resign over resign ever the from his own party resign over the issue. and lincolnshire county council has begun a review after a two—year—old boy and his father were found dead at a property in skegness. hello. i'm luxmy gopal. welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. the princess of wales has had planned abdominal surgery and will be in hospitalfor up to a fortnight. kensington palace says the procedure was successful and took place at the london clinic, a private hosptal in central london. the princess is unlikely to return to public duties until after easter. the prince of wales will not undertake official duties while his wife is in hospital, or in the immediate period following her return home. and within the past hour, buckingham palace has said that king charles will go into hospital next week, to be treated for an enlarged prostate. the palace added that the king's condition is "benign", and he will attend hospital for what's described as a "corrective procedure".

his public engagements will be postponed immediately, and will resume after a period of recuperation. let's go live now to sean coughlan, our royal correspondent, who is outside the london clinic. what more do we know? as you said, we know there _ what more do we know? as you said, we know there was _ what more do we know? as you said, we know there was abdominal- what more do we know? as you said, | we know there was abdominal surgery yesterday and it was a success. medical matters tend to be private where the royal family are concerned, but we know it wasn't cancer —related. we know it was significant enough for her to be keptin significant enough for her to be kept in for two weeks. after that, we understand recuperation could take several months and we don't expect to see the princess of wales working again until at least after easter. we also expect it to affect the work plans of her husband prince william, who will have a bigger role looking after their children. and we expect him to cancel some of his planned events. there were suggestions before of international

visits, which now won't happen. not only have we heard the news today of catherine, princess of wales, but we know the king will also have to have a prostate procedure sometime next week. so these are two pieces of medical news for the royal family. buckingham palace said the king was keen to share the details of his diagnosis to encourage other men who may be experiencing symptoms to get checked in line with public health advice. how usual is this in terms of the royal family and medical issues, in terms of raising public awareness?— awareness? exactly that, it is unusual to — awareness? exactly that, it is unusual to have _ awareness? exactly that, it is unusual to have done - awareness? exactly that, it is unusual to have done this. it| awareness? exactly that, it is - unusual to have done this. it sends out a message to raise awareness as you suggest. they are sparse on the details, but they are suggesting this isn't a cause for concern and that it this isn't a cause for concern and thatitis this isn't a cause for concern and that it is a thing that affects many men. there are many public health campaigners trying to encourage men

to get checked, and this will be part of it. during the covid and the crisis around getting people to be vaccinated, we know king charles, then prince charles, was keen to show that he was getting his vaccination done in public. so this is part of the same public health message, and he is taking the unusual step of sharing it with the public. these two big pieces of news have come together, so they will draw a lot of public attention. that was our correspondent sean coughlan. i have some breaking news to bring you now. i am i have some breaking news to bring you now. iam sorry i have some breaking news to bring you now. i am sorry to say the labour mp for rochdale, said tony lloyd, has died peacefully at home on wednesday morning. —— sir tony lloyd. that has come through in the last few minutes. you may know that in the past week, the mp revealed that he had untreatable leukaemia and intend to spend the time he had left with his family. that was an

announcement he made last week. sir tony lloyd, the labour mp for rochdale, has died peacefully at his home according to his family, who put out that statement in the past few minutes. pakistan has recalled its ambassador to iran, in response to a missile and drone attack on its territory. tehran's envoy has also been blocked from returning to islamabad. iranian state media say the strike targeted a militant group in the sparsely populated province of balochistan. but the pakistani foreign ministry says two children were killed in the attack. pakistan called it a blatant breach of pakistan's sovereignty, and accused iran of violating international law. our correspondent caroline davies is in islamabad and following developments. skirmishes between pakistan and iran on their border are not unheard of, but they're rarely as high—profile as this particular incident. iranian state media said yesterday that the iranian military have hit and targeted the headquarters

of a sunni militant group that is known as jaish al—adl, which has carried out multiple attacks inside iran, including claiming responsibility for an attack on a police station in december. now, the group itself has put out on social media. it says that this particular strike hit the homes of the militants and it killed family members of the militants rather than their bases themselves. they have also vowed revenge on iran. iran itself has not put out an official statement on this incident. now, pakistan's foreign ministry has said that two children were killed, and they have called this an unprovoked violation of pakistan's airspace. pakistan has now recalled its ambassador to iran, and it has told iran's ambassador to pakistan, who is currently out of the country, not to return.

of course, the backdrop to all of this — and the reason why this is getting even more attention — is because of the timing. the fact that iran has also in recent days hit both iraq and syria. now, put together, this suggests that iran is currently trying to show a display of strength and force against any group that it considers to be a threat. with me is parham ghobadi, from bbc persian. so is iran sending a message of strength both internationally and domestically? it strength both internationally and domestically?— strength both internationally and domesticall ? , ., , , domestically? it is. iran is sending a message — domestically? it is. iran is sending a message both — domestically? it is. iran is sending a message both domestically - domestically? it is. iran is sending a message both domestically and l a message both domestically and internationally. one reason might be that it feels it is losing one of its most important allies and proxies, hamas. the iranian foreign minister today said that as long as the war is going on in gaza, security will not return to the red sea and houthis will continue their

attacks against the ships in that region. so the iranian foreign minister also mentioned that that justified the attacks against pakistan. he said iran did not kill any pakistanis, the missile and drone strikes targeted iranian nationals home the iranian regime considers a terrorist organisation. it is a sunni islamist group that has already carried out some attacks against iranian security forces in december and october.- december and october. parham ghobadi, thank _ december and october. parham ghobadi, thank you. _ let's go live now to camelia entekhabifard editor of the independent persian. so is this simply a bit of showing might by iran? i

so is this simply a bit of showing might by iran?— might by iran? i have a different perspective _ might by iran? i have a different perspective of — might by iran? i have a different perspective of this _ might by iran? i have a different perspective of this attack. - might by iran? i have a different i perspective of this attack. pakistan has a 900 kilometre border with iran, and pakistan has the seventh biggest army in the world, a nuclear country. it is hard to say if iran, without coordinating with the pakistan, would carry out such an attack. both countries are complaining about terrorism, al-anda, taliban and all of those things in the past, years ago. if iran carried out this attack, it could help the pakistanis to coordinate confronting these groups. at the same time, the iranians can publicly demand and make their revenge. 20 years ago, they were

supporting these terrorist groups who fight inside afghanistan against american and coalition forces. for the past few years, there have been no more americans or foreigners. these terrorists are trained with equipment and capability. now they are launching attacks against their creators. , ., , creators. sorry to interrupt you, but pakistan — creators. sorry to interrupt you, but pakistan has _ creators. sorry to interrupt you, but pakistan has called - creators. sorry to interrupt you, but pakistan has called it - creators. sorry to interrupt you, but pakistan has called it a - creators. sorry to interrupt you, l but pakistan has called it a breach of its sovereignty and accused iran of its sovereignty and accused iran of violating international law. {lit of violating international law. of course they have to do that, otherwise where is the strength of a country and not reacting to such an attack? to give another example, three days of military exercises have been carried out by the iranian and pakistani armies. theyjust finished the day along the persian border in the strait of hormuz. the iranian and pakistani foreign ministers met in davos. last week, a

delegation travelled to islamabad to speak about the two countries opposing afghanistan. pakistan is very aware. that is why there is only diplomatic condemnation from pakistan so far. otherwise they could have gone to the security council to complain or they could have retaliated against the iranians. if have retaliated against the iranians. ., ., ~' have retaliated against the iranians. ., ., ., , iranians. if we look at what was said by the _ iranians. if we look at what was said by the foreign _ iranians. if we look at what was said by the foreign minister - iranians. if we look at what was said by the foreign minister in l said by the foreign minister in davos, that houthi attacks in the red sea will cease if israel stops its military action, does iran have any power to stop that? iran its military action, does iran have any power to stop that?— its military action, does iran have any power to stop that? iran has its rox in any power to stop that? iran has its

proxy in the — any power to stop that? iran has its proxy in the region. _ any power to stop that? iran has its proxy in the region. they _ any power to stop that? iran has its proxy in the region. they worry - any power to stop that? iran has itsj proxy in the region. they worry that if hamas is demolished by the israelis and americans, it will be hezbollah next. and then the iraqi militias. the islamic republic has invested in lots of militias over the past a0 years. these attacks show their missile capabilities. it all comes as a warning also to america and the israelis in case the domination of this regional war is extended to get closer to iran, that they are ready with these missiles. i suppose the question is, can iran actually control what the houthis

and what hezbollah does? we spoke to and what hezbollah does? we spoke to an analyst earlier who said actually, iran can say these things, but it doesn't have the power to do it. ., y but it doesn't have the power to do it. ., , ., ., but it doesn't have the power to do it. no, they do. how can we say they do not? the — it. no, they do. how can we say they do not? the houthis— it. no, they do. how can we say they do not? the houthis have _ it. no, they do. how can we say they do not? the houthis have been - it. no, they do. how can we say they l do not? the houthis have been armed and trained by iran. hezbollah is a creation of the israeli and —— the iranian islamic republic. hezbollah would not enter into this war unless iran were engaged in the war. everything has been arranged to see how powerfully america and israel want to stretch their muscles in the region. every day, a what is going on than in the border of israel and

lebanon. so i would hezbollah sit back and watch these attacks? for the houthis too, they have been supporting hamas. the number of attacks by houthis is increasing. all of them will see their existence in the existence of the other one. the islamic republic allows them to exist. they religiously and politically depend on the islamic republic. politically depend on the islamic reublic. ., politically depend on the islamic reublic. . ., , politically depend on the islamic reublic. . ., ., republic. that was camelia entekhabifard _ republic. that was camelia entekhabifard from - republic. that was camelia entekhabifard from the - republic. that was camelia - entekhabifard from the independent persian, thank you for your time. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. politicians in northern ireland

have once again failed to elect a stormont speaker. it is the seventh recall of the assembly since may 2022. the assembly collapsed almost two years ago, due to the democratic unionist party's protest over post—brexit trade rules for northern ireland. a legal deadline to restore devolved government runs out on thursday. the final report of the public inquiry into the infected blood scandal will be published in late—may. the chair of the inquiry, sir brian langstaff, said more time was needed to prepare "a report of this gravity". victims and their families were initially told they would learn the findings in autumn last year. the rate of inflation unexpectedly rose to a% in december — the first increase in ten months, up from 3.9% in november. the office for national statistics says tobacco and alcohol had the biggest impact on prices. the chancellor insists the government's plan to bring down inflation is working. those are some of the story is making the news today.

you're live with bbc news. the prime minister is facing another test of his authority today over plans to send migrants to rwanda. rishi sunak is trying to revive government proposals to send some asylum seekers to the east african country, arguing it will deter people from crossing the channel in small boats. but he suffered the biggest rebellion of his premiership in parliament last night, and two deputy chairmen of the conservative party resigned, saying the bill wasn't tough enough. damian grammaticas has more. reporter: is your party too split to back the bill? - yesterday saw the biggest rebellion of his prime ministership. today, more tory divisions could be on show. all on a policy rishi sunak has put at the heart of his agenda — so a tempting target for an opposition leader. mps: hear, hear! it's a farce. only this, only this government could waste hundreds of millions of pounds on a removals policy that doesn't remove anyone. laughter.

only this government could claim that it's going to get flights off the ground, only to discover that they couldn't find a plane. we have worked through a record number of cases and returned a record number of people back to where they have come. all of that is a plan that is working and we can see that is working because the numbers of people coming to this country are down by over a third, mr speaker. the labour leader seized on reports that mr sunak, when he was chancellor, didn't think the rwanda scheme would work as a deterrent. he didn't want to fund it. he didn't think it would work. when he sees his party tearing itself apart, hundreds of bald men scrapping over a single broken comb, doesn't he wish he'd had the courage to stick to his guns? laughter. i have absolute conviction that the plan we've put in place will work, absolute conviction, because i believe it's important that we grip this problem. the attempt to deport asylum seekers to rwanda and leave the east african country to deal with their cases was halted by the courts before

it got off the ground. the bbc caught up with the country's president in davos. he says it is up to mr sunak to revive the plan. reporter: the supreme court said that your country's not safe. - is it safe for refugees? ask the uk. it is the uk's problem, not rwanda's problem. the ayes to the right, 68. the noes to the left, 529. yesterday, dozens of tory mps tried to amend mr sunak�*s new legislation. lee anderson and brendan clarke—smith resigned as deputy party chairmen, saying they couldn't vote for something they didn't believe would work. and jane stevenson quit as a ministerial aide. she now says she'll vote with the government today. other potential rebels are wavering, too. i have said very clearly, if the bill remains unamended, i will at the bare minimum abstain as i did on the second reading. i still leave voting against on the table as an option but i will want to do that collectively with colleagues if there are enough colleagues who believe that is the right thing to do. that "if" is the question — how divided will the conservative

party look after today? will mr sunak get any flights to rwanda off the ground? and will that really stop the boats? damian grammaticas, bbc news, westminster. live now to our deputy political editor, vicki young. if this bill does successfully get past the night, what does that do to rishi sunak�*s position politically? he will be delighted if it does go through. he has made it a priority to stop the boats and he thinks this is the way to do it. if it passes its third reading, that is the final hurdle in the commons, it then goes to the house of lords. that will not be an easy ride. there are a lot of peers who are unhappy with this legislation and they could spend quite some time mulling over it and trying to change it. it could be several weeks before this becomes law and then, of course, many expect it to be tested in the courts, all

this time getting closer and closer to a general election. in the commons right now, they are going through the detail of this bill. there is a group of tory mps still trying to, as they would put it, harden it up and make it more watertight, they say, because they think at the moment, it will be challenged in the courts and they don't think those flights will ever take off. one of those is the former home secretary suella braverman. this was what she had to say. we are here to fix a — this was what she had to say. we are here to fix a problem, _ this was what she had to say. we are here to fix a problem, the _ this was what she had to say. we are here to fix a problem, the problem . here to fix a problem, the problem we are _ here to fix a problem, the problem we are all— here to fix a problem, the problem we are all seized by, which is stopping _ we are all seized by, which is stopping the boats. this is our third _ stopping the boats. this is our third attempt to fix this problem. we passed the nationality on borders act in _ we passed the nationality on borders act in 2021 _ we passed the nationality on borders act in 2021. we then passed the illegal— act in 2021. we then passed the illegal migration act in 2023 and we are here _ illegal migration act in 2023 and we are here again, third time round, with_ are here again, third time round, with the — are here again, third time round, with the safety of rwanda bill 2024. the british people are fed up. they

have run— the british people are fed up. they have run out of patience and time and this— have run out of patience and time and this is— have run out of patience and time and this is our last chance to get it right — and this is our last chance to get it riiht. , and this is our last chance to get itriiht. , ~:: .,, and this is our last chance to get itriiht. , ~:: ~ , it right. yesterday 60 tory mps voted to try _ it right. yesterday 60 tory mps voted to try to _ it right. yesterday 60 tory mps voted to try to change - it right. yesterday 60 tory mps voted to try to change this - it right. yesterday 60 tory mps voted to try to change this bill. voted to try to change this bill against government wishes. so the question is, when we get to the final hurdle, the third reading this evening, how many of those rebels will try and vote against it, which would effectively kill the bill altogether? it looks like many of them have decided that they have given it a try and they haven't been able to change it, but this is better than having no bill at all. it looks like a lot of those rebels are going to back the government, including the three yesterday who decided to vote against the government and lost their jobs because of it. all three of them say they were now back the government. so government figures are feeling confident that it's going to go through. the problem, of course, is

that those mps are now backing a bill which they have openly said doesn't work. so that will be used against the prime minister by the opposition. against the prime minister by the o- osition. w' against the prime minister by the o- osition. a ., opposition. vicki young, in westminster. _ westminster. just to remind you of the breaking news we brought you in the past half hour. the labour mp sir tony lloyd has died peacefully at his home. he had revealed that he had an untreatable form of leukaemia in the past week, and his family have made a statement. "we are devastated to announce the death of sir tony lloyd, our beloved joe, dad and grandad. he died peacefully this morning surrounded by family, as was his wish." in the past couple of minutes, we have also received a statement from the labour leader sir keir starmer, who paid tribute to sir tony lloyd's desire to make the world a better, fairer place. he

said his death is a terrible loss and the entire labour party will join me in sending our deepest condolences to tony's family. next, rappers like to shop in northern ireland? latest success dollars that trend. kneecap's name refers to the process of shooting those accused of a crime. now they are making their acting debut. their film, which also stars michael fassbender, is having its premiere at the sundance film festival in the us. is the first time an irish liquid film has been included in the festival and our culture correspondent has been to belfast meet them.

# my raybans. ..# kneecap are at the forefront of irish hip—hop, rapping in both irish and english. their self—titled film, a semi—fictionalised account of how they got together, also blends the two languages, and it's the first irish language film to be included at the sundance film festival. they called our generation the ceasefire babies. so it's about these three fellas trying to find their place in the world. and it's about, you know, their identity and stuff like that. so everybody has this idea of the irish language that we all just sit about pubs playing fiddles and talking about grammar. you know what i mean? when in actual fact, these three characters don't really mention the language that much. the whole film, they're, like, selling drugs and, like, talking about, you know, youth culture through the language rather than... they're living and surviving through the language. you've heard of intergenerational trauma, right? right. our history. our history has become our biology. the band grew up after the good friday agreement in a time of relative peace. the film explores what that means to young people in northern ireland. kneecap had never acted before.

the director says that was a challenge. it wasn't that they couldn't act. they didn't know how to act. right? because, you know, it's not necessarily a natural thing. and we got on board an acting coach called kieran lagan, who's from queen's university, and he put together a course that, over six months, you know, kind of put them through a university degree in acting, all the theory and things like that. and they absolutely blossomed week by week and i think the biggest thing people are going to be surprised about isjust how good they are on screen. and they are acting opposite people like michael fassbender, simone kirby, some of the greatest actors ireland's produced in a generation, and they don't look like they're there because they've won a raffle. kneecap are not without controversy. this mural showing a police land rover on fire did upset some local politicians, but the band say they're about making music, not stirring up tensions. i think controversy is definitely subjective

because, like, we had the song get your brits out, that has nothing to do with a mass exodus of british people from the north of ireland or anything like that there. which people like to believe. and that's kind of what we're playing off there. but in reality, the song, obviously, if you don't speak irish, you don't know what we're saying, but the song is about taking the dup out on a night out. so there are many aspects. you see this kind . of aesthetic as well of people wearing tracksuits - and the kind of clothes you wear, it's associated with a type i of scumbaggery and people just have that image straight away. i was just about to say that as well. l with a balaclava as well, people look at this and - think it's a kind of sectarian statement or something, _ but it's the opposite. the name is derived from so—called kneecapping, where people are shot in the legs by paramilitaries. but kneecap say their name isn't a celebration of violence. any interview we do,

we always say like, just like, we're glad that there's peace now. we're not trying to stoke any fires. like, we're all the same people, do you know what i mean? and the pioneers in irish rap gave me a language lesson before i left. he speaks irish. she repeats. thank you, guys. no problem. what's thank you in irish? go raibh maith agat. it's not easy. that was "i'm here with kneecap today in belfast". apologies about the pronunciation. charlotte gallagher, bbc news. stay with us here on bbc news. there is more information on the development and the middle east, including the comments by the iranian foreign minister. you can find that on the bbc news website and the bbc app. we will have the headlines in a moment. stay with us for the latest and we will have

updates on the news about king charles being in hospital next week as well. plenty more still to come. hello there. although much of the country today and tomorrow will continue to see a lot of dry, sunny and cold weather, we have some concerns for the snow showers continuing to pile into the north of the country, particularly northern scotland into the northern isles, where we have an amber warning in force. this system across france will not pose any issues to southern britain. it will bring an area of thicker cloud and a few wintry showers across the south—east. it's the snow showers in the north we have more concerns about, with an amber warning issued here for an extra five to ten centimetres of snow falling on already deep snow. we could even see 15 to 20 centimetres of extra snow over the higher ground and ice will continue to be an issue here throughout the day. further south, the best

of the sunshine and another very cold day to come, particularly across the northern half of the uk. this evening, we lose the cloud and have a few wintry showers for the far south—east. it's cold, dry and clear for most. wintry showers draped around coastal areas will give an ice risk and those snow showers will continue to pile into the northern isles and into the central northern highlands. a very cold night to come, wherever you are. it is a cold, frosty and icy start to thursday. bright with plenty of sunshine, but we will have snow showers draped around coasts. but the heaviest snow showers again are across northern scotland into the northern isles. another very cold day to come. subtle changes into friday. we lose that arctic northerly. high pressure builds in, starting to bring us some westerly winds. so a slightly less cold day on friday. quite a lot of sunshine around, thanks to high pressure.

but snow showers will come in thick and fast across the north and west of scotland, with longer spells of snow. that will add to the snow depths there. but elsewhere, you will see temperatures coming up a bit. and that is the theme for things to come in the weekend. big changes. we start to pick up atlantic low pressure systems, strong gale force, even severe gale force south—westerly winds and pulses of rain. this rise in temperature, with heavy rain and snowmelt, could lead to localised flooding, but certainly turning a lot milder this weekend.