and the bathtub goes to... oppenheimer. —— bafta. and it's oppenheimer�*s night at the baftas — it led the pack with seven gongs. welcome to bbc news — broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we start in the middle east, where a member of israel's war cabinet has said the military will move into the overcrowded city of rafah unless hamas releases all hostages by the 10th of march. speaking at a conference injerusalem, benny gantz 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.

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. the us has repeatedly warned that any ground assault on rafah should not happen without a plan to evacuate civilians first. meanwhile, the world health organization said that an israeli raid has left the biggest hospital in southern gaza unable to function. paul adams has more from jerusalem. the situation in nasser hospital, the largest hospital in the southern part of the gaza strip, remains searching arresting members of staff the nurses shooting with they are saying they are doing what

they are saying they are doing what they can to keep the hospital running and bringing in diesel and oxygen to fix a generator. palestinian sources are sink of the hospital is absolutely on its last legs in the head of the who has said that effectively, nasser hospital has ceased to function. we have heard people dying as a result of interruptions to power and oxygen. so at the very least it is extremely precarious situation in nasser hospital. to the south, and rafah, 1.3 million people are waiting to find out when the israeli military assaults will come and today, a member of netanyahu's work cabinet said that if hostages are not released by the beginning of ramadan, in precisely three weeks, then the israeli military assault on rafah would begin. the white house has demanded that that cannot begin unless those civilians are out and at the moment, there is no plan plan to move them.

i'm joined now by dan arbell, who is a scholar—in—residence at the centre for israeli studies at the american university, and a former deputy chief of mission at the embassy of israel in washington dc. thank you forjoining us on the programme today. firstly, what do you make of this proposed rafah offensive that will further complicate its relationship with the us and neighbouring countries? is it a negotiating tool or is it a likely scenario in your view? fin a negotiating tool or is it a likely scenario in your view?— scenario in your view? on one hand, there are plans— scenario in your view? on one hand, there are plans to _ scenario in your view? on one hand, there are plans to enter— scenario in your view? on one hand, there are plans to enter rafah - scenario in your view? on one hand, there are plans to enter rafah to - there are plans to enter rafah to israel and fight the how for grades still there to try and rescue hostages and try and target the hamas leadership. but i believe at this point in time, this plan will not be implemented as it is used as a pressure tactic to bring hamas to agree to compromise and reach a

hostage deal. so i think israel is using this as a pressure tactic, trying to bring hamas to compromise. at this point, if it sees that within several weeks there is no progress on negotiations for a deal, it may seriously consider this offensive. but i do not think it is something that will happen anytime soon. they will wait to see how hamas responds to this threat. figs hamas responds to this threat. as paul mentioned, the religious holiday of ramadan is just three weeks away. do you expect the war to continue throughout the holiday? i do see the work continuing throughout the holiday. i think that it is in the interest of hamas to have the war during ramadan, hoping that it will be able to bring unification of all fronts. in the north from hezbollah, with the west bank, with an uprising, perhaps from the israeli era population. that is

the israeli era population. that is the hope of hamas. and having all of the hope of hamas. and having all of the united fronts would serve the purposes of hamas in turning this from a political or military conflict into a religious conflict. between muslims and dues. so i think this is the clear interest of hamas. to prolong this military confrontation of the lease until ramadan begins.— confrontation of the lease until ramadan begins. confrontation of the lease until ramadan beains. ., , ramadan begins. israel says hamas is lost 18 of its — ramadan begins. israel says hamas is lost 18 of its 24 _ ramadan begins. israel says hamas is lost 18 of its 24 battalions, _ ramadan begins. israel says hamas is lost 18 of its 24 battalions, what - lost 18 of its 2a battalions, what are the chances of hamas leaving rafah? i are the chances of hamas leaving rafah? ~ . , are the chances of hamas leaving rafah? ~ ., , ,., , ., rafah? i think at this point, israel should issue _ rafah? i think at this point, israel should issue a _ rafah? i think at this point, israel should issue a call _ rafah? i think at this point, israel should issue a call on _ rafah? i think at this point, israel should issue a call on the - rafah? i think at this point, israel should issue a call on the 4-6 - should issue a call on the 4—6 remaining battalions to surrender, and it has not done so yet. the fighters in the southern part of gaza in the rafah area are not as extreme trained and experienced as the ones in the north. so i think hamas will fight as long as it can

and as long as there is no resolution and that there is no agreement on the hostage deal which will bring a cease—fire, i think this will continue. i do not think there is any talk of them leaving anytime soon although that is an option for the future. but that is not under consideration at this point. not under consideration at this oint. . ~ not under consideration at this oint. ., ~' ,, not under consideration at this oint. ., ~ i. not under consideration at this oint. ., ~ . ., not under consideration at this oint. ., . ., ., point. thank you so much for “oining us. let's take a look at some of the stories making headlines in the uk. a 42—year—old woman has been arrested on suspicion of murder after three young children were found dead at a house in bristol. police made the discovery when officers attended a concern for welfare call in the early hours. our correspondet danjohnson has been at the scene. we know the police were called here shortly after midnight by someone who was concerned about the welfare of these children. they found three children dead at a semidetached property just further up this

quiet residential street. and a 42—year—old woman was arrested. she's described as being in custody, but we know that she is in hospital receiving treatment. the uk foreign secretary says the sovereignty of the falkland islands will not be up for discussion, as long as they want to remain a british territory. this week lord cameron will make the first visit by a uk cabinet minister to the islands since 2016. argentina's new president javier milei has called for them to be handed back. in a referendum a decade ago islanders voted overwhelmingly to remain a uk overseas territory. the russian courts have sentenced dozens of mourners of kremlin critic alexei navalny to short prison sentences, with more than 150 sentenced in st petersburg alone. many were arrested as they laid flowers at makeshift memorials, after president putin's most prominent political opponent died suddenly in a jail in the arctic on friday. in moscow, this was the us ambassador to russia, lynne tracy,

placing flowers at a memorial, the embassy describing alexei navalny�*s strength as an "inspiring example". (biv)his family has accused the russian authorities of trying his family has accused the russian authorities of trying to cover their tracks by refusing to hand over his body. more from our eastern europe correspondent, sarah rainsford. 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. ever since the death of alexei navalny, russians have around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. bbc news bringing you different stories from across the uk. just two years ago there were 3a and a half thousand northern gannet nests on this pembrokeshire rock, once the fourth largest colony in the world. but in 12 months, bird flu wiped out more than half of the population. and gannets are not alone. black—headed gulls were red listed before bird flu emerged in 2021, and numbers have declined by 77% in recent years. and in its first ever report, trying to quantify the effects of bird flu. to quantify the effects of bird flu, rspb comrie says common and sandwich terns have also seen a catastrophic drop of a0%. we are really concerned. we don't know what the future holds.

birds, these sea birds are long lived and they only have a couple of one or two chicks a year. it could be another decade before we truly know what the impact of this is, even if it were to stop today. for more stories from across the uk, head to the bbc news website. you're live with bbc news. more now on the israel—hamas war. in november we reported on the case of a young woman and her disabled brother, tala and yazid, who were trying to escape gaza but were repeatedly turned away at the border at rafah 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. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines. italy's top court court has ruled that sending migrants who arrive by sea back to libya is unlawful. the decision to uphold the conviction of the captain of an italian towboat is final. in 2018 the vessel picked up 101 people including children and pregnant women, from a rubber dinghy and returned them to libya. the pentagon says us forces have carried out strikes against five houthi missile sites in yemen threatening shipping in the red sea. the houthis say they'll persist with their attacks on vessels in the area, which they say are in support of the palestinians in gaza.

there's been a big rise in domestic tourism in china. spending during this month's lunar new year holiday was up nearly 50% on last year. revenues surged to almost 90 billion dollars — higher than in 2019, before the coronavirus pandemic. the film oppenheimer has swept the board at the baftas in london — winning seven awards including best film, director — and leading actor for cillian murphy. the surreal comedy poor things took home five awards, with emma stone winning leading actress. our culture editor katie razzall was there: how many movie stars can you fit into a photo opportunity? bafta had the brits and americans embracing and the irish out in force. for one night only, london was a who's who of the movie world, with the president of bafta, the prince of wales, attending his most high—profile royal engagement since his wife's

operation and the king's cancer diagnosis. this red carpet is heaving with the kind of star power only the biggest night of the british film calendar can deliver — a night to celebrate talent on screen and behind the camera, here in britain and across the world. it is no exaggeration to say this room has in it the greatest actors in the world. inside the royal festival hall, master of ceremonies david tennant got down to business. right, let's give out some baftas. a night of laughter but also emotion, particularly when da'vinejoy randolph picked up best supporting actress for playing mary lamb, a bereaved mother and school cook in the holdovers. there have been countless marys throughout history who have never got a chance to wear beautiful gowns and stand on this stage here in london. best actress went to emma stone for poor things. the frankenstein—style fantasy

walked away with five awards in all. i reallyjust want to thank my mom. she is the best person i know in the whole world. she inspires me every single day. and stone beat, amongst others, margot robbie — barbie, the biggest grossing movie of the year, was entirely snipped at the baftas. bradley cooper's maestro and martin scorsese's killers of the flower moon also walked away with nothing. the zone of interest. instead, a british film in german about the holocaust triumphed. the zone of interest picked up three awards, including outstanding british film and film not in english. cillian murphy. acclaimed director christopher nolan has never won a bafta. his film about the father of the atomic bomb now has seven. cillian murphy as best actor, robert downeer, best supporting actor, and nolan himself, best director. this is an incredible honour, being back home, getting this from bafta, in the festival hall, where my mum and dad used to drag me to make me have some culture.

michaelj fox, diagnosed with parkinson's disease 30 years ago, got a standing ovation. it can change your day, it can change your outlook, sometimes even change your life. in a surprise appearance, he handed out the biggest award, best film. oppenheimer. oppenheimer�*s night to celebrate, a night which mayjust be repeated in the oscars in three weeks. katie razzall, bbc news. with the oscars less than a month away, what clues do the baftas give about the likely winners there? joining me from los angeles is entertainment journalist kj matthews. thank you forjoining us. any surprises, from your point of view at baftas? i surprises, from your point of view at baftas? . , surprises, from your point of view at baftas? ., , ., surprises, from your point of view at baftas? ., , , , ., at baftas? i was not surprised that he won but — at baftas? i was not surprised that he won but i _ at baftas? i was not surprised that he won but i was _ at baftas? i was not surprised that he won but i was surprised - at baftas? i was not surprised that he won but i was surprised that. he won but i was surprised that killers of the flower moon, maestro and even barbie were all shut out. i thought they would at least gain a

few awards but the fact they got none was surprising.— none was surprising. baftas are often a great — none was surprising. baftas are often a great indicator- none was surprising. baftas are often a great indicator of- none was surprising. baftas are often a great indicator of the i often a great indicator of the oscars, do you think oppenheimer will do well there as well? i stiiiii will do well there as well? i still think the season _ will do well there as well? i still think the season is _ will do well there as well? i still think the season is about - think the season is about oppenheimer. it is usually the golden globes, baftas and sometimes some regional awards and as we get into the oscars the season we are looking at those awards as an indicator including baftas. i think of back vests —— best picture will probably go to oppenheimer especially due to the fact that they killed it at baftas this weekend, however if there is an upset at all, i would not be surprised if anatomy of a fall would sweep in. it did not win that many awards at baftas this weekend, but it could upset oppenheimer in the best picture category. it does a very, very, very long shot that that will happen, but

stranger things have happened at the oscars, right? fin stranger things have happened at the oscars, right?— oscars, right? on behalf of studio ghibli, i must ask _ oscars, right? on behalf of studio ghibli, i must ask you _ oscars, right? on behalf of studio ghibli, i must ask you this, - oscars, right? on behalf of studio ghibli, i must ask you this, many | ghibli, i must ask you this, many are wondering here in asia if the directors of finerfilm are wondering here in asia if the directors of finer film could win his second oscar? what is your take on that? —— final film. his second oscar? what is your take on that? -- final film.— on that? -- final film. when i attended _ on that? -- final film. when i attended the _ on that? -- final film. when i attended the toronto - on that? -- finalfilm. when i - attended the toronto international film festival last year in september i got the chance to screen the boy and the heron. and he got a standing ovation. everybody at the toronto film festivalfell ovation. everybody at the toronto film festival fell in love with this animated film, so i am not surprised that it won a global envelope, nominated for an oscar, i am not surprised that it one this weekend at the baptist. it is just amazing so well deserved for sure. i at the baptist. it isjust amazing so well deserved for sure. i want to to back so well deserved for sure. i want to go back to — so well deserved for sure. i want to go back to ask _ so well deserved for sure. i want to go back to ask me _ so well deserved for sure. i want to go back to ask me about _ so well deserved for sure. i want to go back to ask me about barbie - so well deserved for sure. i want to | go back to ask me about barbie that you mentioned earlier. because of course threat last year we were talking about barb and heimer and get barbie has not done too well,

what happened you think? i get barbie has not done too well, what happened you think?- what happened you think? i don't know if it is _ what happened you think? i don't know if it is his _ what happened you think? i don't know if it is his barbie _ what happened you think? i don't know if it is his barbie fatigue - know if it is his barbie fatigue because it did make $1 billion at the box office and it has been the film of the year next to oppenheimer 2023 but maybe the voters are different from the rest of the world and people going to theatres and paying money to actually see these films. we know that barbie is beloved and meet $1 billion at the box office, that means that many people love this film. when it comes to the film critics, when it comes to the film critics, when it comes to the film critics, when it comes to the people who are actually judging these films and writing reviews, maybe it's notjust go over well with a lot of the reviewers. interesting. barbie fatigue. they are there any other movies you are watching closely, something not many people have followed, but could do very well at the oscars? to people have followed, but could do very well at the oscars?— very well at the oscars? to films that i absolutely _ very well at the oscars? to films that i absolutely love. _ very well at the oscars? to films

that i absolutely love. thank- very well at the oscars? to films j that i absolutely love. thank god they have been giving some press. and have started to win awards. the holdovers and american fiction. american fiction i think one either baftas screenplay and also something at the golden globes. i love the holdovers with apology money. so those films are more independent. they are not big box office films, but they are well acting and the writing is phenomenal. so yes, great performances, great writing, i love the holdovers and i love american fiction. and you never know. they may sleep in at the last minute and win for best picture, it is a long shot. you heard me it. stranger things have happened at the oscars. thank you forjoining us on the programme. hopefully we will be able to speak you when the winners are announced in around three weeks.

you have been watching newsday. stay with us. backed with business news shortly. we set 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. we'll have the headlines at the top of the hour, as newsday continues straight after hardtalk. welcome to a special edition of hardtalk from moscow. i'm stephen sackur. for 17 years, one man has dominated the politics of the russian capital, vladimir putin. externally, he's projected russian power from ukraine to syria and internally, opposition has been

repressed, intimidated and silenced. but not altogether. my guest today is the most prominent leader of russia's anti—putin opposition, alexey navalny. now, he has committed to fighting putin in the 2018 presidential election, but will his defiance cost him dear? alexey navalny, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much for having me here. you have been involved in opposition politics of one form or another for almost ten years, maybe more, and itjust seems to me that right now your position is perhaps more dispiriting, more depressing than

it's ever been before. would you agree?