hundreds of sub—postmasters forced into bankruptcy are still demanding redress. hello, i'm samantha simmonds. we start with the latest on the death of alexei navalny, one of president putin's most prominent critics. his family say mr navalny�*s mother has tried and failed to collect her son's body from a morgue in the arctic circle. a spokesperson claimed it is purposely being withheld by russian authorities so they can "cover traces". demonstrations and vigils have taken place near russian embassies in many countries to express outrage at his death in prison. more than a—hundred protesters are reported to have been detained for attending memorials in russia. our first report this hour is from our eastern europe correspondent sarah rainsford. this was a walk towards the news

that navalny�*s mother didn't want to hear. way up in the russian arctic, at the prison where her son was held, she has now been informed officially of his death. but a spokesperson for navalny says they still don't have his body. we don't have any clue where he is now and what is happening but a spokesperson for navalny says they still don't have his body. we don't have any clue where he is now and what is happening to him and when it will be given to the family. alexei navalny died on friday at 14:17, an opposition politician who dared to speak out in a country where dissent is dangerous. but in moscow today, supporters came onto the streets to remember him. some were arrested, dragged to police vans. since the first reports of navalny�*s death, people have been leaving tributes at monuments to the victims of political repression — in stalin's time. the symbolism is deliberate. however navalny died,

he had been arrested and locked up because of his politics. he denounced vladimir putin and his team as "crooks and thieves". arresting him became almost routine. then three years ago, navalny fell desperately ill on a plane. tests in germany showed he'd been poisoned with novichok, a nerve agent. when he recovered, he returned to russia and was sent straight to prison. the criminal charges began piling up then to keep him there. navalny had been in courtjust a day before his death was announced, appearing via video link from prison. his persistent cheer was, in itself, an act of resistance. journalists used to ask navalny constantly whether he was afraid for his life and he would brush the question off. then two years ago, he was asked for his message to supporters if he were killed.

for the situation when i'm killed, it's very simple — not give up. without navalny, though, the future for all russians who hoped for change has never looked bleaker. sarah rainsford, bbc news. you saw kira yarmysh — mr navalny�*s spokesperson — in that report from sarah rainsford. well, my colleague azadeh moshiri has spoken to ms yarmysh, who told her the navalny team is still trying to learn what has happened to his body. we don't know anything about the location of his body because employees of his colony told his lawyer and his mother that that his body is in a city called salekhard and an investigative committee took the body and are conducting some sort of investigation with it. but they told them that the body is located in a morgue in salekhard. and the lawyer and the motherjust arrived to that place

and the morgue is closed. there was just a phone number on the door and they tried to call this number and they were told that there... ..that there are seven people who have already called the morgue today and the body of alexei isn't there. so, alexei's prisonjust lied to his lawyer and his mother that the body is there, and so we don't have any clue where he is now and what is happening to him, and when it will be given to the family. so they have just been calling a morgue, trying to find out what has happened to the body, whether they have it? yes, because the employees of the colony said that the morgue is opened and the body was there, but the morgue was closed when they arrived, it's about two hours�* drive from the prison to this city, salekhard. they found the morgue closed and after they called, they were told the body wasn't

there. what is your reaction when you hear about his death but also the conditions that are going on right now when it comes to the courtesy that his family is being shown? we know for sure that it wasn'tjust a death, it was a murder, alexei was killed and we are sure it was vladimir putin, president of russia, who gave direct order to kill alexei. we know this because he already tried to kill him three—and—a—half years ago. alexei was poisoned with novichok nerve agent, but he survived. now, putin was able to murder him and what is happening right now is that they are trying to cover traces. this is why they are not giving the body to his family and this

is why they are just hiding him from them. this is what putin's state looks like just now, it is hiding a body from his family. we demand that russian authorities should immediately give the body of alexei navalny to his family. kira yarmysh, alexi navalny�*s spokesperson talking to my colleague azadeh moshiri. and a reminder we have a special live page on the latest following mr navalny�*s death, including those claims russian authorities are hiding his body on the bbc news website or app. as we heard, president zelensky spoke at the munich security conference. world leaders and diplomats are in the germany city for high—level debates on the world s most pressing security challenges.

the conference has been dominated by the sudden death of the russian opposition leader, alexei navalny. also being discussed is the israel—gaza war and the looming ground incursion at the rafah border. in the last hour the us vice president, kamala harris, has addressed the conference. she spoke about the death of russian opposition leader, alexei navalny. i also believe that there is consensus across party lines in the united states congress that recognises the brutal nature of moscow's aggression and that there must be a response that includes standing by our friends. our chief international correspondent, lyse doucet is in munich for us. yes, indeed, ukraine was very much top of the agenda today, and a concern about russia's full—scale

invasion of ukraine has only been deepened by the death of alexei navalny. flybe zelensky addressed this —— volodymyr zelensky address this —— volodymyr zelensky address this and called on his partners in europe and canada and america to ensure they keep that vital support coming, unless ukraine is standing on its own against russia. this certainly is an issue for all members of nato, including a country which is, we believe, about tojoin nato, and that is sweden. we are joined now by the defence minister inst weedon, pauljohnson. has the death of alexei navalny deepened your already existing concern about your already existing concern about your existing neighbour russia? {iii your existing neighbour russia? of course, everything that is family and friends and relatives and the responsibilities for this is on russia and putin himself. sweden's own support _ russia and putin himself. sweden's own support for _ russia and putin himself. sweden's own support for ukraine _ russia and putin himself. sweden's own support for ukraine in - russia and putin himself. sweden's own support for ukraine in its - russia and putin himself. sweden's own support for ukraine in its war l own support for ukraine in its war against russia, is yourjoining of

nato imminent? you are sure that hungary, the last country whose support you need is forthcoming? yes, we are very helpful. already the other allies have ratified it and what we're hearing now from budapest is that they are willing also to ratify us in the hungarian parliament, and that is very good for sweden, but we also think it is good for nato because sweden inside nato will strengthen the whole northern flank of the alliance and it be good for nato to be able to deter and defend risk or aggression so we are determined to be a full—fledged group member of the alliance. full-fledged group member of the alliance. ., ., , ., alliance. how real is that the risk of aggression? — alliance. how real is that the risk of aggression? there _ alliance. how real is that the risk of aggression? there was - alliance. how real is that the risk of aggression? there was a - alliance. how real is that the risk i of aggression? there was a warning of aggression? there was a warning of defence chiefs to the population of defence chiefs to the population of sweden to prepare for war, is it that real? it of sweden to prepare for war, is it that real? , ., ., that real? it is not an imminent risk for an _ that real? it is not an imminent risk for an armed _ that real? it is not an imminent risk for an armed attack - that real? it is not an imminent risk for an armed attack against arsenal the other allies but the security environment has definitely deteriorated due to the invasion of

ukraine, taking place on the doorstep of the allies and it is only 800 kilometres between the ukrainian swedish borders. in addition, we take note of russia thatis addition, we take note of russia that is willing to take great and political risks, russia has not been impressive on the battlefield but it has shown a high degree of resilience, it is able to generate new armed forces, new soldiers, new tanks, and this is something we have to take into account. and i always say that supporting ukraine is the right and the smart thing to do because right now it is ukraine who is the shield against russian military expansion.- is the shield against russian military expansion. is the shield against russian milita exansion. ., ., . military expansion. how worried are ou b military expansion. how worried are you by comments — military expansion. how worried are you by comments by _ military expansion. how worried are you by comments by former - military expansion. how worried are l you by comments by former president trump about the nato alliance and how already he is having an impact on holding up vital support to ukraine in the us congress? i think it is very important _ ukraine in the us congress? i think it is very important we _ ukraine in the us congress? i think it is very important we are - ukraine in the us congress? i think it is very important we are both - ukraine in the us congress? i think it is very important we are both in i it is very important we are both in europe and the united states continue supporting ukraine, it is written investment into our own security. i think it is the time for unity. one thing is also crystal

clear, europeans have to step up when it comes to our own defence and our ability to strengthen our armed forces. ., , ., , ., forces. you will be able to meet the requirement — forces. you will be able to meet the requirement of— forces. you will be able to meet the requirement of spending _ forces. you will be able to meet the requirement of spending 296 - forces. you will be able to meet the requirement of spending 296 of - forces. you will be able to meet the requirement of spending 296 of your| requirement of spending 2% of your gdp on defence? irate requirement of spending 296 of your gdp on defence?— requirement of spending 296 of your gdp on defence? we are already 2.296 this ear gdp on defence? we are already 2.296 this year and — gdp on defence? we are already 2.296 this year and have _ gdp on defence? we are already 2.296 this year and have doubled _ gdp on defence? we are already 2.296 this year and have doubled our - this year and have doubled our expenditure in four years and this year we increased the defence budget with 27% because we get it, defence investments are part of cohesion and solidarity and we will do our schar and continue to spend more than 2.2%. and continue to spend more than 2.296. ., ~ ., ., . ,, 2.296. you know how critical us su ort 2.296. you know how critical us support is. _ 2.296. you know how critical us support is. any _ 2.296. you know how critical us support is, any diminishing - 2.296. you know how critical us support is, any diminishing in l 2.296. you know how critical us l support is, any diminishing in the us involvement will have consequences for nato and from countries like you which are front line states in the war in any tensions with russia.- line states in the war in any tensions with russia. sure. there are aood tensions with russia. sure. there are good things — tensions with russia. sure. there are good things coming _ tensions with russia. sure. there are good things coming out - tensions with russia. sure. there are good things coming out of. tensions with russia. sure. there i are good things coming out of nato, let me be clear, what native is doing now is adapting new regional defence planners. we can see now

that when sweden joins, they will be 20 allies out of 32 who have reached 2.2%. the most important thing for nato now is to make sure those regional plans, that we have military assets and capability to make those regional plans are credible. �* .,, make those regional plans are credible. �* , make those regional plans are credible. , , credible. are those plans there? is there enough _ credible. are those plans there? is there enough support _ credible. are those plans there? is there enough support from - credible. are those plans there? is there enough support from other. there enough support from other countries that are further away from the border area where you are? irate the border area where you are? we are the border area where you are? - are living in the right direction and we are getting stronger every day and i think sweden inside nato will make the eyes even stronger. there was a warning forjourney that —— germany that it could take a decade before you have enough of the arms and ammunition you need, both to help train and defend yourselves. certain things will definitely be lacking in europe, one is available ground forces, we know we are short on that, what we need to focus on is to put ourselves in the war footing when it comes to logistics, maintenance and supplies for our ground forces, we are lacking long—range strike and capabilities.

we are learning from the war in ukraine thatair we are learning from the war in ukraine that air defence is very important. satellite —based intelligence and communications. so a lot of investors we have to do in europe in the coming years. you can imaaine europe in the coming years. you can imagine the — europe in the coming years. you can imagine the acute _ europe in the coming years. you can imagine the acute worry, _ europe in the coming years. you can imagine the acute worry, president | imagine the acute worry, president zelensky comes here to munich knowing that on his front lines, his soldiers are running out of ammunition, they don't even have enough bullets.— enough bullets. absolutely, the -roblem enough bullets. absolutely, the problem we _ enough bullets. absolutely, the problem we have _ enough bullets. absolutely, the problem we have in _ enough bullets. absolutely, the problem we have in europe - enough bullets. absolutely, the| problem we have in europe right enough bullets. absolutely, the - problem we have in europe right now is we haven't defence industrialisation based four piece time but there is a large—scale war going on inside europe with hundreds of thousands of casualties and therefore we also have to ramp up production in a way that we haven't been doing in the last five years. and you are confident that will happen? we and you are confident that will ha en? ~ ., and you are confident that will ha en? . ., ., ., and you are confident that will ha en? ., ., ., and you are confident that will hauen? ., ., ., ., happen? we are on our way and supporting _ happen? we are on our way and supporting the _ happen? we are on our way and supporting the ukraine - happen? we are on our way and supporting the ukraine is - happen? we are on our way and supporting the ukraine is the i happen? we are on our way and i supporting the ukraine is the right and smart thing to do and we have to make sure that the ukrainians when this war. �* , ., ., ., this war. and if your “oining of nato is imminent, i this war. and if yourjoining of nato is imminent, sweden i this war. and if yourjoining of i nato is imminent, sweden which has traditionally been neutral, a proud moment for sweden? it is traditionally been neutral, a proud moment for sweden?— traditionally been neutral, a proud moment for sweden? it is a very good moment for sweden? it is a very good moment for— moment for sweden? it is a very good moment for sweden _ moment for sweden? it is a very good moment for sweden and _ moment for sweden? it is a very good

moment for sweden and swedish i moment for sweden and swedish security and it will enhance the possibly that we can live in peace in europe so this is good for us and it is good for nato because what we learned from the ukrainians, they were also a partner to nato but nato supports it partners by defensive allies and if you want access to article five, you have to be a full—fledged member of the alliance, the reason for this is that i think it was president putin who pushed for land and sweden into nato and i say this is the mother of all unintended consequences, that russia ended up with 1300 kilometres long border with nato due to its illegal aggression against ukraine. although he said that nato _ aggression against ukraine. although he said that nato expansion - aggression against ukraine. although he said that nato expansion is - aggression against ukraine. although he said that nato expansion is what l he said that nato expansion is what has deepened russia's own security fears. it has deepened russia's own security fears. , ., ., ., , ., fears. it is not nato expansion, we are free countries, _ fears. it is not nato expansion, we are free countries, just _ fears. it is not nato expansion, we are free countries, just as - fears. it is not nato expansion, we are free countries, just as the i are free countries, just as the baltic countries are free countries. sweden's defence minister, about to be a nato member, thank you very much forjoining us here in munich. a very critical examination of what

are some of the gaps in the nato military alliance as it tries to consolidate its support. absolutely critical support for ukraine as ukraine approaches the two—year mark of russia's full—scale invasion stopped it has been high on the agenda here without black cloud of whether there will be a second trap presidency with all of the brand that president trump made during his first term of pulling out of the nato military alliance. —— second trap presidency. back to you. now it's time for a look at today's sport. liverpool move five points clear at the top of the premier league, for the moment at least, after a 4—1 thrashing of brentford at the g—tech in west london, in the early kick—off. darwin nunez gave them the lead before going off injured. jurgen klopp's side had theirfoot on the gas in the second half. alexis mac allister and mo salah, on as a sub from the injured diogojota, had them three up and cruising. ivan toney pulled one back for brentford to continue his resurgence.

cody gakpo made absolutely sure of the points for liverpool late on. all the rest was positive, the boys played an incredible game, definitely the best game we have played. we take it like it is. as long as you don't know the extent of the injuries, you are obviously concerned and worried, for me it is no different to all our fans and so we will see when we get this information. but as long as we have 11 players on the pitch, we will fight and that is what i saw today. arsenal could close the gap to liverpool — they're away at burnley — not long kicked off there. 1—0 up. elsewhere manchester city are hosting chelsea in the game of the day. the lesson of the other 3pm kick so far. bayer leverkusen have the opportunity to stretch their lead at the top of the bundesliga to eight points, they have kicked

off against heidenheim. in la liga, atletico madrid thrashed las palmas 5—0, marcos llorente scoring twice. barcelona later travel to celta vigo. in italy — juventus will look to close the gap on inter — who won 4—0 last night — at verona, while in france leaders psg are at nantes. in the women's super league, the attendance record was broken again at the emirates stadium as arsenal beat manchester united 3—1 to boost their title hopes. a crowd ofjust over 60,000 watched on as goals from kim little and cloe lacasse, along with an early own goal helped the gunners come away with the three points. that movesjonas eidevall�*s side just three points behind joint leaders chelsea and manchester city. it is the first time the ms has been sold out for a wsl match. —— the first time the emirates has been sold out. to cricket, where it's undoubtedly been india's day in the third test in rajkot. england resumed overnight on 207—2 but slumped to 319 all out. ben duckett eventually out for 153. in reply, england got rohit sharma

early on but a century from yashasvi jaiswal — who retired hurt — and an unbeaten 65 from shubman gill have put india in a strong position heading into day four. india lead by 322 runs. it was one of those days and i think it is one of those where you have to give credit to india. i thought right from this morning they were very good, they didn't make it very easy to score at all, it seems like their plans were a lot better than maybe last night. and unfortunately we kept losing wickets at the wrong time. and it was one of those days. tiger woods is doing much better, according to his business partner rob mcnamara, after pulling out of the genesis invitational with flu—like symptoms. the 48—year—old was driven off the course on a cart, after teeing off on the seventh hole of his second round. woods went to the clubhouse for two hours and was given intravenous fluids. woods' compatriot, will zalatoris, had a much better day. the world number 5a hit a hole in one, on the par three 14th. as a result of his ace, zalatoris won both himself

and his caddy a car for the first hole—in—one of the tournament. the american finished the day tied for 6th, seven shots behind leader patrick cantlay. and that's all the sport for now. many sub—postmasters who were wrongly accused of theft and fraud are still fighting for compensation — in hungary, prime minister viktor orban has been delivering his annual state of the nation address, after a week of unprecedented political turmoil in the country. let's go live to budapest, we can speak to our central europe correspondent nick thorpe. we were just we werejust her we were just her hearing that

germany were hoping victor orban would approve their —— the membership. we would approve their -- the membership.— would approve their -- the membershi -. ~ . , . . membership. we are expecting that s-urin membership. we are expecting that spring session _ membership. we are expecting that spring session of _ membership. we are expecting that spring session of the _ membership. we are expecting that spring session of the hungarian i spring session of the hungarian parliament, beginning on the 26th of february are mr orban said today it is not quite a done deal but they are making good progress in talks with sweden so hungary will eventually, it has taken 21 months or so, eventually, it has taken 21 months orso, compared eventually, it has taken 21 months or so, compared to all the other nato countries, but this was really the nearest we've got from the prime minister so far, confirmation that hungary will finally ratify sweden's membership of nato. tell hungary will finally ratify sweden's membership of nato._ membership of nato. tell us a bit more about _ membership of nato. tell us a bit more about this _ membership of nato. tell us a bit more about this case _ membership of nato. tell us a bit more about this case that - membership of nato. tell us a bit more about this case that has i membership of nato. tell us a bit l more about this case that has really rocked the country, this paedophile case. , , ., , case. yes, this was really the first, the _ case. yes, this was really the first, the biggest _ case. yes, this was really the first, the biggest shock i case. yes, this was really the first, the biggest shock everl case. yes, this was really the | first, the biggest shock ever to case. yes, this was really the i first, the biggest shock ever to mr orban's government, we should remember he has been in powerfor14 years so his government was ready shaken by this that very briefly, the resident katalin novak gave clemency to the deputy director of

an orphanage who had been convicted of covering up for the sexual crimes against children of his boss in that orphanage. the president resigned over this, the ex minister of justice resigned over that and the bishop, the calvinist bishop resigned. mr orban, in his speech today, because this was a very controversial issue for a government which has put child protection is a cornerstone of its policy, he said that the president, the former president and the minister of justice had made the right decision, he said they were right to step down and now his government needed to move beyond that, he said there was more credibility in just those two women than in the whole left—wing opposition together, so quite a fighting speech from the prime minister trying to reassure his supporters and there are critics of the government, you can hear some of them behind me, they have also been scattering 500 euros notes on the floor, a reference to allegation of

government corruption, but in this speech, mr orban was trying to reassure his supporters that he is backin reassure his supporters that he is back in control and able put the scandal behind them. next to the war in ukraine and ukrainian troops have withdrawn from avdiivka — a key eastern town besieged by russian forces for months. the fall of the town, which is almost completely destroyed, marks russia's biggest win for months. president zelensky says the decision was taken in order to save the soldiers' lives. he also repeated his request for more financial and military aid to help his forces against the russian invasion. our correspondent — james waterhouse — is in kyiv. avdiivka had become a ukrainian stronghold, really, this was a place that sits on the front line for the past decade. it separates ukrainian —controlled territory and the eastern city of donetsk which

russian forces have controlled since 2014, and in that time, the ukrainians built real substantial fortifications. and yet in recent months, the russians have launched wave after wave of attack, they have suffered significant losses, at one point, hundreds of soldiers were being killed on a weekly if not daily basis. but crucially ukrainian suffered losses as well and because we are in a war of attrition where both sides are trying to exhaust each other, sizes starting to count for more, and i think this is what we have seen with avdiivka, a city which was once an industrial hub, now drained of life and almost completely destroyed, some ukrainian forces were captured as they tried to escape, most made it out, we are told, and president zelensky speaking to world leaders in munich may be argument that his troops went really defending anything so they had to move out to preserve life and move to new defensive positions, and he had his own reasons why russia

was allowed to make this type of advance. , . , advance. dear friends, unfortunately, - advance. dear friends, | unfortunately, keeping advance. dear friends, - unfortunately, keeping ukraine advance. dear friends, _ unfortunately, keeping ukraine in an artificial deficit of weapons, particularly in deficit of artillery and long—range capabilities allows putting to adapt to the current intensity of the war. find putting to adapt to the current intensity of the war. and united he said the word _ intensity of the war. and united he said the word artificial, _ intensity of the war. and united he said the word artificial, and - intensity of the war. and united he said the word artificial, and that i said the word artificial, and that he believes that the stuttering supplies of weapons from ukraine's analyses down to choice. it is down mostly to political disagreements in the us and it is america which leads the us and it is america which leads the way when it comes to aid for ukraine because of the speed and scale in which it can manufacture weapons. now, a sizeable package worth more than $90 billion is still yet to be approved.

finally, this half hour it is world pangolin day. the insect—eating mammal is the world's most trafficked animal with all eight species protected under international laws. conservationists in kenya working to save the animal are using the day to highlight that three of the species are critically endangered. stay with us here on bbc news. it is still meaty magical mentor —— winter but it has felt like spring over the last few days, mild as effective as it is we had with west at the weekend, we have seen some brightness around today, notably towards the north—east of england and scotland but for most of us this has been the story, no —— low cloud, mist and has been the story, no —— low cloud, mistand muir, has been the story, no —— low cloud, mist and muir, an abrasive result, the wind is picking up towards the west and that is because this by the front is approaching for the rest of the day, you can see that on the satellite picture. there will be a lot of rain, particularly out towards the west, as we had was the end of the afternoon some heavy

downpours, further east it should stay mostly dry. 14 of 15 celsius in the south and very mouth of the time of year. the wind picking up towards the irish sea coast, a lot of the ground is saturated so they could possibly be surface water. and it's sweeping eastwards overnight tonight. so we will see some clear skies develop, some showers towards the west. the rain lingering on across the south east of england and east anglia. temperatures in double figures still for many. so a very mild start to the day on sunday. now, there's still a lot of debate on the timing of the clearance of this rain from east anglia and from southeast england as we head through sunday morning. so if you have got plans, thenjust bear that in mind that this rain could linger on for some potentially into the first part of the afternoon. it will turn more showery, though. there will be some brightness, some sunshine developing for most showers, particularly out towards the north and the west. temperatures, again, very mild, 12 or 13 degrees celsius for the majority as we head through sunday night. there's another weather front approaching from the northwest

that's likely to bring some more outbreaks of rain and that sinks southwards and eastwards as we head through monday morning. again, there will be some showers on this and brighter spells behind and a bit of sunshine, more of a northwesterly wind and a slight dip in temperature, too. so it won't feel quite so mild on monday. but still, temperatures just a little above the seasonal average, generally nine to 13 degrees celsius. a colder night on monday into tuesday. and the air will be turning chillier as we head through the rest of the week, too. but it stays very unsettled. it will be rather windy at times, especially in the west. bye.

this is bbc news, the headlines... the family of the late russian opposition figure alexei navalny say they've been unable to collect his body. his spokesperson tells the bbc the authorities are hiding it. we know that law has never been applied to alexei, and so we have no doubt that they will try to hide his body as long as possible. more than 100 protesters are reported to have been detained for attending memorials in russia. in the us, the words "putin murderer" were projected on to the embassy building in washington. the ukrainian president

says his forces had to abandon the eastern town of avdiivka because they'd been outgunned. it's russia's most significant military success since may. rishi sunak calls for conservative unity after this week's two big by—election defeats. to labour. many sub—postmasters who were wrongly accused of theft and fraud are still fighting for compensation — despite the scandal now being recognised as one of the biggest miscarriages ofjustice in uk history. the cases taking the longest to solve involve the victims who were forced to declare bankruptcy in order to pay back the losses they were accused of making. tony downey is finally heading back to his old home in the lake district. it has taken him 15 years to have the courage to return. tony bought the hawkshead

post office in 2001. he said it was buzzing and a dream come true.