speaking in qatar, the us secretary of state, antony blinken, has said israel must do more to protect civilians in gaza. and hollywood rolls out the red carpet for one of its biggest nights — the golden globe awards. hello and welcome to bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak. let's start this hour in bangladesh, where prime minister sheikh hasina has won the general elections. latest results show her party, the awami league winning 152 seats and getting a clear majority. voting took place amid tight security after violence on the eve of the poll. at least 1a polling

stations were set on fire. this election results gives prime minister sheikh hasina her fourth consectutive term in office the country's chief election comissioner has described the violence as an attempt to sabotage the vote. the main opposition, bangladesh nationalist party, asked people to follow them in boycotting the poll. and international observers including the un said the election took place in a �*repressive environment�*. live now to the capital, dhaka, and our south asia correspondent samira hussain. she can bring us up to date with the latestment so the counting is still going on, right now, but we do know that the awami league party, led by the prime minister sheikh hasina has crossed that threshold of winning a clear majority, now, just how strong that

majority, now, just how strong that majority is, is still being worked out, that said, this is an election that pretty much everyone knew what the result was going to be, before votes were cast, and that is because the main opposition party, the bangladesh nationalist party were boycotting these elections so when you look in terms of with the choices that voters had when casting their ballot, it was either vote for their ballot, it was either vote for the awami league, or vote for the independent candidates and overwhelming majority of those independent candidates were supporters of the ruling government. 500 candidates weren't there in this election? , ,., , ., 500 candidates weren't there in this election? , , ., election? yes, sorry i did not catch the first part _ election? yes, sorry i did not catch the first part of _ election? yes, sorry i did not catch the first part of your— election? yes, sorry i did not catch the first part of your question, - the first part of your question, there was an audio glitch, but yes there was an audio glitch, but yes there were many candidates that were... i there were many candidates that were... ., there were many candidates that were... . ., ., _, there were many candidates that were... . ., ., .,~ were... i am going to let you take it awa ,

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was quite a bit of apathy, because voters were not offered any kind of choice on the ballot, and with these calls by the opposition party to boycott the vote, there were just so, there were certainly less people that were willing to go and cast their ballot.— that were willing to go and cast their ballot. ~ . , ., , , their ballot. what is the atmosphere like in the country _ their ballot. what is the atmosphere like in the country at _ their ballot. what is the atmosphere like in the country at the _ their ballot. what is the atmosphere like in the country at the moment? i like in the country at the moment? when the prime minister, prime minister sheikh hasina cast her vote she described that main opposition party as terrorist organisation, there are reports of the government cracking down on dissent strongly. describe the atmosphere in the country at the moment. if describe the atmosphere in the country at the moment.- describe the atmosphere in the country at the moment. if you are a member of— country at the moment. if you are a member of any _ country at the moment. if you are a member of any opposition - country at the moment. if you are a member of any opposition party - country at the moment. if you are a| member of any opposition party that is speaking out against the ruling government, you are probably going to be in a position where it is going to be very difficult to exercise your democratic freedom fro

test, or to make speeches freely, this has been documented by human rights group, that was part of the argument made by the bnp, saying so many of their leaders and supporters are in prison right now, or they are in hiding, because the crackdown on free expression has just been so severe. but when you speak with members of the government, in fact i spoke with the foreign minister today, he said these elections were free and fair, international observers came and reported that the elections were nowt rigged, but —— not rigged but the bnp said for them to be responsible to their supporters they couldn't participate in the elections because of this crackdown, on any kind of free speech in a protest back in october of last year. more than 10,000 of

their supporters and leaders were arrested and that is according to human rights watch.— arrested and that is according to human rights watch. thank you very much indeed — human rights watch. thank you very much indeed for _ human rights watch. thank you very much indeed for that _ human rights watch. thank you very much indeed for that update. - now to the conflict in the middle east and there's been an upsurge in the fighting in gaza over the past 2a hours, with israel stepping up its attacks. eyewitnesses in the jabalia refugee camp say many people now to the conflict in the middle east and there's been an upsurge in the fighting in gaza over the past 2a hours, with israel stepping up its attacks. eyewitnesses in the jabalia refugee camp say many people were killed in an overnight israeli air strike. israel has yet to comment. twojournalists have been killed in a strike on their car in gaza. israel has denied targeting them. aljazeera, whose gaza bureau chief lost his eldest son in the attack — has called for the international criminal court to hold israel accountable. there's been violence in the west bank too — now to the conflict in the middle east and there's been an upsurge in the fighting in gaza over the past 2a hours, there's been violence in the west bank too — nine palestinians and two israelis were killed on sunday. all this as the us secretary of state, antony blinken tours the region — hoping to start negotiations

on gaza's future. meanwhile, at a cabinet meeting, israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, pledged to continue the war in gaza until all of their goals are achieved. translation: we are not stopping until victory. - the war must not be stopped until we achieve all of its goals — the elimination of hamas, the return of all of our hostages, and ensuring that gaza no longer poses a threat to israel. i say this to both our enemies and ourfriends. this is our responsibility and this is our commitment. every other consideration must be set aside and we must continue until total victory. the german foreign minister is also in israel and has reportedly said during his visit, calling for less intensive combat in gaza by israel.

our correspondent, wyre davies, has been monitoring events for us injerusalem — he gave us his assessment of mr netanyahu's comments. some interesting points in that statement by benjamin netanyahu, a message both to our enemies and ourfriends. and that's the clear message to the americans, to european governments, who perhaps would like israel to show more restraint in its bombing campaign in gaza, to even call for a ceasefire. but that simply isn't going to happen. israel has two goals in this war which has been going on for more than three months now, and that is to completely crush hamas and to secure the return of all of israel's hostages. with that first point, completely crushing hamas, the bombing campaign absolutely continues. there have been some horrific scenes from gaza in the last 2a hours. there was one attack on a house, a building injabalia in northern gaza in which around 70 people were killed. the images are appalling coming out of there. people's bodies blown to bits, children, women, other civilians. similar scenes from khan younis in the south where 63 people

are said to have been killed in israeli air strikes. the number of dead in gaza is now almost 23,000 according to the hamas—run health ministry in gaza. that's since the war began on 7th of october. so it's clearly a devastating picture. israel is showing absolutely no signs of restraint at all, and that is because it says its goals simply are not yet met. the us secretary of state, antony blinken is currently on a week—long diplomatic tour of the middle east. earlier, he arrived in qatar and spoke at a news conference. the dilemma that's been posed from day one since october 7th, the dilemma that any country would face, is having been the victim of one of the most horrible attacks that i'm aware of, that i've ever witnessed in my 30 years, how to make sure it doesn't happen again.

and any country faced with what israel had to face on october 7th would want to do just that, make sure it could not happen again. and that means dealing with the threat that hamas continues to pose. and as hamas leaders themselves have made clear, they would, if given the opportunity, do this october 7th, again and again and again. and that is not tolerable for any country, israel or anyone else. but as we've made clear also from day one, it's imperative that in dealing with this very, very difficult challenge, that it do so in a way that puts a premium on protecting civilians and making sure that people get the assistance they need. i spoke with steven simon,

a professor of middle eastern studies at the university of washington — who formerly served on the national security council for the middle east. he gave me his analysis on the us secretary of state's visit to the middle east. tony blinken�*s remarks and the very reason for his trip now to the middle east, really amounts to crisis management. the united states has very little it can do to influence either israel or hamas at this stage. what it really needs to do is reduce expectations on the part of us partners, other countries in the region that the united states is going to pull a rabbit out of a hat somehow. israel has little choice but to proceed with what it is now doing, which is chewing through gaza, in the hope of eradicating the hamas leadership, and destroying its military capacity.

hamas has little choice, really, but to proceed with what it is doing, which is holding out in the hope that the hostages they are holding will buy them a long—term ceasefire, or possibly that there will be a widening of the war that will take the pressure off hamas and distract israel. neither of those is impossible, but neither also is likely, so hamas is stuck as well. and the united states needs to, or tony blinken will want to make that clear in the near term there is not much that can be done, but at the same time he will want to emphasise his tokyo principles, which as far as the us is concerned... i wonder if i could jump in quickly. of course. what you are describing is a scenario of possible compromise, how long do you think it

will take for us to get to that point? not for months, i don't think, unless there is a truly lucky break on the hostage question. i think in the meantime, the united states isjust about laying down markers for both parties, so in other words, there is no way it will accept, the united states will accept gaza being once again a platform for terrorist activity, but at the same time, they will want to make clear to the israelis it is really reoccupation of gaza, is not in the united states interest and the united states will oppose it. the united states will also oppose the expulsion, movement of palestinians, gazan palestinians, from the gaza strip.

here in the uk rishi sunak says his government is looking at legal options to clear the sub—postmasters wrongly convicted in the post office scandal, which he called more than 700 people were convicted of charges including theft and false accounting, because of a faulty computer system — fewer than 100 of them have been exonerated. rishi sunak, in a wide ranging interview with laura kuenssberg, also said he was committed to the plan to send some migrants to rwanda. our political correspondent, damian grammaticas, reports. for rishi sunak, this is set to be a decisive year, issues crowding around. first, the growing calls to exonerate those caught up in the post office scandal. the prime minister was asked if he would act to clear the hundreds wrongfully convicted or have government, not post office, lawyers handle their appeals. the justice secretary is looking at the things that you have described.

it would not be right to pre—empt that process. obviously there is legal complexity in all of those things but he is looking at exactly those areas that you have described. it is right that we find every which way we can do to try and make this right for the people who were so wrongfully treated at the time. next up, one of his signature but stalled policies, focused on this place, rwanda, and his attempts to deport asylum seekers to have their cases dealt with by the east african country. government documents seen by the bbc suggest that, as chancellor, mr sunak thought the policy won't work as a deterrent, but as prime minister, he is pushing ahead with it. i absolutely believe in the value and importance of having deterrents. in terms of the scheme, i was chancellor at the time. myjob is to make sure that we get value for taxpayers, value for money for taxpayers, to ask questions whenever anybody wants to spend taxpayers' money. i would expect the same thing of the chancellor now. across london, in another tv studio, the labour leader, keen to put pressure on the prime minister over when an election might be called. mr sunak has tried to quash

speculation suggesting it might be autumn. sir keir starmer says the sooner the better. it is very hard to see how him continuing in government improves the lives of anybody in the country, so there is this drift. i can't help feeling that all he really wants to do is to get two years clocked up of his own premiership and that means he is putting vanity before country. mps will be back in westminster tomorrow. some conservatives are already gearing up to challenge mr sunak over his rwanda plan. just the start of what is certain to be a testing political calendar for the prime minister. damian grammaticas, bbc news. now it's time for a look at today's sport. hello from the bbc sport centre. the third round of the fa cup has been devoid of major shocks.

we were never going to get one at the etihad stadium. the holders manchester city strolled past championship strugglers huddersfield. it was goaless for the first half an hour, but phil foden started the scoring, finishing from a tight angle after the ball fell kindly for him. the england internatoinal�*s second was city's fourth, crafted a little more intentionally this time from a corner. there was a welcome sight for city fans, as kevin de bruyne came off the bench after five months out with a hamstring injury. he laid on the fifth for another player back from a spell out, jeremy doku. 5—0 the final score. the satisfaction to play this game like it was a final of, you know, the important competition, how humble we are, how we fight each other, how comfortable the principles, what do you have to do to be a solid team, we do it again, i am really pleased to still manage this group of players. the most successful side in the history of the competition,

arsenal, failed to take their chances at the emirates stadium. the 1a time winners, lost 2—0 to liverpool .arsenal dominated much of the match and it was one of their players who put the premier league leaders ahead. polish defenderjakub kiwior headed past his own keeper aaron ramsdale. despite that setback arsenal had chances for an equaliser, but got caught out in the final minute of injury time, colombian winger lius diaz sealing a smash and grab win, putting them in monday night's fourth round draw. i am really happy and really proud that we could win this game, which obviously of course arsenal could have won it as well, not a shred of doubt. but we kept the game open that long, and then in decisive moments, finished it off, so that speaks to the character of the boys. they really wanted it and so we got it. the performance was there for sure,

performance, there is no question about_ performance, there is no question about it _ performance, there is no question about it but — performance, there is no question about it but we lost it, so we are not capitalising and in football in sport— not capitalising and in football in sport you — not capitalising and in football in sport you have to capitalise to win games— sport you have to capitalise to win games and — sport you have to capitalise to win games and we aren't doing it at the moment _ games and we aren't doing it at the moment i— games and we aren't doing it at the moment. i can't tell them, games and we aren't doing it at the moment. i can't tellthem, play worse _ moment. i can't tellthem, play worse than _ moment. i can't tellthem, play worse than liverpool, no, we have to generate _ worse than liverpool, no, we have to generate more and give them confidence and when my team plays with that _ confidence and when my team plays with that attitude what i can do. i am premier league luton and nottingham forest were held by league one sides bolton and blackpool. west ham will also have to replay against bristol city from the championship. there were wins for leeds, wrexham and west bromwich albion who knocked out non—league aldershot. chelsea and australia striker sam kerr is set to miss the rest of the season after suffering an anterior cruciate ligament injury. it happened during the english champions warm weather training camp in morocco. she has been chelsea's top scorer for the past three season. she is also set to miss the olympics, although australia are yet to qualify for the paris games.

and that's all the sport for now. thank you olly. hollywood's award season is getting under way with the golden globes award ceremony. barbie and oppenheimer are tipped for success, as emma vardy reports. hi, barbie. hi, ken. it was neverjust about a plastic doll. barbie, a satire on a female's role in society, became a sensation last summer... hi, barbie. ..as audiences dressed in pink and headed to the cinema, making director greta gerwig the first female to make a $1 billion movie. i got us both ice cream. cool i don't know if we can be trusted. for best drama, oppenheimer, the three—hour epic about the american physicist who developed the atomic bomb, is battling it out against martin scorsese's killers of the flower moon. leonardo dicaprio is up for best actor, but it's his co—star, lily gladstone, who may become the first native american to win best actress. i didn't realise this was a race.

he's on the floor, tom. explain to me what he's doing. and succession, the drama about a media dynasty is predicted to be the big winner in the tv categories. studios are hoping for a boost from the awards, as the globes are the first major event since actors�* and writers�* strikes saw hollywood productions grind to a halt, costing the industry dearly. so there�*s a lot at stake. but the globes are also known as the biggest party in town. throughout the night, the champagne will be flowing, because this event has something of a reputation for being one of the most raucous of awards season. getting ahead is popular here because winning a golden globe can help influence the oscars in two months�* time. emma vardy, bbc news, beverly hills. let�*s get more from anna smith, film critic and host of the podcast �*girls on film�*. shejoins me now. hello anna. how exciting are this year�*s golden

globes for you? exciting are this year's golden globes for you?— exciting are this year's golden globes for you? they are quite excitin: globes for you? they are quite exciting because _ globes for you? they are quite exciting because things - globes for you? they are quite exciting because things have i globes for you? they are quite - exciting because things have shifted a bit as we know the golden globes had a bit of controversy in the past, they are under new ownership and there are more people voting for them and i like the breadth of what we are seeing in the nomination, despite a few of the films being the leader, they are a bit more diverse, more foreign language films in there and yes, they are glitzy and glamorous so there is a lot to look forward to. 50 glamorous so there is a lot to look forward to— glamorous so there is a lot to look forward to. , , ., , forward to. so oppenheimer and barb b as we forward to. so oppenheimer and barb by as we saw— forward to. so oppenheimer and barb by as we saw in _ forward to. so oppenheimer and barb by as we saw in that _ forward to. so oppenheimer and barb by as we saw in that report _ forward to. so oppenheimer and barb by as we saw in that report by - forward to. so oppenheimer and barb by as we saw in that report by emma | by as we saw in that report by emma are leading the charge, particularly when it comes to the films. what about the tv side of things? thai when it comes to the films. what about the tv side of things? tv side succession is _ about the tv side of things? tv side succession is likely _ about the tv side of things? tv side succession is likely to _ about the tv side of things? tv side succession is likely to come - about the tv side of things? tv side succession is likely to come away i succession is likely to come away with a lot. we have a great situation, a lot the actors are up against each other which could of course split the vote, and someone like pedro pasqual could there, the bear that is a big favourite, that is likely to do well and in terms of british nominations we have a lot of the crown actors and up for tv as

well. ., ., ., ~ the crown actors and up for tv as well. ., . ., ~ ., well. now we are the film talk out ofthe well. now we are the film talk out of the way. _ well. now we are the film talk out of the way. it _ well. now we are the film talk out of the way, it is _ well. now we are the film talk out of the way, it is other _ well. now we are the film talk out of the way, it is other stuff - well. now we are the film talk out of the way, it is other stuff going l of the way, it is other stuff going on around these awe awards ceremony as that is interesting, let us start with the host. now i understand they only really confirmed it in december, because people kept turning it down, kept turning the job down. it turning it down, kept turning the 'ob down. , ., .,, turning it down, kept turning the 'ob down. , ., , ., job down. it is not the most popular 'ob job down. it is not the most popular “0b in job down. it is not the most popular job in show — job down. it is not the most popular job in show business, _ job down. it is not the most popular job in show business, because - job down. it is not the most popular job in show business, because you | job in show business, because you know, a lot of people have been, felt they had to take the role and didn�*t really enjoy it and spoke out against the golden globes, prior to that of course we had very funny people like amy poll and ricky gervais but some got into hot water for being close to the boy. we have a comedian who will be doing this hopefully safe pair of hands, could be interesting, everything to play for, but it is a surprising decision, well—known in the us, perhaps not so much in the uk. you brou:ht perhaps not so much in the uk. you brought no — perhaps not so much in the uk. you brought no the _ perhaps not so much in the uk. you brought up the issues that go back to 2021, the epics —— ethics and

diversity, they have said there will be major changes this year for this ceremony. could you give us an idea what we could see?— what we could see? well, i think we are bound to — what we could see? well, i think we are bound to see _ what we could see? well, i think we are bound to see more _ what we could see? well, i think we are bound to see more diversity - what we could see? well, i think we are bound to see more diversity in l are bound to see more diversity in terms of who will present awards and they have diversified the membership to make shoe there were more women and people of colour voting and i hope we will see the result of that in the outcome. and i would imagine that you know we may see some performances and things like that with the same aim of showing the they are a big diverse welcoming group, instead of distancing themselves from a lot of the okisations of the past. there are two new category _ okisations of the past. there are two new category changes - okisations of the past. there are two new category changes as - okisations of the past. there are | two new category changes as well okisations of the past. there are - two new category changes as well but one of the main things that americans will see, and notice, is that they are switching to cbs, rather than nbc, is that because of the low ratings they had last year? again i think it is partly do with that but a way of making a new start, this is making a statement, this is a fresh new golden globes, it is a new beginning, they have a

box office winner category, which is perhaps making it more mainstream, but then again, in some of the nominations you have got, perhaps going for a bit more sophistication and a bit more credibility, so, maybe trying to be all things to all people, we will see. ok. maybe trying to be all things to all people, we will see.— maybe trying to be all things to all people, we will see. ok, thank you very much- — people, we will see. ok, thank you very much. anna _ people, we will see. ok, thank you very much. anna smith. _ people, we will see. ok, thank you very much. anna smith. thank- people, we will see. ok, thank you| very much. anna smith. thank you. of very much. anna smith. thank you. of course, overnight it will be overnight here in the uk but as the names and awards start to be announced you can follow them all right here, on the bbc news channel, and of course, also online, all of that, on bbc news, plenty more coming up shortly, and i will be with you at the top of the hour with all good evening. high pressure has brought a welcome change to much drier weather for most this weekend, but there are still numerous flood warnings in force, around 170 during the day today. as ever, there is more detail on those on the weather website,

including a warning for ice for the night ahead. but the high pressure that has brought the drier weather this weekend is staying put, as you can see, through the working week. there will be quite a keen wind in the south accentuating the chill, but for most, little rain in the forecast. it looks much drier, therefore, but it is already colder and it will remain so. and we�*ve had some stubborn fog this weekend. in fact, during sunday across parts of northern ireland, scotland, northern england and wales, and indeed that will thicken up as we go through the coming night, there could be the odd pocket further south as well. what we will find is more showers coming into east anglia and the south—east. widely frosty i think even where we see the towns and cities just above freezing, the ground will still turn potentially frosty and icy because we have had a lot of rain. but overnight we are going to see those showers, and into monday, popping up across the east anglia region and the south—east of england, and they will be snow even at lower levels, it is cold air.

with a few centimetres potentially over the downs, that will make things very slippery potentially because they could wash off the salt. ice is certainly an issue in the south and east but also elsewhere because it has been so damp. the fog again for central and southern scotland, northern ireland, northern parts of england and wales, it might well linger. but we will see some brightness and some sunshine as well. the wind is a little stronger again across southern parts compared to today, pushing wintry showers across other southern counties through the day. and making it feel colder still. we will see a smattering of snow in those showers further south, particularly over the hills and the channel islands. into tuesday, the high pressure system stays towards the north, those keen east winds or north—east winds continue in the south. but that might benefit, pushing the showers out of the way and breaking the cloud up a bit more for more sunshine. but still again plenty of it for north—west scotland, northern ireland, western england and wales, more in the south. might pick up a bit more cloud across north—eastern coasts but as you can see temperatures below par. and as we go through the rest of the week, it stays largely dry

but it is still pretty chilly.

this is bbc news. i�*m lukwesa burak. the headlines. at least 70 people have reportedly been killed injabalia. eyewitnesses in the refugee camp in northern gaza say many people were killed in an overnight

israeli air strike. speaking in qatar, the us secretary of state, antony blinken, has said he will make clear to the israeli government that they must do more to prevent civilian casualties in gaza. his comments came on the latest stop of his regional tour. prime minister sheikh hasina has won a fourth consecutive term in an election that was boycotted by the opposition. official figures suggested a low turnout of about a0%, though many observers say even those numbers may be inflated. rishi sunak confirms that the government is looking at legal options to exonerate sub—postmasters who�*ve been wrongfully convicted of fraud because of a faulty now on bbc news. the arts interviews: sir anthony hopkins 30 seconds to on air! 0k, and you are just here.

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