Life well planned. George actually, you dont need vision to do most things in life. Its exciting to be part of a team driving the technology forward. I think thats the most rewarding thing. People who know, know bdo. Narrator funding was also provided by, the freeman foundation. And by judy and Peter Blum Kovler foundation; pursuing solutions for americas neglected needs. Announcer and now, bbc news. Live from london, this is bbc news. Israel expands its operations in the gaza strip. The central and southern regions are becoming the focus of its assault. U. S. Secretary of state is meeting mexicos president as they seek a solution to a surge in migration across their shared border. The New York Times sues microsoft and openai, claiming chatgpt has used millions of newspaper articles without permission. Storm garrett sweeps across the u. K. , bringing strong winds, snow, and heavy rain. Hello, and welcome. I am samantha simmons. We start with the latest on the israelgaza war. The Israeli Military is keeping up its offensive across the gaza strip would southern and central areas the main focus of attack. Over the past day israel says it carried out strikes on at least 200 hamas targets in gaza. Hamas, which is holding 130 people hostage in gaza, is deemed a Terror Organization by the u. K. And u. S. The hamasrun Health Ministry says at least 195 people were killed as a result of those strikes. United nations Human Rights Office says it is deeply concerned about the continued bombing of gazas middle area. In a further sign of the conflicts wider reverberations, turkiyes president has lashed out, comparing israels actions to the nazis. An initiative is continuing sailing despite the threat of attacks from houthi rebels. A warning, you may find some elements distressing. Reporter no funeral, no dignified burial, no tombstone. A bulldozer carries their bodies into a mass grave. Their final resting place. Israeli forces are expanding their ground offensive into the densely populated urban refugee camps in southern gaza. This is the scene at the neighboring hospital. Overwhelmed, they had to treat the injured on the floor and in hallways. Across gaza at the moment, Health Capacity is about 20 of what it was 80 or so days ago. Almost all of the hospital beds and services have stopped functioning. Reporter on foot, crammed onto the back of trucks. Those who fled from northern gaza have come here for safety, but the war has chased them out again. Heavy of continues in this out continues in the south, and there arent many places left to go. Israel says the war will last for months and insists the aims are clear. We cant destroy hamass ideology, unfortunately, but we can remove them from power, we can prevent them from having control over this terririal enclave. That will do a lot to save lives and prevent future conflict in the region. Reporter in the west bank, an israeli airstrike killed six palestinians. The militaries they were under militants. Locals denied it. Mahmoud abbas has warned the area could implode. A new refugee camp has been set up for those twice displaced, first from northern gaza, and out from the center. Now from the center. He lost six family members. Our houses have been destroyed, he says. This is whats left. Its worse than hell here. More than 21,000 people have died in gaza, according to local health officials. Those who survived are running out of places to flee. Samantha we mentioned incendiary comments from the turkish president erdogan, ]at an event in ankara, he said this about Benjamin Netanyahu. Pres. Erdogan all the values of humanity have been destroyed before our own eyes for the last 80ays. We saw israels nazi camps in the stadiums, right . They are in every sense the way we have been talking about hitlers. How does benjaminetanyahu and hitler differ . Is there anything Benjamin Netanyahu that is less than hitler . No. Samantha mr. Netanyahu hit back, saying mr. Erdogan was in no position to preach morality, accusing him of been genocide against the Kurdish People and imprison journalists. I spoke to the director of arabisraeli conflict at the crisis group and i asked him about the wider conflict and the escalation in the occupied west bank in northern israel. Israel is using drones to that is a development that we havent seen for some years, really going back to the second intifada on the border with lebanon. We have a lowintensity war that has already broken out and is at risk of spiraling into a fullfledged war on a huge scale. And of course, everywhere in the region we see now that this war is threatening to expand. Samantha and what is your assessment of israel more specifically in gaza, how likely it is to reach its goals in the short and longer term . We have heard from the idf in the past few hours saying that they think their operation could last for more months. We have also heard from netanyahus spokesperson, or certainly advisor to him, that they except that the ideology of hamas cant be wiped out, but they plan on wiping out its leadership. What is your assessment of the timeframe that could take . Nathan well, its a welcome to that mr. Regev have started to walk back the unattainable goals that the Israeli Government has put forward. They keep repeating that they wish to eliminate hamas, and there is zero chance that they will achieve that. If you look at Public Opinion and polls, hamas is stronger than it has ever been. Hamas exists in the west bank, it exists in gaza, it exists in the diaspora. No matter what israel does militari, hamas will remain a powerful political force, and at the end of the date israel does not want to occupy gaza indefinitely, and it will need palestinians to control gaza, and that means you will have to negotiate with hamas, one of the two largest political parties, over the future of gaza and the west bank. Samantha United States top diplomat Antony Blinken is having talks with the mexican president on how to deal with a surge in the number of people trying to reach the United States. Mr. Blinken will be accompanied by the u. S. Homeland security secretary when he meets president Lopez Obrador in mexico city. The meeting takes place as a reported new influx of migrants walking through mexico to the u. S. Border. At stake for mr. Blinkens boss, joe biden, is summit means of easing the wave of people trying to cross the u. S. Southern border. Democrats and republicans are calling for practical solutions. Now to our correspondent following developments from washington. tell us about the importance of this meeting and what they hope will come from it. Reporter as you mentioned, this is a highlevel meeting between america and mexico, and it comes amidst this unprecedented search in surge in the number of migrants making their way from mexico into the United States. 2 Million People so far have cost this year. In the last week or so, an average of 10,000 people that were crossing, and that is double the number crossing during the precovid era. That gives you a sense of how overwhelmed both countries are with what is happening at the border. You have asked what it is that they want to come out of this meeting. The u. S. Has been trying to put pressure on mexico to do more to ensure that mexico stops the migrants before they crossed the border into the u. S. And what has happened over the last couple weeks or so is that several border crossings have been closed, including railway crossings, as the u. S. Has deployed control officials across this 3000kilometer border at some of the legal points to stop the migrants from coming in. On the other hand, mexico says it is doing all it can, but it hopes to some kind of understanding can be reached during the meeting that is taking place. But it also says that the u. S. Needs to look at addressing broader issues. Many of these migrants are coming from countries like venezuela and cuba, countries that the u. S. Has imposed sanctions on, and which according to them have created economic crises. Many of these migrants that are coming from latin america are economic refugees. This is where they stand, that while the u. S. With want to see mexico doing more, mexico wants to make some demands in return. Samantha and shingai, this issue is increasing in importance as President Biden heads towards election next year. Shingai yes, it is, and it is a massive area of concern here in the u. S. Amongst the public. It is the third most important concern by the electorate. And as the u. S. Goes towards the elections, there is increasing attention on this particular issue and conflict between the republicans and the democrats about how to address this. President biden would want to see additional measures including a package to increase border patrols, but the republicans are a lot more radical. They believe that the Biden Administration is too lenient on the migrants when they come across, even when they do that they regularly, they are still processed. They want to see a more radical approach where some of the asylumseekers are returned or deported. It continues to be a contentious issue, but one that i think mexico is hoping will escalate the sense of urgency in trying to get more aid from the u. S. To try to address this issue on its side of the border. Samantha ok, shingai, for now thank you. One of the largest newspapers in the u. S. , the New York Times, is assuming the companies behind chatgpt, openai and microsoft. They allege that the powerful Artificial Intelligence progra used millions of articles for training without permission. The newspapers seeking damages as well as an order that the company stop using its conte and destroy the data. The defendants are yet to respond to the lawsuit. For more on this, i spoke to a New York TimesTechnology Reporter in los angeles. The lawsuit was filed this morning and we reported it as of this morning, which is that the New York Times believe that openai has been infringing on its copyright, as well as microsoft. And so, yeah, we reported the story this morning pit samantha how long do you see this going on . Well, the complaint says that there is content that goes back to as early as the 1950s that has been used in openais training models and chatbots to develop these new technologies. And the company is enforcing its copyright and pursuing claims under that. Samantha can you tell us a little bit more about how the u. S. Law operates in terms of your expectations for this case . Is there any guidance on what kinds of permissions ai generators are required to ask before they use content . Ryan that is exactly what is at the crux of this case, that Companies Like openai, these companies with massive billion dollar valuations with billions of dollars in funding have essentially scraped the web and taken content, a lot of the copyrighted, for free and used it in its technologies. The New York Times is going to court to argue that that wasnt legal. Samantha so this effectively a test case in this arena . Ryan it is one of many. There are ongoing lawsuits from other creative industries. Look at Something Like actors that have sued openai, fiction authors and a nonfiction. This is sort of the beginning. Getty images has sued another ai company that uses its images to train generative ai that creates realistic images. I think we are at the forefront of this, and it will remain to be seen what happens. Samantha what are the possibilities, do you think . Ryan you know, i think it is for the courts to decide. There could be rulings that suggest that these committees may have to pay up for these rights to use this content. Openai itself has already struck deals with some publishers, including the likes of the Associated Press and the publisher of politico and business insider. It has already been some precedent for these countries paying for copyrighted material, but we will see what the courts decide. Samantha ryan mac from the New York Times. Around the world and across the u. K. , this is bbc news. Lets look at other stories making the nearly 19,000 nhs appointment had to be canceled because of the practice like doctor strike. Most work hospital checkups and operations, but some Community Appointments were affected. Next week doctors will take part in a sixday walkout, the longesin the history of nhs. Rail passengers are experiencing major disruptions to their journeys because of a fault with the signaling system. East Midlands Railway have canceled all services towards luton airport. Services have been severely affected. Network rail has apologize for the delays. Chancellor Jeremy Hunter will unveil his Spring Budget on the sixth of march in what could be his last chance to introduce tax changes before a general election. The conservative party has been hinting it could make pledges on housing and taxes, as rishi sunak struggles to turn around his partys major deficit in the polls. You are live with bbc news. Time for a sports round up the bbc sportscenter. Lets start with a busy night of football in the english premier league. There are three games underway right now. It is approaching halftime in two of them. Benford are trailing 31. The first illegals came in three minutesfirst three goals came in the minutes. The subsequent kickoff, adding a third for the wolves. Chelsea hosting crystal palace, who are on a sevengame when this inwinless run. Crystal palace have equalized, so that game is 11 at the moment. Manchester city, they can close the gap if they get the result that everton. 8 points behind them. That has kicked off in the last minute or so. Goalless so far. A couple more on thursday, with two sides meeting each other absolutely ravaged by injuries. Writing and touching them brighton and tottenham. The tottenham manager, it was revealed that vice captain and offender will be out for up to five weeks with a hamstring issue. Spurs have 8 injuries in the squad as well as a number of suspensions. But he insists it does not hasten his recruitment plans ahead of the january transfer window. No, it doesnt change anything. Disappointing to lose, for sure. We obviously missed him. Now we just got him back, got to study things up. Obviously weve been missing them for a chunk of time, but it doesnt change, really you cant accelerate time. January 1 stays annually first. January 1. The brighton manager says his site has more or less 10 injured players. Could ms. The as and miss th e asian cup for japan. Cricket now. He australian captain took three wickets to shift momentum from pakistan. Pakistan were 1241 before he took the first wicked. Pakistan ending day 2 on the disappointing 1946, given how they started the day. South africa closed day 2 on 2565 in response to indias first innings total of 245. This in the first test in centurial. The opening going well in this, his farewell series. Pushing south africa ahead. David venting him getting a halfcentury. Finally, the fairytale is continuing for the 16yearold at the pdc World Championship in darts. The young english man was in fine farm, beat fine form, beating canadas matt campbell. Hes the junior World Champion and says he has been playing since he was 18 months old and he made headlines before christmas, becoming the youngest person to win a match at the world champ japan he defeated christian kissed World Championship when he defeated christian kist. He has it through to the last 16th, so he is a big name and a story to watch. That is sport for the moment. Samantha thanks very much. A Major Incident has been declared in scotland with the long queues of vehicles stranded in the highlands. Storm gerrit has been sweeping across the u. K. , bringing high winds and heavy rain. Around 20,000 homes are without power in northern scotland. On the roads, trains, ferries, and airports, people e facing delays and hazardous conditions. Reporter as you can see, we are stuck just south. Reporter the main trump road between perth and the highlands, a Major Incident was declared. Richard was at a standstill with his wife and daughter for over six hours trying to get home to bristol after christmas. When we set off, it was just raining and the snow was melting away. It seemed to be all right. And then it just was a complete white out. The skies opened and within minutes it was complete white out, the traffic had come to an absolute halt. We were going nowhere. Reporter away from the white out, it was the rain that was causing problems. Some residents had to be rescued from their homes after severe flooding in the town. Specialist votes were brought in to help desk specialist bo specialist boats were brought in to help. I heard rustling noises. Two, three feet of water up to my bed. Not what you want to wake up to just after christmas. Reporter in angus, more than 20,000 people are without power. Winds reached over 85 miles an hour in some parts. Storm gerrit has mainly impacted scotland at the moment with around 20,000 customers without power, access proving a real challenge for our engineers. Weather is expected to be worse again overnight. We are keeping a close eye on that. If youre in an area affected by a weather warning, we urge you to make preparations. Engineers and Customer Service teams, thousands of people working around the clock to reconnect power as quickly as they safely candidate reporter trains were hit, too. Not only were services canceled, but some passengers were stuck on board for hours. A tree fell on this lane in dumbarton, and it remains blocked by flooding at bowling. Our advice to passengers as always is to check before your travel. Check the website or download the app. Disruption will continue tomorrow in some parts of the country. Reporter two top football teams were postponed Football Games were postponed. A series of yellow rain and snow warnings are in place tonight. Flood warnings and alerts will continue into tomorrow. Samantha get a look at some of the dates other news. Former European Commission jack to lower dr. Laura jacque delors, dead at 98. He served from 1985 to 1995 and also laid the groundwork for a single european currency, the euro. Donald trump will be able to contest next years president ial primary election in the state of michigan. The state Supreme Court upheld a lower court order that mr. Trump be allowed to participate despite accusations he led in insurrection. Colorados Supreme Court ruled he could not contest the primary in that state. Wolfgang schaeuble, a key figure in german politics for decades, has died at age 81. The former finance minister played a big role in negotiating german reunification after the fall of the berlin wall in 1989. He survived an assassination attempt by goingmen in 1990 and by gunmen in 1990 and was viewed as one of germanys most influential postwar politicians. Is tiktok reinforcing gender stereotypes . That a suggestion after big online trends, even one called girl dinner. I spoke to our socialmedia presenter, who told us more about these trends. There have been a lot of trends this year. 2023 has been a big trend and lots of people have called it the year of the girl because there been a lot of trends called girl dinner, and the question here is are they promoting stereotypes. There is an old age serotypes stereotype about women being bad with money, and people say that this trend upholds it, girl math. It is logic to justify impulse spending. One creator use examples of girl math in her post, joking that if she paid in cash, it is free, because it doesnt come out of the bank account, and if you return something you previously bought from a shop, she is makingoney. Girl dinner is another trend which is a kind of dinner made out of picky bits of food rather than a balanced meal. Girldinner has 2 billion shares on tiktok. When user that created the tiktok sound, the unofficial tiktok sound, it has been shared by more than 430,000 users that play that soundtrack over there songs. After the creator o i asked the creator of girl dinner on the podcast about the role that gender plays in the trend. Heres what she said. I came up with the term. I am a girl, obviously i am a woman, but there was something fun and lighthearted about calling myself a girl. Im not a woman right now, im just having might bits and pieces and im just a girl having an evening. But you absolutely do not need to be a girl, woman. Anybody can enjoy girl dinner. I think that maybe you need to tap into a more feminine side of yourself. Samantha do narrator funding for this presentation of this program is provided by. Narrator Financial Services firm, Raymond James. Man bdo. Accountants and advisors. Narrator funding was also provided by, the freeman foundation. And by judy and Peter Blum Kovler foundation; pursuing solutions for americas neglected needs. Narrator funding for this presentation of this program is provided by. Woman architect. Bee keeper. Mentor. A Raymond JamesFinancial Advisor tailors