in protest — at the government's failure, to bring their loved ones home. as pressure grows on benjamin netanyhu — we speak to the brother—in—law — of one of the hostages. we beg and... ..we don't beg, we demand the government to take our voices into account and ensure that the policy they implement in the gaza strip ensures that hostages return home. india's prime minister has inaugurated a hindu temple on a disputed site — where a mosque was torn down three decades ago. storms in the northern hemisphere, the us sees more than 90 weather—related deaths storms in the northern hemisphere, the us sees more than 90 weather—related deaths and in the uk — storm esha leaves at least two dead. the anticipation billed as los angeles prepares for the oscar nominations.

hello, i m matthew amroliwala, welcome to verified live. three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. families of israeli hostages — who are still being held in gaza — have broken through security and stormed a finance meeting in the israeli parliament, the knesset. they were protesting that the finance committee was sitting, deliberating while their children were still in captivity. shouting "shame on you" and demanding that committee members get up and act — the families called for the government to do more, to secure the release of their loved ones. the protest highlights, growing domestic dissent in israel, about the war with hamas that's now in its fourth month. it comes as palestinians in southern gaza say, the israeli bombardment is the most intense they've experienced, since the war began. the gaza health ministry says that one—hundred—and—ninety palestinians have been killed in the past twenty—four hours. earlier i spoke to our

middle east correspondent mark lowen who is in jerusalem. he gave us a sense of the pressure benjamin netanyahu is coming under from hostage families. i think pretty significant pressure and growing by the day. these were dramatic scenes, although the numbers were quite small, but the fact that these family members managed to get into that finance committee meeting... ..we think they were probably invited by another committee and then once they finished their appearance, they pushed through security into the finance committee. you can see the depth of emotion. one person said, "you will not breathe "until our kids come back." another one said, "you will not sit here while they die there." there is a real sense from many of the relatives of the 130 or so hostages who are still not back here in israel, and we do not know how many are dead, that the government is not doing

enough to prioritise their release. last night, benjamin netanyahu gave a press conference in which he said he would flatly reject any hostage release deal that would ensure that hamas could regroup in gaza and that israel would have to withdraw its troops and that would allow palestinian prisoners to be released from israeli jails. he said he would not strike a deal with those hamas monsters, as he put it. so he's determined to push on with this offensive with the aim of complete destruction of hamas, in his words, but the families of the hostages and the majority of the israeli people, according to opinion polls, say more needs to be done to help the hostages. we have heard it is the most intense bombardment since the war actually began? the health ministry in gaza, run by hamas, said 50 people were killed in overnight bombing.

there is intense bombardment around khan younis which is where israel believes the top commanders of hamas are holed up and they are focusing around a couple of hospitals in the south. one of the hospitals has been stormed with the medics being taken away for questioning. another has been surrounded, we understand, by israeli tanks. israel insists the medical facilities are being used by hamas to launch attacks against israeli soldiers, something denied by the medics and by the authorities in gaza. there is a real sense that the south remains the focus of the military activity and that front from khan younis, more refugees are moving further south to rafah on the border with egypt which is where most gazans are taking refuge. a city which had a population of around 280,000

but now has 1.3 million, 1.4 million people, sheltering there, which gives you a sense of the inundation of people who have gone down to rafah. the bbc estimates around 75% of khan younis which is the main city in southern gaza is now under israeli control. i spoke to moshe lavi — his brother—in—law is a hostage in gaza. i started by asking his reaction to those events in the israelii parliament — and whether he shared their frustration. yes, of course i am a part of the families and we communicate all the time this week it was very intense ever since hamas published another psychological warfare video on friday and it led to a lot of

frustration, anger, sadness among the families and today, we go to parliament knesset in the finance committee and there was an issue of entering and families decided to entering and families decided to enter without permission and voice their pain and i spoke with one of them earlier today and i understand them earlier today and i understand the reason why they did it in one, the reason why they did it in one, the committee to continue these issues of the hostages. why do you see why they're questioning the basic strategy, the notion of maximum force to get more hostage releases maximum force to get more hostage release . , ., , �* , releases except it hasn't yielded an hinu releases except it hasn't yielded anything and — releases except it hasn't yielded anything and there's _ releases except it hasn't yielded anything and there's a _ releases except it hasn't yielded anything and there's a growing l anything and there's a growing frustration among some of the families about the basic strategy here? i families about the basic strategy here? ~ . families about the basic strategy here? ~' ., ., , here? i think there are varying oinions here? i think there are varying opinions about _ here? i think there are varying opinions about strategies - here? i think there are varying opinions about strategies and | here? i think there are varying i opinions about strategies and the policies of the government and this we can several which were held in front of the prime ministers

residence and i understand why there is criticism of the policies and they didn't yield the results he wanted and they're not returning home and we received news of murdered hostages every week. so, we demand the government to take our voices into account and ensure that the policies implemented in the gaza strip ensured that hostages return home and dub in the short—term goal of the government end of this operation. irrespective of the long—term goal. let operation. irrespective of the long-term goal.— operation. irrespective of the long-term goal. operation. irrespective of the lonu-term coal. ., , ., long-term goal. let me ask you when and what you — long-term goal. let me ask you when and what you have _ long-term goal. let me ask you when and what you have heard _ and what you have heard most recently about your brother—in—law. the last we've heard about my brother—in—law was in late november, where the hostages was released and sadly, we have no news about him or any of the hostages held captive by

hamas and i wish i had a better answer but were not a to visit them or receive proof of life it israeli authorities do all they can to provide information but that is limited to an extent because of security concerns and hamas will not provide is that information, or they do is provide psychological warfare videos as they did last week and on friday. the indian prime minister, narendra modi, has consecrated a hindu temple on a disputed site in ayodhya — where a mosque was destroyed three decades ago. it's widely seen, as the start of his election campaign. millions of hindus are celebrating the temple opening, saying it's a long—standing dream come true. but it evokes painful memories for muslims — a mosque that stood on the site, was illegally torn down, triggering religious

violence across the country. many accuse mr modi of violating india s secular constitution by opening the temple. our reporter, nitin srivastava, explains the significance of the new temple — and its site. between heavy security presence and almost 11,000 invited guests, india's prime minister has inaugurated this new ram temple, built at a cost of more than $200 million. this is exactly built on the site where a mosque stood until 1992. it was razed down by hindu mobs. the hindus have believed that the place where the new temple has been constructed was the birthplace of lord ram, worshipped by millions of hindus worldwide. whereas the muslims have always maintained that there was a mosque which was used to worship and, of course, it was built by a former mughal emperor. the longstanding dispute between hindus and muslims was eventually settled after india's supreme court ruled in 2019 that the disputed site will be given to the hindu side

to build the temple while also allotting a separate land for a mosque. now, all this has happened at a very interesting time. india is due for general elections, and many believe that the ruling bjp party, which has always identified the ram temple as one of its main manifesto, something which they really wanted to do, they will go back to the voters asking for votes as they fulfill the promise. many hindu seers also have boycotted the ceremony, along with india's main opposition party's top leadership, which did not participate in this function, which was broadcast live all through the country. there have been screens which have been set up for people to see it out here on the streets. there are cars, vehicles, with digital screens highlighting the whole event.

many indian states have asked schools to be closed today. the government offices also have a holiday and it's quite an atmosphere of pomp and show for the ruling government and a lot of dignitaries, bollywood stars and celebrities, cricketers who have arrived here to witness this mega event. nitin shrivastava, bbc news, ayodhya. more than 90 weather—related deaths have been recorded across the us — after the country was pummelled by ferocious winter storms, for the past week. this footage is from grand haven in michigan — and you can see — just how freezing it is there. tennessee has been worst hit with 25 people dead and 400 thousand people unable to get water supplies. and there's a state of emergency in oregon where 16 people have died. tens of thousands of people remain without power, across large parts of the country. experts say, the icy conditions are expected to thaw this week, which could in turn lead to widespread flooding.

the storms and the bad weather, just news coming into us from scotland because more travel woes for people there as train services are set for more disruption as the storm hits tomorrow night and that is the latest we are hearing and rail services across the country have been suspended from 1900 gmt and there will be no services on wednesday morning and so, more disruption there and scotland and comes after storm isha causing havoc across large parts of the country and winds of more than hundred 72 km and winds of more than hundred 72 km an hour overnight and it led to tens of thousands of homes without power, especially in northern ireland and also in scotland and 84—year—old man died after the car he was in was hit

by a tree in the northern ireland after a tree fell on his car in londonderry. storm isha smashed into northern ireland with 80 mile an hour winds. and 53,000 homes without electricity. after darkness passed, people saw the frightening severity of the damage. sites like this are very common in northern ireland today. the emergency services from a thousand reports of trees coming down a really get an idea ofjust how dangerous conditions were for a time last night. there are tragic consequences in londonderry and it is understood one person has died after this incident.— is understood one person has died after this incident. people are very shocked and _ after this incident. people are very shocked and we _ after this incident. people are very shocked and we are _ after this incident. people are very shocked and we are putting - after this incident. people are very shocked and we are putting a - shocked and we are putting a pulse on facebook to make sure people stay safe and let them know where there

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forward by the regulator, ofcom, in a review about future services. royal mail said it was not sustainable to maintain a delivery network built for twenty billion letters, when only seven billion are delivered. the nhs has launched a new campaign to encourage more people in england to get their children vaccinated against measles. cases are on the rise and new figures show more than three million children under the age of sixteen have not received their jabs. areas with low uptake of the vaccine are being targeted first. the composer lauriejohnson, who provided some of britain's best—loved television themes and film music, has died at the age of 96. his memorable themes include the avengers, the professionals, animal magic, and this is your life. his family said in a statement that his music touched the lives of millions around the world. you're live with bbc news. in the united states, the governor of florida, ron desantis, has dropped out of the republican presidential race and endorsed donald trump.

the surprise video announcement, came ahead of this week's republican primary in new hampshire — where desantis was polling in single figures. his departure leaves nikki haley as mr trump's only rival. for the best nancy, running for president, it is not like rated state—wide campaign, naturally, candidates are new to that can struggle and in the end, whether it is any candidate, they're faced with the force that is much bigger than what we've seen in recent history and the publican party at the front runner, former president trump, a very strong

backing among the gop base voters. look, you can take a look at any campaign and look at what went wrong and would have been done better and from a president trump, faces someone who is a very strong front runner in this race in the strong standing of the gop base voters in the nomination and we saw the iowa and we can see that new hampshire coming up but now, he is a front runner. y ., coming up but now, he is a front runner. ,., .., , coming up but now, he is a front runner. y., , ., runner. he said you could be a fantastic republican _ runner. he said you could be a fantastic republican candidate j runner. he said you could be a - fantastic republican candidate but if you didn't, he would trash you put it beside him endorsed him up for him. the debt at all surprise you? for him. the debt at all surprise ou? ., ., ., ., ., you? no, not at all. former president — you? no, not at all. former president trump, _ you? no, not at all. former president trump, at - you? no, not at all. former president trump, at this - you? no, not at all. former- president trump, at this stage, he's pretty much the presumptive nominee unless nikki haley wins new

hampshire, this race is fundamentally over. former president trump at a big victory in iowa and might have a big win in new hampshire come if you cannot stop him in new hampshire, this race is done and i think governor desantis and other players the party like marco rubio and ted cruz and many other current and former elected officials and party leaders are now backing former president trump, the church of the strong standing he has as and many see him as the party of the presumptive nominee. i5 as and many see him as the party of the presumptive nominee.— the presumptive nominee. is there an sort the presumptive nominee. is there any sort of — the presumptive nominee. is there any sort of path — the presumptive nominee. is there any sort of path for _ the presumptive nominee. is there any sort of path for nikki _ the presumptive nominee. is there any sort of path for nikki haley - the presumptive nominee. is there any sort of path for nikki haley to l any sort of path for nikki haley to actually get there to the white house? ., ., ., house? you have to win new hampshire- _ house? you have to win new hampshire. if— house? you have to win new hampshire. if ambassador. house? you have to win new i hampshire. if ambassador nikki house? you have to win new - hampshire. if ambassador nikki haley wins new hampshire, this is a different race, but we look at the polling, former president trump is a very strong lead there. as he does in south carolina and nevada in the states to go beyond new hampshire. you have to win states if you cannot

win new hampshire, and nikki haley's case, it's very difficult to see how she moves towards the white house nomination. the eyes of the film world will be on hollywood on tuesday, as the oscar nominations are revealed. it's been the year of oppenheimer, barbie and killers of the flower moon. our correspondent tom brook has been trying to find out which movies will be named among the oscar contenders. several films are expected to get multiple nominations, among them christopher nolan's oppenheimer. the highest grossing film of last year, barbie, from film—maker greta gerwig. the much respected epic, killers of the flower moon by veteran director martin scorsese. and poor things, a dark satirical comedy starring emma stone from film—maker yorgos lanthimos. ten movies will be nominated for best picture and this year everyone agrees, even the biggest names in the business, there is no paucity of strong candidates.

i've been thinking about the movies killers and oppenheimer and poor things, there's so many. and the color purple. so many wonderful movies this year. that is the most exciting part, to be able to be here and other places around those people that made those movies. at several awards events in recent times, oppenheimer has prevailed. the fil could bring cillian murphy, its star, a best actor oscar. the film could bring cillian murphy, its star, a best actor oscar. but he faces sdtiff competition from paul giamatti, who has already won best actor prizes for his portral of an ancient history teacher at private boarding school in the holdovers. you are getting a lot of attention for your work right now. does that affect your self—esteem? laughter. i guess it bumps it up, sure, how could it not? it's a very nice thing. yeah, i think it does. i think it takes it up and notch. not too much! best actress seems a prize destined for emma stone, who gives a very memorable performance as the uninhibited and passionate bella baxter in poor things.

but that prize could easily go to lily gladstone, who portrays an osage woman providing the heart and soul in martin scorsese's killers of the flower moon. gladstone thinks it the film marks a real turning point in the portral of indigenous people. to have so many indigenous talents getting to be on full display, telling the story that people have gotten very skewed, fantasised versions of, to get a more real telling of that and to have the osage nation involved so heavily, it feels historic. british talent has a long tradition of picking up oscar nominations. in addition to oppenheimer�*s cast and crew, carey mulligan plays leonard bernstein's wife in maestro. and for the holocaust film the zone of interest, dircted byjonathan glazer. directed byjonathan glazer. also, irish actor andrew scott could get nominated for his role in britain's andrew hayes gay romance and ghost story all of us strangers.

i love the fact that the film has been marketed without erasing the gay love story out of it because that's what used to happen. i was thought it was a weird creepy thing to do and also slightly nonsensical. award season is of course taking place against the backdrop of some sobering realities in the outside world — the conflict in the middle east, ongoing war in the ukraine and very politically divisive presidential election campaign here in the us. but awards contenders maintain that the oscar nominations and the associated hoopla do have relevance in these strife—torn times. they believe oscar season and some of the films out there can help people address problems in the real word with stories that can unify. going into a movie theatre and sitting in the dark with strangers and feeling your common humanity is the power of film. and it has helped coalesce society but now society is unimaginably confused.

entertainment is great but we are at a critical point on the planet. so i'm very excited when a film actually goes after something in our soul and in our consciousness that we need to understand what we have done if we are to move forward. with audiences for the oscars declining in recent times, the event has become a diminishing spectacle but this year with two blockbusters, barbie and oppenheimer, expected to be heavily nominated, the academy are hoping that more people around the world will tune in, giving the telecast a significant and much—needed ratings bump. tom brook, bbc news, new york. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. all in all, it's shaping up to be a rather stormy few

days of weather. all in all, it's shaping up to be a rather stormy few days of weather. storm isha on sunday night brought us plenty of disruption, damaging gusts of wind, gusts of wind in northumberland of 99 mph and widely across the central belt of scotland, we saw gusts of 70—80 mph. even towards the south of england, odiham and hampshire, east malling and kent saw 70 mph gusts. now, the winds have been easing down today, a day of blustery showers and some sunshine, but it's not long before the next named storm rolls in from the west. that is storm jocelyn, the tenth named storm of the season, again, damaging gusts of wind with already trees and structures weakened by isha. there could possibly be some more disruption. but overnight tonight, it's a fairly quiet night of weather. there will be a lot of clear skies around, they will last longer out towards the east where it's going to feel locally quite chilly

into tomorrow morning. temperatures rising along with this milder air, pushing outbreaks of rain into south west england, wales and northern ireland, by the time we get to dawn, thickening cloud here. and there's that deep area of low pressure, storm jocelyn passing to the north of scotland, taking the same sort of track as storm isha. so again, we could see some damage and some disruption with the worst of the winds on tuesday night. but through tuesday morning, it's a dry early start. towards the east, there'll be heavy rain piling into north west england and through western scotland. the rainfall totals will start to mount up here. there could possibly be some localised flooding. strong gusty winds, particularly towards irish sea coast, a gust of wind here of up to 65 mph. very mild air tied in with this storm. but the area of most concern is northern and western parts of scotland where there's an amber weather warning in force for tuesday night. right up until wednesday morning, we could possibly see within the warning area gusts of 75—80 mph, yet again. still blustery on wednesday, the storm clears away into the norwegian sea and we'll see a quieter day of

of weather on wednesday. the winds taking their time to ease down towards the north and the west. and here there will be some blustery showers, again moving southwards and eastwards. the further south and east you are, the drier day is likely to be. there'll be some spells of sunshine, feeling a little cooler again with highs of 7—12 degrees celsius. we look out towards the west again on thursday to find more weather fronts sweeping eastwards, bringing, again, some outbreaks of rain, but not as potent as either of the storms.

this is bbc news, the headlines: storm isha wreaks havoc across the uk, causing major travel disruption and leaving tens of thousands of homes without power gusts of up to a hundred miles per hour were some of the strongest a warning that many schols in england are not fit for purpose, with children wearing coats and gloves to keep warm during lessons.

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