is action that we support. what we now need to hear from the prime minister is the scope, the basis, the full reasoning behind the decision that he took and, of course, the question of whether more action may be needed and what processes will be put in place. so that statement should be this afternoon and i'd be expecting the prime minister to answer those questions. so what's the reality about britain's capabilities? our security correspondent frank gardner gave us his analysis of the defence secretary's speech. it was a quite sort of churchillian speech, i think. anyone would think we had this incredibly powerful navy. but the fact is that our navy is tiny these days compared to what it used to be, and tiny compared to the the multiple threats that it faces. it's not big enough to do all the tasks that's needed. there is no sign of the queen elizabeth. we've got these massively expensive

— two aircraft carriers that have been built at taxpayers�* expense, costing billions of pounds. they're not in the red sea, neither of them. the fighters that are intercepting these houthi missiles — another one was fired yesterday — they're coming off the deck of the uss eisenhower, a big us aircraft carrier that is in the red sea. the uk type—45 destroyer that is down there, that's hms diamond, doesn't have land attack missiles. it can shoot down missiles at sea, but it hasn't got land attack cruise missiles. is itjust a one off? i don't think it is going to be a one off because the houthis are defiant. they've said they're going to carry on attacking shipping, which they say is linked to israel. the rest of the world says, "hm, not all of it. "you've been attacking ships that have got nothing to do with israel". and in fact, over the weekend, they, ratherfoolishly, attacked a russian ship, a ship that was carrying russian oil, rather, by mistake, because their intelligence

is not perfect. the houthis will eventually run out of missiles, but they've still got enough at the moment to potentially do what they threatened to do, which is a swarm attack to launch a whole barrage of missiles and drones at a western warship, to try and break through its air defences and cripple it, or even sink it. there is that risk. this happened on tuesday, last tuesday, last week, when they launched 21 drones and missiles that got shot down by us and british forces. so that is a risk. as we heard earlier, 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. the mayor of greater manchester, andy burnham, who commissioned the review, spoke earlier at 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 oliver is a campaginer for some of the victims. she spoke about how she believes 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. let's get more on the report from our north of england

reporter rowan bridge. 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, that 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.

the head of the charity the refugee council says the government must set up a safe route for migrants to enter the uk after five people died in the channel yesterday. dozens more were rescued, two of them remain critically ill, after a small boat capsized off the french coast near boulogne. the government said its plan to send some asylum seekers to rwanda will help to stop the boats. 0ur correspondent charlie rose in dover has been monitoring the situation. if you're wondering why these small boat crossings have started again, just take a look at the scene behind me. the water might be very cold, seven or eight degrees or so, but it's the conditions, that's the crucial thing. the water is almost completely calm and the channel is very, very clear. that's why 182 migrants were rescued by the french authorities over the weekend, they say. that's in addition to that small boat which got into difficulty when it left the french coast. it was carrying, we're told, around 70 migrants, some of whom were children.

shortly after it left a beach just to the west of calais it started taking on water. it overturned. some of the occupants did manage to call the emergency services and a rescue operation was launched. sadly, five people didn't make it. they lost their lives. their bodies were found a little later a short distance away by a tugboat patrolling the coastline. as you mentioned, the government's rwanda plan is due to go before parliament again this week. the idea behind that plan is to act as a deterrent, putting migrants off from trying to cross the channel. the hope is, the government says at least, that it will do that by sending some asylum—seekers to east africa to have their claims processed there. lord cameron, david cameron, the foreign secretary, he says that plan would be

an effective way of putting a stop to these boats and putting a stop to all of these deaths. but the labour leader, sir keir starmer, argues that it's a gimmick and what he would do if he was in power would be to pursue the criminal gangs that organise all of this. while these political machinations are going on, the fear is that many more crossings will be taking place over the coming days and weeks while these conditions here remain calm, clear, clement, albeit very cold. another heartbreaking story from a family whose lives have been wrecked following the post 0ffice it scandal. helen heath was the sub—postmistress in bradford—on—avon, but following her sudden death her husband, john, took over the business. as the debts racked up, he was left with no choice but to use her life insurance pay out to balance the books. fiona lamdin has been to meetjohn and his daughter vikki.

she loved it. she was so proud of it. and she poured her heart and soul into it, for sure. vicky's mum, helen, ran the post office in bradford on avon for eight years. she knew money was disappearing, but died before finding out it wasn't her fault. she died not knowing whether it was a member of a family that was stealing from her, one of her friends who were employees, whether they were stealing from her. where the money was going to, she had no idea. she carried that to her grave and that is unforgivable. after she died, her husband, john, took over the post office. but it wasn't long before he too was having problems with faulty software on the computer system. he was soon dismissed, accused of stealing. they've taken everything, literally, brought me to my knees. my health, my family, my sense of well—being, everything. i have nothing.

i've got two cats, that's it. john had to sell their home and plug the gap with money from his wife's life insurance, at least well over £100,000 to make up the shortfall. what effect do you think the post office has had on yourfamily? because it was run as a family business. my dad has suffered hugely. he's had two strokes. it's just completely obliterated his kind of body and soul. my brother, again, really affected his mental health. he's spiralled into a depression. it was a contributing factor to his marriage breaking down. his wife, in the darker moments, thought perhaps he was responsible. he perhaps thought she was responsible. i was diagnosed with cancer a couple of years later, of which stress is a contributing factor to the type of cancer i had. another family ruined,

now left waiting for proper compensation and an apology. the main thing that i would like is some sort of closure for my dad. he can't move on with his life because it's been constantly talked about. so ijust hope that we can get to a point where he can put that to bed and move on and feel that he has done my mum proud and has seen it through to the end. fiona lamdin, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. hello there. there's a risk of seeing much more widespread disruption due to snow in scotland tomorrow, as we'll see in a moment. mind you, i don't fancy many people have been able to get down this snow—covered lane in aberdeenshire. aberdeenshire has been one of the places where we have seen some of the heaviest snow. of course, we've still got strong winds around, as well. more of the same to come through the rest of today. if anything, the showers will get even heavier for north—east scotland and across the northern isles, so some further significant accumulations of snow. a few snow showers too for

northern ireland and east anglia. wherever you are, it's going to feel freezing cold today. 0vernight tonight, we've got further snow showers continuing to pile in. it's another night where there will be a widespread and sharp frost. temperatures in the towns and cities —2 to “4 pretty widely, but a lot colder than that in rural areas. tomorrow, england and wales, after that cold and frosty locally icy start, we've got a day of relatively dry weather, sunshine, but it's going to stay on the cold side. temperatures not getting that much above freezing — three or four degrees pretty common. further northwards, though, we've got some problems on the way. a little area of low pressure is going to be moving into this cold air with a spell of snow forecast, particularly focused across parts of scotland. temperatures do vary across this weather system. we'll probably see a bit of rain mixed in in lower elevations for northern ireland, southern scotland, northern england, but certainly across the northern half of scotland you're much more likely to see snow coming right down to low elevations and a lot of snow, as well. how much?

well, we could be looking at something like five to ten centimetres running even through the central lowlands of scotland tomorrow. that's going to be enough to cause some significant problems. 0ver hills maybe as much as 20 centimetres. further snow, then, overnight and some snow getting into pennine areas. all in all, i think through tuesday we are likely to see some disruptive weather due to snowfall, particularly focused in scotland, including across the central lowlands. more snow to come as well through wednesday. that's going to cause further significant problems. this area of low pressure running in from the atlantic, well, it looks like that's going to give us a tickling of snowfall across the far south in europe — 20 or 30 centimetres of snow. that's not that far away from us, but it's probably across the north of the uk that will continue to see the largest problems due to snow drifting around in those strong winds. �*bye for now.

live from london, this is bbc news. at least one person has been killed and 17 wounded in an attack in israel. the us shoots down a missile fired from yemen, as the uk defends its decision to carry out strikes against houthi targets. republicans in iowa weigh in on who should be the nominee. lava flows through multiple homes in south—west iceland

after a volcano erupts near the town of grindavik. breaking news from israel, one person has been killed and 17 injured in a stabbing and car attack injured in a stabbing and car attack in a central israeli city north of tel aviv. two palestinian relatives from the occupied west bank are now understood to have been arrested. israeli police say an initial investigation suggests the two were from hebron working illegally in israel. 0ne stabbed a woman and then took her car, he then appears to run people over on a nearby street before getting out and taking another vehicle which he also drove at passers—by. the second man is thought to have carried out a separate car ramming and stabbing attack, this is coming to us from israeli police. let's bring you more

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