great to see you both, thank you for coming on the programme and being our panel. this story is developing since we have been on air, we are getting more reaction. the last line that we got in from one of the news agencies, afp, is that hezbollah says the israel killing of the hamas deputy in lebanon will not go unanswered. marianne, the fair since right at the beginning of this conflict has been of a potential spread, know this clearly doesn t mark that in and of itself, but what comes next worries many.- comes next worries many. is the createst comes next worries many. is the greatest bear comes next worries many. is the greatest bear of comes next worries many. is the greatest bear of a comes next worries many. is the greatest bear of a one comes next worries many. is the greatest bear of a one since - greatest bear of a one since october seven, that something could open the door to others in the region getting in this in the middle east and bringing other actors. bringing t
hello, i m lewis vaughanjones. you re watching the context on bbc news. hamas says its deputy leader has been killed in lebanon. we ll look at that claim and what it could mean for the conflict. also on the programme. the passengers and crew managed to escape from this. but five people were killed in the other plane involved in the crash injapan. in the uk. the government is claiming success on processing asylum claims. we ll have a look at the numbers. on tonight s panel mary anne marsh political analyst and democratic party strategist. and sebastian payne, the director on onward a centre right think tank, and formerjournalist. will get to the panel in a moment but first of our developing story
of 9.97 degress celsius was just behind the figure recorded in 2022. you re live with bbc news. rishi sunak has spoken to president zelensky on the telephone to reiterate the uk s support for ukraine against russia. this morning kyiv and kharkiv came under attack. at least five people have been killed and more than 120 injured with ukraine claiming to have intercepted more than 70 missiles and drones launched by russian forces. recently, moscow has intensfied its aerial attacks against ukraine. i am nowjoined by sevgil musaieva, who is an editor in chief of the online newspaper ukrainska pravda ukrainian truth. thank you for coming in the programme. thank you for coming in the programme- thank you for coming in the i programme- as thank you for coming in the i programme. as we thank you for coming in the programme. as we start programme. good evening. as we start a new year. programme. good evening. as we start a new year. a programme. good evening. as we start a new year.
hello, i m lewis vaughanjones. you re watching the context on bbc news. the uk government says it has met a promise to clear a large part of the backlog of asylum claims despite figures showing thousands of complex cases remain unresolved. hello and welcome to the programme. the home secretary says the government has done what it promised and dealt with a backlog of older asylum cases. james cleverly said every single one of the backlog applications had been processed although there are around 45,000 complex cases still being looked at. take a listen. it is about disrupting supply chain on engines and boats that are used