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 — its 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. thankfully, people living in homes nearby have already left the area. the local authorities have declared an emergency. grindavik lies some a0 kilometres from iceland's capital, reykjavik. with more on this, let's speak to our reporter meghan owen who is following in the story. we've seen the pictures there, buildings on fire, how wise is the extent of the spread of the molten lava? what more do we know about damage caused?— lava? what more do we know about damage caused? yes, the pictures are incredibly striking, _ damage caused? yes, the pictures are incredibly striking, it _ damage caused? yes, the pictures are incredibly striking, it has _ damage caused? yes, the pictures are incredibly striking, it has been - incredibly striking, it has been more and more turbulence throughout the day, so we have been following this from around 8am, when eight fissure started to erupt. actually, what more concerning was a second fissure which develops or opens closer to the town, and it has now reached that time, we saw pictures of houses burning, and on fire, and

we have to remember that residents will also be watching those same pictures as us, watching as their homes are destroyed, because the net so it is incredibly concerning. it is only 150 metres big, the second fissure, but there does not mean it won't be destructive —— disruptive. 0ne won't be destructive —— disruptive. one of the main roads in the area has been cut off, and the local mayor has described the scenes as ominous. a barrier in the last few weeks was built by iceland to help protect the town. that came as we saw the other volcanic eruption happen in a similar area in december. they built that defence barrier, and they were hoping earlier that that would disrupt some of the lava, to stop it from getting into the town, and from some extent, it did, and it was looking like a more stable situation, but actually, the second fish that has opened up, thatis the second fish that has opened up, that is the one that has caused more and more problems, does he mention,

residents have been evacuated, so aren't any threats to life, but it is about the infrastructure and the concern for the fishing town and people's livelihoods.— concern for the fishing town and people's livelihoods. thank you, me . han. people's livelihoods. thank you, meghan- as _ people's livelihoods. thank you, meghan. as she _ people's livelihoods. thank you, meghan. as she was _ people's livelihoods. thank you, meghan. as she was saying, - people's livelihoods. thank you, | meghan. as she was saying, work people's livelihoods. thank you, - meghan. as she was saying, work the net a will was being built —— a will was being built around grindavik, but the state broadcaster in iceland were told that the walls did push most of the lava away from the town, despite the fact that those walls were not fully ready. they began to build those as they got wind of the eruption a few weeks ago, as they say, there was an increase in seismic activity on the peninsula. those life pictures there with that glowing molten lava spreading, as you can see there in the south—west of the country. earlier i spoke to tira shubert,

whojoined from me iceland. in 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 live video from helicopters, and the live camera of the first house being engulfed by the lava. it's about two kilometres from the harbour. the 3,700 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 the geologists are very honest about the fact that they're doing some guess—timations.

we don't know how far under the town the lava is flowing, but it's very unstable as an area. however, the international airport at keflavik, which is 27 kilometres away, is not at risk. just a bit more about the geography of grindavik, we were saying it's about a0 away from the capital, how far we know the molten lava has spread, do we have an idea of how extensive the damage it could cause is so far? we don't know, because there is love that we see on the surface, and there is lava that we see underneath the service. the problem is that the peninsula in the south—west of iceland, the reykjanes peninsula, is one of the most volcanic areas

of iceland, which is a country that was created by lava flows. iceland sits right on top of the mid—atlantic rift, meaning there is two different tectonic plates, the giant underpinnings of the earth. they come together and the reason why items created is that lava comes out through the cracks in the tectonic plates. we were reporting earlier that people have been evacuated from their homes — is it likely that as the molten lava potentially school breaks, there will be more evacuations? have been more warnings to people in the area? no, there aren't any more people, really, in the area, grindavik is the largest town in that area, of 3,700. most of the people have already left, many of them are living in reykjavik, or near the airport in keflavik. even the schools have moved, the schoolchildren are going to schools in reykjavik. the city administration has moved to reykjavik. you have the city

administration in reykjavik. iceland is a country that is remarkably well prepared for these sorts of disasters. in the last few hours... frederik the tenth has become the new king of denmark. as he assumed the throne he was greeted by tens of thousands of people who 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—born wife queen mary. the crown passed to frederik x after his mother, queen margarethe 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 800 years. she said she was stepping aside due to health problems. 0ur 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. there our correspondents live in copan he can at a moment of history. —— hoping he can. 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 on 7th october, when 1,200 israeli's were killed by hamas gunmen. the hamas—run gaza health ministry say more than 23,000 palestinians have been killed since israel's bombardment began, with 125 palestinians killed in the past 2a hours. the head of the un's agency for palestinians has described the death and destruction as a stain on our shared humanity. thousands are gathered in london's trafalgar square for a solidarity event in support of israel. 0rganisers say this �*stand with israel�* rally will be the largest pro—israel event in the uk. 0ur reporter aruna iyengar is there for us. tell us more about what is happening. tell us more about what is happening-— tell us more about what is haueninu. ., , tell us more about what is hauuenin, ., ,., , ., happening. thousands of people have come here to — happening. thousands of people have come here to trafalgar _ happening. thousands of people have come here to trafalgar square - happening. thousands of people have come here to trafalgar square to - come here to trafalgar square to celebrate jewishness, come here to trafalgar square to celebratejewishness, to support come here to trafalgar square to celebrate jewishness, to support the state of israel. people are here to mark 100 days that these hostages, 130 at least hostages that have been held in gaza will stop many people i

have spoken to have been really quite tearful about the conditions they feel these people are being held in. really concerned and feel the spotlight has taken away from them for some reason and they really want to make sure that there plight is heard by the international community, and that people understand what the hostages are going through at the moment. we had speakers on the stage you have family who are still being held hostage in gaza. we have had singers celebrating jewishness, celebrating the jewish state. celebrating jewishness, celebrating thejewish state. there has been a really thoughtful kind of protest here today, there was a one—minute's silence, and that was quite moving to see all of the israeli flags and british flags fluttering in the wind, and complete silence in trafalgar square, thousands of people just listening, observing, and being required to try and remember those hostages who are being held in gaza. a very moving demonstration here today, and some

heartfelt speeches and a very quiet but thoughtful process happening here at trafalgar square. thank you, re ”ortin here at trafalgar square. thank you, reporting from _ here at trafalgar square. thank you, reporting from trafalgar _ here at trafalgar square. thank you, reporting from trafalgar square. - reporting from trafalgar square. that follows a march in solidarity of palestinians which took place yesterday, saturday. the british foreign secretary, lord cameron, has refused to rule out further strikes on houthi fighters in yemen following joint uk—us action earlier in the week. it followed houthi attacks on cargo ships in the red sea, a key international shipping route. lord cameron said he believed the action taken would not escalate the situation in the middle east. speaking to laura kuenssberg, he said the military action taken 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.

now it's time for a look at today's sport with gavin. 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 his longest first round match at a grand slam, against croatia's dino prizmic. djokovic won the first set 6—2, but 18—year—old prizmic struck back, and took the second on a tie break. the world number restored normality, to get back on track, sealing 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, and then the second 6—1... aston villa missed the chance to go level with liverpool at the top of the premier league. they were held to a goal—less draw by everton at goodison park.

both teams had goals ruled out, but 0—0 it finished, the home side everton pulling a point clear of luton, down at the bottom. villa stay 3rd, and in around 15 minutes, manchester united take on tottenham at old trafford. new signing timo werner makes his debut for spurs, with marcus rashford in the starting line up for united — whose boss wants to see his side start climbing the table. sunday's the most important and i don't look further than that. behind the background, of course, we organise and we know we have to prepare the second season. we have to make our own look and take control of the game and finish our chances. old trafford is another place where, you know, the atmosphere and the way the crowd get 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. 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 stuttered in their opening game, against equatorial guinea, held to a 1—1 draw in their opener. ghana get their tounament under way against cape verde in the late game. at the asian cup, tournament favourites japan came from behind to beat vietnam 11—2 in their group d opener. underdogs vietnam took a 2—1 first half lead — when pham tuan hai took advantage of a mistake byjapanese goalkeeper zion suzuki. however, the japanese were able to turn things around, taking the lead through this stunning strike from keito nakamura, and they sealed the win with one more goal in the second half. two more matches today. uae are in action against hong kong. uae have the lead, 2—1. 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. but it's carter who leads by 5 frames to 3 after the first session — 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. and that's all the sport for now. 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. 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 bear ward? 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 1h 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. let's hope so. before we go, let's take you back to life pictures that

we are getting from the town in iceland, grindavik. it is getting darker, but you can still see the eruption of a volcano, and in the south—west town of grindavik. seismic activity has intensified overnight. all the people living in that area have now left. 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 and 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 or four 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.

this is bbc news, the headlines. frederik x is now the king of denmark following the formal abdication of his mother queen margrethe. more than 100,000 danes have gathered in copenhagen to witness his historic succession. a new volcanic eruption has begun near grindavik in south—west iceland. the eruption is closer to the fishing town than a similar

eruption last month. several houses have been set on fire and the local authorities have declared an emergency in the area which is around a0 kilometres from iceland's capital, reykjavik. 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. now on bbc news, talking business. hello and welcome to talking business from las vegas with me, michelle fleury. let's take a look at what's coming up on the show. we're at the consumer electronics show, the world's biggest tech convention, to explore how the top trends are affecting the world of business. i'll be taking a look at farming and food security withjohn deere and getting behind the virtual wheel of an autonomous tractor

over 1,000 miles away. we'll check out a range of other gadgets being showcased