what the houthis are doing is unacceptable, it is illegal and it is threatening the freedom of navigation. the israeli military says 21 of its soldiers have been killed in gaza — the deadliest attack since the start of the conflict. and nominations for this year's oscars will be announced shortly — with box office blockbusters oppenheimer and barbie expected to top the list. knell. yolande knell hello, i'm rajini vaidyanathan. let's take you live to the scene, looking across at gaza. israel's military spokesperson said 2a soldiers were killed in central gaza yesterday,

making it the deadliest day for israeli forces since the start of their ground operation. the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, says his forces won't stop until complete victory against hamas. more than 25,000 palestinians — mainly woman and children — have been killed in the israeli military campaign in gaza since october attacks. we'll have more on this later in the program. another developing story we're following today. the us and uk have once again hit houthi targets in yemen. it comes in response to attacks by the group on shipping in the red sea. uk foreign secretary lord cameron said the strikes sent the �*clearest possible message�* the countries�* words would be supported by action. 0ur north america correspondent david willis has this report. royal air forcejets,

armed with precision guided bombs, joined us forces to rain missiles on houthi targets, prompting explosions which rocked the capital sanaa and other parts of yemen in the early hours of tuesday morning. us officials said among the targets was a weapons storage site very deep underground. the uk ministry of defence said they hit multiple targets at two military sites in the vicinity of sanaa airfield. this was the second round of military action undertaken jointly on the part of the us and the uk. a previous effort 12 days ago, coupled with half a dozen attacks mounted by the us alone, has so far failed to stop the houthis. are the air strikes in yemen working? well, when you say working, are they stopping the houthis? no. are they going to continue? yes. before the latest strikes, houthi leaders had vowed to continue their attacks on shipping in the red sea as part of a show of support for

palestinians caught up in the war with israel. however, the defence secretary, grant shapps, predicted this latest mission would erode the houthis�* ability to threaten global trade. yet more than 30 attacks on commercial vessels navigating a key route for world trade have already prompted fears of inflation, as freight supplies are delayed or re—routed. added to which, iran's backing of the rebels raises the troubling possibility of a broader conflict in the middle east. david willis, bbc news, washington. as we mentioned, we've been hearing from the foreign secretary, lord david cameron. he set out the british government's reason for military action. last night, four raf typhoons took part in military action, together with the americans, to further degrade the houthi capacity to carry out these attacks on shipping in the red sea.

what the houthis are doing is unacceptable, it is illegal and it is threatening the freedom of navigation. that is why we have taken the action. along side that action is a whole set of measures we will be taking, including sanctions and other pressure to put on the houthis, combined, of course, with the action the royal navy is taking with others in the red sea, and we will be building the strongest coalition of support to back the steps we have been taking. let's be absolutely clear, we have no quarrel with the yemeni people. indeed, our aid feeds over 100,000 yemenis every month, using the sea lane, delivering that aid which is precisely the sea lane that the houthis are trying to close. since we last took action, ten days ago, there have been over 12 attacks on shipping by the houthis in the red sea. these attacks are illegal, unacceptable, and what we have done again is send the clearest possible message we will continue to degrade their ability to carry out these attacks while sending the clearing possible message we back our words and warnings with action.

that is the british foreign secretary lord cameron there. some developing lines on that story, and the houthi military spokesman has now issued a statement, saying that the us and the uk carried out 18 strikes on yemen in total, including 12 in the capital sana'a, and its surrounding province. the spokesperson said that there had been three strikes in the red sea province, two in the central province, two in the central province, and one to the east, in another province. now this was posted on x, the social media site better known as twitter and the quote says these attacks will not go unanswered, or unpunished. he didn't

mention whether the strikes have caused any damage or casualties and it comes as the houthi political bureau member has told a tv station overnight they hit open spaces and former military camps, so a reaction that hasjust come former military camps, so a reaction that has just come in from the houthi military spokesperson, saying that the us and the uk carried out 18 strikes on yemen, in total, we werejust 18 strikes on yemen, in total, we were just listening 18 strikes on yemen, in total, we werejust listening to 18 strikes on yemen, in total, we were just listening to lord 18 strikes on yemen, in total, we werejust listening to lord cameron the uk foreign secretary, we can go straight to westminster where i am joined by henry zeffman our chief political correspondent. so what more do we know about the british government strategy when it comes to this co—ordinated action with the us against the houthis? david cameron's been out and about this morning, because of course the uk only announced it took part in the strikes quite late last night

and david cameron has been arguing that these are a response to illegal disruption of shipping lanes which basically could not be allowed to go unresponded. that is the argument that he was making. now, david cameron also argued that this is not some sort of sign of fail ukraine as i think some people might have been arguing but actually that the last strikes 12 days ago were successful in degrading the houthi's capabilities and as a result the uk has decided to take part in more, thatis has decided to take part in more, that is the argument he has been making this morning, i expect we will see rishi sunak later today in parliament, nothing confirmed, but thatis parliament, nothing confirmed, but that is likely, making a similar argument and arguing that the uk that had tojoin argument and arguing that the uk that had to join the us action. henry, you have been posting on the bbc news live page ant this story and i wanted to ask you about one of the latest posts you have made which

is about the opposition labour party, who want the government to make a statement in parliament, about the strikes last night. iretell about the strikes last night. well there was a _ about the strikes last night. well there was a big _ about the strikes last night. -ii there was a big difference between how the government prepared for this strike and how it prepared for the strikes 12 days ago. that time, there was an emergency cabinet meeting, the night before, the night of the strikes, keir starmer and john healey his shadow defence secretary as well as lindsay hoyle, they were summoned for a confidence shall briefing on what is called privy council terms which the government. none of that took place this time. labour party found out the strikes were happening at the same time as we did, as you did. now, i think there is a bit of frustration, i am detecting in the labour ranks, they would like a briefing to take place this morning so that keir starmer can ask rishi sunak about the government's strategy here, about how it is containing the risks of escalation, what legal advice it has had. they would like the prime minister to make a statement to parliament. i think that is going to happen any

way, so whether there has been a briefing beforehand or not you will here sir keir starmer pushing those points in parliament.— points in parliament. briefly i want to ask ou points in parliament. briefly i want to ask you about _ points in parliament. briefly i want to ask you about another _ points in parliament. briefly i want to ask you about another big - to ask you about another big political story here in the uk, just bring us up—to—date on the latest, when it comes to what has been happening in the house of commons, over the government's plans to send some people who they deem coming to the uk on small boats illegally arriving here, people who are seeking asylum, to rwanda. in the house of commons _ seeking asylum, to rwanda. in the house of commons last _ seeking asylum, to rwanda. in the house of commons last week, - seeking asylum, to rwanda. in the | house of commons last week, there was a series of crucial votes on the government's legislation which is designed to put that rwanda asylum policy on a stronger legal footing, because just a few months ago the supreme court said as it stands the policy is unlawful. that piece of legislation will now go to the house of lords where it arrives on monday, but as it happens, yesterday, the house of lords had a vote on a connected issue which is a treaty that the uk government signed with

rwanda, all designed to beef up the legal protections for its asylum policy, and the house of lords voted last night, not to ratify that treaty. that is not a binding vote, the government can and i think will ignore it and will accuse the house of lords of frustrating the will of the elected house of commons, but it is a sign of some of the opposition, the scale of the opposition, that the scale of the opposition, that the government is likely to meet when that piece of legislation on this issue arrives in the house of lords on monday. thank you for the moment. now to a major story here in the uk. up to 39,000 homes in the north of england, scotland and northern ireland have spent a second night without power because of the damage caused by storm isha. engineers are working to reconnect homes but many are bracing themselves for more extreme weather and travel disruption as storm jocelyn now approaches. mairead smyth has the report.

the damage done by storm isha. trees down across the uk, the strongest winds for some in more than a decade. a narrow escape for this driver in lincolnshire as the storm brought the unpredictable — a roof flung onto the road. and with the wind came heavy rain, causing floods in parts of cumbria and north yorkshire. waves battered the coastline from blackpool in the north west of england, to east sussex in the south east. thousands of people without power, many in remote areas warned they may not be reconnected until today. in northern ireland, a man in his 60s died after his car crashed into a fallen tree in county londonderry. and in scotland, an 84—year—old man lost his life after the car he was in, hit a fallen tree in grangemouth. rail travel brought to a standstill in scotland. it's been travel chaos, as you can imagine.

all the local transport links to central station have been cancelled. well, i did have a flight booked. the flight was cancelled. so then this booked this. this is now delayed as well. so, who knows when we'll get there? we've travelled from ayr. so we had to get a bus this morning. that was delayed, and now this is delayed. . hopefully we'll get there! the force of storm isha, now gone, with another in its wake, storm jocelyn. amber warnings for wind are in place across northern and western scotland from 6:00 this evening. scotrail say services will be suspended from 7:00 tonight, and no rush hour services will run tomorrow morning. yellow warnings for wind are in place across the rest of scotland, northern ireland, wales and large parts of england. and yellow warnings for rain covering north west england and the west coast of scotland today. mairead smyth, bbc news. with me is bbc

weather�*s stav danaos. it has been a really difficult 2a hours or so for a lot people across the united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland, now we are hearing about storm jocelyn, what do we know about that? this is another system that was named jocelyn by the met service, these, because the worst will by a cross the republic of ireland, it looks as it deepens as it follows almost a similar track to the north—west of scotland, and this is where we are likely to see the strongest winds, up to 8.00am until the armer warning ends, this zone, there is likely to be a swathe of damage, wind gusts through the overnight period, which could cause issues and it is sensitive now after the damage from storm isha, things are loosens, so there could be big

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more of this because of changes in climate, that kind of thing? does this come under that category? hot this come under that category? not reall , this this come under that category? iirrt really, this is a bit different. the weather has been chopping and changing, last year we only had two named storms, it was quiet through the winter season, this year is a particularly active one, we are up to ten named storms but when we started naming the storms, because it feels like questions have been asked of me, does it feel like they are getting more common, i think it is because they named but in 2015, 2016 when we started naming them we got up to k, 11 storms so that was busy, not as busy as 2013/11; where we saw the stormiest season of all for 20 years, so it does chop and change each year.— for 20 years, so it does chop and change each year. already at] and we are in the _ change each year. already at] and we are in the third _ change each year. already atj and we are in the third week— change each year. already at] and we are in the third week of- change each year. already at] and l we are in the third week ofjanuary. stav, thank around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's look at some other

stories making news. government borrowing in december was lower than expected, helped by a steep drop in interest payments. the office for national statistics says that borrowing — which is the difference between spending and tax income — was £7.8 billion. the amount was below forecasts with many analysts expecting it to be about 1k billion. in the uk, two million people could have their gas and electricity cut off this winter because they cannot afford to top up their prepayment meter. that's according to new research by citizens advice. it comes as a separate report suggests millions are living far below the poverty line in the uk. the government said it is spending billions on supporting households. a simple blood test could detect alzheimer's up to 15 years before symptoms emerge. swedish trials found the test to be as accurate as painful lumbar punctures, and better than a range of other tests currently being worked on. experts say it could "revolutionise" early diagnosis of the disease.

you're live with bbc news. staying in the middle east, and an israeli military spokesman said 2a soldiers were killed in central gaza yesterday. most died when a rocket—propelled grenade hit the building they were in, causing it to collapse. live now tojerusalem, we can speak to middle east correspondent yolande knell. let me ask you about the deaths of these israeli soldiers to begin with, what more do we know? well. with, what more do we know? well, these were — with, what more do we know? well, these were 21 _ with, what more do we know? well, these were 21 reservists _ with, what more do we know? well, these were 21 reservists so - with, what more do we know? well, these were 21 reservists so in - with, what more do we know? well, these were 21 reservists so in a - these were 21 reservists so in a location quite close to the israeli border, nearto location quite close to the israeli border, near to the israeli kibbutz which is one of those locations attacked on 7th october. the israelis said they were on a mission to make things for residents to go back to their homes in the south, and, they were in two, two storey

buildings when it seems that missiles were fired at a tank nearby and because the two buildings themselves had explosives inside, it looks like the plan by the israeli military was to demolish them. then those two buildings themselves collapsed, the israeli military says it is still investigating what happened. it is still investigating what happened-— it is still investigating what happened. it is still investigating what hauened. , , it is still investigating what ha ened, �* ., , , happened. and of course it comes as the israeli military _ happened. and of course it comes as the israeli military campaign - happened. and of course it comes as the israeli military campaign in - the israeli military campaign in gaza continues. i havejust been reading that the hamas run health ministry says 195 palestinians were killed in the last 2a hours. what more do we know about what is happening on the ground in gaza? very fierce fighting going on in khan younis particularly, which has been the main focus lately of israel's military offensive. this is where tanks have pushed into the centre and to the west, and this seems to be where a number of people

were killed, israel said it killed dozens of terrorists in that location in the past 2a hours, certainly women and children were also among those who were killed. and now this pushes up to 25,000 —— 25490 palestinians killed since 7th october according to the hamas run 0ctober according to the hamas run health my ministry, a lot of concern about what is happening round three hospitals in particular in khan younis, one in a safe zone, it is understood that staff were arrested, the israeli forces stormed that hospital, there is also said to be tanks round a hospital run by the palestinian red crescent, its local headquarters and it said one floor had been hit by artillery fire, there are lots of displaced people who have been sheltering there and also in the main functioning hospital in that area, we did have the white house calling last night

for israel to protect innocents, meaning the displaced people and medics and patients who are still inside these hospitals. 0k. yolande ukraine says at least five people have been killed in a wave of missile attacks overnight, with the capital kyiv and second city kharkiv among cities targeted. once again people were seen seeking shelter in the kyiv metro. the ukrainian military says of 41 missiles launched by russia, 21 were destroyed by air defences. the mayor of kharkiv says two women were killed and nearly 40 injured in attacks there. another woman was killed in the capital, kyiv, while there were two more fatalities in the dnipro region. nominations for the year's most prestigious awards ceremony, the oscars, will be revealed later today at 1330 gmt. this year's box—office has been

dominated by barbie and 0ppenheimer. live now to film criticjason solomons. welcome to bbc news, so, in the last few weeks we have talked about emmy, baftas and the others but it is about the oscars, what do you expect in terms of surprises, before we talk about what miefsh. it in terms of surprises, before we talk about what miefsh. it would be treat to talk about what miefsh. it would be great to have _ talk about what miefsh. it would be great to have some _ talk about what miefsh. it would be great to have some surprises, - talk about what miefsh. it would be great to have some surprises, we l great to have some surprises, we want surprises because the obvious ones are barbie and 0ppenheimer and basically how many nominations those two giants of this jeer�*s cinema can chalk up. but where will we see surprises is probably the people who have been left out rather than the ones we suddenly included. people in the directing category where it gets tense, you can only pick five, will they pick favourites like martin scorsese, will they pick people like

bradley cooper or will we see directors from other areas rewarded, particularly in the female film—making, it is almost a category of its own, people get very very upset if there is not female film—makers included in this, particularly if they have made films that have merited are it. i am thinking of regret a gerwig who was snubbed by the baftas, martin scorsese's killers of the flower moon, a big favourite to rack up nomination, martin scorsese overlooked by the bafta voters for a nomination, who will take their place in that list? i am hoping greta gerwig will get in there. we are looking at a french director for the film native of a fall which has a chance of racking up a lot of nomination, france didn't nominate it itself but it is going on the own

without the backing of its home nation. i am thinking of a film like past lives directed by celine song, lots of love for that in new york, the new york voters loved that film. it's a story of new york and korea, will it find its way to lots of nomination? also for its actress greta lee snubbed by the baftas the and will that feature? so i am thinking there be fine arty type film, zone of interest how will that feature, that was a uk—based film? it was shot in poland and germany and it is in a foreign language, look out for that actress sandra huller, she is also in zone of interest she is an extraordinary new actor to oscar voters and i think we might see her in the best actress category alongside hot favourite for

her fourth category alongside hot favourite for herfourth nomination, emma stone for poor things her fourth nomination, emma stone for poor thing— for poor things briefly, how much has the writers _ for poor things briefly, how much has the writers strike _ for poor things briefly, how much has the writers strike and - for poor things briefly, how much has the writers strike and indeed l has the writers strike and indeed the fall out from covid affected the sort of films that we are are seeing, you know, in the cinemas in the last couple of years? i seeing, you know, in the cinemas in the last couple of years?— the last couple of years? i don't think we have _ the last couple of years? i don't think we have seen _ the last couple of years? i don't think we have seen the - think we have seen the knock—on effect of the strikes yet, everything we are seeing now was made before the strikes, what we are seeing are films that got in before the promotional window ended, remember during the strikes the writer, directors, actors, were sort of in sympathy with all the strikers and lots of films weren't promoted throughout the summer, it is no coincidence that barbie and 0ppenheimer managed dodd their promotional duty, almost world tours of seeing margot robbie and ryan gosling in pink round the world and all the 0ppenheimer crew we are talking ant cillian murphy, robert downey talking ant cillian murphy, robert downeer, they supported their

films to the billion dollar totals and then promotional windows shut down, we are seeing some suffering from not being able to promote themselves during that time and it is no surprise that barbie and 0ppenheimer got all their promotional activity in have succeeded in becoming the number one and two movies are, it remains to be seen what the others who delayed their promotions and i am thinking like poor things and killers of the flower moon catching up with late promotion, can they do enough to oust those two?— promotion, can they do enough to oust those two? jason solomons you have made my _ oust those two? jason solomons you have made my excited _ oust those two? jason solomons you have made my excited about - oust those two? jason solomons you have made my excited about the - announcement. and a reminder — the 0scar nominations for 2024 will be announced in around three and a half hour's time — in an early morning news conference in la. we'll have a special programme here on bbc news so dojoin us — from 1.20 gmt onwards. hello again. storm jocelyn is bringing us some heavy rain and some

strengthening winds as we go through the course of today. but it's tonight that the wind will peak with widespread gales, even severe gales in the north. now this storm following on, so hot on the heels of storm isha yesterday, does mean that impacts are likely. so we've got all this rain moving from the west to the east, another 60 millimetres possible across the highlands, the southern uplands, the lake district, the yorkshire, the lake district, the yorkshire dales and north wales in areas already sensitive to the rain. and as it clears the south of england, in south wales there'll be a lot of low cloud left behind it and dank, murky conditions with showers in the west. but look at these temperatures, 11 to 14, very mild for this time of year. now, these of course represent the strength of the wind gusts. so continuing to pick up through the day. the met office has an amber weather warning in force from 6pm tonight till 8pm tomorrow morning, where within this area we're looking at the potential for gusts up to 80 miles an hour.

so do bear that in mind. 0vernight tonight, too, the rain whittles down towards the southeast. the low pressure, which is strong, jocelyn moves across the north of scotland. we've got that squeezing the ice of hours. that's when the peak winds will be when we're looking at the severe gales or indeed the gales. and these are our overnight lows. we're looking at between six and 11 degrees now. tomorrow, the winds will only slowly moderate. we'll start off with gales in scotland and also northern england. and here it will take much of the day for the wind to moderate. we're not talking about easing, just moderating. and then you can see, too, we've got all this cloud coming in across the southwest and we'll see some drizzle coming in here. temperatures down a little bit on today, but still seven to about 12, maybe 13 degrees. so this is what's bringing in the cloud and the drizzle during the course of the latter part of wednesday. and on thursday, it's going to be drifting steadily northwards. thursday's going to be a fairly cloudy day, a lot of low cloud around with this rain, particularly so in the west. it's going to become breezy, if not windy. and temperature wise, well,

we're looking at six in lerwick to about 13 as we push further south and then as we head in towards the latter part of the week, well on friday a fairly decent day, but there'll be gales in the northwest, but beyond that changeable.

this is bbc news. the headlines... the uk and the us carry out fresh strikes on houthi targets in yemen —

britain's foreign secretary says the latest attacks are justified. the israeli military says 21 of its soldiers have been killed in gaza, marking the deadliest attack since the war began. and nominations for this year's 0scars will be announced shortly — with box office blockbusters 0ppenheimer and barbie expected to top the list. let's return to the middle east. iranian—backed houthi rebels in yemen say the latest strikes by the us and britain will not go unanswered. the pentagon said eight locations had been hit in response to the continued targeting of shipping in the red sea. the uk foreign secretary, lord cameron, said the move would further degrade the group's ability to attack cargo ships in the red sea.

live now to dr patrick bury, a senior lecturer in security