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. hello. welcome to the programme. we begin with the latest from iceland. in the southwest of the country. these are the live pictures of the area — and while it's now dark there, you can still see the lava glowing and smoke rising over the skyline. and these pictures from a little earlier today show some houses set on fire by the molten lava. now, remember this 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.

and local authorities have declared an emergency. grindavik lies about a0 kilometres from iceland's capital, reykjavik. charlie rose has the latest on this for us. in the dark icelandic winter, liquid rock spews angrily into the night sky. residents here have been told to flee these apocalyptic scenes. as the fishing town of grindavik, their home, slowly becomes a living hell. translation: we were just at home, and unlike before, we did _ construction workers just managed to save their trucks from this fresh onslaught. translation: we were just at home, and unlike before, we did _ what we were told this time. but i'm flabbergasted that an eruption is possible under the town.

it's something i can't believe. with temperatures reaching up to 1000 degrees celsius or more, this merciless lava is wiping out everything in its path. what is maybe more serious is the location. this is closer to grindavik and lava is flowing towards grindavik then that is a pretty serious situation. the authorities insist no lives are in danger, but experts say this eruption is unpredictable. iceland is proud of its 30 active volcanoes, the natural wonders attracting tourists from far and wide. but residents are becoming increasingly concerned as this uninvited monster creeps into their homes. charlie rose, bbc news. ijust want i just want to bring you

ijust want to bring you some live pictures because this is an ongoing situation, houses have been burnt and the icelandic president is speaking to give everyone an update on the situation, given the risk to people nearby. we will have more for you on that story as it develops and, of course, much more on our website and more on the situation that has been ongoing in iceland for the past month. let's go to israel — which is marking 100 days since the hamas attacks and the start of its war on gaza. the families of israeli hostages still held in gaza, have taken part in a rally through the night to demand their release. 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 7th. 1200 israelis were brutally murdered by hamas gunmen during the attack, and 240 were taken hostage. and, right now, 130 of them

are still being held captive. now, inside gaza, more than 23,000 palestinians have been killed since israel started its air bombarments and ground invasion there — most of the dead are women and children. 1.9 million palestinians are displaced. the head of the un's agency for palestinians has described the death and destruction inside gaza as, a stain on our shared humanity. let's listen to some of the displaced palestinians, who are now in rafah near the border with egypt, describing the last 100 days. translation: our morals have been shattered. - 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 and the safety we once knew only to be displaced and no one seems to be paying attention.

translation: after 100 days of living this hell we feel- like bodies without souls. every moment and minute that passes we are in a war and there's nothing left in the country, no schools, universities, health service, nothing. think about the future of all these children. how can they live after this? the problem is notjust the war itself, it is what happens after the war. thousands have gathered in london's trafalgar square for a solidarity event in support of israel, a day after a palestinian rally in the capital. —— a day after a palestinian rally. 0rganisers say this �*stand with israel�* rally will be the largest pro—israel event in the uk. 0ur correspondent aruna iyengar attended the rally and sent this report. thousands of people have been gathering here in trafalgar square to mark 100 days that the hostages have been held in gaza.

many people spoke on stage today who were relatives of those being held and spoke about the grief they were feeling as a result of missing their loved ones in the conflict at the moment. people also who were speaking were lord pickles, who's the uk's special envoy for post—holocaust affairs. he said the state of israel's struggle was a struggle for western civilisations as well. many people were worried about the plight of the hostages and feels that maybe their plight has been left off the agenda for the time being and wanted to bring their struggle and their waiting to international attention. reports from yemen say that there have been more strikes on sites under the control of the houthis. a houthi—controlled news website says that us and british air strikes have again hit the port city of hodeida.

the us has not yet confirmed the reports. earlier, the uk foreign secretary says it was right to carry out air strikes on houthi targets in yemen, without consulting parliament. lord david cameron said the move showed the government was willing to back words with action, after repeatedly warning the houthis to stop attacking merchant shipping in the red sea. here's leila nathoo with more on this. britishjets took off late on thursday night to join us air strikes against houthi targets in yemen. the uk said the group had had warning after warning to stop their attacks on ships in the red sea, such as this one they filmed. the houthis have been targeting vessels for months that they say are linked to israel. today the foreign secretary david cameron insisted that the uk had no choice but to take military action to protect a critical global trade route. not acting is also a policy, it wasn't working, and it's right we have sent this very clear, very unambiguous message that we are prepared to follow our

words and warnings with action. lord cameron insisted the air strikes would not escalate tensions in the region and defended the decision not to seek parliamentary approval in advance. i don't think it would have been right to have a debate and a vote before this sort of action, because i think it is important, for reasons of operational security, to, on this occasion, take the action and then have a statement in parliament afterwards. the labour leader, sir keir starmer, was briefed by the government before the strikes went ahead, and supported them. he had previously promised to create a new law requiring commons consent before military action could be taken — not inconsistent, he said, with his backing for action against the houthis. there will always be urgent situations where parliament can't be consulted before hand. but the principle that if there is to be a sustained campaign, if we are 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. there won't be a vote here tomorrow. rishi sunak will make a statement to the commons and take questions from mps. the government will be watching closely how the situation in the red sea develops and says it will consider any next steps carefully. 0pposition parties will want to hear ministers make that case. the questions now — do the houthi attacks continue? do the americans come knocking again? how involved will britain become? leila nathoo, bbc news, westminster. back to some news we broke in the last hour. the metropolitan police say detectives have investigated a plot to disrupt the london stock exchange and arrested six people. those people are currently in custody. the investigation began after information was passed to the met by the daily express on friday. it was alleged that activists from the palestine action group were intending to target the london stock exchange on monday morning.

with more on this, we can cross to ellie price from the newsroom. she has been following these developments. thank you so much for your time. developments. thank you so much for our time. ~ . , developments. thank you so much for our time. ~ ., , ., , developments. thank you so much for ourtime. ~ ., , ., , ,, your time. what is the latest? six arrests, your time. what is the latest? six arrests. as _ your time. what is the latest? six arrests. as you — your time. what is the latest? six arrests, as you say, _ your time. what is the latest? six arrests, as you say, have - your time. what is the latest? six arrests, as you say, have been i your time. what is the latest? six i arrests, as you say, have been made today in london, liverpool and brighton. all of those six people are still in custody, they are said to be part of the palestine action group intending to target the london stock exchange tomorrow morning. worth noting there are question marks over how much disruption that would have caused any way because no physical trading takes place in that building as it is all done electronically, so questions over how successful it attack would have been but the police are taking it seriously, having made those arrests. they have thanked the express newspaper in the uk foreign investigation it was undertaking

where information was passed on to the metropolitan police, they have found the paper for passing the metropolitan police, they have found the paperfor passing on the metropolitan police, they have found the paper for passing on that information and say they are mindful of the suggestion that this alleged attack was part of what was seen as attack was part of what was seen as a week—long planned action by the group, they say they are paying attention and asking other forces to pay attention to other actions which could take place next week, but six people to might remain in custody. ellie price, thank you. we will bring you more as we get it. the french coastguard says five people attempting to cross the channel in a small boat died early on sunday morning. it's understood more than 70 people, including children, were on board, when it got into difficulty in french waters. dozens were rescued. ellie price has the latest. a rescue operation made more desperate in the darkness. in the early hours of this morning on this beach, around 70 people were trying to get into a small boat — that they'd been promised would bring them to the uk. when it overturned, dozens were rescued from the cold

waters, but five died. speaking this morning on the bbc, the foreign secretary said the deaths were heartbreaking. you can only think about what an appalling end it would be in the cold waters of the channel and in the middle of the night, it breaks my heart to hear about it. but itjust shows we've got to stop the boats, we've got to stop this illegal trade in human beings. the government says the solution is forcibly removing unauthorised arrivals and sending them to rwanda. there will be a crucial parliamentary vote on the plan later this week. but the labour leader said that isn't the answer. instead, he called for international cooperation to deal with the gang is organising the boats. i've done this before, i am convinced it can be done in relation to these gangs. that's where i will put my political muscle, if you like, rather than a gimmick which is the rwanda scheme. home office figures show that back in 2022, the number of illegal migrants crossing the channel on small boats had jumped up to over 45,000.

the figures released earlier this month show that total number of people using this route across last year had fallen to just under 30,000 people. and that was a reduction by 36%. although it's still the second highest annual number of crossings on record. it's hard to know how many migrants have died in recent years trying to cross the world's busiest shipping lane, but one charity said the figure was likely to be more than 20 last year alone. when you have people fleeing from their lives from afghanistan, from war—torn countries like syria then people are still going to take these dangerous journeys. and the enforcement activity by border force and police on the french side is simply going to force more people into more unseaworthy, unstable, dangerous boats and the likelihood of more people losing their lives, i think is not going to diminish. by this morning, you wouldn't know five people had died here overnight on this beach in calais. until this weekend there had been

an nearly four—week period with no small boat crossings to the uk recorded, which the home office says is due to poor weather. but the fairer conditions and more small boats will no doubt come. ellie price, bbc news. no to the united states, it is an election year, after all. —— now we go to the united states. final polls ahead of caucuses in iowa that start tomorrow, show donald trump well ahead in the republican primary contest. the des moines register—nbc news poll released late on saturday gave trump 48%, while former south carolina governor nikki haleyjumped to second place with 20%, pushing florida governor desantis to third place with 16%. in the past hour, donald trump has held a rally in iowa, ahead of tomorrow's caucuses. haley and desantis meanwhile have continued campaigning despite severe winter cold.

live now to our washington correspondent, gary 0'donoghue who's in iowa. coal to iowa. what is the latest? fortunately we are inside, we are doing 0k in terms of the code, but we are atjethro's barbecue about 30 miles north of des moines, a very popular spot. miles north of des moines, a very popularspot. nikki miles north of des moines, a very popular spot. nikki haley will be doing a town hall with prospective caucus goers and i have another one, 17—year—old max who will be able to vote for the first time in a general election. have you made up your mind who you are backing tomorrow? i am really open — who you are backing tomorrow? i am really open to _ who you are backing tomorrow? i am really open to hear— who you are backing tomorrow? i —.n really open to hear nikki haley, ron desantis and donald trump, open to hear everyone. desantis and donald trump, open to

hear everyone-— hear everyone. what attracts you about vivek? _ hear everyone. what attracts you about vivek? he _ hear everyone. what attracts you about vivek? he is _ hear everyone. what attracts you about vivek? he is from - hear everyone. what attracts you about vivek? he is from a - hear everyone. what attracts you | about vivek? he is from a younger generation. _ about vivek? he is from a younger generation, the _ about vivek? he is from a younger generation, the people _ about vivek? he is from a younger generation, the people we - about vivek? he is from a younger generation, the people we are - about vivek? he is from a younger| generation, the people we are used to seeing in our executive officers, he products some of the values of the younger generation of republicans, not necessarily the entire younger generation but he appealed to what we have to think about as a younger generation, i think he is very representative of what we think the country should become, not what it is currently. he is at 8% in the iowa poll so you might be backing a loser. google but i think people do significantly better, he had a lot more turn out at his event this morning than predicted, they had to move the room because there were so many people. he had a poll of people in the room, he said, how many of you guys answered the poll? two people of

about 200, so we realise not everyone is being polled so there is not a guarantee that every poll is accurate. he not a guarantee that every poll is accurate. , , ., ., accurate. he is miles apart from nikki haley. _ accurate. he is miles apart from nikki haley, she _ accurate. he is miles apart from nikki haley, she is _ accurate. he is miles apart from nikki haley, she is in _ accurate. he is miles apart from nikki haley, she is in favour - accurate. he is miles apart from nikki haley, she is in favour of l nikki haley, she is in favour of sending money to ukraine and america being involved in the world stage, unlike vivek and donald trump to some degree, so why are you still considering her when she is so different? it considering her when she is so different? , considering her when she is so different?— considering her when she is so different? , ., , ., ., different? it is always important to watch what other _ different? it is always important to watch what other people _ different? it is always important to watch what other people do - different? it is always important to watch what other people do and i different? it is always important to watch what other people do and to | watch what other people do and to practice it will be similar, lots of people will realise you can be one way or the other, it does not have to be one nikki is completely different from vivek, but they will still have similar racial policies, not exactly the same that they will find out what is right for them. —— they will still have similarish policies. the fight so you tune out some of the more extreme policies. good luck with your decision, thank

you forjoining us. the good luck with your decision, thank you forjoining us.— you for “oining us. the caucasus start you forjoining us. the caucasus start tomorrow— you forjoining us. the caucasus start tomorrow night _ you forjoining us. the caucasus start tomorrow night at - you forjoining us. the caucasus start tomorrow night at 7pm - you forjoining us. the caucasus start tomorrow night at 7pm in l you forjoining us. the caucasus - start tomorrow night at 7pm in iowa, results on bbc news just after that, donald trump with that mammoth 20 point lead in the poll at the moment. studio: thank you, gary. now it's time for a look at today's sport with gavin. thank you. tottenham came from behind twice in their premier league game against manchester united to deny them a win in front of new co—owner sirjim ratcliffe. ratcliffe watched on at old trafford for the first time since his proposed 25% purchase of united was confirmed as rasmus hojlund gave united a lead in the first five minutes. but brazilian striker richarlison levelled with his sixth goal in six league games. marcus rashford scored his first goal since april to put united ahead again before the break. rodrigo betancur got spurs's second equaliserjust after half time — 2—2 the final score. the attitude from the team was

great, the spirit was great. we thought, we have given everything today. we put on the pitch, that is what fans should expect. the fans were behind us, i think it was a great game for everyone, not the only man united fans but all over, because there was so much tempo. now to the africa cup of nations where there was almost a huge shock in egypt's opening game against mozambique as the seven time champions were 2—1 down with the final whistle imminent. but mo salah was awarded a penalty in the 97th minute, which he converted to level the scores. ghana are in action against cape verde in the same group. cape verde are currently 1—0 ahead. and in the day's opening game, nigeria were held to a 1—all draw by equatorial guinea with the african player of the year, victor 0simhen, scoring for nigeria. 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 toon hai took advantage of a mistake byjapanese goalkeeper zion suzuki. however, japan were able to turn things around wtih this goal from keito nakamura. japan eventually winning 4—2. the united arab emirates group c game match against hong kong finished with the uae winning 3—1. and iran havejust beaten palestine 4—1 in the same group as the uae and hong kong. to the australian open now, 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 had a much a more comfortable first round, making light work of german qualifier, ella seidel. the world number two took the first set 6—love against the teenager inside half an hour and breezed through the second set 6—1 to go through to the second round. now to the final of snooker�*s masters at alexandra palace, where ronnie 0'sullivan is in action against ali carter. they're into the final session. and they are all square at six frames apiece. carter won the first frame of the session to lead six—three but 0'sullivan has responded like the champion he is, winning the next three on the spin in just 37 minutes to level things up. and that's all the sport for now.

thank you. the security forces in ecuador are working to regain control of prisons that have been taken over by drugs gangs. video footage released by the army moving into one jail in the city of machala. hundreds of inmates were shown stripped to their underwear with their hands tied. there were also emotional scenes as authorities secured the release of nearly 180 prison staff who'd been taken hostage in prisons across ecuador. live now to danny wiser, a freelance journalist who up until recently was based in guayaquil in ecuador. thank you so much for your time, i really appreciate it. could you explain to our audiences the images we were seeing up these prisoners almost naked with her hands tied? thank you very much for having me on the show. of course, this week has been devastating for ecuador, last

night we saw 158 prison guards and 20 members of staff held hostage by inmates at seven prisons in ecuador, freed, according to the country's press agency. today we will be seeing the prisoners being swiftly dealt with by the government's prisons agency, the armed forces and the police and a concerted effort in getting back these hostages. president daniel noboa took to social media to congratulate the teams and said they were looking for a decent report of exactly what has happened, but as we know some incidents took place, including an armed confrontation with inmates at one prison which resulted in the death of a god, this isjust one

one prison which resulted in the death of a god, this is just one of many events that have happened in the course of the week —— the death of a guard. kopite we have heard from some locals life is like being under the covid pandemic.- from some locals life is like being under the covid pandemic. there is fear of leaving _ under the covid pandemic. there is fear of leaving their _ under the covid pandemic. there is fear of leaving their homes. - under the covid pandemic. there is fear of leaving their homes. what l fear of leaving their homes. what have ou fear of leaving their homes. what have you heard? _ fear of leaving their homes. twat have you heard? everything is fear of leaving their homes. ianegt have you heard? everything is in shutdown mode. 0n have you heard? everything is in shutdown mode. on tuesday many of you will have seen the terrifying images of the hooded gang breaking into a daytime tv channel with weapons, holding thejournalists in pace at gunpoint, everybody in the country saw that and there has been a real state of panic since, this is just one of numerous incidents in the last few days. this surge of violence across the whole country, they can lead to one of the country's most powerful narco criminal organisations who has links to the sinaloa cartel in mexico was meant to be transferred from prison in cardiff where he has been living

in cardiff where he has been living in relative luxury to a high security prison, a similar situation happened with the leader of the los lobos gang. —— he was meant to be transferred from prison in guayaquil. within these six prisons there have been riots, but so too we have seen hostages being taken in the shopping centres in guayaquil, at one of the universities. i am sorry that _ at one of the universities. i am sorry that we _ at one of the universities. i am sorry that we had _ at one of the universities. i am sorry that we had to _ at one of the universities. i am sorry that we had to leave - at one of the universities. i am sorry that we had to leave it i at one of the universities. i am sorry that we had to leave it there, but there is so much more on the website if people want to look into this further and we will want to look into the updates as we have them. stay with us, there is much more to come. this upcoming week looks even

colder, could be the coldest spell of the winter so far thanks to arctic north police which will bring significant snow showers into northern parts of the uk but even around other coasts the nights will be cold, severe frosts and ice. arctic northerly is already pushing southwards through tonight and the first part of monday and frequent snow showers will be blown in on a strong northerly wind, giving rise to blizzard conditions and the risk of ice by the end of the night. very front —— cold but dry and clear through essential areas, a very cold night to come wherever you are. monday is crisp and sunny for many, we hold onto the sunshine for large parts of the country, wintry showers draped around the coastlines, frequent and heavy snow showers leading to significant accumulations across northern scotland. temperatures are few degrees above

freezing, when you factor in the wind it will feel sub—0 for most of us and bitterly cold across central and northern scotland. tuesday we look to this feature pushing in from the west which could bring disruptive snow, a bit more widespread to the northern half of the country, certainly through tuesday. a wintry mix of rain, sleet and snow, across northern ireland, we could see widespread snow across scotland in the central belt and the north of england and maybe north wales. frequent snow showers for the far north of scotland, a fee wintry showers elsewhere, otherwise dry, sunny and cold. this area of low pressure will move across france, some models want to bring it further north, which could bring disruptive snow to southern england. at the moment it looks like being to the south of the channel, there could be snow for the channel islands but it

is another dry, cold and largely sunny one with temperatures affecting northern scotland. further snow showers across northern areas, very cold, the best of the sunshine will always be further south despite the cold.

this is bbc news. the headlines... a new volcanic eruption has begun near grindavik in southwest 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 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 october the seventh as a stain on our shared humanity. five people have died after a boat sank, as they tried to cross the channel from france. and frederik the tenth is now the king of denmark, following the formal abdication of his mother, queen margrethe. more than 100—thousand danes gathered in copenhagen to witness his historic succession. now on bbc news — click.