let's turn to another story concerning the middle east. britain has imposed sanctions on four israeli settlers accused of committing human rights abuses in the other palestinian territory, the occupied west bank. the foreign secretary lord cameron said their behaviour was �*illegal and unacceptable�* — and that it included threateningpalestinians, often at gunpoint, and forcing them off land that is rightfully theirs. the israeli settlements in the west bank are seen as illegal under international law. our diplomatic correspondentjames lansdale is with me. he spoke to me a little earlier and explained why the sanctions came as no surprise. the explained why the sanctions came as no surprise-— no surprise. the west has been curowin no surprise. the west has been growing increasingly _ no surprise. the west has been growing increasingly frustrated | no surprise. the west has been - growing increasingly frustrated with israel's governments handling of the whole issue over the west bank because their fear is that this is the tin box, this is the place where potentially this conflict could escalate if the conflict in the

middle east that has been surging, not since just the 7th of october, and there is a real concern about it and there is a real concern about it and a sense that the israeli government has left this on track. they have been repeated warnings to israel to say they have to tackle this. it hasn't happened. ten days ago, the united states imposed the first sanctions on formic settlers that they accused of being extremists, attacking palestinians, overtly to try and force palestinians off the land they are on so that israelis can seize it. as a result of that, now we have had the british following suit today. they have imposed sanctions on formic settlers themselves, only one of them was on the us list. as it is in the uk will be frozen that, they can't come here, if they try and get an account with a bank in israel that has a lot of exposure to the uk financial markets, that will be quite tricky. this is a warning, just the start potentially of a warning to israel from the west saying, look, you civilly have to

sort this issue about extremist settlers conducting violence that could get out of control in the west bank. l115 could get out of control in the west bank. ,, , , g ., �* , bank. us president joe biden is hostin: bank. us president joe biden is hosting the _ bank. us president joe biden is hosting the jordan _ bank. us president joe biden is hosting the jordan king - bank. us president joe biden is hosting the jordan king at - bank. us president joe biden is hosting the jordan king at the l bank. us president joe biden is - hosting the jordan king at the white hosting thejordan king at the white house. this is the scene right there live now as we wait for the two leaders to come to that entrance, come out and possibly say something to the waiting media. this meeting comes as fears grow of that offensive in gaza's southern city of rafah. it's the first meeting since us troops were killed in a drone strike in an american base injordan which the us blamed on an iran backed militia. let's go live to our north america correspondent who is following events in washington. take us through what we are expecting from this meeting, which will be the top of the agenda for the president? king abdullah is the first arab leader to visit presidentjoe biden since october the 7th and he is very, very clear on where he stands, he wants a ceasefire and he also

wants more humanitarian aid into gaza and just to underline that, over the weekend just before he came here the weekend, there was a video stowed by state tv in jordan here the weekend, there was a video stowed by state tv injordan showing the king on board a plane in military outfit with the jordanian air force taking part in military outfit with thejordanian air force taking part in droppings, drop ins of urgent medical supplies interviewed hospitals in gaza which jordan is running. president biden has resisted the calls for a ceasefire but his language with israel has got a bit tougher. last week, he issued this rare rebuke in which he said that israel's military operation in gaza had gone over the top and also privately, there are reports that he is growing frustrated with israel's hardline prime minister benjamin netanyahu who he has apparently described as being the obstacle in the way when it comes to changing tactics and calling for a ceasefire. so in some ways, the king is meeting president

biden in a very different way as opposed to back on october the 7th, they were supposed to meet up straight after but the king cancelled his meeting with them. it might be that he is meeting a president who he can push the door open a little bit with. they are both concerned about what is happening in rafah as well. both countries need each other. they both want to keep each other on side so the ceasefire will be top of the list but also the king does want a long—term solution and his long—term solution proposal has always been a two state solution. find solution proposal has always been a two state solution.— two state solution. and obviously the will two state solution. and obviously they will be _ two state solution. and obviously they will be discussing _ two state solution. and obviously they will be discussing that - two state solution. and obviously they will be discussing that strike by militias on a us base injordan just a couple of weeks ago which saw three us soldiers kill and really heightened tensions and has led to retaliatory action by the us. i’m retaliatory action by the us. i'm sure they will _ retaliatory action by the us. i“n sure they will talk about that, of course, but the truth is king abdullah really prides himself on having american presidents close to

him. jordan is a key ally in the region for america. antony blinken, the secretary of state, last month, when he was in oman, said that jordan was a very important player in all of this in trying to broker peace, in trying to lead the way in making sure there is more humanitarian aid into gaza. both countries want to keep each other on side but it is a tricky balancing act for the king because remember, injordan, there is a lot of unrest byjordanians who are very angry about what is happening in gaza, they wantjordan to cut off contact with israel, cut off contact with the us, that's not going to happen. the king will be wary of those feelings back there but he will also want to keep sure that he has these close relations with america, want to be able to speak frankly to america so i think the conversation that he will be having with biden will be a very important role of the dice, so to speak, in order to be able to get western allies to listen to him. ., ~ ,, able to get western allies to listen to him. ., ~ i. ., ~ , to him. thank you and we will keep

an e e on to him. thank you and we will keep an eye on those — to him. thank you and we will keep an eye on those pictures _ to him. thank you and we will keep an eye on those pictures and - to him. thank you and we will keep an eye on those pictures and bring| an eye on those pictures and bring any updates from you from the white house. let's turn to pakistan. elections have shown that the country remains as politically fractured as it has been for years. efforts to form a government are continuing after the closer—than—expected outcome which left no single party with the required majority. the nation — which has significant economic problems — could well be without a stable government for weeks, maybe months. following the vote, the second and third largest parties are in negotiation, but candidates linked to the imprisoned former prime minister imran khan formed the largest bloc. there's a big question mark over what influence they can wield and uncertainty over what these results could mean for the all—powerful pakistani military. earlier i spoke to the director of a consulting agency, she gave us the latest on developments. so far, we've heard that the main political parties are go

back to negotiations. that includes the pml—n and which is the party led by mr nawaz sharif and the pakistan people's party, which is led by bilawal bhutto zardari. the parties are reportedly in a conference to decide on whether or not to form a coalition. there are many, many rumours. it's a very uncertain environment in pakistan right now. there have been rumours that many within the pakistan people's party are again against joining the government. many politicians, veteran politicians within these political parties, see this opportunity as taking on another poisoned chalice because any government that comes to power now is going to have to... is going to come to power with, first of all, a very weak mandate, and then is also going to have to implement a very tough imf programme to get pakistan's economy on track. and that's going to be very difficult with the voters.

in other news, we have a very odd political environment where we see veteran politicians retiring. we see the public narrative is totally against accepting the legitimacy of the elections. and we also see that certain candidates across the country are raising a hue and cry. the pti candidates have put together some impressive dossiers of evidence that they say that they have that prove that they, in fact, won their constituents and seats and in other places. for instance, in karachi, one of the candidates who is the declared winnerfrom a religious political party is saying, no, i did not win that. "i am the declared winner," but the actual winner is the pti candidate. so amidst all this uncertainty, there is obviously the risk also of protests, but also the mobilisation of law enforcement authorities to quell protests. so that all makes for a very unstable mix, if you will.

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with camden council to reopen the venue and is committed to ensuring london's nightlife thrives. for more stories from across the uk, head to the bbc news website. you're live with bbc news. days after el salvador s president nayib bukele was re—elected, the bbc has been granted rare access to a mega—prison that has become a symbol of the presidents controversial war against gang violence. the government says the facility — called the centre for the confinement of terrorism — can hold up to 40,000 inmates, and has no outside recreational space. a recent human rights watch report criticised widespread human rights violations, including mass arbitrary detention, and ill treatment. bbc mundo s leire ventas reports. the moment president nayib bukele claimed victory. under his presidency,

el salvador�*s murder rate has plummeted. and he owes his success at the polls to his crackdown on crime. nothing symbolises the success and the controversy of bukele's security policy as this mega prison. days after his re—election, the bbc was invited on a carefully orchestrated guided tour to show us the faces of nayib bukele's war on gangs. our guide, the prison director, was happy to appear on camera. but asked us not to name him. prison workers are scanned on arrival. no family visitors are allowed. the guards have plenty of firepower. we are told not to speak to the inmates or even make eye contact with them.

the government says these prisons can hold up to 40,000 high—ranking gang members whose actions, it says, have led to decades of bloodshed and terror in el salvador. the director picks out five inmates for us, two of them kidnapped, tortured and murdered four members of the armed forces. speaks spanish this is perhaps the most controversial part of nayib bukele's crackdown on gangs. a prison that holds thousands of which human rights organisations have said is a black hole for prisoners' rights. last year, the bbc obtained documents that were shared with us anonymously by an engineer who was involved in the prison's construction. these documents show that if the prison was at full capacity, each inmate would have just 0.58 square metres of space, well below recommendations.

the banks are metal plates and each cell has two toilets in the open. despite extensive criticism from human rights groups, bukele and his government claim the prison is an effective salvadoran answer to a salvadoran problem. i want to bring some breaking news coming to us by the press association. they are reporting that labour has withdraw their support for rochdale by—election candidate after criticism of remarks about israel, according to party spokesperson. he is alleged to have told a labour party meeting that israel had allowed the 7th of october attack. israel had allowed the 7th of octoberattack. let's israel had allowed the 7th of october attack. let's get more to this with our political correspondence. ben, welcome to you, we will talk about this story a short time ago and we were saying what a difficult position labour win and they have changed their minds on

their support to him. the? and they have changed their minds on their support to him.— their support to him. they were sa in: their support to him. they were saying they _ their support to him. they were saying they accepted _ their support to him. they were saying they accepted mr- their support to him. they were saying they accepted mr ali's i saying they accepted mr ali's apology, they believed him when they said he had been sucked into a conspiracy theory and that was justifying or explaining his comments and that they would continue to campaign alongside him. now we havejust continue to campaign alongside him. now we have just had a statement from the labour party spokesman saying that following new information about further comments made by azhar ali coming to light, the labour party has withdrawn its support for mr ali as their candidate in the rochdale by—election. the statement goes on, so keir starmer has changed labour so keir starmer has changed labour so that it is unrecognisable from the party of 2019, we understand these are highly unusual circumstances but it is vital any candidate put forward by labour fully represents its aims and values. it goes on to say, this is important, given that nominations have now closed, azhar ali cannot be replaced as the candidate. so he is suspended from the labour party pending an investigation but his name still will be on the ballot in

rochdale on the 29th of february as labour's candidate that by—election. just explain to us again the difficulties the labour party have faced over there. as you said, a complete u—turn, they were defending him but it seems new information has come to light and it has put them in a very difficult position and created a lot more tension within the party, hasn't it? it created a lot more tension within the party, hasn't it?— created a lot more tension within the party, hasn't it? it has been a real dilemma _ the party, hasn't it? it has been a real dilemma focus _ the party, hasn't it? it has been a real dilemma focus keir _ the party, hasn't it? it has been a real dilemma focus keir starmer. the party, hasn't it? it has been a i real dilemma focus keir starmer and it has put him in a bind. i think if his name hadn't already been on the ballot and that the nomination deadline hadn't passed, it was highly likely, so incendiary and shocking his comments that he made, mr ali made about the hamas attack on israel, that i think it would be probable that he would have been removed as labour's candidate. since that deadline passed, labour win the very difficult position both on one hand fiercely and strongly condemning what he said whereas also accepting that he properly had to remain as labour party's candidate

and that they would continue to back him. one additionalfactor, i think, at play in labour's mind is that if they withdrew their support for mr ali, it could increase the vote in rochdale for george galloway, the former labour mp he was also standing and has been fiercely critical of the course of sickest armour�*s stance towards the israel—gaza conflict. —— so keir starmer. it is a pretty sudden turnabout by the labour leadership will stop keir starmer has been at pains since he took over running the labour party to distance itself from anybody in the party who had links with anything to do with anti—semitism. absolutely right, he took over from jeremy corbin of course with allegations of anti—semitism swirling all around the labour party. it was mired in terrible trouble when it came to the question of anti—semitism and keir

starmer made it a core mission to tackle it and prove the party had changed. many prominentjewish groups agreed that he has done a successful job groups agreed that he has done a successfuljob in moving the party on from those times. there is clearly a concern amongst some jewish groups to date like the jewish groups to date like the jewish labour movement but these comments were in their view absolutely abhorrent. they were not going to campaign for mr ali in rochdale but crucially, they didn't say he should be dropped as their candidate because some of thejewish groups around labour were worried about the knock—on effect in terms of potential support for george galloway. complicated calculations going on here but i think as far as the keir starmer is concerned, this has overshadowed his attempt to prove that labour has changed and thatis prove that labour has changed and that is why they have taken this action this evening. qm. that is why they have taken this action this evening.— that is why they have taken this action this evening. 0k, ben, thank ou. an eyewitness to two

of the killings in nottingham last year has spoken for the first time since the incident. barnaby webber, grace o'malley—kumar and ian coates were all stabbed by valdo calocane — who was convicted of manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility. the witness, who asked to remain anonymous, says he wishes he could have intervened to save barnaby and grace. navtej johal reports. police emergency, what's the emergency? there'sjust been a stabbing on ilkeston road, there's somebody lying in the street, i think they're dead. oh, that was awful. this 999 call was made on the 13th ofjune last year in nottingham as an eyewitness from his bedroom window saw barnaby webber and grace o'malley—kumar being stabbed to death by valdo calocane. ijust couldn't believe what i was seeing. it was absolutely... terrifying, just horrendous. it was seeing two young people being attacked and stabbed... yeah, it will never leave me. the eyewitness has asked to remain anonymous. it'sjust horrific. he just callously and calmlyjust

turned around and casually walked off, like nothing had happened. calocane then went on to fatally step school caretaker ian coates and hit three people with his van. the 32—year—old, who has been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, was sentenced to detention in a high security hospital after admitting three counts of manslaughter on the basis of diminished responsibility. the eyewitness�*s 999 call was issued to the media by nottinghamshire police, but he says they never told him the call was being released. he only learned about it when he heard it on the news. the first time i heard it, i went into panic again. i started shaking. took me back to the day. the force have now apologised to him. several reviews have been announced into this case following the sentencing. the eyewitness says he has had nightmares about the incident since that day.

you think afterwards, "i could have done this, "i could have climbed out, could have rushed downstairs." ijust wish i could have done something for them. i'm so sorry. this afternoon, grace's family responded to our interview. i would like to say to the gentleman that he should not feel in any way. guilty or responsible. i think if he had tried _ to intervene, he would have probably been in mortal danger himself and i'm very sorry that he - feels the way he does. navteonhal, bbc news, nottingham. you're watching bbc news. now to the uk where 50 years ago today, one of the country's most loved characters first graced out television screens. and bagpuss was wide awake. when bagpuss _ and bagpuss was wide awake. when bagpuss wakes up, all his friends wake _ bagpuss wakes up, all his friends wake up. — bagpuss wakes up, all his friends wake up, too. the mice on the mouse

organ— wake up, too. the mice on the mouse organ woke _ wake up, too. the mice on the mouse organ woke up and stretched. muddling the ragdoll. gabriel of the toad. muddling the ragdoll. gabriel of the toad -- _ muddling the ragdoll. gabriel of the toad. —— madeliene. last of all, the professor. — toad. —— madeliene. last of all, the professor. a — toad. —— madeliene. last of all, the professor, a very distinguished old woodpecker. gh professor, a very distinguished old woodpecker-— yes, on this day in 1974, the first episode of bagpuss was aired and whilst only 13 episodes were ever made, the show, created by peter firmin and oliver postgate has been re—broadcast multiple times and has remained a much—loved watch down the generations, even being voted the all—time favourite children's programme in 1999. to talk more about the much—beloved cat, iamjoined by oliver postgate's son, dan and bagpuss. dan, welcome, is that the original bagpuss you have there with you? yes he is. yes. 0h. _ bagpuss you have there with you? yes he is. yes. oh, my— bagpuss you have there with you? yes he is. yes. oh, my goodness! - bagpuss you have there with you? yes he is. yes. oh, my goodness! we - bagpuss you have there with you? yes he is. yes. oh, my goodness! we are| he is. yes. oh, my goodness! we are so privileged- — he is. yes. oh, my goodness! we are so privileged. telles, _ he is. yes. oh, my goodness! we are

so privileged. telles, 50 _ he is. yes. oh, my goodness! we are so privileged. telles, 50 years - he is. yes. oh, my goodness! we are so privileged. telles, 50 years old . so privileged. telles, 50 years old he is, he doesn't look a day over one or two, how fantastic is your dad's legacy. as we were saying, the programme being broadcast multiple times, i remember it from my childhood, i don't render the original, i have to say, in those first 13 episodes but it is such a loved character, how has he managed to survive this 50 years? weill. loved character, how has he managed to survive this 50 years?— to survive this 50 years? well, he has been very _ to survive this 50 years? well, he has been very popular— to survive this 50 years? well, he has been very popular really. - to survive this 50 years? well, he has been very popular really. i - has been very popular really. i think the thing is that although there was only 13 episodes made, they were very dense, creatively dense sort of shows, really. every episode had a new character that bagpuss dreams up and they were a bit like a magazine programme, like the one show for children, really. there was all sorts of stuff going on. although there was only 13 episodes, it seemed to be a lot to enjoy in them.

episodes, it seemed to be a lot to enjoy in them-— enjoy in them. what was the inspiration — enjoy in them. what was the inspiration behind _ enjoy in them. what was the inspiration behind the - enjoy in them. what was the i inspiration behind the creation enjoy in them. what was the - inspiration behind the creation of bagpuss for your dad? i inspiration behind the creation of bagpuss for your dad?— inspiration behind the creation of bagpuss for your dad? i think what the bbc wanted, _ bagpuss for your dad? i think what the bbc wanted, they _ bagpuss for your dad? i think what the bbc wanted, they were - bagpuss for your dad? i think what i the bbc wanted, they were interested in having a new kind of show which was a bit more involved with lots of different characters. so, i think he really, in a way, brought together all the earlier programmes that he had made such as show where they also had stories and shows within the actual episode. i think that sort of inspired it. i know he walked past a shop and saw a cat sleeping in a shop window on a sunny day and thought, that seems like a lovely place to be. i think that probably sparked off the whole idea. and who created the black and white bagpuss we see there next to you? this is peter's bagpuss, he was going to be a ginger cat but they

got the further back from the dive place and it was pink. —— dye. it was a bit of a mistake but peter thought it was probably a sign from somewhere. thought it was probably a sign from somewhere-— somewhere. that's brilliant as it -robabl somewhere. that's brilliant as it probably makes _ somewhere. that's brilliant as it probably makes him _ somewhere. that's brilliant as it probably makes him even i somewhere. that's brilliant as it probably makes him even more| probably makes him even more memorable and loved. what was it like growing up as bagpuss literally part of your family? it like growing up as bagpuss literally part of your family?— part of your family? it was wonderful. _ part of your family? it was wonderful. the _ part of your family? it was wonderful. the films i part of your family? it was wonderful. the films were j part of your family? it was i wonderful. the films were made part of your family? it was - wonderful. the films were made up the road where i live in whitstable just up the road here in these old barns and i was a little bit older than where bagpuss was aimed at, i was sort of ten. i was more of a clanger is kind of age. it was always a magical place. it was like the fifth beatle with his programmes and the studio and the barns were old barns in the kent countryside so it was a magical place, it was wonderful. 50

it was a magical place, it was wonderful-— it was a magical place, it was wonderful. , ., ., , wonderful. so you were a bit cold for bagpuss. _ wonderful. so you were a bit cold for bagpuss, where _ wonderful. so you were a bit cold for bagpuss, where you? - wonderful. so you were a bit cold for bagpuss, where you? a i wonderful. so you were a bit cold | for bagpuss, where you? a couple wonderful. so you were a bit cold i for bagpuss, where you? a couple of years too old?— years too old? yeah, a little bit, eah. i years too old? yeah, a little bit, yeah- i was _ years too old? yeah, a little bit, yeah. i was moving _ years too old? yeah, a little bit, yeah. i was moving on _ years too old? yeah, a little bit, yeah. i was moving on to - years too old? yeah, a little bit, yeah. i was moving on to other. yeah. i was moving on to other things a little bit there, yeah. i mean, yeah. ithink things a little bit there, yeah. i mean, yeah. i think i was actually, yeah. i was ten so i was starting to think about other stuff at that age. well, i'm sure you love bagpussjust as much as all of us, if not more. fantastic to have you both on the programme, thank you so much for telling us some of your memories there. who knew bagpuss was originally supposed to be ginger? think it is. let's get the weather now, here is elizabeth. hello. good evening. rather showery today towards the north—west of the uk, but for many of us it was dry with some decent spells of sunshine and in the best of the sunny spells, it felt rather spring—like. but still a lot of standing water out there, particularly for central southern england and the midlands. we're only going to be adding to those rainfall accumulations too as we head through this week. big changes on the way. it will be turning wetter and also milder from the south—west.

so the cooler air still in place through the day on monday. temperatures close to the seasonal average and then that milder air comes streaming through, displacing that colder air to the far north of scotland for still a few days to come. now, today, we've been seeing this little feature just run out west to east, piling some showers into scotland. again, some of the showers, wintry over the tops of the hills. and we'll still see some wintry showers over around 200 metres overnight tonight. again, a few showers just pushing into northern ireland and maybe through the pennines and into western wales as well. cloudier towards the south tonight, so here it's going to be a milder start to the day tomorrow, but still a frost possible from the north of england and northwards. quite a sharp frost i think across parts of scotland. now as we head through tomorrow, we look out towards the south—west to see these weather fronts just push that milder air in. so temperatures will be rising throughout the day. there will be brisk south—westerly winds and quite a lot of thickening cloud as well. it's a warm front, mist and murk. outbreaks of rain on and off, the odd heavy downpour at times. that rain eventually pushing

into the south—east of england and east anglia as we head through the afternoon, a bright start to the day across northern ireland, but it will cloud over here. the rain will arrive, maybe some cloud into southern scotland, but it's across scotland where we'll see probably the day's best sunshine. still some wintry showers, though, over the tops of the hills. and then that warm front continues to push northwards into scotland as we head through the day on wednesday. a sharp frost to start the day across northern scotland and then some of this rain likely to turn to snow as it bumps into the colder air. further south, outbreaks of rain on and off — misty, murky out there, some hill fog, maybe a slice of sunshine through the midlands into east anglia and north wales there. but temperatures will start to rise on wednesday to 13 or 14 degrees in the south and they could rise even further, perhaps as we head through thursday. it's generally milder, wetter for the rest of the week. bye— bye.

hello, i'm lewis vaughanjones. you're watching the context on bbc news. they are happy for being rescued — and i want to say that we, all the families, won't stop until all 134 hostages will be free. for mr netanyahu,

the israeli prime minister, this is something of a vindication from his point of view — which is, to get the hostages back, israel has to use force. it really, we think, _ is impossible to see how you can fight a war amongst these people. there's nowhere for them to go. more pressure on israel not to launch a full military operation in rafah in gaza. will it make a difference? king abdullah ofjordan in the us right now. we'll be across that for any reaction. also on the programme... the marathon world record—holder, kelvin kiptum, dies in a car crash. people across the globe paying tribute and remembering his talent. we'll look at the species on the edge of extinction. a new un report says many migratory animals are threatened

because of what people are doing to the planet.