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 has left the biggest hospital in southern gaza unable to function — adding to the humanitarian crisis there. meanwhile refugees have continued to crowd into rafah, close to the border with egypt — where around 1.5 million people are now seeking safety. we'll get the latest on the ground in a moment. but first, last november the bbc reported on the case of a young woman and her disabled brother, tala and yazid, in rafah. they were trying to escape but were repeatedly turned away at the border along with their mother and siblings. our special correspondent fergal keane has been following the family's 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 loomed large this weekend at a conference of world leaders in munich focused 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 to escape fighting elsewhere. nearly 29,000 palestinians have been killed and tens of thousands injured by israeli strikes since the start of the war on seventh 0ctober, according to gaza's hamas—run health ministry. earlier this weekjoseph 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, spoke to him and 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. 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? the only way of stopping it is reaching an agreement to deliver the hostages and to agree on a ceasefire. and that's why, 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. you 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, vacated 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. 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 that, 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 or officially for the european union. hamas is a terrorist organisation, but hamas is also an idea, an idea, a bad idea, but say an idea and you don't kill ideas. the only way of killing an idea is proposing another one, a better one. 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. 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.(read on) 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 is in the newsroom. 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. of easton 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 avon and somerset police and somerset police that two 15—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 murder. 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 generally, polic 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.

it's been reported at least 150 people in russia have been sentenced to shortjail terms after attending commemoration events for alexei navalny. more than 400 people have been arrested across russia for paying tribute to president putin's most prominent political opponent, who died suddenly in an arcticjail 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's celebrating. it was oppenheimer�*s night here at the baftas. the film about the creation of the atomic bomb in the second world war was the big winner, taking home seven, including best film, best director for christopher nolan — he'd never won a bafta before — best actor going to cillian murphy for playing oppenheimer and robert downeer,

best supporting actor, his first bafta for 31 years. he won back in 1993 for chaplin. the other film that was a big winner, with five baftas, poor things, yorgos lanthimos�* fantastical reimagining of frankenstein, with bella baxter played by emma stone, who won best actress, playing a woman who has a baby's brain inserted into her head. it is as out there 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 has really struck home this year. it's about a family who live over the wall from auschwitz and how mundane their life was while the 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 took home absolutely nothing.

and one other point worth making — the baftas have been a terrible indicator of who's going to win at the oscars in recent years. only one of the last nine films to win at the baftas has gone on to repeat at the oscars. but i do think oppenheimer will win in three weeks�* time. 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 now?

marieme and ndeye, playing with their friends at mount stuart primary in cardiff. their dad always wanted them to go to a mainstream school. it's just a way for me to show they are part of society. they don't have to hide from anybody. they see kids they play with them, laugh with them, to make friends, to develop as individuals. they are both so pretty. marieme's favourite colour is my favourite colour too. | that's why they're together, because they 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 from ndeye. she's very independent. she wants to be in charge of everything. when they were born, doctors in senegal didn't 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 complex surgery and the decision was made not to separate them. i can't allow myself to choose who will live, who will die now. let the doctor listen to your heart. marieme and ndeye 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 the standing frame, girls? oh, you look tall! now the girls continue to surprise everyone around them. at school they to spend time in a standing frame to get them used to being upright,

in hope that one day they may walk. we're going to live. how long, i don't know, i don't want to know now. i don't want to know. ijust concentrate on the present, and celebrating life. and just before we go, to japan where a thousand —year—old ritual has taken place for the last time ever. hundreds of men in white loincloths head to a mountainous temple in a cedar forest to take part in the "sominsai" festival, regarded as one of the strangest injapan. the men bathe in a creek and then march around the temple's ground chanting "evil be gone". organising the event has become a burden for the ageing local faithful who find it hard to keep up with the rigours of the ritual, so it was the final festival on saturday.

hello there. sunday started the day on quite a wet note for large areas of england, but it was tibenham in norfolk that was the wettest place in the country with 31 millimetres of rain. once that cleared, most of the uk had some decent spells of sunshine and it was an exceptionally mild day. the highest temperature, in hampshire's gosport, was 17 celsius. that's eight degrees celsius above average for this time of the year. it'll stay pretty mild as well as we go through the next few hours. a band of rain crosses scotland and northern ireland. the rain heavy for a time, but it won't last very long. eventually, we'll start to see that rain encroaching in across parts of northern england and wales as we start off monday morning. a mild and frost—free start to the day, temperatures typically around 7 or 8 degrees. now, through the rest of monday, this band of rain reaches east anglia, south—east england,

but very weak. just another patch of rain left over and a stripe of cloud. further north—westwards, a ridge of high pressure follows. so for most of the uk, again, we're looking at some fairly lengthy spells of sunshine, a few showers for western scotland. it'll turn a bit cloudier in northern ireland, but i suspect the clouds going to be quite high through the afternoon, so still staying dry and bright. now, for the middle part of the week, we've got further weather systems coming in off the atlantic, so it will be quite wet and windy at times. tuesday, the wettest weather through the morning will be across scotland and northern ireland. again, a weatherfront here bringing some fairly heavy rain, but again, not lasting too long. the weather front moves its way southwards and eastwards whilst weakening, with a mixture of sunshine and showers following to scotland and northern ireland through the afternoon, so that's probably why we'll see some of the best of the sunshine. there'll be some bright weather, though, for central and eastern england and it will be another very mild day. it then turns a lot windier through wednesday, gusts of wind reaching 50 or 60 miles an hour for northern scotland. quite windy for wales and western england, some heavy rain here as well. over the hills of wales and western england, we could see around 50—odd millimetres of rain, and that will be enough to bring

some renewed concerns that we could see some further localised surface water flooding. it stays mild again, but the mild weather won't last much longer because we swap those mild south—westerly winds for cooler north—westerly winds through thursday and into friday, and that will really drop the temperatures back close to average for the time of year. so thursday, some wet weather moves its way eastwards. quite a windy day. as the rain clears, we'll see lots of showers moving in, and in the colder air, some of those showers will start to fall as snow across the hills in the north, particularly above 300 metres elevation, although you could see a bit of sleet or hail lower down.

this is bbc news. the headlines: a senior israeli official has said that unless hamas releases all hostages in gaza by the 10th of march, israel will launch an offensive in rafah. benny gantz warned israel will not wait beyond the date marking the beginning of ramadan. 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 troops of committing genocide in gaza and compared the israeli assault

to the actions of adolf hitler. and it's been a successful night at the baftas for oppenheimer, now it's time for newscast. newscast. newscast from the bbc. hello. it's laura, in the studio, up from the basement where we broadcast on television. paddy, in the studio, up from the third floor. you get daylight! a bit. and henry at home with lots of daylight. well, this morning, the government minister who had the lucky ticket of coming on after an absolute thumping at the by elections in kingswood and also in wellingborough, which we talked about yesterday, was michael tomlinson, the immigration minister.

now, henry, do you think it tells us anything