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. police in norwich investigating the deaths of four people at a house in cossie on friday, say they failed to respond to an emergency call from the property that morning.the bodies of two children, a man and a woman discovered later that day. officers are treating it as an isolated incident. there was a concerned call from a member of the public. with more on this, let's cross to the newsroom and speak to reporter anisa kadri. what is the latest on this 999 call? yes, this is a big uk story. this happened in the east of england near a city called norwich, and the 999 call was made by a man in a house in cossie near norwich, and it was from that house that the 999 call was made that police did not respond to.

it was made at about 6am yesterday but police decide not to send anyone to the scene. an hour later, though, they did send someone to the scene, that was after another emergency call from a local resident and officers forced entry to the property and found the bodies of a 45—year—old man, a 36—year—old woman, and two young girls. norfolk police, the local police force in the area, they have handed themselves over to the police watchdog of the independent office of police conduct, regarding the response to that initial 999 call that was made which was not followed up, and this is exactly the second referral the force has made to the watchdog after the deaths in the first relates to a missing persons report that was filed last month, further mentioned a big story in the region. let's hear what local people have had to say about it. the

region. let's hear what local people have had to say about it.— have had to say about it. the guy went missing _ have had to say about it. the guy went missing before _ have had to say about it. the guy went missing before christmas i have had to say about it. the guy i went missing before christmas and police _ went missing before christmas and police brought his picture around to see if— police brought his picture around to see if we _ police brought his picture around to see if we had captured him on our camera _ see if we had captured him on our camera but— see if we had captured him on our camera but i— see if we had captured him on our camera but i had not personally seen them _ camera but i had not personally seen them mr;— camera but i had not personally seen them. y ., , camera but i had not personally seen them. y , , them. my feeling about it is dismay. to have this — them. my feeling about it is dismay. to have this happen _ them. my feeling about it is dismay. to have this happen on _ them. my feeling about it is dismay. to have this happen on our - them. my feeling about it is dismay. | to have this happen on our doorstep. it is to have this happen on our doorstep. it musi— to have this happen on our doorstep. it isjust scr— to have this happen on our doorstep. it isjust so sad — to have this happen on our doorstep. it isjust so sad and _ to have this happen on our doorstep. it isjust so sad and heartbreaking, . it isjust so sad and heartbreaking, what _ it isjust so sad and heartbreaking, what has _ it isjust so sad and heartbreaking, what has happened _ it isjust so sad and heartbreaking, what has happened to _ it isjust so sad and heartbreaking, what has happened to the - it isjust so sad and heartbreaking, what has happened to the family. clearly _ what has happened to the family. clearly there _ what has happened to the family. clearly there are _ what has happened to the family. clearly there are some _ what has happened to the family. clearly there are some really- clearly there are some really concerned residents talking about this family. what do we know about the family, and who these victims were? ~ ., the family, and who these victims were? ~ . , :: , .,, were? well, the man in his 40s has been named — were? well, the man in his 40s has been named in _ were? well, the man in his 40s has been named in reports— were? well, the man in his 40s has been named in reports as _ were? well, the man in his 40s has| been named in reports as bartlomiej kuczynski we don't know the names of anyone else. we do understand that the man and the children lived at the man and the children lived at the property, but the woman was a visitor. no cause of death has been given, and postmortem examinations will now take place. so very much a developing story. will now take place. so very much a developing story-— will now take place. so very much a

developing story. thank you for that u date developing story. thank you for that update from — developing story. thank you for that update from our _ developing story. thank you for that update from our newsroom - developing story. thank you for that update from our newsroom in - developing story. thank you for that | update from our newsroom in london and we will follow that story closely throughout the day and bring you any update as soon as we get them. iranians media says five members of the guard 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 the building in 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. there has been no comment from israel. and 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.

both groups are backed by iran. earlier this month, a strike on beirut killed the deputy leader of hamas' political office. the middle east has been on high alert since hamas' surprise attack on october 7th, which triggered the war in gaza. hamas health officials say the overall number killed in the war so far is approaching 25,000 and israeli forces have continued to pound the city of khan younis in southern gaza. many people have now fled the grounds of nasser hospital, the largest of the few hospitals still functioning in gaza. doctors there deny israeli claims that hamas fighters are using it as a base. our correspondent mark lowen is live injerusalem for us. what else are we hearing? well, the focus of the israeli

military operation now is very much around khan younis, where the israeli forces believe some of the top hamas leaders are holed up in the city and the tunnels under ground, including the leader of hamas who is still on the run. the jordanians, for example, have accused israel of firing towards a medical field accused israel of firing towards a medicalfield hospital accused israel of firing towards a medical field hospital around the city, but israel says that attacks by hamas are coming against it from medicalfacilities in by hamas are coming against it from medical facilities in the city and even further south. just to give you a sense of the population, the inundation of refugees, really, from the north of gaza in that area, down in rafa in the far south of gaza on the border with egypt, that is a city which has a prewar population ofjust under 300,000 but is now thought to have more than a million people sheltering. so, as israel pounds those areas of southern gaza, of course the risk of civilian casualties and the risk to the

refugees who are sheltering there is a very high indeed. you laid out all those regionalfigures a very high indeed. you laid out all those regional figures and that has a ways been the fear when this conflict erupted on the 7th of october, that it would spill over into a volatile region and with those strikes in syria today, yet another illustration of how this tinderbox region is having fires lit in every corner, and i suppose the big question is the conflict goes on is how far those claims will spread. and of course as well, there is the political side of things. wide attention surrounding the israel by minister, benjamin netanyahu, who yesterday spoke to presidentjoe biden and talked about these two state solutions. have we heard any more on that today?— more on that today? well, he has once again _ more on that today? well, he has once again said _ more on that today? well, he has once again said that _ more on that today? well, he has once again said that he _ more on that today? well, he has once again said that he repeatedl more on that today? well, he has. once again said that he repeated to president biden that he is against palestinian sovereignty, so a palestinian sovereignty, so a palestinian state, which is what he said a couple of days ago in a news

conference as well. he said that he had told the americans that he opposes that. that is no surprise because he has a spouse that position all his career. but by so publicly rebuffing and repudiating us attempts to reach a diplomatic solution to this crisis, itjust shows how there is this widening chasm between benjamin netanyahu and the biden administration, and indeed many other western allies who are pushing for display busy at this stage. and it shows really how increasingly isolated benjamin netanyahu is now, notjust externally with israel �*s western allies, but also internally because this member of israel �*s war cabinet, one of the five, has publicly criticised benjamin netanyahu, saying he is not being truthful about the war aims in gaza, that he bears responsibility for leaving israel exposed to the attacks on the october to seven, and

that there should be fresh elections to restore israeli �*s trust in the leadership. you get the sense of a prime minister who is increasingly vulnerable, increasingly isolated, and who is staking his political survival now on this hard—line anti—palestinian state position. you mention a little earlier fighting very much continuing in southern gaza and we are seeing air strikes around the region, clearly a very volatile situation at the moment. what can we expect? we can see light is falling where you are, but that doesn't stop air strikes. what can we expect, do you think, over the next few hours and days? i mean, more of the same, i suppose. knight does not bring refuge or solace to gaza, where the air strikes continue. the israeli defence minister has suggested that the intense ground operations in the north have concluded and so that is why they are focusing on the south.

but, you know, israel is facing increasing calls from its western allies to rein in and ease its offensive. meanwhile, anger grows here in israel from families of the hostages. remember, there are still about 130 hostages still missing after the attacks on october the 7th. there was a protest outside the residence of benjamin netanyahu of the families of the hostages who are saying he is not doing enough to bring them back and he needs to prioritise that over the attack on hamas and the attempt to destroy hamas. so that is another sign of how he is increasingly unpopular here, he is losing popularity and a recent poll showed thatjust here, he is losing popularity and a recent poll showed that just 15% here, he is losing popularity and a recent poll showed thatjust15% of israelis feel that he should remain in office once this conflict in gaza comes to an end. he has backed himself into a corner, but he is the great political survivor for israel so don't write him off yet. absolutely. thank you for that update. pro—palestinian protesters

have repeatedly interrupted a speech by shadow foreign secretary david lammy at a conference in london. he was stopped three times by five protesters who criticised the labour party's response to the israel—gaza war. here's the moment. the moment when the patient either begins to recover, or begins to slip away... shouting you know... shouting you should be ashamed of yourself! blood _ you should be ashamed of yourself! blood on _ you should be ashamed of yourself! blood on your hands.— blood on your hands. blood on your hands! change _ blood on your hands. blood on your hands! change through _ blood on your hands. blood on your hands! change through power - blood on your hands. blood on your hands! change through power not l hands! change through power not protest, my friend. we all want a sustainable ceasefire. with more on this we go to our correspondent hannah miller who's in the newsroom.

hannah, just talk us through exactly what those protesters were saying and what they were calling for. we could not quite hear them in that video we just saw. 50 could not quite hear them in that video we just saw.— could not quite hear them in that video we just saw. video we 'ust saw. so in the clip we 'ust video we just saw. so in the clip we 'ust heard video we just saw. so in the clip we just heard the _ video we just saw. so in the clip we just heard the protesters _ video we just saw. so in the clip we just heard the protesters says - video we just saw. so in the clip we just heard the protesters says he i just heard the protesters says he should be ashamed of himself, "you have blood on your hands". david lammy, of course, responded with "change through power not protest", which is something we have heard before from labour mps and the shadow foreign secretary, and from the labour leader when they have been challenged on this issue. it obviously follows a number of complaints and protests and unhappiness even from certain mps previously, about the stance of the party on the war in israel and gaza. it has been a challenging issue for the labour party, and one that keir starmer has had to navigate quite carefully to get to this point. so it is not entirely clear. we are assuming all the protesters, it

looked like a coordinated thing that we saw this afternoon in london but we saw this afternoon in london but we can't be certain of that. clearly, they were unhappy with the labour party �*s stance and would like it to be going further in the consolation of what is going on in gaza. �* consolation of what is going on in gaza. . ., ~ ., ., , , ., gaza. and do we know how widespread is our like this — gaza. and do we know how widespread is our like this when _ gaza. and do we know how widespread is our like this when it _ gaza. and do we know how widespread is our like this when it comes - gaza. and do we know how widespread is our like this when it comes to - is our like this when it comes to political conferences. obviously the war in gaza is a contentious topic at the moment, so many people have strong opinions on it, but how much of this are we seeing, and what happens to those people who do speak up happens to those people who do speak up in conferences like this? b5 rare up in conferences like this? as we saw today. _ up in conferences like this? as we saw today. the — up in conferences like this? as we saw today, the first _ up in conferences like this? as we saw today, the first protester - up in conferences like this? as we saw today, the first protester was | saw today, the first protester was escorted from the stage, and then the second one came up and was escorted from the stage. david lammy left the stage for a while before he came back to finish the speech that he had intended on making. and i

think that's a fairly usual response. visit there would be a hope protesters don't get into events like this from the point of view of the parties themselves, they would be hoping that people would be vetted and that this doesn't happen. i mean, it's not the first time that a protest has happened at an event like this, and the way that people were escorted out looked fairly like the type of thing you would expect to see, i think. israel and gaza in particular is proving contentious for the labour party and they have been protests in other parts of the uk as well, pro—palestinian marches today as well. so it is a hugely contentious topic, especially one that has been difficult for the labour party with the way it was handled today, and that's probably what you would expect, although the labour party would have hoped it hadn't happened at all.— hadn't happened at all. hannah, thank ou hadn't happened at all. hannah, thank you for— hadn't happened at all. hannah, thank you for the _ hadn't happened at all. hannah, thank you for the update. - thank you for the update. now, the the sport.

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 tournament losing 3—6 6—4 6—3. noskova said she was speechless afterwards and will now play i9th seed elina svitolina in herfirst 4th round match at a grand slam. in the men's draw, the number 2 and 3 seeds went through, that's carlos alcaraz and daniil medvedev, while 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. and three—time major finalist casper ruud. 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... and is the first british

player to reach the fourth round at melbourne park in six years. arsenal have gone back up to third in the premier league after a 5—0 win over crystal palace stops their recent slide. it continues their opponents' plummet towards a relegation battle. arsenal's victory at the emirates also puts palace boss roy hodgson underfurther pressure. they've only won once since the beginning of november. gabriel opened the scoring early on, and forced the second — an own goal — while it was gabriel martinelli who scored twice in injury time after leandro trossard's third. palace are five points above the relegation zone. 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 of that, but i believe the club and the group of players we have got are 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 on last season and that we have not been able to do.—

last season and that we have not been able to do. very pleased with the clean sheet, _ been able to do. very pleased with the clean sheet, five _ been able to do. very pleased with the clean sheet, five goals, - been able to do. very pleased with the clean sheet, five goals, the - the clean sheet, five goals, the game _ the clean sheet, five goals, the game of— the clean sheet, five goals, the game of the performance. i had a really— game of the performance. i had a really good feeling since we left the stadium after liverpool. the performances were there, the team has produced a really good performance. we use moments of the game _ performance. we use moments of the game that— performance. we use moments of the game that we knew we could exploit really _ game that we knew we could exploit really well _ game that we knew we could exploit really well and i think the subs were _ really well and i think the subs were really good as well and made a -ood were really good as well and made a good impact. to be successful you need _ good impact. to be successful 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 with that _ that. south korea that. — south korea scored an that. south korea scored an equaliser in injury time to rescue a point againstjordan in their second group game at the asian cup. an early lead came courtesy of son hyeung min's penalty but from there things became a lot harder. the first of the game's two own goals broughtjordan level before yazan al naimat who plays his club football in the host nation qatar made it 2—1 tojordan. it set them up for a first ever victory over south korea. but another own goal denied them. the 2—2 draw leaves both

teams on four points. talking of late goals algeria got one in the 95th minute to draw 2—2 against burkina faso in the day's opening match at the africa cup of nations. the 2019 champions, who haven't won a match who haven't won a match at the tournament since that finalfive years ago came from behind twice to draw for the second time in ivory coast wth both goals coming from baghdad bounedjah. burkina faso still top the group on 4 points... algeria second with 2. later tunisia will hope to bounce back from their shock opening defeat to nambia. rory mcilroy has moved to wihtin touching distance of the lead at the dubai desert classic after a third round 63. the defending champion was out of contention before his seven birdies and an eagle took him to 12 under. two off the lead, which is held by american cameron young. he had a more modest one under par round of 71, but his three birdies on the back nine helped him keep an advantage going into sunday's final round. and that's all the sport for now.

the metropolitan police says it's concerned for the welfare of a mother whose newborn baby was found in a shopping bag by the side of a road in east london. officers say the girl, who has been given the temporary name elsa, is in good health, despite the freezing temperatures. 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, 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 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 mp5, 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. 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. i spoke a short time ago to one of the targets of this scam, climate activist hillary innocent taylor seguya. i started by asking what happened to him. i was flabbergasted when i heard the findings of the investigation, that i am a target of state—sponsored

inauthentic accounts. they want to silence me because i am a campaigner about a pipeline which has displaced thousands of people in our country, and 379 million metric tonnes of climate pollution will be the result in our lifetime from this pipeline, so i'm saying we cannot have this in uganda and it is better if we invest in renewable energies, not 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 but how were you feeling when you saw this? were 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

the regime that we have in uganda. it's not the first time this sort of thing has happened, prior to the 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. 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 and her extra legs which 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. we spoke to aaron lutchmanone of the veterinary surgeons involved in ariel's life—saving operation — about the procedure.

the steps were taken in a procedure. we performed a ziti scan with our specialist in diagnostic imaging to identify exactly the abnormalities that she had, which allowed us to perform the procedure in a safer manner as possible. so this wasn't a simple routine amputation. she had additional 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. ii'idta�*e 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- lt _ 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| before in an animal? personally i i haven't. it is not something that is generally seen very often at all. so yes, she is one in a million, really. yes, she is one in a million, reall . �* yes, she is one in a million, reall . . , , ., ~ yes, she is one in a million, reall. , , .,~ �*, really. and it seems that ariel 's sto , really. and it seems that ariel 's story. we _ really. and it seems that ariel 's story. we are — really. and it seems that ariel 's story, we are just _ really. and it seems that ariel 's story, we are just seeing - really. and it seems that ariel 's| story, we are just seeing pictures of her and she is incredibly cute because i am a dog lover myself, look at those eyes, but this has picked a lot of peoples interest and people have donated so much money to

help her. how likely is it that she will survive this operation? 50 will survive this operation? sr everything has gone very, very well and we are pleased with the procedure so far. so it is going to be a case of some rest and recuperate in, but we do hope she will go on to lead a normal life. i said in the introduction she is going to have to have some physiotherapy. talk me through poppy physiotherapy. talk me through poppy physiotherapy. 50 it physiotherapy. talk me through poppy physiotherapy-— physiotherapy. so it is very much as ou would physiotherapy. so it is very much as you would exoect — physiotherapy. so it is very much as you would expect with _ physiotherapy. so it is very much as you would expect with human - you would expect with human physiotherapy. we have some right practitioners in veterinary and she will be doing some basic passive range of motion exercises, before building up her normal quarks, and then we expect her to go on and do nice, big walks as any other dogwood. thank you forjoining me. headlines are coming up. stay with us here on bbc news.

hello there. this looks to be one of the strongest storms of the 23—24 season and it is likely to lead to transport disruption as well as damage to power networks. it is the rapidly deepening area of low pressure, travelling beneath a powerful atlantic jet stream and pressure, travelling beneath a powerful atlanticjet stream and it is this combination that rapidly strengthens this area of low pressure. severe gales will be widespread, and so will the threat of disruption. we will take a look at that in more detail in a moment, but first of all, a band of rain will put eastwards tonight, followed by showers. the south—westerly winds bringing relatively mild air. 4—7 c are not as cold a night as it was for many of the nights we had last week. a mild start to sunday. some time to start the day across most of england and wales and in the north—east of scotland. outbreaks of rain in northern ireland and wet and windy weather will then spread

northwards and eastwards. the south, south—westerly wind will bring milder and that will set off a thaw of the lying snow, and combined with heavy rain could bring concerns with localised flooding. however the strength of the wind sunday evening, sunday night and into the early hours of monday morning that are cause for concern. storm isha will bring us of up to 70 mph quite widely across western areas, may be 80 mph for north west wales and parts of northern ireland, but the strongest winds will be across scotland, where we could see gusts reaching 85 must per hour across the north and west. the amber warning in scotland for storm isha is in the highest impact column weather—wise. if the likelihood or confidence grows, then we may well see a red weather warning followed. in other words, stay in touch with the latest forecast because there could be update to the weather warnings as we go to sunday. it then gets windy for a time on sunday night across parts of the coast of south—east england and that will likely disrupt the

ferries. as for monday, we are looking at a blustery day with strong winds slow to ease. a day of sunshine and heavy, thundery showers and some will turn to snow across the highest scottish mountains and it will feel a cold a day with temperatures ranging 8—11 c. then more rain coming our way for tuesday, wednesday will be dry and sunny but in the short term please pay attention to the warnings for storm isha.

this is bbc news. the headlines: 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 later found dead. police forcibly entered the home near norwich on friday night after a concerned call from a member of the public. iranian state media says five of iran's revolutionary guards have been killed by an air strike in damascus. syrian activists say at least ten people were killed in the blast, which targeted tehran's military advisers. iran has blamed israel for the attack. a bbc verify investigation has uncovered a network of nearly 200 fake social media accounts pushing pro—government messages in uganda. the accounts also target critics of the country's president, sometimes with threats. and ariel the cocker spaniel has successfully had her two extra legs removed months after being dumped outside a supermarket in wales.