live from london, this is bbc news. a fresh charge of involuntary manslaughter against the actor alec baldwin over a fatal film set shooting in 2021. a un human rights official has accused israel of widespread mistreatment of palestinian detainees during its military offensive in the gaza strip. israel denies it. police urge the mother of a newborn baby found in a shopping bag in east london to come forward. and scientists try to salvage as much data as they can from japan's lunar lander, which suffered power problems after touching down on the moon. hello. i'm samantha simmonds. lawyers for the actor alec baldwin say he's looking forward to his day in court after he was charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of a film crew

member who was shot two years ago. previous charges against the actor were dropped. mr baldwin has maintained he did not pull the trigger. but an independent forensic test has concluded that it could only have happened if the trigger had been pulled. emma vardy reports from los angeles. you were in the room when the lady was shot? i was holding the gun, yeah. 0k. a rehearsal that went terribly wrong. alec baldwin had been getting ready for a scene during filming for the western movie rust in new mexico when a pistol he was holding went off, killing 42—year—old cinematographer halyna hutchins and wounding the director, joel souza. mr baldwin has always claimed he was not responsible for her death, saying he was told the gun did not contain any live rounds. i would never point a gun at anyone and pull the trigger at them, never. that was the training that i had, you don't point a gun at someone and pull the trigger. he was first charged over a year ago, but the charges

were dismissed when new evidence emerged that the gun may have been able to be fired without the trigger being pulled. but following a new forensic report, a grand jury has now concluded he should face trial, accused of involuntary manslaughter. the movie's armourer, hannah gutierrez—reed, is also facing the same charge. the film rust was completed in halyna hutchins�* memory following her death. her family have welcomed the prospect of criminal trials, saying they've always wanted the truth about what happened that day. if convicted, alec baldwin could face up to 18 months in prison. we can speak live now to ron zambrano, who's an attorney and partner at west coast trial lawyers. welcome to you. thanks for being with us. what you make of these charges being brought separately but again? it these charges being brought separately but again?- separately but again? it was inevitable, _ separately but again? it was inevitable, because, - separately but again? it was inevitable, because, as- separately but again? it was | inevitable, because, as many people remember, back last april they drop them and

everybody was wondering why, there was a lot of speculation, including that the prosecution wasn't quite ready because they anticipated that mr baldwin and his attorneys would be continuing that hearing. so now they are back, they had another grand jury saying let's charge him again and these two indictments, these one indictment, the two charges. they think everybody here in the legal community think this is going to be a very, very hard job for them mexico prosecutors office. in hard job for them mexico prosecutors office. in what wa ? prosecutors office. in what way? well. _ prosecutors office. in what way? well, what _ prosecutors office. in what way? well, what has - prosecutors office. in what way? well, what has to . prosecutors office. in what - way? well, what has to happen here for this _ way? well, what has to happen here for this negligence - here for this negligence standard is there has to be some type of evidence from mr baldwin that he knew he was acting in some way recklessly. for instance, if you are driving a carand for instance, if you are driving a car and you are looking down texting and you kill someone, well, everyone looking at you will go "you shouldn't have been doing that, you should have known you do something to someone." nearly got a gun from someone who is an expert saying it was cold, which is another way of saying there are no live rounds and he

is maintaining that he didn't point and pull the trigger. so everything he is doing in a vacuum things he was supposed to be doing, anyone in his position would be doing and would expect them to be doing. it'll be hard for the prosecutors to say even though thatis prosecutors to say even though that is because of events he was still acting below some type of duty of care to ms hutchins.— type of duty of care to ms hutchins. given that, how strongly _ hutchins. given that, how strongly things _ hutchins. given that, how strongly things evidence l strongly things evidence against him actually is? it depends on the experts, if they are able to commence the jury that because of the ballistics investigation and the results that only pulling the trigger can cause the gun to go off then thejury could can cause the gun to go off then the jury could make the inference that he pulled the trigger. now there is also evidence that he was asked to point the gun at her by ms hutchins herself. is that enough for him to be acting in a way that was reckless if it was a gun he was told was cold? they think that is the problem.

no—one is disputing he was told it was a cold gun. so it's very, very hard to see if he was told that what kind of recklessness did he have? find recklessness did he have? and what kind of— recklessness did he have? and what kind of party think his celebrity status will play in this trial? i celebrity status will play in this trial?— celebrity status will play in this trial? ~' ~ ., this trial? i think mr boulton, at least here _ this trial? i think mr boulton, at least here in _ this trial? i think mr boulton, at least here in the _ this trial? i think mr boulton, at least here in the united . at least here in the united states, he is leites, he comes from a lot of films where he comes off as a person who is kind of, you know, he is goofy, he is kind of, oh, schotts, he may stumble on things, but he is always affable. that will help you a lot. people like him. he is not like other celebrities may give the jury likely they will help you, kind of likejohnny depp. there were very serious things against johnny depp but they like him. i think his celebrity status as this kind of not happy—go—lucky, but somebody who is likeable even though he may be clumsy, think it will help him here because it kinda goes to that. help him here because it kinda goes to that-— goes to that. 0k, really interesting _ goes to that. 0k, really interesting to _ goes to that. 0k, really interesting to talk - goes to that. 0k, really interesting to talk to i goes to that. 0k, really l interesting to talk to you. thank you forjoining us from los angeles there.

let's look at some of the latest developments in the middle east. a un human rights official has accused israel of beating, blindfolding and stripping palestinians detained during its military operation in gaza. ajith sunghay, the head of the un human rights office in occupied palestinian territories, claimed that some of the former detainees he met during a visit to the territory had been held for nearly two months in often cramped conditions. during my time here i managed to meet a number of released detainees, these are men who are detained by the israeli security forces in unknown locations between 30 and 55 days. they described being beaten, humiliated, subjected to ill—treatment, and to what may amount to torture. israel has said it treats all those detained in accordance with international law. in a statement to the bbc, the israeli military said terror suspects often needed to hand over their clothes to ensure they were not concealing weapons or explosives.

israel appears to be continuing with a widespread offensive against what it says are hamas targets in southern gaza. many people have now fled from the grounds of nasser hospital, the biggest of the very few hospitals still functioning in gaza. doctors there deny israeli claims that hamas fighters are using it as a base. the us says israel has agreed to allow shipments of flour through a portjust north of the gaza strip, reducing the time it takes for aid to reach the territory. earlier, the un accused israel's military of restricting aid deliveries to northern gaza. the un humanitarian agency says less than a quarter of its planned missions have been allowed so far this month. it says israel denied access to all but one of the 19 proposed deliveries of medicine and fuel to hospitals and reservoirs during the same period. just last month, israel agreed the temporary delivery of aid into gaza via its southern border crossing, opening a new route for supplies after weeks of pressure.

president biden has sought to play down differences with the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, over the prospects for the creation of a palestinian state. the two men have spoken for the first time in nearly a month. mr biden told reporters in washington he believed it was "possible to work something out". he denied that the israeli leader had ruled out the idea of a two—state solution once the fighting in gaza was over. on thursday, mr netanyahu said israel must have "security control" of all territory west of the jordan river for the foreseeable future, even though that conflicted with the idea of palestinian sovereignty. here's, mr netanyahu's senior advisor, mark regev. in the framework of a peaceful settlement, the palestinians could run their own affairs, they could govern themselves, but it is clear they will not have full sovereignty here. israel cannot afford to have a future palestinian entity to sign treaties, defence packs with people like iran or have hezbollah fighters visit them

for joint exercises. hezbollah fighters visit them forjoint exercises. 0bviously forjoint exercises. obviously there cannot be a piece that is not rooted on ironclad security arrangements and that, in any foreseeable future, would require an israeli security presence. that doesn't mean political control. with me is mohamed taha from bbc arabic. welcome to you. good to see you. what is the international reaction been to these comments by the israeli prime minister? the international community is feeling that there is growing pressure on israel to take a different stand than its stand from the beginning of this war. i would like to name some of this pressure on israel, as you said, the un said that israel is beating prisoners, torturing prisoners, another un agency said israel does not allow aid to go to northern gaza, there is also growing criticism from

medecins sans frontieres that there are few hospitals that are functioning in gaza at the moment. there are also growing criticism is that led to some criminal complaints against the israeli president in switzerland, where he is attending the davis forum. there are many criticisms about the amount of civilians that are falling every day, more than 150 died only during the last 2a hours. all of this criticism regarding the aid, the situation of the children, the situation of the children, the number of deaths of civilians are making benjamin netanyahu and biden talking about the 2—state solution, but, practically, if you look at it benjamin netanyahu's governments, the right wing

governments, the right wing government is based on refusing giving the palestinians a state. if he would agree on that that practically means the fall of his government.- that that practically means the fall of his government. yes, so how does _ fall of his government. yes, so how does israel _ fall of his government. yes, so how does israel respond - fall of his government. yes, so how does israel respond to - how does israel respond to these criticisms? fist how does israel respond to these criticisms?— how does israel respond to these criticisms? at the moment it is early. _ these criticisms? at the moment it is early, because _ these criticisms? at the moment it is early, because the _ these criticisms? at the moment it is early, because the call - it is early, because the call was last night, but i think he backedit was last night, but i think he backed it up a little bit by saying that israel wants to control that territories west of the river, it means he wants also to control not gaza, but the west bank as well, which is a repeat of what he said before, that he wants to remove the palestinian authority from its place. so he is trying to make everyone happy, if they may say that, so he is talking to president biden and saying, 0k, to president biden and saying, ok, i do not oppose a palestinian state, but at the same time he is keen to make his government intact by saying

we are controlling, we will keep to control gaza and the west bank, which is contradicting what he says to mr biden. contradicting what he says to mr biden-— contradicting what he says to mr biden. ~ . , , ., ., mr biden. what is the situation with regards — mr biden. what is the situation with regards to _ mr biden. what is the situation with regards to aid? _ mr biden. what is the situation with regards to aid? the - with regards to aid? the situation _ with regards to aid? the situation with _ with regards to aid? the situation with regard - with regards to aid? tie: situation with regard to aid with regards to aid? ti2 situation with regard to aid is very dire. we saw pictures of palestinians that are really in bad need of water and in bad need of food. we saw families are having one plate of food over 2a hours, the authorities in gaza are saying there are 50,000 tons of garbage everywhere in gaza and they are warning of spreading diseases because of that. the situation in gaza is very bad and, as i said, there was a press conference for medecins sans frontieres in cairo, they are saying that the situation in gaza, there is no other situation that is similar to this situation. that's why israel tried to say they would

allow some of the flower to come through the port, directly to gaza, but unless we see this flour coming to gaza the people would be suffering a dire situation —— flour. would be suffering a dire situation -- flour.- would be suffering a dire situation -- flour. about the hostages. — situation -- flour. about the hostages, more _ situation -- flour. about the hostages, more than - situation -- flour. about the hostages, more than 130 - situation -- flour. about the | hostages, more than 130 still being held since the hamas attacks on israel on 7 october, there were suggestions some medical aid would be through to the minibus for days, have there been any developments with those?— with those? not yet. this agreement _ with those? not yet. this agreement was _ with those? not yet. this. agreement was announced initially by kattar, but there are no details that have been announced afterwards. hamas stands towards they will not be any negotiations regarding the hostages unless the ceasefire would be announced and israel is not waiting to do that —— qatar. there is growing pressure on israel to reach a

ceasefire, as many politicians think the only way is for the hostages to go back to israel is by dealing with hamas... i5 is by dealing with hamas... is that international pressure on hamas, a designated terrorist organisation by the us, uk, many countries, because israel is as if you release those hostages they could be a pause in the fighting. {iii hostages they could be a pause in the fighting.— in the fighting. of course, hamas. — in the fighting. of course, hamas, because - in the fighting. of course, hamas, because of - in the fighting. of course, hamas, because of the i in the fighting. of course, i hamas, because of the scale in the fighting. of course, - hamas, because of the scale of the israeli strike it is targeting sometimes civilians, they say that they do not want to have negotiations unless a ceasefire would be announced. but many in the israeli society now thinking that a deal with hamas would be needed for the sausages to come. they are arguing that the military operation did not succeed to

find these hostages or to reach anywhere of them. {lilia find these hostages or to reach anywhere of them.— anywhere of them. 0k, thank ou. let's get some of the day's other news now. the us military says it has carried out further strikes against houthi targets in yemen. it said three anti—ship missiles were destroyed. the houthis have staged dozens of attacks on shipping in the red sea region. a fire at a school dormitory in central china has killed 13 people. the managers of the school in a village in henan province have been detained while the cause of the fire is investigated. seoul's chief of police has been charged with negligence more than a year after a halloween crush left 159 young people dead in south korea. kim kwang—ho is the highest—ranking police official to be charged in relation to the tragedy. a huge blaze at a rubbish dump outside panama city has shrouded the capital in toxic smoke and forced the evacuation of nearby residents from their homes. firefighters said at least six hectares of the dump were alight. they said everything pointed to the blaze being started deliberately.

the metropolitan police says it's extremely concerned for the 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 elsa, was not injured in any way and is in good health, as nickjohnson reports. less tha n less than one hour after she was born, baby elsa as she has been named, was found inside a shopping bag at the entrance to this open space on the side of 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 person kept the baby girl warm until london ambulance service paramedics arrived and checked her over before taking her to hospital. police say others also stayed on the scene, and the measures they took contributed to saving they took contributed to saving the baby's life. nickjohnson, bbc news. the uk treasury and hmrc are among 21 public sector organisations being asked by mps to reveal details of any contracts handed to fujitsu after the post office computer system scandal. the commons treasury committee says it wants to discover the extent to which taxpayers' money has been spent on contracts with the

company since 2019. that is when the high court ruled prosecutions were wrongly brought based on fujitsu's faulty horizon it system. the company has also said it will not bid for further government contracts until the public inquiry into the scandal is complete. fujitsu has apologised for its role. tata steel has defended its decision to cut thousands ofjobs at its port talbot site in south wales, saying changes are necessary to make production much greener. two blast furnaces will be replaced with an electric alternative. unions say industrial action is likely. plaid cymru says the uk government should consider nationalising the port talbot steelworks, to allow for a phased transition to greener steel production. the changes will see the loss of 2,800 jobs. japan's moon landing has run into difficulty after the spacecraft successfully touched down on the lunar surface. its solar panels aren't working, meaning it will soon

run out of power. japan is just the fifth country to successfully land on the moon. 0ur science correspondent, pallab ghosh, has the story. japan's lunar lander has touched down with a soft landing, but there has been a glitch. its solar panels aren't working, so unless it is fixed the spacecraft will run out of power. but experts say the mission has achieved 99% of its aims. this was all about precision landing. they have not confirmed the exact precision of the landing, but they are the fifth nation to land successfully on the moon and that is a huge success. flight engineers are poring through the spacecraft�*s data and will report later in the week on what went wrong. but an awful lot went right. they were able to test

out a new advanced face recognition system to hone into its landing site. it also deployed one of its mini lunar rovers, able to hop where no rover has hopped before. but not another one, which can literally roll back the frontiers of knowledge. it is a new way of doing space exploration and a big part of it is to bring down the costs, so we can de—risk these missions, do more of them at a faster turnaround and hopefully get more science and exploration out of each one. the team at the open university are building an instrument for a future mission involving bothjapan and india, as well as the uk. japan's achievement is the start of a new rush to the moon. india got there last year, and later in 2024 there will be several us attempts. and by the end of the decade, there will be chinese and european missions, so it is all getting very interesting. in the 19605 and 70s it was all nasa.

# walking on the moon one day...# but now it is an international race. a small fleet of spacecraft from across the world are on their way to lay the ground for humans to return. they are going because there are minerals and resources on the moon that will be used to build launch sites to go to mars and beyond. and this time, the plan is to stay for the long term. pallab ghosh, bbc news. we can speak now to leah crane — she's a space and physics reporter at new scientist magazine. good to see you, thanks for joining us from chicago. how likely do you think it is that engineers will be able to save this mission? i engineers will be able to save this mission?— this mission? i unfortunately think it is — this mission? i unfortunately think it is pretty _ this mission? i unfortunately think it is pretty unlikely, - this mission? i unfortunately think it is pretty unlikely, it i think it is pretty unlikely, it looks from what people are saying now like the mission has stopped transmitting at the time it landed, which was hours and hours ago. it has only had and hours ago. it has only had a few hours left, now it is probably out of time. what has one probably out of time. what has gone wrong — probably out of time. what has gone wrong here? _

probably out of time. what has gone wrong here? not - probably out of time. what has gone wrong here? not really i gone wrong here? not really clear yet- — gone wrong here? not really clear yet. the _ gone wrong here? not really clear yet. the solar - gone wrong here? not really clear yet. the solar panels, l gone wrong here? not really i clear yet. the solar panels, as we have learned, were not collecting any sunlight, which is needed to charge up the spacecraft. so it had to run on battery power and eventually the batteryjust ran out. find the battery 'ust ran out. and as far as — the batteryjust ran out. and as far as the _ the batteryjust ran out. and as far as the mission - the batteryjust ran out. and as far as the mission goes, if it does and now, what level of success would you give it? i would say it was fairly successful. i don't know if 99% is quite right but i would say maybe 80%, i think the important thing on this mission was, in my opinion, that targeted landing, making sure that it could land with extraordinary precision, in the exact spot. and it looks like that was fairly successful, we don't have all the data yet. but if that was 100% successful, aside from the solar panel issue, then i think overall it is a success.- overall it is a success. how significant _ overall it is a success. how significant is _ overall it is a success. how significant is it _ overall it is a success. how significant is it that - overall it is a success. how significant is it that japan l overall it is a success. how| significant is it that japan is significant is it thatjapan is only the fifth country ever to

be able to land on the moon? i think it is a really big sign that things are ramping up in the spaceflight world. it is notjust japan but it is always other countries, all these private companies, trying to get into the spaceflight game. and i personally think that is a really good thing. because it means that there is more innovation, it means there is more competition, and just more science. more competition, and 'ust more science. ., ., more competition, and 'ust more science. . ,, ., science. talking of the science. _ science. talking of the science, what - science. talking of the science, what are - science. talking of the - science, what are scientists learning from all these missions, and the ones that are planned for later in the year from other international organisations?— from other international organisations? there is two arts of organisations? there is two parts of that. _ organisations? there is two parts of that. one - organisations? there is two parts of that. one part - organisations? there is two parts of that. one part is i organisations? there is two l parts of that. one part is the technology demonstration of, like the targeting software on slim, just showing we can do things. especially different kinds of rovers. and the other part is there is a lot of mapping of where water and ice might be on the moon, and a lot of measuring minerals and the

behaviour of the dust, and that can teach us not only things that are useful for future human exploration but also about the history of our solar system. about the history of our solar s stem. ~ ., ., ~' about the history of our solar s stem. ~ ., , system. when we look at these efforts to try — system. when we look at these efforts to try and _ system. when we look at these efforts to try and build - system. when we look at these efforts to try and build on - system. when we look at these efforts to try and build on the l efforts to try and build on the moon or head to mars, what kind of timeframe do you think we are realistically looking at here? i are realistically looking at here? ., , �* , here? i think it is... it's hard to _ here? i think it is... it's hard to say _ here? i think it is... it's hard to say because - here? i think it is... it's hard to say because i i here? ithink it is... it's. hard to say because i was here? ithink it is... it's- hard to say because i was about to say it is a decade out but people have been saying that prolonged time. i think this time it might actually be a decade out before people start really building sort of permanent bases on the moon, and possibly adding to mars. mars may be two or three decades out.— mars may be two or three decades out. yeah, and what about the _ decades out. yeah, and what about the prospect _ decades out. yeah, and what about the prospect of - decades out. yeah, and what about the prospect of people | about the prospect of people spending any amount of length of time on the moon? i spending any amount of length of time on the moon?- of time on the moon? i think that is maybe _ of time on the moon? i think that is maybe not _ of time on the moon? i think that is maybe not as - that is maybe not as unrealistic, not necessarily

unrealistic, not necessarily unrealistic, it is not as far in the future. i think we know basically how to get to the moon, although there have been some troubles lately. but that is something that we have done before. and staying there for a longer time isjust a matter of infrastructure. so that feels kind of doable.— kind of doable. really interesting _ kind of doable. really interesting to - kind of doable. really interesting to talk - kind of doable. really interesting to talk to l kind of doable. really - interesting to talk to you, thanks for being with us. the luxury swiss watch that landed arnold schwarzenegger in hot water at munich airport has sold at auction for $294,000. the hollywood star was held for several hours by customs officials on wednesday for failing to declare the bespoke audemars piguet watch, that was being auctioned for his climate charity. officials said duty should have been paid on the watch because schwarzenegger was intending to sell it in the european union. the actor had to pay "several thousand euros" in taxes. that's it from me for the moment, plenty more coming up. stay with us here on bbc news.

hello. i think we've seen the last of the widespread cold, frosty days. on friday, there was plenty of blue sky and wintry sunshine for many of us, as was the picture in dudley, but things are changing now. we've got milder air moving in in time for the weekend and also much windier weather. in fact, the met office have named storm isha. that's on the way, particularly late sunday into monday, bringing severe gales and disruption to travel, power perhaps is likely. but let's have a look at saturday. first off, this band of rain will affect central portions of the uk, perhaps southern scotland, northern england into wales as well. there'll be some sunshine across much of the midlands, south—east england and east anglia and some brighter skies across the north—east of scotland too. temperatures around 6 or 7 in the east, but we're back into double figures towards the west — ten degrees for the likes of belfast and glasgow, for instance. later on saturday, heavier rain moves in from the west. the winds are going to pick up as well. that system sweeps its way eastwards into the early hours of sunday,

followed by more showers. it isn't going to be cold and frosty as we start sunday morning. we've got too much wind and the showers around from the word go. but let's take a look at sunday in a bit more detail because here is storm isha developing in the atlantic, sweeping its way in. just look at all these isobars across the uk. between the warm front and the cold front. that's where we're going to see really strong gusts, perhaps 70 or 80 miles an hour. so for sunday, some rain initially for northern ireland sweeping into other western parts of britain. there could be a little bit of snow just across the very highest ground for scotland. still chilly air in the far north of scotland, but much milder, 12 or 13. but the real emphasis on sunday, particularly later, is going to be the strength of the wind. we've got amber warnings for storm isha across northern ireland, southern scotland, northern england, western parts of england and wales and the south—east as well. gusts 70mph, 80mph, enough to cause some significant disruption. big waves, i think, around the coast with this storm system as well. now heading on into monday, we've still got the brisk winds at first. they should ease a little bit through the day, but it is going to be another really windy day,

with heavy showers rattling in across the north and the west. should be mostly dry, i think, later on, in the south and the east and temperatures somewhere between about six to 12 degrees for this stage — not quite as mild as sunday. but things are looking unsettled through the week ahead, often pretty windy, showery rain around at times — those temperatures much milder than they have been. bye— bye.

this is bbc news. the headlines: a grand jury in new mexico has charged alec baldwin with a fresh count of involuntary manslaughter over a fatal movie set shooting in 2021. previous charges against the emmy award—winning actor were dropped last april, just two weeks before a criminal trial against him was due to begin. a un human rights official has accused israel of severely beating, blindfolding and stripping palestinians detained in gaza. ajith sunghay said some were released wearing only nappies. israel has insisted it treats all those detained in accordance with international law. police urge the mother of a newborn baby found in a shopping bag in east london to come forward. the baby, believed to bejust an hour old when she was found, was discovered in a park in sub—zero temperatures by a dog walker who kept her warm until paramedics arrived.