backdated to december 2021, so she can compete again from the end of 2025. there are more knockout matches at the asian cup in qatar. jordan were heading out, losing to ten man iraq in injury time but scored twice to win 3—2. later on, the hosts and defending champions qatar will face palestine.

nigeria, angola, guinea and dr congo have all made it through to the quarterfinals at the africa cup of nations. cape verde and mauritania will be looking to join them on monday. they face each other the next few hour in ivory coast this is a first afcon knockout match for mauritania and they say they will "continue to make history". they've only won once in nine matches at the tournament. that was the victory over algeria in their final group match that saw them qualify for the knockout stage. translation: what we experienced in the last match - algeria - - was extraordinary so now we have to restart from a good foundation. we are in last 16. we will continue to prepare. we have been focusing on this match so now it's up to us to go and maybe get a win which we are aware its tough but at this level we are proud to have reached the last 16. and later on it's the holders versus the hosts, senegal take on ivory coast. sadio mane's senegal were the only side to win all three

of their group games, while ivory coast only squeaked through after finishing third in their group with three points. after losing the first test to england, there's more bad news for india, all—rounder ravindra jadeja and batter kl rahul are out of the second test that starts on friday. jadeja has a hamstring injury and rahul a quad problem. the hosts are already missing virat kohli, who withdrew from the first two tests for personal reasons, plus rishabh pant and mohammed shami, who are both injured. india have called up sarfaraz khan, sourabh kumar and washington sundar to the squad. super bowl 58 wll be between defending champions kansas city chiefs and the san francisco 49ers. the chiefs are into their fourth super bowl in five years after beating the top seeded baltimore ravens 17—10 to win the afc championship. touchdowns from travis kelce and isaiah pacheco saw the chiefs take a 17—7 lead into half—time. the ravens got back to within one score with a field goal in the final three minutes but were unable

to retrieve the ball again as the chiefs saw out the game comfortably to book their trip to las vegas. and that's all the sport for now. welcome to your questions answered. iran's denial of the latest drone attack on an american military base injordan has increased tensions even more in the middle east. president biden says the us will respond. he has blamed radical iran—backed militant groups that operate in syria and iraq. now, the attack targeted a us base which is in northeasternjordan, right near the syrian border. it's known as tower 22. you can see it there on the map. it's believed the drone struck the living quarters at the base. three service personnel

were killed, 3a were injured. so let's bring in our panel in a moment. but before that, we should also update you on what is happening inside gaza at the moment. the israeli military saying it's killed dozens of palestinian gunmen across gaza. there's been intensive operations over the past 2a hours. it says ground forces carried out several attacks around khan yunis and palestinians there. as you can see from these pictures, continue to search for places of safety. and the hamas—run health ministry in gaza says israel's offensive has now killed more than 26,000 palestinians. let's try and understand now what could happen next, and have the tensions ratcheted up even further in the region? we want to hear from you with your questions. and we have an expert panel here to help. some of you have sent questions in already there. i'm looking forward to asking them to our panel. so let me introduce them to you. 0ur chief international correspondent, lise doucet,

you'll know well. 0ur colleague parham ghobadi, who is a senior reporter with bbc persian. and alsojoining us from here in london, fawaz gerges, who is professor of international relations at london school of economics. a familiar face and figure for all of us as well, very good to see you. lise, let's start with you, because i think it's important to really set the scene. iran—backed groups have fired rockets and drones at american outposts across the middle east. i read this morning, 160 occasions. a lot of people won't know that since october the 7th, that's a lot. was there an inevitability to what has happened that one of those was always going to get through and cause this kind of damage and loss of life? it's extraordinary when people actually take a close look at some of the numbers, because so much is happening right across this region. ever since the israel—gaza war erupted on october the 7th, and even though the us within days moved warships into the eastern mediterranean to try to send a warning to all the many actors that they shouldn't think of enlarging and intensifying this conflict, the reality is fires have been burning on every front,

including, as you mentioned, in iraq and syria, 160 at least, attacks on american interests, american bases where american forces are operating, have been operating for many years in iraq and syria. one of the last attacks, which drew attention, was when one of the groups connected to this umbrella grouping, the islamic resistance in iraq, injured us service personnel, and they were said to be treated for brain trauma. but itjust seemed to be a matter of time before a strike somewhere by some group ended up killing americans. and briefly, firstly, what was the official response from tehran to this? so iran's foreign minister today said that iran has these groups that operate in the region do not take direct order from iran. that has been iran's stance throughout this time. iran says that these groups are supported by iran,

but they are not our proxies, they act independently. iran has been using these groups in the past few years because of the same reason, because it gives iran plausible deniability. iran can use them, support them. but whenever something like this happens. — iran can easily say that ijust support them. they are not acting on my behalf. tell us more about these groups. the united states has blamed this specific group, which is originated in iraq. but to see what this group is exactly, the leader of this group was the very same guy who was killed in the very same car with iranian general soleimani at the direction of former us president donald trump. so this shows that how close this group is to the iranian regime and the iranian authorities. the former leader was a close ally of slain iranian general soleimani. can i get your view on what you think could happen now? because the us has what is described

as a menu of options, but they want the response to be proportionate, non—escalatory, but also they need it to be a deterrent of sorts as well. how tricky is that for all of those three criteria to be met? very, very tricky _ and very difficult to achieve. i mean, the big point here is that president biden's l strategy of deterrence has failed, the american strategy has been for the pastl |three months or so is to preventj the expansion and the escalation of conflict from gaza - to neighboring countries. you have now open fronts on the lebanese, syrian l and the lebanese—israeli front, in syria and - iraq, the red sea. all options, all scenarios have costs and consequences. - if the united states decides to attack iran directly, - this could trigger— a counter iranian response, further threatening a wider conflict. i if the biden administration decides

to have a broad attacks _ against pro—iranian groups in iraq and syria and other places, - this will not establish deterrence. the reality is this _ a real danger now that the war in gaza could really become a wider regional conflict. i and the fact that the american deterrent strategy has failed . sends a message loud and clear to multiple players in the region. - can i ask you to answer this question from dan in york, which i think, given what we've just heard, is quite relevant, what does iran actually gain from supporting these militant groups? so iran is trying to mount pressure in order to push the united states of america to ask israel to stop the war in gaza. so iran thinks that rising the tension in the middle east may force the united states to ask israel to stop the war in gaza. happen and things might spiral out of control.

this might be one of the mistakes that iranians ordered the groups supported by them might have made. let's ta ke let's take your life to central london, to marylebone, because we are closely watching this front door, the front door of the london clinic, and we know that the princess of wales returned home to windsor to continue her recovery from surgery from this hospital, we're told she is making very good progress, and we are expecting king charles also to be leaving. he has been treated at the same hospital, he was in the same hospital as kate, the london clinic, being treated for enlarged prostate. saudi princess of wales 13 nights in hospital since her operation, and we are now waiting for king charles to possibly walk through these doors in the next

few minutes also, which is why we are keeping a close eye. butjust to bring you more on that statement from the prince of wales, the prince and princess wish to say a huge thank you to the entire team at london clinic, especially to the dedicated nursing staff for the care they have provided. the family are grateful for all the good wishes they have received, but the news is that the princess of wales has returned home and is making good progress. now the weather with ben rich. hello. it is mild in the south of the uk today, but not as mild as it was yesterday. the highlands getting to 19.6 celsius provisionally a new uk record forjanuary. but by this morning temperatures there had dropped all the way down to freezing, back to normal, if you like, because the very warm southerly winds of yesterday were replaced by chillier conditions

from the west and the dividing line between the mild air which remains in the south and those colder conditions further north and west marked out by this weather front, which is producing some pretty heavy rain, i have to say, particularly across parts of northern england, but also into southern scotland, parts of wales, a little bit of snow mixing in over high ground in northern england and southern scotland. chilly in the north as we end the day, mild down towards the south and then as we head through the night, our weather front weakens, pushes southwards and eastwards. it means a lot of clouds, some spots of rain for england and wales, but for northern ireland and for scotland, with clearing skies, temperatures will really drop, minus two in glasgow, some spots down to minus five. that could mean some icy conditions as we start tuesday morning, the remnants of our weather front still bringing some cloud, particularly across central and eastern parts of england through tuesday morning. that tending to break up, and actually for many of us tomorrow, we will see some spells of sunshine, not a bad looking day. temperatures generally in a range between six and 11 degrees. so not as mild in the south by this stage. and then as we head into the middle part of the week, well,

it's all eyes to the north—west for a developing area of low pressure and a lot of isobars squeezing together on this chart. that means some very strong winds in scotland on wednesday. gales quite widely, gusts of 80mph or possibly a little bit more than that in exposed spots in the north, with a band of really heavy rain pushing its way southwards and eastwards, some wintry showers following on behind us, some colder air tucks in once again behind that weather system. ahead of it, temperatures in double digits, ten or 11 degrees. now, that weather front will clear during wednesday night and thursday. a ridge of high pressure topples through, a little bit of sunshine for a time, and then this next warm front works in from the atlantic, and that will bring a renewed surge of very mild air as we end the week. so temperatures by friday widely up to 12, 13, 1a degrees. with that, quite a lot of cloud, just the odd spot of drizzle.

live from london. this is bbc news. following the deadly drone strike on a us base injordan — president biden blames iran — and says america will respond.

the princess of wales kate middleton has left hospital after a nearly two—week stay following abdominal surgery. and chinese property giant evergrande is ordered to liquidate by hong kong's high court. hello, i'm luxmy gopal, welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories and checking out the truth behind them. let's go live now to do or what we will do before that, we will start with this story. 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