also tonight, prince harry settles his phone hacking claim against mirror group newspapers, and hits out at then editor piers morgan, saying he knew what was going on. the greatest show on turf — but are super bowl fans more excited about the game, or taylor swift? and... red, yellow — and now blue? there may be another sanction for bad behaviour on the football pitch. on bbc london, we will have more on the news that the suspect in the clapham chemical attack went into the river thames, and is believed to be dead. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six.

police say they believe the london chemical attack suspect abdul ezeddi is probably dead, but that his body hasn't been found. the last known cctv footage of ezedi shows him leaning over chelsea bridge, on the river thames. officers have been searching for him since a woman and her two young daughters were attacked with a corrosive substance nine days ago — the mother is still in hospital and may lose her sight in one eye. here's our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford. chelsea correspondent daniel sandford. bridge at 11.30 las1 wednesday chelsea bridge at 11.30 last wednesday night. this is the last cctv image police have been able to find of abdul ezedi. they have scoured other cameras and footage from buses, but have found nothing more. so they now believe he went into the water, and is probably dead. figs into the water, and is probably dead. �* , , ., into the water, and is probably dead. a , ., ., , ., , dead. as gets on to chelsea bridge he crosses the _ dead. as gets on to chelsea bridge he crosses the bridge _ dead. as gets on to chelsea bridge he crosses the bridge more - dead. as gets on to chelsea bridge he crosses the bridge more than i he crosses the bridge more than once, and then when he gets back to the centre he a peers to be moving from the railings, back to the pavement, and looking over the edge

of the railings, so, distinct change in how he has been moving about. he is the only suspect in a horrific attack on a 31—year—old woman and her two daughter, he is suspected of throws caustic soda on them and hurling the three—year—old to the ground. the attack happened at 7.25 last wednesday night in clapham in south london, from there he headed north to king's cross, buying water at tesco, then he headed south to tower hill and the river thames. and every time he was filmed on cctv after that, every time he was filmed on cctv afterthat, he every time he was filmed on cctv after that, he was walking west, along the river, ending up at chelsea bridge. 0fficers chelsea bridge. officers have been told by experts that if he has died in the river, with the rapid current it may take a month to find the body and in truth, it might never be found. friends of the woman he suspected of attacking have released this image of her and her daughter on a fundraising page with theirfaces her daughter on a fundraising page with their faces obscured by hearts.

detectives say she is very poorly and unable to talk to them. she is unaware the suspect is thought to have gone into the river from chelsea bridge. this investigation isn't over, the marine police are trying to find his body and until that body is found a line can't be drawn under it, but police are sure enough about what happened they have spoken to his family, and have told them that he is probably daniel, thank you. prince harry has settled his remaining claims against mirror group newspapers for phone hacking and invasion of privacy. the prince said in a statement that his case has uncovered what he called the "shockingly dishonest way" the daily mirror acted for many years. and he singled out piers morgan for criticism, who was the paper's editor at the time, saying he knew "perfectly well" what was going on. the mirror group said it was pleased

to have reached an agreement, and to move forward from events "that took place many years ago". here's our media correspondent david sillito. prince harry is in the middle of a legal war against a number of britain's newspapers, and today seatslement with mirror group was an end to one of the battles. the issue, was more than 100 stories he said had been acquired by intercepting his voicemails, many of them were about his relationship with his former girlfriend chelsy davy. but, winning a damages settlement running into hundreds of thousands of pounds is not the end. his barrister today stepped out of court and issued a statement on behalf of the prince, saying it was time for the authorities to prove that no—one was above the law. then pointed the finger at a former mirror editor, piers morgan. figs pointed the finger at a former mirror editor, piers morgan. as the 'udue said mirror editor, piers morgan. as the judge said only _ mirror editor, piers morgan. as the judge said only this _ mirror editor, piers morgan. as the judge said only this morning - mirror editor, piers morgan. as the judge said only this morning we - mirror editor, piers morgan. as the i judge said only this morning we have uncovered and proved the shockingly dishonest way in which the mirror acted for so many years, and then

sought to conceal the truth. in light of this, we call again for the authorities to up hold the rule of law, and to prove that no—one is above it. that includes mr morgan, who was editor, new perfectly well what was going on as the judge held. piers morgan edited the mirror 20 years ago and has always denied by involved in hacking, as he returned home today he had this to say. invading the privacy of the royal family is utterly reprehensible, and on that i share prince harry's opinion. ijust wish he would stop doing it. pa. opinion. i 'ust wish he would stop doin: it. �* , ~ opinion. i 'ust wish he would stop doin: it. �* , . ., doing it. a barbed reference to prince harry's _ doing it. a barbed reference to prince harry's own _ doing it. a barbed reference to prince harry's own royal- doing it. a barbed reference to - prince harry's own royal revelation but piers morgan had no more to say than. his scorn for the duke and duchess of sussex runs deep, it was the reason he parted company with itv. �* ., , ,

itv. ok, i'm done with this. sorry. but for very _ itv. ok, i'm done with this. sorry. but for very i _ itv. ok, i'm done with this. sorry. but for very i prince _ itv. ok, i'm done with this. sorry. but for very i prince harry - itv. ok, i'm done with this. sorry. but for very i prince harry this - itv. ok, i'm done with this. sorry. but for very i prince harry this is l but for very i prince harry this is beginning, further legal action is under way against other papers. prince harry's guns are going to train on the sun and there is a case against them later in the year and then after that, on the mail newspaper group, he wants the vend dicase, the understanding that there was wrongdoing and that impacted on him, he is not in it as he said many times for the money. but the prince was not in court today, he has returned to the us and an nfl awards show, and a night off from his battle against the press. david sillito, president biden has insisted he's the most qualified person to lead the united states after his memory was called into question. a report cleared him of mishandling classified documents, but accused him of forgetting key dates. the us presidential election

is nine months away, at which he is expected to be the democratic candidate facing donald trump for the republicans. 0ur north america correspondent john sudworth has been speaking to voters in baltimore. there's long been speculation about president biden�*s age... and i don't want to... i'll maybe change my words. and his memory. there's been a response from the opposition, but, erm... yes, i'm sorry — from hamas. overnight the president defended his handling of private information andhis memory. but now it centre stage, for mental capacity of the commander in chief is the story. even in america's most democrat leaning city, in places where the

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initially the president of mexico... | initially the president of mexico... that was the president of egypt not mexico. in report providing legal exoneration for president biden over his handling of classified document ought to have been a win, but the concerns raised about his memory are a political nightmare, seeming to confirm suspicions that voters already had, and if it is on people's minds in heartland constituency, the real worry what it will mean in the margin, where this election will be won or lost. his point senses opportunity while democrats complain the report was written by a republican leaning lawyer, but fair or not, mr biden all be certain to be the candidate may find myself fighting on his powers of recall as much as his record. john sudworth john sudworth bbc news washington. and you can find out more about this story on president biden in the latest episode of the bbc�*s americast, which you can find on bbc sounds. junior doctors in england

are to go on strike for five days later this month. they'll walk out from february 24th to 28th; their tenth strike in their continuing dispute about pay. the british medical association, which represents them, wants a 35% pay increase, which was previously rejected by the government. many routine hospital services are likely to be disrupted or cancelled. israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, says he has told the military to develop a plan to get civilians out of rafah to make way for an expanded offensive. the humanitarian situation there continues to worsen after further israeli air strikes, despite president biden warning that israel's actions are "over the top." of the two million people who live in gaza, more than 80% are now displaced and the majority are heading to the city of rafah, near the eyptian border. the palestinian authorities say that two years ago the population of rafah was about 260,000. but the influx of people means

the population there now stands at 1.4 million. our international editor jeremy bowen's report has some distressing images from the start. israel bombed rafah again. a family ran to get medical aid for a child who was already dead. round 1.2 million palestinian civilians have crammed into rafah. this man said thousands more would be killed, if the israelis moved their troops in. "the kids can't sleep," he said. "they are terrified and so are adults." hunger and illness are spreading in makeshift camps flooded with pools of sewage. the lines of plastic tents go on for miles. the aid operation is led by unrwa, the beleaguered un agency for palestinian refugees. it says an israeli offensive

into rafah would have terrible consequences. such a military operation would add an additional apocalyptic layer in the gaza strip. apocalyptic? that is a very strong word. it's a strong word, but if you talk about already 5% of the population having been either killed or injured and then you conduct a military operation in this place, you can only add an additional disastrous layer of tragedy, and this needs absolutely to be avoided. unrwa has sacked a dozen employees israel says took part in the 7th october attacks. after four months of war, the stresses are very evident. there are the very serious allegations hanging over this agency, unrwa, who are the main provider of humanitarian aid to the people of gaza, and there is israel's seeming

determination to extend the military offensive into the town of rafah, despite the opposition of its most important ally, the us, who say that innocent civilians have suffered enough. those comments will only deepen the suspicions of unrwa among government supporters, like this retired general the former deputy head of the armed forces. unrwa is a terrorist organisation. we will find a way with our civil administration to give the people medicine, food, etc. that is an occupation. the other possibility is to give it back to the hamas and unrwa, and to face again another 7 october. we will never agree to it. he went off to join protestors, mostly religious nationalists, whose views on gaza are shared

by many, if not most israelis. urging the government to ignore its critics, including the world court, which is investigating plausible accusations it says of genocide in gaza, as well asjoe biden. one of the placards said "it's simple. them or us". jeremy bowen, bbc news, jerusalem. it's emerged that some israeli soldiers have been posting content online showing palestinian detainees, which legal experts say could be in breach of international law. bbc verify�*s merlyn thomas has more. since israel's military response to the october the 7th attacks, our investigation has found several videos on social media sites like tiktok and youtube all leading to the accounts of israeli soldiers. this is the front line of israel's war with gaza. solders have been documenting their time in an active warzone, posting

content on social media. some of those videos show palestinian detainees. we've identified several of the soldiers uploading these videos and the locations they were posted from in gaza. this is one of the videos we've analysed. it was uploaded onto youtube by an idf soldier. detainees stripped to their underwear in a sports stadium in northern gaza. some kneeling and blindfolded. one of the soldiers in the video is a lieutenant colonel, which we identified by the insignia on his uniform, suggesting he is aware that filming is taking place. he also uploaded another video where a soldier is seen interrogating a man stripped to his underwear and bleeding. he is then walked through the streets of gaza barefoot. the idf said the soldier who posted the video has been fired, and that the detainee has been released. we've shown this footage to human rights experts, who say the filming of detainees and publication of such videos may breach international law. warfare in the information age gives

us unique access to the front line. but for some, this conflict is simply a backdrop for their media content. we asked the israel defence force for its comment about each of these incidents, but it hasn't come back to us yet. merlyn thomas reporting there. it is 16 minutes past six. our top story this evening: police believe the london chemical attack suspect abdul azeddi is probably dead after going into the river thames. still to come in the programme, why the headlines ahead of this weekend's super bowl coming up on bbc news — manchester cityjoin four other teams still on the hunt for the women's league cup. we'll have the draw for the semifinals live on sportsday, with the first trophy of the season up for grabs. weight loss surgery. we hear from weight loss surgery. we hearfrom his family.

president putin says the west needs to realise that it is "impossible" to defeat russia in ukraine. to realise that it is "impossible" his comments came during a lengthy interview with the american broadcaster tucker carlson, in what was his first one—on—one interview with western media for more than two years. but mr putin faced few tough questions and wasn't challenged about alleged war crimes or the supression of dissent in russia. here's our russia editor, steve rosenberg. hard hitting it wasn't. are we having a talk show or a serious conversation? laughter but it was the first time vladimir putin has sat down with a western media personality since his full—scale invasion of ukraine. and he used the tucker carlson interview to send a message to the west. "stop arming ukraine, you won't defeat russia." translation: wouldn't it be better to negotiate with russia, _ make an agreement, already understanding the situation that is developing today,

realising that russia will fight for its interest to the end? i'll give you these documents. one bizarre moment. a present from putin — some 17th century documents and a lecture on 1,000 years of russian history. judging by how often his face is on russian tv, it's little surprise the kremlin chose tucker carlson for this interview. the conservative commentator from the us is a controversialfigure. much of what he says matches the kremlin's anti—liberal world view. most americans have no idea why putin invaded ukraine. ahead of the interview, tucker carlson claimed that since the russian invasion not a single western journalist had bothered trying to speak to putin. wrong there.

in december, i spent four hours trying, and failing, to ask president putin a question. and the kremlin has turned down several bbc bids for an interview. for president putin, this was a platform for transmitting to the west his narrative on the war in ukraine. according to that narrative, russia is completely innocent here, the war is the fault of the west, and for more than two hours he was able toe do that pretty much unchallenged. this guy is obviously not a spy — he's a kid. but tucker carlson did ask about evan gershkovich, the respected us reporterjailed in russia on espionage charges. president putin hinted that moscow would be interested in an prisoner exchange, swapping mr gershkovich for a russian assassin convicted in germany. but no questions on war crimes, or domestic repression in russia. instead, two hours of the world according to vladimir putin.

steve rosenberg, bbc news. now we will take a look at a few other stories making the news this evening. the police have confirmed two dogs which killed a grandmother in essex last weekend where xl bullies. esther martin, who was 68, was attacked during a visit to see her grandson injaywick, near clacton—on—sea. ashley warren was arrested on suspicion of dangerous dog offences, and released on bail until march. the future of the red bull formula one team is in the spotlight, as their boss christian horner faces an internal hearing into a complaint of inappropriate behaviour. it's understood the claim has been made by another member of staff. mr horner denies the allegation. an invasive alligator—snapping turtle has been pulled from a lake in cumbria. a dog walker carefully fished it out of the water with a shopping basket and took it to the vet. she also named the creature 'fluffy�*. thanks a few questions, doesn't it?

—— that begs a few questions. we'll have more on this story at the bbc news at ten. we talk a lot about this being a busy year for elections — but before we get to the general election there are three by—elections to get through. two are coming up next week, with the third at the end of the month. our deputy political editor vicki young is here with more. thanks, jane. with all the parties preparing for that general election these by—election contests take on a wider significance. rishi sunak has good reason to feel nervous. the conservatives have lost four out of five of their seats in the last year, all with spectacular swings against the party. and sir keir starmer will want to show that labour is as popular as the polls suggest. the two seats up for grabs on thursday are wellingborough and kingswood. both have been held by the conservatives for more than ten years. peter bone was the mp in wellingborough in northamptonshire. he was removed in decemberfollowing

a sexual misconduct scandal. this would normally be considered a really safe seat, but recent tory losses suggest that doesn't mean much at the moment. chris skidmore was the mp for kingswood on the northern outskirts of bristol. he resigned injanuary, unhappy with the government's environmental policies. with a majority of around 11,000, it could be an easier target for labour. there's also another by—election at the end of this month in rochdale following the death of labour mp sir tony lloyd. now, the national polls suggest next week could be tough for the conservatives — just look at that gap between their polling average and labour's. and there at the moment, in third place, is reform uk — formerly the brexit party. it doesn't have any mps but is putting a lot of effort into the wellingborough by—election, particularly targeting tory votes. this will all be another unwelcome

test for rishi sunak and his mps will be even more jittery if it goes badly. you can see a full list of the candidates in all three seats on the bbc website. thanks very much, vicki. thank you. with a tv audience of tens of millions in the us alone, this weekend's super bowl has been dubbed "the greatest show on turf". the kansas city chiefs will take on the san francisco 49ers in las vegas on sunday, but despite the usual excitement about the game and the half time entertainment, many of the pre—match headlines have involved a celebrity who may not even attend. pop superstar taylor swift is dating the chiefs' kelsey travis. our north america correspondent nomia iqbal reports now on how two worlds collide. one of the most watched sporting eventin one of the most watched sporting event in the world. more than 1.5 million people tune in to the super bowl every year. but the person dominating the headlines is on in

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and cindy crawford, alongside oprah winfrey, jodie comer and miley cyrus. and to prove this wasn't photoshopped, vogue even released some behind—the—scenes video footage of the day. now, in what could be a major shake—up on the football pitch, referees may soon be able to give players a blue card for bad behaviour, in addition to the current red and yellow options. a blue card would mean a ten—minute sin—bin punishment for offences like dissent. trialling the idea will be discussed at a meeting of football's lawmakers next month, although the premier league has said it won't be part of it — as andy swiss now reports. commentator: and then it's going to be red. i they are what every footballer dreads — the red card and also the cautionary yellow card. but soon there could be another colour. a blue card would mean a player would have to leave the field for ten minutes, and would be a punishment for two things — blatant so—called cynical fouls, and also dissent towards referees. both currently are yellow card offences, but many believe a spell on the sidelines

is a stronger deterrent. yes, i do think it's a good idea. if a player dissents a referee, the referee will show him what is at the moment a yellow card but it will be a blue card in future, and he'll go to the sin bin for ten minutes. and that's good for the player — the player may cool down, the opposition will gain an advantage, clearly. sin bins are already used in other sports, such as rugby, and they've been tested in grassroots football to try and improve respect towards referees. but at this football centre in manchester the blue card concept got a mixed response. if you're going to give a bit of backchat or, you know, kicking the ball away for something like dissent, that personally would probably stop me from doing something like that, yeah. the yellow card and red card workjust fine. i i think it would just spoil the flow of the game, i to be honest with you. and the premier league say they won't be trialling the blue card. one manager says they'll only cause confusion.

the discussion will be, "it was a blue card — should have been a yellow card. now he's ten minutes off. in the good old times it would have been a red card, or it would have been only yellow." whatever — these kind of things just makes it more complicated. it doesn't sound like a fantastic idea in the first moment, but actually i can't remember when the last fantastic idea came from these guys. if they ever had one. more cards, some argue, then, will only mean more controversy. but for referees the days ofjust yellow and red could soon be given their marching orders. andy swiss, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. here's elizabeth rizzini. hello. thank you, jane. a quieter day of weather today. yesterday we were talking about falling snow. today we are talking about the snow melt and there has certainly been a lot of flooding. we have seen some heavy rain across many areas last night, and particularly wet conditions across parts of the midlands. 93 flood warnings in place across england and wales, a few

hundred flood alerts, but the good news as it should be a much drier weekend in store. many places turning drive. still a few showers. no pressure is still very much dominant. this is the warm front gradually displacing that much colder viewing air, quite far to the north of scotland heading through tonight and into tomorrow —— do fearing air. overnight tonight there's the chance of some snow over high levels. another 10—20 centimetres perhaps accumulating, and strong gusty winds. rain to lower levels. cooler and colder and there will also be some fog developing across england and wales heading into tomorrow morning, drier. some who felt across parts of scotland, and quite a grey day here. the whinging is becoming more confined to the far north, caithness and sutherland, —— the winter illness. some showers towards the west. some rainjust moving into the far south—east of england as well.

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