live from london, this is bbc news: the united states national security adviser says the strikes against the houthis in yemen will reduce their military capabilities as us and british forces launch fresh airstrikes. chile's president says the number of lives lost in the deadliest wildfire on record in the country has risen to 64 and will increase further. 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. and the grammy awards — celebrating the best of the music industry — are set to be dominated by female artists.

hello, i'm tanya beckett. welcome. we start with breaking news this hour — the uk's prime minister rishi sunak is visiting northern ireland this evening, following the restoration of the devolved government. the stormont assembly returned yesterday — two years since it last sat after the democratic unionist party withdrew over brexit. live now to our political editor, chris mason. tell us about this visit by sunak. the prime minister has arrived here this evening and will be heading out to meet various folk, including in the morning meeting political leaders, the new first and deputy first ministers, and stormont is the

home of the devolved government here in northern ireland, the restoration of the devolved government coming after two years of stasis. when you look back at the history of modern devolution in northern ireland, it has been punctuated by periods of suspension, it's not existing because any of the main parties to it can decide they want to walk away will scratch my head with that power—sharing, the clue is in the total, ceases a —— to walk away, the power—sharing. power—sharing is back up power—sharing. power—sharing is back up and running in the prime ministers here and something of a victory lap because it is an achievement in both domestic and international statecraft that after this two year pause, he has managed

to come in negotiation with the democratic unionists, get things going again. find democratic unionists, get things going again-— democratic unionists, get things auoin aaain. �* ., . ., going again. and after that two your ores, as going again. and after that two your pores. as you _ going again. and after that two your pores, as you have _ going again. and after that two your pores, as you have described - going again. and after that two your pores, as you have described it, - pores, as you have described it, northern ireland has really been unable to move forward in any way, and the question perhaps rishi sunak will be questioned with is a budgetary one.— will be questioned with is a budgetary one. will be questioned with is a budueta one. ., , ., budgetary one. that is often the case, particularly _ budgetary one. that is often the case, particularly after - budgetary one. that is often the case, particularly after a - budgetary one. that is often the case, particularly after a period | case, particularly after a period like this, notjust the political status, but the circumstances in which it has happened in the last couple of years. we have had the pandemic, soaring inflation, cost of living pressures donncha that has been plonked political stasis. you will have seen in northern ireland the consequences, so a couple of weeks ago here, strikes dubbed the biggest in 50 years, tens of thousands of public sector workers on strike saying they were paid not enough compared with peers across

the irish sea in england, scotland and wales. alongside that, plenty say the health service here is in crisis. part of the attempts by the government in london to get power—sharing up and running with a promise of £35 billion for northern ireland if the executive and assembly were re—established. i was speaking to the northern ireland secretary, chris heaton—harris, who is in the government at westminster and overseas northern ireland. he said now things are up and running, that money will be released. i think what we will see in the next period of time as a element of expectation being managed by political leaders here. the first minister michelle o'neill, the deputy first minister from the dup, will say, look, we're glad to be up and running, the vast majority in the assembly are, but it will not happen overnight. things will not happen overnight. things will take time to improve, even with a dollop of cash, and as you are hinting at in your question, plenty of politicians here saying the

funding formula for westminster needs to look at, which is political speak for send more needs to look at, which is political speakfor send more money. so needs to look at, which is political speak for send more money. so what is the itinerary _ speak for send more money. so what is the itinerary of _ speak for send more money. so what is the itinerary of a _ speak for send more money. so what is the itinerary of a rishi _ speak for send more money. so what is the itinerary of a rishi sunak? - is the itinerary of a rishi sunak? plenty of visits, as you would expect, with the political splash, so heading to stormont tomorrow, but also an emphasis, as it is described ijy also an emphasis, as it is described by downing street, in community engagement, so after the more highfalutin elements of high politics over the weekend with the precedents of a first nationalist first minister in a michelle o'neill who would like to see northern ireland being part of a united ireland being part of a united ireland in the future, every other previous minister has been unionist, wanting to maintain northern ireland's place within the union of the uk, i think the prime's focus will be on day—to—day concerns around public services, whether it be education —— be prime minister's focus. to emphasise, in his view,

that with devolved government restored, real progress can be made, which people will notice in their day—to—day lives. and certainly, unionists within the dup who are keen to see the re—establishment of power—sharing make the argument that says they way to convince people here that northern ireland's future is in the union is to show that northern ireland and its politics works. equally, we have seen from the new first minister, michelle o'neill, a repeat of her desire to see a referendum on northern ireland's future within the next ten years. as i say, she has said that before, but she is now saying it as first minister. indie before, but she is now saying it as first minister.— before, but she is now saying it as first minister. we have never seen a first minister. we have never seen a first minister — first minister. we have never seen a first minister here _ first minister. we have never seen a first minister here say _ first minister. we have never seen a first minister here say that - first minister. we have never seen a first minister here say that ever- first minister here say that ever before. �* , ~ , ., before. but the first minister and deu before. but the first minister and deputy first _ before. but the first minister and deputy first minister— before. but the first minister and deputy first minister yesterday i before. but the first minister and i deputy first minister yesterday were keen to say that although these differences were there, they were going to try to work together. the question is, can they? that going to try to work together. the question is, can they?— question is, can they? that is alwa s question is, can they? that is always the — question is, can they? that is always the question - question is, can they? that is always the question here - question is, can they? that is - always the question here because you have the fundamental divide between the developer communities, unionist

and nationalist. they confront a constitutional question in parliament which they are never going to agree on, but they also have via the executive and assembly, a whole suite of powers over local services here over which they say they can agree, so emma little—pengelly, the new deputy first minister, in her speech yesterday in the chamber said, we disagree on the constitutional question, but can agree that cancer care needs to be better and does not discriminate depending on your political or religious background. and plenty of others will say similar things about the wider health service or education, for instance, so that is where they have to attempt to find agreement and an attempt to make things work well sever the ongoing questions around the constitutional future... sever the ongoing questions around the constitutionalfuture... but sever the ongoing questions around the constitutional future... but in the constitutional future... but in the shorter term, that pressure on politicians here, how can no longer as obviously has they have been up to now point the finger at london,

blaming lack of money, or blame the political stasis, with the return of devolution comes the capacity to govern, but also therefore the need to choose, they need to face scrutiny, and so therefore the electorate looking in their direction and saying, come on, when will you deliver? the list of challenges they face is huge. ichris challenges they face is huge. chris mason, challenges they face is huge. chris mason. thank _ challenges they face is huge. chris mason, thank you _ challenges they face is huge. chris mason, thank you very _ challenges they face is huge. chris mason, thank you very much. the uk government has said iran will be held accountable for the actions of armed groups it supports in the middle east. it follows another round of american and british air strikes on houthi fighters in yemen last night, aimed at deterring attacks on merchant shipping in the red sea. they were supported by six ally countries as part of an international military coalition — as they continue attempts to stop the houthis targeting international shipping in the red sea. these raids in yemen follow earlier strikes by the us in iraq and syria on friday — 85 sites were hit in retaliation for the killing injordan of three american soldiers by iranian—backed militants. our chief international correspondent orla guerin

reports from baghdad. it is becoming a familiar sight — raf typhoon jets taking off last night for a bombing raid on houthi targets in yemen. the third round of joint us—uk strikes. not an escalation, according to the defence secretary, grant shapps. not a deterrent, either, according to the iranian—backed houthis, who have been attacking international shipping in the red sea since this hijacking in november. they said today they are making a moral stand in support of palestinians in gaza. and more fires burning in the middle east. here, the aftermath of deadly us bombing raids on friday in iraq and syria in retaliation

for the killing of three american soldiers. in baghdad today, a fleet of ambulances carry those killed by the us — 17 fighters from militias backed by iran. in baghdad today, a fleet of ambulances carry officially, they are part of iraq's security forces, but in many ways, they are foot soldiers for tehran. the us strikes have caused anger here. the government saying they have threatened the security of iraq and the region. "a red line was crossed by targeting our forces," says falih al—fayyadh, leader of the militias. "this must not be repeated". and the chant from the crowd,

"america is the greatest devil". they want us forces out. these men have come to mourn and to honour their dead — victims of american bombing raids. but there is also a message in all this. it is a show of strength, a show of unity, and a warning to the united states — we are here and we are not going anywhere. but the mood was muted and there were no fiery threats of retaliation. iran does not want an escalation in the tit—for—tat. neither does washington. while the war rages in gaza, one false move could set the region alight. orla guerin, bbc news, baghdad. 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 of jaywick, near clacton—on—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 dogs involved in the attack. staying in the uk, police searching for the suspect in a chemical attack on a mother and her daughters in clapham have confirmed a new sighting of abdul ezedi on wednesday evening. they've released new cctv pictures of him shortly after the attack and are offering a reward of £20,000 for information that could lead to his arrest. simonjones reports. where is abdul shokoor ezedi? 0n the fourth day of the manhunt, police have released cctv images of him at a tesco in north london. he has serious injuries to his face.

this isjust over an hour after a woman and two children were attacked on wednesday evening. police say abdul ezedi then took the tube to king's cross underground station where he was seen just before 8:00. he was next caught on camera at the tesco in caledonian road at 8:42, and then went on to king's cross underground station again at precisely 9.00. officers have now revealed the last confirmed sighting was at 9:30 when he came out of tower hill tube station. the met police is offering a reward of up to £20,000 for information leading to the arrest of abdul ezedi. 0fficers believe there are people who know where he is who are yet to come forward, and they are warning that anyone assisting him to evade capture will face arrest. five properties have been searched, including this one in newcastle, where mr ezedi was thought to be living. two empty containers with warnings on the labels were found. tests are ongoing to see if they held the substance used in the clapham attack. that liquid was found to be a very

concentrated corrosive substance. mr ezedi is originally from afghanistan. members of the afghan community in london have made this plea. 0ur appeal to abdul ezedi is for him to hand himself in to the police as soon as possible. it was a horrific crime on the streets of london against a woman and two girls, and we hope that the public will also cooperate with the police. the woman injured in the attack remains in a critical but stable condition in hospital. simon jones, bbc news. emergency teams in chile are battling to control wildfires that have killed at least 64 people. rescue teams have warned that more bodies will be found. more than 1000 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.

for more on this we are joined by mimi swaby — our news reporter who specialises in latin america. what is the latest? any televised address, president _ what is the latest? any televised address, president gabriel- what is the latest? any televised address, president gabriel boricl address, president gabriel boric said at least 64 people are known to have been killed by these fires and hundreds are still missing as the fires raged across the central region valparaiso. he said it is likely to increase by a large amount as rescuers are getting into the affected areas. rescue efforts have been hampered or delayed as many refugees of cars have blocked their way into more remote areas and we know some bodies had been found on the streets. he has described the conditions these workers are operating in as very complicated, with the most delicate situation being in the city of valparaiso, a seaside city, a very popular tourist destination where over the weekend,

residents were battling against future claims are stoked by strong winds and temperatures of up to 40 celsius. another hard—hit area is around the coastal city of vina del mar, another tourist hotspot, which saw huge smoke clouds, really dark, thick, grey smoke clouds engulf the area. one resident whose home was sadly destroyed in the fire said it was like hell when this fire took huge areas of the town. we currently know there are 90 fires are still active across this region, which is now impacting 43,000 hectares. i5 now impacting 43,000 hectares. is this becoming an increasing problem as it is a many other parts of the world? it seems that every year now there are more wildfires and they are having a greater impact. we are seeing that even in recent weeks, parts of south america, most recently patagonia, argentina, has

been grappling with a fiercer than usual wildfires. this is partly due to the climate phenomenon called el nino, but there is also suspicion here, this case, the fire is currently ravaging through chile, that the government is declaring a state of emergency, and saying it will investigate if some of these fires were started deliberately. there's growing international concern over the political situation in senegal after president macky sall called off this month's election citing a row over the eligibility of candidates. 0pposition party supporters set up barricades around the capital dakar, and clashed with police, with security forces firing tear gas at protestors. so how did senegal reach this point? meghan 0wen explains. this is senegal�*s president, macky sall, announcing just a day before campaigning was due to start that he was postponing the country's election.

but why? well, a constitutional council have made the decision to bar several hopeful candidates, including high—profile politician 0usmane sonko from the opposition. now, this decision is being investigated by lawmakers because there are questions over its impartiality. sall himself is not hoping to stand for re—election and he has yet to announce a new date. but many opposition members are not happy with the decision. translation: never in senegal's political history have we seen - a situation like this. it's a dangerous precedent. to be able to postpone a presidential election on the eve of its start is unprecedented. translation: he's trying to pull off an electoral holdup. _ what's that? it's a constitutional coup and we won't accept it. other opposition mps have also started a legal challenge

against the decision, but the concern is also international with the eu, france and the us calling for an election as soon as possible. ecowas, the west african body, also posted this letter on x expressing their concern over the situation. now, senegal is a rare example of democratic stability in western africa. we've seen coups in countries such as niger and burkina faso, so this decision to postpone the presidential election for the first time will add to rising political tensions in the country. votes are being cast in el salvador�*s election, with president nayib bukele expected to win another landslide victory. the campaign has been dominated by the president's war on gangs. he's credited with slashing the country's homicide rate and making el salvador one of the safest places in latin america, but critics have described his two—year crackdown on street gangs as draconian. our latin america

correspondent will grant, who is in el salvador�*s capital, san salvador, has more. voting is well under way in el salvador and an atmosphere of genuine calm on the streets. there have been very few reports, if any, of irregularities coming in so far. i'm in a voting station where manuel flores, the candidate for the left wing fmln party, is going to cast his vote. he comes from the traditional left, if you like, in this country. but it's very unlikely that neither he nor any other candidate is going to make any genuine impact on president bukele's chances at re—election. nayib bukele has made it the crux of his campaign to say that he needs a second term in office to continue his harsh crackdown on the gangs in this country. it's a security platform that he's standing on, and it's one, according to many voters that i've spoken to here, that is resonating

with the electorate, that they say they want to continue the crackdown on the powerful street gangs. that said, human rights organisations have continued to underline that they believe there are thousands of people in jail who shouldn't be there, who have been arbitrarily arrested under this security policy. if he does achieve a second term in office, there will be other things for president nayib bukele to focus on, particularly the economy. but all of that is to come. today people are simply casting their votes and the likelihood is that we will see a second term in office for president nayib bukele. 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 14 years. his party, the pti, had their electoral symbol of a cricket bat removed, meaning all candidates are now running as independents. 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. 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. 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 involved the misuse of data to micro—target voters in both the brexit referendum and the 2016 us presidential election. and then there was the frances haugen 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. sir, you can't be filming. no recordings? no recording. 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. 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 meta's going to look like in even a year's time or two years' time pretty difficult to do. the grammys are taking place in los angeles this evening. this year's nominations are dominated by female artists and it is expected to be a good night for taylor swift — who has no less than seven nominations in the song of the year category — a record breaking number. i suspect we will hear a lot more from her. and billie eilish and miley cyrus and all these other people. this is bbc news.

hello. it's been a mild weekend for most of the uk. it is going to become much colder by next weekend. the cold air, as you can see, sitting to the north across the northern isles, and that will gradually sink southwards this week. as it does so it could potentially coincide with low pressure and give us some disruptive snow. and that's what we're keeping our eye on at the moment. it's rain that's the main concern. this conveyor belt of cloud, as you can see here, running into scotland is going to give a lot more rain before it's finished. in fact, throughout the rest of this evening, really quite wet across western, central and southern scotland, pushing a little bit further northwards as we go through the night, and as it engages in that cold air in the far north of scotland, some mountain snow. but it is possible that we could have as much as 170 millimetres

of rain during this rainfall event and hence a real risk of flooding. and the reason for the warning. but it's much milderfor most parts further south, 8 to 10 degrees celsius. still, that cold air with us in the northern isles. so a little bit of frost and ice here, a little bit wintry. but again, that rain is still with us throughout the course of monday. very misty and murky around the coast and the hills in western areas, elsewhere. but it might be that there'll be a few brighter spells breaking through because, again, it's a strong and gusty wind that's blowing for the most part during the day on monday. temperatures, though, still on the low side across the northern isles, whilst elsewhere it is mild — temperatures well above the average for this time of year, which is 5 to 8 degrees. now, as we go through monday evening and overnight, that weather front may well start to push further southwards, allowing that colder air and the risk of frost with some ice following the rain to establish itself across scotland. but elsewhere it stays mild, it stays windy and pretty cloudy, with wetter weather coming into southern scotland, northern ireland, northern england by the end of the night and for the start of tuesday. to the south of that,

still mild and largely dry but murky over the hills, and that rain makes its way southwards during the day, could give a little bit of snow over the high ground of northern england and northern ireland as that cold air starts to dig in. but there's a lot of uncertainty thereafter. even if this weather front clears away temporarily, we could see these next areas of low pressure spinning up into that cold air, giving us rain and wind, but also potentially some disruptive snowfall as well. so a lot of uncertainty midweek on, please stay tuned on, please stay tuned to the forecast. bye— bye.

this is bbc news, the headlines: the houthis in yemen say the latest american and british airstrikes on the country will not go unpunished. the third round ofjoint strikes hit 36 iran—backed rebel positions in the latest response to attacks on red sea ships. the capital, sana'a, was among the locations targeted. chile's president says the number of lives lost in the deadliest wildfire on record in the country has risen to 64 and will increase further. gabriel boric declares a state of emergency and makes "all necessary resources" available to tackle the situation. the mother of the murdered teenager, brianna ghey, is calling for a ban on access to social media apps for under—16s.

a new sighting in the manhunt for abdul ezedi — accused