and king charles is visited by queen camilla as he spends a second night in hospital following treatment for his prostate. hello and welcome. i'm catherine byaruhanga. the united nations�* chief has vowed to hold to account any un employee involved in acts of terror, after israel presented evidence that some staff at the un agency working in the palestinian territories were involved in the october 7th hamas attacks on israel. but antonio guterres also appealed to governments to continue supporting unrwa, after nine countries paused theirfunding, including the us and the uk. mr guterres says "the tens of thousands of men

and women who work for unrwa, many in some of the most dangerous situations for humanitarian workers, should not be penalised. the dire needs of the desperate populations they serve must be met." israel has called for the head of unrwa, philippe lazzarini, to resign. we'll look at how these developments could affect the people of gaza in the short and long term, but we begin our coverage with this report from our correspondent injerusalem, mark lowen. crushed from the air. lives, homes, families, and now the very mission set up to help gaza's desperate is taking a hit, too — the un agency for palestinian refugees, or unrwa, firing several employees for alleged involvement in hamas�* assault on israel. a body set up to protect accused of attack. britain and a handful of other countries have now paused theirfunding. the foreign office said

it was appalled by claims of complicity in what it called a heinous act of terrorism. hamas stormed israel on october 7th, killing more than 1,200 people and abducting at least 240. israeli intelligence has reportedly passed on material said to show the participation of unrwa staff and the use of its vehicles and facilities. its government has seized on the allegations, as the world remembers another massacre. translation: it was proven on international holocaust i remembrance day what we've been saying for years, that the unrwa employees are collaborators with the terrorist organisation hamas, and that the un has become not only a place where the existence of the state of israel is delegitimised, but also a place where employees are physically collaborating in the extermination of israel. the un, which has frequently batted away past israeli criticism, says it's horrified by the news, and will ensure any unrwa employee

shown to have participated or abetted what transpired on the 7th of october, or in any other criminal activity, be terminated immediately and referred for potential criminal prosecution. but as israel's offensive intensifies, driving 80% of gazans from their homes, the un plays a vital role there, and, say some, a mission with 30,000 staff shouldn't be tarred by the violations of a few. it certainly looks as if there is cause to be concerned about the actions of some of the members of unrwa, the un relief and works agency, but that does not, and nor should it, impugn the entire agency and all the body of work that they're doing. they have helped save literally thousands of lives in gaza. they do important work. the worst attack in israel's history has left scars here that will last generations.

and with trauma comes rage towards those who aided the aggressors, not the victims. israel has long accused the un of bias, anti—semitism and worse. another foreign minister has called unrwa the civilian arm of hamas and said it should not operate in gaza once the conflict ends. there is real anger here at these very serious allegations. but for a government increasingly under pressure, it's also an opportunity to bolster its argument. mark lowen, bbc news, jerusalem. i asked mark how the cut in funding would affect the humanitarian situation in gaza. unwra is the largest agency in aid distribution now operating in gaza. it is an agency that has been in existence since 1949 providing aid, providing help, providing shelter, providing education to palestinian refugees. it has long had a difficult

relationship with israel, which has, in a sense, seen unworthy the existence of that agency helping palestinian refugees as putting in doubt the very permanence and existence of israel. the fact that unwra works with palestinian refugees and israel says that prevents the refugees from kind of taking routes and settling in in the new in what became the sort of geographical permanence of this region. but now with with with western governments cutting or freezing their funding to anwar, that is obviously a major concern to the agency. i mean, philip lazzarini, the head of ubrwa says that two million people rely on the lifeline and assistance to unrwa and that that assistance

is now about to end. —— to -- to unrwa. for the palestinian people. just to give you an idea of the numbers, i mean, in 2022, the us contributed $340 million to unwra. germany was the second biggest funder with $162 million. so that funding has now been frozen temporarily while the un launches this investigation. this must be serious allegations if you have nine key donor nations now suspending funding for unwra. what do we know about some of the staff involved or accused of helping hamas and how might they have aided hamas? well, the un secretary—general, antonio guterres, says that of the 12, nine have been immediately dismissed. one has died and two

are currently being identified. now, little concrete is known about the actual allegations. but as you heard in my report, israeli intelligence and the israeli military is said to have passed on information that they say shows the active participation of these people in the 7th of october attacks and the use of unwra facilities and vehicles. mark regev, a senior adviser to israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu, told the bbc last week that a released israeli hostage of an unrwa staff member. now, the timing of these allegations will be will be debated. i mean, there will be those who will see israel as raising this at a time when its government is under pressure because of that ruling on friday by the international court ofjustice, the un's top court, that it needs to do all it can to prevent genocide in gaza, that there is growing international pressure on israel to move on mediation and a ceasefire. the israeli government says actually it is the un which released the news of this at a time to try to kind of bury it when the icj ruling was in the headlines. either way, it is obviously the serious, serious allegations that are being treated here. but you know, voices in support of the un say, look, this is a mission that employs 30,000 people in total and a handful of very bad apples should not be

seen to tarnish the entire reputation and the important work that the mission does. diplomatic efforts to free more than 130 hostages still held by hamas are gathering pace. the head of the cia is expected to meet officials from israel, egypt and qatar at an undisclosed location in france in the coming days. they're expected to work towards securing the release of the hostages held in gaza. many western governments consider hamas to be a terrorist organisation. earlier i spoke to gershon baskin, lead negotiator in the release of israeli soldier gilad shalit who was held hostage by hamas for five years. he's also middle east director at the international communities organization. i asked how this round of talks to help reach an agreement. the facts place at their highest level possible people in the high spots of the intelligence community is a very good sign. i think we need

to move away all the background noise. it is all part of the process and psychological warfare. there are 136 israeli hostages in gaza and it is believed less than 100 of them are alive and every day the rn gaza is dangerous. they will eventually reach the rafah border crossing and hamas is under pressure, they want a ceasefire but also want a number of palestinian prisoners to be released by israel. it is a very difficult negotiation but somebody who has taken part in similar negotiations with hamas, what will they be

talking about, what will the strategies be involved as they try to bring about more hostage releases?— to bring about more hostage releases? ., ., ., , releases? you have to recognise israel and _ releases? you have to recognise israel and hamas _ releases? you have to recognise israel and hamas are _ releases? you have to recognise israel and hamas are not - releases? you have to recognise israel and hamas are not talkingi releases? you have to recognise i israel and hamas are not talking to each other and both sides are dedicated to destroying the other. so the negotiations are taking place through the third party mediators, the egyptian intelligence and qatar government. hamas once an end to the war and israeli withdrawal from gaza. it once all the prisoners released from israel and israel wants to get back all the hostages and is not willing to release all the palestinian prisoners in israel so somehow the mediators are going to have to find a middle ground that

will make it work for both sides of the time being. we have to understand from the point of view of history, even if hostages are released there is virtually nothing that prevents it was in the war whenever once a real resting palestinian prisoners. we have heard today —— arresting again. we have heard today hamas threatening to execute hostages. you heard today hamas threatening to execute hostages.— execute hostages. you paint the differin: execute hostages. you paint the differing strategies _ execute hostages. you paint the differing strategies of _ execute hostages. you paint the differing strategies of israel - execute hostages. you paint the differing strategies of israel and | differing strategies of israel and hamas. what could a deal look like at the end of these talks? i hamas. what could a deal look like at the end of these talks?- at the end of these talks? i think if we are looking _ at the end of these talks? i think if we are looking at _ at the end of these talks? i think if we are looking at an _ at the end of these talks? i think if we are looking at an interim i at the end of these talks? i think| if we are looking at an interim are not a final deal to release all the hospitals we are proper talking about the release of those hostages hamas the fines are civilians, the elderly, women and children who might still be alive and could also release all the dead bodies of the hostages in this you would have to

release thousands of palestinian prisoners and have an extended ceasefire for a month or two months or three months and maybe more. that is the kind of deal it is possible to reach at this point. us forces say they have hit an anti—ship missile in a part of yemen controlled by the iranian—backed houthi rebel group. us central command says the missile was aimed into the red sea, and was ready to launch. that strike came after a missile hit a british—linked oil tanker in the gulf of aden on friday — the houthis say they were behind the attack. the fire on board the marlin luanda has now been extinguished, and none of the crew was injured. here in the uk, the business and trade secretary kemi badenoch has said she removed the post office chairman henry staunton because the governance of the post office just wasn't working. an interim chair is expected to be appointed shortly. it comes as the post office is reeling from the fallout

from the horizon scandal, which has been called the biggest miscarriage ofjustice in uk history. with more on this is our political correspondent, harry farley. bring it up—to—date with their comments from the secretary. this comes in response _ comments from the secretary. this comes in response to the public fury at the post office scandal, more than 700 sub—postmasters and mistresses prosecuted because of the faulty horizon software system that made it look as if money was disappearing from post office accounts when it wasn't and many more having to pay out of their own pockets to make up the shortfall is that the horizon error made it look what's happening. there is a keenness on government to be seen to

be proactive in doing something on this and kemi badenoch the business secretary was expelling why she had sacked post office chairman henry staunton who had been imposed just over a year. —— she was explaining. she explained this morning itjust wasn't working. there were various disagreements within the board and when i looked at it, i thought a change of personnel was what was required. i don't want to do hr live on tv, these are human beings we're talking about. it is very difficult to be asked to stand down from a position but i decided that, given all the difficulties the post office is having — it's notjust about horizon, it's about the entire business model, how we make it work —

we needed someone who could chair a board that was able to deal with these things effectively. lots more questions about exactly why the post office chair was removed and what this particular incident or disagreement led to the decision. labour shadow business secretaryjonathan reynolds was secretary jonathan reynolds was asked secretaryjonathan reynolds was asked whether he thought politics was behind it. the scale of the scandal in the post office is so vast, it's absolutely essential the right leadership is in place. the government are going to have to tell us why they made this decision seemingly yesterday. the person who's going wasn't actually there for the scandal so there must be specific reasons why they don't have confidence in that person going on. but i think the public will want to know this is notjust about one person, one chair, being changed but that the overall approach in the entire organisation is going to come to the terms with the scale of this and put it right. in the last few minutes i have spoken to another labour mp, kevin jones, who has been campaigning on this for a number of years and he said he wanted to see the sacking of the post office chair as part of a

wider change in the post office leadership and he wanted to be the start of more of a wholesale change in leadership and i think we can expect to hear more about this decision in the house of commons later this week. and viewers in the uk can see a full interview with business secretary, kemi badenoch, in the next 20 minutes or so here on bbc news. germany's chancellor olaf scholz says he's concerned about the rise of right wing extremists and has called on people to fight racism and anti—semitism as the country marks holocaust memorial day. thousands marched in dusseldorf on saturday — the latest in a series of protests against the far right alternative for germany party. there are reports that two senior members of the party took part in discussions about deporting citizens of foreign origin. jessica parker reports.

in her 805, but undaunted by a crowd, renate speaks at one of the many protests sweeping germany. she survived the holocaust. many of herjewish family did not. translation: it's very impertinent that we dues raise our voice. - -- translation: it's very impotant that we jewish i people raise our voice. the situation in germany has become threatening because of alternative

for deutschland and other far right groups, notjust for us jewish people. these demos were sparked by revelations that senior figures from the alternative for deutschland party met with right—wing extremists where the mass deportation of asylum seekers and so—called non—germans was allegedly discussed. there's a debate about whether to ban the afd or deprive them of state funding — the where do you stand on that? i'm against the ban of afd. i think we have to tackle them in a political way, because if we ban them, i fear that they attract more attention and that more people try to support them. for all these shows of staunch mass resistance against the afd, there is straight uncertainty, even a nervousness about how to tackle the rise of the far right, particularly here in germany's east. a sense of disaffection lingers in the once—communist part of this country where the afd�*s leading the polls ahead of key elections. translation: they never had a chance l to be in power because no-one wantsl to work with them. maybe if they got into power, it would be good for us. the afd, designated by domestic intelligence as extremist in saxony, says it's being smeared by its opponents. what do you think about the fact there are hundreds of thousands of people protesting

against your party, and some people at those demonstrations saying they're scared by what they've heard? translation: we are aware of it, | but we believe that many of these | demonstrators don't know our programme. we are in the absurd situation where people demonstrate with the government against the opposition. that's unheard of. this city chemnitz was once named after karl marx. that was reversed but the monument remains. the father of communism now watching over the rise of the far right. jessica parker, bbc news, in chemnitz. let's check in on the race for the white house now, and the candidates have all been out on the campaign trail. first, with donald trump, who held a rally in las vegas in nevada. the republican caucus is being held there on thursday the eighth of february. mr trump is almost assured of victory, with his last notable republican rival, nikki haley, not competing there. he used his speech to outline his

policies on migration and security and america's border with mexico. you have no choice. within moments of my inauguration, we will begin the largest domestic deportation operation in american history. we have no choice because this is not sustainable. nikki haley, who is mr trump's last remaining republican challenger, spent saturday campaigning in south carolina, the state where she used to be governor. she's been accusing the former president of being confused and has questioned his ability to serve in the white house at the age of 77. because on election night we were super excited. we had moved 25 points in the three weeks leading up to the election. and donald trump was totally unhinged. unhinged.

he was a bit sensitive. and i think his feelings were hurt but he threw a temper tantrum out onstage. seriously threw a total temper tantrum. the polls suggest ms haley remains a long way behind mr trump. also campaigning in south carolina, president biden, who dropped in at a barber shop for this photo opportunity. he lost the state to donald trump, in the 2020 presidential vote, but his speech made it clear he expects to face off with him again in november's vote. you're the reason donald trump is a defeated former president. is a loser, and you're the reason we're going to win and beat him again.

candidates on the us election trail. let 5 get some of the day 5 other news now. for the second time in a matter of days, north korea has fired cruise missiles into the waters off its eastern coast. south korea's military said the latest launch took place near the port of sinpo. it follows a similar test on wednesday, which pyongyang said used a new type of cruise missile that could be capable of carrying nuclear warheads. finland is holding its first presidential election since it joined nato last year. the decision to apply for membership was prompted by the russian invasion of ukraine and all nine candidates in today's vote are promising a tough stance on the kremlin. the authorities in the colombian capital, bogota, have closed dozens of parks and trails as wildfires continue for a sixth day. more than 1,000 members of the emergency services

are tackling the fires at various locations on the outskirts of the city. firefighters in argentina, are also tackling a huge fire in a national park in patagonia. the world's largest cruise ship the icon of the seas has set sailfrom miami in florida on its maiden voyage. it is 365 metres long, has 20 decks, and there is enough room for almost 8,000 passengers onboard. features include a 16m waterfall, six water slides and more than a0 restaurants, bars and venues. the chief engineer of the icon of the seas says the ship is — well — iconic. so obviously the technology

on a new cruise ship keeps involving and we as a company are on a continuous journey with all kind of technology everything from what you see up in the accommodation, what the guest will see from cabin automation in terms of ventilation and the light system that we have onboard all the way down to the technical area and the machinery area where we are, the first big cruise ship in the royal international brand where we have lng as our main fuel source, which is quite exciting for us on on board to take part on that journey with a new technology. the icon of the seas is apparently 24% more energy—efficient than required by the international maritime organization. but environmentalists have criticised the ship because it's powered by lng, a fossil fuel which emits the greenhouse gas, methane. methane is coming under more scrutiny. we had the international maritime organization, which regulates shipping around the world, come together and over the summer announced their greenhouse gas reduction strategy. it does explicitly include reducing methane emissions, which is wonderful that we're naming it.

and it kind of puts the brakes on all of these lng buildouts. you know, hopefully the icon of the sea will be one of the last lng ships because methane, fracking, these are not climate solutions. the maiden cruise of the icon of the seas will last for seven days — island—hopping in the tropics, before returning to miami. stay with us here on bbc news. hello again. it started off largely fine and dry for many of us this morning. we've had some lovely sunrise pictures sent in from our weather watcher. look at this one here from suffolk this morning where it was a little bit chilly, but temperatures will rise into the afternoon and it's going to be a very mild day for many of us.

look at the temperatures this afternoon, 13 to 15 degrees in the moray firth. compare that to the average for the end ofjanuary, we're about four to nine degrees celsius above where we should be for the time of year. but we'll keep some blue skies and some sunshine across many parts of england and wales, a bit more cloud across the far southwest of england. and you'll notice this rain spreads into northern ireland and scotland and with it there'll be some strong winds, especially to the east of northern ireland and along the central belt of scotland, gusts of 50, 60mph. so that could cause some travel disruption, there'll be some strong cross winds here. stronger winds in the outer hebrides, gusts up to 70, maybe 75mph this afternoon with that rain spreading its way through. some sunshine, though, to the east of scotland and that's where we'll see the highest temperatures, as i said, 15 degrees here, but widely temperatures about ten to 13 degrees celsius. now, through tonight, the rain will continue to move south and eastwards out of scotland into northern england, parts of wales.

behind this area of rain, though, we've got some colder air moving in, so temperatures close to freezing into tomorrow morning. a bit further south and east ahead of the area, rain, well, it's still going to be very mild overnight, temperatures no lower than about six to nine celsius. and you can see that divide to the cold, to the milder air to the south in between this weather front, which is going to bring us some outbreaks of rain throughout monday. and with that colder air digging in, there could be just a little bit of snow over the hills of the southern uplands and the north pennines. but a pretty wet day for northern england through much of wales. sunshine, though, for scotland and northern ireland. a chillier day here, temperatures about seven or eight degrees celsius. but to the southeast with some sunshine, it's going to feel really quite pleasant with that sunshine, highs up to 1a, maybe even 15 degrees celsius. on into tuesday, that weather front will slowly fizzle away, there'll be some cloud in central and eastern areas for a time, but plenty of sunshine developing with this ridge of high pressure building in, and for many of us, temperatures down a little bit on monday's values,

about seven to 12 degrees celsius. that's it from me. bye— bye. seconds but you still manage to get that in! thank you forjoining us for the — that in! thank you forjoining us for the first _ that in! thank you forjoining us for the first time. that's it from us. my thanks to lucy powell and dan barker. next week, we'll be looking at funding concerns in our sixth form colleges. from everyone here, thanks for watching, enjoy the rest of your sunday. goodbye.

hello and welcome to the show that puts the heart and soul into sundays, bringing faith and ethics to the discussions that matter most. coming up today on sunday morning live... this is bbc news. the headlines: the head of the united nations has begged governments which have suspended funding to the un agency for palestinian refugees to guarantee the continuity of its operations.

antonio guterres said he was horrified by israeli the head of the united nations has begged governments which have suspended funding to the un agency for palestinian refugees to guarantee the continuity of its operations. the post office has been struggling with the fallout from the horizon scandal and a failure to hit commercial targets. queen camilla has visited king charles in hospital in london a day after the british monarch underwent treatment for an enlarged prostate. a series of opinion polls have suggested that the main opposition labour party is set to win the next general election, which is likely to happen later this year. that would mean sir keir starmer becoming the first labour prime minister since gordon brown left office in 2010. with that in mind, we've been testing public opinion, hearing from a group of nearly 50 voters with a range of political views, all of whom live in constituencies