good evening. a woman who was terrorised and abused by an mi5 agent is taking legal action against the security service. the woman, who we are calling beth, has lodged a formal complaint with the watchdog for the intelligence services, after a bbc investigation revealed that her then partner used his security status as a means of controlling her. the agent, whom the high court ruled cannot be named, also attacked the woman with a machete and threatened to kill her. 0ur correspondent daniel de simone reports. a violent mi5 agent who used his position to abuse. ultimately this position within the security services was used to terrorise me. last night, we revealed how the state informant attacked his girlfriend beth with a machete and threatened to kill her. the foreign agent a right wing extremist with a long history of abusing women can t be named because the government obtained a court order keeping his identity secret. he attacked his british partner before leaving the uk wh
trying to reach the us. the current dire economic circumstances meet this exodus is more acute than it had been for many years. the russian defence ministry says its forces are in complete control of the vast steelworks in the port of mariupol, following the surrender of the ukrainian soldiers defending it. fighters from the azov regiment were holed up inside the plant for weeks, while the city suffered constant bombardment. meanwhile, the president of ukraine volodymyr zelensky has said that the donbas region in the east of the country has been completely destroyed. he said it was like hell . jeremy bowen has the latest. explosions. the russians are shelling severodonetsk, as they try to encircle it. more than 100,000 people lived in the city before the invasion. now, it s one of russia s biggest targets. this is russia using the methods it perfected in syria and chechnya. heavy bombardment to try to break the will of its opponents. ukrainian rescue crews can still operate
for the new year. good evening from jerusalem. more british nationals have made it out of gaza after palestinian authorities listed nearly 100 as being eligible to cross into egypt. israel began bombing gaza after hamas, described as a terrorist organisation by the uk government, killed more than 1,400 people in israel and kidnapped over 200 others. the hamas run health ministry in gaza says more than 9,000 people have been killed in the strip since then. the leader of the lebanese islamist group hezbollah, which is also classed as a terrorist group by the uk government, has today described the hamas attacks on israel as right, wise and just . in a moment we ll be hearing from 0rla guerin who s in beruit. fergal keane will be reporting on the worsening situation in gaza. and we ll get the lastest from the rafah crossing where those british nationals will cross into egypt. but first, this report by our international editorjeremy bowen begins with the aftermath of what the ham
are hardy and resilient. it s always impressive how people respond in this situation, but it is a miserable start to the new year for sony people. there are questions about how they will clear up, repair the damage and move on, whether the insurance will be there to help them. and people are considering, how much more frequently is this going to happen? are they going to have to face this every year with the extreme weather we are seeing even more of. the former paralympian athlete 0scar pistorius has been released from a jail in south africa, after serving half of his sentence of over 13 years for murdering his girlfriend reeva steenkamp. he s now on parole and will face a range of restrictions for five years. reeva steenkamp s mother said that her family was serving a life sentence. 0ur correspondent daniel de simone reports. commentator: in the heats of the 400m. .. l 0scar pistorius, convicted murderer, was once a paralympic and olympic superstar nicknamed the blade runner. his vic