let's get an update from kenya. a lorry has exploded. let's go to our correspondent that. let's hear what we know about the explosion and those caught up in it. an we know about the explosion and those caught up in it.— we know about the explosion and those caught up in it. an agency has released a statement _ those caught up in it. an agency has released a statement saying - those caught up in it. an agency has released a statement saying this - released a statement saying this liquid petroleum gas station in the area had applied for a licence last year but had been rejected. we understand one arrest has been made in the area in the place where the explosion happened but police are investigating and more than 200 people are in hospital and a lot of people are in hospital and a lot of people still getting treatment and we understand the deputy president is supposed to visit the victims in nairobi. �* , ., ., .,

nairobi. i've been to the area where the fire happened _ nairobi. i've been to the area where the fire happened and _ nairobi. i've been to the area where the fire happened and it's _ nairobi. i've been to the area where the fire happened and it's a - nairobi. i've been to the area where| the fire happened and it's a crowded area with a form a settlement with high rise apartments. the damage from the fire is likely to be extensive? it from the fire is likely to be extensive?— from the fire is likely to be extensive? , �* ., ., ., ., extensive? it isn't around the area, a lot of peeple _ extensive? it isn't around the area, a lot of people were _ extensive? it isn't around the area, a lot of people were sharing - extensive? it isn't around the area, a lot of people were sharing videos | a lot of people were sharing videos online. you can see extensive damage the area. and an adjacent estate. you could see burnt vehicles, one report said a car was thrown onto its roof in the tank was destroyed and when you have a densely populated area like this with settlements you cannot begin to imagine the sheer amount of devastation and some of the residents say the figures could be conservative but lots of people being processed at this time. what being processed at this time. what more are we _ being processed at this time. what more are we hearing _ being processed at this time. what more are we hearing from people there because the government said a child is one of the people killed during the fire but what are people

saying about what is going on? there is still a lot of— saying about what is going on? there is still a lot of shock _ saying about what is going on? there is still a lot of shock first _ saying about what is going on? there is still a lot of shock first of _ is still a lot of shock first of all. yesterday evening at11:1i5pm, in my house, i was there this happened, we had tremors and sort of like a quick, there was bright light and a lot of screaming, people rushing from their houses and you rightfully mentioned children. there is a resident who told me she does not know for her children are because people were being evacuated from their homes and now this is a crime scene and people are being told not to get to the actual site so there are those looking for their loved ones and at best they can wait for the rescue teams to give them more information.— for the rescue teams to give them more information. thank you from that update _ more information. thank you from that update from _ more information. thank you from that update from nairobi - more information. thank you from that update from nairobi and - more information. thank you from that update from nairobi and we l more information. thank you from l that update from nairobi and we will bring you more on that story here on bbc news. party leaders and officials meet in belfast today to discuss the key issues for an incoming stormont executive. the

northern ireland assembly will sit on saturday to elect a government for the first time in two years after the british parliament agreed to revamp perspex trade rules to break a political stalemate. the country has been without a devolved government since the pro—british democratic unionist party walked out in protest over the perspex at trade rules. much it said created barriers with the rest of the uk and undermined northern ireland �*s place in it but dup leader sirjeffrey donaldson said his party would end this boycott. let's go to mark davenport, the former bbc northern ireland political editor. thank you so much forjoining us. first about the significance of this development and the return to devolved government in northern ireland? hello. this is a very significant moment. we will have an informal

meeting of politicians later today in which they should finally work out which ones will go into this power—sharing government and maybe which ones will stay in opposition and tomorrow, we will have a formal election of a new speaker at our legislative assembly and the appointment of ministers. and one important symbolic moment will be the appointment of the first irish republican first minister for northern ireland which is quite something given that 100 years ago when northern ireland was created, the assumption was by its creators that it would always have april british unionist majority, that is still the case as we speak but the largest party here is an irish nationalist party that would like northern ireland to join the nationalist party that would like northern ireland tojoin the irish republic, independent of the uk to form a you need a united ireland and that's one of the leaders of the party michelle 0'neill who will now be heading up this power—sharing

government at belfast. be heading up this power-sharing government at belfast.— be heading up this power-sharing government at belfast. there have been conversations _ government at belfast. there have been conversations about - government at belfast. there have been conversations about divisionsj been conversations about divisions within the dup about this deal but could there be further fallout following the restoration of the government in northern ireland? the leader of government in northern ireland? tie leader of the government in northern ireland? tue leader of the democratic government in northern ireland? ttj: leader of the democratic unionist party sirjeffrey donaldson basis quite a difficultjob of party management now in the months and years ahead. he has decided that there is enough on the proposal the british government to assuage his concerns about what unionists as a diminution of the political and economic identity of northern ireland but there are some in his party are taking a more purist line who believe tray for instance will not be as smooth between belfast and london as it will be between london and cardiff or london and glasgow. they are not very happy. so we actually have a scene in the houses of parliament yesterday with

democratic unionist party mps talking in opposition to their own leader but it looks like he has decided he has the numbers even though it is quite a narrow majority and he will press ahead with this deal the permission of the power—sharing government and hope things work out in practice that he is vindicated the end.— things work out in practice that he is vindicated the end. away from the oliticians, is vindicated the end. away from the politicians, what _ is vindicated the end. away from the politicians, what do _ is vindicated the end. away from the politicians, what do everyday - is vindicated the end. away from the politicians, what do everyday people j politicians, what do everyday people in northern ireland back of the return to power—sharing? in northern ireland back of the return to power-sharing? whilst there are still _ return to power-sharing? whilst there are still some _ return to power-sharing? whilst there are still some concerns . return to power-sharing? whilst i there are still some concerns about there are still some concerns about the unionist grassroots for people who support the democratic unionists, i think the majority of people in northern ireland will be happy to see a return of the power—sharing government. the last two years public services have been run by unelected civil servants who have done their best but they have not been able to make serious decisions and we have faced a situation in which we have been short of financial resources, we haven't had public—sector workers paid in line with their counterparts elsewhere in the uk and we have also

had a severe deterioration in in public services, hospitals, schools, big waiting lists for instance for operation so alongside the politics of this deal that will see power—sharing returned, it is expected he will get quite a big cash infusion from london. the talk is about £35 billion over the next three years and that will be very important to address all those kind of concerns that we have seen in terms of deteriorating public services. ~ ., ~ terms of deteriorating public services. ~ ., . services. mark, thank you so much. former northern _ services. mark, thank you so much. former northern ireland _ services. mark, thank you so much. former northern ireland political i former northern ireland political editor for the bbc. former northern ireland political editorfor the bbc. around the former northern ireland political editor for the bbc. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. bbc news, bringing you different stories from across the uk. t pita? stories from across the uk. i play football every _ stories from across the uk. i play football every thursday, - stories from across the uk. t vi: football every thursday, supposedly i scored three goals that night, i do not remember it because towards the end of the game i collapsed in the end of the game i collapsed in the middle of the pitch. gt?

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workers have come out on a one—day strike. bus, localtrains and workers have come out on a one—day strike. bus, local trains and tram stations across the country apart from bavaria are at a standstill as workers demand better pay and conditions. it's the latest in a series of strikes affecting transport in germany. let's go to berlin and our correspondent daniel mcguinness. thank you forjoining us. our once read out the strikes and what will be the impact? t us. our once read out the strikes and what will be the impact? i think it's fair to say _ and what will be the impact? i think it's fair to say in _ and what will be the impact? i think it's fair to say in most _ and what will be the impact? i think it's fair to say in most cities - and what will be the impact? i think it's fair to say in most cities and - it's fair to say in most cities and towns across germany local public transport has ground to a halt, that means for millions of people they cannot get to school or work and as you say this is the latest in a string of strikes. yesterday more than 1000 aeroplanes were grounded as a number of airports went on strike and ground staff went on strike and ground staff went on strike and ground staff went on strike and last week, we saw a

five—day strike, originally six days but got shortened down to five days, for intercity trains and that meant most intercity travel was disrupted or not possible at all. that was an unprecedentedly long strike and it's all really proud of this mode right now in germany that for many people, on a weekly basis, some sort of service seems to be on strike so industrial action is affecting people. hospitals in some regions have gone on strike, child care in other regions, and it's something that germans are really having to get used to end in the past, traditionally, germany is to be very good at negotiating between workers councils, employers and employees but those days seem to be over and i think there is an increasingly fractious mood with workers demanding better pay and conditions but for employers and the state money being tight which means they are finding it difficult to meet

demands. �* , are finding it difficult to meet demands-— are finding it difficult to meet demands. briefly, what is the resonse demands. briefly, what is the response from _ demands. briefly, what is the response from the _ demands. briefly, what is the l response from the government demands. briefly, what is the - response from the government and local authorities? it’s response from the government and local authorities?— local authorities? it's interesting because if you — local authorities? it's interesting because if you look _ local authorities? it's interesting because if you look at _ local authorities? it's interesting because if you look at the - local authorities? it's interesting because if you look at the polls, | because if you look at the polls, the population is split over the support here and i think a lot in government, this particular government, this particular government is keen on supporting local transport, they've made tickets cheaper to get people onto local transport and have seen that as part of a solution to shift to a greener economy so there is a lot of support for improving the conditions and getting workers on board but the question is do you have money because if you make tickets cheaper it makes it more difficult for local authorities to fund the services and that's the big dilemma for the authorities and for the government. it's already essentially about money and that's something that's increasingly difficult in germany because of austerity measures which the government is having to push through across the board so that's part of a broader picture of a weakening economy and frankly, money being tight on the back of workers

demanding higher pay because of inflation. . ~ demanding higher pay because of inflation. ., ,, , ., demanding higher pay because of inflation. . ~' , ., ., demanding higher pay because of inflation. ., ,, , ., ., , , inflation. thank you for bringing us up-to-date — inflation. thank you for bringing us up-to-date from _ inflation. thank you for bringing us up-to-date from berlin. _ inflation. thank you for bringing us up-to-date from berlin. strikes i inflation. thank you for bringing us| up-to-date from berlin. strikes not up—to—date from berlin. strikes not just happening in germany, let's go live to the outskirts of paris, you see tractors blocking the road into the capital as they continue to protest for improved pay and protection from foreign competition. these strikes as you see are continuing, despite needing thanks farming union calling for an end to two weeks of nationwide roadblocks after securing promises of financial assistance under the help from the government in france. these are continue protests happening, commerce protests, on the outskirts of paris. for more analysis on these strikes on —— in france and germany let's go live to our guest, angela baron from the university of sussex. we are seeing a string of strikes,

in ireland we are hearing this morning as well as italy and france, is that something connecting the action we are seeing at the moment? yes and no. first of all, the farmers are in a slightly different category although they are well represented because they do not have an employer, they are self—employed and running businesses so of course if they went on strike, they will be striking against themselves so of course direct protest is really the only avenue they have got to make themselves heard. and as your previous interview he said, it is quite surprising because in germany in particular but other parts of europe, we have tended to have a much more consensus —based system of industrial relations with a strong tradition of worker representation

at board level. we have not had that in the uk and in the uk, we are and in the uk and in the uk, we are and in recent years and in past years we have become much more used to strikes because we've seen much more of a conflict scenario with workers and employers coming into conflict and employers coming into conflict and strikes being the result of that so it's quite surprising that we are seeing this level of industrial unrest in germany. and then we come to some dissimilarities. what seems to some dissimilarities. what seems to be happening from what i can see is that we are getting a bit of a mirroring of what has already been happening in the uk. people are feeling undervalued, they are feeling undervalued, they are feeling squeezed, there is a number of reasons for this, inflation, germany has also announced an austerity package and we know what happened here when there was an

austerity package, public sector workers pay fell behind. t’m austerity package, public sector workers pay fell behind.- workers pay fell behind. i'm so sor , workers pay fell behind. i'm so sorry. just _ workers pay fell behind. i'm so sorry, just briefly, _ workers pay fell behind. i'm so sorry, just briefly, yesterday i workers pay fell behind. i'm so | sorry, just briefly, yesterday we saw protests by farmers happening outside a summit held in brussels, an eu summit and obviously a lot of the angerfrom farmers an eu summit and obviously a lot of the anger from farmers has been focused on the eu but could we see sentiments towards the eu hardening in europe? t’m sentiments towards the eu hardening in euroe? �* ., ., , in europe? i'm not an eu expert so i'm not in europe? i'm not an eu expert so l'm not too — in europe? i'm not an eu expert so i'm not too sure _ in europe? i'm not an eu expert so i'm not too sure about _ in europe? i'm not an eu expert so i'm not too sure about that - in europe? i'm not an eu expert so i'm not too sure about that but i in europe? i'm not an eu expert so. i'm not too sure about that but what i'm not too sure about that but what i do think is it's not surprising that we saw the farmers protesting outside the eu parliament. as i said, the farmers cannot really go on strike, that would be counter—productive if you are a former only course of action really is to take direct action to try and air their grievances, make the people who they feel they can do something about that listen to their grievances and of course the eu with

its agricultural policy, is where a lot of those grievances have been directed so i don't think that is surprising. whether that will create more friction in the eu or not, i really do not know.— more friction in the eu or not, i really do not know. thank you so much. really do not know. thank you so much- that _ really do not know. thank you so much. that was _ really do not know. thank you so much. that was perhaps - really do not know. thank you so much. that was perhaps an i really do not know. thank you so| much. that was perhaps an unfair question to you! the current phase of the public inquiry into the post office horizon scandal ends on 0ffice horizon scandal ends on friday. its focus is mainly on the actions of those who pursued and prosecuted sub—postmaster is on false claims of theft. what have we learnt and what happens next? 0ur learnt and what happens next? our business correspondent emma simpson has been speaking to some of those involved. in this room over many months, post office investigators, managers and lawyers got a grilling. it was always... ..the belief instilled in us that there was no

issues with horizon. whatever the role, the answers were often the same. am i supposed to have written all this? i might well have signed it. but i don't remember all this. and the odd apology, too. i'm sorry. i feel ashamed that i was part of this. but i want to try and help if i can. he's talking about the story of seema misra, watching feet away with her legal team. she was sent to prison whilst pregnant in 2010. her conviction for theft was quashed just over a decade later. the inquiry heard evidence from her case. you remember him? i was there for two days. jarnail singh was the senior post office lawyer. i would not write anything of that nature. he was talking about this email he sent after seema's trial. "it is to be hoped the case will set a marker to dissuade other defendants from jumping on the horizon—bashing bandwagon." that was you — you hoped it?

that's why you say that it is to be hoped that... no, absolutely no. you can ask me that ten times. the answer is going to be no, no and no. pathetic. how can anybody be that mean? what was it like to sit there and listen to that? very painful. like, you know, when i think, like, a person like him, you know, he was a part of it, and still, like, a denial and all that and everything, it's just like, it was a complete drama. the inquiry also heard that jarnail singh was sent a report about a horizon bug creating shortfalls at dozens of other branches. but this vital information was never passed to seema's defence team for her trial, and the fujitsu horizon expert who gave evidence against her, he also knew about it, but he never mentioned it either. just one of the many failures we've

been hearing about in this room. what i think we've seen is incompetence and impropriety on a massive scale. and we've seen the post office, and their lawyers, internal and external, bullying people on the basis of the shakiest of evidence, evidence which is in fact exaggerated and deliberately exaggerated by those working for the post office. it's really very serious indeed. so what comes next, as this part of the inquiry draws to a close? we've heard from the foot soldiers, as it were. we've even heard from some of the lieutenants and some of the captains. but now we're going to start hearing from the generals, the people who really directed all of this, and we'll be hearing from them what they knew, but also what they directed their troops to do. david, where do you think this is all going? the situation portrayed in the drama bates versus post office was nowhere near as serious as what was actually happening. the truth, as it comes out, will shock us even more. and the interest is now intense. the next phase starts in the spring. emma simpson, bbc news.

we will be covering the inquiry today including the live stream on bbc news. you are watching bbc news. take the social media giant mehta, owner of facebook, instagram and whatsapp because it's safe to say the boss and founder mark zuckerberg is having a better day than he did on wednesday. he faced a torrent of criticism when he and other social media bosses went before the senate to answer questions about child safety on the platforms. but on thursday mehta shares soared after it announced quarterly profits had tripled year—on—year. thanks to a surge in users, lower costs and higher advertising cells. this week on facebook celebrates its 20th

birthday and joe tidy looks back at the social media site that changed the social media site that changed the world. it all started like this. facebook or the facebook, as it was then, launched from mark zuckerberg's student digs at harvard in 200a. over the years, more and more features have been added and the design slowly tweaked into what it is today. but the impact of the famous blue app was almost instant. and in the last 20 years it's altered society, politics and business in profound ways. here are four ways that facebook has changed our world. 0ne, facebook was a social media game changer. other social networks existed like myspace and bebo. but mark zuckerberg's site really took off. it's less popular than it used to be with young people, but the company insists it is still growing. it's the biggest social network in the world with two billion daily users, the most being in india and the us. two, facebook made the internet political. it was instrumental in movements like the arab spring and has become a key place for campaigning and debate in elections around

the world for good and bad. in 2018, facebook agreed with the un report that it said it had failed to prevent its platform from being used to incite offline violence against the rohingya people in myanmar. three, facebook made personal data valuable and less personal. facebook proved that collecting our likes and dislikes is extremely lucrative. facebook�*s parent company, meta, is an advertising giant and takes the lion's share of global digital ad money alongside google. but it's also proven what can go wrong with all that data collection. facebook has been fined hundreds of millions of dollars multiple times for mishandling our data, most famously in the cambridge analytica scandal. four, facebook kickstarted meta's dominance. with the success of facebook, mark zuckerberg built an empire. he bought companies like whatsapp, instagram, 0culus and helped them grow. meta says that more than three

billion people use at least one of their products every day. this dominance has arguably not come from innovation, but eitherfrom buying rivals or copying their ideas. the app's disappearing stories feature, for example, copied snapchat. instagram reels is the company's answer to tiktok and threads is an attempt to replace twitter. and now with the company pushing heavily into a! and the metaverse, who knows what the future holds? staying with the tech industry apple returned to growth following the launch of the iphone 15. returned to growth following the launch of the iphone15. later today at lunch is a new headset which it hopes could become the latest must have gadget out front. the party has been spoiled by much than expected sales in china for a real estate collapse and rising youth unemployment is setting demand for gadgets. we have this report from new york. for

gadgets. we have this report from newyork. ., ~ ,, gadgets. we have this report from new york. ., ~ , , ., , new york. for apple, a big highlight- _ new york. for apple, a big highlight. the _ new york. for apple, a big highlight. the tech - new york. for apple, a big highlight. the tech giant i new york. for apple, a big i highlight. the tech giant reported new york. for apple, a big - highlight. the tech giant reported a 2% rise in overall fiscal first—quarter sales breaking a year of declining sales. it's thanks to sales of the iphone 15 which hit stores in september. but a low point, a decline in sales in china to the tune of 13%. apple is missing out on one of its key markets, the worlds second largest economy is grappling with a slowdown thanks to a property market crisis, and high unemployment amongst young people and that slowdown is weighing on iphone sales and increasingly consumers are opting for funds made by faraway parapet chips made in china. apple is on the verge of releasing its vision pro headset. this is its entrance at special computing, running apps over the real world information you are already taking n. vance collet

augmented reality but will be dropped $3500 on a headset? apols other wearable products like its airport headphones anne double watch shows weak demand, top sales estimates but declined 11% year over year. the vision pro headset is apols big bet to make a splash in a product category that is not a signature smartphone and it hits shelves on friday. trials? signature smartphone and it hits shelves on friday.— signature smartphone and it hits shelves on friday. now it is time for the weather _ shelves on friday. now it is time for the weather with _ shelves on friday. now it is time for the weather with matt - shelves on friday. now it is time | for the weather with matt taylor. hello. for many of you the next few days will be incredibly mild for early february. a little bit blustery at times, not a huge amount of sunshine. that's the case certainly today. the rest of this afternoon, cloud dominates for many but eastern scotland, northeast england, to the east of wales, there will be some brighter breaks here and there, and with those wind coming in from the west, it's here where we could see a brief boost in temperature, foehn effect, lifting temperatures to around 15 or 16,

well above the uk average of 5—8 celsius. the wind is quite strong and blustery particularly over the hills of northern england and parts of north—west scotland. the cloud thick enough for rain or drizzle in the west too. through tonight, clearer skies developing through scotland, northern ireland in particualr and temperatures drop further than they did last night. still above where they should be, temperatures in england and wales at the start of the weekend still sitting in double figures. for the start of the weekend, saturday, a weak weather front straddling the uk separating the milder air in the south from something a little less mild further north but still above where we should be for this stage in february. also brighter compared to today, scotland, northern ireland, a greater chance of sunshine, a few showers. wales, central southern england, cloudy with outbreaks of rain or drizzle, heaviest in west. but, northern england, almost in between the two, will see some sunny breaks but the cloud will thicken up at times, especially for the further south you are, to produce some rain later in the day. temperatures are still above average, highest in the south—east corner, 1a or 15. a mild day in cardiff for the six nations match between wales and scotland but the cloud could be thick enough for some drizzle. england fans treated to blue skies and sunshine in rome and highs of around 17 as the tournament starts there.

for us, temperatures may be not far off 17 in the south—east corner later. could see some sunny breaks but for many a cloudy day again with outbreaks of rain in northern england, central southern scotland and northern ireland. the far north—east of scotland, much brighter but still on the chilly side here. in shetland some showers could be on the wintry side. this warm, mild air surges back north into northern scotland on monday but with it this area of low pressure passing by will produce some heavier rain, could see some minor flooding across the highlands as we go through monday. strong to gale force winds, 60 mile an hour gusts possible. blustery elsewhere, plenty of cloud and brighter breaks in central and eastern england, again, 13—15 degrees possible.

live from london. this is bbc news. a uk operation is under way to find the suspect in a corrosive liquid attack against a mother and her two daughters. it's emerged he's a sex offender who was granted asylum. the us imposes sanctions on four israeli settlers accused of attacking palestinians in the occupied west bank. president biden says violence there has reached intolerable levels. almost 300 people have been injured in a gas explosion in kenya's capital. witnesses told local media they felt the ground shake after the blast. we have a special report from kharkiv where children go to school underground to protect them

from russian missiles. hello, i'm catherine byaruhanga. welcome back to the programme. a nationwide operation is under way here in the uk to find a man suspected of carrying out a corrosive liquid attack in london. abdul ezedi, who is 35, is still at large after the attack in clapham, in south london, on wednesday. 12 people were injured, including two young children. he also suffered a serious facial burn during the incident. it's emerged he's a convicted sex offender who was granted asylum to stay in the country, having twice been refused. here's rajini vaidyanathan. the last known sighting of abdul ezedi at a tesco shop in north london, his right eye scarred by what could be the same chemical he's accused