attack on israel. involved in the attack on israel. the incredible story of these georgian twins stolen and separated at birth but found each other years later through social media. an hermit crabs have been wearing our waste. as most eyes have been turned to the icj's provisional ruling, there's been an unrelated and rather striking announcement by unwra — the un body responsible for palestinian refugees. in a statement, philippe lazzarini, the body's commissioner—general, said israeli authorities provided unrwa with information about alleged involvement of several unrwa employees in the horrific attacks on israel on 7 october i have taken the decision to immediately terminate the contracts of these staff members and launch an investigation in order to establish the truth without delay. our state department correspondent, tom bateman has more.

putting out a statement that is that information from the israelis alleging that it had several staff involved in the october the 7th attacks and the us state department issued another statement talking about what unwra were saying and i2 about what unwra were saying and 12 staff and extremely troubled by the aggravation of further funding to unwra in a significant move and what unwra in a significant move and what unwra have said and they have sacked his 12 workers and full investigations and or people accountable with criminal prosecutions and his allegation standup and putting out such a

strong statement and turning the contracts and the fact that the us sorting funding is suggestive of substance to the claim albeit investigation still going on. but unwra is a organisation of 30,000 people and an absolutely critical role in providing health and and welfare services to palestinian refugees pointing gaza but in the occupied west bank and east jerusalem and further out getting back to 1948 and this is a crucial organisation that has long been accusations from the israelis that unwra effectively fails to purge sympathies towards hamas among workers and noted that its facilities exploited by hamas and because of the size and scale and the complexity of an organisation in

a very long term conflict that these things are difficult but where it finds wrongdoing and people who do not abide by the principles of the united nations, they deal with the. thousands of people in georgia have found out that they were stolen from their parents at birth — and sold for adoption. its believed the black market in baby trafficking operated for decades in georgia, from the late 19705 up to the mid—20005. some of the victims are now taking their cases to the georgian courts, hoping to get access to their birth documents so they can trace their biological families. 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.

i get messages every day with new leads. they are from all over georgia, and even people based abroad. after the country slipped into economic despair following independence from the soviet union, corruption thrived. tamuna started working with human rights lawyer lia mukhashavria to try to bring justice to the families. 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. lia and tamuna's work means that some cases could end up in court, but tamuna still hasn't found her own family. i have reunited hundreds of families and i cannot find my biological parents. but i will. i'm sure i will. i will find them. georgia's government says it's investigating, but so far no arrests have been made. we can speak now to woody morris who produced the piece we just saw. an astonishing story in so many stories and in the case of the twins, details on their birth certificates were faked, their doctor family did not even know that they were twins and they had to

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to get a little darker. difficult to know what _ to get a little darker. difficult to know what happened _ to get a little darker. difficult to know what happened back - to get a little darker. difficult to know what happened back then | to get a little darker. difficult to . know what happened back then and but their biological parent5 know what happened back then and but their biological parents and whether or not the mother did knowingly or was tricked and we just do not know, wa5 tricked and we just do not know, we cannot know for sure. and not in the package was an example of in the 705, the twins a days after giving birth in in their tour to bury them and only after seeing the facebook group that the family decided they had all these 5u5picion5 and they did and there were just 5tick5, had all these 5u5picion5 and they did and there were just sticks, and they don't know whether to laugh or cry and their first reaction was 5hock cry and their first reaction was shock and horror but our twin5 can still be out there and thereby in there during a dna test at the moment from a town nearby that they believe to be the relative. the

ower of believe to be the relative. the power of new _ believe to be the relative. the power of new technology may allow them to piece together a bit together. in the introduction of attempts and taking their case to the georgian court but no one has been held to account for this, have they? been held to account for this, have the ? ~ , , , ., they? we believe there is been for investigation _ they? we believe there is been for investigation since _ they? we believe there is been for investigation since 2003 _ they? we believe there is been for investigation since 2003 and - they? we believe there is been for investigation since 2003 and there j investigation since 2003 and there have been some arre5t5 5end investigation since 2003 and there have been some arre5t5 send some 5u5pended 5entence5 have been some arre5t5 send some 5u5pended sentences but the big thing is the victims of this alleged scandal, they file like justice is not been served they actually believe that many are still working in georgia and that's what makes him so angry. the recent government investigation was in 2022 and that is going on now that investigation toward us as part of our investigation that they have spoken to what they call for the witnesses we perceive that means people working in the hospitals and there

was no evidence of criminal wrongdoing in the victims of this alleged scandal, how can they be no evidence of criminal wrongdoing when they themselves are evidence of criminal wrongdoing and then paired up criminal wrongdoing and then paired up a human rights lawyer and they're working on a case, eight cases and they will try to force the georgian government to give them access to records that could find their biological family if that doesn't work, which they suspect it won't, they were taken to the european court of human rights and they're not happy or settling for what the georgian government is telling them and take it out of their own hands, essentially. and take it out of their own hands, essentially-— and take it out of their own hands, essentiall . , , , ., ., ., essentially. keep us up-to-date and take it out of — essentially. keep us up-to-date and take it out of their _ essentially. keep us up-to-date and take it out of their own _ essentially. keep us up-to-date and take it out of their own hands, - take it out of their own hands, essentially. keep us up—to—date and thank you, thank you very much. you can watch the full documentary, betrayal at birth: georgia's stolen children, on the bbc world service youtube channel. reports from germany say the foreign ministry has discovered a massive russian misinformation campaign on social media,

aimed at fuelling dissatisfaction with the government and its support for ukraine. the report in the spiegel news magazine says over a period of four weeks between december and january, more than 50—thousand fake accounts were detected on the social media platform x. they included more than a million german language tweets, many of them claiming that the government neglected the interests of its own population in order to support ukraine in the war against russia. dr ilya yablokov is a specialist in russian state media and disinformation and a lecturer at sheffield university. i started by asking him how do these campaigns work. it seems like a large—scale campaign. certainly, germany is targeted because it is a key player in the key supporter of ukraine and clearly from what we know and to be honest, i haven't seen much of the primary data to make my own decision

from this and publications and in english, it's quite a lot, 50,000 and they've been using fake references to the newspapers, to the international media and also trying to look like genuine accounts and politicians. it is clear that germany is targeted before the election, like the uk in its crucial and but i like to emphasise for these campaigns made by people who are exploiting the existing problems and existing dissatisfactions with them and that is what makes them so scary and eai technologies are making them even more sophisticated

in that regard. you're live with bbc news. vmcsovsn: sac news - - bringing you different stories from across the uk. surprising way they manage it. here at chester zoo. a hotbed, we live it up with their own in straw and basically, it will break down and that he will rise to the surface and overin that he will rise to the surface and over in the force, the animals are not affected by the outdoor temperatures and it's kept hot and humid here to recreate the climate of southeast asia and all of that heat comes at a cost. £3 million a ear and heat comes at a cost. £3 million a year and very _ heat comes at a cost. £3 million a year and very significant _ heat comes at a cost. £3 million a year and very significant and - year and very significant and were trying to do now is of much more sustainable heating in this

environment and air source heat pumps. you're live with bbc news. bbc news has obtained documents showing the british government was complicit in a decision by the post office to sack the forensic accountants who had found bugs in its it system. a sub—committee of the post office board took the decision in april 2014. yet the post office kept the government 5 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 which generated cash shortfalls

which help to prosecute 5ub postmaster. oh, my god. it has doubled right in front of my eyes. they found evidence of computer bug5 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 own lives. in 2013, second site independent review confirmed what 5ub 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. second site off the case in private. they were sacked the following march.

but 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 discu55 second site independent role in investigating 5ub postmaster�*s 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. 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. 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 que5tion5. 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. let's turn to a fascinating and somewhat troubling story of animal adaptation — scientists say hermit crabs — which normally use discarded snail shells as their armour, are increasingly using plastic waste instead. researchers at the university of warsaw say they've been "heartbroken" to see the extent to which crabs are living in rubbish. two—thirds of hermit crab species have been seen using rubbish, including bottle tops, plastic tubes, and even lightbulbs. marta szulkin, head of the wild urban evolution & ecology lab at the university of warsaw.

research published shows that at least ten out of 16 existing terrestrial hermit crab 5pecie5 least ten out of 16 existing terrestrial hermit crab species is plastic and other epigenetic waste as artificial shells to protect their and so, as artificial shells to protect theirand so, it as artificial shells to protect their and so, it is a sign of the times and it pave5 a new avenue in terms of the development and the trajectory of these animals. hat trajectory of these animals. not onl is trajectory of these animals. not only is that _ trajectory of these animals. not only is that waste in those places in the idea that there is so much bordering or oceans by the same kinds, there are fewer shells and using this as a plastic because they cannot find alternatives? the using this as a plastic because they cannot find alternatives?— using this as a plastic because they cannot find alternatives? the way we have demonstrated _ cannot find alternatives? the way we have demonstrated our _ cannot find alternatives? the way we have demonstrated our species - cannot find alternatives? the way we have demonstrated our species on i cannot find alternatives? the way we | have demonstrated our species on all of the trouble because it didn't we use photographs from humans and u5e photographs from humans and tourists who have been taking snaps

of the realities across the world and every lives. and we can identify where these animals are sheltering. and more or less they can be expected what we do know is there are snail shells and pollution and that might be simply available and also plastic shells and will snail shells and it might actually have energy towards other things. but these are hypothesis they need to be

tested. shared with the bbc, this weekend, conservation charity bird watch is the largest guard wildlife survey. our climate editor has the details. uk gardens used to be visited by an average of 28 birds an in 2000 20 years ago, they can only see a 14% decline, the figures are new analysis of data from the big garden bird watch survey. and— bird watch survey. and tracking those and _ bird watch survey. and tracking those and increasing _ bird watch survey. and tracking those and increasing and - bird watch survey. and tracking i those and increasing and regularly in the gardens.— in the gardens. there is one there in the gardens. there is one there in the gardens. there is one there in the willow _

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tree stump. big garden bird watch takes place this weekend - tree stump. big garden bird watch takes place this weekend if - tree stump. big garden bird watch takes place this weekend if you i tree stump. big garden bird watch | takes place this weekend if you can find out how by visiting the website. a55ets controlled by the former tory peer, michelle mone, and her husband, doug barrowman, have been frozen or restrained. the national crime agency is investigating allegations of fraud in relation to the supply of ppe during the pandemic. a company lead by mr barrowman was awarded contracts worth more than £200m to supply ppe to the nhs through a so—called vip lane. 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 a—deer, who plays marley, about portraying a cultural icon. # get up # stand up for your rights #. you can't mimic him. you know, you can't copy him. it'sjust not possible. despite his reservations, kingsley

ben—adir has transformed himself into reggae legend bob marley. # don't worry 'bout a thing #. and incredibly that process began on the barbie movie. some producer told me we were starting injune and barbie started in march, so i had ten weeks — i set up a little station in barbie land and i wasjust listening to bob and just trying to learn basic chords. and it paid off as he created one of bob's most famous performances in london. when he is singing, when he is performing, he is 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. he also spent months perfecting bob marley's jamaican dialect. and uniquely for a hollywood film, the dialogue is almost entirely in patoi5.

if you go to youtube and you put subtitles on bop interviews, they are all wrong, and i don't want the audience to feel like they understand anything i am saying, that's not truthful, but we need you to understand the emotion in the story and what is happening in the story. that story follows bob marley 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 has become the representation of peace and what became clear was the genius of his music, and i really feel like music saved him in a way. # all i ever have # redemption song #. mark savage, bbc news. when you write that... i'm alive.

let us get the weather. see you soon. hello there. earlier on today, we saw a lot of sunshine and dry weather to end the week. we had some wet and windy weather overnight last night, which is long gone now. but we have seen a slight change in the weather because we've introduced cooler and fresher air around the top of that area of high pressure. now closer to the high across southern parts of the uk, the winds are a bit lighter, but further north where we still got these strong and gusty wind5, gales likely in the north west of scotland through the rest of the night. and it's going to be across northern scotland that we see most of the showers, one or two for a while, maybe for northern ireland, perhaps the far north of england. clearer skies and lighter wind5 further south means it's going to be quite chilly. and across the south east of england, we could start early saturday with a touch of frost. but on the whole, the prospects for this weekend are looking pretty good for many places. it is going to be dry. there'll be some 5un5hine.

the winds will pick up through the weekend, but that in turn will lift the temperatures now on saturday. most of the rain is here from that band of cloud across northern scotland. maybe seeing a few spots of rain later for northern ireland and western scotland. otherwise it should be dry with some 5un5hine. now the sunshine could be a bit hazy. there could be quite a bit of high cloud around, but temperatures are going to be a bit higher than today, around nine or ten degrees. now, there is a weather frontjust sort of waiting in the wings in the atlantic that will eventually slide towards the northwest of the uk. but ahead of that, we're going to pick up a stronger southerly wind on sunday, bring up some of the warmth, actually, that we've seen across iberia of late. but we may well see a lot of cloud to begin with, especially around western hills and coasts. the best of the sunshine will be across eastern areas of the uk. and then there's that weather front bringing rain towards northern ireland and particularly into northwest scotland during the afternoon. it will be a windy day but temperatures continuing to climb could reach 1a degrees around the murray firth, even along the north coast of northern ireland, ahead of that rain on that weather front there.

and that willjust push its way into scotland and northern ireland overnight, making slow progress into england and wales. now some of this rain could be quite heavy for a while and with colder air coming in to scotland and northern ireland, there may be some 5now over the scottish hill5 for a while. not much progress of that rain beyond northern england and wales. so the midlands east anglia in the south is still dry on monday and quite warm as well. highs of 1a or even 15 celsius.

hello, i'm christian fraser. this is the context. the court further considers that israel must ensure, with immediate effect, that its military forces do not commit any of the aforementioned acts. israel's commitment to international law is unwavering. equally unwavering is our secret commitment to continue to defend our country

and defend our people. this has been widely interpreted as a victory for south africa i because the icj judges decided| that there is a plausible reason they believe that they need to intervene in this case. i the un's highest court says israel must make every effort to prevent genocidal acts in gaza. south africa welcomes the result. israel says it is blatant discrimination. we'll have reaction from both countries. al5o tonight, reports that beijing has asked iran to rein in attacks on commercial shipping in the red sea. the surging violence in ecuador — we have a special report on the government's war on the drug cartels. and the "helicopter that could" but can't any more. nasa's ingenuity will fly no more.

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