where defences have partially contained some of the lava flow. hello, i hello, lam nicky hello, i am nicky schiller. britain's defence secretary grant shapps has said the uk will consider whether it has to take further action to repel houthi attacks on international cargo ships in the red sea. it comes after the us military says it shot down an anti—ship cruise missile — fired from areas of yemen controlled by houthi rebels. there's been rising tension across the region since the start of the gaza conflict — with the houthis, who support hamas, say they're acting on behalf of gaza palestinians. in a major speech in central london a little earlier mr shapps talked about the uk's involvement with recent strikes aginst houthis forces in yemen. the world sent a very clear message

to the iranian—backed houthis. enjoy illegal and unjustified actions. stop risking innocent lives. cease threatening the global economy. we could not have been clearer with our warnings which they chose to ignore and enough was enough. frank gardner gave us his assessment. it was quite a churchillian speech.- assessment. it was quite a churchillian speech. our navy is tiny these _ churchillian speech. our navy is tiny these days _ churchillian speech. our navy is tiny these days compared - churchillian speech. our navy is tiny these days compared to - churchillian speech. our navy is i tiny these days compared to what churchillian speech. our navy is - tiny these days compared to what it used to be, and tiny compared to the multiple threats that it faces. it is not big enough to do all the tasks that are needed. all that are expected, as jonathan tasks that are needed. all that are expected, asjonathan beale referred to. there is no sign of the queen elizabeth. we have got these massively expensive, two aircraft

carriers that have been built at tax payers' expense, costing billions of pounds, and they are not in the red c. the fighters that are intercepting these houthi missiles, and another one was found yesterday, they are coming off the deck of the uss eisenhower, a big carrier that is in the red sea. the uk destroyer thatis is in the red sea. the uk destroyer that is down there, hms diamond, doesn't have a land attack missiles that can shoot down missiles at sea, it hasn't got land attack cruise missiles. that is a deficiency i suppose. i am missiles. that is a deficiency i suppose. iam not missiles. that is a deficiency i suppose. i am not a naval expert but thatis suppose. i am not a naval expert but that is one shortcoming that, because of that, britain has had to deploy its typhoon fighters all the way over from cyprus, deploy its typhoon fighters all the way overfrom cyprus, that deploy its typhoon fighters all the way over from cyprus, that have to be refuelled on the way. coming back to your question, is itjust a one off? i don't think it is going to be a one—off because there houthis are

defiant, they say they are going to carry on attacking shipping which is linked to israel. the rest of the world says, not all of it. you have been attacking ships that have got nothing to do with israel. in fact over the weekend they rather foolishly attacked a russian ship, a ship carrying russian oil. they did this by mistake because their intelligence is not perfect. the houthis will eventually run out of missiles but they have still got enough at the moment to potentially do what they threaten to do, which is a swarm attack, to launch a whole barrage of missiles and drones at a western warship, to try to break through its air defences and cripple it, or even sink it. there is that risk. this happened on tuesday, tuesday last week, when they launched 21 drones and missiles that got shot down by us and british forces. so that is a risk. that got shot down by us and british forces. so that is a risk.-

forces. so that is a risk. that is our security _ forces. so that is a risk. that is our security correspondent, - forces. so that is a risk. that is i our security correspondent, frank gardner. hema said it will reveal later what happened to three israeli hostages shown in a video pleading for a ceasefire in gaza in order to bring them home. the three were among those taken during the october seven attacks. it said the fate of many hostages was unknown, following weeks of israeli bombardment. videos are described as middle east warfare. three israeli hostages

who were shown in this video, one of them is a woman in her 20s who was taken captive at the supernova music festival on the 7th of october. and, actually, on that day, a video emerged of her being taken away on the back of a motorbike, reaching out to her boyfriend. there were also two israeli men that were featured in this video, and they came from kibbutz be'eri. one of them was staying there, visiting his relatives on the 7th of october when he was snatched. now, in this video, they basically plead for a ceasefire. they ask the israeli government to agree to that in order to release them, to bring them home. we're not clear when these videos were actually, when they were shot. it's only about 37 seconds long, but it ends in a sinister fashion with an on—screen caption saying, "tomorrow we will inform you of their fate." and of course, this feeds into a very hot political debate that's going on in israel we've had over the weekend because of this milestone of 100 days since the 7th of october attacks and the start of the war in gaza. big demonstrations taking place, particularly in tel aviv, people supporting the families of the hostages who really want them brought home, who want a ceasefire now. we've had the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, indicating that the country is not ready for a full ceasefire with hamas, that this war will go on.

and, you know, this is really an extremely difficult moment. there are divisions within the israeli government about how exactly to go forwards. i'm interested in the reaction in the media and if you've been speaking to anybody, to that video being released. i mean, unfortunately, this is not the first video of its kind that's come out and they are generally sort of seen as being psychological warfare. it's quite hard because the israeli media also stick to this idea of not showing the full video. they show screen grabs of these three individuals. but i mean, they are people whose stories have already been told in the israeli media, to some extent. the young woman who's being held captive, her video was widely seen. her mother has come out. she has been pleading for her daughter to be released so that she can see her one more time as she is suffering from a terminally — she is terminally ill.

and so this really adds, i think, to a lot of the israeli public sympathy for the 100 plus hostages who are still being held and a lot of concern about what is happening to them. over the weekend, we did have one development which seemed positive on that account, where qatar seemed to mediate a deal which would allow medicines that some of the hostages needs to go into gaza. and also more aid, more medicines for gazans, because, of course, there is a dire humanitarian situation in gaza right now. to get the latest on the humanitarian situation in gaza i spoke to tommaso della longa, the spokesperson at the international federation of red cross and red crescent societies — ifrc. what palestine red cresent colleagues are telling us, they're mainly defining a picture that is beyond catastrophic. every day that the conflict will go ahead, the more needs will grow. we're talking about health needs. the health situation

is really difficult. the health system in the north of gaza doesn't exist any more. in the south, they mainly exist, but with a lot of difficulties. food and water are still a big issue of concern. and at the moment, what we are seeing, even the hospital, our hospital in khan yunis, palestine red crescent colleagues are telling us that the needs are so huge, patients are so many, that we are not able to furnish medicine at the same pace of how much they're using it every day. so what are the most urgent needs? is it as basic as water? absolutely, yes. it's water. it's food. it's shelter. you have to think about the cold weather. you have to think about the rain. you have to think about — almost the entire population of gaza displaced many times with no proper shelter, with no safety, with no place where to stay. every single basic that you can think about, as you said, water, it's an issue for the people in gaza. and again health support, it's a big one.

when you put thousands of people all together in spaces without water, sanitation, in overcrowded spaces — even a normal, i mean, flu, seasonalflu, can spread like wildfire and it's a great matter of concern. so are any supplies getting in and those that are getting in, how do you manage to get them in? there is huge logistics work done by colleagues of egyptian red crescent on the egyptian side. and still, i don't want to underestimate the importance of having the rafah border in the south open to humanitarian aid trucks entering, mainly every day. but the numbers are very little, very limited and still, this is not enough. i mean, you have to think about the fact that before the conflict, without the needs that we are seeing nowadays in the gaza strip, more than 500 trucks were entering every day, of course, including commercial items. at the moment, we are talking

about 100, 150, 160, 120 trucks per day, that, of course, are not giving a proper answer to the immense needs of the people in gaza. hei he i want to bring you an update on the breaking news we told you about in the past hour. ukraine's military says it shut outer russian military plane over the sea of azov. these planes have powerful radar on board and they take targets at long range. the man who knows much more than i do is the russian editor with bbc monitoring. what are the ukrainian saying? the monitoring. what are the ukrainian sa inc? ~ . ., , monitoring. what are the ukrainian sa inc? ~ . ., h. monitoring. what are the ukrainian sa in? ~ . ., h. ., saying? the ukrainians claimed to have shot down _ saying? the ukrainians claimed to have shot down two _ saying? the ukrainians claimed to have shot down two really - saying? the ukrainians claimed to i have shot down two really important planes. one is called the a50,. the a50 as a spy plane, basically, which carries a very powerful radar that

helps the russian military to detect targets on the ground, in the sea, basically helps russian fighter jets, for example, hit ukrainian targets. importantly these planes normally fly out of the range of ukrainian missiles. it is not exactly clear how the ukrainians did it, if they in fact did it. also it makes this plane really important that russian, as far as we know, only has eight of them. the other plane, 22, is an airborne command centre which helps the russian military in ukraine to coordinate their attacks. potentially a very important development and achievement for the ukrainian army. and the ukrainian army already saying that this is a big victory for them. saying that this is a big victory forthem. i have saying that this is a big victory for them. i have seen some comments from some of their commanders. that's right. the commander—in—chief

of the ukrainian army congratulated the ukrainian air force on what he called a beautifully planned and executed operation near the sea of azov. in terms of evidence, we don't really have much. there are clips... there is one clip circulating, actually, on social media, which purports to be an intercepted conversation between russian air traffic controllers, who say that the 22 plane is damaged and needs to make an emergency landing apart from that there is not much. russia has not commented. to be fair rush of hardly ever admits losses like that so we will just hardly ever admits losses like that so we willjust have to wait and see whether anything emerges following this claimed shoot down. it is going to be quite difficult in the current

situation to get definitive answers as to whether it has happened. absolutely. we have talked a lot about the ukrainian counter offensive stalling, or not, being successful. claims like this suggest that ukraine is building up its capacity to target russian assets further and further away. for example ukraine claims to have basically pushed the russian black sea fleet out of the black sea because it apparently has extended its capability to target ships there. ., �* �* ., ., ., ~ there. from bbc monitoring, thank ou ve there. from bbc monitoring, thank you very much _ there. from bbc monitoring, thank you very much for _ there. from bbc monitoring, thank you very much forjoining _ there. from bbc monitoring, thank you very much forjoining us. - there. from bbc monitoring, thank you very much forjoining us. we i you very much forjoining us. we will keep you updated on any further developments on that. i want to stay with the war in ukraine as a major appealfrom the united nations for humanitarian funding has been made. it says $4.2 billion is needed help people affected by the war.

according to the un 14.6 million people, that's around 40% of the population, are in need of humanitarian aid. more than 4 million people have been internally displaced since russia started its invasion. the money will be focused on towns and villages hit hardest by russian bombardment. let's hear more from martin griffiths. 3.3 million live in front—line communities in the east and south where the war goes on under relentless bombardment. 3.3 million people are living in the middle of war zones, people are living in the middle of warzones, of people are living in the middle of war zones, of daly bombardment, of uncertainty about where they will end. that is really a shockingly high number, even these days. around the world and across the uk,

this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. two men have beenjailed for the murder of girl in dunbartonshire. they had arranged to meet caroline and repeatedly punched, kicked and threw bricks at her. a woman has been found guilty of the murder but has yet to be sentenced. junior doctors in wales have begun three days of industrial action over their pgy- days of industrial action over their pay. thousands of appointments and operations have been cancelled. the welsh government says urgent care will continue but it has urged people to avoid going to hospital unless necessary. there are around 4000 junior doctors in wales, making up 4000 junior doctors in wales, making up 40% of the medical workforce. the british library says its main catalogue, with more than 36 million records, is returning online, following a major cyber attack last year. it is the first significant step in the restoration of services for readers and researchers after the hack. the library has warned

that full recovery of all its services will be a gradual process. you can get more on all of those stories on the bbc news website or app. you are live with bbc news. a rebel group in western myanmar says it has captured a strategic town near the indian border from the ruling military. the arakan army, part of the rebel coalition, said it had taken the town of paletwa in chin state, one of myanmar�*s main routes to india. live now to bangkok, to speak to our south—east asia correspodentjonathan head. what exactly has happened? it looks like the myanmar— what exactly has happened? it looks like the myanmar military _ what exactly has happened? it looks like the myanmar military has - what exactly has happened? it looks like the myanmar military hasjust i like the myanmar military has just completely overstretched by the fighting right across the country and significantly on the east, the opposite area to this area, where it has been losing territory on the chinese borderfor the has been losing territory on the chinese border for the last two or three months. now the arakan army, one of the best equipped of the ethnic groups, have nowjoined together with the main opposition,

with the goal, they say, of overthrowing the military regime. they have taken a significant slice of territory, effectively cutting off one of the routes to india and giving itself an important logistics base. will have to see how much further the arakan army wants to go, but at this stage the myanmar military looks like it has too many fights on its hands to be able to resist effectively. these areas the arakan army was fighting for in the past, often at great loss of life, and hadn't managed to take these areas. it has now, and i think we will have to see whether morale continues to collapse in the myanmar military. we have seen large—scale surrenders and defections of myanmar soldiers. not yet enough to damage it. not enough to damage its core fighting ability but enough to raise questions about the long—term sustainability of this military regime, which of course seized power in a queue nearly three years ago. what you think the ruling military will now do. will they divert troops to that area? i

will now do. will they divert troops to that area?— to that area? i don't think they can. to that area? i don't think they can- they _ to that area? i don't think they can. they have _ to that area? i don't think they can. they have got _ to that area? i don't think they can. they have got troops - to that area? i don't think they i can. they have got troops fighting in so many areas. if they could have afforded the higher quality combat troops to hold their positions here, they would have done it. i think they would have done it. i think they have accepted they have to cede territory. they will probably continue, as they have been, to use helicopter gun ships, aircraft, to bomb positions and artillery, to try to hold on to other areas. it is looking pretty shaky for them. it has been three months of retreats by the myanmar military come of constant defeats, a drip effect on its standing and authority and at this stage, it is hard for us to guess at what point the military may be able to fight back, or whether morale is genuinely crumbling. morale crumbling in the military from the ruling party, but this, at least it will give the rebels a boost may be to look elsewhere in the country. i boost may be to look elsewhere in the country-— boost may be to look elsewhere in the country. i think the question is how much these _ the country. i think the question is how much these various _ the country. i think the question is| how much these various opposition groups can coordinate. we have seen

much more coordination the last six months than we saw over the previous two years. when the military seized power three years ago a lot of people resisted peacefully on the streets, ordinary people just marching and protesting. when that was crushed that has evolved slowly as people realise there is no other way oppose military. very much setting themselves up with little armed experience. they have had to build that up. these ethnic armed groups, who have had a lot more experience in the past and fighting the central government, have helped. we haven't yet seen a really unified push against the military. there has been more unity in the last six months and it's having a big impact. the question is, how united can the opposition become and that is as yet very unclear. opposition become and that is as yet very unclear-— very unclear. jonathan head, our south-east _ very unclear. jonathan head, our south-east asia _ very unclear. jonathan head, our south-east asia correspondent, l very unclear. jonathan head, our- south-east asia correspondent, think south—east asia correspondent, think you for giving us that update. next to the us and the race for the white house. we are less than 24 hours away from the casting

of the first votes in the first stage of 2024 us presidential election. in iowa, republican voters will gather across the state for its caucuses, where they state their preferred candidate, to kick—off the party's nomination process. former us president donald trump begins caucus day with major momentum to win, with candidates such as governor ron desantis and former governor and ambassador nikki haley competing to become the republican candidate. it's set to be an historic night, notjust because of the political drama surrounding former president donald trump and his republican primary challengers, but because of the bitterly cold weather. in the past week, iowa has been hit by blizzards, with life—threatening low temperatures. earlier, i spoke to cbs correspondent charlie de mar, who is in des moines in iowa, and i asked him to explain what a caucus is and how exactly they work. this really is the beginning to the race to the white house here in the united states and the caucus process really is unique to iowa. there are 99 counties throughout

the state and tonight people will go in person and hear the pitches from each candidate and why they should be the next president. so we are talking about people who will be filling churches tonight, community centres, they will all be filed in there. members from each candidate's party will be there and give a pitch on why they should vote for them and then they will give their vote for president. but again, this is not a primary. the outcome of this does not determine necessarily who the next president of the united states will be. and the actual logistics of it, it's not like a secret vote, they put hands up in these hundreds of different places across the state? it's pretty old—fashioned in that way, that you have to go in person. you can't submit an absentee vote or vote electronically. you have to be there at 7pm tonight no matter what the weather is, no matter what you have going on in your life, you have to be at these designated locations in order for your vote

to count this evening. and former president donald trump is way ahead in the polls so is this really a race for who becomes second? that is really what it does appear like right now. former president donald trump does have the lead so between ron desantis and nikki haley, that really is the race right now for second here in iowa. and that is where the focus is tonight, on who will prevail as the second place at the iowa caucuses. so how crucial is the weather going to be because it is really freezing, isn't it? it is freezing. it is —17 degrees, the last time i checked. just being outside is brutal once this weather hits you. and one of the unique things about this process is you really get to get up close and personal with the potential president of the united states. you get to talk with them in diners and shops and that is something very special to this process, but because of this brutal weather

some of these events have not been able to go on. they have been cancelled or moved online which has eliminated that personal connection with this whole process. you can stay up to date on all the build—up and developments from the iowa caucuses as they happen by following the live page on the bbc news app and website, as well as live, continuous coverage here on the bbc news channel from midnight gmt tonight. to iceland next where lava from two volcanic fissures there has entered the south—western fishing town of grindavik, setting several houses on fire and burying a building under the molten rock. you're watching live pictures from the area. while it's now dark there, you can still see lava glowing and smoke rising into the sky. the prime minister called it

"a black day for grindavik and for all of iceland". the government will meet later to discuss measures to house the evacuated residents. the town of grindavik, already three houses have been ruined from the lava, afterjust catching fire. it seems that the southern fisher is dying down so hopefully no more houses will go under. government will meet up today so hopefully they will meet up today so hopefully they will announce some plans for the residents of grindavik, more permanent plans for them. this eruption seems to be a little bit slower than the one that started in december. the amount of lather that came out at the beginning is not as

much. �* , ., ~ came out at the beginning is not as much. 3 . ~' ,, came out at the beginning is not as much. �*, ., much. let's take you back to the live pictures _ much. let's take you back to the live pictures of _ much. let's take you back to the live pictures of the _ much. let's take you back to the live pictures of the volcano. - much. let's take you back to the live pictures of the volcano. you | live pictures of the volcano. you can still see the lava there. the local broadcaster saying that the lava flow may be stopping, which is good news for the town of grindavik. we will keep you updated here on bbc news with the latest from iceland. hello again. we're in for another cold week — if anything, a bit colder than it was last week. and as well as that, there will be further snow showers in the forecast, especially, but not exclusively, across northern scotland and northern ireland and we're looking at some sharp overnight frosts. at times, for example, in northern scotland, the temperature could fall away to —10 overnight. but today, you can see the blues across the whole of the uk. it's going to be a cold day. the wind coming straight down from the arctic, and it's windy across the north and also the east. so some of the snow will be drifting and some of the snow coming down the north sea coastline will drift inland at times, getting in, for example, to yorkshire, eastern parts of norfolk

and suffolk, but we'ill continue with snow showers also and suffolk, but we'll continue with snow showers also in northern ireland and some wintriness in the showers across wales and the south—west. but in between, a lot of dry weather. 3 degrees in norwich, but when you add on the strength of the wind, the wind chill will make it feel more like —3. it will feel more like —7 in aberdeen. now, through this evening and overnight, we continue with the snow showers in the north. there'll be a lot of dry weather. the cloud builds in the west, introducing a combination of rain, sleet and snow to some western areas. there'll be a hard and widespread frost. in fact, in sheltered glens in the north—east of scotland, temperature could fall away to —8. so this is the culprit bringing in the combination of rain, sleet and snow during the course of tuesday night and into wednesday. it's slowed down a little bit, so the worst, the heaviest of the snow, could well miss, for example, glasgow during the rush hour. but it is slowly pushing from the west to the east. we'll have about 2—5 centimetres of snow from this band and 10—20 across the higher ground in northern

scotland. for northern ireland and northern england, it's a mixture of rain, sleet and snow, but as we push furthersouth, it's going to be largely dry. but, once again, wherever you are, it is going to feel cold throughout the day. then as we move from tuesday into wednesday, the cold air is already in place. we've got this weather front skirting along southern counties. still a little bit of uncertainty about its exact placement. but as it engages with the cold air, we could see a period of heavier snow across cornwall, devon and dorset, clipping kent before it clears. we continue with the snow showers across northern scotland and northern ireland, but in between, a lot of dry weather but, once again, it is going to be cold. where we've got the cloud, though, temperatures a little bit higher.

a warning on artificial intelligence world business leaders meet to consider why it's been ranked as the most significant risk to the global economy. and germany escapes recession by a whisker but the outlook for europe's powerhouse remains bleak. welcome to world business report. i'm marc ashdown. the great and the good of the corporate world is gathering

in davos today for the start of the world economic forum. the big topic this year is artificial intelligence and the impact it could have on the global economy. the forum's "global risks report" ranks "misinformation and disinformation" created by ai as the most signifcant risk to global stability over the next five years, ahead of climate change, war and economic weakness. the international monetary fund also has new analysis warning that al is set to affect nearly 40% of alljobs and worsen inequality. kristalina georgieva is the managing director of the imf. we must focus on helping lower income countries in particular to move faster to be able to catch the opportunities that artificial intelligence were present. in other

words, embrace it, it is