this is bbc news. i'm martine croxall. the headlines at 8: the body of the iranian general assasinated by the us on iraqi soil is returned, as borisjohnson says "we will not lament" his death. they chant in farsi anti—american slogans are heard in parliament in tehran. the united states says it is preparing for any iranian response. there is still risk of attack, of course there is. there is tremendous risk. we are doing everything we can to make sure that we take that down and protect american lives. the australian prime minister warns that the bushfire emergency could last for months and announces the creation of a recovery agency to help those who've lost homes. i didn't see any flame. i saw this great white ball of fire.

that is all i can describe it as, just this white hot ball of fire. the argument about leave or remain is over, says keir starmer, as hejoins the race to be the next labour leader. and the first big event of the awards season, the golden globes, takes place tonight in hollywood. and in sport, liverpool beat everton at anfield. we've that and the rest of the day's third round fa cup action. good evening. welcome to bbc news. the prime minister, borisjohnson, has said he will not lament the death of the top iranian general killed by a us missile strike. but he called for a de—escalation of the situaion on all sides. it comes after iraqi mps passed

a resolution calling for foreign troops to leave the country in the wake of the us airstrike in baghdad. there are 5,000 american troops in iraq at the moment and the us is sending 3,000 more to the region. nato says it will hold an urgent meeting tomorrow. in iran, huge crowds have turned out to mourn general soleimani's death. the country has declared that it will no longer abide by any of the restrictions imposed by the 2015 nuclear deal. 0ur diplomatic correspondent james robbins reports. tens of thousands of iranians are mourning general soleimani and apparently getting behind their leaders promising revenge. the chants are familiar, including "death to america", but the context has radically changed. the war of words from both sides is intensifying. president trump has tweeted this threat of massive retaliation. "if iran strikes any americans or american assets," he says,

"we have targeted 52 iranians sites, some at a very high level and important to iran and the iranian culture, and those targets and iran itself will be hit very fast and very hard. the usa wants no more threats!" is there still risk of attack? of course there is, there is tremendous risk. we are doing everything we can to make sure we take that down and protect american lives. that is the mission set, when the president laid out his national security strategy three years ago, this is all in the context of a larger american strategy to create peace and stability in the middle east. under enormous american pressure, britain is adjusting its political stance slightly, the foreign secretary sounding more sympathetic to the united states but still withholding outright support. we understand the action they took but we also need to be very clearly focused on what happens next. we want to de—escalate the tensions. we want to see a route through this crisis. we do not want to see a major war in the middle east. the only group or players that would benefit from that would be

the terrorists and daesh. labour's shadow foreign secretary said she shed no tears for general soleimani, he had the blood of many people on his hands. however, to take him out at this stage, when there has been escalating tensions, seems to me to not be making the world safer, actually. we are taking a major lurch towards war. in the iraqi capital, baghdad, where the general was killed in the american strike, iraq's parliament has expressed its outrage, voting for the removal of all foreign forces from the country, although the decision is not necessarily binding. america is busy sending reinforcements to the wider region. in practice, around 5,000 us forces in iraq are unlikely to leave soon, but the us—led coalition has announced a pause in training of iraqi forces and operations against is or daesh. the whole focus now will be on protecting its bases. james robbins, bbc news.

we have just heard some breaking news from the reuters news agency as saying that three rockets have fallen inside baghdad's heavily fortified green zone. that is the pa rt fortified green zone. that is the part of the iraqi capital but houses government buildings and foreign missions and embassies. police sources are being courted by reuters. sirens were sounded, there we re reuters. sirens were sounded, there were no immediate reports of casualties, but yet more rockets being fired, this time three rockets falling inside the green zone. well, the prime minister has made his first comments on the tensions having arrived back in the uk from his christmas holiday in mustique. he said that he's spoken to president trump, as well as emmanuel macron and angela merkel.

borisjohnson said that, "general qasem soleimani posed a threat to all our interests and was responsible for a pattern of disruptive, destabilising behaviour in the region." and that, "given the leading role he has played in actions that have led to the deaths of thousands of innocent civilians and western personnel, we will not lament his death." he went on to say that, "it is clear, however, that all calls for retaliation or reprisals will simply lead to more violence in the region and they are in no—one s interest. we are in close contact with all sides to encourage de—escalation." 0ur political correspondent jonathan blake said that the prime minister's response was broadly in line with what the government has been saying over the past couple of days. borisjohnson stressing the threat that this iranian general posed to the stability of the middle east, and the deaths that the uk and others say that he was responsible for, and that key phrase, they are saying that the uk will not lament his death, but then going on, very quickly, to say that calls for retaliation or reprisals will lead to more violence in the region and that they are in no—one's interest, so really warning against any further escalation of the crisis which this death has caused, and stopping short,

crucially, of offering full support to the us and their actions in carrying out this drone strike. because let's not forget, allies of the united states were taken by surprise? yes, the uk, the prime minister or anyone else, was not told of this in advance. we heard from the foreign secretary, dominic raab, this morning, that he found out as or shortly after it had happened, and there has been some disquiet, i think, and some frustration within whitehall and government that the us was not clearer about its actions in advance of this strike, so there has been a sense that the uk has been scrambling a little bit, along with other american allies, to respond, and to say, in some not so uncertain terms that the us needs to have a plan as to what happens next, and i think that is reflected in the prime minister's words, saying that he is in close contact with all sides to encourage de—escalation. what impact has all of this, over the last two days,

had on the threat level, the perceived threat level, to the uk? well, we have seen the travel advice to iraq, iran and other middle eastern countries updated and the foreign office gave details of that yesterday, adding to the restrictions and warnings that were already in place for people travelling to the region. we have seen uk warships, a royal navy frigate and a destroyer, deployed to the persian gulf to escort merchant shipping there with the defence secretary saying that the uk was ready to do anything necessary to protect its citizens and shipping in the region as well. and then there is also the issue of troops in iraq, which will perhaps be seen as in greater danger from attacks in the fallout and in the wake of this killing of the iranian general, but we will, iam sure, hear more from the prime minister in the coming days, and we are told that the national security council will meet this week. the foreign secretary is, of course, going to washington as well, and parliament will be

updated on tuesday. earlier i spoke to dr renad mansour, a senior research fellow in the middle east programme and project director of the iraq initiative at chatham house, a foreign affairs think—tank. i asked him what he thinks could happen next after iraqi mps passed a non—binding resolution calling forforeign troops to leave. this resolution, i would say, is more political messaging, political signalling. everyone is expecting a response, a retaliation, almost revenge for what happened and the iraqi government, and in particular the iraqi prime minister wanted to come out immediately with some kind of response, and barring the kind of security, military type of response, this is a political response. it has wide implications on many levels. this is the first time, if it goes through, that the iraqi government is foretelling, forcing american troops to leave their territory. until now, there was a small group of iraqi politicians close to iran

who would constantly be saying this but it was often thought that many of the other sides understood the importance that the us had, the us troops had on the fight against isis and other issues in the country. with this strike, with what the parliament is signalling, even with some of the rhetoric that you see coming out of the parliament, very clearly things have changed. how can the united states be compelled to remove their troops because it seems it is a double—edged sword for the americans if they do leave and if they don't? yes, until now, the iraqi government is an ally of the us. they have a forces agreement with each other, they work together. they fought together fighting isis, and in post—isis iraq they have been working together. if the iraqi government, and again, beyond what happened today, there is a legal process, there will need to be a law that effectively demands that the us leave, the us troops have a decision. if they decide to stay,

they certainly can, but what you start to hear more and more is the word "occupier" and that they are here illegally and this is the type of rhetoric and this is the type of language that you are already beginning to see from some of those camps in iraq who are anti—american and also closer to iran. how difficult a line does the iraqi government have to tread then to try to maintain relationships with iran, its neighbour, but also keep the us on side in a different type of relationship? i mean, the iraqi government has, for a long time, walked on a very thin line. somehow, it is a government that is very close to both the us and iran. over the last few years, i think what we have seen is that change a bit. where there once was a question, is the iraqi government going to move towards the us or iran, over the last few years, the us has lost considerable leverage, the us has lost considerable

relationship with the iraqi government. keep in mind, there was a time when the us president used to, on a weekly basis, speak to the iraqi prime minister, but the trump administration has refused to invite the iraqi prime minister or the iraqi president to washington dc for a meeting, so there has been a while now that the iraqi government has kind of moved closer towards iran, sort of in that sphere, iran, but it has maintained some sort of relationship with the us. the iraqi government is under pressure now. there are many people wanting to see what type of retaliation there will be, and as i say, those voices that used to demand americans leave were very low voices. they have become suddenly louder after this strike. more breaking news. this time from kenya. the us military have told the reuters news agency that a member of us military service, we do not know which one, and two contractors have

been killed today during an attack ona been killed today during an attack on a military base in kenya. the attack was carried out by the al—shabab militant group which have their roots in somalia. the statement went on to say that two americans from the department of defence were wounded in the attack. they are currently in a stable condition and will be evacuated. 0ne member of the us military and two contractors have died following that attack by somalia's al—shabab. australia's prime minister has warned that the bushfires emergency could last for months. scott morrison announced that a recovery agency would help those who've lost homes and businesses. the fires are blazing around the country, but amongst the worst are in australia's most populous state, new south wales. there has been some rain, but not enough to extinguish the flames. phil mercer reports. the damage inflicted by australia's bushfires is immense.

lives have been lost, while a growing number of homes and businesses have been ruined. trapped by the fires under ominous orange skies, people in eden in new south wales have sought to escape by sea. there is stress, fatigue, and fear. cooler conditions and some rain are helping the firefighting effort, but the danger is far from over. many blazes continue to burn and the land still smoulders. this long bushfire crisis is inflicting deep scars on australia, and there's no end in sight. lives have been turned upside down. in kangaroo valley, ken stewart lost his home to the fires that raced through this part of new south wales. he's lucky to be alive. next minute, i looked up, and i didn't see any flame. i saw this great white ball of fire. that's all i can describe it as, just a white hot ball of fire. i had to drive up that driveway, and by the time i got up to our bottom gate, the entire driveway was lit up with fire, both sides.

parts of sydney have also been threatened. the fires are an unpredictable enemy. no—one knows for sure when, where or if they will strike. australia is fighting back, but it's impossible to tell when the battle will be over. phil mercer, bbc news, kangaroo valley. at the same time as those fires rage in south—east australia, extreme weather has been unfolding 3,500 miles away in indonesia, where floods have killed 60 people and displaced thousands from the capital, jakarta. duncan kennedy reports. for six days, indonesia has been deluged with heavy rain, taking out bridges and roads. the capital, jakarta,

has had its most intense rainfall in a quarter of a century. the number of dead is continuing to rise. thousands of people have had to leave their homes, many forced to haul themselves across swollen rivers. the ones able to get back to their neighbourhoods have formed human chains to remove the water and mud. this was an area outsidejakarta, which was one of the worst affected. translation: the water level was pretty high, reaching five to six metres, and it could have reached the second and third floor. it was raining all day, from morning to evening, so the water level soon increased. this is the rainy season in indonesia, and jakarta does see annual flooding, but the heavy downpour of the past week has been the most intense in decades. rescue crews have been trying to get people to safe areas, but the rains aren't due to peak until next month, and long—range forecasts

suggest more is on the way. duncan kennedy, bbc news. you are watching bbc news. the headlines tonight. the body of the iranian general — assasinated by the us on iraqi soil — is returned, as borisjohnson says "we will not lament" his death. the united states says it is preparing for any iranian response. the australian prime minister warns that the bushfire emergency could last for months, and announces the creation of a recovery agency, to help those who've lost homes. sport, and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's... hello. a wondergoal from 18—year—old curtisjones has taken liverpool into the fourth round of the fa cup, as they beat their merseyside rivals everton by a goal to nil at anfield. jurgen klopp made nine changes from the team that beat sheffield united in the premier league on thursday, but his young side got the job done,

as alex gulrajani reports. they're one of the most decorated clubs in world football and liverpool have their eyes on a prize slightly bigger than the fa cup this season. for city rivals everton, this competition mayjust mattered that little bit more. they made those intentions clear from the off. adrian in the liverpool goal more than up to those early efforts. liverpool would still be a threat. that continued into the second half. a moment of brilliance won the game. jones! what a goal! absolutely stunning goal by curtis jones, for liverpool! well, you could describe this fa cup tie as

men against boys, and the boys are in front! a moment the teenager from toxteth won't forget in a hurry, or anybody else inside anfield. it was enough for victory and hopefully enough for victory and hopefully enough to catch the eye of his manager. to be on the bench and getting a bit of a taste and on the bench again, and there are times when in my head, i am begging to basically come on. then ijust tried to go out there and show what i am capable of doing and hopefully, i top that off with a good performance and as everyone would say, a great goal. while their eyes remain on the present at anfield, the future is looking bright, too. a great day for curtis jones! elsewhere in the fa cup, jose mourinho admitted his tottenham side were in trouble against middlesborough earlier, before coming from behind to get a replay. middlesbrough in front, though, thanks to this goal from ashley fletcher early in the second half. but spurs snatched a draw and a replay at the tottenham hotspur stadium, after lucas moura's

header ten minutes later. crystal palace are out, though, after losing i—nil at home to championship side derby. chris martin scored the only goal. there was also a moment of history — luka miliovejic was initially booked for this clash with tom huddlestone, before michael 0liver became the first referee in english football to use the pitchside monitor to re—watch the incident, and changed his mind. instead, choosing to give a red card and reduce palace to ten men for the last half an hour. and the lowest ranked team left in the competition at the start of round three are out. non—league afc fylde were beaten 2—1 at premier league side sheffield united. leon clarke with the blades' second goal. now, england are in a match—winning position, after day three of the second test in cape town. after dismissing south africa for 223, england were looking composed, before losing both zak crawley and joe

denley here for 31. but dom sibley steadied the ship. a maiden test 50 for the opener. he's closing in on a century, unbeaten on 85. and captain joe root was going nicely on 61, until becoming undone late in the day by dwaine pretorius. dom bess was out for a duck, as play came to a close. england will resume day four on 218 for 4, that's a lead of 264 runs. and the man known as the greatest quarterback of all time, tom brady, has played down speculation he's going to retire, after his new england patriots were knocked out of the nfl playoffs by the tennessee titans. with 15 seconds left, and the patriots trailing, brady's last pass was intercepted for a touchdown. the 42 year old, who's won a record six super bowls, is now set to become a free agent for the first time in his career, but says it's pretty unlikely he'll retire in the off season.

that's all the sport for now. thank you. the argument about leave or remain is over, the labour mp sir keir starmer has said, after becoming the fifth candidate to enter the party's leadership contest. the shadow brexit secretary said labour needed to regain the public‘s trust, as a force for good and change. 0ur political correspondent, jonathan blake, reports. back on the campaign trail, sir keir starmer launched his bid to lead labour in stevenage, a conservative seat, which voted to leave the eu. he says the party's recent radical policies are needed to win here and beyond, but after a long time making the case for the uk to stay in the eu, he now says it's time to look beyond brexit. the argument has to move on, and the argument now is, can we insist on that close relationship with the eu, close economic relationship, but collaboration in other areas, and also, what is the framework now for future trade relations?

labour could one day argue to rejoin the eu, says another contender for leader, and claims that she is best placed to reconnect with voters. this has got to be about whether the labour party can speak and connect and be trusted by the public. none of it matters, about this fight with this person in the labour party, unless we can win an election, and labour values is what matters. another backbench mp putting herself forward says those at the top of the party are out of touch, and only someone from labour's former heartlands, like her, can lead it to success. i think there is definitely a disconnect between the hierarchy of the labour party and the country. what we hadn't understood is that "take back control" resonated like no other slogan in my lifetime. why did it resonate? because people lack the means to affect change in their own lives. with emily thornberry and clive lewis also

in the running, there are now five confirmed contenders. the shadow business secretary, rebecca long—bailey, long seen asjeremy corbyn's preferred successor, is expected to join the contest soon. labour's ruling body will meet tomorrow, to finalise the rules and timetable for the leadership election, which will determine the party's future. a winner should be known in around 12 weeks. jonathan blake, bbc news. a senior figure in the review of the hs2 high—speed rail project says it could end up costing more than £100 billion — almost double the original estimate. lord berkeley, who's a long—standing critic of the project, says its costs are out of control. hs2 limited says it's determined to deliver a railway that's value for money. i think it's 107 now, and it probably will go even higher than that. you do not need to go 400 kilometres an hour, or even 360, in a country as small as ours. nobody else in the world does it.

maybe in china, but nobody else does it. well, quite honestly, the higher the speed, it makes a big difference on the cost. obviously, you have to have a straight line, you have to go in a straight line, because trains don't like going round corners fast, but it's also the construction, the type of construction, whether it's balanced, and things like that, it does make a great difference to the cost. daniel cochlin, from the northern powerhouse partnership, says he was frustrated with lord berkeley's assessment. clearly, cost is very important. there's no point dismissing very large figures that are being bandied around at the moment, but they are estimates. i think the official estimates are somewhat lower than that. but we have to make sure this is value for money. but the value for money we're talking about is a once—in—a—generation opportunity to completely eradicate the north—south divide, rebalance the uk economy and create a north that's as prosperous as the south. we live in the most centralised economy in europe — everything flows through london and the south—east —

and it's about time that our young people and businesses in the north started to see the same opportunities as those in the south. let's be honest, lord berkeley's always been anti—hs2, and he was put on the panel, the 0akervee panel, in order to reflect the fact that he wasn't a supporter of the plan. this report is looking at that from a very one—sided direction, and we would rather speak to our businesses and our leaders up here, who think that hs2 is vital for the prosperity of the whole of the country, notjust the north of england. i think that money should certainly go into local connectivity, and it is. and actually, hs2, one of the things that lord berkeley hasn't really talked about much today is the capacity that hs2 will unlock, and that will be unlocking local services and freeing up lines that are currently clogged and extremely busy for commuters in the north of england. i am one of those people who travel

day in and day out on our trains in the north and they are not fit for purpose, and they do not deliver the returns that we need. so, while it is vital to invest in local connectivity, it's also vital to invest in major infrastructure projects. we've not seen any new lines built in the north since the victorian era and, actually, it's about time the north had everything it really needs. we need north—south, east—west and local services, and we need all of them to make the economy balanced. the 77th annual golden globes ceremony takes place tonight in los angeles, marking the start of the hollywood awards season. the nominations received some criticism due to the lack of any women, again, in the best director category. hosting the ceremony — for the fifth time — is ricky gervais. 0ur los angeles correspondent, sophie long, reports. it's that time of year when stars align and sparkle on red carpets, and young british actors get a taste of tinseltown. they don't come much younger than roman griffin davis. why so happy? things are changing. he's been nominated for best actor in a musical or comedy, for his part in the heartbreakingly funny jojo rabbit. not bad for someone who's only 12.

oh, the world will end? he's facing some pretty stiff competition — up against fellow brit taron egerton for his portrayal of eltonjohn in rocket man, but also, leonardo dicaprio, daniel craig and eddie murphy. i've been watching those guys since i was a kid, you know? i'm sure they probably wouldn't want to hear that, but to be nominated alongside them is really lovely. it looks like it'll be a good year for the streaming giant netflix — it's behind three of the five films nominated for best motion picture drama. also nominated is 1917 — the first world war epic that follows the incredible journey of two young soldiers. for the actors that played them, this award season marks the end of their own relentless journey. we rehearsed for six months, before we started shooting. and the takes can last up to eight, nine minutes long. and there's no turnarounds or setups with a camera,

there's no lighting setups, we're using natural light, so it's literally go, go, go! you finish your take, you do another one, and there's no stop. listen to me! i just... i think he has a little speech. i have a little speech that's building here. when it comes to the smaller screen, there could be more honours for the adored boundary—breaking flea bag. i cannot believe we're here. i mean, a year ago, we were previewing at the bfi, and now we're stood at the golden globes. yeah, i'm blown away. with no clear frontrunner set to sweep the board, it's likely there'll be a few memorable moments ahead. the golden globes are notoriously difficult to predict. the only real certainty is that champagne will flow — and probably a few tears, too. sophie long, bbc news, los angeles. the travel show follows shortly. first, though, time for the weather forecast, with matt taylor. hello, after the relative calm weather of the weekend, lively conditions into the start of next week. we will see widespread gales across the country and at at times,

we could see damaging gusts to the north west. generally fairly mild for the first half of the week before it turns colder towards the end. tonight, a slight chill in eastern areas, but like last night, plenty of cloud commit light rain and drizzle, strengthening breeze in the west and temperatures holding at around eight or 9 degrees. you will notice to the west of ireland, the sign of heavy rain. it is tied into this, the first of a succession of low pressure systems, and the first one of these are iceland. but strong winds will bring widespread gales to the north and west through the day, particular tied in with the weather front, bringing heavy rain in northern ireland and spreading through scotland during the morning and early afternoon and to the afternoon, for much of wales and west in england. hefty dampers with that. shorter lived further south, but around northern and western areas, winds up to 50,60 mph in areas. not a strong towards the south and east where it stays dry until late in the day and temperatures at around 8—10d for

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