five people die after a migrant boat sank as they tried to cross the channel from france. hello, i'm rajini vaidyanathan. denmark has a new king and in the last hour, he's been greeted by tens of thousands of people who have gathered in the danish capital, copenhagen. you can see him here as he stepped out to greet crowds from the balcony of christiansborg palace. after being proclaimed by the prime minister, he was then joined by his australian wife queen mary. the crown passed to frederik x when his mother, queen margrethe signed the instrument of abdication after more than 50 years on the throne. queen margrethe, who's 83, has now left christiansborg castle and is the first danish monarch

to voluntarily renounce the throne in more than eight—hundred years. she said she was stepping aside because of health problems. our royal correspondent daniela relph is in copenhagen and talked me through what was happening. well, there we have it, the new face of the danish monarchy out on the balcony there of christiansborg palace. as well as a new king and queen, of course, we have to remember that there is also a new heir to the throne. we've seen some pictures there of the young crown prince christian, as he now is, just 18 years old. he is still at school, in his final year at school, expected to go to university next year and into military training. but he takes on a significant role in public life now, here in denmark. but this is the new face of the danish monarchy. i have to say, looking at the king frederik and queen mary there, they both seen quite taken aback by the size of the crowd and the response to them here in denmark. we saw the king wiping away a tear from his eyes,

as he first came out on that balcony for the proclamation and saw the number of people, the response to him, the number of danish flags being waved, as the royal couple take in this moment in history, as this king and queen, both in their 50s, become the new face of the royal family here in denmark. and they take on a very popular legacy from queen margrethe. polling for the danish royalty here is consistently at around 80%. and they are very popular figures in public lives, and the final moments that we are now watching as the king from the balcony of the christiansborg palace says a final wave to the crowd, as he takes in the sight below him and starts the first day of his reign as king frederik x of denmark.

in his speech to the people from the balcony earlier, he talked about his hopes of becoming a unifying king of tomorrow, of honouring his mother. she will always be remembered as an extraordinary queen, he said. it is hoped that he becomes a unifying king for all of denmark, and maintains the popularity and relevance of the monarchy here for the danish people. some happy news there for a change. a new volcanic eruption has begun near the fishing town of grindavik in the southwest of iceland. these are the live pictures which shows the eruption. it is happening closer to the town than a similar eruption last month. a number of people who'd returned to grindavik have been evacuated. the local authorities have declared an emergency in the area. grindavik lies some a0 kilometres

from iceland's capital, reykjavik. you can see there in that we're bringing you, some houses are on fire there, as the molten lava has spread throughout that area. dramatic pictures there. with more on this, let's speak to our reporter meghan owen, who is following the story. we arejust seeing we are just seeing those pictures there, you can see a number of buildings on fire, so tell us more about what you are hearing? exactly. those pictures _ about what you are hearing? exactly. those pictures are _ about what you are hearing? exactly. those pictures are just _ about what you are hearing? exactly. those pictures are just devastating . those pictures are just devastating and we got to remember that we were looking at them, we've been looking at these pictures but so desperate to the people in those houses. there will be watching as their homes were destroyed. it has been an increasingly turbulent picture this morning, at around 8am, increasingly turbulent picture this morning, at around sam, the first fissure started to spew lava, but what was perhaps more unexpected is a second back has developed a few

hours later, closer to the town, and the local mayor has described the situation as incredibly ominous. authorities in the last few weeks, given the reaction —— eruption we saw in december, had built a defence wall out of earth and rocks. they were hoping that that would help to protect the town. actually, it has not done his job protect the town. actually, it has not done hisjob because protect the town. actually, it has not done his job because the second fissure has actually appeared after that barrier. luckily, residents were evacuated, there are only around 100 that were living there overnight because many of the residents were evacuated in november and december. so there aren't lives at risk, the president and vice president has stated that as well, but will they are concerned about now is the infrastructure, as that lava has crept into the town of grindavik. lava has crept into the town of grindavik-— lava has crept into the town of grindavik. ~ . ., . ., grindavik. megan owen, watching from the newsroom. — grindavik. megan owen, watching from the newsroom, thank _ grindavik. megan owen, watching from the newsroom, thank you _ grindavik. megan owen, watching from the newsroom, thank you very - grindavik. megan owen, watching from the newsroom, thank you very much. i live now to journalist tira shubart in reykjavik, tira shubart in reykjavik.

what is the latest? grindavik, the earthquakes began again and that led to an evacuation, as you mentioned. and the second fissure has opened up even closer to the town. initially, it was that the lava flow was about half a kilometre from the town, and we were just watching a live from helicopters. and the live camera of the first house being engulfed by the lava. about two kilometres from the harbour. the 3700 residents of grindavik are safely out, but the area has been declared dangerous, not only is there lava, but the ground is unstable and there are dangerous gases as well, they always accompany volcanic eruptions. the trouble is that this is a bit of a guessing game, because geologists

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families of israeli hostages held in gaza have taken part in a rally through the night to demand their release, as the war between israel and hamas enters its 100th day. they were joined on saturday evening by tens of thousands of protesters, some of whom blamed the government of benjamin netanyahu for failing to prevent the hamas attacks. there are growing demands in israel for the release of the more than 130 hostages held in gaza since october 7th when 1,200 people were killed by hamas gunmen. hamas is designated a terrorist organisation by many western governments. israel has since vowed to crush hamas in a devastating military campaign in which the hamas—run gaza health ministry than 23,000 palestinians have been killed, with that total having increased by 125 in the past 2a hours. aid organisations edge motoring

groups have warned about the dire situation creating the net happening on the ground. —— happening on the ground. thousands are gathering in london's trafalgar square for a solidarity event in support of israel to mark 100 days since the 7th october hamas attack on israel. 0rganisers say this "stand with israel" rally will be the largest pro—israel event in the uk. it will call for the release of more than 100 people who were kidnapped by hamas still remain hostage in gaza. let us head to our reporter aruna iyengar in trafalgar square. tell us more about what has been happening. tell us more about what has been ha eninu. ., tell us more about what has been happening-— tell us more about what has been haueninu. . ., , ., happening. there are thousands of eo - le happening. there are thousands of people who — happening. there are thousands of people who arrived _ happening. there are thousands of people who arrived here _ happening. there are thousands of people who arrived here in - happening. there are thousands of people who arrived here in central| people who arrived here in central london, trafalgar square, they are here to hear speeches from people who have relatives, who are being held hostage in the guards at the moment, and as you know, around 130 hostages are still there. people are spoken to today have expressed concern that the feel the plight of these hostages isn't getting enough airtime at the moment, they feel that they want to get their voices out there and make sure that the plight of the hostages certainly gets to be heard. people are very

concerned about what is happening, they are concerned, saying that the prime minister, netanyahu, that is he taking the right policies to ensure that these hostages are freed? the atmosphere here today has been a very thoughtful, people have been a very thoughtful, people have been singing on stage, there has been singing on stage, there has been a celebratory atmosphere, but also, there are great concerns, people are now chanting saying, bring them home, bring them home. they are obviously concerned, they want to see their families, their loved ones, but also there is a feeling amongst the jewish community feeling amongst thejewish community in london that feeling amongst the jewish community in london that they want to feeling amongst thejewish community in london that they want to come together and make a stand and celebrate jewishness and together and make a stand and celebratejewishness and support together and make a stand and celebrate jewishness and support the state of israel.— state of israel. thank you, reporting _ state of israel. thank you, reporting to _ state of israel. thank you, reporting to us _ state of israel. thank you, reporting to us from - state of israel. thank you, reporting to us from the i state of israel. thank you, - reporting to us from the trafalgar square. meanwhile, the british foreign secretary lord cameron told the bbc that houthis are responsible for the escalation

and that their attacks on commercial vessels left the uk and its allies with little choice but to act. speaking to laura kuenssberg, he said military action was intended to send a clear and unambiguous message. there are two things that it does. the first is that it does degrade some of the houthi capacity to launch these missiles and drones, and we'll obviously look at the assessment of that in the coming hours and days, but it also sends this very clear message that america and others, an alliance of countries backing this action, an alliance of countries, including britain, taking part in this action, but also including countries like the netherlands and canada and australia, are prepared to take action backing their words, and i think that's very important. 0ur middle east correspondent hugo bachega has more on the situtaion in the red sea. the americans are saying, according to a report by the new york times, that the first wave of strikes

that hit 60 locations, or 60 targets and nearly 30 locations in yemen, have only managed to damage or destroy a third of the capabilities of the houthis to carry out those attacks. in other words, the houthis says that these attacks have not damaged or affected their ability to carry out those attacks, and i think the expectation is that these attacks are likely to continue. and i think a sign of that is that the us navy has warned american flagged vessels to stay away from coastal areas of yemen. and i think experts say that these strikes that have been carried out by the americans are unlikely to stop those attacks that have been carried out by the houthis. the houthis have been saying that these attacks are going to continue

unless there is a ceasefire in gaza, so the situation is likely to remain tense in the red sea. yesterday, president biden said that a private message was delivered to iran, which is a country that supports the houthis. he didn't give details about what was, you know, said or sent to the iranians. but again, the houthis have threatened to retaliate following those strikes. and all the time, the vessels are having to avoid that area and go the long way around to get through? exactly. and this is one of the main concerns here, that this major disruption has essentially closed the red sea to commercial shipping and companies have now had to take a much longer route around africa. this is adding, you know, not only time but extra costs to those trips. and it is something that the americans and others who have been involved in these attacks have been saying,

that they are trying to protect freedom of navigation and obviously trying to contain the possible economic impact that these attacks that have been carried out by the houthis could have if those attacks continue. now it's time for a look at today's sport. hello from the bbc sport centre. let's start with the australian open and the defending men's champion novak djokovic was given a scare, but ultimately came through, to make the second round. but it was the longest first round match at a grand slam for him against croatia's dino prizmic. djokovic won the first set 6—2 but 18—year—old prizmic stuck back and took the second on a tie break. djokovic restored normality to get back on track and win the next two sets to seal his place in the second round. the defending women's champion aryna sabalenka has breezed into round two making

light work of german qualifier ella seidel. the number two seed won the first set in quick time against the teenager, inside half an hour, winning that 6—0. she then took the second 6—1. we're not long under way in the first premier league match on sunday, and it's a chance for aston villa to return back to second place and move level on points with leaders liverpool, albeit having played a game more. a win against everton will do that, at goodison, it's currently 0—0. in the second half. later tottenham travel to manchester united at old trafford. erik ten hag's side are currently ninth in the premier league and the united manager is keen to start climbing the table. sunday's the most important and i don't look further than that. behind the background, of course, we organised and

we know we have to prepare the second season. we have to make control of the game and finish the chances. old trafford is another place where, you know, the atmosphere and the way the crowd are behind the team will be a big challenge for us. it will be good to see how we can react to that and how we can keep developing as a team because it is an important part of the process. there are three games today in the africa cup of nations on sunday — including mohamed salah's egypt getting their campaign under way against mozambique. egypt are looking for a record—extending 8th title, and their first since 2015. nigeria are under way too against equatorial guinea. into the second half, currently 1—1. later, it's that egpyt match. and ghana get their tounament under way against cape verde in the late game. in the asian cup, beaten 2019 finalists japan are looking to add to their record four titles in the competition. they beat vietnam a—2. two more matches today — uae are in action against hong kong.

uae have the lead 1—0. iran play palestine later. tommy fleetwood held his nerve to win the dubai invitational with birdies on the final two holes to see off the challenge of rory mcilroy on the final day. fleetwood, the overnight leader, capitalised on a bogey by mcilroy ahead of the last hole to finish on 19 under, a shot ahead of the world number two and south africa's thriston lawrence. and it's a big day in the snooker calendar at alexandra palace in central london. ronnie 0'sullivan taking on ali carter in the final of the masters, the second of the season's triple crown events. 0'sullivan has already become the oldest winner of the uk championship this campaign, he could take the same record in this competition with a win here. carter leads by 5 frames to 3 — it's first to ten in this final. carter was a losing finalist back in 2020, he's hoping to win his first major title today. all set up nicely. and that's all the sport for now. will be back later on.

five people have died after a boat carrying migrants got into trouble after attempting to launch from a beach south of calais, according to reports in france. the incident happened near wimereux in the early hours of sunday morning. french paper la voix du nord said 72 people, including 10 children, were rescued and taken to calais while one person was taken to hospital in boulogne. here in the uk, fewer than one in 10 injuries involving e—scooters are being reported to the police — that's according to data analysed by the independent parliamentary advisory council for transport safety — which says more accurate figures are needed to understand the dangers that they pose. jon donnison has this report. e—scooters — a decade ago, almost unheard of. these days, they're a common sight. but now a charity that advises the government says injuries from e—scooter accidents are being under—reported and data needs to be collected more rigorously.

until we really understand how hazardous or dangerous they are, we can't understand what they need to be legislated for. so we have a perfect opportunity now for the people who are using rental e—scooters to record the collisions that they have and to record the number of casualties involved in the rental trials so we get a better understanding of how safe these motor vehicles are. the study looked at 300 e—scooter casualties recorded by hospitals over a two—month period in 2021. it found only 10% of them were also recorded in police statistics. of the most serious injuries, only a quarter were reported to the police. one reason might be that it's illegal to ride private e—scooters on roads or pavements in the uk. trials of rental e—scooters in dozens of towns and cities are ongoing. the department for transport says safety is a top priority

and that the government is working closely with the police to strengthen data on e—scooter accidents. jon donnison, bbc news. hundreds of unique hand—made dolls have been placed in hospital waiting rooms across the the uk. each one represents a child in need of an organ transplant. the hope is they will kick—start a conversation about organ donation for children and potentially save a life. alice bouverie has been to meet two—year—old amelia, who is waiting for a new heart. for amelia and herfamily, great 0rmond street hospital has become home for the last year—and—a—half. if she goes down to intensive care, then i'll say to her, do you want to go back home? she'll go, yeah. i'll go, do you want to go to bed?

she'll go, "yeah!". so she thinks bear ward is our home. 0ne—year—old blossom has never even been to wiltshire. amelia has been on the waiting list for a heart transplant for 1a months. her story is now part of a campaign to raise awareness of organ donation for children. more than 230 dolls have been made representing all the children in the country waiting for a transplant. amelia has her own special one. i just need people to start talking more about organ donations. and it's notjust in adults, it's in children, because i don't think children are spoken about that much. all right, i'm just going to do this today. jo and nick have been part of each other�*s life since nick was just six months old. she looked after him when, aged four, he had a kidney transplant from his dad. he now needs another one. you just have no idea when the call is going to come. so it's just a case of waiting and hoping, and it'll give me a lot more energy. not being on dialysis,

not monitoring my diet or fluid intake or anything. all the difference in the world, really? yes, everything. you know, here in bristol at the moment we've got three young people who are waiting for kidney transplants. and you just hope that campaigns like this will help to improve that waiting list time for our families because at the moment it is about 18—24 months on average. there are a lot of people who want to donate. when people are on, maybe they've had an accident or something and they're on life support, the next of kin can still veto it. so hopefully people will have that conversation with their next of kin, with their loved ones, so that if that unfortunate time comes in their life, they've had the conversation and maybe their organs can find somebody that desperately needs one. this doll will be in reception at the bristol children's hospital. you can scan her qr code and hear her story. it's hoped more people willjoin the organ donor

register as a result. alice bouverie, bbc news. that is it for this half hour, be back after a short break, but plenty more of course on the bbc news website. do go there if you want to find more on all of the latest stories. hello there. it's been a very cold week, pretty much wherever you are, but things are set to turn even colder for this upcoming week, thanks to arctic northerlies, which will feed in plenty of wintry showers around all coastal areas, particularly ones facing the north, especially northern scotland, and nights will be very cold with severe frost and ice to watch out for. those arctic northerlies are already across northern scotland, feeding in snow showers, they will continue to extend southwards as we move through the rest of sunday to the first part of monday.

it is going to be turning colder through the overnight period, the cloud clearing away from england and wales, frost developing pretty widely, and wintry showers affecting all coast areas, frequent snow showers across northern scotland, and a risk of ice, gales affecting the northern isles, bitterly cold. very cold start for monday, but bright — lots of sunshine around, wintry showers will be draped around pretty much all coastal areas, especially those facing the north stop frequent snow showers will be falling across northern scotland, significant accumulations totting up. these are going to be the temperatures, in the face of it, freezing, up to three or a degrees, factoring in the arctic northerly wind, it's going to feel sub—zero for pretty much all areas, but bitterly cold across northern scotland, with a very strong wind. tuesday, we need to keep an eye on this feature, it will run in from the west to bring an area of more substantial, potentially disruptive snow to larger parts of scotland, maybe northern ireland, and northern england, and through tuesday morning as well, so the central belt of scotland could see some disruption, higher routes of northern england, and it slowly pushes out into the north sea. frequent snow showers continue across northern scotland, but england and wales after a very cold start should be mostly dry with some sunshine.

stay tuned for your local forecast, could cause disruption in the north. on wednesday, we are looking to the south, this feature running across france could be a bit further north, and it could therefore give rise to some sleet and snow, affecting southern britain. at the moment it looks like it will say to the south of the channel, with england and wales having plenty of sunshine, much of the country will see sunshine, but frequent snow showers continue across northern scotland, feeling bitterly cold here, and the snowfall totals are really starting to mount up. the snow showers continue thursday and friday across the north, but for many, it stays cold with plenty of sunshine, and severe overnight frost.

the gang leader escaped last week from his maximum security cell in a coastal port city, he is still on the loose, there are about 3000 soldiers and military personnel in a huge manhunt scouring the country for him, colombian authorities are also looking in colombia for him as well. his escape is thou-ht also looking in colombia for him as well. his escape is thou-ht to also looking in colombia for him as well. his escape is thought to be linked to the authorities�* decision to move some criminal leaders from this facility to a maximum security

facility. his disappearance sparked riots across the country in at least five prisons nationwide, and then we saw a state of emergency announced on monday as well by president daniel noboa, 60 days including overnight curfew, as the unprecedented violence gripped the country and shocked the entire nation. ecuador is not used to this complete eruption of unprecedented brutality pouring into its streets, gangs retaliated against the state, they also took and stormed a live tv broadcast in that same city, so, complete chaos, countrywide, but this is unprecedented for a country which only a few years ago was relatively tranquil so ecuadorians have been really shaken by this. find have been really shaken by this. and we were just — have been really shaken by this. and we were just reporting about the release of these prison staff, how safe do they feel to go back to work and how safe is the country considered at the moment, can the leaders in the country are late any

fears that people have while this state of emergency lingers on? there have been some _ state of emergency lingers on? there have been some shows _ state of emergency lingers on? there have been some shows of— state of emergency lingers on? jj,, have been some shows of emotion, relief and joy in ecuador following the release of all 136 hostages, videos broadcast by the police showed fried guards and administrators in tears, exhausted but being supported by their colleagues, and the president has said on chavanel that he is giving his congratulations to the courageous, professional work of these forces who are trying to regain control and keep the country safe. people are unsure whether this temporary cause, or seeming cause in violence is permanent or if it is just a lull in this gripping violence that the country has experienced. people are trying to go back to normal life but it will be slow. . ~ back to normal life but it will be slow. ., ,, , ., back to normal life but it will be slow. ., ~' , ., , back to normal life but it will be slow. ., ,, , ., , . back to normal life but it will be slow. . ~ , . ., slow. thank you very much for brinuain slow. thank you very much for bringing us — slow. thank you very much for bringing us up-to-date. -

now, the leader of the labour party sir keir starmer has been speaking to the bbc in a wide—ranging interview to mark the start of the 202a, a year in which we�*re expecting there to be a general election here in the uk. the prime minister has said it is likely to take place later this year. speaking to laura kuenssberg the leader of the opposition addressed questions about the war in the middle east and the latest strike on houthi rebels but laura started by asking him about the breaking news this hour, the death of four migrants trying to cross the english channel from france. my first reaction is a human reaction, this is a tragic loss of life, there will be family members and friends grieving at the awful way in which these four individuals lost their lives. i don�*t know the details, in a sense we don�*t need to know the details, to lose your life in a small dinghy or boat in the winter sea in the channel is just awful and i�*m sure that is where everybody

starts on this issue. david cameron also said it was heartbreaking, as you�*ve expressed your own sadness about this kind of event, but he also made the case that this displays why the government should take the kind of radical action, doing something as dramatic as saying, actually, migrants are going to be sent to an african country rather than continue with what is a failed model of asking the french to do a bit more, and it doesn�*t seem to make much difference, what you say to that? i think he�*s wrong about that, i absolutely agree that we need to stop these channel crossings. they�*re dangerous, we�*ve lost control of our borders, and we need to do something to stop the boats. now, i think the starting place for that is to go after the criminal gangs that are running this vile trade. if you look at what is happening, those boats that are being used now are bigger than they were, they are being made to order, they�*re being brought across europe to the north coast of france, and then people are being put in those boats, it is a vile trade,

it makes for the traffickers millions of pounds. i think that we need to smash those gangs. which is very similar to what the government says, too, but that does not seem to change very much, the national crime agency is already working on this? before i was a politician i was the chief prosecutor for five years of england and wales, we had to deal with terrorist plots, we had to deal with those that were smuggling guns and drugs into our country. the way we dealt with that was to join with other countries where those gangs were operating and take them down using data, sharing intelligence, having joint operations, i�*ve done this before, i am convinced that it can be done in relation to these gangs. that is where i put my political muscle, if you like, rather than a gimmick which is the rwanda scheme. so i am absolutely up for this challenge, i know we have got to get to grips with it, i went over to europol to talk to them about what sort of further

agreement we could do with them, but having seen this done for terrorist gangs, having seen this done for guns and for drugs, i refuse to accept that somehow these gangs are untouchable and we can�*t do anything about it. let�*s talk about the military strikes taken by america and britain this week. now, you were briefed, you endorsed the attacks, david cameron was explicit that this might happen again, would you back more of these kinds of strikes? we�*ll look at the case the government puts forward. you�*re right, they did brief me, a secure briefing, in relation to this, shortly before the operation, and that is as it should be. we support the action that has been taken. obviously there needs to be a statement in parliament tomorrow from the prime minister and a debate in parliament about it. at the moment, what i�*ve been briefed about is the operation that has taken place. i will have to listen carefully to whatever the government says

about any further action that may be needed. but theoretically you might do it again, that�*s clear. do you believe, like the government does, that iran bears some of the responsibility of these attacks, do you think iran is an enemy of our country? i think that there are clear links obviously to iran, there is no issue on that. but i think it is important to look at what houthis are doing in the red sea, because those attacks are taking because those attacks were taking place, they were ramping up and escalating, and sitting back and simply doing nothing in that situation is not an appropriate way to respond, and that is why i back the operation that the government briefed me on. but you have written very strongly in the independent on sunday today about the wider threats from iran, do you think iran is an enemy of our country? i don�*t want to wrap up the rhetoric, i do have serious concerns, as most people do, about iran, the activities that they are involved in around the region,

you listed it with the foreign secretary, and of course, there are sanctions in place in relation to iran. so, i am supportive of all of that, i�*m deeply concerned about this, but i do think that the operation that took place just a few days ago was very clearly an operation to deal with the houthi attacks in the red sea, this is commercial shipping, these are civilians. in much of arab world, as you know, that is not the houthi view, or the view of much of the arab world, that actually this is about this wider pattern? well, i think that is hard to sustain when you look at the targets of the attacks in the red sea, which looked to me to be pretty arbitrary. but in the end, laura, what you�*re putting to me is that somehow there should be no response to these attacks in the red sea. i don�*t think that that�*s appropriate. i haven�*t actually met or talked to anybody who says the right thing to do is simply to allow these attacks to happen, if they escalate, so be it. nobody thinks that. so, action had to be taken. i was pleased to be briefed about it, we supported that action,

the prime minister needs to make a statement. if there is to be further action, and i don�*t know because i have not been briefed on that, i would expect that briefing, i would expect the prime minister to make a statement, and we will consider it. and we will consider it on its merits. some of your colleagues, though, and other opposition parties, have said that parliament could have and should have been consulted as a matter of principle, and someone you know rather well used to also believe parliament should always be consulted as a matter of principle. i just want to show you something. i would pass legislation that said military action could be taken if first the lawful case for it was made , secondly, there was a viable objective and thirdly, you got the consent of the commons. now, it was one of your own solemn promises to your party members that you would make it mandatory under a prevention of military intervention act that there would be the consent of parliament.

have you changed your mind? no, there�*s no inconsistency here. really? there�*s obviously a huge distinction between an operation the like of which we�*ve seen in the last few days and military action, a sustained campaign, military action usually involving troops on the ground. that is recognised by everybody, national security must come first, there will always be urgent situations where parliament can�*t be consulted beforehand, but the principle that if there�*s to be a sustained campaign, if we�*re going to deploy our troops on the ground, that parliament should be informed, there should be a debate, the case should be made and there should be a vote, i do stand by that in principle, absolutely. but that small print was not in your promise that you may to your party, you didn�*t say, only in certain kinds of situations, so, are you saying that only applies if you�*re actually talking about boots on the ground? yes, because what i said when i made that pledge was that what i wanted

to do was to codify the convention, the cabinet manual, as you know, has this in it as a convention, the foreign secretary, now when he prime minister, really established the convention, which is, if there is to be a sustained campaign, the deployment of troops on the ground... so, the small print is about the sustained campaign. hear me out, because what david cameron then as prime minister did what i think right, which was to say, if we�*re going to deploy our troops, there has to be a viable case, and that should be put before parliament and the information made available as far as it can be, there has to be a proper legal basis because we�*re deploying our troops, and there should be a vote. i think our viewers would like to know, if you win the election, will you still introduce that law? well, i want to codify that, it could be by a law, it could be by some other means, but i am absolutely clear that that is a principle i want to see entrenched. but you won�*t commit to passing it as a law? i�*m not ruling out law. but laura of course there

will be urgent situations, particularly when we�*re on joint operations, where it simply isn�*t possible always, or even wise always, to consult parliament beforehand because of the disclosure of information, and that�*s why having been briefed on the operation this week i haven�*t called for anything more than the statement that i�*m expecting from the prime minister tomorrow. you also said back then that you had a commitment to review all uk arms sales, would you still do that if you win the election? yes, we still need to carry out that review of arms sales. and would you, as you used to say, stop selling arms to saudi arabia? well, we will do a review of the sales, look at the countries and the relationships that we have, obviously that follows a review. but you used to say, you said in february 2020, we should stop the sale of arms to saudi arabia. is that still your position? we will review the situation and the review will give us the answer to those questions.

so you may not any more promise to stop the sale of arms to saudi arabia, which is what you used to say in 2020? we will review the situation, the review will make clear what the position is. i think today you are perhaps slightly backing away from some of the things that you said a few years ago. so, you said when you made your prevention of military action promise, it wasn�*t there in the small print that you only meant boots on the ground. you�*vejust said... i would challenge that, laura, because i made it very clear when i was saying that that it was to codify the existing convention. it�*s absolutely clear from the cabinet manual, it�*s absolutely clear from what david cameron did as then prime minister that that was about a sustained campaign with troops on the ground. i�*m not sure that all labour activists listening to you understood that complexity. laura, no labour activist has ever said to me, if urgent action is needed, we should stop that in order for parliament to be convened. this isn�*t something that is put...

but on arms sales, you used to say that you would stop the sale of arms to saudi arabia, you�*re now saying that you might not do that. i said we would review, and we will review. but do you think that people on the left, listening to promises that you make to them in 2020, and even people who have got to know you as opposition leader, they might have heard quite a few times you shifting your position on things, there is nothing wrong with people changing their mind but do you accept that sometimes you give people that impression, there are contradictions between the keir starmer of 202a and the keir starmer of 2020. well, laura, we�*re in a different position when it comes to geopolitics and the conflicts that are going on and obviously we have to adapt to the situation in front of us, but let me push back on this wider point, because labour party members are predominantly, overwhelmingly, behind what we�*ve done with and to the party, to change the party. four years ago we were picking ourselves up, bruised,

from a terrible election result, and most people, the pessimists in the party, thought that the labour party will never, ever win an election again. the optimists thought it would take us at least ten years. we have ruthlessly changed the labour party, put ourselves in a position where we can credibly contend in the election this year, and the overwhelming majority of labour party members and supporters are delighted, because the reason that theyjoined the labour party, the reason they�*re active in the labour party, is because we want a labour government. and a lot of your colleagues would say that you�*ve got to that position actually by being ruthless about ditching some of your own positions, and one of the things that many labour members and many of our viewers also care about is a ceasefire in gaza. now, we are 100 days into the conflict between israel and gaza after those appalling attacks by hamas into israel, the israeli bombardment of gaza has

been intense and has created enormous suffering, we can all see that every single day. is it time now for you as labour leader to say enough, there must be a ceasefire? the united nations has said it, emmanuel macron has said it, is keir starmer going to say it? you describe the situation in gaza, and it is intolerable, the sheer number of deaths, particularly the percentage of those, the proportion of those, that are children. the desperate need for humanitarian aid, the fact that hostages are still being held effectively at gunpoint. this is intolerable. and i do think we need a sustainable ceasefire. the question is, how do we get there? i think the first step is, we need a truce, we need a humanitarian truce that allows the space for a number of things to happen. firstly, for humanitarian aid to get in, in much greater quantities and volumes than is at the moment. secondly, we have to have those hostages released.

it�*s very difficult to see how you get to a sustainable ceasefire until that happens. that truce provides the space for the dialogue that is needed then towards the political process, which in the end is the only way through this, to a two—state solution. 0ur viewers will hear clearly this morning, you are not yet going to put yourself in a similar position to emmanuel macron, who says, ceasefire, israel, stop? well, laura, sustainable ceasefire, the question is how we get there. i think immediate truce, calling off hostilities, aid needed in greater volumes to come into gaza to alleviate the awful situation there. the release of hostages. and then thought about those displaced in this conflict must be allowed to go home and to rebuild their homes

and there can�*t be any question of an israeli military occupation. that is the road map i see towards a sustainable ceasefire. you have outlined that. before we move on to matters at home, your party has been complaining about rishi sunak using privatejets. but we learnt this week that you accepted a private jet flight from the qatari government. isn�*t that a contradiction? let me explain that. i was at cop28 in dubai, had a meeting with the emir of qatar, organised, he had to go back home. but desperately wanted that meeting with me to discuss the hostage situation in gaza, the cessation of hostilities in gaza and offered to fly me to that meeting that we could no longer have in dubai, where i was. why is it not ok for the conservative leader to take private jets but ok for you? there is a distinction. really? i will explain it. a distinction between flying in the circumstances

i�*ve just described, and using privatejets tojet around england, when trains would get you there nearly as quickly. look, the long and the short of it was that in dubai i was having a number of discussions with international leaders about climate change, as you would expect, but of course i was having a nearly equal number about the conflict in the middle east, how do we have a sustainable path to that ceasefire? the emir of qatar, very important player particularly at that point when there was huge pressure on the situation with hostages, he wanted that meeting and the only way i could have that meeting was to go and see him on a plane. there were plenty of scheduled flights between dubai and doha and you said you wouldn�*t take world cup tickets from the qataris, you were not happy about the human rights record.

that you know what these meetings are like, but we are trying to fit in back—to—back meetings with world leaders, an opportunity to have conversations that would take months to together would take months to put together in a programme back here. i wanted to take the opportunity for the one—to—one meeting with the emir about really important international issues and i stand by that. let�*s talk about an important issue at home, one of your central promises to viewers, we�*ve talked to you and rachel reeves about it, greenjobs, green energy, that by the end of the parliament, if you win, you say you would invest £28 billion to create. the tricky thing is you started off promising the 28 billion extra every single year, and now you�*re saying that money might not be forthcoming and you will only spend that much if you can afford it. except you�*re still promising people the green jobs, the green energy, but that doesn�*t stack up if you are not committed to paying the price, how can you commit to the promise? let me be clear what we�*re committed to. we�*ve got a green prosperity plan. that�*s a growth plan about the next generation ofjobs, there�*s a revolution

going on in terms of green energy. other countries are in the race, we need to be in the race for the next generation ofjobs. i also have committed to clean power by 2030. that is renewables, that gives us cheaper bills, energy security, so putin cannot put his boot on our throat and it gives us the next generation ofjobs. the point here is that you�*re promising those goodies but you�*re not any more committed to the cost that you used to say you would definitely cough up. that does not stack up unless you are suddenly going to find the money somewhere else and put taxes up to pay for it. hear me out. in order to get to clean power 2030 we need investment and i will come back precisely to your point. but also, when we�*re talking to those that we hope will partner with us on this journey to deliver clean power by 2030, they say to me, keir, look, investment is one thing,

but we also need a planning rules change because it takes far too long to do anything in this country. we need the national grid to move at a much faster pace because at the moment it is giving connection dates for the 2030s. that will never work. we need an industrial strategy. of course we need investment and i�*m very pleased to make the case for investment in the future and that is why we will invest £28 billion in total by the second half of the parliament, subject to what the government has already assigned to put in on green prosperity and of course within our fiscal rules. that is straightforward but i do think this idea that it is only the money that counts, it isn�*t reflected in the conversations i am having with those that we want to partner with us. and for every pound the government puts in, we want to trigger £3 of private investment because i think when a government invests they are entitled to get the returns for the british taxpayer. yes or no, will the £28 billion investment definitely be in the labour manifesto?

well, the way i have just described, yes, of course. let�*s ta ke let�*s take you back to iceland and bring you the live pictures which show the eruption of a volcano near the south—western town of rwandan. seismic activity intensified overnight and people in the area were told to leave and if you can see there the eruption and the molten lava. the met office of iceland said that a cracked opened up on both sides of the bikes that have begun to be built north of grindavik.

infrastructure may be under threat, they say. iceland has more than 30 active volcano systems and as you can see, that is the aftermath live in grindavik. we actually have a live page on the bbc news website which brings you more up to date detail on what is happening there. stay with us. hello there. it�*s been a very cold week, pretty much wherever you are, but things are set to turn even colder for this upcoming week, thanks to arctic northerlies, which will feed in plenty of wintry showers around all coastal areas, particularly ones facing the north, especially northern scotland, and nights will be very cold with severe frost and ice to watch out for. those arctic northerlies are already across northern scotland, across northern scotland feeding in snow showers will continue to extend southwards as we move through the rest of sunday

to the first part of monday. it is going to be turning colder through the overnight period, the cloud clearing away from england and wales, frost developing pretty widely, and wintry showers affecting all coastal areas, frequent snow showers across northern scotland with a risk of ice, gales affecting the northern isles, bitterly cold. very cold start for monday, but bright — lots of sunshine around, wintry showers will be draped around pretty much all coastal areas, especially those facing the north. and frequent snow showers will be falling across northern scotland, significant accumulations totting up here. these are going to be the temperatures, in the face of it, freezing, up to three orfour degrees, factor in the arctic northerly wind, it�*s going to feel sub—zero for pretty much all areas, but bitterly cold across northern scotland, with a very strong wind. tuesday, we need to keep an eye on this feature, it will run in from the west to bring an area of more substantial, potentially disruptive snow to larger parts of scotland, maybe northern ireland and northern england,

it arrives through tuesday morning as well, so the central belt of scotland could see some disruption, higher routes of northern england, and it slowly pushes out into the north sea. frequent snow showers continuing across northern scotland, but england and wales after a very cold start should be mostly dry with some sunshine. stay tuned to the forecast, could cause disruption in the north. on wednesday, we�*re looking to the south, this feature running across france could be a bit further north, and it could therefore give rise to some sleet and snow, affecting southern britain. at the moment it looks like it will say to the south of the channel, with england and wales having plenty of sunshine, much of the country will see sunshine, but frequent snow showers continue across northern scotland, feeling bitterly cold here, and the snowfall totals are really starting to mount up. the snow showers continue thursday and friday across the north, but for many, it stays cold with plenty of sunshine, and severe overnight frost.

live from london, this is bbc news. a volcano erupts in iceland — the fifth occurrence on the reykjanes peninsula since 2021. this is the scene live in iceland — as molten lava spews from the ground. frederik x is now the king of denmark, following the formal abdication of his mother, queen margrethe. tens of thousands of danes gathered in copenhagen to witness his historic succession. 100 days after hamas attacked israel, triggering war in gaza, relatives of the hostages taken on that dayjoin a rally in tel aviv.

the head of the un�*s agency for palestinians has described the death and destruction since 7th october as a stain on our shared humanity. five people die after a boat sank as they tried to cross the channel from france. hello, i�*m rajini vaidyanathan. a volcanic eruption has begun near the fishing town of grindavik in the southwest of iceland. these are the live pictures of the area — it�*s beginning to get dark there now, but you can still see the smoke rising over the skyline. and also the glow of the molten lava. these pictures from a little earlier today show some houses set on fire by the molten lava. it follows a similar eruption in the same area last month,

but this time it�*s much closer to the town.