norfolk police refers itself to the independent watchdog for not responding to an emergency call from a house where a man, woman and two young girls were later found dead. iran has vowed to carry out revenge attacks against israel, after five members of its revolutionary guards were killed in an air strike on damascus. a bbc verify investigation uncovers a network of nearly 200 fake social media accounts praising the government and targeting its critics in uganda. and a cocker spaniel named ariel successfully has her two extra legs removed months after being dumped outside a supermarket in wales. hello. norfolk police has referred itself to an independent watchdog, saying it failed to respond to an emergency call from a house

where a family was later found dead. the bodies of a man, a woman and two young girls were discovered in cossie, near norwich on friday morning. sam read has more. 2a hours on, there is still a huge police presence on this small estate near norwich. the man who died has been named locally as bartlomiej kuczynski. the two young girls also lived in the house. 2a hours on, there is still a huge police presence on this small the 36—year—old woman was related but didn't live there full time. police said today a 999 call was made by a man inside the property at around 6am yesterday morning. no one was deployed. officers then discovered the bodies around an hour and a quarter later after another call from a member of the public. norfolk police has referred itself to the independent police watchdog. more than 2a hours on, people here are still in disbelief.

we got an email from the school last night, saying that one of the kids was at the school. so we thought it best to tell my seven year old boy about what happened this morning and yeah, it was a bit surprised, his reaction, really, he was a bit shocked. yeah, the guy had gone missing before christmas, so the police brought his picture around just before christmas to see if we'd seen where he'd gone and see if we could catch him on our camera. a local church opened today to allow people to reflect as the community here still tries to work out how four lives have been lost. sam read, bbc news, near norwich. we will have the latest on that from our corresponded in the next 30 minutes. iran has vowed to carry out revenge attacks on israel after an air strike on the syrian capital killed five members of tehran�*s elite revolutionary guards. the iranian foreign minister described the attack as a desperate attempt to create instability. syrian activists say at least ten

people were killed in the strike, which destroyed a building said to house iranian military advisers in damascus. israel has continued to pound southern gaza, despite growing pressure on benjamin netanyahu to find a peaceful solution. from jerusalem, mark lowen reports. 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 still not home. how many are dead is unknown. the subtext from israel, "this is why we are still on the offensive." but in israel, at the prime minister's residence, anger from families of the missing, who want him to do more get them back. polls show most think benjamin netanyahu should be prioritising their release.

many here still feel failed by a state created to protect them. 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 he was responsible for leaving israel open to its 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 and a future palestinian state, and refusing allied calls to ease the offensive in gaza. israel's great political survivor is looking isolated and vulnerable. after speaking to the israeli prime minister, president biden tried to sound positive. could a possible

future demilitarised palestinian state be discussed? there are a number of types of two—state solutions. there's a number of countries that are members of the un that are still don't have their own military, a number of states that have limitations, and so i think there's ways in which this could work. fears continue over the spill—over of this war, and today it hit damascus, where syria and iran say an israeli air strike killed members of the iranian revolutionary guard. israel doesn't comment on its attacks abroad. and so, as israeli troops pushed deeper into southern gaza, fires are being lit in different parts of this tinderbox region. and as the conflict escalates, the question is how far the flames will spread. mark lowen, bbc news, jerusalem. mark has just sent us this latest

update from jerusalem. israeli troops are pushing ever deeper into southern gaza, focusing their offensive in the south of the strip, where they are convinced that some of the top hamas leaders are holed up, possibly in tunnels there. there has been writing close to medicalfacilities in there has been writing close to medical facilities in the southern part of the strip, and also around the very southern tip of gaza, which had a prewar population ofjust under 300,000 people and is now thought to have more than i under 300,000 people and is now thought to have more thani million people, given that refugees from the north have come to the south, yet the south is very much the focus of military activity. the palestinians say they have been dozens killed in the last witty for hours, the highest one—day total so far this year. beyond gaza, the conflict continues to spill over, with syria and iran blaming israel for this air strike that hit a building in

damascus today, killing members of iran's revolutionary guard. since the conflict erupted on the 7th of october in gaza, the constant fear has been of a spill over into the wider region. that is ready with fighting in a lebanon between israel and hesbollah. there are proxy attacks on and with israel. it shows how this tinderbox region is seeing flames being lit in several corners and is the conflict in gaza drags on, the question is how far those fires will spread. mark lowen there, and we have just had this latest line from iran's president who has vowed to punish israel, they say, for a strike on saturday that killed five iranians revolutionary guards. they say the islamist republic will not leave their crimes unpunished.

let's return to the story that norfolk police has referred itself to the independent police watchdog for not responding to an emergency call from a house where a man, woman and two girls were later found. what more do we know about that 999 call that was made? it is a startling new piece of information in this story today that, on friday morning at 6am, a 999 call was made by a man in the property where, subsequently, four bodies were found. the police say, critically, that they did not respond to that call. that will be the subject of an intensive investigation by the independent police office for conduct, because they will want to know, like we all do, why didn't the police respond to that call and, if they had done,

could this have turned out significantly differently? i should say that we don't know the contents of the call at 6am, and it may be that there was nothing in there that was a cause for alarm, if you like, for the police. but that is something the investigation will want to establish. when the second call came in at 7am, police responded immediately. they were on the scene at 7:15am and found four dead bodies. the property in question would have been something of a red flag for the police because, just a month earlier, they had been called active reports of a missing person at that property. at this stage, there are a number of significant questions for the independent investigation. [30 significant questions for the independent investigation. do we know what will _ independent investigation. do we know what will happen _ independent investigation. do we know what will happen in - independent investigation. do we know what will happen in that - know what will happen in that investigation from this point? fine investigation from this point? one thin the investigation from this point? one thing they will _ investigation from this point? (he: thing they will certainly be investigation from this point? iez thing they will certainly be doing is listening to all of the 999 calls and looking at them very closely and

then making a judgment about whether then making a judgment about whether the police responded to those calls adequately or not, so that will be one key bit of information. then obviously they will be taking statements from the police. but i think, at this stage, the focus of the investigation will be into macro parts. 0ne the investigation will be into macro parts. one is that call at six again, what exacting was in it, did the police respond adequately? and then they will ask further questions about what kind of flags were raised about what kind of flags were raised about this property when that call came in, given the previous incident in the middle of december, and was the response adequate? qm. in the middle of december, and was the response adequate?— in the middle of december, and was the response adequate? ok, thank you ve much. people have gathered in towns and cities across germany for further demonstrations against right—wing extremism. it comes 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. 13 children have been killed in a fire at a boarding school in central china — all of them aged nine or ten. the fire broke out on friday night in a boys' dormitory in the nanyang region of henan province. state media said the head of the school had been detained and the authorities are investigating the cause of the fire. fatal incidents of this kind are not uncommon in china because of lax enforcement of building and safety standards. the watchdog, 0fcom, 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, esyllt carr, and asked her about the prospect of changes being brought in.

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 0fcom 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 0fcom comes up with next week, this decision will lie with the government. 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. she was found by a dog walker less than an hour after she'd been born. felix tshisekedi has been sworn in as president of the democratic republic of congo for a second term.

he took the oath of office in a packed stadium in the capital, kinshasa. heads of state from across africa were invited to the ceremony. the opposition has refused to recognise the result of the poll, describing it as a sham. three defeated candidates had called for protests in kinshasa on the day of the inauguration, but police banned the demonstrations. bbc africa's emery makumeno was at the ceremony and filed this report. there are tens of thousands of people here in this huge stadium in kinshasa, and a dozen heads of state as the inauguration takes place. the venue has been packed for hours, with singing and dancing as the

crowds wait for the president. he secured a second term in office after winning last month's presidential election with 73% of the vote. a result which the opposition has rejected, citing massive irregularities. 0ne opposition has rejected, citing massive irregularities. one of the opponents challenge the result by filing a petition with the constitutional court, but the court have upheld the victory and rejected claims that the poll was rigged. even today, as the president is sworn in, the runner—up and third place have called for protests to demand an annulment of the result and a rerun of the elections. police in kinshasa have banned any such protests. let's turn to uganda now. where a bbc investigation has found a network of nearly 200 fake social media accounts, which push pro—government messages and target its critics. the accounts on facebook

and x often use stolen photos of people found online, including our next guest, drjamechia hoyle, who found out her image had been taken for one of these accounts without her permission. we can speak to her now. thank you forjoining us. what did you think when you found out that this had happened to you? happened to you ? i happened to you? i was completely and totally shocked to have my images taken and used in such a nefarious way. flan to have my images taken and used in such a nefarious way.— such a nefarious way. can you 'ust tell us how — such a nefarious way. can you 'ust tell us how this image * such a nefarious way. can you 'ust tell us how this image came h such a nefarious way. can you just i tell us how this image came about? of course. i attended the 2017 of course. i attended the 2017 global health security conference and is part of my position, i hadn't opportunity to meet the president and we took a selfie, which immediately went viral in the news

and print media the following day. and you actually found out that this photo had been taken because the bbc contacted you, didn't you? so you didn't even know that this had happened. i didn't even know that this had happened-— didn't even know that this had ha ened. ., ., ., .,, happened. i had no idea. iwas completely _ happened. i had no idea. iwas completely shocked _ happened. i had no idea. iwas completely shocked when - happened. i had no idea. iwas completely shocked when i - happened. i had no idea. iwas| completely shocked when i was contacted by the bbc about my image being used in this way. so contacted by the bbc about my image being used in this way.— being used in this way. so what did ou do being used in this way. so what did you do with — being used in this way. so what did you do with that _ being used in this way. so what did you do with that point? _ being used in this way. so what did you do with that point? did - being used in this way. so what did you do with that point? did you - being used in this way. so what did you do with that point? did you go| you do with that point? did you go and have a look at what the account was saying in your name? {iii and have a look at what the account was saying in your name? of course. i not only looked _ was saying in your name? of course. i not only looked at _ was saying in your name? of course. i not only looked at the _ was saying in your name? of course. i not only looked at the content - was saying in your name? of course. i not only looked at the content of. i not only looked at the content of the site, but i also looked at different entities that they were reaching out to, who was following this particular site, all of these things. {iii this particular site, all of these thins. u, , this particular site, all of these thins. , .,, this particular site, all of these thins. , “ things. of course, as the bbc discovered. _ things. of course, as the bbc discovered, you _ things. of course, as the bbc discovered, you are - things. of course, as the bbc discovered, you are not - things. of course, as the bbc discovered, you are not the l things. of course, as the bbc. discovered, you are not the only person who this happened to. but their photo was stolen and used by this network. what do you think needs to happen to try to crack down on this kind of thing happening

again? i on this kind of thing happening auain? ~ i, , on this kind of thing happening auain? ~' ., , ., on this kind of thing happening arain? ~ .,, ., , on this kind of thing happening auain? ~' .,, ., , ., again? i think there has to be a hiuh again? i think there has to be a high level— again? i think there has to be a high level of— again? i think there has to be a high level of accountability. - again? i think there has to be a high level of accountability. we j high level of accountability. we have seen the rise of misinformation and disinformation, and just the inability of people to know what is real or not. accountability not only has to be with the people behind these accounts, but a level of accountability with the social media companies as well. just accountability with the social media companies as well.— companies as well. just finally, has this ut companies as well. just finally, has this out you — companies as well. just finally, has this out you off— companies as well. just finally, has this put you off social _ companies as well. just finally, has this put you off social media, - this put you off social media, posting photographs in future? it definitely makes me more aware of the things i post and how they can be used in the future. so now i keep my eyes open, not only doing that for myself but i share the information with others. ok, an interesting _ information with others. ok, an interesting story. _ information with others. ok, an interesting story. thank - information with others. ok, an interesting story. thank you - information with others. ok, an interesting story. thank you for| interesting story. thank you for speaking to us.— for more on this story, listen to bbc trending: crude fakes in uganda on bbc sounds. as recently as 2017, the world health organization declared that measles had been

eliminated from the uk for the first time. now the disease is back, with cases rising sharply — particularly in birmingham, where a "national incident" has been declared. ellie roscoe caught measles six years ago and said she wouldn't wish it on her worst enemy. she's been talking to michele paduano. i literally felt like i'd been hit by a bus. it was horrendous. i'd got a thumping headache. temperature was just making me feel awful. and my skin was — ifelt like i'd been burned, the sensation. ellie roscoe already had serious illnesses — lupus and angioedema. but when she developed a high temperature and delirium, she was worried but didn't realise how life changing it would be. i ended up with measles into my lungs, so i had to go onto oxygen because it affected my saturations. it was similar to pneumonia that i ended up with and ended

up with viral hepatitis. she now requires a feeding tube, which may or may not be due to the measles. the nhs were fantastic. heartlands hospital, i can't praise enough. without them she wouldn't be sitting here today. that's the reality of it. urgent efforts are being made to encourage vaccination, across the west midlands, particularly among ethnic minority communities where vaccination rates are low. an outbreak which started in south and central birmingham is now spreading. horrible disease, really horrible. the vaccine is very good. it's about 95% effective. safe, just been put on. there is an alternative - for those who don't want one with the pork products. again, that's a matter- for individual choice and that's the case of discussing it with your gp. - we can get the alternatives. measles is one of the most infectious diseases. one person can infect 16 others. if you compare covid to measles, it made covid look like a mild cold. measles was an unreal illness and i wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy, personally.

now is the time that something desperately needs to be done. it's got to be done to save the lives of these people, children and adults, and people need to be aware of the consequences. every day, ellie faces the aftermath of having had measles. she wants people to make their decisions, knowing what it means for her. michele paduano, bbc news. let's ta ke let's take you to new hampshire, where nikki haley is speaking. she is in the race to become the republican party's presidential nominee. let's listening to what she is saying. let's start building things in america again. let's put vocational courses back in our high schools. applause in south carolina, we had apprentice ships all over our state.

we taught our children how to build things, investing them in our economy even before they finish school. and then when it comes to the border, i don't even know what to say. it doesn't even look like the united states of america. i can't believe we allow this lawlessness to happen. 8 million illegal immigrants have come through that border. we had more fentanyl cross that border that would kill every single american. the number one cause of death 18 to a5, fentanyl. and don't think for a second that china doesn't know what they are doing with a send it over. when i was governor of south carolina, read my godless —— regardless of what doll tromso is, i passed the toughest immigration law. we will require every business to show that the people that they hire are in this country legally. we will

define sanctuary cities once and for all, no more safe havens for illegal immigrants. we will put 25,000 border patrol and ice agents on the ground and let them do theirjob. we will go back to the remain in mexico policy so nobody sets foot on us soil. instead of catch and release, we will go back to catch and deport, thatis we will go back to catch and deport, that is how we stop things going on on the border. my parents taught me you take care of those who take care review, but i ask you if we are taking care of those who took care of us. 0ver taking care of those who took care of us. over 35,000 of our veterans are homeless right now. one in three suffers from ptsd or thoughts of suicide. we lose 22 heroes a day to suicide. we lose 22 heroes a day to suicide. if a veteran needs a doctor appointment, on average, it takes 29 days. on the 30th day, they can go

to the doctor or hospital of their choice. midway through the 29 days, they get a call to reschedule and they get a call to reschedule and the clock starts all over again. it is shameful, how we treat our veterans. i'm the wife of a combat veteran, my husband deployed to afghanistan. when he came home, that was a lot of prayers answered. that is nikki haley. _ was a lot of prayers answered. that is nikki haley, speaking to people in new hampshire who will select their candidate for the republican party's presidential nominee on tuesday. this is ariel, a puppy born with six legs, who's captured the hearts of hundreds of people. the 11—week—old spaniel was found abandoned in a car park in pembrokeshire. she's now had surgery to remove her extra limbs, thanks to wellwishers from around the world, who raised £15,000 for her treatment. aruna iyenger has the story. meet ariel, who's captured the hearts of so many. she's had complex surgery to remove two extra legs,

but is taking it all in her stride. surgeons at langford vets in bristol managed to save all four of ariel's normal legs. so, she actually had a duplication of her pelvis. so, she had an extra pelvis with an extra limb. on that extra limb she also had two additional paws, so she was quite remarkable looking. we've managed to amputate the limb at the base of that additional leg. so now, you wouldn't notice that she had anything wrong with her at all. ariel was named after disney's little mermaid character because her partially fused back legs resembled a mermaid's tail. this video was taken before the operation. greenacres animal rescue in haverfordwest cared for her after she was found. they'll be looking for a new home for ariel. but now, after the operation, she's travelling back to wales, to a foster family and, hopefully, for a few doggy treats. aruna iyenger, bbc news.

fantastic. and amazing she has had that surgery with the help of all of those well—wishers. plenty more news on our website with the latest on all of our top stories. stay with us here on bbc news. hello. storm isha looks to be one of the strongest storms of the 23/24 season. it is likely to lead to transport disruption as well as probably damaged power networks. here is the rapidly deepening area of low pressure travelling beneath a powerful atlantic jet stream, and it's this combination that rapidly strengthens this area of low pressure. severe gales will be widespread, and so will a threat of disruption. we'll take a look at that in a bit more detail injust a moment. but first of all, this night, a band of rain pushes eastwards, follows by showers. the south—westerly winds bringing us relatively mild air. 4 to 7 degrees celsius,

so nowhere near as cold a night as it was for many of the nights that we had last week. a mild start then to sunday, sunshine to start the day in northern and eastern scotland and across most of england and wales. northern ireland sees outbreaks of rain turning heavy quickly and this wet and windy weather will then spread its way northwards and eastwards. the south—southwesterly winds bringing very mild air. the mild air will set off a thaw of the lying snow, which combined with the heavy rain, could bring some concerns with the localised flooding. however, it's the strength of the winds sunday evening, sunday night and into the early hours of monday morning that are cause for concern. storm isha will bring gusts of wind of around 60 to 70 miles an hour quite widely across western areas, maybe 80 miles an hour for northwest wales and perhaps parts of northern ireland. but the strongest winds will be going across scotland, where we could see gusts reaching 85 miles an hour across the north and west, maybe even a little bit stronger than that. now, 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 follow. so, in other words, stay in touch with the latest forecasts because there could be updates to the weather warnings as we go through sunday. it then gets very windy for a time sunday night across parts of the coast of southeast england, that will likely disrupt the ferries. and then from monday, we're looking at a very blustery day. the strong winds very slow to ease down. a day of sunshine and heavy thundery showers. some of the showers turning to snow across the high scottish mountains. it will feel a colder kind of day with temperatures ranging between eight and 11 degrees celsius. it then looks like we'll see more rain come our way for tuesday. wednesday, drier and sunnier. in the short term, though, please pay attention to the warnings for storm isha.

this is bbc news. the headlines: norfolk police has referred itself to an independent 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 after a call from a concerned member of the public. iran's president has vowed to punish israel for an air strike in damascus that killed five iranian revolutionary guards. syrian activists say at least ten people were killed in the blast, which targeted tehran's military advisers. 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 a cocker spaniel called

ariel has successfully had her two extra legs removed, months after being dumped outside