killed by israeli forces after being kidnapped by hamas. spectacular arches and caves seen forming in the world's biggest iceberg. and it's fun for some — but this evening could be the coldest january night since 2010. on bbc london... and on newsnight at 10:30 — we'll go deeper behind the headlines and speak live to key players on today's big stories. plus, a first look at tomorrow's front pages. good evening. if he needed reminding, rishi sunak was shown again tonight how controversial his plans to revive his rwanda asylum policy are with his own side, when two of the conservatives�* deputy chairmen and a ministerial

aide resigned to support a more hardline proposal. lee anderson and brendan clarke—smith said they wanted to strengthen the legislation proposed by the government to send some asylum—seekers to rwanda. theyjoined a group of rebel mps in voting for amendments in the commons — 60 tories backed the first of these, making it the biggest rebellion mr sunak has suffered since becoming prime minister. our political editor, chris mason, is in westminster for us now. how much trouble is rishi sunak�*s policy in? the depth and breadth of conservative armies at rishi sunak�*s plan was there for all to see. for nearly two years the government under three prime ministers has tried to get this idea of sending some asylum seekers to rwanda off the ground and they have failed. stymied in the courts and they are trying again. but there is a significant chunk of conservative mps who think this third attempt will be a dud, too. ministers hope

that doesn't necessarily mean come tomorrow they'll reject the plan at right, but it's quite something when this number are willing to do what they did today, including a trio who were willing to lose theirjobs. the three faces of resignation tonight. resigned to opposing the government. lee anderson, brendan clarke—smith and jane stevenson. none will be household names in many households, but lee anderson has built up something of a profile, both for outspoken remarks and making a lot of money as a host on gb news, alongside his dayjob. i don't think i would carry on in my role as deputy chairman of the conservative party, when i fundamentally disagree with the bill. i think most of the bill is sound. i think it can work. but we needed it beefing up, we needed it strengthening over the next few days, and i can't be in a position to vote for something which i don't believe in. open your mouth. 0k. here comes the train. mr anderson and mr clarke—smith

were both elected in 2019... cold. i'm not coming back to this pub for food. dodgy landlord. ..in places that had never, in modern times, previously sent a conservative mp to westminster. both champion day—to—day causes, as they did here, well talking about the price of baked beans. the ayes to the right, 68. the noes to the left, 529. among those ayes, saying yes to changing the government's rwanda plan, those who resigned, alongside 57 other tory mps. a hefty assault on rishi sunak�*s authority. the rwanda policy had been debated here all afternoon. passion, frustration and anger all on show, and that was just the conservative benches. robertjenrick. robertjenrick was the immigration minister until he resigned over all of this, and is now one of the leading voices arguing the government's

plans need to change. the only countries in the world to have fixed this problem, latterly australia and greece, have been willing to take the most robust action. are we? well, iam. mrjenrick wants to significantly limit the personal circumstances in which a migrant could avoid being sent to rwanda. another senior conservative, sir bill cash, argues the will of parliament must be more important than international law. and i strongly urge the government to note the sheer anger and frustration demonstrated in opinion polls and public concern that we get this bill right, and make it work. enter a third tory you mayjust have heard of who is no longer even an mp. borisjohnson is no stranger to stirring things up. he wrote on social media that he backs conservatives proposing changes.

the right course is to adopt the amendments, he said. opposition front bench, stephen kinnock. as for the opposition parties, plenty think the rwanda policy is ridiculous, morally, practically, financially. the labour party is opposed to this bill in its entirety, for the simple reason that we are opposed to the rwanda scheme in its entirety. on the snp benches, we will fight this rotten bill all the way. today, tomorrow, and any opportunity we get. not in our name. hear, hear! just before the votes, the illegal migration minister pleaded with his colleagues to back the government, arguing its plan is as good as things get. our rwanda bill is tougher, tighter, it goes further. we have a plan to stop the boats, and i invite honourable members to back it. but the standout question tonight is how many of those many, many conservative mps who backed changing the rwanda plan will actually be willing to outright reject it. well, i potentially would be

prepared to, but we have 2a hours, that is a long time in politics. we've got more votes tomorrow, on more amendments. so, we are not at that position yet, where we can make that decision. but i will be prepared to, in principle. but actually, what the government needs to do now is tighten up the bill. tonight, no more chuckle brothers pictures like these of rishi sunak and lee anderson from a few weeks ago. conservative divisions over rwanda are exposed once again. a significant day, so what happens tomorrow? tomorrow is key because there has been lots of support for these amendments, these proposed changes, but the crunch point comes when there is a vote on the overall thing that the government wants, the bill, how many of those who backed the amendments are actually willing to vote against the government then, potentially bringing the bill down and a devastating attack on the

prime minister's authority. you heard the cat ate from miriam cates, the conservative backbench, who voted with the rebels today but would she be willing to do tomorrow. speaking to senior figures in government, as things stand, they maintain a quiet confidence that they do have the numbers to win tomorrow. but they are also well aware that those who rebelled can say, look, our numbers speak for themselves and we will continue being noisy and, even if the government wins, it heads off to the house of lords and could encounter plenty of opposition there. talk of rwanda, far from over. plenty of opposition there. talk of rwanda, farfrom over. ichris rwanda, far from over. chris mason, thank yom — senior bosses, including the global chief executive, at fujitsu have apologised for the company's role in the post office scandal. hundreds of sub—postmasters were wrongly prosecuted after money appeared to be missing on the computer system, called horizon, developed and run by fujitsu. paul patterson, who's head

of fujitsu in europe, told mps the company had fallen below its own standards of conduct and had a "moral obligation" to contribute to compensation for the victims. our business correspondent, emma simpson, reports. good morning, jo... jo hamilton, convicted by the post office but later cleared, on her way into parliament. huge interest, because the company behind the faulty software is finally talking. paul patterson from fujitsu, which has stayed largely silent until now. jo was right behind him, as he began. fujitsu would like to apologise for our part in this appalling miscarriage of justice. we were involved from the very start. we did have bugs and errors in the system, and we did help the post office in their prosecutions. he admitted there were problems when the software was rolled out,

and that the post office was told. did we take that information and share it with the post office? yes, we did. how the post office then chose to use that information in their prosecutions is entirely on the post office's side. but he didn't answer some of the key questions. you knew that there were glitches in the system. why did you sit back and do absolutely nothing about it? i don't know. i really don't know. and, on a personal level, i wish i did know. and then there is the bill for compensation. is there a moral obligation, mr patterson, for you to contribute? i think there is a moral obligation for the company to contribute, and i think the right place to determine that is when our responsibility is very clear. alan bates told mps he still waiting for his full compensation. it's gone on for far too long. people are suffering, they are dying, we are losing numbers along the way.

and itjust seems to be tied up in bureaucracy. questions too for the ceo of the post office, nick read, who started in 2019. do you believe that the post office prosecuted the innocent knowing the case to be flawed? i sincerely hope not, but i've not had evidence to that effect. he was asked when the post office first knew when remote access to horizon branch terminals was possible. i couldn't give you an exact date on that. why can you not answer that question? it is fundamental to this case. where did the money wrongly taken from sub—postmasters go? he said it was possible it ended up as part of executives' pay. many wanted to know whatjo hamilton made of it all. i kind of knew what they were going to say. but he did say he was going to cough up? yeah, yeah, yeah. ish! yeah, so, that's good news. it's good news for the taxpayer

anyway, isn't it? but we just need this fast—tracked. in davos, the global boss of fujitsu has just made his first public comments on the scandal to the bbc. would you like to apologise? yes, yes. of course, of course. fujitsu has apologised. it's a big issue, which fujitsu takes seriously, he says. his company under realscrutiny, now. emma simpson, bbc news. at the scottish parliament, the country's top prosecutor has apologised for the failings in the system that led to the wrongful conviction of post office branch managers in scotland. let's speak to our scotland editor, james cook. how is this scandal unfolding in scotland? it how is this scandal unfolding in scotland? , , , ' scotland? it is slightly different here because, _ scotland? it is slightly different here because, well _ scotland? it is slightly different here because, well the - scotland? it is slightly different here because, well the post - scotland? it is slightly different i here because, well the post office investigated the case is here, they were prosecuted by the crown office, perhaps 100 involving evidence

related to that faulty horizon software. today the lord advocate said the crown office first became aware of problems with horizon or potential problems in 2013 but after receiving reassurances from the post office they continued to prosecute some cases until 2015. she came under a lot of pressure about that today and on other matters, too, but first she issued this apology. i remain acutely concerned that the crown _ remain acutely concerned that the crown office and procurator fiscal service _ crown office and procurator fiscal service was — crown office and procurator fiscal service was repeatedly misled by the post office. assurances works were 'ust post office. assurances works were just not _ post office. assurances works were just not true were repeatedly given. to those _ just not true were repeatedly given. to those wrongfully convicted, i understand your anger and i apologise. understand your anger and i apologise-— understand your anger and i aoloaise. , , ., ., apologise. first minister hamza yusuf has promised _ apologise. first minister hamza yusuf has promised to - apologise. first minister hamza yusuf has promised to work- apologise. first minister hamza| yusuf has promised to work with apologise. first minister hamza - yusuf has promised to work with uk government to exonerate the innocent and tonight we have heard that the

prime minister is written in response to the first minister, offering discussions on that subject. but the lord advocate here today sounded deeply sceptical about the notion of any blanket acquittals, strongly suggesting that these cases should be dealt with on an individual basis by the courts in the proper, in her view, constitutional passion. she took a look today about guilt, stressing repeatedly enhances not every horizon case will be a miscarriage ofjustice. joining me now is our business editor, simonjack. you have been watching proceedings today to tip what are the outstanding questions? it seems amazin: , outstanding questions? it seems amazing. nearly _ outstanding questions? it seems amazing, nearly 30 _ outstanding questions? it seems amazing, nearly 30 years - outstanding questions? it seems amazing, nearly 30 years after. outstanding questions? it seems l amazing, nearly 30 years after this saga of distrust, deceit and despair started, we are still learning new things at today the headline grabber was that admission by the fujitsu boss that they had a moral responsibility to contribute to the composition of the victims but there

are some glaring inconsistencies. for nearly 20 years, the post office maintained they were told that the horizon system was like but not the only people access to those terminals were the and mistresses themselves so they were the only ones to blame. today the boss of fujitsu said they told the post office early on that remote access was possible, so we need to get to the bottom of that. then there is the ongoing despair from joe hamilton she was saying when she looks back at the hoops she is having tojump through looks back at the hoops she is having to jump through to get compensation after her conviction was overturned, so owner as she feels like she's been tried again. she says she was cast led by one of the most trusted institutions and their technology partners. and of course there is alan bates, the campaign a chief who has become an unlikely folk hero, if you like. he says there are people out there, 193—year—old, waiting for compensation as many people may die waiting for the money and justice they have waited for so long.

the uk covid inquiry moved to edinburgh today, where it will spend the next three weeks examining the scottish government's handling of the pandemic. it is expected to hear from a number of key figures, including the former first minister, nicola sturgeon. our health editor hugh pym is there for us. what are the key question there? well, the hearing in edinburgh today really got to the heart of a key issue for this whole uk covid inquiry, and that is the relationship between the government at westminster and the uk's nations, including the scottish goverment, because, of course, health is a devolved issue. and just how the whole devolution system reacted to this unprecedented pandemic is a really important thing. jamie dawson made it clear that he wanted to ask a series of questions about the conduct of the scottish goverment and how they reacted to the pandemic, when ministers and

officials appear, and the former first minister nicola sturgeon. why, he asked one of the uk covenant was moving so slowly in february 2020, as the inquiry has already heard, despite the threat of the virus, did the scottish goverment not do more to put pressure on westminster? why did the scottish goverment not to do more sooner to combat the virus? the kc for the scottish goverment, making his submission, said, yes, it was acknowledged the scottish goverment could have locked down more quickly, but it was all a question of waiting for the uk government to come up with financial support in the shape of the furlough scheme. the first witnesses tomorrow include a representative of the scottish covid bereaved group. donald trump was back in court today just hours after he won a landslide victory in his bid to return to the white house. he is being sued for defamation by the writer ejean carroll for remarks he made about her in 2019 — he denies any wrongdoing. it's quite a turnaround from yesterday's iowa caucuses, where republican voters chose

who they want as their presidential candidate. donald trump crushed his main rivals — winning more votes than his two main competitors combined. our north america editor sarah smith has the story. the motorcade is rolling once more, as the trump show never stops. moving from triumph in iowa to a trial in new york. where a court will decide how much donald trump must pay in damages for defamation to a writer, ejean carroll, who he sexually assaulted decades ago. # god bless the usa...# last night he looked like the cat that got the cream or maybe the king regaining his crown. donald trump was practically inhaling the adoration. # proud to be an american, where at least i know i'm free...# knowing he'd won support beyond his usual base, including women, college graduates and younger voters. # god bless the usa!#

he's already talking about being back in the white house. so we are going to come together. we're going to drill, baby, drill, right away. drill, baby, drill. we're going to seal up the border. you can tell donald trump is impatient to get this nomination wrapped up so he can take the fight tojoe biden. he's not the republican presidential candidate yet, but he might be soon. and he's behaving as though he has already won his party's nomination. i think people want peace and prosperity and strength back, and that's what we had under donald trump _ we had strength, and we no longer strength underjoe biden, who is arguably the most incompetent president in the history of our nation. gop candidates are turning to new hampshire... - ..where trump's rivals hope they have a very slightly better chance of beating him. we came out with a strong showing. that's what we wanted in iowa. now we're in new hampshire. you can look at the polls in new hampshire.

we are a stone's throw away from donald trump. ron desantis came a second behind trump in iowa. that is a bad look after sinking time, money and most of his hopes into this state. he says he will fight on, for now. we have a lot of work to do, but i can tell you this. as the next president of the united states, i am going to get the job done for this country. going to get the “ob done for this count . ,.. ., , going to get the “ob done for this count. ., , country. the scale of his victory left donald _ country. the scale of his victory left donald trump _ country. the scale of his victory left donald trump feeling - country. the scale of his victory - left donald trump feeling unusually magnanimous toward his rivals. i want to thank you very much, congratulate ron and nikki for having a good time together, we are all having a good time together. i think they both actually did very well, i really do. we don't even know what the outcome of second place is. know what the outcome of second lace is. �* ., , , ., place is. but do remember, he is not the outright — place is. but do remember, he is not the outright victor _ place is. but do remember, he is not the outright victor yet. _ place is. but do remember, he is not the outright victor yet. this mood i the outright victor yet. this mood

will definitely not last. donald trump is now heading from a new york courtroom to a new hampshire campaign event, as he is blending together his legal defence with his political campaign. and he is successfully turning all of those charges against him into an electoral asset. charges against him into an electoralasset. if charges against him into an electoral asset. if you would like to hear more about this race, in this crucial election year, the latest episode of the americast podcast is already available on bbc sounds. another container ship has been targeted by houthi rebels in the red sea off yemen. the greek—owned vessel suffered only minor damage. the houthis began attacking merchant vessels in november, saying they were responding to israel's military operation in gaza. the strikes have disrupted global shipping and the concerns that they could cause prices to rise has been discussed at the world economics forum in switzerland today — as our economics editor faisal islam reports. here's what business leaders

and world leaders want to be talking about at the world economic forum — a bright new artificial intelligence—enabled future. but the clouds that they had started to believe it cleared over the world economy, may be back again. another ship attacked by a houthi missile today, shell diverting its oil tankers, local freight authorities saying there would be pain for european consumers. global chief executives said they had no choice but to cope. and our strategy is very much around building resilient supply chains so that we're better prepared to handle some of the turbulence that we think is, at least currently, consistently seeing year after year. just when we think things are calming down, it's not entirely calm yet. can the world economy kind of lift itself beyond the shadow of these geopolitical crisis thatjust don't seem to go away? you know, it's sad to say, but i think the world is getting used to crises. so, we've had a number of body blows and the economy has, in its own way,

persevered through all of those. these things are extending the cost of living challenge that we've got. there may be some discreet diplomacy going on here — the us secretary of state meeting the united nations — but arab leaders such as the qatari prime minister said the best way to stop the red sea crisis was a ceasefire in gaza. we are highly concerned about further escalation. of course, now we see that there are some retaliations from the us and uk on houthis, trying to refrain them from disrupting the international trade. yet this also will create a high risk of further escalation. the relief here is that there hasn't yet been a leap in oil or gas prices, but everyone here can see a path to that outcome. the foreign ministers of the us, the uk and iran will be here tomorrow. ukraine's president zelensky met global financiers here today. multiple shadows over the world economy are yet to be resolved. faisal islam, bbc news in davos.

it's been confirmed tonight that two more israeli hostages held in gaza have been killed. 130 people are still being held by hamas, a group deemed a terrorist organisation by the uk. their deaths come as the mother of another hostage, who was accidentally killed last month, says "time is running out" for the others. iris haim's son, yotam, was accidentally killed in december by israeli soldiers in gaza. lucy manning reports. iris haim held out hope her son yotam would return, that he would be a hostage who came home. last month, yotam, a heavy metal drummer, was metres from safety. he'd escaped his hamas captors with two other hostages. they'd left signs saying sos and "help, three hostages" and waved a white flag. but israeli troops mistakenly thought it was a hamas trap and killed them. iris is clear who she blames.

hamas is in charge of all of this terrible day, 7th of october, and all the murdered people and all the soldiers that are killed now, it's just the hamas fault. and in an act of forgiveness days after yotam's death, iris released a message telling the israeli soldiers involved she didn't blame them. why was that important for you? what did you want to say to them? these soldiers, they also've families and mothers... and i was worried for them also. she sobs this is what yotam filmed on october 7th. he says the terrorists are in the kibbutz. they killed, burnt and kidnapped.

we met iris in november in london as she campaigned for his release. and you still have hope you will see your sons alive? we must hope. yeah. we must hope. around 130 hostages are still being held. last night, hamas released a video where hostage noa argamani, in the middle, under duress, claims two fellow hostages, have been killed. israel confirmed that yossi sharabi and itai svirsky had been killed in captivity and their bodies were now held by hamas. they're like a psychological terror. they want that we will be afraid all the time, and that's their way to make us weak. at yotam's funeral, a drum kit. their family's last name means life, and iris is determined her

son's will have meaning. keeping the human spirit. with a high human spirit, even in a dark place like hamas captivity, he finished his life like a free person. iris haim talking to our correspondent lucy manning about her son, yotam. mystery surrounds the discovery of seven dead giant tortoises that have been found in woodland in devon. police say they are thought to be aldabra giant tortoises — the largest in the world — which can live up to 150 years. the national trust said its teams were horrified when the animals were found on their land and anyone with any information should contact police. now, take a look at this — erosion is carving dramatic features into this, the world's biggest iceberg — in what's likely to be the final months of its existence.

the iceberg — known as a23a — is being ground down by the warmer air and water it's encountering as it drifts slowly away from the antarctic. but it's not seen as a consequence of climate change — and as it melts, it will have benefits, asjonathan amos reports. after three decades confined to the freezer in antarctica, a23a is on the move, travelling north into warmer waters. the berg is now melting — and fast. an expedition this week saw waves gouging huge caves and arches in its walls. only a23a's enormous scale is keeping it in existence. satellite images show the frozen block to have a width of 65 kilometres, or a0 miles. that's like the distance from manchester to sheffield. a23a has an area of 3900 square kilometres — that's more than twice the size of greater london. and its average thickness is about 280 metres, nearly as tall as the eiffel tower.

and it weighs close to a trillion tonnes. but these dimensions are shrinking all the time. now that it's moved off from its relatively cooler position in the southern area of the weddell sea, it's being exposed to much warmer water temperatures, much stronger currents and much warmer air temperatures as well. so all of these forces will combine to attack the integrity of that iceberg, and it will eventually begin to calve off, and break up into smaller pieces. the production and melting of these big icebergs is part of a natural cycle, not an obvious consequence of climate change. and, as this one melts, there are upsides. it'll be dropping mineral dust in the ocean. this is a fertiliser, stimulating the growth of the very smallest organisms, like plankton, all the way up to the biggest creatures on the planet, the blue whales. a23a may eventually wither to nothing, but its legacy will be long felt. jonathan amos, bbc news.

weather in a moment — but first, let's take a look years, with temperatures potentially dropping to minus 15