live from london. this is bbc news. houthis vow to respond after fresh uk and uk airstrikes in yemen hit 36 targets — 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. more than 50 people have been killed and over 1,000 homes destroyed in what's believed to be the deadliest wildfire on record in chile. and facebook marks its 20th anniversary, having risen from a network for students at a single university to one of the biggest internet platforms in the world today.

hello and welcome to bbc news with me, lukwesa burak. 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 ally countries, as part of an international military coalition — 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. national security advisor, jake sullivan, said there'd be more steps in the us response to the deaths of those soldiers. he told cbs news that "what happened on friday was the beginning, not the end, of our response, and there will be more steps — some seen, some perhaps unseen."

we start on this story, here's our middle east correspondent, hugo bachega. it is the third time the uk joined the usn targeting the houthis in an attempt to stop attacks on commercial ships in the red sea. the us military said 13 locations were hit across yemen, including the capital. the places track included underground weapons facilities and missile launchers. the attacks have caused disruption to global trade. the us and its allies say attacks like this are illegal and they want to reduce the ability the houthis have to target shipping vessels. there is a real challenge _ target shipping vessels. there is a real challenge for _ target shipping vessels. there is a real challenge for the _ target shipping vessels. there is a real challenge for the united - target shipping vessels. there is a |

real challenge for the united states and the uk to eliminate the capability. so far the us and uk haven't been willing to pursue the alternative can essentially engage in a strike which is so tough all strikes on iranian targets, for example, that could convince say the houthis or around to pull back. white a day earlier the us hit dozens of targets linked to iran and the militias it supports. it was in response to an attack on a us base injordan last sunday killing three us soldiers, which the us blamed on iranian backed militia. in us soldiers, which the us blamed on iranian backed militia.— iranian backed militia. in baghdad toda , the iranian backed militia. in baghdad today, the funeral _ iranian backed militia. in baghdad today, the funeral was _ iranian backed militia. in baghdad today, the funeral was held - iranian backed militia. in baghdad today, the funeral was held for i iranian backed militia. in baghdad| today, the funeral was held for 60 fighters killed in us air strikes, condemned by the iraqi government. the air strikes here were calibrated in what seems to be an effort to prevent an escalation in iran. we still don't know how effective these

latest attacks will be and how 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 of the ceasefire will continue and may help to prevent even more violence. with some context, here's david waddell. talks of the ceasefire will continue and may help to prevent even more violence. the british and american response to houthi attacks on ships entering or leaving the red sea has expanded. it is notjust in yemen where those strikes are taking place but also now in syria and iraq. that's about 2000 kilometres north of the gulf of aden. us national security council has said the targets were carefully selected to avoid civilian casualties and based on clear and irrefutable evidence they were connected to attacks on us

personnel in the region. the iraqi army has said the attacks constitute a violation of iraqi sovereignty. this crisis has been rumbling on since october when iran—backed houthi militias started launching missile attacks upon israel from yemen. 0n the 19th of november, houthis started attacking commercial ships. this houthi video shows an assault on a car transporter — the galaxy leader. the ship's 25 crew were kidnapped and remain in detention. the other attacks have led shipping companies to make big changes to their routes. look here for example at this passage from taiwan to the netherlands. that traverses the bab el—mandeb strait end the suez canal. in normal times, 15% of global trade passes through the red sea every year. now many ship masters are taking them much longer passage around the cape of good hope, adding eight to ten days to the journey. the british foreign secretary lord cameron has said the reckless actions of the houthis are putting innocent lives at risk, threatening the freedom of navigation and destabilising the region. and iran, which backs the houthis, has said the us and uk are fuelling chaos, disorder, insecurity and instability by supporting israel.

here in the uk, a woman has died following an incident involving two dogs in essex. police say a man has been arrested following the attack in the village ofjaywick, near clacton—0n—sea — on suspicion of dangerous dog offences. the victim has been named as 68—year—old esther martin. police say she was pronounced dead at the scene, inside the home on saturday. police have yet to confirm the breed of the dog involved in the attack. in the last hour, we've been hearing from police in essex, who gave more details about the incident. we believe esther had been attacked by two dogs inside the house. when essex police officers entered the house, their priority was, as always, to keep the community safe. their unflinching bravery and professionalism ensured that there is no ongoing threat to the people of essex as a result of this incident.

both dogs were destroyed inside the house. i repeat, thanks to their swift actions, i can reassure the community of jaywick there is no ongoing risk posed to them by this incident. i would also like to thank local people who tried to get into the house to help esther martin. you should be proud. and we'll have more on this story across the afternoon. 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 their heartbreak after hearing the sentencing of her killers. brianna was stabbed to death almost exactly a year ago. she was just the life and soul of the party, really. today, her mother said she is open to speaking to the mother of one of the killers. i'd like to understand more how their life was and what they went through, and i also want her to know that i don't blame her for what her child's done. scarlettjenkinson and eddie ratcliffe had plotted the murder on messaging apps, and scarlett had searched out videos of torture and violence on the dark web. brianna's mother now wants a law introduced so there are mobile phones that are only suitable for under—16s. if you are over 16, you can have an adult phone, but then under the age of 16, you can have a children's phone, which will not have all of the social media apps that

are out there now. and also to have software that is automatically downloaded on a parent's phone which links the children's phone. introducing age limits on smartphones is not something that the government is considering, but it does raise the wider issue of keeping young people safe as they use the internet. the 0nline safety bill was recently introduced, and the education secretary said ministers are looking at other measures, such as guidance on the use of phones in schools. it is quite radical to ban smartphones from under—16s. i think that is quite radical. even banning it in schools, you know, is quite a big step. but that just shows just how much we know and understand that this is really worrying to parents. all of this comes as the world's biggest tech bosses came face—to—face with bereaved parents in america. but even they can't control what's going on on the dark web, where brianna's killers were looking. what's clear is that brianna's murder has once again shone

a spotlight on that central question, what more can we do to protect children online? noor nanji, bbc news. emergency teams in chile are battling to control wildfires that have killed at least 50 people. rescue teams have warned that more bodies will be found. more than a thousand homes have been destroyed. a state of emergency is in place in central and southern parts of the country — where many people have been told to evacuate. the chilean president gabriel boric said he would make "all necessary resources" available. mimi swaby — our news reporter who specialises in latin america — has the latest on this. we know so far that at least 51 people have been killed. but as the interior minister said, catalina toha, this likely is is going to rise very likely as more bodies are found, as rescue workers reach the affected

areas in the valparaiso region. that's a central region in chile. we understand that now at least 3,000 homes have been destroyed with thousands more impacted, and that some of these fires are now being investigated because people think they were started on purpose. across the area of valparaiso, many fires, around 90 fires are still active, with firefighters really battling against them, using trucks and helicopters, trying to quell and contain them. so far, these fires have impacted about 43,000 hectares, but it's very worrying that they're very close to many urban areas. the most delicate situation is thought to be in the city, valparaiso, which is a coastal tourist city and has been engulfed by huge flames, really driven by strong winds and high temperatures of up to a0 degrees celsius. some other areas being particularly hard hit around the coastal, another tourist city called vineyard del mar. as many rescue workers are actually unable to get into the areas affected to try and firstly contain the fires but then also carry out rescue operations there too.

there have been a number of shelters set up within valparaiso, but in terms of government action on this, there seems to be some confusion. evacuate or stay where you are so that the emergency crews can get through. exactly how well coordinated are efforts? well, as you say, these responses by the government have been a little bit contradictory and confusing. there's been a state of emergency declared, but then there's also been a curfew imposed. so like you said, do you stay? do you go? they're saying that anyone who's told to evacuate should do so, as quickly as possible. but the state of emergency has been put in force by president boric in order to make all resources available to help cope with this emergency and help the families who are impacted. military units have also been deployed to the areas to try and help contain these flames. but this is the worst disaster chile is facing since the earthquake in 2010, which killed about 500 people. so right now, the efforts are really

on trying to contain and put out the flames to increase rescue and evacuation efforts where needed. again, that is a little bit of confusion over if they're needed or not in some areas and then also to identify the bodies which have already been discovered. mimi, finally, 2020, there are a number of latin american countries that suffered really devastating forest fires or rather wildfires. that was all down to deforestation. but this year it seems that el nino is having a major effect on the weather within the region. colombia, of course, injanuary, suffering forest fires. just how have people in chile been responding to this? is it shock or resignation? every year it seems that wildfires are getting worse across the region, notjust in chile. even last year on the back of a record heat wave, 27 people died and more than 400,000 hectares were burned. however, this year, these fires currently chile's experiencing are smaller in size.

however, they are spreading quickly and are still out of control in many areas. there also urban areas which is relatively —— they are also near urban areas which is relatively new and not that common. so that is a very worrying aspect. but like you said in south america over recent years, but also in recent weeks, many countries have been fighting very unusually fierce wildfires only a couple of weeks ago in patagonia, in argentina. and this is due to the climate phenomenon, el nino. but some of these fires chile is currently experiencing are thought to have been started on purpose. so the government is investigating that as well. 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. now it's time for a look at today's

sport with hugh ferris. the premier league title race could tighten later, with leaders liverpool facing arsenal at the emirates. the home side could go second and just two points behind liverpool with a win. meanwhile, the other three games today are into their second halves. manchester united now lead by 2—0. if they win that game against west ham they will go above them into sixth place. a goaljust before half—time for wolves second. things level up bournemouth. 0ver half—time for wolves second. things level up bournemouth. over an hour till the big game of the day budd manager sending strong messages their players. the team will have to give that first step and the crowd will have to react to that.

on sunday it has to be different, it has to be from the beginning, from the whistle, the way you approach the game, the way you sit in the stand. you have to create an atmosphere. i am very confident that will be the case. that is going to happen, i think. we have to look at the team. that is it. the job is not to reflect on what they did, how fantastic they are, good looking on top of all this kind of thing. it is really about us. digging deep and keep going, hold your breath, buckle up, all this kind of thing and go for it. that's what we're here for. 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 11 but both messi, who picked up the hamstring strain in saudi arabia and new signing luis suarez weren't

fit enough to take part. intermiami 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. india are favourites to level their test series against england after setting the tourists 399 to win the second match in vyzag. the third day started well for england 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 four 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. it felt like they were unsure what a good school would be against us. the wicket is still pretty good. the odd

one is low, you expect that. also what we have seen today was shipman played brilliantly. just shows there are still schools to be made. so much quality in the dressing room. i thinking they can get 150 tomorrow and win us the game. the morning session tomorrow _ and win us the game. the morning session tomorrow will _ and win us the game. the morning session tomorrow will be - and win us the game. the morning session tomorrow will be very - session tomorrow will be very important. there is always moisture coming, _ important. there is always moisture coming, starting the day of play. coming — coming, starting the day of play. coming tomorrow in the morning will be difficult _ coming tomorrow in the morning will be difficult for us. south africa's dylan frittelli won the bahrain championship on the dp world tour. he made three birdies on the back nine to shoot a final round 71 to take the title by two shots, sweden's jesper svensson finishing second. it's fritelli's first win since 2019 and first victory on the dp world tour since 2017. and steph curry scored 60 points for only the second time in his nba career. but he couldn't prevent the golden state warriors losing in overtime to the atlanta hawks.

elsewhere, the cleveland cavaliers beat san antonio spurs 117—99 for their fifth win in a row. donovan mitchell scored 31 points but was then ejected for this altercation with zach collins. the cavs are third in the eastern conference. and that's all the sport for now. back to you. speak to you later. facebook is marking its 20th anniversary today. it has grown from a network for harvard university students to one of the biggest online platforms in the world, but has come under increased pressure from regulators and rival companies. it helped usher in the era of social media but has also triggered concerns about fake news, the mental health of young users and the foundations of democracy. from silicon valley, our technology correspondent james clayton looks back at a turbulent two decades. for me, there are two chapters for facebook over the last 20 years.

the first is more than a decade's worth of exponential growth. people signed up in their droves. it was almost impossible to find someone who wasn't on facebook, and the platform was relatively uncontroversial. but then the next chapter began to develop a very unwanted chapter for facebook. they don't care whether or not what they do is legal as long as it gets the job done. first came the cambridge analytica scandal, which involves the misuse of data to micro—targeting voters in both the brexit referendum and the 2016 us presidential election. and then there was the francis horgan scandal, the whistleblower who said that facebook was putting profits over safety, particularly over young women and girls. only this week, mark zuckerberg was asked to apologise to families who said their children had been harmed by social media. no—one should have to go through the things that your families have suffered. two years ago, mark zuckerberg

changed facebook�*s name to meta. now, officially, that was because he wanted it to better reflect his vision of a company that was going to build a metaverse. but, unofficially, the brand had become toxic. in making this piece, we wanted to film next to meta's famous sign. so you can't be filming. no recordings. that is what meta is now, it is a lot more nervous of the media than it used to be. meta now, of course, is a lot more than just facebook. it owns whatsapp. it owns instagram. and it also has its own vr headset. and that's where mark zuckerberg thinks the future lies in vr. he believes that the world is shifting from a place where people connect online to a world where people want to connect virtually. the problem, though, is that mark zuckerberg has already spent tens of billions of dollars building the metaverse, and there's very little evidence to suggest that people really

want to spend much time in vr chatting to their friends. the world is kind of appealing, and that's mark zuckerberg's major problem. he might think that the vision of the future is the metaverse, but it makes all of its money through social media, and that makes trying to predict what mass is going to look like in even a year's time or two years time. —— meta's going to look like. pretty difficult to do. let's go live now to steven levy, author of the book facebook: the inside story. hello and welcome to the programme. very quickly, they started off mark zuckerberg and four at the harvard graduates. zuckerberg and four at the harvard uraduates. ~ ., ., , , ., graduates. what happened to the other four? _ graduates. what happened to the other four? different _ graduates. what happened to the other four? different things. - graduates. what happened to the | other four? different things. mark where he was _ other four? different things. mark where he was the _ other four? different things. mark where he was the person - other four? different things. mark where he was the person who - other four? different things. mark - where he was the person who authored the programme and released it, worked it to the end with people in his dorm room. one boat for the company for a few years and started

his own company. another went into politics. 0ne his own company. another went into politics. one of them gave some funding and became a co—founder and wound up in legal issues when mark zuckerberg basically tossed them out. i think there was a movie about that. ultimately, it is one person, mark zuckerberg. he has total control over facebook. he can't be fired. he has a majority voting stock. facebook is synonymous with him. . , stock. facebook is synonymous with him. ., , ., ., , him. there have been various discussions — him. there have been various discussions about _ him. there have been various discussions about it _ him. there have been various discussions about it losing - him. there have been various discussions about it losing its| discussions about it losing its place in the world of social media but it is there and it is better to stay, is it? but it is there and it is better to stay. is it?— stay, is it? there is no close second place _ stay, is it? there is no close second place in _ stay, is it? there is no close second place in social - stay, is it? there is no close| second place in social media. stay, is it? there is no close - second place in social media. they have multiple friend franchises with more than a million people. they have facebook, instagram, messenger, whatsapp. if you look at the top ten, they have half of the top ten.

it has a sizeable plurality of the entire planet of the company. that is why it is so striking as your piece noted he change the name of the company as if that was not the dominant activity of the company and where all its profits came from. talking about profits, he has made some very savvy decisions, taking instagram and whatsapp under the meta— umbrella. how has he navigated the more controversial aspects of social media in general? the security of minors, we have hate speech, misinformation and privacy. just this week we got an indication of how well or not while they were doing when he went to washington. something he actually wanted to avoid. a couple of years ago he appointed nick clegg, former deputy

pm, who was working for him from vice president of global affairs to president of global affairs hoping nick would take over things like congressional hearings but had to listen to being told he had blood on his hand and he was killing people. i got an e—mail saying, the apology was preplanned. the i got an e-mail saying, the apology was preplanned— i got an e-mail saying, the apology was preplanned. the first version of facebook and _ was preplanned. the first version of facebook and he _ was preplanned. the first version of facebook and he took _ was preplanned. the first version of facebook and he took two - was preplanned. the first version of facebook and he took two weeks i was preplanned. the first version of facebook and he took two weeks to | facebook and he took two weeks to develop. how is he navigating ai? have they moved fast enough? yet i'm opening a moving fast now. this was the key activity and technology now. even though it might not be organic, he is pushing straight ahead to build artificial internal intelligence.

stay with us here on bbc news. hello. this rain carried on by a conveyor belt of cloud stretching across the atlantic. we are going to see quite a bit of rain, hence the warnings out across western and central and southern parts of scotland. look how the rain builds up! we could see more than 120 millimetres on the tops of the mountains. concern for flooding here. rain to the east of the grampians into parts of northern ireland and england. further south we have quite a bit of cloud. a gusty wind compared with yesterday. that means we have drizzle over the hills and the posts and a few breaks

in the cloud. 1a, possibly 15 in the cloud breaks. still windy with gales across the shetlands. rumbles of thunder. 0vernight the rain pushes further north. it could turn to snow as it engages with the colder air. there could be flash flooding as the result of that much rain. 0vernight elsewhere it stays mild and misty. it could be done and you see over the hills and the posts in many western and northern areas. a bit more brightness punching through the clouds tomorrow. again, a predominantly dry but cloudy picture with drizzle and mist around the coast and hills. the rain keeps falling across scotland in the hills in the north there is no. still on a predominantly dry but cloudy picture with drizzle and mist around the coast and hills. the rain keeps falling across scotland in the hills in the north with snow. still in the colder air and wintry shower across shetland. the rain is starting to move south as we go into tomorrow night. there are frost and ice issues and wetter weather in

northern england and northern ireland. still predominantly cloudy and dry, drizzly further south. the cold start in the north on tuesday with the return of sunshine and snow showers around. as that digs out going we could see winteriness over the hills of northern england, perhaps northern ireland as well. to the south are much milder picture. by the south are much milder picture. by the time we get to and that rain will clear away. there is some uncertainty as to how far north their slow will carry the wind, rain and potential snow as we head towards the end of the week. please stay tuned.

this is bbc news, the headlines. houthis vow to respond after fresh us and uk airstrikes in yemen hit 36 targets — 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... a new performing arts course helps people with learning disabilities and autism break into the world of acting.