latest rwanda bill — a day after rishi sunak faced his biggest rebellion since becoming prime minister. two deputy party chairmen from his own political party and a ministerial aide quit on tuesday, joining 60 colleagues rebelling against the legislation in its current form as our political correspondent hannah miller explains. a plan that aims to stop dangerous channel crossings like this. a key pledge that's become rishi sunak�*s biggest parliamentary challenge. the ayes to the right 68. the noes to the left 529. last night, 60 of his own mps tried and failed to make changes to the rwanda bill. among them, three who resigned their roles to vote against the government. the now former deputy chairmen of the conservative party, lee anderson and brendan clark—smith, and jane stephenson, who had been a pps, or ministerial assistant. i don't think i could carry on in my role as deputy chairman of the conservative party when i fundamentally disagree with the bill.

i think most of the bill is sound. i think it can work. but we needed it beefing up. we needed it strengthening over the next few days. and i can't be in a position to vote for something which i don't believe in. the bill aims to send some people who arrive in the uk illegally to rwanda. their asylum case would be heard there and, if successful, that's where they'd stay. the policy was first announced by borisjohnson nearly two years ago. two months later, the first deportation flight was cancelled minutes before take—off, after the european court of human rights intervened. it then went through several legal challenges and, in november last year, the supreme court ruled the policy as it stood then to be unlawful. so now the government's put together a new bill that declares rwanda to be a safe country. refugee rights are human rights! but rebels aren't happy that it still allows individual legal challenges in the uk courts, and they want it strengthened

to explicitly state that international law can't be used to block people from being removed. given the scale of the rebellion, some are still pinning their hopes on negotiations with government today. we want a bill that works. that's the fundamental point. we think there needs to be all of what we're suggesting, but let's have that conversation. are you willing to vote against the bill if nothing changes? well, i am willing to vote against the bill. but on the other side of the conservative party are those who think the prime minister's got this right. what would your message to rishi sunak be at this point? 0h, stand firm. i think the government should stand by the legislation it's put forward. it hasn't put any of its own amendments forward and i'm glad about that. and i think that we've seen the high watermark of the rebellion. labour, the snp and some other opposition parties reject the whole rwanda plan,

which is described by downing street as the toughest legislation ever brought before parliament to tackle illegal migration. but the question hanging over westminster now is can the government get its flagship policy through? hannah miller, bbc news, westminster. live now to our chief political correspondent, henry zeffman who's at westminster. are we expecting today to be as eventful as yesterday's debate? i think it will be more eventful whatever happens. yesterday was extremely embarrassing for rishi sunak, about one in five conservative mps said through their votes that they don't think his flagship rwanda legislation, his flagship rwanda legislation, his flagship immigration and asylum legislation will work, they don't think do enough to get the rwanda policy of deporting asylum seekers who arrive here to rwanda, they don't think it will do thatjob. rishi sunak of course disagrees. but today could be much more politically

explosive because there will be six hours of debates on more amendments where i expect we will see more rebellions but they will not pass, and then the crutch, the tory rebels will have to whether they are sufficiently frustrated, to say the least, by the legislation as it stands, that they would rather kill this piece of legislation altogether than send a piece of legislation they think is imperfect onto the next stage which is the house of lords. all of this just exposes divisions within the conservative party, divisions which earlier today michael tomlinson, the immigration minister, was desperate to play down. myjob, both through the course of the day and this evening, will be both at the dispatch box and when speaking to colleagues to seek to persuade them that even if there are minor differences in emphasis, minor differences in where the emphasis should be, there is a fundamental singleness of determination to ensure that this policy works. and that's myjob, both in conversations with colleagues and also in the chamber.

but i know why my colleagues are concerned. i'm a former deputy chairman of the erg. i understand their concerns, and that's why those conversations will continue throughout the course of the day~ — and it's myjob to persuade my colleagues, both in the chamber of the house of commons and outside, to back this plan. there are disagreements of emphasis. as i say, there's an inch between us. there's a determination to ensure that the policy works. what we will also see this afternoon, i think, is a lack of a plan from the party opposite. and you're right, there is at the moment a focus on the conservative party, but there should also be a focus on the labour party because they can't say what they would do, they can't say, because they don't have a plan. we are determined, the prime minister is determined to stop the boats and he's given thatjob to me to deliver and we'll deliver that this afternoon. clearly trying to play down the conflict in the party. do you think

there are frantic talks going on right now to bring the unity together?— right now to bring the unity touether? ~ , ., �*, ., together? absolutely. that's what the conservative _ together? absolutely. that's what the conservative rebels _ together? absolutely. that's what the conservative rebels on - together? absolutely. that's what the conservative rebels on the - together? absolutely. that's what l the conservative rebels on the right of the party want, they want downing street to back down. they are trying to exert pressure in media studios as well as in the house of commons today so that actually downing street makes theirjob easier for them by saying we're going to tweak this legislation this way or that way. one thing downing st the government has done today is they have said they are looking at ways to write into new rules for civil servants as well as for ministers a presumption that if the european court of human rights in strasbourg issues what has become known as a pyjama injunction, basically an emergency halt to any deportation flights to rwanda, that's what stopped the first flight that was meant to take off in 2022. if the issue any new emergency injunction issue any new emergency injunction is the presumption will be that ministers then enforced by civil servants would ignore that injunction. i'm not sure that's

going to do the trick for the tory rebels. they want that to have the force of law, to be written into the legislation. that is something that causes great unease, notjust within government, but on the other wing of the conservative party who don't want the uk to do anything which undermines its obligations under international law. once again on this issue, as on many other issues, we are just seeing in a magnifying glass how divided the conservative party is. it is all quite a complicated process. and you have said six hours of debate. what happens then? there is loads of amendments that have been tabled to this legislation, notjust the ones we have been talking about or alluding to, which have been tabled by the conservative right. you have amendments tabled by the one nation group of conservative mps on the other wing of the party who will vote for this legislation in the form it currently is both in an ideal world they would have it not go as far as it does. then you have amendments tabled by the labour

party, the scottish national party and so on and so on. not all of those will end up being voted on but many of them will be debated and some of them will end up being voted on. this process ends up happening with every piece of legislation, not just the most dramatic ones we hear the most about and talk the most about. but it doesn't always happen this quickly and the reason it is happening so quickly, and as well as under such intense media glare, is because the government has declared this to be emergency legislation. that is not formal status, is the government signifying how seriously it takes this and how quickly it once the legislation onto the statute books, and the reason for thatis statute books, and the reason for that is twofold. firstly, the government has been trying to get this policy off the ground for almost two years. it was boris johnson who announced it way back in early 2022. but also it is a general election yet rishi sunak wants this bill on the statute books before he goes to the country.— goes to the country. henry, thank ou ve goes to the country. henry, thank you very much- — qatar's foreign ministry

announced israel and the palestinian islamist group have agreed to deliver medicines to israeli hostages held by hamas in gaza in exchange for supplying aid to civilians, following french and qatari mediation. the united nations says the war has displaced roughly 85% of gaza's 2.4 million people, many of whom have been forced to crowd into shelters and struggle to get food, water, fuel and medical care. under the deal, the humanitarian supplies will leave the qatari capital, doha, for egypt later today. the aid will then be taken to gaza, to be delivered to civilians, while medicines are yet to reach israeli captives. more than 132 hostages are thought to be still held in gaza. our middle east correspondent yolande knell gave us this update. it has been a real concern of the israeli hostages' families that many of the hostages have chronic diseases, they are older people, or they have a need for life—saving medicines,

and some of them have been injured as well, according to what we have heard from released hostages. so they actually went recently, a number of the families, to qatar, and met the prime minister there and this deal was announced afterwards. then it seemed to encounter some logistical problems. now we are told by the qataris and the israelis it is to go ahead and that within hours these medicines should be entering into the gaza strip via egypt. yolande, does this development mean that there could be any chance of any kind of ceasefire head? i mean, it is being seen as something positive. it's obviously, with the qataris, they're key mediators, a sign there are ongoing talks, these ongoing contacts between the israelis and hamas with the us very much involved as well. we did have the white house spokesman coming out last night saying that a us—middle east envoy

had been involved in what he described as very serious, intensive discussions that the us was hopeful, he said, that a new hostage release deal could be released. of course, the qataris and the egyptians have made proposals in recent weeks that would see some of the remaining more than 100 hostages held in gaza being released in exchange for a ceasefire and for more aid going into gaza. in terms of that aid, how needed is it? we have had lots of fresh warnings from un agencies in recent days about the dire situation. there was one from a group of un special rapporteurs just a day ago they said basically every single person in the gaza strip right now is hungry, that a quarter of the population is actually facing starvation. and other warnings from the world food programme,

they are very frustrated because they say people are facing frustration just miles away from where there are trucks that are loaded up with food. the difficulties according to the un agencies is really that there aren't enough entry points into the gaza strip, that there are very complicated arrangements for security checks. then of course you have the ongoing fighting concentrated in the south of gaza that makes aid distribution so difficult. ongoing communications blackouts so that they can't reach their teams on the ground. and in particular, they are talking about the great difficulties of meeting those in the north of the gaza strip, getting aid to them with lorries, and they have said that really very few of the lorries are getting through, and actually we have seen scenes shared on social media where people have actually desperately looted the lorries, stopped them as they are passing through the streets so they can't reach their final destinations and distribution points. people then making off with sacks of flour, that kind of thing, an indication of how desperate the situation is. yolande knell.

iran has carried out another air strike beyond its borders, this time in neighbouring pakistan. iranian state media said the strikes hit two sites linked to the militant groupjaish al—adl in the south—western pakistani province of balochistan. earlier this week iran hit targets in iraq and syria. the government in islamabad warned of potentially serious consequences in response to what it said was a deadly violation of its airspace. for more on why iran carried out this attack, i spoke earlier with our pakistan correspondent, caroline davies, who is in islamabad. we originally got some of this information from the iranian state media. they talked about the fact that this had been an attack that the iranian military had carried out using drones and rockets and that they said this was to attack the headquarters of the militant groupjaish ul—adl, a sunni militant group that has previously claimed attacks

on iranian soil, including an attack on a police station back in december. so it is difficult because iran has not made an official comment on this to say exactly why iran decided to do this. we are slightly reading between the lines here. but i think the suggestion is that at the moment they are looking at threats around the region and looking at particularly these groups and militant groups that they say they think will pose a threat to iran and then showing that they will try and hit them now. what was tehran trying to hit? according to the state media, they were targeting and hitting the pakistan headquarters of this groupjaish ul—adl, this group they refer to as a terror group, also designated a terror group by the united states. we have also heard from the pakistan foreign ministry here, and in response they have strongly condemned it, said it is an unprovoked violation of its airspace by iran and they say

the strike resulted in the death of two children and three further were injured as well. at the moment we are waiting to hear what will happen from pakistan. they have talked about this having serious consequences but we haven't been told what those consequences are yet. has this happened before with iran hitting pakistan? iran and pakistan have a relatively cordial but very delicate relationship. there has previously been incidents where there have been skirmishes on the border. despite the cordial relationship, both sides accuse the other of harbouring militants within that border area that then come across the border and attack the other country. iran has previously been accused by pakistan of flying a drone over its territory which was shot down. there have been accusations iran has previously sent a rocket into these border areas as well. we also know that iran has sent previous security personnel across the border

into pakistan, too. yes, there has been but it all happens on the same day that pakistan's prime minister met with iran's foreign minister in davos. so a complicated relationship between iran and pakistan and more complicated by the matters overnight. caroline davies. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. the rate of inflation unexpectedly rose to 4% in december — the first increase in ten months, up from 3.9% in november. the office for national statistics says tobacco and alcohol had the biggest impact on prices. the chancellor insists the government's plan to bring down inflation is working but was asked if attacks in the red sea would have an impact. it is precisely because we are concerned about what's happening in the red sea that the united kingdom has taken action with the united states and our other allies to secure freedom of navigation.

we are obviously watching the situation very carefully. but when you have a very volatile world, thatjust shows the importance of having a plan to tackle inflation and sticking to that plan. and our plan has halved inflation, more than halved inflation, since rishi sunak became prime minister. we are going to stick to that plan because we know that is the way we will reduce pressure on families up and down the country. you're live with bbc news. the fbi is investigating allegations that the former chief executive of abercrombie & fitch sexually exploited men at events that he hosted around the world. mikejeffries and his british partner also face a civil lawsuit alleging they ran a sex trafficking operation. mrjeffries ? who ran the us fashion retailer for 22 years ? has not commented. when poland elected a new government, prime minister

donald tusk promised major reforms to repair democracy in the country, restoring the rule of law, the independence of the courts — and ending what he called the �*factory of lies' on public media. but his efforts so far have met fierce resistance from the former governing party now in opposition — which still has allies in key positions, including the presidency. our eastern europe correspondent, sarah rainsford has been behind the scenes at polish public television ? to see how the battle for the airwaves is playing out. in the corridors of polish television, a radical transformation is taking place. there is a new face for the news bulletins, and a whole new mission. the team at tvp say they're ending eight years of propaganda now the government has changed. but the backlash is fierce. you're reading the news, but you have like an armed police guard outside. yes. i call this a changing, but because

it's stressed, and, uh... so they protect you? yes. it's. . . it's crazy. there are police officers everywhere. that's because there is a fight over the airwaves. last month, the tv studios were besieged by opposition mps — angry the new government had sacked the tv management and taken the main news channel off air. do you accept that your methods to take control of the public media were not as clean as they should have been? translation: we chose the right way. there was no cleaner solution. - when i look at it today and i see how the opposition behaves, i see that the way we chose, what we are doing, is very clean and responsible. chanting it's part of a much broader power battle. at this rally, the crowd chanted insults at donald tusk...

..and portrayed the prime minister as a traitor. it's the language they used to hear on public television and it's why donald tusk�*s government moved so fast to change things. do you think donald tusk is not democratic? no, no, because it's like they break the rules. they have own rules. it's all making for strange scenes at tv centre. the evening news team try to ignore all the politics and get on with reporting the news. some topics more straightforward than others. but blanka hopes independent reporting can help heal the divisions in poland, not make them deeper. it's a big opportunity to make new polish television. but it's tough. "she's a swine." you're getting insults on social media? yes. a lot of hatred, a lot of hatred. so it's emotionally difficult because now we are trying

to make objective coverage. each night's countdown to air is a nervous moment, for a bulletin renamed for the first time in history... ..and now with so much to prove. sarah rainsford, bbc news, warsaw. some children with a form of leukaemia have become the first in the uk to receive a new type of treatment, which is far less toxic than chemotherapy. as well as being much gentler on the body, the drug is able to be administered at home, as michelle roberts reports. life's getting back to normal for ii—year—old arthur. he's been clear of cancer for almost a year now. he was one of the first children in the uk to try out a new type of cancer drug. blinatumomab or blina

can replace big chunks of aggressive chemotherapy. the news came that actually there was still some residual cancer, so that particular chemo phase had not worked as expected. for arthur, blina was then the only real option to tackle his blood cancer. you can see the picc line that goes into his pyjamas and actually there on the right—hand side, the pump that was separately at that point, not yet in the backpack. all of the kit can be carried in a small bag. although he had to wear it day and night, it gave him back his freedom. doctors say it's a much kinder alternative. hello, arthur. come on in. and could be a game changerfor kids with b—cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia who struggle on chemo. chemotherapy are poisons that kill the leukemic cells but also kill and damage normal cells.

and that is what causes their side effects. blinatumomab is a gentler, kinder treatment that doesn't have the same side—effects as chemotherapy, but can cure just as many patients as chemotherapy. inside all of us lurks a serial killer. that's our body's own immune cells. blina helps them seek out and destroy the cancer. this death hunt is precisely targeted. healthy cells are untouched. each bead represents a specific thing. for example, that bead represents chemo. it's been a long, toughjourney for the whole family made somewhat easier by blina. i didn't have to, like, always be attached to, like, a machine. it made it feel like a lot freer. it also freed up some of mum and dads time and they could finally do work again instead of having to go

to hospital with me. new year was when we found out that blina had worked and that there was no residual cancer. and so that was just amazing and so we had double celebrations there. blina's already used in adults, but it's not yet widely available on the nhs for children. given its promise as a kinder, gentler treatment, arthur's medical team hope it could be in the future. michelle roberts, bbc news. that is ii—year—old arthur. you can read much more about his story on our website and there is plenty more information on all of our stories there. but for now, stay with us on

bbc news. hello. there's now an amber warning in force forfurther snow across the northern isles and northwest mainland in scotland. the snow is going to hang around, continue to cause travel problems, may even strand some travellers and cut rural communities off. blowing around in the strong winds. you can see the shower clouds, rush of them rushing southwards into the north of scotland also affecting northern ireland. this area is a storm system further south affecting france into germany, belgium as well. we have certainly got the cloud from the south but it might be we see a few wintry flurries in

southern counties of england, so an icy risk here but the main snow risk lies further north. ice could be a problem just about anywhere but with the amber warning quite widely another 5—10 centimetres across the northern isles, north—west of scotland blowing around in the strong winds so the drifts could well cut off rural communities and cause power outages and find travellers stranded. hazardous conditions and it is bitterly cold. a bitterly cold night. feeling quite raw in the south because of the cloud cover and strong wind. blows the cloud out the way overnight tonight. the amber warning in force by that stage. more snow to come and more issues for travellers in northern areas and again it will be very cold. we had —14 last night and we could see that again tonight. another day where we perhaps see early patchy freezing fog and ice quite widely and yet more snow keeps coming into parts of scotland. there will be snow showers elsewhere, northern ireland and perhaps north

west wales, north—west england tomorrow, possibly even eastern counties of england. but again it is cold. this isjust a counties of england. but again it is cold. this is just a subtle change as we head towards the end of the week by friday. notice of the wind direction, more of a south—westerly. we will still see snow but it looks as if it will lift mostly onto the hills meaning lower levels will start to see snowmelt taking place as it becomes slightly less cold. slightly less cold is the story for the weekend as you can see. with weather systems moving in pushed on by really strong winds at times with gales or severe gale force winds potentially sunday that will cause problems in itself. but for the mean time that snow and the amber warning or on the website.

this is bbc news. the headlines: prime minister rishi sunak faces a crucial vote on his rwanda deportation bill, after two deputy charimen from his own party resign over the issue. following fujitsu's apology for its role in the post office scandal, the inquiry continues today, looking at the failings of the horizon it system. as scientists warn of more frequent flooding in the uk, a cross party committee of mps condemns the government's flood defence policy as flawed. hello. the inquiry is continuing

today into the failings of the horizon it system, used by the post office. on tuesday, senior bosses — including the europe boss at fujitsu — apologised, for the first time, for the company's role in the post office scandal, in which hundreds of sub—postmasters were wrongly prosecuted after money appeared to be missing, according to the computer system. earlier, i spoke to our news correspondent, ellie price, who is at the inquiry. there's been relative silence, hasn't there, over the last couple of weeks from fujitsu. as this scandal has developed over the last few weeks since the airing of that itv drama, where millions of people watched and became aware of the scandal that's obviously been going on for years and years. this is something that happened between 1999—2015 and yet it has taken until now, if you like, for action to be taken. as you say, the main headlines yesterday were not from here at the inquiry but actually from a committee of mps who were grilling the europe boss of fujitsu who made that apology for what he called "an appalling miscarriage ofjustice".

he also said for the first time that he felt there was a moral