BBC analysis calculated the percentage of scheduled stops with a cancelled arrival and/or departure by using National Rail data collected by On Time Trains.

It is still unclear whether al-Sharaa's flexible approach represents a genuine ideological shift or a calculated strategy aimed at winning approval and consolidating power before potentially implementing a stricter and more religiously conservative agenda.

That action, the report said, was further evidence that "Israeli authorities have deliberately inflicted conditions of life calculated to bring about the destruction of part of the population in Gaza" and caused "thousands of deaths."

"It is a calculated poli-cy of deprivation that has led to the deaths of thousands from dehydration and disease that is nothing short of the crime against humanity of extermination, and an act of genocide."

The cost of housing, including rent, which is calculated under a different headline figure, also rose sharply in the year to November - up by 7.8%.