this is bbc news. lets turn to our main headlines this hour. a rare red weather warning — meaning there is a danger to life — is in place for scotland as a huge storm continues to batter the uk and ireland. exclusivly on the bbc, an investigation into the deadliest single israeli attack in the recent conflict with hezbollah finds almost all of the 73 people killed were lebanese civilians. hamas releases the names of the next hostages to be returned... karina ariev, daniella gilboa, naama levy and liri albag will be released on saturday. and — a new world record. we'll talk live to a german engineer who's spent four months living underwater.

all of that is coming up. now with all the latest sport, here's tanya. hello from the bbc sport centre. novak djokovic says he may have played his final australian open after he was forced to retire injured in his semifinal against alexander zverev. he had heavy strapping on his upper left leg after injuring it in his quarterfinal — but fought hard to take the opening set to a tie break. after zverev won it 7—5, djokovic decided the pain was too intense to continue. as he conceded defeat to the second seed, some of the fans booed him as he left court for what may be the last time in melbourne. there is a chance, i willjust have to see, yeah, how the season goes and i want to keep going. but whether i am going to have a revised schedule or not for the next

year, i am not sure. i normally like to come to australia and play and i have had the biggest success in my career here. so if i am fit, healthy and motivated, i don't see a reason why i wouldn't come. there is always a chance. zverev will play the reigning champion janik sinner in the final. he beat the american ben shelton after a tight first set which went to a tie break, sinner won the next two 6—2, 6—2. it means the top two seeds will face each other, and sinner says there isn't much between them. he played some incredible tennis to go to the final. he is the favourite in a way because anything can happen but we aren't going to get the answers on sunday. —— we are going to get the answer on sunday.

manchester united have given antony permission to travel to spain for a medical to complete his loan move with betis. he was bought in august 2022 and was the second most expensive signing in the club's history. he has failed to hold down a regular starting place. premier league leaders liverpool play ipswich tomorrow in a weekend where the fixtures are the reverse of the opening day of the season. they won 2—0 at portman road in august and are now six points clear at the top with a game in hand. their manager arne slot has been talking about the differences between then and now. sometimes it is difficult to come in the middle of a season and work with a new team with the schedule we are having. but to be fair it maybe felt a bit the same for me. because 12, 13, 14 players came in 1.5 weeks before the start of the season. from that moment on we only played games.

so it is normal, i think, that we have improved, compared to that game. although, especially the second half performance, was something that was quite similar to the performances i see currently. arsenal are currently second in the table but mikel arteta admits that they need a new striker but are struggling in this transfer window to find the right one. injuries have left them very short on attacking options, but he says he won't buy for the sake of it. my my feeling is clear. we lost two very important players. white so we like goals, people, options in the front line. we can't get the right players, that is why we are actively looking at it. any player now, someone who makes us better and has an impact on the team. the period that we lost them, ideally, we need some help. we were very short already and we are even shorter. and lastly how about

this from the nba? nikola jokic of the denver nuggets threw the ball from 66 feet away at the end of the third quarter, and somehow made it as his side beat the sacramento kings. definitely worth another look. not surprisingly, he is in the running for the most valuable player of the season. what about that for skills? and that's all the sport for now. thank you very much. see you a little bit later. storm eowyn has brought potentially �*life threatening' winds to ireland and the uk — with the loss of power and services and the closure of schools, rail, ferries, roads and transport hubs. millions have been urged to stay at home, as a rare red warning for the scottish central belt, which means a danger to life, now in place. many schools and large parts of the transport network are closed. and as you can see from this map, it's a giant storm where coastal areas could see winds of more than ioomph. an amber weather warning is in place for the rest of scotland, northern

england and north wales. let's speak to meteorologist from the met office, alexander burkill. alexander, thank you very much for being here on the programme. this has been pretty wild. , . , , ., wild. yes, it has been an exceptionally _ wild. yes, it has been an exceptionally deep - wild. yes, it has been an exceptionally deep area | wild. yes, it has been an l exceptionally deep area of wild. yes, it has been an - exceptionally deep area of low pressure as we are expecting. that is why we are seeing exceptionally strong wins. you talk about those kind of gusts, that we have already seen gusts of 100 mph recorded earlier on this afternoon. in excess of 90 mph across parts of northern ireland and wales. it has really been as windy as we were expecting. really been as windy as we were exectina. really been as windy as we were meeting-— expecting. tell me why these storms have _ expecting. tell me why these storms have been _ expecting. tell me why these storms have been so - expecting. tell me why these j storms have been so intense. expecting. tell me why these - storms have been so intense. we have been with our correspondence through the course of it, you touched on some of the power lines that have been ripped out. why has it been so intense? this have been ripped out. why has it been so intense?— it been so intense? this one has been — it been so intense? this one has been exceptionally - it been so intense? this one| has been exceptionally deep,

record—breaking knee deep area of low pressure, to be honest. fortunately, it reached its deepest base before it reaches the uk. it became a little bit less intense before it came across us. nonetheless, in northern ireland they recorded a pressure of 948... which is a new january a pressure of 948... which is a newjanuary record. a pressure of 948... which is a new january record. you a pressure of 948... which is a newjanuary record. you have a pressure of 948... which is a new january record. you have to go before 1900 to have a pressure reading at any time of the year lower than that in northern ireland. very low, indeed. why so intense? due to the jet stream, indeed. why so intense? due to thejet stream, an the jet stream, an exceptionally strong jet stream which is due to the cold weather they have been having in america. cold air mixing with slightly milder, warmer airfurther with slightly milder, warmer air further south. with slightly milder, warmer airfurthersouth. shop air further south. shop temperature contrasts airfurthersouth. shop temperature contrasts which has driven a strong jet stream. that has led to pressure which is storm eowyn. and then it came towards the uk. figs is storm eowyn. and then it came towards the uk. as you are talkin: came towards the uk. as you are talking we _ came towards the uk. as you are talking we are — came towards the uk. as you are talking we are looking _ came towards the uk. as you are talking we are looking at - talking we are looking at pictures from northern wales,

before that the coastline in cornwall. that is where the plant is being felt, all along the coastal belt. when is the thought that it is going to ease up? thought that it is going to ease up?— ease up? fortunately for northern _ ease up? fortunately for northern ireland - ease up? fortunately for northern ireland we - ease up? fortunately for| northern ireland we have already seen the strongest wins. it is still windy, but they are dropping. through scotland, we are seeing them now. this is the peak of the winds in places. the warning is valid until 5pm. but even when that stops, we have amber and yellow warnings. so the winds when drop entirely. with continue to see that, possibly 80 even 90 mph. particularly across the northern half of scots and as we go through to night and into tomorrow. then the winds to drop out. it is worth bearing in mind, especially towards the south of the uk, who may be wondering what the fuss is about. across many places it hasn't been too bad. blustery, windy, but fine weather around. bad. blustery, windy, but fine weatheraround. it bad. blustery, windy, but fine weather around. it is because the low area of pressure came

very close to northern ireland and that is why we are seeing these strong damaging winds. fit, these strong damaging winds. a final thought, we knew it was coming, and in that sense the alert system has worked. because there were all manner of contingencies and that has helped enormously. definitely. we can see _ helped enormously. definitely. we can see on _ helped enormously. definitely. we can see on the _ helped enormously. definitely. we can see on the traffic- we can see on the traffic cameras that we have a network which we were able to report. particularly in northern ireland and scotland, lots of people listen to that advice and where possible they stayed inside. so we can see the reduced traffic load as well. not everyone did and that is unfortunate. but the majority of people dead and that is something we want to take forward. because we are likely to see a weather events like this at another time in the future. and people need to be aware that when we use these red warnings, note should be taken and advice should be followed. taken and advice should be followed-— taken and advice should be followed. ., ~' , ., , . followed. thank you very much. we will leave _ followed. thank you very much. we will leave it _ followed. thank you very much.

we will leave it there. - followed. thank you very much. we will leave it there. thank . we will leave it there. thank you for taking us through that. let me guide people to the website, the live page, because website, the live page, because we have updates on all those different areas affected. we were looking at scotland earlier, really battled about by those record winds speeds and gusts. the latest from our correspondence, teams, meteorologists and videos all available there on the bbc�*s live page. in lebanon, israel's fragile ceasefire agreement with hezbollah is on a knife—edge. both sides had agreed to withdraw their forces from southern lebanon by monday, but there are fears that deadline won't be met. the country is still reeling from last year's intense fighting, including one israeli air strike that destroyed an apartment block and killed 73 people. israel says the building was a terrorist "command centre". but a bbc eye investigation has found most of the victims were civilians. nawal al—maghafi investigates.

this is the site of lebanon's deadliest attack. an israeli airstrike destroyed a residential building in the village of idlib in southern lebanon, once home to more than 100 people. all that remains here are memories of the lives that were lost. it was the 29th of september. hisham el baba went to the building to visit his sister denise. shortly after, four more israeli missiles headed towards the building. causing the entire apartment block to collapse. trapping dozens of families under the rubble.

this video shows the moment that hisham el baba was pulled from the rubble. seven hours later. only to find out he'd lost his sister denise, her husband and their two children. in total, 73 people were killed. idlib is a quiet residential neighbourhood. everyone i've spoken to felt safe here. they even invited family members to seek refuge here after fighting escalated in the south. they've also told me that they've never witnessed any hezbollah military activity. so why was this building targeted? the israeli army, the idf, told us it had eliminated a hezbollah commander and that the building was being used as a terrorist command centre, but didn't

provide any evidence to support this. we investigated their claim and found evidence that six of those killed were connected with hezbollah�*s military wing, but none were commanders. we sent the idf their names. it didn't tell us if they were the targets of the strike, but said that the overwhelming majority of those killed were confirmed to be terror operatives. but our investigation found that at least 60 people killed were civilians. 23 of them were children. and we found that this pattern of striking entire buildings, leading to high civilian casualties, has been a feature of israel's war with hezbollah. we examined ten israeli strikes across lebanon. they killed more than 200 people. the idf told us these strikes hit terror infrastructure,

command and control centres, and hezbollah operatives in one strike. it said it hit a building where hezbollah terrorist was hiding. at least 28 people were killed in that attack. but the attack in idlib remains the most deadly. for now, a fragile ceasefire has held, but no one knows how long this relative peace will last. bbc news, southern lebanon. well, nawalal—maghafi joins me now. tell me a bit more about this investigation. why did you focus on that building? the un said that air— focus on that building? the un said that air strikes _ focus on that building? the un said that air strikes carried - said that air strikes carried out in lebanon had failed the test of proportionality and precaution. so we wanted to take a closer look at what that actually means. we focus on

this building, it is a quiet, residential neighbourhood, mainly christian. and we heard that 73 people had been killed in this one attack. the idf said it was a command centre, they also said they were targeting the head of the hezbollah compound. we set out to figure out who exactly was in the building at the time. what their backgrounds were, did they in fact have any evaluation to hezbollah. we ended up finding that 63 of the people in that building where civilians, 23 of them were children. six of the men in that building had some affiliation to hezbollah that we couldn't find any evidence that any of them were senior commanders. we asked the idf if any of those six men were the targets, and they didn't answer the question. we also asked who the question. we also asked who the senior commander was. again, we didn't get an answer. those where your conclusions but tell me a little more about how you actually did the

investigation. to how you actually did the investigation.— how you actually did the investigation. to figure out who is in — investigation. to figure out who is in the _ investigation. to figure out who is in the building - investigation. to figure out who is in the building at. investigation. to figure out| who is in the building at the time, we went through health records to get the names of everyone killed there. we went through social media, spoke to eyewitnesses, and we were actually able to name 68 of the people that were in that building. to give you an example, one of them was a woman who was a schoolteacher. we found out about a four—month—old baby killed in that building. it was actually quite devastating when you start putting names and faces to the people that were killed. that is how we carried out the investigation. we that is how we carried out the investigation.— investigation. we are hearing from our correspondent - investigation. we are hearing from our correspondent in . investigation. we are hearing| from our correspondent in the middle east about where we are with the ceasefire, but in terms of going to the site itself, what struck me most about all of that?— about all of that? walking around the _ about all of that? walking around the site _ about all of that? walking around the site and - about all of that? walking | around the site and seeing about all of that? walking - around the site and seeing the remnants of people's lives that were lost. as soon as i got there, there was the safer on there, there was the safer on the floor that had photographs

of a family and its members, a photo album that clearly belong to a family. birthday parties, school photos. then walking further and send children's further and send child ren's types further and send children's types on the ground, teddy bears. it really brings to life the impact these attacks have a normal families like yours and mine. it was really devastating to see. ., ~' ,, , mine. it was really devastating to see. ., ~ , . ., to see. thank you very much and that's fill in _ to see. thank you very much and that's fill in the _ that's fill in the investigation if you are still investigation if you are still in the uk, head to the iplayer because the investigation is there. there is also a written piece online. thank you very much forjoining us here on the programme. we are going to take a short break but in a moment or two a fascinating interview coming up. we are going to talk to this man, a german engineer. he is setting a new world record in terms of living underwater, as you are watching this, he is 11 metres beneath the sea. in the caribbean sea

off the coast of panama. he has already successfully increased that world record by about 20 days. we will talk live on the programme in a moment or two. live and around the world, you are watching bbc news.

welcome back to bbc news. now, to a new guiness world record — for living underwater. it's been set by a german engineer, rudiger koch, off the coast of panama. to give you an idea of how long he's been down there — when he started, panama owned the panama canal. when he resurfaces today, donald trump thinks he should own it. lots has happened in four months. well, here's what he's been living in. a 26—foot submerged capsule with bed, toilet, tv, internet and an exercise bike. four cameras have been monitoring koch, capturing his day—to—day life and providing proof that he's been underwater the entire time.

rudiger koch nowjoins us live from 11 metres under the sea. well come here to the programme. fabulous well come here to the pr