yasmin khatun dewan, bbc news. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.een charged with the murders of two teenagers in bristol. anthony snook is accused of the murders of mason rist and max dixon, who were killed in the knowle west area of the city on saturday. avon and somerset police said a total of eight people have been arrested as part of the investigation. a police chief has warned the ban on xl bully dogs, which comes in force from today, is logistically challenging for officers. mark hobrough, from the national police chiefs' council, said the ban could spark higher demand for kennel space before court decisions. the government says police will be supported and officers given extra training. a bbc investigation has uncovered a legal scam which targeted vulnerable people with court hearings that never happened, fake documents, and a non—existent social worker. craig johnson promised award—winning legal services to his clients, but dozens of people say that they paid him thousands of pounds for services that didn't happen. there's a lot more detail

yasmin khatun dewan, bbc news.ed dead and and at least 165 people have sustained burns and other injuries after an explosion at a gas plant in south—east nairobi, kenya. a government spokesperson said gas cylinders were being refilled when the fire broke out just before midnight on thursday. a local official confirmed that the fire was caused by an explosion at a gas filling station. the kenya red cross posted on x that it had evacuated 271 individuals to different health facilities in nairobi. it said another 27 people were treated at the scene. others were able to escape the blast and have been speaking about the moment of the explosion. about the moment of the exlosion. ~ ,, �* about the moment of the exlosion. ~ ,, ~ ., , explosion. translation: iwas burdened by — explosion. translation: iwas burdened by an _ explosion. translation: iwas burdened by an exploding - explosion. translation: iwas burdened by an exploding gas l burdened by an exploding gas cylinder as i try to escape. it exploded right in front of m

yasmin khatun dewan, bbc news.to ukraine. this decision comes after hungarian prime minister viktor orban initially vetoed the package in december. eu leaders said they were determined to provide sustainable military support to kyiv in its war against russia. european commission president, ursula von der leyen, says the aid package sends a strong message to russian president, vladimir putin. the new funding promise comes as aid from the us is being held up by congress. ukrainian president, volodymyr zelenskyy welcomed the eu funds, saying they'll directly help his country's war effort. i'm gratefulfor your i'm grateful for your decision on the financial instrument for us. for our people bought ukraine. ukraine facilitated with people in euros for a full year period, this is a signal that ukraine will stand and will withstand.— will withstand. our correspondent - will withstand. our correspondent has| will withstand. our- correspondent has more will withstand. our correspondent has more reaction from there. huge rel

yasmin khatun dewan, bbc news. a series of strikes over a number of days against targets including iranian personnel and facilities inside iraq and syria. the news conference is coming up. we will have it live. hello. thanks forjoining me. the outlook is looking rather like the picture behind me. so these lumpy, layered clouds on the way over the next few days. on top of that, it's going to be very mild, quite windy, a little bit of rain around. there has been a little bit of talk about wintry weather possibly heading our way sometime next week, but that's really a long way off. in fact, it's quite the opposite at the moment. if anything, we'll see even milder air streaming in from the south. this arc of cloud here, weather front to the north and to the south. high pressure here. and take a look at this airstream, that mild air from the southern climes spreading across the uk and pushing the cold air towards the north and the east. and that's what's heading our way. that's the forecast for the next few days. so for

our reporter yasmin khatun dewan has been speaking to her. this is lama jamous. posting snippets of her life in gaza and her aspirations to become a journalist. we caught up with lama, whojoined us from gaza, close to the rafah crossing. lama, what made you want to do this? translation: i want to document the struggle we are going - through so the world can see it. all we wish is to go back to our school, to seek education. even our school became for displaced people. lama's father has been helping the nine—year—old document herjourney, navigating the changes around her as the family were displaced from their home in northern gaza. she told us so much in her life has changed, though her dream is to continue the work she is doing now. translation: i wish when the war ends i can turn into a great - journalist and work so i can grow more and more. as lama continues to find comfort in sharing the stories of her community, her portfolio just keeps on growing. yasmin khatun dewan, bbc news. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. bbc news bringing you dif

our reporter yasmin khatun dewan has been speaking to her. this is lama jamous.he world can see it. all we wish is to go back to our school, to seek education. even our school became for displaced people. lama's father has been helping the nine—year—old document herjourney, navigating the changes around her as the family were displaced from their home in northern gaza. she told us so much in her life has changed, though her dream is to continue the work she is doing now. translation: i wish when the war ends, i can turn into a great - journalist and work, so i can grow more and more. as lama continues to find comfort in sharing the stories of her community, her portfolio just keeps on growing. yasmin khatun dewan, bbc news. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. firefighters who were injured in the grenfell tower fire in 2017 have received a total of £20 million in compensation. the fire brigades union says more than 100 of its members made claims — some of whom hadn't been able to work again because of

yasmin khatun dewan, bbc news. fascinating report.ence secretary at lloyd austin talking about this being a dangerous moment in the middle east as the us prepares to respond to the iranian backed attacks that killed three s us service personnel injohnson they supplied him on that, i mean sunday, despite the main story coming up him bbc news. —— that is our main story. lloyd austin also gave a long apology about not telling the president about his cancer diagnosis. more not in a or two. —— more on that in a moment or two. here in the uk, police say a woman and her young child have suffered potentially life—changing injuries, after an alkaline substance was thrown at them. another child was also injured when they were attacked by a man they knew in clapham in south london. several people who tried to help them were also hurt — including five police officers. the attacker has been named as 35—year—old abdul ezedi, from the newcastle area. police are still searching for him, as helena wilkinson reports. it was a horrific attack on a mothe