police are searching the river themes for the body of the suspect in a chemical attack in south london. detectives believe abdul ezedi may be dead after going into the water in west london. and pakistan's army chief calls for unity after the leaders of two rival parties both claim victory in the election. and. .. an explosion of light and colour as china celebrates the lunar new year and welcomes in the year of the dragon. iam i am live in a buzzing london chinatown as people will come in the year of the dragon. hello, i'm azadeh moshiri, welcome to the programme. we begin in gaza, where concern is growing over the shortage of food.

the united nations is warning of looming famine, with half of gaza s population now in a food emergency. people living in isolated areas in the north of gaza, have told the bbc that children are going without food for days, and, that they're using animal feed to make bread. the un says one in four households is facing a catastrophic lack of food, because of renewed fighting and aid convoys being regularly blocked from reaching some areas. staying with the war, a six—year—old girl who went missing 12 days ago after the car she was travelling in came under fire, has been found dead, along with several relatives and two paramedics who tried to save her. hind rajab was fleeing gaza city with her aunt, uncle and three cousins when their car appears to have come under fire from israeli tanks. hind was the last member of the family alive when she made a desperate plea for help to the palestinian red crescent using a mobile phone. our middle east correspondent

lucy williamson sent this report and you may find some of the images distressing. today it was hope that died. long after six—year—old hind rajab died. she survived the gun fire that killed her family as they fled gaza city in the family car. her calls with the emergency services as she hid among the bodies of her relatives in sight of israeli tanks. it sparked a campaign to find her. today, as israeli forces withdrew from the area paramedics went in. they found hind rajab�*s body with those of her relatives in the shattered car. her mother has been waiting for her daughter at a nearby hospital for almost two weeks.

translation: for every i person who heard my voice, my daughter's pleading voice, yet did not rescue her, i will question them before god on the day ofjudgment. benjamin netanyahu, joe biden, and all those who collaborated against us, against gaza and its people, i pray against them from the depths of my heart. near where hind was found, the ambulance car sent to get her, the bodies of its two crew members inside. they were deliberately targeted. although our ambulance had a clear red crescent emblem on them, and we had it clearly on all sides of the ambulance. we asked the israeli army about this but received no response. elsewhere in gaza, israel's

bombardment is intensifying. in the border town of rafah three officers from the hamas run police force were killed in a strike on their car. funerals were held for seven adults and five children. killed in air strikes on their homes. this town, the final refuge for gaza's civilians. the final target in israel's ground war. gaza's health ministry, run by hamas, says the death toll has passed 28,000 thousand. and there's panic growing in the southern city of rafah, where israel is planning a full—blown offensive.

israeli air strikes are already targeting the city. the military says it killed two hamas operatives on saturday, and overnight strikes killed at least 17 people. rafah is overcrowded, with at least 1.4 million palestinians seeking shelter there. on friday, israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu ordered the military to prepare to evacuate people sheltering in the city, ahead of a ground assault on hamas fighters. but with the rest of gaza in ruins, it's not clear where they can go. now, the war is having consequences in the wider region. iraq s foreign minister has told the bbc there is a danger his country could be pushed into conflict. and that's because of the latest deadly tit—for—tat attacks by iranian—backed militias and us forces. in the past week, the united states has carried out a series of air raids that killed 17 iranian—backed militia—men in iraq, as well as a precision drone strike in the capital baghdad, that killed a senior commander. dr fuad hussein spoke to our senior international correspondent, 0rla guerin, and told her he hopes both sides will stop their attacks and leave iraq to be ruled by iraqis.

from the government point of view, from the point of view of the iraqi government, do you want the us troops out? we want to have to start the negotiation. 0n the basis of the negotiation it will be decided. of course, the end of the negotiation must be clear. the majority of the iraqi people, they do not want to have foreign forces on iraqi soil. but is it iraqi government policy now that the troops should go and it is just a question of when? the troops one day must leave. this country, at the end, must be free from having foreign bases. some has been invited, and that is for the american side. some has now been invited.

some has not been invited. going back to the issue of the us strikes that happened, the americans say they were targeting iraqi militia that are pro iranian, that are on your soil, and from your soil they are carrying out attacks on us forces. do you accept that there are militias here that are officially part of your security forces, but in fact are armed and trained by iran, that are carrying out these attacks? those militias, they themselves they are announcing their attacks, and they are also well—known, that they are, or they have connection with the iranian side. this is well—known, i cannot deny it. that's true. as we sit here now, minister, is it the case that your government does not have control over these pro iranian militias, that they are doing their own thing and you cannot stop them? i think if now they see, they will talk with many political leaders.

they started to talk about this. many people, they didn't dare to talk about. this is also a part of the reality in this country, but now we are talking about it, and we are saying to them, stop. people dare to say to those guys, it is enough. i think all of them, they got the message that if they will continue, they will, in the first place, destroy their political process in iraq, and they will push this country into a war, while it is not our war, and also the iranians got that message. how real is that danger that this tit—for—tat between the americans and iranians on iraqi soil could push this country into conflict? that is main problem, to be honest. the tension nowadays between iran and united states is very high. so i hope both sides will stop their attacks on iraqi

soil, and they are not going to solve their problem on iraqi soil. we paid a very big price. it's no secret that the iranian influence here has been growing for years, and many outsiders would say at this point tehran is dictating more of the policies here than baghdad. what would you say to that? no, i'd deny that, this is not true. no influence? no, no, iam not saying no influence, but dictating policy in baghdad is not true. are you worried about the degree of iranian influence here? i am worried about the degree of all influence surrounding us, not only iranian. iraqis must taking the decision. the decision about iraq must be taken in baghdad, and it must be taken by the iraqis in baghdad. polive have been searching

the river thames for a man suspected of throwing a corrosive substance at his ex—partner and her two daughters here in london. they believe abdul shokoor ezedi went into the water in the hours after the attack, ten days ago. a police boat has been seen circling between chelsea and vauxhall bridges. 0ur correspondent, charlie rose, sent us this update from the scene of the search. police started searching this section of the river thames at nine o'clock this morning, basically to take advantage of the low tide. this is the last confirmed sighting of him on chelsea bridge, four hours after the mother and her two young daughters were dosed with a corrosive alkaline substance and clapping. the cctv footage shows him leaning over the bridge before he disappears from view. he was never seen leaving the area. police

started searching for their suspect in the river here earlier this morning, taking advantage of the low tide but they say despite their best efforts, the border —— the body of abdul is a day may never be found. in a large—scale manhunt, police tracked his movements from newcastle and across london, following the 35—year—old here close to the river. 0fficers believe this is where their suspect made his ends. the officers believe this is where their suspect made his ends. the experts from the oceanography _ suspect made his ends. the experts from the oceanography department| from the oceanography department supporting us would indicate that it may be _ supporting us would indicate that it may be some time if somebody has got in the _ may be some time if somebody has got in the water_ may be some time if somebody has got in the water at this time of year, for a _ in the water at this time of year, for a person— in the water at this time of year, for a person to surface.- for a person to surface. earlier olice for a person to surface. earlier police said _ for a person to surface. earlier police said they _ for a person to surface. earlier police said they believed - for a person to surface. earlier police said they believed he i for a person to surface. earlier. police said they believed he was being helped by others to evade capture. 0fficers being helped by others to evade capture. officers have been targeting his associates and arrested one man on suspicion of assisting an offender, he was later bailed. detectives are now directing their resources to confirm their

latest theory that he is somewhere in this river. charlie rose, bbc news. pakistan's powerful army chief has called for unity after two former prime ministers claimed victory in thursday's election. tensions are high as the country waits for the final results to be announced. but candidates backed byjailed party leader, imran khan, appear to have won the most seats and say they're now trying to form a government. his pti party was barred from running by the electoral commission, forcing its candidates to run as independents. the party says it will hold peaceful protests on sunday, if complete results aren't released by saturday night. the rival pakistan muslim league — led by nawaz sharif — has also claimed victory and says it has begun talks with others about forming a unity government. from lahore, our pakistan correspondent caroline davies has more. the final results in pakistan's general election are now starting to come in. and it seems pretty clear

that imran khan's backed candidates are in the lead, followed by mr nawaz sharif�*s party's, the pmln's, candidates. they have the second largest number of seats. it is not clear at the moment who is going to form a government, but we are starting to see international reaction about this vote. we have heard from the eu who have said they note a lack of a level playing field. from the us, who said there were undue restrictions and from the uk who expressed concerns about the fairness of this election. today, we have now heard from the foreign office here in pakistan. they have said they are surprised by the negative tone of some of these international statements, which would neither take into account the complexity of the electioral process, they say, nor acknowledge the free and enthusiastic exercise of the right to vote by tens of millions of pakistanis. that is quite a firm push back against some of these comments that we have started to hear internationally as well. we have also heard from the chief of the army staff here in pakistan. the army is an incredibly powerful and politically powerful organisation here in pakistan. the army chief has said that

pakistan's diverse pluralism will be well represented by unified government of all democratic forces. now, that suggests that he is encouraging there to be some form of coalition government that will happen here in pakistan. we understand that there will be a lot of negotiations that will be going on behind the scenes, but, at the moment, it still not clear who will be governing the country. an investigation has been launched after the death of a woman — who was found unconscious in an a&e waiting room in nottingham. the woman was found in a chair underneath her coat on 19th january at queen's medical centre. it's thought the 39—year—old — who had been triaged on arrival — had been waiting more than seven hours to be seen by a doctor. she died of a brain haemorrhage two days later. hungary's first female president, katalin novak, has resigned amid outrage over her decision to pardon a man convicted

of covering up child sexual abuse. ms novak, a close ally of the nationalist prime minister, viktor 0rban, stepped down live on national television. nick thorpe is in budapest and has been following this story... i think this was completely unexpected and very shocking for most hungarians. i think they will be hearing this news and it becomes a bolt from the blue. she has been under pressure in previous days, it is a very embarrassing case involving pete 0phelia. she actually granted an amnesty, she dismissed the case against person who is not convicted himself but had covered up for his boss who was the head of an orphanage and who was convicted and sent to jailfor orphanage and who was convicted and sent to jail for that particular crime. just in the last few days, the details of her pardon for 25

people, it happened more than a year ago, at the time of the pope's visit to hungary but only last week by the names made public. because she is president and formally as the minister in charge of family affairs and this government made the traditionalfamily and this government made the traditional family policy is a cornerstone of its politics, this has been deeply embarrassing and deeply confusing for voters for the governing party, deeply embarrassing for the prime minister. there have been small opposition demonstrations against her but her reputation might resignation has been completely unexpected. a russian drone strike has hit a fuel depot in the ukrainian city of kharkiv, killing seven people, according to regional officials. the attack caused a huge fire, which spread to nearby homes and cars. the governor says three of the dead were young children, killed alongside their parents. at least fifty people were rescued

in kharkiv which has been targeted more frequently by russian forces in recent weeks. 0ur correspondent — sarah rainsford — has the authorities are trying to clarify exactly what was targeted and what was hit. they originally said it was a petrol station. we now understand that it was an oil depot, so we are trying to get more clarity on exactly that detail. but certainly what we know is what it caused, and it caused a huge fire that spread down a residential street, 15 houses were destroyed by fire and a number of people were killed. as you mentioned, that included some children. seven people were killed, three of them were children in one family. according to local authorities there, that is a child of seven, a child of four end a baby of six month, all of them boys. now as we have got details from the authorities there, they have described fuel mixing, diesel and petrol mixing, and the local head of police there has called it a hellish lava that then flooded down the street, catching fire and causing such devastation and such loss of life. these children are all from one family, they all died in their own home as they were trying to escape from the fire. so it was caused by a russian drone, we do know from kharkiv that it is so close to the russian

border, it is very difficult there for air defence systems to shoot down drones, to shoot down missiles. they come in very quickly, and the danger is very real for families, for civilians living in that area. el salvador�*s supreme electoral tribunal has confirmed the landslide re—election of president nayib bukele last sunday — with nearly 83 percent of the vote, after completing the final tally of the poll results. mr bukele's victory has been widely attributed to his "war" on gangs — which has seen more than one percent of the population arrested — and is credited with slashing homicide rates. with more on this — william marquez,

we just confirmed bukele's claim of an overwhelming victory. he has stated that with this result el salvador has broken all records of all democracies, everywhere in the history of the world, which is an outrageous claim and somewhat over top but he did almost double the votes he got when he was first elected in 2019. and according to that it elected in 2019. and according to thatitis elected in 2019. and according to that it is the largest amount of votes gained by an elected president in el salvador although some political institutions and international observers have reported serious irregularities during the voting process and the lack of transparency. brazil has become the first country to provide a new vaccine against dengue fever

through its public health system. 53 people have died from the mosquito—borne disease in the current outbreak. produced injapan, the new vaccine will initially be given only to children aged ten and eleven. dengue can cause haemorrhagic fever, but most cases are mild. celebrations have been taking place around the world to mark the lunar new year and welcome in the year of the dragon. this was the display in beijing — marking the start of 15 days of events to ring in the new year. the dragon is one of the most revered signs of the chinese zodiac, and so this year is particularly important to the region. famous landmarks around the world have been lit up in red — from japan's tokyo tower to the empire state building in new york. 0ur reporter meghan 0wen is in london's chinatown. it looks very festive. what is going on over there?—

on over there? yes, it is really bus in on over there? yes, it is really busy in chinatown _ on over there? yes, it is really busy in chinatown today. - on over there? yes, it is really busy in chinatown today. it - on over there? yes, it is really| busy in chinatown today. it has on over there? yes, it is really - busy in chinatown today. it has been difficult to find a spot, there are loads of people and i am hearing from businesses it is the busiest lunar new year they have seen. it is the year of drop —— of the dragon, the year of drop —— of the dragon, the year of change and it has been very lively. we have had musical performances, dragon displays but we have not seen one yet, we have heard firecrackers. lots of crowds. i bumped into this lovely bunch, you all look amazing and you are king's couege all look amazing and you are king's college students with your first lunar new year in london, it does that feel? it lunar new year in london, it does that feel? , ., ., lunar new year in london, it does that feel? , . ., ., , that feel? it feels amazing and is the first time _ that feel? it feels amazing and is the first time i _ that feel? it feels amazing and is the first time i celebrate - that feel? it feels amazing and is the first time i celebrate the - that feel? it feels amazing and is| the first time i celebrate the new year in_ the first time i celebrate the new year in london— the first time i celebrate the new year in london and _ the first time i celebrate the new year in london and without - the first time i celebrate the new year in london and without my. the first time i celebrate the new- year in london and without my family and with_ year in london and without my family and with my— year in london and without my family and with my friends. _ year in london and without my family and with my friends. iiiilt�*hfait— year in london and without my family and with my friends.— and with my friends. what you make of it, aood and with my friends. what you make of it, good atmosphere _ and with my friends. what you make of it, good atmosphere so _ and with my friends. what you make of it, good atmosphere so far? - and with my friends. what you make of it, good atmosphere so far? yes, | of it, good atmosphere so far? yes, it is a good —

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would be difficult, he would - formation in 12 years. yes, that i would be difficult, he would have formation in 12 years. yes, that. would be difficult, he would have a big gap between children. for a for a year of the dragon, what is it like, really optimistic? i lived in beijing for eight years, including one which was 2012. i would not say that it one which was 2012. i would not say thatitis one which was 2012. i would not say that it is optimistic. it is an auspicious year so that volatile, take care of changing different things, not necessarily all good it implies that is big news but definitely, china's as traditionally celebrated with dragons on the streets and so on. things in, that makes dragon bigger at this year. wonderful, we have the pictures speaking. thank you so much. johnson speaking. thank you so much. johnson speaking to us. stay with us, the headlines are coming up. good evening. it's certainly been a challenging week of weather, hasn't it, with snow or rain and some of that rain producing some localized flooding. so it was a refreshing start to the weekend, quieter

with some sunny spells. that was oxford and here was the lake districtjust a few hours ago, a few scattered showers producing some beautiful rainbow pictures, but all in all, relatively quiet. and it could be a similar story for sunday. we've got to get rid of this nuisance rain that's pushing up through the east of the pennines into eastern scotland overnight. that'll be their first thing. some clearer skies, some early morning sunshine the further west you are. and then as we go through the afternoon, a brisk westerly breeze will drive in a few scattered showers and these will push inland. so it's another day of sunny spells and scattered showers for many and temperatures around 7 to 11 degrees. we're starting to lose that really bitterly cold air now in scotland. there's more rain to come, though, as we look through the week ahead. the heaviest of the rain into the east to begin with. but then out to the west, we are likely to see a further 50 millimetres of rainfall perhaps in western scotland, wales and south west england. so. more unsettled story to come. low pressure never too far away. and into monday, that low pressure

will be sent into the north west, a weak weather front producing more cloud ahead of it. the showers out to the northwest will be frequent across northern ireland, northwest scotland, and there'll be some snow to the tops of the mountains. once again, england and wales dry with sunshine around. and again, those temperatures generally between six and ten degrees. now, as we move out of monday into tuesday, again, it'll be a relatively quiet start with this little ridge of high pressure, but all eyes down to the southwest as this next weather front will bring some rain slowly but surely into southwest, england, wales and gradually across channel coast towards the midlands by the end of the day. so the best of the drier weather will be northeast england and into scotland i suspect, on tuesday. and again, those temperatures pretty similar, seven to 11 degrees now. south—westerly wind is going to continue to take over. that'll drive in more wetter weather potentially through wednesday and thursday and with tightly packed, i suppose, ——isobars, the breeze picking up. but with that south—westerly flow, it will drive in milder aironce again. so milder still we could see

temperatures into the mid—teens by the middle part of the week for some. hopefully indications are something a little quieter into next weekend.

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