dropped by the idf on khan yunis and southern gaza. warning people to move away from that area. i gaza. warning people to move away

from that area.— from that area. i 'ust heard about this, from that area. i 'ust heard about this. reading — from that area. i 'ust heard about this, reading it _ from that area. ijust heard about this, reading it on _ from that area. ijust heard about this, reading it on the _ from that area. ijust heard about this, reading it on the news. - from that area. ijust heard about this, reading it on the news. i - from that area. ijust heard about l this, reading it on the news. i know that there is no place in gaza considered a safe because they have already bombed khan yunis before when they said it was a safe place and they told everyone to move there. they already bombed is a bakery, bombed people in line waiting for bread. ijust hope they stay alive at this point. you waiting for bread. ijust hope they stay alive at this point.— stay alive at this point. you are ounuer stay alive at this point. you are younger self. — stay alive at this point. you are younger self, you _ stay alive at this point. you are younger self, you have - stay alive at this point. you are younger self, you have been i stay alive at this point. you are younger self, you have been in| stay alive at this point. you are . younger self, you have been in the uk, you came here to study, you are without any family. haifa uk, you came here to study, you are without any family.— without any family. how are you coin: ? without any family. how are you coping? it _ without any family. how are you coping? it is— without any family. how are you coping? it is very _ without any family. how are you coping? it is very difficult - without any family. how are you coping? it is very difficult to - coping? it is very difficult to cope. i'm having nightmares every time i sleep. i'm so scared all the time. once i graduated i was thinking i might start finding a job now, apply forjobs and establish a new life here, where i can achieve

my dream of being an international human rights lawyer, but now i can't function, i don't have the mental space, the headspace to apply for anything. all i think of is my family, how they are. if they can find food to eat today or not. i have walter around knee, while they are living in tents in the cold. i feel guilty somehow that i'm living here in such a quiet place, while london has started to prepare for christmas and it is a completely different world, a completely different world, a completely different time than the planet they are living in. it is like going back in time, with no resources, trying to hunt and gatherfood, if they could survive themselves. to hunt and gather food, if they

could survive themselves. thank you so much for — could survive themselves. thank you so much for coming _ could survive themselves. thank you so much for coming in. _ could survive themselves. thank you so much for coming in. we _ could survive themselves. thank you so much for coming in. we wish - could survive themselves. thank you so much for coming in. we wish you | so much for coming in. we wish you and yourfamily well and so much for coming in. we wish you and your family well and we hope that you stay safe. thank you. a bbc investigation has found that the country's second most senior general received written evidence alleging that war crimes were taking place in afghanistan, but failed to inform the military police. general gwynjenkins, who is now vice chief of the defence staff, was warned in 2011 that the sas was executing handcuffed detainees. the ministry of defence says it is fully committed to supporting the public inquiry into allegations of war crimes in afghanistan. panorama reporter richard bilton explained the background to this story. we've been investigating allegations of extrajudicial killings by the sas in afghanistan. last year, for example, we reported that one squadron alone was linked to sa suspicious deaths on one six—month tour that ended in may 2011. now, those allegations are subject to a public inquiry and that public inquiry is ongoing. what we've always said, though, is although bad things

were happening on the ground, it was being relayed back, senior officers knew about it. that takes us on to where we are today. general gwynjenkins is the second most senior man in the british military, but when he was in special forces he heard reports of sas members talking about killing people. in one formal statement from a senior sas officer he was told about, for example, unarmed people and detainees being killed, of all fighting age males on night raids being killed, of things like weapons being left next to unarmed victims to justify their killings. so he was given that in a document and rather than hand that document on to the military police, he put that in a secret dossier and he locked it in a safe and it stayed in that safe for four years as generaljenkins rose through the ranks, and it only became known

because of a special forces whistleblower. it's the duty of a commander in the british military to report any allegations of potential war crimes to the military police. we shouldn't forget how important generaljenkins is. he went on to be the head of the special forces and now he's the vice chief of the defence staff. in a statement, the minister of defence have told us that they're fully committed to supporting the public inquiry, that it wouldn't be appropriate to comment on allegations that may be within the inquiry�*s scope. generaljenkins himself didn't answer our requests for a comment. scotland's health secretary, michael matheson, has admitted that an £11,000 data roaming charge on his ipad was caused by his sons scotland's health secretary, michael matheson, has admitted that an £11,000 data roaming charge

on his ipad was caused by his sons watching football during a trip to moroco last year. the expense was initially picked up by the scottish parliament, which was told by mr matheson that the ipad was only used for work. he's paid the money back and he's referred himself to the parliament for further investigation. 0ur reporter tom brada has the background on this story. last christmas, scotland boss mike health minister, michael matheson, went on a family holiday to morocco. he brought with him an ipad issued ljy he brought with him an ipad issued by the scottish parliament and it ended up with a data roaming bill of almost £11,000. we can take a closer look at the data usage statement and you can look even more closely at the century, more than three gigabytes of data used in just one day, january the 2nd. that ended up costing more than £7,000. question started being asked about how he was able to use so much data. 0pposition politicians pointed out on the same day there was an old firm football

match between rangers and celtic. now michael matheson has revealed that his son were using his ipad to hot spot and stream football. i can see now that _ hot spot and stream football. i can see now that it _ hot spot and stream football. i can see now that it is _ hot spot and stream football. i can see now that it is just _ hot spot and stream football. i can see now that it is just not - hot spot and stream football. i can see now that it isjust not possible see now that it is just not possible to explain the data usage without explaining their role. the simple truth is they were watching football matches. ~ ., ., truth is they were watching football matches. ~ . ., . ., , matches. when the data charges were first revealed. — matches. when the data charges were first revealed, michael _ matches. when the data charges were first revealed, michael matheson - first revealed, michael matheson assured staff that the ipad was being used purely for parliamentary business and on that basis parliament agreed to cover most of the bill. he then changed tack when it was revealed that he had failed to update the ipad same card so he agreed to pay off the entire bill. the leader of the opposition conservative party has challenged michael matheson's version of events. he michael matheson's version of events. ., michael matheson's version of events. . , ., events. he gave this parliament written assurances _ events. he gave this parliament written assurances it _ events. he gave this parliament written assurances it was - events. he gave this parliament written assurances it was a - written assurances it was a legitimate expense. if it has now transpired that his son was watching

football, why did he claim he was doing parliamentary work? michael matheson said _ doing parliamentary work? michael matheson said he _ doing parliamentary work? michael matheson said he didn't _ doing parliamentary work? michael matheson said he didn't watch - doing parliamentary work? michael matheson said he didn't watch the | matheson said he didn't watch the football nor did he know it was being watched by his sons, but there are now serious questions about why he didn't reveal the full truth and what the security arrangements are four pieces of technology being used for government business. let's talk to our political correspondent david wallace lockhart, who is in holyrood. lots of people might think this is a bit amusing, but it does have serious political implications. it does. michael matheson is planning to stay on as health secretary. he seems to have the backing of the scottish first minister, humza yousaf, to do that. but opposition parties are still calling for him to go. part of all of this is down to the timeline that michael matheson has explained. under his version of

events he thought that when he racked up that £11,000 bill, that it was down to the constituency work he had been doing in morocco. he was unaware the ipad have been used for anything else. when he found out from his wife that his sons had used the hotspot of the ipad to watch football, that was the time he said he would pay the money back. that was a week ago, and in the intervening seven days what we didn't get from michael matheson was any update that he had discovered the ipad had been used for personal use by his family. he maintained this line that it is only ever been used for constituency purposes. what we are getting from opposition parties now is criticism that he didn't come immediately clean, that it was only when questions persisted about how the data use on the ipad could possibly have got so high being used for constituency reasons

over the christmas period, he was on holiday, that is when he had to come to parliament and extreme what had gone on. they are not satisfied with the fact he didn't complain about this earlier and they simply want him to go. he is health secretary, we are about to enter a very busy period for the nhs and there seems to be some doubt among opposition parties that he is the man for the job right now. bbc analysis has found that two—thirds of nhs maternity units in england don't consistently meet safety standards. that's worse than a year ago, when the figure was just over half. the health regulator, the care quality commission, says maternity has the worst safety ratings of all hospital services it inspects. i think something's going wrong. that's why i'm getting out. we were filming on a corridor in the labour ward at

northwick park hospital in north west london when it became clear there was a serious problem. the young woman was in the end stages of labour and they couldn't hear the baby's heartbeat properly. every member of staff had one focus — delivering the baby safely. as the minutes passed by, it was incredibly tense. but then the sound everyone wanted to hear. baby cries. beautiful. yeah. and she's come out in really good condition. it's a rare gift, seeing a new life less than 10 minutes after coming into the world. seeing the joy as a family meets its youngest member. she's adorable. and seeing the instant love as new father himanshu locks eyes with his daughter kiana for the very first time. awesome. this might not look like a maternity unit with problems, but it is. two years ago, it had

the worst possible rating for safety — �*inadequate'. then inspectors saw progress, but still say it requires improvement. and it's far from alone. in fact, the cqc says maternity units have the poorest safety rating of all hospital services it inspects. it's disappointing. it's unacceptable. i think the point is we've seen this deterioration and action needs to happen now, so that women next week can have the assurance that they need that they're going to get that high quality care. my daughter's life was effectively ended before it got started. rachel's daughter eve was injured at birth in a hospital hundreds of miles away. a forceps delivery that went badly wrong. that force actually fractured part of her skull, which also severed an artery. eve lived with huge challenges until last year. she was just five. i think sometimes itjust catches you unexpectedly. the life she had was not the life

she should have had, but also that it was cut short at the end. ministers here at the department of health know and they have known for some time about problems with maternity safety. they also know they're not looking likely to meet targets to halve the numbers of mothers and babies dying by 2025. we wanted to speak to ministers here about all of this, and several times we asked for an interview — that request was eventually refused. instead, they gave us this statement saying, "we are working incredibly hard to improve maternity services, "focusing on recruitment, training and the retention of midwives. "but we know there is more to do." here at northwick park, they say maternity is already improving. i'm determined that we're going to turn things around. i really am. and actually, from the improvements that we've made in the last year, actually, that shows evidence that we are turning things around. like the vast majority of the 1,500 babies born every day, baby kianna is fine. the hope is that every baby can have such a safe start.

catherine burns, bbc news. the moon has been a source of inspiration for artists for many times —— for all times. tom hanks is involved in exhibition. hey, tom! david! what a pleasure. nice to see you. this is amazing. you're taking me somewhere? yes, yes. it's only, it's only a small step, but it's also a giant leap at the same time. lead me. a spirit of adventure about you now. you know when someone asks if you fancy going on a journey to the moon with tom hanks? you say, "yes". that's quite...

rocket motors. ..an experience. you would think that that thing would shoot up. we shouldn't be standing here, should we? no, we should not. it's going to get a little hot, but that's ok. but don't worry. that's ice that is falling down. oh, that's what that is. that's the moisture from the super cold liquid hydrogen fuel tanks. tom, as you can probably tell, really knows his space. it's been a passion from childhood and this is his show, an astronaut�*s eye—view of what it was like to be on an apollo mission. and it all began when tom first saw this space being used for a david hockney show, and he had an idea. i probably actually asked a question. i said, if we could walk into this painting, could we actually walk on the moon as well? so that's when you had the idea, you walked in and you thought, "this could be the moon." you could put people on the moon in a way that has never, ever, ever, ever been done. but this isn'tjust history. it's also a fanfare for what's about to happen. good morning. good afternoon. what is it exactly up there now?

tom has been working with nasa, meeting the astronauts for the next moon mission, which is due to take off next year. but there is a question. this, going into space, it's an indulgence. there are so many other things we could be spending our money on, so many more important things in life. uh—hmm. is it still important? what does it do for an individual? you could argue that maybe not much. but what does it do for the cause of humanity? something magnificent. it takes us to this next place. there's going to come a time when someone is going to live permanently on places like the moon or in space. and we will become interplanetary beings. and isn't that what we're supposed to do as human beings? we're always supposed to... is it? we're always supposed to get out of the cave to see what is there. and we have never not found something magnificent as well as a magnification of ourselves. what do you want people to take away from this? awe. wonder. that's it.

and at the end, a chance to really look at the main attraction, wouldn't you like to take a cruise in the sea of crises, wouldn't you like to go visit the ocean? i have... i have sailed the sea of crises many times. we all have. we all have, haven't we? yeah. when you get up just a little bit closer, it's quite stunning, that magnificent desolation. and that's what it is. david sillito, bbc news. some of us to get to see some sunshine today. the best of that was in the north of scotland. further south the weather was dominated by a storm the pushed across to france. it brought strong winds and heavy rain for france. it only really dealt us a glancing blow. swinging away south eastwards now. we have this band of showery rain pushing its way eastward. behind that some

clear spells and showers. if the skies stay clear across northern scotland for long enough we could see another very cold night, may be done as low as —3 or —a. into tomorrow, this ridge of high pressure will give something of a break between weather systems. more in the way of dry weather. we start off with this band of cloud and showery rain clinging to the east coast of scotland and england. a few showers out towards the west. this could be fog patches as well, they will be slow to clear. then we are looking at spells of sunshine. turning milder in the south—west corner as this band of rain approaches. this will be pushing its way northwards and eastwards as we move through friday evening, so turning wet across many western areas. the rain sweeps eastwards into the first part of saturday in an association with this frontal system, driven by a big area of low pressure in the atlantic. the wind

circulating around the low. we have a south—westerly wind with his for saturday, so very mild air in place. so, saturday, outbreaks of heavy rain to start off in the south—west. behind that, sunny spells and heavy, thundery, blustery showers. we could see gales around some coasts in northern and north—eastern scotland. temperatures 15 or 16 degrees in the south, even up to 12 degrees in scotland. low pressure still with us into the second half of the weekend. we may see this frontal system here causing the showers to come together into a longer spell of rain in central and southern scotland, northern ireland, northern england, but broadly speaking sunday will be a sunshine and showers day. still mild, double digit temperatures, for just about all of us.

we are inside the gaza strip with the israeli army. they are taking us to see what they found at the al—shifa hospital. israel claims hamas has been hiding its command centre under the hospital, but they're coming under pressure to show that is true. we'll be showing what they found inside the hospital and looking at what questions remain. also tonight... is another christmas of train strikes looming as more walk—outs are announced in december? two thirds of england's maternity units don't consistently meet safety standards, says the health care regulator. we have a special report. you are taking me somewhere? yes, es... to the moon — why the hollywood actor tom hanks wants to get us closer to space. tonight on bbc london, one in five queen tonight on bbc london, one in five queer, gay or transgender people in the capital say they have suffered abuse on public transport. we will be speaking to some of those affected.