the uk government announces a ten—year plan to tackle prison overcrowding, with four newjails delivering thousands more cells. saudi arabia is expceted to be confirmed as host of the 2034 men's world cup. mandatory evacuation orders are in place after a wildfire in california spreads rapidly through the coastal town of malibu. we start in the middle east, where syrian rebel forces say they have taken control of the oil—rich eastern city of deir ezzor — as they try to secure the country's resources. it comes as israel says it has carried out hundreds of air strikes and hit most strategic weapons stockpiles in syria, to stop them falling into the hands ofjihadists. the israeli military says it has destroyed syria's naval fleet as well as helicopters, air defence systems and tanks. the united nations has called for an end to the attacks that have taken place since rebel factions overthrew the government of bashar

al—assad on saturday. our international editor jeremy bowen has been to lebanese—syrian border to talk to syrians returning to their homeland — and those now heading the other direction. he sent us this report. at the border, the biggest and potentially deadliest divide in syria. coming in from lebanon, syrians who fled the war and the assads — desperate to get home. in the opposite direction, syrians desperate to get out — families who fear they'll be singled out for revenge. some because their religious sect supported the former regime, or because the men fought for bashar al—assad. ali read out a facebook post from a small militia swearing vengeance. so is this such a threat that you want to take your family out to lebanon? you're worried about your lives? translation: yes, sure. the kids, my wife, i'm afraid for them. that's why i'm taking

them out to lebanon. violence consumed iraq and libya after their dictators. their fear is the same for syria. it's notjust about the legacy of the war. it's about the legacy of more than half a century of dictatorship. these are people, and there are thousands more coming down the road, who don't feel safe in the new syria. and going in the opposite direction are all those who just want to get home. the duty free shop, once a favourite of those the regime had made rich, has been looted and destroyed. islamist anger at a decadent regime. we drove on to damascus. the rebels took syria as assad's army faded away but the country's still under fire. to stop islamist rebels taking over syria's abandoned military infrastructure, across the country israel's bombing it to pieces, and not farfrom this road, taking more syrian land for what it calls a buffer zone.

so far, damascus is mostly calm, but here, someone tried to burn down a mobile phone shop, already looted, from a chain named after bashar al—assad's british—born wife. the family earned billions from its control of telecoms as millions of syrians starved. the firemen have been talking to syria's new rulers. he said, "they're going to cooperate. "we don't know our destiny, but god willing, it will be good." next stop was mezzeh 86, a poor district named after a notorious regime military unit. it was a stronghold of assad supporters until they bolted the same night bashar did, as a relieved and happy safar al—safadi told me. translation: when we woke up with the sound of _ gunfire and the smoke, we saw their weapons and their uniforms thrown away in the streets. safar said the rebel

fighters took the weapons and showed me the uniforms thrown onto the street�*s rubbish dump and into the dustbin of history — like the dictatorship. bashar al—assad. this area used to be full of posters of bashar and his father, because it was a centre of loyalists from his own alawi alawite community. a lot of the guys who lived around here supported theirfamilies by carrying guns for the regime. they were in the security and the mukhabarat, the intelligence, or they were in the military. and now, like him, they've gone. jeremy bowen, bbc news, damascus. israel says it has destroyed this area enable fleet and carried out hundreds of air strikes since the poll of the assad regime. yolande knell

joins us. what detail is emerging in israel about those raids on syria?— raids on syria? israeli defence anal sts raids on syria? israeli defence analysts have _ raids on syria? israeli defence analysts have been _ raids on syria? israeli defence analysts have been picking - raids on syria? israeli defence. analysts have been picking over the latest information given out by the israeli military that says it destroyed 70—80% of syria's strategic military assets of syria was a significant military power in this region under president assad. israel says it is worried that weapons could fall into what it sees as the wrong hands, be thatjihadist groups in syria or its old enemy the lebanese armed group is four. we have one defence analyst saying now syria has been sent back to the starting line bereft of any strategic military capabilities. this is an unprecedented bombing campaign that went on over a period of 48 hours, unprecedented in the breadth and scope and damage that has been closed as well by the

israeli military. it targeted the syrian naval boats off the coast in two locations and other naval bases as well. it has also gone after air defence systems, air bases, fighter jets, dozens of them destroyed, we are told weapon production and storage sites, the israeli media saying thousands of rockets have been destroyed. also chemical weapons sites in syria as well, they were so feared under the assad regime. there has been reaction coming in where we were talking to you from the kremlin condemning those israeli strikes in syria and also the deployment in the colon heights and we have also had the un saying the 13 israeli strikes to stop. what about the reaction israel to the change of regime in syria and what is happening with those strikes?— and what is happening with those strikes? you find there is a lot of— those strikes? you find there is a lot of israeli _ those strikes? you find there is a lot of israeli public - is a lot of israeli public support for what has happened, with comments saying that really israel has changed its

responses to threats it perceives in the region, when it comes to its own national security, it is prioritising that since the 7th of october deadly attacks which are seen as having cut israel off guard. when it comes to the israeli ground forces moving into the demilitarised zone in the golan heights, which was formerly an area under syrian control, you have also some admission now from the israeli military that it has gone a bit beyond that buffer zone, saying this is defensive and limited operation, that it is carrying out there, and we have also had the israeli defence minister saying he wants to see so syria as a security zone queer of threats to israel and what he calls terrorists and their weapons. but this has been something that has been very strongly condemned, the israeli ground were neighbours, by

several arab countries who see this as being a land grab by israel taking advantage of the downfall of president assad and violating syria's sovereignty. thank you. a stand—off is taking place at the president's office in south korea where presidential guards are refusing to let the police enter the building. the raids are part of an investigation into his failed attempt to impose martial law last week. some of his top officials and military commanders have been arrested and suspended over their alleged role in enforcing the order. and within the past couple of hours prison officials said the country's former defence minister has attempted to take his own life while in detention over his role in last week's controversial martial law declaration. here are live pictures coming into us. thousands of protesters standing in front of the parliament they are demanding the impeachment and the rest of the president, as well as the department of his

ruling party. they want to stay there until they continue there is civil movement until he is removed from office. wheels move the south korean parliament was in a session which was supposed to take place but the police have had trouble getting people in there, a developing story in south korea following on from that attempt to impose martial law by the president last week. our seoul correspondent jean mackenzie has the latest on the raids. this is as close as we can get right now with our camera to the presidential compound which isjust down this the presidential compound which is just down this road behind us. 18 police officers have raided this compound and they are searching for the minutes of the meeting that president yoon suk yeol had just before he declared martial law and choose a night at the meetings he had during this very short time period that martial law was enforced. we don't know whether the president is inside this compound because the way time we have seen him since last tuesday is during a very brief speech that he gave on

television on saturday where he apologised. we also haven't heard anything from the presidential office themselves. their communication channels have gone dark stop the president is now being investigated from many angles, by police, prosecutors and by corruption officials and yesterday the opposition even managed to secure an independent investigation into what has happened. he is being accused of treason, which is one crime he doesn't get presidential immunity from, which means he can be arrested and investigators have come up this morning and said they will not shy away from arresting him if they get the sufficient evidence. meanwhile the country is in turmoil. there is this strange power vacuum now at the very top of government because it is not clear how much authority the president still has and he was making decisions. people around here on the streets everything in night still going for the president to stand down. at the moment still being shielded by his party. they are the ones that boycotted this impeachment vote last weekend was that

there is going to be another impeachment vote we think this coming weekend and it isn't clear whether their loyalty will last for a second week. already some mps have come out of the ruling party and said they are going to vote for his impeachment, but not enough to get this boat over the line. at the moment it seems the ruling party is divided and in disarray and just does not know what its next step should be. but the more these investigations close in on the president, it is perhaps sending a message to those still standing by him that they should step away. a meeting schedule. turning... a meeting scheduled for this afternoon will confirm saudi arabia as host of the 2034 men's world cup. there remains a lack of clarity about the process, despite saudi arabia being the only bidder. the football association are yet to make their stance known but the norwegian football federation says it will oppose the bid. our sports news correspondent laura scott reports from oslo. from hosting world championship

boxing fights to top—level tennis, saudi arabia has pulled no punches when it comes to its sporting ambitions, but it's about to be awarded the biggest football event on the planet, the men's world cup in 2034. fifa awarded the bid the highest score ever, claiming it will be a world—class and memorable event that can be a catalyst for change. the fifa congress meeting will see two unopposed bids handled together with confirmation seemingly coming via applause rather than a vote. morocco, portugal and spain are set to be confirmed as co—hosts of the 2030 world cup, but in reality the tournament will take place across three continents and six countries, with three matches in uruguay, argentina and paraguay to mark 100 years since south america hosted the first world cup. four years later it will then be the turn of saudi arabia. their plans include building 11 new stadiums, including one set 350 metres above the ground in the futuristic desert city neom, which is yet to be built. but one country, norway,

plans to take a stand on what they call a flawed bidding process. it's very easy for us to be critical of different cultures than our own, and we know that the bigger risk generally, in a country, for example, the lack of freedom of speech, the bigger risk it will be around big, mega—events. our criticism now is on the lack of clarity, and what fifa asked from the bidding nations, on the risk on the ground. there has been outcry from campaigners over the medium—risk rating for human rights given saudi arabia's record on freedom of speech, restrictions on women's rights and the criminalisation of the lgbtq+ community. also environmental protection was rated low risk. saudi authorities insist this is not about sportswashing. any country around the world is going for improvement, no one is perfect, and we acknowledge that, and we are reforming. hopefully by the 2034, people will have an extraordinary world cup that they remember.

there is a strong possibility norway will be alone in its opposition. the english fa were still in discussions over its stance as recently as last weekend. but given only this week the uk government strengthened its ties with saudi arabia, any opposition could appear off—kilter. and the german federation, whose players protested over what they saw as fifa silencing teams during qatar 2022, said it had decided to endorse the saudi bid after discussions with interest groups and experts. while saudi arabia has become a regular host on the sporting stage, the world cup represents another level entirely and for some there is deep rooted concern over unopposed bids without a vote deciding who hosts football's biggest prize. laura scott, bbc news in oslo. for more on this, i'm joined by qatar—based football journalist neel shelat. thank you for being with us. as we are hearing, no vote on this, just an announcement. tells about this process and why it has proved so controversial. it why it has proved so

controversial.- controversial. it is effectively - controversial. it is effectively people| controversial. it is - effectively people have controversial. it is _ effectively people have jump through a few hoops to make it so there can be no opposition to saudi arabia who think this world cup. according to fifa regulations once a country whose world cup the same federation can toast any of the next two. weary the assistance of that not all world cups are just held between europe and south america as they were back in earlier days. but they have done with 2026 being in north america, the us, mexico and canada, particularly 2030, which they have said around three continental countries, spain, portugal, morocco, and africa, but they've also shifted three games in south america on the pretext of it being a centennial edition is a 100 years from the first world cup but effectively what that has done as it leaves only asia and oceania as the two options for the 2034 world cup. in oceania no one has the financial capacity to host a

world cup right now and in a jet no one has the financial capacity to compete with saudi, nor does anyone have the desire to do so given the influence saudi football has on the asian football confederation and also no one can match them financially. so this isjust contrived anyway that there can be no opposition to saudi hosting this world cup. what ou think hosting this world cup. what you think the _ hosting this world cup. what you think the reaction - hosting this world cup. what you think the reaction will. hosting this world cup. what| you think the reaction will we heard norway might be a lone voice against it. will there be other any pushback? i suppose there will be _ other any pushback? i suppose there will be pushback - other any pushback? i suppose there will be pushback from i other any pushback? i suppose there will be pushback from a l there will be pushback from a few interest groups like human rights groups or i suppose there will be some who voice their opposition. as far as federations go we have seen they are mostly quietly accepting this process. it is worth noting saudi have a great deal of influence all over the

world in various respects but particularly through sport. if you look at the amount of sponsorship they have struck it is close to 400. those various sports, you can see around co—sponsorships, almost every day no matter what sport they're watching, football, f1, cricket, anything, they have even struck