the man who's planning to take on vladimir putin in russia's presidential election speaks exclusively to the bbc and says there's growing opposition to russia's special military operation in ukraine. i am not sure i will win this time but i am absolutely sure putin will not rule russia for six years more, absolutely sure. a ruling that parts of a tough new french immigration law go against the constitution and must be scrapped. scottish first minister humza yousaf faces scrutiny at the covid inquiry over his tenure as scotland's health secretary during the pandemic.

we start with the story that shocked the uk last year and made worldwide headlines. rishi sunak has set his heartfelt condolences go out to the families of the three people killed in the truly harrowing attacks. two university students, barnaby webber and grace o'malley kumar, were celebrating the end of their first year. they were attacked as they walked home from a night out. ian coates, a school caretaker, was also killed. in a series of missed opportunities to prevent the killings, calocane had previously been detained in hospitalfour times,

in a series of missed opportunities to prevent the killings, calocane had previously been detained in hospitalfour times, and a warrant for his arrest had been issued months before his deadly rampage. the families say, justice has not been served and the local police force has blood on its hands. navtej johal has this report taser, taser! stay where you are! this is the moment valdo calocane, a killer who caused carnage on the streets of nottingham, was caught. an hour and a half earlier, cctv footage shows his first two victims, barnaby webber and grace o'malley—kumar — 19—year—old students walking back from a night out, unaware that they will never make it home. the night before, calocane, who's 32, arrives back late in nottingham by train from london. he walks around the city for several hours before his attacks begin at 4.00 in the morning. police emergency, what's the emergency? there has been a stabbing - on ilkeston road, there's somebody lying in the street. i think they're dead.

oh, that was awful. he emerged from the alleyway and without any sort of warning whatsoever, he launched an attack on barnaby to begin with. incredible bravery that grace showed, she tried to intervene, she tried to help her friend, she tried to help barnaby. and the defendant then turned on her and began stabbing her, at her. calocane then walks across the city. he tries to break into a building housing vulnerable adults but is pushed off by a resident. meanwhile, 65—year—old school caretaker ian coates is in his van on his way to work. the defendant causes ian to stop in his van and, again, seemingly without any sort of warning or any sort of conversation, he attacks ian and he launches, you know, an equally ferocious attack on him. calocane then drives ian coates�* van towards the city centre and hits three pedestrians. they were wayne birkett, marcin gawronski and sharon miller. they were all injured but survived.

minutes later, the van is tracked down and the killer is arrested. calocane pleaded guilty to three counts of manslaughter on the basis of diminished responsibility and guilty to three counts of attempted murder. the court heard he has had a history of mental illness, was in and out of hospital since 2020, and has been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. he was also known to mental health services in nottingham and had been sectioned four times. a psychiatrist who assessed him told the court that calocane said that voices in his head told him that if he didn't carry out the attacks they would kill his family. your sickening crimes both shocked the nation and wrecked the lives of your surviving victims and the families of them all. i therefore make an order under all six counts of the indictment that you will be readmitted to and detained at ashworth high security hospital.

nottinghamshire police admitted yesterday that more should have been done to arrest calocane prior to the stabbings, after a warrant had been issued for his arrest nine months earlier. true justice has not been served today. | we, as a devastated family, i have been let down by multiple agency failings and ineffectiveness. to the assistant chief constable, | rob griffin, who finally released| this information publicly yesterday, i say this _ you have blood on your hands. if you had just done yourjobsj properly, there is a very good chance my beautiful boy would be alive today. i that report from our correspondent from nottingham. let mejust point you to the bbc website because so much background information and some of the latest interviews and reaction from the families. it is worth mejust reaction from the families. it is worth me just repeating what number 10 has said, that the prime

minister's heartfelt condolences go out to the family of these three people. he goes on to say, as a parent, when you send your child to university you expect them to be safe and cannot imagine the anger and grief the families are suffering. a spokesperson for downing street wouldn't say whether the prime minister thought a public inquiry should look into the failings by the multiple agencies in this case. she said what happened next is it is right at the agencies look back and through all the proper processes and steps that could be taken and were taken and we will let that work take its course first. those, the latest comments on this tragic case after sentencing in nottingham. we will have plenty more on this story on this programme in about 15 minutes�* time. now to the man who's planning to take on vladimir putin — in russia's presidential election. he stands no chance of winning —

but given what has happened to many other opposition politicians, it's a move that carries significant personal risk. we'll hearfrom boris nadarzin — a prominent ant—war campaigner — in just a moment, but first 0lga malchevska — in the newsroom — can tell us more about how he's managed to get enough support to mount his bid, in a country where criticising russia's �*special military operation�* in ukraine can result in a jail sentence. this is yakutsk city in northern russia. it is —43 celsius and people are queueing to pledge their support to the opposition candidate, boris nadezhdin. now, such queues have been seen across russia and he has to gather 100,000 signatures to be eligible to stand against vladimir putin in the next presidential race. what do we know about boris nadezhdin? currently, he is one of the most prominent critics of putin and his war in ukraine. on his official website, he says putin made a fatal mistake by starting the special military operation. that is how the war in ukraine is known in russia. now, people who give their signatures for boris nadezhdin

are also at risk because it's not only the signatures, they also have to provide very sensitive personal data, including their address and passport numbers. and let's look what happens to other prominent opposition leaders. boris nemtsov was murdered in 2015. alexei navalny was poisoned and jailed. some of the background, some of the process. i have been speaking to boris nadezhdin on today's verified live and i started off by asking him why he is standing against vladimir putin.

my aim is to change russia. maybe i will not be elected as president on the 7th of march this year, but i should have the best result because i know exactly... atjust15% or 20%, that was who opposed the special military operation but now much more, the majority of russians, they want peace. the majority of russians want peace, absolutely. i speak with people. i have visited many cities in russia and a lot of people come, big crowds of people, speaking with me, on the street, in meetings etc. final question, then. you say you hope this will start the process of bringing change. what change do you actually want? and a final point because vladimir putin has been in power since 2000. he would argue he has restored the russian position in the world as a global power, real influence. how would you describe where vladimir putin has ta ken russia 7 i have already said that putin has made a lot of mistakes, and by the way not only with a special military operation but practically he destroyed the institutions of modern government, of modern state in russia, like parliament, the courts, etc.

so myjob will be to restore these institutions, to restore them. i have a document called the plan of nadezhdin, what i will be doing on the first day of my term, the first week, first month, first year, etc. and my firstjob will be to stop the conflict with ukraine, then to restore normal relations between russia and the western community including the united states, great britain, france, germany, the european community etc. and then i should restore the normal institutions, the normal elections, the normal parliament, and by the way the media... i have a lot ofjobs. but my aim is to make russia great, peaceful and a free country. just ten seconds, if you would, if putin wins, as everyone expects, what then? i am not sure that i will win

this time but i am absolutely sure that putin will not rule russia another six years, absolutely sure, because more and more people each day understand that he has dragged the russians into this track of militarism, authoritarianism, isolation. this track killed the russian empire in 1917. it killed the soviet union in 1991, and more and more people understand we should move away from this track to the wide road of normal life. let's go straight to moscow, let's seek to rush edda steve rosenberg. what did you make of that direct challenge to anti—war campaign if he gets to stand? this challenge to anti-war campaign if he gets to stand?— gets to stand? this is right. interesting. _ gets to stand? this is right. interesting, he _ gets to stand? this is right. interesting, he used - gets to stand? this is right. interesting, he used the - gets to stand? this is right. l interesting, he used the word gets to stand? this is right. - interesting, he used the word normal quite a lot, didn't he? he is

presenting himself as this candidate who would return to normality to russia, normal relations with the west. but the key point to make here, matthew, is that the whole political system in russia is built around one man. vladimir putin. the kremlin controls the system, it controls everything around it. it controls everything around it. it controls the election process, too. and boris nadezhdin will only take part in presidential election, i think, if a political decision is taken within the kremlin and the administration that it wants him to take part, that it believes it needs a candidate like boris nadezhdin, an anti—war candidate, someone who is completely different from the other candidates taking part, to legitimise the election. that will be the only way in which he can take part in this election. no matter how many signatures he collects across the country, according to the official rules, it will be a

political decision in the kremlin. now, why would the kremlin decide to include a candidate like boris nadezhdin who is saying very different things from the kind of things you hear from vladimir putin from the other candidates taking part in election? because of the need for legitimacy and that is important i think for the authorities. they need legitimacy in the eyes of the people, in the eyes of the elite here, in the eyes of the international community. but that doesn't mean that when that decision is taken in the presidential administration, they will decide to include mr nadezhdin in the race. �* , ., , ,, in the race. briefly, on this steve, what do you _ in the race. briefly, on this steve, what do you make _ in the race. briefly, on this steve, what do you make on _ in the race. briefly, on this steve, what do you make on his - in the race. briefly, on this steve, i what do you make on his contention that there was significant support for the war. he called it the special operations in ukraine, at the start, but that has really quickly diminished and there is growing opposition to it? i don't

think the whole _ growing opposition to it? i don't think the whole country - growing opposition to it? i don't think the whole country is - growing opposition to it? i don't| think the whole country is behind the war and that has been the case for some time. i think a lot of russians are confused by what is happening. a lot try to pretend it isn't happening and heads down and let's just get isn't happening and heads down and let'sjust get through isn't happening and heads down and let's just get through life because we don't want to know what is going on and if you haven't been affected directly by it, if your son or your husband or your brother hasn't been injured or killed in the special military operation, that makes it easier to get through life. 0ther easier to get through life. other people are happy to accept the narrative that they hear in the state media hear that russia is in the right, that this is a just war because this is easier if you believe that your country is on the right side of history.— right side of history. steve, while ou are right side of history. steve, while you are with _ right side of history. steve, while you are with me, _ right side of history. steve, while you are with me, an _ right side of history. steve, while you are with me, an entirely - you are with me, an entirely different story, the downed russian plane. what is the latest from the kremlin? a, , plane. what is the latest from the kremlin? , , .,, �* plane. what is the latest from the kremlin? , �* ., kremlin? basically, it hasn't moved on too much _ kremlin? basically, it hasn't moved on too much here. _ kremlin? basically, it hasn't moved on too much here. russian - kremlin? basically, it hasn't moved

on too much here. russian officials| on too much here. russian officials continue to maintain that this was a terrorist attack, that is the phrase they are using, that ukraine shot down the plane. russian investigators have been continuing their investigation at the crash site, collecting fragments they say that they are finding there. but we heard all this yesterday from russian officials who were quick to claim that this was a crime, in their words, committed by the ukrainian authorities. this is disputed by ukraine. but the mutual accusations, counter accusations, will continue for some time. steve rosenberg. _ will continue for some time. steve rosenberg. our— will continue for some time. steve rosenberg, our russian _ will continue for some time. steve rosenberg, our russian editor, i will continue for some time. steve rosenberg, our russian editor, thank you very much for being with us, your thoughts on both of those stories. thank you so much. around the world and across the uk, you are watching bbc news. let's look at another story making news here in the uk. a court has heard that a baby girl would still be alive if it wasn't for the "callous, cruel, arrogant and ultimately

grossly negligent conduct" of her parents. constance marten and her partner mark gordon are on trial for the manslaughter of their newborn daughter victoria, who was found inside a shopping bag covered in rubbish. they deny the charges. the uk covid inquiry has heard that nicola sturgeon called borisjohnson a "clown" in an expletive—laden text conversation with her chief of staff. her successor as first minister humza yousaf has been facing scrutiny at the inquiry over his tenure as scotland's health secretary during the pandemic and the government's use of mobile messaging apps like whatsapp. scientists are warning that children who became overweight during the coronavirus pandemic could face life—long health consequences. the researchers say periods of covid restrictions saw a sharp rise in obesity among ten and 11 year olds in england. prolonged absence from school, lack of physical activity and unhealthy eating habits have been blamed. you're live with bbc news.

let me bring you a breaking line of news coming to us here in england because consultants in england have voted narrowly against a government offer aimed at ending their long—running pay dispute. that is coming from the bma just in the last few moments. the government hoping they had resolved their dispute with they had resolved their dispute with the senior doctors, the consultants, they had thatjunior doctors ongoing action as well but consultants in england voting on that pay offer and they have voted narrowly against a government offer aimed at ending that long—running pay dispute. hugh pym our health editor will be here on the programme to give us reaction here in the next few minutes but that news just coming in from the bma. france's constitutional authority has given a long awaited ruling on a controversial immigration bill, which had been backed both by president macron

and marine le pen's farfight party. more than a third of articles in the bill have been rejected as going against the consitution and, the authority says, must be scrapped. including the restriction of access to social benefits and the right to family reunification. let's get more on this breaking development. lisa louise is a freelance journalist based in paris. thank you so much for being here with us. first of all, what reaction has there been to this rule in?— this rule in? there have been different reactions. _ this rule in? there have been different reactions. the - this rule in? there have been - different reactions. the government has said they are quite happy with that outcome. they are underlining that outcome. they are underlining that the 30 or so they put on the table at the beginning of tabling this vote, they were left untouched by the constitutional authority and then there is the right and the far right you are up in arms against this decision today, they are saying it is unheard of, we need a constitutional reform or even a referendum, according to the far right and left wing parties have said, rightly so, they sense a large part of this proposal, this new law,

will need to stay vigilant so the government doesn't try to introduce some of these measures that have been rejected today through other means through parliament. just for our viewers. _ means through parliament. just for our viewers, because _ means through parliament. just for our viewers, because we _ means through parliament. just for our viewers, because we have - means through parliament. just forj our viewers, because we have been saying that this development has broken in the last hour, just be clearfor broken in the last hour, just be clear for people watching which bits did the constitutional court strikes down and say we are against the constitution and what have they allowed to proceed?— constitution and what have they allowed to proceed? there are about 30 articles that _ allowed to proceed? there are about 30 articles that have _ allowed to proceed? there are about 30 articles that have been _ allowed to proceed? there are about 30 articles that have been struck- 30 articles that have been struck down by the constitution authority, you just named to. longer delays to get access to social security payments, there is also one that is a deposit forforeign payments, there is also one that is a deposit for foreign students coming to france. in general, less access for those non—eu immigrants to france, to free transport etc. there are also some other rules that have been taken out, been rejected, by the constitutional court and they have been rejected, not because they

think that they don't belong to this rule but because they are against the constitution and one of these articles is quoted for immigration that the government wanted to hold a discussion on irregularly in parliament to think about maybe introducing some quotas like such quotas, but the constitutional authority said that would go against the very principle of equality that is enshrined in the constitution and as i said, most of these articles that have been rejected, such as the longer delays to get access to social security payments, these things have not been declared unconstitutional. the authorityjust said that within this law that was tabled by the government as a means to limit immigration but also to help those that get to france to better integrate into the labour market, they can't be included in this law. they could be put into another law and brought into parliament again, though. irate

another law and brought into parliament again, though. we have to leave it there — parliament again, though. we have to leave it there but _ parliament again, though. we have to leave it there but thank _ parliament again, though. we have to leave it there but thank you _ parliament again, though. we have to leave it there but thank you for - leave it there but thank you for joining us live from paris. thanks for your time. the hamas—run health ministry in gaza says 20 people have been killed and 150 injured by an israeli strike, while queuing forfood in gaza city in the north of the enclave. in the southern city of khan younis, fierce fighting has led to hundreds of people desperately looking for shelter. israel has denied hitting a un facility in the city, killing at least 12 people and wounding more than 75. mark lowen sent this update a short while ago. there's still a disagreement, an argument really over the responsibility behind that attack on a un training centre in the area of khan younis in southern gaza yesterday that has killed at least a dozen people and left about 75 people injured. the un agency for palestinian refugees said that they the building was clearly marked un and the co—ordinates were shared with the israeli authorities. israel has said that it has investigated the incident and says that its forces were not involved and they suspect

that it could have been a hamas hit. they say that hamas has command centres and outposts near the building. but very much showing once again how various different civilian facilities are being caught up in the fighting in khan younis, particularly around three hospitals. one of the three hospitals has now had to close care hospital. the un says that women who had just delivered babies through caesarean section were forced to evacuate in the middle of the night. that hospital has now closed, leaving two more partly operational. and remember the world health organisation that says that two thirds of the hospitals right across gaza are completely out of operation. so it is a desperate situation for those in the south now. and mark, so much focus on hospitals. interesting in the last half an hour or so with israeli officials accusing the world health organization of of colluding with hamas. yes, indeed. strong words from the israelis

towards a un body that they feel has not sufficiently made clear its condemnation of the hamas attack on israel. that, of course, sparked this whole conflict and left around 1,300 people killed and 240 were taken hostage. and it was the worst attack in israel's history. and there is a generalfeeling here that public opinion does not does not sufficiently recognise or does not sufficiently remember the the start of this conflict. and that, as you know, we are now almost four months actually into the conflict. and the numbers, of course, of palestinians killed has has risen dramatically. it's over 25,000 now, according to the local health officials in gaza. international public opinion has turned against israel in many circles. and i think that, you know, while israelis

it's a it's an it's a very complex story here. but i mean, a lot of israelis from the tv don't get images, really, of what is happening in gaza, the extent of of of destruction and death there. you know, israeli tv is largely focused on the hostages, which, of course, is a source of national trauma. but israel feels that in the court of international public opinion, the hostages have been largely forgotten in favour of the deaths on the palestinian side. so its complex and goes back decades, of course, to you know, to sense of sort of victimhood here. and it may come to a head, i think, tomorrow, on friday, when the international court ofjustice in the hague is to deliver preliminary conclusions about the case that south africa has brought against israel, accusing israel of committing genocide in gaza. before we have a break, let me bring you developing lines from the middle east, from the gaza war because cbs, the bbc�*s us partner, just confirming that president biden is to deploy the cia director william

burns to help broker a major deal on hostages in gaza. cbs news saying a source confirming a meeting with the ci cia date director and the mossad is planned and will be in france. we of course no 130 hostages are still being held. those reports at the beginning of the week by axial is talking about the potential of a two—month pause and some sort of dealfor an exchange of two—month pause and some sort of deal for an exchange of prisoners and we have seen protests gathering and we have seen protests gathering and growing protest in tel aviv from hostage families. that the latest detail, the cia director to try to broker a major deal on hostages. thatjust in here on bbc news. hello there. recent winter storms have now been replaced by some unseasonable winter warmth, and notjust in the uk. take a look at what's been happening across iberia. temperatures way above average. in fact in valencia, 28 degrees was recorded on wednesday afternoon.

their average is around 16 or 17 at this time of year. this afternoon we could see temperatures peaking at 13 celsius. in the london area, we should be seeing 7 degrees at this stage injanuary. it's a mild story but unfortunately it's a rather grey and drab one as well, quite widely across the country. yes, this was wales, and there is some rain pushing into wales as we speak. that's going to be moving its way into northern england, gradually drifting its way eastwards. we keep the cloud through the day today and with that south—westerly flow some poor visibility on exposed coasts as well. and a mild afternoon, temperatures widely into double figures at 10—13, the high. through the evening and overnight, that front will slowly meander its way eastwards and then it will be kicked out of the way almost by this cold front. this is going to bring more heavy, persistent rain overnight and some strengthening winds. a spell of wet weather for all of us at some point through the night

but once it clears through, because it's a cold front, it's introducing some cooler air so some of the showers in scotland may turn wintry to higher ground again as we could see temperatures into low single figures to start off on friday. a mild start down to the south—east, double digits here as that frontal system eases away. a little ridge of high pressure will build in and quieten things down for friday so expect more sunshine for most of us. plenty of isobars further north and west. gale force gusts of winds will drive in a rash of showers into northern ireland and north—west scotland. again with elevation some of those will be wintry. but it's a sunny afternoon for most of us, not quite as warm but hopefully the sunshine will compensate. 7—9 the high. high pressure across europe will dominate the story into the weekend. and across england and wales that means a quieter theme of weather but across the top of that high, always the risk of some weather fronts. into the weekend, the further north

and west you are there is still a risk of showers or longer spells of rain. dry, sunny and milderfurther south. take care.

you're watching bbc news, let's turn to our main headlines here. the families of three people stabbed to death in nottingham say they have been let down by the police after the killer is sentence after

admitting three counts of manslaughter due to diminished responsibility. you have blood on your hands. if you had just done your hands. if you had just done yourjob properly, there is a your hands. if you had just done y°uij°b properly, there is a very good chance my beautiful boy would be alive today. news just in, consultants in england have voted narrowly against an offer aimed at resolving along pay dispute with the government. we'll talk to our health editor here in a moment. i court hears how a baby died after her parents went missing and lived off grid in a tent. and first minister humza yousaf faces scrutiny at the pandemic inquiry over his time as scotland's health secretary during the pandemic. hello from the bbc sport centre. compelling first day. which saw

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