about joe biden's about remarks aboutjoe biden's memory. police believe the man wanted for a london chemical attack is dead — his body thought to be in the river thames. it may be some time, if someone has gone into the water at this time of year, for someone to surface. and sadly they may never actually be found. in gaza 1.5 million people around rafah fear war is coming as israel draws up plans for an evacuation ahead of a military offensive in the southern city. prince harry has claimed victory as he settles his phone hacking case against mirror group newspapers. welcome to the programme, and ben thomson. tour the white house now,

where we are hearing a briefing on the very latest on those allegations made against president biden. there was a report published into to present biden�*s handling of classified documents. as part of that report, special council question president biden�*s memory, accusing him of forgetting key dates. of course that has raised questions about his fitness and suitability to run in this year's presidential elections. that is the scene at the white house. we will stay right across that. if there are any further details are emerging out of that. all we know so far is that the white house are calling the remarks in that report gratuitous and inappropriate. we also know the vice president, kamala harris, describes it as a purely political attack and as politically motivated.

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 azedi shows him leaning over chelsea bridge, on the river thames. officers have been searching for ezedi 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 bridge at 11.30pm 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. as gets on to chelsea bridge, he crosses the bridge more than once, and then when he gets back to the centre he appears to be moving from the railings,

back to the pavement, and looking over the edge of the railings. so, a distinct change in how he has been moving about. ezedi 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, but then he headed south to tower hill and the river thames. and every time he was filmed on cctv after that, he was walking west, along the river, ending up at 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 the body and in truth, it might never be found. friends of the woman he is suspected of attacking have released this image of her and 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 riverfrom chelsea bridge. let's speak to sue sim — the former chief constable of northumbria police — she led the search for the murderer raoul moat in 2010. further developments on the story. it has taken more than a week to determine the potential fate of the suspect. what do you understand about what will be going on behind the scenes to try to work out what has happened to ezedi?— has happened to ezedi? certainly, the metropolitan _ has happened to ezedi? certainly, the metropolitan have _ has happened to ezedi? certainly, the metropolitan have been - has happened to ezedi? certainly, l the metropolitan have been tracking li's movements from where the attack took place right up to the last sighting is on chelsea bridge. —— tracking ezedi's. they will have you thousands of hours of cctv footage, pieced it all together to actually track him as far as they can.

chelsea bridge is the last place they have seen him. they will have also used psychologists, people who are well aware of behaviour, because they described him as having been working with purpose earlier on in the evening. by the time he was getting to chelsea bridge area, he was behaving in something they have described as in a different manner. it would appear that either his injuries have been so serious by that time that he has fallen into the water, or he hasjumped into the water. there has been absolutely no sightings of him since then. there has been no use of any monetary issues, no use of his cards.

speaking to his associates or family has not been able to reveal anything. the strong probability is that he has gone into the river. the olice that he has gone into the river. the police pointing out that no body has been found, offers a saying one may never be recovered. this has to be a working hypothesis, that this is where his journey has ended. you talk about things like credit card transactions or cctv. what are the tools available to investigators looking for someone like this? met looking for someone like this? net are all sorts _ looking for someone like this? lief are all sorts of financial ways they could be looking into his background. they will be using all of their investigative tools and opportunities, speaking to everybody that he knows, making sure that they are aware of anybody who does indeed know him. and they will be making sure that he does not have anything to show he is alive. h0???

to show he is alive. how frustrating, _ to show he is alive. how frustrating, perhaps - to show he is alive. how frustrating, perhaps as l to show he is alive. howl frustrating, perhaps as in to show he is alive. how- frustrating, perhaps as in the world, but how frustrating is it when police are not able to say conclusively what has happened to this man? if we are told that we may never get a body, that his body may never get a body, that his body may never be recovered from the river, we may never know for sure. if never be recovered from the river, we may never know for sure. if you remember. — we may never know for sure. if you remember, that _ we may never know for sure. if you remember, that is _ we may never know for sure. if you remember, that is exactly - we may never know for sure. if you remember, that is exactly what - remember, that is exactly what happened in other cases, such as raoul moat, which i investigated. the frustration for the detectives and all of the police officers involved in this case will be significant. they will have one to two to this man before the courts, if that was the appropriate course of action. this is not the way that anybody would have liked this investigation to have finished. but unfortunately if somebody goes into the river at this time of year, the

chances are that the body may not be recovered. although the net will have all its water resources searching, along with any of the other tens vessels available to them. ., , other tens vessels available to them. . , ., ., other tens vessels available to them. ., , ., them. really good to get your insi . ht at them. really good to get your insight at a — them. really good to get your insight at a time _ them. really good to get your insight at a time like - them. really good to get your insight at a time like this - them. really good to get your insight at a time like this and | them. really good to get your l insight at a time like this and be able to explain exactly what is going on right now. thank you for being with as. as promised, we have been following events at the white house. there are questions over president biden�*s suitability to run for president was again in the presidential elections this year. the white house taking questions after a report called into question his memory. figs after a report called into question his memory-— his memory. as the client, as is ical in his memory. as the client, as is typical in a _ his memory. as the client, as is typical in a legal— his memory. as the client, as is typical in a legal case. - his memory. as the client, as is typical in a legal case. we - his memory. as the client, as is i typical in a legal case. we receive the full report yesterday. the president is very busy, i'm not sure he hasn't read 400 pages, but you certainly for much of the contents

of the report. the certainly for much of the contents of the report-— of the report. the present was animated _ of the report. the present was animated last _ of the report. the present was animated last night, _ of the report. the present was animated last night, rejectingl of the report. the present was i animated last night, rejecting the idea that — animated last night, rejecting the idea that he did not remember when his son _ idea that he did not remember when his son died. was he directly asked in an— his son died. was he directly asked in an interview by special counsel for the _ in an interview by special counsel for the dates? was it part of a broader— for the dates? was it part of a broader conversation? ijust need broader conversation? i just need some _ broader conversation? ijust need some additional context. the prison it was clear — some additional context. the prison it was clear last _ some additional context. the prison it was clear last night, _ some additional context. the prison it was clear last night, the - it was clear last night, the american people have heard from him for years about the pain and the suffering they went through when bill passed away, and the gravity of that. to suggest that he couldn't remember when his son died is really out of bounds. the conversation in the interview back and forth. he is being asked about file folders from a basement, how they got there, what she was doing at that time, and things of that nature. i want to be very careful, i don't want to get into specific things when it is still in a classification process. it is safe to say that of course the

president knows when his son died. do you know why the special counsel would _ do you know why the special counsel would write — do you know why the special counsel would write specifically in the report — would write specifically in the report that the president was unable to recall— report that the president was unable to recall when his son died. you would have _ to recall when his son died. you would have to _ to recall when his son died. you would have to ask— to recall when his son died. moi. would have to ask the special counsel why he included that. you said ou counsel why he included that. you said you told _ counsel why he included that. you said you told the _ counsel why he included that. you said you told the special counsel that the — said you told the special counsel that the criticisms _ said you told the special counsel that the criticisms of _ said you told the special counsel that the criticisms of his - said you told the special counsel that the criticisms of his abiding| that the criticisms of his abiding were _ that the criticisms of his abiding were inaccurate, _ that the criticisms of his abiding were inaccurate, gratuitous- that the criticisms of his abiding were inaccurate, gratuitous and| were inaccurate, gratuitous and wrong — were inaccurate, gratuitous and wrong how _ were inaccurate, gratuitous and wrong how did _ were inaccurate, gratuitous and wrong. how did the _ were inaccurate, gratuitous and wrong. how did the special- were inaccurate, gratuitous and - wrong. how did the special counsel respondm — respond... studio: l respond... . studio: you respond... - studio: you get a respond... — studio: you get a sense of most of those questions in that white house briefing room and about the contents of that report calling into question president biden�*s memory. it is not just reporters who have been asking the questions. we have also seen us vice president kamala harris heading back at some of the allegations made against the president. she has been on television denouncing them, saying it is pure politics, calling it politically motivated. take a

listen. i it politically motivated. take a listen. ., . it politically motivated. take a listen. . , , ., listen. i have been privileged and roud to listen. i have been privileged and proud to serve — listen. i have been privileged and proud to serve as _ listen. i have been privileged and proud to serve as vice _ listen. i have been privileged and proud to serve as vice president i listen. i have been privileged andl proud to serve as vice president of the united states withjoe biden as the united states withjoe biden as the president of the united states. when i saw that report last night, as a former prosecutor, i believe the comments made by that prosecutor — gratuitous, inaccurate and inappropriate. - gratuitous, inaccurate and inappropriate-— - gratuitous, inaccurate and inappropriate. kamala harris s - eakin . inappropriate. kamala harris speaking to _ inappropriate. kamala harris speaking to nbc— inappropriate. kamala harris speaking to nbc in _ inappropriate. kamala harris speaking to nbc in the - inappropriate. kamala harrisl speaking to nbc in the united states. we will follow events they are, and if there are any other key moments to bring you we will do that right here. next to developments in the israel—gaza war. the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, says he has told the military to develop a plan to evacuate civilians from the southern gazan city of rafah to make way for an expanded offensive against hamas. it's the last major town in the gaza strip that israeli ground troops have yet to enter.

it's on the border with egypt, more than a million people have fled there seeking refuge from israeli military operations in the rest of gaza. washington has urged israel to make careful preparations to avoid disastrous civilian casualties. reported israeli air strikes on gaza on friday killed at least 15 people, including eight in rafah, according to officials from the hamas—run health ministry. un chief antonio guterres said news of the coming push into the city was "alarming", and warned it "would exponentially increase what is already a humanitarian nightmare". the city is a crucial entry point for humanitarian aid. 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. around 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 is 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 october 7 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 terror organisation. we will find a way with our civil administration to give the people medicine, food, etc. that's an occupation. the other possibility is to give it back to the hamas and unrwa, and to face again another october 7. 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. around the world and across the uk, you are watching bbc news. let's have a look at other stories making the headlines this hour. 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. hornerid he completely denies the claims. rishi sunak paid more than half £1 million in tax last year. the primary therapy uk tax on his salary as an mp, his ministerial salary, interest from savings with a us bank and investment gains on a us —based fund. a uk court has found that the green party acted improperly in 2022 when it dismissed shahrar ali as its spokesman for policing, because it didn't identify any misconduct.

he claims he was removed because of his beliefs about gender, including the view that "biology is real and immutable". but the judgment upheld political parties' right to dismiss spokespeople whose views differ from party policy. your live with bbc news. 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 midst

of a legal war against a number of britain's newspapers, and today settlement 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, and then pointed the finger at a former mirror editor, piers morgan. as the 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, as editor, knew perfectly well what was going on, as thejudge 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. a barbed reference to prince harry's own royal revelation — but piers morgan had no more to say after that. his scorn for the duke and duchess of sussex runs deep, it was the reason he parted company with itv. ok, i'm done with this. sorry. but for prince harry this isjust the 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 vindication, 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, bbc news. shooting an iconic magazine cover is never easy, especially when it's for the front page of though. but how about shooting just one star, but 40- about shooting just one star, but 40— all at the same time. this is the behind the scenes footage from the behind the scenes footage from the latest edition of the fashion magazine, featuring 40 of the world's leading ladies.

also supermodel cindy crawford has her daughter there. they are not the only mother—daughter duo. kate moss also has her daughter in the same shoot. the man behind it all is the outgoing editor. he became the first black and male editor in 2014. this was his first ever issue, and this will be his last. he said he chose women who reach beyond fashion and culture to change the fabric of society in the 20 20s in ways small and large and always positive. he described the months of planning it took to bring together the

star—studded cast in a studio in new york last december. he said, from london, milan, paris, los angeles and beyond, they materialise as if from a dream. the notion that all these women were in a room at the same time was so unbelievable that vogue postie behind the scenes footage to show that it actually happened and wasn't stitched together using photoshop. the shoot tookjust 15 minutes but the magazine will be hoping the image is one for the ages. with my colleague as an editor at the bbc, but is also as an editor at the bbc, but is also a photographer. this is astonishing— 40 of the world's leading ladies in the rim. not photoshopped, not stitched together. 50 the rim. not photoshopped, not stitched together. so extraordinary. i think stitched together. so extraordinary. i think vogue _ stitched together. so extraordinary. i think vogue had _ stitched together. so extraordinary. i think vogue had to _ stitched together. so extraordinary. i think vogue had to put _ stitched together. so extraordinary. i think vogue had to put out - stitched together. so extraordinary. i think vogue had to put out a - stitched together. so extraordinary. i think vogue had to put out a video j i think vogue had to put out a video to prove that this really did happen. i think the idea you would get 40 of the biggest names in the world and at the same room at the

same time dressed appropriately, here and make—up done. let's not just forget, it is notjust 40 women, it is 40 stylus, 40 assistants. it is an extraordinary feat that they have managed to achieve. i feat that they have managed to achieve. ~ ., ., ., achieve. i think fair to say quite a lot of big personalities _ achieve. i think fair to say quite a lot of big personalities in - achieve. i think fair to say quite a lot of big personalities in that. lot of big personalities in that room. how do you go about making all of that work making that mh? same of that work making that mh? some eo - le of that work making that mh? some --eole are of that work making that mh? some people are saying — of that work making that mh? some people are saying that _ of that work making that mh? some people are saying that the _ of that work making that mh? fine people are saying that the producers who put this together need to ring up who put this together need to ring up downing street and go and work on hsz to up downing street and go and work on hs2 to sort it out. the idea you can get all of this together, a lot of times when people shop for these very big magazines they will want final approval on the final photos, they will want approval or not the clouds. this appears to have flown out of the beauty of said black and white, we will provide no make up,

sit there, shut up, photo done, obama. . ., . sit there, shut up, photo done, obama. , . , ., ., . obama. oprah is front and centre. who do you _ obama. oprah is front and centre. who do you think— obama. oprah is front and centre. who do you think decides - obama. oprah is front and centre. who do you think decides who - obama. oprah is front and centre. | who do you think decides who goes where? i who do you think decides who goes where? ~' , ., ., ., ., ., where? i think when you have a room with orah where? i think when you have a room with oprah winfrey _ where? i think when you have a room with oprah winfrey and _ where? i think when you have a room with oprah winfrey and jane - where? i think when you have a room with oprah winfrey and jane fonda, l with oprah winfrey and jane fonda, it's kind of the unwritten rule — they go front and centre. if you look at the image, kate moss is to one side, cindy crawford is right at the top of the image, serena williams right at the top. it is slightly democratic. they have all put perhaps he goes to one side. this image is a display of power. piers morgan is saying to the world, look how powerful what about who wasn't in that photo. all of the people that were in the photo were people who appeared in the magazine under edward enninful�*s

editorship. of course these aren't all that the women that appeared in the magazine during his editorship, so perhaps one wonders where they are. but nonetheless an extraordinary gathering. taste are. but nonetheless an extraordinary gathering. we talk about iconic— extraordinary gathering. we talk about iconic images, _ extraordinary gathering. we talk about iconic images, but - extraordinary gathering. we talk about iconic images, but we - extraordinary gathering. we talk about iconic images, but we will| about iconic images, but we will look back at this and they will tell us who was in a pop culture, fashion, art, in movies. exactly. the idea he _ fashion, art, in movies. exactly. the idea he has _ fashion, art, in movies. exactly. the idea he has managed - fashion, art, in movies. exactly. the idea he has managed to - fashion, art, in movies. exactly. the idea he has managed to getj fashion, art, in movies. exactly. - the idea he has managed to get them all in at the same room at the same time. people have been suspicious thinking that it may have been photoshopped. it patiently isn't. when you have 40 people in a room whose job it is to stand in front of a camera, it is easy to nailed it. we will be back with the headline shortly. as with us. 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, if i show you 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 and snow getting restricted to scotland, and increasingly that's becoming confined to highland and grampian, where above about 300m there could be 20cm 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 7 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 north—west 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, 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. but further south, it may turn a little cooler.

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council reports that cast doubt on joe biden to age and memory. you are left to wonder — joe biden to age and memory. you are left to wonder why _ joe biden to age and memory. you are left to wonder why this _ joe biden to age and memory. you are left to wonder why this report - left to wonder why this report spends time making gratuitous and inappropriate criticisms of the president. police believe the man wanted for a london chemical attack is dead. his body thought to be in the river thames. rant or revelations? president putin gives his first interview in years with western media — in which he rules out further wars. the oscars is adding a new category to its awards for those with an eye for talent. let's return to our top story this hour. police hunting for the man suspected attacking a woman with a corrosive substance in london last week say he is probably dead. detectives say abdul shokoor ezedi was last caught on cctv on chelsea bridge, on the night of the attack, and they believe he went into the river thames. with me is former metropolitan police detective and crime expert, peter bleksley.