on the southern gaza city. they chant: pay restoration, doctor retention! _ junior doctors in england announce more strikes. we have the latest. 80 years in antarctica — a milestone for the uk's first base on the most remote continent on earth. we have a special report. israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has ordered his military to devise an evacuation plan for civilians from rafah, as it prepares to take on hamas fighters near gaza's southern border. the white house has warned israel that staging a military offensive in rafah without planning would be a "disaster". in some of his sharpest comments to date, president biden says israel's conduct in gaza had been "over the top."

earlier this week, the top us diplomat, antony blinken, left the region without a breakthrough, after israel rejected hamas demands for a ceasefire. gideon levy is an israeli author and columnist for the haaretz newspaper. i asked him if the us concerns would make much of a difference to benjamin netanyahu's plans. no, as long as the us remarks are only remarks or concerns from the us and they are not followed by practical measures, israel will ignore it. in any case, israel learned to ignore advice. if the us wants to prevent the next catastrophe, and rafah is going to be a major catastrophe, the us has

got to be precise and take measures, otherwise it will not work. so when i read out the latest line from netanyahu ordering the military to plan ways to evacuate civilians in rafah so he can carry out the intention to target hamas, what do you make of that? is thatjust words, is that to deflect the criticism that is already coming his way? i want to ask you, where to? the people in northern gaza, they had to go to khan younis, and then from khan younis to rafah and now they are expelled from rafah, there is no room for any safe places any more. what israel is intending to do is to push all the inhabitants of gaza into 16 square kilometres where there is no infrastructure.

we will face a reality of 62,000 people per one square kilometre. can you imagine this? 62,000 people in one square kilometre. this is outrageous. in terms of the military strategy, to target those hamas fighters and the hamas leaders in particular, they have gone south and south and further south, so what do you think is the strategy and can you see one in terms of getting to those targets? first of all, they said they were in gaza. and once they get to gaza city, then they say they will be crushed. and now in khan younis, and when we got there, hamas will be totally exterminated,

but now it is about rafah, and i'm asking, how many innocent people will pay the price for this really crazy attack? it is important to punish hamas for what it did on the 7th of october but not at any price. you are obviously very critical of the approach so give me a sense of where the israeli public opinion is. is it shifting at all? it is exactly in the opposite place where i stand. everything i said in the conversation with you is totally unacceptable by the majority of israelis, unfortunately. most of the israelis want to see the war continue and most of them do not care about any casualties on the palestinian side because they are convinced that after the 7th of october with all the atrocities and the crimes which were committed there, israel has the right to go crazy.

we to go crazy. have some important breaking news. we have some important breaking news. you remember the police manhunt going on in london and several other areas of the uk for this man, you will recognise him if you followed the news, abdul ezedi, the 35 rod, he was involved in the attack on a mother and her two girls with a corrosive liquid in south london —— 35—year—old. the latest line coming from the metropolitan police who have been briefing journalists, their main working hypothesis is that the suspect has gone into the river thames. that is the phrase they are using, gone into the phrase they are using, gone into the river thames, but nobody has yet been found. dutch is coming from the metropolitan police. —— that is coming from. they said abdul ezedi

who had significant injuries to the right hand side of his face, was last seen crossing chelsea bridge on the 3ist of january just last seen crossing chelsea bridge on the 3ist of januaryjust hours after the 3ist of januaryjust hours after the attack in clapham in south london. he is wanted for attempted murder after the mother and her children were injured. the mother we are told by the authorities has a life changing injuries from the corrosive liquid. the police have just been talking as we see some of the cctv from that night, that attack. he pulled out one of the young children from the back of that car, flinging the child to the ground. the two children have been released from the hospital but the mother remains in hospital with those life changing injuries. it is

worth repeating and underlining what the police have been doing in the last week because they have been going through hours and hours of cctv footage, principally around central london. 100 different officers working on this, ploughing through many hours of cctv and through many hours of cctv and through the course of the week, different sightings have been spotted as they try to piece together the movements of abdul ezedi. the metropolitan police now saying that their main working hypothesis is that he has gone into the river thames. they have worked that out by looking at the cctv footage stop he was last spotted on chelsea bridge on wednesday but no sign of him leaving the bridge and

so they are working on the assumption he has gone into the river. a massive manhunt has been going on and the policing minister said all resources were being used to find him, investigations targeting associates of abdul ezedi and also there is a £20,000 reward in place for information leading to his arrest. the 31—year—old mother remains sedated in hospital and she may lose her sight in her right eye following the attack, we understand. so much of the investigation was done into the background of abdul ezedi and he was placed on the sex offenders list for ten years and was handed a suspended sentence in 2018 at newcastle crown court and was later granted asylum for two two

failed attempts and was allowed to stay in the country after a priest confirmed he had converted to christianity. but the metropolitan police now say that their working assumption is that he has gone into the water into the river thames. nobody yet found. our correspondent was in the briefing. tell us more about what the detectives have said. the working assumption from police is that abdul ezedi has gone into the river and they talked about following thousands of different cctv cameras and the painstaking work to go to those videos, four hours worth of images and they said they could see him walking for four miles in and around central london

around the terms and the journey finished shortly before 1130 on chelsea bridge where his behaviour changed. he had been working with purpose and then when he got to the bridge his behaviour changed and he was walking up and down and then it was walking up and down and then it was the case that there were suddenly no longer any footage of him and the assumption is that he has gone into the water. it can take a month for anybody to appear or you may never happen because the water runs very high at this time of year, they said —— or it may never happen. they did say they will continue following other lines of inquiry, that the investigation does not stop here but it does seem as the suspect is now presumed to be dead according to the police. figs is now presumed to be dead according to the police-— to the police. as we were looking at the cctv pictures, _

to the police. as we were looking at the cctv pictures, they _ to the police. as we were looking at the cctv pictures, they have - to the police. as we were looking at the cctv pictures, they have had i to the police. as we were looking at the cctv pictures, they have had so j the cctv pictures, they have had so many officers scouring so many cameras across the capital. that is ri . ht. the cameras across the capital. that is right. the police _ cameras across the capital. that is right. the police officer— cameras across the capital. that is right. the police officer giving - cameras across the capital. that is right. the police officer giving the | right. the police officer giving the briefing talked about good old police work and said it was painstaking to go through those many hours and thousands of cameras around the capital. as well as the tip—off and the phone calls they have had. there was a £20,000 reward offered for any information that would lead to them finding the suspect and obviously that did not happen but clearly there were plenty of sightings and people ringing in. the cctv was the biggest lead. they talked about using a behavioural scientist to look at the cctv and to look at his behaviour and body language. they said it clearly

changes, he walks with purpose for several hours and then it changes when he gets to chelsea bridge and he becomes more wondering and then there are no more sightings of him on cctv after that. the investigation will continue. there were a couple of raids in newcastle and they will speak to other people that they thought may be connected to the suspect. i asked them if they felt given they have a look all the cctv, that they had a clear image of what happened, leading up to the attack and then afterwards when he disappeared, whether that meant he had received any help from anybody, and they said it was unlikely and that he had been walking on his own and it was unlikely he received any help from anybody else during that time. we help from anybody else during that time. ~ ., help from anybody else during that time. ~ . , ._ help from anybody else during that time. . ,. , .,

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relation to some of her injuries that she sustained. this has been a huge attack which has dominated the media and newspaper headlines so it is not like people have not heard about it. very much the idea that they had plenty of leads on the night but nothing since then. they felt the cctv was the best lead and it pointed them in the direction that the suspect has gone into the water, in their words, so obviously presumed dead.— water, in their words, so obviously presumed dead. over the last nine da s, with presumed dead. over the last nine days. with such — presumed dead. over the last nine days, with such a _ presumed dead. over the last nine days, with such a big _ presumed dead. over the last nine | days, with such a big investigation, what more have we learned about him? to be honest, the briefing was about what happened to him and you mentioned before that we knew he had come over here from afghanistan in a

lorry, illegally arrived, applied for asylum a couple of times and eventually was granted it. it has become a nationally understood figure because of what happened. interesting information that the police were talking about it and they say they are in touch with a member of his family but obviously the police say their thoughts remain with the victim, one of whom is in hospital. with the victim, one of whom is in hosital. ~ ., with the victim, one of whom is in hosital. . ., ., ,, , ., �* with the victim, one of whom is in hosital.~ . , ., ~ , hospital. what happens now. are they ”lannin to hospital. what happens now. are they planning to scale _ hospital. what happens now. are they planning to scale back _ hospital. what happens now. are they planning to scale back the _ planning to scale back the investigation? does it continue with the sort of numbers of police that are currently involved? that the sort of numbers of police that are currently involved?— the sort of numbers of police that are currently involved? that is the auestion i are currently involved? that is the question i asked _ are currently involved? that is the question i asked and _ are currently involved? that is the question i asked and they - are currently involved? that is the question i asked and they said - are currently involved? that is the question i asked and they said the investigation will continue. clearly

the cctv was one of the most simple fact is, it was what led them to piece together what happened to him but there were other leads which led to different searches being made, two of which were armed searches so there are other leads which they are following up. and they will be a continuation of the investigation. you can't be sure exactly what has happened to him but now it is the working assumption that he has gone into the river and quite clearly part of the investigation will be scaled back somewhat. i part of the investigation will be scaled back somewhat.- part of the investigation will be scaled back somewhat. i know you have not scaled back somewhat. i know you have got to _ scaled back somewhat. i know you have got to get — scaled back somewhat. i know you have got to get away _ scaled back somewhat. i know you have got to get away but - scaled back somewhat. i know you have got to get away but thanks i scaled back somewhat. i know you l have got to get away but thanks for joining us. thank you for the latest lines coming from the metropolitan police. i want to recap the breaking news, the metropolitan police saying

they're working assumption now is that the clapham chemical attack suspect abdul ezedi has gone into the water, they said, and is presumed dead. no dead body but the briefing from police officers says they have looked at the cctv showing abdul ezedi walking with purpose for four miles to the river thames and then cctv showing him on the bridge and the working assumption is that he went into the river. investigations will continue and police say it could take up to a month for a body in the river thames to appear and also added it may never appear. adding in conclusion that they were in touch with his family but their thoughts remain with the victims and they have still not been able to speak to the adult victim, the woman i was talking about, who remains in hospital with

life changing injuries. those are the latest developments. any more from the police, we will return to that story. now to another element of breaking news. concerning the prime minister. rishi sunak has published his personal tax returns. you may remember a story about that. apparently it shows he paid more than half £1 million in uk tax last year. the prime minister publishing his personal tax return and apparently it shows he paid more than £500,000 in uk tax last year. that line just than £500,000 in uk tax last year. that linejust dropping than £500,000 in uk tax last year. that line just dropping and we will bring you more on that in the next little while.

now to the farmers protests. farmers are venting their anger over soaring fuel. farmers are venting their anger over soaring fuel and fertilizer costs — low prices for their produce — and increasingly restrictive eu regulations. demonstrations are planned in poland, hungary and italy today. italy's government has promised tax breaks to ease hardship for farmers — after hundreds began rallying with their tractors this week, on motorways outside rome and turin. this was the scene on thursday. 0ur rome correspondent mark lowen is at the protests on the outskirts of rome and sent this update. this is the latest battle line being drawn between the european farmers and their policymakers and we are on a hilljust outside rome where it farmers and tractors are coming to protest and more coming by the hour, actually,

in a show of strength to show they have important complaints they want the government to listen to, they said they will blockade the ring road around rome unless they get listened to by the government. their complaints are very much shared by their counterparts across europe, that there are excessive eu environmental regulations on land, on pesticides and fertilisers, which they say are unsustainable amidst soaring costs and plummeting prices. they want income tax breaks and they want a cut in imports that are coming in from ukraine and elsewhere, that they say are undercutting their profits, and they say they will continue and escalate their protests unless they get a meeting with the agriculture minister and the prime minister which is being offered but not yet confirmed. they say they will go into rome and keep up the strength and their protest unless they get that. this feeds into a political moment in europe with eu elections injune which could see a rapid rise in far right parties which are capitalising

on this anger of the farmers and a sense of urban elite policymakers against the rural areas which are not being listened to and several eu governments have backtracked on some targets, hoping to placate the protests, and for these italian farmers that will be the hope as well. for now, a few farmers have been allowed to go towards rome as a show of strength, to some extent. all roads lead to rome, and these ones are paved with protesters. the late —— the latest there from rome. it started off as part of a secret world war two mission, but now port lockroy — the uk's first base in antarctica — is celebrating its 80th year. the tiny camp was established in 19114 but has since been central to research into climate change and is home to the world's most remote post office.

let's speak to camilla nichol, ceo of uk antarctic heritage trust. thanks forjoining us. i did not know anything about this until earlier in the day. it is incredible, the amount of history in this remote part of the world. you are riuht. this remote part of the world. you are right- just _ this remote part of the world. vfrl. are right. just eight years ago the uk embarked on its major antarctic scientific programme as part of a world war ii operation so it is layers of history that are built on layers of history that are built on layers of history that are built on layers of other history which have happened in antarctica going back to the heroic age of scott and shackleton and all of that but this is where the uk started to assert its presence in the antarctic. just tell viewers _ its presence in the antarctic. just tell viewers who _ its presence in the antarctic. just tell viewers who have not seen the report we ran earlier, why did they end up setting up the place? in 1943

durin: the end up setting up the place? in 1943 during the second _ end up setting up the place? in 1943 during the second world _ end up setting up the place? in 1943 during the second world war, - end up setting up the place? in 1943 during the second world war, uk i end up setting up the place? in 1943. during the second world war, uk was observing activity in the antarctic from argentina and chile which was counter to the uk's aims for antar to get so this was before the antarctic treaty which set it aside for international governance, and this is before that, and this is when there was a lot of territorial claims being asserted. 0ther when there was a lot of territorial claims being asserted. other nations proximal to the antarctic but also active there like norway and australia and new zealand, they were starting to develop claims, sovereign claims to portions of antarctica, like slices of pie, if you like. as the war was building and during the 405, argentina you like. a5 the war was building and during the 405, argentina wa5 a55erting a claim that overlapped with that of the uk. the uk was not

going to have that so in order to strengthen that claim a wartime operation was established by the british admiralty and the colonial office. they created a top secret operation to send down a ship with a team of men to establish wintering bases on the antarctic peninsula. i have only got a minute left. what is it like working there now and what work is being done around climate change? the work is being done around climate chance? , ., , , change? the site now, the birthplace ofthe change? the site now, the birthplace of the british — change? the site now, the birthplace of the british antarctic _ change? the site now, the birthplace of the british antarctic survey, - change? the site now, the birthplace of the british antarctic survey, it - of the british antarctic survey, it is now a museum, and a post office, a place that people visit if they go to the antarctic and we sent a team there every year to look after the base and to welcome visitors as well as conservatives and carpenters to look after the other bases we have in antarctica —— conservators. it is

difficult work in the harshest possible climate.— difficult work in the harshest ossible climate. ., ., ., possible climate. thanks for “oining us. it is a fascinating * possible climate. thanks for “oining us. it is a fascinating base _ possible climate. thanks forjoining us. it is a fascinating base and - possible climate. thanks forjoining us. it is a fascinating base and the. us. it is a fascinating base and the story around it is incredible. thanks forjoining us. when we come back after the break, we have a busy hour. we will have the latest from the courts, prince harry reaching a settlement with the newspapers, we have the first reaction from piers morgan, the former editor of the daily mirror, and he is mentioned in the scathing attack from the law of the scathing attack from the law of the duke of sussex outside the court today. —— the lawyer. and we also have the latest on the clapham attacker, the corrosive attack with the latest working assumption from police that abdul ezedi has gone into the water and is presumed dead.

we will have the latest from our correspondent who was at the police briefing and we also have the latest on the pakistan elections and the reaction to the criticisms about the fading memories of president biden. all of that coming up on the programme. now we have the weather. hello, there. the snow that's now falling is restricted to the hills of scotland. elsewhere, well, we've seen some rain around that has led to some flooding. this is the picture earlier on in cambridgeshire. together with the heavy rain, of course, there's been some snow melt and that's why there are so many flood warnings. most of the flood warnings still across the midlands and southern england. the numbers may drop this weekend. it looks like it should be turning a bit drier at the moment, though. this weather front is pushing northwards, taking wetter weather

northwards, particularly into scotland. and this is where we've got the last of the colder air. elsewhere, we've seen temperatures rising in the milder air as it's moved its way northwards and with those rising temperatures some of the snow has been melting. this was the picture earlier on in staffordshire. now here's the radar picture. the blue is rain. so we've got these bands of rain moving northwards again. and the snow, the white there, sleet, snow getting restricted to scotland and increasingly that's becoming confined to highland and grampian where above about 300 metres there could be 20 centimetres of snow. so it is quite high elevations. we've got some rain elsewhere and the strong easterly wind that we've had will gradually ease overnight. but we'll see some further rain moving across northern england, into southern scotland and over northern ireland. england and wales actually turning drier and clearer. it could be a little bit chillier in the south than it was last night. all depends on the amount of cloud and mist and fog as well. and we could see some of that mist and fog through the midlands heading towards lincolnshire for a while. otherwise some sunshine coming through, some sunshine for northern england this time, and northern ireland and eventually across southern scotland as it turns drier. what's left of any rain, sleet

and snow is really in the far north of the country. there will be some showers much further south — most of those into south west england and south wales. those temperatures continuing to rise and getting up to seven degrees widely in scotland on saturday. the last of the cold air away from northern scotland is getting moved away by that weather front. things will be much brighter in the northwest of scotland. still got low pressure close by for sunday. could be a bit of rain actually running northwards up these north sea coasts. otherwise, some sunshine breaking through the cloud eventually and leading to a scattering of showers in the west and the south. nothing particularly heavy. still quite gusty winds through the english channel. otherwise, the winds will be lighter. temperatures continuing to rise in scotland. further south, it may turn a little cooler.

live from london, this is bbc news. we start with breaking news. police believe they might wanted for the

london chemical attack is dead, his body thought to be in the river thames. prince harry settles his phone hacking case with mirror group newspapers, winning substantial damages. the newspapers, winning substantial damaues. ~ ., newspapers, winning substantial damares, . ., ., newspapers, winning substantial damares, . ., .., ., , ., damages. we have uncovered and prove the shockingly — damages. we have uncovered and prove the shockingly dishonest _ damages. we have uncovered and prove the shockingly dishonest way _ damages. we have uncovered and prove the shockingly dishonest way which - the shockingly dishonest way which the shockingly dishonest way which the mirror acted for so many years and then sought to conceal the truth. , ., and then sought to conceal the truth. ., ., , ., truth. junior doctors in england announced _ truth. junior doctors in england announced five _ truth. junior doctors in england announced five more _ truth. junior doctors in england announced five more days - truth. junior doctors in england announced five more days of i truth. junior doctors in england - announced five more days of strike action. we will have all the latest. the us president, joe biden, hits out at suggestions he has a poor memory and is now unfit for office. first there was a var, now football authorities consider introducing a blue card along with yellow and red with a ten minute sin—binned. we will have all the reaction.