south korea's suspended president is arrested after a failed attempt to impose martial law — police break through barricades to take him into custody. mps recommend that parents who experience miscarriage should be legally entitled to paid bereavement leave. and, lions on ice — we'll tell you about an unexpected sport that's proving to be popular in kenya. inflation in the uk unexpectedly slowed in december — providing some welcome relief to the under pressure chancellor rachel reeves. the headline figure fell to 2.5% from 2.6.% in november. but the number is still above the bank of england's target of 2%. with me is our economics

correspondent marc ashdown. talk us through the figures. this is a glimmer of positive news for the government after a couple of tough weeks. headline inflation in december, running at 2.5%. economists had forecast a 2.6% to carry on where it was in november. this is how fast prices are rising on all goods and services, it doesn't mean they are going down, itjust means they are rising at a slower pace. there is a whole basket of things they look at. upward pressure from transport, fuel prices and second—hand car sales, but that has been offset by a sharp fall in airfares and hotel stays and how much we spend in response and hospitality. cast your mind back to october 2022, it was running at 11%, inflation, so it has come down a long way but still above the bank of england target of 2% and unlikely to get there for some time this year. a couple of interesting points, services, i mentioned

hotels and restaurants, that is something the bank of england look at closely and it has fallen, a considerable drop from 5% in november, down at 4.4% now, pretty welcome news. everything heading in the right direction but we are not out of the woods. inflation falling slightly, could it mean interest rates could fall as well? . �* , , ., well? that's the question, in the us and — well? that's the question, in the us and eu _ well? that's the question, in the us and eu they - well? that's the question, in the us and eu they cut - well? that's the question, in the us and eu they cut ratesi the us and eu they cut rates before christmas but the bank of england held off. they meet in february and that's the big question now, will they or won't they do that cut? this is the last inflation figure we get before that meeting. most economists are still tipping towards them cutting but possibly fewer cuts then for the rest of the year. they will have more than half an eye on what is coming down the line, donald trump is coming back in and his policies are expected to be broadly inflationary but possibly not, if he puts massive tariffs on china, there are cheap goods out there and if we hoover them up in the uk

thenit if we hoover them up in the uk then it could be disinflationary. also some government policies, national insurance contributions from employers and minimum wage going up could be inflationary but if board rooms don't give as big a pay rise as they expect to do then there is a lot for the bank of england to weigh up. for the chancellor rachel reeves it has been a tough couple of weeks and she will no doubt breathe a sigh of relief. she says these are welcome figures but still too high for working families and she is fighting to put more money in the pockets of people. the tories say policies from the budget have killed growth stone dead. growth in gdp, we get that figure tomorrow, is the economy growing now? rachel reeves then goes to the snowy hills of davos for the world economic forum next week when there will be more financial animals and ski animals and she will have to convince them that her economic policies have not veered too far off piste.- veered too far off piste. thank ou, veered too far off piste. thank you. marc _ veered too far off piste. thank you, marc ashdown. _

survivors of a fatal dive boat sinking in the red sea allege that the subsequent investigation tried to cover up safety failings they believe contributed to the disaster. the sea story sank in november last year, with at least 11 people dead or missing. for more than a month, our correspondentjoe inwood has been speaking to people who were on board the vessel, investigating notjust the causes of the disaster, but the way it was handled after. as they came ashore, the survivors of the sea story thought their ordeal was over. they've told us it was not. their allegations are extraordinary, of witness statements translated by a company employee... because he had kind of posed as, just kind of fit in with, like, the police and the investigators in the back. and i said, "who are you?" and he said, "i'm a dive guide." ..of being pushed to sign statements with safety concerns removed. . . under the pressure of the circumstances, we most of us did end up signing these statements. ..and ofjudges who they felt had already made up their minds about why the boat sank.

he said, "no. the only responsible for this is the sea, is the wave." these people were the first to be rescued from the sea story, the dive boat which sunk in egypt's red sea last november. they were exhausted and traumatised but say they were made to give statements almost straightaway. they gave them to someone they thought was a translator. they've told us he admitted after that he worked for the company that owned the boat. this guy who was interviewing us, he was the dive guide, they had left it where it felt like he was just another investigator, and not somebody who worked for the company. it felt very, very deceitful looking back. they say those translations were then taken by the judges leading the investigation. a normaljudge, i would say, can't take a translation from someone that's obviously totally involved

into the process. this was the sea story before it sank. all the survivors we interviewed had safety concerns. many believe they were removed from their statements. i noticed most of what i had said about the safety equipment and what was and wasn't there in the liferaft wasn't included. all my statements about the condition of the life rafts and safety issues on the boat, thatjust didn't, yeah, they were just away. the survivors initially thought the investigation might find what caused the boat to sink. they soon came to the conclusion it was all about avoiding blame. this question kept coming up over and over again. do you accuse anyone? and they were very eager to have us all sign that no, we don't, and make it quite difficult for us to answer anything other than no. lucianna galetta had spent 35 hours trapped here. in the slowly sinking hull

of the sea story before she was finally rescued. she says she was pressured to give a statement from her hospital bed. we just wanted to get rid we just wanted to get rid of them, to be able to leave of them, to be able to leave because they didn't want us because they didn't want us to leave the hospital before to leave the hospital before doing this interview. doing this interview. it wasn't just those it wasn't just those in hospital who say in hospital who say they felt pressured. they felt pressured. he said, "until you don't he said, "until you don't sign this, you cannot sign this, you cannot even go to sleep." even go to sleep." so we were there until 11 so we were there until 11 or 12 at night without or 12 at night without having slept all night, having slept all night, without any psychological help. without any psychological help. with the last survivors with the last survivors found, the group needed found, the group needed to return to cairo. to return to cairo. having lost their passports, having lost their passports, special papers were needed special papers were needed to get through checkpoints. to get through checkpoints. one survivor accused one survivor accused the company who owned the company who owned the boat of making one final the boat of making one final attempt to get him to sign attempt to get him to sign

a liability waiver. a liability waiver. he says, "ok, we have the papers, to leave.

that, of dive boats sinking in the red sea. and, of course, they want to protect tourism. we've tried a number of times to contact both the egyptian government and dive pro liveaboard, but have never received a response. the survivors and the families of the dead and missing are still waiting for answers they now doubt will ever come. joe inwood, bbc news. parents who experience miscarriage should be legally entitled to paid bereavement leave, according to a report by mps. currently only those who lose a child or a baby after 2a weeks are entitled to two weeks of paid leave. but a group of mps is calling for this to be extended to all pregnancy loss. let's speak to mp sarah owen, who is the chair of the women and equalities

select committee, which is calling for statutory baby loss bereavement leave. thank you forjoining us. this is a sensitive subject for so many families across the country. talk us through what you are calling for exactly. good morning, and yes, you are right, one in four, one in five pregnancies end in miscarriage, around 20,000 each year affected by this. the inquiry heard from women who were affected by multiple miscarriages and how they were treated at work affected their recovery. every single one of them, and campaigners across them, and campaigners across the country, have called for bereavement leave instead of sick pay to be used after a miscarriage and pregnancy loss. you mentioned they're some of the stories that have been shared as you look at the issue. you yourself have experienced a miscarriage

whilst at work. talk us through what happened in your case. i have had three miscarriages and each one of them was completely different. the first one i didn't quite know what was happening. i was pregnant and just thought, that's it, it hadn't entered my mind, i hadn't entered my mind, i hadn't conceived of the idea of miscarrying. ifeel like hadn't conceived of the idea of miscarrying. i feel like a hadn't conceived of the idea of miscarrying. ifeel like a lot of people don't until either their friend of people don't until either theirfriend or a family member or themselves experience it. it was incredibly emotional. i wasn't prepared for the multitude of emotions and grief ifelt multitude of emotions and grief i felt afterwards and during the whole process. i think for thousands of women it's about having the option and the choice to say that actually i'm not sick, i'm grieving a loss, and that is so important for this day and age. i think society is with us, and a multitude of businesses, even the nhs, the largest public sector employee of women, it's time the law caught up and that's what the inquiry found.

we have bereavement leave for parents who lose a child after 24 parents who lose a child after 2a weeks. why hasn't this happened so far for those who lose a child before 2a weeks? i lose a child before 24 weeks? i would say there is a multitude of reasons. one of them is stigma, we still don't announce we are pregnant before the first trimester. why is that? because so many people miscarry in the first trimester meaning people are often isolated and alone when actually they need support the most. the second one is that women's health is not where it should be, not at all. a month or so ago we released a report on women's reproductive health and how long it takes to get diagnosis for things like endometriosis, up for things like endometriosis, up to eight years on average, and that has a knock—on impact on fertility. i'm not surprised. it is shocking for most people they would not be offered bereavement leave if they miscarried or suffered a pregnancy loss before 24 weeks. it seems like such an point. if

you miscarry one day before 24 weeks it somehow doesn't count and if you get past 24 weeks it does count. for many people, the experience and pain of miscarriage at any point in pregnancy should be recognised. this would also pass on to fathers as well. you talk about the fact you were able to take sick leave but you don't feel that was good enough. tell us the difference between bereavement leave and sick leave. �* ., ., leave. bereavement leave, you wouldn't have _ leave. bereavement leave, you wouldn't have to _ leave. bereavement leave, you wouldn't have to have - leave. bereavement leave, you wouldn't have to have a - wouldn't have to have a doctor's note. with sick leave you do. for me it reinforced the idea that there was something wrong with me, that i was sick of my body had let me down somehow. for many women who miscarry, that's how you feel, you look for someone to blame and the person to the closest to is yourself. the system allows that to happen. instead of saying that you have lost something, you are entitled to grieve and to be sad and to talk about it in

that way, rather than it being something wrong with you. i think the other part is, we have heard from women in the inquiry that they were really scared about accruing sick pay. many were worried the hr system would trigger a warning if they had too much sick pay. others were worried about career progression and having to explain large chunks of sick pay to future employers. sick pay to future employers. sick pay is not an appropriate thing to use in this situation.- to use in this situation. sarah owen, to use in this situation. sarah owen. chair _ to use in this situation. sarah owen, chair of _ to use in this situation. sarah owen, chair of the _ to use in this situation. sarah owen, chair of the women i to use in this situation. sarah l owen, chair of the women and equalities select committee, thank you for talking to us. mps have warned that a "lost generation" of children could leave school without receiving the special educational needs and disabilities help they require. the public accounts committee have said the system is in �*disarray�* with too many families unable to access support for their children. our reporter vanessa clarke has more. he hates the hairdresser. for rachel morgan, the battle to get help for her seven—year—old son max, who has autism, has been long and exhausting.

max is finally in a school with the right support, but it's not close. the school he's at is 35 miles away, so that's a 45—minute journey there and a 45—minute journey back every day, which is a lot for a seven—year—old little boy, especially a seven—year—old little boy with the difficulties that max has. the family are now looking to move house just so they can be nearer the school. they are not alone. there are an estimated 1.7 million school—age children with special educational needs and disabilities in england, and mps say too many of these families are struggling to get help. the help children with special educational needs receive depends on their postcode. the report warns that waiting times for assessments and support varies massively between council areas and between schools. it's calling for urgent action. within the next six months the committee wants the government to set out what support children with send should expect, develop a new fully costed plan

for improving the system, and work with the local authorities to develop a solution to the financial problems they face. we are in desperate danger of failing an entire generation of children if we don't get this right. and it's not only the system to try and actually support them, it's also costing the nation a huge amount of money. so, we are looking at the noun transformation... at ninestiles, an academy in birmingham, 20% of the students have special educational needs and demand is increasing. some students' needs are only now being picked up in secondary school. at primary school they might well be working in smaller groups, they know their class teachers much more closely. and then when they come to secondary school and there's that big transition, it can often be difficult to really identify that support very quickly and i think that's something that going forward, early identification of the right levels of support and need, would really help secondary schools and their learners to be more successful.

families are navigating a complicated system, but the government says it is already making progress, investing £1 billion as well as creating more specialist places in mainstream schools. vanessa clarke, bbc news. let's get some of the day's other news now. treasury minister tulip siddiq has resigned from the uk government, after growing pressure over an anti—corruption investigation in bangladesh. her aunt, sheikh hasina, is the former bangladeshi prime minister, and is being investigated over claims of a lucrative land grab. in a letter ms siddiq said she had done nothing wrong but the issue risked becoming a distraction for the government. dozens of global medical experts are calling for a radical overhaul in the way obesity is determined, to avoid overdiagnosis and undue stigma. their recommendations aim to move past the blame and discrimination that often surround obesity — estimated to affect more than a billion people worldwide.

mealtimes can be stressful for many parents. it can feel like a battle getting your children to eat at all, let alone eat the right things and the right amount. but how much is enough? research from the british nutrition foundation suggests that big portions and getting kids to finish their plate, could be contributing to the obesity crisis. our reporter tim muffett has been speaking to parents at a school in essex. i find it really difficult sometimes just to come up with different ideas and different varieties... food for thought. i think as a parent you find yourself in a situation where you're feeding your children every day, sometimes not knowing whether you're doing it right or wrong. rebecca, laura, annie, caroline and chris, all have children at arthur bugler primary school in essex. like so many parents they are often unsure

as to how much food to give their children. go to baby clinics and things like that when you've got a small child, then you are given guidance. but as the children start the school process and start eating more and doing more then the guidance, i don't feel there is a lot around. the charity the british nutrition foundation wants to help parents become portion wise. and to use hand size as a way of measuring healthy amounts of food. so, like, cheddar cheese, a piece the size of two thumbs together, have you ever heard of that as a guidance for how much cheese you should be giving? personally i haven't. i personally like a lot of cheese, though, so that wouldn't be enough for me! no. — i've never heard of it. lengthways? laughter. should we all be made more aware that, for example, a baked potato should be about the size of the fist of the person who is eating it? the thing is, my daughter who swims, that wouldn't be enough for her to fuel her, so it's great to have the guidance but i think you've

also got to be able to tweak that yourself depending on how much your children are doing activity wise. so if they are sitting on an xbox all day then probably that is perfect guidance. but if they are an athlete and running, they are going to need more to fuel. other recommended portion sizes from the british nutrition foundation, three handfuls of breakfast cereal, two handfuls of pasta. and a chicken breast should be about the size of the hand of whoever is eating it. will this change how much food you give your kids? yeah, i'll probably spend a little bit more time looking into it because at the moment i don't. but ijust go on guts, feeling and what i think they will eat. the guidance is guidance, but you need to have a better knowledge, i suppose, yourself, to make sure that they are fed appropriately. i do think that you have to be sensible with it i i do think that you have i to be sensible with it to be sensible with it yourself and think, does my childrenl needmore than that, do they need less than that? yeah, you've got to

be practical with iti yourself as well. but it is good to have - the guidance there so you have an idea of what you should be feeding your children. - that was tim muffett reporting. the social media giant meta has announced its cutting 5% of its workforce. the company behind facebook, instagram and whatsapp says it expects 2025 to be an intense year. microsoft is also pausing recruitment in a consulting division in america as part of its cost cutting plans. from new york, michelle fleury has more. in a memo to staff, meta ceo mark zuckerberg said that 2025 will be an intense year for the company, as it works on building what he describes as some of the most important technologies in the world. mr zuckerberg went on to say that in order to raise the performance of meta staff, the company would take steps to move out low—performing employees faster than originally planned. currently, meta employs some 72,000 people. cutting 5% of its payroll would be its first major staff reduction since it shed a quarter of its workforce in 2022 and 2023.

meanwhile, microsoft has also given a signal thatjobs maybe becoming harder to come by in the us technology sector. it told its workers on tuesday that it plans to pause hiring in its consulting arm in america. this comes only a week after it announced a round of lay—offs. when you think of kenya, you don't necessarily think of snow and ice. but there is one place in the capital, nairobi, where it gets pretty cold. the ice rink at the panari hotel. that's where the kenya ice lions ? the country's only ice hockey team ? train weekly. despite the sport being uncommon across africa, the ice lions have continued to go from strength to strength. they will now get a chance to compete on the international stage having recently gained membership to the international ice hockey federation. priya sippy reports.

this is the only ice rink in central and east africa. it's where the kenya ice lions train, kenya's first and only hockey team. they were recently granted membership to the international ice hockey federation, becoming only the fifth african team to join. our skill level has grown tremendously. we actually won a tournament internationally. this proved to us and to everyone else that yes, we are cut for this and we can do this. some of the things that i think we tried to focus on the most is the individual skills, the teamwork and the team skills — recognising what your role is on a team and when you're on the ice, what is your role? what is your responsibility? this is the defensive zone. one guy here, one guy here, the other guy, the third guy is going to go where their other guy goes. i never imagined that i could play ice hockey,

especially in kenya. you'd see it maybe on christmas movies. that happens somewhere else, not in kenya. stepping onto the ice was, it was exciting. it was... it was an experience, i'd say, out of this world. but because ice hockey is not a common sport in africa, they have faced many challenges along the way. the biggest challenge is ice time, access to ice, it's expensive. and then you have a lot of specialised gear. it's a very physical sport. you need a lot of protective gear. overtime, it's developed, its grown. thanks to media exposure, a couple of trips we've done — one to canada, a few others — we get people now giving us donations in terms of equipment, in terms of funds for ice time. and this has really helped grow the team. many of kenya's ice hockey players first started out in roller hockey. it's where the ice lions come to scout their new talent for the team.

you see kids skating and you see their potential, and you ask them, maybe, would you like to try? i love ice hockey very much because the coaches push you to be your best. like, you're playing on the ice, you forget about everything else. they are also looking to start a women's team. playing ice hockey feels amazing, together with the men, because we are also growing as women, because we also want to grow as a women's team. joining the international ice hockey federation will give them a chance to go for their dream — qualifying for the winter olympics. translation: they have to see the kenyan flag i flying on the ice. we must show others that we have arrived. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol. hello again.

it's been a misty, murky start to the day today. we have had a lot of low cloud, some fog as well, but that is now slowly lifting from all but the far south—east of england. high pressure is firmly in charge of our weather. you can see the squeeze on the isobars indicating that it is pretty windy in the north—west and we've got an approaching weather front introducing thicker cloud, and through the afternoon we will also see some rain. by then it should have brightened up for most. again, sunny spells except for in the far south—east where we do hang on to the cloud. so quite a grey afternoon in the south—eastern quarter of the country. temperatures, 9 to 11 degrees, so just a little bit above average for the time of year. now heading on into the evening and overnight, we continue with the cloud across the south—east. we'll see further mist and fog patches form across central and southern england, into the south—west and dumfries and galloway in particular. but under clearer skies it will be a cold night,

colder than last night. where we've got the blues that indicates temperatures below freezing. so once again we will see some pockets of frost develop. tomorrow morning then, we still have high pressure in charge but it is pulling a bit further away towards the east. isobars tell their own story but effectively we're keeping the weather fronts at bay in the atlantic at this stage. so mist and fog to lift slowly. we hang on to the cloud across the south—east once again. it will brighten up, but with high cloud across northern ireland and also parts of scotland, the sunshine will be hazy at times and still gusty winds. temperatures down a touch on today, looking at 6 to about 10 degrees. so thursday into friday, you can see approaching weather fronts do come in, push northwards. as we head towards the weekend, as the high pressure continues to edge further east across other parts of europe, weather fronts start to make inroads in from the west. what's that going to do to the temperature? well, this weekend it's going to introduce some cooler conditions, as represented by the blues, notjust by day but also by night.

and once again we will have some mist and fog patches forming as well. so the outlook, we start off with mist and fog, slow to clear, and as we go through the ensuing few days you can see how very slowly the temperatures start to slide.

live from london. this is bbc news. air raid alerts and emergency power cuts across ukraine, as authorities say critical infrastructure has been hit in a "massive" russian missile attack.

negotiators are trying to hammer out a ceasefire deal to end the war in gaza. the uk inflation rate falls slightly to 2.5%, but remains above the bank of england's target. south korea's suspended president is arrested after a failed attempt to impose martial law. police break through barricades to take him into custody. lunar landers have blasted off in florida. hello. our top story — critical infrastructure in western ukraine has been hit

in a �*massive' russian attack ,