after explicit fake images of her appear online. hello, i'm sally bundock. president biden has said the united states will respond to a drone attack on an american military base injordan, near the syrian border, at a time and in a manner of its choosing. mr biden blamed the attack on radical iran—backed militant groups operating in syria and iraq. three service personnel were killed and 3a injured. iran has denied involvement. it's the latest in a series of attacks against us bases in the region since the war in gaza began. with more details, here's paul adams.

the americans say the attack happened at a base known as tower 22, right on the syrian— jordanian border. it's one of many american bases across the region. there have been dozens of drone and missile attacks in recent months, but no american personnel had been killed until now. joe biden, seen here attending church this morning, was quick to point the finger. it's not necessarily a tipping point into uncontrolled escalation between the united states and iran, but it's another very dangerous step because, as i say, the us will have to respond more strongly than it has done to previous attacks. carefully cultivated over years, iran has a wide network of allies and proxies operating in countries across the middle east. they're all opposed to israel and the united states —

it's sometimes called the axis of resistance. there are pro—iranian militias in lebanon, the palestinian territories, gaza and the west bank, plus iraq and syria, and far to the south there's also the houthis in yemen. over the weekend, the houthis have been launching their own attacks, hitting a tanker in the gulf of aden. and last night, a british warship, hms diamond, used an air defence missile to bring down a houthi drone. with british help, the us had been hitting houthi military targets for weeks. so far the houthis seem undeterred. they say they'll stop attacking ships if and when there's a ceasefire in gaza. the problems america is dealing with across the region aren't all about gaza, but the war there has left the whole middle east a lot more dangerous. paul adams, bbc news. we saw president biden there briefly in paul's report, he also touched on the us military deaths injordan during his speech while campaigning in south carolina.

take a listen. i want to point out that we had a tough day last night. we lost three brave souls in an attack on one of our bases inaudible. we shall respond. president biden there, reiterating that the us will respond. so far, we're yet to know what that response might be — or who it might be against. our north america correspondent gary o'donoghue sent us this update from washington. there is huge pressure, going to be huge pressure onjoe biden to respond to this, particularly now we're in an election year. one republican senator has already called for

direct strikes on iran itself. joe biden has said america will respond at a time and place of its choosing and he has been meeting with his top military intelligence to date. typically intelligence to date. typically in these circumstances the pentagon offers a menu of options. possibly ranging from a strike on the group that launched the drone right through to attacks on iran. all this goes in the background of sensitive talks in paris over a possible ceasefire in gaza and the american desire to stop this escalating further. there have been dozens of these attacks on americans throughout the regions since october and they have been responses. the problem is that this one killed americans and thejoe biden, that means the public opinion and the desire to deter iran means that the response this time it will have to be quality different. —— qualitatively different. let's take a quick look at some of the other news lines coming out of the middle east. japan has become the latest country to suspend funding

to the un's agency for palestinian refugees, following israeli claims that some staff from unrwa took part in the hamas attack on the 7th of october. a spokesman for the japanese government said they would continue to make efforts to improve the humanitarian situation in gaza — and provide support to other international organisations. representatives of the arab league held an emergency meeting in cairo, over the war in gaza on sunday. the palestinian representative said it would be wrong for any country to cut or reduce its funding of unrwa — which he said would harm palestinian refugees. the kerem shalom crossing point, from israel to gaza, which has been used for some deliveries of humanitarian aid, was temporarily closed on sunday, after israeli demonstrators held a protest there. they said any aid going in to gaza was simply helping hamas. heavy fighting has been taking place around khan younis, in the south of gaza.

the israeli military released these pictures — it says it has eliminated terrorists and located large quantities of weapons. a spokesman said that strikes had also been carried out in central and northern gaza. hamas, which is considered to be a terrorist group by several governments around the world, says its forces have attacked israeli tanks with mortars — and also fired rockets into southern israel. that fighting has led to thousands of palestinians being forced to move even further south. they fled to the south of gaza from the north of the territory because of the conflict — over a million people are now thought to in rafah — the town on the border with egypt. israel says negotiations in paris to secure a truce and the release of hostages held by hamas have been "constructive" but "significant gaps" still remained. representatives from israel, the united states, egypt and qatar also discussed a way

to a permanent resolution of the conflict. but it's understood there are still differences over when and how israel's forces should withdraw, and how gaza should be run in the days after the conflict. with me is mohamed taha from bbc arabic. good morning to you to let's first of all talk about the funding that has been stopped to the un agency, the supports palestinian refugees. talk us through the implications of that. , , ., , ., , that. this is a huge story in the middle _ that. this is a huge story in the middle east. _ that. this is a huge story in the middle east. there - the middle east. there otherwise looking after more than 5 million people in that make unrwa is looking after refugees in gaza, in the west bank, injordan, lebanon and in syria. actually, the numbers of refugees injordan that unrwa is looking after our more than

the number of people living in gaza so this is a widespread issue. ,, ., gaza so this is a widespread issue. ., , �* , issue. so it doesn't 'ust impacti issue. so it doesn't 'ust impact their * issue. so it doesn'tjust impact their operations | issue. so it doesn'tjust l impact their operations in issue. so it doesn'tjust - impact their operations in gaza but more significantly in jordan? {iii but more significantly in jordan? , jordan? of course because the fundin: jordan? of course because the funding of— jordan? of course because the funding of the _ jordan? of course because the funding of the unrwa - jordan? of course because the funding of the unrwa is - jordan? of course because the l funding of the unrwa is spread over all of these countries and most of them are palestinians. palestinian refugees are around these countries are really starving, needing food, needing medicalaid, injordan and medical aid, in jordan and other countries, medicalaid, injordan and other countries, needing schooling and many, many things and when the funding is stopping and now there are reports saying that it is 54% of the unrwa, more than $1 billion budget have halved at the moment and that means a massive blow to the operations of this organisation and a sudden one as well. let's talk

about the _ sudden one as well. let's talk about the ongoing _ sudden one as well. let's talk. about the ongoing negotiations that are happening, a possibility of a truce. do you think we could see a breakthrough on this this week? this depends on the israeli cabinet that is going to meet today to discuss the outcomes of the meeting that happened in paris. apparently there are solid points that the israeli cabinet is going to discuss. we don't know much about that — it is a bit out of the side —— out of the sight of the media. but we know what is going to happen —— but they say they know what but the question is what is going to happen to gaza after the war. we saw killings in refugee camps, the killing of a journalist that puts the total number of journalists

journalist that puts the total number ofjournalists of over number of journalists of over 121 journalists. number ofjournalists of over 121 journalists. the situation in gaza cannot stay like that and this meeting for sure, it hasn't discussed only the release of the hostages but trying to find a long—term solution to the palestinian problem. solution to the palestinian problem-— solution to the palestinian roblem. ., ~ , . problem. thank you very much indeed, mohammed, - problem. thank you very much indeed, mohammed, for- problem. thank you very much indeed, mohammed, for the l indeed, mohammed, for the latest on all of that and of course we have our website and the news updating on the middle east all the time. now focusing on what is happening here in the uk. police in bristol say they are looking for further suspects, after two teenage boys were stabbed to death. the boys, who were aged 15 and 16 years old, have been named as mason rist and max dixon. witnesses say they were attacked by a group of people who fled in a car. a 44—year—old man and a 15—year—old boy have been detained in connection with the investigation. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

let's look at some other stories making news in the uk. the house of commons education committee says ofsted must make major changes to school inspections. the mps have recommended developing an alternative to single—word judgements as a priority. two years ago a coroner ruled that an ofsted inspection likely contributed to the death of head teacher ruth perry, who took her own life a year ago. a special review has been ordered into the nhs trust where a man was treated for mental illness before he fatally stabbed three people in nottingham. valdo calocane was given a hospital order for killing barnaby webber and grace o'malley—kumar, as well as ian coates, lastjune. he'd been diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic. the review is expected to be completed before the end of march. an mp has been suspended from the labour party after a post about holocaust memorial day

in which she listed gaza along with other genocides. more details on our website. you're live with bbc news. rishi sunak is to announce plans to ban the sale of disposable vapes across the uk. the idea is to make the products less attractive to children — but manufacturers say that e—cigarettes can help people quit smoking. here's our health editor, hugh pym. the increase in underage vaping has caused increasing concern with recent figures suggesting one in five children have tried it. head teachers have reported that some pupils have become addicted to nicotine in a small number of cases, children have needed hospital treatment. the research quoted by the government shows that more than two—thirds of those between 11 and 17 who are vaping are using disposables. the environmental impact with single—use

e—cigarette is adding to waste is another factor behind the band today. is another factor behind the band today-— band today. this is the westminster _ band today. this is the i westminster government recognising the health and well being of children by banning disposable vapour and also it recognised the environment is important to us in this band. polluting the environment —— vapes. it also uses an opportunity for people using vapes to help with the nicotine addiction to help them with the recyclable vaping devices. the ban is one _ recyclable vaping devices. the ban is one that _ recyclable vaping devices. the ban is one that can be implement it using existing powers. for others they will be new legislation restricting flavours, introducing plain packaging and limiting displays in shops and in england and wales they will be powers to impose on the spot fines on retailers who sell to underage teens. most of these plans will be put out to consultation and implementation is unlikely until the end of this year at the earliest. the vaping industry has already made clear

its objections. the industry has already made clear its objections.— its objections. the real concern _ its objections. the real concern here _ its objections. the real concern here is - its objections. the real concern here is yes, i its objections. the real i concern here is yes, how its objections. the real - concern here is yes, how do we ensure that the safety of these products only goes into the hands of adult smokers and the concern around a banner if that order enforcement for local trading standards money doesn't get to the right place is it is really revert many smokers back to that killer which is combustible cigarettes. health officials say — combustible cigarettes. health officials say the _ combustible cigarettes. health officials say the use _ combustible cigarettes. health officials say the use of - officials say the use of e—cigarette this is an effective method for smokers to give up the habit. they will now be a debate as to which flavours will be allowed after the changes and where the products should be placed in shops so children are deterred but adults can still buy e—cigarette if they need them. hugh pym, bbc news. king charles has spent a third night in hospital in london, where he has been receiving treatment for his prostate. he was visited again on sunday by queen camilla, who made two visits to the london clinic. there's been no update on the king's condition since friday, when the queen said he was doing well following the procedure.

let's get more on this with our news correspondent greg mckenzie. tell me more about the day ahead for the king?- ahead for the king? good morning. _ ahead for the king? good morning, widely - ahead for the king? good i morning, widely anticipated that king charles will be discharged from hospital at some point today. he was admitted on friday to undergo a corrective procedure for an enlarged prostate. now, following that disclosure of information, it's been — he is saying that he is delighted that his diagnosis is having a positive impact on public health awareness. and indeed, the nhs england website for enlarged prostate seems such to skyrocket since friday. reported one search every five seconds. so the king is delighted that its raising awareness and many believe that his announcement of this

procedure was to encourage those to get checked stop in terms of enlarged prostate, problems with prostates, it will affect one in three men, 50 or over. they went to go ok checked out. 50 or over. they went to go 0k checked out.— checked out. absolutely and that's brilliant _ checked out. absolutely and that's brilliant that - checked out. absolutely and that's brilliant that that - checked out. absolutely and that's brilliant that that has| that's brilliant that that has been the result of him being open and public about the procedure he's had. so it's hoping you can go home today but what about princess catherine? she is in the same clinic, isn't she?— clinic, isn't she? her royal highness. _ clinic, isn't she? her royal highness, princess - clinic, isn't she? her royal. highness, princess catherine, she was admitted for planned abdominal surgery, almost two weeks ago on the 16th of january. now, we know from a statement from kensington palace which was issued a day after she was admitted that that surgery was successful and they said in that statement that princess catherine would be remaining at that hospital for between ten — 1a days.

tomorrow, it will be officially two weeks, she is expected to travel home tomorrow. that statement issued by kensington palace also stated that the princess will not be returning to public duties once discharged from hospital until after easter.— after easter. 0k, supra, good to know that _ after easter. 0k, supra, good to know that they _ after easter. 0k, supra, good to know that they are - after easter. 0k, supra, good to know that they are both . to know that they are both headed home soon, thank you, greg for the latest on that. —— super. let's get some of the day's other news now. the world's most indebted property developer, evergrande, has been given a winding—up order by hong kong's high court. the company, which has extensive holdings in china, has more than $300 billion in liabilities. evergrande's shares fell by 20% on the exchange in hong kong, before trading was suspended. and we'll have more on this in world business report in a few minutes, here on bbc news. —— world business report. north korea says it tested

its strategic cruise missiles for the second time in a week on sunday. the state—run kcna news agency reported that the cruise missiles flew for more than two hours. japan says its moon lander, which was shut down due to a solar panel malfunction, is now working again, after the panels were fixed. japan is only the fifth nation, after the us, the soviet union, china and india, to land on the lunar surface. the social media site x — formerly known as twitter — has blocked users for searching for taylor swift. this is the message which comes up when a search for the american singer and songwriter is entered into the website. it comes after faked explicit images of the singer spread across the site earlier this week. x says the action is only temporary. it's believed that some of the images — we're not showing them here — were generated by artificial

intelligence. one had reportedly been viewed more than 47 million times before being taken down. erin woo is with us, she reports on twitter, tiktok and snapchat for an american outlet, the information. good to have you on the programme. so, what this latest move on the part of x two block searches of taylor swift? but we are seeing _ searches of taylor swift? but we are seeing is _ searches of taylor swift? pm we are seeing is elon musk's x we are seeing is elon musk�*s x after he made it essentially impossible or difficult to use any kind of tooling to try to shut down his images. elon musk has really slashed the trust and safety team and more specifically, teams that would have done more proactive trust

and safety work so that's just him and his ability to respond to something like this. do you think they _ to something like this. do you think they responded - to something like this. do you think they responded too - to something like this. do you| think they responded too late? 47 million views of one particular image. i 47 million views of one particular image. i think that they definitely _ particular image. i think that they definitely - _ particular image. i think that they definitely - they - particular image. i think that they definitely - they didn'tl they definitely — they didn't respond perhaps as quickly as they could have before had this happened back in october of 2022 before elon cut so much of the team, i think it's hard to say whether or not this is quite end quote too late. in terms of elon musk mantra, that x is all about freedom of speech, freedom of expression, how does this sit with that? sure, i think despite the mantra of freedom of speech, freedom of expression, there are still kind of speech and expression that expand in this that this would represent an example of that. this is not so much about elon musk changing x

policy as much as him changing their ability to enforce this policy that what we are seeing is ragged, brush attempt. has ta [or is ragged, brush attempt. has taylor swift — is ragged, brush attempt. has taylor swift said _ is ragged, brush attempt. has taylor swift said anything about this? i taylor swift said anything about this?— taylor swift said anything about this? , . about this? i believe that - i imagine- -- _ about this? i believe that - i imagine... don't _ about this? i believe that - i imagine... don't worry - about this? i believe that - i imagine... don't worry but l about this? i believe that - i imagine... don't worry but i | imagine... don't worry but i 'ust imagine... don't worry but i just wondered _ imagine... don't worry but i just wondered if _ imagine... don't worry but i just wondered if she - imagine... don't worry but i | just wondered if she reacted imagine... don't worry but i i just wondered if she reacted or made a statement or comment that nature, it would be interesting to know what she thinks about it.— thinks about it. sure, i don't believe that _ thinks about it. sure, i don't believe that she's _ thinks about it. sure, i don't believe that she's made - thinks about it. sure, i don't believe that she's made a i believe that she's made a statement. in believe that she's made a statement.— believe that she's made a statement. , ., ., statement. in terms of what it sa s statement. in terms of what it says about _ statement. in terms of what it says about artificial _ says about artificial intelligence, fake images, fake videos of famous people, it happened to me of a fake video of me on facebook in a bbc studio saying something that i've never said that was generated by artificial intelligence, as another example of this, isn't it? absolutely. so sorry that happened to you, that's gary and i think we are seeing with

something like this, when it's taylor swift, one of the most famous singer songwriter is in the world, it becomes this huge media story and it becomes something that companies are scrambled to fix and think we could see changes out of this for companies to look at this example and it becomes like an impotence for this to do better but this problem of deepfakes and nonconsensual ar images of real people, this is something that impacts people like you, it's under that impacts teenagers and young women especially and just regular people where there is not going to be some kind of huge impact or outcry. sorry, there's not going to be some huge outcry like this and it's a really high profile example of a really real—world impact of ai home that is already starting to have real—world impact. this to have real-world impact. this ear in to have real-world impact. this year in the _ to have real-world impact. this year in the us, _ to have real-world impact. this year in the us, you've - to have real—world impact. this year in the us, you've got an election coming up and x is used a lot by political commentators, they will be

concerned about this happening in the run—up to the election — my collection? in the run-up to the election - my collection?— in the run—up to the election — my collection? yes. thank you so much _ my collection? yes. thank you so much for— my collection? yes. thank you so much for the _ my collection? yes thank you so much for the information. let's squeeze in some sport. and we now know which two teams will contest american football's superbowl. the big game will feature the kansas city chiefs — for the fourth time in five years — and the san francisco 49ers. first to book their place were the chiefs — who went to baltimore, and overcame the pre—game favourites, the ravens, by 17 points to 10. among the star performers — quarterback patrick mahomes, and the tight end, travis kelce — who was watched, once again, by his girlfriend taylor swift. here's patrick mahomes on what the chance to win a third superbowl means. you don't take it for granted either. you never know how many you are going to get to, if you're going to get to any. and

so, it truly is special, just to deal with these guys after what we've been through all season long, guys coming together, it really is special but i told them, job was not done, ourjob now is to prepare ourselves to play a football team and get that super bowl ring. the later kick off, saw san francisco host the detroit lions in the nfc championship game. the 49ers were trailing by seventeen points at half time. -- 17. but they put together five successive scoring drives to put themselves ahead. and despite a late touchdown, the lions couldn't get back on terms — eventually losing 3a to 31. so — that means the 49ers will face the chiefs in superb bowl 58 — or lviii as the nfl styles it — on the 11th of february, in nevada. it's a repeat of the super bowl from four years ago — which was won by the chiefs —

and we'll bring you more details in our sports bulletins a little later here on bbc news. and finally — a monkey is on the loose in the scottish highlands after escaping from a wildlife park. the japanese macaque found a way out of its enclosure at the highland wildlife park on sunday and into a nearby village. the royal zoological society of scotland, which runs the park, said it had assembled a team to bring the animal home. if you are there, search. hello, there. the week ahead is going to be a battle between warm air and cold air. we did expect it to get a bit warmer today but it may well turn out to be a record—breaking day with some sunshine and a southerly wind ahead of a band of rain. in highland scotland, temperatures reached close to 20 degrees earlier on, and that would smash the previous january temperature record in the uk. now, the winds are dropping, actually, and the temperature

is going to be dropping, too. this band of rain moving through scotland and northern ireland is heading into northern parts of england and wales and following on from that in the lighter winds, we're getting into colder air — so much so that in northern parts of scotland, there's likely to be a frost overnight tonight, whereas ahead of the rain across england and wales, it's still a mild start to monday. but this rain is going to hang around in northern england and wales, heavy over the hills, particularly in the north west of england. much of scotland and northern ireland likely to be dry with some sunshine, lighter winds but much colder than today. temperatures typically 7 or 8 degrees, whereas where it's dry across the midlands and southern england, it's still mild — temperatures of 1a, maybe 15 degrees. now, it's notjust rain that we're going to see,

though, on monday. after dark, there could be some snow in the southern uplands leading to icy conditions by tuesday morning, by which point that area of low pressure will have taken the wet weather away and we're left with a cloudy start for england and wales. some sunshine for scotland and northern ireland will push its way southwards through the day. that very mild air is going to get pushed away but 12 degrees is still possible in the southeast. but for many in the afternoon, it's going to be nearer eight degrees or so, so it's turning chillierfrom the north. but if we look to the north again by the middle part of the week, we've got more isobars, some weather fronts. it's turning wet and windy, particularly in scotland. widespread gales here on wednesday and across northern ireland, northernmost parts of england. the really strong winds are in the far north of scotland but over the highlands this time, we could see a couple of inches of rain. that wet and windy weather in scotland will sink down into northern ireland. england and wales looking dry, the winds much lighter further south and some sunshine — temperatures of 10 or 11 degrees. now, the weather front bringing that rain is going to move southwards overnight, the rain petering out. chilly weather for a while but

then, we change the wind direction by thursday, bringing in a milderair and also more cloud.

live from london, this is bbc news. time to wind up — chinese property giant evergrande is ordered to liquidate by hong kong's high court. oil prices rise after three us troops are killed in a drone attack injordan — we'll have the latest market reaction. and driving innovation. we take a look at the cutting edge tech behind the future of car development.

hello, i'm sally bundock with the top business news. we start in hong kong where a high courtjudge has ordered the liquidation of the embattled chinese property developer evergrande. it comes after it failed to come up with an acceptable restructuring plan for its overseas creditors. evergrande shares plummeted more than 20% on the news before its share trading was put on hold. it is the world's most indebted property developer with more than 300 billion dollars in liabilities. duncan wrigley is chief china economist at pantheon macroeconomics. this is finally happened. i feel like we have been waiting for months for a decision on

this. is this what you were expecting?