on russian authorities to release his body, accusing prison bosses of trying to conceal evidence surrounding his death after they've had no access to his body. this has sparked international condemnation, with memorials for navalny taking place in several nations but in russia more than 350 people have been detained following vigils. our eastern europe correspondent, sarah rainsford, has this report. ever since the death of alexei navalny, people have been leaving tributes. but in putin's russia, even laying flowers can be risky, if you're doing it in memory of his biggest opponent. whenever anger or upset have boiled over, police have moved in. hundreds of people have been arrested across the country, dragged away by police who have cleared the streets. this is the russia that alexei navalny and his supporters wanted to

change but three years ago he was poisoned with a nerve agent, then he was locked up. the last time the politician was seen alive, he was defiantly cheerful. this was him on video link from prison to a court hearing and there were no obvious signs of sickness. inside the arctic prison, he was spending weeks on end inc and solitary confinement. authorities say he collapsed suddenly. because of his death is still unknown and when his mother arrived to collect his body, she not find her son. , ., �* her son. the body of alexei navalny is _ her son. the body of alexei navalny is not _ her son. the body of alexei navalny is not there, - her son. the body of alexei navalny is not there, so - her son. the body of alexei navalny is not there, so his prison just lied to his lawyer and his mother that the body is there so we do not have any clue where he is now, and what is happening to him, and when it will be given to the family. alexei navalny was a rare voice of dissent in russia where

vladimir putin has been crushing political opposition over two decades. the activist could still bring big crowds on the streets with his campaign against corruption and the kremlin. he supporters blame vladimir putin for his death because alexei navalny was only imprisoned because of his politics. the russian president a nothing, for now, getting on with business as usual but when alexei navalny was alive, vladimir putin ever uttered his name. but the flowers speak for his supporters. a quiet tribute for a man who told them to believe in a beautiful russia for the future. harder believe in a beautiful russia forthe future. harderfor believe in a beautiful russia for the future. harder for them to envisage now, than ever. sarah rainsford, bbc news. i'm joined now by the russian opposition activist and politician natalya pelevina, who knew alexei navalny. thank you for being with us. can you tell us, what your reaction was to his death as you did know him? devastation.

tana. a you did know him? devastation. tanga- a lot _ you did know him? devastation. tanga. a lot of _ you did know him? devastation. tanga. a lot of anger. _ you did know him? devastation. tanga. a lot of anger. and - you did know him? devastation. tanga. a lot of anger. and a - tanga. a lot of anger. and a sense of loss because he really was, for a lot of people in russia, who oppose what is going on, even when he was in jail, there was a lot of hope connected to his name. an russia as it may have been when he was imprisoned, we knew he would be imprisoned for as long as putin was in power. nevertheless, just a big chunk of what we believed in suddenly gonein of what we believed in suddenly gone in a split second. the circumstances _ gone in a split second. the circumstances surrounding his death are still unclear. i don't know if you have seen the newspapers today, there are reports saying two days before he was pronounced dead there was a visit from officers from the russian intelligence services and they disconnected

cameras and listening devices. what are your thoughts on that? much of it is speculation but we cannot discount anything as there was an attempt before in his life, the poisoning in 2027 they could have been a second attempt but this could be a result of the horrific conditions he was in for the past three years — — 2020. he was in solitary confinement at least 27 times over the last three years, which means being held in a tiny cell with very little food or movement. he was only allowed 30 minutes walk a day, and there was a five square metres cell, and the only difference without cell was there was no exercise, just half—an—hour of moving the body and this could have had consequences as well. we don't know at the moment and the worst part is the longer they do not give the body to the

families, and they can can duck to their own investigation and do their own tests — such conduct their own investigation, the less there is a chance here will ever know. i think they will play their usual game and give excuses as to why they are not giving the body, which is basically the evidence of what happened to him, and eventually when they do return the body to the family it will be too late to find anything out. find the family it will be too late to find anything out. and you have organised _ to find anything out. and you have organised a _ to find anything out. and you have organised a protest. - to find anything out. and you l have organised a protest. how much do you think the projects will change to what happens to the russian situation? the rotests the russian situation? the protests are _ the russian situation? the protests are purely - the russian situation? tue: protests are purely symbolic the russian situation? tte: protests are purely symbolic at the moment. i mean, there are protests in russia and they are very brave people who come out and they have been arrested, many arrestor, over 300 the last 2a hours had been arrested in russia. i was organising a protest in new york today and thatis protest in new york today and that is very different. it is symbolic at the moment but it is important and sends a

message, as does the attention to the leaders of the west and important figures. all of this intention is imported even though it may not change anything in russia, unfortunately. anything in russia, unfortunatel. ., ~ president biden has stepped up calls for the us congress to pass a huge package of military aid for ukraine. it comes after ukraine withdrew its troops from avdiivka, a key eastern town besieged by russian forces for months. president putin has congratulated the soldiers who captured the town, calling it an important victory. 0ur reporter, simonjones, has this report. withdrawal. ukrainian soldiers forced to retreat from avdiivka. a key town in the east of ukraine, although they are still fighting, a shortage of supplies and ammunition has been blamed for giving russia one of its biggest military

victories for months. the white house is warning the stakes for ukraine and the entire world remain high. president biden is chording on american politicians to pass the latest package of packages for kyiv, blocked by common progress. ukrainian people have fought so bravely and put so much on the line and the idea that now, running out of ammunition has the i find it absurd and and unethical, ifind itjust unethical, i find it just contrary unethical, ifind itjust contrary to everything we are as a country. i will fight to get them the ammunition they need. ~ ., ., get them the ammunition they need. ~ . ., , need. the ukrainian president was in munich _ need. the ukrainian president was in munich where - need. the ukrainian president was in munich where senior i was in munich where senior defence officials and world leaders have been gathering a week before the two—year anniversary of russia's full—scale invasion of ukraine. president zelensky repeated his appeal for president zelensky repeated his appealfor more weapons president zelensky repeated his appeal for more weapons to avoid what he called a catastrophic situation in europe.

translation: ~ ., , europe. translation: . , . translation: we are very much countin: translation: we are very much counting on _ translation: we are very much counting on this _ translation: we are very much counting on this positive - counting on this positive decision of congress. for us, this package is vital. we are not considering alternatives today because we count on the united states as our strategic partner, and that it will remain a strategic partner. figs remain a strategic partner. as russian flags are raised in the centre of avdiivka, president putin has congratulated the russian military on what he called an important victory but the conflict goes on. to the west of the town, ukrainian troops have been digging trenches to reinforce their defensive lines. the sound of war is never far away. defensive lines. the sound of war is neverfar away. ukraine insists its people has a spirit to win but it knows it needs international help to force russia to retreat. simon jones, bbc news. dr samir puri is an associate fellow at the think tank chatham house and a former ceasefire monitor in east ukraine.

tell us about avdiivka and how significant this loss is for ukraine. significant this loss is for ukraine-— significant this loss is for ukraine. ., ~ ., ., ukraine. thank you for having me. avdiivka _ ukraine. thank you for having me. avdiivka has _ ukraine. thank you for having me. avdiivka has been - ukraine. thank you for having me. avdiivka has been on - ukraine. thank you for having me. avdiivka has been on the j me. avdiivka has been on the frontline nearly a decade so when i was living in ukraine in the first invasion, avdiivka was whether ukrainians had fallen back to after donetsk city became controlled by the russian backed separatist so it's a big win for vladimir putin and the military at an enormous cost for them. it is a big win for the russian backed authorities in the donetsk city, in fact the capital of part of the ukraine that russia controls. a huge development but it has a small oh — a slow grind for the russian forces and ukraine says it inflicted many casualties for russia and there is much evidence of this and they are saying they are given ammunition by their western backers in greater quantities — if they had been

given ammunition they could have held back the russians longer. have held back the russians loner. , . longer. yes, vladimir zelensky said it was _ longer. yes, vladimir zelensky said it was the _ longer. yes, vladimir zelensky said it was the lack _ longer. yes, vladimir zelensky said it was the lack of - said it was the lack of termination causing problems. such of ammunition and how problematic is that lack of ammunition?— problematic is that lack of ammunition? ~ , . ammunition? absolutely critical because the _ ammunition? absolutely critical because the russians _ ammunition? absolutely critical because the russians have - because the russians have stabilised their ammunition with north korea and they have been wrangling in brussels and washington, dc but this needs to be contextualised. there are other factors beyond ammunition that ukrainians need to hold the line and turn the tide against russia. very quickly that includes the supply of ukrainian soldiers and we know there have been challenges around recruitment. there is also the inevitable war weariness, it's been two years there have been fighting. war weariness i paint brush against the populace and there are many soldiers, either recruits or those fighting continuously for two years without any chance of

being rotated for a proper break from the frontline. haifa break from the frontline. how important _ break from the frontline. how important is _ break from the frontline. how important is that _ break from the frontline. how important is that the - break from the frontline. how important is that the package goes through congress? tt is goes through congress? it is critical. goes through congress? it is critical- it — goes through congress? it is critical. it is _ goes through congress? it is critical. it is necessary, - critical. it is necessary, albeit sufficient for the victory of the battlefield and it is sapping the morale and that support for ukraine has become a political football for washington, dc and that is why they do ms zelensky is there at they do ms zelensky is there at the conference right now to make his pitch to the greater good of the western security establishment, gathering to listen to him and it's really important. the fact that avdiivka has fallen at that moment will not be a surprise to people who have been monitoring the situation but the timing is pretty critical and vladimir putin will be pleased at sends a message while the security conference is going, the fact his army will potentially go on the front foot even more energetically in the weeks to

come. ., ~ , w energetically in the weeks to come. . ~, come. later ms zelensky said he was prepared — come. later ms zelensky said he was prepared to _ come. later ms zelensky said he was prepared to tall _ come. later ms zelensky said he was prepared to tall the - come. later ms zelensky said he was prepared to tall the front - was prepared to tall the front lines with donald trump, and are they trying to win over the republicans with what may potentially be another donald trump presidency?— potentially be another donald trump presidency? have a year if that does _ trump presidency? have a year if that does pass _ trump presidency? have a year if that does pass to _ trump presidency? have a year if that does pass to do - trump presidency? have a year if that does pass to do as - trump presidency? have a year if that does pass to do as much j if that does pass to do as much safeguarding of their position as they can. i cannot envisage donald trump having to travel to eastern ukraine entering the front lines personally and the key question now is are the republicans in washington, dc stymieing the supportjust a weekend joe biden in the short term or is there a deep—seated malaise around the ukrainian war effort and sympathy for the russians potentially that the republicans will express if they come into power, potentially, next year. thank ou. the british government has announced an 18—month extension to a visa scheme allowing ukrainian passport holders to stay in the uk. the programme was due to end early next year. almost 300,000 ukrainians have been given

the right to access work, benefits, health care and education in britain since the russian invasion in 2022. as the conflict in gaza grinds on, the latest talks on a ceasefire between israel and hamas have been described as not very promising. senior officials from a number of countries have been holding negotiations in cairo to broker a pause in fighting. qatar's prime minister made the comments. he said: "time is not in our favour. we made some progress in the last few weeks. yet, the last few days has not been progressing as expected and i believe there are still differences in place." it comes as israel's prime minister said he would press ahead with plans for a rafah ground invasion, despite growing international pressure. let's take a listen. translation: evenif even if they reach an agreement, i cannot according to hamas delusional positions, it does not seem that close but evenif it does not seem that close but even if we do make it, we will

enter rougher and there is no substitute without victory and we must eliminate rafael nadal and we will do it. —— rafah. meanwhile, hundreds of people protested in a refugee camp in the northern part of the gaza strip, demanding food and medical supplies amid severe shortages. here's what some of them had to say. translation: even medicines are not allowed to reach this area, there are diseases widely spreading in hospitals, schools and everywhere. epidemics and diseases are spreading amongst our people in northern gaza where there is no medicine! translation: we where there is no medicine! translation:— where there is no medicine! translation: we cannot find an hina. translation: we cannot find anything- we _ translation: we cannot find anything. we cannot _ translation: we cannot find anything. we cannot find - translation: we cannot find | anything. we cannot find sugar orflour. there is nothing. we are dying slowly. we do not die as a result of shelling we would die slowly from hunger. may they give us some of gods mercy. with me is mohamed taha, from bbc arabic. a damning assessment of the ceasefire talks? the

a damning assessment of the ceasefire talks?— ceasefire talks? the qatari prime minister _ ceasefire talks? the qatari prime minister said - ceasefire talks? the qatari prime minister said there i ceasefire talks? the qatari i prime minister said there are problems and benjamin netanyahu said accepting any conditions would be accepting defeat. these conditions are including discussing a permanent ceasefire during the pause inviting. also, the hamas side are saying if an operation would start in rafah it means they will withdraw completely from the negotiations. among these firm positions from all parties, seven people died in shelling in rafah, anotherfive in another location and four patients in a hospital because some of the medical equipment stop working because the israeli forces cut some of access to some of the wards and amongst this firm positions, they must find a common ground

to find a new way for this war to find a new way for this war to end. th to find a new way for this war to end. ., to end. in the meantime the humanitarian _ to end. in the meantime the humanitarian situation - to end. in the meantime the humanitarian situation is - humanitarian situation is getting worse and we are seeing some people are starting to protest. qt some people are starting to rotest. .., , some people are starting to rotest. , , ., protest. of course people are protesting — protest. of course people are protesting everywhere - protest. of course people are protesting everywhere in - protest. of course people are protesting everywhere in the | protesting everywhere in the world and in gaza. the looming attack on rafah is threatening everyone, the agencies and everyone, the agencies and everyone living there. rougher has now got the most densely populated in the world —— rafah and agency workers are saying if a ground operation which started in rafah it would be a disaster. it is impossible to protect those living there. israel still believe they can achieve their targets by destroying hamas and getting the hostages out by a military operation but the americans on the other side are believing that opposing fighting will achieve releasing the hostages and releasing the prisoners,

along with finding a new way of the future of gaza. some security experts in the us and lawmakers are seeing that destroying hamas completely is not a realistic target and israel should find a way to get the hostages out. we're talking about more than 130 days of this fighting and israel could not even locate the whereabouts of the hostages and hamas have got this experience from before. the israeli soldier that stayed with them for more than ten years and israel could not find out where he is. now the fighting toll has reached more than 30,000 palestinians. palestinians, 2000 israelis and they really must find a ceasefire and entered the war. —— and the war. —— and finished

the war. the former prime minister of thailand has been freed early from the hospital where he is serving a one—yearjail sentence. thaksin shinawatra received parole after being convicted of corruption and abuse of power charges — which he denies. let's speak to the bbc�*s tossapol chaisamritpol for the latest. tell us about the release. yes, because he _ tell us about the release. yes, because he sensed _ tell us about the release. yes, because he sensed it _ tell us about the release. yes, because he sensed it centres l tell us about the release. yes, | because he sensed it centres to one year and they say he has been detained in hospitalfor six months that he is eligible for asking for parole because

his health, he is 7a years old, and because of his serious illness and he has a ready been detained. the justice illness and he has a ready been detained. thejustice minister detained. the justice minister said detained. thejustice minister said being detained in hospital is the same as serving the term injail. he is eligible and asking for parole and now he is at his home even though the first image of the hospital, he is wearing a green shirt, having a ceiling, lucky has arm injuries —— and he has arm injuries —— and he has arm injuries and he can clearly walk on his iron so there is much debate in thailand at the moment and on social media that he is in relative good health. you can walk about and why did he not go to jail instead of hospital like all the political prisoners. hospital like all the political prisoners-— prisoners. tells about the background _ prisoners. tells about the background and _ prisoners. tells about the background and the - prisoners. tells about the background and the for i prisoners. tells about the | background and the for his

imprisonment?— background and the for his imrisonment? ~ , , ., imprisonment? abuse of power back when _ imprisonment? abuse of power back when he _ imprisonment? abuse of power back when he was _ imprisonment? abuse of power back when he was prime - imprisonment? abuse of power. back when he was prime minister of thailand and because he had a scandal related to corruption of money, a lot of money involved. he said he was politically motivated, hence his decision to make himself exiled and living in london and in abu dhabi in places like that. now he decided to come back at a time that his party became the government, even though he did not win the election. everything seems handy from the view of the public majority because it came back on the same day as the prime minister rural candidate was the new prime minister and he has not spent a night in jail at all. and once more,

went to the hospital for six months and now he is free without serving any time in jail at all. that is the viral debate that the opposition leaders claim that now thailand has entered a new political situation that we have one country but we have two prime ministers but thaksin shinawatra may be another power, influencing the government, like the time he was influencing and advising his sister, who was prime minister in 2011.— his sister, who was prime minister in 2011. thank you very much _ minister in 2011. thank you very much indeed. - stars of the film world are gearing up for the bafta film awards this evening, celebrating the year's finest movie moments and performances. christopher nolan's oppenheimer leads this year's nominations with a total of 13. our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba previews what we can expect from the night, with a warning

that this vt contains flashing images. among the names expected on the red carpet, barbie movie star margot robbie, the star of maestro bradley cooper and emma stone, who plays the lead role in poor things. it also has a new host, david tennant. lovely to be at the _ new host, david tennant. lovely to be at the helm _ new host, david tennant. lovely to be at the helm of— new host, david tennant. lovely to be at the helm of this - to be at the helm of this extraordinary thing, it feels like an honour, for sure! a privileged position to be in without wondering if you won one or not. i don't know if we can be trusted with such a weapon. can be trusted with such a weapon-— can be trusted with such a wea on. , , can be trusted with such a weaon. ,, , ., , weapon. oppenheimer, the story ofthe weapon. oppenheimer, the story of the development _ weapon. oppenheimer, the story of the development of _ weapon. oppenheimer, the story of the development of the - of the development of the atomic bomb is favoured as the winner of best picture, with an unstoppable momentum and the success at box office means film fans may be more invested in watching the bafta ceremony, at a time when audiences have been trending downwards. start

is a favourite for the best actor, cillian murphy, but facing strong opposition from paul g amati in the film the holdovers for. best actress is more open. emma stone is favourite for poor things, the story of an emotional wakening for a woman. story of an emotional wakening for a woman-— for a woman. the manner they repeatedly _ for a woman. the manner they repeatedly blink _ for a woman. the manner they repeatedly blink at _ for a woman. the manner they repeatedly blink at me - for a woman. the manner they repeatedly blink at me and - for a woman. the manner they repeatedly blink at me and i i repeatedly blink at me and i blink back to be polite. but the widespread acclaim for margot robbie's barbie movie, in the biggest movie of the year, means her chances of winning cannot be ignored, neither can sunder her lay performance in anatomy of a fall. ., . ., fall. you come in here with our fall. you come in here with your opinion _ fall. you come in here with your opinion and _ fall. you come in here with your opinion and you - fall. you come in here with your opinion and you tell i fall. you come in here withl your opinion and you tell me who— your opinion and you tell me who someone was and what we were _ who someone was and what we were going through —— anatomy of a faii~ — were going through -- anatomy of a fall. �* 1, ., were going through -- anatomy ofa fall. �* 1, ., .,, of a fall. and bafta has sometimes _ of a fall. and bafta has sometimes gone - of a fall. and bafta has sometimes gone from |

sometimes gone from lesser—known british talent above hollywood a listers which could be good news for viv parekh, nominated for rye name. do know how much they want to pay me? — do know how much they want to pay me? not— do know how much they want to pay me? not a— do know how much they want to pay me? not a lot. _ do know how much they want to pay me? not a lot. it— do know how much they want to pay me? not a lot. [it is- do know how much they want to pay me? not a lot.— pay me? not a lot. it is among the ten movies _ pay me? not a lot. it is among the ten movies fighting - pay me? not a lot. it is among the ten movies fighting it - pay me? not a lot. it is among the ten movies fighting it out l the ten movies fighting it out for outstanding british film. other nominees in the category include all of us strangers. i've always on a stranger in my own family. a story of love and loss. the zone of interest, detailing the lives of a commandant in auschwitz during the second world war.— commandant in auschwitz during the second world war. come home with me. the second world war. come home with me- and _ the second world war. come home with me. and saltburn, _ the second world war. come home with me. and saltburn, about - the second world war. come home with me. and saltburn, about a - with me. and saltburn, about a misfit student _ with me. and saltburn, about a misfit student at _ with me. and saltburn, about a misfit student at oxford - misfit student at oxford welcome into a narrow static family. the song murder on the dance floor, which features at a significant moment in the film, will also be performed during the ceremony by sophie ellis baxter.

lizo mzimba, bbc news. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. saturday was a very cloudy day, but it was also very mild, thanks to south—westerly winds bringing double—digit temperatures across the whole of the uk. now, we did see some rain move into western areas through the afternoon, and that rain was associated with this cloud, this weather front moving across the uk. now, we do have a bump in the weatherfront, which means that the rain is going to get heavier over the next few hours as it pushes across the whole of wales and most of england as well. for northern england, northern ireland and scotland, there'll be some clear spells and a few showers over the next few hours. these are the kind of temperatures we'll have

to start the day on sunday. so it is going to be a mild start to the day, but very wet, particularly across england, with rain extensively. the rain quickly moving away from wales through the morning but really dragging its heels, i think, across east anglia and south—east england, with the rain even hanging around into the early stages of the afternoon. further northwards, though, there'll be some sunshine and a few showers dotted around, but mostly a dry weather picture. eventually we should see some brighter spells getting into east anglia and the south—east, albeit very late in the day. top temperatures, 15 degrees — very, very mild for february. now, we start the new working week on monday with another weather front moving eastwards. this one is going to be quite weak, just a few patches of rain crossing england. a ridge then moves in behind that. so sunny spells, just a few isolated showers coming into western scotland, but a lot of dry weather and a fair amount of sunshine to come through. on monday, top temperatures range from around 10—13 degrees celsius, which is still very mild for february. middle part of the week, it then turns wet and windy, with several weather fronts moving from west to east across the uk. now, on tuesday, this weather front starts off with some

quite heavy rain for scotland and northern ireland. as the front moves its way southwards and eastwards, it weakens, so the rain won't amount to too much as it works in across england and wales. it'll be quite a windy kind of day. temperatures still mild thanks to those south—westerly winds. a windier day overall to come on wednesday, the rain much heavier as well. could see some localised surface water flooding issues. perhaps turning a bit brighter for northern ireland and western scotland late in the day. temperatures 12 or 13 degrees, so still very mild. however, it's going to get colder towards the end of the week as we start to see the winds coming in more from a west—north—westerly direction, and that will bring a return of some hill snow.

this is bbc news, the headlines: the family of alexei navalny call on russian authorities to release his body — accusing prison bosses of concealing evidence. officials said the family wouldn't receive mr navalny�*s body until a post—mortem examination was complete. president biden has stepped up calls for the us congress to pass a huge package of military aid for ukraine, after russian forces captured the town of avdiivka. he said washington's inaction had left ukraine's troops without enough ammunition. thailand's former prime minister, thaksin shinawatra, has arrived at his mansion in bangkok after being released on parole.

the billionaire was transferred from hospital where he'd been serving a one yearjail sentence for corruption and abuse of power. (00v)qatar says that talks to secure a truce in gaza and the release of over 100 israeli hostages have not progressed "as expected." now on bbc news, talking business. hello and welcome to talking business with me, tadhg enright. let's have a look at what's on the show. lockdown changed the rules of work, but did it also change our mental health? billions of days every year are taken off by workers with stress and anxiety. what can be done to break the taboos around mental health? and are we getting it right? i'll be discussing all of that with our top line—up of guests — matthew cooper, who publicly stepped aside from his top job running a silicon valley tech company when his mental health battle became overwhelming.