this is bbc news, the headlines: reports from gaza say the israeli military has ordered palestinians to evacuate a hospital in the southern city of khan younis. nato�*s message to trump — more than half of member states plan to hit their defence

spending target this year. the spending target this year. former president again 5 he the former president again suggested he might pull out of the military alliance if he was re—elected. protesting indian farmers clash with police after resuming their march towards the capital, delhi. we ta ke we take one subject at a time and we tackle that, and however long it takes... she's 17 and has an iq of 161, which is higher than the late prof stephen hawking. we'll meet a british student who is taking 28 a levels. scientists say they've established the first detailed proof that apes like to tease each other, just like humans. we will talk to the lead researcher. all of those stories coming up, but first to the bbc sport centre with gavin. hello from the bbc sport centre the premier league and now the fa have approved sirjim ratcliffe�*s bid for a minority stake

in manchester united. it is believed ratcliffe hopes to officially complete his 25% purchase by the end of february. the green light from the fa is one of the last remaining steps, but the deal can't be completed until the tender offer for class a shares is finalised. ratcliffe�*s purchase of a share of the club means the glazer family will still have majority control of the premier league giants. the champions league continues later — united not in the latter stages. bayern munich are among the teams in last—16 action on wednesday. they take on lazio in rome for the first leg and will be looking to put their weekend disappointment in the bundesliga behind them. they lost 3—0 to bayer leverkusen — the side blazing a trail in germany at the moment. manager thomas tuchel says they wants to put that defeat behind them and says they're looking forward to the game against a team he knows will be tough to beat later. we are not going to talk about weaknesses, certainly not publicly. they are a very disciplined, hard—working team, very structured and clear in how they do things either in a 4—3—3 or 4—4—1.

they are clear in their defending, pressing, and with their coach, they keep things tight. they are very attuned to each other and very in—sync and hard to beat. i think it will be a very emotional game with the fans and they will try to use that to their advantage. we are prepared for that. kylian mbappe is set to return for paris saint—germain in their home game against real sociedad. the france captain was an unused substitute in their league win at the weekend against lille, but is back in the picture later — he was rested due an ankle injury. mbappe�*s scored 20 in the league and three in the champions league so far this season. his manager knows how much of an asset he is. i think when a team has a player of kylian mbappe�*s calibre, the only thing you have to understand is the more he plays, the better it is for everyone. we all benefit. that's our goal. there's no doubt about that. he could have played four days ago if it was a final, but because that was not the case,

i didn't think the risk was worth it, so he is available, he's been training like the rest of the players, so he is available. indian spinner ravindra jadeja has announced himself fit for the third test against england starting on thursday. england will have mark wood starting for them. he comes in for shaoib bashir, ahead of the match in rajkot. it's the only change to the side that lost the second test last week. captain ben stokes will play his 100th test, becoming the 16th england man to reach the milestone. and afghanistan could be on the end of a 3—0 one—day series beating by sri lanka. they made 266 after choosing to bat first in kandy. the hosts on 251—2 as they chase the win. the three match t20 series begins on saturday. british ice skating legends torvill and dean have announced their retirement. they were back in

their retirement. they were back in the city to celebrate the achievement of winning the medal dancing to the bolero, and they said, i think there comes a time when you know. plenty of tennis tell about. australian open champion plays later and you can get the latest from those terms over on the bbc sport website. thank you very much. protesting indian farmers have clashed with the police after resuming their march towards the capital, delhi. there were chaotic scenes at the shambhu border between the northern states of punjab and haryana, where the farmers were stopped on tuesday. the farmers are demanding minimum guaranteed prices for a range of crops and debt relief.

farmers staged mass protests in 2020, after the indian government proposed loosening the rules on farm prices, but the laws were repealed. that dispute and protest lasted almost a year. the farmers striking now say they want to remind the government of its promises. my colleague, arvind chhabra, sent this report from the shambhu border of punjab—haryana. the protest with farmers has entered a two and thousands of farmers have gathered since yesterday, and their ideas to move towards a national capital of delhi. they face a steep resistance to from the security forces yesterday, drones continuously dropping smoke bombs and tear gas continuously love at the protesting farmers. but today the protesting farmers. but today the farmers have come prepared with a counter strategy and that includes flying kites to take on the drones. nearly 100 farmers were injured according to the leaders in clashes yesterday. the police say 25 police personnel were also injured in a knee clashes. the main demands of

the farmers include implementation of those demands, those assurances which they were given by the�* government during 2020 —— the modi government. the latest from india on the farming protests. the head of nato says he expects more than half its members — a record number — will meet their defence spending target this year. at the moment, 11 members spend at least 2% of their gdp on defence every year — that includes countries such as the us, uk and poland. the alliance says it expects 18 countries will meet the target by the end of the year, but acknowledged that some countries still have a way to go. there's been massive focus on the issue after comments by donald trump over the weekend ,where he suggested he would withdraw support for nato allies if he was re—elected if they didn't meet their spending commitments. one of the presidents of a big

country stood up and said, "well, sir, if we don't pay, and we are attacked by russia, will you protect us?" i said, "you didn't pay, you're delinquent?" he said, "yes, let's say that happened." no, i would not protect you. in fact, i would encourage them to do whatever the hell they want. you've got to pay, you've got to pay your bills. a really clear warning there from donald trump like that really enlisted so much response in the day since he actually made it. nato�*s secretary general responded directly today to those comments. the purpose of nato is to prevent war, is to preserve peace, is to prevent an attack on nato allies, and we have done so successfully for decades because our deterrence is credible. so any suggestion that we are not standing up for each other, that we are not going to protect each other, that is undermining the security of all of us,

increases the risks and therefore it is important that we both in actions but also in words communicate clearly that we stand by nato�*s commitment to protect and defend all allies. jens stoltenberg. 0ur defence correspondentjonathan beale is at that nato summit — with this update. i think evenjens stoltenberg would admit that donald trump has a point, even though he didn't mention donald trump by name when he was criticising what he said on the campaign trail that you heard earlier. but essentially, there are, you know, a significant number of major countries that are still meeting the 2% goal. but the change has been significant too. so if you remember. this goal of spending 2% of your national income, gdp on defence was set out in 2014. you can't enforce it, but it was encouraged that countries, members of nato�*s should do that. at the time, only three countries were spending 2% of their national income on defence.

and jens stoltenberg saying by the end of this year, 18 countries will be doing that, which is significant. i don't think the reason why they're spending 2% and more on defence, and nato�*s also made clear that 2% should be a floor, not a ceiling, that it should be the minimum, i think the reason that they're spending that money is because of what president putin is doing in ukraine, that it's a direct response to that. and you can see countries nearer on the eastern flank of the alliance are the ones that are spending the most — countries like poland, for example, which will overtake america in terms of the gdp it spends on defence for the first time, germany, too, another country that's significantly increased its defence spending. so this has been the reaction to what russia is doing, rather than necessarily the cajoling, the bullying that they heard from president trump when he was president, but also on the campaign

trail more recently. jonathan beale there at summit. and not just jonathan beale there at summit. and notjust donald trump like they were talking about there. russia and of course they were in ukraine and all those things linked with a next story, because it is a extraordinary development, russian police have put the estonian prime minister on a wanted list along with lithuania's culture minister and previous members of the latvian parliament. the russian interior ministry's database say their names were added for destroying soviet aid monuments. it's�*s prime minister has tweeted about that pretty quickly, responding online saying russia's move is nothing surprising, it is yet more proof that i am doing the right thing and the eu's strong support to ukraine is a success and it hurts russia. a very interesting development there from russia in terms of adding that prime minister to their wanted list. more on that as it comes in.

let me take you back to the middle east, an update in the last few moments from israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu. the reuters news agency is reporting there has been no new proposalfrom hamas in that there talks. you're remember representatives from israel, america, qatar, egypt all there in cairo trying to make progress on the next phase of a ceasefire and hostage deal. well, the israeli prime ministers say no new proposal from hamas on a hostage deal, only chance we'll be if there is a change of position from an assortment, that is the only chance to allow progress. so that the latest coming on at the talks from cairo, and it is not particularly positive. north korea has hacked into the personal emails of a member of the south korean president's team. the hack happened in the run—up

to president yoon�*s state visit to britain in november. north korea's hacking abilities have become increasingly sophisticated, and this is thought to be the first time it has successfully hacked an official working in the president's office. more from our correspondent jean mackenzie. president yeun received the royal treatment when he was in london last november for this state visit. as you say, he dined with the king and queen, he was welcomed to downing street by rishi sunak. but it is being reported today that this north korean hacker who was able to get into the emails of one of the president's aides, was able to get hold of the closely guarded details of his schedule and was even able to access some of emails sent by the president himself. now, we have spoken to the presidential office here in seoul today, and they have confirmed to us that this hack did take place, but they wouldn't disclose to us exactly what information have stolen. they did say to us, though,

and they were very keen to stress that this didn't mean that their security systems have been breached. they blamed this on what they called the careless actions of one of their employees who have been using his personal emails to do work business — planning parts of this trip, essentially — through his personal email account. north korea has been increasingly relying on cyber hacking, and its methods are becoming more and more sophisticated. it tends to have two reasons to hack. the first is so that it can steal money to fund the regime and likely its nuclear weapons program. the second is so that it can get its hands on sensitive state secrets, so like this case today, and hopefully access important advanced weapons technology. jean mckenzie in seoul. let's turn to the united states. the democrats have won a special election for a new york congressional seat left vacant by the expulsion of republican george santos. tom suozzi's win over mazi pilip

in a suburban district is a boost for the party in the lead—up to november's presidential election. it also chips away at the republicans�* slim majority in the house. we will have more analysis on that particular development later in our programme, but let's stay in the us. for the first time in 150 years, president of —— a member of the present�*s cabinet has been impeached by the house of representatives. republicans accuse the homeland security secretary, alejandro mayorkus of failing to enforce immigration laws, resulting in a record surge of migrants crossing the mexican border. it's the first time in us history that a sitting cabinet secretary has been impeached. president biden called it a blatant act of unconstitutional partisanship — and accused the republicans of playing petty political games. 0ur north america correspondent, peter bowes, has the details. this brings into sharp focus the intense political debate that's going on in this country over border security. mr mayorkas was impeached by the slimmest of majorities

by the house of representatives, which is controlled by the republicans. the charge against him being that he simply didn't do enough to secure america's southern border, that, in effect, he wasn't doing hisjob properly. this is a huge debate and a huge topic of interest for many americans. according to one poll, about 50% of people in this country believe there is indeed a crisis on the southern border and even more people believe there should indeed be tougher restrictions on people moving into the united states. there's been very sharp political reaction to this impeachment, both from democrats and from president biden, who described it as a petty political game that the republicans are playing in the house of representatives, describing this as unconstitutional partisanship. now, as far as the process of impeachment is concerned,

this vote triggers a trial in the us senate where, of course, there is a very different political make—up, with the democrats in control, and it requires a two—thirds majority for an impeachment to be successful — in other words, for an individual to be found guilty and removed from office. and in this case, with the current political make—up, that seems extremely unlikely. peter bos. we will talk to no nick powell from washington —— we will talk to nomia iqbal. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. bbc news, bringing you different stories from across the uk. just two ears a . o, stories from across the uk. just two years ago. there — stories from across the uk. just two years ago, there were _ stories from across the uk. just two years ago, there were 34,500 - years ago, there were 34,500 northern gannet nests on this temperature rock, once the fourth—largest colony in the world,

but in 12 months, bird flu wiped out more than half of the population. and they are not alone, black headed gulls were registered before bird flu emerged in 2021 and the numbers had declined 77% in recent years. in its first—ever report trying to quantify the effects of bird flu, rspb cymru say terns have also seen a catastrophic drop of 40%. we rspb cymru say terns have also seen a catastrophic drop of 40%.— a catastrophic drop of 40%. we are really concerned. _ a catastrophic drop of 40%. we are really concerned. we _ a catastrophic drop of 40%. we are really concerned. we do _ a catastrophic drop of 40%. we are really concerned. we do not - a catastrophic drop of 40%. we are really concerned. we do not know. really concerned. we do not know what the future holds. the seabirds are long—lived and they only have one or two chicks a year. it could be another decade before we truly know what the impact of this is even if it were to stop today. for know what the impact of this is even if it were to stop today.— if it were to stop today. for more stories from _ if it were to stop today. for more stories from across _ if it were to stop today. for more stories from across the _ if it were to stop today. for more stories from across the uk, - if it were to stop today. for more stories from across the uk, head| if it were to stop today. for more i stories from across the uk, head to the bbc news website. you're live with bbc news. let's turn to a really fascinating

story. there's new evidence suggesting more human—like antics among great apes. scientists say they've compiled the first detailed proof that they like to tease each other. video studies show behaviours in juveniles, including elements of surprise and play. i'm greatly looking forward to speaking to one of the main researchers involved,, dr isabelle laumer. tell me a little more about what you discovered. i5 more about what you discovered. is it 18 different behaviours you spotted your? yes. we found 18 different teasing behaviours in all of the four great ape species and i have to say, this behaviour is not rare, so if you go to a zoo and spend a few hours there, you probably will see an example of it. however, it is not something that people have studied before, so people have studied before, so people have studied before, so people have looked at aggressive teasing, bullying, orat play, but

we were the first to systematically study playful teasing in all of the four great ape species. fin study playful teasing in all of the four great ape species.— four great ape species. on our screen at _ four great ape species. on our screen at the _ four great ape species. on our screen at the moment, - four great ape species. on our screen at the moment, we - four great ape species. on our. screen at the moment, we have four great ape species. on our - screen at the moment, we have some wonderfulfootage where screen at the moment, we have some wonderful footage where you see a baby ape just wonderful footage where you see a baby apejust prodding wonderful footage where you see a baby ape just prodding and wonderful footage where you see a baby apejust prodding and running away and watching. just talk me through that. what is actually happening there? you through that. what is actually happening there?— through that. what is actually happening there? you see here a 'uvenile happening there? you see here a juvenile chimpanzee _ happening there? you see here a juvenile chimpanzee and - happening there? you see here a juvenile chimpanzee and you - happening there? you see here a juvenile chimpanzee and you see| happening there? you see here a - juvenile chimpanzee and you see two adults grooming each other. what you can see here is the hitting, one of the teasing examples, but you can also see the juvenile hitting and then response waiting, so it is always looking back, looking at the target, and watching for the response, so carefully evaluating how far i can go until it might lead to some aggression or something like that. but i have to say, we rarely observed aggression. also, disrupting adults' interactions, it was something we found which is also

very humanlike, you know? the footaae very humanlike, you know? the footage currently on the screen shows when they fail, this baby ends up shows when they fail, this baby ends up using theirfull shows when they fail, this baby ends up using their full body to interrupt an adult grooming. that is so reminiscent, isn't it, of toddlers when they can't get the attention, just ramps up, ramps up, ramps up. attention, 'ust ramps up, ramps up, ram -s u -. , attention, 'ust ramps up, ramps up, rams u. , �* attention, 'ust ramps up, ramps up, rams u. , ~ ., , attention, 'ust ramps up, ramps up, ram--su. , ~ ., , ramps up. yes. and actually the body slam, that ramps up. yes. and actually the body slam. that was _ ramps up. yes. and actually the body slam, that was actually _ ramps up. yes. and actually the body slam, that was actually something i slam, that was actually something all four species showed. this was usually shown after they had done other teasing behaviours like poking, hitting, and then finally if they didn't get a reaction from the target, they would sometimes body slam. so they also did that by surprise. so i think thejuvenile wasjumping on the back surprise. so i think thejuvenile was jumping on the back of the adult. 50 wasjumping on the back of the adult. wasjumping on the back of the adult, ,., , wasjumping on the back of the adult. , , ., ., wasjumping on the back of the adult. , , . . , adult. so the body slam, what is that all about? _ adult. so the body slam, what is that all about? i _ adult. so the body slam, what is that all about? i mean, - adult. so the body slam, what is that all about? i mean, this - adult. so the body slam, what is that all about? i mean, this is i adult. so the body slam, what is that all about? i mean, this is a | that all about? i mean, this is a behaviour— that all about? i mean, this is a behaviour that _ that all about? i mean, this is a behaviour that definitely - that all about? i mean, this is a i

behaviour that definitely provokes that all about? i mean, this is a - behaviour that definitely provokes a reaction, right? so broadly that is what it's about. 50 reaction, right? so broadly that is what it's about.— reaction, right? so broadly that is what it's about. so right across the ran . e, what it's about. so right across the ranue, 75 what it's about. so right across the range. 75 hours — what it's about. so right across the range, 75 hours worth _ what it's about. so right across the range, 75 hours worth of _ what it's about. so right across the range, 75 hours worth of footage i range, 75 hours worth of footage that was filmed? and analysed. what does it actually tell you? you were saying you spotted some of these behaviours before, but what do we learn from this, do you think? 0verall, learn from this, do you think? overall, we found that it is a provocative and intentional behaviour which is very much one—sided, has playful and aggressive features and is in many ways similar to human infant teasing, so the response looking, the repetition and also different behaviours when the target is not our minimally responding, and it takes place in black's contexts, which is happening in children. you make that parallel, command i made itjust briefly make that parallel, command i made it just briefly takes make that parallel, command i made itjust briefly takes place in relaxed context.— itjust briefly takes place in relaxed context. , , , relaxed context. the prerequisites for 'okin: , relaxed context. the prerequisites forjoking. you _

relaxed context. the prerequisites forjoking, you need _ relaxed context. the prerequisites forjoking, you need to _ relaxed context. the prerequisites| forjoking, you need to understand social norms, some type of theory of mind, you have to anticipate others' responses and appreciate the violation of others not to my expectations and playful teasing, which is already present in nonverbal infants... we find great apes tease in similar ways, so yes. thank you very much forjoining us here on the programme, absolutely fascinating research, dr, and let me just turn to one more story. you might have missed it because it was such a busy day yesterday. a remarkable story. a british student who is taking 28 a levels. manoor cheema is taking four with her school — and studying for the rest at home.

i think that my mum invested in a lot of like reading and classical music and like brain building activities when i was young. and i think that's definitely played a factor. i just didn't want to narrow down my choices. and i think if i had done four a—levels, i would have been very dissatisfied with the academic challenge provided to me. so i decided to go that extra mile. but you're doing that work at home, then on your own now. do you do all 28 in a week, or do you spend a week or two cracking sociology before moving on to classical civilisation? so my study co—partner is my mum and her policy has always been that we take one subject at a time and we tackle that and however long it takes

and then we move on to the next one. hello, there. there was a great view of the northern lights last night across northern parts of scotland helped by clear skies and a temperature of —4. it was a lot milder elsewhere, but we still have a lot of cloud around today and over the hills in particular it's grey, misty and murky. still on the chilly side across northern parts of mainland scotland with the cloud coming in after that cold start, but very mild elsewhere and temperatures are higher than they were yesterday. still on the chilly side across northern parts of mainland scotland with the cloud coming in after that cold start, but very mild elsewhere and temperatures are higher than they were yesterday. but we still have a lot of cloud, still some rain and drizzle. nothing particularly heavy so far, but after dark i think it may well get wetter, the rain becoming more persistent and heavier and moving northwards into scotland, so getting much wetter here and it will lift the temperatures here as well. 0therwise, those temperatures not really changing very much at all overnight. it will be a very mild start to thursday. that milder air is coming in on that southerly breeze, that is ahead of this weather front here which will start to take some rain eastwards through the day on thursday. we've still got the overnight rain in scotland, a wet start here in the morning, that rain pushes northwards,

the rain clears northern ireland, heads back into scotland but we could see some heavier rain coming into the south—west of england and the midlands. but ahead of that further east may well brighten up, there should be some sunshine coming through as well. 0ur average maximum temperatures at this time of the year are around about 8 or 9 degrees, but tomorrow it could be even milder than today, particularly across eastern parts of england —15, 16, maybe 17 degrees if the sunshine does come out. it will probably feel a little bit more like spring. but we have some way to go to beat the all—time february record, that was set in 2019. that weather front does take some rain eastwards on thursday night, there are more weather fronts in the atlantic. that one is going to fade away. this one, though, will bring some rain in from the west over the weekend. but after the overnight rain clears away from east anglia and the south—east, we're left with some sunshine here and there, a few showers becoming more confined to england and wales. a lot of places will be dry, though, on friday. temperatures not quite as high but still on the mild side, 12 in the central belt of scotland and 14 in the south—east of england. quickly onto saturday, a fair bit of cloud around, it could be misty and murky to begin with. some sunshine for eastern areas. 0ut towards the west,

our band of rain on that weather front arrives, so turning wetter here, but ahead of that, the air is still quite mild for this time of the year.

live from london. this is bbc news. reports from gaza say the israeli military has ordered palestinians to evacuate a hospital in the southern city of khan younis. voting in indonesia ends — unofficial results suggest the former defence minister is in the lead. ukraine's military says, it's destroyed a russian warship in its territorial waters off occupied crimea.

0n verified today, we've been analysing the ukrainian military footage said to show the moment a russian ship was sunk and why it matters. scientists say they've established the first detailed proof that apes like to tease each other, just like humans. and a valentine's day twist — why young people in china are resorting to so—called ai boyfriends. welcome to verified live. we start this hour with reports coming from gaza that the israeli military has ordered palestinians to evacuate the nasser hospital in the southern city of khan younis — where hundreds of people have taken refuge. in this video an announcement is being made on a speaker — attached to a drone — telling people to leave. in these images — verified by the bbc —

you can see a large crowd of people leaving the hospital.