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Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, vows to fight on in Gaza after his forces endured one of the worst days of losses of their ground war, while militant group Islamic Jihad joins talks in Cairo. We hear a report from Bethlehem in the West Bank where Christmas has a very different feel this year; and the signs of ongoing diplomatic activity. Also in the programme: DR Congo election faces fraud allegations; and British billionaire Jim Ratcliffe buys a twenty-five per cent stake in Manchester United and taking control of the club's football operations.(Photo: Christmas installation of a grotto with figures standing amid rubble displayed on Manger Square in Bethlehem. Credit: REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne)

Former provincial governor Moise Katumbi and four other candidates say the recent election in the Democratic Republic of Congo should be annulled - we'll hear from him. Also in the programme: Israeli and Palestinian friends discuss the shattering events of the past three months; and a member of the rock band The B-52s tells us how they've lasted so long in the music industry.(Photo: An independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) agent works at the Nyabushongo Institute polling centre. CREDIT: REUTERS/Arlette Bashizi/File Photo)

Israel says it has arrested hundreds of suspected Hamas and Islamic Jihad members and has started questioning them. As the country presses on with its military campaign in Gaza, we assess their strategy.Also in the programme: Christmas comes early in Ukraine as the country distances itself from Russia after the invasion; and 2024 is a year of elections: we’ll have a look ahead with some of our correspondents on what to expect for next year. (Photo: Internally displaced in the refugee camps in the city of Rafah, southern Gaza Strip. Credit: EFE).

Will the UN Security Council resolution passed on Friday mean that more aid will get through to people in Gaza who need it most? We speak to the Deputy Director of the UN World Food Programme, who is predicting famine unless things change.Also in the programme: the Czech Republic is holding a day of national mourning after the country's worst ever mass shooting; and two days before Christmas, a woman in Alabama with two uteruses announces "our miracle babies were born".(Photo: A Palestinian mother mourns her child in Khan Younis, in the south of the Gaza Strip, on Friday. Credit: EPA)

Interviews, news and analysis of the day’s global events.

Czech police are trying to establish the motive behind the country's worst mass shooting which killed 14 people at Charles University in Prague – we speak to a survivor. Also in the programme: the US says it's ready to support the latest draft of a Security Council resolution on Gaza; and some environmentalists in France say it's time to end the intensive farming of Christmas trees. (Picture: People react at a memorial during a vigil following a shooting at one of Charles University's buildings in Prague. Credit: Reuters)

More than a dozen people are killed and more injured at Charles University in the Czech capital. The gunman, who was found dead, is understood to have been a student at the university. We hear the latest from Prague. Also in the programme: We discuss the current situation in Gaza with a senior Hamas member and the Israeli government spokesman. And a new legal ruling puts plans for a new European football Super League back on the pitch.(Photo: A Police officer stands guard as an ambulance rushes to the scene of a shooting in central Prague. Credit: MARTIN DIVISEK/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

Negotiations continue in Cairo, Egypt, to try to broker a new truce in the Israel-Gaza conflict and secure the release of more Israeli hostages. We hear about the traumatic journey of a BBC cameraman and his family forced to leave their home in northern Gaza. Also in the programme: the fighting in Sudan forces two international aid agencies to suspend operations; and Europe's top court has ruled that FIFA and UEFA acted unlawfully when they stopped football clubs from forming a European Super League.(Picture: Israeli soldiers sit in a vehicle as they patrol near the Gaza Strip border, in southern Israel. Credit: ABIR SULTAN/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

A UN Security Council vote on a resolution calling for a suspension of fighting in Gaza has been delayed for a third day. Diplomats have been trying to come up with a text that would avoid a US veto. President Biden has said the world must put pressure on Hamas, not just Israel. The Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has once again stressed his commitment to continuing the offensive until Hamas is destroyed. The Hamas political leader, Ismail Haniyeh, has been holding talks in Cairo on the situation in Gaza. Also in the programme: "chaos" at elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo; and a new French immigration law creates divisions within government. (Photo: A woman reacts, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip. CREDIT: REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa)

Pressure is growing for a further halt to the Israel-Gaza war. The leader of Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, has arrived in Cairo for talks on a fresh ceasefire in Gaza and Israeli President Isaac Herzog has said his country is ready for another humanitarian pause.Efforts to get a United Nations Security Council ceasefire motion are set to resume after Tuesday's vote was delayed. The US says it is working with other members on the text, but it has vetoed previous resolutions. Also on the programme: the European Union agrees new rules on migration; and we'll hear from the developer of an artificial intelligence model that can predict people's life chanceswith astonishing accuracy.(Photo shows smoke rising in the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel on 20 December 2023. Credit: Ronen Zvulun/Reuters)