lava flows through multiple homes in south—west iceland after a volcano erupts near the town of grindavik. hello, and welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast—moving news, interviews and reaction. the us military says it has shot down an anti—ship cruise missile which was fired from yemen towards one of its destroyers patrolling in the red sea. the missile was brought down near a part of yemen controlled by the houthi rebel group. it happened on sunday, two days after the us, supported by warplanes from the uk, carried out a series of airstrikes on houthi—held territory. the us says that was a response to a series of attacks on commercial shipping in the red sea which have led most of the major shipping firms to divert their freighters away from the suez canal and around the southern cape of africa.

the houthis, who are backed by iran, say they have been targeting israeli—linked ships on behalf of palestinians in gaza. the uk's defence secretary, grant shapps, says britain will now "wait and see" whether any more action should be taken against the houthis. the world sent a very clear message to the iranian—backed houthis. end your 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. that briefing has just ended and justin crump is with me. what do you think about what might happen because my key was pressed about whether they would be further strikes. what did he say what you think will happen? he strikes. what did he say what you think will happen?— think will happen? he left it open that there would _

think will happen? he left it open that there would be _ think will happen? he left it open that there would be a _ think will happen? he left it open that there would be a response, i think will happen? he left it open i that there would be a response, and it is the question on everyone's lips, which is how far will this go? houthis are launching these air strikes and they were warned, there has not been a reprisal after a large—scale attempt directly at warships protecting shipping in that area. we are hoping very much that that sends a message and the houthis stop. it is how we respond to further launches, to further acts from the houthis. we have seen one of those already and i am sure they will carry on. they will test our resolve. it is almost impossible to believe there won't be further strikes. the question is how long the cycle goes on and how much we can reduce the houthi capability from a western military site, to carry on launching strikes. i5 from a western military site, to carry on launching strikes. is it clear how _ carry on launching strikes. is it clear how much _ carry on launching strikes. is it clear how much the _ carry on launching strikes. is it clear how much the uk and us action has reduced their capability so far? it is not clear so far and what has happened is much more of a message. it would be hard to degrade the houthi capabilities. the missiles come from iran and they are smuggled

into yemen and assembled by the houthis. you need to get back to the iranians outsource and put pressure on the proxy to stop escalating the situation and get them to come down. very unclear at this point whether that message will land. we are in wait and see phase and there will be further tests against shipping by the houthis. it further tests against shipping by the houthis.— further tests against shipping by the houthis. . , . ., the houthis. it was a wide-ranging seech the houthis. it was a wide-ranging speech that _ the houthis. it was a wide-ranging speech that grant _ the houthis. it was a wide-ranging speech that grant shapps - the houthis. it was a wide-ranging speech that grant shapps gave, i the houthis. it was a wide-ranging. speech that grant shapps gave, and the other, and he gave that others are picking up on is that said the world was moving from post—war to prewar. we world was moving from post-war to rewar. ~ . _, . . prewar. we have come full circle, movin: prewar. we have come full circle, moving from _ prewar. we have come full circle, moving from post-war _ prewar. we have come full circle, moving from post-war to - prewar. we have come full circle, moving from post-war to a - prewar. we have come full circle, | moving from post-war to a prewar moving from post—war to a prewar world _ moving from post—war to a prewar world an — moving from post—war to a prewar world. an age of idealism has been replaced _ world. an age of idealism has been replaced by a period of hard—headed realism _ replaced by a period of hard—headed realism. today our adversaries are busy— realism. today our adversaries are busy rebuilding their barriers, old enemies — busy rebuilding their barriers, old enemies are reanimated, new foes are taking _ enemies are reanimated, new foes are taking shape, battle lines are being redrawn _ taking shape, battle lines are being redrawn. the tanks are literally on

europe's— redrawn. the tanks are literally on europe's ukrainian lawn. the foundation of the world order is being _ foundation of the world order is being shaken to its core. the battle lines are being _ being shaken to its core. the battle lines are being redrawn. _ being shaken to its core. the battle lines are being redrawn. these - being shaken to its core. the battle lines are being redrawn. these are | lines are being redrawn. these are big thoughts from grant shapps. what is he preparing people for? whati is he preparing people for? what i would say during _ is he preparing people for? what i would say during the _ is he preparing people for? what i would say during the speech, - is he preparing people for? what i| would say during the speech, there was a very clear and open assessment of the threat that we see in the world, and the end of the peace dividend that has reigned since the end of the cold war. that is what he means by the post—war period, and arguably going back to the second world war and the international order that was established. he is now saying we are in this phase where there will be more conflict, more challenge in the world, particularly for western nations. it is unclear what that timeline is and of course the big question is, what are we doing about that. it is very expensive and even the case in the red sea at the moment, we are seeing opposition to military action there. the case probably not be made clearly enough. if we are complaining about the cost of living crisis, having shipping re—routed round in africa is going to exacerbate this at home. i think there is maybe a bit part of his speech that could have been more

intense, focusing the public on the fact that these actions matter, because they are directly affecting our lives here. putin's wore ukraine affects our lives here. he was trying to set the scene for that was not the question remains is how much are we going to spend and how much military do we need for the future and how we make it a career choice for the people. that is something he hasn't addressed and is a big outstanding question. justin, good to have you _ outstanding question. justin, good to have you with _ outstanding question. justin, good to have you with us. _ hamas has said it will reveal later today what has happened to three israeli hostages shown in a video pleading for a ceasefire in gaza to bring them home. we aren't showing you that hamas video. these are pictures of the three israelis released by their relatives — from left to right, yossi sharabi, noa argamani and itai svirsky. they were among around 240 people captured during the 7th october attacks. more than 100 have been released. hamas says many have been killed in israel's military action in gaza. the hamas—run health ministry in the territory says more than 130 more people were killed in what it

described as an "intense" israeli bombardment overnight. that brings the total number killed in gaza since the latest outbreak of hostilities to more than 2a,000. 0ur middle east correspondent yolande knell has this update from jerusalem. there are 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. we'll be talking about more on that on bbc news.

a rebel group in western myanmar says it has captured a strategic town near the indian borderfrom the ruling military. the arakan army, part of the rebel coalition, said it had taken the town in chin state —— one of myanmar�*s main routes to india. bbc south east asia correspondent jonathan head gave this analysis. you'll make them me military is so overstretched by fighting going on right across the country, and in the east, the opposite area to this, where it has been losing territory on the chinese border for 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. it has lots attacked and taken a significant slice of territory, cutting off one of the main routes to india and giving itself an important logistics base. we will have to see how much further the

arakan army wants to go. at this stage the myanmar military looks like it has too many fights on its hand to be able to resist effectively. these are areas the arakan army was fighting for in the past. 0ften arakan army was fighting for in the past. often a great loss of life and hadn't managed to take these areas. it had now. we will have to see whether morale continues to collapse in the myanmar military. we have seen large—scale surrenders and defections of me and ma soldiers, not yet enough to damage it, its core fighting ability, but enough really to raise questions about the long—term sustainability of this military regime which, of course, seized power in a coup. a review looking into child abuse in rochdale in the north—west of england, has found there was widespread, organised sexual exploitation of children in the town for almost a decade. authorities there have been accused of repeatedly failing to tackle

the issue effectively. the findings covered the period from 2004 to 2013. greater manchester police has apologised and said such cases are now handled very differently. greater manchester mayor andy burnham, who commissioned the review, spoke earlier in a news conference. the report being published today finds unequivocally that failures that could and should have been avoided were in fact repeated. in the words of the report, it represents a, "lamentable strategic failure by leaders in the greater manchester system at the time. 0ver many years, greater manchester police failed to give the investigation of these serious crimes the priority and resources necessary. " the report is hard to read. it gives a detailed and distressing account of how so many young women were seriously harmed and appallingly failed.

maggie 0liver who is a victims campaigner, spoke about how changes still needed to be made. this report talks about the past, but what i want to do is to bring it from the past, into the present and into the future because my work in the maggie 0liver foundation now means that i have current information about what is going on today. i would say categorically, and i am sorry, mr watson, but the failures that happened then are still happening now. we have more communication, for sure, but we do not have a system that supports victims, that listens to their voices. earlier, our north of england reporter rowan bridge spoke to us about the report.

concerns that were raised as early as 2005 by a sexual health clinic in rochdale about the sexual activity of some young girls in the town in 2007. they raised concerns about a gang of men of pakistani and afghan heritage sexually abusing children in the town and say that, basically from then on, the police investigations up to sort of 2012, 2013, this report looks at never really got to the crux of the problem, that the investigations were shut down early, that they were under—resourced, and that there was a strategic failure at both rochdale council and by greater manchester police. so there were failings, yes, by the detectives investigating those cases, but also there was a more systemic failure by those at the very top of both the police and the council in terms of how they dealt with this issue and what prominence they gave to it. let's ta ke let's take you live to iceland now.

we are closely watching this volcano, where lava that has been flowing into the town of grindavik, does appear to be slowing, we are hearing from the authorities, but we have seen several houses destroyed by fires. it erupted in the early hours of sunday morning, spilling lava into the fishing town. these are live pictures from iceland. these are live pictures from iceland. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news here in the uk. two men have beenjailed for life for the murder of a 14—year—old girl in west dunbartonshire in 1996. robert o'brien and andrew kelly arranged to meet caroline glachan and then repeatedly punched, kicked and threw bricks at her. a woman has also 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 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 4,000

junior doctors in wales, making up 40% of the medical workforce. fraudsters are trawling lost pet forums and demanding ransom payments from owners desperate for their safe return. a bbc investigation found scammers have targeted scores of dog and cat lovers with threatening calls. they prey on owners by claiming to have their lost pets before demanding cash. you're live with bbc news. a big demonstration is going on in berlin, where thousands of farmers have brought their tractors to the german capital to protest against plans for higher taxes on farming operations and demand fair prices for their products. live now to jessica parker in berlin. jessica is braving the snow, as the farmers are. what are they saying to you?

farmers are. what are they saying to ou? , ., ., farmers are. what are they saying to ou? , ., farmers are. what are they saying to ou? . a farmers are. what are they saying to ou? . a farmers are. what are they saying to ou? ., a farmers are. what are they saying to ou? ., , you? good afternoon. as you can see, brandenburg — you? good afternoon. as you can see, brandenburg gate _ you? good afternoon. as you can see, brandenburg gate just _ you? good afternoon. as you can see, brandenburg gate just behind - you? good afternoon. as you can see, brandenburg gatejust behind me, - you? good afternoon. as you can see, | brandenburg gatejust behind me, and actually, a lot of people just coming back now from a speech that was made by the finance minister, who is trying to offer some compromises, saying they will look to cut red tape farmers, because this protest has become about so much more than this particular row over plans to phase out fuel tax subsidy. about 10,000 people are estimated to be here today. i think it will be a long day for the protesters, and this has been going on a week, but today is a particularly big event. get a lot of people gathering around fire pits, having something to eat, having something to eat, a lot of farmers are really here for the long haul today and give you a sense of what they are saying, yes they are acting agree about the tax subsidy row, they are angry about rules and regulations handed down from berlin, but also the eu in brussels. and just look at, for example on the front of that truck there, meaning

the logistics industry delivers but the logistics industry delivers but the traffic light coalition, the ruling coalition does not. you see that a lot here, notjust about ruling coalition does not. you see that a lot here, not just about a particular issue, but a wider sense of discontent from people who are deeply unhappy with the ruling coalition governments. jess. deeply unhappy with the ruling coalition governments. jess, thanks so much, coalition governments. jess, thanks so much. jessica — coalition governments. jess, thanks so much, jessica parker— coalition governments. jess, thanks so much, jessica parkerjoining - coalition governments. jess, thanks so much, jessica parkerjoining us l so much, jessica parkerjoining us with the protesters and tractors in berlin. a fresh series of strikes has been unveiled by the main train drivers union, aslef, in its long—running pay dispute with 16 train companies. the stoppages between tuesday 30th january and monday 5th february will affect different operators each day. the first strike by aslef members in their national dispute was back injuly 2022, we're all aware of the growing influence of artificial intelligence in our lives, but it's been a bit of a guessing game to work out how much it will affect the way we work.

well, the international monetary fund has tried to put a figure on it and it's come up with the claim that as many as 40% ofjobs could be affected by ai. the figure varies depending on where in the world we have oui’ careers. according to the imf, around 60% ofjobs will be affected in advanced economies. in roughly half of these cases workers can expect to benefit as ai enhances productivity, but in other instances ai could replace humans and that could affect wages and employment. in low income countries, the technology will affect just 26% of jobs. overall, the imf thinks that artificial intelligence could benefit higher income and younger workers, with lower income and older workers potentially falling behind in earnings. here's the head of the imf, kristalina georgieva. we must focus on helping low—income countries in particular, to move faster, to be able to catch the

opportunities that artificial intelligence would present. in other words, embrace it, it is coming. set aside the fear of this significant change and concentrate on how you can best tap into the opportunity. republicans in iowa prepare to kick—off the 2024 us presidential race — polls show donald trump holds a commanding lead in the state. 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.

donald trump is the frontrunner. the main challengers are now being seen as florida governor ron de santis and mr trump's own former ambassador to the un, nikki haley, but the polls suggest mr trump has a huge lead over them. there could be one factor which makes the vote a little less predictable. iowa has been hit by bitterly cold weather in the last week, with temperatures so low many people have been advised to remain indoors. live now to cbs correspondent charlie de mar who's in des moines in iowa. firstly ca n firstly can you explain what a caucus is and how it works? good morning. this is a very unique thing here in iowa. each precinct, or each county, rather, has a precinct around the state. there are 99 in total and this is the republican caucus here tonight. they are going to be held in churches, gyms, community centres. members of the community centres. members of the community will show up and they will hear pictures from each candidate and why they should get their vote, and why they should get their vote, and whoever shows up tonight will ultimately have the opportunity to vote. as you mention the weather is the big conversation here. it is currently —15 degrees, i didn't do the conversion, with a high of —1. so dangerously cold. that is really going to play a role and all eyes on what impact it will have on voter

turnout. it what impact it will have on voter turnout. , ., , turnout. it is not 'ust the temperature _ turnout. it is notjust the temperature outside, it. turnout. it is notjust the | temperature outside, it is turnout. it is notjust the - temperature outside, it is the wind chill, i have heard, which makes it even worse and dangerous for people to be out. it seems that it is almost a foregone conclusion, because donald trump is so far ahead. is the focus in iowa very much who is going to come in second? that is, the focus is a race for second between ron desantis and nikki haley. earlier this week nikki haley was asked, why don't you consider becoming donald trump's running mate? she said, iam not running mate? she said, iam not running this race to come in second. what happens after iowa? everyone heads to new hampshire? hera heads to new hampshire? new hampshire. _ heads to new hampshire? new hampshire, south _ heads to new hampshire? iie hampshire, south carolina, and then super tuesday after that. hopefully, if everything goes right, we will have the results here in iowa and then onto new hampshire. charlie, ureat to then onto new hampshire. charlie, great to see _ then onto new hampshire. charlie, great to see you. — then onto new hampshire. charlie, great to see you, and _ then onto new hampshire. charlie, great to see you, and let's - then onto new hampshire. charlie, great to see you, and let's hope . great to see you, and let's hope many people do brave the weather and come out to caucus. thank so much.

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. bernardo arevalo has been sworn in as guatemala's new president. the ceremony was preceded by several hours of wrangling among opposition members of the congress — over the status of members of mr arevalo's party, which had been suspended on allegations of fraud. you can see how people were reacting to some of those developments. those claims were widely seen as a trumped up attempt to block the new president. his supporters clashed with police outside the congress while the delay was happening. the swearing—in ceremony eventually took place around midnight. mr arevalo — who stood on a strong anti—graft message — has faced numerous legal challenges to his overwhelming election victory in august. addressing the ceremony, he promised to rescue guatemala

from corruption and impunity. translation: taiwan's collection is a reuional translation: taiwan's collection is a regional affair _ translation: taiwan's collection is a regional affair within _ translation: taiwan's collection is a regional affair within china. - translation: taiwan's collection is a regional affair within china. no - a regionalaffairwithin china. no matter the results of the election, they cannot change the basic fact that there is only one china and taiwan as a part of it. taiwan has never been a country. it wasn't in the past, and it certainly won't be in the future.— the past, and it certainly won't be in the future. that was the chinese forei . n in the future. that was the chinese foreign ministry — in the future. that was the chinese foreign ministry spokesperson, - foreign ministry spokesperson, responding to the latest story from the pacific island of naura. the pacific island of nauru has become the latest country to cut diplomatic ties with taiwan and recognise china. beijing's top diplomat has warned that any steps towards taiwan's independence will be severely punished. it follows the election of william lai as the island's new president — he's viewed by beijing

as a dangerous separatist. here's our china correspondent stephen mcdonell on what beijing will be making of nauru's decision to cut ties with the taiwanese. is the number of countries with diplomatic ties to thai one reduces, the ever dwindling number of countries, each one of them is welcomed by beijing. of course they don't want anyone having diplomatic ties with taiwan. the timing of this though is very interesting. some people are wondering, how it is that, just after the election, suddenly we have this country naura cutting ties with taiwan and some are questioning whether or not it is timing that has been orchestrated, or at least encouraged by china, because it enables the chinese government to put a bit of a positive spin on the results, the otherwise bad results in those elections on the weekend, when the candidates they did not want, has come out on top as the new leader in

taiwan. ,, a ., let's just show you a rare white penguin spotted at a base in antarctica. she is very rare and has a genetic condition which affects the colour of her feathers. penguins with this condition are rare because predators can spot the more easily than those with the usual black and white colouring. she seems to be doing well. back to iceland as we won at the volcano. we will cross live there to talk to someone shortly, who has been using drones to film some of the lava. it is flowing down the volcano towards the town of grindavik. authorities are saying it is slowing, not until it had destroyed several houses by fires. the entire population of grindavik had already been evacuated so everyone is fine. there are no casualties. when the eruption first started back in december the town and authorities build defences around it. that did partially

contain the lava but of course that has also breached it. live pictures coming to is right now from iceland. do stay with us here on bbc news. 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'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 northeast 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.

this is bbc news. the headlines: the us shoots down a missile fired from yemen, as the uk defends its decision to carry out strikes against houthi targets. we could not have been clearer with our warnings which they chose to ignore, and enough was enough. as the israel—gaza war surpasses 100 days, we'll speak to one young journalist who has been documenting the devastation in gaza to millions on social media. lava flows through multiple homes

in south—west iceland after a volcano erupts near the town of grindavik. it's now 101 days since hamas launched its surprise attack on israel killing around 1,200 people, and taking some 240 others hostage. soon after, israel launched military action, saying it would ensure hamas could never exist to threaten it again. israel continues to attack what it says are the bases and operatives of a terrorist group. israel's blockade has led to shortages of food, power, medicines and other supplies. it says it is allowing vital supplies through, although many humanitarian agencies say not enough is entering gaza to support the civilian population. apart from the more than 24,000 people killed in gaza, that figure coming frrom the hamas—run health ministry, un agencies estimate that many hundreds of thousands of people have been either made homeless or forced to flee the fighting to seek refuge

elsewhere in the territory.