an air strike on the syrian capital kills four members of iran's revolutionary guards, two of them high—ranking military advisers. iran blames israel. a un human rights official accuses israel of beating and stripping palestinians detained in gaza. an investigation continues in norwich after the bodies of four people including two children were found in a house on friday. it's emerged police failed to respond to an emergency call from the property that morning. and ariel the cocker spaniel has successfully had her two extra legs removed months after being dumped outside a supermarket in wales. we speak to one of the surgeons. hello, i'm frankie mccamley.

four members of the iranian revolutionary guards, including the head of their information unit in syria, have been killed by an air strike in damascus. syrian activists say at least ten people were killed in the mid—morning blast, which flattened a building in the mazzeh district of the city. state media in iran said it was the residence of iranian military advisers in the syrian capital and blamed israel. tehran played a key role in supporting president assad during the civil war in syria. the foreign. there has been no comment from israel. live now to sara bazoobandi, who is in hamburg. sara is the managing director of middle east risk consulting, and a research fellow at the german institute for global and area studies.

i want to get your thoughts on this latest escalation between iran and israel. , . ~ latest escalation between iran and israel. , ., ~ , ., latest escalation between iran and israel. , . ~' , ., ~' israel. yes, thank you. i think we are reaching _ israel. yes, thank you. i think we are reaching a — israel. yes, thank you. i think we are reaching a point _ israel. yes, thank you. i think we are reaching a point that - israel. yes, thank you. i think we are reaching a point that is - israel. yes, thank you. i think we are reaching a point that is quite| are reaching a point that is quite visible and obvious, that the tension is rising on both sides and they are willing to get more involved in direct confrontation. up until october the 7th, a lot of indirect attacks and a lot of, there was an element of deniable plausibility in all of this, but now we are reaching a point and there are direct attacks, there are very obvious and it shows that we might even reach a point that would be a point of no return, direct on each of the �*s soil or direct confrontation, or perhaps iran might

escalate through its closest and most important proxy in the north of israel, his brother, on their attacks by israel in recent days and weeks —— hezbollah. even though the head has frequently stated that they have no desire in getting involved in a confrontation between hamas and israel but you might see a change in that strategy. israel but you might see a change in that strategy-— that strategy. that's what i wanted to talk to you _ that strategy. that's what i wanted to talk to you about. _ that strategy. that's what i wanted to talk to you about. these - that strategy. that's what i wanted| to talk to you about. these shadow wars that we are seeing being conducted. how do you think that these will have an influence on the war in gaza?— these will have an influence on the war in gaza? well, the influence on the war in gaza, _ war in gaza? well, the influence on the war in gaza, i _ war in gaza? well, the influence on the war in gaza, i think— war in gaza? well, the influence on the war in gaza, i think it _ war in gaza? well, the influence on the war in gaza, i think it is - war in gaza? well, the influence on the war in gaza, i think it is quite . the war in gaza, i think it is quite obvious that it is the other way around. the war in gaza is a cause of a lot of these incidents from the south of the red sea all the way between israel, iran and syria. that incident has opened a pandora's box of crises in that region that is

very difficult to contain. if that situation continues, escalation continues, we might even see a broader conflict, more players involved, and more devastation caused by this crisis in that part of the world.— caused by this crisis in that part of the world. �* ., of the world. and when we look at those players. _ of the world. and when we look at those players, look— of the world. and when we look at those players, look at _ of the world. and when we look at those players, look at that - those players, look at that devastation, we are seeing these air strikes happen, what do you think, and i know of course you don't have and i know of course you don't have a crystal ball, butjust looking at the geopolitics taking place now, what do you think might happen in specific areas in the days, weeks to come? , ., specific areas in the days, weeks to come? , . ., ., ., , ., come? only a few weeks ago a similar attack was conducted _ come? only a few weeks ago a similar attack was conducted by _ come? only a few weeks ago a similar attack was conducted by israel - come? only a few weeks ago a similar attack was conducted by israel on - attack was conducted by israel on another commander, again in damascus. that was followed by a terrorist attack in one of the cities in iran. what the islamic republic did in response to that was to conduct a series of from our side

random attacks on various parts of the region, they started shooting missiles in regions of iraq, they started shooting missiles to certain parts of pakistan. you expect some sort of retaliation. i'm not sure towards whom that might be directed. there is a lot of tension in the waterways, international waters around that part of the world from the red sea to the persian gulf. iran has the history of capturing and seizing oil tankers and they have been attacking military ships in that part of the world. there's a whole host of options now in front of iranians, and in front and perhaps they are not going to be shy and pick and choose of conducting various forms of these random attacks in the coming days. really

interestin: attacks in the coming days. really interesting to _ attacks in the coming days. really interesting to get _ attacks in the coming days. really interesting to get your _ attacks in the coming days. really interesting to get your thoughts . attacks in the coming days. really| interesting to get your thoughts on that. thank you forjoining us here on bbc news. that. thank you for “oining us here on sac news._ an air strike on southern lebanon has killed two members of hamas as they were travelling in a car. israel has been accused of targeting members of hamas and its lebanese ally, hezbollah, in several strikes on southern lebanon in recent weeks. earlier this month, a strike on beirut killed the deputy leader of hamas' political office. hezbollah, which is a powerful iranian—backed armed and political group, has been firing rockets across the border at israel since the war in gaza began. the israeli military has continued to pound the city of khan younis in southern gaza, and says its troops found six rocket launchers when they raided what it described as a military compound. hamas health officials report that 165 palestinians were killed in the past day, and the overall number killed in the war so far is approaching 25,000. our middle east correspondent mark lowen reports from jerusalem.

in gaza's skies, where bombs have rained down, not an israeli attack, but an israeli appeal — for information on the hostages seized by hamas. around 130 are still not home. how many are dead is unknown. the subtext from israel — this is why we're here. they chant. but in israel, angerfrom families at benjamin netanyahu's residence, who want him to do more. polls show most think he should be prioritising the hostages' release. the protection of the state, a founding israeli principle, was absent in october. many here feel it still is. translation: | want to - have a country that cares for us, because our prime minister and the war cabinet doesn't. splits have spread to the top. gadi eisenkot of the war cabinet accused mr netanyahu of dishonesty by vowing total victory over hamas, adding that the prime minister was responsible for leaving

israel open to attack. a war cabinet at war with itself spells trouble for israel's leader. benjamin netanyahu's growing unpopularity at home is increasingly echoed abroad, publicly rebutting the us by rejecting a two—state solution with a future palestinian state and refusing allies' calls to ease the offensive in gaza. israel's great political survivor is looking isolated and vulnerable. after speaking to israel's prime minister, president biden tried to sound positive. could a possible future demilitarised palestinian state be discussed 7 there are a number of types of two—state solution. there's a number of countries that are members of the un that still don't have their own military. so i think there's ways in which this could work. but a diplomatic solution still seems far off, well beyond the air strikes,

the suffering, the anguish deepening on both sides. felix tshisekedi has been sworn in as president of the democratic republic of congo for a second term. these are live pictures. he has been shaking hands with lots of delegates in the past hour or so. he took the oath of office in a packed stadium. heads of state from across africa were invited to the ceremony. the opposition has refused to recognise mr tshisekedi's election victory last month, describing the result as a sham. three defeated candidates had called for protests in kinshasa on the day of the inauguration. police banned the demonstrations and warned they would take all necessary measures

to guarantee safety. we just seeing those pictures live from the stadium as that inauguration taking place. police in norfolk investigating the deaths of four people at a house near norwich on friday say they failed to respond to an emergency call from the property that morning. the bodies of two young girls, a man and a woman were discovered later that day. officers are just three macro treating it as an isolated incident. the man has now been named. there is still a large police presence on this small road near norwich. we have seen forensic officers go in and out of the home, which police forced their way into at around 7:15am yesterday. the man who was found dead in their has now been named locally. also living at

that property, the two young girls who were found dead. a36—year—old woman, also found dead in the property was related, but did not live there. police say they will remain here for a considerable amount of time. they stress it was an isolated incident, but they have asked for people not to speculate on social media about what happened. these neighbours say they are shocked about what has happened. the cu shocked about what has happened. tue: guy went shocked about what has happened. tte: guy went missing shocked about what has happened. tt2 guy went missing just before christmas openly his picture around to see if we knew where he had gone, or to see if we had caught him camera but i had not personally seen them. t camera but i had not personally seen them. , ._ camera but i had not personally seen them. , ., , ., them. i feel dismay. for this to ha en them. i feel dismay. for this to happen on _ them. i feel dismay. for this to happen on our— them. i feel dismay. for this to happen on our doorstep, - them. i feel dismay. for this to happen on our doorstep, it - them. i feel dismay. for this to happen on our doorstep, it is l them. i feel dismay. for this to l happen on our doorstep, it isjust so sad _ happen on our doorstep, it isjust so sad and — happen on our doorstep, it isjust so sad and heartbreaking, what has happened _ so sad and heartbreaking, what has happened to this family. some neighbours _ happened to this family. some neighbours speaking _ happened to this family. some neighbours speaking there, . happened to this family. ”he neighbours speaking there, following the incident near norwich. people are gathering in towns

and cities across germany for further demonstrations against right—wing extremism, a day after tens of thousands of people took part in similar protests. the head of the german domestic intelligence service has welcomed the rallies, which were triggered by reports that far—right politicians had discussed the deportation of millions of people with immigrant backgrounds. live now to our correspondent in berlin, damien mcguinness. protests have not started just yet, but talk us through what we are expecting today, following on from recent events.— expecting today, following on from recent events. yes, so overall today and tomorrow. _ recent events. yes, so overall today and tomorrow, there _ recent events. yes, so overall today and tomorrow, there are _ recent events. yes, so overall today and tomorrow, there are at - recent events. yes, so overall today and tomorrow, there are at least. recent events. yes, so overall todayj and tomorrow, there are at least 90 protests in towns and cities across germany. some smaller ones have started, others are expected later today and tomorrow are expected tomorrow, including here in berlin. to might be a couple of thousand people, 5000 or 10,000 at each protest. you are talking about almost 100 protestsjust

protest. you are talking about almost 100 protests just this weekend alone, that is hundreds of thousands of people across the country taking to the streets because they say they are outraged about, as you say, this so—called secret plan hatched by the far right activist, including some right—wing politicians and some far right politicians and some far right politicians from the afc party in which they discussed plans to forcibly deport millions of people from germany, who have any sort of migrant background, or even people who are helping refugees. there are very controversial plans which have shocked the country. it is not something that could be realised because it is so impractical. you are talking about the needs of people. 20% of the population of germany has some sort of migrant background, has at least one parent who was born abroad. is not something that people think will actually happen in this measure, but i think the shock that people are feeling is because it showsjust i think the shock that people are feeling is because it shows just the sorts of ideas that some people within the afc party and some supporters of the afc party hold,

and i think that is why we are seeing these nationwide protests. is the whole week and especially this weekend. ., ., ., ., weekend. damian, we will follow that closel as weekend. damian, we will follow that closely as those _ weekend. damian, we will follow that closely as those protests _ weekend. damian, we will follow that closely as those protests begin, - closely as those protests begin, throughout the day here on bbc news. thank you. the watchdog, ofcom, is set to publish options for reforming royal mail services in the uk, which could include scrapping deliveries on saturdays. the document, which is expected to be released next week, will include evidence on how the postal service might need to evolve to meet customer needs. earlier i spoke to our business correspondent, esyllch carr and i asked her about the prospect of changes being brought in. well, this issue of scrapping saturday deliveries is something royal mail has raised before, and that is because a number of letters being delivered has fallen significantly. royal mail says the network was designed for 20 billion letters a year and that has now fallen to around 7 billion a year, and it expects it to fall even further over the next few years. delivering six days a week is something that the royal mail has to do as part of its universal

service obligation, and that and that is an agreement that can only be changed by parliament. that was last updated in 2011. but ofcom has been looking at this and says it wants to look at evidence to see what changes could be made to bring the service in line with the way customers are behaving now. it is expected to set out a series of options next week which could include changing the number of days royal mail has to deliver and it says it will be asking for views on those. royal mail has made its view on these issues very clear. earlier this month in a letter to mps, the chief executive of the company that owns royal mail, international distribution services, said that maintaining the current network is unsustainable. royal mail faces huge financial difficulties. it posted a loss of £390 million for the first half of this financial year. it says reform is urgent. but of course, ultimately, whatever

ofcom comes up with next week, this decision will lie with the government. now it's time for a look at today's sport with hugh. hello from the bbc sport centre. the women's top seed has been knocked out of the australian open. iga swiatek�*s search for a title in melbourne goes on after she lost in the third round to czech teenager linda noskova. swiatek was on an 18 match unbeaten run and took the first set against the 19—year—old, but she became just the latest seed to suffer defeat in this year's tournamen, losing 3—6, 6—4, 6—3. noskova said she was speechless afterwards and will now play 19th seed elina svitolina in herfirst 11th round match at a grand slam. in the men's draw, the number two and three seeds went through. that's carlos alcaraz and daniil medvedev. britain's cameron norrie pulled off one of the other significant results of day seven. in the biggest grand slam

victory of his career, norrie knocked out the number 11 seed. he did it in four sets. he now faces german sixth seed alexander zverev on monday. norrie is the only briton remaining in either singles draw. he is the first british player to reach the fourth round at melbourne park in six years. arsenal are heading for a victory that would stop their recent slide in the englisih premier league. they have beaten crystal palace 5—0. it continues their opponents plummet towards a relegation battle. the victory at the emirates also puts crystal palace boss roy hodgson underfurther crystal palace boss roy hodgson under further pressure, crystal palace boss roy hodgson underfurther pressure, having only won once since the beginning of november. gabriel opened the scoring from a corner. and forced the second. leandro trossard got the third, as arsenal move back up to third in the table. the fact is there is no doubt that we have to keep looking over our shoulder. we are in a relegation battle, there is no question about

that, but i believe the team, the club and the group of players we have got more than good enough to get us away from that relegation zone, but of course we were hoping at the start of the season to start building, if you like, on last season and that we have not been able to do. season and that we have not been able to do— able to do. very pleased with the performance. _ able to do. very pleased with the performance. a _ able to do. very pleased with the performance, a clean _ able to do. very pleased with the performance, a clean sheet - able to do. very pleased with the performance, a clean sheet to i able to do. very pleased with the l performance, a clean sheet to wind the game — performance, a clean sheet to wind the game i— performance, a clean sheet to wind the game. i had a good feeling as soon _ the game. i had a good feeling as soon as— the game. i had a good feeling as soon as we — the game. i had a good feeling as soon as we left the stadium after liverpool. — soon as we left the stadium after liverpool, and the performances were there _ liverpool, and the performances were there it _ liverpool, and the performances were there it was— liverpool, and the performances were there. it was a really good performance. we used members of the .ame performance. we used members of the game that_ performance. we used members of the game that we knew we could exploit really. _ game that we knew we could exploit really, really well. —— moments. you need _ really, really well. —— moments. you need everybody really focused and determined to have an impact in the game _ determined to have an impact in the game and _ determined to have an impact in the game and i'm really pleased. later, ivan toney will play his first game since may, returning from his eight month ban for breaching betting rules to captain brentford. they need him too, as they're going into the premier league match against nottingham forest on a run of seven defeats of their last

eight league games. and, just three points above the bottom three of course, he is a human being like you and i and he will be a little bit nervous, like that eight—year—old boy that's playing his first game, or is coming back, of course. but as soon as the kick—off, the first whistle goes, he will be, boom, zoomed in, ready, and ready to perform. south korea scored an equaliser in injury time to rescue a point againstjordan in the second group game at the asian cup. an early lead came courtesy of tottenham �*s player but from there things became a lot harder for but from there things became a lot harderfor them. the first but from there things became a lot harder for them. the first of the game �*s to own broad jordan level. jordan has a first ever victory against south korea. but another goal denied them leaving them both on four points. the top two in group d are meeting in the opening game

of the day at the africa cup of nations, with algeria attempting to end their winless run at the tournament. they haven't won a game since winning the trophy in the 2019 final, and after drawing their opening match with angola are taking on gropu leaders burkina faso in yamoussoukro. later angola's second match is against mauritania, and tunisia will hope to bounce back from their shock opening defeat to nambia — they're playing mali in group e. and that's all the sport for now. thank you, i'm sure we will see you soon. a bbc verify investigation has uncovered a network of nearly 200 fake social media accounts operating in uganda. using false identities, those behind them have been pushing pro—government messages and targeting critics at times with threats. live now to boston, where we can speak to hillary innocent taylor seguya, a ugandan climate activist in the us, who was one of the people targeted by these accounts.

good to have you here on bbc news. what happened to you? thank you so much for having me. i was flabbergasted when i heard the findings of the investigation, that i am a target of state—sponsored in authentic accounts. i am a campaigner about a pipeline which has the space thousands of people in our country, and 379 million metric tonnes of climate pollution will be the result in our lifetime, so i'm saying we cannot have this in our back of uganda and it is better if we invest in renewable energies, not this oil pipeline. we invest in renewable energies, not this oil pipeline-— this oil pipeline. yes, and it sounds like _ this oil pipeline. yes, and it sounds like you _ this oil pipeline. yes, and it sounds like you are - this oil pipeline. yes, and it i sounds like you are passionate this oil pipeline. yes, and it - sounds like you are passionate about what you are doing and your campaign. when you found out there

was a fake account in your name, and i personally have been targeted by fake accounts as well, but how are you feeling when you saw this? ilistens you feeling when you saw this? were ou you feeling when you saw this? were you surprised — you feeling when you saw this? were you surprised at _ you feeling when you saw this? were you surprised at all? _ you feeling when you saw this? were you surprised at all? at _ you feeling when you saw this? 22 you surprised at all? at some point i was surprised, but on the other hand i was not so surprised because we are used to a regime that we have in uganda. it's not the first time this sort of thing has happened, in the 2021 election there were fake accounts. this is the reality we living in uganda. we have to fight with fake accounts because as democracies come online, we also see propaganda and manipulation of public opinion.— public opinion. when you're expecting — public opinion. when you're expecting something - public opinion. when you're expecting something like i public opinion. when you're i expecting something like this public opinion. when you're - expecting something like this to happen? expecting something like this to ha en? ~ expecting something like this to hauen?. , , expecting something like this to hauen? , , ., ., happen? well, because of the world wide web, the _ happen? well, because of the world wide web, the fake _ happen? well, because of the world wide web, the fake news _ happen? well, because of the world wide web, the fake news and - happen? well, because of the world wide web, the fake news and things

disseminated so fast, i was not surprised. we expect this because we know that as we are pushing for climate change the fossil fuel industries are also using different fake attacks, different influences. they are looking at profits with fossil fuels.— they are looking at profits with fossilfuels. �* , ., , fossil fuels. and this was not 'ust our fossil fuels. and this was not 'ust your account fl fossil fuels. and this was not 'ust your account that i fossil fuels. and this was not 'ust your account that was i fossil fuels. and this was not 'ust your account that was faked h fossil fuels. and this was notjust your account that was faked so i fossil fuels. and this was notjustj your account that was faked so to speak, it was a network of nearly 200 fake accounts at the bbc investigation found. are you surprised that there were so many, or did you think that actually may be there's not very many at all? t be there's not very many at all? i did not anticipate the number would be as big as that, but anything can happen with this regime. lies is the official language of the regime in uganda and they use any means possible to disseminate their propaganda to change public opinion.

but we must protect people affected by this project in the east african area by the pipeline is. and by this project in the east african area by the pipeline is. and finally i would area by the pipeline is. and finally i would like _ area by the pipeline is. and finally i would like to _ area by the pipeline is. and finally i would like to get _ area by the pipeline is. and finally i would like to get your _ area by the pipeline is. and finally i would like to get your thoughts l area by the pipeline is. and finally l i would like to get your thoughts on how influential you think these kind of fake accounts can have on countries like yours in public debate, in society? 1ch countries like yours in public debate, in society?- countries like yours in public debate, in society? as a country that is so _ debate, in society? as a country that is so young _ debate, in society? as a country that is so young and _ debate, in society? as a country that is so young and we - debate, in society? as a country that is so young and we are - debate, in society? as a country. that is so young and we are trying to create democracy in our country, of course, if you have such inauthentic accounts because it affects public opinion because we have seen that many times the regime is using it to show the world that everything is ok in uk, —— in uganda, so we believe that with these fake attacks they send the wrong message to the entire world. the reality is different on the

ground. ugandan climate activist in the uk, thank you very much for joining us and giving us your personal opinion here on bbc news. just before we go, pro—palestinian protesters have repeatedly interrupted a speech by the shadow foreign secretary david lammy at a conference in london. he was stopped three times by protesters who criticised the labour party conference to the israel gaza war. the moment when the patient either begins to recover, or begins to slip away. shouting. and there you go. stay with us here on bbc news.

some pretty stormy weather on its way and another named storm, and particularly sunday night into monday morning with severe gales expected widely and there will be disruption into monday morning rush hour. more on that in a moment. even before that arrives, the winds are already up today. much milder, we have got rid of the cold air, and it is rain, rather than snow. storm isha is up towards the western atlantic at the moment, but even before then we have got this cloud across the uk and that is producing some rain. the rain has been relentless so far through north—west england and parts of western wales, but will ease for the rest of the day for a while at least. the best of the brightness in the far north of scotland and the channel islands and the far south—east of england. six or seven degrees across eastern areas, up to 11 celsius across the west.

the rain will become heavier and more persistent. so quite a wet evening for the first part of the night across the western half of the uk. the rain will push its way eastwards but clearing for most into dawn. a few showers in the west. under clear skies, temperatures will dip tonight, so a cool night but nowhere as near as it has been. frost limited to the sheltered glens of scotland. the morning will be the quietest day off tomorrow. parts of east wales, central and southern england will have sunshine, as will northern scotland. longer spells of rain moving in across many parts and that rain, combined with snowmelt, could lead to flooding. but temperatures on the rise as the winds pick up. those become a feature sunday night and that is storm isha, a broad area of strong winds and many parts will be effective. —— affected. the met office have issued amber weather warnings widely through sunday night and into monday morning.

winds gusting up to 80 mph, maybe even a little bit more. there will be large waves, some damage and disruption to power and travel which could link into the monday morning rush—hour. be prepared for problems on monday morning. weather—wise still windy but not as windy as through the night. frequent showers particularly in the north and west and the best of the sunshine to the south and east. all the warnings are online. from me, take care.

this is bbc news. the headlines: four iranian revolutionary guards have been killed by an air strike in damascus. syrian activists says at least ten people were killed in the blast, which iranian state media said targeted the residence of tehran's military advisers in the syrian capital. iran has condemned the attack and blamed israel. a un human rights official accuses israel of beating and stripping palestinians detained in gaza. norfolk police has referred itself to the police watchdog for not responding to an emergency call from a house where a man, woman and two young girls were laterfound dead. police forcibly entered the home near norwich on friday night after a concerned call from a member of the public. and ariel, the cocker spaniel, has successfully had her two extra legs removed months after being dumped outside a supermarket in wales a few months ago.

we speak to one of the surgeons who removes the extra back legs, which inspired staff at the clinic to name her after the little mermaid. returning to our top story this hour. four members of the iranian revolutionary guards — including the head of the force's information unit in syria — have been killed by an apparent israeli air strike in damascus. syrian activists say at least ten people were killed in the mid—morning blast which flattened a building in the mazzeh district of the city. our middle east correspondent mark lowen has more on both the situation in syria, and gaza. syria and iran have reported that a building in damascus, that they say was housing the iranian revolutionary guard in the syrian capital, was hit by an israeli air strike, which killed four members of the iranian revolutionary guard. now, the pictures show that pretty,

pretty large strike there caused by a precision guided, precision targeted missile. israel doesn't comment on its military operations abroad. so we will never get a confirmation from israel that it was, that it was their missile, if indeed it was. but if it was an israeli strike, it could well have been retaliation for what happened less than a week ago when iran hit a building in northern iraq, which they say was housing the israeli spy agency mossad. so you get this, you know, getting this, increasingly building this picture of how this tinderbox region is seeing flames being lit in every different corner. and the big question, of course, is as gaza's conflict drags on, how far those fires will spread? well, the focus of the offensive remains southern gaza at the moment. israeli forces have pushed deeper into khan younis,

the hamas—run health ministry there saying that 165 people have been killed in the last 2a hours. that is the highest one—day total so far this year. there is fighting taking place around medicalfacilities. thejordanian authorities have accused israel of targeting a jordanian field hospital. israel says that it is receiving attacks, hamas attacks from around those medical facilities. and it believes that top hamas officials are holed up around khan younis, which is the largest city in the south. just to give you an idea of the large numbers of civilians who are still sheltering there, many of whom have actually pushed further from khan younis down to rafah, which is right on the border with egypt. rafah had a pre—war population of about 280,000 people. it's now swelled to over a million. so as the fighting intensifies in southern gaza, of course, the the real risk, continued risk to the civilians and that has inundated southern gaza, remains really very high. for more on this, siavash ardalan, from the bbc persian service, is with me in the studio. first, just talk us through exactly what we know so far. we haven't yet heard from the israelis, is it likely we will?—

heard from the israelis, is it likely we will? heard from the israelis, is it likel we will? , ., , likely we will? very unlikely. the israelis never _ likely we will? very unlikely. the israelis never acknowledge, - likely we will? very unlikely. the | israelis never acknowledge, reject or confirm the kind of operations that they do. contrary to previous incidences, they will very quick to release the necessary information naming all four commanders, without the rankings though. domestic media inside iran named these people and from the names we can tell, there is one general who is a deputy of the overseas wing of the revolutionary guard, a very high ranking official. this would be the number two man, so the israelis that have really struck hard. an area in damascus which many foreign embassies are located the. t foreign embassies are located the. i think it is important to stress the

israelis have not said anything at all claimed responsibility for this attack, but let's look at the wider context, how this proxy walk will affect the war in the middle east. yes, it is a proxy war, indirect war, name it whatever you want between iran and israel. it is a tit—for—tat thing going on. just last week iran attacked this house, killing a tycoon, never providing evidence for it, although some immediate release photos and pictures of it, but maybe that place was linked to their interests or they acted independently, but what is interesting is previously what israelis would do was target iran's proxy forces you to be in syria, but now after the gaza war where israel

feels it might be on the defensive and surrounded by what it calls this ring of fire strategy that iran is putting in the region, it felt the need to attack a high—ranking military official and this is the second time it is doing this. ok. second time it is doing this. ok, and 'ust second time it is doing this. ok, and just finally, _ second time it is doing this. ok, and just finally, i _ second time it is doing this. 0k, and just finally, i know no one has and just finally, i know no one has a crystal ball, butjust looking at the geopolitical situation and what is happening at the moment, what can we expect in the days, hours? tran we expect in the days, hours? iran is on election _ we expect in the days, hours? tim is on election season is now so it is on election season is now so it is under a lot of pressure, the authorities, by domestic public opinion to project their power, to show we are in charge, we are not just taking blows from the israelis, we are also acting, being proactive ourselves, and hence there were those attacks in syria, iraq, pakistan all at the same time, perhaps a bit more overconfidence on the side of the iranian authorities but very much responding to the

domestic situation. ok. but very much responding to the domestic situation.— but very much responding to the domestic situation. ok, thank you for our domestic situation. ok, thank you for your thoughts _ domestic situation. ok, thank you for your thoughts on _ domestic situation. ok, thank you for your thoughts on that - domestic situation. ok, thank you for your thoughts on that and - domestic situation. ok, thank you for your thoughts on that and of l for your thoughts on that and of course we will be following that very closely here on bbc news. some breaking news now. us central command has announced its conducted more airstrikes against houthi fighters in yemen. it says it hit an anti—ship missile which is says was aimed into the gulf of aden, and ready to launch. the us forces say the missile presented a threat to merchant vessels, and us navy ships in the area. a us village has long been known as little palestine. bridgeview in chicago, illinois, has shown various forms of support for palestinians in gaza. billboards and signs all around the area call for a ceasefire. many members of the palestinian community there say they also bear the brunt of the current conflict. the bbc�*s sally nabil reports. this is little palestine,

or bridgeview, a suburb of chicago, illinois. a large palestinian community lives here, and their presence is visible. they are thousands of miles away from home, but closely tied to the ongoing fighting in gaza. this is the sign, this is the famous sign. since the fighting broke out in gaza, laila has had this sign in her garden. shortly after putting it up, laila, a us—born mother of three, received death threats in two consecutive letters. the biggest change is not being able to go outside whenever i want to go outside. sometimes... sometimes i get scared that maybe a person will come and try to take one of my kids just to get back at me. i've explained to my kids, if you see somebody trying to hurt me, you run back into the house and don't try to save me. just run back. because it happened to wadea,

so it could happen to me. wadea was a six—year—old palestinian—american who lost his life last october after being stabbed 26 times. the suspect, his landlord, is now to be tried for murder and hate crimes. wadea was odai's only child. it's here where he used to sleep when he visited his father's place on weekends. odai cannot get over the shock. translation: i still hear his voice. he used to come on saturdays, and up till now, i still stand next to the window waiting for him. i know he won't show up, but itjust relieves me to wait. but it's not all tragedy for palestinians here. over the past couple of months, a few support trolleys

took place in chicago, where various communities came together to call for an end to the war. —— afew —— a few support rallies. for palestine support rallies, these are absolutely the biggest that chicago has ever seen, especially other oppressed communities — the black community in the united states, latino community, other immigrant communities, the native communities here, asian, have always been on the side of the palestinian people. back at laila's place, the family tells me they hate to live in fear. even if the war is over, they will always feel bitter when they remember how it meant to be uncomfortable at their own home. sally nabil, bbc news, bridgeview, illinois. let's briefly returned to our top story looking at those revolutionary

guards and there are reports iran's revolutionary guards say fs member has died after being wounded in that israeli strike in syria, that is according to syrian iranian state media. —— say a fifth member has died. we will bring you more and that's when we get it. pop star madonna is being sued by two fans for being late by more than two hours for a show last month in new york. the case says the duo "would not have paid for tickets" had they known it would finish at 1am. they are suing promoter, live nation, and venue, the barclays center, for "false advertising, negligent misrepresentation, and unfair and deceptive trade practices". and we can speak to richard a klass, the lawyer representing michael fellows in his lawsuit against madonna.

really interesting case. good to have you here on bbc news. i'm sure many people who have been to a concert in the past have had to wait quite a while to watch their start come onto the stage. just talk us through this case, have you done anything like this before? yes. anything like this before? yes, actuall . anything like this before? yes, actually- we — anything like this before? yes, actually. we sued _ anything like this before? yes, actually. we sued madonna - anything like this before? t2: actually. we sued madonna for the same conduct before. she has been sued for the same lateness in the past and so she is notorious for doing this. past and so she is notorious for doing this-— doing this. like you say, this is not the first — doing this. like you say, this is not the first time _ doing this. like you say, this is not the first time this - doing this. like you say, this is not the first time this has - not the first time this has happened, how strong do you think this case is when you carried out a case like this in the past, did you win? , ., ., .., case like this in the past, did you win? , ., ., ., win? resettled it at a court and apparently _ win? resettled it at a court and apparently did _ win? resettled it at a court and apparently did not _ win? resettled it at a court and apparently did not change - win? resettled it at a court and apparently did not change her l apparently did not change her conduct, unfortunately, so we think we do have a strong case. we brought this on behalf of our two clients, but we are seeking to have a class

certified of the people who went to the three nights at the barclays center in brooklyn to have the class certified of the people that attended the concerts where she did not come on for over two hours after the start time that was supposed to start at 8:30pm. t the start time that was supposed to start at 8:30pm— the start time that was supposed to start at 8:30pm. i mean, if you when there is, start at 8:30pm. i mean, if you when there is. could _ start at 8:30pm. i mean, if you when there is, could this _ start at 8:30pm. i mean, if you when there is, could this set _ start at 8:30pm. i mean, if you when there is, could this set a _ start at 8:30pm. i mean, if you when there is, could this set a precedent . there is, could this set a precedent going forward? you have said in the past you have settled outside of court, are you hoping this one to go to court to set some kind of precedent here, and as for stars, are you trying to make a point to? yes, absolutely. it is one thing when someone is late, not their fault, but it is another when it becomes conduct that is repeated over and over again and it is unconscionable for fans, for people that are attending a performance, a concert, that they are made to wait

hours and hours for no reason. it goes from minor inconvenience to severe and delay, that people who spend good money and set aside the time and were really looking forward to it, that they couldn't see the performance and the concept that they wanted to because madonna just did not come out until hours later. other than madonna, other any other stars who seem to be doing this repeatedly? brute stars who seem to be doing this repeatedly?— stars who seem to be doing this reeatedl ? ~ ., �* .,~ ., , repeatedly? we haven't taken any other on but _ repeatedly? we haven't taken any other on but i _ repeatedly? we haven't taken any other on but i understand - repeatedly? we haven't taken any other on but i understand it - repeatedly? we haven't taken any other on but i understand it is - other on but i understand it is becoming more prevalent that other performers are starting late, so we are hoping going forward the sends a message to other artists that they have to take their fans and the people who attend their concerts into consideration and be courteous

that they should start on time. i am a lawyer, if i shop to court late, thejudge dismisses my a lawyer, if i shop to court late, the judge dismisses my case. a lawyer, if i shop to court late, thejudge dismisses my case. i hope that performers understand that people have obligations, they have baby—sitters, transportation, a lot of people were severely inconvenience because she did not start on time. t inconvenience because she did not start on time-— inconvenience because she did not start on time. i take your point, we do aet start on time. i take your point, we do net to start on time. i take your point, we do get to work— start on time. i take your point, we do get to work on _ start on time. i take your point, we do get to work on time, _ start on time. i take your point, we do get to work on time, don't - start on time. i take your point, we do get to work on time, don't we? | do get to work on time, don't we? thank you so forjoining us here on bbc news. it will be interesting to see how that turns out. staying in the us, and lawyers for the actor alec baldwin say he's looking forward to his day in court after he was charged with involuntary manslaughter over the death of a cinematographer, who was shot two years ago on the set of the film rust. previous charges against the actor were dropped. emma vardy reports. you were... you were in the room when that lady... i was the one holding the gun, yeah. 0k. a rehearsal that went terribly wrong. alec baldwin had been getting ready for a scene during filming for the western movie rust in new mexico when a pistol he was holding went off,

killing 42—year—old cinematographer halyna hutchins and wounding the director, joel souza. mr baldwin has always claimed he was not responsible for her death, saying he was told the gun did not contain any live rounds. i would never point a gun at anyone and pull the trigger at them. never, never. that was the training that i had. you don't point a gun at a man and pull the trigger. he was first charged over a year ago, but the charges were dismissed when new evidence emerged that the gun may have been able to be fired without the trigger being pulled. but following a new forensic report, a grand jury has now concluded he should face trial, accused of involuntary manslaughter. the movie's armourer, hannah gutierrez—reed is also facing the same charge. the film rust was completed in halyna hutchins' memory following her death. her family have welcomed the prospect of criminal trials, saying they've always wanted the truth about what happened that day. if convicted, alec baldwin could

face up to 18 months in prison. here in the uk, hundreds of people who were scammed out of their pensions are now facing large tax bills on money they no longer have. a group of mps says hmrc is making them victims "twice over", as dan whitworth explains. hundreds, possibly thousands, of people have been impacted by this. often public servants like nurses, firemen and women, and police officers who say their only mistake has been to trust so—called financial experts, and they say they've been victimised twice — first by scammers who in many cases ran off with much of their pension money, and secondly by hmrc, which is now chasing them for huge tax bills, for taking money out of their pension pots early before they turned 55. sue flood and her husband lost £230,000 of their retirement savings. and now, on top of that, say they face the prospect of a tax bill running into six figures.

there's never any real closure for you. it's the last thing you think about when you go to bed at night, and it's the first thing you think about when you wake up in the morning, and when you receive the bill from hmrc, that brown envelope lands, it's harrowing. it's not stress you feel. it's absolute sheer terror. and that's gone on for 12 years. a campaign group launched in parliament to support victims has the backing of senior mps and barristers, as well as leading pension experts. what i would like to see is immediately hmrc put a moratorium on the assessments that are happening. stop sending out letters to people and stop adding interestjust until we can get this sorted and get a breathing space. maybe six months. allow compensation for losses due to fraud by a third party, and change the tax law to account for circumstances where people are being scammed.

hmrc says it doesn't tax pensions lost to fraud and it has a responsibility to collect the tax people legally owe to maintain a fair system for all. also that it takes the well—being of all taxpayers seriously and that it does everything it can for those who engage with them to get their tax affairs in order. dan whitworth, bbc news. every dog has its day... and, today, it's ariel's. ariel was born with six legs, and was abandoned in a car park in pembrokeshire. she's now recovering after having her extra limbs removed. and this is 11—week—old ariel — her extra legs were fused together at birth. now, after her life—changing operation, ariel has several weeks of physiotherapy ahead, but is returning home to herfoster family in west wales. about £15,000 was raised by well—wishers all over the world for the treatment.

i know many people are interested in this story. let's cross over to aaron lutchman, one of the veterinary surgeons involved in ariel's life—saving operation. he's based at langford vets' hospital, just outside the city of bristol in south—west england. thank you so much forjoining us here on bbc news. lots of people really interested, wanting to know how on earth did you carry out this operation? how complicated is something like this?— operation? how complicated is something like this? thanks for havin: something like this? thanks for having me- _ something like this? thanks for having me. the _ something like this? thanks for having me. the steps _ something like this? thanks for having me. the steps were - something like this? thanks for. having me. the steps were taken something like this? thanks for- having me. the steps were taken in a very stepwise procedure, we performed a ct scan with our specialist to identify exactly the abnormalities that arial had, which allowed us to perform the procedure in a safe manner. this was not a simple routine amputation, she had additional blood vessels, additional

nerves, which we had to be considerate of during the procedure so as not to compromise the function of her normal leg on that side. harare of her normal leg on that side. have ou ever of her normal leg on that side. have you ever seen _ of her normal leg on that side. have you ever seen anything _ of her normal leg on that side. have you ever seen anything like this before in an animal? personally, i haven't. before in an animal? personally, i haven't- it — before in an animal? personally, i haven't- it is _ before in an animal? personally, i haven't. it is not _ before in an animal? personally, i haven't. it is not something - before in an animal? personally, i haven't. it is not something that l before in an animal? personally, i| haven't. it is not something that is generally seen very often at all. so yes, she is a bit of a one and a million really.— yes, she is a bit of a one and a million really. and it seems that ariel's story. — million really. and it seems that ariel's story, we _ million really. and it seems that ariel's story, we are _ million really. and it seems that ariel's story, we are just - million really. and it seems that ariel's story, we are just seeing | ariel's story, we are just seeing pictures of her and she is incredibly cute, i am a dog lover myself, look at those eyes, but this has peaked a lot of people's interest and people donated so much money to help her. how likely is it that she will survive this operation?— that she will survive this operation? that she will survive this 0 eration? , ., , ., , operation? everything has gone very well, we operation? everything has gone very well. we are — operation? everything has gone very well, we are pleased _ operation? everything has gone very well, we are pleased with _ operation? everything has gone very well, we are pleased with the - well, we are pleased with the procedure so far, so it is going to be a case of some rest and recuperation, but we do hope she will go on to lead a normal life. and i said in the introduction she is going to have to have

physiotherapy, talk me through puppy physiotherapy. tier?r physiotherapy, talk me through puppy physiotherapy-— physiotherapy. very much, as you would expect _ physiotherapy. very much, as you would expect with _ physiotherapy. very much, as you would expect with human - would expect with human physiotherapy, we have some great practitioners in the veterinary. she will be doing some basic passive range of motion exercises before building up her normal walks and then we expect her to go on and do a nice big walks as any other dog would. ., .,, . ~ nice big walks as any other dog would. ., .,, . . ., nice big walks as any other dog would. . ., . . ., , nice big walks as any other dog would. . . . ., , , would. fantastic. we are 'ust seeing ictures of would. fantastic. we are 'ust seeing pictures of ariel * would. fantastic. we are 'ust seeing pictures of ariel running _ would. fantastic. we are just seeing pictures of ariel running around - pictures of ariel running around there. thank you very much, aaron lakshman, one of the vets involved in the operation. —— aaron lutchman. japan has become the fifth country to land on the moon after a craft dubbed moon sniper touched down on the lunar surface. but its solar cells aren't working, and its batteries were expected to run out within hours. pallab ghosh reports. japan's lunar lander has touched down with a soft landing, but there's been a glitch.

its solar panels aren't working, so unless it's fixed, the spacecraft will run out of power. but experts say that the mission has achieved 99% of its aims. this was all about precision landing. they haven't confirmed the exact precision of the landing, but they're the fifth nation to land successfully on the moon. and i think that is a huge success. flight engineers are poring through the spacecraft�*s data and will report next week on what went wrong. but an awful lot went right. they successfully tested an advanced face recognition system to home in on the landing site, and it also deployed one of its mini lunar rovers, able to hop where no rover has hopped before, but not another one, which can literally roll back the frontiers of knowledge. it's a new way of doing space exploration, and a big part of it is to bring down the costs so that we can de—risk these missions, do more of them,

faster turn around and hopefully get both more science and exploration out of each one. the team at the open university are building an instrument for a future mission involving both japan and india, as well as the uk. japan's achievement is the start of a new rush to the moon. india got there last year and later in 2024, there'll be several us attempts. by the end of the decade there'll be chinese and european missions. so it's all getting very interesting. in the 1960s and �*70s it was all about nasa. singing but now it's an international race. # december... # may.# a small fleet of spacecraft are on their way to lay the ground for humans to return. they're going because there are minerals and resources on the moon, which will be used to build launch

sites to go to mars and beyond. and this time, the plan is to stay for the long term. pallab ghosh, bbc news. recapping our top story, iranian media now says five members of the iran's revolutionary guards, including the head of the force's information unit in syria, have been killed by an apparent israeli air strike in damascus. syrian activists say at least ten people were killed in the mid—morning blast, which flattened a building in the mazzeh district of the city. israel has not commented. and if you'd like more information on that story, you can head to our website. or you oryou can or you can download the bbc news app where we have our correspondence and reporters across the world. stay with us here on bbc news.

hello. we've got some pretty stormy weather on the way later tomorrow. latest named storm, storm isha, named by the uk met office, will roll its way in and barrel across the country, particularly sunday night and into monday morning, with severe gales expected quite widely. there will be disruption into monday morning rush hour. more on that in just a second, because even before that arrives, the winds already up today, it's much milder. we've got rid of the cold air and it's rain rather than snow. this is storm isha on the charts. it's out towards the west atlantic at the moment, that massive cloud. but even before then, we've still got this cloud across the uk and that is producing some rain. the rain's been pretty relentless so far through northwest england and parts of western wales, it'll ease off a little bit through the rest of today. for a while at least, that's the brightness far northeast of scotland and some hazy sunshine, the channel islands and the far south east of england, six or seven degrees across some

eastern areas and the west, ten, 11 celsius where the wind picks up even further later and the rain becomes heavier and more persistent. so quite a wet evening and first part of the night across the western half of the uk. that rain pushes its way erratically eastwards, clearing for most into dawn. still a few showers in the west, but in the clearer skies, temperatures will take a bit of a dip tonight. so another cool night, nowhere near as cold as it has been. any frost limited to some sheltered glens in scotland. so a frost—free start to sunday and the morning will be the quietest part of the day. parts of east wales, central southern england, bit of sunshine, same too across northern scotland. showers replaced by longer spells of rain, northern england, central southern scotland, northern ireland and western parts of wales. that rain and the totals totting up combined with snowmelt could lead to some flooding. but temperatures will be on the rise as the winds pick up. those winds really become a feature sunday night, and as the storm passes to the north, broad area of strong winds. many parts will be affected. the met office have issued amber weather warnings quite widely through sunday night and into monday morning. could see winds gusting 70,

80 miles an hour, maybe even a little bit more. there will be some large waves, some damage, some disruption to power and also travel, which could linger into the morning, monday morning rush hour. so be prepared for some problems on monday morning weather—wise. still windy but not as windy as it'll have been through the night. frequent showers, particularly across the north and the west. best of the sunshine to the south and the east. that's how it's looking. all the warnings are online. take care.

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norfolk police refers itself to the police watchdog for not responding to an emergency call from a house where a man, woman and two young girls were laterfound dead. iran �*s revolutionary guards now say five of their members were killed in an air strike five of their members were killed in an airstrike on five of their members were killed in an air strike on damascus, which they blame on israel. after an election opponent is described as a sham, the new president is sworn in at the democratic republic of congo. and, ariel the cocker spaniel has succesfully had her two extra legs removed months after being dumped outside a supermarket in wales. hello, welcome to bbc news. we begin with a developing story here in the uk.