a couple of days after first meeting sarah and her dad, we went to see them again. sarah's had an operation on herface. she's got her appetite back. her doctor says the surgery was a success. so you're hopeful there won't be too much scarring? yes, yes, i hope. that her face will be...? yes, will be normal, like a normal baby. fantastic, it will looked normal? yes. sarah's dad captured herfirst moment after the operation. she's got a long way to go, but she still smiling. martin patience, bbc news, lebanon. you're watching bbc news and if you are expecting news watch, you can see that at 845 tonight, in an hour's time. join us for that.

90 migrants are believed to have drowned after their boat capsized off the coast of libya. only three people are known to have survived. ten bodies have been recovered so far. the un's migration agency says the number of people trying to cross the mediterranean to europe has gone up from last year. let's get more on this story with leonard doyle spokesperson for the international organisation for migration. hejoins me now via webcam from geneva. thank you very much indeed for joining us. clearly, this is an absolutely tragic incident. is it something that is a bit of a one off or is ita something that is a bit of a one off or is it a sign that this problem of refugees leaving from the coast of libya in these unstable bulbs is once again becoming quite a serious issue? i mean, the issue never really went away. maybe the attention of the public has gone away a little bit, but we have about

250 drowned so far this year. that is just 250 drowned so far this year. that isjust in 250 drowned so far this year. that is just in january and 250 drowned so far this year. that is just injanuary and now 250 drowned so far this year. that is just in january and now you 250 drowned so far this year. that is just injanuary and now you add to that is 90 we think pakistani migrants who are believed to have drowned and, indeed, there are new and disturbing reports that there may have been another incident which is still unverified. clearly the people are desperate to come in the hopes of getting a new life and the smugglers are there ready, willing and able to take their money. none of the solutions, none of the effo rts of the solutions, none of the efforts to try to quell this tide appeared to have stopped them, this flood of desperate people trying to get to europe. i think the numbers coming through turkey has clearly gone way down, but the problem is that libya to all intents and purposes, a state with lots of people there with specific interests in making money out of migration, making money out of either portering, exporting and stealing

from migrants, even selling them as slaves as we have heard before, and finally getting their money and putting them on unseaworthy boats in the hope that they will be picked up and brought to europe which is, again, they will not and they will simply be sent home again. the whole thing is a fraud and a sham with tragic, tragic consequences. we know that many of these people when they get to europe are now ending up in some of the camps that have been set up some of the camps that have been set up in places like italy and greece and that agreement we saw which was to return people does not seem to have stemmed the appetite of others to still continue to try this route. look, i think as long as you have the gross income inequalities in the world that exists, you will have a demand from people to getjobs to support their families. it is that simple. insofar as the developed world hasn't got systematic ways of giving people legal channels to come and work because, at the end of the

day, industry is booming in europe and elsewhere, and needs employees, needs people, trained people, but thatis needs people, trained people, but that is not the answer in the long term. the answer is to develop the economies of the countries of origin so economies of the countries of origin so that people could stay where they actually want to stay, with their families. the bigger problem is that this whole demand for people to travel north in chasing an el dorado that doesn't exist is being turbo—charged by social media, actually. people are seeing a dream on social media with no countervailing message and it is leading people to their doom in many cases. we have had a statement from facebook on this saying, we condemn people smuggling and are deeply saddened by today's tragedy. promotional participation in this activity is illegal and violate our community standards. we urge people to use our reporting tools to flag anything they suspect may be illegal so anything they suspect may be illegal so it can be swiftly removed by our global team of experts to work

closely with law enforcement agencies around the world. so facebook says it is trying to address this problem. isn't it, as you say, the fundamental issue that there are people who want to leave, desperate, impoverished and stable countries to get to europe and social media is only really a very small part in this? facebook are obviously to be praised for their statement and for their intentions and what they do and any time we find evidence of smugglers pages, we sounded their way. that is not the issue though. the issue is that the media, in so many of these countries, is either crash commercial media or effectively state media without the great civic imperative that you get from public media like the bbc, so there is no countervailing message back and that is what we are looking for is awareness raising by the new dominant media which is social media, at the end of the day. we need is a massive rareness raises so

people understand the great dangers. some of it has happened to the tragic stories that are broadcast on bbc and other channels. less people seem to be heading towards libya from west africa because they have heard of the slave trade, they have heard of the slave trade, they have heard of the torture. but the smugglers are selling their wares in asia and bringing people in from bangladesh and from pakistan. leonard doyle, thank you very much indeed forjoining us from geneva. police investigating the death of one of the most famous stars from the golden era of hollywood, natalie wood, back in 1981 have named her husband, the actor robert wagner, as a "person of interest". the actress was found dead after going missing from a yacht off the coast of california. 0ur los angeles correspondent james cook reports. # i feel pretty # oh, so pretty # i feel pretty and witty and gay... # in life natalie wood captivated the camera. in death mystery endures.

by the age of 25 she had three 0scar nominations including one for this classic, rebel without a cause. but in 1981 on her body was found in a cove off california's catalina island. she had been selling with her husband robert wagner, co—star christopher walken and the captain. i believe robert wagner was with her up until the moment she went into the water. originally the death was ruled an accident. natalie wood always said her greatest fear was of dark water. and yet that first official explanation for how she drowned off the coast here was that she slipped from the yacht as she tried to climb into an inflatable dinghy, alone in the middle of the night. 30 years on, in 2011, the enquiry was reopened. any questions? is robert wagner a suspect? no.

and now? i think it's suspicious enough to make us think something happened. i don't think she got in the water herself or fell in the water. as we have investigated the case over the last six years i think he is more of a person of interest. he was the last person with her before she disappeared. there was always talk of a blazing argument between them on the night she disappeared. now witnesses on other boats have corroborated that story including a woman who says she saw the couple arguing. saw figures, male and female, whose voice is a recognised as being robert wagner and natalie wood. arguing at the back of the boat. police say robert wagner has refused to speak to them since the case reopened. let's meet natalie's husband, ladies and gentlemen, robert wagner. now 87 years old, he has always denied involvement in his wife's death. which despite these developments,

remains a mystery. the pop band the spice girls appeared to have confirmed a reunion of some sort after they met at geri halliwell‘s house to discuss reforming. they posted this picture with emma bunton commenting that the future is looking spicy. it is the first time they have been seen all together like this since 2012. the group were hugely famous in the 19905 with their slogan raw power and even made a film. the band's former manager was also present. media reports that future projects could include tv work in china, a tv talent show or even a consolation album. the group split up in 2000

but performs a three—month supposedly farewell tour of europe in 2008. on the line is entertainment journalist caroline frost. thank you for talking to us. what do you make of this? will we see a second agreeing in? yes and no because apparently, reports are that one of the conditions of the much wa nted one of the conditions of the much wanted victoria beckham for taking pa rt wanted victoria beckham for taking part is that she will not be required to sing, so it really does depend what you mean by the reunion of the musical band. 0ne depend what you mean by the reunion of the musical band. one of the running jokes is that victoria never actually wanted to sing at all. she was never given a sober part and never requested it. she was always the first to say that it was not her strength, but if perhaps slightly restricts just what they can get up to. they are also mothers now. we are 20 years on from all of this so it means she is not the only one to

have family commitments and other things going on in her life. nevertheless, the strength of more than the sum of its parts has never been as well applied down to this band. they were phenomenal and i'm sure they will be again. you mentioned there that they split up 18 years ago. many of their fans from that era may also have perhaps developed other tastes. how big a phenomenon will it be if they were to perform again, record again? well, they have tried to do various things in varies intervening years. we had the great arrival of ge m which, as you can imagine, was geri, emma and mel b. mel b said it cannot be spice girls unless it is all five andi be spice girls unless it is all five and i think that is where the power lies. that's where the power came from in the reunion in 2007. that had to be aborted because they wa nted had to be aborted because they wanted to show their children what they could do but nevertheless other

pressures came along and it did not last the course. this is a more realistic exercise in using what is more like a brand than a musical legacy and i think that is what we are going to see. you mentioned the chinese markets will be packed into with all of those available dollars, products, televised talent show all to the tune of 10 million each. the cynic would say that that is a big, lucrative money part with various clauses being put into it. perhaps not for the musical purists but maybe for the die—hard fan. not for the musical purists but maybe for the die-hard fan. briefly, the big message from spice girls was of course girl power which really resonated at the time. perhaps it might again if they do get together in some form? they are certainly surfing the zeitgeist. girl power has never been at the forefront of more people's minds than in the last

couple of years. perhaps they will be calling themselves great pioneers and champions of that. thank you for talking to us. many thanks. let's catch up with the weather now. showers along the eastern shores of england particularly, but things are changing as we speak. towards the west, a weather front coming in from the atlantic, pushing rain across northern ireland and into the western side of scotland and england and to the heart of wales. some of that falling onto frozen surfaces so watch out for eyes first thing if you are on the move on saturday morning. saturday is one of those days, i'm afraid. that front really not really very far. eastern fringes of east anglia, driver for the most part, perhaps brightness in the western side of scotland and through northern ireland late in the day but look at the temperatures, three,

four, five, 6 degrees early as the mac only. the frogs is still there but we can all the while. the best of the sunshine for scotland and northern ireland. not many breezes here but the isobars in the south meana here but the isobars in the south mean a cold north—easterly wind. 5-7, but mean a cold north—easterly wind. 5—7, but feeling much colder. this is bbc news. white the us congress has released a controversial memo accusing the fbi of abusing its power in its investigations into donald trump's presidential campaign. the memo was sent to congress, it was declassified, congress will do whatever they want to do but i think it isa whatever they want to do but i think it is a disgrace what is happening in our country. darren osborne, the man who drove a van in to a crowd of muslim worshippers in north london, is jailed for a minimum of 43 years with the judge describing his actions as a suicide mission.