i've been speaking to a surgeon who works in scarborough about his constant fears for his family trapped in gaza. also on the programme... the murder of nine—year—old alfie steele by his mother and her partner — the authorities were alerted more than 60 times that he was at risk. jurgen klopp says he's standing down as liverpool manager at the end of the season. and the twins stolen and separated at birth in georgia, now reunited with their mother through social media. in sportsday later in the hour on bbc news, we'll have more onjurgen klopp�*s decision to leave liverpool and who is likely to replace him at anfield in the summer. the former midfielder xabi alonso is the current favourite.

good evening. the highest court of the united nations has ruled that israel must take all measures to prevent genocidal acts in gaza, but it stopped short of ordering an immediate halt to the fighting. judges at the international court ofjustice in the hague were delivering an interim ruling in a case of genocide brought by south africa against israel. the un defines genocide as acts committed with the intent to destroy a national, racial or religious group. israel strongly denies the accusation, and its prime minister said it would continue to defend itself while adhering to international law. here's our diplomatic correspondent paul adams. gaza's despairjust gaza's despair just seems gaza's despairjust seems to deepen. in gaza city, a rare glimpse of aid brings chaos and precious little relief. after three and a half months of war the palestinian population is on its knees, hungry,

sick or dead. whether this amounts to genocide is a decision for another day but all this, the un's top court insists has to stop before it gets worse. the top court insists has to stop before it gets worse-— it gets worse. the military operation _ it gets worse. the military operation conducted - it gets worse. the military operation conducted by i it gets worse. the military i operation conducted by israel it gets worse. the military - operation conducted by israel after seven october 2023 has resulted into rayleigh in tens of thousands of deaths and injuries and the destruction of homes, schools, medical facilities under the vital info structure as well as displacement on a massive scale. in these circumstances the court considers that the catastrophic humanitarian situation in the gaza strip is at serious risk of deteriorating further before the court renders its finaljudgment. bi; court renders its finaljudgment. by overwhelming majorities the court's 17 overwhelming majorities the court's i7 judges overwhelming majorities the court's i7judges ruled overwhelming majorities the court's i7 judges ruled that israel must avoid killing or seriously harming palestinians mentally or physically, inflicting living conditions designed to destroy the palestinian population, in whole or in part, or

imposing measures which prevent palestinian births. thejudges also said israel must take all measures to prevent and punish public incitement to genocide, and do more immediately to improve humanitarian assistance. in the west bank, palestinians watched intently, wondering if anything will change. states now have a clear legal obligations to stop israel's genocidal war on the palestinian people in gaza and to make sure that they are not complicit. the icj order is an important reminder that no state is above the law. crucially, the court did not demand an immediate ceasefire, but it wants israel to behave very differently, at a time when its prime minister says the war could go on for many more months. says the war could go on for many more months—

more months. like every country, israel has — more months. like every country, israel has an _ more months. like every country, israel has an inherent _ more months. like every country, israel has an inherent right - more months. like every country, israel has an inherent right to - israel has an inherent right to defend itself. the vile attempt to deny israel this fundamental right is blatant discrimination against the jewish state, is blatant discrimination against thejewish state, and it was justly rejected. the charge of genocide levelled against israel is not only false, it is outrageous, and decent people everywhere should reject it. the court also called for israeli hostages to be released without condition, but it is powerless to make any of this happen. today the's ruling was significant, but it doesn't necessarily mean that an end to the agony of palestinians or israelis is any closer. paul adams, bbc news. joining me now is our international editorjeremy bowen. is this going to change anything? we will have to wait and see because we don't know that, certainly the intention of the court in laying things out the way they did. i'm not surprised they haven't gone along with south africa's request for a

ceasefire order because under international law, under the un charter, there is a right of self—defence and israel was a degree justly attacked on october the 7th. but they are saying to israel, if you are going to fight this war, you have to do it in a very different way. they have also requested that israel report back in a month to show how they are doing the things that the court wants. again, while these decisions are binding under international law, they are not enforceable, they don't have bailiffs who can go around and make this kind of thing happen. but the israelis will know that they have several years coming up now of quite complex legal arguments in the hague and they may not want to alienate the justices of that court by coming backin the justices of that court by coming back in a month, if they come back, empty—handed, so they may feel that maybe the time has come to do things differently. plus at the moment there is another round of ceasefire

talks going on. the latest proposal, a 60 day pause and then the phased release of israeli hostages and some palestinian prisoners, but there is a lot of negotiating still left to do with that.— a lot of negotiating still left to do with that. g , �* ., . ~' do with that. jeremy bowen, thank ou. for palestinians living in britain who have family trapped in gaza, every moment is filled with a sense of dread. yesterday, many people were killed and injured when a un building in khan younis in the south of gaza was struck. dr mohammed balousha, who's a surgeon working in scarborough, had family who were nearby, and can only wait helplessly to find out their fate. after he spoke to my colleagues at bbc arabic, i went to meet him. voice recording in arabic. a voice note from mohammed balousha's brother in gaza. he said, "mohammed, we are evacuating from the besieged school in khan younis at the moment. i don't know if we are

going to make it or not. if we don't make it, please know that we love you." this is mohammed's life now, constantly fearing the worst. his family is evacuating with thousands of others from a supposedly safe un school in khan younis to head south towards egypt. but they've had to leave his father behind in an intensive care unit set up in a tent. he's too old to be moved after being hit in the head by shrapnel several weeks ago. at first the family were able to see him, but now almost everyone has left. his brother stayed with him, but ten days ago, khaled lost consciousness. there's been no news about him or his brother for a week. even if he wants to ask for help, he can't because now he's unconscious. so i'm completely powerless. i feel that it's like the end of the world for me. phone rings.

that's my uncle in canada. he wants to know if... take the call, mohammed. hello? sorry for waking you up, but i needed to inform you that they're evacuating. not for the last hour, meaning now, at the moment, they're evacuating under white flags. if these do really protect them, so... he sighs. being thousands of miles away, being from a family that's worked all its life, all our lives, we've been working to be these proud, educated, powerful — we thought — people. and now becoming vulnerable, becoming powerless, losing it all. i think this is... this is the point where you think

that humanity has failed us. while we were talking, my uncle sent me this. during a break in filming, mohammed checks his phone. people killed and injured in... a blast in a place called dahra, and that's exactly where they're evacuating from. i'm losing family, but i'm one of millions of palestinians. multiply what i said in this interview by 2.5 million and you will feel the pain of the palestinians. that was dr mohammed balousha talking to me yesterday. since then he has had another message from his brother. the family did make it to rafah last night, where they slept on the beach and are now trying to find somewhere to stay. more than 60 calls were made to police and social services before

a nine—year—old boy was killed by his mother and her partner at his home in droitwich in the midlands, a bbc investigation has found. a safeguarding report published into alfie steele's death highlighted a catalogue of missed opportunities by professionals. alfie's grandparents said they were "living in a nightmare". our correspondent phil mackie's report contains distressing details. for more than a year, alfie steele suffered violent beatings and cruel punishments. he died after being submerged in an ice cold bath. these were the people responsible, dirk howell and carla scott, alfie's mum. alfie had suffered more than 50 injuries, mostly at the hands of howell, a convicted criminal and violent bully. people who lived around here did their best to intervene, to tell the authorities that they were worried about alfie, and that was despite being bullied, intimidated and threatened by dirk howell.

this was one of 28 999 calls made to the police. social workers were called 36 times. in 2019, a child protection and safety plan was agreed for alfie. a month later neighbours shared concerns that howell was being cruel to him. howell threatened them. the next year, scott physically abused alfie and there was evidence that howell had behaved aggressively towards him. during the covid pandemic, even though as a vulnerable child alfie could have gone to school, scott wouldn't let him. later that summer neighbours said they could hear a child being harmed. alfie's child protection and safety plan was renewed. it was the first time alfie's grandparents were told about it. in february, alfie was murdered. grandparents also repeatedly raised the alarm but say they were ignored. it does upset me because every single one of them times is a time they could have

stopped my grandson dying. it's notjust a number to me. when did you first come across him? about ten minutes ago. this was carla scott lying to the police as alfie lay dying. because she never told the truth and social workers believed her, the case was never escalated. today's safeguarding report says this was a major error, but it's one that's been repeated in many other cases. it keeps coming up in review after review. it is complex, it is not a simple question. it is important that we do all we can to upskill all professionals in all agencies in that way, and steps have been taken. andrew richards lived next door and called children's services when he saw alfie being forced to stand outside in his underwear. i hope it doesn't happen again, so i think theyjust need a good shake—up and to be... learn from these terrible mistakes. but does he think it'll happen? if i'm honest, no.

no. the police and children's services have promised to make changes, but it's a small consolation for those left behind who tried their best to warn them. phil mackie, bbc news, worcestershire. assets controlled by former tory pm michelle mone and her husband douglas barrowman have been frozen or restrained. the national crime agency is investigating allegations of fraud in relation to the supply of fraud in relation to the supply of ppe during the pandemic. a company led by mr barrowman was awarded contracts worth more than £200 million to supply ppe to the nhs through a so—called vip lane. it's news that's left liverpool fans reeling in shock — managerjurgen klopp is to step down at the end of the season. since his appointment in 2015 liverpool have won virtually every major trophy, including the champions league, but he says he's leaving because he's "running out of energy".

our sports editor dan roan has the story. he restored liverpool's status as a true footballing force, with his passion, talent and trophies. but after nearly a decade in charge at anfield, jurgen klopp today stunned the game. i anfield, jurgen klopp today stunned the name. ., . , ., the game. i will leave the club at the game. i will leave the club at the end of— the game. i will leave the club at the end of the _ the game. i will leave the club at the end of the season. _ the game. i will leave the club at the end of the season. and - the game. i will leave the club at the end of the season. and this | the end of the season. and this afternoon _ the end of the season. and this afternoon at — the end of the season. and this afternoon at a _ the end of the season. and this afternoon at a hastily _ the end of the season. and this afternoon at a hastily arranged | afternoon at a hastily arranged press conference he elaborated on the toll he says his tenure has taken. ., ., ., , , , taken. you have to be the best version of _ taken. you have to be the best version of yourself, _ taken. you have to be the best version of yourself, you - taken. you have to be the best version of yourself, you have l taken. you have to be the best| version of yourself, you have to taken. you have to be the best - version of yourself, you have to be, especially at a club like liverpool. i cannot do it on three weeks. it just was not allowed. and i don't ever wanted to be a passenger. my managing skills, obviously, it's based on energy, on emotion, on relationships. based on energy, on emotion, on relationships-— relationships. having arrived in 2015, the german's _ relationships. having arrived in 2015, the german's charisma i relationships. having arrived in - 2015, the german's charisma quickly won over the fans and success soon followed. the champions league in 2019 and then liverpool's 30 year

wait for a domestic league title came to an end the following season. klopp had gained legendary status. today's news devastating to all those associated with the club. what are your emotions today and how do you feel today, a sense of sadness or perhaps relief?— you feel today, a sense of sadness or perhaps relief? there's not a lot of emotion — or perhaps relief? there's not a lot of emotion here. _ or perhaps relief? there's not a lot of emotion here. i— or perhaps relief? there's not a lot of emotion here. i had _ or perhaps relief? there's not a lot of emotion here. i had some talks| or perhaps relief? there's not a lot. of emotion here. i had some talks in the last days when i had to tell other people slightly earlier than i tell the public and there were some tears and stuff like this, but that's normal.— tears and stuff like this, but that's normal. ., , , ., , ., that's normal. klopp has vowed never to manaue that's normal. klopp has vowed never to manage another _ that's normal. klopp has vowed never to manage another english _ that's normal. klopp has vowed never to manage another english club - that's normal. klopp has vowed never to manage another english club and l to manage another english club and even among his rivals there was plenty of praise today for one of the premier league was my biggest personalities. it’s the premier league was my biggest personalities-— personalities. it's no good for the premier league. _ personalities. it's no good for the premier league. so _ personalities. it's no good for the premier league. so he _ personalities. it's no good for the premier league. so he has- personalities. it's no good for the premier league. so he has made| personalities. it's no good for the i premier league. so he has made an error there — premier league. so he has made an errorthere. he built the premier league. so he has made an error there. he built the club, premier league. so he has made an errorthere. he built the club, he brought— errorthere. he built the club, he brought the club back to where they belong. _ brought the club back to where they belong. so— brought the club back to where they belong, so congratulations on that. klopp— belong, so congratulations on that. kionn has— belong, so congratulations on that. klopp has transformed the fortunes of liverpool, and there was naturally shocked when he broke the news to his players here at the training ground this morning. and

now this clubface is arguably the biggest decision it has made in almost a decade, trying to find a replacement who can build on the manager's success. 1 replacement who can build on the manager's success.— replacement who can build on the manager's success. i can't commit to a timeline on — manager's success. i can't commit to a timeline on it. _ manager's success. i can't commit to a timeline on it. it _ manager's success. i can't commit to a timeline on it. it will— manager's success. i can't commit to a timeline on it. it will go _ manager's success. i can't commit to a timeline on it. it will go on - manager's success. i can't commit to a timeline on it. it will go on in - a timeline on it. it will go on in the background and you can be sure that we will be doing everything we possibly can to make, as you said, the right decision for the future of this football club. iliiui’ith the right decision for the future of this football club.— this football club. with liverpool currently too _ this football club. with liverpool currently top of _ this football club. with liverpool currently top of the _ this football club. with liverpool currently top of the league and l currently top of the league and still competing for four trophies this season, klopp will hope he spurs his side on to more silverware but then he says it will be time to go. he will do so having joined the pantheon of legendary managers at one of the game's greatest clubs. dan roan, bbc news. our top story this evening... an order to israel to prevent genocidal acts in gaza by the un's top court, but it stops short of calling for an end to the war. and coming up.... # all #all| # all i ever had...

a look at the new film about the life and death of reggae superstar bob marley. there'll be a new name on the men's singles trophy coming up in sportsday in the next 15 minutes on bbc news, there'll be a new name on the men's singles trophy at the australian open is as novak djokovic loses to jannik sinner. the italian will face daniil medvedev in the final. at the australian open as novak djokovic loses to jannik sinner. the italian will face daniil medvedev in the final. the post office horizon it scandal has been riddled with questions about who knew what when. now bbc news has obtained documents which show the government was complicit in a decision by the post office to sack the investigating accountants who had found bugs in the horizon system. a sub—committee of the post office board took the decision in april 2014. but the post office kept the government's involvement in it secret. andy verity has this exclusive report. the post office hard independent

accountants second site to investigate complaints and is of a horizon commuter system which generated cash shortfalls which help to prosecute sub postmaster oh, my god. it to prosecute sub postmaster oh, my god. . , to prosecute sub postmaster oh, my god. ., , ., , ., god. it has doubled right in front of my eyes- _ god. it has doubled right in front of my eyes- they _ god. it has doubled right in front of my eyes. they found - god. it has doubled right in front of my eyes. they found evidence j god. it has doubled right in front i of my eyes. they found evidence of com - uter of my eyes. they found evidence of computer bugs _ of my eyes. they found evidence of computer bugs doing _ of my eyes. they found evidence of computer bugs doing just _ of my eyes. they found evidence of computer bugs doing just that - of my eyes. they found evidence of computer bugs doing just that in i of my eyes. they found evidence ofj computer bugs doing just that in 76 branches. but instead of coming clean the post office kept insisting in public their system was robust, as they had since the turn—of—the—century. in 1999, the post office launches fujitsu's horizon it system in 20,000 post offices. it seems to show that thousands of sub postmaster had cash shortfalls and over the next decade 983 branch managers are prosecuted, with many sent to prison or losing their homes, or in some cases taking their homes, or in some cases taking their own lives. in 2013, second site independent review confirmed what sub postmaster had said for years, that bugs in horizon can

generate fictional cash shortfalls that never actually happened. throughout 2014 the post office keeps claiming in public that there were no systemic errors and the project sparrow committee of top bosses and the government had already agreed a plan to take second site of the case in private. they were sacked the following march. but the unredacted report proved that the unredacted report proved that the government knew all about it. the minutes show the post office chair, the chief executive and a government representative discuss second site independent role in investigating sub postmaster is burma complaints in a mediation committee. i took those unredacted minutes to show senior ministers. a former sub—postmistress who was wrongly prosecuted and jailed while she was pregnant. we have got these documents to show you. she survived a traumatic 13 year struggle to clear her name.—

a traumatic 13 year struggle to clear her name. every time new documents” — clear her name. every time new documents, , the _ clear her name. every time new documents,, the main - clear her name. every time new documents,, the main thing - clear her name. every time new documents,, the main thing is l clear her name. every time new. documents,, the main thing is we have got this now in black and white, what is next now? you have got a whole list of people behind the scandal and the people accountable need to be there. irate accountable need to be there. we need full accountability. today we finally caught up with one of the top executives in the project sparrow meeting, but she was not having questions. we contacted alice perkins and paula venables but didn't receive a response. richard callard and the post office said it would be inappropriate to comment. downing street said it was taking today's revelations extremely seriously. andy verity, bbc news. the main un relief agency for palestinians, known as unwra, has sacked twelve of its staff while it investigates claims they were involved in the attack by hamas on israel

on the 7th of october. the us has suspended its funding for the organisation while the investigation is carried out. king charles has had his treatment for an enlarged prostate after being admitted to hospital this morning. he's in the same private hospital where the princess of wales had surgery last week. our correspondent charlotte gallagherjoins us now. how is he doing? he is doing well. we have heard that he has had the procedure, as you said, and he is now recuperating. we saw queen camilla leaving the hospital a short while earlier. she arrived with the king this morning and wanted to be at the hospital while the procedure was taking place. she left a short while ago. it does appear that king will be spending the night in hospital, perhaps he will be in over the weekend. we don't know because recuperation for elderly patients is so different. many people have wondered why has the king been so open about his diagnosis, that is so

unusualfor open about his diagnosis, that is so unusual for the royal family. open about his diagnosis, that is so unusualfor the royalfamily. he unusual for the royal family. he said unusualfor the royalfamily. he said it was to raise awareness essentially for men to check their prostate, get them checked, and before he was mated with the procedure buckingham palace said the king was delighted that his diagnosis had helped raise public health awareness about getting the prostate check. as you said, there is another member of the royal member, and senior member, in this hospital, the princess of wales. she is recuperating from surgery and we do know the king visited the princess before he had his procedure earlier today. princess before he had his procedure earliertoday. her princess before he had his procedure earlier today. her recuperation is going to be a lot longer. we don't expect to see her back doing public duties until after easter. now the extraordinary story of how twins ano and amy from georgia, who were stolen from their parents at birth, but who found each other many years later through the social media platform tiktok. the two were taken and sold separately for adoption. it's believed the black market in baby trafficking operated for decades right up to the mid—2000s.

some of the victims are now taking their cases to court. fay nurse has been investigating. sobbing. this is the first time twins amy and ano are meeting their birth mother. the sisters only learned of each other�*s existence two years ago, separated and illegally adopted at birth. their mother was told they had died shortly after they were born. translation: from today, my life has great meaning. | it is a great happiness that i have found my children. how the twins found each other is nothing short of miraculous. it was after amy posted a tiktok and ano saw it. translation: when | saw her, | i thought i was looking at myself. exact same person, same face, exact same voice. they are not the only example of children separated from parents in georgia.

the twins found their mum through a facebook group with more than 230,000 members, all hunting for the truth. it was set up by tamuna museridze, a georgian journalist who is also looking for her family. i am helping parents to find their children who were stolen and sold by the georgian doctors. tamuna has exposed a dark chapter in georgia's history, a black market adoption scandal, tens of thousands of babies trafficked and spanning decades. after the country slipped into economic despair following independence from the soviet union, corruption thrived. translation: adoption was not properly regulated by the state, | so people tried to solve this issue on their own. lia believes that a sophisticated network of criminals, working alongside corrupt doctors, profited from a culture of secrecy and shame surrounding adoption.

translation: one thing i can say i with certainty is that this illegal l adoption was systemic and it operated and existed all over the country. and that is why this is so tragic. tamuna helps many people uncover the truth. today she is meeting a family in kuvareli, a rural town in georgia. more than 40 years ago irina was told her newborn twins had died. translation: i told my husband that the children had died - and that he should bring bed sheets and a suitcase. she was told to bury them in the back garden. after hearing rumours of stolen babies, her daughter dug up the grave. translation: when we opened it l we didn't know what to do, we didn't know whether to laugh or cry. there were no bones in the grave. the police said these were branches from a grapevine. not finding any trace of the twins has left them with serious questions. where are they? and, are they still alive?

translation: they need to know that their motherj did non't sell them, they were stolen. i want to see if they are alive and what they are like. georgia's government says it is investigating, but so far, no arrests have been made. fay nurse, bbc news, georgia. and you can watch the full documentary, betrayal at birth: georgia's stolen children, on the bbc iplayer. it's been another tough day for england's cricketers in their first test in india as they failed to capitalise after taking several early wickets. india now have a commanding 175 run first innings lead, reaching 421—7. ravindra jadeja gave a standout performance for the hosts ? he'll start tomorrow unbeaten on 81 runs. in tennis, novak djokovic's incredible run at the australian open came to an end after a string

of victories at the tournament since 2018. the italian fourth seed, jannik sinner, was the man who finally halted his winning streak. he beat djokovic in four sets and will take on the russian, daniil medvedev, in the final on sunday. he was the world's most famous reggae musician. now a new biopic will trace the life of bob marley from his rise to fame to his death at the age ofjust 36. our music correspondent mark savage got exclusive access to the film's london set and spoke with the actor kingsley ben—adir, who plays marley, about portraying a cultural icon. # get up, stand up... you can't mimic him, you know, you can't copy him. it's just not possible. despite his reservations, kingsley ben—adir has transformed himself into reggae legend bob marley. # don't worry about a thing... and, incredibly, that process began

on the barbie movie. some producer told me that we were starting injune and barbie we started in march. so i was like, i have ten weeks. so i set up a little station in barbieland and i wasjust, i was listening to bob and then just trying to learn basic chords. injanuary last year, his barbie homework paid off as kingsley recreated one of bob's most famous performances on set in london. when he's singing, when he's performing, he's really tapping into something else. his eyes are often closed. i think for me as an actor, it was always like he's singing for his life. yeah, this man's a revolutionary. kingsley also spent months perfecting bob's jamaican dialect. reggae is a people music. people coming together. and, uniquely for a hollywood film, the dialogue is almost entirely in patois. i don't want the audience to feel like they understand

everything i'm saying, because that's not truthful. but we need you to understand the emotion in the story. that story follows bob for two years — from an assassination attempt to exile in london and his triumphant return to jamaica. are you ready for bob marley? the idea of bob, he has become, you know, the representation of peace and what became clearer was the genius of his music. and i really feel like music saved him in a way. # cos all i ever have... # redemption song. mark savage, bbc news. when you write that? all my life! time for a look at the weather. here's sarah keith—lucas. it has been a bright and breezy day out there today. we had clear skies and sunshine, a few showers around,

particularly in scotland where it has also been a very windy. this is a little bit earlier when the sun went down and still some clear skies around. forthe went down and still some clear skies around. for the weekend for many of us it is dry and settled. not quite everywhere, but you will notice the temperatures are turning milder, particularly when it gets to sunday. we still have blustery showers out there this evening, across scotland in particular and some light showers for northern ireland. for most of us a dry night and temperatures fall in the south and east. a touch of frost and some mist and fog around for southern and south—east england first thing tomorrow. further north and west you have milder temperatures with more clout and breeze, still windy across the north—west of scotland. gust possibly 50 to 60 miles an hour. the rain in scotland is mainly to the north of the central belt and the odd bit of drizzle into northern ireland as well. for most of us dry

with long spells of sunshine and