they move to the beach area, which is already overcrowded. their leader was jailed and their party and symbol banned, but final results from pakistan's election show independent candidates allied to imran khan won the most seats in parliament. the housing secretary michael gove promises that no—fault evictions will be banned by the uk's next general election. and accounts show bosses at tech company fujitsu were paid more than £1 million a year on average at the height of the post office scandal. hello, i'm catherine byaruhanga. we start in the middle east,

and israel is facing growing international warnings over its planned offensive in rafah — the city in southern gaza where more than half the territory's population is sheltering after fleeing their homes elsewhere in the strip. the uk foreign secretary lord cameron says he's "deeply concerned" about the prospect of a military offensive and again called for an immediate pause in the fighting to get aid in and hostages out. the dutch foreign minister, hanke bruins slot, said there could be "many civilian casualties", and described the situation in rafah as "very worrying". while saudi arabia warned of "very serious repercussions" if rafah was stormed. the israeli army continues to target rafah with shelling and air strikes, which are reported to have killed more than a0 people in the last day. gaza's hamas—run health ministry

says 112 palestinians have been killed in the past 2a hours, bringing the total to 28,176 palestinians killed in gaza since october the 7th. on saturday it was announced that a six—year—old girl who went missing in gaza city was found dead, along with and two paramedics from the palestinian red crescent who tried to save her. the palestinian red crescent has ben speaking from gaza about the deaths, here's what they said. what we observed in gaza last week was unimaginable. the level of devastation and suffering is unlike anything i've seen in 35 years of my humanitarian work all over the world. this is unacceptable, this madness must stop,. enough is enough. the protection of humanitarian

workers and medical missions is not optional under international humanitarian law, it's mandatory. our correspondent barbara plett usher has been speaking to the un humanitarian coordinator for the occupied palestinian territories, jamie mcgoldrick, who has recently returned from gaza. she asked him how the united nations would respond if israel launches an offensive in rafah. very difficult to respond right now, where people are static. people have come there looking for safety. it's the last resort for many people. do you have a contingency plan if there is a combat operation? the contingency plan was for them to arrive in rafah. that was the contingency plan we had. now we are looking for another contingency plan but we are struggling to address this contingency plan. if there was to be an incursion into rafah, which is a massively overpopulated city, it is about five times the population it was before the conflict, so everything is under pressure, we are under pressure, and the population themselves

have nowhere to go. the safe areas that were declared are no longer safe and if these people have to move, where can they move? they move to the beach area, which is already overcrowded. we don't have the supplies available to take them, accommodate them, support them, because the environment there is not conducive for a humanitarian operation this kind. so we're really fearful of the horrific nature of where we are could only get worse. it's unimaginable to think it could get worse. if the israelis were to move in with a combat operation that allowed civilians to leave, they have nowhere to go? they have nowhere to go. it happened in khan younis, when there was all the military activity in khan younis recently. there were over 180,000 people moved from khan younis. but they didn't carry anything with them. so they arrived with small bags, no blankets, no mattresses, no warm winter clothing. if that happens again and they have to flee quickly without being able to take their tent with them or material with them, we have to start again. you have been in many desperate humanitarian situations. you were in yemen for a while.

how does this compare? this is beyond anything you would ever see it is the speed because it is the speed by which this has happened. the scale by which you see in front of you, the task that we have in terms of a humanitarian response. and what's coming after it is uncertain, really uncertain. in other crises you see these things peak, then flatten out and resolve themselves. there is no sense this is the case. this is building and building and building. so the un agency that looks after palestinians, unrwa, has been hit really hard, nearly 150 buildings damaged, more than 150 staff killed. the fact that 152 people have died, it's the biggest number we've ever lost in any crisis that we've ever been in since the start of the un. but more importantly, it is the speed by which this has happened. this has happened in a period of four months. the bbc�*s barbara plett usher speaking to the un humanitarian

coordinator for the occupied palestinian territories, jamie mcgoldrick. dr azriel bermant is a senior researcher at the institute of international relations prague. he joins us from jerusalem. thank you forjoining us on the programme. mi; thank you for “oining us on the programme.— thank you for “oining us on the programme._ we | thank you for “oining us on the i programme._ we are programme. my pleasure. we are seeinu programme. my pleasure. we are seeing international— programme. my pleasure. we are seeing international calls - programme. my pleasure. we are seeing international calls for - seeing international calls for israel to hold back on its ground assault in rafah. how do you think this is playing out among the political leadership injerusalem where you are? political leadership in jerusalem where you are?— where you are? well, it's increasingly _ where you are? well, it's increasingly clear - where you are? well, it's increasingly clear that . where you are? well, it's - increasingly clear that israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, is overly preoccupied with his political survival, which means effectively taking the position of his far right coalition partners who are insistent the war has to continue until hamas is eliminated. and netanyahu, for him, he is very

worried that if he does not take this line, there is a danger of his coalition collapsing, so he is taking a very hard line. and there is less and less room for him to manoeuvre right now. do is less and less room for him to manoeuvre right now.— is less and less room for him to manoeuvre right now. do you think manoeuvre right now. do you think ma be manoeuvre right now. do you think may be perhaps — manoeuvre right now. do you think may be perhaps that _ manoeuvre right now. do you think may be perhaps that he _ manoeuvre right now. do you think may be perhaps that he is - manoeuvre right now. do you think may be perhaps that he is caught l manoeuvre right now. do you think| may be perhaps that he is caught in a very difficult position because as we have seen over the past few days, attempts at mediation, for a pause in the fighting, have failed. israel says hamas is not a credible interlocutor in these mediations so israel has no choice but to continue fighting hamas in gaza. fin israel has no choice but to continue fighting hamas in gaza.— israel has no choice but to continue fighting hamas in gaza. on the face of it... it fighting hamas in gaza. on the face ofit--- it is— fighting hamas in gaza. on the face of it... it is true _ fighting hamas in gaza. on the face of it... it is true that _ fighting hamas in gaza. on the face of it... it is true that the _ fighting hamas in gaza. on the face of it... it is true that the hamas - of it... it is true that the hamas demands are problematic, very problematic, for any israeli leader, because it's notjust that they problematic, for any israeli leader, because it's not just that they won the war to end straightaway, it's that they want israel to release

thousands of their prisoners. we are talking about convicted terrorists. and this is an extremely difficult... it's very risky for netanyahu to agree to that. on the other hand, the fact is israel has hostages in gaza, 136. and although it appears that many of those are no longer alive, it appears that many of those are no longeralive, it it appears that many of those are no longer alive, it is more increasingly dangerous, the situation facing the hostages. and the hostage families are protesting very strongly against netanyahu and his government. they are very worried about the fate of their loved ones. and the longer the hostages remain in gaza, the greater the threat to their lives. so this is also something that israel's leader has to think about. you have to remember that back in 2011,

netanyahu released one soldier, and released over 1000 prisoners in response. released over 1000 prisoners in resonse. . ~' released over 1000 prisoners in resonse. . ~ y released over 1000 prisoners in resonse. . ~' , . released over 1000 prisoners in resonse. ., , . response. thank you very much, sorry to interrupt. — response. thank you very much, sorry to interrupt, but _ response. thank you very much, sorry to interrupt, but thank _ response. thank you very much, sorry to interrupt, but thank you _ response. thank you very much, sorry to interrupt, but thank you so - response. thank you very much, sorry to interrupt, but thank you so much i to interrupt, but thank you so much for that analysis on bbc news. fix, for that analysis on bbc news. pleasure. their leader was jailed, their party and cricket bat symbol barred from the election, but final results from pakistan show independent candidates allied to imran khan's pti party won the most seats. but final results from pakistan show independent candidates allied to imran khan s pti party have emerged as the largest grouping in parliament. they won 101 of the 264 seats, while the party of another former prime minister, nawaz sharif, won 75. courts have reportedly been flooded with legal challenges to the election results, after both mr khan and mr

sharif claimed victory. let's speak to farhat jarved from bbc urdu who's in islamabad. it's great to have you on the programme. these results are not unexpected. independent candidates allied to the pti were in the lead. but the party says it plans to form a government. how possible is that considering they have been barred from selection?— considering they have been barred from selection? yes, there is little clari on from selection? yes, there is little clarity on who _ from selection? yes, there is little clarity on who will— from selection? yes, there is little clarity on who will be _ from selection? yes, there is little clarity on who will be able - from selection? yes, there is little clarity on who will be able to - from selection? yes, there is little clarity on who will be able to form | clarity on who will be able to form the government in this country of more than 240 million people, which has seen a turbulent two years of political instability, its economy on the verge of default, and also security challenges. in the parliament of pakistan, in its lower house, out of 266 seats, 134 seats are required to form a government. what we have seen today is that after three days the vote ended, the election commission has finally

completed the results of all the contested seats and we see that the mandate is split between three major parties including imran khan's pti, the former prime minister, nawaz sharif, and a third party. right now all three parties are reaching out to other parties and independent candidates to form a coalition for the next government. but we are also hearing quite confusing statements from all these parties as well. for example, imran khan, some of the party leaders of imran khan are saying they are trying to reach out to other independent candidates to form a government. they also say it all depends on the re—counting out what sort of legal relief they will get from the courts, whether they will form a government or sit on the opposition benches. on the other hand we are also hearing from nawaz sharif�*s party that they are trying to make a deal with some parties in

karachi. on the other hand, the pakistan people's party, the third largest party in parliament. i wanted to ask briefly, looking at the role of the influential military in pakistan politics, the leader of the military saying there should be some kind of alliances formed. how are people viewing the role of the military at specially at this stage when there are all these negotiations happening? the when there are all these negotiations happening? when there are all these neaotiations ha enin: ? ., ., negotiations happening? the role of the military's _ negotiations happening? the role of the military's influence _ negotiations happening? the role of the military's influence is _ negotiations happening? the role of the military's influence is not - the military's influence is not something new in pakistan. we have always seen some sort of criticism in the role the military plays in making the government and throwing them out of power. this time we have witnessed there has been quite a lot of opposition, and loud opposition from the people of pakistan against any such alleged interference. a

statement was issued saying there should be an alliance to make the country go forward and fight the challenges it is facing right now. but there is a little concern especially among voters and supporters and the leaders of imran khan's political party, who still believe there was a last—minute alleged rigging when counting was happening. so they are pretty concerned about how the military will continue to play a role and now entertains on the stage of forming a government and they are reaching out to other people. government and they are reaching out to other maple-— government and they are reaching out to other people-— to other people. thank you so much from islamabad. _ moving to the uk, the housing secretary michael gove has vowed that the section 21 practice of landlords evicting tenants for no real reason will be banned by the time of the general election. he was speaking on the laura kuenssberg show, where he was grilled on his party's 2019 manifesto pledge. our political reporter tony bonsigniore provided this update on what was discussed.

housing is going to be a huge, a huge issue at the upcoming general election in the uk. on this issue of section 21 evictions, it was a promise, as you say, in the 2019 conservative manifesto. it's got bogged down and delayed many, many times. the bill is now going through parliament. big questions, though, about how effective the legislation that's being proposed is and when it will come into effect. when the section 21 no—fault evictions, people essentially being turfed out of their homes that they are renting for no reason, when that practice will actually end. we got some movement on this from the levelling up secretary michael gove today. he was pushed on it by the bbc�*s laura kuenssberg. you are explicitly saying thisl morning, that practice will be banned, it will not be allowed to happen before the next- general election. that's what it says on the bill.

the bill ends section 21. a different factor here - because previously you've said that the courts might not be able to cope, so we might bring - in the new law but it - actually might still happen because the courts aren't ready. so i ask you again, just to be really explicit, i will this practice have ended by the time of the next - general election? we will have outlawed it, and we will have put the money into the courts in order to ensure that they can enforce that. 0k. the housing secretary michael gove there. and, tony, another key issue is the environment, net zero policies. and labour had some questions to answer on this. yeah, they had. it's been kind of the defining issue, i would say, for labour in the past seven days or so, because for a long time they promised they would be spending £28 billion if they are elected, on transforming the economy, turning it into a net zero economy. turning it into a net zero economy, which they say will create jobs. just this week, after weeks, months in fact, of speculation and uncertainty, whether they were still committed to that number,

they came out and said they weren't. the conservatives have pounced on this saying it's a u—turn from labour. there are some within the party who are unhappy about this as well. this is what senior party mp, labour party mp, pat mcfadden, had to say about it, also on the laura kuenssberg programme. this is a decision taken by keir starmer, and taken for good reasons. when this policy was announced a couple of years ago, interest rates were at 0.1%. they are now at 5.25%. anyone viewing this programme who has had to remortgage in the last couple of years will know what that has meant for their finances. now, the parallel between household finances and a country's finances doesn't always hold, and we'll not always use this comparison, but when you look at the country's public finances, what that change in interest rates

has meant is it's costing £70 billion more now to service our national debt than when the policy was first announced. pat mcfadden there. the argument being, that labour is making, is, look, we made those promises when the country was in a very different economic state. but it is i think a communications challenge for labour. they will get accused of a u—turn. of course the government, rishi sunak, has also u—turned on some of his own party's commitments when it comes to net zero. now it's time for a look at today's sport. hello, i'm chetan pathak with your latest sports news. the africa cup of nations champions will be crowned later when the hosts ivory coast face nigeria in the final. it comes 24 days after both former champions met in the group stage when nigeria were victorious, so ivory coast will be hoping for better this time — they last won the title in 2015. they're the first host

nation to reach the final since egypt 17 years ago. the match will be all the more specialfor this man, ivorian striker sebastian haller, who returned last year after successful treatment for testicular cancer. that's one and a half years, like you said, i've been quite challenging for myself, for my family and everyone. so, yeah, i have the feeling that no matter what you want to do, something will happen, so ijust take everything step—by—step and ijust happen, so ijust take everything step—by—step and i just try to enjoy every moment. i think i will take a few months or years to really realise what happens in the last years. as for nigeria, the super eagles, they are aiming for a fourth title — their first since 2013. they cruised through the group stages with seven points before, amid a run of four straight clean sheets, defeating cameroon, angola and south africa in the knockout stages. their coach says the biggest test is to come.

we need to fight 100% to catch these opportunities. against a good team, of course. a tough match. and playing away, not at home. but it's one opportunity. who knows, when comes the next opportunity? in cricket, bad news for england, spinnerjack leach has been ruled out of the remainder of the test tour of india with a knee problem. leach suffered the injury whilst fielding in england's first test victory in hyderabad, and then missed the subsequent defeat in visa ka patnam. leach will fly home and england have no plans to call up a replacement with the third test starting in rajkot on thursday. it's almost here, super bowl lviii. on sunday night the kansas city chiefs face the san francisco 49ers and for the first time it's taking place under the lights of las vegas. a lot of eyes will be on the two quarterbacks, patrick mahomes and brock purdy. and two—time super bowl

champion peyton manning says they both have great stories. they are both great stories, right? they are both great stories, right? they both have earned the right to be here. patrick, this is getting to be here. patrick, this is getting to be kind of old hat for him. i think he books a reservation for the super bowl everything all year for his family. and brock has had an incredible year, he has done a great job, doing what kyle shanahan has asked him to do and playing great quarterback, especially down the stretch in the play—offs. that's why it's going to be two good teams in the super bowl. and that's all the sport for now. we wa nt to want to bring you these pictures we have received in the last few minutes at the bbc newsroom. these are pictures from sandringham where king charles has arrived a short time ago for his first service since

his cancer diagnosis was announced on monday. the king has withdrawn from public duties to undergo regular treatment for the unspecified cancer. well—wishers and the press have been gathering on the outskirts of the estate to try and catch a glimpse of the king as he makes his to church. we can speak live to our correspondet louisa pilbeam who is in sandringham for us. you were watching when the king went to service. describe the scene for us. ., . to service. describe the scene for us. ., ., , to service. describe the scene for us. ., ., , to service. describe the scene for us. ., . , ,. , us. you have seen those pictures, ou saw us. you have seen those pictures, you saw the _ us. you have seen those pictures, you saw the king _ us. you have seen those pictures, you saw the king walking - us. you have seen those pictures, you saw the king walking to - us. you have seen those pictures, | you saw the king walking to church with his wife, queen camilla. there was a gathering of well—wishers. i wouldn't say they perhaps knew he was going to be there, because it seemed very spontaneous. so this parkland is actually open to the public. there is a cafe and various other things here, so this crowd had gathered, around 100 people. once they knew the king would be there,

there was this excitement that they might be able to perhaps get a word of well wishing to him. but the stage is closed off at the moment. we were at the gates with many press and photographers and then this crowd started to come together hoping they might get a word with the king or that he might wave. but actually king sort of stoically walked towards the vicar, who you saw greeting him there outside the small medieval church. he didn't say anything to the crowd. he didn't wear youth but gave a look of acknowledgement, i would say. perhaps that's because we have received this public statement from the king, haven't we, where he has spoken very personally, saying he is thankful for the warm wishes from the public and so you will be seeing shots of many people who came out,

children and parents, families, as well as all the camera people and the photographers, all coming together. so there is certainly an interest, and he has felt that. he perhaps feels he has given the public his moment, from the heart, he has spoken from the heart with his very warm words saying he is overwhelmed with the warm support he has received from the public so perhaps today he didn't feel that he needed to engage again with the public directly. and as i said, the estate is actually closed, so it's not the same situation as at christmas, where they opened the gates famously and allowed people to walk up the gravel drive and get close to the king. it's not that situation so we were divided by the gates today and so were the well—wishers. gates today and so were the well-wishers._ gates today and so were the well-wishers. , ~ ., , well-wishers. some striking images. the kin: well-wishers. some striking images. the king has — well-wishers. some striking images. the king has stepped _ well-wishers. some striking images. the king has stepped back _ well-wishers. some striking images. the king has stepped back from - the king has stepped back from public duties but he is maintaining

a presence through the statement we saw published yesterday and now this appearance, heading to church. he has also talked about raising awareness about cancer. he says it's part of the reason why he has spoken out about his condition.— out about his condition. yeah. he is a reuular out about his condition. yeah. he is a regular churchgoer _ out about his condition. yeah. he is a regular churchgoer and _ out about his condition. yeah. he is a regular churchgoer and a - out about his condition. yeah. he is a regular churchgoer and a man - out about his condition. yeah. he is a regular churchgoer and a man of l a regular churchgoer and a man of faith. he would have probably gone to church anyway, of course with his health permitting. in terms of keeping a dialogue with the public he has been more direct than perhaps any other senior royal has been in making sure he raises awareness, he says, of not only his first condition that was made public, which was the enlarged prostate diagnosis. he said he was very happy about the fact that that had enabled more and more people to go to the nhs website. they announced there was a surge of people going to get to try to get information. again, he

has been very public about his diagnosis of cancer as well, saying he just wants to raise awareness and help people. he just wants to raise awareness and help people-— help people. thank you, the bbc 's louisa pilbeam _ help people. thank you, the bbc 's louisa pilbeam at _ help people. thank you, the bbc 's louisa pilbeam at sandringham - louisa pilbeam at sandringham estate, bringing us the story of king charles making his first appearance, attending church for the first time since his cancer diagnosis was announced on monday. you are watching bbc news. coming up, we will have more on the super bowl, as well as the africa cup of nations. we will be back after this short break. hello there, it's been a rather misty and murky start to the day and we had quite a bit of fog first thing this morning across parts of north wales, the midlands, northern england and central scotland. much of that mist and fog has tended

to clear away but this was the scene in edinburgh first thing this morning, tricky driving conditions if you're on the roads. it has also been pretty wet, that rain across eastern england is clearing away. it will stay wet in the far northeast of scotland throughout this afternoon, elsewhere showers will push in. they could be on the heavy side, especially in the south—east of england but also some sunny spells this afternoon with maximum temperatures of 6 degrees in aberdeen, about 11 celsius in london. through tonight, we continue with some showers especially around western areas, those could turn wintry over higher ground. clear skies elsewhere and that means it could be quite chilly to start off on monday morning, certainly in the countryside in more rural areas we will see some frost. in the towns and cities temperatures just staying above freezing. it is because we have this area of low pressure and around this area we will see the winds coming in from scandinavia, through iceland and the north atlantic so all of us are in the colder air to start off

the new working week. so yes, pretty cold and chilly first thing. further showers will spread in from the west, especially over northern ireland, western scotland and again falling as snow over the higher grade of scotland, elsewhere should be largely dry with sunny spells and maximum temperatures on monday 7—10 celsius. for the rest of the week we will have areas of low pressure and weather fronts moving on from the south—west so bouts of rain, it will not be a complete wash—out, just spells of rain moving in. tuesday morning dry, fairly bright to start off with. cloud increasing from the south—west and you can see rain moving in to south—west england, wales, northern england and northern ireland. again there could be one or two wintry showers over the higher ground in scotland. temperatures 9—11 celsius, but they will rise further as we go through the rest of the week. you can see that milder south—westerly wind, except the far north and west

of scotland, herejust staying in the colder air. temperatures will come up above the average for the time of year, 13—14 celsius for southern areas. as i said, quite mixed throughout the week with spells of rain. bye— bye.

this is bbc news, the headlines. international warnings mount over israel's planned offensive in the southern city of rafah in gaza, which is crammed with around 1.5 million displaced palestinians. the un's humanitarian coordinator,

jamie mcgoldrick, has told the bbc it wasn't clear where they could run next, as the organisation doesn't have the supplies to take, accommodate and support them. final results from pakistan's election show independent candidates won the most seats in parliament, a total of 101. the party of another former prime minister, nawaz sharif, won 75. and speaking on the laura kuenssberg programme, the housing secretary michael gove has vowed that the section 21 practice of landlords evicting tenants for no real reason will be banned by the time of the next general election. now on bbc news — political thinking with nick robinson.