a hamas leader linked to the october 7th massacre. all of this escalating as the conflict could become a regional war. also, with less than two weeks before the iowa caucuses, the race for the white house kicks into gear with top trump challengers. and president biden returning from vacation to face new challenges, as he plans to hit the road with a retooled re-election message. and i ll be joined by the premium ambassador to the united states, after a new year began there with a barrage of deadly strikes against kyiv and kharkiv, and no agreement with continued u.s. military aid. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. tensions are growing throughout the wider middle east today, stoking international fears that the israel hamas war is now spilling far beyond gaza s borders. more than 100 people, including children, are dead after two explosions in iran ripped through crowds commemorating general souleymane. he was the prominent ahead of the revolutionary
in decades, jeremy hunt wants get millions of those seen as economically inactive back working. how? i ll have the details. and former england rugby player tom youngs speaks to bbc breakfast for the first time since his wife died from blood cancer lastjune. the loneliness probably the one which really gets you. and which really gets you. and which really -ets you. you think, i will rin- someo but and you think, i will ring someone, but it s and you think, i will ring someone, but it s still and you think, i will ring someone, but it s still not the same as having but it s still not the same as having someone there to talk to. we are having someone there to talk to. are gearing having someone there to talk to. - are gearing up for the opening day of the chelsea festival mac cheltenham festival, the highlight of the british jump cheltenham festival, the highlight of the britishjump racing calendar. it is a cold start to the day, a risk of ice on untreated surfaces, a
there is the wreck of the mary rose. it has come to the surface. and it s exactly a0 years since henry 8th s flagship the mary rose was raised from the bottom of the solent, after 437 years under the sea. the bank of england has been forced to intervene once again in the markets warning of a material risk to financial stability. the emergency move this morning will see the bank buy a wider range of government debt, in order to restore conditions in the markets. it follows on from yesterday s announcement of further meaures aimed at ensuring an orderly end to its emergency bond buying scheme. today the institute for fiscal studies think tank warnted the chancellor will need to make big and painful spending cuts to put the country s finances on a sustainable path. it suggests the chancellor could increase working age benefits in line with average earnings, limit public investment to 2% of national income and cut the budgets of every government department except he
thailand s prime minister attends the funerals of the children killed at a daycare centre last week. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. warnings of further attacks continue across ukraine this morning, a day after a wave of strikes by russia. yesterday, missiles hit cities across the country killing at least 19 people and wounding more than 100 more. air raid sirens have sounded across kyiv and other cities into this morning. the southern city of zaporizhzhia was shelled again overnight, with authorities saying one person was killed and public buildings including a school were damaged. work is under way across ukraine to restore electricity supplies damaged during monday s attacks. in his nightly address, volodymyr zelensky warned people to follow safety rules , saying the danger is still here, but we are fighting. later today the leaders of the g7 nations will meet virtually, and are expected to hear from the ukrainian president. mea
and government minister welcome to the programme. russia has accused ukraine of organising the assassination of the daughter of one of vladimir putin s top supporters. darya dugina was killed on saturday when a car she was driving exploded near moscow. this is a statement from the fsb, russia s internal security service, which says the assassination was carried out by ukraine s special services. they ve also released footage of the woman a ukrainian citizen who they say was responsible. ukraine has denied any involvement. one of president zelensky s advisers tweeted russian propaganda lives in a fictional world . he appears to blame what he calls vipers in the russian special darya dugina was a political commentator and vocal supporter of russia s invasion of ukraine, who was sanctioned by the us and uk. she was reportedly supposed to be travelling with her father, alexander dugin, but he changed plans at the last minute. but he changed plans mr dugin is a philosopher