a fire is extinguished on a british—linked oil tanker hit by a houthi missile off the coast of yemen. the us is urging china to help rein in iran's support for the houthi attacks. and donald trump says he'll appeal against a court order to pay $83 million in damages to a woman he defamed. hello — i'm rajini vaidyanathan. welcome to this hour. the uk hasjoined the us, australia, italy, finland and canada in suspending funding to the un relief and works agency for palestine refugees — also known as unrwa. israel has accused some unrwa staff of being involved in the 7th of october attacks, in which hamas killed about 1,200 people. its foreign minister has called for it to be replaced with "agencies

dedicated to genuine peace and development". unrwa's head says a full investigation into the allegations is being carried out and anyone found to have been involved will be held accountable. philippe lazzarini added, "to protect the agency's ability this latest news comes as pressure grows on the israeli government to change its conduct in its war with hamas. it's intensified its bombing of gaza, despite the international court ofjustice ruling on friday that israel must do everything possible to prevent genocide there. here's our middle east correspondent mark lowen. 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, you know, 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." well, a hamas official has called for a transparent investigation into israel's accusation. bassem naim, a member of the political arm, spoke to the bbc�*s newshour programme, and denounced unrwa's decision to dismiss some of its employees based on israeli allegations. it is not the rule of unrwa to defend the israeli policies, and considering our right

as palestinians in general to defend themselves against the operation which is guaranteed by the international law in clear words, to consider it as a terrorism or so. chris gunness is a former chief spokesperson for unrwa, and now director of the myanmar accountability project. he gave me his reaction to the situation. unrwa has a zero—tolerance policy towards these kinds of violations of its neutrality. it always investigates credible reports of this. this has clearly happened, and what better evidence of unrwa's commitment to that zero—tolerance policy than the fact that even before the investigation was finished, commissioner general, the executive, the chief executive of unrwa, philippe lazzarini, has dismissed these people? i think that's clear evidence of a zero—tolerance policy and unrwa needs to report that back to its donors. 0n the defunding, i have to say it's very sad, because the donors have said repeatedly

when i was at unrwa and since that unrwa's work is life—saving. it is said that unrwa contributes through its human development and humanitarian work to the stability of the middle east. so it's very sad to be seeing those same donors withdrawing their funds to these life—saving and regionally stabilising services. and to say, before i finish this answer, it may be that with 15,000 staff, there are some bad apples among unrwa staff. they're working in an extremely complex and polarised environment. but, you know, let us not lose sight of the fact that even though there may be some bad apples, there are thousands and thousands of workers in unrwa who are committed absolutely and robustly to their humanitarian mandate. that may be the case, chris, but these are very serious accusations. accusations that these members of staff were involved in the 7th of october attacks.

it is. it is very serious indeed and unrwa is taking this very seriously. can i say that when i was the unrwa spokesperson, particularly in the 2014 war, israel and israeli spokespeople, both civilian and military, made the most extraordinary allegations against unrwa, many of which turned out to be utterly baseless. when the israelis attacked our schools on the 2014 war, they said that there were militants in our schools. that was investigated — that was shown to be complete nonsense. we had allegations that unrwa was hiding rockets components in its schools and was colluding with hamas terrorists. we investigated immediately. in fact, it was unrwa that found the rocket parts in its schools, immediately reported to all our major donors and the israelis condemned it. what did we get in reply in response from the israelis?

we got further accusations, in spite of having done all this, that we were colluding with terrorists. so there is a long history of these allegations being made by israel, its spokespeople, even at the level of the prime minister's office, and its friends in various organisations. in the large number of cases — and i've not seen the evidence and i'm not saying this is the case here. but i think we have to be very clear there is a history to these allegations and when they are shown to be well—founded, unrwa will investigate and always take disciplinary action up to and including dismissal — which, by the way, in gaza, means the staff member and their family falls below the poverty line several countries have been pulling funding, including the uk. 0ur political correspondent harry farley has been closely following the developments. i've been speaking to sources in the foreign office in the last hour or so, and they tell me the uk

has committed 60 million so far to the humanitarian situation in gaza. that has not all been paid. that goes out in tranches, in different instalments. the next instalment is due in april and what the foreign office ares saying is they are pausing that future funding, so the future instalments of that money that the uk government has committed, they are pausing that until this investigation is concluded. a foreign office spokesman said that the uk is appalled by these allegations against unrwa staff, that they were involved in the attack on the 7th of october, a heinous act of terrorism that the government has repeatedly condemned. that's the foreign office statement this afternoon. and what more do we know, harry, about the background in terms of how long the uk government's been funding unrwa and what the relationship is? well, unrwa is the main united nations body that works with palestinians in gaza. it is also the main body that the uk sends funds to if it wants to get funding to the palestinians in gaza. and, as mark was saying, you know, israel has long accused different branches of the united nations,

including unrwa, of bias and even anti—semitism and it is obviously saying that this proves that narrative. unrwa, from their point of view, maintain that they are doing vital work to ease the humanitarian situation in gaza and say they're one of the only organisations who are still working there. do we know any more about this investigation, then? what we understand is that israel handed evidence to unrwa that some of its staff were involved in the 7th of october attacks. unrwa themselves say that they are looking into it, they have launched an investigation and have sacked those members of staff in the meantime. and, of course, just briefly, harry, this comes as the uk is nowjoining the us, australia, italy and canada when it comes to suspending funding to unrwa? yes, that's right. it's a growing coalition of countries. the us state department said it was extremely troubled by the allegations, and as you say, australia, italy and canada alsojoining in, those countries suspending future funding to unrwa.

harry farley there. live now to jasmine el—gamal who is a political analyst and former middle east adviser at the pentagon. she served under three secretaries of defence. welcome to bbc news, jasmine. what is your reaction to the fact that funding has been pulled by a number of countries including the united states? it is incredibl including the united states? it 3 incredibly disturbing to me to hear this news. 0bviously, incredibly disturbing to me to hear this news. obviously, the allegations are extremely serious and should be taken extremely seriously and unrwa is doing just that. as we heard from your correspondence, they have fired the 12 employees accused of these allegations, pending an investigation. now, we have to wonder, what is the point of stopping assistance to our future funding to an organisation that provides life—saving support to

palestinians at this really critical time? you have basically almost 2 million people in gaza, 93% of the population is facing crisis levels of hunger in the dead of winter. you have 1.9 million gazans who seek refuge in unrwa shelters and this is the moment when all of these countries decide to pull the funding instead ofjust letting the investigation go on, the employees are out and the assistance education social services, are out and the assistance education socialservices, health are out and the assistance education social services, health services continue to be provided to gazans? it is incredibly disturbing. jasmine, i put this to you, i put this to a former unrwa spokesman as well, the allegations are incredibly serious that israel has levelled against the organisation. it is saying that many of its employees are hamas affiliates with murderous ideologies and saying that unrwa

effectively serves as a civilian arm of hamas in gaza. i mean, those are incredibly serious charges that are levelled against the organisation. right, | levelled against the organisation. right, i mean, iwant to be levelled against the organisation. right, i mean, i want to be careful about passing two different things you just said. you have these concrete allegations that the israelis provided that at least 12 members of unrwa, that action was taken by unrwa, the people were fired and the investigations are ongoing. now, when you go to the other thing you said about israeli accusations of unrwa being an entire arm of hamas, i mean, that doesn't really in my mind fit quite as an allegation. i mean, that is really almost preposterous to say that 13,000 people working, providing life—saving assistance to people in gaza are an arm of hamas. i mean, where's the credibility when it comes to that? and of course, we have seen over the three months, tonnes of statements that have come out of israeli officials on twitter,

in front of the podium that really have very little to do with the reality we are living in. so i would just be very cautious about mixing those two things up. there is one critical, tangible allegation said and then there is this other stuff that doesn't really make sense in my mind. , . , that doesn't really make sense in my mind. g . , ., ~ that doesn't really make sense in my mind. g.” ., ~ _, , mind. 0k, jasmine, thank you very much for sharing _ mind. 0k, jasmine, thank you very much for sharing your _ mind. 0k, jasmine, thank you very much for sharing your thoughts - mind. 0k, jasmine, thank you very much for sharing your thoughts on | much for sharing your thoughts on this story. inside gaza, israel is pressing ahead with its military operation with tanks advancing into khan younis, in southern gaza, where thousands of people have been forced to flee. gaza's health ministry says 174 palestinians have been killed in israeli strikes in the past 24 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. mark lowen has further details. 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 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. mark lowen there. we have some breaking news for you... a major incident has been declared in liverpool, after fears a building could collapse following a huge fire in the city centre. more than 50 firefighters

from the merseyside fire some pictures coming into the newsroom there, you can see the extent of the blaze in those shots. just look at that smoke as well, it is billowing into the air. more than 50 firefighters from the merseyside fire and rescue service were called to the blaze shortly after 2pm and are evacuating nearby buildings. they say there are no reports of casualties. nearby residents and businesses should close windows and doors. we will have more on that story as we get it. the us government has approved the sale of 40 new f—16 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 deal. the sale had become contingent on turkey dropping its objections to sweden joining the alliance. f—16s are the same jets

that ukrainian pilots are being trained on. the us has asked china to use its influence to get iran to rein in its support for houthis attacks on shipping in the red sea. the attacks put beijing's commercial interests at risk, as a significant amount of chinese goods bound for the west pass through the red sea and egypt's suez canal. firefighters have now put out a fire on board the latest vessel to be attacked. an oil tanker with links to the uk was hit by a houthi missile on friday, off the coast of yemen. these pictures show that fire on board the marlin luanda. the houthis said it was targeted in response to what they called "american—british aggression". the operator of the ship, trafigura, paid tribute to the bravery of the captain and crew and thanked the indian, us and french navies for their help. in a statement the company said, "we are pleased to confirm that all crew on board the marlin luanda are safe and the fire in the cargo tank has been fully extinguished.

the vessel is now sailing towards a safe harbour. the crew continues to monitor the vessel and cargo closely." this latest incident follows us and uk air strikes on houthi targets in response to attacks on ships in the red sea region — one of the world's busiest shipping lanes. the uk government says it reserves the right to respond appropriately. the defence secretary grant shapps said "this intolerable and illegal attack on maritime shipping is the latest on innocent people and global trade. it is our duty to protect freedom of navigation in the red sea and we remain as committed to that cause as ever." 0ur diplomatic correspondent paul adams reports. this is the marlin luanda, carrying russian oil from greece to singapore — the latest houthi target. 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's 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 doesn't 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, so a geographical extension, and also with the type of weapons. the missile used yesterday was a ballistic missile, and the houthis started their attacks in the red sea using drones, so we're seeing a technological expansion and a geographical extension. the houthis are using the attacks to bolster support at home, orchestrating huge rallies on the streets of the capital, sanaa, relishing this confrontation with the west — something they've thought about and planned for for years. they're being helped by iran. when us navy seals seized a dhow

off the coast of somalia earlier this month, they found parts of ballistic and anti—ship cruise missiles. diplomats say weapons are also being smuggled through 0man. the marlin luanda is operated by a uk—registered company. here, a government spokesman said britain and its allies reserve the right to respond. paul adams, bbc news. the united states has warned it could restore sanctions against venezuela, after a top court there upheld a ban preventing opposition presidential candidate maria corina machado from holding office. ms machado's disqualification upends the opposition�*s plans for elections due this year. the us state department called the ruling �*deeply concerning'. it was made hours after three of her allies were arrested on accusations of being linked to a conspiracy against the government. donald trump says he'll appeal

against a court order to pay $83 million in damages to a woman he defamed. ejean carroll said the former us president destroyed her reputation when he said she'd lied about him sexually assaulting her in the 1990s. a jury in a previous civil fraud trial found ms carroll was sexually abused by trump back then. she said the ruling was a "great victory for every woman". mr trump said he'll appeal. 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. this 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.

afterwards, 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 ridiculous jury and i just 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. vince mcmahon, the co—founder of world wrestling entertainment, has stepped down from the organisation's parent company, after being accused of sexual misconduct and sex trafficking. he has denied the allegations. reporter sofia bettiza has more on the background that led to his resignation.

so, who is vince mcmahon? well, he is an icon in the world of wrestling. he is the co—founder of wwe, which is the biggest wrestling company in the world. this is what it looks like. commentator: if the queen lands this, it could be over. _ moonsault! leg and all! 450! for the championship! oh, my goodness! and that is vince mcmahon getting a start at the hollywood walk of fame. star at the hollywood walk of fame. he transformed wwe from a small regional operation into a global phenomenon. the country now... you know, they broadcast in more than 180 countries and in 33 languages. and the company is worth hundreds of millions of dollars. so, what kinds of allegations are being made against the boss

of such a hugely successful company? well, janel grant, a former employee of wwe, filed a lawsuit against him. she claims that he trafficked her to his friends as a sexual pawn to entice world—famous wrestling talent. now, according to the lawsuit, the two of them met in 2019 when miss grant was going through a very difficult time. both of her parents had recently died, she was unemployed and struggling financially. she got a job at wwe, but in return, she says, mr mcmahon expected to have a sexual relationship with her. the lawsuit states that he subjected her to acts of extreme cruelty and degradation. and it also says that she felt she was in an impossible situation. she... you know, either submitting to mr mcmahon's sexual demands orfacing ruin, so she felt trapped.

now, what did vince mcmahon have to say about all of this? well, he strenuously denies the allegations. he released a statement on friday saying that the lawsuit is replete with lies, obscene, made up instances that never occurred, and that it is a vindictive distortion of the truth. now, miss grant's lawyer says that the reason behind the lawsuit is to hold wwe to account for trying to sweep the whole thing under the carpet, and that she hopes this will prevent other women from going through the same thing. sophie a bit tipsy of their ending this half hourfor us. we will sophie a bit tipsy of their ending this half hour for us. we will have plenty more on all of the stories we have covered on the bbc news website. i will be back after a short break so stay with us. hello.

temperatures have been a little bit higher today, but we have seen more cloud around, particularly across more western parts of the uk. a lot of the cloud is still quite thin, high cloud, mind you. and if you have a look at the satellite picture, you can see all that cloud that's been coming in from the atlantic to the south of our weather front that's been hanging around in the north and north—west of scotland, bringing some outbreaks of rain. but through the night, as we see a southerly wind picking up, we're going to blow that rain band out of the way. it still could be quite cloudy in northern ireland and scotland, bit of dampness in the air now and again. rather more variable cloud across england and wales. and last night it got to minus three at exeter airport. lowest temperatures will be across eastern parts of england where we have clearer skies and there could be a touch of ground frost first thing on sunday morning. but with that wind picking up on sunday, we should see temperatures continuing to rise and most places will have a dry day again. some sunshine at times, a bit more cloud in the south west of england, maybe moving into the midlands and ahead of our rain band approaching northern ireland and heading into the north—west of scotland, it's going to be windy

with some gales in the north—west, some quite lively winds developing through the irish sea as well. but it is a southerly wind and that's why temperatures are continuing to rise. it's going to be a milder day on sunday, it could make 14 degrees in north wales and the moray firth. now those southerly winds are coming from a long way south and they could actually pick up some saharan dust, which will get blown in towards the uk just ahead of that weather front there, which will bring some wet weather. and we've got a bit more rain pushing towards england and wales. could turn quite heavy rain over the hills of wales, across northern england. and in the southern uplands, we're likely to find some snow falling as things get colder in scotland and northern ireland. but for the midlands, many parts of eastern england it may well be dry and we're in milder air here, so temperatures are likely to reach 14 or 15 degrees. that milder air, though, will get pushed away overnight as these weather fronts move their way eastwards. could bring some snow to other higher parts of eastern scotland before that low pressure is out of the way and all the wet

weather is out of the way, leaving cloud for england and wales, sunshine across scotland and northern ireland. that'll push a bit further south through the day. it will introduce cooler air, mind you, so we've got eight in glasgow. could make 12 in the south—east.

live from london. this is bbc news. the ukjoins a list

of countries to suspend funding for a un agency in gaza, after israel accuses some staff of involvement in the 7th of october attack. unrwa has announced it has sacked a number of staff and is investigating the accusations. a fire is extinguished on a british—linked oil tanker hit by a houthi missile off the coast of yemen. the us is urging china to help rain in iran's support rein in iran's support for the houthi attacks. 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. and a huge fa cup shock — as sixth—tier side maidstone united knock—out championship team ipswich town. hello, i'm rajini vaidyanathan.

we will go into depth with more of those headlines in a short moment, but let's quickly get an update with the latest sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's lizzy greenwood. we're starting with football and a big upset in the fa cup this weekend, as the lowest ranked side left in the competition — non—league maidstone united have knocked—out the in—form championship side — ipswich town in the fourth round. maidstone are 98 places and four divisions below ipswich in the english football pyramid, but they managed a 2—1 win at portman road. it's a day their supporters will never forget. they did need a few heroics from their brazilian goalkeeper lucas covolan and they had to see out eight minutes of added time. but they held on for a famous win, much to the delight of their manager george elokobi. this one binds us from life now. in the last round we are tied, the maidstone united football club,

the maidstone united community, our supporters richly deserve this. we are tied for life, we had bound flight. and my community back in cameroon, my town and my college, saintjosephs college, i hope i am doing you all in the entire country proud. in the day's other fa cup matches, luton town are through to the fifth round after a 96th minute goal helped them beat everton 2—1. another all premier league tie left brighton 5—2 winners at sheffield united including a joao pedro hat—trick. leicester were comfortable 3—0 winners over birmingham city, while leeds will have to replay against plymouth and the late game is fulham v newcastle. the africa cup of nations has reached the last 16 stage in the ivory coast and angola are in action against namibia, where its currently goalless but angola had their goal—keeper sent off.

they have to play half of the match with ten players and not their first choice goalkeeper. later nigeria play cameroon, nigeria are through despite only scoring once in their three matches so far, while cameroon needed to win their final group match against gambia to reach the knock—out stages. 0nto tennis and aryna sabalenka has won the australian open women's singles title for the second year in a row. the number two seed belarussion comfortably beat china's zhung chinwen — who was playing in herfirst grand slam final — in straight sets. 0ur correspondent russell fuller was watching. the whole fortnight she has been very impressive end underlined very impressive and underlined why many people think she is the favourite. not that easy thing to do, defending a grand slam title for the first time to do so without dropping a set. in this final she made a fast start, probably zheng qinwen having not paid any top 50 opponents to get the final was a little bit taken aback and took a little bit of time to get used to the pace

of aryna sabalenka's bowl. after the break, zheng qinwen said three double faults in her opening service game and second she felt the writing was on the wall and there wasn't too much on the way ofjeopardy. it always felt as if aryna sabalenka was in control of the final. there was an extraordinary third day to the opening test between india and england. just when it looked like india had it in the bag — 0llie pope staged a one man rescue act, to keep england in the game in hyderabad. with wickets falling all around him and the tourists in deep trouble, pope's epic 148 not out is being hailed as the best overseas century in indian test history. england will start day four 126 runs ahead on 316—6 for their second innings. the way they played today, honestly, it's an absolute masterclass on how to bat in these conditions is an overseas player, as an overseas player,

someone that is not exposed to these surfaces day in, day out, to come off the back of the save is an injury day out, to come off the back of a serious injury like he had in summer, have that amount of time out of the game and then put together i'm speechless. honestly, it's one of the best knocks that i've ever seen. and that's all the sport for now. some breaking news that is common to us, and that is the chairman of the post office, henry staunton has stood down from his role as chair of the post office here in the uk, following a phone call with the business and trade secretary kemi badenoch. he had only been in the job a couple of years, he was appointed in december 2022, so less than two years, and before hejoined the post office he had extensive experience being on the board of

companies ranging from itv to wh smith. this comes as a huge focus on the post office after those failings that were exposed in the horizon it software which led to many sub postmasters across the united kingdom being wrongly prosecuted, many are still chasing compensation. and have for years been trying to clear their names. now, and have for years been trying to cleartheir names. now, in and have for years been trying to clear their names. now, in a statement, the business department spokesperson said in a phone call earlier today, the secretary of state for business and trade and henry staunton, chair of post office limited (pol), agreed to part ways with mutual consent. an interim will be appointed shortly and a recruitment process for a new chair will be launched in due course, in accordance for a new chair will be launched in due course. whoever takes the over hat will have a big job on their hands, as it

continues to reveal some of the ongoing structural problems that led to so many of those sub postmasters facing many years of difficulties and some of course even spent time in prison. we'll have more on that story a little later. skincare is big business, but there is growing concern among dermatologists about children as young as eight using anti—ageing products intended for adults. they often contain active ingredients such as exfoliating acids, and social media has helped make them increasingly popular with children. annabel rackham reports. eight—year—old sadie says she first came across videos of influencers doing skincare routines a couple of months ago. she saw products being advertised on tiktok and youtube shorts and asked family members to buy them for her as presents. what is it that you love about skincare? mostly about the packaging because i like all the colours on it and like the labels. how does it...how does it all get

laid out? what do you do? ijust do, like, the biggest to the smallest. so, like washing my face. that's the biggest thing. and then like lip balm, that's the smallest thing. and then this is the... but skin specialists say they're worried about what ingredients are in some of the products that are most popular with children. why have you stopped using some of the products? well, it's because i'm a bit young and i know that my face is a bit young and sometimes it hurts. how does it hurt? like, stinging. beauty stores across the country stock these products. there's no age limit on buying them and they're freely available on shelves. but with many parents going in to buy them on behalf of their children, it's hard to get the message across that they are not suitable for them. some of the most popular products with children contain anti—ageing ingredients such as exfoliating

acids and retinol. we met with a dermatologist to learn more about the effects these may have on young skin. anything that's cosmetic will have to have pretty low levels of anything active. so that's the first thing to say. these are anti—ageing products. they are exfoliating acids. they may be suitable for older skin and they're not suitable for children and young people who do not need to use anti—aging products, they can cause irritation to the skin, whatever age you are. but clearly for younger skin, for people with eczema prone skin, these can be potentially dangerous or problematic. one of the most popular brands with young people, drunk elephant, has released a statement advising kids and tweens to stay away from their most potent products that include acids and retinols. a lot of the policing is falling on parents like sadie's mum, who are having to educate themselves on what these products contain. so stopped the tiktok part because that's easy to police because you shouldn't be on it under 13 anyway. in a lot of the videos is sort of hidden things of the products rather than it

being displaying it. so it's very cleverly done so that children are seeing it but not even thinking they're seeing it. and it's in everything that is on there. every video now that she watches has got some kind of skincare product in it. sadie's is my youngest child and she's eight. i didn't think i'd have to worry about her doing skincare and policing skincare at this age. you know, i feel like they grow up so quickly anyway, and it feels like her childhood has now been taken away and she's all of a sudden a teenager, looking at skincare when she doesn't have to. lucy, like many other parents, is hoping that retailers and brands do more to stop products that aren't designed for children from getting into the wrong hands. annabel rackham, bbc news. i am joined now by alexis androulakis. product development executive & viral beauty industry educator. she is a hugely influential person in the beauty industry, was recently

voted amongst the top 25 us beauty influencers, also a makeup artist and a beauty product developer. quite the introduction, alexis. now, this is a serious story of course, and when you watch that report, the question is who should be held accountable? should be influencers that post these videos on social media, is that the parents who allow these creams and products to get into the children's hands, or is it the people making these creams in the people making these creams in the first place and selling them without age restrictions on them? hi without age restrictions on them? f! there, yes. it's great to be here, first of all, this is such an important topic, i'm so glad it's getting the attention it deserves. i believe it's a collective consciousness effort because it all begins with the brands reproducing the products, or producing what i like to call sexy packaging which is alluring these children, but

influencers do have responsibility. both my wife and i, who has a doctorate in education, taken very seriously in terms of the platform we have in the messaging we need to deliver. we are literally breaking down for people why products are doing what they say. if there is an antiaging claim, yes, it's likely there is retinal in a product. so if you explain to these youngsters or even just to everyone at large so the parents and the grandmothers and all the folks who are with this young demographic who's really engaged with the product, why these products include these ingredients and what they are designed to do, i think we are going to be met with a lot less resistance. and replace the allure of what they want with something that would be good for them. �* , . r' something that would be good for them. �* , ., ,, something that would be good for them. �* , ., i. , them. alexis, let me ask you this. we had a dermatologist _ them. alexis, let me ask you this. we had a dermatologist on - them. alexis, let me ask you this. we had a dermatologist on aboutl them. alexis, let me ask you this. i we had a dermatologist on about this story about an hour ago or so, and she squarely blames social media and influencers for this. what would you say to her, because in the end children watching these videos on

social media, seeing these products and then saying, well i want to try that. are you blame parents then for letting their kids watch the stuff? i'm not necessarily, absolutely as someone who has this large platform with my partner as i mentioned, it's the response ability of all of us to be educating, and we don't necessarily all of us that are influencers have the ability to do so. i've been in the industry for almost 20 years, so it's a personal mission and it's also a professional one now. however, it would be as if inviting them to not consider anything in regard to the fact that there are some positives coming from them watching this style of content, they are at a time they've seen these products more than they ever have before, but i watched my mother put makeup on and skincare on every day and i equally had intrigue at age 11 and used it to force her to buy things that the lancome counter or at the drugstore. if we were to

say that this in has never existed, i would say that quite frankly, drunk allison just didn't exist when my self was older, was a ten—year—old, headed existed and i was walking around in the store with my mother would have wanted it, which brings us to the kind of, if you will, the responsibility, dare i say of the brands to educate the influencers in a very, in a deeper way, and for all of us collectively to bring the education. because of the end of the day, we do want the younger generations to be cleansing their skin, younger generations to be cleansing theirskin, moisturising it younger generations to be cleansing their skin, moisturising it if they need it, and more importantly wearing sunscreen which starts with the curiosity that they've birthed. alexis, thank you very much for sharing your thoughts on that. countries across the world are marking holocaust memorial day today. here in the uk, major landmarks will be lit up in purple in commemoration. people are being encouraged to light

a candle in a window to signal their opposition to hatred and prejudice. live now to 89—year—old steven frank who as a nine—year—old was sent with his family to the terezin concentration camp in what was then czechoslovakia. thank you very much forjoining us here on bbc news, stephen, and for agreeing to share your story. we'll try to get in as much as we can in the next few minutes. butjust tell us what you can remember of that time. it us what you can remember of that time. . , , us what you can remember of that time. ., , , , . time. it was very restrictive. life in holland _ time. it was very restrictive. life in holland before _ time. it was very restrictive. life in holland before the _ time. it was very restrictive. life in holland before the war- time. it was very restrictive. life in holland before the war was i time. it was very restrictive. life i in holland before the war was free and easy and happy with the family, and easy and happy with the family, and suddenly we were sort of herded into these camps, czechoslovakia was the third one i was in. we were in close, it was overcrowded, there was disease everywhere, hunger was everywhere. and you just played among your peers as best you can add

onejust kept going. i think probably as a child, i wasn't as worried about what the future may lay, that was more the adults who wondered if tomorrow we were all going to be killed, i think as children you just think of the present, and you think, well, i'm all right today, let tomorrow look after itself. and i think we very much were like that, but that feeling of hunger, you always got that pain inside your stomach. and. that pain inside your stomach. and, stephen. at — that pain inside your stomach. and, stephen, at what _ that pain inside your stomach. and, stephen, at what point _ that pain inside your stomach. and, stephen, at what point did you realise that your family had been taken to a concentration camp? 0r taken to a concentration camp? or was it only after, you said you were quite young, that it was explained to you that what really happened? i knew from the very beginning we were taken off to a concentration camp, we got orders to report to the station to go to the first camp. and i knew that was a concentration camp, but that was it, it was a castle, so it wasn't what i would've called a concentration camp, what we knew we were going to a place that

was not home where we lived there with other people and we were imprisoned, if you like. find with other people and we were imprisoned, if you like. and what other memories _ imprisoned, if you like. and what other memories do _ imprisoned, if you like. and what other memories do you _ imprisoned, if you like. and what other memories do you have? i imprisoned, if you like. and what| other memories do you have? it's impossible to kind of apprehend what it must have been like to be in a situation like that.— situation like that. well, i think the worst thing _ situation like that. well, i think the worst thing that _ situation like that. well, i think the worst thing that i _ situation like that. well, i think the worst thing that i can - situation like that. well, i think- the worst thing that i can remember was when we were transferred to the second camp i was in, in september 1944. we went in a cattle truck. it was 39 hours in a cattle truck, no sleep, no food, no water, and a stench that built up in this cattle truck of faeces, of you're in, of people vomiting, you know, the oxygen levels within the cattle truck were dropping. luckily in our cattle truck we had four tiny little slit windows in the corners, so we would scramble up on the luggage that had been packed into the corners to get some air because the adults were taking it away from us.

and then suddenly the train stopped, it was dark, and the cattle truck door was slid open, i couldn't remember so clearly this waft of ice cold air that came into the cattle truck, and suddenly you could breathe again. it's a good light if you throw a bunch of keys into a swimming pool and say to your friend go down and get it, he wants to come to the surface as quickly as you possibly can in order to breathe again. it's a bit like that, but in ultra—slow motion. and then we arrived at this strange place. and. arrived at this strange place. and, stehen, arrived at this strange place. and, stephen. why _ arrived at this strange place. and, stephen, why have _ arrived at this strange place. and, stephen, why have you _ arrived at this strange place. and, stephen, why have you decided to share your experiences as part of the memorials and memorial day for the memorials and memorial day for the holocaust, for a lot of people it's quite traumatic, isn't it, to share these stories? why have you felt that it is so important to speak out? i felt that it is so important to speak out?— felt that it is so important to seakout? . ,, speak out? i was incredibly lucky, the statistics _ speak out? i was incredibly lucky, the statistics seem _ speak out? i was incredibly lucky, the statistics seem to _ speak out? i was incredibly lucky, the statistics seem to show- speak out? i was incredibly lucky, the statistics seem to show that l speak out? i was incredibly lucky, | the statistics seem to show that of the statistics seem to show that of the 15,000 children that went there,

about 100 of us supplied, i wonder why on earth me? why did i survive? then i came to england and i grew up here and had a very happy life here and i got married here and i enjoyed my life here. when i retired, i said well it's time i put something back into society, the british society gave me a life to live and now i need to put something back. this was just a time when the holocaust came onto the national curriculum and they were looking for survivors to give a talk, so that's when i started. it became sort of a mission, a payback if you like, of having had the very good carefree life in this country who welcomed me here. forwhich life in this country who welcomed me here. for which i am ever so grateful. here. for which i am ever so grateful-— here. for which i am ever so grateful. here. for which i am ever so crateful. ,, , ., ~ , ., here. for which i am ever so crateful. ,, , ., ~ . grateful. stephen, thank you so much for sharin: grateful. stephen, thank you so much for sharing your _ grateful. stephen, thank you so much for sharing your stories _ grateful. stephen, thank you so much for sharing your stories today. - grateful. stephen, thank you so much for sharing your stories today. and . for sharing your stories today. and thank you very much for opening up in the way that you did.— in the way that you did. thank you very much — in the way that you did. thank you very much indeed. _ queen camilla has left a london clinic after visiting king charles.

he will remain in hospital for a second night following srugery for an enlarged prostate. he's been at the london clinic private hospital since friday, the same hospital where catherine, princess of wales, had surgery last week. live now to our reporter charlie rose, who's outside the hospital in central london. charlie, what more can you tell us? well as you say, this is day two of the kings stay in hospital here at the kings stay in hospital here at the london clinic after undergoing treatment for an enlarged prostate. his wife, queen camilla, has been visiting him over the last couple of days, three we think, the latest visit took place this afternoon. yesterday she told reporters her husband was doing well after the procedure. now she, she also may have been visiting catherine, princess of wales, who is also being looked after here. she's had abdominal surgery, looked after here. she's had abdominalsurgery, it's looked after here. she's had abdominal surgery, it's her 12th day here and not expected to resume

official public engagements until after easter when she feels much better and has fully recovered. now, we have had a statement from buckingham palace regarding the king, saying his majesty would like to thank all those that sent they are good wishes over the last few weeks, and is delighted to learn his diagnosis is having a positive impact on public health. apparently his majesty wanted to wait raise awareness and that's exactly what's happened because the nhs says that it's seen a surge in the number of men going to its website seeking help and advice and information on enlarged prostate's. now, the latest information here is that king charles is expected to spend the rest of the night here at hospital and tomorrow, too. perhaps. but when we may have another visit from queen

camilla. ., .,, , camilla. charlie rose with the very latest from — camilla. charlie rose with the very latest from outside _ camilla. charlie rose with the very latest from outside the _ camilla. charlie rose with the very latest from outside the hospital, i latest from outside the hospital, thank you very much. now, a very big spoiler alert here — if you've been watching the traitors on bbc and haven't seen the final yet, look away now. we're going to be hearing from the finalists of the show in the next minute or so. it was another nail biting ending to the second series. final spoiler warning now, because here is a little reminder of how friday's episode reached its dramatic conclusion. i'm a faithful. dramatic music. harry, please reveal... are you a faithful or are you a traitor? iam... and since the start... been a traitor. 0h!

oh, my god. so, that was the moment traitor harry revealed that he'd been deceiving mollie, and the rest of the players, since day one — and won just over £95,000. harry, mollie and third finalist jaz, who had worked out harry was a traitor, were on bbc breakfast this morning with rachel burden and charlie staydt, and were asked what their experiences were like. i mean, it was emotional, right? yeah, yeah, it was really intense, wasn't it? - yeah. | i think, cos obviously it happenedj quite a long time ago for us, so... we've kind of had time to process it, haven't we? process it, yeah, exactly, 100%. just reliving that - whole thing's been... it was overwhelming _ but incredible at the same time. yeah. just a flood of emotions, wasn't it? yeah. it was like... it was just like a wave, like, where it was just up and down, all day, sort of... we were happy together then we were crying together, then it was, like, awkward, then it was like, everyone's happy for each other again. yeah. so it's just been absolutely mental.

yeah, i can imagine. now, mollie, the thing i really want to know is, when was the first time that you saw harry again after that revelation and what was that first conversation like? we saw each other pretty soon after and he promised me a holiday so i'm pretty happy with that! but, no, we are fine. i mean, it was a game, at the end of the day, we all signed up for it, you know, you go in there with a chance of getting hurt so, yeah, no, it's all good vibes here, right? yeah, which is amazing... i was really rooting for you, though, mollie, because, and you will know this now from watching it back, he would be saying things like, "oh, i can really convince mollie, she'll believe anything i'll say," and i saw a glimpse at the end there that you were beginning to doubt him but you just couldn't quite bring yourself to vote for him. yeah, i think your emotions are so heightened. and when you've trusted someone for that amount of time, to change and switch up on someone from just one comment at the end of the game... i don't know, itjust felt wrong to me. and obviously me and jaz, like,

i'd had some suspicion with you, looking back, which was crazy! but, yeah, no, it's a crazy game. and before we go, let's leave you with these life pictures coming to us from auschwitz. major landmarks around the world are being lit up to mark holocaust memorial day and this is a memorial at auschwitz which is happening at the moment. you're watching bbc news. hello. temperatures have been a little bit higher today, but we have seen more cloud around, particularly across more western parts of the uk. a lot of the cloud is still quite thin, high cloud, mind you. and if you have a look at the satellite picture, you can see all that cloud that's been coming in from the atlantic to the south of our weather front that's been hanging around in the north and north—west of scotland, bringing

some outbreaks of rain. but through the night, as we see a southerly wind picking up, we're going to blow that rain band out of the way. it still could be quite cloudy in northern ireland and scotland, bit of dampness in the air now and again. rather more variable cloud across england and wales. and last night it got to minus three at exeter airport. lowest temperatures will be across eastern parts of england where we have clearer skies and there could be a touch of ground frost first thing on sunday morning. but with that wind picking up on sunday, we should see temperatures continuing to rise and most places will have a dry day again. some sunshine at times, a bit more cloud in the south west of england, maybe moving into the midlands and ahead of our rain band approaching northern ireland and heading into the north—west of scotland, it's going to be windy with some gales in the north—west, some quite lively winds developing through the irish sea as well. but it is a southerly wind and that's why temperatures are continuing to rise. it's going to be a milder day on sunday, it could make 14 degrees in north wales and the moray firth. now those southerly winds are coming from a long way south and they could actually pick up some

saharan dust, which will get blown in towards the uk just ahead of that weather front there, which will bring some wet weather. and we've got a bit more rain pushing towards england and wales. could turn quite heavy rain over the hills of wales, across northern england. and in the southern uplands, we're likely to find some snow falling as things get colder in scotland and northern ireland. but for the midlands, many parts of eastern england it may well be dry and we're in milder air here, so temperatures are likely to reach 14 or 15 degrees. that milder air, though, will get pushed away overnight as these weather fronts move their way eastwards. could bring some snow to other higher parts of eastern scotland before that low pressure is out of the way and all the wet weather is out of the way, leaving cloud for england and wales, sunshine across scotland and northern ireland. that'll push a bit further south through the day. it will introduce cooler air, mind you, so we've got eight in glasgow. could make 12 in the south—east.

live from london. this is bbc news. the uk joins the list of countries to suspend funding for the un agency for palestinian refugees after israel accuses some of its staff of being involved in the 7th of october attacks. a former spokesperson has defended the agency. let us not lose sight of the fact that even though there may be some bad apples,

there are thousands and thousands of workers in unrwa who are committed absolutely and robustly to their humanitarian mandate. a fire is extinguished on a british—linked oil tanker hit by a houthi missile. the us is urging china to help rein in iran's support for the houthi attacks. donald trump says he'll appeal against a court order to pay $83 million in damages to a woman he defamed. and the owner ofjohn lewis and waitrose is considering cutting up to 11,000 staffjobs in the next five years — as part of a plan to improve efficiency. hello i'm nicky schiller. welcome to bbc news. the uk hasjoined the us and several other countries in pausing funding for the un agency for palestinians, unrwa. it follows the sacking of several of unrwa's staff for alleged

involvement in the 7 october hamas attacks against israel.