will help the team become more competitive again. he moves to ferrari in 2025 and was speaking at the unveiling where the team hope a new car can offer a com plete complete relaunch of their fortunes. i think we have had this difficult couple of years which has been really grounding for us and it is now just really grounding for us and it is nowjust going through the important process of being really diligent with our work, understanding mediator, the car, maximising for practice, evenjust one mediator, the car, maximising for practice, even just one lap we might get any rain today might give george and i a bit of a feeling of what is to come. , , and i a bit of a feeling of what is to come. , ., ,., , ., to come. this may champions league continues later. _ bayern munich are in action on. they take on lazio — and will be looking to put their weekend disappointment in the bundesliga behind them. they lost 3—0 to bayer leverkusen — the side blazing a trail in germany at the moment, 5 points clear top of the table. manager thomas tuchel wants to put that behind them —

and says they're looking forward to the game against a he team he knows will be tough to beat later. we are not going to talk about weaknesses, certainly publicly. they are a very disciplined, hard—working team, very structured and clear on how they do things either in a 4—3—3 aurier 4—1 # one, they are clearing their defending, pressing, and with their coach, they keep things tight. they are very attuned to each other and vary in and hard to beat. i think it will be a very emotional game with the fans and they will try to use that to their advantage. we are prepared for that. kylian mbappe set to return for paris saint—germain in their home game against real sociedad. the france captain was an unused substitute in their league win at the weekend against lille. he is back in the picture later — he was rested due an ankle injury. mbappe's scored 20 in the league — and three in the champions league so far this season — his manager knows how of an asset he is. i'v e i've i think we need team has a player of killie nebati's calibre, the only thing you have to understand is the more he plays, the

better it is for everyone. we all benefit. —— kylian mbappe's calibre. he could have played yesterday if it was a final, but because that was not the case, i didn't think it was worth it, so he is available, he's been training like the rest of the players, so he is available. indian spinner ravindra jadeja has announced himself fit for the third test against england starting on thursday. england will have mark wood starting for them. he comes in for shaoib bashir, ahead of the match in rajkot. it's the only change to the side that lost the second test last week. captain ben stokes will play his 100th test, becoming the 16th england man to reach the milestone. afghanistan could be beaten by sri lanka. a short while ago, 157 without loss for sri lanka.

the three match t20 series begins on saturday. the los angeles lakers has lebronjames to thank as they ran out comfortable winners over the detroit pistons on tuesday. a superb set up from anthony davis put lebron clear — some wonderful play on the way to their 125 points to 111. lebron scored 25 points on the night, but it really was a team effort, with d'angelo russell and davis both in the 20s too. davis getting a lot of credit from this team—mates for his all—round game. that is all the support from as for now. we will be back later on. let's go to the rest of the day's news now. ukraine's military says it's destroyed a russian warship that was in its territorial waters of the black sea off occupied crimea. these are the pictures released by ukraine's military showing they said the large landing ship

was near the resort town of alupka at the time of the attack. moscow has not commented on the ship. olga robinson from bbc verify has more on this story. ukrainian military intelligence has released this video that purportedly shows the moment the russian ceasar kunikov landing ship was sunk off the coast of occupied crimea. the ukrainian authorities say the operation was carried out by a special forces unit earlier today. in the video, we can see several attacking vessels, said to be naval drones, approaching the ship, then hitting it. and that is followed by an explosion that you just seen. now we've analysed the footage and several features visible on the vessel match those of the same class of ship that the caesar kunikov belongs to, for example, the two radar masks and the gun that you can see here. so to be clear, we can't tell

from the footage alone if it's exactly the same shape as this one, the caesar kunikov, but we can say that it's the same type or class. we also know that the footage is new. we've done some checks and it hasn't been posted online before. now, ukrainian officials say the ship was attacked here off the southern coast of crimea near the resort city of iluka. we can't independently confirm the location just from the video released by ukraine, but we know that there were reports in local telegram social media channel of explosions heard in that area earlier today, as well as this footage, that we know is new and it was recently uploaded, of a fire in the middle of the scene, you can see here. so far, we don't know for sure if there have been any casualties. a very popular russian telegram channel was quick to say the crew was alive, but that seems to contradict the statement from ukraine, which says the search and rescue operation was not successful. and i have to add here that there haven't been any official comments from russian officials yet on this. we know russia has at least a dozen

of their ships in the black sea, and if confirmed, this would be the fourth russian landing ship hit by ukrainian forces since the start of russian full—scale invasion of ukraine. olga robinson from bbc verify. to india, where protesting farmers have clashed with the police after resuming their march towards the capital delhi. these were the chaotic scenes at the border between the northern states of punjab and harry anna, where the farmers were stopped on tuesday. they are demanding minimum guaranteed prices for a range of crops, as well as debt relief. farmers are staged a mass protest back in 2020 after the indian government proposed lessening the rules on prices. they were later repealed. the farmers say they want to remind the government of its promises. earlier, ispoke to remind the government of its promises. earlier, i spoke to our correspondent in delhi. the demands are more or — correspondent in delhi. the demands are more or less _ correspondent in delhi. the demands are more or less the _ correspondent in delhi. the demands are more or less the same _ correspondent in delhi. the demands are more or less the same as - correspondent in delhi. the demands are more or less the same as they i are more or less the same as they were two years back. as you said,

the farmers really want something substantial from the government in terms of loan waivers and they want the government to guarantee them a minimum support price for their annual crops. the farmers say that because of frequent climate change and unforeseen circumstances, the weather patterns are changing and the crop has also changed and they have done practically nothing in terms of welfare for families and as an agrarian economy, the farmers are asking for that. and the government apparently fear a repeat of what happened in 2020 and 2021 when they protest prolonged for almost a year, more than a dozen people had died, and life in india's capital delhi and life in india's capital delhi and around it had actually come to a standstill. £31 and around it had actually come to a standstill. . ., , . , ._ , standstill. of course, wednesday is valentine's day. _ standstill. of course, wednesday is valentine's day. in _ standstill. of course, wednesday is valentine's day. in china, - standstill. of course, wednesday is valentine's day. in china, more - standstill. of course, wednesday is| valentine's day. in china, more and more young people are resorting to so—called ai boyfriends to cope with

loneliness and social anxiety. artificial intelligence companion services are becoming increasingly popular as long working hours and busy life tales make it hard to find a partner. wang is a 22—year—old student. she says her boyfriend has everything she could ask for in a romantic partner. except he's not real. he's a chatbot on an app. translation: for me, i he plays a more important role than a real person. a real person cannot be with you at any given time of day but my ai boyfriend can. he's given me a lot of emotional comfort. wang is not alone, a growing number of women in china are resorting to so—called ai boyfriends. so, what makes them more desirable than humans? dating in real life can consume a lot of energy and everyone is different, which can lead to conflict and fighting.

with al, i can set it up to meet my preference, so why should i choose a real person? the fast pace of life in big cities like beijing, the long working hours, can make it difficult to date. translation: a lot of people feel lonely at times but not _ everyone is lucky enough to have their family and friends by their side all the time. an ai boyfriend can be online 2a/7, solve your problems and listen to your worries. and who wouldn't want to hear these words? "you are very cute, especially when you smile," he's saying. but is there a risk that the desire for companionship at the click of a button could be taken too far? these systems will say things like i love you, they don't love anything,

they're just moving numbers. and that means the customers of them can get hurt. in that way, they're almost like sociopaths, they're just telling you what you want to hear. the technology still has some way to go but for wang, her experience is very real. i think the ai boyfriend that i created has flesh and blood, he has his own personality and his own joys and sorrows. i even think he may actually exist in another world. this and on the subject of ai boyfriends, we end at this hour. matthew is up next, stay with us here on bbc news. hello, there. there was a great view of the northern lights last night across northern parts of scotland helped by clear skies, a temperature of “4.

it was a lot milder elsewhere, but we still have a lot of cloud around today and over the hills in particular it's grey, misty and murky. still on the chilly side across northern parts of mainland scotland with the cloud coming in after that cold start, but very mild elsewhere and temperatures are higher than they were yesterday. but we still have a lot of cloud, still some rain and drizzle. nothing particularly heavy so far, but after dark i think it may well get wetter, the rain becoming more persistent and heavier and moving northwards into scotland, so getting much wetter here and it will lift the temperatures here as well. otherwise, those temperatures not really changing very much at all overnight. it will be a very mild start to thursday. that milder air is coming in on that southerly breeze, that is ahead of this weather front here which will start to take some rain eastwards through the day on thursday. we've still got the overnight rain in scotland, a wet start here in the morning, that rain pushes northwards, the rain clears northern ireland, heads back into scotland but we could see some heavier rain coming into the south—west

of england and the midlands. but ahead of that further east may well brighten up, there should be some sunshine coming through as well. our average maximum temperatures at this time of the year are around about 8 or 9 degrees, but tomorrow it could be even milder than today, particularly across eastern parts of england —15, 16, maybe 17 degrees if the sunshine does come out. it will probably feel a little bit more like spring. but we have some way to go to beat the all—time february record, that was set in 2019. that weather front does take some rain eastwards on thursday night, there are more weather fronts in the atlantic. that one is going to fade away. this one, though, will bring some rain in from the west over the weekend. but after the overnight rain clears away from east anglia and the south—east, we're left with some sunshine here and there, a few showers becoming more confined to england and wales. a lot of places will be dry, though, on friday. temperatures not quite as high but still on the mild side, 12 in the central belt of scotland and 1a in the south—east of england. quickly onto saturday, a fair bit of cloud around, it could be misty and murky to begin with.

some sunshine for eastern areas. out towards the west, our band of rain on that weather front arrives, so turning wetter here, but ahead of that, the air is still quite mild for this time of the year.

live from london. this is bbc news. reports from gaza say the israeli military has ordered palestinians to evacuate a hospital in the southern city of khan younis. iam in i am in jerusalem i am injerusalem where the israeli government is trying to push back against growing international concern over the way it is carrying out the war in gaza.

voting in indonesia ends. unofficial results suggest the defence secretary is in the lead. ukraine's military says it's destroyed a russian warship in its territorial waters off occupied crimea. we have been analysing the footage. scientists say they have established the first detailed proof that apes like to tease each other like humans. and the valentine's day twist, by young people in china are resorting to so—called ai boyfriends. we start today's programme with reports coming from gaza that the israeli military has ordered palestinians to evacuate the nasser hospital in the southern city of khan younis — where hundreds of people

have taken refuge. in this video an announcement is being made on a speaker