the kansas city chiefs win the super bowl, after beating the san francisco 49ers by three points. and ivory coast win the africa cup of nations after beating nigeria. hello, i'm lukwesa burak. the israeli military says it has rescued two of the hostages abducted by hamas during a raid in the gaza strip. their release from an apartment in rafah was announced shortly after israel carried out an intense aerial bombardment of the city. the two men — fernando marman and louis har, aged 60 and 70 —

are said to be in good condition. they've been taken to hospital in central israel. it's thought to be only the second time israel has carried out a successful military operation to rescue hostages. dozens of palestinians were reported to have been killed during the latest israeli air strikes. residents told the bbc there had been around 50 air strikes in the early hours of monday. they said as well as air strikes, helicopters and boats took part in the attack. we are expecting to hear from the israeli military. week are awaiting a spokesperson to come through and give us the latest. with me is said shehata

from bbc arabic. great to see you here. i wonder if we could just start off with the latest developments overnight?— overnight? the latest development - overnight? the latest development is - overnight? the latest development is in - overnight? the latest development is in to | overnight? the latest - development is in to france, the recent releasing two israeli hostages by the israeli military. these two hostages were moved to sheba hospital to be treated and have medical tests, they are in good conditions. this will strengthen the position of the israeli prime minister that military operations are the only way to release hostages so it is helping to ease the pressure on him from outside because it has shown that the military operation succeeded to get some hostages. on the other side, the palestinian red crescent reported that there is what they described as a violent attack on rafah, on

several houses, even some mosques. this was according to hamas sources, killing about 63 people. there are warnings from joe biden and egypt and saudi arabia and britain and other countries not to conduct a major military operation in rafah because there are more than i rafah because there are more thani million people living there and it would be a lot of people killed if there is a military operation. even mr biden yesterday on a focal with mr netanyahu, he told him that without measures to protect civilians, this operation shouldn't happen. yesterday on a phone call. we will see what is happening, what he does, even the strikes hit people and kill people but it is not a major operation yet. what is

e . nt's major operation yet. what is egypt's take _ major operation yet. what is egypt's take on _ major operation yet. what is egypt's take on this? - major operation yet. what is egypt's take on this? egypt | egypt's take on this? egypt delo ed egypt's take on this? egypt deployed some _ egypt's take on this? egypt deployed some tanks - egypt's take on this? egypt | deployed some tanks across egypt's take on this? egypt - deployed some tanks across the borders in order to give israeli... there is no way of expulsion of palestinians from gaza to sinai. secondly, they warned against doing a military operation because people would be killed and this would add pressure on the israeli intelligence community to do something to protect civilians. because so far about 20,000 people have been killed, even more because they are under the rubble and so there is no way to know how many are under. more than 60 people injured. so is egypt's downs, it is not for palestinians to come to sinai and they need for israel to think again about military operation and try to focus on negotiation rather than the military operation.- negotiation rather than the military operation. thank you very much — military operation. thank you very much for— military operation. thank you very much for that. _ let's speak to benjamin radd from the ucla centre

for middle east development. great to have feet with us, benjamin. starting off first with the assault or rather the next step in the idf�*s project in gaza. target in rafah. haw in gaza. target in rafah. how critical is _ in gaza. target in rafah. how critical is that? _ in gaza. target in rafah. how critical is that? rafah - in gaza. target in rafah. firm critical is that? rafah appears to be the very last refuge for hamas leadership and the remnants of what is left of hamas fighters and also where the government believes a good portion of the hostages may be kept, as we have seen for the two that were rescued. it also limits where they can go at this point as they go further and further to the south, pushing against the border, the idea is to provide little opportunity for the hamas leadership, to find escape routes out of the area. benjamin netanyahu must be coming under considerable pressure, certainly the us indicating that it is the

welfare of those within the strip that they are concerned about. and yet he remains defiant? , ., about. and yet he remains defiant? , . �* , about. and yet he remains defiant? , . �*, ., defiant? yes, and let's not retend defiant? yes, and let's not pretend that _ defiant? yes, and let's not pretend that it _ defiant? yes, and let's not pretend that it is _ defiant? yes, and let's not pretend that it is a - pretend that it is a coincidence that this operation were scheduled at the same time as the super bowl. it was really meant to be, i believe, in an opportune way to minimise attention and scrutiny. and also, netanyahu's position is that any attempt to cease operations or not pursue it to its utmost end which he believes includes going into rafah would essentially hand hamas an opportunity to regain control of reconstitute itself. and also lastly it is the pressure on hamas for the ongoing hostage situations because we have already seen israel reject the counterproposal by hamas. d0 counterproposal by hamas. do ou counterproposal by hamas. do you think in a conflict such as this that the solution is going to be a military one or not?

well, it depends on whether the main objective is to free the hostages, then no. a full military solution will very unlikely lead to the safe rescue of the remaining hostages. it is very difficult to see her back could be the case. if it is going to be an enduring solution, notjust a temporary one, it is going to have to involve more diplomacy and less military action and ultimately it has to lead to some kind of palestinian state or autonomous governing entity. but not hearing that from netanyahu and that causes —— poses a problem. he faces domestic opposition as well from right wing members of his cabinet who are insisting heat not yield at all in his operations.- not yield at all in his operations. not yield at all in his oerations. �* , ., ., , operations. as far as the middle east _ operations. as far as the middle east goes, - operations. as far as the middle east goes, it - operations. as far as the - middle east goes, it relishes are being threatened, the dickie moving forward, i am looking at future cooperation within the region, notjust israel, but for the likes of

the united states as well. —— particularly moving forward. we have the particularly moving forward. - have the parallel track of negotiations taking place and all indications from the state department are that they are progressing and moving forward, they are speaking with very confident language that some agreement will be reached. and we know that the saudis are eager to see this all come to an end so they can resume talks towards normalising relations with israel. we know this has been something that is sitting on the back burner and both countries have interest in pushing forward. so, the momentum is there, barring any catastrophic or horrific action by the israelis that results in large numbers of civilian deaths as part of this rafah operation, but that remains to be seen. we are getting a translation on this, that is the spokesperson who we understand is updating

us on the latest details concerning the rescue of two men, israeli men from gaza. when we get a translation and further information on that, we will bring that to you. in the meantime, let's turn our attention to pakistan. the second— and third—largest political parties in pakistan have agreed to work together to form a coalition government, after a general election provided no clear winner. the move is likely to anger supporters of the jailed former prime minister imran khan. independent parliamentary candidates affiliated with khan's pti party won the most seats, and courts are now hearing legal challenges. our correspondent caroline davies reports from the northern city of rawalpindi. two sides are claiming victory in pakistan, but there is still no new government. both need more seats to get a majority. this is part of imran khan's pti party's plan — protests like these in karachi. accusing the authorities of rigging the vote,

they are challenging them in court and on the streets. this is the road outside the election commission here in rawalpindi and a few hundred protesters have gathered. this is not a mass level at the moment, but the idea is it keeps pressure up while the pti try to work out what to do next. in the crowd was aftab alam from oxford. this country has been in this situation for the last decade, and it has been going on like this. and imran khan is the only hope now for this country to get out of this mess. meanwhile, imran khan's political rival nawaz sharif is publicly looking for alliances. today, his brother met bilawal bhutto from the ppp to start formal discussions about forming a government. the two parties previously ruled together after, ousting imran khan in a vote of no confidence. will they join up again? as the political wrangling continues, frustration is growing among the many imran khan supporters. just over an hour and a half into the protest in rawalpindi,

suddenly the mood turned and a decision was made. so, we havejust been pushed back by a cloud of tear gas that was used on the crowd of protesters that were outside. they're now being completely dispersed. you can see the reaction of everybody behind me as well. pakistan has already faced months of political instability with no answer yet to who will lead the country. caroline davies, bbc news, rawalpindi. the men's world marathon record holder, kelvin kiptum, has been killed in a car accident. the kenyan athlete died along with his coach when their vehicle came off the road in western kenya late on sunday. kiptum set the world record in the chicago marathon last year with a winning time of two hours and 35 seconds. the president of world athletics, sebastian coe, described him as an incredible athlete who'd left

an incredible legacy. let's get some of the day's other news now. the us defence secretary, lloyd austin, is back in hospital with symptoms that suggest he has a bladder problem. a pentagon statement said he had transferred his duties to his deputy, kathleen hicks. late last year, mr austin was diagnosed with prostate cancer, but did not immediately inform president biden of his condition. he apologised to the president and said new departmental procedures were in place to avoid a similar mistake. two off—duty law—enforcement officers have killed a woman who opened fire at a houston megachurch on sunday. two people were injured, including a child who was with the shooter. the church — formerly a sports arena — can host more than 40,000 worshippers, and is led by celebrity pastorjoel osteen. a former deputy prime minister

of australia, barnabyjoyce, has been filmed apparently drunk, lying on his back in a street in canberra. mrjoyce, who is still a member of parliament, said the embarrassing incident happened when he fell off a plant container he was sitting on while talking to his wife on the phone. he said his condition was the result of mixing prescription medication with alcohol. the head of nato has strongly criticised donald trump, after he suggested at a campaign rally he might encourage russia to attack any nato members who didn't pay their dues. jens stoltenberg said the comments could undermine security and put soldiers at risk. the white house called mr trump's words "unhinged". our security correspondent frank gardner has more. we're still nine months away from the us presidential election, but already the man who wants to be back in the white house has been

accused of encouraging russia to attack nato countries that don't pay enough for their defence. have a listen. one of the presidents of a big country stood up, said, "well, sir, if we don't pay and we're attacked by russia, will you protect us?" i said, you didn't pay? you're delinquent? he said, "yes, let's say that happened." no, i would not protect you. in fact, i would encourage them to do whatever the hell they want. you've got to pay. you've got to pay your bills. but not everybody does. here are the countries in green that do meet the nato requirement to spend at least 2% of their gdp on defence. the uk passes the test, but a lot of others don't. here in red are all those nations from nato that are not meeting their commitment. trump's point is, why should america pay for those countries that won't pay their way? but nato's chief has been quick to put out this statement of reassurance. any suggestion that allies will not defend each other,

he says, undermines all our security, including that of the us, and it puts american and european soldiers at increased risk. well, these are tense times for nato. the war in ukraine is still raging. russia is ramping up its military production lines. it aims to win. that's making countries like poland and the baltic states worry that when that war is over, they might just be next. so frankly, the last thing nato wanted now was a potential future us president saying if some members are attacked, he just might not come to their defence. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. four boys aged between 12 and 14 have been arrested by greater manchester police investigating the alleged rape of a young girl in rochdale. detectives have appealed for anyone who might have

seen anything suspicious to get in touch. emergency services have been dealing with a major incident on the west side of shetland mainland. police scotland have confirmed that a woman was pronounced dead at the scene, and a man was arrested in connection with the incident and taken to hospital. officers are not looking for anyone else in connection with this incident. customer satisfaction with most water companies in england and wales fell both last year and the year before, according to ofwat. now the regulator says water companies will face the prospect of being fined up to 10% of their turnover for providing poor customer service. ofwat has already brought in a range of new measures to toughen up on companies that fail to meet standards. you're live with bbc news. the kansas city chiefs have clinched a narrow victory in the super bowl after beating the san fransciso a0

niners by three points in the final few minutes. the 49ers were on the brink victory twice during the game at the allegiant stadium in the las vegas but a last minute field goal by the chiefs pushed it into overtime where a touchdown pass put them over the edge. cheering the chiefs on from the vip box was taylor swift, along with friends ice spice and blake lively while rnb star usher put on an energetic performance during the famous half—time show — bringing on special guests such as alicia keys and ludacris. we can talk to our correspondent vincent mcaviney, who joins us from the newsroom. hello there, vincent. there are so many aspects to the super bowl, the entertainment, the celebratory —— the celebrity,

the money, the advertising, but essentially this is a sport so take us through the game. it is at the heart — take us through the game. it is at the heart of _ take us through the game. it is at the heart of it _ take us through the game. it is at the heart of it a _ take us through the game. it 3 at the heart of it a sporting fixture, it was a pretty incredible super bowl, the first half of its low, it wasn't great, the kansas city chiefs were down at half—time by the second half going into overtime was the seventh longest nfl game ever, it was gripping, and it deftly had everyone in a stadium in the one hand and the 115 million viewers around the world glued to it, as you mention, that tight finish, 25—22 to the kansas chiefs meaning they won their third super bowl in five years and they have got back—to—back super bowl so it is a lot of celebrating for the kansas city chiefs tonight in las vegas. kansas city chiefs tonight in las vegan-— kansas city chiefs tonight in las ve . as. �* ., las vegas. and then we have half-time _ las vegas. and then we have half-time entertainment. - las vegas. and then we have | half-time entertainment. talk half—time entertainment. talk us through that. an half-time entertainment. talk us through that.— us through that. an incredible half-time _ us through that. an incredible half-time show, _ us through that. an incredible half-time show, it _ us through that. an incredible half-time show, it was -ish i us through that. an incredible | half-time show, it was -ish -- half—time show, it was —ish ——

of course usher who had been performing a las vegas residency. it was announced backin residency. it was announced back in september, there were questions about whether or not he was still as relevant but i think he has secured his place with the energy of the performance and showing he really is a legacy artist. at one point he was even on roller skates going around the stage. from the second the music started, he didn't stop dancing. he had huge guest stars, alicia keys on this custom red piano duetting with him and then he brought out the likes of h:e.r on guitar, he brought out ludacris, littlejohn, jermaine dupree, the black eyed peas as well. he went through ia songs in the 30 minutes he had to perform and it was an incredibly inject —— energetic performance. it didn't have some of the energetics —— acrobatics but the dance moves and bringing in

the dance moves and bringing in the vegas element, he had showgirls and acrobats all around him at all times, it was quite a spectacle.— quite a spectacle. vincent, thank you _ quite a spectacle. vincent, thank you very _ quite a spectacle. vincent, thank you very much - quite a spectacle. vincent, l thank you very much indeed. we are going to stay with sporting theme. in football, the africa cup vincent, in football, the africa cup of nations has been won by the hosts, ivory coast. at a packed stadium in abidjan, they came from a goal down to beat nigeria 2—1. the winning goal was scored sebastien haller. the organisers say the cup of nations attracted a record tv audience and produced a record number of goals. our reporter simi jolaoso joined fans from both teams at a bar in london. as you can imagine, a lot ofjubilation here. i'm with ivory coast fans, they have just beaten nigeria 2—1 to become the afcon champions this year. it is all thanks to two

players, haller and kessie. i have some fans who have been celebrating tonight. what do you think about ivory coast winning this year's afcon? i'm just very happy about it. just very excited. ijust can't believe it. very excited indeed. i'm sure you feel the same way? i feel the same, honestly, - i knew they were going to win. nigeria, we love you lot, - but today you had to go home. what about you ? did you expect ivory coast to win? yes, i did expect that. from the beginning. i knew we were going to win. nigeria have to go home! what about you ? do you have any message for nigerian fans who are disappointed tonight? they are unlucky! unlucky indeed. nigerian fans all over the world probably sad and a bit disappointed but that's not the same for ivory coast fans

who are celebrating their third afcon title. the last one in 2015. now they are africa cup of nations title holders and this year's kings of african football. could it be third time lucky for carey mulligan at next month's oscars? she's one of only two british actors to be nominated for an academy award this year — for her performance in maestro, about the complicated life of the composer and conductor leonard bernstein. the film is co—written and directed by bradley cooper, who also plays bernstein. carey mulligan has been speaking to our culture editor katie razzall. oscar—nominated first for best actress in an education... it was a rehearsal. how old am i? ..then more recently for promising young woman... what's my name? hello, i'm lenny. hello, felicia. ..could it be third time lucky for carey mulligan in maestro? and while she says she doesn't

choose roles with awards in mind, she's frank about how much fun it can be. it is really exciting, principally because you get to be in a room with people that you really admire, directors you want to work with, writers you want to work with. i've introduced myself to everyone the last couple of months. i've been like, "hi, jesse armstrong! "we've never met, but i'm a big fan of succession." she's a fan, too, of bradley cooper, nominated for acting and writing maestro — which he also directed — about the complicated love story between the conductor and composer leonard bernstein and his wife, the actress felicia montealegre. i've been in some incredible kind of overtly feminist films, which i've absolutely loved and relished being in, like promising young woman, she said and suffragette. i have resisted playing the wife to the great man. but what was amazing about this was that they wrote this character, who was so well written, fully fleshed out, complicated, and that in itself is such a feminist statement. yeah, i have heard actresses talk in the past about how, actually, it's very depressing to always get the script,

which is, you know, "the wife of", "the wife of", and is that changing? looking at this year, there are extraordinary roles for women. and i do think progress isn't a straight line, but everything is moving in the right direction. and i see it definitely in the writing. so how long do we have to do this for? maestro is up for a best make—up oscar, despite the criticism from some about bradley cooper's prosthetic nose. did it worry you? you know, there was sort of claims it was anti—semitic. you know, bradley's whole focus from the offset was, "how do i make this as real as possible, to people who knew him, "didn't know him, to his kids?" and part of that was the look. so i wasn't worried because i knew that when people saw the film, they would realise that this was, you know... and the family felt like, "yeah, he looks like our dad. "that's amazing." your truth makes you brave... preparation for their roles included five days of dream workshops, in which these actors bared their souls. a little bit la woo woo? or did you think, "this works"? i think there's la woo woo, but it's also... you know, we're actors! it's all quite woo—woo anyway.

we're dressing up and pretending to be other people. you can't go too far, really. as long as you're nice to people, do whatever it takes! so does maestro have what it takes to woo oscar voters? katie razzall, bbc news. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. sunday was a drier day for many of us, but we've still got a number of flood warnings on rivers in scotland and england together with saturated ground. and there's more rain to come over the week ahead. but we start the week with a mixture of sunshine and showers and we've got some showers around at the moment. they're moving their way eastwards, particularly around that area of low pressure, some heavier ones in the north.

and it's colder air that we're seeing, so temperatures are close to freezing in quite a number of places. the heavier showers to begin with in scotland and northern england, one or two further south but they're fading away in the morning, moving out of the way, and then it gets dry for a while with some sunshine. but then the showers return and they're focused across northern ireland and western scotland with some snow over the higher parts of scotland, stronger winds here, the odd shower possible for western parts of england and wales, but many places will be dry with some sunshine, and seven to ten degrees. that's near normal, really, for this time of the year. showers will continue on monday night, close to that low in the north. and if we look to the southwest for shrove tuesday, this is where the next change in the weather is going to come from. heading into tuesday, though, those heavier showers continue in scotland, particularly in the north. some sunshine, but perhaps only briefly because the cloud is going to increase quickly. and with that weather front coming in, we've got these outbreaks of rain and drizzle moving into england and wales, perhaps towards northern ireland as well.

but if anything, temperatures could be a little bit higher on tuesday, so around nine to 11 degrees. but there are higher temperatures to come by the middle part of the week. now, this weather front coming in from the southwest heads northwards, takes rain northwards overnight and into wednesday. and then following on from that, we trace the winds all the way back down to the south, drawing in some mild air, some higher temperatures, but bringing in a lot of cloud. and we've got showers or longer spells of rain. so wetter weather through northern ireland and scotland, some wetter weather in southern parts of england and wales. and whilst there may be a bit of sunshine in other areas, we're going to see some showers. so rain's never too far away, but those temperatures are continuing to rise. could make 13 degrees in belfast on wednesday and ia in norwich. very mild for this time of the year. we start the week on a chillier note, though, with some sunshine but also some showers. and then from the middle part of the week, we see thicker cloud, outbreaks of rain and those temperatures will be rising.

live from london, this is bbc news. us stock markets hit record highs — we'll explore the key drivers and what it means for the world's biggest economy. as chinese new year gets under way, we'll explore the growing appetite for global whisky.

and would you buy this english castle for £9.5 million? hello and welcome to our look at the business news this monday in london. we start today in the us — where shares have been rising to record highs in recent weeks. on wednesday last week global equities climbed to a two—year high — and the s&p 500 touched a record peak. so what is driving it, why have us markets been hitting record highs, and how does the us compare with europe and asia? there are several key drivers. with some context, here's our north america business correspondent, erin delmore. the us stock market is on a hot streak. the s&p 500 has notched

multiple record closes since the start of the new year, and even closed above