a corrosive substance over a mother and her daughters in south london more than a week ago. and an explosion of light and colour as china celebrates the lunar new year, welcoming in the year of the dragon. hello, this is bbc news. 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 they're using animalfeed 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.

mahmoud shalabi from medical aid for palestinians says the situation is dire. when it comes to the flour, people are actually using animal feed. however, even in the animal feed is starting to get scarce in the market and people are not finding it. when it comes to canned food, there is nothing left in the market. literally. and what we had was actually from the six to seven days of truce that we had at the beginning of this war. and whatever aid was allowed into gaza and in the north of gaza has actually been consumed by now. a six—year—old girl who went missing 12 days ago in gaza city after the car she was in came under fire has been found dead, along with several relatives and two paramedics who tried to save her. hind rajab was fleeing the 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, which you may find upsetting. today, it was hope that died. long after six—year—old hind was killed. she survived the gunfire that killed her uncle, aunt and cousins 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 sparked a campaign to find her. today as israeli forces withdrew from the area paramedics went in. they found hind'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. this translation: for every person i who heard my voice, my daughter's pleading voice, yet did not rescue her, i will question them before god on the day ofjudgment. netanyahu, 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 that was sent to get her. the bodies of its two crew members inside. they were deliberately targeted. although our ambulance have very clearly the red crescent emblem on top of our ambulances, and we had it clearly also 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 southern 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 overnight air strikes on their homes. this town, the final refuge for gaza's civilians. the final target in israel's ground war. police 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. the injured woman is in a critical but stable condition in hospital, and is still not able to talk to police. our correspondent charlie rose has this report. searching the thames for the body of abdul shokoor ezedi, the suspect in the chemical attack in south london. this is the last confirmed sighting of him on chelsea bridge at 11:30 at night, four hours after a mother and her two young daughters were doused with a corrosive alkaline substance in clapham. the cctv footage shows ezedi leaning over the bridge before he disappears from view. he was never seen leaving the area. well, police started searching for their suspect in the river here a little earlier this morning, taking advantage of the low tide. but they say despite their best efforts, the body of abdul shokoor ezedi 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. officers believe this is where their suspect met his end. the experts from the oceanography departments that are supporting us would indicate that it may be some time, if someone has gone in the water at this time of year, for a person to surface. earlier, police said they believed ezedi was 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 abdul shokoor ezedi is somewhere in this river. charlie rose, bbc news. staying in the uk, and an investigation has been launched after the death of a woman who was found unconscious in an emergency waiting room in nottingham.

the woman was found in a chair underneath her coat onjanuary 19th 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. iraq's foreign minister has told the bbc there is a danger his country could be pushed into conflict 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, orla 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. on 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.

hungary's first female president, katalin novak, has resigned amid outrage over her decision to pardon a man convicted of covering up the sexual abuse of children. ms novak, a close ally of the nationalist prime minister, viktor orban, stepped down live on national television. another leading female politician from the governing fidesz party, judit varga, has also announced her resignation as an mp over her role in the case. 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 really and truly it comes as a bolt from the blue. she has been under pressure in previous days, it is a very embarrassing case involving paedophilia. she actually granted an amnesty, she dismissed the case against a person who was not convicted himself of paediphilia but had covered up for his boss

who was the head of an 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, the pardon happened more than a year ago, at the time of the pope's visit to hungary but only last week were the names made public. because she as president and formerly as the minister in charge of family affairs 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, fidesz, deeply embarrassing for the prime minister. there have been small opposition demonstrations against her but her reputation might resignation has been completely unexpected. myanmar�*s military rulers have announced that all young men and women will have to serve at least two years in the army. the decision to enforce

a compulsory military service law introduced in 2010, was announced on state television. the military — which seized power in a coup three years ago — has been struggling to contain a series of insurgencies. in recent months, it's been defeated in battles with ethnic militias and anti—coup fighters. pakistan's powerful army chief has called for unity after two former prime ministers claimed victory in thursday's election. the final results still haven't been 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 has threatened to hold peaceful protests on sunday, if complete results haven't been released. 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. now it's time for a look at today's sport with lizzie. round two of the six nations has produced some very close games so far... at twickenham, england overturned another half—time deficit to edge past a young wales side. as in rome a week ago, england trailed at the break but a late try from fraser dingwall got them close before george ford kicked a late penalty to give them a 16—14 victory and take england top of the table with two wins from two. that was a proper test match, in terms of it coming down to five margins, the ball was in play for a long period of time and we rode it out with 13 men to a certain degree and we are really pleased with our work. we knew we had to keep going

with our england way, we have been speaking about our identity as a teen, i think we keep building that and keep building that, and we are really pleased. earlier, scotland couldn't hold—on at home to france. leading for most of the game in murrayfield, scotland succombed late on when france scored a try to go 17—16 in front. scotland could have still won it in the last minute, but what they thought was a try was disallowed by the tmo and france went on to win the game 20—16. tournament favourites ireland play italy tomorrow. it is probably the eight minutes of whatever after the match and it was emotional to everybody in the stadium. we are celebrating the box because we can hear the tmo saying the ball was on the ground, we can see the ball was on the ground, so obviously it was a huge disappointment that that tribe was not awarded at the end. jude bellingham scored twice as real madrid won the top of the table clash agianst girona,

hammering them 4—0. that takes the england midfielder to 20 goals in all competions since joining the spanish side last year. real are now five points clear at the top of la liga. in germany, bayer leverkusen comfortably won the much anticipated top of the tabel clash with bayern munich. josip stanicic, who's on loan from bayern, opened the scoring. and then second—half goals from alex grimaldo and jeremy frimpong made it 3—0 to take leverkusen five points clear as they chase a first ever league title. liverpool stay top of the premier league after beating strugglers burnley 3—1 at home. there was a club record league crowd at anfield of nearly 60,000 but it wasn't entirely straightforward for liverpool despite the scoreline. their goals from diogojota, luis diaz and darwin nunez. we did really well, it was just a difficult one. people think we go here through with no real effort,

that was never possible, and so, yeah, at that afternoon. it is not clicking immediately, fight through it, and it is what the boys did. it was a really tough situation. manchester city are still hard at liverpool's heels though, as their impressive winning run continues — this time 2—0 against everton. erling haaland scored both goals, his first since november after returning from a foot injury. everton remain in the relegtion zone while city are two points behind liverpool in second with a game in hand. elsewhere, fulham beat bournemouth. there was a huge win for bottom side sheffield united over luton. tottenham grabbed a very late win at home to brighton, their winnerfrom brennanjohnson in the 96th minute. ivan toney was on the scoresheet again for brentford who beat wolves at home. and newcastle won 3—2 at nottingham forest. a hat trick of penalties from akram afif gave qatar their second asian cup title in a row,

beating 3—1 jordan in the final. the holders were also the hosts... afif gave qatar the lead from the spot in the first half — celebrating with a little sleight of hand. but they were pegged back in the second half, yazan al—naimat equalising. afif then stepped up again to hand qatar the lead for the second time before completing a rare hat—trick in stoppage time. qatar are the first side to successfully defend the asian cup since japan in 200a. and that's all the sport for now. ukrainian officials say a russian drone attack has killed at least seven people in the city of kharkiv. three of the dead are a baby and two young children — killed along with their parents. the drones are thought to have hit an oil depot —— to have hit an oil depot with diesel and petrol mixing to create what a local police chief described as a �*hellish lava'. the resulting fire flooded a residential street, setting fire to homes and cars. brazil has become the first

country to provide a new vaccine against dengue fever through its public health system. the country has suffered a sharp rise in cases of the mosquito—borne disease. 53 people have died in the current outbreak. produced injapan, the new vaccine will initially be given only to children aged ten and 11. 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. our reporter meghan owen is in london's chinatown. what are the celebrations like where you are? megan, thank you forjoining us,

describe the sensation over there? it is absolutely packed, it is quite difficult to walk through the streets without getting stuck, to be honest, it is really energetic. i have been speaking to businesses who saved this lunar new year is the busiest they had seen chinatown in london ever. we have seen really amazing sights today, we have seen lots of people throwing firecrackers, we have seen chinese dragons wandering past, and we have seen some pretty amazing outfits. i spoke to some students earlier who were spending lunar new year in london for the first time but i also spoke to someone who made an extra effort with her costume. can you tell me about the costume? basically, it is my friend's costume, my friend is a drag queen and it_ costume, my friend is a drag queen and it is_ costume, my friend is a drag queen and it is basically, i'm not sure of the english — and it is basically, i'm not sure of the english word, it is a traditional chinese dress. this is

kind of— traditional chinese dress. this is kind of like — traditional chinese dress. this is kind of like a tribal kind of way of expressing — kind of like a tribal kind of way of expressing like a chinese dragon and it is the _ expressing like a chinese dragon and it is the character of the dragon. not the — it is the character of the dragon. not the simplified chinese. this is the chinese dragon year so we have to celebrate it. find the chinese dragon year so we have to celebrate it.— to celebrate it. and what does this ear to celebrate it. and what does this year mean — to celebrate it. and what does this year mean for _ to celebrate it. and what does this year mean for you? _ to celebrate it. and what does this year mean for you? what - to celebrate it. and what does this year mean for you? what does - to celebrate it. and what does this year mean for you? what does a i to celebrate it. and what does this i year mean for you? what does a year ofthe year mean for you? what does a year of the dragon — year mean for you? what does a year of the dragon men? _ year mean for you? what does a year of the dragon men? i _ year mean for you? what does a year of the dragon men? i was _ year mean for you? what does a year of the dragon men? i was born - year mean for you? what does a year of the dragon men? i was born in - of the dragon men? i was born in 2000 _ of the dragon men? i was born in 2000 seven china we have the tradition— 2000 seven china we have the tradition of this is the year of use — tradition of this is the year of use. �* , ., ., , ., ., tradition of this is the year of use. �* , ., ., ., , use. and the year of the dragon is particularly _ use. and the year of the dragon is particularly interesting, _ use. and the year of the dragon is particularly interesting, it - use. and the year of the dragon is particularly interesting, it means. particularly interesting, it means change but it also means that people born in this year are said to be intelligent and to make wise decisions. and also it is the only animal in the chinese zodiac that actually isn't real and has been part of chinese folklore for decades, generations, and an interesting one, and of course it is ready packed in london this evening and it will be this weekend, there is going to be a parade tomorrow in trafalgar square which is set to be, i'm told, the biggest parade in

europe for the lunar new year but of course we have seen buildings lighting up across the world in sydney, at the opera house, and in tokyo and london's very own london eye as well, so a really good atmosphere. and it is only getting busier, to be honest, people are here in london, london's chinese down lots of eating out is about and with friends and family, said to be a lively, energetic start to the year of the dragon. i a lively, energetic start to the year of the dragon.— a lively, energetic start to the year of the dragon. i know asian leaders are _ year of the dragon. i know asian leaders are hoping _ year of the dragon. i know asian leaders are hoping there - year of the dragon. i know asian leaders are hoping there will. year of the dragon. i know asian leaders are hoping there will be | year of the dragon. i know asian | leaders are hoping there will be a big baby boon after declining birth rates and i think the year at the dragon is key to that. from what you have been hearing from people in chinatown, what is it about the dragon that is so special to them? well, i think people say that it signifies change, and there is a realfeeling of signifies change, and there is a real feeling of people, signifies change, and there is a realfeeling of people, you know, coming here and feeling that this is the start of something a bit

different this year. as i said earlier as well, it is different because it is the only animal in the zodiac that is not real. we have actually met some people in chinatown who are born in the year of the dragon, said they are celebrating, we met one woman earlier who is elevating her 60th birthday and she is a golden dragon, she told us, so people are coming here this evening to celebrate what they see as that year of change. if you stay with us, there is actually a dragon, oh, there is a parade... there is a parade coming back. is there is a parade coming back. is there a dragon? i— there is a parade coming back. is there a dragon? i thought - there is a parade coming back. is there a dragon? i thought there i there is a parade coming back. is i there a dragon? i thought there was a drauon there a dragon? i thought there was a dragon but — there a dragon? i thought there was a dragon but l'm _ there a dragon? i thought there was a dragon but i'm not— there a dragon? i thought there was a dragon but i'm not sure. _ there a dragon? i thought there was a dragon but i'm not sure. still- a dragon but i'm not sure. still looking for our dragon. you a dragon but i'm not sure. still looking for our dragon. you are seen dracons looking for our dragon. you are seen dragons everywhere. _ looking for our dragon. you are seen dragons everywhere. it _ looking for our dragon. you are seen dragons everywhere. it is _ looking for our dragon. you are seen dragons everywhere. it is a - looking for our dragon. you are seen dragons everywhere. it is a good - dragons everywhere. it is a good thing, megan. all right, megan owen, thank you so much for that. well,

before we go, if you fancyjazzing up before we go, if you fancyjazzing up your wardrobe or your car or maybe even your art collection, if you have one, then here are some good news for you. sir eltonjohn is having a clear out. he is the contents of his former home in atlanta, in a sale called "goodbye peachtree road". the 950 items up for grabs include some of his outfits, his platform heels, a grand piano, a banksy painting and even his bentley car. do keep watching, there is pending to come. —— plenty more to come. 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 will 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 southwest 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 the 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, 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.

this is bbc news, the headlines... people living in the isolated north of gaza have told the bbc that children are going without food for days, as aid convoys are increasingly denied permits to enter.

some residents are grinding animalfeed into flour, and say even that is running out. a six—year—old gazan girl who begged for help after being trapped in a car by israeli fire has been found dead, along with two paramedics who tried to rescue her. police in london are searching the river thames for the man suspected of throwing a corrosive substance over a mother and her daughters more than a week ago. detectives believe 35—year—old abdul ezedi may be dead after going into the water near chelsea bridge in west london. and myanmar�*s military rulers have announced that all young men and women will have to serve at least two years in the army. the military — which seized power in a coup three years ago — has been struggling to contain a series of insurgencies. now on bbc news, the travel show.

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