hello, i'm catherine byaruhanga. donald trump says he'll appeal against a court order to pay $83 million in damages to a woman he defamed. ejean carroll had claimed the former us president had destroyed her reputation by saying she'd lied about him sexually assaulting her in the 1990s. she said the ruling was a "great victory for every woman". nada tawfik reports from new york. ejean carroll has now taken on donald trump twice in court, both times emerging victorious. last may, he was found liable for sexual abuse and defamation and ordered to pay her $5 million in damages.

the second defamation trial looks set to cost him far more — $83 million. donald trump was not present when the verdict was read and earlier he stormed out of court when ejean carroll's lawyer was delivering her closing statement, arguing that the former president acted as if the law didn't apply to him. afterward, he slammed the verdict on social media as absolutely ridiculous and a politically—motivated witch hunt, directed by president biden. we will immediately appeal. we will set aside that ridiculousjury. and ijust want to remind you all of one thing — i will continue with president trump to fight for everybody's first amendment right to speak. everybody has a right to defend themselves when they are wrongfully accused and to be able to say, "i didn't do it." donald trump has repeatedly denied raping the former advice columnist at a department store in the �*90s. ejean carroll's lawyer submitted as evidence videos and posts

where trump continued to defame her while the trial was taking place. i have no idea who she is, where she came from. - this is another scam. it's a political witch hunt. the damages awarded to ejean carroll were far more than the $24 million she asked for. it signals that the jury agreed with her lawyers that only a very large sum that would hurt donald trump financially would convince him to stop. in a statement, ejean carroll described the verdict as a victory for every woman who stands up when she's been knocked down and a huge defeat for every bully who's tried to keep a woman down. donald trump has plenty of other upcoming trials where he faces a total of 91 felony counts and the threat ofjail time. but so far, it hasn't dented his chances of becoming the republican presidential nominee. quite the opposite. it's energised his base. nada tawfik, bbc news, new york.

laurie laird is a us political and economic commentator. she told me the outcome of the case will have very little impact on donald trump's supporters. it will only energise donald trump's base. now, this is something we have been saying as some of these legal battles have unfolded. this is particularly true... donald trump, may be a native son of new york. he is not popular there. and i suspect that his legal team will... they've already announced their intention to appeal. but i think one of the things that they will say is the difficulty of finding a balanced jury in a place like new york city, which is overwhelmingly democratic. i think this will be part of the appeal. and i think it also feeds the narrative that donald trump has really amplified, which is this issue in which "i am not popular "in certain places. "the legal system is being turned against me. "it's being weaponised." this will help that narrative, without a doubt.

so does it matter if he continues to have verdicts or decisions going against him, especially if there are punitive monetary damages that he has to then pay? and the damages are very high. look, this is so much higher than what the plaintiff was asking for. and because, as you say, the biggest section was punitive damages, $65 million. i think there are questions over whether donald trump can get his hands on that kind of money, aside from campaign money, a lot of his money is tied up in assets. but will this deter him? probably not. again, i think this will energise him. now, you mentioned moderate voters. i think the big question is whether those moderate voters — and there aren't as many of them in the us as there have been in decades past — i think most voters have really started to identify in the us with one camp or the other. this is something that we talked about with the new hampshire primaries where there are a large

number of moderate voters. new hampshire is not like the rest of the country. they tended not to break for donald trump. but i do not think these moderate voters are going to be a huge factor going forward. i think the problem that the democrats may have is trying to get moderate voters to get out at the polls. i think that many voters have been turned off by the political process altogether. so donald trump's position is that all of these cases are a witch hunt. so what's the response from the government and the democratic party? how do they respond to that allegation from the former president? well, i mean, the democratic party is in a difficult situation because any sort of vigorous response to that simply flags that narrative that the democratically controlled system, or at least the democratic administration, is rigged against donald trump. but i think that you are raising a very, very good question. donald trump has some momentum here,

at least amongst his voters. we talk a lot about donald trump's base. it's not a majority of the country, but it certainly is a very enthusiastic minority of the country. how do the democrats handle this now that we're. . . ? i think we can assume donald trump is the republican nominee. we're looking toward november. how did the democrats campaign? how do the democrats campaign? what are some of the themes they can touch upon? last week, joe biden, kamala harris and their spouses were in northern virginia. they did a big rally where abortion rights were the big theme. i think that is fertile territory for the democrats. i expect to see that come up a lot, but the democrats are going to have to come up with some other narratives. immigration — voters tell pollsters that they're concerned about immigration. it was a big issue in new hampshire, despite the fact that new hampshire is 26,000 miles from the mexican border. the democrats are vulnerable there.

commentator laurie laird there. let us turn our attention that the conflict had been israel and hamas. pressure is mounting on the israeli government to change its conduct in its war with hamas, after the international court ofjustice ruled that israel must do everything possible to prevent genocide there. israel is pressing ahead with its military operation in gaza, with tanks advancing into khan younis, in southern gaza, where thousands of residents have been forced to flee. the hamas—run health ministry in gaza says 174 palestinians have been killed in israeli strikes in the past 2a hours. that takes the total reported killed in gaza since the war started to at least 26,257. the head of the cia is expected to meet officials from israel, egypt and qatar in the coming days, in an attempt to negotiate the release of hostages held

by hamas, which many western governments consider a terrorist organisation. 0ur middle east correspondant, mark lowen, told us more about the upcoming talks. they are due to begin, we understand, as early as sunday, tomorrow, in france. there are reports. but the cia has not confirmed the location or the start date and they will involve bill burns, the head of the cia, who's meeting with his opposite numbers at mossad, israel's intelligence agency, and the egyptian spy agency as well, and top officials from qatar to try to revive attempts at finding a ceasefire — making progress towards a ceasefire in this conflict. tomorrow, sunday will be three months since israel launched its ground offensive in gaza, and the warring sides are still far apart on ceasefire proposals. we understand from reports that israel has mooted the idea of a one or two—month pause in fighting or truce, and the phased release of israeli hostages

and palestinian prisoners. but hamas is said to be demanding a permanent ceasefire as part of any hostage release deal. now, the fact that they are... these talks are due to take place show that the wheels of diplomacy are turning faster. president biden spoke to the emir of qatar and the president of egypt on friday, yesterday. and it all comes, of course, as the international court ofjustice places... says that israel must do all it can to prevent genocide in gaza, placing renewed focus and renewed scrutiny on the israeli forces�* actions down in gaza. and mark, what is the reaction there in israel to that decision, interim decision, by the international court of justice? well, i think, as expected, the israeli government has largely brushed it off. there's been a lot of sort of diplomatic bluster from the israeli government as far as that is concerned. and i think israel has long—believed and has long—argued, publicly at least, that various different un bodies are stacked against it, and sort

of biased against it, and are taking the court of public opinion with them. but, you know, that is something that is completely denied by the un. and, i think that, you know, on the ground, the icj's words are actually legally unenforceable. but, as i say, it kind of adds to the sort of narrative that has grown against israel in many western circles and the pressure and the scrutiny on israel. israel is seizing on another development as proof of what it says is the un's bias against it, which is that 12 members of staff of the un mission operating in gaza have been dismissed for... as they were found to be, to have been complicit in the hamas attacks on israel on the 7th of october. now, israel says that is proof that the un mission in gaza is not impartial — that it is pro—hamas. what the united nations and pro—un voices are saying is, "look, the entire workforce of that un agency is 30,000 people. so 12 bad apples should

not tarnish the entire reputation of the un agency." but israel is saying this is proof that we are fighting, in israel's words, a "just war" and we have the right to defend ourselves. and, you know, it's going to be still tough to get the warring sides to come together in this kind of gulf that separates them at the moment during those ceasefire talks. bbc�*s mark lowen injerusalem. now, a bit more on israel's accusation that staff from the un agency for palestinian refugees were involved in the october the 7th attacks. a bit more on israel's accusation that staff from the un agency for palestinian refugees were involved in the october 7th attacks. australia, italy and canada have now suspended their funding to the agency. the us state department has also suspended its additional funding to un—ra. the organisation's head said a full investigation into the allegations is being carried out — and anyone found to have been involved will be held accountable. an oil tanker with british links has been attacked by houthi missiles. the marlin luanda was travelling in the red sea off the coast

of yemen when it was struck. the uk government says it reserves the right to respond appropriately. it is the latest attack in and around the red sea, one of the world's busiest shipping lanes. 0ur diplomatic correspondent paul adams reports. this is the marlin luanda, carrying russian oil from greece to singapore, the latest houthi target. now on fire, abandoned by its crew. the houthis were quick to take credit, their spokesman saying once again that this was being done to support the palestinians in gaza and in response to what he described as american british aggression. it has been two weeks since britain and the us first hit back, striking military targets inside yemen, aiming to deter the houthis. so far, the strategy does not appear to be working.

so, the attack on the marlin luanda in the gulf of aden signifies a great extension and escalation from the red sea to the gulf of aden, the geographical extension, and also the type of weapon — the missile use yesterday was a ballistic missile. the houthi is started their attacks on the red sea using drones. so, we are seeing a technological expansion and geographical extension. the houthis are using the attacks to bolster support at home, orchestrating huge rallies on the streets of the capital, relishing the confrontation with the west. something that they have thought about and planned for yea rs. they are being helped by iran. when us navy seals seized a off the coast of somalia early this if month, they found anti ship and cruise missiles. diplomats things are also being smuggled.

the marlin luanda is operated by uk registered country. a spokesman said britain and its�*s allies reserve the right to respond. the us government has approved the sale of forty new f—i6 fighter jets to turkey, after ankara fully ratified sweden's long— delayed membership of nato. turkey will also get upgrades to the warplanes in its existing fleet as part of the $23 billion dollar deal. the sale had become contingent on turkey dropping its objections to sweden joining the alliance. f—i6s are the same jets that ukrainian pilots are being trained on. protests against a recent surge in violence against women are taking place in major cities across kenya today. the demonstrations, led by feminist campaigners, follow the murders of 10 women this year. amnesty international says more than 500 femicide cases were recorded in kenya between 2016 and 2023, with many victims

killed by their partners or people known to them. 0ur africa correspondent, merchuma, is in nairobi and has been tracking the protests in the capital. i'm just right outside parliament buildings now, and just a few metres behind me is the president's office. and this is the next stop that the protesters have been. they're just moving up towards the main area, into the cbd, going further into nairobi city. and they have been at this for the last about one and a half hours. there are hundreds, if not thousands of women. there are men that are supporting the women and the whole... is just that they want people, men, to stop killing women. we have had an increase in number of intimate partner violence. we've had a very big — a sharp increase. you know, we're talking about ten women being killed since the beginning of the year by their partners — by their husbands. but, in the lastjust about two weeks, catherine, we've had five women being killed

here in nairobi and in other parts of kenya. and, you know, we're talking about being killed in the most gruesome ways. people... the women are being dismembered. and, unfortunately, even some of their body parts cannot be found. another key issue that the protesters want to address going forward is the issue of victim blaming, because, you know, women are being killed and you go on social media and what people are talking about is or asking is, "what was this woman wearing? who was this woman with? why did she agree to go out on a date with a man who she doesn't know?" and so there's a lot of victim blaming and that is what the protesters today want addressed. very briefly, mercy, before we let you go, has there been any response from the government about what they might do to combat this challenge for kenya? no. unfortunately, no. and we are expecting to see some leaders now really coming up strongly to address this. some women leaders — and a few of their male counterparts — have mentioned it in passing in the last couple of weeks. but we have not really seen a strong, you know... strong statements really

talking about this. and that's why probably the people are outside parliament and outside the president's office — to garner some traction for their cause. some breaking news now. the queen has arrived at the london clinic where the king remained on saturday after seeking treatment for an enlarged prostate. king charles was admitted to hospital on friday. the procedure was carried out at the london clinic private hospital, where catherine, princess of wales, had surgery last week. live now to our reporter ellie price, who's outside the hospital in central london. what can you tell us about the arrival of the queen?- what can you tell us about the arrival of the queen? well, she arrived just _ arrival of the queen? well, she arrived just after _ arrival of the queen? well, she arrived just after noon, - arrival of the queen? well, she arrived just after noon, around | arrival of the queen? well, she l arrived just after noon, around 15 minutes or so ago, she came around the back so we did not see her arrive in the main entrance. she came on in a black car followed arrive in the main entrance. she came on in a black carfollowed by what we can assume are her closed protection officers and a range

rover. she has come to visit a husband. we don't know if that means he is staying on for another night or if she has come to meet up with him before he then goes home. the procedure he underwent we are told was relatively common, but it would not be unusual for somebody to stay on for a night or two. 0bviously, he underwent that operation yesterday, stay the night last night and, as i said, it is the first we have heard today of the queen arriving to come and visit him. he is not the only royal here at the london clinic, katharine, princess of wales, is also in this clinic having undergone abdominal surgery 12 days ago. having undergone the surgery, she would be staying in between ten days and two weeks. as i say, we are on day 12 now. has not been an update on what will happen camilla came to visit her husband king charles here. as you mentioned. buckingham palace

are keen to say that both royals are doing well. no special constitution measures are expected to be taken whilst the king is in hospital. ida. whilst the king is in hospital. no, that is right- _ whilst the king is in hospital. no, that is right. in _ whilst the king is in hospital. no, that is right. in a _ whilst the king is in hospital. iifr, that is right. in a situation where the monarch would be impaired are put out of action on medical grounds, there are obviously constitutional situations that kick in where other royals might step in, ie, the rains of the royals are taken over by other members. that has not happened because the inference is that he is not... basically, the operation he underwent is nothing serious. he is expected to recover from it very quickly. nothing has changed on that part. it has buckingham palace has been very open about what they came's conditioners, the fact he has been undergoing treatment for an enlarged prostate. very open about all of that. we had from buckingham palace that picking himself was very encouraged and delighted, even, that

he had encouraged other people to look at the situation and look at the condition of having an enlarged prostate, something that affects one in three men over 50. according to the nhs, inquiries about that condition and the symptoms are surrounding it, have increased on their website. the suggestion really is that people, having heard about making runs condition might also be looking into it. they have been keen to suggest this is a benign prostate enlargement, not cancerous, that there are links to symptoms. the advice is to get it checked. if you are worried. they can undergoing an operation like this, i think he has been seen by the nhs and by doctors and certainly, is a good thing. less clarity about the princess of wales surgery, we have been told it is abdominal surgery. as i say, she is still in hospital and will not be doing any official royal duties until easter. clearly, a big

recovery time for her. thank you very much- _ recovery time for her. thank you very much. that _ recovery time for her. thank you very much. that was _ recovery time for her. thank you very much. that was from - recovery time for her. thank you | very much. that was from outside recovery time for her. thank you - very much. that was from outside the london clinic hospitals. we will have an update on the conditions of the princess of wales and the king as and when we get them. us politicians have called for new laws to criminalise the creation of deepfake images, after explicit ai—generated images of taylor swift were viewed millions of times on x, formerly known as twitter. taylor swift's fans, or �*swifties�*, rallied to flood the platform with posts and drown out the so—called �*deepfakes'. 0ne faked picture of the star, on x, was viewed 47 million times before it was taken down. here's what the white house press secretary had to say. we are alarmed by the reports of the circulation of images that you just laid out, false images, to be more exact, and it is alarming. while social media companies make their own independent decisions about

content management, we believe they have an important role to play in enforcing their own rules to prevent the spread of misinformation and non—consensual intimate imagery of real people. germany's chancellor, 0laf scholz, has voiced concern over the rise of right wing extremists, as the world marks holocaust remembrance day. holocaust memorial day. mr scholz said right wing populists were gaining ground, fuelling fear and sowing hatred. holocaust memorial day remembers the six millionjewish people murdered by the nazis during the second world war — as well as genocides in darfurand rwanda. 0ur religion editor, aleem maqbool, has the story. the holocaust robbed joan salter of many members of her extended family. today, in particular, she remembers them. the bravery ofjoan�*s mother meant she survived. my mother climbed over the mountains into spain, and then she gave me up in the hope that i would survive.

and that is where prejudice gets you. littlejoan was shipped to the us until the war was over and she was reunited with her parents in the uk. she says she feels the lessons of the holocaust have not yet been learned. it's just to get over what hatred does and how quickly people turn on each other. that, to me, is the message of holocaust memorial day, and the hope is that people will understand that. holocaust memorial day has been established to commemorate the 6 millionjews that were murdered by the nazis, but also the victims of other genocides since. at this year's main remembrance event, there was special focus on rwanda — 2024 marking 30 years since the horrific massacres of hundreds of thousands of tutsis there. earlier this week, referring

to the case against israel at the international court ofjustice, the uk's chief rabbi ephraim mirvis, said the accusation of genocide was an affront to the victims and survivors of the holocaust around this memorial day. singing. and the conflict in gaza and associated rise in anti—semitism has meant the holocaust memorial day trust advised on fewer public events this year. particularly the jewish community but also muslims are much more anxious about being out in public and visibly being jewish or muslim. and so we have worked very closely with the police to issue guidance. and actually ourjob on holocaust memorial day is to remind people of what can happen when hatred gets out of hand. well, the holocaust memorial day

trust is encouraging people to light a candle and place it in a window to, in its words, remember those who were killed for who they were and to stand against prejudice and hatred today. aleem maqbool, bbc news in north london. we will have more coverage on holocaust memorial day. we will have more coverage on holocaust memorial day. stay with us here on bbc news. hello again. it's going to be a mostly dry weekend for many of us, but we do have a bit of rain affecting the far north, north west of scotland over the next couple of days. but this morning we've had a lovely sunrise here in nottinghamshire and for many eastern and central areas there's been some sunshine this morning already, but there are some clouds streaming in from the south west, certainly so towards the north west

of scotland where we've got some outbreaks of rain at the moment. it's quite heavy rain, some thunderstorms here as well throughout the morning. strong winds, but those winds will gradually ease off into the afternoon. one or two showers perhaps for northern ireland, northern parts of england. but for most it's dry. there'll be some bright, some sunny spells, especially towards the south and east. and temperatures this afternoon getting up to about 8—10 or 11 degrees celsius. now through tonight, there'll still be some rain at times across scotland. more cloud the further west you are, but some clear spells towards the southeast and not quite as cold as last night. temperatures staying mostly above freezing, about three or four degrees, but milder air towards the north west, nine or 10 degrees here, high pressure centred towards europe, and that's acting as a buffer, somewhat of some weather fronts coming in from the west. but those will make gradual progress eastwards and colder air behind it, but ahead of it, for most of us, into sunday, we've got these mild south or south westerly winds. so rain will eventually move its way into the north west of scotland,

into northern ireland by the evening. that be really quite heavy at times, elsewhere there'll be varying amounts of cloud, but some bright, some sunny spells. and in the sunshine not feeling too bad at all. a mild day, temperatures 10—13, perhaps even 1a degrees celsius. into next week, that weather front will make very gradual progress south eastward. it will then stall across parts of wales, northern england and southern scotland. and with some colder air behind that weather front, we could well see some snow over the southern uplands, but that rain sticks around for much of the day in these parts. some sunnier skies for scotland, northern ireland, where it will feel a bit chillier throughout monday. but in the southeast, where you've got that sunshine, temperatures, 111—15 degrees, that's way above the average for the end of january. that's going to feel really quite pleasant. as we go through the rest of the week, there'll be some rain at times towards northern areas further south, drier and brighter and temperatures about 10 to 1a degrees. bye— bye.

this is bbc news — the headlines... a jury in new york orders donald trump to pay $83 million in damages to the writer e jean carroll. mr trump had already been found to have defamed her with comments he made in 2019 while he was president. mr trump says he will appeal against the order. israel insists that it abides

by international law — after the united nations�* highest court ordered it to take steps to prevent acts of genocide in gaza. the international court ofjustice in the hague ruled israel should do everything in its power to avoid killing or seriously harming civilians. and politicians in the united states are calling for new laws around so—called deepfake images — afterfabricated explicit photos of the pop star taylor swift went viral on social media. the public inquiry into the post office scandal has begun considering the action taken against sub—postmasters from across northern ireland. maureen mckelvey was one of them. she was prosecuted over shortfalls totalling £30,000, but subsequently found not guilty. she was accompanied at the inquiry

by three other victims. our business correspondent emma simpson went to meet them.