in damascus that killed five iranian revolutionary guards. norfolk police refers itself to an independent watchdog for not responding to an emergency call from a house where a man, a woman, and two young girls were laterfound dead. and felix tshisekedi is sworn in for a second term as president of the democratic republic of congo after an election his opponents described as a sham. and later this hour we set our focus on stunning images from the close—up photographer of the year awards. hello, i'm kylie pentelow. iran's president, ebrahim raisi, has vowed to punish israel for an airstrike in syria that killed five members of tehran�*s revolutionary guards.

israel has not commented on the attack in damascus on saturday morning, which destroyed a building said to house iranian military advisers. it comes as hamas health officials in gaza say the overall number of palestinians killed in the war so far is approaching 25—thousand. israel continues to bombard hamas — which is designated a terror organisation by the uk government. that's despite growing pressure on prime minister benjamin netanyahu to find a peaceful solution. these pictures are from an anti—war protest by israelis in haifa on saturday. 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

"still on the offensive." but in israel, at the prime minister's residence, angerfrom families of the missing who want him to do more to 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 that 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 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 solutions. there's a number of countries that are members of the un that still don't have their own military. a number of states that have limitations. so, i think there's ways in which this could work. fears continue over the spillover of this war. and today, it hit damascus, where syria and iran say an israeli airstrike 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. elsewhere in the region, an american official said a missile or rocket attack had injured us personnel at a base in iraq. the us also said it had targeted a missile the iran—backed houthis in yemen were aiming at shipping in the red sea. and an air strike on southern lebanon has killed a member of the powerful armed group hezbollah and another lebanese national. israel has been accused of targeting hezbollah and its ally hamas, in strikes on southern lebanon in recent weeks. both groups are backed by iran. to discuss all this, i am joined by mara rudman, who is a former senior us national security official who served in both the obama and clinton administrations. thanks forjoining me, we are seeing more conflict

across the region now — does this concern you that it could lead to further escalation? it is concerning me, it has for some time, as i know it has been a top concern of those leading the government in the united states. the region, as you said in the opening segment, is a tinderbox. and that means that almost anything that can happen on the ground could lead to much more significant, much more dangerous situations for the entire world. and for all of the countries in that region. and this is part of the challenge for the uk government, for the us government, in trying to work with key actors in the region to try to manage and mitigate and ultimately reduce the conflict. the biden administration has come under some criticism that despite multiple visits to the middle east by antony

blinken gaza remains a desperate place for palestinians. is this a failure, do you think, of us foreign policy? failure, do you think, of us foreign oli ? ., , ., ., ., ., policy? no, it is not a failure of us foreign _ policy? no, it is not a failure of us foreign policy. _ policy? no, it is not a failure of us foreign policy. what - policy? no, it is not a failure of us foreign policy. what it - policy? no, it is not a failure of us foreign policy. what it is - policy? no, it is not a failure of us foreign policy. what it is is. policy? no, it is not a failure of. us foreign policy. what it is is an extraordinarily difficult situation, an extraordinarily complex situation where you have one country, israel, thatis where you have one country, israel, that is following the laws of armed conflict and you have an extraordinarily well armed non—state but operating as almost a state, terrorist organisation, hamas, which surround itself with civilians. in civilian locations. it is a very difficult situation all around. i believe that president biden and his administration have been doing everything that they can and everything that they can and everything possible to be able to both get humanitarian assistance

into gaza, to try to cancel israel to the best extent that they can, the best ways to pursue hamas, the most effective ways to pursue hamas, and to try to minimise all around the damage to innocent civilians. in light of recent events, has iran outmanoeuvred the us and its allies? i am afraid i don't understand the question. there is a lot of manoeuvring going on and that has been going on for some time. not just in terms of recent events. and iran has been a long—time supporter, and the iranian revolutionary guard, have made terrorist efforts throughout the region. that has happened and it will continue to happen. iran is giving a lot of the material that the houthis are using in yemen to basically close

international navigation which the united states and the uk are trying to prevent. 50 united states and the uk are trying to revent. ., , ., to prevent. so what is the way out of this in your _ to prevent. so what is the way out of this in your estimation? - to prevent. so what is the way out of this in your estimation? so - to prevent. so what is the way out| of this in your estimation? so from listenin: of this in your estimation? so from listening to — of this in your estimation? so from listening to us _ of this in your estimation? so from listening to us officials, _ of this in your estimation? so from listening to us officials, i - of this in your estimation? so from listening to us officials, i believe l listening to us officials, i believe in the most recent conversations that it in the most recent conversations thatitis in the most recent conversations that it is a combination of holding key countries in the region together to have planning for the day after, for gaza and the west bank, a day after that in fact already needs to have started in the sense of assessing, figuring out a path for being able to give the civilian population in gaza some relief and a way forward. and to have persons in the west bank be able to manoeuvre and maximise the security of all palestinians and all israelis. and that will ultimately come from developing a pathway to a two state solution, which the saudis have been very public in calling for. very

recently with the united states. i want to emphasise that it is a pathway to a two state solution as president biden has said and you coated at the top of this hour that it could take a number of different forms. it has been long considered to be one of that for a palestinian state would require real constraints on the security operations and how they work and are manoeuvred, there are many different configurations possible. but i think that the united states with the saudis and others in the region has shown real leadership in trying to continue and pursue that path and persuade both palestinians and israelis that that is the way forward.— palestinians and israelis that that is the way forward. mara rudman, we a- reciate is the way forward. mara rudman, we appreciate your _ is the way forward. mara rudman, we appreciate your time _ is the way forward. mara rudman, we appreciate your time here _ is the way forward. mara rudman, we appreciate your time here on - is the way forward. mara rudman, we appreciate your time here on bbc- appreciate your time here on bbc news. thank you.— news. thank you. thank you for havin: news. thank you. thank you for having me- _ to the uk now — and 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. 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, i was a bit surprised by 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 capture 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. our correspondent graham satchell has been following the story. well, i think it is a significant development in this story today. the police said this morning that they had received a call on friday at 6am, made by a man in the property where subsequently four people were found dead, and critically they did not respond to that call. so the obvious question is, well, why not? and if they had responded to it, could this terrible tragedy have turned out differently? i should say at this stage i think the key thing is that we don't know the contents of that call that was made at 6am,

so it may well be that there was nothing in there that caused the police any sort of alarm. and then when the second call came in at 7am from a neighbour, they responded immediately. they were there within 15 minutes, and then the dead bodies were found. so i should say that there may well have been red flags around this property, if you like, because on december the 14th police were called to the same property, there having been reports of a missing person. so there is a lot for the independent office for police conduct to ask questions about here. yes, and they will now get involved. do we know much about that process? well, i think they will be focusing on two key things. the first is that call at 6am in the morning. they will want to listen to recordings of it. they will want to establish exactly what was said in that call and then make a judgment about whether the response from the police was adequate at 6am. there are lots of things that we still don't know about this,

so, what was happening in the house at 6am? was everybody still alive at 6am? we just don't those details at the moment. postmortem examinations have not been done, but it does feel like there is a critical hour here where if there had been intervention, things may have been different. and i think the other thing the investigators will be looking at, is were flags raised when that initial call came in? so was there an automatic referral back to december ia to say you have been to this place before, you should take this seriously? they will want to establish, as i say, a lot of key things to see whether the police responded adequately. just finally, do we know much about where this happened? the kind of community it was? just a small estate on the outskirts of norwich, neighbours say they have been completely devastated by everything that has happened. just not the kind of... a small community, quiet community. the man was 45 years old.

the woman who was 36, we understand she did not live in the property. she was visiting but was a relative, and then two young girls, as you say, a very quiet family. staying in the uk — and a woman who died after falling from a moving van in wakefield has been named by police as leah senior. the 27—year—old from huddersfield was seen falling from a white ford transit in calder grove on wednesday night. she died at the scene. a 25—year—old man has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving, and drug driving offences — he was released on bail. the regulator, 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. our business correspondent

esyllt carr has more. 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. more demonstrations against right—wing extremism have been taking place in towns and cities across germany. the protests have been gathering momentum over the last week. they're a response to reports that some far—right politicians had met in november to discuss the deportation of millions of people with immigrant backgrounds. felix tshisekedi has been sworn in for a second term as president of the democratic republic of congo. 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 mr tshisekedi's election victory last month, describing the result as a sham. bbc africa's emery makumeno was at the ceremony. 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. one of the opponents challenged 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, moise katumbi, the runner—up, and third—placed candidate martin fayulu 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. uk supermarkets and manufacturers must be more open about so—called shrinkflation, according to the consumer group which?. the british retail consortium says retailers are trying to limit rising prices as production costs increase. emily brown reports. shrinkflation is the process of items decreasing in size or quantity. the consumer group, which?, has said that supermarkets and manufacturers must be more open about it. these are just a few examples of recent shrinkflation which has been picked out by which?.

listerine mouthwash, for instance, which has been reduced from 600 millilitres to 500 millilitres. and tesco kettle chips which have reduced to 130 grams in weight. and the research also found that other products were altered to include fewer expensive ingredients. for instance, morrisons saw its own—brand guacamole reduce its avocado content from 80% to 77%. and waitrose butter chicken curry lost some of its chicken content. well, which has acknowledged that the changes have all come at a time when food inflation has soared, and a british retail consortium spokesperson said retailers are trying to limit rising prices as production costs increase. and they said that prices and sizes of all products are clearly labelled so that customers can make informed decisions about their purchases. sexual health services in england and wales are facing a critical situation as a result of increasing demand.

recent analysis by the local government association shows there has been a surge in sexually transmitted infections across the majority of council areas. it says more funding is needed — with two thirds of council areas seeing increased rates of syphilis and gonorrhoea. the government says it's given 3.5 billion pounds of funding to councils this year, and will increase that over the next three years. i'm joined now by dr claire dewsnap — president of the british association for sexual health and hiv. thank you so much forjoining me. can you explain why you think this rise has happened?— rise has happened? well, it is a comlex rise has happened? well, it is a complex picture, _ rise has happened? well, it is a complex picture, but _ rise has happened? well, it is a complex picture, but since - rise has happened? well, it is a complex picture, but since 2012 rise has happened? well, it is a . complex picture, but since 2012 we have had year on year of reduced funding, reduced real terms funding and this has taken a huge amount of cash out of the public health budget, which is now the system that commissions for sexual health services. so that has impacted

sexual health services by removing between 150 and £200 million worth of funding. that is a real terms drop and that does not even account for inflation. of course most sexual health services, the vast majority of spending goes on staff so we have had to reduce staff. in particular the biggest impact is on prevention services which have seen the biggest cuts in theirfunding. and that services which have seen the biggest cuts in their funding. and that has resulted in us being unable to prevent further onward transmission of infections. this prevent further onward transmission of infections-— of infections. this sounds like it is urel of infections. this sounds like it is purely about _ of infections. this sounds like it is purely about funding - of infections. this sounds like it is purely about funding and - of infections. this sounds like it - is purely about funding and money, is purely about funding and money, is there anything else that can be done may be towards education? weill. done may be towards education? well, but we do welcome _ done may be towards education? well, but we do welcome the _ done may be towards education? -ii but we do welcome the new bill that the government has brought in which encourages and makes it mandatory for schools to provide sexual education. however, it only includes schools that are not academies and are not private schools. that is only 46% of schools and i think it is really important that you remember that the vast majority of people, although young people are

the highest age group effected by sti is, they affect all age groups and we are now seeing rises in 65—year—olds and older. {iii and we are now seeing rises in 65-year-olds and older. of course this is not — 65-year-olds and older. of course this is not just _ 65-year-olds and older. of course this is notjust an _ 65-year-olds and older. of course this is notjust an issue _ 65-year-olds and older. of course this is notjust an issue in - 65-year-olds and older. of course this is notjust an issue in the - 65-year-olds and older. of course this is notjust an issue in the uk, | this is notjust an issue in the uk, this is notjust an issue in the uk, this rise, what can be done on a more global level? we this rise, what can be done on a more global level?— this rise, what can be done on a more global level? we see the rates auoin u- more global level? we see the rates going up across _ more global level? we see the rates going up across the _ more global level? we see the rates going up across the globe _ more global level? we see the rates going up across the globe but - more global level? we see the rates going up across the globe but if - more global level? we see the rates going up across the globe but if you | going up across the globe but if you actually look across the global financial investment in public health services generally and sexual health services generally and sexual health services generally and sexual health services as part of that, they have all decreased. we are one of the country seen the biggest rise, and we definitely put this down to partly funding and partly the reorganisation that happened to services in 2012 which now requires local authorities to commission sexual health services. that means that every two to three to four years we have been re—tendered. globally, we are worried about this problem because of course people travel and when they travel they often have sex abroad. so there are no rules or barriers preventing infections. we need to make sure that we work together with the who

and others to improve our approach to sexual health services and the funding that they attract.- funding that they attract. people mi . ht funding that they attract. people miaht be funding that they attract. people might be thinking _ funding that they attract. people might be thinking that _ funding that they attract. people might be thinking that there - funding that they attract. people might be thinking that there is l funding that they attract. people | might be thinking that there is no point getting checked out because of the funding issues, but you are presumably wanting people to make sure that they are getting those health checks?— health checks? yes. the sexual health checks? yes. the sexual health services _ health checks? yes. the sexual health services are _ health checks? yes. the sexual health services are still - health checks? yes. the sexualj health services are still opening and as you said in your introduction, we are doing more tests than we have evident before. so this is not... our doors are not closed and in fact we remained open and the whole way through covid and we still encourage people to contact their local sexual health service, particularly if they have symptoms. but what is really critical for commentators to recognise is that one of the things that we used to routinely do is contact people who we knew had an infection and then all of their partners. so that we could get to those people in swiftly and tested and treated before they were able to pass on the infection to somebody else. we are just not able to keep up with that demand at the moment and that is because of

the moment and that is because of the lack of staffing and in particular health advisers who would normally have been the core part of that contact tracing. we normally have been the core part of that contact tracing.— that contact tracing. we will have to leave it there. _ that contact tracing. we will have to leave it there. claire _ that contact tracing. we will have to leave it there. claire juiced - that contact tracing. we will have | to leave it there. clairejuiced up, thank you very much. forecasters are warning the latest storm bound for the uk will bring winds of up to 80 miles per hour, and poses a risk to life. storm isha has prompted amber weather warnings for wind for much of england, wales, northern ireland and parts of scotland. the met office says there's a risk to life in coastal areas from large waves and debris being blown inland. a puppy born with six legs has undergone a complex operation to remove her extra limbs. ariel, an 11—week—old spaniel, captured the hearts of hundreds after she was found abandoned in a car park in wales. and her treatment has been thanks for wellwishers from around the world who raised 15—thousand pounds for it. 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. stay with us here on bbc news.

we are in for a stormy spell of weather for the second half of sunday added to the first part of monday all thanks to the named storm. the met office have a number of amber wind warnings in force for northern and western areas with heavy rain potentially leading to localised flooding, along with snowmelt as it will be turning mild indeed. we could be looking at significant disruption from the storm as it continues to hurtle across the atlantic towards our shores later on sunday. but sunday starts off on a fine node for many, england and wales dry with sunshine and the same for north—east scotland. the winds will continue to pick up throughout the day and rain will spread across the irish sea into much of scotland and northern england. it will be turning downhill as we head through the afternoon. very mad for the time of year, up to 30 degrees in many parts of the country. the storm continues to plough through during sunday evening and overnight. a real squeeze of the

isobars across western scotland and northern ireland. amber warnings in force, busts of 60 to 70 mph in south—west england and the irish sea coast. maybe 80 mph end in excess for northern ireland. very strong winds expected across scotland throughout the night. perhaps in excess of 85 mph across western scotland. these are damaging gusts and are likely to cause disruption. there will be heavy rain and showers rattling through as well and we will also see amber warnings for the south—east of england for strong winds. sussex and kent could see ghosts and next debts of 60 or 70 mph on monday. mild night to come across the south but turning fresh at forever now. into monday storm continues to push across the norwegian sea with isobars on the charts. monday will be another windy day as well, not as windy as sunday night and there will be lots of showers rattling into northern and western areas. the rest of the sunshine to add to the east with some wintering us over the higher ground of scotland and northern

england. we won't feel particularly warm. still double figures in the south. it stays pretty and settle for the upcoming week. tuesday, we see another spell of wet and windy weather added on a ridge of high pressure for wednesday which will bring fine conditions. another spell of wet and windy weather maps on thursday and friday. the leather really will be up and down through this week and interspersed with fine spells generally staying on the mall site. stay tuned to the forecaster for the effects of the named storm.

this is bbc news, the headlines... iran's president has to punish israel for an air strike in damascus that killed five iranian revolutionary guards. norfolk police refers itself to an independent watchdog for not responding to an emergency call from a house where a man, woman and two young girls were later found man, woman and two young girls were laterfound dead. fulcher ckd is sworn in for a second term as president of the democratic republic of the congo after an election his opponents describe as a sham. shortly will be setting our focus on some of the world's most stunning images from the close—up photographer of the year awards. saturday has seen missile attacks in syria, lebanon, iraq and yemen — fuelling fears of the war in gaza triggering a much wider regional conflict. iran's president has vowed to punish israel for an air strike on the syrian capital that killed five members of tehran's

elite revolutionary guards. ebrahim raisi promised revenge attacks, saying iran will not leave israel's crimes unanswered. syrian activists say at least ten people were killed altogether in the strike, which destroyed a building used as a base by iranian military advisers in damascus. israel has not commented. here are two witnesses describing what they saw. translation: l was - using my asthma inhaler. my little granddaughter, who is three years old, was sitting beside me. i swear, ijumped and the inhaler hopped too. i tried to protect the little one like this. during the earthquake, it didn't happen like that. three huge sounds shook the whole area. within seconds, israeli missiles descended in a terrifying manner with a sound beyond description. a building collapsed instantly, cars were shattered, buildings demolished. it is a crime of the

most heinous kind. despite international warnings, the israel—gaza war is dragging in more regional players. our analysis editor, ros atkins, has been looking at who is now involved, and why pakistan was caught up in fighting this week. ever since the israel—gaza war started, there's been a fear the conflict could spread. and that's happening. across the middle east we're seeing airstrikes, bombings, assassinations and border raids. the most high profile escalation involves houthi rebels in yemen attacking shipping in the red sea. they say in solidarity with palestinians. in response, the us and the uk have attacked houthi positions, most recently with us strikes on wednesday night, and a day before america began attacking the houthis, the us secretary of state said this... we were focused on making sure that the conflict ongoing now in gaza doesn't spread to other places. that's been our focus since october 7th, and it remains our focus today.

but as america's own actions show, stopping the spread is proving difficult. as the new york times puts it... the regional war no—one wanted is here. and it asks, how wide will it get? because already, along with the israel—gaza war and the exchanges in the red sea and yemen, there have been other incidents in iran, syria, iraq and lebanon. and all of these different escalations connect both to the israel—gaza war and to longer term tensions, too. what you have here really are two sets of conflicts overlapping — one israel v hamas and the ramifications of that. but of course behind that the much longer running and wider conflict between a low—level conflict, if you like, between iran and its various allies in the region, and western interests more generally, and the united states in particular. we're seeing this overlap play out across the region. following october 7th there's been an increase in border clashes

between the israeli military and the hezbollah group in lebanon. hezbollah is backed by iran, as is hamas. then in earlyjanuary, there was an assassination in lebanon of a senior hamas leader. it's assumed israel was responsible. the same is true of the assassination of a senior iranian commander in syria in december. syria is an ally of iran. israel is trying to disrupt iran's regional network located in these places, what iran calls its "axis of resistance". iran uses its allies, non—state actors, allies, in order to show solidarity with the palestinians, in order to increase the costs of war in gaza for israel and the united states, and also to divert some of israel's military assets from gaza to the northern fronts with lebanon. last november, iran's foreign minister said...

iran does not want the war to spread, but warned a wider conflict could prove inevitable. and recently, iran has shown it is willing to take military action. two weeks ago, in an iranian city called kerman, the islamic state group carried out the biggest bomb attack in iran in decades, and iran retaliated with strikes in syria aimed at what it claimed were islamic state positions. there were also missile strikes in iraq targeting what iran claimed was an israeli spy base. iran also claims that israel and the us were in part responsible for the kerman attack. iran's provided no evidence for either allegation. iran is relevant to other escalations in iraq too. in recent weeks, there's been an increase in attacks by shia militias on us forces in iraq. those militias are backed by iran. then this week, another layer of complexity was added. on tuesday, iran launched a missile and drone attack in neighboring pakistan. it said the target was

an iranian militant group. in response, pakistan launched retaliatory strikes at targets inside iran. these developments don't directly connect to gaza, but they do connect to iran's broader efforts to establish its military strength in the region. they're more evidence of how fluid the security situation is and faced with that situation each country, each military group, has choices to make. for now, the houthis keep attacking shipping in the red sea, and the us has redesignated the houthis as global terrorists. it continues its military action too — the americans argue this is the way to stop disruption in the red sea. but not everyone takes that position. translation: france decided not i to join a coalition that sought i to carry out or had carried out preemptive strikes against the houthis on their soil. why? precisely because we have a stance that seeks to avoid any escalation. but escalation is what's happening.

and this week, iran had this message. translation: if the genocide in gaza stops, then it will lead _ to the end of other crises and attacks in the region. israel denies carrying out genocide and an end to hostilities in gaza will certainly not end the long standing tensions in the region. but while we are some distance from a full—scale regional war, there's no doubt the israel—gaza war continues to pour fuel onto fires that were already burning. live now to washington and matt duss, executive vice—president at the center for international policy. thank you forjoining us. what do you think about us administration policy regarding the conflict? as you just heard, the administration could's policy has

been to prevent the spread of the conflict be on gaza. while at the same time continuing to support basically unconditionally the israeli assault on gaza that they have carried out for more than three months now in response to the horrific attacks of october the 7th. i would say that about those two goals very clearly intentioned, the gaza war is notjust about in danger of spreading, we see it spreading, it has been doing so for several weeks. it is clear that iran and its partner organisations such as his brother boilard and others do not want a greater escalation but we already see the attack then carried out by the houthis which the us and uk have responded to with a series of strikes in yemen. but these things are hard if not impossible to control. i think it really does come back to the gaza war that is really driving holidays. is the us

doing enought to prevent the wider conflict? no, absolutely not. what they need to prevent a wider conflict is bring the gaza war to an end. the us needs to bring much greater pressure, use its considerable leveraged to pressure the israeli government to end what is i think clearly and massacre. that is turning gaza into rubble, that has crated some 2 million refugees and has killed probably close now to 211,000 or 25,000 dead, killing many more still buried under the rubble, a population at risk of famine. the us has considerable leveraged over israel, which this administration has up till now not chosen to use. is it a case that the two state solution that has been presented, thatis solution that has been presented, that is not going to work? what is

the solution?— the solution? that is all fine for later, the solution? that is all fine for later. these _ the solution? that is all fine for later, these are _ the solution? that is all fine for| later, these are conversations... important conversations to have about the day after four gaza, for palestine and for the two state solution. but for right now we need to end this assault on gaza. this is an athlete humanitarian catastrophe thatis an athlete humanitarian catastrophe that is being inflicted on a civilian population by the israeli military, with the strong support of the us and its other western allies, israel certainly has the right and obligation to defend its people, it is entirelyjustified in going after those who planned and carried out the attacks of october seven, but thatis the attacks of october seven, but that is not what we're seeing in gaza. we are seeing just the infliction of a huge catastrophe on a population that had nothing to do with those attacks. i find that is acceptable and i think the biden administration really needs to do more to bring this conflict to a 90 —— | more to bring this conflict to a 90 —— ifind that more to bring this conflict to a 90

—— i find that unacceptable. share -- i find that unacceptable. are around and _ —— i find that unacceptable. are around and others calling the shots and the west are reacting, rather than the other way around? i think there are a — than the other way around? i think there are a number _ than the other way around? i think there are a number of _ than the other way around? i think there are a number of players - than the other way around? i thinkl there are a number of players here. iran clearly has shown over the years that it will behave provocatively, destructively, buti think in this case it is the us's support for israel and israel's decision to respond to october seven ljy decision to respond to october seven by obliterated gusts at that is the driver. iran partner groups, such as the houthis, are exploiting this for the houthis, are exploiting this for the room purposes, but i think their claim to be acting on behalf of the people of gaza does have some legitimacy in yemen and across the region. this is not to defend houthis but i think it is worth recognising that these claims to have some sympathy in the region and the world. we have some sympathy in the region and the world. ~ ., ., ., the world. we have to leave it there, thank _ the world. we have to leave it there, thank you _ the world. we have to leave it there, thank you for _ the world. we have to leave it there, thank you forjoining i the world. we have to leave it | there, thank you forjoining us. as recently as 2017, the world health organization declared that measles had been eliminated from the uk. now the disease is back.

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. more than half of all buildings in gaza have been damaged or destroyed by israeli strikes, including more than 100 historically important sites, as the war continues. the bbc's yasmin khatun dewan has been looking at some of the sites damaged over the last three months. significant buildings damaged or destroyed in gaza include libraries, religious sites and places of ancient historical importance. you can see gaza city's al—hussein mosque behind me here. this image was taken on the 6th of january this year. but let's contrast that with an image from january 2021 prior to the recent conflict. here's an image from more than ten years ago. it's ramadan 2013, and the man seen here is in the great omari mosque, the largest and oldest in gaza.

the mosque opened in the seventh century on the site of a byzantine church. named after omar, islam's second caliph, its library was once filled with rare manuscripts, including old copies of the koran. the mosque has been damaged numerous times in the past, losing many ancient documents, but the remaining physical copies are now thought to have been lost. much of the great omari mosque appears to be reduced to rubble, with only its minaret still intact. this image here is from the 5th of january. the last year, in partnership with the british library endangered archives programme, some of the manuscripts were digitalized, the british library said the library of the great omari mosque is one of the most important and oldest national library and archive centres in palestine, adding the project will help in protecting manuscripts through digitalizing them and providing suitable

storage conditions. in its case against israel, south africa asked the icj to protect against further severe and irreparable harm, including that to heritage sites, the palestinian people under the genocide convention. israel has accused hamas of using mosques, schools and other civilian infrastructure to hide its fighters. a neighbourhood in chicago in the us has long been known as little palestine. bridgeview 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. they hold the official us position towards the war, and mainstream media rhetoric, responsible for what they see as a rise in hostility towards them. 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 rallies

took place in chicago, where various communities came together to call for an end to the war. 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. some breaking news from the us

central command, a statement that says multiple ballistic missiles and rockets were launched by iranian—backed militants in western iraq, targeting and al—assad airbase in iraq on saturday. they say most of the missiles were intercepted by the base's air defence systems whilst others impacted on the base stopped they say that damage assessments are ongoing and it seems assessments are ongoing and it seems a number of people are undergoing evaluation for traumatic rain injuries. that is a statement coming injuries. that is a statement coming in from the united states central command, you can keep up—to—date with that on the bbc news and on our website. take a close look at this — these are some of the best snaps of our world from a micro perspective, recognised at this year's close up photography of the year awards. now heading into its sixth year, the global competition draws thousands of entries from those who share a passion for life's smaller details.

live now to the village of calamocha in teruel, spain, to speak with the winner of the young photographer of the year category, carlos perez naval. first let's take a look at your winning photograph titled small wonders. can you talk us through what we're looking at, carlos? hello, thank you for giving me this opportunity. this picture was taken here in my village and it isjust opportunity. this picture was taken here in my village and it is just a portrait of the minerals which look like, they have a very interesting shape which looks like petrified trees. you can see also the food and tail of a very small reptile. i took

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to win, of course. what does it mean to win, of course. what does it mean to you to actually win this award, and a presumed not going to stop taking photographs? weill. and a presumed not going to stop taking photographs?— taking photographs? well, it is really exciting _ taking photographs? well, it is really exciting because - taking photographs? well, it is really exciting because there i taking photographs? well, it is. really exciting because there are tonnes of stunning images. it is very difficult to have a picture awarded, and in this case they chose my picture, takenjust awarded, and in this case they chose my picture, taken just a few minutes from my house. that is even more exciting. i have to say that i have really thankful to all the people that make the awards, this very important contest. i am simply delighted, very thankful and i will sure continue taking pictures all of my life. the rest of my life. find my life. the rest of my life. and obviously _ my life. the rest of my life. and obviously you — my life. the rest of my life. and obviously you are _ my life. the rest of my life. and obviously you are 18, _ my life. the rest of my life. and obviously you are 18, or is the plan for you? are you planning any kind of career in this field?—

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photography is to be creative, create different perspective and original. sometimes it is impossible to take it with a phone. in this case it was a picture taken with a macro lens, so you need a macro lens specifically because it is very small detail. but, yeah, sometimes with a mobile phone, nowadays it is possible to create images with a very high quality. so i think it is more important, the intention of the photographer than the equipment. both things are very important, both parts. both things are very important, both arts. . ~' ,. both things are very important, both arts. . ,, both things are very important, both arts. . ~ . ., parts. thank you so much for speaking _ parts. thank you so much for speaking to _ parts. thank you so much for speaking to me. _ before we go, let's just show you this — england. it took place at a reserve at leighton moss, near morecambe in lancashire. the phenomenon happens at dusk, just before the birds roost for the night — drawing large crowds of birdwatchers. stay with us here on bbc news.

hello there. we're in for a very stormy spell of weather for the second half of sunday into the first part of monday, all thanks to storm isha. the met office have a number of amber wind warnings in force for northern and western areas. heavy rain could lead to localised flooding along with snowmelt as it will be turning very mild indeed. but we could be looking at some significant disruption from this storm as it continues to hurtle across the atlantic towards our shores later on sunday. but sunday starts off on a fine note for many. england, wales dry with some sunshine. same for northeast scotland. the winds will continue to pick up though through the day and rain across northern ireland will spread across the irish sea into much of scotland, northern and western england and wales. it will be turning downhill as we head through the afternoon, but very mild for the time of year, up to 13 degrees. many parts of england, wales, northern ireland, storm isha continues to plough through during sunday evening, and overnight a real squeeze in the isobars across western scotland, northern ireland and lots of isobars across the charts.

amber warnings in force, gusts of 60, 70mph, in southwest england, particularly the irish sea coast, much of wales, maybe up to 80 ph, north west wales, 60 to 70 for northern england, maybe 80 mph in excess for northern ireland. some very strong winds expected across scotland through the night, perhaps in excess of 85 mph across western scotland. so these are damaging gusts and likely to cause some disruption. there will be some heavy rain and showers rattling through as well. and we'll also see an amber warning for the southeast of england for strong winds. sussex and kent could see gusts in excess of 60 or 70 miles an hour early on monday. mild night to come across the south, turning a little bit fresher. further north. into monday, storm isha continues to push across the norwegian sea. lots of isobars on the charts. so monday will be another windy day as well. not as windy as sunday night and there'll be lots of showers rattling into northern and western areas. best of the sunshine

towards the east, some winter over the higher ground of scotland and northern england. it won't feel particularly warm in the northeast, factor in the wind, but still double figures in the south, stays pretty unsettled for the upcoming week. tuesday, we see another spell of wet and windy weather and then a ridge of high pressure for wednesday will bring some fine conditions. another spell of wet and windy weather perhaps for thursday and friday. so the weather really will be up and down through this week, interspersed with fine spells, generally staying on the mild side. stay tuned to the forecast, though, for the effects of storm isha.

live from washington. this is bbc news iran's president vows to punish israel for an air strike in damascus that killed five iranian revolutionary guards as tensions continue to flare in the middle east. norfolk police refers itself to an independent watchdog for not responding to an emergency call from a house where an entire family was found dead. and with just days to the new hampshire primary we will take a look at whether anyone will be able to challenge donald trump for the republican nomination. hello i'm helena humphrey the taffy with us _ crisis continues in the middle east — after missile attacks were reported in syria, lebanon, iraq and yemen on saturday. the strikes highlight the growing risk that the war in gaza could trigger a wider regional conflict, pitting iran