live from london. this is bbc news. rishi sunak urges the house of lords to �*do the right thing' and back his rwanda migrant legislation, after it passed its third reading in the commons. people know that if they come here illegally, they will be detained and swiftly removed. that is what this rwanda bill delivers. pakistan carries out overnight strikes on what it calls �*terrorist hideouts�* in iran's border province — two days after iranian attacks on pakistan. the us military carried out a fourth air strike against houthi. and — we take a look at the film blockbusters contending for this years bafta awards nominations.

hello. uk prime minister rishi sunak has urged the house of lords to do the right thing and back his legislation after the commons voted in favour of the plan. he has been warned that his flagship policy will face strong opposition from peers. speaking in downing street a short time ago, he said it is an urgent national priority to deter migrants from coming to britain in small boats across the channel. here is what he said in downing street a short time ago. the conservative party has come together, the rwanda bill has passed. it's now time for the lords to pass this bill too. this is an urgent national priority, the treaty with rwanda is assigned and the legislation which teams rwanda safe country has been passed in our elected chamber. there's only one question, will the opposition and the appointed house of lords try and frustrate the will of the people as expressed by the elected house or will they get on board

and do right thing? it's as simple as that. we have a plan and the plan is working. last year was the first year the number of small boat arrivals went down. notjust down by a bit, down by a third compared to crossings in the year before. that's in the context of arrivals being up 80% in europe over the same period. to really solve this problem, we need a clear and effective deterrent so that people know that if they come here illegally, they will be detained and swiftly removed. pakistan has launched missile attacks after iran carried out attacks after iran carried out attacks earlier in the week. they said it had hit terrorist hideout. three women, two men and four children were killed. iran state tv

said. earlier i spoke to our pakistan correspondent, caroline davies, who's in islamabad. early this morning, we had in—state from the pakistan foreign ministry confirming they had launched attacks on what they say are terrorist groups operating inside iran. now, this of course comes after iran admitted yesterday it had also carried out attacks inside pakistan's borders on militant groups operating inside pakistan. this is an ongoing discussion between pakistan and iran. there have been a lot of accusations over the course of years that pakistan and iran both accuse the other of harbouring terrorist militant groups inside the borders that then come across the border, carry out attacks and then go back a cross which makes it difficult for the nation security forces to be able to go and get justice. that is the backdrop to all of this. the other thing to bear in is that pakistan and iran had up until a few days ago, pretty cordial

relationships. at this point, that has deteriorated fairly dramatically. so we have had reports as well from iran's state media, they now say that nine people are believed to have been killed in this particular strike that was carried out by pakistan. what's really interesting and the language pakistan is using is talking very strongly about targeting militant groups, not targeting about target targeting iran itself. similar language, almost mirroring what was said by iran's foreign yesterday when he was talking and saying that iran had carried out these attacks inside pakistan. will this all be now a line drawn underneath it? both sides feel they have done the same thing, orwill we sides feel they have done the same thing, or will we see iran decide to retaliate? will we see a further escalation between these two countries bearing in mind backdrop to this as well is over the last few days, iran has hit targets inside

syria, inside iraq, and inside pakistan. it seems to be trying to show a display of strength showing that anything it considers to be a threat as a target. how will it feel having been hit or at least had a hit happen inside its oil? even if it was not targeted at iran and its military operations. so that will be the key question here. pakistan said it refer to iran as a brotherly nation. that brotherly relationship is under some strain. you mention it's under strain, we do not know how it is going to de—escalate after this, are there intermediaries who step in between pakistan and iran to have a diplomatic angle on this? we heard from china yesterday _ diplomatic angle on this? we heard from china yesterday who - diplomatic angle on this? we heard from china yesterday who had - diplomatic angle on this? we heard | from china yesterday who had asked for restraint between the two countries in the way they were going to respond to theirs. that would be the big question, is china going to step in to be an intermediary between these two countries? at the moment, it seems fairly unlikely that either of them want to have any

form of escalation between the two sides. they normally have fairly cordial relationships. for pakistan, is an incredibly fragile situation. there should be elections in less than one month. it in the fragile economic position as well. it has not got a great relationship with india but it has had deteriorating relationship with afghanistan as well. doesn't really want a further problem iran on another border too? and iran, multiple issues that they are dealing with around the world, different attacks, and dealing with attacks on different fronts. does it want to have pakistan also having some form of military confrontation? at the moment, both sides are talking about militant groups, very clearly they are not attacking the state on the other side but does that mean there is space for de—escalation at this point? that mean there is space for de-escalation at this point? what this reaction _ de-escalation at this point? what this reaction in _ de-escalation at this point? what this reaction in the _ de-escalation at this point? what this reaction in the media? - de—escalation at this point? what this reaction in the media? is it tense at the moment? in

this reaction in the media? is it tense at the moment?- this reaction in the media? is it tense at the moment? in social media before the attacks _ tense at the moment? in social media before the attacks happen, _ tense at the moment? in social media before the attacks happen, there - tense at the moment? in social media before the attacks happen, there are i before the attacks happen, there are a lot of people are going there should be a military response from pakistan. a lot of analysts thought that was unlikely because that is not what pakistan has done in the past. but this is covered very closely by the here in pakistan. whenever there is a potential conflict between two countries and we have not really seen something like this between iran and pakistan in recent history, this is an escalation of tensions between the two countries, that, of course, is picked up by the national media. the gui picked up by the national media. the qui question everyone is waiting for, what will iran do now? it struck 14 houthi missiles which may have been intended for shipping on the red sea. it came hours after houthi used it going to hit a us cargo ship on the go. on wednesday, the united states announced it is

returning the houthi to a list of global terrorist organisations. it will require the freezing of houthi funds and its members will be banned from the us. in november, the group began attacking merchant vessels in the key what are we responding to israel's military operation in gaza. since then the houthi have launched dozens of attacks tankers passing through the red sea, one of the world's busiest shipping lanes. asking questions, the pentagon press secretary said the united states has focused on deterring the attacks on the red sea. in focused on deterring the attacks on the red sea-— the red sea. in our assessment, we hit what we — the red sea. in our assessment, we hit what we intended _ the red sea. in our assessment, we hit what we intended to _ the red sea. in our assessment, we hit what we intended to hurt - the red sea. in our assessment, we hit what we intended to hurt with . hit what we intended to hurt with good effect. again, the objective here was to disrupt and degrade houthi capabilities to conduct attacks. we believe overall in terms of the scope and the number of strikes that we too, we have degraded their ability to attack. clearly, they maintain some capability, and we anticipated that

after any action, they would likely be some retaliatory strikes. the biggest strike in northern ireland's history has begun, with tens of thousands of workers taking part in walk—outs over pay. nurses, teachers and civil servants are among the public sector workers who are taking part in the action, which is co—ordinated between 16 trade unions. our ireland correspondent chris page gave us the latest. well, the impact is going to be extremely significant. most people in northern ireland say they really can't remember a day like this at all. schools are shut. buses and trains aren't running. civil servants have walked out. as indeed have health workers so i'm outside the royal victoria hospital in west belfast. this is the biggest hospital in northern ireland. the royal college of nursing picket line isjust behind me. other workers on strike include radiographers, midwives, clerical staff, so that will of course have an effect on services in the health service here. the unions say this is a last resort. their main issue is pay, particularly, they say, the fact that their pay has fallen well behind their counterparts in

the rest of the uk in recent years. the background to all this, there is currently no devolved government in northern ireland. hasn't been a fully functioning power—sharing coalition in belfast for the best part of two years now. the democratic unionist party is vetoing the formation of a power—sharing administration because of its concerns over post—brexit trade trade barriers between northern ireland and the rest of the uk which is unionist, they say, is unacceptable to them. now, the british government has said that if devolution does get back up and running, well, it will provide extra funding including more than half a billion pounds for public sector pay increases. but it says that money is only going to become available if the dup drops its veto and the devolved government does come back. unions say they are basically caught in the middle of a political game.

they and indeed the main political parties here in northern ireland say the british government should release that money for public sector workers right now. so you can expect to hear plenty of messages along those lines, particularly, i think, to the british government in london today. the workers here on strike are expected to take part in marches and rallies, the biggest one will be in belfast city centre this lunchtime and the warning going out from picket lines here and indeed from those demonstrations will be that if the public sector pay disputes are not settled, and settled quickly, well, more industrial action will follow. given what you're talking about there being no devolved government, there is nobody to step in and knock heads together. how do they resolve all this? yes, well, the issues around the absence of the devolved government really are centred from the fallout from brexit. so very separate, i suppose, the issue around public sector pay. but that issue of public sector pay has really become the biggest

issue domestically here. there have been strikes, there has been industrial action that has really been escalating over the course of the two years when ministers in stormont have not been in place. the british government in london has said, look, public sector pay is a devolved matter. so, therefore, it can only be settled, they say, by devolved ministers in belfast. but as regards the resolution of the dispute, the problems that have led to the absence of devolved government, well, there is really no sign of that changing anytime soon. the dup says its concerns have not been met and therefore it is going to stay out of government, prevent the devolved government from coming back until its concerns are satisfied. so, really, northern ireland is in a sense of limbo, you talk to anybody working in public service, they will say things are decaying because of lack of leadership, a lack of decision—making. these issues around the wages

of public sector workers has become something of a lightning rod for public feeling around all this. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. the consumer group which says its research suggests people can pay significantly more for train tickets at station vending machines in england compared with those bought online. it checked the prices of seventy—five different journeys. train companies said they would continue to work with the government and the rail industry to achieve further changes to fares that would benefit customers. an amber warning for heavy snow is in place in scotland after overnight temperatures fell well below freezing across the uk. the met office have warned snow showers will affect the northern isles and northwest scotland and could disrupt travel, power, and communications. yellow warnings for ice and snow are also in place in all four uk nations. and a report on the

constitutional future of wales says independence would be a viable option but would bring significant financial challenges. an independent commission, co—chaired by the former archbishop of canterbury, rowan williams, has concluded that urgent change is needed to protect welsh devolution from collapse. you're live with bbc news. russia's foreign minister says ukraine must give up its plans to join the nato military alliance as one of the preconditions for ending the conflict. sergei lavrov made the remarks at a news conference earlier today. he also said he did not think the west was interested in starting peace talks at the moment. here's mr lavrov speaking at the press conference in moscow. translation: we do not see the slightest interest on the part of either the united states or nato in coming to a settlement of the current ukrainian conflict. they do not want to hear about our concerns. they do not want to talk seriously about the elimination of fundamental

contradictions. on the contrary, the west is doing everything possible to escalate the ukrainian crisis. king charles and the princess of wales will be away from public duties for a while due to health reasons. kensington palace says catherine, who's 42, has had abdominal surgery and will be in hospital for at least 10 days. she won't return to engagements until after easter. and next week king charles will go into hospital to receive treatment for an enlarged prostate. earlier, i spoke to our royal correspondent sean coughlin, who is outside kensington palace. well, so far the news has been very positive. we heard that the princess of wales is doing well. we've heard that the operation which took place on tuesday, has been a success. so it sounds as if everything is going in the right direction, although there is a long way to go. she's going to be in hospital for the next couple of weeks. and then after that, we're expecting her to be recuperating at home for several months. so it will be some time well beyond easter before we'd expect

to see the princess of wales back on official duties. and as you also mentioned, we have some other big royal health news in the form of king charles having a procedure to to address an enlarged prostate next week. and i think perhaps what's most interesting about that was the willingness for the palace to come forward and talk about this. and in some ways, it's become something of a public health message. he's going to be by going public, he might encourage other men to go forward and have checks themselves and to raise awareness about this very big issue. so i think in some ways it's quite an unusual degree of openness and in some ways i think some we've heard from some health charities saying it's a good thing to challenge this taboo and to get people talking about prostate. and there's no one taking over the king's duties while he's having that procedure, is there? well, it's going to be a fairly brief procedure, i think, and we don't know exactly. but i think there would be some postponements of some events. but in terms of the sort

of the business of being head of state, which involves the checking of documents, signing of documents, i think that will carry on. we're not expecting any of the constitutional mechanisms which are in place. if someone was seriously ill to be put into place, that won't happen. he'll carry on doing most of his work and there will be perhaps some minor postponements and changes in diary. but the bulk of the work will continue as usual. and in terms of the princess, is it unusual for it to be quite sort of long stay in hospital for a procedure like this? well, we don't know exactly what it is. we know so much what it isn't. we know it's not cancer related. we know it wasn't an emergency operation as such, it was something planned. but whatever it is, we don't know. of course, such medical matters are private and quite rightly so. but what we do know is that it's going to take quite a while to recover. so that certainly implies that something of some significance to take perhaps another three months before she's able to return to her duties. so we know there's something of some some significance, even if we don't know exactly what.

scientists have used the doomsday clock to one humanity of the dangers of nuclear war with midnight marking the theoretical point of annihilation. the reporter has more. north korea has threatened to detonate a hedge and bolt over the pacific. president putin has one strategic nuclear forces... every year, there is a meeting to the risk of global catastrophe and set the doomsday clock. it is a metaphor of how close we are to nuclear armageddon. a scary thought, but the scientists hope it will alert the public and pressure leaders to make the world is safer place. in 2023, the world is safer place. in 2023, the hands were set at 90 seconds to midnight, the closest they have ever been. in large part, because of pressure's war in ukraine. in

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system that would never be used, it is being used at the moment as we speak, there is a nuclear deterrent out there, the vladimir putin is of this world know it's out there and they it's credible and we could use it if need be. in they it's credible and we could use it if need be— it if need be. in 2021, the uk government _ it if need be. in 2021, the uk government announced - it if need be. in 2021, the uk government announced its . it if need be. in 2021, the uk - government announced its increasing the cap on the number of its warheads. recent suggestions us nuclear bombs may once again be based in britain has provoked disarmament process. at this centre in suffolk, they highlight the continuing tension around nuclear weapons. the world is in a far more dangerous situation precisely because of what is happening in ukraine. we feel adding more nuclear bombs to that situation is not going to make it safer. next week, the bulletin of atomic scientists will reveal at the hands of the doomsday clock will be set for 202a.

it's the biggest and most glamorous night in british cinema, celebrating the outstanding films of the year. film juggernaughts barbie, oppenheimer and killers of the flower moon are contenders for nominations for the bafta awards. colin paterson is here for us. what should be looking out for? in {of} should be looking out for? in 40 minutes we _ should be looking out for? in 40 minutes we will— should be looking out for? in 40 minutes we will find _ should be looking out for? in 40 minutes we will find out - should be looking out for? in 40 minutes we will find out which . should be looking out for? in 4: minutes we will find out which firms have been nominated for the 2024 bafta awards. remember, this was the year of two very different films were credited with getting audiences back to the cinema. and it is these two films we are going to be looking out for today. what you get at the baftas before the day of the nominations today, you get a long list telling you which films are in the running. and both barbie and oppenheimer have 15 mentions on the long list. you have got oppenheimer, this film about the birth of the atomic bomb, directed by christopher nolan who has had five bafta

nominations before for films like dunkirk. he has never won a bafta. surprising. the leading man who plays oppenheimer, one of the british isles greatest actors is from ireland, he has never even been nominated for a film bafta. that could change today. there we have on one side oppenheimer and then the film that was the biggest box office hit of the year, barbie. this film was a box office phenomenon. well she be nominated for best actress? could it get best film nomination? at the baftas, only five films are up at the baftas, only five films are up whereat at the oscars it is ten. it has been such a box office hit, it could be difficult for bafta to ignore that. one other film is on 15 long list, pillars of the longman, a series of murders in i920s oklahoma, racist murders against

native americans, and this film could give martin scorsese and ii could give martin scorsese and 11 best director nomination at the age of 81. it is the three hours 25 minutes long.— of 81. it is the three hours 25 minutes long. of 81. it is the three hours 25 minutes lonu. ., ., , minutes long. you mentioned the big names, minutes long. you mentioned the big names. what — minutes long. you mentioned the big names, what about _ minutes long. you mentioned the big names, what about british _ minutes long. you mentioned the big names, what about british film? - minutes long. you mentioned the big names, what about british film? you| names, what about british film? you will aet names, what about british film? you will get films — names, what about british film? wi, will get films getting recognition at the ceremony that were not mentioned at the golden globes are the critics choice where it was oppenheimer that won the way. one film to look out for today, well, there are two, per things, counts as a british firm although it's by a great director, but the money came from britain. it is a dark, fantasticalfilm money came from britain. it is a dark, fantastical film starring money came from britain. it is a dark, fantasticalfilm starring emma stone as a woman whose baby's brain is put into her head. yes, it is very weird. and the other film to look out for is saltburn. it is a

twisted look at glasson privilege in the uk. it is a very british film and it could get more nominations than people are expecting today. what about the ceremony? i understand david tennant will be hosting it. tell us about the event. it will be david tennant who is hosting it. the start many people still know as for doctor who stop he does a lot of tv presenting in the uk, children need, that was always his ambition to host the baftas. i think it's a very good choice in the night. 25 awards given out, it takes place down on the south bank exactly one month today. and will be barbie and oppenheimer we are talking about on that night?— on that night? thank you very much for an update _ on that night? thank you very much for an update on _ on that night? thank you very much for an update on the _ on that night? thank you very much for an update on the baftas. - on that night? thank you very much for an update on the baftas. thankl for an update on the baftas. thank you very much forjoining us. the american company that was hoping to land on the moon will bring its craft crashing back to earth in the coming hours. pittsburgh—based astrobotic

says its peregrine spacecraft will be directed to re—enter the earth's atmosphere and burn up. the lander suffered a major propulsion failure last week that made a safe touch—down on the lunar surface impossible. a reminder of our top story. we have heard from the prime minister rishi sunak who was talking after his bill on rwanda, the move to send people who had been illegally here back to rwanda has passed through the house of commons after the tory rebellion failed to materialise. he has urged the house of lords to pass the bill, it needs to go to the house of lords now. in the end, the rebellion in the house of commons which was supposed to happen, only 11 voted against it. we will have continued analysis and on any of today's news

on the website. we will be back shortly. do stay with us on bbc news. we started with a very cold morning leading into a bitterly cold day. through today and tomorrow it is going to remain cold. there'll be further snow showers, especially so in the north of the country with some blizzards and drifting. into the weekend, it turns much milder than it has been, but it's going to be wet and windy. so the met office amber weather warning still in force for the far north of scotland and the northern isles. we could see a further 5 to 15 centimetres of snow, with blizzards and drifting. 5 to 10 centimetres coming out of some of the snow showers in northern ireland and a few wintry showers across the irish sea and the north sea coastline, making it inland at times. but despite the fact most of us will have a dry day with some sunshine, it's still going to feel cold. as we head through the latter part of the afternoon

and into the evening and overnight, further snow showers across the isle of man into north—west england, wales, cheshire, possibly even as far south as the midlands. but the showers, not all of us will see them, and we'll have more snow showers coming in across scotland. but the wind is going to change direction to more of a westerly. so it's not going to be as cold along the coasts. you can see the greens here move inland. we're looking at another widespread frost and another cold night. so tomorrow, we start off with a lot of dry and sunny conditions. initially, the snow will be at low levels in scotland, but through the day it will rise into the hills above about 400 metres or so and quite a brisk wind, as well. temperatures, i in lerwick to a high of 6 as we push down towards the south of england and wales. so temperatures are going to be higher than they have been, but it will still feel cold. and then as we head on into the weekend the weather changes, we start to have more of an atlantic influence, with strong winds, gales, even severe gales at times and weather fronts bringing in some rain. so this is the picture on saturday.

the rain coming in from the west pushing generally eastwards. we're also looking at drier conditions, brighter conditions in the far south—east. but it is going to be a windy day wherever you are. but note the temperatures, 6 to 9 degrees. it's been quite a while since we've seen temperatures at that level. and if anything, as we head on into sunday and monday, temperatures are going to continue to rise. but on sunday, we're looking at more rain, some heavy rain and also strong winds with some melting snow, too, which could lead to some local flooding.

inside intel — the boss of the us chip giant warns of a "turbulent world" — the reason they've invested billions building factories closer to home we need resilient supply chains to keep the economies of the world moving forward and being less impacted by events in a single place in the world. saudi aramco is to double its venture capital investments saudi arabia's oil company is to double its venture capital investments in a bid to diversify the economy welcome to world business report. we start in the world of technology

— because the boss of us chip giant intel has warned of a "turbulent world" this year.