the us blames iran—backed militants for an attack on an airbase used by its forces in iraq. iran warns that saturday's air strike on the syrian capital, killing five revolutionary guards, will not go unpunished. detectives in norwich investigating the deaths of four family members are not looking for anyone else, but have referred themselves to the police watchdog for apparent failings. republican hopeful nikki haley questions donald trump's mental fitness after he appeared to confuse her with the democrat political nancy pelosi. arial the puppy born with six legs has surgery to remove her extra limbs. thanks to generous well—wishers around the world.

hello, i'm samantha simmonds. the us military has blamed iranian—backed militants for an attack on an airbase used by its forces in iraq. the us said the attack involved multiple ballistic missiles and rockets — some were intercepted by air defences but others hit the al—assad base. at least one iraqi service member was wounded and a number of americans are being assessed for brain injuries. attacks on us forces in iraq by militias linked to iran have increased since the gaza war began. the attack on the iraqi airbase came just hours after iran warned that an air strike on the syrian capital would not "go una nswered". the iranian president, ebrahim raisi, claimed israel was to blame for the air strike which killed five senior members of iran's security forces. israel hasn't commented so far. live now to sydney where i'm joined by dr ali mamouri who's a research fellow at deakin university. welcome to you, thank you for

being with us. what is your assessment of the latest strike on iraq? assessment of the latest strike on ira: ? . ~ assessment of the latest strike on iran? . ~' ,, assessment of the latest strike on iran? ., ~ i. ., assessment of the latest strike on iran? . ~' ., ., on iraq? thank you for having me there _ on iraq? thank you for having me there had _ on iraq? thank you for having me there had been _ on iraq? thank you for having me there had been a - on iraq? thank you for having me there had been a series . on iraq? thank you for having | me there had been a series of fighting or conflict on the ground between us and iran especially after the gaza war, the two sides are not willing to expand the area of conflict but at the same time they do not want to leave the other side hassled without any response so they choose to attack on the other side on the other ground. we had a series of attack on syria by israel and some attack by the americans on the border of a right and syria we have some others inside iraq as well which led to killing of one of the senior commanders of the popular mobilisation forces and from the other side militia are trying to attack us as well and

its allies in syria and iraq. given that in this case some us military personnel have been injured, that does that potentially change anything as far as the us is concerned? {iii far as the us is concerned? of course, us have to respond and i think they will respond especially the potential elections is coming soon, and the democrats are not willing to show themselves as a weak side, compared to the republicans but i think as americans are not willing to expand the area of the conflict, so the response will be proportional and limited, attacking specific areas of the unit and not going further. what do you think the strategy of iran is here we are seeing increasing rights on its neighbours? flit increasing rights on its neighbours?— increasing rights on its neiuhbours? , ., neighbours? of course iran has a very clear— neighbours? of course iran has a very clear policy _ neighbours? of course iran has a very clear policy in _ neighbours? of course iran has a very clear policy in the - a very clear policy in the region, they show themselves as

an influential party in the region, having influence in yemen, syria iraq, and they want to claim this war and when there is some kind of conflict with other sides in the region or outside of the region like israel from inside or us from outside, iranians should show some kind of response to show themselves they are having their bootsie and they are the essential elements of this region, and so this is the general ideology behind it, and thatis general ideology behind it, and that is why if anything happens iranians would not leave it without response but at the same time as they are not willing to expand the area of the conflict and open a new front the response will be proportional and limited. what is the risk _ proportional and limited. what is the risk factor _ proportional and limited. what is the risk factor here, - proportional and limited. what is the risk factor here, when i is the risk factor here, when you look at the possibility for some kind of event that could see an expansion of this,

perhaps accidentally, perhaps unintentionally? if perhaps accidentally, perhaps unintentionally?— unintentionally? if something ha--ened unintentionally? if something happened that _ unintentionally? if something happened that triggers - unintentionally? if something happened that triggers some | happened that triggers some kind of regional war, that would take us to very dangerous point, there will be a collapse of the entire order in the region, especially at the current situation we have, israel and gaza war, and we have iranians from the side and there are other sides, the arab sunni side as well, that is why i think all parties are trying to keep it limited and trying to keep it limited and trying to play a very controlled game here, not going further and not allowing the situation to get out of control.— allowing the situation to get out of control. within iran who controls their _ out of control. within iran who controls their strategy - out of control. within iran who controls their strategy and - controls their strategy and externally which countries if any have any influence? it is very interesting _ any have any influence? it 3 very interesting question, the

system and iran is very complicated, it is very difficult to say just this party or that party there are several organisations, we have the supreme leader we have the intelligence service ministry, and we have the national security department council, all of them are playing some kind of role, there is a co—ordination between them and the outcome is the result of this co—ordination will stop interesting to talk to. dr ali mamouri from sydney. meanwhile, the israeli prime minister has again insisted israel should retain security control over all the palestinian territories. benjamin netanyahu said this condition was "contrary" to a future palestinian state being established. his comments on saturday defied pressure on his government from the us and others to commit to future palestinian statehood. mr netanyahu and us presidentjoe biden discussed the future of the palestinian territories in a call on friday, for the first time in almost a month.

mr netanyahu's increasing isolation abroad comes amid growing unpopularity at home and protests over the fate of the estimated 130 hostages still being held inside gaza by hamas. thousands of protesters, including relatives of those still missing, gathered in tel aviv on saturday, urging mr netanyahu to reach a truce to allow the hostages home. israeli forces have continued to push into southern gaza in search of top hamas officials, who israel believes are hiding in khan younis, the strip's second biggest city. locals have reported intense fighting in the area in recent days, including around the hospital. israel says it raided a military compound and found underground explosives. officials from the hamas—run health ministry said on saturday 165 people had been killed in the territory in the past 2a hours, with me now is said shahata from bbc arabic. welcome to you. tell us more

about prime minister benjamin netanyahu, and where he sits now in terms of international support or otherwise? he now in terms of international support or otherwise?- support or otherwise? he is almost isolated _ almost isolated from international level, all international level, all international actors, and the un secretary general saying if there is no to state it is unacceptable, two days ago the jordanian prime minister was in london here and he repeated the commitment ofjordan and the king of the two state as the only solution there is no other solution, from everyone even the arab states, the only one who cannot see that as the israeli there is pressure from america and the family of the hostages to see that but he is still defiant and insisting that there is no way to have a palestinian state, and talks about a palestinian state that was demilitarised as some un countries have no military �*s

to give insurances to mr netanyahu but he is excluding all that. will he be able to face all of this pressure from outside and inside, there is doubts about that, there is talks about the future after netanyahu, not the future after gaza, the future after gaza according to mr netanyahu �*s after the structure can —— destroying hamas is controlling gaza, in house western of jordan river which includes the west bank, which is very alarming for everyone he is seeking normalisation with them. he sees things differently, i think the pressure from outside and inside will not allow him on the ground, he has not achieved much, there are still hamas launching rockets, there are toothy attacks on the red sea even with the americans with stripes, there are strikes from the islamic resistance which

are not a group but an umbrella of militants supported by iran and those want to hide because they want to avoid any target by american so the threats from everyone even hezbollah there are some rockets between them, there is a danger of another war between lebanon on and israel, in 2006 israel did not achieve success even though they say they achieve victory, they say they achieve victory, the war did not achieve the security of israel. everyone except mr netanyahu sang the only way for the security of israel is peace in the region is a two state solution because this will not make hamas launch an attack because only reason for hamas according to hamas to attack on israel is because they once they —— they want a palestinian state. once that is there is no reason for hamas to

attack. , ., ., , there is no reason for hamas to attack. , . ., , ., ., . ~ attack. israel has attacked been attacked _ attack. israel has attacked been attacked for - attack. israel has attacked been attacked for not - attack. israel has attacked - been attacked for not accepting offers when it comes to a two state solution, there are still 230 hostages being held in gaza by hamas for three months. according to the israeli government and mr netanyahu yahoo thinks he can release them through military actions but in some cases three were killed by mistake, three hostages. so it showed the record of the history showed with the military action is not going to release the hostages, the only way is to have a truce, there is pressure from the families inside to make a truce in order to allow a negotiation to have a deal with hamas to release those sausages but hamas condition if you want to release all the hostages we want a ceasefire but so far, there is division between the

two parties, the gap is very big, to make it close and to make the gap between these two different views there is no indicators for this happening soon unfortunately. thank you. some breaking news from russia. a large fire has broken out at a gas export terminal on the baltic coast. the authorities said there were no casualties as a result of the blaze in ust—luga, near st petersburg. the regional governor didn't say what caused the fire, but local media said drones had been spotted in the area. ukraine has been using long—range drones to strike russia's industrial facilities, in response to the bombardment of its own critical infrastructure. let's get some of the day's other news now. a weekend of demonstrations against right—wing extremism in germany is set to continue on sunday, with more people expected than the quarter of a million who took to the streets on saturday. it is a grassroots response to reports of secret discussions held by the far—right in november, to deport

millions of people with non—german backgrounds. the un intergovernmental panel on climate change has approved a new six—year working programme. this week's meeting in istanbul emphasised climate change adaptation, looking to produce new indicators and recommendations on factors including flood— and drought resistance, and infrastructure protection. the slovak prime minister, robert fico, says he'll veto ukraine's bid tojoin nato, claiming it could trigger a global conflict. mr fico, who is due to meet his ukrainian counterpart on wednesday, says ukraine and russia should solve the conflict through dialogue. a football match between the italian sides ac milan and udinese was suspended on saturday because of persistent chants directed at the milan goalkeeper, mike maignan. ac milan said there was no place for racism in football. mike maignan, who also plays in goal for france, has previously received racist

abuse from italian fans. detectives in the uk have confirmed they're not looking for anyone else in connection with the deaths of four members of the same family, in norfolk. the bodies of two girls, a woman and a man were found at a house in costessey on friday. norfolk police has referred itself to the independent watchdog — saying it did not respond to a 999 call from the property. greg mckenzie reports. 45—year—old mr koschinski seen in this photo was found dead at the property near norwich on friday morning. the two young girls who died at the same house are believed to be his daughters. police say a fourth person a woman aged 36, who also died visiting but did not live there. police have revealed at 6am on friday

morning, a man called 999 from the property but officers were not deployed, an hour later a member of the public contacted them. the police responded by forcing entry. where the gruesome discovery of the four bodies were made. officers say four people who died were found with injuries. the local vicar says there is an overriding feeling of shock and sadness t. we wanted to do something that provided people an opportunity to come together, i have been vicar here for over a year it is a close—knit community, providing an opportunity for people to come here, light a candle they would like to, to pray to be on their own or talk to me or someone else they, a lot of people may value the opportunity to talk and look for support one another. norfolk police has referred itself to the independent

office for police conduct, it is the second referral it has made to the io pc following the deaths. it's officers were also called to the same house on the 14th of december as part of a missing persons enquiry. that particular investigation it said would now be examined. detectives investigating the deaths have told the bbc they are not looking for anyone else in connection with the incident. postmortem examinations will be heard today to establish cause of death for the man and woman, followed by the two young girls on wednesday. greg mckenzie, bbc news. donald trump and his closest republican rival, nikki haley, have traded attacks, as campaigning intensifies ahead of the new hampshire presidential primary on tuesday. with ms haley's campaign depending on victory in new hampshire, the former governor of south carolina ramped up her criticism of mr trump.

ms haley questioned the former president's mental fitness, after he appeared to confuse her with the democrat nancy pelosi during a campaign speech. here's mr trump's apparent blunder, followed by ms haley's response. nikki haley is in charge of security. we offered her 10,000 people, soldiers, national guardsman — whatever they want — they turned it down. they don't want to talk about that. these are very dishonest people. these things happen because guess what? when you're 80, that's what happens. you just aren't as sharp as you used to be. this isn't personal. y'all know i voted for him twice. i was proud to serve in his administration. this is the fact that have a country in disarray and a world on fire and we need to know that we not giving our kids the option of two 80—year—olds going into presidency. while the boat takes place on

tuesday in new hampshire. here is a look at the current polls. as you can see, they suggest that mr trump holds a significant edge over ms haley in the state, 38%. ron desantis is polling at just 7%. for more on this, i'm joined by bruce wolpe who's a senior fellow at the united states studies centre at the university of sydney and author of trump's australia. good to have your programme. what do you make of the apparent blunder by donald trump, confusing, itappears, nikki haley come up with nancy pelosi? i nikki haley come up with nancy pelosi? ., �* ., pelosi? i don't get will do anything _ pelosi? i don't get will do anything insofar - pelosi? i don't get will do anything insofar as - pelosi? i don't get will do anything insofar as his - pelosi? i don't get will do | anything insofar as his true believers are concerned. mr trump is within reach in the ceiling of the nomination on tuesday. if you can win in new hampshire, nikki haley's state, a more conservative state, if you can win on tuesday, nothing stopping him being the nominee. that reality is starting to sink in big time in the republican party and across the country and in the white house.

can nikki haley or ron desantis do anything, do you think, at this point, at this stage of the race? i this point, at this stage of the race?— this point, at this stage of the race? ., �* , the race? i don't believe so. if ou the race? i don't believe so. if you go _ the race? i don't believe so. if you go beyond _ the race? i don't believe so. if you go beyond new- the race? i don't believe so. - if you go beyond new hampshire and look at other contests that are coming, new hampshire is most favourable for nikki haley. ron desantis is running out of money and out of room, and donald trump is leading with huge margins on all of the other major republican primary states. haley could do something interesting if you can actually beat trump on tuesday. but if she does that, i think the media will swoop in, is trump wounded, how serious is it? but it will plough to donald trump's favour. if trump can better in new hampshire by more than three orfour orfive new hampshire by more than three or four or five points, it is over, because there is neither basic and when. ——it will play to donald trump a big favour. he is relishing this and feels it is within his grasp. and feels it is within his u-ras. ~ , and feels it is within his i ras . _ . , ., and feels it is within his u-ras. ~ , ., ., , grasp. weighs it that he has

succeeded _ grasp. weighs it that he has succeeded here _ grasp. weighs it that he has succeeded here for - grasp. weighs it that he has succeeded here for years . grasp. weighs it that he has l succeeded here for years after losing the presidential election? —— why is it. what is he doing the right? he election? -- why is it. what is he doing the right?— he doing the right? he has, in australia. _ he doing the right? he has, in australia, we _ he doing the right? he has, in australia, we like _ he doing the right? he has, in australia, we like to _ he doing the right? he has, in australia, we like to say - australia, we like to say something is rusted on — his baseis something is rusted on — his base is welded onto him. most republicans believe the election was stolen and joe biden is an illegitimate president and most republicans believe donald trump is the leader and they want to see him when again. and to deliver on the america first agenda that he covered with and that he so effectively. his opponents have been unable to take him out of the race and to do that you had to confront him frontally and just say "we need to turn the page, we need to turn the page, he is unfit for office." but his basis so strong when you attack donald trump, you are attacking his voters. and they would switch their allegiance. the republican party is happy to have trump back and is showing his power in doing so. four years ago somebody had told you this is where we would

be out now, would you have been surprised? i be out now, would you have been surprised?— surprised? iwould. because as many republicans _ surprised? iwould. because as many republicans thought, - surprised? iwould. because as many republicans thought, on | many republicans thought, on the day afterjanuary six, i thought it was a disqualifying event, that we had to get past the divisiveness of donald trump as president. but again, his hold, the belief among republicans that he is the key to their success, the loyalty that they have to he has exploded with abandon. and it really does have a united party behind him. the other candidates, he is getting endorsements from those who opposed him. tim scott, the black senator from south carolina, and at the weekend. the house of representatives leadership has endorsed him. senate leaders have endorsed him. republican leaders are saying even if you are convicted in court, "we still feel you should be on the ballot." presidential ballots have said if i am president, i will pardon you, donald trump. for better or worse, this year there with him, and we was it

what happens in november. bruce wole, what happens in november. bruce wolpe. thank— what happens in november. bruce wolpe. thank you _ what happens in november. bruce wolpe, thank you for _ what happens in november. bruce wolpe, thank you forjoining - what happens in november. bruce wolpe, thank you forjoining us i wolpe, thank you forjoining us from sydney with your analysis. —— they are with him, and we will see what happens in november. nasa says it has re—established contact with its tiny helicopter on mars, after communication was lost during a flight on thursday. the us space agency said ingenuity, a drone weighing under two kilos, was able to renew contact with the perseverance rover with the help of commands from earth. ingenuity was landed on mars, aboard perseverance, in 2021, flying dozens of missions as a scout for the rover as it looks for any ancient sources of life. now, ariel is a puppy born with six legs who's captured the hearts of hundreds of people. the ii—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 more. 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. take a close look at this — these are some of the best images of our world from a micro perspective, recognised at this year's close—up photography of the year awards. they are now heading into their sixth year. the global competition draws thousands of entries from those who share a passion for life's smaller details. viewers are encourgaed to slow down and appreciate the beauty in the world around them. this year's top prize—winner receives £2500 in cash.

a reminder of our main news — us military has blamed iranian backed militants for an attack on an airbase used by its forces in iraq. the us said the attack involved multiple ballistic missiles and rockets. some were intercepted by air defences but others hit the al—assad base. at least one iraqi service member was wounded and a number of americans are being assessed for brain injuries. attacks on us forces in iraq by militias linked to iran have increased since the gaza war began. the attack on the iraqi airbase came just hours after iran warned that an airstrike on the syrian capital would not "go unanswered". iranian president ebrahim raisi claimed israel was to blame for the airstrike which killed five senior members of iran's security forces. israel hasn't commented so far. that is it from me for the moment. stay with us here on bbc news. i'll be back with plenty more shortly.

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. 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 and wales dry with some sunshine. same, too, for north east 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, so it will be turning downhill as we head through the afternoon, but very mild for the time of year — up to 13 degrees in 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 but lots of isobars across the charts. amber warnings in force. gusts of 60—70mph

south west england, particularly irish sea coasts, much of wales, maybe up to 80mph northwest wales, 60mph—70mph for northern england, maybe 80mph in excess for northern ireland. some very strong winds expected across scotland through the night — perhaps in excess of 85mph across western scotland — so these are damaging gusts and likely to cause some disruption. there'll be some heavier rain and showers rattling through, as well, and we'll also see amber warning for the southeast of england for strong winds. sussex and kent could see gusts in excess of 60mph or 70mph early on monday. a mild night to come across the south, taking 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 wintriness over the higher ground of scotland and northern england. it won't feel particularly warm in the north if you 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.

this is bbc news. the headlines: the united states has blamed iranian—backed militants for an attack on an airbase used by its forces in iraq. washington said the attack involved multiple ballistic missiles and rockets, some of which hit the al—assad base. at least one iraqi service member was wounded. the iranian president, ebrahim raisi, has said an airstrike in syria that killed five revolutionary guards will not go unpunished. mr raisi blamed israel for saturday's blast, which destroyed a building in damascus housing iranian military advisers. israel has not commented. detectives in the uk investigating the deaths of four family members are not looking for anyone else in connection with the deaths. but the norfolk police has referred itself to the independent watchdog, saying it did not respond to a 999 call from the property. the bodies of two girls, a woman and a man were found at the house on friday. now on bbc news,