in a million and a half gazans, calling for a "clean out" of the strip which he described as "a demolition site". lebanon accuses the israeli army of firing at residents trying to return to their homes in the country's south, killing at least two people . israel's forces have missed a deadline to leave the area, as a sixty—day ceasefire deal expired. in belarus, polls have begun to open in the presidential election. leader alexander lukashenko is all but certain to secure a seventh term. mr lukashenko has been in power for over three decades. and the rare alignment of five planets offers stargazers a spectacle in the skies. after sunset, venus, jupiter and saturn and mars will be visible in an arc—like formation and can be seen with the naked eye.

president trump has said he'll speak to sir keir starmer by phone in the next 2a hours. speaking on air force one he insisted the pair get along very well, saying quote "i may not agree with his philosophy, but i have a very good relationship with him. trump's ally elon musk has criticised the starmer government over its response to child exploitation cases. here's more of what president trump said on board air force one. do you think you'll get along with keir starmer and the uk government? i with keir starmer and the uk government?— with keir starmer and the uk government? i have met him already three _ government? i have met him already three times. - government? i have met him already three times. he - government? i have met him already three times. he and l government? i have met him already three times. he and i have a call over the next 2a hours. i get along with him well. i like him a lot. he is liberal, which is a little bit different for me. but i think he is a very good person and

he's done a very good job thus far. he is new to thejob but he is representing his country in terms of his philosophy. i may not agree with his philosophy but i have a very good relationship with him. i have seen him twice, i have had dinner with him, as you probably know. gate president trump made the comments as he returned from a visit to nevada. a state that flipped republican in the recent presidential election for the first time in two decades. he told a rally of his supporters he might re—join the world health organization, days after he ordered the us to withdraw from the un's global health agency. but he said it would have to be, as he put it, cleaned up. president trump also spoke about his plans to tackle illegal immigration. he's sending hundreds of troops to states along the us—mexico border, such as arizona, to boost security. these are new pictures of soldiers arriving at fort bliss in texas, just across the border from mexico, as they prepare to deploy. there's been criticism from some members congress after the trump administration fired at least

a dozen federal watchdogs, a move which could face legal challenges. for more on this here is our north america correspondent david willis. we have seen the tightening of attempts to tighten the control of the central, federal government, by the... putting in lace government, by the... putting in place these _ government, by the... putting in place these loyalists, - in place these loyalists, donald trump loyalists, they are also seeing evidence of attempts to put loyalists in place in the federal government, or perhaps i should say remove those seen as disloyal with about a dozen inspectors general of some of the largest departments in the federal government, including the departments of labour and transportation, similarly dismissed, it has been reported, and it is thought that may even be illegal,

bearing in mind that it is now the law that congress be given 30 days notice of any such dismissals. there has been no word on this so far. but a lot of consternation expressed by those who believe this really is the thin end of the wedge, as far as rooting out opponents of donald trump and the government are concerned. two senior government ministers have warned tech firms that a failure to remove extreme content from social media platforms could inspire attacks similar to the fatal stabbing of three young girls in southport.in a joint letter to companies including x, meta, tiktok, google and youtube, the home secretary, yvette cooper, and the technology secretary, peter kyle, say the ease of access to dangerous and illegal material is "unacceptable". our political correspondent iain watson reports. the shocking, sickening murders of elsie, bebe and alice in southport last summer have

led to a public inquiry. last week, the home secretary said the families needed answers about how to spot the warning signs the killer hadn't been stopped. action against him was far too weak. families need the truth about why the system failed to tackle his violence for so many years. that is why we are setting up an independent public inquiry. but yvette cooper revealed that an urgent review had been commissioned just after the murders had taken place, looking at why the killer, axel rudakubana, had been referred to the counterterrorism prevent programme three times, and why no further action was taken. the results of that review will be released this week and it is expected to show specialist police officers did not think he was in danger of being radicalised. writing in the sunday times the home secretary says...

the government's independent reviewer of terrorism legislation has said that the prevent programme had not been designed with potential killers like rudakubana in mind. prevent came in to deal with al-qaeda, so we were talking then about groups of islamists, with an emir, so a leader. they would have radicalising preachers, and the idea was to pick up people who were getting persuaded by that ideology, catch them and de—radicalise them before they use violence. that's totally different from the world we live in today where you have these things on the internet which pull people into violence. the murderer was assessed by health workers as having autism, in her sunday times article the home secretary says...

the home secretary was also concerned about materials the murderer accessed online, including a terrorist training manual. she said she'd be writing to the tech companies. the bbc has seen the letter sentjointly by yvette cooper and the science and technology minister peter kyle. it states that the al-qaeda training manual is still available online. the government ministers say: rudakubana's actions lastjuly have had a profound effect, traumatising an entire community. they'll lead to long—lasting changes in the law, and in how potentially violent offenders are identified. elsie, bebe and alice will be remembered. the government will have to ensure that any lessons

learnt from numerous reviews and a public inquiry mustn't be forgotten. ian watson, bbc news. hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses are still without power this morning, after storm eowynn caused major distruption across parts of the uk and ireland. one man was killed in the storm, which the met office describes as probably the strongest in at least 10 years. our reporter, louisa pilbeam, has more. as the clean—up continues from a once—in—a—generation storm, huge numbers of people are still without power today. electricity companies say some customers may have to wait days until being reconnected as a team struggle with damage caused by winds in excess of 100mph and continuing high winds, snow, ice and debris in some areas. in ireland, those winds were the strongest ever recorded and claimed the life of 20—year—old kacper dudek,

killed in county donegal when a tree fell on his car. across ireland, nearly 500,000 customers are still without electricity, with warnings from power companies it could take several days to reconnect them. in the uk, 19,000 homes and businesses are still without power today. argyll, in scotland, was one of the worst—affected areas, where the roof of this leisure centre was ripped off and people in the kintyre peninsula, south perth side and the trossachs could be without power until monday. it was really bad. the loch was white and there was spin drift coming across the loch and we battened the house down and the windows would shake and all the roof tiles, quite scary. trees, fences, you name it, down, roofs, chimney stacks. in northern england, a man had to be rescued from water in the river humber by lifeboat crews and winds

caused widespread damage. the situation is so serious the uk government called an emergency cobra meeting to plan the response to the storm. travel was widely disrupted and trains are likely to see cancellations and delays ongoing today. network rail scotland logged nearly 400 incidents of damage. the rare, red weather alerts are over but yellow warnings are in place across most of the uk today for heavy rain, high winds, hill snow and flooding. louisa pilbeam, bbc news. our scotland correspondentm david wallace, lockhart has been in glasgow and told us about the ongoing travel disruption there. they are certainly not back to normal yet. the weather has really calmed down. it is quite pleasant in glasgow forjanuary

this morning. the damage of those high winds that we saw on friday are still very much here. i am friday are still very much here. iam in friday are still very much here. i am in glasgow central railway station and are one of the biggest and busiest railway stations in scotland, and it would not be that busy normally on a sunday morning, but it would normally be busier than this. if we look at the departure board, we get a sense why. 20 trains are not there. the vast majority of them cancelled. three are still technically operating but they are all bus replacement services. that gives you an idea of the damage that has been done by fallen trees and debris on the tracks, that railway services are still working on. when it comes to households and power cuts, that is a picture that does seem to be continually getting better. we had an update from the scottish government who said there are 35,000 households without power, still waiting for a full picture this morning. i would for a full picture this morning. iwould imagine for a full picture this morning. i would imagine that figure will be lower with

engineers having worked throughout the night. still disruption to the ferries. trunk roads are back open by transport scotland say there could be local roads are still closed to things like flooding. a bit of attention now looking towards the beginning of the week, especially when it comes to things like schools, is for local authorities to decide whether or not schools can reopen. a lot of this could be down to any building damage, they may have sustained on friday. they will be assessments going on there today and that will need to be communicated to parents in advance of the week beginning. the storm may have passed through scotland quite quickly but the effects of it seem to be here much longer and the message from the scottish government seems to be this disruption will last for some time yet. a vigil will be held later today for a 12—year—old boy who was killed on the way home from school in birmingham. leo ross was fatally stabbed on tuesday afternoon. a 14 year old boy has been charged with his murder.

our correspondent, charlotte gallagher, has more. leo ross, the 12—year—old boy killed on his way home from school. his family say he was amazing, loving and kind, and loved so much by everyone. flowers, personal messages and candles spelling out his name lie close to where he was found on tuesday. a 14—year—old boy who we can't name for legal reasons because of his age has been charged with his murder in processing a bladed weapon. he has also been charged with six other assaults on a number of women and two police officers, including three over a three day period. some of these date back to november but one was on the same day leo ross was stabbed. birmingham remains a city in shock, that a child not long out of primary school has been killed. it is deeply affecting his fellow pupils and parents. he is a nice kind were, it and

would keep on and do his work. something has to be done about this i can't imagine what the parents are going through. today a vigil will be held in birmingham folio, described as beautiful, kind and the nicest kid you would ever meet. charlotte gallagher, bbc news. on monday, the world will mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of auschwitz—birkenau. the camp was opened by the nazis in occupied poland in 1940. it started as a concentration and labour camp but was transformed into a notorious extermination camp. more than one million people were murdered there, the majority were jews. the 27th january also marks holocaust memorial day to remember the six million jews killed during the second world war. i've been talking to dov forman, the great—grandson of an auschwitz survivor, lily ebert, who died in october, aged 100. dov and lily used social media to tell her story.

he also campaigned against anti—semitism and educates school children about the holocaust. he began by telling me more about his great—grandmother, and what she experienced when she first arrived at auschwitz. she lived an incredible life. she lived an incredible life. she survived but not only survived, she thrived, she had ten grandchildren, 38 great grandchildren. and a great grandchildren. and a great grandchild in her hundred and first year. she was born in a small suburban orthodox town to a jewish family. she described her childhood as an idyllic one, one that was similar to what i grew up in but she says that all changed in march 1944, towards the end of the war when the nazis invaded hungary. they were only allowed out at certain times and then a few weeks later, forced into the poorest part of the town with thousands of others from surrounding areas into what we

know as ghettos. a few weeks later, any gruelling heat of the summer, they were forced onto a cattle truck, and transported to what would be auschwitz. her mother and siblings were centre—left, and she would survive. they wanted to extract the maximum amount of work out of her before sending her to death. just for --eole sending her to death. just for peeple who — sending her to death. just for people who don't _ sending her to death. just for people who don't know- sending her to death. just for people who don't know aboutj people who don't know about auschwitz, describe what happened there. my happened there. ij�*i great—grandmother happened there. m great—grandmother describes arriving there to this purpose—built factory of death and she describes the moment of realisation that is what it was when she saw a few hours after arriving, when they had shaved her hair and given her the striped clothing we associate with auschwitz, and she said to

a person who had been there for a person who had been there for a lot longer than she had, what factory is this? what is coming out of that chimney? that person said, that is not a factory. that is where they have just burned your family who arrive with you. that was the moment when my great—grandmother realised that is what this place was, in a systematic state sponsored place of death, purposely built that the nazis could efficiently as quickly is possible gas, great, murderas many people is possible and for my great—grandmother, more than 400,000 hungarians were murdered there in three months. this was a place where the most were murdered. that is where my great—grandmother was for four months during the holocaust and she went on not to live a life of anger but instead when she was in auschwitz she promised herself, if i survive, for all those who did not, all those who were murdered, i will my

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