suspended funding to the un agency for palestinian refugees to guarantee the continuity of its operations. antonio guterres said he was horrified by israeli allegations that 12 staff from unrwa were involved in last october's attacks by hamas. the british warship hms diamond has shot down a drone launched by the iranian—backed houthi. houthis continue to attack ships in the red sea despite air strikes being launched by the uk and us against the group's targets in yemen. in france, visitors are once more able to see the mona lisa after pumpkin soup was thrown at it by activists. a murder investigation has been launched after two boys, aged 15 and 16, died in a stabbing in bristol last night. avon and somerset police say a 44—year—old man and a 15—year—old boy are in custody following the incident in knowle west. with more on this is our correspondent simi jolaoso who's in the newsroom for us. simi, what more can you tell us?

the details are still limited. what we do know is a 15—year—old and a 16 year boy died in hospital this morning after they were stabbed. they were attacked by a group of people in an area called knowle west in bristol and it happened around 11:20pm last night. the police have started a murder investigation and they currently have a 44—year—old man and a 15—year—old boy in custody, as well as a vehicle they seized earlier on. they have shared to appeal to the public, specifically refers to a group of passengers who were in a bus on ilminster avenue around 11:20pm last night. they said they have not formally identified the victims in public, so asking people not to

share information or images that could upset the families, but also prejudice any future proceedings, and earlier on an official from avon and earlier on an official from avon and somerset police gave a press conference and this is what he had to say. it conference and this is what he had to sa . , . conference and this is what he had tosa. , , to say. it is a demoralising, but it makes me _ to say. it is a demoralising, but it makes me determined _ to say. it is a demoralising, but it makes me determined to - to say. it is a demoralising, but it makes me determined to support to say. it is a demoralising, but it - makes me determined to support the community, _ makes me determined to support the community, it makes me determined to work with_ community, it makes me determined to work with the team of police officers _ work with the team of police officers we have committed to this to identify— officers we have committed to this to identify them and bring them to justice~ _ to identify them and bring them to justice~ as — to identify them and bring them to 'ustice. �* , ., , , justice. as he mentioned, they set u . justice. as he mentioned, they set u- a justice. as he mentioned, they set up a mobile _ justice. as he mentioned, they set up a mobile police _ justice. as he mentioned, they set up a mobile police station - justice. as he mentioned, they set up a mobile police station in - justice. as he mentioned, they set up a mobile police station in the i up a mobile police station in the area to address any concerns of local residents may have our answer any questions they may have as well. they have also assigned a specialist liaison officers to the families that they have not identified in public, not only to support them through this process, but also to keep them updated on the murder investigation.— keep them updated on the murder investigation. thank you very much for the moment. _ investigation. thank you very much for the moment. we _ investigation. thank you very much for the moment. we have - investigation. thank you very much for the moment. we have more - investigation. thank you very much for the moment. we have more on| investigation. thank you very much - for the moment. we have more on that story on the bbc news website and will be staying across it throughout

the day. a british basejumper has died in thailand after his parachute failed to open as he plunged from a 29—storey building. eyewitnesses reported seeing a man fall to the ground after crashing through a tree. the police say they found a blue parachute on him, which had not opened. the victim's social media pages suggest that he was an experienced pa rachutist. a series of opinion polls have suggested that the labour party is set to win the next general election, which is likely 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 which switched from labour to conservative in 2019. the groups were selected with the help of the political research firm more in common — and laura kuenssberg listened to what they had to say.

have a seat, have a seat. young, old, tory, labour and those who don't have a clue yet who they will choose. they have all been chosen from seats that went labour to conservative last time around. we've put together a sample to hear everyone's thoughts, a bit like britain in a room. how would you sum up britain in 202a? depressing. terrible state we're in. dishonest and messed up. falling apart. i think we're a country in crisis. i think it's the worst it's ever been. what's the first thing that comes to mind when you see this person? nice guy but weak. not strong enough. no personality. you need a personality to rule. it's like he's reading from a script when he talks. yeah, he doesn't have charisma. i would say out of touch because i don't think i he understands what the ordinary people are going through. - people in this country don't like successful people, they're very bitter that they're not like them and i think that's why everybody resents him.

i don't think he's out of touch but the problems he has are so vast. i thought he did a marvellous job as a chancellor. - what's the first thing that comes to mind when you see this person? a bit boring, to be honest with you, and i don't think he's the strongest of leaders. i don't look at him and think he's the one that's going _ to come and save us. i don't know what he actually believes. i think everything he says is to try and win the majority over. i'd rather someone that was either here or there, not somewhere in between. i think his popularity has been helped by default i because of the backlash . against the conservatives, you can onlyjudge him when he's in power. i i do think he has integrity and he will try but i do think he has a big task ahead. again and again, our voters have shared stories of how the health service just isn't up to scratch. it's obviously at the top of many people's lists. with me being a senior carer,

there are times i have to ring 111 and the wait times for the ambulances are ridiculous. i have a heart condition and had to contact the hospital because i've waited for 26 weeks and i've still not had an appointment. they told me the waitlist is up to 70 weeks. i really don't know- if i want to work as a nurse in this country right now. the cost of living crisis is having a big impact on us. being able to go out and socialise is so much more expensive. going to the supermarket, your bills are so much more expensive. i'm a student and i can barely afford to eat some weeks. it's rubbish. this is a first—world country, however there is so much of| a difference between - the highest paid, the wealthy, and the ordinary people. we've heard from nearly 50 voters today. there's a deep well of worry about the state of the country, and a sense that a change of government is probably on the way. but there wasn't much confidence here today, not much faith that a different leader in number 10

could change lives for the better. there is, though, ten months to go. 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. it's been thrown out and i've... that's me, i'm free! rab thomson sharing the emotional news this week with his sister that his 2006 conviction for embezzlement had been overturned. it's the moment all convicted subpostmasters are hoping for. it's the moment all ——subpostmasters are hoping for. there's been much debate over the quickest and fairest way to achieve that, and now the chair of the post office, this man, henry staunton, has stepped down, posing the question —

did he reallyjump or was he nudged? there were various disagreements within the board, and when i looked at it, i thought that a change of personnel was what was required. i don't want to do hr on live tv. these are human beings that we are talking about. it is very difficult to be asked to stand down from a position, but i decided that given all of the difficulties the post office is having, it's notjust about horizon, it's about the entire business model and how to make it work, that we needed someone who could chair a board that had... who could chair a board that had...that was able to deal with these things effectively. the government does ultimately own the post office and campaigners have long called for it to take tougher action to bring justice for more than 700 people, likejo hamilton, who were wrongly prosecuted because of defects in the horizon it computer system. so do they think this departure will make a difference? the whole thing is a bit of a distraction from the real thing. it's the dead cat strategy, and i think it's designed to make it look like the department, the business department, is being proactive and listening

to the postmasters. but, actually, they're not. but the business secretary did hint that further personnel moves could follow. 0ne labour mp who has long campaigned on the issue says root and branch reform is needed. i hope this is the start of wider change. clearly nick read, the chief executive, needs to go, and we need now an open and honest culture which is not there at the post office at the moment. the post office has maintained it supports the public inquiry as it tries to establish the facts about the horizon scandal. questions about this sacking will rumble on. why now? who might be next? and who might now be tasked with ensuring the post office runs effectively and justice is finally served for those who have suffered for 20 years? marc ashdown, bbc news.

on her programme this morning, laura kuenssberg spoke to the business secretary kemi badenoch about the departure of the post office chairman, and other political topics. let's have a listen. people clearly want to see a lot more hope and optimism about the country. we have a plan and that is what we are using in order to show people how we are going to make the uk better. we need to do much more of that. i thought it was quite interesting the contrast between keir starmer and rishi sunak, which goes to show that there is everything to play for in this election. people act as if us losing power and not being in government is a fait accompli — clearly not true listening to that focus group. and the third one was just about how people are fed up with a lot of the toxicity, i would say, in politics at the moment, where it looks like people are interested in their own personal ambitions rather than for people in the country. that is definitely something which i will be able to address today.

we will come to that in a second. people are concerned also about real big problems in their own lives. michael, a father of six, being told he has a 70 week wait for cardiac treatment, a student saying some weeks he could not afford to eat, it's more than people being fed up the toxicity, many people think the conservatives have failed them. what i would say and i have particular insight being the international trade secretary, is look at what is happening in other countries. over the last few days there have been protests in germany, france, romania, poland, the netherlands, france, romania, poland, the netherlands about these same issues. we are not alone in them. inflation is not a uk specific problem. that's not a comfort for people here though, is it? it isn't a comfort. the comfort is that despite all of those difficulties, we are doing better than those other countries. i know and i completely understand, i have been in that situation before, not having enough money to look after yourself. but we are doing everything

we can in order to deal with those global issues. energy costs — notjust us, inflation — still the fallout of covid, all of the money we spent then had an inflationary effect. we have someone in the prime minister who knows what he's doing, who is very competent, who is running the economy well and will continue to do so. if we stick with his plan we will be able to solve all of the problems that those people in that focus group were talking about. if that's the case, why don't people believe that? it's a great question. i can give you my theory, this is not a party line. there is now too much in terms of personality politics, there's too much reporting i would say, of westminster gossip. one of your panel has written an entire book, the plot, mostly conspiracy theories. people are hearing all sorts of things that are not true about what we are doing and the focus is no longer on the work, for instance, that i'm doing but on perhaps

whether i am interested in being prime minister. it is all a distraction. your colleagues don't believe this is all a distraction. just this week a former cabinet minister colleague of yours — simon clarke — said the leadership is uninspiring and rishi sunak has gone from an asset to an anchor. there are genuine concerns inside your own party that he is not up to the job. i think it's really critical to remind people that there are 350 conservative mps. yes, one person wrote an article saying that he was unhappy. i called him after that and asked him what on earth he was doing, because this is exactly the sort of thing that we have to stop doing in public. we can have private discussions about what is going on, and i think it is healthy for us to have a debate — for there to not be a debate is unhealthy. but to play that out in front of the public is contributing to the belief that we are more focused on internal matters

than external matters, and that is not true. we are very much focused on the priorities of the country. that's why rishi had his five priorities. but whether you like it or not, and you are clearly frustrated... extremely frustrated. ..how much time your colleagues spend talking about it, your colleagues do discuss these things. it is small minority of them. but they do, that is the reality, and even this morning you are described in the papers as kemi is in pole position with the rebels, they think she can shake things up and beat starmer. you are obviously frustrated by all of what you see as speculation, so do you deny that you have had discussions with the rebels? apart from calling simon to tell him to stop what he was doing, absolutely. i would say that all of these things you are reading are all anonymous briefings. i pick up the paper and hear that an anonymous friend of mine said this and an anonymous source said this — who are these people?

my friends would never do that, my friends care about me. the people stirring don't care about me, my family or my welfare, or whether or not this is something i actually want. this is all about them and their personal interests, but they are not that many. the vast majority of people are focused on making sure that the parliamentary party is working to deliver a conservative government. do you, however, still have aspirations to lead the party? you did stand to run as leader. idid. injuly '22, i did stand and i lost. if you had asked me injanuary '22, i would have laughed it off and said it was a completely crazy idea. you never really know these things until you are in the moment. i would remind people that after liz truss left, i stood up and said i would not be running again, rishi is the person who should do thejob, and i did so because i worked with him in the treasury, i knew he had a handle on the economy. but i also saw during the previous leadership campaign how many nasty and unpleasant personal attacks he had been getting. i thought he was a good guy, he does the right thing and that was the team i wanted to be

on, not on the team of the bullies and the people putting out nasty personal abuse, but the team of the people who are focussed on delivering for the country. let's talk about what's happened in yourjob. there was a dramatic event last night, as the business secretary, you removed the chair of the post office after all of the things that have gone wrong. why did you get henry staunton to stand down? what were your concerns? when i became business secretary and the post office came to my portfolio, i was really focused on three things. 0ne, get the money out of the door — the last thing i wanted was for people to die without having the compensation. the compensation from the post office. yes, absolutely critical, i talked about that in my conference speech, kevin hollinrake, the brilliant post office minister. second, i wanted to make sure that everything was fair, notjust getting money out of the door but that the money was the right amount and what we were doing was fair. the third one was looking at the governance around the post office, and that is where

i decided that we needed a new chair of the organisation was important, it just wasn't working. what was it about? was that the row about post office bonuses being paid while the scandal of horizon was still going on? there were various disagreements within the board. and when i looked at it i thought a change of personnel was required. i don't want to do hr on live tv, these are human beings that we are talking about. it is very difficult to be asked to stand down from a position, but i decided that given all of the difficulties the post office is having, notjust horizon but the entire business model, making it work, we needed someone chairing the board who was able to deal with these things effectively. this whole saga has been a complete mess. successive governments have failed to grip it or even understand what we now understand has been

the scale of the problem. people are angry, and one of our viewers has been in touch and has suggested, if mr staunton resides, shouldn't kemi badenoch also resign to be accountable for everything that has gone wrong at the post office? no, i don't think so. firstly, i don't think that people understand what the structure of the the post office is. i am the post office's sole shareholder so the shareholder resigning doesn't make sense. i have constituents who have been affected by the scandal. they didn't come to me until after the itv drama. it's very interesting how a drama can bring attention to what is happening. when i made a speech at conference referencing the horizon scandal and what we were doing, it wasn't covered. instead, again, people were talking about, is this a speech for the leadership? people don't focus on the work we are doing, there is too much time spent on tittle tattle and gossip. we have been working very hard,

we put a bill through before the drama was aired in december making sure people can get their money and get it quickly. would you put a specific deadline on getting it done? you say you have been working on it for ages, people must get their compensation. we asked the prime minister if he would set a firm deadline and he wouldn't, would you? the prime minister has said we are not setting a deadline, we are going to move as quickly as possible. there are always issues with setting deadlines, i say this as well with free trade agreements — you put a date on, people rush and get things wrong. we are moving as quickly as we can. i promise we couldn't move any faster than we already have been. there is an inquiry ongoing and some stuff has to happen with fujitsu so there are multiple moving parts and setting a deadline is not to the priority of getting the fair money out and sorting out the governance of the post office is the critical thing. kemi badenoch speaking to laura kuenssberg earlier today. king charles has spent a second

night in hospital in london, after undergoing a procedure for an enlarged prostate. he was visited on saturday by queen camilla — charles is staying in the same hospital where the princess of wales is being cared for, following her abdominal surgery. live now to our correspondent charlie rose, who is outside the london clinic. iimagine i imagine even if your king charles, hospital can pass slowly, but to perhaps make things more bearable, king charles has had a visit from his wife, queen camilla, and she leftjust after 3pm. it is her fourth visit in the space of three days, after accompanying her husband when he arrived at this hospital on friday. she visited twice yesterday and now has visited again today. in one respect, king charles is pretty happy with things because he wants to use this health problem to help

raise awareness of the issue of having an enlarged prostate. it looks like he has achieved his aim because the nhs says since king charles has been in hospital, it has seen an upsurge, an uptake in the number of men going to its website seeking health information, help and advice on the issue of having a large prostate, something that has been welcomed by doctors and charities, because apparently one in three men over the age of 50 have the condition. the issue of having an enlarged prostate usually involves, if you have that condition, a stay in hospital of a roundabout three days or so, so it is quite possible that king charles will spend the rest of the day here in hospital and tonight, although there has been no official confirmation of any of that from buckingham palace. it also means he could well be discharged tomorrow or on tuesday. as well as king charles,

there is another senior member of there is another senior member of the royalfamily in there is another senior member of the royal family in the there is another senior member of the royalfamily in the london clinic, this hospital behind me, and it is the princess of wales, catherine, the king's daughter—in—law, of course, who is being cared for after undergoing abdominal surgery. being cared for after undergoing abdominalsurgery. she being cared for after undergoing abdominal surgery. she is expected to be here for around about two weeks, but is already on day 13, so it is quite possible that she will be discharged on monday or tuesday as well. so lots going on here at the hospital, lots to keep an eye on. both king charles and his daughter—in—law are being treated, cared for, waited on by doctors, nurses and the medical team carrying out medical checks, keeping an eye on them, but they're both said to be doing pretty well. on them, but they're both said to be doing pretty well-— doing pretty well. charlie rose with the very latest _ doing pretty well. charlie rose with the very latest from _ doing pretty well. charlie rose with the very latest from the _ doing pretty well. charlie rose with the very latest from the hospital. . the very latest from the hospital. thank you very much. getting into mensa —

the society for people with very high iqs — is one thing. getting the highest possible score is another. that's what a 12—year—old boy from north devon has done. jenny kumah has been to meet him. 0h! meet rory. come on! like many his age, he loves football and scoring goals. he is also a top scorer when it comes to the mensa iq test, putting him in the league of world—famous top scientists. it's brilliant, cos like... i know albert einstein, stephen hawking and, like, i know albert einstein, stephen hawking ——are, like, some of the most famous people for their intelligence, it's like, being compared to people like that is... ..really quite cool. how do you feel about being known as a genius?

well... i'm really proud of myself for how well i did and... a lot of my friends are really happy about, like, happy for me, that i'm... i've done so well, and i'm on the news and everything. try and beat it. see if you can find a six. and it seems it runs in the family. mum decided to do the test while waiting for rory to do his, and got an above average score of 129. having done the test yourself, and you think about the fact that he got the top score, how do you feel? it'sjust amazing. you know, i am so proud of him. his iq and his intelligence is phenomenal, and that's a huge part of him, but there are many parts of him that make him really special as well. rory plays for his local side. his team and classmates are well impressed with him. how surprised are you that he scored so well on the iq test? quite surprised because i never knew, like, someone this - young would have an iq so high.

every test we did, he would always get a0 out of a0 in, like, maths, english, he would get a0 out of a0. really smart, yeah. anything he is not good at? no. no, nothing, nothing. friends and family say rory is a great all—rounder. they believe he can achieve any goal he sets his mind to. jenny kumah, bbc news, north devon. that impressive iq scores how we ended this half of the programme. i'm rajini vaidyanathan, stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. sunshine may have been rather limited today, but it's been a warmer day than it was yesterday. now, the average maximum temperatures at this time of the year range from six degrees in inverness to nine in southampton. but today has been significantly milder, 15 degrees likely in the moray firth and around north wales, all due to a strengthening southerly wind that has been picking up ahead of this band of rain here.

still very gusty through the irish sea, into the central belt of scotland. it's been windier in the north—west of scotland, but this evening those winds are beginning to ease, and the winds will fall lighter elsewhere as that band of rain moves through scotland and northern ireland and comes to rest across northern england and wales. to the north, though, it is going to be colder. north of the central belt, there could be some frost early on monday morning. south of our band of rain, it is much, much milder. but that rain could be quite heavy over the hills, particularly in the north—west of england. much of scotland, northern ireland may well be dry with some sunshine, significantly colder, mind you, than it is today. temperatures taking quite a tumble. but across the midlands, east anglia and the south—east, where it's still dry, we've still got some mild air, temperatures of 1a or 15 degrees. but some wet weather in some places. and after dark, we could see some snow falling over the southern uplands, leaving some icy conditions by tuesday. by tuesday morning, that area of low pressure will have taken the wet weather out of the way, leaving a cloudy start for england and wales. but we'll have the sunshine

for scotland and northern ireland and that will push its way southwards through the day and introduce colder air again. may make 12 degrees for a while in the south—east, but i think eight or nine is going to be nearer the mark on tuesday afternoon. now, we've got lighter winds across southern parts of the uk as we head into wednesday, but further north it's a very different story. wet and windy weather driving in on that weather front there and it's going to be particularly windy across the far north of scotland, but there'll be gales widely in scotland, into northern ireland and the far north of england, and over the hills in the highlands there could be a couple of inches of rain here on wednesday. that wet and windy weather sweeps into northern ireland. england and wales looks generally dry, some sunshine here, and those temperatures still hitting ten or 11 degrees. now, as that weather front takes rain southwards after dark, the rain just dies out. and then we'll see a weather front returning to the north—west on thursday, bringing back the milder air.

live from london, this is bbc news knife crime in the uk — a murder investigation is under way after two teenagers die in a stabbing in bristol, in a stabbing in bristol. two people have been arrested. it is demoralising but it makes me determined to support the community and to work with the team of police officers we have committed to do this to identify those responsible

and bring them to justice. the head of the un begs countries to continue supporting its palestinian aid agency after claims 12 staff were involved in the hamas attacks on israel. the british warship, hms diamond, shoots down a drone fired by the iranian—backed houthis in their latest attack on ships in the red sea. hello, i'm rajini vaidyanathan. welcome to this hour. we start with a developing story in the uk. a murder investigation has been launched after two boys, aged 15 and 16, died in a stabbing in bristol last night. avon and somerset police say a aa—year—old man, and a 15—year old boy are in custody following the incident in knowle west. a vehicle has also been seized. police arrived at the scene within minutes and provided first aid. earlier, avon and somerset police

gave an update on the incident. let's