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israel says it has destroyed syria's naval fleet as it continues its attacks on syrian military installations for a third day. in damascus, the rebels who toppled the assad regime are offering rewards for information about senior security officers involved in alleged war crimes. a man is charged with murder over last week's fatal shooting of a healthcare boss in new york. and as google unveils a �*mind—bogglingly�* powerful new chip, we'll be joined by a scientist to help guide us through the new frontier of quantum computing. now with all the latest sport, here's shabnam mahmood. tottenham defender cristian romero has criticised the club's board for a lack of investment following their disappointing 4—3 defeat at home to chelsea. speaking to spanish broadcaster telemundo deportes

after the loss, argentina international romero said a lack of spending is why spurs are falling behind their rivals. in an interview translated from spanish romero said: "the last few years, it's always the same — first the players, then the coaching staff changes, and it's always the same people responsible. hopefully they realise who the true responsible ones are and we move forward because it's a beautiful club that, with the structure it has, could easily be competing for the title every year." matchday six of the champions league isjust over two hours away with liverpool looking to continue their perfect start to the new format away to girona. arne slot�*s side will be bouyed by the return of first—choice goalkeeper alisson who could make his first appearance after 11 games out with a hamstring injury. caoimhin kelleher kept five clean sheets in his absence. alisson has been so outstanding

for this club for so many years and for the brazil international team. and for the brazil internationalteam. it and for the brazil international team. it is definitely nice to have him back and have him available. but if you look at how his replacement did, it is not going to be easy to do it even better, so we expect definitely the same and may be on margins a bit better, but caoimhin did so well, that we can say we have two very good goalkeepers. real madrid, who lost to liverpool last time out in the champions league, face a tough assignment against in—form atalanta in bergamo. the iii—time champions have been boosted by the return to fitness of brazilian duo viniciuer and rodrygo ahead of a replay of this season's uefa super cup which real won 2—0. tomorrow is another tough game for us. against a top side team thatis for us. against a top side team that is very strong. but we are focused on us, focused on how we can affect the game and be

dangerous for them. tomorrow is another challenge for us. a total of nine fixtures today which get under way with liverpool's trip to girona as well as celtic taking on dinamo zagreb. elsewhere, the champions of germany and italy meet as bayer leverkusen and inter go head—to—head, pointless rb leipzig host aston villa while psg, who sit 25th and out of the qualifying places, are in austria looking for a first win since match day one. in the nba, karl—anthony towns returned from a one game absence to lead the new yorks knicks to victory over the toronto raptors — their fifth win in their past six games. towns had missed new york's loss to detroit with a sore knee but showed no signs of ill effect as he scored 2a points and added 15 rebounds. his total included the final five points of the game as the knicks finally broke free on their way to a fifth straight win over toronto. formula one now, and it was a thrilling weekend for mclaren�*s lando norris

as he helped secure their first constructors�* championship for 26 years. mclaren had a slow start to the season, before vital car upgrades in may saw them improve dramatically. ceo zak brown explains why a newly reconfigured team was vital to their success. men and women at mclaren have done an unbelievable job. and thatis done an unbelievable job. and that is everybody because to be successful as a formula i team, of course you have to build a great race car but you need to be able to afford a great race car, so your commercial department is incredibly important. they depend upon a huge fan base, so that is where the communications department comes in, hr and finance. all aspects need to be firing on all cylinders, forgive the pun, to be able to rally everyone to be the best in the business, because this business is hard. and that's all the sport for now.

let's return to our main story — israel says it has destroyed syria's naval fleet. the defence minister warned islamist rebels who overthrew bashar al—assad that his country would never allow terrorists to threaten israel. syria's neighbours and the un have called for the israeli attacks to stop. since the fall of the syrian president bashar al—assad israel has been carrying out air strikes in syria. they said they have been employing troops in the buffer zone. let me show you what that looks like on the map. common heights are an area that israel seized on the six—day war in 1967, and unilaterally annexed in 1981, move that was not recognised internationally. we have seen evidence they have moved beyond the buffer zone into syria. this is an israeli soldier at that we verified anti—appears

to be about 700 metres outside the buffer zone in syria. we located him by matching his foot up with publicly available images like this. and these are very distinctive features, for example there is a road, this trench and this hill which confirms this is the spot it was taken. we also verified footage of what appears to be a convoy of israeli armed vehicles in the village in syria. close to the footer of the subject you have just seen, which is also in syria outside the buffer zone. the israeli army said the ground forces are focused on the buffer zone but said it could be forces operating in a tactical point adjacent to it on the syrian border. we have also been analysing a video of strikes in syria since the 18th of december in these areas that you can see here any points in red. including this strike overnight in the port of leicester syria, which is used by the syrian navy. —— western

syria. this is the aftermath, several ships and equipment left badly damaged and on fire. the israeli defence minister said it's maybe destroyed the syrian fleet. we also verified this video of a strike on a research centre in the outskirts of damascus. this is the aftermath of that strike. at least one of the main buildings of the centre has been completely destroyed, and this is a crucial site because according to the un watchdog, it led the country's chemical weapons programme, and traces of those weapons have been found at the centre in 2019 by that same watchdog, long after syria had declared it had destroyed its stockpile. the un found chemical weapons were used by assad in syria, including in the capital damascus by 2014, which reportedly killed hundreds of people. one expert said setting fire to chemical weapons is a good way to destroy them if you want to do so quickly, but he said there is a chance of collateral damage and

casualties on the ground, but probably a smaller chance of contamination. israel says it is carrying out these operations to stop weapons falling into the hands of extremists following the overthrow of the assad regime. what impact that will have on the wider region remains to be seen. there are signs daily life is gradually returning to normal in the syrian syrian capital, damascus. you can see some people moving around damascus. the leader of the main islamist rebel group that overthrew the president has appointed an interim prime minister, and some civil servants have been asked to go back to work. reporters in damascus say several cafes and shops have begun to reopen; some staff at syria's central bank were seen returning to theirjobs. for the third day running, small crowds have continued to celebrate in the streets.

syria's devastating civil war forced huge sections of the population to flee the country in search of safety. among them was imad alarnab, a chef who left damascus in 2015 and now runs his own syrian kitchen in london. hejoins me now. thank you for being with us. as you watched these events unfold, how are you and your family feeling? we unfold, how are you and your family feeling?— family feeling? we felt so ha . . l family feeling? we felt so happy. some _ family feeling? we felt so happy, some level- family feeling? we felt so happy, some level of - family feeling? we felt so - happy, some level of happiness we never experienced before. it was a moment ofjoy, a moment of victory, a moment of hope. for a betterfuture, for of victory, a moment of hope. for a better future, for all of us to build syria again. we were so happy about it, and then suddenly israel attacked of course. and thank you so

much for all of the evidence and your hard work to show that israel is lying about being on the borders, but even if it is on the border, who gave the green light for israel to come and bomb our countries's why is it ok for israel to bomb chemical weapons in damascus? i do not speak for israel, but to try and put their side of it, from what we have heard, the justification is obviously they want to ensure chemical weapons or other weapons don't fall into the hands ofjihadists who are amongst the groups who have been involved in overthrowing the assad regime. they want to ensure, they say, that their neighbouring country is secure and isn't going to pose a

threat to them. neighbouring country is _ threat to them. neighbouring country is secure, _ threat to them. neighbouring country is secure, the - country is secure, the neighbouring countries are secure from syrians. we were not the issue. assad was the issue. we got rid of assad from syria, wejust issue. we got rid of assad from syria, we just want to build our future, syria, we just want to build ourfuture, wejust syria, we just want to build our future, we just want to build our economy, our country. we do not want another dictatorship to come and we don't need israel to do our job. don't need israel to do our 'ob. . , ., ., , job. that is going to be the question — job. that is going to be the question for _ job. that is going to be the question for so _ job. that is going to be the question for so many, - job. that is going to be the question for so many, and | job. that is going to be the - question for so many, and that is what we have been trying to look into, given the origins of hds as an al-qaeda affiliate. in terms of you and your family, what happened to you, what drove you out of syria in the first place?— what drove you out of syria in the first place? like any other assyrian. _ the first place? like any other assyrian. it — the first place? like any other assyrian, it is _ the first place? like any other assyrian, it is because - the first place? like any other assyrian, it is because of - assyrian, it is because of hezbollah and the assad regime —— any other assyrian. first of

all, my restaurant was bombed in 2013, i stayed there, struggling, and then i was hoping for my country to get back to normality somehow, and then i gave up in 2015. ifled syria, like hundreds of thousands, seeking a better future for my daughters. and bent up in london three months later. we built our life here. do you or yourfamily later. we built our life here. do you or your family have any plans to go back as you look at this huge change in your country?— this huge change in your count? ., , , . ., country? now yes. we have heled. country? now yes. we have helped- -- _ country? now yes. we have helped- -- we _ country? now yes. we have helped. -- we have - country? now yes. we have helped. -- we have hope. l country? now yes. we have i helped. -- we have hope. this

helped. —— we have hope. this is something very important, i think syrians have proved to the world that we can do something around the world, like for example, in my syrian kitchen in the heart of london, we have more than 43 people working for us. look at our success in egypt. in turkey. we can do something, we can create a betterfuture can do something, we can create a better future for all of us. but we want the world to support us in doing this. we want the world to, —— not to demonise a movement. it is not a civil war in syria, it started as a peaceful revolution and assad turned out to be a genocide. so we want your support, to be a genocide. so we want yoursupport, not to be a genocide. so we want your support, not bombing damascus and occupying our client. —— land. where is our

right to be safe? why is it their right to bomb syria to save israel, but where is our right to exist? when can we have our right to exist? when can we be dealt with as a human being? this is our question as syrians. being? this is our question as s rians. ., ~ being? this is our question as s rians. ., ,, , ., being? this is our question as s rians. ., ~' , ., , being? this is our question as s rians. ., ,, , . syrians. thank you very much indeed for — syrians. thank you very much indeed for being _ syrians. thank you very much indeed for being with - syrians. thank you very much indeed for being with us. - syrians. thank you very much indeed for being with us. i - syrians. thank you very much | indeed for being with us. i am sure we will be in touch with you again as this huge story develops. thank you so much for your time. develops. thank you so much for your time-— your time. thank you so much. around the _ your time. thank you so much. around the world _ your time. thank you so much. around the world and - your time. thank you so much. around the world and across i your time. thank you so much. | around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

to the united states now, where a 26—year—old man has been charged with the murder of a health insurance executive, who was shot dead in a street in new york last week. luigi mangione was detained

in pennsylvania after being recognised in a mcdonald's. he has since appeared in court. let's get the latest from our correspondent in new york. what more do we know about luigi mangione and the circumstances surrounding his arrest? luigi mangione by all accounts was not someone, to those who knew him, that would be capable of something like this. we spoke to a local radio host and lawyer that knows the mangione family, and they say there is a lot of shock in the community, that luigi mangione went to such an elite private school. he was the valedictorian of his class, the top of his class, and then went on to get a masters degree at an ivy league college, to work as master