live from london. this is bbc news. the us and uk lead international air strikes on iran backed houthi positions in yemen — in the latest response to attacks on red sea ships. a woman has died after being attacked by two dogs in essex. police say a man has been arrested following the attack in the village of jaywick. the mother of the murdered teenager, brianna ghey, is calling for a ban on access to social media apps for under—16s. if you are over 16 you can have an adult phone but under the age of 16 you can have a children's phone, which will not have all of the social media apps. parisians are voting on whether to triple the cost of parking suvs in the french capital, a move denounced as manipulative by motorist groups.

hello, i'm samantha simmonds. the us and the uk have carried out fresh strikes on more than 30 targets linked to the iran—backed houthi rebels in yemen. they were supported by six other countries, as they continue attempts to stop the houthis targeting ships in the red sea. the raids in yemen follow us strikes in iraq and syria on friday — 85 sites were hit in retaliation for the killing injordan of three american soldiers by iranian—backed militants. louisa pilbeam has the very latest. british fighterjets taking off from an raf military base in cyprus as they prepare to strike more houthi targets overnight. it's the third time uk planes have joined us operations in yemen, against what they say are a terrorist group backed by iran. the pentagon confirming hits on houthi targets across 13 locations,

including an anti—ship missile which they say has been destroyed. this is what the uk, us and its backers want to stop — the houthis�* ability to carry out attacks on cargo ships in the red sea. uk defence secretary grant shapps said last night... the joint action comes a day after the us hit 85 targets in syria and iraq on friday, including what's thought to be a munitions depot in iraq. it was in retaliation to the death of three american troops killed in a drone attack they believe was carried out by militants backed by iran. iran has denied involvement in the attack on the us base and denies involvement with the houthis. the us president who has been out

campaigning this weekend, ahead of this year's us election, said on social media... uk foreign secretary david cameron, however, has vowed to hold iran to account saying, he'd had a robust conversation with their foreign minister about actions of groups backed by iran, warning him, "you will ultimately be held accountable for what they do." the us secretary of state antony blinken is visiting the middle east over the next few days, showing diplomacy is being considered as important as any military action undertaken. louisa pilbeam, bbc news. i'm joined now by dr amal saad — a lecturer in international relations at cardiff university, and the author of a number of books on iranian and middle east politics. welcome to you, thanks for being with us. what is your assessment of

these latest strikes what impact they could have cut ali likely to deter the hippies from attacking ships in the red sea? —— houthi. it's meant to deter, and is now linked to israel or any us or british ships. that has clearly not worked. this is something that can only be halted with a ceasefire in gaza. they have made this very clear, there was no blockade on the red sea before these attacks, so it's clear they would stop if there was a ceasefire. the it's clear they would stop if there was a ceasefire.— it's clear they would stop if there was a ceasefire. the targets have been other— was a ceasefire. the targets have been other vessels, _ was a ceasefire. the targets have been other vessels, not - was a ceasefire. the targets have been other vessels, not just - was a ceasefire. the targets have | been other vessels, not just those been other vessels, notjust those linked to the demands to the fighting to stop, hamas has to agree to a ceasefire as well, and behind all these groups, there is a ram,

hezbollah, as well as houthi. what does that mean in terms of directing them and influencing them to stop targeting ships cut to address your first point, they have been calling for a ceasefire, israel refuses. israel has been resisting a ceasefire, so has the us. it's up to the us and israel to make this deal with hamas and exchange prisoners and called for a ceasefire. as for iran's influence on these groups, i don't think it's a proxy relationship. however, they are very autonomous actors, they have their own agenda, their own national interest, and i don't think it's up to iran to rein them in. it's not that simple. to iran to rein them in. it's not that simple-— to iran to rein them in. it's not that simple. when it comes to a ceasefire. _ that simple. when it comes to a ceasefire, both _ that simple. when it comes to a ceasefire, both sides _ that simple. when it comes to a ceasefire, both sides have - that simple. when it comes to a ceasefire, both sides have to i that simple. when it comes to a i ceasefire, both sides have to agree

to a ceasefire. both israel and tomas have said they haven't managed to agree in what a ceasefire would mean, and israel demands the return of hostages taken on october seven. what you think it will mean to lead to these negotiations?— to these negotiations? hamas has called for an _ to these negotiations? hamas has called for an exchange _ to these negotiations? hamas has called for an exchange of... - called for an exchange of... netanyahu has been making statements saying we will not release the terrorist, as he calls them, we will not withdraw our forces. these are the sticking points, but these talks seem to be under way. there has been some progress, i'm not sure how limited it is. it's definitely going to be a breakthrough. it could happen. it will effectively end this wider regional war which the us and britain has become part of. it’s

wider regional war which the us and britain has become part of.— britain has become part of. it's not a reuional britain has become part of. it's not a regionalwar— britain has become part of. it's not a regional war at _ britain has become part of. it's not a regional war at the _ britain has become part of. it's not a regional war at the moment, - britain has become part of. it's not a regional war at the moment, is i britain has become part of. it's not. a regionalwar at the moment, is it? a regional war at the moment, is it? the is a war taking place in gaza, and nowhere else in the region. i don't think that's accurate, lebanon, israel, that is one friend. the houthi group, that is another. it's an open friends across the region, in addition to the gas offence. it might not be as high intensity as another war, but it can escalate and become wider. a woman has died following an incident involving two dogs in essex. essex police say a man has also been arrested following the attack in the village of jaywick on suspicion of dangerous dog offences. the police say a woman was seriously injured yesterday afternoon and prounounced dead at the scene. they say specialist officers ensured the scene was safe and there is no risk to the wider public.

our reporter sam harrison in the newsroom gave us the latest. yes. a grim incident for residents injaywick. essex police said officers were called to hillman avenue in jaywick shortly after 4pm on saturday and it's on hillman avenue that they found the victim who was seriously injured. now, sadly, she later died on the scene. they believe that she was attacked by two dogs. and we've been told that they've since been destroyed. now, an arrest has also been made. essex police have confirmed that they've arrested a 39—year—old man on suspicion of dangerous dog offences and he's being questioned by detectives in custody. and they've also said that that man is himself a resident of jaywick. so naturally there might be some questions around safety in the local area and essex police are being very quick to respond to this. they say that people shouldn't be concerned and that there is no wider risk to the community. we are expecting another update from essex police this afternoon,

adding to what we already know that sadly a woman has died after being attacked by two dogs in jaywick. the mother of brianna ghey, the 16—year—old who was murdered by two other teenagers, is calling for a ban on access to social media apps for under—16s. esther ghey said the internet was out of control and children needed to be protected. her daughter's killers, scarlettjenkinson and eddie ratcliffe, were jailed for life on friday. ms ghey has been speaking to laura kuenssberg. i don't have any hate for either of them because hate is such a harmful emotion to the person that's holding that. but with regards to forgiving them, i think that... no, not really. you have shown incredible strength in this terrible ordeal that you and your family have been through, but i know now you want to turn your attention

to some of the things you would like to see changed to help other families of other teenagers with the challenges of living in the 21st century. what is it that you would like to change? so, i'd like to see mobile phone companies take more responsibility. it's so difficult for parents now to safeguard their children. they carry a mobile phone in their pocket 21w, a smartphone with the internet, with all the different social media sites, and it's just so difficult to keep on top of what they're doing. so we've set up a petition which we'd like all families and parents to back and sign. we'd like a law introduced so that there are mobile phones that are suitable for under—16s. so, if you're over 16, you can have an adult phone, but under the age of 16,

you can have a children's phone, which will not have all the social media apps that are out there now. and also to have software that's automatically downloaded on a parent's phone that links the children's phone and it can highlight key words. so if a child is searching the kinds of words that scarlett and eddie were searching, it would flag up on the parent's phone. there is software already available, i know that schools are already using this kind of software so that if students do type something in that's concerning, it then flags up to the teachers. i feel like it's such a simple solution and i don't understand why we haven't actually done something like this already. authorities in chile say at least 51 people have been killed and dozens more have been reported missing in the deadliest wildfires on record in the country. chile's interior minister told reporters that the bodies of five

people had been found on public roads — but that there were likely to be many more deaths in the coming hours. they also said the situation in the seaside city of valparaiso was the most delicate, as residents deal with encroaching flames driven by strong winds and temperatures of up to a0 degrees celsius. professor mark howden is the director of the institute for climate, energy & disaster solutions at the australian national university, gave us his analysis of what factors caused the wildfires. i think that this is largely a climate change driven. when we look at what's happening in terms of sea surface temperatures, that's not the driver in that particular case of those fires but when we look at the long—term climate change impacts we are seeing a significant drying out of central part of chile and that's actually resulting in these significant fire dangers. there have been significant fires there over the last several years. chile along with australia,

south africa and the mediterranean had seen substantial drying out due to climate change and that is the mid—latitude pressure system strengthened is the climate logical reason, and that's really reduced the amount of water in dams and rivers. the heating has resulted in increased melting of the snow cap, the glaciers and we've seen increases in temperature which dry out the feel and an increase in a small fire becoming a big and dangerous fire. el nino is very much declining at the moment, so it's becoming less strong and we are seeing that influence of el nino through south america declining since late last year. i suspect that's not the driver in this case. in terms of mitigation, what are the best options for them? well, if it's climate change the first thing you need to do is reduce our

greenhouse gas emissions. our emissions last year were the highest on record, they keep going up, we need to turn around very quickly. if we are looking at more local solutions, clearly we need to put in place more effective fire warning systems, rapid response systems and get people out of harm's way and stop putting people in harm's way by putting buildings in fire prone areas. president biden has scored a decisive win in the first official democratic party primary ahead of november's us presidential election. with almost all results announced in south carolina, mr biden has won around 96% of the ballots cast. he said he would make donald trump a loser again in november. more than a quarter of south carolina's population is black, and it was the state's black voters who helped to secure mr biden�*s bid for the democratic nomination in 2020 by handing him his first win. now it's time for a look at today's sport.

morning, samantha. india are favourites to level their test series against england after setting the tourists 399 to win the second match in vizag. the third day started well for ben stokes' side with james anderson taking two quick wickets. shubman gill — with his place in the side under scrutiny — survived though and went on to make his third test century. england's bowlers stuck to their task and tom hartley ended up taking 4 wickets with india finally all out for 255. in reply england have made a positive start. a few moments ago they were57 for i, chasing 399. meanwhile australia have taken their three match one day series against west indies with a match to spare. sean abbott scored a half century and took three wickets for the aussies who won by 83 runs in sydney. plenty of football across europe

this weekend and the title race is still fascinating in germany. bayer leverkusen have a narrow two point lead over bayern munich after both sides won on saturday. bayern had to come from behind against borussia moenchengladbach, going a goal down on 35 minutes, with harry kane among their scorers. this was his 24th league goal of the season and bayern finished 3—i winners. but bayer leverkusen are the side to catch. they're unbeaten in all competitons this season, winning 2—0 at darmstadt on saturday — nathan tella scoring both goals. leverkusen meet bayern in the league next saturday. we expect to be a scam out to play like we are playing, against brian. in a great position, great duel, i'm sure it is going to be really exciting for us but before then, we have the game which is a big one for us. the commitments, the hunger, we

want to keep going. let's see how far, but we don't want to stop. to england now where there are four premier league games on sunday, with arguably, the highlight coming from the emirates as title rivals arsenal take on liverpool. the two sides have met twice already this season, and arsenal haven't won either of them. manager mikel arteta says they have to use that previous experience to their advantage. all we need to do is play like we played the last two games against them and be more efficient in the areas that are going to decide the game. but i'm very excited. it's always great to prepare a game against liverpool, how good they are. they dominate every aspect of the game and we play at home. and what i sense is a real sense of positivity and enthusiasm around the place. inside, we just focus on the game, on the things we have to do, improve from the games we played against them, learn from the games we played against them because they are really good and they ask for a lot and try to win. that's all. it's difficult enough anyway.

at arsenal, it's probably more difficult anyway, but we are in a good moment and we should use that as well. the three other games on sunday — two mid—table clashes with manchester united taking on west ham, while chelsea host wolves. then at the bottom half of the table, bournemouth play nottingham forest who're one point off the drop zone. us open champion wyndham clark shot a course—record 60 to storm into the lead in the pebble beach pro—am. the american got four birdies and two eagles on his front nine, including this one at the sixth. he holds the third—round lead on i7—under after an incredibly impressive 12—under—par round in california. i think anyone that has ever shot 59 are getting that kind of zone, you don't really think about school. you're so focused on the next shot. i really didn't think about it until i really didn't think about it until i got to 18 tee box, and when i did,

i got to 18 tee box, and when i did, i thought oh my god it would have been nice to have one of those last two, because then i only have to birdie 18. once you hit the pharaoh and 18, i knew i had a chance to hopefully shoot that special number. i give it my best shot, unfortunately i left and short, but i'm super happy with my round. anytime you shoot 12 under anywhere, you've got be happy. and that's all the sport for now. the president of namibia, hage geingob, has died. he was 82 years old. he'd been in hospital receiving treatment for cancer. mr geingob was a member of namibia's liberation movement and was the country's first prime minister after independence from apartheid south africa in 1990. more on this with our correspondence. tell us more about the president and the reaction to his death. ihis

the president and the reaction to his death. , ., , , his death. his death represented d in: his death. his death represented dying generation _ his death. his death represented dying generation of _ his death. his death represented dying generation of liberation - dying generation of liberation fighters in southern africa. he was 82 years old and had... he was working with amc, various liberation movements in southern africa. he was also the longest serving prime minister in namibia and became president in 2015. i think the defining issues of his presidency, if you like, were essentially his push for liberations against germany. those talks began as soon as he became president. that is still unfinished business. he wanted an apology from germany for what is considered to be the first genocide of the 20th century in the 1900, where 80,000 namibians were killed

by germany. he rejected the offer of reparations, that figure of $10 million is still to be revised. i think you will also be remembered for the lack of... on the scandal in namibian history. the kickbacks from an icelandic company in exchange for fishing rights. namibians are really focusing on other issues now. they are paying their respects on south african leaders but also contributes to a man who was an african statesman. to a man who was an african statesman-— to a man who was an african statesman. ~ ., ~ ., ., statesman. what kind of reaction has there been? — statesman. what kind of reaction has there been? can _ statesman. what kind of reaction has there been? can you _ statesman. what kind of reaction has there been? can you still— statesman. what kind of reaction has there been? can you still hear- statesman. what kind of reaction has there been? can you still hear me, . statesman. what kind of reaction has there been? can you still hear me, i | there been? can you still hear me, i was saying what reaction has there been to his death?— was saying what reaction has there been to his death? what we've heard so far from the _ been to his death? what we've heard so far from the government - been to his death? what we've heard

so far from the government is - been to his death? what we've heard so far from the government is that i so far from the government is that in an emergency cabinet meeting has taken place where they are preparing to mark the way forward. we are expecting in appointments of the presidents of acting president, at the moment, vice president... namibians are wondering what happens next. he had been president for two terms, the country was headed for elections in nine months, and even though he wasn't standing on those elections, the party hadn't really decided who was going to take over from him. he hadn't anointed a vice president. those details will be unveiled, but at the moment namibians are looking at someone who was a part of the landscape for

decades. let's get some of the day's other news now. russian—installed officials in eastern ukraine say shelling by kyiv�*s forces has killed at least 28 people in the city of lysychansk. russian media showed footage of a heavily destroyed building, and emergency workers pulling out a crushed carfrom the debris. huge protests against the far—right afd party have been taking place across germany for the third weekend in a row. an estimated 150,000 people took part in a rally in berlin. the protests were called after revelations of afd leading figures taking part in a meeting with extremists, where plans were discussed to deport people with non—german backgrounds. france has called for the postponed senegal vote to be held as soon as possible. the west african regional bloc has also expressed concerns over the senegalese president's decision to postpone this month's elections. president macky sall said he was delaying the poll because of the political row that had erupted after many candidates were barred from standing. british patients are taking part in an early stage trial of a new cancer vaccine made

by the pharmaceuticalfirm, moderna. the mrna technology — which was adapted to make covid19jabs — works by helping the immune system recognise and fight cancer cells. it's aimed at people with advanced melanoma, lung cancer and other solid tumour cancers. parisians are voting on whether to a introduce higher parking charges for suvs parked in the city by people who don't live there. the city council is backing the increase to try to discourage the use of the cars, which it says are more dangerous and bad for the environment. our paris correspondent hugh schofield reports. suvs form a growing part of the new car market, but, in cities like paris, they are not popular with the authorities. bigger and heavier than other vehicles, they're accused of causing more pollution and in accidents of being more dangerous. that is why the mayor of paris has arranged this referendum. parisians are being asked... "do you approve a specific

parking fee for heavy, bulky, polluting cars? " if it goes ahead, parking an suv for the day in central paris will cost nearly £200. on the eve of the vote, views were mixed. translation: personally, i would be more in favour, | because i cycle and they are extremely polluting cars and on top of that, they're extremely dangerous. translation: i do not think it is too fair, - i think it penalises people. i don't know, there are electric cars that are suvs. it's the second time in a year that paris city hall has arranged a referendum on transport. last april, the question was whether to ban on—street fleets of e—scooters. the city got its way back then with a clear vote against the scooters. it will be hoping for a similar result today. hugh schofield, bbc news, paris. stay with us here on bbc news.

hello. despite the cloud and breeze, it's been a mild weekend for early february. some incredibly mild, worcester has seen temperatures hit 16 degrees. but winter is not done with us yet, the same spots next weekend will be in mid—single figures. and to get there will be a complicated one, mild and cold air tustling it out from north to south, wiggling its way up and down the country before the cold air wins out next weekend. in getting there, spells of wind and rain across the country at times. but as the cold air starts to win out from midweek onwards, sleet and snow possible, many on hills but even to lower levels later in the week. today, it's rain, mainly, particularly in western scotland, relentless. the heavier bursts seen in northern ireland and northern england will ease off and a bit drier compared to the morning in the south.

some breaks in the cloud but a blustery day wherever you are, winds up to 60mph in shetland. some sunny spells butjust 5 degrees here, whereas most of us will be in double figures if not low—to—mid teens. tonight, many southern areas dry with clear skies around. relentless rain in western scotland, particularly the western highlands will be mounting up, over150mm of rain in the next 36 hours. could be some flooding and travel disruption and even landslips. some the rain turning to snow over the hills in northeast scotland but for many, a mild start to the morning rush hour, 10 degrees likely. there will be few more breaks tomorrow, eastern wales and central and eastern england to begin with, but light rain and drizzle here and there, especially the west coast and hills. northern scotland, the rain continues and heavy still in the western highlands. three degrees in shetland tomorrow, so turning colder, some of the rain turning to sleet and snow.

on tuesday, the colder air pushing south through scotland, where there will be a bit more sunshine again. cloudy and outbreaks of rain and drizzle for england and wales, more persistent in the west later on, some of the driest weather for england and wales in the southeast, hitting 15. rain for a time in england and wales and northern ireland on tuesday night. dryer, colder for wednesday and then more wet and windy weather on thursday. in the second half of the week colder air interacts with that so it will turn to sleet and snow and a colder affair next weekend.

this is bbc news. the headlines: the us and uk lead international air strikes on iran—backed houthi positions in yemen in the latest response to attacks on red sea ships. it comes after the us launched strikes on 85 targets in syria and iraq on friday in response to a deadly drone attack on a us military base. the chilean authorities say at least 51 people are known to have died as a result of forest fires in central regions. chile's interior minister told reporters that the bodies of five people had been found on public roads, but that there were likely to be many more deaths in the coming hours. and the grammy awards, celebrating the best of the music industry, are set to be dominated by female artists, with multiple nominations for chart stars taylor swift, olivia rodrigo, miley cyrus, lana del rey and ice spice.

lots more on that on our website.