the head of the un's agency for palestinians has described the death and destruction since october the seventh as a stain on our shared humanity. five people die after a boat sank as they tried to cross the channel from france. a volcanic eruption has begun near the fishing town of grindavik in the south—west 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. 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. people living in homes nearby have already left the area. the local authorities have declared an emergency. grindavik lies some forty kilometres from iceland's capital, reykjavik. with more on this lets speak to our reporter meghan owen who is follwing in the story. spring is up—to—date on how extensive the spread is. —— just bring us up—to—date. the extensive the spread is. -- “ust bring us up-to-date. extensive the spread is. -- 'ust bring us up-to-date. the spread is incredibly expensive. _ bring us up-to-date. the spread is incredibly expensive. we _ bring us up-to-date. the spread is incredibly expensive. we saw - incredibly expensive. we saw pictures there of homes set alight by the lava and it is difficult to decide if the scene looks more dramatic in the dark or in the light because we can see just how close it is and in fact we can see the lava flowing into the town life. the destruction has obviously been to houma and livelihoods but the main road to the fishing town is also been cut off and we are hearing

reports from a charity around 30 sheep also stuck in that fishing village. so it is starting to disrupt the town but also we don't know know what will happen in coming hours looking at those scenes it does not look much is going to be unscathed. , does not look much is going to be unscathed-— does not look much is going to be unscathed. , _, , ., unscathed. this comes weeks after a similar irruption _ unscathed. this comes weeks after a similar irruption in _ unscathed. this comes weeks after a similar irruption in the _ unscathed. this comes weeks after a similar irruption in the same - unscathed. this comes weeks after a similar irruption in the same area. i similar irruption in the same area. what did authorities do or have they done to mitigate some of the damage and disaster although of course we are seeing houses and buildings on fire. , , , _, fire. this is the second time in 'ust a fire. this is the second time in just a month _ fire. this is the second time in just a month that _ fire. this is the second time in just a month that we - fire. this is the second time in just a month that we have - fire. this is the second time in | just a month that we have seen a volcanic eruption in that area. so authorities in the past few weeks have built a wall, a defence wall around the fishing town out of the earth and stones to try and protect the houses from any lava from entering but actually this morning when the first for your happen kilometre away it looks like the barrier might be working and

stabilising the flow, but now that does not seem to be the case because now a second fissure opened up much closure beyond the barrier which means the barrier is actually not doing thejob it means the barrier is actually not doing the job it was means the barrier is actually not doing thejob it was meant means the barrier is actually not doing the job it was meant to means the barrier is actually not doing thejob it was meant to do. in terms of the next few hours we are expecting a presidential address at around 8pm and just before that there will be a civil briefing as authorities decide what to do with this perhaps unpredictable situation in the area. . ~ this perhaps unpredictable situation in the area. ., ~ this perhaps unpredictable situation in the area. . ~' ,, , . in the area. thank you very much, mean. earlier i spoke to tira shubert — whojoined from me iceland. earlier today, the latest volcanic eruption in iceland beganjust before 8am underneath the small town of grindavik, about a0 minutes' drive from reykjavik. grindavik had first been affected by the volcano on the 10th of november. it died down after some days, but

most of the residents had evacuated. so 3,700 of them moved out of town. some of them went back for a brief christmas break, but emergency vehicles went around and roused the 90 households that had gone back to grindavik. the plume of smoke from the eruption could be seen over reykjavik earlier this morning, and helicopters monitoring the situation went back and forth. at the moment, the lava flow is about 400 metres from the nearest houses and two kilometres from the harbour. the cabinet is meeting at five o'clock this afternoon. but the search for the man who fell into the crevasse on wednesday, one of the repairmen who were trying to make the roads habitable again, has been called off. 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 the tenth 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 because of health problems. let's have a listen to what the new king said as he addressed danes gathered in copenhagen. translation: today the throne is assed on, translation: today the throne is passed on. my _ translation: today the throne is passed on, my hope _ translation: today the throne is passed on, my hope is _ translation: today the throne is

passed on, my hope is to - translation: today the throne is passed on, my hope is to becomel translation: today the throne is | passed on, my hope is to become a unifying king of tomorrow. it isa it is a task i take on with pride respect in greatjoy. it is a task for which i will do my utmost and bear with it the trust i am given. i will need all the support i can get for my wife, from my family, from you and from that which is greater than us. ifaced you and from that which is greater than us. i faced the future with the knowledge that i am not alone, connected, committed for the kingdom of denmark. 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 and as well as the 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 isjust i8—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 and i have to say, you're looking at king frederik and queen mary there, they both seem 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 it.

couple take it in. this moment in history, as this king and queen, both in their fifties, 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 life. and the final moments 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 and in his speak speech and in his speech to the people from the balcony. a little earlier, he talked about his hopes of becoming a unifying king of tomorrow, of honoring his mother. she will always be remembered as an extraordinary queen, he said,

and it is hoped that he becomes a unifying king for the whole of denmark and maintains the popularity and relevance of the monarchy here for the danish people. this the scene in copenhagen. let's stick you live to the scene in copenhagen as this evening draws on the celebrations continue. there is a fireworks display there celebrating the day a new monarch has taken the throne in denmark. it is, of course a momentous day in history for the country, frederik x king of denmark following the formal abdication of his mother, queen margrethe iii who had been on the throne for 52 years. so many people in don mark who happened to live under another monarch until now. ——

in denmark. there you have a lots of celebrations and expectations now for a new monarch as our royal correspondent was saying there, he is in his 50s and he goes into that role with a young family and the hopes of his country. we will leave those pictures in that story for the moment. 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 october the 7th. 1,200 israelis were brutally murdered by hamas gunmen during the attack, and 240 were taken hostage. 130 of them are still being held captive. inside gaza — the health ministry

says more than 23,000 palestinians have been killed since israel started its air bombarments and ground invasion on the strip — most of the dead are women and children. 1.9 million palestinians have also been displaced in gaza. the head of the un's agency for palestinians has described the death and destruction as a stain on our shared humanity. let's listen to some of the displaced palestinians, who are now in rafah, describing the last 100 days. translation: we have no hope of returnin: translation: we have no hope of returning back _ translation: we have no hope of returning back to _ translation: we have no hope of returning back to our _ translation: we have no hope of returning back to our homes - translation: we have no hope of returning back to our homes and i translation: we have no hope of| returning back to our homes and we are wondering how far they want to push us beyond this. there is no hope at all. i don't know how to tell you. we forgot everything that is good. we left our homes in the safety we once knew only to be displaced and no one seems to be paying attention.

displaced and no one seems to be paying attention-— displaced and no one seems to be paying attention. after 100 days of livin: this paying attention. after 100 days of living this hell _ paying attention. after 100 days of living this hell we _ paying attention. after 100 days of living this hell we feel— paying attention. after 100 days of living this hell we feel like bodies i living this hell we feel like bodies without_ living this hell we feel like bodies without souls. every moment and minute _ without souls. every moment and minute that passes we are at a war and theres— minute that passes we are at a war and there's nothing left in the countries, no schools, universities, health_ countries, no schools, universities, health service, nothing. think about the future _ health service, nothing. think about the future of all these children. how— the future of all these children. how can— the future of all these children. how can they live after this? the probiem — how can they live after this? the probiem is — how can they live after this? the problem is notjust the war problem is not just the war itself it is what— problem is not just the war itself it is what happens after the war. thousands are gathered in london's trafalgar square for a solidarity event in support of israel. a day after a palestinian rally in the capital. organisers say this �*stand with israel�* rally will be the largest pro—israel event in the uk. our correspondent aruna iyengar attended the rally and sent this report. trafalgar square where thousands of people have been demonstrating today here. many people spoke onstage today who

were relatives of those being held and spoke about the grief they were feeling as a result of missing their loved ones and in the conflict at the moment. people also who were speaking were lord pickles who is the uk's special envoy for post affairs saying the state of israel struggle was a struggle for western civilisations as well. many people were worried about the plight of the hostages and feel that may be that plight has been left off the agenda for the time being and wanted to bring their struggle and there waiting to international attention. 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. our 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 targets in 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 say 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 flag 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 sent or what was said to the iranians, but again, the houthis have threatened to retaliate following those strikes. let s get some of the day s other news now. a landslide at an illegal gold mine in northern tanzania has killed more than 20 people. a district commissioner said the accident happened on saturday in the simiyu region after a group of people started mining in an area where activity had been restricted due to heavy rains. 22 bodies has been recovered so far. five people have died after a boat carrying migrants got into trouble while 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. local newspaper said 72 people, including 10 children, were rescued and taken to calais while one person was taken to hospital.

south—east asian leaders are in brunei for the climax of the ten—day wedding celebrations for prince abdul mateen. the couple have made their first public appearance today in a lavish procession through the streets of the capital. 32—year—old abdul mateen is the son of the world's longest reigning monarch, sultan hassanal bolkiah, and has previously been described as asia's most eligible bachelor — boasting an instagram following of millions. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's karthi. hello from the bbc sport centre. football to come — but to the australian open where the defending men's champion novak djokovic was given soemthing of a scare in his first round match by 18—year—old dino prizmic. ultimately though, afterjust over four hours — djokovic's longest opening match at a grand slam, he got through in four sets. djokovic won the first set 6—2, but prizmic, who was playing in his very first grand slam main draw match, took the second set on a tie break.

the world number one was made to fight throughout the match but managed to get back on track, and win the next two sets securing his place in the second round of the tournament he has won 10 times. 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—love and then the second 6—1. aston villa missed the chance to go level on points with liverpool at the top of the premier league after being held to a goalless draw by everton at goodison park. while manchester united are in action against tottenham hotspur, united opened the scoring afterjust three minutes, rasmus hojlund with an unstoppable finish. richarlison with the equaliser, rasford with the second for united.

a perching half time at old trafford. the africa cup of nations got under way yesterday today it's mohamed salah's egypt in action against mozambique. egypt are looking for a record—extending eighth title, and their first since 2015. that game kicked off around 20 minutes ago and it's1—0 to egypt — mohammed mustafa with the opening goal. in the day's opening game, nigeria were held to a 1—1 draw against equatorial guinea with the african player of the year, victor osimhen, scoring for nigeria. 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. vietnam, very much the underdogs, took a 2—1 first half lead when pham tuan hai took advantage of a mistake by japanese goalkeeper zion suzuki. however, japan were able to turn things around with this goal

from keito nakamura, japan eventually winning 4—2. in the day's other games, the united arab emirates group c game match against hong kong has just finished with the uae winning 3—1. iran play palestine later — they are in the same group as the uae and hong kong. more support for you later. there have been emotional scenes in ecuador, after the authorities secured the release of prison staff held hostage by inmates in jails across the country. all hostages, including guards and administrative staff, were freed in a coordinated effort by the ecuadorian prisons agency — snai, police, and military. the hostages were taken away on monday during a security crisis that was triggered by an imposition of a two—month state of emergency following the prison escape of a cartel leader. one person was reported dead, as a result of armed confrontation at the prison in el oro province.

the police and the armed forces are currently continuing to carry out operations around the country. to discuss it, i wasjoined earlier by our news reporter, mimi swaby. i asked her to explain what has led to the current uptake of violence in ecuador. this violence was triggered by the escape or the disappearance of the los choneros gang leader called fito. he escaped last week from his maximum security cell in guayaquil, a coastal port city in ecuador. he is still on the loose, there are about 3,000 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 thought to be linked to the authorities�* decision to move some criminal leaders from this facility in guayaquil to a maximum security facility called la roca.

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 noboa, 60 days including overnight curfew, as this 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 on station tc in that same city, guayaquil, 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. 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 allay any fears that

people have while this state of emergency lingers on? there have been some shows of emotion, relief and joy in ecuador following the release of all 136 hostages, videos broadcast by the police showed freed guards and administrators in tears, exhausted but being supported by their colleagues, and the president has said on x that he's given his congratulations and thanks to the courageous, patriotic and professional work of these forces who are trying to regain control and keep the country safe. people are unsure whether this temporary pause, or seeming pause 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. let's ta ke

let's take you to these alive dramatic pictures of from iceland. they show you grindavik after the volcano erupted in the south west of the country. you can see there, as night falls, the glow of the molten and lava there. we can get another view of it there. slightly closer up. look at the smoke just filling the air. we have heard that the president of iceland will be addressing the nation tonight in about 19 minutes, actually two and a half hours from now, eight o'clock uk time and you can see there the lava is bubbling and it continues to end it is close to the town of grindavik we have on screen there. everybody living in grindavik has left their homes, but many of the homes have now caught a light due to the fires from the spread of the molten lava. and its seismic

activity which intensified overnight, no lives are in danger, the president says infrastructure may be under threat. stay with us. i will be back after a short break. hello there. could be the cold spell of the winter so far that they can start to ignore the leads which will bring significant snow showers into northern parts of the uk but even around other costs as well. night will be cold so frost and ice to watch out for so are to ignore already across scotland pushing the way southwards as we had to tonight into the first part of monday. frequent snow showers will be blown in on a strong northerly wind bringing blizzard conditions in a risk of ice as well by the end of

the night. a very windy across the northern isles. wintry showers around kos but try and clear through central areas but a cold night to come wherever you are. from monday at crisp sunny start for many and we hold onto the sunshine for large parts of the country when three showers continued to be draped around coastal areas running down through the irish sea, pembrokeshire in the south west england but frequent and heavy snow showers leading to significant accumulations across northern scotland. on the face, temperatures a few degrees above freezing. factoring in the wind it will feel subzero for most of us, bitterly cold across central northern scotland. monday out of the way, tuesday looking to the speech or pushing in from the west that could bring some destructive snow a bit more widespread to the northern half of the country certainly through tuesday, morning. the wintry mix of rain sleet and snow from northern ireland and we could see some widespread snow across scotland even included the central belt and it could come thick and fast and

northern england may be north wales before it clears out to the north sea. frequent snow showers for the far north of scotland, few wintry showers elsewhere otherwise it is mostly dry, sunny and cold from large parts of england and wales. we also need to look at this area of low pressure which will move across france, some models want to bring a little further northwards which could bring some disruptive snow to southern england. at the moment it looks like it will be to the south of the channel you can see a little bit of snow perhaps in the channel island, may be south—east can but for most on wednesday another dry, cold largely sunny with with snow showers affecting northern scotland. it stays cold for the end of the week as well. further snow showers across northern areas you've got inverness on the chart there, very cold as well, best of the sunshine further south despite the cold.

now, for a round up of the week's politics and some close analysis of today's interviews with the uk foreign secretary lord cameron, as well as the labour leader sir keir starmer, here's newscast with laura kuennsberg and paddy o'connell. newscast from the bbc. it's laura in the studio. it's paddy in the studio. and henry at home. in front of all your shelves.

now, we meet in a busy news time, notjust the sort of home—grown politics that we talk about a lot, every sunday, it seems, but because there have been big global events and american and british military action against the houthi group in yemen. now, having the foreign secretary in the studio this morning was obviously, therefore, very timely. interesting for the nerds that he actually has done what would be called the sunday round, because initially david cameron was trying kind of to stay out of the top line political fray. but that is a sidebar compared to the very important issues that we were talking about. and i think there's been a sense actually from lots of leading politicians in the last few days that everywhere you look, tensions are heating up, whether that's the houthis, whether it's what's happening between iran and its increasing links to russia, it seems, whether that's what's happening in ukraine, whether that's an increasingly aggressive china, it feels that tensions are on the boil and this was how

david cameron described it. look, this is a time when it's hard to remember a more unstable - and dangerous and uncertain world. you know, very much the lights from where i sit in the foreign. office, the red lights on the global dashboard are very much flashing. | and at that moment, it's very important i you have in number ten downing street someone who is a strong i leader but takes all of these issues into consideration but has a clear. plan for how we enhance this country's security. . but it does feel, as you've said, if the red lights are flashing, many people and including also people who are sympathetic very much to the uk, like the un this week, have warned of escalation after the american and british strikes. there is what iran describes as an axis of resistance to israel. we then see iran having links with russia and china. you've said then the red lights are flashing. should people watching this morning feel worried? well, they should certainly feel worried about the level of... i look, we've got a war in europe, we've gotl instability in the middle east.

we've got more wars taking place in africa at the moment _ than there have been for decades. we've got the terrorist threat that is always with us. - but added to that, we've got. the state threat of states taking action against people in this country. - and of course, the thing is that we're marking 100 days this week since hamas launched its attack on israel. and no one that i can remember predicted that the uk would be bombing yemen within100 days. so it's been a clear escalation, even if the government doesn't want to call it that. that's right. and, you know, the world is looking very dangerous. and it's one of those moments where the uk parliament and uk politics both tries to look big and inevitably also contends with how at the mercy they are of global forces, global events. and i think that's something we're going to see in the house of commons this week, is rishi sunak trying

to show notjust why he decided tojoin the us air strikes, but that the uk is pursuing the right course while also acknowledging that there are forces here, diplomatic currents here that the uk is just a small part of. i mean, the thing is, laura, yesterday on the newscast, we spoke about the fact that there are many opposition mps who've said, "can british "prime ministers please get out of the habit of bombing places "without asking us? we heard from one here yesterday. what kind of sense did you get from david cameron of how sure they are of their case and what will happen in parliament this week? i think they're absolutely sure of their case. i think they believe that it was very easily within the legal margins because it was an attack on international shipping. i think they know that they have the support of the opposition leader, keir starmer, who was also absolutely staunch in his support for it this morning, didn't raise any sort of even really a flicker of doubt.

sort of said, "yeah, i got the briefing, absolutely happy "to back it, the right thing to do." so i think in terms of the action this week, i think the government feels absolutely rock solid. i think the labour leadership also feels solid on it. but they know also that there will be noises from their backbenchers about whether or not they should have gone to parliament and also for keir starmer as an individual politician, because not so long ago, as we touched on yesterday, he was promising the prevention of military action act, which would have required a vote in parliament before military action. and i wonder, henry, what you made of his sort of... i was going to say wriggle. that might be unkind. 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's recognised by everybody. national security must come first.

there will always be urgentl situations where parliament can't be consulted beforehand. but the principle that if there's to be a sustained campaign, i 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 i and there should be a vote, i do stand by that. i mean, yeah, let's be real. the promise was about signalling and it was about signalling that he was anti—war. this was during his leadership campaign where he was trying to portray himself as someone who could offer sort of corbynism without some of the rough edges. he was trying to sort of fuse the politics of his predecessor, jeremy corbyn, the man... he was still running to succeed him, but his predecessor, jeremy corbyn, with something a bit more electable. and this was one of a number of pledges which was designed to signal that he was really quite left wing. and for that, you just need to look at what he said. to look at what he said

the law would be called, the prevention of military intervention act, not the vote on military intervention, yes or no act. the prevention of military intervention act. and actually, i interviewed him just after the war in ukraine began, and i rememberasking him about this, and i don't think he said the thing about that he said to you today about it only ever being intended to apply to cases of troops on the ground. but what he did say then was that he would still do it, but that it would be called something else. what he said today to you was that he would still do it, but it might not actually have to be a law. it might be codified in some other way. so i think the position has eased even since then. i think that's right. and he also backtracked on his previous pledge to stop saudi arabia and arms sales from the uk. well, we will do a review to look at 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 usl 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. - but i know also this morning, patty, you were talking to lyse, our colleague, lyse doucet, about the situation in yemen, about the houthis. yes. because i mean, listening to you two talk about signalling, here's another signal that we should be picking up. do the houthis want to be seen as part of the axis of resistance

against the west? lyse doucet, our chief international correspondent, says yes. yes, because this is kind of an ancient playbook. you're seen as the strong man. i mean, it is men who run the middle east. you're seen as a strong man. and in fact, you know, we're now talking about yemen, which is on the red sea. so basically looking at the houthi rebels want to take on the west. so they've now been bombed and the street is out in the thousands supporting. this is the warning. it's the law of unintended consequences, which we were addressing with labour'sjohn mcdonnell, who voted against the iraq war in 2003. basically the point is to all our politicians, how do you think the 2003 war in iraq went? now parliament back that so it's an interesting question what least was raising in our minds the whatever you say about the red sea shipping, which is obviously the trigger for the uk and the us. have you worked out that this is what the rebels actually want? they want to be seen as facing downjoe biden. and it was interesting talking to david cameron about this. i mean, he says, "oh, it's nonsense to say

"that this is about the wider region, except if it's perceived "by that in the arab world." we heard that from a houthi commentator who was on the programme this morning. if it's perceived that way, as in the arab world, they want it actually, they want to be part of the wider war. western leaders can say till they're blue and blue in the face, "oh, it's got nothing to do with the wider conflict." except what they're also saying are things like grant shapps, the defence secretary, this week saying "we are watching iran, "we are joining the dots." "we see you, we see what you were doing." david cameron this morning talked about his own conversation with the iranian foreign minister. i said that the houthi actioni is unacceptable, it is illegal, it is dangerous. it could well result in the severe loss of life and the sinking - of ships, and it has to stop. they have considerable - influence over the houthis. we know that they've supplied them i with weapons and they should act. i |and i think it's important to bej able to have that conversation. i wanted to make sure it was i as clear as it possibly could be. so they've got themselves into a slightly strange position where they are all making these wider connections. keir starmer even did that in a piece in the independent on sunday. david cameron did that at length this morning. so they're saying, "yes, iran's behind the houthis."

"that's part of this wide scary, "dynamic going on, except we're only doing these strikes "because they're attacking, shipping" and just somehow to me, that that seems quite a problematic argument for our politicians to make. i guess the reason they're walking that delicate tightrope is what they don't want to be seen to be doing is getting into a proxy war with iran. and i guess they would say, and i'm sure we'll hear from rishi sunak in the house of commons tomorrow, that once the houthis attacked british vessels and more generally the shipping routes, they had no option. and that that is the context in which they're acting. but of course, there is the broader context of iran behind all of this, as there has been behind so much of the attempt to contain broader regional conflict since october the seventh, over the past 100 days. and can i be the one who obviously didn't see your programme, to be honest? not because i don't

like it, obviously... i'm sure you're going to watch it straight, the minute we finish. because i'm otherwise engaged. so can i go to a question which i think radio four audience would be very interested interested in? what do we read into the fact that david cameron is doing the talking, touring the tv studios? can i go back to where you began? this is the card employed by rishi sunak. henry was there on downing street. now then we see him being wielded almost say, i like a deputy prime minister and i wonder if you two boffins think that cameron's trumped dowden? i think david cameron has a lot of power and a lot of influence. i must push you to answer my question. and i think that david cameron is doing a lot of work that the prime minister otherwise would actually be doing. so those grip and grins, the cheesy handshakes in front of number ten when foreign leaders come to town, those bits of protocol, those bits of phone calls, those bits of this, that and the other, david cameron can do a lot of that work that a prime minister would normally do because he has the status

of a foreign prime minister. no offense to james cleverly, opposite numbers, expect to see opposite numbers, but david cameron has the status as a former pm to take lots of that work of rishi sunak�*s back. take us behind the scenes because when you walked in here for i wouldn't call it rehearsals, people looking at this would not think it's been rehearsed. but when you walked in here, you passed on the comment that geordie gregg made. the former editor of the daily mail, now editor in chief of the independent, who was on our panel this morning. what did he say? at the end of the david cameron interview, i asked him how he thought it went and he said he purred, "the rolls—royce is back." henry, live reaction to that gossip from the green room? well, i mean, it's certainly true that once you've been prime minister, you know, as tough

and forensic as laura's interviews are, i'm sure they are slightly less stressful for lord cameron than they are for most of the cabinet ministers. this is a recurring theme of the weekend newscast. it's rishi sunak who gave him thatjob. yes, he surprised people on downing street like henry. he's wielding him, if i may use that phrase, in more and more muscular ways. and he's allowed him perhaps to go to ukraine. it's a train that my paper says today was a steel chain, had a bet on it. you've made thejourney in the back of a van. i think they're a duo. i think we should just say on this newscast, it's almost like a regent. i think we should just say on this newscast, it's almost like a regent. he's almost a regent. also on that sort of meta point about david cameron, how interesting it is that david cameron came and did this interview, and i was shocked and he went into downing street and became foreign secretary when i finally managed to raise someone in downing street on the phone to talk through it, i said, "you know, "is he just going to float above the fray or is he going to muck "in to the politics?"

and they said, "no, no, no, he's going to muck in. "he's going to be doing loads of interviews." morning interviews and sunday interviews." and actually, thus far, he hadn't done some very... he'd done some very precise interviews, specifically when he visited ukraine or when he visited the middle east about those subjects. but until today, he hadn't done one of those broader interviews where you're expected to defend the whole sweep of government policy. now, i think it's interesting that he did it on a day where foreign affairs is at the top of the agenda. but i'm still waiting for that interview where he goes out on a sunday morning and says, this is why rishi sunak deserves to win the next election. these are the problems with labour party's policies on health or on the economy or whatever. we haven't seen that from him yet and i think that is one of the things that downing street wanted from him, as well as the experience of foreign affairs, which they're using him for a lot, was also the campaigning skills that he used to win two general elections. it's very interesting because at the beginning of all of this, my impression from the new foreign secretary's empire was actually he would not be seeking to get overly involved, which is rather different

from what i think number ten necessarily wanted. so you said you both think they want more more flesh from cameron than less. not the whole leg, not just the ankle? i think it made sense for them to do it today. i don't think we're going to start seeing him pop up all the time. i do. i think they will try to use him in campaigns when they actually get to the election. and actually, while he didn't do the sort of traditional sunday, "well, "this is what we were doing and this is why the other side "are a bunch of terrible rotters." he did, however, very carefully on, i think, two or three occasions say how incredibly wonderful and insightful and hardworking and careful and fabulous his new boss is, rishi sunak, what a marvellous, decisive prime minister he is. he was very careful to do that. so i think he is conscious of the dynamic of it, maybe looking a bit like headmaster and head boy and maybe he also enjoys it a little bit. it a little bit, one might speculate, but i do think that he's conscious of it, and i think the last thing

actually he'd want to do is cause any trouble. and the headmaster here is david cameron. yeah. and one of the pictures looks like... one of their colleagues impishly said that to me when he got the job. he said, "have you seen the picture? "they look like headmaster and head boy." it's hilarious. and said david cameron had a better suit. politicians are so mean about each other. here's another thing tales from sundays. tales from sundays. i mean, i've been working on a sunday for a long time, and one of the things that happened was you'd never have a party leader out, sir keir starmer and a frontbencher at the same time. funnily enough, whilst you had sir keir starmer, we had wes streeting and that's unusual to allow another voice to come out. so can we go back in time? what was the take away from the sir keir starmer interview? i can tell you what happened with wes streeting if anyone's going to get there. but henry, what was sir keir starmer�*s manoeuvre today on the tv? well, inevitably, a lot of the interview was taken up with the situation in the middle east and the strikes on yemen. and we saw there and it's of a piece, i think,

with what we were discussing earlier about him walking back some of his previous comments on military intervention generally. we saw there him trying to... well, he is supporting the government, but he's also more generally trying to display in this, which is an election year, that the labour party on national security can be trusted. there is a view at the top of the labour party that one of the big reasons they lost and lost so big at the last general election in 2019 was because people didn't trust the labour party with national security, people didn't trust jeremy corbyn. and their view is that by cleaving pretty close to the government on most issues, while occasionally quibbling with a dotted i or a cross t here or there, they display that they are serious and trustworthy on national security. so there was a lot of that, but also a bit on his domestic policies, because one of the big rows of this year has been about his green

spending pledge, a pledge to borrow, to invest £28 billion a year. it went backwards. the pledge went backwards. that's why. so to start with, they used to say it would be an extra 28 billion every year. then it went to, "yes, we're still going to do the 28, but only "in a second half." and the parliament and the problem politically, which i was trying to get keir starmer to answer this morning and i'm not sure that's morning and i'm not sure that i really managed to get him to answer is that they started all this by promising people lots of goodies, lots of newjobs in green industries, cheaper bills, energy security and no nasty emissions, you know, clean powerfor all. and we're going to get there by spending £28 billion. now, they say, oh, we might not spend the 28 billion if we can't afford it. and even if we can, it might not happen to the second half of the parliament.

but you can still have the goodies. we're still promising you the green jobs, the green power, cheaper bills for all. question — if the goodies cost a certain amount and you're not committed to the price tag, how can you still promise the goodies to people? that's the political problem, which of course the conservatives want to hammer, hammer, hammer and say, that means they're planning secret tax rises, which they believe propels them into a traditional election campaign. "you can't trust labour because they're secretly plotting "to take all your money." when you talk to labour people about it, they say, "well, no, "there is still the commitment and we are still going to do it." but it is a conundrum for them. and keir starmer did just promise that it would still be in the manifesto, but ijust wonder kind of where they're really going with that. but if the numbers in the budget in march look really, really gruesome, there is a scurrilous rumour that suggests that the labour leadership might at that point say, "oh, things "are so terrible, sorry, the 28 billion for the chop," but that would create a huge row and it may well be the kind of scurrilous thing that's been put around westminster. and i wasn't completely clear from your exchange whether he was committed. i don't know what you thought,

whether he was committing to the £28 billion figure being in the manifesto or to the broader pledge to borrow to invest in clean power, being in the manifesto. and there is a difference. there is. and i'm not sure he was clear, which is why i think it's interesting. i just wonder about betty in barnsley trying to get this on the doorstep of a conservative candidate, rocks up and goes, "labour's 28 billion is going to be in the second part "of the parliament. "you can't vote for them because it was meant "to be in the first part of the parliament." i mean, does it really matter on the doorstep? isn't this in this an election year? it's quite easy for labour to try and deal with that. i mean, does it really matter on the doorstep? isn't this in this an election year? it's quite easy for labour to try and deal with that. it's a political class question. i don't really see why this is a doorstep question. because what they want to turn it into is nothing to do with the 28 billion. it's labour. labour is going to put your taxes up and there's no other way we can flip blame this,

they flip flop and then they want to spend your money. well, that is a doorstep message. well, also, though, some people in the labour party think should be a much stronger doorstep message would be if keir starmer well, also, though, some people in the labour party think should be a much stronger doorstep message would be if keir starmer actually would have stuck to doing the 28 billion straight off and to be going around the country and saying, ok, here we are in scunthorpe, steel producing part of the country. it could mean exposing jobs here. here i am today in doncaster. it could mean 6000 jobs here and 28 billion. actually, a government can borrow that. no sweat. let's get on with it. make the positive case. look at how it stimulated the economy in other parts of the world. so there's trouble stirring from the conservatives towards the labour position here. and there is frustration on the left saying if you're going to do it, let's just do it, make the case, get round the country, make the case. some labour mp would also say why else this in the rest of the case this is you know, it's true i mean, it's true here that say if you're going to do it, be loud and proud and do it and get out there and make a positive case, because this should be aboutjobs

and cheaper bills and, you know, 28 billion in the context of a government that spends, whatever it is, a year about a trillion. can i ask a question for all of us exhausted viewers and listeners? sorry, was that too long? no, no, no. it's about the tone of the year, henry. is this kind of the next three months of my life, labour being asked what would you do differently, and not really saying? well, they would say that they have said plenty of things that they would do differently. but i mean, probably not on foreign policy, which we've been talking about today, but, you know, on... whether it ends up being 28 billion or less, they would borrow to invest in the economy. i'm sure you heard from wes streeting in various ways. he would he would run the health service differently. but, yes, i mean, ithink those are the questions you're going to hear for a lot of the year. 0k. and i think in many ways, this year could be quite tedious until we actually get to the general election campaign, i'm afraid to say. there you go. there's an advert for you. it won't because it will be filled with scoops from you, henry. so it won't be dull. you'll be filled with scoops, with the things that politicians

don't want to know. that's what the politicians want to talk about. there are lots of things they don't want to talk about which we will be rooting around. and one of the things that david cameron didn't want to talk about this morning — see what i did there? — was greensill. greensill capital. now, newscasters are very smart people. i'm sure most of them will remember that greensill capital was a financial firm that ended up collapsing. that one, david cameron was on the payroll for a while. he got a ticking off from a committee of mps for not having very good judgment because he got in touch with former colleagues in government to try to help the business. and he has answered questions about this before to a committee of mps. he has never, however, answered the question of how much money did he earn, how much cash did he get from the company? documents seen by the bbc say that you received about £10 million. is that true? no, that isn't true. how much did you receive? the most important thing i did - was to help alzheimer's research uk raise millions of pounds for people

battling with dementia. _ that was the number one thing that i did. i well, he denied the £10 million figure, didn't he? so that is one interesting thing here. but also he made a broader argument that his earnings and more generally his dealings when he was out of office were not fairgame. basically, he was saying those were from when he was a private citizen. and i think that's generally how we treat former prime ministers. but we're not very used to having a situation where a former prime minister comes back into the cabinet. and i think that probably does impose a slightly higher level of scrutiny on what he was up to. which kind ofjoins up many of the thoughts we've had today, because when they go, they normally scamper off. and we do like to say where they've gone and look at the checks they're trousering. and then then lo and behold, it's now a public policy question when they come back. and look, time's defeated us.

we can't go on. but henry, it's lovely to have you on a day off. thank you very much for summarizing everything that's happened. we're going to say good bye now. good bye. bye bye. newscast from the bbc. hello there. this upcoming week is looking even colder. it could be the coldest spell of the winter so far thanks to arctic northerlies, which will bring significant snow showers into northern parts of the uk, but even around other coasts as well. and nights will be cold, severe frost and ice to watch out for. so arctic northerlies already across scotland, pushing their way southwards as we head through tonight into the first part of monday. and frequent snow showers will be blown in on a strong northerly wind giving rise to some blizzard conditions here. risk of ice as well by the end of the night. it's very windy across the northern isles and wintry showers around coasts, but dry and clear through central areas.

but a very cold night to come wherever you are. so for monday, then, it's a crisp, sunny start for many. and we hold on to the sunshine, i think for large parts of the country. wintry showers continuing to be draped around coastal areas, even running down through the irish sea, pembrokeshire, south west england, but frequent and heavy snow showers leading to significant accumulations across northern scotland. on the face of it, temperatures just a few degrees above freezing. when you factor in the wind, it's going to feel subzero for most of us and bitterly cold across central, northern scotland. so, that's monday out of the way. tuesday we look to this feature, which will push in from the west. now, this could bring some disruptive snow, a bit more widespread to the northern half of the country. certainly through tuesday morning. there'll be a wintry mix of rain, sleet and snow for northern ireland. we could see some widespread snow across scotland, including the central belt, and it could come down quite thick and fast and also northern england, maybe north wales before it clears out into the north sea. frequent snow showers again for the far north of scotland. a few wintry showers elsewhere. otherwise, it's mostly dry, sunny and cold for large parts

of england and wales. and we also need to look at this area of low pressure which will move across france. some models want to bring it a little bit further northwards, which could bring some disruptive snow to southern england. at the moment, it looks like it'll be to the south of the channel. could see a little bit of snow perhaps for the channel islands, maybe southeast kent. but for most on wednesday, it's another dry cold, largely sunny one with snow showers mainly affecting northern scotland. and it stays cold for the end of the week as well. further snow showers across northern areas. i've got inverness on the chart there, very cold as well, but best of the sunshine will always be further south, despite the cold.

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. 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 in gaza

since october the seventh as a stain on our shared humanity. donald trump presidential campaign rally from indiana he has cancelled three of four in person campaign events scheduled to stays before the iowa caucuses because of the extreme weather in the state. five people die after a boat sank as they tried to cross the channel from france. frederik the tenth 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. hello i'm azadeh moshiri, welcome to the programme. we begin with the latest from iceland. a volcanic eruption has begun near the fishing town of grindavik in the south—west of the country. these are the live pictures of the area — and while it is beginning to get dark there, you can still see

the smoke rising over the skyline.