headlines: thousands of people in rebel—held areas of aleppo are enduring another night of freezing conditions, after plans to evacuate them failed to materialise. the un security council has met to discuss a monitoring mission. gunmen injordan have carried out a series of attacks in the historic town of karak, killing at least 10 people, including a canadian tourist. local media say other tourists caught up in the attack have been led to safety. protests in poland against government plans to restrict media access to parliament have continued for a third day. opposition mps continue to blockade the main chamber of parliament. so—called islamic state says it was behind a suicide bombing in yemen, which killed at least a0 soldiers. army recruits had been queueing to be paid in aden when the bomber struck. at ten o'clock we'll have a full round up of the day's news. first, nawal al—maghafi investigates the saudi—led coalition campaign in yemen. there are some scenes of a distressing nature. it was the deadliest attack

in yemen's 21—month war. 140 people killed, over 500 injured in saudi—led air strikes as they attended a funeral. the saudis said their attack was based on incorrect information and their yemeni partners were to blame. we crossed the front line to ask who was responsible. and we follow the bombs back to where they came from, the united states. apparently the us and the united kingdom thinks it's totally fine for the strikes to keep on happening and i am just very outraged that we are still assisting what looked just like war crimes. the bombing raised serious questions for saudi arabia and its allies,

the us and the uk, about the conduct of the war. could this air strike have changed the course of the war in yemen? relatives and friends are gathering in the yemeni capital, sana'a. they are paying their respects to the victims of the worst air strike in the country's war. there are thousands of people here that have come to mourn their loved ones that were lost. and as they are doing that, the saudi coalition airplanes are circling above. at today's memorial event, among the mourners are senior

figures in the rebel government that controls the capital and large parts of the country. over two years ago, the houthi rebel alliance forced president hadi into exile. a saudi—led coalition, backed by the us and the uk, is trying to put him back in power. and has carried out thousands of air strikes. for the mourners, returning to the burnt—out wreck of the community hall brings back traumatic memories. a month earlier, people were making plans to attend the daylong funeral of a respected senior tribal leader. when abdullah and his youngest son arrived, the building was packed

with senior political and military leaders from yemen's rebel government. the funeral had been advertised widely. in keeping with yemeni tradition, thousands of people, most of them civilians, were on their way to attend. one of the coalition‘s key enemies was amongst those expected. rumours swirled that the former president of yemen, now one of the main rebel leaders, was in the funeral hall. minutes before the bombing, an elite security unit that usually only travels with ali abdullah saleh,

entered the building. until now, it has still not been confirmed whether he was there. we obtained a rare interview with him. also at the funeral were hundreds of civilians from the country's many tribes, who had nothing to do with yemen's war. it was 3:20pm. one of those attending today's memorial event is 14—year—old hussein. hussein's leg was trapped in the rubble. he was desperate to break free quickly. fearing another bomb was going to be

dropped on the funeral hall, hussein and his father drew their daggers and cut his leg off. red crescent teams rushed to the site of the bombing as soon as they heard the news. it was a wise decision.

a pilot was preparing to drop another us—made bomb. the united states is the main supplier of aircraft and armaments to the coalition. the second 500lb paveway guided bomb crashed through the roof. detonating inside the hall just when the wounded were being evacuated and medical teams and rescuers were entering the site. this hall, at full capacity, can take up to 2,000 people. everyone i've spoken to tells me it was absolutely packed.

the first air strike dropped right over here. and as people were running out of the windows and the first responders were coming into treat the casualties, around six to seven minutes later, the second air strike dropped over here. sadiq's father, abdullah, who had escaped the funeral hall, still believes his son was safe, having seen him flee the burning building.

two air strikes on the same target with a gap of minutes between them is known as a double tap. this is often classified as a war crime as it targets rescuers and medical teams. sadiq was killed by the second strike while searching for his father. he was 26 years old and had only been married for a month. his death and that of 139 others

also allegedly broke other parts of international humanitarian law. it's actually forbidden to conduct an attack where loss of life or injury to civilians is out of proportion to the direct military advantage gained. now, the hall was a community civilian establishment and the funeral was advertised on social media and on national tv. initially, the saudi—led coalition denied striking the funeral at all. the united states expressed immediate concern, warning that security cooperation with saudi arabia was not a blank cheque. a week later, a saudi—led

investigation team blamed an unnamed person in the yemeni military for the strike. it accused the air operations centre in yemen for directing the bombing without obtaining approval from saudi arabia. however, we have obtained a rebel government intelligence report, based on mobile phone records and interviews. it says informants were giving live updates of who was arriving at the funeral, suggesting that the air strike was preplanned. the saudis have denied that their central command in riyadh authorised the strike. they blame the air operations centre in marib, so i'm going there. i'm keen to hear what they say about the attack on the funeral hall. marib is only 100 miles east, but due to the war, we need to skirt around the main front line, a ten—hour drive

through the mountains. no western journalist has visited here since the war started. i meet units of the national army leading the battle to take control of sana'a from the rebels. these forces are equipped and supported by the saudi—led coalition and have their wages paid by them. the key person i want to interview here is the head of the yemeni army. he is in command of the air operations centre. the coalition says its command in saudi arabia didn't know about the attack on the funeral and blamed yemenis in the air

operations centre here. but general al—magdashi has confirmed for the first time that foreign coalition personnel in the air operations centre were always present. this raises doubts that it was just the yemenis who ordered the strike on the funeral hall. we asked the saudi government for a response but they did not reply. the funeral bombing was the first time the coalition admitted a serious breach in its own own rules of engagement during the 21—month campaign. but the un, ngos and many human rights groups have regularly criticised the way the coalition air campaign has been conducted. to find out more, i'm travelling to the yemeni city that has been bombed the most by coalition jets, and the site of another double tap air strike.

it's a 150—mile drive north—west of yemen's capital to saada. homeland of the houthi rebels. the houthi rebels have been accused of regularly committing war crimes since launching their offensive from here two years ago. when the coalition air campaign started in march last year, the city of saada was pounded. this was once saada's busiest market. hundreds of people used to make a living selling sweets, food, clothes. now it is completely destroyed. they have fled, leaving everything behind.

the un panel of experts on yemen found that the saudi—led coalition had seriously breached international humanitarian law in may 2015 when they declared the entire city of saada a military target, making no distinction is between combatants and civilians. according to the united nations, the first group of air strikes destroyed 1,200 structures, among them five markets, a petrol station. 40% of the population here fled. on january 21, coalition jets were circling saada, waiting to strike. a bomb was dropped on a residential area near the city. an ambulance driver was dispatched from this hospital. this was the driver.

abdul arrived at the scene of the air strike in his ambulance. what happened next was captured on camera. as with the funeral bombing in sana'a, a saudi coalition plane carried out a second air strike, just as civilians were aiding the wounded. abdulmalik picked up some of the injured.

a coalition jet was still overhead. his ambulance took a direct hit. abdulmalik and 17 other people were killed in the three air strikes. 36 were injured. the double tap funeral bombing in sana'a on the 8th of october was one of thousands of coalition air strikes since march last year. the bombs in the strike all came from one place... the united states. i've come to washington, dc.

the united states government has been the saudi—led coalition‘s strongest backer, providing intelligence, logistical and advisory support. billions of dollars of us weapons sales have been approved. after the funeral bombing, the white house announced an immediate review of us support, expressing serious concerns about how the conflict is being waged. despite this, we have learnt that the us air force refuelled coalition jets the day after the air strikes. in a four—week period since then, us tankers flew over 87 missions, refuelling 386 aircraft with over 1.7 million litres of fuel. indeed, this is slightly higher than the monthly average support given by the us since the air campaign began. there has also been growing pressure in congress about us assistance.

representative ted lieu serves as a colonel in the us air force reserves. he has been following the campaign closely. we are flying out tankers with us pilots. we are refuelling these jets of the saudi arabia—led military coalition and then they're dropping bombs. but if you look at the law, international law, you can be guilty of aiding and abetting war crimes. so if you're in that direct military operation, refuelling a jet that then commits a war crime, my view is that opens up the united states to great risk and we need to stop doing it. this week, the white house released a provisional statement following the funeral bombing. for the first time since the war began, they are blocking the supply of precision munitions to saudi arabia. but the refuelling of coalitionjets, which only

the united states has the capacity to do, will continue. no current us official would give me an interview. but a recently retired senior state department ambassador, who worked on yemen during the first year of the war, agreed to talk to me. i don't believe that saudi arabia is guilty of war crimes and i don't believe that the united states or the uk, for that matter, is complicit. so you have to be careful about how you make the assertion and it has to be on the basis of a clear examination and investigation of the facts before you can say that this was in fact a war crime. and intent also has to do with it. the funeral hall is set to be preserved as a monument to those who died. the un estimates that more than 4,000 people have been killed by coalition air strikes.

60% civilians. the saudi—led coalition says this figure is exaggerated. many yemenis hope that the outcry following the funeral bombing would have an impact. the united states is now reconsidering its position. but for now, the air strikes, and the war, continue. hello, a major change in the weather coming our way later this week and just in time for christmas. if you are hoping for something white for christmas, it looks like another w will be a bigger player and that is the wind. all very different to what we have at the moment, with light winds and scenes like this in south wales on sunday, with fog. problematic at times, the kind of thing you get with high pressure, which is what we have at the moment and that's what we've had for much of december so far. as a result, most of the uk has been drier than average

and quite mild too. if it carries on this way, it may be in the top ten mildest decembers on record. yes, there are changes coming. we can look to north america for the origins of that change. we've seen bitter cold arctic air, spreading out of canada into the usa, meeting the warm air from further south, and strengthening the thermal gradient, the change of temperature over a small area and that's what the jet stream thrives off and strengthens from, and that's what we're getting this week, a stronger jet stream across the atlantic towards us, carrying deeper areas of low pressure, turning our weather wet and windy. not at the start of the week, high pressure is still close by, influencing our weather from continental europe but then look, the first, deeper area of low pressure coming out of north america will come close to us later this week, as we'll see. take it day by day, this is monday. still high—pressure, still some quite dense fog across part of england and wales to start the day. a bit of patchy rain coming into the east and south—east. a bit of patchy rain spreading south in scotland and northern ireland, turning brighter behind that with single figure temperatures. clearer to start monday night

in scotland and northern ireland, some more of us picking up a frost. tuesday, still a weak weather front close by western parts of england and wales. some of us here at seeing rain, a bit more sunshine further east across england and look to the north—west, here comes the first weather front from ourfirst deeper area of low pressure and that brings some gales and some heavy rain and that will spread south—east, weakening as it does so on tuesday night and into wednesday, as it runs into high pressure. maybe for england and wales on wednesday, not a lot of rain. sunshine and northern ireland, some of them turning wintry, giving some snow in the hills into scotland, and a few spots in lower levels. a pulse of energy running along the weather front in england and wales on wednesday night may give some heavy rain for a time. a lot of uncertainty, so we will follow it and keep you updated. in thursday it will clear, the cold flow and some of those showers will be wintry, notjust on the hills.

thursday night, high—pressure starting to try and build into the southern areas, may be some frost and foggy patches another low pressure coming in from the atlantic. it may start fine on friday but the further west you are, the wind picking up and to the north—west, gales, severe gales and more heavy rain in scotland and northern ireland later in the day. at the start of christmas weekend, we are looking at this area of low pressure which could turn things quite stormy on christmas day. not set in stone, we will follow that and keep you updated but it may be an unwelcome visitor. after that, leading to new year, spells of wind and rain but there are gaps between the weather system. when we get something a bit drier, brighter and colder. we may get some snow on the hills of northern britain but at the moment, christmas

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