live from london. this is bbc news. the us and uk lead international airstrikes on iran backed houthi positions in yemen — in the latest response to attacks on red sea ships. a woman killed in a dog attack in essex has been named as esther martin by herfamily. police say a man has been arrested following the attack in the village of jaywick. police hunting the man suspected of a corrosive substance attack on a mother and her daughters in south london are offering 20,000 pounds reward for information leading to his arrest. and the grammy awards — celebrating the best of the music industry — are set to be dominated by female artists.

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. hugo bachega reports. 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

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attack on us base injordan. the us blamed it on the iranians backed militia. today, a funeralfor the 16 fighters killed. as in yemen, the air strikes here in iraq and syria were calibrated. we still don't know how effective this latest attack or if iran and its proxies are going to respond. from iraq to yemen, the war in gaza has exacerbated tensions across the region. talks for a ceasefire between israel and hamas continue, the main hope is to prevent even more violence. earlier i spoke to the dr patrick bury — a defence and security expert from bath university and former nato analyst — and asked for his thoughts on how targets are being selected

it will basically come of that time—lag allows the allies to get the back so damage of assessments, with a successful and what they want to achieve, what else has now been put onto the chessboard as it were cut as it can mount mobile assets, potentially prone productions and therefore allowing... it also hit some hardened and protected storage sites which were using large munitions and were previously being donein munitions and were previously being done in the first and second rounds of strikes. so in this kind of situation, it has to be flexible. you're obviously based

on what's in front of you, what's on the board, what you can see, what you think is there. and then choosing choosing that and the lag between each of these strikes series is allowing them to assess and then retarget, etc.. yeah, the houthis have responded saying the us and british air strikes will not deter as they've vowed a response. how confident do you think the us and british militaries are that these air strikes will actually work? i think the real issue here is about iran. if iran wants to keep supplying missiles and radar systems to the houthis as they get destroyed, then that becomes much more difficult for the allies to stop. but it can be done. itjust requires a different kind of military and intelligence targeting package on the supplies coming in rather than the array that faces you on, say, the coast and in yemen. so i think what the allies here are trying to do is to destroy enough of the stuff that's coming in to signal to iran that we will whatever you put in front of us, we will destroy. and it's not worth it in the long

run to keep doing that now. but ultimately, the next play isn't so much about the houthis, who i think are very difficult to get to back down, given their culture and their the way they're set up in their terms of their society, in the way that they control a lot of the information space inside yemen. i think that's a different situation. but if you can make sure that iran or deter around from keep supplying them with this stuff, which i think is the real messaging of this military action going on, then perhaps things can calm down. 0bviously, there's also a whole diplomatic piece going on at the moment in terms of hopefully a gaza ceasefire, which would take some of the oxygen out of the flames which are starting to burn across the region. pakistan goes to the polls this week, but there are questions about how free or fair these elections will be. former prime minister imran khan is disqualified from running and received three jail sentences this week, keeping him in prison for 1h years. his party, the pti, had their electoral symbol of a cricket bat removed,

meaning all candidates are now running as independents. they have alleged there is a campaign of intimidation, abduction and harassment against them. the authorities have denied it. 0ur pakistan correspondent, caroline davies, reports. a public return. nawaz sharif has been prime minister three times. back from self—imposed exile last year, he's looking likely to win a fourth. in 2018, he was the one in prison when imran khan won. the tables have turned. this time these elections are overshadowed by allegations that the state is turned against imran khan and his party. some of his candidates have found new ways to campaign. atif khan conducts rallies on a screen he's hiding from the police. surreal as this is, this isn't the only one of the candidates backed by imran khan's party that are running their campaign remotely. others are also doing it from hiding, whether that's online, social media — some are even running

their campaign from prison. many see this as a reversal of what happened last election. your opponents will say that you celebrated when they were being targeted, when they were being put in jail. do you regret that now? should you have done more? no one should celebrate anyone's conviction. we also have made mistakes. i hope we learn from those mistakes and hope that we don't repeat that. the authorities deny there's a campaign against the party. we find these allegations baseless and absurd. yes, people have been arrested, but those arrests were made, some related to may 9th incidents, and some involved in other criminal cases. 9th of may is when imran khan's arrest led to violent protests. hundreds of his supporters were jailed and many of his leadership team left... parting ways with| politics for now... ..including ex—minister usman dar.

now dar�*s mother, who has never been in politics, is campaigning in his old seat... translation: i am with imran khan and will stay with imran khan. - if i'm left alone in public, i will still carry imran khan's flag and take to the streets. imran khan himself is in prison, serving several sentences. jailing political leaders is not new in pakistan. there is a clear and sustained pressure that the pti has had to absorb that is not dissimilar to the pressures other parties have absorbed. this is the set piece. when you decide to fall out with the military, you better have the preparation that will allow you to take on the military and win. the pti are marching on. but will their potential voters feel despondent at each new blow or void to come out?

caroline davis, bbc news, multan. 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. fernanda paulfrom bbc mundo has been following this for us. it's really very bad there in the centre of the country, is completely unprecedented. i mean, there's more than 50 dead, around 4000 homes affected,

still many areas, the fire is not controlled and many people lost everything completely. they're left completely homeless. so it's very critical the situation. and has this happened before? i mean, chile has been affected by fires a few times in the last few years. for example, last year, the flames left 27 deaths. but because there was like a very hot wave and everything, but this fire, i would say that is completely unprecedented. i mean, the home secretary said the number of people dead, the number of homes affected is completely... is super high. i mean, this is not common in chile at all. and what are the authorities saying about what's behind this fire? yeah, they are not completely sure. they are investigating. but the home secretary in chile,

said that they have some antecedents that can... that there is suspicion it could be like on purpose, right, with the intentionality some of the areas and then it spread over like in a lot of hectares. but they are investigating. what are the authorities doing? how are they responding? what help is on its way. well so there are the government like the by gabriel it declares state of emergency now and there is a curfew curfew as well for the most affected area. and basically the militaries are taking care of the security of the control. and, yeah, everything has started on friday. and so yesterday was the peak. and today is not expected to get

better, the situation because the weather is same as yesterday with very high temperatures and wind. so they are trying, now the president moved to the area, the area more affected, which is in the center of the country, and they are working on it. a woman has died following an incident involving two dogs in essex in the uk — she's been named locally as esther martin. 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 saturday afternoon and prounounced dead at the scene. with more on this lets speak to mark ashdown who is in the newsroom. welcome to you, what more do we know about this horrendous attack? essex: about this horrendous attack? essex police called — about this horrendous attack? essex police called at _ about this horrendous attack? essex police called at 4pm _ about this horrendous attack? essex police called at 4pm yesterday - about this horrendous attack? e“? police called at 4pm yesterday in jaywick. it's a very small village

near clacton—on—sea and essex. when they arrived, woman had sustained severe injuries, and appeared to be attacked by two dogs. please haven't named her officially, but have spoken to a woman who claims to be the daughter, and named her as esther martin. there was an air ambulance and paramedics at the scene, and she died at the scene a short time later. there is still a significant police presence in the area, and superintendent from essex police want to ensure there is no wider danger to the public. they can engage with the officers on the ground if they feel concerned, or if they have any information about what happened yesterday afternoon. in terms of the dogs themselves, a lot of speculation on the ground about what type of dogs they were, the police haven't confirmed what they were, but confirmed they were put to

sleep on the scene. a bit of background, american xl bullies were banned from the start of the year, as a couple of days ago, it is a criminal offence to own one in england or wales, without a special certificate of registration. as i said, at this stage we don't know what breed of dogs were involved in this incident, but we do know a 39—year—old man from the area was arrested and continues to be held in custody on suspicion of dangerous dog offensives. a reward of up to £20,000 is being offered for information leading to the arrest of the suspect in a chemical attack on a mother and her daughters in clapham. police have released this new footage of abdul ezedi. officers say he was last seen leaving tower hill underground station at 9:30 on wednesday evening. investigators believe people who know where he is have yet to come forward. they warned anyone found assisting him faces arrest. now it's time for a look at today's

sport with hugh ferris. hello from the bbc sport centre. 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 india side under scrutiny — not only survived, he 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... but lost ben duckett just before the close finishing on 67 for 1. meanwhile afghanistan have fought back in their one off test against sri lanka in colombo. they trail the hosts by 42 runs with nine wickets remaining of their second innings. ibrahim zadran has scored his first test century, and was 101 not out at the end of day three. and australia have won 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. the schedule for the 2026 world cup in the us, mexico and canada will be announced later, along with who will host the key games in the tournament. the dallas cowboys' at&t stadium in arlington texas is thought to be the front runner to host the final. it's one of the biggest nfl venues and can hold 80,000. and even though the metlife stadium in newjersey is slightly bigger it's predicted to miss out on that game, but will nevertheless feature heavily. mexico's estadio azteca has been the venue for two previous finals and the country will beocme the first to host world cup matches for a third time. lionel messi was booed in hong kong after he sat out inter miami's pre—season friendly with an injury. the mls club were playing a hong kong select xi but both messi, who picked up the hamstring strain in saudi arabia, and new signing luis suarez weren't fit enough to take part. inter miami won 4—1 but fans who'd paid up to $600

for a ticket weren't happy when messi stayed on the bench and were heard shouting for a refund in the final minutes. to england now where there are four premier league games on sunday with the highlight coming at the emirates as title rivals arsenal take on liverpool. the two sides have met twice already this season... 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... manchester united could go above west ham into sixth if they win their meeting... chelsea and wolves are next to each other in mid table, while 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 champion got four birdies and two eagles on just his front nine including this one at the sixth. he holds a one shot third—round lead on 17 under after an incredibly impressive 12—under—par round in california. i think anyone that has ever shot 59 or get into that kind of zone, you don't think about the score, you're so focused on the next shot. i really didn't think about it until i got to the 18th tee box, and when i

did, i thought it would have been nice to have one of those last two, because then i only had to baby 18. once i hit the... i gave it my best shot, unfortunately, i left some parts short. i'm super happy with my round, any time you shoot 12 and anywhere, you've got to be happy. three of the premier league games will start off very soon. very soon. here in the uk, 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. she also wants parents to be able to see what they're children are accessing social media on their mobile phones, as noor nanji reports.

the family of brianna ghey spoke about the heartbreak after hearing the sentencing of her killers. brenner was stabbed to death almost exactly a year ago. she brenner was stabbed to death almost exactly a year age-— exactly a year ago. she was the life and soul of — exactly a year ago. she was the life and soul of the _ exactly a year ago. she was the life and soul of the party, _ exactly a year ago. she was the life and soul of the party, really. - and soul of the party, really. today, her mother said she was open to speaking to the mother of one of the killers. i to speaking to the mother of one of the killers. ., ~' to speaking to the mother of one of the killers. ., ~ ., the killers. i would like to understand _ the killers. i would like to understand more - the killers. i would like to understand more about . the killers. i would like to i understand more about how the killers. i would like to - understand more about how their the killers. i would like to _ understand more about how their life was and what they went through. i also wanted to know that i don't blame her for also wanted to know that i don't blame herfor what also wanted to know that i don't blame her for what her has done. scarlettjenkinson and eddie ratcliffe plotted the murder on social messaging apps. breanna's mother now wants a law introduced for a mobile phone which is only suitable for under 16.— for a mobile phone which is only suitable for under 16. under the age of 16, ou suitable for under 16. under the age of 16. you can _ suitable for under 16. under the age of 16, you can have _ suitable for under 16. under the age of 16, you can have children's- suitable for under 16. under the age of 16, you can have children's phone which will not have all the social media apps that are out there now.

and also, to have software that is automatically downloaded on the parent's phone which links the children's fund.— parent's phone which links the children's fund. introducing age limit on smartphones _ children's fund. introducing age limit on smartphones is - children's fund. introducing age limit on smartphones is not - limit on smartphones is not something the government is considering, bit rate is the wider issue of peak keeping young people safe while using the internets. the education secretary said ministers are looking at other measures such as guidance on the use of phones in schools. it as guidance on the use of phones in schools. , ., .., ., as guidance on the use of phones in schools. , ., ., schools. it is quite radicalto ban smartphones _ schools. it is quite radicalto ban smartphones from _ schools. it is quite radicalto ban smartphones from under - schools. it is quite radicalto ban smartphones from under 16. - schools. it is quite radicalto ban smartphones from under16. it's| smartphones from under 16. it's quite _ smartphones from under 16. it's quite radical. even banning it in schools. — quite radical. even banning it in schools, it's quite a big step. that 'ust schools, it's quite a big step. that just shows — schools, it's quite a big step. that just shows how we know and understand this is worrying to parents _ understand this is worrying to parents. sill understand this is worrying to arents. �* ., , , parents. all of this comes as the world's biggest _ parents. all of this comes as the world's biggest tech _ parents. all of this comes as the world's biggest tech bosses - parents. all of this comes as the | world's biggest tech bosses came face—to—face with bereaved parents in america. even they can't control what is going on on the dark web, wait breanna's killers were looking.

what's clear is breanna's murder was once again shone a spotlight on the central question, what more can we do to protect children online? the grammys take place in los angeles this evening. the awards celebrate the best of the music industry — and this year are dominated by female artists. only one male artist is up for the top prize of record of the year. emma vardy reports from los angeles. women in pop are having an excellent year, dominating most of the main categories at music's biggest night. it's hard to imagine a more successful 12 months for taylor swift. after her record—breaking eras tour, anti—hero, all about self—loathing, is a favourite to win song of the year. it makes her the most—nominated songwriter ever in the category. but she faces tough competition, with 0livia rodrigo, miley cyrus and sza also battling it

out for record of the year. though their songs have a variety of styles, many critics agree that what these female artists have in common is an ability to write deeply personal and touching lyrics. that's something billie eilish is also recognised for, with her hit for the barbie film. but does this mark a turning point in the music business, which is still seen as a heavily male—dominated industry? i think the grammys can be a bit delayed. i think they can get it right but not necessarily at the right time. i even think the fact that this year it's all women dominating, a lot of people could argue that women have been dominating pop music for several years, so to see thatjust happen in 2024 also feels a bit late. while women are expected to sweep the board in the big categories this year, more than ever before, there's also a whole host of awards for the work that happens behind the scenes, and it's here where there are far less women involved.

when it comes to the music producers and sound engineers, the industry is still overwhelmingly male. another challenge facing the six—decades old grammys is that, in the era of streaming, live television audiences for award ceremonies have decreased. so, do awards still matter to music fans? i think most fans don't need an awards show to tell them who's popular but i think people still like tuning in. people like a little bit of drama, people want to root for their favourite artist and be mad if they don't win and start a conversation online. so i really do think the grammys still matter and hold relevance. whether or not people tune in on tv, they're still going to be engaging in whatever happened online. it's a night set to be a celebration of female voices and while much of the music industry is still a man's world, it won't feel like that on stage tonight. will have plenty more from that was

later on. 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 tussling 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 of 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 around 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. drier, 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: over 30 targets linked to the iran—backed houthi rebels are hit by fresh uk and uk air strikes in yemen in the latest response to attacks on red sea ships. a woman killed in a dog attack in essex has been named as esther martin by herfamily. police say a man has been arrested following the attack in the village of jaywick. police hunting the man suspected of a corrosive substance attack on a mother and her daughters in south london are offering a £20,000 reward for information leading to his arrest. 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, 0livia rodrigo, miley cyrus, lana del rey and ice spice.