live from london. this is bbc news. the uk says iran will be held accountable for the actions of its proxies after us and british forces strike houthi targets in yemen. prime minister rishi sunak begins his visit to northern ireland marking the restoration of the power—sharing devolved government. parisian voters back the plan to triple parking costs for suv vehicles. and the grammy awards — celebrating the best of the music industry — are set to be dominated by female artists. hello, i'm tanya beckett. the uk government has said

iran will be held accountable for the actions of armed groups it supports in the middle east. it follows a round of american and british air strikes on houthi fighters in yemen last night, aimed at deterring further attacks, by the houthis, on international shipping in the red sea. these raids 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 international editor jeremy bowen considers whether there is any chance of a cessation of the conflict at the heart of all this — between israel and hamas in gaza. just between israel and hamas in gaza. took of british for just took of british base in cyprus for the long flight to hit the houthis targets in yemen. other western allies affected by the houthis' on shipping decided not to join the race. britain said these

rays do not escalate the widening ward in the middle east. others, in the middle east and say that they do. in yemen, the houthis re—enacted the hamas attacks on israel that started the war. they get their weapons from iran. the latest air strikes, like america's in iraq and syria, are aimed at forcing iran to rain in its proxies and allies. in yemen, the houthis celebrating hamas hostagetaking have said out their attacks. when the war in gaza does. in gaza, most people do not get the chance to queue for food. aid workers told me that even the 45 day ceasefire currently being talked about might not be long enough to tackle gaza's huge humanitarian crisis. but, allsides tackle gaza's huge humanitarian crisis. but, all sides need a ceasefire. a pause or an end to the killing might stop the wider middle east war escalating. palestinian

civilians in the ruins of gaza need some hope. i so did the families of the israeli hostages held by hamas. their pictures are everywhere, and the square in tel aviv where they have a 24—7 protest. there is an installation representing the tunnels under gaza where the hostages are held. israelis were told, only destroying hamas would get them back. but, their army hasn't managed that yet. so, families are demanding a ceasefire. roni was on the phone to her family as she was dragged into gaza, she told them she had been used shot in the arm. her sister wants benjamin netanyahu to make a deal to bring the hostages home. is netanyahu to make a deal to bring the hostages home.— the hostages home. is one in the head of all— the hostages home. is one in the head of all that _ the hostages home. is one in the head of all that part _ the hostages home. is one in the head of all that part they - the hostages home. is one in the head of all that part they are - the hostages home. is one in the head of all that part they are all. head of all that part they are all of our responsibility. they should have prevented it, and if they

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because, first of all, there needs to be a ceasefire. prime minister benjamin netanyahu is sending out mixed messages about a ceasefire. he is deeply unpopular. his opponents say that he should go. among them, ehud barak, the former prime minister, retired general, used to be his commander in the army. the natural be his commander in the army. tue: natural conclusion be his commander in the army. tug; natural conclusion is an be his commander in the army. tte: natural conclusion is an election. now he does not want to lose power, so it should be imposed upon by the situation. ., �* so it should be imposed upon by the situation. . ~ ., situation. here and tel aviv and riaht situation. here and tel aviv and right across _ situation. here and tel aviv and right across the _ situation. here and tel aviv and right across the middle - situation. here and tel aviv and right across the middle east, i right across the middle east, warnings are coming thick and fast about the danger of this moment. a ceasefire in gaza, at least buys time. the uk 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. our political editor, chris mason, is in belfast. he told us more about this visit by rishi sunak. the prime minister has arrived here this evening. he'll be heading out to meet various folk, including, in the morning, meeting political leaders, the new first and deputy first ministers at stormont, the home of devolved government here in northern ireland, or at least the home since yesterday with the restoration, as you were mentioning, of devolved government 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 not existing, because any of the main parties to it can decide that they want to walk away, and with that, power—sharing — the clue is in the title — ceases to happen. but it has been revived in the last week after the democratic unionists,

who would like to affirm northern ireland's place within the union of the uk, agreed to go back in after what they concluded were assurances about free trade within the uk as far as northern ireland's post—brexit trading arrangements are concerned. so power—sharing is back up and running and the prime minister here on something of a victory lap, if you like, because it is an achievement, i think, of both domestic and international statecraft, that after this two—year pause, he has managed to, in negotiation with the democratic unionists, get things going again. and after that two—year pause, as you've described it, northern ireland has been really unable to move forward in any way. and the question perhaps rishi sunak is going to be faced with is a budgetary one. yeah. oh, absolutely. and that is often the case, but particularly after a period like this, notjust of the political stasis, but also the circumstances in which that has happened in the last couple of years. so we've had, haven't we,

the pandemic, soaring inflation, cost of living pressures, and onto that has been plonked political stasis, and you have seen in northern ireland the obvious consequences of that. so a couple of weeks ago here, strikes dubbed the biggest in 50 years, tens of thousands of public sector workers on strike, saying that they were paid not enough compared with peers across the irish sea in england, scotland and wales. alongside that, plenty say that the health service here is in crisis. now, part of the attempts by the government in london to get power—sharing up and running was a promise of £35 billion for northern ireland if the executive and the assembly were re—established. and i was speaking to the northern ireland secretary, chris heaton—harris, who is in the government at westminster and oversees northern ireland. he said now things are up and running, that money will be released. i think what we're going to see in the next period of time is an element of expectations

being managed by the political leaders here. the first minister, michelle o'neill, the deputy first minister as well, from the dup in saying, look, we're glad to be up and running — and the vast majority within the assembly are — but it won't happen overnight, things will take time to improve, even with that dollop of cash. and by the way, as you were hinting at in your question, plenty of politicians here say that the funding formula from westminster needs looking at, which is political—speak for "send more money". parisians have voted in favour of introducing higher parking charges for suvs parked in the city by non—residents. about 55% of people who voted in a referendum backed the move. bringing a suv into central paris for six hours will cost £190. here's our correspondent hugh schofield in paris for more on this. the vote has gone through.

the results have come out after this vote, or referendum, today in paris. the vote is in favour by a very small margin. 55% of voters are in favour of this increase, 45%, therefore not. on a tiny turnout, and that'll be the issue which people will bring up tomorrow, saying that once again, because a year ago, to get a ban on the fleets of e—scooters, organised a referendum, tiny turnout but she got what she wanted, this is a result she once again, a majority in favour of pushing up the onstreet fees for suv cars, threefold, so that it will cost in effect about 225 euros, for one day for someone from out of town to bring an suv into paris. pretty expensive.

this is part of a wider green push against which back because many french believe that it discriminates against people who do not have much money, but i suppose that is not the argument against this particular move. there is a sort of pushback in paris by some but inevitably, it is people who are better off we will either have suvs, who don't like the socialist mayor, anne hidalgo, and her and her green allies who pushed this through, so there have been voices saying that this is a simulacrum of fake democracy, she knew that most people in paris do not have cars and are not that interested in them so it is quite likely that she will get the vote she wanted. in fact what it does is penalise much more people from outside paris, not her voters, from the surrounding outskirts, people coming in the suvs to park in the city, who had been paying 75 euros, now paying three times that.

they are the ones who have most to moan about this, but it is part of her plan to reduce emissions, to reduce the size of cars in paris, and to make the place safer because their argument is big cars, heavy cars are more dangerous when they are in an accident. briefly, this is ahead of the olympics, are they in any way connected? in a remote and abstract way in that anne hidalgo has a mission to change the face of paris, to make it much less car friendly, much more bicycle friendly. it is what she's doing. she has certainly made a big change. and this is part of that programme. emergency teams in chile are battling to control wildfires that have killed at least 99 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. our news reporter mimi swaybee has been following the developments there. the president has warned that there are many more bodies to be found at they get into valparaiso. burnt wreckage of cars has blocked some roads, delaying aid into those areas, and once teams have got into some areas, they have found multiple bodies in the street. we also understand that the situation is complicated and that the worst areas affected are still the coastal tourist cities of valparaiso and vina del mar. with 90 active fires still raging across the area —

they cover at least 43,000 hectares — and the death toll rising, the interior minister carolina toha has said this is the worst disaster chile is facing since an earthquake in 2010, which killed more than 500 people. that gives you an idea of the severity and ferocity of the situation which the government and military, which are now aiding rescue teams, are still struggling to contain. these wildfires are increasingly a problem in north america, we know, australia, we have been hearing about. what about chile? it is not uncommon to have wildfires in chile, especially during summer months. on the back of a record heatwave last year, 27 people died and 400,000 hectares were burnt. it seems wildfires are becoming more prominent and venturing into new areas, not just forested areas, but more urban ones like we are seeing

in the case currently. it has also been that in recent weeks, not even in recent years, that areas of south america, including patagonia only a few weeks ago in argentina, have been battling against unusually fierce wildfires. that is partly due to the weather phenomenon called el nino. although, in this case, there is also suspicion that some of these fires, at least some of these fires were actually started on purpose. so in addition to a state of emergency being declared to try to really quell and contain those fires, assist rescue operations and identify bodies, there are also investigating the possible arson that started some of these incidents. mimi swayby. 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. opposition party supporters set up barricades around the capital, dakar, and clashed with police. they were met with teargas — and several people, including a former prime minister were reportedly detained.

so how did senegal reach this point? meghan owen 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 ousmane 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 hold-up. _ 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 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 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, 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. very interesting. barryjohn, the legendary former cardiff, wales and british and irish lions fly—half has died aged 79. john played in 25 internationals for wales and five tests

for the lions, one in south africa in 1968 and four in new zealand three years later. joe wilson looks back at his life. running on the inside. can he get there? what a try! what a score! before rugby union was all muscularity, there was poetry and the pace and the rhythm was in the feet of barryjohn. as a fly—half number 10 he dictated the play. he made a split—second decisions without even thinking. it is the quality shared by only a few that may truly be described as sporting genius. barryjohn was born in 1945 in a west wales village, notable for two things, coal and rugby, and he first rose to prominence at llanelli before moving to cardiff. by 1971 he helped to command wales, perhaps their greatest team, grand slam champions in the five nations. when wales needed points he could always stop, kick and turn away knowing where the ball had flown.

drop goals were his speciality. having conquered europe, barryjohn toured new zealand with the lions. in the country where rugby is the currency, they called barryjohn the king. the lions won the series. in the decisive third test they scored 13 points to win, ten of them to barryjohn. he had the world at his feet. in 1972, aged just 27, he had enough, it become a celebrity he'd had enough — he'd become a celebrity and struggled with the concept and the attention. after his playing career he was paid to speak and write about rugby. he was the rugby player who left the sport wanting more. i don't think they're going to catch him. john has scored! barryjohn, who's died at the age of 79. the grammys take are taking place in los angeles tonight. this year's nominations are dominated by female artists and it is expected to be

a good night for taylor swift — who has no fewer than seven nominations in the song of the year category — a record breaking number. live now to emma vardy in los angeles. the red carpet looks very exciting. we have seen some incredible wardrobe choices. there are a host of awards to get through before you get to the big categories. the next couple of hours, respect to see the likes of taylor swift and lots of big names coming down, and women are really dominating in the big categories this year. virtually every nominee this year as a female artist for the big awards. the exciting and significant for the grammys because it is an award ceremony that has faced accusations of overlooking female artist in the past. of overlooking female artist in the ast. ~ ., , of overlooking female artist in the ast, . ., , , ,

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performance from u2 but a legendary comeback from joni mitchell, the artist now 80 years old, she almost died from a brain aneurysm in 2018, made a remarkable return and had to relearn how to play guitar, and she will be on stage tonight. that will have a lot of affection from everyone. a celebration of female voices tonight across several generations. voices tonight across several generations-— voices tonight across several generations. voices tonight across several uenerations. �* , ., generations. and tell us about the new category. _ generations. and tell us about the new category. the _ generations. and tell us about the new category, the african - generations. and tell us about the new category, the african music i new category, the african music category. new category, the african music cateuo . ., ., , ., category. there are lots of new categories _ category. there are lots of new categories tonight. _ category. there are lots of new categories tonight. a _ category. there are lots of new categories tonight. a number l category. there are lots of new| categories tonight. a number of artists coming up and down, talking about the need for more diversity, to reflect a broad range of music. you can probably only see the headlines but there are some 90 categories that are celebrated. that is why this red carpet is notjust a few minutes, it goes on for about five hours. we few minutes, it goes on for about five hours—

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front, extensive cloud cover, mist and murk, rain and drizzle for western coast and hills, i ken pisi black male, around 12 celsius, cold and northern scotland, just three cell c eventually that front will get kicked to the south so that rain pushing southwards across northern ireland and northern england, with wintry showers following into northern scotland. temperatures will drop close to bruising. further south are exceptionally mild to start tuesday morning, to the south of that weather front. it will be slicing the country into, on tuesday. rain across parts of northern ireland, southern scotland, into northern england, north wales. we may see something wintry mixing ever higher ground as that cold air digs into the north, snow shower scene to low levels across parts of scotland, still mild in the south, of 14. but with a front looks like it will clear south into wednesday, lingering across the channel

islands, and elsewhere spells of sunshine, wintry showers across the northern half of the uk, temperatures lower, forjust about all of us. as we get into thursday, lots of uncertainty about this aspect of the forecast. low pressure expected to spin in from the south—west with their fun pushing northwards into the cold air, it may be that some of us see significant snow. uncertainty about what that might happen. likely to stay mild in the south, colder in the north.

this is bbc news, the headlines... 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. the number of lives lost in chile's deadliest wildfires jumps to 99. more than a thousand homes in the valparaiso region have been destroyed. parisians back the plan to triple parking gusts for suv vehicles. fiftyfive percent of voters approved the pollution control 55% of voters approved the pollution control scheme in the referendum. 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 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.