presidents zelensky calls for more western support for ukraine. it is just it isjust being it is just being reported by us officials that the us has struck and destroyed four anti—ship ballistic missiles that were prepared to launch from a houthi controlled territory in yemen. that is coming from cbs quoting a us official. i will repeat it because it is breaking news. again another attack from the us, we saw those attacks on friday hitting a number of houthi sites. there have been more houthi attacks since then and the us officials are saying the us have struck and destroyed for anti—ship

ballistic missiles that were prepared to launch from houthi controlled territory in yemen. that is just coming into us. controlled territory in yemen. that isjust coming into us. we controlled territory in yemen. that is just coming into us. we will bring you more detail as we get it. the united states says it's seized advanced iranian weapons that were being transported to houthi rebels in yemen. the operation took place five days ago. the materialfound onboard a dhow sailboat included components for ballistic and cruise missiles, among them, warheads and guidance systems. parts for air defence equipment were also seized. the us military said initial analysis indicated the houthis had been using the same kinds of weapons in attacks against commercial shipping in the red sea. it added the seizure showed how iran continued to violate un resolutions, and sow instability throughout the region. maritime agencies say there's been another missile attack on a cargo ship off the coast of yemen. a maltese—flagged vessel is said to have suffered minor damage.

iraq has recalled its ambassador from tehran after describing iranian missile attacks on targets in iraqi kurdistan as "a flagrant violation of sovereig nty". the united states described the missile attack as �*reckless and imprecise�*. the us military said it had tracked the strikes which iran claims had destroyed anti—iranian targets, including what it called an israeli spy headquarters. israel hasn't commented. this was one of the buildings hit — near erbil, in north of the country. local officials said, four people were killed. these pictures from irianian television, purportedly show the missiles taking off and heading for erbil. barbara slavin is a distinguished fellow at the stimson center in washington and a lecturer in international affairs at george washington university. i asked her a short while ago by that western governments know how many weapons iran is sending to the houthis. we do not

know the exact _ sending to the houthis. we do not know the exact amounts, - sending to the houthis. we do not know the exact amounts, but - sending to the houthis. we do not know the exact amounts, but i - know the exact amounts, but i understand why the united states and britain felt obliged to attack yemen. i personally think it is rather pointless because the houthis retain an ability and now have a new motivation to attack shipping in the region. the origin of this crisis is in israel, gaza and that is where the solution needs to come. the reason the houthis are carrying out these attacks it's because of what israel is doing in gaza primarily. so i think the attention is better spent on convincing the israelis that the time has come to wind down this offensive in gaza and also to the very, very careful not to expand the very, very careful not to expand the war into lebanon. the the very, very careful not to expand the war into lebanon.— the war into lebanon. the difficulty when ou the war into lebanon. the difficulty when you listen _ the war into lebanon. the difficulty when you listen to _ the war into lebanon. the difficulty when you listen to the _ the war into lebanon. the difficulty when you listen to the british - the war into lebanon. the difficulty| when you listen to the british prime minister, yesterday in the houses of parliament was absolutely their narrative is that this is not linked to the war in gaza, in fact it was

barely a reference to that in the prime minister because my statement yesterday. it was all about the threats to global shipping and the totally discount what you have just described. how problematic is that to try to resolve this? it is described. how problematic is that to try to resolve this?— to try to resolve this? it is hugely problematic _ to try to resolve this? it is hugely problematic. you _ to try to resolve this? it is hugely problematic. you cannot - to try to resolve this? it is hugely i problematic. you cannot understand what is going on without understanding the context and the context is the october seven attacks, horrible attacks on israel by hamas and then the disproportion is really response by turning gather into rubble. and killing over 2a,000 people in gaza. as well as the apparent expansion into lebanon. so i know that the united states certainly has been talking to the israelis trying to convince them to contain the war, but it doesn't look as though the biden administration is having much effect. no one is

fooled by these attacks on yemen. it is just not going to have the impact thatis is just not going to have the impact that is desired in terms of stopping the houthis, they will continue. they are enjoying this. they see themselves as the most active of these various members of the so—called axis of resistance against israel. and so we should not be helping that narrative. you touched u on it, helping that narrative. you touched upon it. but — helping that narrative. you touched upon it. but we _ helping that narrative. you touched upon it, but we had _ helping that narrative. you touched upon it, but we had the _ helping that narrative. you touched upon it, but we had the guys - helping that narrative. you touched upon it, but we had the guys at - helping that narrative. you touched l upon it, but we had the guys at war, we have has blown wide exchanges across that lebanese border, we have the radsey attacks and a million strikes in iraq and syria, bit by bit this is escalating. —— his brother word mac. it is like a giant billiards game, there are oldest bank shots being fired which are not directed against

those responsible. the iranian attacks on iraq, does that have something to do with the fact the israelis killed an iranian general in syria? does it have something to do with the fact that the united states killed an important iraqi militia man, supported by iran, in baghdad? something to do with the terrorist attacks in iran? of these things directly response to what is going on but they are a way of showing that iran is retaliating against something and again someone. evenif against something and again someone. even if it is not hitting those responsible for the losses it has sustained. let's repeat that breaking line. us official saying the us has struck and destroyed for anti—ship ballistic missiles that were prepared to launch from houthis controlled territory in yemen. more military action _

controlled territory in yemen. more military action from _ controlled territory in yemen. more military action from the _ controlled territory in yemen. more military action from the americans arejust coming into us. we military action from the americans are just coming into us. we will keep an eye on that, if there is more we will return to it. victims of the uk's post office scandal have been giving evidence to mps today. hundreds of sub postmasters were wrongly proscuted for theft and false accounting over a period of many years. mps cross examined the european boss of fujitsu, the japanese company behind the failed horizon it system. paul patterson apologised for its part in the scandal, and said that the company had a "moral obligation" to contribute to compensation for the victims. here's our business correspondent, marc ashdown. no one ever says sorry, not in the way i would like to see sorry. former postmistressjo hamilton centre stage today, giving evidence to mps about how she was wrongly convicted for stealing £36,000 from her village post office, her life ruined. it just makes you so angry

that they literally gaslit me for about three years and turned me not into a basket case but pretty much. i know a lot of the group and they are literally falling apart waiting for the end of this, for them to put it behind them. the business and trade select committee is hearing from all of the main players in the post office scandal, their remit to ensure full, fair and fast compensation for more than 700 innocent victims. prove that i am wrong and you are right. alan bates, the main character in the itv drama, who launched the campaign asked today why it took so long for more people to push back. a lot of people feel there is a financial gun held to their head if they start kicking off or start raising too many problems with the post office. the problem since 1999 has been faulty horizon software, designed and run to this day by japanese giant fujitsu. today, the first time we have heard from the company. fujitsu would like to apologise

for our part in this appalling miscarriage of justice. we were involved from the very start. we did have bugs and errors in the system and we did help the post office in their prosecutions of the sub—postmasters. he was then asked about compensation. is there a moral obligation, - mr paterson, for you to contribute? i think there is a moral obligation for the company to contribute and i think the right place to determine that is when our responsibility is very clear. the former post office chief executive paula vennells handed back her cbe last week. questions remain over how the business was run. today, her successor said he was determined to support the ongoing public inquiry. clearly from our perspective, we want to make sure that we as an organisation are giving every single opportunity that he has to make sure he can get to the truth. the final word this morning went to the man

who started the fightback. i hope it sends a warning shot across the bowels of these big corporations, that what they actually do and decide and the way they work really affects people right down at the front line of their organisations. marc ashdown, bbc news. you saw in that report the european boss of fujitsu. in the last few minutes the bbc has cut up the global chief of the company at the world economic forum in switzerland. he told the bbc the company is sorry for the impact it has had on the plus masters and their families caught up in the horizon it scandal and the company took the issue very seriously. ability producer spoke to him as he walked between events at the swiss ski resort.— the swiss ski resort. would you like to apologise? _ the swiss ski resort. would you like to apologise? yes, _ the swiss ski resort. would you like to apologise? yes, of— the swiss ski resort. would you like to apologise? yes, of course. - to apologise? yes, of course. fu'itsu

to apologise? yes, of course. fuiitsu has — to apologise? yes, of course. fujitsu has apologised. - to apologise? yes, of course. fujitsu has apologised. for. to apologise? yes, of course. l fujitsu has apologised. for the impact — fujitsu has apologised. for the impact on _ fujitsu has apologised. for the impact on the postmasters and all of their families.— their families. what do you think about fuiitsu _ their families. what do you think about fujitsu giving _ their families. what do you think about fujitsu giving the - their families. what do you think about fujitsu giving the money l their families. what do you think- about fujitsu giving the money back? the government suggested you should have returned the money. we understand — have returned the money. we understand it is ongoing public inquiry, — understand it is ongoing public inquiry, so i am sorry, i cannot comment— inquiry, so i am sorry, i cannot comment further about these topics. that was— comment further about these topics. that was the global chief executive of fujitsu talking to a bbc producer, repeating that apology but not being drawn into answers to the

follow—up questions, but interesting, an apology both coming from the global chief executive and the european ceo in the last few hours. scotland's top prosecutor has apologised to postmasters wrongly accused and convicted in scotland, where prosecutions were carried out by the crown office, rather than the post office. she said 5a branch managers may have been wrongly accused there. dorothy bain kc was being questioned in holyrood by msps. she said the prosecution service had been misled by the post office. iam very i am very deeply troubled by what has occurred. i remain acutely concerned that the crown office and procurator fiscal service was repeatedly misled by the post office. assurances, which werejust not true, were repeatedly given. to those wrongfully convicted, i understand your anger and i

apologise for the way that you have been failed by trusted institutions and the criminaljustice system. and i stand beside you in your pursuit ofjustice. i want to assure this chamber those wrongly convicted and people of scotland that i will do all i can do to prevent such an affront ofjustice of our system from ever happening again, and to right the wrongs which have occurred. right the wrongs which have occurred-— right the wrongs which have occurred. ., ., ., , occurred. more of the ramifications from the pulse _ occurred. more of the ramifications from the pulse of _ occurred. more of the ramifications from the pulse of a _ occurred. more of the ramifications from the pulse of a scandal. -- - occurred. more of the ramifications| from the pulse of a scandal. -- post from the pulse of a scandal. —— post office scandal. let's look at some other stories making news. people in dozens of villages in the north—east of ukraine, have been ordered to evacuate, because of worsening russian attacks. they're in the kharkiv region near the border with russia. president zelensky is currently at the world economic forum in davos, trying to rally support for continuing military aid amidst dwindling international support. the world health organization says the global use of tobacco

is continuing to decline, but warns that it will take another 30 years for the impact of anti—smoking measures to be truly felt. it said, the number of smokers — globally — fell from a third of all adults in 2000 to a fifth in 2022. the portrait of king charles, that will hang in public buildings in the uk such as courts and government offices, has been unveiled. it was taken inside windsor castle with the monarch wearing his royal navy uniform. public bodies such as schools are able to request a free framed copy of the photograph. just a couple of the story is making global headlines. you're live with bbc news. donald trump has won a big victory in the first electoral test, that he's faced, in his bid for a return to the white house. in the iowa caucuses, where republican voters choose who they want to be their presidential candidate. mr trump

crushed his main rivals. as you can see, he got more votes than the florida governor ron desantis, and former un ambassador nikki haley combined. edward luce is the associate editor of the financial times in washington. he gave us his assessment of trump's victory. he got more than the other two combined, desa ntis and haley. the margin of victory, 30 percentage points was almost triple the historic largest margin a republican has ever won in iowa which was george w bush in 2000. i think the only real question is whether nikki haley can beat him in new hampshire next week or come an extremely close second to remain viable, and if she cannot, then i think this race is all by over by next tuesday. if she can, then we could get a very interesting situation. if she beats him in new hampshire,

the next big state is her home state of south carolina where she was governor. it could get interesting, but i very much doubt that is going to happen. could you see still a path for either desantis or haley or would it make a difference if one of them pulled out and there was a clear non—trump candidate? it is not apparent, obviously apparent that it would make a difference. say ron desantis pulls out, and although he came second in iowa, he really threw the kitchen sink. he visited all 99 counties, he put way more money in the state than anybody else. to come second with 20% of the vote, just marginally ahead of haley after all that, is a massive disappointment, whatever gloss he put on it last night. even if he withdrew before new hampshire, polls show that most of his supporters would switch to trump, not to haley. she is seen as what they call

a republican in name only. she is not the make america great again appealing figure to the maga base that donald trump is. i doubt she would benefit that much. i suppose a certain amount of caution around iowa. there is a poll that said over 60% of those taking part believe that the election was stolen by biden. those were the people that were there last night. the criminal charges, there are 90 plus stacked against donald trump. that seemed to have helped him since the first indictment. can you see that changing once we get to the trial stage? very interesting that the trial for the most important charge, the federal one of trying to overturn the 2020 election

starts on march the 5th, which is the day after super tuesday, which is when you get a massive slate of primaries happening on one day. so far, each of the indictments against trump have only made him stronger with his own people. it is made him weaker arguably for a general election, but stronger for the republican primary. two thirds of iowa voters last night said that if he was convicted, it would make no difference to their willingness to vote for him. and two thirds said they thought biden had stolen the presidency. looking at the republicans as a party in conventional terms doesn't make much sense any more. there is a cultish element to this. it is in his image. a twin thought in terms of the democrats.

how spooked do you think they are going to be? you have a sense live upon lie. jan the sixth wasn't an insurrection, he didn't try to overturn the result, unfairly prosecuted by biden's department ofjustice, all of those stacked upon each other. how do the democrats attempt to push back against donald trump? nothing so far is really working very well for biden, but remember that most americans don't pay much attention to general elections until there are two nominees and that will not happen until the summer. biden is perceived to be old and weak but he hasn't really started campaigning yet, and i think by the summer you are probably going to get a criminal conviction or two for donald trump and most americans paying attention. last night in iowa he got 56,000

people to vote for him. this was not a massive electoral exercise. it is a little bit early to sayjust how shockable the middle ground of america is. really briefly, if we get to november, biden, donald trump, how are you calling it as we are talking now? it is a coin toss, really. this is a deeply divided country. 50—50 every time. the ukrainian president has called for more western support for ukraine to ensure that russia does not prevail in the war. he said fighterjets were particularly needed to help bring about victory. speaking at the world economic forum in davos, mr zelensky said that if vladimir putin won, the west would need to get ready for a military confrontation with moscow. we must make it possible to answer the most important question. the war

will end with a just and stable peace, and i want you to be part of this piece starting from right now. to bring the peace closer and we need you in the ukraine to belt, to reconstruct, to restore our lives. while president zelensky is pushing for more funding from the front lines, representatives from the un are using the forum to lobby donors for billions of dollars for displaced ukrainians and refugees. to talk more about this i'm joined now by deputy high commissioner at unhcr, kelly clements, who is in davos. welcome to the programme. remind our audience of the scale of the need to, both inside ukraine and outside. thank you for having us. we are almost two years into this work and the displacement continuous and those that are trapped in their homes continues, and the shelling continues. this means we have massive displacements dealt with in

ukraine but also neighbouring countries and primarily in europe receiving ukrainian refugees and providing them protection and 80. we are looking at numbers of people in need inside ukraine of some ia.6 million, outside about 6.3 million ukrainians. this is the kind of displacement that we are talking about. the humanitarian need is huge. we launched yesterday in appeal for huge. we launched yesterday in appealfor billions, 4.2 billion to be precise, for both those humanitarian needs inside the country to support the government of ukraine, to protect and aid positive support the most vulnerable in neighbouring countries. work continues, it is cold, winter has set in and the needs are immense. others numbers he took us through inside and outside of ukraine, let alone what you are appealing for our staggeringly large. for the people outside of ukraine, are you finding

that people are actually struggling to actually get by and i are thinking or doing a shift back to ukraine? are you seen anything like that? we ukraine? are you seen anything like that? ~ ., , that? we find in many refugee contexts and _ that? we find in many refugee contexts and this _ that? we find in many refugee contexts and this one - that? we find in many refugee contexts and this one is - that? we find in many refugee contexts and this one is no - contexts and this one is no difference that most people wanted to go home and so they stay close to home and doing some surveys with regard to those ukrainian refugees, we find the majority wanted to go home but it cannot go home now because of the insecurity, because of the damage to their homes and communities. only about 60% say they will go back soon. and they make the choices, we do not. they are having difficulties in terms of being able to make ends meet. we find that half of the people who could be anyjobs right now because of that eu protection directive that allows them to are in the employment, have jobs currently. half of the

ukrainian children are out of school so there are some very significant needs outside that we need to continue to meet, in support with those host countries that have been so generous to receive ukrainians. i've only got a couple of minutes and i have a couple of questions. you talked about trying to raise money in davos, what can business can everything from financial sight to expertise to how we deliver protection differently to trying to really allow refugees and host communities to be able to support themselves. it communities to be able to support themselves-_ themselves. it is expertise, it is everything. _ themselves. it is expertise, it is everything. energy. _ themselves. it is expertise, it is| everything, energy, connectivity, education, ai and ai is a big thing here. it can also change agents in terms of the narrative of refugees, to be supported and welcomed impact of the workforce as opposed to being something that should be kept on the outside, in terms of being able to

really be part of the agenda. we find that in davos and businesses stepping forward to help. president zelens �* stepping forward to help. president zelenskyy once _ stepping forward to help. president zelenskyy once frozen _ stepping forward to help. president zelenskyy once frozen assets - stepping forward to help. president zelenskyy once frozen assets to - stepping forward to help. president zelenskyy once frozen assets to be | zelenskyy once frozen assets to be used to fund reconstruction in ukraine. that has been talked about for so long now, would you like to see governments get on with doing that? ,., . , see governments get on with doing that? . , that? the need resources anyway we can. it is that? the need resources anyway we can- it is hard _ that? the need resources anyway we can. it is hard to _ that? the need resources anyway we can. it is hard to see _ that? the need resources anyway we can. it is hard to see how— that? the need resources anyway we can. it is hard to see how ukraine . can. it is hard to see how ukraine is going to the back burner in the last few months, we need it back on the front burner and for people to pay attention. we cannot forget ukrainian media take care of this humanitarian aid needs and reconstruction anyway that we can. thank you so much for taking time to speak to us and take us through what you are doing in terms of the lobbying for humanitarian work for ukraine. thanks so much for your time. when we are back we will have the latest headlines and the business news. that is coming up

here on bbc news. hello there. it's a very cold day, wherever you are, but plenty of crisp winter sunshine across the southern half of the country. further north, we've got a couple of weather fronts bringing a mix of rain, sleet and snow. we could see some disruptive snow across parts of scotland later in the day. now, here's the culprit. these weather fronts moving in from the northwest, bringing that mixture of rain, sleet and snow, some slightly less cold air moving in behind it. so i think across northern ireland, it's mostly reverting back to rain and rain to lower levels of northern england after some early snow. looks like the snow will be confined to the pennines there and this band of snow will start to sink southwards across scotland, eventually reaching the central belt. as you move towards the evening rush hour. a very cold day

to come wherever you are. significantly cold, though, across scotland where we'll continue with the risk of ice, so that snow across northern scotland sinks southwards, could bring some disruption to the central belt in southern scotland later in the day. and the band continues to fizzle out as it moves southwards over england and wales, no more than a line of cloud with just a few snow flurries on it. but another very cold night to come for all areas, but especially so across the northern half of the country with a significant risk of ice. so for wednesday, snow showers continue across northern areas. a lot of sunshine elsewhere. this feature looks like it's going to stay across the channel into france, maybejust grazing the south coast, some high cloud, maybe the odd wintry flurry for the south west of england. but most places dry, sunny, sunny, but very cold. frequent snow showers, northern scotland, a few into northern ireland, maybe into north west england, around some irish sea coast. snowfall amounts really starting to accumulate now across northern scotland and a very cold day to come wherever you are. particularly factoring in the strong

wind across northern scotland thursday. similar story, very cold start. plenty of dry and sunny weather around with snow showers draped around coastal areas, particularly northern scotland in towards northern ireland, perhaps north west england and a very cold afternoon, ito 3 or it degrees. but it will feel cold like that when you add on the northerly breeze. high pressure brings some fine weather to end the week. further snow likely across scotland and then low pressure takes over as we head into the weekend, bringing strong and gusty south westerly winds, in fact, turning wet and windy through the weekend. into the start of next week, you'll notice the temperatures climbing. it will become a lot milder.

this is bbc news, the headlines. the united states says it's seized iranian weapons, which were destined for houthis in yemen — it comes as another cargo ship has reportedly been hit. the boss of fujitsu — that's the company behind the wrongful prosecutions of post office staff — apologises. donald trump wednesday iowa caucus, cementing his lead in the race for the republican nominee —— wins the.