the force has also asked anyone who thinks they might know baby elsa's mother to contact them. ewborn�*s survival on thursday night was largely due to the actions of the dog walker who found her. thinking fast, that person kept the baby girl warm until london ambulance service paramedics arrived and checked her over before taking her to hospital. the police say others also stayed on the scene and the measures they took contributed to saving the baby's life. earlier i spoke to nick from the scene. well, lewis, police have said they made a point of saying their primary concern is the health and well—being of the baby's mother. they say that specialist medics and police staff are on hand to provide support and have urged her to come and make contact. as you heard in that report we know that little baby elsa was less than an hour old when she was found inside that shopping bag right here on the pavement between this busy road and the entrance to this open space. the location of that shopping bag, the traffic, the busyness of the road, there is a dual carriageway just behind the came

the force has also asked anyone who thinks they might know baby elsa's mother to contact them. officersursday night was largely due to the actions of the dog walker who found her. thinking fast, that person kept the baby girl warm until london ambulance service paramedics arrived and checked her over before taking her to hospital. the police say others also stayed on the scene and the measures they took contributed to saving the baby's life. 0ur reporter nickjohnson gave us this update from east london. well, police have said they made a point of saying their primary concern is the health and well—being of the baby's mother. they say that specialist medics and police staff are on hand to provide support and have urged her to come and make contact. as you heard in that report we know that little baby elsa was less than an hour old when she was found inside that shopping bag right here on the pavement between this busy road and the entrance to this open space. the location of that shopping bag, the traffic, the busyness of the road, there is a dual carriageway just behind the camera, you

less tha n less than one hour after she was born, baby elsa as she has been named, was found inside af a busy road. despite the subzero temperatures on thursday night, police say the little girl is unharmed and safe. the met�*s focus now rests upon finding the newborn�*s mother. upon finding the newborn's mother. ~ ., , mother. we are extremely concerned _ mother. we are extremely concerned for _ mother. we are extremely concerned for her - mother. we are extremely concerned for her welfare | mother. we are extremely i concerned for her welfare as she would have been through a traumatic ordeal. and will be in need of immediate medical attention following the birth. if you are the baby's mother, please know that your daughter is well. no matter what your circumstances, please do seek help by dialling triple nine. the force has also asked anyone who thinks they might know baby elsa's mother to contact them. 0fficers elsa's mother to contact them. officers say the newborn's survival on thursday night is largely due to the actions of the dog walker who found her. thinking fast, that perso

the force has also asked anyone who thinks they might know baby elsa�*s mother to contact them. argely due to the actions of the dog walker who found her. thinking fast, that person kept the baby girl warm until london ambulance service paramedics arrived and checked her over before taking her to hospital. the police say others also stayed on the scene and the measures they took contributed to saving the baby�*s life. live now to our reporter nickjohnson in east london. what is the latest? lewis, police have said they _ what is the latest? lewis, police have said they made _ what is the latest? lewis, police have said they made a _ what is the latest? lewis, police have said they made a point - what is the latest? lewis, police have said they made a point of. have said they made a point of saying their primary concern is the health and well—being of the baby�*s mother. they say that specialist medics and police staff are on hand to provide support and have urged her to come and make contact. as you heard in that report we know that baby also was less than an hour old when she was

the force has also asked anyone who thinks they might know baby elsa's mother to contact them. rn is for the mother's health and well being. they said there are specialist officers, medics ready to supporter, and have urged her to make contact with them. we now know that little baby elsa was less than one hour old when she was found in that shopping bag right here on the pavement, right next to a busy road, and next to the entrance to this open space. the location of that shopping bag, the busyness of the road, with a dual carriagewayjust by the camera, you do get the sense of how inconspicuous she would have beenin of how inconspicuous she would have been in that shopping bag. police say they believe the dog walker that found her was alerted by the newborn's cries coming from that bag. i am stood here in many layers. it is called this morning. that little baby girl was found just wrapped in a towel in that shopping bag on thursday night. it was then many degrees colder than it is this morning. despite all that, though, police say she is doing well in hospital, she is safe, unha

the baby girl is now being looked after in hospital where staff have named her elsa.w trying to trace her mother, as sean dilley reports. temperatures were below zero when newborn baby elsa was found by a dog walker in a bag here in east london. police believe she was less than an hour old. ~ ., , ., police believe she was less than an hour old. ~ .,, ., , ,., hour old. thinking fast, that person ke -t the hour old. thinking fast, that person kept the baby _ hour old. thinking fast, that person kept the baby girl— hour old. thinking fast, that person kept the baby girl warm _ hour old. thinking fast, that person kept the baby girl warm until- hour old. thinking fast, that person | kept the baby girl warm until london eye billion service paramedics arrived and checked her over before taking her to hospital. i am delighted to report she was not injured in anyway and is safe and well in the care of hospital staff. they have given her a temporary name, elsa. we believe she is a black or mixed race child. i am extremely grateful to the members of the public who stayed at t

baby elsa, who was found by a dog walker in sub—zero temperatures, has since been discharged from hospital. donald trump stormed out of a new york courtroom earlier today as the closing arguments began in the defamation case brought byjournalist and author ejean carroll. the former president was found liable last year of sexually abusing ms carroll in a new york department store, back in the 1990s, and then defaming her after she wrote about it. the jury must decide what damages he should now pay for that defamation. mr trump was clearly irritated by ms carroll's lawyer roberta kaplan, who told jurors that he had persistently lied about her client. and after he had left, the districtjudge lewis kaplan said, "the record would reflect that mr trump just rose and walked "out of the courtroom." live now to our north america correspondent, nada tawfik. where are we at with this case, nada? when do we get a ruling? christian, a jury now of seven men and two women are deliberating as we speak and they are set to deliberate intel just about ten more speak and they are set to deliberate inteljust a

the baby — named elsa by hospital staff — was just an hour old when she was found.c news, unspun world withjohn simpson. hello, and welcome to the first unspun world of 202a. quite a momentous year, it seems, with elections for more than half the world's population. thank you forjoining me. our first question of the year — is it a good idea for the americans, the british and other countries, though notably not the french, to be lobbing missiles at the houthis in yemen? the houthis don't seem to be deterred by this. and politically it's done the houthis very nicely. has taiwan's election made a chinese invasion more likely? china is going to take its time and prepare itself very, very well before it makes whatever moves it might be planning against taiwan. and the iowa caucus — is donald trump now unstoppable? he cleared it with flying colours. over 50% of the vote. i mean, that is a dominating performance that tells - you that donald trump| could win this election. ever since november, from their bases in yemen, the houthi movement, which is backed by iran, has been

the baby is well, elsa , your baby is well . well, elsa, your baby is well. wow.alis wow. so the mother now the appeal is for the mother to come forward. the circumstances around why the mother dropped the baby. there will come in time, i guess. but for now, elsa less than one year old is safe and well, less than one hour. amazing story . okay, moving on amazing story. okay, moving on now to the government's battle to get the rwanda bill through the house of lords and peers are already lining up to say they'll try to block it . yesterday, try to block it. yesterday, rishi sunak urged the laws to do the right thing and not frustrate the will of the people by passing the bill. with echoes of brexit there. but it's already been reported that a former labour minister is leading a group of lords who want to delay it , leading a group of lords who want to delay it, and liberal democrat life peer lord roberts has tweeted this. i'm 88, i've beenin has tweeted this. i'm 88, i've been in politics for over 70 years. the rwanda bill is one of the biggest issues we've ever fac

the baby, who was named elsa by authorities, was discovered by a dog walker last thursday in newham inward and there is still no information about her identity. nhs consultants in england have narrowly rejected an offer to resolve their long—running pay dispute. their union, the british medical association, said it would now give the government a chance to improve its offer. ministers say they're "carefully considering" the options. you're live with bbc news. uk foreign secretary david cameron is in turkey for talks as he continues his tour of the middle east. he's already met regional leaders in israel and qatar, where he called for a permanent and sustainable ceasefire in gaza. on his third visit to the region injust over two months, he's also urged the israeli government to speed up aid deliveries to gaza by opening up crossing points and accelerating truck inspections. let's get more on this from our senior international correspondent 0rla guerin, who's in istanbul. turkey and the uk are on a very different pages when it comes to the war in the middle east. how significant would yo

the baby, who was named elsa by authorities, was discovered by a dog walker last thursday in newham in and there is still no information about her identity. nhs consultants in england have narrowly rejected an offer to resolve their long—running pay dispute. their union, the british medical association, said it would now give the government a chance to improve its offer. you are live with bbc news. buckingham palace has said prince charles —— king charles was admitted to hospital this morning for scheduled treatment. he is being treated at the london clinic by the princess of wales is recovering from abdominal surgery. with more on this, let's go live to our correspondent charlotte gallagher in the newsroom. this morning king charles left his london residence, clarence house, just say few steps away really from buckingham palace, and was driven to the london clinic which, as you said, is where the princess of wales is also being treated. we thought he would go to another hospital where he has been treated before but perhaps the palace decided to have two royals under the same roof beca

the baby has been temporarily named elsa and reportedly unharmed and is say. hted to report that she was not _ baby is. i am delighted to report that she was not injured - baby is. i am delighted to report that she was not injured in i baby is. i am delighted to report that she was not injured in any l that she was not injured in any way and is safe and well in the care of hospital staff. they have given her a temporary name, elsa. we believe she is a black or mixed race child. i am extremely grateful to the members of the public who stayed at the scene to speak with officers in medics. your actions contributed to saving elsa�*s life. we believe elsa to be less than one hour old when she was found and we do not yet know how long she had been there when she was found. our thoughts now turn to the baby�*s mother. we are extremely concerned for her welfare as she will have been through a traumatic ordeal. and will be in need of immediate medical attention following the birth. train medics and specialist officers are ready to support her and we urge her to get in t

the baby, who was named elsa by authorities, was discovered by a dog walker last thursday in newham in there is still no information about her identity. nhs consultants in england have narrowly rejected an offer to resolve their long—running pay dispute. their union, the british medical association, said it would now give the government a chance to improve its offer. ministers say they're "carefully considering" the options. you're live with bbc news. to the us now and the state of alabama, which has carried out the first known execution of a death row inmate by suffocation with nitrogen gas. 58—year—old kenneth smith, a convicted murderer, was put to death after the supreme court again denied a last minute appeal. the method had never been tried before and smith's lawyers had argued that it amounted to cruel and unusual punishment. he was one of two men convicted of murdering a preacher�*s wife in a contract killing in 1988. while there is vocal condemnation of smith's execution from some quarters, a consistent majority of americans support the death penalty — as do many politicians.

the baby who was named elsa by authorities, was discovered by a dog walker last thursday, in newham ine not come forward and there is still no information about her identity. nhs consultants in england have narrowly rejected an offer to resolve their long—running pay dispute. their union, the british medical association, said it would now give the government a chance to improve its offer. ministers say they're "carefully considering" the options. you're live with bbc news. bbc news has obtained documents showing the government was complicit in a decision by the post office to sack the forensic accountants who had found bugs in its it system. a sub—committee of the post office board took the decision in april 2014. yet the post office kept the government's involvement in it secret — and continued to claim the accountants had vindicated its horizon computer system. andy verity has this exclusive report. the post office hired independent forensic accountant second sight to investigate his complaint that its ingenuity computer system generated false evidence of shortfalls used to prosecute

the baby girl has been temporarily named elsa, and is unharmed — but police say they are extremely concerned

the baby girl has been temporarily named elsa, and is unharmed — but police say they are extremely concerned her mother. this isn't something which only happens in the uk, but in some us states baby boxes like these have been installed, where mothers who don't want to care for their babies can leave them and be sure they'll get the care they need. the group behind them is safe haven — it says the boxes have been set up for mothers, who are often young and fearful, and who have given birth alone and find they are unable to cope. its founder is an anti—abortion campaigner, and the boxes are found in some states like indiana which have historically had stricter abortion laws. all of this comes on the day thousands marched in washington for the annual march for life. it's what supporters described as a pro—life event, it's what opponents say is anti—abortion. other demonstrations have been held in other parts of the us, in favour of what those marchers say is a woman's right to chose. abortion is likely to be a major issue in this year's us election after the supreme court ruling which overturne

the baby has been given a temporary name, elsa. to members of the public and stayed with the baby before the baby was then taken to hospital to give information to the police. they say she was less than an hour old when she was less than an hour old when she was less than an hour old when she was found, and you will remember that temperatures in london were extremely cold last night, below freezing, —3 in the capital, and so the focus of the inquiry now is they said they were extremely concerned about the welfare of the mother, who only hospital treatment, there are appealing to her to come forward if she can. that was an update on that story about the baby, found in east london. the baby is now in good health, dave said she is not injured. now onto another breaking story. a man convicted of blackmailing women and children into engaging in degrading sexual acts for him has been sentenced to 2a years in jail by a court in birmingham. our correspondent phil mackie told us more from there just after the sentencing: so this is a man cal

them know who you are but on a personal note they would like mum to know your baby daughter who has temporarily been called elsang very well. thank you very much. is doing very well. thank you very much- you _ is doing very well. thank you very much. you watching _ is doing very well. thank you very much. you watching bbc - is doing very well. thank you very much. you watching bbc news. i is doing very well. thank you very i much. you watching bbc news. this may look like a pleasant video of wildlife frolicking in the forest of dean, but take a closer look at this year's head. dean, but take a closer look at this year's head-— dean, but take a closer look at this year's head. side of the back of the head, year's head. side of the back of the head. sheared _ year's head. side of the back of the head, sheared off— year's head. side of the back of the head, sheared off and _ year's head. side of the back of the head, sheared off and gone - year's head. side of the back of the l head, sheared off and gone between the skull. and that year, behind that year. it is hanging out. we know the deer survived for at least t

elsa's life. there is good news in that the baby is alive and well. hear about this, call 999 wherever you are, walk into your nearest police station and specialist help from police officers would be there. police are keen to hear from anybody in this area yesterday and if you have— cam footage, the police would very much like to hear from you.— like to hear from you. sean, thank ou. in south africa, violent crime is soaring, with the murder rate now at a 20—year high. since 2012, murders havejumped up by 77%. the last annual figures show that, shockingly, over 12 months more than 27,000 people were killed. for comparison, in the uk that total was just 696. but the number of murders solved has fallen to just 12%. many of those living in fear work in the security sector, with audacious heists of security vans commonplace. daniel de simone reports from johannesburg. a normal day in a security van carrying cash in south africa. what happens next looks extraordinary. but it's a constant criminal threat. this is a cash—in—transit robbery. vans rammed off b

elsa to have been less than an hour old when she was found. we do not yet know how long she had been there when she was found. our thoughts now turn to the baby'sdical attention following the birth. trained medics and specialist officers are ready to support her, and we urge her to get in touch by phone or walk into the nearest hospital or police station. if you are the baby's mother, please know that your daughter is well. no matter what your circumstances, please do seek help by dialling 999. the latest there from the police. now imagine you're sitting at home and find out you've become the talk of social media, but have no idea what for. well, spare a thought for our very own technology editor, zoe kleinman, who was alerted to a screenshot which had been supposedly taken from elon musk�*s chatbot, grok. it suggested she was one of the top spreaders of disinformation on x — formerly known as twitter. zoejoins me now to tell us more. before you take us through the various exchanges you've had subsequently, why don't you start by just giving us a quick explanation of what grok actually is? grok just giving us a quick explanation of what grok ac

elsa into "paw patrol. >> she's fighting those fires. >> jimmy: well, best to the baby >> thank you >> jimmy: i want to talkhat. someone -- a skateboard company was selling a skateboard with a picture of your high school yearbook picture on it [ light laughter ] >> that did happen yeah a couple of times, yes >> jimmy: yes. now, did you know about this >> of course i had to give them my blessing, permission, you know >> jimmy: yeah, of course. but did you know who this person was >> i do, yeah. jason dill he was a very famous pro skater he was on "the osbournes," painted as like the f-up, you know, friend of jack, if anyone remembers. >> jimmy: yeah, of course. >> seems like a young crowd, but -- >> jimmy: no, yeah, i love "the osbournes. >> anyways, he started his own company called f-ing awesome, and they do these boards where they put all the pro skaters, like, school photos on them. and he saw my high school portrait and he said, "oh, my. it's amazing can we put it on a skateboard? and i was like, "i'm not a pro skater, but, you know, i'm pro skaters. so, yes. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: yeah you're actually

welfare of a mother whose newborn baby was found in a shopping bag by the side of a road in east london. officers say the girl, who has been given the temporary name elsafound by a dog walker less than an hour after she'd been born. felix tshisekedi has been sworn in for a second term as president of the democratic republic of congo. he took the oath of office in a packed stadium in the capital, kinshasa. heads of state from across africa were invited to the ceremony. the opposition has refused to recognise mr tshisekedi's election victory last month, describing the result as a sham. bbc africa's emery makumeno was at the ceremony and filed this report. there are tens of thousands of people here in this huge stadium in kinshasa, and a dozen heads of state as the inauguration takes place. the venue has been packed for hours, with singing and dancing as the crowds wait for the president. he secured a second term in office after winning last month's presidential election with 73% of the vote. a result which the opposition has rejected, citing massive irregularities. one of the opponents challenged the result by filing a petition with the constitutional co

police say a newborn baby was less than an hour old when she was found in a shopping bag in east london. the child, who's been named elsa, was discovered wrapped in a towel by a dog walker in newham . towel by a dog walker in newham. uninjured, said to be uninjured, she's said to be black or of mixed race. efforts are now being made to find the little girl's mother . all of little girl's mother. all of nicola sturgeon's whatsapp messages sent and received dunng messages sent and received during the pandemic have been deleted , the covid 19 inquiry deleted, the covid 19 inquiry has heard . the former first has heard. the former first minister of scotland has previously said she never used informal messaging to make decisions during the pandemic. she's been criticised for trying to hide exchanges with key ministers and advisers. it comes as miss sturgeon promised in 2021 to hand any correspondence , 2021 to hand any correspondence, including messages to any future inquiry. a spokesperson for ms sturgeon says any messages she had have been handled . prince had have been handled. prince harry has withdrawn his libel case ag

police say a newborn baby was less than an hour old when she was found in a shopping bag in east london. the child, who's been named elsadog walker in newham . towel by a dog walker in newham. uninjured, said to be uninjured, she's said to be black or of mixed race. efforts are now being made to find the little girl's mother . all of little girl's mother. all of nicola sturgeon's whatsapp messages sent and received dunng messages sent and received during the pandemic have been deleted , the covid 19 inquiry deleted, the covid 19 inquiry has heard . the former first has heard. the former first minister of scotland has previously said she never used informal messaging to make decisions during the pandemic. she's been criticised for trying to hide exchanges with key ministers and advisers. it comes as miss sturgeon promised in 2021 to hand any correspondence , 2021 to hand any correspondence, including messages to any future inquiry. a spokesperson for ms sturgeon says any messages she had have been handled . prince had have been handled. prince harry has withdrawn his libel case against the mail on sunday. the duke of sus

. >> police say a newborn baby was less than an hour old when she was found in a shopping bag in east london, the child, who's been named elsas discovered wrapped in a towel by a dog walker in newham, uninjured , she walker in newham, uninjured, she is said to be black or of mixed race. efforts are now being made to find the little girl's mother , and police say four people found dead at a house near norwich are thought to have all been from the same family. the bodies two young girls, a 45 bodies of two young girls, a 45 year old man and a 36 year old woman were discovered at a home in kc this morning. woman were discovered at a home in kc this morning . norfolk in kc this morning. norfolk police being treated as police say it's being treated as an isolated incident, but detectives are keeping an open mind . and finally king charles mind. and finally king charles has returned to sandringham from scotland ahead of his hospital visit. he's due to be treated for a benign , enlarged prostate for a benign, enlarged prostate next week . the monarch has said next week. the monarch has said he's keen to go public with the condition

welfare of a mother whose newborn baby was found in a shopping bag by the side of a road in east london. officers say the girl, who has been given the temporary name elsaeforming royal mail services in the uk, which could include scrapping deliveries on saturdays. the document, which is expected to be released next week, will include evidence on how the postal service might need to evolve to meet customer needs. earlier i spoke to our business correspondent, and i asked her about the prospect of changes being brought in. well, this issue of scrapping saturday deliveries is something royal mail has raised before, and that is because a number of letters being delivered has fallen significantly. royal mail says the network was designed for 20 billion letters a year and that has now fallen to around 7 billion a year, and it expects it to fall even further over the next few years. delivering six days a week is something that the royal mail has to do as part of its universal service obligation, and that is an agreement that can only be changed by parliament. that was last updated in 2011. but ofcom has been looking at this and says it wants to look at eviden

. >> police say a newborn baby was less than an hour old when she was found in a shopping bag in east london. the child, who's been named elsadiscovered been named elsa, was discovered wrapped in a towel by a dog walker newham on injured. she walker in newham on injured. she is said to be black or mixed race efforts are now being made to the little girl's mother to find the little girl's mother . police say four people found dead at a house near norwich are thought to have all been from the same family. the bodies of two young girls, a 45 year old man and a 36 year old woman were discovered at a home in coseley this morning. norfolk police says it's being treated as an isolated incident, but detectives are keeping an open mind . a missing schoolgirl has mind. a missing schoolgirl has been found safe and well by police after being missing for 11 days. 16 year old julia scarlett will now be reunited with her family . she had gone with her family. she had gone missing and was last seen leaving her home in mitcham in south—west london, on the 8th of january. and prince harry has withdrawn his libel case against the mail on sunda

. >> police say a newborn baby was less than an hour old when she was found in a shopping bag in east london. the child, who's been named elsas discovered wrapped in a towel by a dog walker in newham. uninjured, she is said to be black or of mixed race. efforts are now being made to find the little girl's mother i >> -- >> we are extremely concerned for her welfare as she will have been through a traumatic ordeal and will be in need of immediate medical attention following the birth. trained medics and specialist officers are ready to support her and we urge her to get in touch by phone or walk into the nearest hospital or police station . police station. >> police say four people found dead at a house near norwich are thought to have all been from the same family. the bodies of two young girls, a 45 year old man and a 36 year old woman were discovered at a home in costessey this morning . norfolk costessey this morning. norfolk police at this stage it's police say at this stage it's being isolated being treated as an isolated incident , but detectives are incident, but detectives are keeping an open mind . prince keeping an

. >> police say a newborn baby was less than an hour old when she was found in a shopping bag in east london. the child , who's east london. the child, who's been named elsared wrapped in a towel by a dog walker in newham, uninjured , she walker in newham, uninjured, she said, to be black or of mixed race efforts are now being made to find the little girl's mother . police say four people found dead at a house in near norwich are thought to have been all from the same family. the bodies of two young girls, a 45 year old and a 36 year old woman old man and a 36 year old woman were discovered at a home in kc this morning. were discovered at a home in kc this morning . norfolk police say this morning. norfolk police say it's being treated as an isolated incident, but detectives are keeping an open mind and. and finally, prince harry has withdrawn his libel case against the mail on sunday. the duke of sussex says instead he wants to focus on the safety of his family and his legal action against the home office. he was suing the mail on sunday over a story about his dispute with the government department and his security arrangements . and his security arrange

baby doing well. really? well, apparently named well, apparently they've named her character from her elsa after a character fromt she will be in the moment, but she will be in the care of the local authority unless they can find her mum. yeah, okay, okay, we'll keep you up to date with that one. >> as we as we get any more information the meantime in information in the meantime in relation in relation to these deaths in norfolk, detective chief inspector burgess, who , as inspector chris burgess, who, as mike saying, is leading this mike was saying, is leading this investigation says understand investigation, says i understand that news of this will be shocking to the local community as we can, we will as soon as we can, we will release more information. >> and he goes on our investigation is in very investigation is in the very early stages and this is clearly a distressing and tragic a very distressing and tragic incident . okay let's take you incident. okay let's take you through some of the other stories heading into the newsroom this morning and the japanese space agency has made contact with its space cra