�*i'th attack. talking by—elections, i talking by—elections, lam talking by—elections, i am live in wellingborough where voters will go to the polls on thursday this week. me in the next hour as we talk to students about what they want from their next mp. the kenyan athlete and the men's marathon world record holder, kelvin kiptum, has been killed in a car accident. and — the kansas city chiefs win the super bowl, beating the san francisco 49ers byjust three points. good morning. the israeli military has rescued two of the hostages abducted by hamas, during a raid in the gaza strip. the release of the hostages was announced shortly after israel had carried out an intense aerial bombardment of the southern city of rafah. residents told the bbc there had been about 50 air strikes in the early hours of monday. dozens of palestinians are reported

to have been killed. a doctor at a nearby hospital said it was unable to cope with the number of injured. helicopters and boats were also involved in the attack. the two israeli hostages, fernando marman, who's 60, and louis har, who's 70, are said to be in good condition and you can see them reunited with loved ones at a medical center in israel. it's thought to be only the second time israel has carried out a successful military operation to rescue hostages. edan begerano is a relative of the two hostages rescued. let's hear him after he reunited with them at the hospital. we were a bit shocked. we haven't expected it. we saw them. the heart was beating on 200 maybe, maybe more. a lot of tears, hugs, not many words, just being together, surrounded by the family and surrounded by our beloved people that were without us for so long,

more than four months. we were so happy to see them. i don't know what is the real situation that they are mentally. they look ok, physically, they look ok, but i am sure we are going to have ups and downs in the coming days and weeks and we really hope for good and wish them good health. this palestinian described what happened during the israeli bombardment. translation: at approximately | midnight, we heard the sounds of strong explosions, as if hell had opened up on the civilians. look what happened. the israelis claim that they freed hostages from this place, but we don't know what happened. we were sleeping in our homes and we don't know anything. we didn't see any hostages here, but we saw a helicopter landing.

there was heavy shooting, as if it was a very big battle. the world has turned into hell for the lives of civilians. our correspondent, barbara plett usher is injersualem — i spoke to her earlier about the hostage rescue operation. according to the israeli military spokesman, it was quite a dramatic affair. they had located the two male hostages in a residential building in rafah on the second floor, and he said they had been monitoring it for quite some time and then they moved in overnight with a joint special operations force. this included several different levels of the israeli security forces. they entered the building, he said, with an explosion first of all, and then there was heavy gunfire back and forth, he said. and then, as they pulled the hostages out and exited via helicopter, he said there was a heavy bombardment of air strikes to basically cover their departure. so they managed to get the two men, one of them in his 60s,

one in his 70s, older men, out safely. they are apparently in good medical condition. that is what has been said. they have been reunited with their families, who are quite excited about this, obviously, but also aware that there are still more than 100 hostages left in gaza. and israel appears to be determined to continue with the operations in rafah, despite the pressure coming from, amongst others, president biden and other international organisations. yes, i mean, this was a particularly heavy bombardment based on a hostage rescue operation, but it has been carrying out air strikes pretty regularly over the past weeks, and now the plan, according to the prime minister, is to move in with ground forces at some stage to finish off, as he would put it, hamas battalions he says that are still there, which has raised alarm internationally, as you have been reporting. and he has said there would be a plan for an evacuation of more thani million palestinian civilians who have come down from the rest of gaza to rafah on israeli evacuation orders from previous campaigns and now feel

they have nowhere left to go. so he has been told by the president of the united states that that evacuation plan needs to be serious, it needs to be credible, it needs to be something that can be executed, because there is, i think, a fair bit of scepticism about whether it can, given the conditions, but we don't have a timeline for this operation that mr netanyahu says will go ahead. avy hyman is the israeli government spokesman. i spoke to him earlier about the number of palestinians killed during the hostage release operation. we operation. are confident in our mission to destroy we are confident in our mission to destroy hamas. we are going for full victory. that doesn't mean half of hamas, three quarters of hamas, all of hamas need to be destroyed but the security of israel, for the security of the region, for the security of the region, for the security of the world. we have killed in excess of 12,000 hamas terrace. we have put out of action

thousands of hamas terrace and we will continue forward. we have no option, we can'tjust sit and turn the other cheek and wait for hamas to do what they want to do, which is to do what they want to do, which is to commit genocide on the people of israel and as it says in their charter, to go after dues worldwide. hamas�* day has come and it will go soon. ——jews. those hostages have now been released and this is the displacement camp where many palestinians have fled to from the north of gaza when early israeli operation started in the gaza strip a few weeks and months ago. they have fled to this area and now this area has been underfire. let's speak to dr sabri saidam — he is the deputy secretary general of fateh central committee and joins

us from ramallah. thank you for being with us. what do you think the situation is now in rafah? , ., ., , , rafah? the situation is extremely desperate- _ rafah? the situation is extremely desperate- my — rafah? the situation is extremely desperate. my family _ rafah? the situation is extremely desperate. my family is _ rafah? the situation is extremely desperate. my family is there - rafah? the situation is extremely desperate. my family is there and rafah? the situation is extremely . desperate. my family is there and we are in constant touch on the situation is getting from bad to worse. as you have seen overnight, 164 palestinians have lost their lives under the slogan of freeing hostages. killing 164 with israel having no remorse whatsoever towards civilians. they will kill as many palestinians as possible and pushing people to the brink of total collapse. almost 1.5 million palestinians are cramped in rafah. you are talking about 27,000 palestinians per square kilometres, which is the highest density ever of human beings in history. this

operation, it will claim more palestinian lives. we are wondering how much this can go on whilst the world is watching and doing absolutely nothing. we world is watching and doing absolutely nothing. world is watching and doing absolutel nothinu. ~ ., ., absolutely nothing. we heard from ben'amin absolutely nothing. we heard from benjamin netanyahu _ absolutely nothing. we heard from benjamin netanyahu that - absolutely nothing. we heard from benjamin netanyahu that he - absolutely nothing. we heard from benjamin netanyahu that he was i absolutely nothing. we heard from - benjamin netanyahu that he was going to offer safe passage to palestinians into northern areas before any planned ground invasion, but there weren't any details, do you have any idea about any safe passage that has been provided at all? ., ., ., , ., ., , all? not at all, my dear. there has been many — all? not at all, my dear. there has been many times _ all? not at all, my dear. there has been many times israel— all? not at all, my dear. there has been many times israel has - all? not at all, my dear. there hasl been many times israel has claimed to establish safe passages when they have ended up being hostages being tortured and check security wires and at checkpoints. i'm wondering as to how benjamin netanyahu would be allowed to do such a thing when he knows quite well he has raised the whole of gaza almost. people have nowhere to go to. the way to play this like he is being humane and caring for palestinians is

nonsensical. i'm sure you have your reporters there, they tell you there is no gaza or whatsoever, all homes could almost have been a raise. taking people from one point, that is already in desperate condition, to another point where there is no provision of services, no existence of homes or shelters, is nothing but total madness.— of homes or shelters, is nothing but total madness. egypt, which has the border that would _ total madness. egypt, which has the border that would rafah _ total madness. egypt, which has the border that would rafah has - total madness. egypt, which has the border that would rafah has warned | border that would rafah has warned recently of dire consequences if the operation proceeds. how likely is it that egypt would open the border and would you think it is a good idea for them? , , .,, would you think it is a good idea for them?— would you think it is a good idea for them? , , .,, ., for them? egypt has made it quite clear that the _ for them? egypt has made it quite clear that the intention _ for them? egypt has made it quite clear that the intention of - clear that the intention of displaced palestinians and they won't allow that. our overall position is identical to the egyptians. they are conducting military operations against hamas but what we have seen so far is total destruction of the palestinian

life, in terms of killing, not only people but rather everything around them, destroying the buildings, the infrastructures and the provision of services. i think the world owes to us as to why it should be allowed to do after the ruling from the court ofjustice. this should not be going on and egypt is refusing to open the borders and if the world is serious about resolving the situation, if the world is serious about ending this madness and if the world are serious about world security, it has to arrive just to prevail, just as for the palestinians... to arrive just to prevail, 'ust as for the palestinians. . .h for the palestinians... sorry to interrupt. _ for the palestinians... sorry to interrupt. do _ for the palestinians... sorry to interrupt, do you _ for the palestinians... sorry to interrupt, do you think- for the palestinians... sorry to interrupt, do you think there l for the palestinians... sorry to | interrupt, do you think there is for the palestinians... sorry to - interrupt, do you think there is any likelihood of progress on ceasefire talks seen as there had been some progress towards it and now israel has said the hamas, doesn't accept that position, is there hope for

some kind of lasting peace? figs that position, is there hope for some kind of lasting peace? as you know, as some kind of lasting peace? as you know. as the _ some kind of lasting peace? as you know, as the people _ some kind of lasting peace? as you know, as the people that _ some kind of lasting peace? as you know, as the people that hope, - some kind of lasting peace? as you know, as the people that hope, i i some kind of lasting peace? as you | know, as the people that hope, i am not sure where things are heading. i am not up on the details of the matter is, but hope remains. since we are collectively awaiting some sort of, you know, a way to come out of this mess. i believe the world is trying, but so far as far as we are concerned, we are witnessing that benjamin netanyahu is buying time to allow his military machine to do what it does. the world needs to step in, rafah will be the last breaking point. if netanyahu gets his way there will be a different middle east, since people will be displaced and this is intentionally what netanyahu has been trying. you mentioned earlier you have family members in rafah, what have they said to you as to where they will go

and how they will survive this? god knows. and how they will survive this? god knows- there _ and how they will survive this? god knows. there is _ and how they will survive this? (err. knows. there is no place to go to. but there is not enough tents for them, a lot of them are sleeping rough. there's not enough food for them and their medical services. we are trying to help them as much as we can put our hands are tied. 76 of them have lost their lives so far and i'm worried, especially for the kids and their women. i am in constant touch with them in daily basis but sadly the world is watching in vain and nothing is happening. watching in vain and nothing is happening-— watching in vain and nothing is haueninu. . , . happening. thank you very much indeed for _ happening. thank you very much indeed forjoining _ happening. thank you very much indeed forjoining us. _ labour says it will continue campaigning for its candidate in the rochdale by—election, which is due to be held on february 29th. that's despite azhar ali — in a secret recording — reportedly saying that israel had "allowed" the deadly attack by hamas

on october 7th, to provide grounds for the invasion of gaza. mr ali has since apologised for his comments, calling them �*deeply offensive'. the conservatives say labour should suspend its campaign and remove mr ali's party membership. a short while ago, our political correspondent hannah miller gave me this update. the decision to carry on campaigning in rochdale, i think, for labour, is one that they feel they have to do because the situation there, george galloway is another candidate in the election, he is a former labour mp, former respect mp and he is trying to turn this into an election over labour's stance on israel. and what labour are doing is pointing to reaction from some members of thejewish community, in particular, thejewish labour movement, who have suggested it is for the greater good for the labour party to carry on campaigning rather than allowing a situation where mr galloway may get in if they were to suspend their campaign.

there are of course other candidates in the election as well but i think for the labour party, they are kind of saying, "we need to carry on with doing this." that is the mood within there. and they are suggesting that azhar ali has already apologised unreservedly and they said this morning he understands the scale of offence caused by his remarks and for that reason, they feel they can continue to back him as their candidate. they frankly have no choice at this point. it would not be possible to remove him from the ballot paper. but as you say, the conservatives are keen to turn this into a sitation where they can say that the labour party hasn't changed. by pointing to reaction from thejewish community, the labour party trying to claim they have changed, but in this situation, they are in a bit of a bind and they therefore want to carry on. around the world and across the uk,

this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news here in the uk. executives at water companies could lose their bonuses in future if the firm they run causes environmental damage, like letting illegal sewage—spills pollute a beach or river. environment secretary stephen barclay said it was time water company bosses "took responsibility". campaigners and opposition parties said they had been calling for restrictions on water boss bonuses for some time. a key parliamentary committee says the government's plan to send some asylum seekers to rwanda is "fundamentally incompatible" with the uk's human rights safeguards. thejoint committee on human rights said the legislation jeopardised the uk's international reputation. the bill will be debated in detail by the house of lords this week and faces substantial opposition. 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. you're live with bbc news. 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. fellow athlete geoffery kamworor said he couldn't believe the news when he heard about what happened. it's a sad morning to be here, to hear about the tragic accident that has happened. personally, when i was called, i didn't believe it until i arrived here and i witnessed and saw it for myself. i want to say it is really sad because we didn't expect this.

i want to say sorry to the family, the athletics fraternity and the entire country at this trying moment, because i can say for sure we are still in denial. adharanand finn, author of running with the kenyans: discovering the secrets of the fastest people on earth, told me kiptum's career was onlyjust beginning. there's this big barrier in marathon running, the sub—2 hour marathon, and the great eliud kipchoge did it in a kind of controlled environment rather than an actual race, but nobody had ever broken two hours in a marathon before. and kelvin kiptum, the way he had broken the marathon record before, itjust looked like, because he did it so easily and without any kind of determination or specific attempt to break a world record. so he was saying, he was running the rotterdam marathon in a few months, and he had said, "i am going to break

the two—hour record." and everybody believed him because he was just a once in a generation talent and then after that, there was the olympics coming up, which would be the first time where he would be running against eliud kipchoge, who is considered the greatest marathon runner of all time. in terms of the speed of his rise to prominence, how would you describe it? how does he compare with other runners? yes, i mean, the person it most reminds me of is usain bolt. it was like a complete paradigm shift. you had, eliud kipchoge, like i say, was known as the greatest marathon runner in history but he spent years and years and years learning his art, perfecting his art, kind of developing his knowledge of the event and this guyjust turns up out of the blue and breaks his record in much the same way, almost looking like it was easy for him, in almost the same way usain bolt completely rewrote what was possible in sprinting. but he was just beginning with this. he was like usain bolt after the first year, and then we never saw the second year and the third year,

so you know, his rise was unheard—of, really. the only person i can think of was samuel wanjiru had a similar rise back in the early 2000s but not quite as dramatic as this. the second and third largest political parties in pakistan have confirmed that they are in talks about whether to form a coalition government, after a general election provided no clear winner. the move has angered supporters of the jailed former prime minister, imran khan, who have been protesting the results, calling them �*forged'. independent parliamentary candidates affiliated with khan's pti party won the most seats, and courts are now hearing legal challenges. 0ur correspondent in islamabad, caroline davies, has more. we heard late last night that nawaz sharif�*s pmln and bilawal bhutto's ppp have now had these official, formal talks about potentially forming a government. now, the backdrop to this is that those two parties were in a previous coalition. theyjoined together and ousted imran khan in a vote of no confidence and that was in april 2022, so they have history of working together, but throughout the course of this electoral campaign, there has been criticism from both sides about the other.

so that'll be interesting to see, whether or not they then find some form of common ground. but the videos they released last night showed a very warm welcome between the two sides — shehbaz sharif, nawaz sharif�*s brother, and bilawal bhutto greeting one another at the ppp's headquarters to be able to have these discussions. so, we are waiting to see whether they have come up with a solution and whether they are going to form a government. 0n the other hand, of course, we are also waiting to hear what will happen with imran khan's backed candidates. now, they have obviously got the majority. they have got 93 out of 101 of the independent seats were backed by imran khan supporters, according to our bbc analysis. but the big question is, what do they do now? so, independents, they are running as independents because in the weeks running up to this election, the electoral commission here in pakistan decided not to recognise them because they said that there were issues with the way they had held their own internal party vote and that meant that all of the candidates had to run as independents, not as a party. that now presents a new problem here, because do

they stay as independents? which might mean they have issues with sort of party discipline, all voting in one direction, voting as a block. do theyjoin a smaller existing party and essentially come in and dominate that party? do theyjoin one of these other larger parties that have got large amounts of votes, or would that be seen by their supporters as some form of compromise too far? or do theyjust continue to operate as independents? the option of trying to get their party to be recognised again might take some time, so those are the sort of options that are on the table for imran khan's party here. you mention imran khan's, the people who have actually won in the election, but what about his supporters? what has he been saying to them and how do we expect them to react? so, as you mentioned at the beginning, we know that the party have been talking about challenging a lot of these results in court. we know that there have been complaints lodged in lots of different

constituencies where imran khan candidates did not win but think that their vote was rigged. that is obviously something that is denied by the authorities. but the question about what he is saying to their supporters, we have seen a call to have protests and we were at a protest yesterday that was happening in rawalpindi where protesters of maybe a few hundred or so were gathered outside the election commission in rawalpindi and after about an hour and a half, the police dispersed them with tear gas. we have also seen similar sort of sized protests in lahore and in karachi. these are not mass—level protests at this stage but the big question is we are seeing growing anger and frustration on social media from a lot of imran khan supporters. is that going to tip over into bigger numbers or is this relatively contained at the moment? we don't know. right now, they have been talking about peaceful protests and these small numbers have been the reaction so far. the kansas city chiefs have clinched a narrow victory in the super bowl, after beating the san francisco 49ers — thanks to a wining touchdown in the dying seconds. the 49ers were on the brink of victory twice during the game — but a last—minute field goal by the chiefs pushed

it into overtime — where a touchdown pass won them the game. cheering the chiefs on, from the vip box, was taylor swift — while rnb star, usher, put on an energetic performance during the half—time show. nestor mcgregor has more from las vegas the kansas city chiefs back—to—back champions. the first time it has been achieved for almost 20 years. does this one feel any different? it does, it feels ten times better, man. adversity, what the team went through, the naysayers. but on top of that, man, just how much fun we have coming in the building. you can see how we are enjoying this one right now. how will you and your lovely pop star girlfriend be celebrating? i'm sure vegas will roll out the red carpet — i will be elvis for the night. the champagne is flowing — my glasses are proof. the kansas city chiefs — back—to—back nfl champions. the day started with both sets of fans convinced it would be their team lifting a trophy at the end. some travelled across state lines,

others a bit further — leeds to be precise. i was 40 this week. super bowl was always on the cards and wejust made it happen. we flew out wednesday and here we are. is it genuinely his team orjust to ruin his birthday? we are patriots fans. that's the funniest thing. we just chose teams on the day, nd got the jerseys and came to the game. most came to see the game. but the fact taylor swift might be there may have persuaded some. and the pop star was in the stands to watch a nervy back—and—forth encounter. two touchdowns from the 49ers. the kansas chiefs with one of their own and their kicker making up the extra points.. 19—all at full—time, the chiefs eventually winning 25—22 in overtime. if the game itself made for a nervous watch, then r&b singer usher did his best to lighten the mood. the 45—year—old half—time show

performer running through a string of hits in a 15—minute set that featured alicia keys and will.i.am. no team has ever won three super bowl titles in a row, but planning for next year can surely wait. after all, this is vegas and this party is unlikely to end anytime soon. stay with us here on bbc news. hello again. it's a chilly start to the week today and tomorrow, with sunshine and showers. but as we get to the middle of the week onwards, we start to see a bit of a change in the weather. wetter conditions come our way, but so do milder ones to all but the far north of scotland. and you can see that quite nicely represented on the air mass chart.

the blues are with us today and for much of tomorrow, and then they're replaced by the yellows and ambers, the indicating the milder conditions to all but the far north of scotland. today, though, we do have a weather front in the northern isles moving away, taking its rain with it, the second one coming in, bringing in some heavier showers later in the day. and we're starting this afternoon with a few showers around. so you can see where we've got them across parts of western scotland and northern ireland. and you could hear the odd rumble of thunder in these, blustery around them, with snow above about 350 metres. possibly the odd shower in wales and the southwest, but for most it's going to be dry, but it's going to be a wee bit cooler than it was yesterday through this evening and overnight. those showers push southwards and eastwards, further snow accumulating above 350 metres, and then we start to see the cloud build in the southwest. whichever way you look at it, it's going to be a nippy night. temperatures in parts of scotland

and northern england dipping down to freezing orjust below. so a touch of frost and maybe some ice first thing. so tomorrow it's this weather front that's going to bring in the change. so initially it's going to bring in a fair bit of cloud ahead of it, and then we'll start to see some rain follow on as well across parts of southern england, the midlands, wales, into northern england, eventually northern ireland and eventually southern scotland. ahead of it, for the rest of scotland, it's sunshine and showers. here we're looking at temperatures 6 to 9. but behind the weather front in the south, we're starting to import some milder conditions, so tens and elevens. so as we move through the week, that weather front continues to push northwards overnight tuesday into wednesday. we've got another one coming in across the south. so basically we're looking at some rain across parts of southern scotland, northern england, and northern ireland. rain across south wales and southern england. in between something drier and brighter. and in the north of scotland, where we've still got high pressure, well, here it will be drier and brighter as well, but turning milder from the south

with highs potentially up to 15.

a body blow for body shop. the company's uk operation looks set to appoint administrators.

toasting the chinese new year — why whisky is proving such a big hit. welcome to world business report. it was once a a magnet for shoppers looking for ethical beauty products on the high street. now, the body shop's uk operation looks set to appoint administrators. that could mean shops closing and jobs being lost. it comes after body shop's new owner sold most of the business in europe and asia. at the start of the year body shop operated 3,000 stores in 70 countries. joining me now is russ mould, investment director, aj bell. to see you again. simple first question — what has gone wrong? many question - what has gone wrong? many thins have question - what has gone wrong? many things have made _ question - what has gone wrong? many things have made it _ question — what has gone wrong? ij�*ia�*iy things have made it very difficult for body shop over a long time. part

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