the international court ofjustice hears israel's defence against accusations of genocide brought by south africa. and a new discovery which challenges our understanding of the cosmos? we will be speaking to the phd student who made the find. all of those stories coming up in a moment. sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's ollie foster. hello from the bbc sport centre. a busy day of premier league news conferences today. we've heard from the manchester united manager erik ten hag for the first time since jadon sancho returned to borussia dortmund on loan. the 23—year—old is back at his old club until the end of the season after being frozen out of the ten hag's first teams plans for the last four months. he publicly fell out with

the maanger after he was left out of the game against arsenal in september. ten hag saying that he wasn't at the level required and sancho claiming that he was being used as a "scapegoat" for the team's failings. i hope he is doing well, i wish him the best of luck. i5 i hope he is doing well, i wish him the best of luck.— the best of luck. is that it? that's it. i hoe the best of luck. is that it? that's it- i hepe he _ the best of luck. is that it? that's it- i hepe he is — the best of luck. is that it? that's it. i hope he is doing _ the best of luck. is that it? that's it. i hope he is doing well. - the best of luck. is that it? that's it. i hope he is doing well. it - the best of luck. is that it? that's it. i hope he is doing well. it is i it. i hope he is doing well. it is more difficult _ it. i hope he is doing well. it is more difficult to _ it. i hope he is doing well. it is more difficult to play _ it. i hope he is doing well. it is more difficult to play for - it. i hope he is doing well. it is more difficult to play for man | more difficult to play for man united and to perform for man united as you can do for another club, so you need a very strong character to perform. to deal with the high expectations. so manchester united have moved sancho on for now, dortmund are certainly happy to have him him back after almost three years. he was brilliant for them in his first spell, scoring 50 goals and providing 64 assists in 137 games. translation: he is healthy, he's been training _ translation: he is healthy, he's been training a _ translation: he is healthy, he's been training a lot _ translation: he is healthy, he's been training a lot in _ translation: he is healthy, he's been training a lot in the -

translation: he is healthy, he's been training a lot in the last - translation: he is healthy, he's been training a lot in the last fewl been training a lot in the last few weeks both at manchester united and again individually, and doing extra shifts to prepare himself. and now we just hope he stays healthy and brings anyjoy we we just hope he stays healthy and brings any joy we felt yesterday in the stadium very quickly. he wants to be back on the pitch with a lot of happiness and we will tackle that together. with all the issues that are important in order to function within the group. we recognise the talent and potential that jaden brings with him and it is now about stealing it in that direction. —— steering it in that direction. the latest round of premier league fixtures are strung out across the next two weekends giving every team a mini—winter break. tonight two of the sides in the bottom three face each other. 19th placed burnley host 18th placed luton town. a win for the hatters would see them move out of the relegation zone. burnley are five points off safety. i think we passed the point where we can deny the fact that we have to look at every opportunity for us to

get results, but in terms of what our belief is, it is still that in a game against luton we can get results, like we felt we could get something against aston villa at the other teams we have played. i think we're any frame of mind where that is also looked likely, but we have to make it happen. the asian cup gets under way very shortly in qatar. the hosts are also the defending champions and they face lebanon in the tournament opener. it's taking place at the lusail stadium where the world cup final was held at the end of 2022. south korea will be looking to win it for the first time in a long time. they're one of two favourites, along with japan and australia. we have come here for a reason and that reason is to come here to win this asian cup, as you said it is

probably majorly the only tournament that we probably can win. obviously outside of the world cup it is difficult. you have to reach for the stars and have high expectations, and we do that right from the start. so australia looking to go well in qatar. we're just a couple of days away from the start of the australian open and britain's jack draper is in really good form ahead of the first grand slam of the year. he's reached the second atp tour final of his career. the 22—year—old is competing at the adelaide international and after knocking out the top seed tommy paul in the quarters, he beat 6th seed alexander bublik in straight sets in the semis. draper who was knocked out at this stage in adelaide last year but will now face the czechjiri lehecka. that's back to back tour finals for draper, after he was runner up in sofia in november. lots more on the bbc sport website. it will be greatly asian cup for the

next month. the final taking place on tenth february, but for me, all from now. straight back to our main story. they white house spokesmanjohn kirby has been giving more details on the strikes... let's take a closer look at the american and british strikes on yemen overnight, targeting the iranian—backed houthis. bbc verify has been examining video from inside yemen and what we know so far. here's merlyn thomas. these are some of the images that have come out of yemen overnight. we verified this video of an explosionjust east of yemen's capital, sanaa.

and the uk has also released this video of a strike which we've geolocated to be nearly 100 miles north of the other strike you've just seen. the houthis are a political and military group who control a large part of yemen, including the capital, and they're allies of iran, who give them backing in the form of weapons and political funding. this is a map showing some of the strikes by the us and uk in yemen. a number of these have been confirmed by the uk's ministry of defence. the us has said over 100 weapons were fired at 16 houthi locations. the uk, meanwhile, has said it's been involved in strikes in two locations. and this is all in response to repeated houthi attacks on commercial shipping in the red sea. the houthis released this video in november of them seizing a cargo ship which they've been holding with its crew off the yemeni coast. they've been targeting ships heading to israel or those which they believe have israeli connections following the outbreak of the war between israel and hamas in october. and most of these attacks have

all been in this narrow channel in the red sea called the bab—el—mandeb, separating africa from yemen. over 17 ships have been targeted so far and this is part of a vital shipping route. to the north is the suez canal, which connects asia and europe. around 12% of global trade goes through it. and some of the ships the houthis are attacked are heading to israel or have israeli connections. the uk has said the strikes are intended to limit the houthis capability to violate international law by launching attacks on shipping. but the houthis have proved very resilient in the past. they were the target of years of a bombing campaign by the saudi air force. in public, at least, they remain defiant, saying these us and uk strikes on them will not go without punishment or retaliation. and they said that this wouldn't deter them from supporting palestine and gaza. let's get more reaction. we heard from the american perspective a little earlier.

now live to bahrain — dr hasan alhasan is a research fellow for middle east policy at the international institute of strategic studies. thank you for being here in the programme. how are the strikes being viewed in the region? weill. programme. how are the strikes being viewed in the region?— viewed in the region? well, the oriainal viewed in the region? well, the original reaction _ viewed in the region? well, the original reaction so _ viewed in the region? well, the original reaction so far - viewed in the region? well, the original reaction so far have - viewed in the region? well, the original reaction so far have not been very positive, so even traditional us and uk partners in the region think saudi arabia, kuwait, oman, jordan, even turkey, came out with statements that suggest that even though they recognised the need to protect the freedom of navigation in the red sea, they nevertheless view these attacks by us and uk forces in yemen is potentially leading to further regional escalation. it appears these states would prefer a ds glittery pathway that would involve a ceasefire in gaza is the best way to lower the temp of the entire region —— prefer a de—escalation

pathway. region -- prefer a de-escalation athwa . . . , , region -- prefer a de-escalation athwa. . ,. ., , pathway. the ceasefire is clearly the sticking _ pathway. the ceasefire is clearly the sticking point, _ pathway. the ceasefire is clearly the sticking point, but _ pathway. the ceasefire is clearly the sticking point, but western l the sticking point, but western capitals want to keep the two issues separate, the gaza war and the threat to global shipping. are you saying from where you are setting, the sorts of things you are hearing, that simply is not flying? that is riuht. we that simply is not flying? that is right. we seem _ that simply is not flying? that is right. we seem to _ that simply is not flying? that is right. we seem to have - that simply is not flying? that is right. we seem to have a - that simply is not flying? that is right. we seem to have a battle| that simply is not flying? that is l right. we seem to have a battle of narratives at the moment where the us, uk the predominantly western nations that have joined this coalition and operation prosperity guardian are trying, to said, separately two issues and paint the houthis attacks on the red sea to be unconnected to the war in gaza. the houthis and iranians, of course, have conducted these attacks very clearly under the pretext these are meant to raise the cost for us and uk and, of course, for israel and attempt to bring about a change in the course of events in gaza. the

latter narrative seems to have been more successful in the region and it seems countries in the region are not only worried about the risk of escalation, some of them have been at war with the houthis for many years and do not necessarily want to see a repeat of that, but it seems this attempt at splitting the two issues and painting them as being wholly unconnected has not been very successful so far. i wholly unconnected has not been very successful so far.— successful so far. i was reading one anal sis successful so far. i was reading one analysis earlier _ successful so far. i was reading one analysis earlier today _ successful so far. i was reading one analysis earlier today which - analysis earlier today which suggested the houthis have been itching for 20 years to get into direct conflict with the americans, with israel. they are delighted by these air is that a sentiment and analysis that you share? it certainly plays into their political and ideological rhetoric. they are obviously —— obvious that their motto is death to israel and debt to the united states, so they portray themselves as being directly

involved and indirectly with israel by launching missiles at israel —— death to israel and death to the united states. this obviously constitutes a very important political and ideological commitment and neither the houthis or iranians are going to let the strategic opportunity go to waste. at the same time, it seems as though the houthis might be confident that they will be able to withstand the cost of us and british strikes. there are multiple challenges that the us and and brits face in establishing long—standing deterrence against the houthis. on the one hand, the houthis have mobile compact capabilities that they can conceal so targeting them will need a lot of intelligence and strikes and at the same time, it is not clear how long the us and uk can

sustain a robust naval posture in the red sea, so perhaps they houthis are betting on waiting them out. john kirby at the white house has just given some recent comments. most recent thing the us is not looking for conflict with iran. the problem is that by their analysis, iran are the ones pulling the strings behind the houthis, hezbollah in lebanon. how do you go about trying to tackle that? do you think the us and others can tackle the cause of this?— tackle the cause of this? there is no saiability- _ tackle the cause of this? there is no salability. the _ tackle the cause of this? there is no salability. the easiest - tackle the cause of this? there is no salability. the easiest way - tackle the cause of this? there is no salability. the easiest way to l no salability. the easiest way to knock the political winds out of what iran is trying to do is to do something about the situation in gaza and get the hostilities to cease. this will obviously remove any political pretext for iran to targeting us and otherforces any political pretext for iran to targeting us and other forces and

capabilities in the region. insofar as whether iran stands behind all this, and what we know for certain is that there is a very high degree of coordination and orchestration among iran and its partners in the region across multiple theatres, so in iraq, lebanon, syria, and in yemen and the red sea. so it suggests alignment and perhaps orchestration by the iranians, and we know that iran is critical to the houthis ability to target in the red sea, they provide intelligence and some of the event system is the houthis use and some of the essential components for the missiles and other munitions at the houthis used to target shipping, so the iranians are critical to that effort, they provide the intelligence and there is a high degree of coordination amongst iranian partners, including houthis, which suggest the iranians might be directly involved. aha, which suggest the iranians might be directly involved.— directly involved. a fascinating

anal sis. directly involved. a fascinating analysis. thank _ directly involved. a fascinating analysis. thank you _ directly involved. a fascinating analysis. thank you so - directly involved. a fascinating analysis. thank you so much i directly involved. a fascinating l analysis. thank you so much for joining us here in the programme. around the world and across the uk, you're watching bbc news. bring you different stories across the uk. age uk is one of the biggest artisan uk. their accounts brought up a possibly fraudulent transactions also it came up in the 2023 mini charity investigate further they saw losses of almost £460,000 dating back to 2016. the charity's chief executive, whojoined in 2022, says the fallout has been difficult to deal with. the charity's accounts and says there is no evidence any other person had involvement or knowledge of the activity and the bird was working to recover the funds. is this something you and the trustees would apologise for? we are deel trustees would apologise for? we are deeply sorry — trustees would apologise for? we are deeply sorry this _ trustees would apologise for? we are deeply sorry this has _ trustees would apologise for? we are deeply sorry this has occurred - trustees would apologise for? we are deeply sorry this has occurred to - deeply sorry this has occurred to the organisation because of the

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was happening and doing the same thing again today is incredibly moving. it reminds us why it is so important that we continue to support ukraine. just this building here, we are talking to some of the residents have had to be evacuated, hundreds, in fact, residents have had to be evacuated, hundreds, infact, evacuated. residents have had to be evacuated, hundreds, in fact, evacuated. 50 are in hospital and tragic lakes have lost their lives. i was actually talking to a lady whose mother—in—law died and the reason she died is because her daughter—in—law, the lady i was talking to, happened to be out of kyiv at the time and was unable to help her in time and shall be so feels awful about that. it brings home that at all the other stories i've heard, the very personal tragedy is being inflicted on the suffering that people here are experiencing as a result of what putin is doing, and it is incumbent on us to do whatever we can to help them. on us to do whatever we can to help them, , .,, on us to do whatever we can to help them. , .,, i” . ~' them. some people say when you make big announcements _ them. some people say when you make big announcements about _ them. some people say when you make big announcements about military - big announcements about military support. it should be multi—year announcements, so you can send a clear announcements, so you can send a

clear announcement announcements, so you can send a clear announcement to moscow that we are here for the long term. why did you make the decision velasquez might may be one of of the biggest supporters and £2.5 billion is an increase on the funding we provided a last year before. it increase on the funding we provided a last year before.— a last year before. it sends a stron: a last year before. it sends a strong signal _ a last year before. it sends a strong signal of _ a last year before. it sends a strong signal of support. - a last year before. it sends a l strong signal of support. when a last year before. it sends a - strong signal of support. when it comes to multi—year, i agree with you that we send a signal to putin that we are here for the long term. that is why we together with allies at the nato summit last year pledged to provide ukraine with bilateral security assurances, long—term security assurances, long—term security agreements demonstrating that commitment. that is what many allies promise to do last year, and today we will be the first ally that actually signs a long term security agreement with ukraine, pledging we will be there to support them not just today but for years to come, and strengthening our security cooperation in a range of different areas, whether training their armed forces, helping them with mine

clearance, providing capabilities, and that is what the document and agreement today spells out. it sends agreement today spells out. it sends a strong signal to putin and others that we are here to stay, we are here to support ukraine for the long term. i5 here to support ukraine for the long term. , , ,.,, here to support ukraine for the long term. , , ., , term. is the purpose of this military aid _ term. is the purpose of this military aid to _ term. is the purpose of this military aid to help - term. is the purpose of this military aid to help ukraine | term. is the purpose of this - military aid to help ukraine defeat russia orjust to survive the year? the purpose of this military aid is to make sure that ukraine can first and foremost keep people safe and regain its freedom and sovereignty. that is what it is fighting for, it is fighting for freedom, it is fighting for sovereignty. those are the values that it is fighting for, and it are values that are dear to us too, they are important to us too. it's notjust the security of its people and the protection of its countries fighting for, those values are universal and speak to the security of the european continent. that's why our investment in due crane's securities and investment in our security at home as well —— our investment in ukraine's security. what we're doing today demonstrates the keepers make leadership and i'm the keepers make leadership and i'm the first foreign leader to visit ukraine as your it is my first

foreign visit this year and where the first country to formalise our bilateral security agreement. it demonstrates uk leadership and i hope it galvanises others because collectively all of us need to support ukraine so they can win this fight and resort security to the people. live now to kyiv and our correspondent abdujalil abdurasulov. tell us how this trip has gone down. this visit and the enhance of the military aid package worth 2.5 billion has been met with excitement and relief as well because you need to understand this visit comes at a very critical time for kyiv when its other key allies are still struggling to release at their own military and financial packages. republicans in the us congress are still blocking 61 billion us dollars in military aid and hungary has stopped the eu's financial deal

worth 50 billion euros. the ukrainian military are on the front line are already feeling the impact of these decisions. they are already facing a severe shortage of ammunition, particularly of artillery ammunition. they are running out of rockets for their air defence systems because russia continues its relentless air strikes using ballistic missiles and drones. therefore, this announcement of military aid is a very much welcome here and people see the weapons that were promised by the uk are the ones that ukraine needs most at this time. i that ukraine needs most at this time. ~ ., that ukraine needs most at this time. ~' ., . that ukraine needs most at this time. ~ ., ., .,, .,, time. i know that tf was hoping erha -s time. i know that tf was hoping perhaps for _ time. i know that tf was hoping perhaps for a — time. i know that tf was hoping perhaps for a longer _ time. i know that tf was hoping i perhaps for a longer commitment longer thanjust one perhaps for a longer commitment longer than just one year, but as you say, welcoming what they've heard so far —— i know that kyiv was hoping. thank you so much for the latest. the uk premise also visiting a hospital with president zelensky visiting injured soldiers, so perhaps we will show you some of those later in the programme. dashing the uk prime minister. let's turn to a fascinating story.

scientists have discovered a gigantic, ring—shaped structure in spacewhich is so big it challenges our understanding of the universe. experts at the university of central lancashire say it's1.3bn light—years in diameter and appears to be roughly 15 times the size of the moon, as seen from earth. structures that big shouldn't exist, according to one of the guiding principles of astronomy. live now to alexia lopez, a phd student at university of central lancastershire, who identified the big ring. you're smiling broadly. i'm not surprised. what does it feel like making a discovery like this? yes. surprised. what does it feel like making a discovery like this? yes, i mean, it making a discovery like this? yes, i mean. it is — making a discovery like this? yes, i mean, it is amazing, _ making a discovery like this? yes, i mean, it is amazing, it— making a discovery like this? yes, i mean, it is amazing, it is— making a discovery like this? yes, i mean, it is amazing, it is surreal. l mean, it is amazing, it is surreal. we stumble across these discoveries accidentally, so it is so fun to be able to write up analysis on these kind of discoveries, so yes it is really exciting. mr; kind of discoveries, so yes it is really exciting.— kind of discoveries, so yes it is really exciting. my brain is clearly smaller than _ really exciting. my brain is clearly smaller than yours, _ really exciting. my brain is clearly smaller than yours, so _ really exciting. my brain is clearly smaller than yours, so you - really exciting. my brain is clearly smaller than yours, so you better explain in simple terms what you

actually discovered. 50 explain in simple terms what you actually discovered.— actually discovered. so i've discovered _ actually discovered. so i've discovered a _ actually discovered. so i've discovered a really - actually discovered. so i'vej discovered a really massive structure in the universe. these are the biggest things in our universe, so it is made up of galaxies and galaxy clusters and creates this really big ring shape. haifa galaxy clusters and creates this really big ring shape.— galaxy clusters and creates this really big ring shape. how did you find that? because _ really big ring shape. how did you find that? because as _ really big ring shape. how did you find that? because as it's - really big ring shape. how did you find that? because as it's pretty l find that? because as it's pretty obvious, nobody else has stumbled across this, so how did you do it? i was using a relatively unique tool to find this large—scale structure, so the method uses these millie bright sources of light known as quasars and then when we measure the light from these quasars, it can tell us about things that are in between the equator and others. so when i measured... i use this quasar spectrum is what tells us all about these things, the system is and where these galaxies are. you can

imagine it is kind of like looking at bright spotlights any darkroom, so the spotlights are highlighting towards where these galaxies and clusters are so without the bright spotlights comedy quasars, we would usually not be able to see the galaxies and galaxy clusters. so thatis galaxies and galaxy clusters. so that is how you did it again in simple terms, explain why a challenge is what we knew. well, in order to make _ challenge is what we knew. well, in order to make an _ challenge is what we knew. well, in order to make an asthmatic- challenge is what we knew. well, in order to make an asthmatic simple, to model our universe, we make some assumptions. one of those assumptions. one of those assumptions is that unlike skills we should see the universe and the matter distribution look smooth everywhere —— in order to make the mathematic symbol. this essentially puts a limit on how big we should find structures existing. so when we find structures existing. so when we find these large—scale structures, these huge structures like the big ring or the giant arc, we are not

seeing this statistical smoothness, so it challenges this cosmological principle, challenges ourfounding principle, challenges our founding assumptions principle, challenges ourfounding assumptions on what the standard model is built on. 50 iii assumptions on what the standard model is built on.— model is built on. so if those absolute basics _ model is built on. so if those absolute basics we _ model is built on. so if those absolute basics we thought l model is built on. so if those i absolute basics we thought we model is built on. so if those - absolute basics we thought we knew are not necessarily what is actually the truth, what sort of questions then get thrown up?— the truth, what sort of questions then get thrown up? well, this is the biggest _ then get thrown up? well, this is the biggest question, _ then get thrown up? well, this is the biggest question, what - then get thrown up? well, this is the biggest question, what do . then get thrown up? well, this isj the biggest question, what do we then get thrown up? well, this is i the biggest question, what do we do now? i mean, really, we need to start thinking about if we should be using alternative models of cosmology. these are proposed by lots of different people, including a nobel prizewinner, roger penrose, who has an alternative theory of cosmology which actually you would detect circular features in the sky, in the cmb sky, so maybe it means we need to start really taking these alternative theories in cosmology seriously and also seriously

questioning whether a standard model can hold if the basic assumptions are proven to be challenged. weill. are proven to be challenged. well, ou have are proven to be challenged. well, you have started _ are proven to be challenged. well, you have started the _ are proven to be challenged. well, you have started the most - are proven to be challenged. well, you have started the most enormous debate. you are there are still stuck in the hotel giving interviews with all manner of people since this was published, so i'll leave you there. we are out of time, but thank you so much for your time for joining us here on bbc news. unlike with the headlines here injust a moment. —— and back with the headlines here injust a moment. good afternoon. it's pretty chilly out there and it has been for much of the week, but colder air is on the way by the end of the weekend. behind this weather front, we've got a blast of arctic air to contend with and stronger winds. for the meantime, the winds are, for the most part, relatively light, but they've just dragged a lot of cloud under this area of high pressure, some drizzle near the east coast and a weather front is starting to make its way

into the northern and western isles and that will bring about that change. the best of the sunshine the rest of the day is likely still to be across parts of scotland, northern ireland, western fringes of england and wales, but we're seeing a few breaks near the east coast. temperatures aren't quite as low as they have been because it wasn't quite as cold last night. again, the frost will be with us in some parts, but our weather front slinking southwards through scotland and northern ireland will bring a smattering of rain. behind it, temperatures won't be as low as they were this nightjust gone. furthersouth, patchy frost and patchy fog, but still quite a bit of cloud for england and wales to start our saturday. clearing away, though, from northern ireland and any patchy rain here and for scotland. just a scattering of showers following. in the south, as we're seeing today, there will be quite a bit of cloud with some sunshine coming and going. as we move into the latter part of the weekend, sunday into next week, it will turn a lot colder. that blast of arctic air will bring, we think, the coldest snap of the winter so far because there will be

the wind chill to add to it and the increasing risk of snow. as you can see on sunday, still a lot of cloud in southern and western areas, but further north we're starting to get colder with those snow showers. there are already warnings out for snow in the north for sunday. into monday, as well, when the risk extends further south. these are the most likely areas to see snow. we're not saying those will be the only areas, but where it's likely to cause disruption. still a question mark about this low pressure system running east across perhaps northern ireland, southern scotland, northern england as we go towards the middle of the week — tuesday, wednesday. we have and we'll have to keep putting the detail on this. we could see a system running close to the south later in the week, wednesday into thursday, so that will increase the risk of some disruptive snow across the southern half of the uk, but still that risk with us further north. so the devil's in the detail in terms of where we're going to see the snow next week, but it does look set to be colder, as well, with some severe night frosts.

live from london. this is bbc news. yemen's houthi movement vows retaliation, as us and uk forces launch air strikes against houthi targets. britain says the strikes were "a limited, necessary and proportionate response" to repeated houthi attacks on global shipping in the red sea. we need to send a strong signal that this breach of international law is wrong. people cannot act like

this with impunity. that's why together with allies we have decided to take this action. on bbc verify, we have been examining videos of us and uk strike on bbc verify, we have been examining videos of us and uk strikes on yemen and what's triggered this latest crisis. also on this programme, we'll get the latest details on the attacks. we'll hear from military experts, top diplomats, and our teams in london, washington and the region. our other main story today — the international court ofjustice hears israel's defence against allegations of genocide brought by south africa. the entirety of its case hinges on a deliberately curated decontextualised and manipulative description of the realities of current hostilites. of current hostilities.