within the tory party. not a single migrant has been sent to rwanda, and yet we have already spent £240 million. a deal that tees up the biggest shake—up in world golf — jon rahm joins the saudi—sponsored liv golf for a reported $300 million. good evening. we start in new york, where the un security council has been debating through the afternoon the situation in gaza. they are due to vote shortly on a draft resolution proposed by the united arab emirates demanding an immediate ceasefire. it will fail because the united states will object. that is despite the pleas of the secretary—general antonio guterres, who called on the 15—member council to "use all its influence" to prevent "a humanitarian catastrophe". we start tonight with this report form our international editor jeremy bowen. and a warning — you may find the footage distressing. gaza is on the brink of a full—blown collapse, says the un. almost 2 million people have been driven from their homes by israeli forces. civil order, the un warns, is breaking down. in deir al—balah, the mosque was bombed with such force that the yafa hospital next door was put out of action. the hospital director said gaza's health care system is being targeted systematically. israel said it launched a50 strikes in the last 2a hours. it released these night—vision pictures without a soundtrack. the americans repeated warnings that israel is killing too many civilians. it is a war crime to target civilians or harm them with an indiscriminate attack. more pictures are emerging on social media of israel's round—up of hundreds of palestinian men it says are hamas suspects. they were ordered to leave a un shelter, forced to strip to their underwear and bound before being driven away for interrogation. israel still has not beaten hamas in northern gaza. fighting continues in an urban wasteland. the video has been traced to israeli soldiers posting out of gaza, and since it went viral, has been deleted from tiktok. the way hundreds of thousands of palestinians in gaza are being forced to live was filmed by a freelance journalist working for the bbc. atar is sheltering in a tent made of plastic sheets in the grounds of a hospital in deir al—balah, in the middle area of gaza. gaza's people are looking into the abyss, according to the un secretary—general. he's implored the security council to end their ordeal by passing a cease—fire resolution tonight. atar said he's trying to get his kids to forget the good food they used to enjoy. translation: idon't| know what to tell you. the only thing we have to eat is tea with no sugar. the only three words we hearfrom our children are "hungry, cold, thirsty". and we would rather die than see them get sick. israel destroyed the historic omari mosque in gaza city. it is close to an area israeli troops are assaulting. palestinian diplomats at the un says israel wants to force the people out. israel once again rejected a cease—fire. jeremy bowen, bbc news, jerusalem. let's go tojerusalem. our diplomatic correspondent paul adams is with us. paul, i want to talk first ally about a video that has been released, i've seen your copy you just filed about a hostage she was being held, and it seems there was an israel defense forces operation to rescue him, but from the evidence of this video, it does not seem to have gone very well. what do you know? ., , . , know? two separate things, christian- — know? two separate things, christian. first _ know? two separate things, christian. first of _ know? two separate things, christian. first of all, - know? two separate things, christian. first of all, a - know? two separate things, i christian. first of all, a briefing by the israeli army's main spokesman, in which he referred to a hostage rescue operation last night, in which two israeli soldiers were seriously wounded, no hostage was recovered and a number of hamas gunmen killed. he did not give any more details of that. separately we had a video released by hamas which shows three things, first of all a hostage, not naming him, speaking, apparently sometime in the middle of last month and identifying himself, then some images of the bloody images of the aftermath of some kind of gun battle, lots of blood on the ground, some captured weaponry, which the hamas say were captured from the israelis, and then finally at the end of the bloody corpse of someone who resembles but we cannot say with any certainty the hostage scene at the beginning of the video. so we don't they know too much about how that was recorded. these two separate things do seem to be referring to the same incident, but the details are a little unclear, and there seems to be a degree of manipulation, i would say, about the hamas video. fik. manipulation, i would say, about the hamas vide0-— hamas video. 0k. separately, these photographs — hamas video. 0k. separately, these photographs of _ hamas video. 0k. separately, these photographs of men _ hamas video. 0k. separately, these photographs of men in _ hamas video. 0k. separately, these photographs of men in their- photographs of men in their underpants kneeling on the floor, blindfolded, jeremy told us that this appears to have come from footage that was recorded by the idf troops. what do we know about the men videos and their whereabouts now? , . , ,. , , ., now? the israelis say these were all men arrested. _ now? the israelis say these were all men arrested, detained, _ now? the israelis say these were all men arrested, detained, into - now? the israelis say these were all men arrested, detained, into parts. men arrested, detained, into parts of the northern gaza strip. areas where the israelis say that they have been telling everyone to leave for weeks and that consequently anyone still found there, any man of fighting age found there, will be immediately considered to be a suspected member of hamas, so that probably explains the circumstances in which they were all rounded up. we know from messages this morning that some of those people have already been released. there is one palestinian journalist whose family say he is currently being held in a military base inside israel, but this does seem to be part of an ongoing effort by the israelis to round up people in those key areas in the northern part of the gaza strip, figure out who they have got, interrogate people, if they are found to be hamas members, you can expect them to be injailfor a good long while, and then release some others. it is in some ways, it looks shocking, these people have been stripped of their underpants, they are blindfolded in some cases with their hands tied behind their backs, but it is sort of what militaries tend to do in situations like this. yet, you probably would not take the risk if you are in a built—up area with gunmen around. just briefly, i on the intensity of the attacks in the last 2a hours, paul, a50 bombs dropped from land, sea and air — thatis dropped from land, sea and air — that is a remarkably high number. do you sense the israelis are in a hurry now? i you sense the israelis are in a hurry now?— you sense the israelis are in a hur now? hurry now? i suspect they probably are, hurry now? i suspect they probably are. because _ hurry now? i suspect they probably are, because if _ hurry now? i suspect they probably are, because if you _ hurry now? i suspect they probably are, because if you put that - hurry now? i suspect they probably are, because if you put that beside j are, because if you put that beside the comments that we heard from antony blinken, the us secretary of state, overnight about this disparity between israel's intention not to harm civilians and the evidence of what exactly happening on the ground, put to one side the american reluctance to endorsed that resolution at the un security council, that was never going to happen, but there are clear signs of american disquiet and already you're hearing people here in israel saying, you know what, we have probably only got it a few weeks left, and they obviously want to make maximum use of that time. they have key hamas leaders who they would love to lay their hands on or kill, they want the rest of the hamas military infrastructure in the southern part of the gaza strip destroyed, so i think they are conscious the time is running out and, at times like that, israel's military operations tend to intensify. military operations tend to intensify-— military operations tend to intensi. . , g intensify. pauladams, in jerusalem, thank ou intensify. pauladams, in jerusalem, thank you very _ intensify. pauladams, in jerusalem, thank you very much _ intensify. pauladams, in jerusalem, thank you very much for _ intensify. pauladams, in jerusalem, thank you very much for that. - intensify. pauladams, in jerusalem, thank you very much for that. let's l thank you very much for that. let's talk further about the vote at the security council. frank lowenstein was a us special envoy for israeli palestinian negotiations under the 0bama administration. mr lowenstein, you're very welcome to the programme, thank forjoining us. the secretary of state in tinley beacon said last night there's a gap the commitments the israelis made to protect civilians and the numbers that are dying —— secretary of state antony blinken. if that is the case why is the secretary of state sending in the way of a cease—fire tonight? sending in the way of a cease-fire toniaht? �* u, , sending in the way of a cease-fire toniaht? �* , , ., tonight? because in the minds of the united states — tonight? because in the minds of the united states any _ tonight? because in the minds of the united states any biden _ united states any biden administration, there are different thoughts here. the first is, should there be a cease—fire that effectively allows hamas to stay in place and we've been very clear we oppose that. at the same time we have been pushing this really is as hard as they can, to put more in, andi hard as they can, to put more in, and i think that is where the united states is going to be under increasing pressure, to start putting tougher measures in place to ensure that israel actually does comply with managerial law. lie comply with managerial law. us ambassador said a cease—fire and i would overcome the seeds for the next war —— international law. i must, he says, has no desire their will so further from his must, he says, has no desire their will so furtherfrom his him, it will undermine trust that will be required to have a durable peace? that is another point the united states has been making very, very clearly and repeatedly, lloyd austin has said publicly on the number of different occasions israel risks strategic defeat in this where they go about trying to limit hamas's and the tuqul abilities and amenities creates more terrorist than it takes off the battlefield —— military capabilities. to be clear we have a very limited amount of influence with the israelis when it comes to their decisions about their military operations. they are going to do what they think is in their own self—interest for regard as to what anybody else says, so the question for the us becomes, do we start taking actions to back—up our words? we start allowing security council resolutions to move through, do we allow congress to condition military assistant to the israelis? that allow congress to condition military assistant to the israelis?— assistant to the israelis? that is really interesting. _ assistant to the israelis? that is really interesting. can _ assistant to the israelis? that is really interesting. can i - assistant to the israelis? that is really interesting. can i ask- assistant to the israelis? that is really interesting. can i ask you | assistant to the israelis? that is l really interesting. can i ask you to take a technicality? we are told france has asked for consultations before it votes — what would they need to know? were further would they need to know then what is already been supplied? i am they need to know then what is already been supplied? i am not sure what the french _ already been supplied? i am not sure what the french are _ already been supplied? i am not sure what the french are up _ already been supplied? i am not sure what the french are up to _ already been supplied? i am not sure what the french are up to exactly, i what the french are up to exactly, the vote was delayed in part because secretary lincoln is currently bidding with saudi arabia, the iraqis, thejordanians, ear, and we're probably trying to do is make sure we can train had off the resolution, we don't like to be in a position of vetoing these things, we would like to avoid it —— the emiratis. the other element is the us would use leverage trying get the israel is to change their approach to the battle. israel talking about another 7—8 weeks of this heavy military bombardment and that is longer than what the biden administration want to keep defending them botley, internationally and domestically, so there will be a message to the israelis, we can only do this for so much longer. either you change your behaviour or he will take tougher action as you publicly, so that is the tension right now. the secretary-general - the tension right now. the secretary—general was pretty blunt in his assessment of what is going on in israel, in gaza, at the moment, he said that this is a collective punishment, there will be some who disagree with that, but there is no doubt hundreds of thousands of people are being forced now into thinner and thinner areas, where they are safe. people are bound to ask, in light of the casualties, and we are over 17,000 now, what is the purpose of the security council if it is not to bring a cease—fire at a moment like this? i bring a cease-fire at a moment like this? ~ . , . , this? i think that is a broader auestion this? i think that is a broader question about _ this? i think that is a broader question about what - this? i think that is a broader question about what the - this? i think that is a broader question about what the role | this? i think that is a broader. question about what the role of this? i think that is a broader- question about what the role of the un is in these conflict what the us is doing is using this as an opportunity to put as much pressure as it can on the israelis to change their behaviour and really the president of the united states has been very clear on the humanitarian front. that is where collective punishment becomes most prevalent, not long fuel and food and medicine in, and i think biden was very clear that he said there is an urgent need for more humanitarian assistance to get in, so i would imagine that is a point the israelis may be susceptible to some persuasion on the united states front, to get around this question of whether it is collective punishment. can i pick u . is collective punishment. can i pick u- on is collective punishment. can i pick up on that? — is collective punishment. can i pick up on that? obviously _ is collective punishment. can i pick up on that? obviously you've - up on that? 0bviously you've operated in the field of shuttle diplomacy. the vote will be the inconclusive tonight, there will be no cease—fire, but what happens then in the back channels? is it someone like you who then goes to israel and says, we have been able to fend this one off, but it is coming back to the security council very quickly and you need to change otherwise l mac, otherwise we cannot report you? is that how it tends to work? my cuess is that how it tends to work? my auess is is that how it tends to work? ij�*i guess is they're is that how it tends to work? m guess is they're conversations is that how it tends to work? m1 guess is they're conversations like that going on as we speak, and i think in the last couple of security counsel meetings, we have vetoed some khaoui also allowed one to go through: for human carrying pauses. we have already been inserted where willing to use the tools of the un where we think it is appropriate to advance our interests and try to get the israelis to change their behaviour, so i would imagine imagine them now is, this is going to only works for you and get harder for you, your to only works for you and get harder foryou, your campaign to only works for you and get harder for you, your campaign not be sustainable on a global basis, in terms of us support, especially given our domestic political issue here, unless you take a dramatically different approach on the humanitarian from it also terms of preventing civilian casualties. alters; preventing civilian casualties. very interesting- _ preventing civilian casualties. very interesting. frank _ preventing civilian casualties. very interesting. frank lowenstein, thank you very much for coming on the programme. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. the funeral of pogues frontman shane macgowan has been held in county tipperary in ireland. johnny depp and the president of ireland took part in the funeral service, with hundreds of mourners gathering in the grounds of the church in nenagh. the singer, perhaps best known for his smash—hit fairytale of new york, died on the 30th of november at the age of 65. judges have ruled that the uk government acted lawfully in blocking scotland's gender self—id reforms. legislation making it easier for people to change their legally recognised sex was passed by the scottish parliament last year, but the government in westminster blocked it over fears it would impact equality laws. the scottish government's legal challenge to that veto has now been rejected. yellow weather warnings for wind and rain are in place for large parts of the uk on friday and saturday, with disruption likely over the weekend. the met office say severe weather is expected in western and central england, as well as wales, south—west scotland and northern ireland. there are also almost 30 flood warnings in place, you're live with bbc news. the british government's rwanda policy will cost twice as much as was previously thought. the home office confirmed today the bill will be closer to £290 million by next year without much to show for it. so far, significantly more home secretaries have been to rwanda than asylum—seekers. the government signed a new treaty with rwanda last week, after an earlier version of the agreement was blocked by the supreme court. the government say it now has assurances the process in rwanda will be safe, lawyers supporting asylum—seekers disagree. from rwanda, mayenijones reports. all dressed up with no—one to cook for. this used to be a refuge for survivors of the 199a genocide here in rwanda. it was repurposed to host the uk's asylum—seekers. this hostel is part of what we now know is a £2a0 million investment the british government has made into its asylum deal with rwanda. a bbc crew was here injune of last year when staff were getting ready to receive the first arrivals from the uk, but a year and a half later, it still stands empty. the home office says some of this money is for rwanda's economic development. it adds that there are significant set—up costs to ensure asylum—seekers are processed efficiently. but rights groups say the uk shouldn't be partnering with rwanda in the first place. this is a government where fundamental rights such as freedom of expression, freedom of association, freedom to vote how someone wants to, freedom from arbitrary detention and torture, these fundamental rights are not respected. the rwandan government says it respects human rights and international law. during tuesday's visit by home secretary james cleverly, rwanda's foreign minister pointed out that his country has a long history of welcoming refugees. refugees in this un—run centr