the us has named the three soldiers killed in sunday's attack near thejordan—syria border. 46—year—old william jerome rivers, 24—year—old kennedy ladon sanders and 23—year—old breonna alexsondria moffett were all from an army reserve unit in the state of georgia. they were killed — and dozens more were injured — in the attack at a remote outpost called tower 22. the us says it does not seek another war, but it will protect itself and respond appropriately.

since israel's retaliation for the october 7th attacks, us military bases in syria and iraq have been attacked more than 170 times. the group behind the deaths at the tower 22 base — called �*islamic resistance in iraq' — are part of an iranian—sponsored network across the middle east. known as the �*axis of resistance�*, there�*s a number of pro—iranian militias based in iraq, syria, lebanon, the palestinian territories and as far south as yemen. all are opposed to israel and the united states. from washington our north america editor sarah smith has the latest. in the situation room, president biden with his defence secretary is considering his military reaction. we are told he is weighing his options. he needs to retaliate, but without causing more conflict. we do not seek another war. we do not seek to escalate. but we will absolutely do what is required to protect ourselves, to continue that mission and to respond appropriately to these attacks.

shortly after he learned of the attack yesterday, mr biden vowed the us will respond. now he needs to decide what that response will be. his secretary of state warning other actors not to get involved. from the outset, we have been very clear in warning that anyone looking to take advantage of conflict in the middle east and try to expand it, don�*t do it. the us has not said which militia group it believes is responsible for the attack on their base injordan of the deadly drone was not intercepted. president biden�*s opponents laid the blame on him and are demanding he target iran itself in response. senator lindsey graham wrote on x, "i am calling on the biden administration to strike targets of significance inside iran, not only for the reprisal of the killing of a forces but a deterrent against future aggression." mitch mcconnell said, "the cost of failure to deter americans at the seas is measured in american lives." one donald trump�*s response? he claims this attack

would never have happened if i was president. not even a chance. on tehran, the reigning government denied involvement in the attack. a spokesman said the militias do not take orders from iran. the three soldiers have been named as specialist breanna moffat, kennedy sanders and sergeant william rivers. their deaths will mark a new phase in america�*s role in the escalating tensions in the middle east. our state department correspondent, tom bateman, has been following events and sent this update. well, antony blinken said that the us response would be decisive. he mirrored a lot of the language we�*d heard from president

biden that they will respond at a time and in a manner of their choosing. but there was a bit of new language as well, and that was about saying that the response could come in stages and over a period of time. now, that doesn�*t sound like the kind of thing that some of the most hawkish senators here in washington, republicans have been calling for. some of those putting pressure on president biden for an attack on iran itself. so the politics of washington is playing into how the administration responds in the middle east. president biden knows that he�*ll have to show this is a decisive and forceful response, that it will deter further attacks on american forces, but at the same time that it won�*t spiral into further war in the middle east. but in the end, the fundamentals here are that it is the war in gaza that is causing this situation to spin further out of control. the administration says that although it tries to claim there is no connection between what�*s happening in gaza and the attacks against its forces,

but it is why at the same time, it�*s putting a huge amount of effort into trying to achieve a deal. we had secretary blinken meeting the prime minister of qatar here today. they are instrumental in trying to get the israelis to scale back and fundamentally to get this framework agreed with hamas where there would be a hostage release for a sustained cease fire. the americans are talking about progress with that. but so far, they say they�*re not at the finish line. as we just heard from tom there — the white house says negotiations aimed at reaching a new deal with hamas — on the release of gaza hostages — have been constructive, but much work remains to be done. here�*s white house spokesman, john kirby. those discussions are ongoing, we believe they have been constructive and are moving in a good direction. i don�*t want to sound sanguine here, there is a lot of work to be done.

we don�*t have an imminent deal to speak to, but based on the discussions we�*ve had of the weekend and in recent days, we feel it�*s moving in a good direction. it comes after the qatari prime minister said good progress was made in talks over the weekend. he told an event in washington that meetings between the us, israel and egypt had come up with a framework for a phased truce that would see women and children hostages released first. we cannot say that this makes us in better shape very soon, but we are hoping, actually, to relay this proposal to hamas and to get them to a place where they can engage positively and constructively in the process. because we think that in today�*s world, that is the only game in town now. and that will be the only way to get the situation de—escalated. we hope that both parties taking this opportunity

to of course make the war stop but also to get the hostages back. i�*m joined now by malcolm davis, a senior analyst at the australian strategic policy intitute. first let�*s get your reaction from the qatar foreign minister, your reaction, do you think for the hostages there is more chance of the could be released soon? i more chance of the could be released soon?— more chance of the could be released soon? i am sceptical on this. released soon? i am sceptical on this- i _ released soon? i am sceptical on this. i think— released soon? i am sceptical on this. i think you _ released soon? i am sceptical on this. i think you have - released soon? i am sceptical on this. i think you have a - on this. i think you have a situation where from the hamas perspective, it is in their interest to hang onto the hostages as leverage for as long as they can. at the same time, the iranian backed militia havejust time, the iranian backed militia have just killed three us soldiers and wounded 35 and thatis us soldiers and wounded 35 and that is going to place pretty intense pressure on the biden administration to strike at iran given that purchase sponsors and co—ordinates hamas, it is likely that the

two issues, the us response to the iranian backed militia attack and the issue of hamas continuing to hold hostages will come together. i am not convinced that there will be a deal in the end. i think ultimately it will fall apart at the last minute. lie ultimately it will fall apart at the last minute. us service personnel— at the last minute. us service personnel killed _ at the last minute. us service personnel killed that - at the last minute. us service personnel killed that you - personnel killed that you mention, president biden has found reprisals, what do you think that response will look like? i think that response will look like? ~' think that response will look like? ~ , , , , like? i think there is pressure on him to _ like? i think there is pressure on him to respond _ like? i think there is pressure on him to respond decisivelyl on him to respond decisively and robustly and in previous militia attacks the us has responded with what could be called pinprick strikes, limited attacks designed to minimise the risk of escalation. i think president biden still faces this pressure to avoid escalation, but it is virtually impossible not to take a more robust posture. so what you could see is us strikes occurring against

iranian forces in iraq and syria and potentially iranian revolutionary guard forces at sea including the navy and of course the militias themselves. the biden administration has to send a message to iran that if they keep on doing these attacks, then the us will be forced to ratchet up the pressure and retaliate possibly more in the future. and i think president biden cannot afford to look weak or indecisive, he has to respond robustly. ii he has to respond robustly. if he responds _ has to respond robustly. if he responds robustly _ has to respond robustly. if he responds robustly we - has to respond robustly. if he responds robustly we will - responds robustly we will monitor the further response, not just monitor the further response, notjust imminent but in a cycle of escalation. exactly. and this — cycle of escalation. exactly. and this is _ cycle of escalation. exactly. and this is the _ cycle of escalation. exactly. and this is the truck - cycle of escalation. exactly. and this is the truck that i cycle of escalation. exactly. | and this is the truck that we are in. if the us does not respond, it emboldens iran to do more attacks, if the us does respond, there will be iranian retaliation of some sort. so it is damned if you do, damned if you don�*t. there is no easy way

out, there is no easy solution here, both for responding to iran and also for bringing the war in gaza to a halt.- war in gaza to a halt. where does that — war in gaza to a halt. where does that leave _ war in gaza to a halt. where does that leave the - war in gaza to a halt. where does that leave the red - war in gaza to a halt. where does that leave the red seaj does that leave the red sea shipping routes that have been affected by this, do you think there is a way that could be secured? i there is a way that could be secured?— there is a way that could be secured? ~ . ., secured? i think that what the us has to _ secured? i think that what the us has to do _ secured? i think that what the us has to do is _ secured? i think that what the us has to do is to _ secured? i think that what the us has to do is to maintain . us has to do is to maintain operation prosperity and guardian to maintain red sea surfing because the persians sponsoring and coordinating the houthis that are launching these attacks on shipping and these attacks on shipping and the red sea, that will continue to happen. they will continue to happen. they will continue to respond against those attacks and launch strikes on houthi forces but so far, the us strikes have not been successful in deterring whoever attacks. so we had to accept the reality that this crisis in the reality that this crisis in the middle east, hamas in gaza and israel, the red sea and the houthis and now iranian backed

proxies throughout syria is a long—term crisis that will not into mark, this will go on for weeks if not months and we have to be ready for that.— to be ready for that. thank you for our to be ready for that. thank you for your insight _ to be ready for that. thank you for your insight today. - let�*s take a look at some other stories in the headlines. albania�*s top court has approved a migrant deal with italy — allowing italy to send asylum seekers to albania to process their claims. judges ruled that the agreement was not unconstitutional. it comes as the italian government hosts a summit designed to boost developement in africa, in a bid to spark economic growth on the continent and curb migration to europe. here in europe we have often spoken about the right to immigrate but we have almost never talked about how to guarantee the right to not be forced to emigrate. south africa�*s former presidentjacob zuma has been suspended by the anc — the political party he was once the leader of for more than nine years. anc party officials decided

to take action against him after he created a political movement to directly rival his former party mr zuma was forced out of office in 2018 — amid allegations of corruption. french farmers have begun using their tractors to blockade key routes into paris, as part of broader country—wide protests. their grievances include falling incomes, environmental regulations, rising red tape, and competition from imports. king charles has left hospital in central london. he spent three nights there after receiving treatment for his prostate. it comes just hours after the princess of wales left the same hospital after nearly a two week stay. she is recovering from abdominal surgery. our royal correspondent daniela relph has more from outside the hospital. we won�*t see either of them now for a number of weeks. for the king, it will be a period of recuperation for around a month or so before we see him back out and about carrying out royal engagements. for the princess of wales,

it will be longer. we are not likely to see her carrying out any kind of royal engagement until after easter. so a period of recuperation for them both. and it was two very different departures from hospital that we saw today. for the king, he left around three o�*clock this afternoon with the queen at his side, he walked out of hospital. there was a small crowd of well—wishers gathered outside. he waved and smiled at them as he walked to the car and got inside and was driven off for a time of what the palace called private recuperation. buckingham palace also said that the king was very thankful for the medical team here at the london clinic and for those who had supported him during his three night stay in hospital. for the princess of wales, she left earlier in the day this morning, and that was away from the public eye as she was driven from here back home to adelaide cottage, her home on the windsor great park estate, the grounds

around windsor castle where she will now have some private time to recuperate as well. she�*d been in hospital for 13 nights following her abdominal surgery. and in a statement from her spokesperson, she too thanked the medical staff here at the london clinic but also said in particular that she wanted to thank the dedicated nursing staff who had looked after her while she was here. russian figure skater kamila valieva has been stripped of her medals after being handed a four—year ban for doping. the then 15—year—old wow the world when she helped her team win gold at the 2022 winter olympics by becoming the first woman to complete a quadruple jump at an olympic event. but her achievement was quickly mired in controversy after it was revealed she had tested positive for a banned drug — typically used to treat angina — two months earlier. earlier, i spoke to jackie wong, a journalist from rocker skating. at the beijing olympics kamila valieva was supposed to have been really one of the big stars of the 2022 olympic games

in figure skating. and what happened was the stardom was there. you know, she led team russia to the top spot in the team event. and in between the team event and the individual event that she competed in, it was revealed that she was she tested positive for that banned substance at russian nationals two months earlier. and it took basically two months for them to finish testing the sample and determined that that was the case. and so it happened right in the middle of the olympics. and the big thing was that that whole thing set off an entire media frenzy, if you will. i�*ve never seen such such a media frenzy at a figure skating event at the olympics before, quite like that. and so what ended up happening was she ended up being able to compete in the individual event, ended up finishing

fourth because of something of a meltdown in the free skate. and it�*s now been almost two years since that and the decision was finally put forth today. i got two quick questions to ask you. kamila valieva was just 15 at the time, the time that she failed the test. do we know if there�*s punishment for the coaching team? not that we know of at this point. the the decision from the court of arbitration was only focused on her. and so there was a lot of talk during the olympics about because she�*s a minor, she�*s a protected person, right. and so that ended up being the reason why she was allowed to go and continue competing in the individual events. so nothing with the coaching staff at this point, although given the circumstances, given how much control the coaching staff has on an athlete, you would imagine that there would be more

investigation on that. ok, we�*ve just got 15 seconds left. did the us and japan teams watching this closely, they still are waiting for medals? that�*s right. there isn�*t a decision yet. the decision today was only about the doping. and so the international skating union and the international olympic committee will decide on those medals. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let�*s look at some other stories making news in the uk... there�*s growing concern for the prominent russian opposition figure, vladimir karamurza, after his disappearance from a prison in siberia where he�*s serving 25 years on treason charges widely believed to be politically motivated.

the uk�*s foreign secretary david cameron expressed deep concern for mr karamurza, who is a british national, and said he planned to meet his wife soon. georgia�*s prime minister has resigned ahead of a general election this year. irakli garibashvilly has served as prime minister since 2021. he had been two years into his second term as prime minister, and did not announce a successor. his resignation follows the official return to frontline politics of georgia�*s richest man, bidzina ivanishvilly, who�*s been shaping georgian politics for more than a decade. laurence fox has lost a high court libel case with two people he called paedophiles on social media. the actor—turned—politician was sued by former stonewall trustee simon blake and drag artist crystal. in an exchange on social media mr fox referred to the two as "paedophiles". you�*re live with bbc news. very little is known about how great white sharks reproduce. but, one youtuber and drone operator may have taken a video of something never seen before. the bbc�*s james clayton, has more — from california.

this is victoria. what she doesn�*t know is that she�*s swimming at a beach with four great white sharks in the water. we only know this because carlos has been flying his drone here for the last few hours. he�*s out, look at that thing, you can see it good. carlos is a youtuber and shark fanatic who is frankly amazing at finding sharks with his drone. it�*s dusk — not a good time to be swimming near great white sharks. so we just warn her now before she goes back in? it�*s likely that victoria would have been fine swimming without our intervention. but when carlos thinks it�*s a bad idea to go in the water, it�*s probably best to get out. amazing! so from here, you�*d have no idea there was a great white shark out there, because it�*s almost impossible to see it. that�*s why drones are so important, because you have to be almost on top of it to actually see them. you�*re basically viewing the sharks through a magnifying glass that they don�*t know who is watching them. one local marine biologist was with carlos when they stumbled across something they never seen before. the female just was

acting erratically. i she dove, disappeared, and guess what came . up from underneath? this little bitty white, almost albino looking white shark. . so it�*s called a white shark, you know, that�*s the species, it�*s the white shark, but this shark was actually completely white in colour. the fins, they�*re differently shaped. they�*re more rounded. i�*m like, "that�*s not that�*s not an older white shark, that�*s a very young white shark, this could be a newborn." i�*m like, "oh, my gosh, oh, my goodness, this could be a newborn." other experts accept this could be a historic discovery, but they need more evidence. the problem that i have as a scientist is it's what we call a sample size of one. and a lot of people ask, "well, what would it take to convince you that that this is a pupping area? and i would say i would need to see babies coming out of a female. but what everyone can agree on is that drones are playing a huge role in our understanding of these animals. james clayton, bbc news, california.

lily gladstone could make oscars history if she wins best actress at the academy awards — she would be the first native american woman to do so. our culture editor katie razzall caught up with her. killers of the flower moon tells the true story of the systematic murder over years of dozens of members of the osage tribe. that�*s how you are. its lead, lily gladstone, has already won a golden globe and is the first native american ever nominated for a best actress oscar. 96 years of oscars. i�*m grateful. it�*s about time. when i accepted the golden globe that�*s the other thing that came to mind immediately, is it�*s circumstantial that i was the first one to win that in the category, but it doesn�*t belong to me. i�*m standing on so many shoulders. more than a century ago, the osage got rich after oil was struck on their land. lily�*s father recounted that history of vast wealth as she was growing up on the blackfeet reservation. i do remember him telling me

about osages running out of gas and going and buying another rolls royce and, you know, just buying a new car. we're still warriors. but those riches brought a reign of terror. lily plays mollie burkhart, a real osage whose mother and three sisters were murdered. she won't last. her husband, ernest, played by leonardo dicaprio, colluded with his powerful uncle — here robert de niro — to funnel the family�*s oil riches their way. the odd person was convicted but so many people got away with it. oh, yeah. yeah, and even the ones who were convicted weren�*t in for that long. it's supposed to be - a suicide, you dumbbell! martin scorsese originally had an fbi investigator as the main character, but they realised his epic must come from the osage perspective. every aspect of the whole script changed because of osage contribution to it and was made the better for it. you know, i�*ve never seen a film like this before, and marty said recently several times he feels like this is the most important film he�*s ever made. and a film that could make history.

if lily gladstone, who was voted most likely to win an oscar while at high school, triumphs in march. katie razzall, bbc news. while hollywood was on strike for most of last year, people in the us kept streaming. according to new data — the time people spent watching streaming services on their tv in 2023 went up 21% from 2022. rachel mcadam has more. suits. grey�*s anatomy. friends. they�*re all tv shows that were released more than a decade ago, but they are also some of the most streamed shows in the us in 2023, and that�*s according to some new data released by the media research firm nielsen. and they�*ve been monitoring trends like this since 2020. and in 2023, they found that americans watched 21 million years worth of streamed content and the show that came in, number one was suits. this was released in 2011,

but in 2023, suits broke records to become the most streamed tv show in a year in the us and no one can quite work out why. whether it�*s a fascination with meghan, the duchess of sussex, she played rachel in suits or because of tiktok and younger audiences being exposed to this show that way. whatever it was, us audiences watched 57.7 billion minutes of suits in 2023 via streamers. and to celebrate its renewed success, the stars from the show were reunited earlier this month at the golden globes, where they had a giggle and presented an award. it�*s hard to imagine having to wait so long to see your show get that kind of recognition. library content or shows that aren�*t new were huge in 2023 and they took up all of the top

ten spots in the list of the most streamed shows with kids cartoons like bluey and cocomelon on the list alongside classic shows like gilmore girls and grey�*s anatomy, which people returned to time and time again as a comfort watch. suits and ran for around eight years and had its last episode in 2019. that�*s years and had its last episode in 2019. that's it years and had its last episode in 2019. that�*s it for bbc news. hello there. temperatures will continue to fluctuate through the rest of this week. on sunday, of course, we saw temperatures in highland, scotland of 20 celsius. and after a frost, typical temperatures monday afternoon were 6 celsius. highest temperatures this time were across southern parts of the uk. cloud breaking up here and there to give some sunshine and 1a degrees in cambridgeshire. in between, we had thicker cloud on these weather fronts, an area of low pressure, bringing some wet weather, that�*s moving away

into the north sea. so it is turning drier. keeping more cloud, though, for england and wales. that�*ll keep the temperatures up. clearer skies for scotland and northern ireland. it could be a frosty start early in the morning, but the promise of more sunshine for scotland and northern ireland. a cloudy start for england and wales. still a bit dampness in the east, but we�*ll see some sunshine developing more widely as the cloud retreats back towards east anglia and the south—east. here, temperatures could make double figures, but i think 7—8 degrees is going to be nearer the mark. it could be the odd shower coming into north—west scotland, especially as the breeze picks up later in the day. and if we look to the north, by wednesday, this deep low is pushing between iceland and scotland, really strengthening the winds overnight. very windy for scotland, widespread gales, gusts of 80 miles an hour for a while in the far north.

and this squally band of rain sweeps into scotland and northern ireland, picking the winds up here, gusty winds and some rain in the far north of england. further south across england and wales, the winds much lighter. and after a chilly, bright start, the cloud will increase and we�*ll see top temperatures of ten or 11 degrees. that weather front bringing that rain move southwards but weakens, so little or no rain coming into southern parts of the uk. and then another weather front following in from the atlantic, eventually towards the north—west. but a dry, bright start with some sunshine for many, a little bit chilly on thursday. we will see the cloud increasing in northern ireland and particularly scotland with some rain arriving in the north—west, but still some sunshine for england and wales, although their temperatures will be a little bit lower on thursday, around nine degrees celsius. but those temperatures rise again for the end of the week. this strengthening south—westerly wind will bring with it some higher temperatures on friday. but because the winds are coming a long way over the atlantic, it will come with a lot of cloud, a little light rain or drizzle, mainly across western parts of scotland. but those temperatures by the end of the week on the mild side, again, widely 13 or 1a celsius.

liquidating the world�*s most indebted developer — we look into the potential fallout from evergrande�*s winding up order. plus geopolitical tensions and all out conflict spark a sales bonanza for the us arms industry. hello and welcome to asia business report. i�*m steve lai. we begin with the embattled developer evergrande and the fallout from

the decision by a hong kong court to order its liquidation. the ruling followed another failed attempt by the chinese company to reach a restructuring deal with its creditors. it is unclear if the hong kong court order will be recognised by beijing. evergrande is headquartered in china�*s guangdong province. but — the shares of the company are listed on the hong kong stock exchange. hong kong—based debt analyst jackson chan gave me his assessment of the unfolding crisis. after the announcement of the winding up order, to a liquidated range. and security assets also. the liquidator will try to squeeze the maximum value out of the ever grand and offshore as as and it will become the key to recover the value of the pond.— value of the pond. what is happening _ value of the pond. what is happening to _ value of the pond. what is happening to property - value of the pond. what is i happening to property buyers who have already put down deposits on potential flats? who have already put down deposits on potentialflats? do you think they will be able to get their money back? i