election results have been slow to come in and officials say because of the internet i dig it yesterday. who is the front runner? prince harry s phone—hacking legal battle against the publishers of the daily mirror continues today at the high court in london. us presidentjoe biden rejects suggestions that he has a poor memory and is unfit for office. my my memory is fine. take a look at what i have done since i became president. no one thought i could pass any of the things that i have got past. and 80 years in antarctica. a milestone for the uk's first base on the coldest and most remote continent on earth. hello and welcome. in pakistan, the parties ofjailed former leader imran khan and the three—time prime minister nawaz sharif have both claimed victory in the election

as early results trickle in. nawaz sharif had been seen as the powerful pakistan military s favoured candidate and expected to be elected pakistan's prime minister for a fourth time. but early results are still not conclusive. mr sharif told the bbc the vote had been �*absolutely fair�* despite the recentjailing of his rival imran khan on corruption charges. let's speak to our pakistan correspondent caroline davies who is in lahore. can you give us an update? we are waitin: can you give us an update? we are waiting for— can you give us an update? we are waiting for the _ can you give us an update? we are waiting for the final _ can you give us an update? we are waiting for the final official- waiting for the final official totals from the electoral commission in pakistan. last night we already saw several of imran khan supported candidates claiming victory in their different constituencies and resell the party come out and say they thought they had won enough seats to be able to claim and form a government here. but we have also heard from the party of nawaz sharif

who said the same thing. they are both trying to capture the narrative and the fact we haven't got the results yet from the electoral commission means there is space for them to start doing that on social media. we haven't heard from nawaz sharif, there's been talk that he might appear to give some sort of speech but as yet he has not appeared in public today. it has been difficult to keep an eye on the flow of how people were feeling. when we went to bed in the early hours, the party of imran khan claimed victory and they were feeling victorious and thought they really had enough votes to be able to have a significant majority. some of those people have told us this morning they have heard this particular seats seem to have turned around and that is lending to an element of how credible this election is, there's lots of questions about that even before the election process began because imran khan, the pti leader and founder is

in prison and hasn't been seen in public since last august when he was arrested and the sentences against him even in the week before the election had been mounting. ia years in prison, the longest one he was given. his party say there has been a sustained campaign against them. they had an election symbol with a cricket bat, connected to imran khan, having an identifiable symbol is crucial in a country for about a0% of the country cannot read and that was a way to be identified on the ballot papers, his party had that taken away and all of the individual is running as independents had various symbols such as babies, courts. the party of imran khan say they have been harassed, posters torn down but the authorities have denied and they say

any claims are absurd and baseless. the key thing here is whether all of those things have been mounting up against imran khan and his party, whether or not that has put voters off from coming out to vote or whether it has made them more determined to come out and vote. a really crucial election, as you point out, nawaz sharif widely seen to be the favoured political candidate by the powerful military action to hear. he has been prime minister three times before, this would be the fourth but following the election we are still no clearer as to who will form a government here in pakistan.— here in pakistan. caroline, thank ou so here in pakistan. caroline, thank you so much- — prince harry s legal battle against the publishers of the daily mirror continues today at the high court in london. the court has already ruled that the duke of sussex was hacked 7 the question now is to what extent. our media and arts correspondent david sillito has this report. when prince harry gave evidence in his case against the mirror,

it was the first time in 130 years that a senior royal had appeared on a witness stand. but at the end of last year, a judge ruled that, yes, his phone had been hacked byjournalists working for mirror group newspapers. he was awarded £ia0,000 in damages for the 15 articles that were judged to have been sourced by hacking. that figure, though, could go up. prince harry's legal team has identified another 115 stories it claims were linked to phone hacking. then there's the question of costs. and this isn'tjust about prince harry. the coronation street actor michael lavelle also won damages. and with teams of lawyers fighting it out in high court hearings, the final bill for reach, the company that publishes the mirror, could run into millions. however, for prince harry, who has this week been visiting the uk to see his father after the king's cancer diagnosis, this is just part of a bigger battle against the papers, with cases still ongoing against the publishers of the sun and the daily mail. david sillito, bbc news.

lets go live now to the high court and get the latest from our correspondent charlie rose. can you take us through what is likely to happen today? good morning- _ likely to happen today? good morning. first _ likely to happen today? good morning. first of _ likely to happen today? good morning. first of all - likely to happen today? good morning. first of all we - likely to happen today? good morning. first of all we are i morning. first of all we are unlikely to hearfrom prince harry himself, he has probably tucked up in bed five and a half thousand miles away in california after seeing his father. but he's likely to be kept apprised of events in court today on what is likely to be a big day for him and his ongoing battle against mirror group newspapers. as we heard from david in his report to prince harry in december won 15 of 33 of his sample claims against mirror group newspapers accusing them of unlawful information gathering including hacking his personal phone but prince harry reckons, that'sjust

the beginning. there could be many more cases and in actual fact another 115 claims against mirror group newspapers and we will hear today in court whether that will go today in court whether that will go to trial or further there will be a settlement. the newspaper articles we are talking about, of them involve prince harry and his relationship, many years ago when he was young with chelsy davy. arguments they might have had, dates they went on, even tatties and so on. last year a judge ruled that unlawful information gathering was in actual fact widespread among mirror group newspapers, we talked about the daily mirror, the sunday mirror, the people newspapers, those publications and very senior executives and news editors knew about what was going on including one of the daily mirror former editors piers morgan but he

continues to strenuously deny any involvement in all of this.- involvement in all of this. thank ou. president putin has insisted that russia has no interest in invading poland, latvia or other nato countries, calling such a scenario "absolutely out of the question". the comments came during a lengthy interview that was conducted in the kremlin with former fox news host, tucker carlson. the interview was broadcast on the tucker carlson network. mr putin accused nato member states of trying to intimidate people with what he called an imaginary russian threat. he said however that the atlantic alliance must accept moscow's territorial gains in ukraine which he invaded in 2022. he again claimed it was an artificial country. he also said that russian defeat in ukraine was �*impossible'. on evan gershkovich, the wall streetjournal reporter detained in russia, mr putin said an "agreement" could be reached for his release.

here's the moment vladimir putin was asked by tucker carlson whether he'd invade a nato country such as poland. can you imagine a scenario where you sent russian troops to poland ? translation: only in one case, if poland attacks russia. - why? because we have no interest in poland, latvia or anywhere else. why would we do that? we simply don't have any interest. live now to our russia editor steve rosenberg who happens to be in london. thank you forjoining us. what did you make of that rather lengthy, interview, it was all for two hours? yes, quite lengthy, nothing particularly new i have to say. we have heard most of what vladimir putin had to say before, this was a

platform for him to cut across his recent narrative about the war in ukraine and his worldview, the world according to vladimir putin to an american audience, to the us political establishment, to the west in general knowing that he would not be challenged very much on his answers. on the world according to vladimir putin is one in which russia is the victim and the west as the aggressor, nato, america, ukraine. he never accepts any responsibility for what has happened so that this kind of the picture we got in this interview yesterday. we should point out you have asked for interviews with vladimir putin over the last 18 months.— the last 18 months. yes, tucker carlson some — the last 18 months. yes, tucker carlson some days _ the last 18 months. yes, tucker carlson some days ago - the last 18 months. yes, tucker carlson some days ago claimed | the last 18 months. yes, tucker. carlson some days ago claimed not the last 18 months. yes, tucker- carlson some days ago claimed not a single western journalist had been bothered to request an interview with vladimir putin since the

invasion of ukraine. that is not true at all. the bbc and many other broadcasters, western broadcasters, have requested repeatedly and interview with the kremlin leader but it's been a no.— but it's been a no. what do you think the assessment - but it's been a no. what do you think the assessment of - but it's been a no. what do you i think the assessment of vladimir putin is of how the interview went will be, do you think you will be happy with the interview? i think ou'll be happy with the interview? i think you'll be pretty _ happy with the interview? i think you'll be pretty happy. _ happy with the interview? i think you'll be pretty happy, he'll- happy with the interview? i think you'll be pretty happy, he'llfeel| you'll be pretty happy, he'll feel like he had a chance to put across his views pretty much unchallenged. in a long interview. looking at the number of views that the interview got on social media, tens of millions, i think, got on social media, tens of millions, ithink, the got on social media, tens of millions, i think, the kremlin will be pretty pleased about that but whether that will change dramatically any views in the united states, i simply do not know. but it's clear that tucker carlson was

chosen as the interviewer because he had made many pro—russia comments in recent times. he did not challenge vladimir putin on many of the things he said. on the alternative reality that was painted by the kremlin leader about what has happened with the war in ukraine and i would imagine the kremlin will be pretty pleased. there's been a media circus in russia over this interview. it's almost been like a pop star has arrived to interview vladimir putin such has been the level of interest in tucker carlson.— in tucker carlson. steve, we appreciate — in tucker carlson. steve, we appreciate your _ in tucker carlson. steve, we appreciate your time - in tucker carlson. steve, we appreciate your time today l in tucker carlson. steve, we i appreciate your time today and in tucker carlson. steve, we - appreciate your time today and thank you. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. guatemala's new president, bernardo arevalo, says he has no intention of breaking diplomatic ties with taiwan — in favour of china. several other countries in central america and the caribbean

have recently severed relations with taiwan in the past few years. china, in exchange, has invested billions of dollars in projects across the region rescuers in the philippines have found a girl alive — 60 hours after she was buried in a mudslide. more than 100 people are still missing after the disaster. the landslide hit a gold mining village in the southern region of mindanao on tuesday. at least 11 people have been confirmed dead as a result. brazil's former president jair bolsonaro has surrendered his passport — after police launched an investigation into the storming of brazil's congress by his supporters in 2023. police accuse him and his allies of leading a failed coup attempt to remain in power — following his 2022 election defeat. mr bolsanaro says the investigation is politically motivated. you're live with bbc news. farmers' prrotests that began in france —

and then germany — have been spreading across the region. they're venting their anger over soaring fuel and fertiliser costs — low prices for their produce — and increasingly restrictive eu regulations. demonstrations by farmers are planned in poland, hungary and italy today. italy's government has promised tax breaks to ease hardship forfarmers — after hundreds began gathering with their tractors this week, on motorways outside rome and turin. this was the scene on thursday. farmers from agricultural regions such as tuscany headed south towards the capital, flying the italian flag and carrying hand—written signs with slogans including "no farmer, "no food". they have congregated on the outskirts of rome. let's speak to our rome correspondent who is just on the outskirts of rome where farmers have gathered. and mark logan joins and mark loganjoins us. and mark logan joins us. please tell us how big the turnout is, these protests seem to be spreading. ==

protests seem to be spreading. -- lowen. protests seem to be spreading. » lowen. toys before they enter a room, we estimate around a00 charters, and some busloads of people arriving. you can see they are camped here, a show of force, stationery for the time being but they camped out close to the ring road around rome for which they had promised to block if they did not get concessions from the government andindeed get concessions from the government and indeed they have threatened to go into the centre of rome. the plan was 1500 farmers and about 100 or so chapters would go into a room today, we don't think that is happening because there were worries that provocateurs and other right—wing groups might try to make the protests and violent but we think about ten chapters will go in as a symbolic move, some of them lined up here to go to the centre of rome, they are wanting a meeting with the minister of agriculture who has

promised to meet them but they do not have a firm answer from him yet. the grievances are very similar to those who farmers across europe about cheap imports from ukraine and elsewhere, undercutting the prices. they want to abolish some of the environmental policy is being promoted by the eu in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and they want tax breaks for basic rising cost of living and a decreasing price they are being able to sell their goods at. growing anger here but not get the exposure and some had feared. i anger here but not get the exposure and some had feared.— and some had feared. i imagine if the start and some had feared. i imagine if they start moving _ and some had feared. i imagine if they start moving it _ and some had feared. i imagine if they start moving it will _ and some had feared. i imagine if they start moving it will have - and some had feared. i imagine if they start moving it will have a i they start moving it will have a significant impact so what will it take for them to hold this protest? i think it would take a meeting with the agriculture minister to talk about the compromises being made. we saw compromises by the french and german governments some days ago and terms of protests and resell the eu commission president ursula von der

leyen suspending targets on for example allocating land for nonagricultural use and putting delays in terms of cuts to pesticides. very much realising this is a voice that has grown throughout europe now with the agriculture protests that need to be listened to because the bigger political concern as we are facing eu elections indian and far right parties across the eu are set to do very well indeed and in some countries like germany, the far right that has shown very public sympathy for the farmers. there is a fear among policymakers in brussels and elsewhere if they do not listen to the farmers and their cold shoulder them, they will be shooting themselves in the furt and the far right will capitalise on that so here in italy there is a far right government in power but they want to be seen to be listening and taking on the concerns of the farmers and agriculture is an important part of

italy, almost 2% of the gdp here so these are voices that cannot be ignored. these are voices that cannot be innored. ~., ~ ., , these are voices that cannot be innored. ~ ., , ignored. mark lowen, we will be back with ou ignored. mark lowen, we will be back with you throughout _ ignored. mark lowen, we will be back with you throughout the _ ignored. mark lowen, we will be back with you throughout the day. - ignored. mark lowen, we will be back with you throughout the day. thank . with you throughout the day. thank you. us presidentjoe biden has angrily rejected suggestions that he has a poor memory and is unfit for office. he was responding to a long—awaited report, that concluded he shouldn't face any criminal charges for mishandling classified documents during his time as vice president — but questioned his ability to remember several important events. our north america correspondent, will vernon reports. no criminal charges for president biden _ no criminal charges for president biden no — no criminal charges for president biden. no charges but the special prosecutor... the initial headlines seemed to be good news for the president. the special counsel recommended no charges be brought into his handling of official documents. a legal win for mr biden. but, politically, it was a devastating blow. the report made several claims over mr biden�*s mental competency.

it described him as a well—meaning elderly man with a poor memory. in any future trial, it said, it would be difficult to convince a jury that they should convict him of a crime that requires a mental state of willfulness. last night, president biden hit back at those allegations. my memory is fine. my memory... take a look at what i've done since i've become president. none of you thought i could pass any of the things i got passed. how did that happen? you know, i guess ijust forgot what was going on. butjoe biden has made a series of embarrassing slip—ups that have raised questions about his fitness for office. at a recent event, he said the current president of france was mitterrand, who died in 1996. and i sat down and i said, "america's back," and mitterrand from germany...| mean from france. donald trump, who is just three years younger than his rival, has mocked president biden on the campaign trail.

he has also been accused of being too old for office. i'll tell you what — i feel sharper now than i did 20 years ago. i really do. i don't know, it's probably not true. it's probably not true. and i think anybody running for president should take an aptitude or a cognitive test. mr biden will now be hoping allegations of wrongdoing over official documents will come to an end. but questions about his age and fitness for office are more difficult to avoid. will vernon, bbc news, washington. in the same news conference in which president biden addressed concerns about his memory, he made another slip—up when referring to president el—sisi of egypt, describing him as the president of mexico. as you know, initially the president of mexico, el—sisi, did not want to open up the gate to allow humanitarian material to get in. i talked to him, i convinced him to open the gate. and we'll get the latest from new york in the next 20 minutes or so here on bbc news.

let's stay in the us, because the supreme court has heard arguments in a case — that could decide whether donald trump is eligible to run for president. it's considering a ruling by colorado's top court, that said mr trump could not run in that state's primary, because it considered his actions during the assault on the capitol on january the 6th 2021 as insurrection. speaking to the media after the hearing, mr trump argued that striking him from the ballot would create chaos across the us. you cannot allow a president to be out there without immunity. they don't have immunity, you don't have a presidency. so how would you... you lose all... excuse me. you lose all... you lose all form of free thought and good thought. and you probably weaken the presidency to a point that it was never supposed to be weakened. it would be a very bad thing for our country. and mr trump has won the nevada caucus, adding more delegates in his seemingly unstoppable march

to the republican party's presidential nomination. he was the only major candidate on the ballot when party members met in public buildings across the southwestern us state to cast their in—person votes. this is how he responded to the win. this has been an incredible period of time, i think, for our country, for the world. the world has not been like this for many, many years. when you look at the attack on israel or the attack on ukraine with russia, that this would have never happened. the israeli attack would have never happened. inflation would have never happened. the world would be a much different place right now. and we're going to make sure that we bring it back and we're going to bring it back fast. and we're going to bring it back very, very strong. cheering. very, very strong. our north america correspondent anthony zurker is in las vegas and gave us the latest on donald trump's win. well, the results aren't finalised, but we have projections

that donald trump is going to win the nevada caucuses. that, of course, because he is running with no significant opposition. not at all surprising, but it does mean that donald trump is moving one step closer to securing the republican nomination. each state awards delegates, and the more you accrue, the more likely it is that you will have the majority at the convention to secure the nomination. but more than that, it's a sign once again that donald trump has all the momentum in this nomination race. he won in iowa. he won in new hampshire. he won earlier today in the us virgin islands, and now he has won in nevada. so there is an increasing perception that the donald trump campaign is a juggernaut that nikki haley simply cannot stop. and if you look at polls for upcoming contests in south carolina and in the whole slate of states on what's called super tuesday in early march, donald trump has prohibitive leads in all of those states. so all of this is evidence that

donald trump is essentially unstoppable and something significant, something unpredictable, that we haven't been able to foresee yet would have to take place in orderfor nikki haley to have a chance at making this a competitive race once again. queen camilla has said that king charles is "doing extremely well under the circumstances" following the start of his cancer treatment. speaking at a musical concert at salisbury cathedral on thursday evening, the queen said that the king was very grateful for the public�*s support. he is doing extremely well under the circumstances. he is very touched by all the letters and messages that the public have been sending. and it's very cheering. iceland's latest volcanic eruption dissipated on friday but it has still caused significant damage.

roads have been destroyed, and pipelines broken. cutting off hot water to parts of the reykjanes peninsula during freezing temperatures. schools, kindergartens, museums and other public institutions in the region were closed on friday. it is hoped hot water will be restored within hours. it's the third eruption since december and a state of emergency has been declared. you can keep up—to—date with all of those stories on the website and the bbc app. stay with us here on bbc news. hello. some of us have had snow over the last 2a hours, but mainly over the hills. at low levels, it's been more a story of rain and plenty of rain at that.

some outbreaks of rain and hill snow continuing to drift northwards during today. as you can see on the satellite picture, we've got a big area of cloud affecting much of western europe, a series of weather systems, actually, but it's this curl of cloud here that is bringing rain and hill snow northwards. the snow levels in northern england really rising through the afternoon, snow only really over the very highest ground. we will see snow, say above two or 300 metres across scotland. quite a lot of snow in places. northern ireland turning a little bit drier, but staying quite cloudy through the afternoon, windy up towards the north of scotland, also quite windy in the south of england and south wales. here, a mix of sunny spells and hefty showers to take us through the afternoon. mild in the south, 12 or 13 degrees even further north, not quite as cold as it was yesterday. then through this evening and tonight, we'll see some clearer skies spreading northwards across england and wales, that could give rise to some mist and fog patches. a bit of rain for northern england and for northern ireland. and across scotland it'll be mostly rain close to the coast and at low levels, but over high ground, say above 300 metres,

we could see up to 20 centimetres of settling snow, which could cause some disruption. overnight temperatures — three degrees for stornoway for aberdeen, eight degrees for norwich and for london. low pressure firmly in charge for the weekend. this frontal system here continuing to bring some rain and hill snow across scotland. that tending to move its way northwards as we go on through the day. but northern scotland, over the hills here, we will see some further falls of snow. northern ireland seeing a bit of sunshine, england and wales seeing some sunny spells as well. but some showers will break out, particularly across wales and the south west of england. temperatures 12 degrees there in london, eight degrees in glasgow. so actually pretty mild for the first half of the weekend. low pressure still with us through saturday night into sunday. this little frontal system here grazing the east coast of england and running up into northeast scotland. that will bring some outbreaks of rain as we go on into sunday. elsewhere, pretty mixed bag, some spells of sunshine, but some quite large areas of cloud, some showers which could be wintry, but only really over the very highest ground.

and temperatures north to south, 7 to 10 degrees. bye for now.

this is bbc news, the headlines: early results in the pakistan election show a close battle — with at least two parties

claiming victory. prince harry s phone—hacking legal battle against the publishers of the daily mirror continues today at the high court in london. us presidentjoe biden rejects suggestions that he has a poor memory and is unfit for office. my memory is fine. take a look at what i've done since i became president. none of you thought i could pass any of the things i got passed. and 80 years in antarctica — a milestone for the uk's first base on the coldest and most remote continent on earth. let's get more on us presidentjoe biden angrily rejecting suggestions that he has a poor memory and is unfit for office. he was responding to a long—awaited report, which concluded he shouldn't face any criminal charges for mishandling classified documents during his time as vice president — but questioned his ability to remember several important events.