a un human rights official accuses israel of beating and stripping palestinians detained in gaza. they described being beaten, humiliated, subjected to ill—treatment and to what may amount to torture. police urge the mother of a newborn baby found in a shopping bag in east london to come forward — we'll be live at the scene. in uganda — government critics targeted by a network, hiding behind fake social media accounts. we have more in a bbc verify investigation. and japan becomes the fifth country to land a spacecraft on the moon — but then runs into difficulties.

hello, i'm lewis vaughanjones, welcome to the programme. a un human rights official has accused israel of beating, blindfolding and stripping palestinians detained during its military operation in gaza. 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 police detainees. these are men who were detained by the israeli security forces in unknown locations for between 30 to 55 days. they described being beaten, humiliated, subjected to ill treatment and to what may amount to torture. they reported being blindfolded for long periods, some of them for several consecutive days. one man said he had access to a shower only once during his 55 days in detention.

there are reports of men who were subsequently released, but only in diapers without any adequate clothing in this cold weather. what they told me was consistent with reports our office has been gathering of the detention of palestinians on a broad scale, including many civilians held in secrecy, often subject to ill treatment with no access to their families, lawyers or effective judicial protection. live now to our correspondent mark lowen who's injerusalem for us. what more can you tell us about these allegations? the allegations have been flatly denied by the israeli defence forces who say they treat detainees in accordance with international law and that when detainees are forced to remove their clothes it is to check whether or not they have explosive devices. the allegations made by the un are very much in line

with others and others�* accusations that have been made by human rights groups for example against how the israeli defence forces are treating local prisoners of war. israel maintains that it is continuing to target terror areas. for example, moving its tanks towards medical facilities around khan younis in southern gaza that they say have been used as launch sites for attacks against israeli forces. the jordanian government has accused israel of directly firing against a jordanian field hospital in southern gaza overnight and say benjamin netanyahu is, in the words of the geranium government, bringing doom to this region. the fighting very much continues in southern gaza —— jordanian government. that is the part of the strip israel encouraged people to flee when the fighting was in the north but now the fighting is particularly intense in the south and that�*s why some of the idf feel

some himars leaders are holed up. there have been explosions in the capital in syria, what do we know? duff hamas leaders.— duff hamas leaders. these are re orts duff hamas leaders. these are reports that — duff hamas leaders. these are reports that a _ duff hamas leaders. these are reports that a building - duff hamas leaders. these are reports that a building in - duff hamas leaders. these are reports that a building in syria| duff hamas leaders. these are . reports that a building in syria has been flattened. reports from syria state leaders that a building was attacked and some reports that a member of iran�*s revolutionary guard in that building was killed. there are reports the building was being used by iranian advisers backing up the syrian government. the iranian revolutionary guard struck a target in northern iraq earlier in the week which they say was being used as a spy which they say was being used as a spy headquarters for the israeli intelligence agency mossad. if today�*s attack in syria is confirmed today�*s attack in syria is confirmed to be an israeli strike it would certainly appear at this stage like an israeli retaliation. all of this

an israeli retaliation. all of this a sign once again how the gaza conflict has spilled out into the wider region in recent weeks and months. you have now had attacks by iran and iranian proxies like hezbollah in lebanon on israeli forces and by the houthi rebels in yemen. so even though the focus of conflict is still very much gaza, the fear continues this will continue to spill out into the wider region and that in a very combustible region, of course. thank ou for combustible region, of course. thank you for that. — combustible region, of course. thank you for that, mark. _ combustible region, of course. thank you for that, mark. we _ combustible region, of course. thank you for that, mark. we will _ combustible region, of course. thank you for that, mark. we will take - combustible region, of course. thank you for that, mark. we will take a - you for that, mark. we will take a look at the situation on the ground now. and as israel continues its offensive, it�*s focussing on what it says are hamas targets in southern gaza. the hamas—run health ministry says nearly 25,000 palestinians have now been killed — 165 in the past 2a hours. explosions many people have now fled the grounds of nasser hospital — the largest of the few hospitals still functioning in gaza. doctors there deny israeli claims that hamas fighters

are using it as a base. 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. 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. the un had 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 in january. 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. 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. 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 than an hour after she was born, baby elsa, as she�*s 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. we are extremely concerned for her welfare as she will 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 999. the force has also asked anyone who thinks they might know baby elsa�*s mother to contact them. officers say the newborn�*s survival on thursday night was 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. the police say others also stayed on the scene and the measures they took contributed to saving the baby�*s life. live now to our reporter nickjohnson in east london. what is the latest? lewis, police

have said they _ what is the latest? lewis, police have said they made _ what is the latest? lewis, police have said they made a _ what is the latest? lewis, police have said they made a point - what is the latest? lewis, police have said they made a point of. have said they made a point of saying their primary concern is the health and well—being of the baby�*s mother. they say that specialist medics and police staff are on hand to provide support and have urged her to come and make contact. as you heard in that report we know that baby also was less than an hour old when she was found inside that shopping bag right here on the pavement between this busy road and the entrance to this open space. the location of the shopping bag, the traffic, the busyness of the road, there is a dual carriagewayjust behind the camera, you really get a sense of how it can inconspicuous a tiny baby would have been in that shopping bag. police say they believe the dog walker that discovered her was alerted by the cries coming from that bag. it is

cold here this morning but it�*s not as cold as thursday night when the little baby was found. it was below freezing and all she was covered in was a towel. but despite all that police say she is doing well in hospital, she is safe, she is unharmed, but you get the sense that if someone had found her a few moments later it might have been a very different story.— very different story. indeed. we heard a little _ very different story. indeed. we heard a little from _ very different story. indeed. we heard a little from the _ very different story. indeed. we heard a little from the police - heard a little from the police there. what have they been saying and what have they been urging people to do?— and what have they been urging people to do? and what have they been urging --eole to do? ., . ., people to do? their main concern now is tracin: people to do? their main concern now is tracing the — people to do? their main concern now is tracing the mother. _ people to do? their main concern now is tracing the mother. they _ people to do? their main concern now is tracing the mother. they have - is tracing the mother. they have asked people who use this park for walking their dogs, we have seen lots of people walking their dogs, riding their bikes and running this morning, anyone who may frequent this route on a daily basis, to get

in touch with them, especially if they have any idea who the man might be. when baby elsa was left here it would have been on thursday evening. there would have been a lot of traffic along this road. this is a busy road so perhaps a lot of opportunity for other people to have seen something that went on. police now saying that now the child is safe and appears to be doing well in hospital, their main concern now is finding the baby�*s mother and getting other medical attention she will clearly need.— will clearly need. thank you for that. in the uk, a committee of mps has asked public bodies including the treasury and the royal mint to reveal details of any contracts awarded to fujitsu in the past five years. the company has apologised for its role in the post office it scandal — in which hundreds of branch managers were wrongly convicted of fraud or theft because of a faulty computer system. fujitsu has said it won�*t bid for more government contracts while the inquiry is continuing. with more on this is our political correspondent helen catt.

they are looking at details of the contracts awarded to fujitsu since 2019, and by 2019? that was the date when the high court ruled that the horizon post office system which was installed across post offices across the country was defective. the committee has written to a number of different departments to find out what contracts have been awarded since then. they want to know details of it, notjust the value of those but, for example, how they were awarded, with done through open competition? the chair of the committee harriett baldwin, conservative mp, said this is about surfacing information, it is not about punishing fujitsu. h0??? about punishing fu'itsu. how widespread _ about punishing fu'itsu. how widespread is _ about punishing fu'itsu. how widespread is the h about punishing fujitsu. how widespread is the company's widespread is the company�*s involvement in government departments? it involvement in government departments?— involvement in government departments? involvement in government deartments? , ., involvement in government deartments? , , ., , departments? it is understood to be re departments? it is understood to be pretty widespread- _ departments? it is understood to be pretty widespread. one _ departments? it is understood to be pretty widespread. one estimate - departments? it is understood to be| pretty widespread. one estimate has been there has been £4 billion worth of work awarded to fujitsu in the last five years and one of the obvious examples that springs to is police national computer, fujitsu has run that for 30 years and was

awarded a new contract in 2022 £48 million and at the time parliamentarians were told there was no alternative to fujitsu. we know it is a big firm and it has lots of involvement right across government. what the committee here has written to all the departments concerned with finances, people like the taxman, hmrc, like the treasury, like the royal mint. so it will be interesting to see what comes back from those. but as you said, fujitsu has for now said it won�*t bid for any more government contracts until the public inquiry into what happened at the post office is over. helen, thanks for that. a bbc verify investigation has uncovered a network of nearly 200 fake social media accounts operating in uganda. using false identities, those behind them have been pushing pro—government messages and targeting critics — at times with threats. live now to the bbc�*s marco silva

who has been looking into this story for us. talk us through what you have found. as you mentioned, i came across this network of fake social media accounts. there were a few giveaways that made these accounts suspicious. one of them is the fact that they use as profile pictures and photos from social media stolen from the accounts of models, actresses, influences. these accounts also appear to be laser focused influences. these accounts also appear to be laserfocused on influences. these accounts also appear to be laser focused on one thing and one thing alone, ugandan politics, and as well they often posted in tandem at the same time the same content using the same language. another giveaway perhaps is the fact that many of these accounts were all created in the same day. this makes it look like, while they may look like they were separate accounts independent from each other, all these different

giveaways show us that they were very likely to have been working together to achieve two different things. on the one hand, to push pro—government agenda and on the other hand to attack critics and opposition figures both at home, including a ugandan climate activist called hilary taylor that i interviewed as part of my investigation, but also critics abroad including a member of the european parliament.— abroad including a member of the european parliament. marco, do we have any idea _ european parliament. marco, do we have any idea who _ european parliament. marco, do we have any idea who is _ european parliament. marco, do we have any idea who is behind - european parliament. marco, do we have any idea who is behind this - have any idea who is behind this now? it have any idea who is behind this now? , ,., ., have any idea who is behind this now? , ., ., ., now? it is important to say that when you _ now? it is important to say that when you investigate _ now? it is important to say that when you investigate this - now? it is important to say that when you investigate this sort l now? it is important to say that| when you investigate this sort of network it�*s incredibly difficult to find out who is behind them, that�*s because the evidence that you would need to prove beyond reasonable doubt that a particular individual is behind it is evidence that is often held by the social media companies themselves. in this case i

did approach x, one of the social networks where these accounts were found to approached them, i told them about the accounts that i had identified. they didn�*t respond to any of my requests for comment and they didn�*t take any action against they didn�*t take any action against the accounts that i identified. mata, facebook�*s parent company on the other hand, did remove most of the other hand, did remove most of the accounts that i identified and they also believe that several of they also believe that several of the accounts we identified were linked to individuals linked to ugandan government agency called the government citizens interaction centre. ——meta. what facebook is saying is they believe several of the accounts we identified were run ijy the accounts we identified were run by these individuals. we have not seen the evidence meta says it has on this so we can�*t independently verify it. the g cic, the ugandan

agency in question, denies this allegation flatly and yet it wouldn�*t be the first time that they have faced accusations of running influence operations. in 2021 right before the ugandan presidential election day, two, meta, at the time to have done hundreds of facebook and instagram accounts which it said at the time were linked to this ugandan agency, ugandan government at the time was dumbfounded, it was angry at this accusation and as a result authorities ended up banning facebook from the country, a band thatis facebook from the country, a band that is now still in place as we speak. that is now still in place as we seak. a, _, that is now still in place as we seak. _, ., ~ that is now still in place as we seak. ., ,, i. that is now still in place as we seak. ., ,, ., that is now still in place as we seak. . ~' ., ., speak. marco, thank you for that. next to the _ speak. marco, thank you for that. next to the us. _ 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... ..you were in the room when that lady... i was the one 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, never. that was the training that i had. you don�*t point a gun at somebody 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. my my colleague spoke to a criminal defence lawyer who spoke more about the new evidence the prosecution may present. i believe it does relate to this gun evidence which states that the experts are opining that this gun could not have fired if he had not pulled the trigger. and alec baldwin has always maintained that he did not pull the trigger. and some of the evidence that they have against him would be that he�*s maintained that he did not pull the trigger. and if it turns out that the gun

could not have fired without that happening, the prosecution feels like they can make him look uncredible to a jury. i think they believe they have that evidence, as well as other evidence that would likely relate to alec baldwin�*s knowledge relating to safety violations on the set and perhaps training that he ignored or training that he had, but that he did not act within the parameters. so him violating safety protocols on the set. so my guess is they have some other evidence that also relates to safety protocols and his knowledge of those protocols. it�*s the same defence that he�*s had all along, which is — i was told the gun was not loaded and it was not myjob to check the gun. it was somebody else�*s job to check the gun. and i was entitled to rely on their statement that they checked the gun and that it was not loaded. this is still a very

tough prosecution for the prosecuting attorneys against him. japan has become the fifth country to land on the moon after a craft dubbed moon sniper touched down on the lunar surface — but the un—crewed vessel has a technical fault which means it may soon run out of power. our science correspondent pallab ghosh has the details. japan�*s lunar lander has touched down with a soft landing, but there�*s been a glitch. its solar panels aren�*t working, so unless it�*s fixed, the spacecraft will run out of power. but experts say that the mission has achieved 99% of its aims. this was all about precision landing. they haven�*t confirmed the exact precision of the landing, but they�*re the fifth nation to land successfully on the moon.

and i think that is a huge success. flight engineers are poring through the spacecraft�*s data and will report next week on what went wrong. but an awful lot went right. they successfully tested an advanced face recognition system to home in on the landing site, and 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's a new way of doing space exploration, and a big part of it is to bring down the costs so that we can de—risk these missions, do more of them, faster turn around and hopefully get both more science and exploration out of each one. the team at the open university are building an instrument for a future mission involving both japan 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�*ll be several us attempts. by the end of the decade there�*ll be chinese and european missions. so it�*s all getting very interesting. in the 1960s and �*70s it was all about nasa. singing but now it�*s an international race. # december... # may.# a small fleet of spacecraft are on their way to lay the ground for humans to return. they�*re going because there are minerals and resources on the moon, which 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. the consumer group which? is calling on supermarkets and manufacturers in the uk to be

more transparent with customers about so—called shrinkflation. it is the process of products getting smaller while prices stay the same or even go up. which? says retailers and suppliers should label packaging more clearly, enabling shoppers to compare prices. the clear skies here in the uk have given us some spectacular views in the last few days — and if you want to make it better — just add starlings. this murmuration took place at the a nature reserve at leighton moss, near morecambe in lancashire. it happens at dusk, just before the birds roost for the night — drawing large crowds of birdwatchers. that�*s about it from me. i will be back with the headlines in a couple of minutes�* time. do stay with us. i�*m lewis vaughanjones. this is bbc

news. bye—bye. we have seen the winds pick up across parts of the uk today but they will strengthen and could cause problems later tomorrow, sunday night and into monday with severe gales developing quite widely but more especially across the north and west and that could have a knock—on effect to monday morning�*s rush hour as i will show you. out there today, the winds have already picked up but it is a milder wind and rather than snow they have already seen some rain around in southern scotland, north—west england. on the satellite is where the storm is at the moment in the west atlantic running in and

chasing onto the cloud that is with us right now. the biggest gaps in the cloud continued to be in the far south and eastern uk, so some sunshine here. spells of hazy sunshine here. spells of hazy sunshine across north—east scotland this afternoon. the relentless rain in parts of north—west england and north and west wales will ease off but still come and go and there will be some dry weather in between the downpours in the west. but temperatures up to ten or 11 degrees. if you are out this evening or across western areas the rain becomes heavy and persistent once again and will move eastwards during the early hours clearing off into the early hours clearing off into the north sea for the vast majority but followed by showers later. in

the gap between the two temperatures will dip into low and single figures, a touch of frost through scottish glens and valleys. but overall, a frost free start for on sunday morning. sunday morning the quietest part of the day, the dry and bright weather in central and eastern england, wales and northern scotland but cloud quickly increases, rain becomes persistent increases, rain becomes persistent in northern ireland spreading into central southern scotland, northern england and wales as well as parts of south—west england through the day and the winds will strengthen. it is a south—west wind, the areas milder, temperatures up to 13 degrees but it will feel particularly warm during the afternoon. this is storm isha, the biggest impact passing to the north of us during sunday night and into monday morning. the met office have already issued amber warnings in these areas. they could be updated though in the next 24 hours. it is these areas where the greatest impacts could be with gusts of wind

in excess of 80 mph for some. some damage, some power disruption and travel disruption for monday morning�*s rush hour is likely. monday itself, staying windy but not quite as windy as it will have been three sunday night. a mixture of sunshine and showers, shower is frequent in the west and a little bit wintry over the high ground of scotland. still temperatures higher than they were last week. take care.

this is bbc news, the headlines a un human rights official accuses israel of beating and stripping palestinians detained in gaza. they described being beaten, humiliated, subjected to ill—treatment and to what may amount to torture. police urge the mother of a newborn baby found in a shopping bag in east london to come forward. tata steel defends its decision to cut thousands ofjobs in south wales — saying they need to go greener. and japan becomes the fifth country to land a spacecraft on the moon — but then runs into difficulties. 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 police detainees. these are men who were detained by the israeli security forces in unknown locations for between 30 to 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. despite international warnings, the israel—gaza war is slowly dragging in regional players.

our analysis editor, ros atkins, has been looking at who is now involved and why pakistan was this week caught up in fighting. ever since the israel gaza war started, there�*s been a fear the conflict could spread. and that�*s happening. across the middle east we�*re seeing airstrikes, bombings, assassinations and border raids. the most high profile escalation involves houthi rebels in yemen attacking shipping in the red sea. they say in solidarity with palestinians. in response, the us and the uk have attacked houthi positions, most recently with us strikes on wednesday night, and a day before america began attacking the houthis, the us secretary of state said this... we were focused on making sure that the conflict ongoing now in gaza doesn�*t spread to other places. that�*s been our focus since since october 7th, and it remains our focus today. but as america�*s own actions show, stopping the spread

is proving difficult. as the new york times puts it... and it asks, how wide will it get? because already, along with the israel—gaza war and the exchanges in the red sea in yemen, there have been other incidents in iran, syria, iraq and lebanon. and all of these different escalations connect both to the israel gaza war and to longer term tensions, too. what you have here really are two sets of conflicts overlapping one sets of conflicts overlapping — one israel v hamas and the ramifications of that. but of course behind that the much longer running and wider conflict between a low level conflict, if you like, between iran and its various allies in the region, and western interests more generally, and the united states in particular. we�*re seeing this overlap play out across the region.

following october 7th there�*s been an increase in border clashes between the israeli military and the hezbollah group in lebanon. hezbollah is backed by iran, as is hamas. then in earlyjanuary, there was an assassination in lebanon of a senior hamas leader. it�*s assumed israel was responsible. the same is true of the assassination of a senior iranian commander in syria in december. syria is an ally of iran. israel is trying to disrupt iran�*s regional network located in these places, what iran calls its "axis of resistance". iran uses its allies, non—state actors, allies, in order to show solidarity with the palestinians, in order to increase the costs of war in gaza for israel and the united states, and also to divert some of israel�*s military assets from gaza to the northern fronts with lebanon. last november, iran�*s foreign minister said... iran does not want the war to spread, but warned a wider conflict could prove inevitable.

and recently, iran has shown it is willing to take military action. two weeks ago, in an iranian city called kerman, the islamic state group carried out the biggest bomb attack in iran in decades, and iran retaliated with strikes in syria aimed at what it claimed were islamic state positions. there were also missile strikes in iraq targeting what iran claimed was an israeli spy base. iran also claims that israel and the us were in part responsible for the kerman attack. iran�*s provided no evidence for either allegation. iran is relevant to other escalations in iraq too. in recent weeks, there�*s been an increase in attacks by shia militias on us forces in iraq. those militias are backed by iran. then this week, another layer of complexity was added. on tuesday, iran launched a missile and drone attack in neighboring pakistan. it said the target was an iranian militant group. in response, pakistan launched retaliatory strikes at targets inside iran.

these developments don�*t directly connect to gaza, but they do connect to iran�*s broader efforts to establish its military strength in the region. they�*re more evidence of how fluid the security situation is and faced with that situation each country, each military group, has choices to make. for now, the houthis keep attacking shipping in the red sea, and the us has redesignated the houthis as global terrorists. it continues its military action too — the americans argue this is the way to stop disruption in the red sea. but not everyone takes that position. translation: france decided not to join a coalition that sought to carry out or had carried out preemptive strikes against the houthis on their soil. why? precisely because we have a stance that seeks to avoid any escalation. but escalation is what�*s happening.

and this week, iran had this message more. transdlation: if the genocide in gaza stops, then it _ will lead to the end of other crises and attacks in the region. israel denies carrying out genocide and an end to hostilities in gaza will certainly. not end the long standing tensions in the region. but while we are some distance from a full scale regional war, there�*s no doubt the israel gaza war continues to pour fuel onto fires that were already burning. 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. live now to david rees,

who is a member of the welsh parliament for aberavon where port talbot is located. thank you very much for coming on the programme. this is a dreadful weekend for everyone involved, 2800 potential redundancies on the horizon but how much blame should relay at the door of politicians? i think the first thing we must remember is the challenges facing those workers and it�*s notjust the 2800, it's the those workers and it�*s notjust the 2800, it�*s the supply chain, the contractors and even small businesses that suffer as a consequence of the decision. were talking about many more thousands than tata steel directly employs and the question is how we transition from the carbon intensive steel production to a less carbon intensive and more green steel production and that is what politicians should look at, how we did the transition with minimal damage to the economy and workforce.

shouldn�*t those things have been worked out before now, before the redundancies were announced? it should have been and i hope the uk government when it announced that investment would have put conditions on it and would have showed a transition would be smart and not the cliff edge we see now? but was there no contingency _ the cliff edge we see now? but was there no contingency organised - the cliff edge we see now? but was there no contingency organised by| there no contingency organised by yourself, by the labour party there in wales? what if tata steel suddenly announces redundancies and speeds up the process? there must have been a plan? the speeds up the process? there must have been a plan?— have been a plan? the unfortunate thin is have been a plan? the unfortunate thing is the — have been a plan? the unfortunate thing is the main _ have been a plan? the unfortunate thing is the main levers _ have been a plan? the unfortunate thing is the main levers available l thing is the main levers available are from the uk government, the welsh government has minimal resources available to support the investment in the transition to green steel. the uk white labour party has committed itself to £3 billion of investment and i hope the next labour government coming in might be able to talk to tata steel to reverse the closure of the second blast furnace to continue

steelmaking for me transition. the prime minister said the government has provided £500 million to support tata steel but let me bring up the idea of nationalisation. the welsh nationalists calling for that but do you support that? it is nationalists calling for that but do you support that?— you support that? it is a red herring. _ you support that? it is a red herring. the _ you support that? it is a red herring, the reality - you support that? it is a red herring, the reality is - you support that? it is a red - herring, the reality is investment and we need to make sure that comes from the government. the government could make sure like the labour party indicated that the large amount of money required for green steelmaking in the uk will take place but let�*s be honest. the uk government has decided there will be no longer a promise steel maker in the uk, they made the decision the only t20 country that will not make its own steel from raw materials. we will be recycling still effectively, the only t20 economy to do that and still are such a crucial element in the economy across the uk. we will suffer the hardships but all of the uk will lose it steelmaking powers.

the unions warning just in relation to these current announcements there could be strikes but do you support them? ., , ., . them? the unions are reflecting the anuer them? the unions are reflecting the anrer in them? the unions are reflecting the anger in the — them? the unions are reflecting the anger in the workforce. _ them? the unions are reflecting the anger in the workforce. we - them? the unions are reflecting the anger in the workforce. we are - anger in the workforce. we are seeing people now being told within nine months, they will not have a job and there�*s no opportunities here for them at the moment. plans for the transition, those are three years down the line, the electrical furnace will not be here for at least four years because a planning application process has not even been started?— application process has not even been started? ~ ., i. , , been started? would you support them auoin on been started? would you support them going on strike? _ been started? would you support them going on strike? i _ been started? would you support them going on strike? i will— been started? would you support them going on strike? i will support - been started? would you support them going on strike? i will support the - going on strike? i will support the work and whatever _ going on strike? i will support the work and whatever they _ going on strike? i will support the work and whatever they decide i going on strike? i will support the work and whatever they decide to | going on strike? i will support the i work and whatever they decide to do because i know the challenges they will be facing. because i know the challenges they will be facing-— will be facing. david, thank you so much for coming _ will be facing. david, thank you so much for coming onto _ will be facing. david, thank you so much for coming onto the - will be facing. david, thank you so - much for coming onto the programme and speaking to us. as recently as 2017, the world health organisation declared that measles had been eliminated from the uk for the first time. now the disease is back, with cases rising sharply — particularly in birmingham, where a "national incident"

has been declared. ellie roscoe caught measles six years ago and said she wouldn�*t wish it on her worst enemy. she�*s been talking to michele paduano. i literally felt like i�*d been hit by a bus. it was horrendous. i�*d got a thumping headache. temperature was just making me feel awful. and my skin was — ifelt like i�*d been burned, the sensation. ellie roscoe already had serious illnesses — lupus and angioedema. but when she developed a high temperature and delirium, she was worried but didn�*t realise how life changing it would be. i ended up with measles into my lungs, so i had to go onto oxygen because it affected my saturations. it was similar to pneumonia that i ended up with and ended up with viral hepatitis. she now requires a feeding tube, which may or may not be due to the measles. the nhs were fantastic. heartlands hospital, i can't praise enough. without them she wouldn't

be sitting here today. that's the reality of it. urgent efforts are being made to encourage vaccination, across the west midlands, particularly among ethnic minority communities where vaccination rates are low. an outbreak which started in south and central birmingham is now spreading. horrible disease, really horrible. the vaccine is very good. it's about 95% effective. safe, just been put on. there is an alternative - for those who don't want one with the pork products. again, that's a matter- for individual choice and that's the case of discussing it with your gp. - we can get the alternatives. measles is one of the most infectious diseases. one person can infect 16 others. if you compare covid to measles, it made covid look like a mild cold. measles was an unreal illness and i wouldn�*t wish it on my worst enemy, personally. now is the time that something desperately needs to be done. it's got to be done to save

the lives of these people, children and adults, and people need to be aware of the consequences. every day, ellie faces the aftermath of having had measles. she wants people to make their decisions, knowing what it means for her. michele paduano, bbc news. here in the uk, hundreds of people who were scammed out of their pensions are now facing large tax bills on money they no longer have. a group of mps says hmrc is making them victims "twice over", as dan whitworth explains. hundreds, possibly thousands, of people have been impacted by this. often public servants like nurses, firemen and women, and police officers who say their only mistake has been to trust so—called financial experts, and they say they�*ve been victimised twice — first by scammers who in many cases ran off with much of their pension money, and secondly by hmrc, which is now chasing them for huge

tax bills, for taking money out of their pension pots early before they turned 55. sue flood and her husband lost £230,000 of their retirement savings. and now, on top of that, say they face the prospect of a tax bill running into six figures. there�*s never any real closure for you. it�*s the last thing you think about when you go to bed at night, and it�*s the first thing you think about when you wake up in the morning, and when you receive the bill from hmrc, that brown envelope lands, it�*s harrowing. it�*s not stress you feel. it�*s absolute sheer terror. and that�*s gone on for 12 years. a campaign group launched in parliament to support victims has the backing of senior mps and barristers, as well as leading pension experts. what i would like to see is immediately hmrc put a moratorium on the assessments that are happening. stop sending out letters to people and stop adding interest

just until we can get this sorted and get a breathing space. maybe six months. allow compensation for losses due to fraud by a third party, and change the tax law to account for circumstances where people are being scammed. hmrc says it doesn�*t tax pensions lost to fraud and it has a responsibility to collect the tax people legally owe to maintain a fair system for all. also that it takes the well—being of all taxpayers seriously and that it does everything it can for those who engage with them to get their tax affairs in order. danjoins me now from salford, live. tell us how we got here. this started around 2010 and people were targeted by dishonest financial advisers, these tend to be people who had worked up the pension savings before the age of 55,

generally public sector workers, nurses, firefighters, police workers, they were promised big returns to take their pension savings early and said we can give you a little bit of cash and reinvest the pension and make it work orderfor you and reinvest the pension and make it work order for you and make reinvest the pension and make it work orderfor you and make up reinvest the pension and make it work order for you and make up the difference but what happened in many cases is that cash ended up in the pockets of these dishonest financial advisers and also not only were campaigners saying they were victimised once so they lost this money, theirfuture victimised once so they lost this money, their future essentially, their pensions, they lost that but now because they were told by dishonest financial advisers that they would not be liable to tax charges, if you take your pension money before you�*re 55 it is subject to tax, they were told that would not apply, again that was another lie so hmrc is doing what it does, it collects tax to maintain a fair system for all access but it is giving those paper bills of off and “p giving those paper bills of off and up to 55% of their original pension

savings which is of course percent 55% of money that no longer have. you do not report a lady called sue, how it impacted her, she is a victim and the representative of the victims on this all—party parliamentary campaign group and she told me the kind of impact to the sabic on all victims affected by this scandal.— sabic on all victims affected by this scandal. suicidal thoughts, mental breakdown, _ this scandal. suicidal thoughts, mental breakdown, broken - this scandal. suicidalthoughts, - mental breakdown, broken marriages, lost mental breakdown, broken marriages, losliohs. _ mental breakdown, broken marriages, lostjobs, financial ribbon mental breakdown, broken marriages, lost jobs, financial ribbon and bankruptcy. and they even reported that their_ bankruptcy. and they even reported that their children are living under the squawk mark, it was reported they faced — the squawk mark, it was reported they faced roman because the kids had self—harm, low self—esteem, sickness, — had self—harm, low self—esteem, sickness, absence, school refusing, i sickness, absence, school refusing, i mean. _ sickness, absence, school refusing, i mean. the — sickness, absence, school refusing, i mean, the only difference between us and _ i mean, the only difference between us and those for most of us is we have _ us and those for most of us is we have not— us and those for most of us is we have not gone to prison yet. obviously soon referencing the first of the scandal here in the uk and

interestingly the campaigners were due to have a meeting with ministers from the treasury, the government to p0p from the treasury, the government to pop on a charge of hmrc and that was brought forward to tuesday so there�*s definitely a change in tone from the conversation with the government about these victims. thank you for that. conversations on whatsapp gave an insight into how some senior government ministers in england made key decisions during the pandemic — but that won�*t be the case with scotland�*s former first minister nicola sturgeon. the uk—wide covid inquiry, currently sitting in edinburgh, has heard how ms sturgeon didn�*t retain any whatsapp messages relating to the pandemic — and one scottish health chief said deleting them was a "pre—bed ritual". david henderson has more on this. stay at home. the order to lock down brought much of scotland to a standstill. with a pandemic sweeping the country, government had to act. but how were decisions made when lives were at stake? this inquiry wants answers and it�*s

asked to see whatsapp messages which went to and fro between nicola sturgeon and herteam. but documents we saw show many have been lost. what that tends to suggest is that at the time a request was made, nicola sturgeon, the former first minister of scotland, had retained no messages whatsoever in connection with her management of the pandemic. is that correct? that's what that indicates to me. the inquiry was told those whatsapps were deleted when inboxes were routinely tidied up and when phones were changed. the former deputy first minister's position appears to be that he had messages set up on an auto delete function. was that something that was permitted? the use of whatsapp was permitted on scottish government devices. . how ministers and private offices chose to manage l that on a day—to—day basis i would be a matter for them. so is this at odds with

what nicola sturgeon seemed to promise back in august 2021? can you guarantee to the bereaved families that you will disclose emails, whatsapps, private emails if you've been using them, whatever, that nothing will be off limits in this inquiry? i think if you understand statutory public inquiries, you would know that even if i wasn�*t prepared to give that assurance, which for the avoidance of doubt i am. some whatsapp exchanges survive and former civil servant ken thomson was asked about his. in them, colleagues are told to clear chat, as their discussions could be made public in future. that was in fact the instruction that we were given in the corporate policy, having transferred any salient points to the corporate record. in one message, the national clinical director, jason leitch writes: "whatsapp deletion is a pre—bed ritual." he�*s due to give evidence to the inquiry in the coming days.

with tracks like chasing rainbows and going for gold, shed seven were part of the britpop movement which — for many music fans — was the sound of the �*90s. unlike other bands of that era — however — shed seven stayed together and kept making new music. now, 30 years since their chart debut, they�*ve just landed their first number one album. amy garcia went to meet the lead singer rick witter. # i�*m just chasing rainbows all the time. # congratulations. number one, you must be so chuffed. it�*s been a long time coming, isn�*t it? it�*s amazing. i mean, 30 years, which seems to have flown by, to be honest with you. 30 years. but yes, incredible scenes in shed world, to finally get number one after all this

time is pretty amazing. # are you going for gold?# not only have you got a number one, but you�*ve also made the history books for the band to have the biggest gap between debut and number one album. yeah, which makes me feel really old. but if there�*s any records to be broken, i�*ll try my hardest to do it. we found out that we outsold the entire top ten last week on physical product, which is amazing. so much has changed since the �*90s, it especially in the music industry, but people are still buying physical copies, aren�*t they? what do you think that�*s down to? it�*s old school. it�*s what we grew up doing. you�*d cycle to red rhino records in york and you�*d sift

through the 12 inch singles, you know, looking for what you�*ve come for and discover other things that you might never have heard of. i think the younger generation are kind of getting their head around that now, and long may that continue because just to hold something in your hands is a very special thing. so we spent a couple of weeks travelling around, visiting record stores, playing some acoustic performances in a small record store, queues around the block for people waiting to come and get this signed, which has been incredible, and it�*sjust nice to be involved rather than just being at home. but it is very tiring because we�*re not getting any younger. you weren�*t partying all day and night like the �*90s? well, i tried. and after about day three, i gave up. what have been your favourite moments from the past three decades? well, i think at the beginning it was all really exciting because it was so new. and we�*re young kids and we�*re suddenly being told, yes,

you can go on top of the pops and then you suddenly remembering hearing yourself being played on radio one for the first time. so they were always really buzz moments for us. i think we just take pride in the fact that we�*ve not veered off course. we�*re still the same band we ever were. we�*re just a little bit older and a little bit wiser. a lot of things, exciting things happening this year, which will roll on into next year and the year after. so i guess if you�*re a fan of shed seven then buckle up and if you�*re not particularly a fan of us, hide behind a big rock. how do you celebrate a number one after 30 years? i don�*t know. i�*ll have to come back to you on that because i�*ve never done it before. so i will find ways of celebrating. i�*ve not really got around to being able to do it as yet. i�*m hoping it�*s in �*90s style. if it�*s in �*90s style, i won�*t remember it. enjoy the moment. congratulations, rick. thank you very much. congratulations to them. i will be back with all _ congratulations to them. i will be back with all the _ congratulations to them. i will be back with all the latest _ congratulations to them. i will be back with all the latest headlines| back with all the latest headlines in just a couple of minutes.

back with all the latest headlines injust a couple of minutes. i am lewis vaughanjones. we have seen the winds pick up across parts of the uk today but they will strengthen and could cause problems later tomorrow, sunday night and into monday with severe gales developing quite widely but more especially across the north and west, and that could have a knock—on effect to monday morning�*s rush hour as i will show you. out there today, the winds have already picked up but it is a milder wind and rather than snow they have already seen some rain around in southern scotland, north and west england. on the satellite is where the storm is at the moment in the west atlantic running in and chasing onto the cloud that is with us right now. the biggest gaps in the cloud continue to be in the far south and eastern uk, so some sunshine here. spells of hazy sunshine across north—east scotland this afternoon. the relentless rain in parts of north—west england and north and west wales will ease off but still come and go and there will be some dry weather in between the downpours in the west.

but temperatures up to 10 or 11 degrees. if you are out this evening or across western areas the rain becomes heavy and persistent once again and will move eastwards during the early hours clearing off into the north sea for the vast majority but followed by showers later. in the gap between the two temperatures will dip into low and single figures, a touch of frost through scottish glens and valleys. but overall, a frost—free start for most on sunday morning. sunday morning the quietest part of the day, the dry and bright weather in central and eastern england, wales and northern scotland but cloud quickly increases, rain becomes persistent in northern ireland spreading into central southern scotland, northern england and wales, as well as parts of south—west england through the day, and the winds will strengthen. it is a south—west wind, the areas milder, temperatures up to 13 degrees but it will feel particularly warm during the afternoon. this is storm isha, the biggest impact passing to the north of us during sunday night and into monday morning. the met office have already issued amber warnings in these areas. they could be updated though in the next 24 hours.

it is these areas where the greatest impacts could be with gusts of wind in excess of 80 mph for some. some damage, some power disruption and travel disruption for monday morning�*s rush hour is likely. monday itself, staying windy but not quite as windy as it will have been three sunday night. a mixture of sunshine and showers, shower is frequent in the west and a little bit wintry over the high ground of scotland. still temperatures higher than they were last week. take care.

live from london, this is bbc news. reports from syria say an israeli air strike has flattened a residential building in damascus — at least one member of iran�*s revolutionary guards is said to be among those killed. a un human rights official accuses israel of beating and stripping palestinians detained in gaza. they described being beaten, humiliated, subjected to ill—treatment and to what may amount to torture. police urge the mother of a newborn baby found in a shopping bag in east london to come forward — we�*ll be live at the scene. in uganda — government critics targeted by a network, hiding behind fake social media accounts. we have more in a bbc verify investigation.

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