hello, i'm tanya beckett, good evening. we start tonight, with the humanitarian crisis in gaza. today the world health organisation said that an israeli raid has left the biggest hospital in southern gaza unable to function. it comes as refugees have continued to crowd into rafah, where around 1.5 million people are now seeking safety, close to the border with egypt. we'll get the latest on the ground in a moment. but first... last november we reported on the case of a young woman and her disabled brother, tala and yazid, in rafa. they were trying to escape but were repeatedly turned away at the border. our special correspondent fergal keane has been following their story. we came back to no electricity, no food for today. she's been a constant caring voice from within the siege. and one more day closer to my brother running out of medications.

and we're still here. tala's daily life, a relentless struggle to care for her disabled brother yazid. three times they tried to escape rafah. like last november, when our cameraman first met them at the border. we were trying to do anything that we can to do to survive, because we just... i simply don't want to die at 24. they didn't get out of gaza then. back home amid the constant noise of drones overhead, tala tried to comfort yazid. and then just a few days ago, we had news from cairo. they'd escaped to the safety of a flat in the egyptian capital. tala described the moment they left.

i can't hear drones any more and i can't see... i can't. i'm sorry. i won't be hearing any bombings or any air strikes. and that felt really surreal. but normality, even being able to boil a kettle for tea, has brought uncomfortable feelings. this is one of the hardest feelings to talk about. tala carries the memory of the people she's left behind. every time i have food to eat or i don't have to go running for water or knowing that everything is available, it makes me feel even guilty to think about everyone in gaza.

the 1.2 million people who are displaced in rafah right now. but they had to leave. yazid's medication had run out, worsening his condition. he would have a seizure every time he heard bombing. and it got really scary. like his body and his mind is not being able to to understand everything that's going on. tala knows a world beyond gaza. she studied in the us, lived with an american family. she won a fellowship for young leaders funded by the state department. but always coming home to yazid, here together in 2021. will she return to gaza? i don't know how long is it going to take. but i would want to be a part of rebuilding it and healing it. i think everyone who leaves gaza,

gaza still does not leave them. the cairo sky is safe. but it's not the sky of home. fergal keane, bbc news, jerusalem. the war between israel and gaza has been front of mind at this weekend's munich security conference. later this hour, the bbc�*s chief international correspondent, lyse doucet speaks with high representative of the eu for foreign affairs and security polichoseph borrell on a resolution to the conflict. we'll bring you that a little later. meanwhile, israel has condemned brazil's president, after he accused israel of committing genocide in gaza. president lula da silva also compared israel's actions to the holocaust. he was speaking at the african union summit in addis ababa. translation: what is happening in the gaza strip with the palestinian i people has parallel with other historical moments. in fact, it only existed when hitler

decided to kill thejews. his comments have sparked strong criticism from israel. prime minister benjamin netanyahu called them "shameful and grave", and a little earlier this evening said the israel defense forces were going to lengths to prevent civilian deaths. today, the president of brazil, by comparing israel's war in gaza against hamas — a genocidal terrorist organisation — to the holocaust, president silva has disgraced the memory of 6 millionjews murdered by the nazis, and he's demonized thejewish state like the most virulent anti—semite. he should be ashamed of himself. our diplomatic correspondent paul adams is injersusalem for us and has explained more about how the brazilian president's words are taken by the israeli government. he was clearly very offended. as were other israeli ministers.

the brazilian ambassador is likely to be called into the foreign ministry to explain his president's actions both benjamin netanyahu said comparisons between israel and the nazis and hitler was crossing a red line. it is profoundly offensive to all israelis to suggest what is happening in gaza today has any connection or comparison to what the nazis did to 6 millionjews in world war ii. and the israelis are clearly not in the mood to let these remarks pass. he is not alone in expressing concern about the israeli operation in gaza. he is not, and of course, this comes on the heels of a move by south africa to press the case at the international court ofjustice that israel is committing genocide in gaza. that is a case where the court has given israel another ten days i think before it needs to respond

to a series of provisional measures to prove that it is not committing those sorts of offences. you have in south africa and brazil two influential members of the so—called brics, including russia and china and india, who are essentially making a similar argument and that is a measure of the kind of international pressure and probing that is building up. for all israel's protest and revulsion at these remarks, these are clearly worrying signs. benjamin netanyahu spoke in a press conference yesterday and reiterated as he saw it his case for the assault on rafah. however, it appears preparations are being made in egypt to receive palestinians. this remains a bit of a mystery because it is hard to see what else those preparations can be for, but egyptian officials including the foreign minister who has spoken about this at the munich security conference,

have been a little bit coy. on the one hand they say this is not what they are doing but on the other hand, they are indicating that if there is a humanitarian area need, they will be there for any palestinians who need them. but what we're seeing is a kind of provisional arrangement, an enclosure in the desert, right next to the rafah crossing, which the egyptians are preparing for the possible arrival of a significant number of palestinians in the event of an assault by israel on rafah, but of course at the same time, the israelis are saying, we're not to force anyone to cross that border. israeli officials still say they are working on a plan to get that 1.3, 1.4 million civilians who are in rafah out of harms way ahead of any kind of offensive but there is no indication of what that plan will actually be

and in the absence of a plan and with these constructions going on just across the border, of course palestinians are deeply apprehensive. so, how unusual is it for lula da silva to speak out in this way? our correspondent, mimi swaby, has this reaction from south america. this isn't the first time president lula da silva has thrown his hat into the ring with strong word choice. the outspoken left wing president is pushing for brazil to take a more present and progressive stance on the world stage, especially after his predecessor, right wing jair bolsonaro. lula is seen as a president who stands up for the underdog. domestically with his fight for indigenous rights and land restoration. on sunday, lula warned against rushing to conclusions surrounding the death of the russian opposition leader alexei navalny, breaking away from many other western leaders. lula's criticism of israel's

operations in gaza are the latest in a chain of strong criticism from the region. like many other leaders in latin america, he's unafraid of making international controversy through bold statements. here in the uk, the labour party is considering backing a motion by the scottish national party calling for an immediate ceasefire in gaza. the shadow foreign secretary says the party will "scrutinise" the motion ahead of a vote in parliament on wednesday. it comes three months after 10 labour front bench mps resigned to support a previous snp motion on the issue. our political correspondent, damian grammaticas, explains the challenge for labour leader, keir starmer. there was a vote like this back early in this conflict, back in november, and in that, the same scottish national party pressed for a vote then on an immediate ceasefire.

the labour leadership position then was that there only needed to be humanitarian pauses but that caused real angst within the labour party, deep divisions, of the labour mps, 56 of them did not follow his call to just abstain on that issue then, they backed the call for immediate ceasefire, and including ten of his top team who had to resign their posts. the question now, what happens here? what is we are seeing a gradual move in the position of keir starmer. we are a lot further into the conflict. there are many many more casualties and he is now calling which he has for a few days, for this fighting must stop now, he is quite close to that position of an immediate ceasefire but is not using exactly the same words. the issue for the labour leadership is they are saying they want to look

at what is tabled in parliament this week and take a decision of how they will instruct mps to vote. it could still cause quite a lot of difficulty for them. and it is definitely a tricky issue, the most difficult issue he has in managing his party. two 15—year—old boys have been charged with the murder of a 16—year—old in bristol on wednesday. avon and somerset police say darrien williams died after being stabbed in rawnsley park in the city. officers were called to the scene at around 6pm on wednesday. with more on this, our correspondent, sean dilley joins me from the newsroom — sean what do we know? you have set out some details but it is worth reminding the sequence of events that led up to the death and

the allegations because that is all charge is that has transpired this evening. darrian williams 16 was attacked at around 6pm in the area of eastern on wednesday. after being stabbed he ran to stapleton road where motorists assisted him. he sustained some pretty serious injuries but he then collapsed in west street old market and died at the scene. we know from my and somerset police at 215—year—old boys have been charged with his murder. in consultation with the crown prosecution service the police are accusing the two 15—year—old boys of the merger. the usual process will be followed and they will appear in court. that hearing is very likely, the case will then progress to a more senior court and the case would

be heard. but since the stabbing and more generally, these have been engaging with headmasters and schoolchildren and increasing their visibility in the area.— meanwhile, also in bristol, a 42—year—old woman has been arrested on suspicion of murder following the deaths of three children there. police say they made a welfare check at blaise walk, in sea mills overnight on sunday. officers believe it was an isolated incident with no further risk to the wider community. our reporter dickon hooper has been at the scene and sent this update. yeah, i am in the very quiet suburb of sea mills in north—east bristol. local residents i have been speaking to here said the police arrived at about 20 to one this morning, quite a lot of police, and went into one of the houses you can see behind me. in the last hour or so, avon and somerset police have released a statement and they have confirmed as you said that a 42—year—old woman has been arrested on suspicion of murder and is now in police

custody in hospital. they also said that three young children inside the house have been pronounced dead at the scene. the chief inspector in charge of this inquiry said it was a tragic and heartbreaking incident and sent her condolences. she also stressed, though, that this was an isolated incident and that there were no further risks to the community. that said, we are expecting an increased police presence here over the next few days. we have seen forensics behind me, we've seen officers go door—to—door, and that presents is expected to continue. we have had some local reaction, the mp and the mayor of bristol have also expressed their condolences. now it's time for a look at today's sport with hugh. hello from the bbc sport centre. a huge win for india in the third test has given rise to more questions about england's approach to cricket's oldest format. it's brought ben stokes' side some

famous moments but the asa—run margin of defeat in rajkot is their largest in terms of runs since 193a and india's biggest win that way in history. day four started with yashasvi jaiswal matching the record for 12 sixes in a test innings. he ended unbeaten on 214 as india declared on 430—4. that set england a total of 557 which they never even got close to. bowled out for 122. india now lead the five match series 2—1 before the fourth test on friday. it's a really good feeling to win a game like that with such a young team. you know, not a lot of test matches, playing the 11 as well, a lot of credit to these young boys who have come in and shown a lot of character.

it looks like they actually belong here and they want to stay here as well. losing games for england is not where you want to be. ijust made sure that all the emotion, you know, all the disappointment that there obviously would be in a dressing room at the moment, make sure it stays here. we have got two games left and all i want us to be thinking about, all i am thinking about as the captain is the series 3—2. manchester united scored afterjust 36 seconds and went on to win for a third time in a row in the premier league. rasmus hojlund got that early goal and then a second six minutes to give united an eventual 2—1 victory at luton. the danish striker has now scored in six straight games with his team staying sixth in the table. we have to stay focused, the whole game. when you switch off, i will not even say switch off, but do a little bit less,

you get punished. we can't afford this so we have to be all the time 100% focused, do the job, work together in and out of position, then you can control then you can control the game, otherwise you give what could have been an easy win, now it was a difficult one. sheffield united have now conceded five at home for three consecutive matches with brighton the latest to subject the bottom side to a hammering at bramall lane. sheffield united had mason holgate sent off when it was 0—0 and brighton were unstopppable after that. a week after helping ivory coast to win the africa cup of nations simon adingra got two in a 5—0 victory which moves them up to seventh. we play with the right mentality and the second half because we didn't concede attack or a maximum of two.

and sometimes you can lose something if you are playing one player more or winning 2—0 but football, it's a strain and you can open the game when you think the game is closed. it's not like this. bayern munich lost for the third time in a row as they went down 3—2 at bochum in germany's bundesliga. they hadn't suffered three successive defeats since 2015 but are now eight points behind leaders bayer leverkusen. after scoring bayern�*s second, harry kane missed a chance to rescue a point late on. freiburg and eintracht frankfurt drew in the other game on sunday. jannik sinner followed his grand slam breakthrough at january's australian open by claiming the rotterdam open title. he beat alex de minuar 7—5, 6—4 in the final. his seventh victory against the australian in as many career meetings, capturing the 12th singles title of his career in the process. and that's all the sport for now.

more than 400 people have been arrested across russia for laying tributes to alexei navalny, president putin's most prominent political opponent, who died suddenly in an arctic jail on friday. navalny�*s team believes the opposition leader was murdered but that's been rejected by russia's foreign ministry. his family has accused authorities of trying to cover their tracks by refusing to hand over his body. mr navalny�*s death has sparked international condemnation with memorials and vigils held in a number of countries. the us and british ambassadors to moscow have laid flowers too. our eastern europe correspondent sarah rainsford has this report. ever since the death of alexei navalny, russians have been leaving tributes, pausing to remember a man who dared to stand up to vladimir putin, and who died in prison for his politics. this woman describes navalny as a hero.

she says he fought for russia to be free, a democracy, she says, not a dictatorship. screaming. they are strong words in a country that does this when people come to lay flowers. since alexei navalny died, several hundred people have been arrested across the country. the kremlin doesn't want sorrow turning into anger and into mass protest. so in moscow one memorial has now been fenced off, access restricted. and up in saint petersburg men clear away the flowers so the scale of support for navalny isn't obvious. but each time there are more people and fresh tributes. these are the last known images of navalny on a video link from prison to a court. his cheerfulness is an act of defiance in itself. he died the next day. we still don't know the cause.

his mother travelled to the arctic region to get her son's body and to find answers. so far, she has neither. navalny�*s team are accusing the authorities of hiding something. they have reason for suspicion. three years ago the politician was poisoned with a nerve agent. the risk of returning to russia after that were always clear. and that is true for others who have spoken out as well, like vladimir kara—murza, also poisoned and then arrested for condemning the war on ukraine. his wife says the death of alexei navalny underlines the immense cost of dissent. i was horrified but not surprised because the use of political assassination as a method of dealing with opponents has been there for, well, for the entire rule of vladimir putin.

navalny was putin's loudest challenger. his sudden death leaves many questions unanswered, and it leaves a family and followers to grieve. this evening his wife posted a single image, the caption just says, i love you. it is british cinema's biggest night — and it went with a bang. the baftas have taken place in london — and the bbc�*s colin paterson has the lowdown on who was celebrating. it was oppenheimer pose mcknight up about this. it was the big winner, taking home seven, including best film, best directorfor taking home seven, including best film, best director for christopher nolan. he had never won a bafta before. best actor going to cillian murphy for playing oppenheimer and robert damagejunior best actor, dispersed about the end 31 years. he

won back in 1993. the other big winner with five doctors, poor things, the fantastical reimagining of frankenstein with bela baxter played by emma stone who won best actress, playing a woman who has the brain of a baby inserted into her head. it is as unfair as that description makes it. the zone of interest became the first film ever to win best british film and best film in a foreign language. that is becausejonathan glazer's film in a foreign language. that is because jonathan glazer's film really struck home this year. it is about a family who live over the ball from and how mundane their life was while holocaust was going on over the wall. finally one film that won nothing, despite all the talk and being the biggest movie at the box office, barbie to come absolutely nothing. another point, the baftas have been terrible

indicator of who will win at the oscars in recent years. only one of the last nine films to win at the rafters has gone on to repeat at the oscars. but i do think oppenheimer will win in three weeks' time. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there, good evening. some very mild air across the uk at the moment. and some sunshine today. it felt rather springlike in the best of the sunshine. lots of blue sky here in belfast but a wet start to the day for many with heavy downpours of rain. a lot of surface water around already with the ground already saturated. there are a number of flood warnings in place across the midlands and down into somerset. more rain to come as we head through next week. staying very unsettled and wet and windy at times. temperatures will also be dropping back down to the seasonal average. a bit more rain to come in the forecast for some of us tonight. that comes courtesy of this cold frontjust sinking down from the north—west. a short spell of possibly quite heavy rain across many

north—western areas of scotland, down through northern ireland and into north west england. that band of rain fizzling out as it sinks southwards and eastwards. reaching the midlands by the time we get to tomorrow morning. this is how we start off the day tomorrow. temperatures are a little bit lower than they have been. still mild for the time of year. that band of rain continues to push further southwards and eastwards as we head through monday morning but it is fizzling out as it goes. just cloud, a few showers perhaps for the south—east of england and east anglia and then these will brighten up. for most of us it will stay dry through the day tomorrow with sunny spells. showers edging into western scotland and northern ireland by the end of the day. temperatures are just a little bit lower by a couple of degrees. some slightly fresher feeling air behind that weather front. some cooler conditions behind the next cold front that will be sinking again southwards and eastwards on tuesday, bringing some heavy rain across north—western scotland through northern ireland and again into northern england and potentially western wales by the time we get into the afternoon. cooler feeling conditions behind. a band of showers moving into western scotland. ahead of the front,

it's still very mild, 13—14 celsius with a southwesterly wind and possibly some brighter skies. but we will see some heavy rain as we head through wednesday. strong, gusty south—westerly winds. and another cold front introducing some chillier conditions as we head into thursday. some of the showers could be wintry over higher ground, particularly across scotland, as we head through the end of the week. bye— bye.

this is bbc news, the headlines... the world health organization says gaza's second—biggest hospital is now completely out of service, following an israeli raid. the who said it believes at least 11 patients died due to interruptions in the supply of electricity and oxygen. israel has condemned remarks by the president of brazil, after he accused israeli troop of committing genocide in gaza and compared the israeli assault to the actions of adolf hitler. a 42—year—old woman's been arrested on suspicion of murder, following the deaths of three children in bristol. police say they think it was an isolated incident, and there's no risk to the wider community.

and it's been an explosive night at the baftas for oppenheimer, as the bio—pic about the father of the atom bomb picked up mutiple awards — including best actor, best director, and best film. the war between israel and gaza loomed large this weekend at a conference of world leaders in munich on global security challenges — with many hoping that progress would be made towards a peace deal. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has rejected calls to hold off on a ground offensive in rafah city, in the south of the gaza strip, where around 1.5 million have fled nearly 29,000 palestinians have been killed and tens of thousands injured by israeli strikes since the start of the war on october 7th, according to gaza's hamas—run health ministry.

earlier this week, joseph borrell, high representative of the eu for foreign affairs and security policy, called on countries to stop sending weapons to israel to stop the mounting death toll. the bbc�*s chief international correspondent, lyse doucet, asked whether he was referring to the us — israel's greatest ally — and about potential resolutions to the conflict. i was thinking loudly and asking to so many people, not only the us people, so many people, several of my colleagues, minister of foreign affairs, that have been saying, "too many people are being killed in gaza. too many people are being killed in gaza." so the logical question is, if you provide arms to israel and you complain that too many people are being killed, well, maybe you should think about providing less arms. it's in that logic. —— isn't that logical?

did you say that to the americans you met? well, i haven't met specifically anyone to which i could repeat the answer, but the answer — so the question... but the question is floating in the ambience, we have been discussing about gaza and everybody agrees on that. so why do you think no one is able to stop it, do you think? do you think europe has to do more? well, it has to do more with stopping it. the only way of stopping it is reaching an agreement to deliver the hostages and to agree on a ceasefire. and that's what someone is trying to do — without success. but it is the only way out. and do you see any sign that israel is willing to change its mind? prime minister netanyahu says there must be a ground operation in rafah to destroy the last brigades of hamas, and that he is preparing a plan to evacuate the civilians to keep them out of harm's way. we are quite aware these

people have evacuated from the north to the centre, from the center to the south, and now they have to be evacuated where they have to be evacuated. people cannot escape, and humanitarian support cannot reach them. they can imagine that there is a humanitarian catastrophe — manmade humanitarian catastrophe. it's not an earthquake. do you see any sign that anyone, any country can do anything to bring this war to an end? and if not, what's your greatest fear? a lot of people are pushing, everybody is asking this war to stop. but it seems that netanyahu doesn't listen. —— doesn't listen to anyone. but public opinion in israel shows that israelis also want the war to go on until hamas is, as they see it, destroyed. i understand the will

of destroying your enemy. but they also said that they were going to destroy hezbollah when they launched the war in lebanon in 2006. and many years later, hezbollah is still there. you know, hamas is for us — we consider hamas a terrorist organisation, formally, officially for the european union, hamas is a terrorist organisation. but hamas is also an idea, an idea — a bad idea, but an idea, and you don't kill ideas. the only way of killing an idea is proposing another one, a better one. so just to be clear, is there anything else that european countries can do and will do to try to end this war? the european union member states are very much divided on this position.

there is only a common ground — which is to respect international law, humanitarian law, on conducting military operation, on freezing the hostages, and for humanitarian pauses. —— freeing the hostages. this is the common ground, the common position. but some goes further. some ask for a ceasefire when they vote at the united nations and others reject it, and others have abstained. how do you want me to represent a common position when there is not such a common position? more than 400 people have been arrested across russia for laying tributes to alexei navalny, president putin's most prominent political opponent, who died suddenly in an arctic jail on friday. navalny�*s team believes the opposition leader was murdered — but that's been rejected by russia's foreign ministry. his family has accused authorities of trying to cover their tracks by refusing to hand over his body. mr navalny�*s death has sparked

international condemnation with memorials and vigils held in a number of countries. let's speak now to james nixey, who is the director of russia and eurasia programme, at chatham house. james, what do you think his passing represents in terms of the opposition in russia? yes represents in terms of the opposition in russia? yes hello- it certainly is — opposition in russia? yes hello- it certainly is a _ opposition in russia? yes hello- it certainly is a huge _ opposition in russia? yes hello- it certainly is a huge blow, _ opposition in russia? yes hello- it certainly is a huge blow, he - opposition in russia? yes hello- it certainly is a huge blow, he was i opposition in russia? yes hello- it certainly is a huge blow, he was al certainly is a huge blow, he was a symbol, perhaps even more than the content of what he really was. and he was the only person that people could really get behind. he started out in the sense of an anti—corruption... that got a lot of traction, and he moved on from there to a broader pulls and stood in the

last election, not that he really have things like elections in russia. he thought he could re—energize them, but he's hardly the first russian leader to be slaughtered and are afraid the attention of the international news media does quickly fade on these things. but media does quickly fade on these thins. �* , , things. but he himself recognised as an inevitability. _ things. but he himself recognised as an inevitability. yes, _ things. but he himself recognised as an inevitability. yes, he _ things. but he himself recognised as an inevitability. yes, he was - an inevitability. yes, he was poisoned — an inevitability. yes, he was poisoned with _ an inevitability. yes, he was poisoned with novichok- an inevitability. yes, he was poisoned with novichok on | an inevitability. yes, he wasj poisoned with novichok on a an inevitability. yes, he was - poisoned with novichok on a flight, he went to germany for treatment and recovered extraordinarily, and he went back to russia knowing he would be incarcerated and possibly killed. so this would come as a surprise to no one, least of all himself. d0 so this would come as a surprise to no one, least of all himself. do you think that ordinary _ no one, least of all himself. do you think that ordinary russians - no one, least of all himself. do you think that ordinary russians now. no one, least of all himself. do you | think that ordinary russians now are too preoccupied with the war in ukraine and the shadow that it's casting over russia to be worried about opposition?— casting over russia to be worried about opposition? yes, that is true. partly because _ about opposition? yes, that is true. partly because the _ about opposition? yes, that is true. partly because the coverage - about opposition? yes, that is true. partly because the coverage of- partly because the coverage of navalny�*s murder in russia has been

minimal, vladimir putin famously never uses his name. so it has been given purposely scarce coverage by the state run russian media. in terms of a war, that is on the screen when there are small victories, which the statement media can gloat about, such as taking out a depot in the last couple days. [30 a depot in the last couple days. do ou a depot in the last couple days. do you think it is a relief to vladimir putin that he's out of the way? he’s putin that he's out of the way? he's certainly removed _ putin that he's out of the way? he's certainly removed an _ putin that he's out of the way? he�*s certainly removed an irritant, that's why he did it, one assumes. 0f that's why he did it, one assumes. of course he was no threat, but i suppose that shows the paranoia of the regime. this is not an election we see coming up in russia in the middle of march, but a recordation at best. there was no chance of anybody else becoming leader — the only other opposition leader who

could be non—systemic was denied from running just a couple weeks ago. and of course, when navalny met his untimely end, he was in a siberian prison in russia's arctic north, so there was no threat to the regime, but again the regime does not think as we do. what regime, but again the regime does not think as we do.— regime, but again the regime does not think as we do. what happens to his movement _ not think as we do. what happens to his movement now, _ not think as we do. what happens to his movement now, those _ not think as we do. what happens to his movement now, those who - not think as we do. what happens to i his movement now, those who followed him? it his movement now, those who followed him? . ., , ., , ., him? it will continue, but many of them outside _ him? it will continue, but many of them outside of _ him? it will continue, but many of them outside of russia _ him? it will continue, but many of them outside of russia are - him? it will continue, but many of them outside of russia are forced | him? it will continue, but many of l them outside of russia are forced to operate outside of russia for fear of their safety. it seems unlikely but a figure of navalny�*s charisma can immediately take his place. of course in the forthcoming coronation, there will be significant systemic figures standing. but in terms of real opposition, that is still in a very

nascent stage and has yet to be nurtured and the conditions are not there for it to be nurtured. frankly, the reality is there is no opposition in russia to speak of today. opposition in russia to speak of toda . �* ., opposition in russia to speak of toda . �* . ., , , opposition in russia to speak of toda. . , ., today. and what was his vision for russia, today. and what was his vision for russia. and _ today. and what was his vision for russia, and does _ today. and what was his vision for russia, and does die _ today. and what was his vision for russia, and does die with - today. and what was his vision for russia, and does die with him? i russia, and does die with him? that's a fair question because we shouldn't and jealous eyes navalny. he made racist slurs which he apologised for. so he would not necessarily have been the cosy liberal figure one necessarily have been the cosy liberalfigure one might hope necessarily have been the cosy liberal figure one might hope for and many might�*ve assumed. so it is very hard i'm afraid to find a liberal, as we understand the term, and russia today. most russian liberalism stops at the border with ukraine, and that applied to navalny

as well. , , ., ., , ukraine, and that applied to navalny aswell. ,, . , . ukraine, and that applied to navalny aswell. . ':::: as well. russia has sentenced 1500 navalny supporters _ as well. russia has sentenced 1500 navalny supporters to _ as well. russia has sentenced 1500 navalny supporters to short - as well. russia has sentenced 1500 navalny supporters to shortjail- navalny supporters to shortjail terms, which gives us an indication as to how any attempts to follow up on his work will be treated. it shows that the regime in moscow can act with total impunity these days, the west can make threats and say things are unacceptable — the reality is there's nothing more they wish to do, coming in mind they are in the third year of a war between russia and ukraine where tens of thousands of ukrainian soldiers have died. i'm sceptical that the western powers will act in any greater extent with the death of one man in the far east, i'm sad to say. it’s the far east, i'm sad to say. it's not on the _ the far east, i'm sad to say. it's not on the top _ the far east, i'm sad to say. it's not on the top of _ the far east, i'm sad to say. it's not on the top of vladimir putin's list of concerns at the moment?

absolutely not, he quite clearly has given up on the west and reconciliation, he no longerfeels given up on the west and reconciliation, he no longer feels a part of it, he no longer wishes to be a part of it. he wishes to be a separate poll in international politics, one of the great powers perhaps, and he's doing this and the only way he knows how, through violence. , . , ., ~ , ., , violence. james, thank you very much. president biden has blamed russia's capture of a front line town in eastern ukraine on the failure of us lawmakers to approve a huge package of military aid for kyiv. president biden spoke to president zelensky after ukrainian forces pulled out of avdiivka. mr biden told him he was confident politicians in congress would approve the billions of dollars in additional war aid. president putin has congratulated the soldiers who captured the town. our correspondent simon jones 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 for the entire world remain high. president biden is calling on american politicians to pass the latest package of military aid for kyiv, which has been blocked by congress. look, the ukrainian people fought so bravely and heroically, they put so much on the line, and the idea that now, they're running out of ammunition, we walk away, i find it absurd, ifind it and unethical, ifind itjust contrary to everything we are as a country. so i'm going to fight to get them the ammunition they need. the ukrainian president 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 more weapons to avoid what he called a catastrophic situation in europe. translation: we are very much 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. 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. ukraine insists its people have the spirit to win but it knows it needs international help to force russia to retreat. simon jones, bbc news.

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. the bbc�*s tossapol chaisamritpol has more on the release. his sentence has been reduced to one year, so when he saw that, he had already been detained in hospital for six months. so he is eligible for six months. so he is eligible for asking for parole because of his health — he is 74 years old and, because of his serious illness, and because of his serious illness, and because he's already been detained, which the justice because he's already been detained, which thejustice minister said being detained in hospital is the same as serving his term in jail. so he is eligible for asking for parole, and now he's at his home.

even though the first image out of the hospital, he's wearing a green shirt, having a sling like he has his arm injury — he can clearly walk on his own, so there is debate in thailand at the moment, especially on social media, whether he's in relatively good health. he can walk about, why does he have to be put in hospital for the last six months and not injail? because hospital for the last six months and not in jail? because of his abuse of power back when he was prime minister and democrat of thailand, and because he has a huge scandal related to the corruption of money, a lot of money involved — but he said it was politically motivated, which makes his decision to live in exile in london or abu dhabi, anyplace like that. he said —— but

he's decided to come back when his party became the government, even though he did not win the election. so everything seems planned from the view of the public majority, because he came back on the same days that the prime ministerial candidate was awarded as the new prime minister. now to the remarkable story of conjoined twins, marieme and nay, who were born in senegal and live in cardiff. doctors expected them to survive only for a few days. the girls came for treatment at great ormond street hospital for children in london in 2017 when they were just two, and remained in the uk for the care and medical expertise unavailable for them at home. since then, they have defied all expectations. they are now seven years old, and thought to be the only growing conjoined twins in europe. lucy owen has their story.

what is it, nay? marieme and nay playing with their friends in cardiff. their dad always wanted them to go to mainstream school. this is a way for me to show that they're part of society. that they didn't have to hide from anybody — to see kids, play with them, to laugh with them, to make friends, to develop as individuals. they're both so pretty. nay's favourite colour- is my favourite colour too. that's why they're stuck together, because they both really love each other. they may share a body, but the girls are two very different characters. marieme is very quiet, very reserved — introverted personality. it's completely different with nay. she's very independent, she wants to be in charge of everything. when they were born, doctors in senegal did not expect them to live more than a few days.

they thought separation was their best hope of survival. but when the girls arrived in the uk, it was discovered that marieme's heart was too weak for the completed surgery — and the decision was made not to separate them. —— complex surgery. i can't allow myself to choose who will live or die now. let the doctor listen to your heart. marieme and nay share one pair of legs, one pelvis, and each has a spinal cord and heart. they have regular checkups at the children's hospital for wales. what you can clearly see here are two spines — so this is illustrating the approximate place of where they are joined. what does everybody say when you're in your standing frame, girls? "oh, you look tall!" now the girls continue to surprise everyone around them. at school, they spend time in a standing frame to get them used to being upright —

in the hope that one day, they might walk. how long will they live? i don't want to know. i don't want to know, ijust concentrate on the present and celebrate life. over the last few months, we've heard many stories of those whose lives have been devastated by the post office scandal. mother—of—five jacqueline falcon, was one of those wrongly accused of fraud and handed a suspended prison sentence. our reporter luke walton has been hearing her story. that used to be the post office where i spent over a decade working. jacqueline shows me around the village where she brought up herfamily and, for so long, worked at the post office,

a job she once loved. you had many happy times? i did, it was my second home. i loved the post office. i spent a lot of hours here. the post office has since moved around the corner. the original premises is now a barber, but her memories remain raw. nearly £1,000 went missing because of then unknown faults with the software. as the staff member in charge, suspicion fell on her. it was very confusing. i felt stupid as well because i couldn't find it. where does it go? does itjust vanish? she tried to cover up the shortfall, but investigators moved in. how much of a shock was it to be arrested, actually be taken to court and convicted? it was horrendous because i got arrested in front of my children. i was taken to the police station, fingerprinted, swabbed, mugshot, everything. i was put in a cell and the police then searched my home. she received a three—month suspended jail sentence, having been advised to plead guilty to escape prison. what she did not avoid was the blow to her reputation and livelihood. i could hardly leave the house. i could not be a mother to my children because

i was always depressed. my children got bullied in school. people would say horrible things to them in the street, on facebook, about me, saying i was a thief and things like that. and this went on for nine years? that's how long you have lived with it? that's how long ifelt shunned by the community. some of them stood by us from day one, you know, but a lot of them shunned us and they still give me dirty looks now. on tuesday, she became the latest of many post office staff to have their conviction overturned by the high court. vindication for her and her family. i was absolutely elated, but also emotionally and physically drained. it feels like my mum has got the justice she deserves. she didn't do anything wrong to the post office, or to anyone. it just feels like a massive heavyweight has been lifted off all of our family's shoulders, especially my mum's. as to the wider causes of the scandal, feelings are still running high. now i know what horizon did, what fujitsu did,

what the post office did, what the government did, it is anger now. the government insists it is speeding up justice and compensation for victims of the scandal, but for jacqueline and others, recovering from the trauma will be a long and difficult path. now, just before we go, let me show you these pictures showing king charles and queen camilla arriving for the morning service at st magdalene church, in sandringham. the king has been receiving cancer treatment in london and is now recovering at his sandringham estate. he postponed all public duties for the duration of his cancer treatment. the bafta film awards have been taking place in london — and as expected, it's been an explosive night for the historical bio—pic �*oppenheimer�*. it pretty much swept the board, picking up seven awards — including best film. cillian murphy was named best actor and robert downeer

was best supporting actor. the mastermind behind it, christopher nolan, won the bafta for best director — the first time he's won one. but it wasn't the only film that enjoyed success this evening. the surreal comedy �*poor things�* won five baftas — including best actress for emma stone. �*the zone of interest�* was named outstanding british film. donald trump has begun promoting a new line of shoes bearing his name, a day after being fined more than $300 million for fraud. the former president — who's widely expected to be the republican nominee in november's election — told the crowd he wanted to look out for young people. one of the shoe designs is called "the never surrender high tops", and costs almost $400. i'm sure it's a bargain. might get

some myself. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there, good evening. some very mild air across the uk at the moment. and some sunshine today. it felt rather springlike in the best of the sunshine. lots of blue sky here in belfast but a wet start to the day for many with heavy downpours of rain. a lot of surface water around already with the ground already saturated. there are a number of flood warnings in place across the midlands and down into somerset. more rain to come as we head through next week. staying very unsettled and wet and windy at times. temperatures will also be dropping back down to the seasonal average. a bit more rain to come in the forecast for some of us tonight. that comes courtesy of this cold frontjust sinking down from the north—west.

a short spell of possibly quite heavy rain across many north—western areas of scotland, down through northern ireland and into north west england. that band of rain fizzling out as it sinks southwards and eastwards. reaching the midlands by the time we get to tomorrow morning. this is how we start off the day tomorrow. temperatures are a little bit lower than they have been. still mild for the time of year. that band of rain continues to push further southwards and eastwards as we head through monday morning but it is fizzling out as it goes. just cloud, a few showers perhaps for the south—east of england and east anglia and then these will brighten up. for most of us it will stay dry through the day tomorrow with sunny spells. showers edging into western scotland and northern ireland by the end of the day. temperatures are just a little bit lower by a couple of degrees. some slightly fresher feeling air behind that weather front. some cooler conditions behind the next cold front that will be sinking again southwards and eastwards on tuesday, bringing some heavy rain across north—western scotland through northern ireland and again into northern england and potentially western wales by the time we get

into the afternoon. cooler feeling conditions behind. a band of showers moving into western scotland. ahead of the front, it's still very mild, 13—14 celsius with a southwesterly wind and possibly some brighter skies. but we will see some heavy rain as we head through wednesday. strong, gusty south—westerly winds. and another cold front introducing some chillier conditions as we head into thursday. some of the showers could be wintry over higher ground, particularly across scotland, as we head through the end of the week. bye— bye.

live from london... this is bbc news. a senior israeli official has said that unless hamas releases all hostages in gaza by the tenth of march israel will launch an offensive in rafah. the world health organisation says gaza's second biggest hospital is now completely out of service following an israeli raid. israel condemns remarks by the president of brazil — after luis lula da silva accuses israeli troop of committing genocide. a woman's been arrested on suspicion of murder following the deaths of three children in bristol. and — a hat—trick at the baftas for oppenheimer — as the bio—pic about the father of the atom bomb, picks up mutiple awards —including best actor — best director — and best film.

in israel, a member of benjamin netanyahu's war cabinet has warned that if hostages held in gaza are not freed by the beginning of ramadan, israel will launch an offensive against the southern city of rafah. benny gantz has set the deadline of the tenth march, speaking injerusalem at a meeting of the conference of presidents of majorjewish organisations. he said "the world must know, and hamas leaders must know — if by ramadan our hostages are not home, the fighting will continue everywhere, to include the rafah area, and he said any operation would include "facilitating the evacuation of citizens... to minimize civilian casualties." the us has repeatedly warned that an assault on rafah can't happen without a plan to evacuate civilians there first.

it comes as the world health organisation says an israeli raid