king charles has just issued a statement expressing his thanks to the british public for the messages of support since his cancer diagnosis. police search the river thames for a man suspected of throwing a corrosive substance over a mother and her daughters in south london more than a week ago. and an explosion of light and colour as china celebrates the lunar new year, welcoming in the year of the dragon. hello i'm azadeh moshiri. in the past few minutes, king charles has issued a statement expressing his my heartfelt thanks to the british public for the many messages of support and good wishes he has received, since the announcement on monday that he had been disagnosed with cancer. he said the messages had provided great comfort and encouragement.

the king says... as all those who have been affected by cancer will know, such kind thoughts are the greatest comfort and encouragement. he continues... our royal correspondent jonny dymond is here with me. johnny, jonny dymond is here with me. he is expressing hi: but johnny, he is expressing his thanks but he is also acknowledging that that many others face cancer as well, why do you think that was important to him? the well, why do you think that was important to him? the institution is alwa s this important to him? the institution is always this balance _ important to him? the institution is always this balance between - important to him? the institution is always this balance between the -

always this balance between the public and the personal, between, in this case, the man and a monarch. and no more so than now when the institution has to sort of soldier on, but the man at the heart of it has been diagnosed with cancer and has been diagnosed with cancer and has become, like so many people of his age and people of different ages, a cancer patient, so he was always going to have to nod to that, and he very clearly wants to nod to that because he has let it be known to resources that he has wanted to promote a debate about cancer. he is not going to do it about his own cancer, he will do it about the organisation that help treat and care for people with cancer and the more general debate about testing and whether or not you should go to your doctor, which he has rather pushed forward. so, yes, it is a personal message but it is also a message from the cane, and also the first time we have heard from him since the treatment and since the diagnosis was released. in since the treatment and since the

diagnosis was released.— since the treatment and since the diagnosis was released. in terms of the awareness _ diagnosis was released. in terms of the awareness raising, _ diagnosis was released. in terms of the awareness raising, what - diagnosis was released. in terms of the awareness raising, what do - diagnosis was released. in terms of the awareness raising, what do wel the awareness raising, what do we know of the impact this has had on cancer charities in the uk?- cancer charities in the uk? there has been a _ cancer charities in the uk? there has been a big — cancer charities in the uk? there has been a big spike _ cancer charities in the uk? there has been a big spike in _ cancer charities in the uk? there has been a big spike in people i has been a big spike in people looking into a particularform of cancer, prostate cancer, because of course it was him going into hospitalfor a course it was him going into hospital for a corrective procedure to an enlarged prostate that led to the discovery of cancer more generally. but, of course, for lots of people in this country and beyond, cancer is a reality in their everyday lives or their relatives or their friends. everyday lives or their relatives or theirfriends. this is a reminder notjust that it theirfriends. this is a reminder not just that it strikes right at the top of the british establishment of the british government system but that the monarchy itself is made of people and in this message, which i think it's quite a personal message, he reflects that he is a person, as well as part of a wider institution. johnny, thank you for that. we begin in gaza, where concern is growing over the shortage of food. the united nations is warning of looming famine, with half of gaza's population now in a food emergency.

people living in isolated areas in the north of gaza have told the bbc that children are going without food for days and they're using animalfeed to make bread. the un says one in four households is facing a catastrophic lack of food, because of renewed fighting and aid convoys being regularly blocked from reaching some areas. mahmoud shalabi from medical aid for palestinians says the situation is dire. when it comes to the flour, people are actually using animal feed. however, even the animal feed is starting to get scarce in the market and people are not finding it. when it comes to canned food, there is nothing left in the market, literally. and what we had was actually from the six to seven days of truce that we had at the beginning of this war. and whatever aid was allowed into gaza and in the north of gaza has actually been consumed by now. a six—year—old girl who went missing 12 days ago in gaza city

after the car she was in came under fire, has been found dead, along with several relatives and two paramedics who tried to save her. hind rajab was fleeing the city with her aunt, uncle and three cousins when their car appears to have come under fire from israeli tanks. hind was the last member of the family alive when she made a desperate plea for help to the palestinian red crescent using a mobile phone. our middle east correspondent lucy williamson sent this report, which you may upsetting. today, it was hope that died. long after six—year—old hind was killed. she survived the gunfire that killed her uncle, aunt and cousins as they fled gaza city in the family car. her calls with the emergency services as she hid among the bodies of her relatives in sight of israeli tanks sparked a campaign to find her.

today as israeli forces withdrew from the area, paramedics went in. they found hind's body with those of her relatives in the shattered car. her mother has been waiting for her daughter at a nearby hospital for almost two weeks. translation: for every i person who heard my voice, my daughter's pleading voice, yet did not rescue her, i will question them before god on the day ofjudgment. netanyahu, biden, and all those who collaborated against us, against gaza and its people, i pray against them from the depths of my heart. near where hind was found, the ambulance car that was sent to get her. the bodies of its two crew members inside. they were deliberately targeted.

although our ambulance have very clearly the red crescent emblem on top of our ambulances, and we had it clearly also on all sides of the ambulance. we asked the israeli army about this but received no response. elsewhere in gaza, israel's bombardment is intensifying. in the southern border town of rafah three officers from the hamas—run police force were killed in a strike on their car. and funerals were held for seven adults and five children, killed in overnight air strikes on their homes. this town, the final refuge for gaza's civilians, the final target in israel's ground war. lucy williamson, bbc news.

earlier, i spoke to israel's government spokesman eylon levy, and started by asking him about the reports and warnings of the now serious food shortages in gaza. first of all, thank you for mentioning israel wants to see as much humanitarian aid enter the gaza strip as possible. that's why we have excess capacity at the israeli crossings for more trucks of food, water, medicine and shelter equipment to enter the gaza strip. we encourage countries to send more. unfortunately we have a problem at the moment that the un aid agency on the ground responsible for disputing that aid are struggling to do so at the pace that israel is facilitating its entry. that's why, for example one crossing is closed on saturdays, at the request of the united nations, because there is more piling up on the other side than they are able to distribute. we are calling for the international community to activate aid agencies that have responsibility and experience distributing

aid in other disaster zones to replace unrwa, because unrwa has failed and it is a hamas front. just today, and i don't know whether you've covered it on your show, but we reveal that underneath the main headquarters of unrwa in the gaza strip was a hamas server farm, a whole computer bank right underneath the main unrwa compound in the gaza strip that they have been covering up. we need other aid agencies on the ground to distribute the aid civilians need. unrwa hasn't responded to those allegations yet. i know they have already dismissed... it has responded. they have denied the fact that israel has been calling out their organisation and some of the accusations you made there, they have insisted that they have sacked the people that israel provided evidence for. as you know, they hire 13,000 people, palestinian people in gaza, and they say the actions of a few are not representative

of the organisation as a whole. we are not speaking just about staff. i am not speaking just about the staff who participated in the october seven massacre, i'm talking about the fact there was a hamas tunnel and server farm underneath the unrwa headquarters. israel invited unrwa chiefs to tour the hamas server farm underneath that headquarters and they denied... unrwa denies any link between its own operations and hamas. i want to get back to the point because it important, the idea of aid agencies are struggling to get aid into gaza. that's an important point you have made. the world food programme has said that in terms of its own aid convoys, four out of the last five aid convoys into the north had been stopped by israeli forces. they have also said 56%

of deliveries into the north were denied access injanuary and that's up from 14% between october and december. i wonder what your response to that is given you are saying they are the ones struggling to keep up with the need. the world food programme organised an aid convoy we facilitated into northern gaza three days ago. we want to see aid reach people in gaza and make sure hamas cannot hijack it. unfortunately our intelligence indicates that hamas has been stealing up to 60% of the aid in the gaza strip because it is clear that it facilitates and wants to prioritise its own fighters and militants over the civilians in gaza, who for 16 years have been suffering under the oppressive terrorist regime of hamas. so we have an obligation to make sure terrorist organisations do not

hijack the aid the international community is sending. and therefore we are glad to be able to facilitate as much aid as possible. there are now 15 bakeries in gaza, up from ten just one week ago, producing bread in gaza and they are baking two million loaves of bread every day inside the gaza strip. and it's important that aid reaches the people who need it and go through the agencies that have experience doing disaster relief in emergency zones. police have been searching the river thames for a man suspected of throwing a corrosive substance at his ex—partner and her two daughters here in london. they believe abdul shokoor ezedi went into the water in the hours after the attack, ten days ago. a police boat has been seen circling between chelsea and vauxhall bridges. the injured woman is in a critical but stable condition in hospital, and is still not able to talk to police. 0ur correspondent, charlie rose, sent us this report from the scene of the search. searching the thames for the body

of abdul shokoor ezedi, the suspect in the chemical attack in south london. this is the last confirmed sighting of him on chelsea bridge at 11:30 at night, four hours after a mother and her two young daughters were doused with a corrosive alkaline substance in clapham. the cctv footage shows ezedi leaning over the bridge before he disappears from view. he was never seen leaving the area. well, police started searching for their suspect in the river here a little earlier this morning, taking advantage of the low tide. but they say despite their best efforts, the body of abdul shokoor ezedi may never be found. in a large—scale manhunt, police tracked his movements from newcastle and across london, following the 35—year—old here close to the river. 0fficers believe this is where their suspect met his end. the experts from the oceanography departments that are supporting us

would indicate that it may be some time, if someone has gone in the water at this time of year, for a person to surface. earlier, police said they believed ezedi was being helped by others to evade capture. officers have been targeting his associates and arrested one man on suspicion of assisting an offender. he was later bailed. detectives are now directing their resources to confirm their latest theory that abdul shokoor ezedi is somewhere in this river. charlie rose, bbc news. an investigation has been launched after the death of a woman who was found unconscious in an a&e waiting room in nottingham. the woman was found in a chair underneath her coat on the 19th ofjanuary at queen's medical centre. it's thought the 39—year—old, who had been triaged on arrival, had been waiting more than seven hours to be seen by a doctor. she died of a brain haemorrhage two days later.

pakistan's powerful army chief has called for unity after two former prime ministers claimed victory in thursday's election. the final results still haven't been announced. but candidates backed byjailed party leader, imran khan, appear to have won the most seats and say they're now trying to form a government. his pti party was barred from running by the electoral commission, forcing its candidates to run as independents. the party has threatened to hold peaceful protests on sunday, if complete results haven't been released. the rival pakistan muslim league, led by nawaz sharif, has also claimed victory and says it has begun talks with others about forming a unity government. from lahore, our pakistan correspondent caroline davies has more. the final results in pakistan's general election are now starting to come in. and it seems pretty clear that imran khan's backed candidates are in the lead,

followed by mr nawaz sharif�*s party's, the pmln's, candidates. they have the second largest number of seats. it is not clear at the moment who is going to form a government, but we are starting to see international reaction about this vote. we have heard from the eu who have said they note a lack of a level playing field. from the us, who said there were undue restrictions and from the uk who expressed concerns about the fairness of this election. today, we have now heard from the foreign office here in pakistan. they have said they are surprised by the negative tone of some of these international statements, which would neither take into account the complexity of the electioral process, they say, nor acknowledge the free and enthusiastic exercise of the right to vote by tens of millions of pakistanis. that is quite a firm pushback against some of these comments that we have started to hear internationally as well. we have also heard from the chief of the army staff here in pakistan. the army is an incredibly powerful and politically powerful organisation here in pakistan.

the army chief has said that pakistan's diverse pluralism will be well represented by unified government of all democratic forces. now, that suggests that he is encouraging there to be some form of coalition government that will happen here in pakistan. we understand that there will be a lot of negotiations that will be going on behind the scenes, but, at the moment, it still not clear who will be governing the country. hungary's first female president, katalin novak, has resigned amid outrage over her decision to pardon a man convicted of covering up the sexual abuse of children. ms novak, a close ally of the nationalist prime minister, viktor 0rban, stepped down live on national television. nick thorpe is in budapest and has been following this story. i think this was completely unexpected and very shocking for most hungarians.

i think they will be hearing this news really and truly coming as a bolt from the blue. she has been under pressure in previous days, it is a very embarrassing case involving paedophilia. she actually granted an amnesty, she dismissed the case against a person who was not convicted himself of paedophilia but had covered up for his boss who was the head of an orphanage and who was convicted and sent to jail for that particular crime. just in the last few days, the details of her pardon for 25 people, the pardon happened more than a year ago, at the time of the pope's visit to hungary but only last week were the names made public. because, she, as president and formerly as the minister in charge of family affairs and this government made the traditional family, family policy is a cornerstone of its politics, this has been deeply embarrassing and deeply confusing for voters for the governing party, fidesz, deeply embarrassing for the prime minister.

there have been small opposition demonstrations against her but her reputation might resignation has been completely unexpected. myanmar�*s military rulers have announced that all young men and women will have to serve at least two years in the army. the decision to enforce a compulsory military service law introduced in 2010, was announced on state television. the military, which seized power in a coup three years ago, has been struggling to contain a series of insurgencies. in recent months, it's been defeated in battles with ethnic militias and anti—coup fighters. brazil has become the first country to provide a new vaccine against dengue fever through its public health system. the country has suffered a sharp rise in cases of the mosquito—borne disease. 53 people have died in the current outbreak. produced injapan, the new vaccine will initially be given only to children aged ten and 11.

dengue can cause haemorrhagic fever, but most cases are mild. spain's first openly lgbt matador believes more bull—fighters will come out after he revealed he's pansexual. that means being attracted to a person, regardless of sex or gender. bull—fighting remains deeply controversial but mario alcalde wants to challenge perceptions that it's just a remnant of spain's old—fashioned, macho past. 0ur europe correspondent, jessica parker, has been to meet him. on a remote farm, one of spain's most notable and most notorious traditions is being practised. but this is a man trying to inject a new energy, as spain's first out lgbt matador. translation: | thought _ there was going to be a bad reaction but people have accepted it in the best way.

now, more bull—fighters will come out because of me. once a cornerstone of spanish culture, bull—fighting has dwindled in popularity. it is a piece of old spain, where flamboyance meets machismo. translation: there was a pre'udice that only heterosexuals * can go to bullfights. that is a lie because there have always been gay people in bull—fighting but they didn't say anything. this is chueca, the heart of madrid's gay community, and where mario alcalde would like to set up a meeting place where people can watch and support bull—fighting. but this is a tradition associated with spain's conservative side, not its contemporary gay scene. translation: i am glad that he has come out because this will take - the machos as we call them, down a peg. i think that a bull—fighting fan and being in the lgbt community contradict each other a little bit

but in the end everybody is free to have their own beliefs. it doesn't matter where we come from or who we are but the issue with bull—fighting is it confuses the animal and leads it to death in a tragic way. here, mario isjust training. unlike the real thing, no animals are killed, but they are injured and bulls on this farm are bred for the ring, for a blood sport that animal rights groups say is sadistic and cruel. many people, notjust those in the lgbt community, strongly object to bull—fighting and think it should be banned, as it has been in many places. translation: idon't_ want to take away their opinion, i want to teach a little more. i am one of those who, if i had to live another life, i wouldn't mind being a brave bull and dying like a brave bull. mario alcalde sees himself as

helping to recast an old art form. 0pponents hope that this is just a fading shadow of spain's past. jessica parker, bbc news, in extremadura. celebrations have been taking place around the world to mark the lunar new year and welcome in the year of the dragon. this was the display in beijing — marking the start of 15 days of events to ring in the new year. famous landmarks around the world have been lit up in red — from japan's tokyo tower to the empire state building in new york. 0ur reporter meghan 0wen has soaking up the celebrations in london's chinatown. loads and loads of people, and i'm actually hearing from a lot of businesses that it's the busiest lunar new year that they've seen. it's the year of the dragon, it's the year of change. it's been very, very lively this evening. we've heard musical performances, and we've heard

firecrackers going off. yeah, it's really packed, lots of crowds. well, i had the pleasure of bumping into this lovely bunch. you all look amazing, and you're king's college students and it's your first lunar new year in london. how does that feel? ifeel amazing, and it's the first time i celebrate the new year in london, and without my family, and with my friends. what do you make of it so far? a good atmosphere? err... — good atmosphere, do you think? yeah, it's a good atmosphere, there's a lot of people feeling the happiness. and i also feel proud. i absolutely love your outfits. can you tell me a bit about them? yes, me and her outfit. is from the ming dynasty. and the story goes that the dress is called ma mian qun, _ and it's very famous in recent years. - and her dress is called qipaol and it's actually from suzhou, and suzhou is also my hometown.

and it's a home city full of bridges and rivers and also beautiful - gardens and you are welcome, | all you guys can come to china, and it's really happy, - and we also enjoy our time very much here. of course, it's notjust london, although celebrations are continuing this weekend. there is a huge parade tomorrow, the largest in europe, i'm told. but there are lots of iconic buildings lit up around the world as well, in sydney and tokyo, and of course the london eye was lit up. so lots of atmosphere here this evening and it's set to continue, i think. that was megan 0wen, that is all from us in london but do stay with us here on bbc news.

hello there. there were some spells of sunshine around on saturday, but hopefully a good bit more of it to come on sunday. but also some outbreaks of rain, so a bit of a mixed picture. and beyond the weekend, it's a fairly mixed picture into next week, with low pressure systems tending to dominate. and after monday, temperatures actually tending to climb. but let's look at all of that in detail. first of all, through the overnight period, we can see we've got fairly wet weather towards parts of eastern england, in towards eastern scotland. elsewhere, a little bit drier with some clear skies. where it's clear we could see some mist and fog. and still a number of showers pushing in towards the west and the south. that wet weather, though, across parts of the north—east of england, into north—eastern scotland, with us first thing on sunday and tracking its way northwards into the northern isles. elsewhere, though, sunday is an improving picture with some decent spells of sunshine and also a few showers coming in on a westerly wind. so by mid—afternoon, much of that heavy rain has cleared. although lingering across parts of the north—east of aberdeenshire and in towards the northern isles.

elsewhere, though, avoid the showers and you will see some sunshine and temperatures up to around 10 or 11 degrees. and then through sunday evening and sunday night, we start to see largely dry and clear conditions, and that means it will be colder than overnight saturday into sunday. so this is tomorrow night, sunday night. you can see temperatures there in towns and cities but across parts of northern england and scotland, a touch of frost in the countryside. to monday, low pressure situated to the north—west, and we are dragging in some rather cool air from the north—west. so showers pushing in through parts of scotland, could well be wintry on higher ground, a number of showers in towards northern ireland as well. but elsewhere for much of england and wales, it's a dry and a fine day. it will be a chilly start, mind, a touch of frost here and there, but by the afternoon, temperatures up to 9 or 10 celsius. cooler further north. and then from tuesday onwards we start to see a shift, because the wind is changing direction to more of a south—westerly, so we are dragging in cloudier skies and some outbreaks of rain, but the temperatures will be on the rise.

on tuesday it should still be largely dry and sunny across scotland, some showers in the north, but the general trend from tuesday onwards is for cloudier conditions with outbreaks of rain. but you can see on the outlook there, the temperatures will begin to climb and certainly for some reaching the low to mid—teens. that's the forecast for now.

this is bbc news, the headlines... people living in the isolated north of gaza tell the bbc that children are going without food for days, as aid convoys are increasingly denied permits to enter. russian drones hit a fuel depot in the ukrainian city of kharkiv, causing a huge fire which killed seven people — three of them young children. myanmar�*s military rulers have announced that all young men and women will have to serve at least two years in the army. the military — which seized power in a coup three years ago — has been struggling to contain a series of insurgencies. king charles has just issued a statement expressing his thanks to the british public for the messages of support since his cancer diagnosis. he said the messages had provided great comfort and encouragement.