welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore. i'm steve lai. the headlines: the united states says air strikes against iranian—backed militias in the middle east have been effective, but officials insist more attacks are needed. as pakistan prepares to go to the polls this week, opposition parties turn to technology to get their message out to the voters. the grammy awards are getting under way. they are set to be dominated this year by female artists. facebook marks its 20th anniversary.— facebook marks its 20th anniversary. live from our studio in _

anniversary. live from our studio in singapore, - anniversary. live from our studio in singapore, this. anniversary. live from our| studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it's newsday. the us says there will be more attacks against houthi forces in yemen after overnight american and uk air strikes, which hit more than 30 positions. the houthis, who are backed by iran, have been targetting vessels in the red sea since november. they say this is in support of the palestinians in gaza. they are one of several militias in the middle east with iranian backing. the us targeted others in syria and iraq earlier this weekend, and there have been funerals today in baghdad after 17 people were killed. 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. raf jets rafjets took off from the british base in cyprus bought

the long flights to hit houthi targets in yemen. other western allies, also affected by the houthi attacks on shipping, decided not tojoin houthi attacks on shipping, decided not to join the american airstrikes. britain said these rates do not escalate a widening war in the middle east. others in the middle east. others in the middle east. others in the middle east and beyond 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 last latest airstrikes in iraq and syria aimed at forcing iran to rein in its proxies and allies. in yemen, the houthis celebrating hamas hostagetaking have said that their attacks. when the war in gaza does. in gaza, most people don't get the chance to queue for food. people don't get the chance to queue forfood. aid people don't 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 all sides need a ceasefire. a pause oran 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, and so do the families of the israeli hostages held by hamas. their pictures are everywhere in the square in tel aviv where they have a 24/7 protest. there is an installation representing the tunnels under gaza where the tunnels under gaza where the hostages are held. israelis were told only destroying hamas would get them back, but their army has not managed that yet, so families are demanding a ceasefire. here in tel aviv, and 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. jeremy bowen, bbc news, tel aviv. us secretary of state antony blinken is heading for saudi arabia. he'll then travel to egypt, qatar, israel and the occupied west bank. mr blinken will focus on efforts to agree a truce between israel and hamas that would allow aid into gaza strip and help secure the release of israeli hostages. meanwhile, mediators are awaiting the response of hamas — a group designated as terrorist by the us and the uk governments — to a proposalfor a "pause" in flighting in the gaza strip. during the negotiations, key players the us, israel, qatar and egypt use complex channels to reach agreement between the two sides. randa slim, is a senior fellow and director of the conflict resolution and track ii dialogues program at the middle east institute in washington. i spoke with her earlier. there have been a number of

proposals until recently about how to start this pause in the fighting, and finally they have come together around one proposal. it is a framework proposal. it is a framework proposal based on what are the principles to underpin this agreement, and the pause could go anywhere from 45 days to 60 days, as it is being talked about. and now they are awaiting the response from hamas. the israeli war cabinet has agreed to this framework proposal. hamas, there is still disagreement i think among the leadership, those based in the inside versus those based on the outside about whether they should seek a temporary halt in the fighting or whether they should go for a permanent ceasefire, which israel would not agree to. once they have the 0k not agree to. once they have the ok from hamas, qatar seems positive that they will get it eventually from the hamas, then

they can proceed into irony at they can proceed into irony at the details and the devil lies in the details, but most sides i think, israel and in the details, but most sides ithink, israeland hamas, are at a stage where they need a temporary cessation of hostilities, release of hostages, release of palestinian prisoners and more importantly increase humanitarian assistance that goes into gaza.— humanitarian assistance that goes into gaza. and 'ust remind us quickly * goes into gaza. and 'ust remind us quickly theh goes into gaza. and 'ust remind us quickly the role _ goes into gaza. and just remind us quickly the role that - goes into gaza. and just remind us quickly the role that qatar i us quickly the role that qatar and egypt play here?- and egypt play here? both of them have — and egypt play here? both of them have good _ and egypt play here? both of them have good relations - and egypt play here? both ofl them have good relations with hamas. both of them have good relations with israel. the two parties to this conflict. especially the intelligence services have good relationships with hamas based inside gaza but qataris, because the political office of hamas is in gaza, they have good relationships with the external leaders but both parties have good relationships with leadership in israel and

especially the intelligent leadership in israel. let's take a look at some of the stories in the headlines in the uk. fires in chile have now killed 99 people. emergencies services want this may rise. more than 1000 homes have been destroyed. the forest fires are thought to be the deadliest ever recorded in chile. officials in california have issued evacuation orders ahead of a potentially major storm. forecasters warned of hurricane level winds and potentially deadly floods near santa barbara and los angeles. some schools have cancelled classes. it is the second time california has been hit by torrential rain and high winds. the kenyan government say the number of people who died in a gas explosion in nairobi on thursday has risen to fix. —— six. gas canisters blew up on

monday night in a densely populated area of the city, causing several fires. pakistan is heading 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. they have alleged there is a campaign of intimidation, abduction and harassment against them. the authorities have denied it. our 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 injail. 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 davies, bbc news, multan. in el salvador the winner has been called. the official results have yet to be announced. the campaign has been dominated by the president's war on gangs. he is 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. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. bbc news— bringing you different stories from across the uk. it isa it is a feat of engineering. 14,000 tons of steel at seven years in the planning. iii awaited river crossing. today, hundreds gather for the grand opening. we hundreds gather for the grand o..enin_. , hundreds gather for the grand oeninu. , ,, hundreds gather for the grand o-aenin.~ , , ,, , opening. we pray you bless this brid . e opening. we pray you bless this bridge and _ opening. we pray you bless this bridge and all— opening. we pray you bless this bridge and all who _ opening. we pray you bless this bridge and all who pass - opening. we pray you bless this bridge and all who pass over - opening. we pray you bless this bridge and all who pass over it i bridge and all who pass over it and those who sail through it. backin and those who sail through it. back in 1930 3,000 turned out for the opening of the haven bridge by the prince of wales. in the crowds, jenna brown who at the sprightly age of 105 was guest of honour at today's opening. i guest of honour at today's opening-— guest of honour at today's o-uenin. . ,. . guest of honour at today's oneninu. . ,. . opening. i was at school and we were all lined _ opening. i was at school and we were all lined up, _ opening. i was at school and we were all lined up, the _ were all lined up, the children, and crowds of people and the then prince of wales opened it. yes...— opened it. yes... here you aren't now _ opened it. yes... here you aren't now at _

opened it. yes... here you aren't now at iii _ opened it. yes... here you aren't now at iii river - aren't now at iii river crossing, seeing that open too. it is a wonderful thing, what they have done. for it is a wonderful thing, what they have done.— they have done. for more stories from _ they have done. for more stories from across - they have done. for more stories from across the i they have done. for more i stories from across the uk, head to the bbc news website. you're live with bbc news. indonesia's general election enters the final 10—day stretch ahead of the february 14th vote following the fifth and final debate between the three presidential candidates on sunday, with online attacks seen as a threat to the process. the polls will elect a new president and parliament. however, if no presidential candidate crosses the 50% threshold for an outright victory, a run—off vote will follow between the top two candidates. earlier, i spoke to jati savitri sekargati, a doctoral candidate and researcher on media and journalism at glasgow caledonian university. she told me about the increase in hate speech ahead of the election. so, might research last year during june and july was

actually part of the greater internet freedom project. i monitored harmful content on social media and i found at least 60 instances of hate speech and 45 of them had political overtones targeting presidential candidates, even before they were named as presidential candidate by the indonesian election commission and i can give you some examples. the first presidential candidate, anies baswedan, was mentioned on x, previously twitter, with a # that in english means "a lying governor" and there is a post, a one minute video of him with muslim religious leaders and we know in the 2017 election, anies was backed by an islamic defender and the second candidate, prabowo subianto was

also on x with the # "a liar" and in english "a dangerous man." it and in english "a dangerous man." , ., , . man." it is not 'ust hate speechh man." it is not 'ust hate speech but h man." it is not 'ust hate speech but a h man." it is notjust hate speech but a concern i man." it is notjust hate i speech but a concern that man." it is notjust hate - speech but a concern that there is deepfake's and that is hard to believe, isn't it?— to believe, isn't it? yes, it is getting _ to believe, isn't it? yes, it is getting complicated i to believe, isn't it? yes, it is getting complicated to l to believe, isn't it? yes, it. is getting complicated to be recognised as we need to report it instantly to the social media platform because each social media platform has an internal feature that we can report everything that is against their community guidelines. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines. the daughter of a woman who died after being attacked by two dogs in essex has told the bbc that she believed they were the banned xl bully breed. esther martin, who was 68, died at the scene of the attack near clacton—on—sea on saturday. police say they're working to identify the breeds of the dogs. a 39—year—old man has been arrested on suspicion of dangerous dog offences. police have charged a sixth person in connection with the murders of two

teenagers in bristol. —— fourth person the 17—year—old, who can't be named for legal reasons, will appear before magistrates tomorrow. mason rist, who was 15, and 16—year—old max dixon died in hospital after being attacked in the knowle west area just over a week ago. police in london say the suspect in a chemical attack on wednesday, used a "very strong concentrated "corrosive substance" against a mother and her daughters. police are offering a reward of up to 20,000 for information leading to his arrest. abdul shokoor ezedi was last seen leaving tower hill tube station on wednesday night, hours after the attack. a 31—year—old woman suffered potentially life—changing the grammy awards, celebrating the best of the music industry, are taking place tonight. stars including taylor swift, olivia rodrigo, miley cyrus and lana del rey have multiple nominations. our los angeles correspondent emma vardy is on the red carpet.

women in pop having an excellent year, dominating most of the categories of music's biggest night. it is hard to imagine a more successful 12 months for taylor swift after her record—breaking tour and she is favourite to win song of the year. it makes her the most—nominated songwriter ever in the category. but she faces tough competition, with olivia rodrigo, miley cyrus and sza also battling it out for record of the year. 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. it's a night set to be a celebration of female voices. well, beyonce always says "who runs the world, girls." facebook is marking its twentieth 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 has triggered many concerns. 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, 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 theirfriends. 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. next to a remarkable story of grit and perseverance from the year of sport. a unique feat has been achieved in the australian open recently becoming the oldest grand slam winner and reaching the breaking of world number three when many players had to retirement. he has returned to a heroes welcome in india and meeting the prime minister narendra modi. he spoke exclusively to the bbc where he spoke about the recognition and success he has been waiting 20 years for. i success he has been waiting 20 ears for. ., years for. i feel over the ears years for. i feel over the years of _ years for. i feel over the years of trying _ years for. i feel over the years of trying to - years for. i feel over the | years of trying to achieve years for. i feel over the i years of trying to achieve this dream, trying to get to the number one ranking, 2013i got my highest ranking which was number three. 11 years after that, who would have thought

that. sometimes your career ends. in 2013i that. sometimes your career ends. in 20131 was 33 years old and now i am about to turn 44 in march. i was telling my coach it is good to have won it and also become the number one ranked player of the world because a combination of finishing number one and may be losing a grand slam final, i don't know how sweet that would have been and this is just — absolutely feels wonderful to be on top of the world. you have had — be on top of the world. you have had a _ be on top of the world. you have had a lot _ be on top of the world. you have had a lot of _ be on top of the world. you have had a lot of heartbreak moments in your career, johann. we finally had this victory after some 61 attempts. i think after some 61 attempts. i think a lot of people would really want to know how you dealt with those lows and how you built the resiliency over many years. i think it starts from a young age. tennis is a great teacher of a way where you constantly

try and find solutions, you go through a lot of failures. i think the majority of the players have more losses than wins in their career but when you change limitations to opportunities it brings in a new perspective. i was always told that the age of 20 this had to happen, at the age of 30 you need to have achieved so much, your ranking should be so much, your ranking should be so much in terms of tennis wires. want to get to 35, oh, it is kind of the end of the road but when you change that and look at opportunities are not really look at that as a limitation and you look at it in a new perspective and a new angle, i think it really makes a tremendous difference. what are ou tremendous difference. what are you looking _ tremendous difference. what are you looking forward _ tremendous difference. what are you looking forward to _ tremendous difference. what are you looking forward to now? i you looking forward to now? tennis has proven, after 22 years, these four days and a weekend change anything. so, i think the olympics is very much in the agenda. i would love to win a medal. there is no question on it. last year we came class. last year we went

to the champion cup game. back in the day when i was growing up, when i was in school, my parents used to watch tennis and also when we were watching my dad would send me to the tennis because he wanted the right angle to watch wimbledon. it had some great connections so if i can win that can be an absolute dream. innate so if i can win that can be an absolute dream.— absolute dream. we will be watching — absolute dream. we will be watching how _ absolute dream. we will be watching how he _ absolute dream. we will be watching how he gets i absolute dream. we will be watching how he gets on i absolute dream. we will be watching how he gets on in| watching how he gets on in wimbledon for staying with the sport. lionel messi was booed in hong kong after he sat out inter miami's preseason 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. they went too badly missed on the pitch. fans who'd paid up to $600 for a ticket weren't happy

when messi stayed on the bench. inter miami head coach gerardo tata martino had this to say after the game. translation: well, first. and foremost, we feel really flattered by the way we've been treated in hong kong for the past few days. the truth is, everyone has shown us lots of affection. secondly, we understand the disappointment from the crowd because lionel messi and luis suarez were absent from the game. this decision was made based on advice from the medical team, as we were running the risk of aggravating their injuries and that's why they couldn't be part of this game. there is more on the story on bbc .com. a speech by david beckham was drowned out by the

booing. that's all for now. hello. there is a change on the way. this week we will see colder weather pushing down from the north, but that change to colder conditions will not be quick. and it won't be straightforward either. as that cold air pushes erratically southwards, we will see some rain. some of us may well see some snow at the moment. most places are in this mild air, cold air across the north of scotland and along the boundary between these two air masses where we have a weather fronts. and this will continue to bring some heavy and persistent rain across the north and the west of scotland. the met office still has this yellow warning in force. by the time all is said and done, we may well have seen up to 170 millimetres of rain falling in the wettest locations, some snow mixing in on the northern edge of our weather front as it engages some colder air. to the south of our weather front well, extensive cloud cover, some mist and murk,

some spots of rain and drizzle, particularly for western coast and hills. again, it will be breezy, but miles, 12, 13 degrees cold in northern scotland, just three there in lerwick. now, as we move through monday night, eventually that front will get a kick southwards. so that rain pushing southwards across scotland into northern ireland and northern england. some wintry showers following into northern scotland. temperatures here will drop close to freezing further south, exceptionally mild to start tuesday morning to the south of our wriggling a weather front. that fronts will be slicing the country in two, really, on tuesday. some rain across parts of northern ireland, the far south of scotland, into northern england, north wales. we may see something wintry mixing in over higher ground as that colder air digs in from the north. certainly some snow in the showers, even to quite low levels across parts of scotland. still for the time being, very mild in the south, highs of 14 degrees. but that weather front looks like it will clear southwards

into wednesday, maybe lingering across the channel islands, but elsewhere some spells of sunshine, some wintry showers across the northern half of the uk and temperatures lower for just about all of us. and then as we get into thursday, a lot of uncertainty about this aspect of the forecast. low pressure expected to spin in from the southwest as this front pushes northwards into the cold air it may be that some of us see some quite significant snow. a lot of uncertainty about exactly where that might happen. it's likely to stay mild in the south, colder in the north.

chinese authorities pledged to stabilise stocks as the latest government support measures failed to prop up investor confidence. plus a game changer for small businesses. how artificial intelligence help them save time and money. welcome to asia business report. we begin in china where over the weekend, authorities have vowed to stabilise markets. it comes after another volatile session on friday that saw shares dropping to their lowest level in five years. a series of government support measures have failed to prop up stocks. china's blue—chip csi 300 index tumbled three points that make 6.3% last month as

authorities struggle to boost