killing at least five people. four people, inclduing a seven—year—old girl, have been injured in a shooting near a funeral in central london. climate activist greta thunberg joins protesters in the german village of lutzerath, as police try to clear the area to make way for coal mining. what happens in lutzerath doesn't stay in lutzerath. cheering and applause germany, as one of the biggest polluters in the world, has an enormous responsibility. takeaways, restaurants, and cafes in england will have to stop using plastic cutlery, plates and bowls from october as part of a new government plan to tackle plastic pollution.

the us and the uk have condemned iran after it executed a british—iranian citizen accused of spying. washington says it's horrified by the execution, while british prime minister rishi sunak said the hanging of alireza akbari was "callous and cowardly" and would not go unpunished. the uk has imposed sanctions on iran's prosecutor general because — according to the government — he's at the heart of iran's use of the death penalty. our diplomatic correspondent, caroline hawley, reports. news of the execution came on state—run television early this morning, despite repeated last—minute appeals from the uk. alireza akbari is thought to have acquired british citizenship after investing here and to have lived in the country for several years. his brother told bbc persia he had been enticed back to iran by his former boss, under whom he once served as deputy defence minister. the government responded swiftly, the prime minister saying he was "appalled

by a callous act carried out by a barbaric regime." and we have made it absolutely clear that the actions of the iranian regime has taken are completely unacceptable and that is why we have taken the response that we have done today. on thursday, state—run media aired a heavily edited video featuring alireza akbari in which he appears to confess to working for britain. he has told his family he was tortured into doing this. for the past few months, iran has been convulsed by protests, iran has been cracking down on protests sparked by the death of a young woman in police custody, mahsa amini. in response, britain had already imposed sanctions, with plans to declare iran's powerful revolutionary guard corps a terrorist organisation. this could help explain the timing of the execution. mr alireza akbari's nephew also sees it as part of an internal power struggle. it has been a difficult few days. the character that i knew,

the person that was devoted to the country and the regime itself, the person i knew that was involved with the system from the very beginning of its foundation, would not contemplate to do anything that would jeopardise or harm either... ..the regime, nor the population. whatever the exact motive, the execution sends a chilling message and marks a dramatic new low in relations between britain and iran. caroline hawley, bbc news. alistair burt is the uk's former foreign office minister, with responsibility for relations with the middle east. i spoke to him earlier today. the condemnation is very serious. the language being used by the prime minister and the foreign secretary is at the top end of what you would expect in any relationship between states which continues with diplomatic relationships. using the words of "barbaric regime" is very clear and demonstrates the strength of feeling that there is in the british

government about what has happened. i would also expect that there will be further actions. i believe further sanction has already been announced i believe further sanctions action has already been announced against the chief prosecutor. and i think the uk will be weighing very carefully what else it might do. but there will be a response to this, a further response to this, i think, i am sure about that. some are calling for the uk to remove diplomatic representation. talk us through what your thoughts are on that. this is not always as easy as it sounds. i have been involved in this, i was the middle east minister when the iranian ambassador was removed from the united kingdom in 2011, following an attack on the british embassy in tehran. the moment that you ended diplomatic relations, firstly you have to consider what assistance you are giving to uk citizens and dual nationals that will still be in iran, what protection you will give to them.

there are other independent interests in iran that look to the united kingdom for support and help, that wouldn't be there. because if we expel the iranian ambassador and diplomatic representation, iran would do the same to the uk. so you have to consider that. then you consider how and under what circumstances you would bring it back. once you have stopped talking, you have to think about how you would do it. so it is not as straightforward as it sounds and there are other ways and i am sure the uk will be working with its allies in the region, as well as western allies, about the best way forward to indicate to iran that this is a process which is only going to lead to further estrangement and isolation of iran at a time when it must want to come back to some degree to the international order. so working with other countries in the region, what could that mean? and secondly, what concerns do you have for other uk nationals or dual citizens who are currently in iran? the uk has made it clear for a considerable period of time that any uk dual national is at risk and very vulnerable

in iran and can be seized at any time by this regime. that certainly has been made more pointedly clear by what has happened to alireza akbari. and we must remember him. this is notjust about the diplomatic relations, this is about him and his family and it is an appalling act and a tragedy for the family. for others in iran, it will be a time of extreme worry and anxiety. iran is not a comfortable country, the regime is faced by internal threat, it is very keen to try and suggest that anything that's happening on the streets is inspired by those from outside iran. this is patently not true, but this execution may be part of that message that it is trying to convey to their own people. it is a very difficult and worrying time, but there are others who are working to try and find a way forward with iran, with those who want to see a different relationship with other states in the region, but it is extremely difficult because the security regime

in charge of iran seems to want nothing further than to provoke further confrontation. it is essential to continue talking to try and avoid what the consequences of that would be. former uk foreign office minister alistair burt. russia has launched a series of missile attacks across ukraine. one struck an apartment block in the city of dnipro. the regional governor said at least five people were killed and dozens injured, including children. there were also attacks on the western city of lviv and on the port of odesa in the south. after the latest missile attacks on the country, ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky has said the only way to stop further deaths from "russian terror" was to send more weapons. rishi sunak has confirmed in a call with president zelensky that the uk will send tanks to ukraine. the initial commitment is understood to involve around a dozen challenger 2 tanks. the prime minister said the move would "send the right signal", but the russian embassy in london

said the decision would drag out the confrontation. here's our defence correpondent, jonathan beale. britain is the first western nation to confirm it will provide ukraine with modern main battle tanks. the prime minister told president zelensky in a phone call. the british army's challenger 2 is more than 20 years old, but it was designed and built to go up against russian armour. and ukraine says it needs more tanks to break the deadlock in the war and go back on the offensive. the british army's challenger 2 will provide ukrainian tank crews with more speed and accuracy and more protection than their own russian designed tanks. but the uk is only expected to send around a dozen challenger 2, when ukraine says it needs another 300 tanks. it hopes others will follow.

germany's leopard tank is used by several european armies, and some have signalled they are willing to supply them, but that still needs germany's approval. then there is the us mage, abrams. america has been ukraine's biggest military backer, but so far hasn't sent tanks. but does britain's decision signal a wider shift? the provision of this small _ signal a wider shift? the provision of this small number _ signal a wider shift? the provision of this small number of _ signal a wider shift? the provision of this small number of tanks - signal a wider shift? the provision of this small number of tanks is i signal a wider shift? the provision l of this small number of tanks is not a game changer in terms of whether it is going to change the course of fighting everywhere in ukraine. it is a game changer in that it symbolises how the rest, including the uk, is stepping up to provide the uk, is stepping up to provide the sort of equipment ukraine has been asking forfor over a the sort of equipment ukraine has been asking for for over a year in order to win it country back on the battlefield. 50 order to win it country back on the battlefield. ,, ., . order to win it country back on the battlefield-— battlefield. so far, in ukraine, tanks on their— battlefield. so far, in ukraine, tanks on their own _ battlefield. so far, in ukraine, tanks on their own have - battlefield. so far, in ukraine, | tanks on their own have proven battlefield. so far, in ukraine, - tanks on their own have proven to be relatively easy targets. for drones and shoulder launched missiles. ukraine claims to have destroyed or damaged more than 1000. but western

military experts say tanks, combined with infantry, artillery and air support will be essential to take back territory, with a shift from defence to offence. jonathan beale, bbc news. here's our political correspondent, david wallace lockhart, on how significant this is. number 10 had been making it clear that they wanted to step up support to ukraine and that tanks could play a pivotal role in all this. this morning, a call between rishi sunak and volodymyr zelensky and the confirmation came out of that. i understand, as you said, we are talking about initially around a dozen challenger 2 tanks. let's remember initially in this conflict, the uk's military support was all about defensive support. now, number 10 would say they still consider this defensive, it is about ukraine defending its territory that russia has come into, but it is a significant step up. that being said, though, we are talking around 12 tanks, we know ukraine think they need around 300 tanks to make a difference. although the uk is the first nato country to make a commitment,

more will have to be done. we know that poland would like to send tanks, but they need german approval for re—export, which they have not had yet. ukraine will also hope that the usa will see this and make some sort of contribution of its own. so if other countries do follow the uk's example, then perhaps ukraine will start to get somewhere in the numbers it is looking for. david wallace lockhart there. the white house has said five additional pages of classified material have been found at us presidentjoe biden�*s family home in delaware. his legal team acknowledged this week it had found classified documents relating to his time as vice—president at his delaware home and aides previously found another batch of classified documents at his residence, and at a former office. an independent lawyer has been appointed by thejustice department to investigate whether these papers were mishandled. three women and a seven—year—old girl have been injured in a shooting close to a church in london.

the women are being treated in hospital after the attack, which happened during a funeral in the euston area this afternoon. police say one woman suffered potentially life—changing injuries. while the other two women's conditions are not life—threatening, the girl's condition is not known. the operation to clear a site in germany that's been earmarked for new coal mining is in its fourth day. police have clashed with protesters near the village of lutzerath in the west of the country where the site for the coal mine is due to be. climate capaigner greta thunberg has visited the protestors, saying, "germany is really embarrassing itself right now." here she is addressing the rally. how is this possible? in the year 2023, how can we still be continuing down this path that we know leads us nowhere?! how is that possible?! motor industry analysts

are predicting a price war in the electric car market after tesla cut the price of some its vehicles overnight. the company hopes reducing prices by up to 20% will boost demand. but thousands of existing tesla owners have complained that the price cut has damaged the value of their cars. our business correspondent, marc ashdown, has the details. tesla has had a difficult year, from a stock market slide to trouble sourcing vital parts. now the electric car giant is taking drastic action, slashing prices in a bid to woo customers. take the model three and the model y, tesla's best sellers in the uk. model three will cost you £42,000, a model y £45,000. a lot of money, but that is a price reduction of £5,500 and £700, compared to last year's prices. good news for customers. frustrating,

though, perhaps, for the 16,000 or so motorists who bought one of these models in december. tesla has been hit by a post—pandemic issues with its supply chain after the company's rapid rise in recent years, some see this move as a change in tactics. tesla have always been seen as quite a premium brand. these are quite expensive cars, despite their popularity and i think this is going to send some shock waves right across the industry because what this signals is they do want to become more mainstream. similar rice cuts become more mainstream. similar price cuts in _ become more mainstream. similar price cuts in china _ become more mainstream. similar price cuts in china led _ become more mainstream. similar price cuts in china led to _ become more mainstream. similar price cuts in china led to protests i price cuts in china led to protests in angry drivers. the uk electric car market is growing every year and some feel that reducing prices could be it further. we some feel that reducing prices could be it further-— be it further. we are heading towards a — be it further. we are heading towards a bit _ be it further. we are heading towards a bit of _ be it further. we are heading towards a bit of a _ be it further. we are heading towards a bit of a price - be it further. we are heading towards a bit of a price war l be it further. we are heading| towards a bit of a price war in be it further. we are heading - towards a bit of a price war in the electric_ towards a bit of a price war in the electric car— towards a bit of a price war in the electric car market. tesla have taken — electric car market. tesla have taken the _ electric car market. tesla have taken the first step, they have made a bold _ taken the first step, they have made a bold move by cutting the price of those _ a bold move by cutting the price of those cars — a bold move by cutting the price of those cars and other electric manufacturers are going to have to try to _ manufacturers are going to have to try to make — manufacturers are going to have to try to make steps to keep up with them _ try to make steps to keep up with them and — try to make steps to keep up with them and cut their prices as well. despite _ them and cut their prices as well. despite lingering reservations about the uk's charging infrastructure, one in five new car sales last year

was electric. the race is on to convince more most wrists to switch. —— took convince more motorists to switch. china has admitted that there've been 60,000 covid—related deaths injust over a month, following the government's sudden decision to end strict pandemic controls. it's the first time beijing has acknowledged the scale of fatalities caused by the covid wave sweeping the country. for weeks it's reported just a handful of deaths a day — figures which appeared inconsistent with the long queues seen at crematoriums. the who has welcomed the figures, saying they allow for a better understanding on the impact of the wave of covid in china. in the czech republic the retired nato general petr pavel will face controversial former prime minister andrej babis in a vote to become the country's next president. mr pavel emerged from this weekend's first round with just over 35% of the vote, narrowly defeating mr babis by 20,000 votes. the two men will have to meet in a second round runoff in two weeks' time. a funeral mass has been taking

place in the vatican for cardinal george pell, who died of heart failure after hip surgery this week, at the age of 81. cardinal pell was jailed in his native australia on child abuse charges in 2019. the convictions were quashed the following year. preparations for his funeral were overshadowed by the revelation that he was the author of a previously anonymous memo that described the leadership of pope francis as "a catastrophe." to rome now, where we can speak to 9 news australia's europe correspondent brett mcleod. pope francis none given the funeral blessing at cardinal pell�*s funeral service. and at the and advocacy group for victims of church victims of abuse, called for restraint in the funeral arrangements, which was your assessment of the service? in many ways, it was just the standard service for a cardinal, as was

carried out in previous times, but of course there was one major difference. no other cardinal has ever been convicted of child six abuse charges. of course, as you mentioned, those were overturned, but it was mentioned by the dean of the college of cardinals. he saw it as completely unfair and unjust, equal called the persecution of cardinal pell, saying that he bore it with great reverence and showed great strength and how he bore his time in prison, about 14 months. it was notable as well that the pope did arrive at the end in a wheelchair, again looking frail, but he stood to deliver the final word to send off george pell and it was here quite a different scene to what we are seeing in australia, he had george pell lionised and of course many child six abuse survivors in australia, he has demonised. find many child six abuse survivors in australia, he has demonised. and his bod will australia, he has demonised. and his body will return _ australia, he has demonised. and his body will return to _ australia, he has demonised. and his body will return to australia, - australia, he has demonised. and his body will return to australia, won't i body will return to australia, won't it? it body will return to australia, won't it? , , ., ,

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their own treatment by the catholic church. �* ., ,, , ., , their own treatment by the catholic church. �* ., ,, i. , . church. brett, thank you very much, brett mcleod. _ church. brett, thank you very much, brett mcleod, correspondent - church. brett, thank you very much, brett mcleod, correspondent for - church. brett, thank you very much, l brett mcleod, correspondent for nine news australia talking to us from vatican city. let's turn now to the new second world war memorial focusing on some of the lesser known stories from the war, including those of the thousands of caribbean service personnel who came to britain as volunteers. families of those who served at raf hunmanby in east yorkshire, hope to change this by creating a memorial that recognises their contribution. the bbc�*s leanne brown has been finding out more. the sacrifices made by british servicemen and women during world war ii are well documented and recognised. but thousands of volunteers who came over from other places like the west indies seem to have been forgotten. edwin samuels and gil marlaska were among thousands who made the journey from the caribbean to england, serving at raf hunmanby, on the east yorkshire coast. family members have been campaigning for a plaque to be placed inside the war memorial gardens in filey, but the council

won't allow it. we want this plaque really to serve as a reminder to all people of the contribution made to the war effort by people of colour. there are many young people today who simply don't know that their forebears came to this country long before windrush and helped in the war effort. alfred gardner was an raf mechanic who came over from jamaica and, after the war, he stayed here. when we went to filey, it was the first time... ..90% of people had seen black people. so many lads. so many of us passed through filey. it is very, very important that people remember and, you know, there were beautiful days and there were rough days. the design of the plaque in memory of those who served is ready, but it had no home until a local resident stepped in to help. i'm glad to say we've had a fantastic response from people all over the country,

but particularly from people from filey, many of whom didn't know about this history and certainly didn't know about our campaign. one lady in particular has come forward, and she owns property in filey and she has kindly allowed us to put the plaque on her property. and i can say it's going to have a fantastic location, just on the cliff path. the plaque will be unveiled in april, finally honouring those who crossed oceans to help britain. leanne brown, bbc news. police in brazil have arrested the former head of public security, anderson torres, over accusations that he colluded in the storming of government buildings in brasilia last sunday. brazil's supreme court also says it will investigate the role of the former presidentjair bolsonaro. the violence was carried out by thousands of radical bolsonaro supporters who continue to claim

that october's election was rigged. mr bolsonaro briefly posted a video questioning the legitimacy of the vote, which was won by his rival lula da silva. some single—use plastics will be banned in england from october. takeaways, restaurants, and cafes will have to stop using plastic cutlery, plates, and bowls as part of a new plan by the government to tackle plastic pollution. sean dilley reports. quick, convenient and no washing up. but from october, the government says it plans to ban restaurants and cafes in england from using some single—use plastics and polystyrenes. we've got a whole raft of measures on waste trying to reduce waste in this country. and this new ban that we are announcing today is just one of a whole raft of measures to really tackle this issue. in 2020 single—use plastic straws, cotton buds and stirrers were banned for sale and distribution. it's estimated that england

uses 2.7 billion items of single—use cutlery each year. the majority are plastic. in 2020 plastic cutlery made it into the top 15 most looted items. into the top 15 most littered items. england, though, is playing catch up with other uk nations. wales approved similar measures last month. those come into effect later this year. and scotland introduced a similar ban lastjune. takeaway owners are concerned that new rules could add to their costs when bills are already high. campaigners welcome any move that reduces our carbon footprint and reduces harmful greenhouse gases. but for some, the government's plans don't go far enough. we're second only to the us in how much plastic waste is produced per person. that means we are the second biggest producers of plastic waste in the world. so we really need transformative change to happen. we need the government to be showing real ambition and taking the lead. we are actually looking for a 50% reduction in single—use packaging, which would lead to the kind

of change we need to see. the proposed ban in england only applies to cafes and restaurants, and not to single—use plastic packaging for food and drinks sold in supermarkets. the government says it's working on separate plans for these retailers to cover disposal costs from 2024. sean dilley, bbc news. more than 500 ufos have reportedly been spotted by us troops. a new de—classified us government document shows that the us national intelligence agency is now aware of 510 reported sightings. nearly half of the new sightings were deemed unremarkable, but more than 100 of them remain unexplained. before we go, a reminder of the news we brought you earlier, that the white house has said five additional pages of classified material have been found at us presidentjoe biden�*s family home in delaware. his

legal team acknowledged earlier this week that it found classified documents relating to his time as vice president at the home in delaware, and aides previously found another batch of classified documents at a former office, the office of a think tank. an independent lawyer has been appointed by the justice independent lawyer has been appointed by thejustice department to investigate. i am on twitter. you are watching bbc news. —— i am on twitter at @annitabbc. hello. our focus is hello. ourfocus is very much been about the rain so far this january, we are not even halfway through the month and in some spots have already seen close to a month worth of rain, for example in cardiff. it will become relatively dry, but it is going to turn much colder. things are going to become chillier to the uk, saturday we started to pick up a

more north—westerly air stream, late sunday and monday we are into arctic air with a sunday and monday we are into arctic airwith a direct sunday and monday we are into arctic air with a direct northerly airstream. we still have a lot of water lying about and numerous flood warnings in place, so do keep up—to—date with those on our website, but instead of rain it is going to be looking out for snow, i suspect, in the days ahead, that will be a major forecasting headache. we are going to have this little weather system drifting south over night, the centre of our low pressure appear to the north—east, windy around that low, gales around the west of scotland to the north and northern ireland, wintry showers leading into scotland, may be down to lower levels and under this system perhaps a bit of snow across snowdonia, for the lake district, perhaps across the pennines, but generally still be the strength of the wind not quite cold enough for us to see a widespread frost across england and wales, so it will mostly be showers of rain we see on that weather system as it trickles its way south through sunday morning. and it tends to fade out, actually, so i think quite a lot of sunshine

to come across england and wales away from western coast through the day on sunday. some more snow showers for the far end north—west of scotland, a chillier day for all, the winds actually back to the day, but highs of 6 and 7 to the south of the uk, because parts of scotland temperatures will not get above freezing. overnight sunday to monday you can see a weather system they're rolling through close to the south coast, the cold air at this stage don't forget is doing its way south. as the two come together, there is uncertainty where we may see a weather system they're rolling through close to the south coast, the cold air at this stage don't forget is doing its way south. as the two come together, there is uncertainty where we make cpap something a bit wheels of kent. steve please stay tuned because we will be able to pin that down closer to the time. the same thing for tuesday, that big low up to the north—east, but these little features running around towards the bottom of it, make it difficult to pinpoint where we could see the wintry weather in terms of the time another forecast, wintry weather in terms of the time anotherforecast, but wintry weather in terms of the time another forecast, but certainly colder for all this week.

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in delaware. a in delaware. a special council has been appointed to investigate whether papers have been mishandled. rusher has launched missile attacks across ukraine. one struck an apartment block in the city of dnipro killing at least five people. four people including a seven—year—old girl have been injured in a shooting in central london.