a man has reached here in the uk. a man has been found guilty of gross negligence manslaughter after four migrants died in a boat crossing the channel. these details are coming to us from our correspondence simon jones. this was a retrial at canterbury crown court. he admitted he was steering the boats carrying at least 43 people which then got into difficulty back in december 2022. he told the court he was doing it under duress. the prosecution said he, as the pilot of the boat, had a duty of care to all those on board and it would have been abundantly clear there was an obvious and clear risk of death to

the passengers. a man has been found guilty of the gross negligence manslaughter of four migrants trying to cross the channel in a small boat trying to get to the uk. we will have more reaction to that as we get it. the widow of alexei navalny is meeting with ministers in europe today. she posted a statement on social media. translation: ., , , social media. translation: , ., ., social media. translation: ., ., ., translation: three days ago vladimir putin killed my — translation: three days ago vladimir putin killed my husband, _ translation: three days ago vladimir putin killed my husband, alexei - putin killed my husband, alexei navalny. he killed the father of my children. he took away the dearest thing i had, the closest and most beloved person. but putin also to

collect navalny from you. putin killed notjust a man, alexei navalny. together with him he wanted to kill our hopes, ourfreedom, our future, to destroy and nullify the best proof that russia can be different, that we are strong, that we are brave, that we believe and will desperately fight to live differently. that statement just released differently. that statementjust released in the last couple of hours. you will get plenty more reaction and details about the activities and meeting she has been happening in brussels. a bbc panorama investigation has discovered that uk special forces blocked troops from the afghan units they fought alongside from relocating to the uk after the taliban came into power. leaked documents show that uk special forces rejected applications, despite some containing compelling evidence of service alongside the british military. the uk ministry of defence says it is conducting

an independent review. with me is bbc panorama'sjoe gunter. thank you for being here. what exactly have — thank you for being here. what exactly have you _ thank you for being here. brief exactly have you discovered? thank you for being here. twat exactly have you discovered? these afghan special forces served alongside the british and some of the most dangerous missions of the afghan conflict. many of them are expecting to be relocated to the uk when the taliban came to power. hundreds of them were rejected. according to leaked documents, it was uk special forces who had a veto over those applications and pick up that veto ahead of a spike in rejections. projections of applications that contain very compelling evidence of service alongside british forces in afghanistan.— alongside british forces in afghanistan. alongside british forces in afuhanistan. , ., ,, afghanistan. why would this be controversial? _ afghanistan. why would this be controversial? these _ afghanistan. why would this be controversial? these rejectionsj afghanistan. why would this be - controversial? these rejections have

controversial? these re'ections have caused real anger _ controversial? these rejections have caused real anger among _ controversial? these rejections have caused real anger among some - controversial? these rejections have l caused real anger among some former members of the special forces community. they told us that they believe there is a conflict of interest here because uk special forces had to speak power over these applications at a time when there were also under investigation by public inquiry for alleged war crimes that would have taken place on missions where the afghan partner units were supporting them. that makes those afghan commandos potential witnesses to the inquiry. some people are saying that uk special forces should not have had this veto power at a time when there were also being investigated and these commandos were potential witnesses. . , , ., , witnesses. has there been any resonse witnesses. has there been any response from _ witnesses. has there been any response from the _ witnesses. has there been any l response from the government? witnesses. has there been any - response from the government? the minist of response from the government? tie: ministry of defence is now conducting a review and they are looking at about 2,000 of these decisions. they told us that civil servants working for the ministry of defence at the final decision over

any applications. when we asked them if the uk special forces had previously had this veto and been in decision—making positions, they declined to reply. this week marks the second anniversary of the start of the war and, as russian forces make advances in the east, there are concerns over what a third year of conflict may bring. 0ur correspondent andrew harding has returned to the town of lyman, close to the frontline, to find out how people there are feeling. how do you judge the mood of a country this big and this broken? we've come back to a frontline town — lyman — a place seized by russian forces and then liberated by ukraine back in 2022. since then, the closest frontlines have remained just up the road. this was aleksander a year ago with his cats. aleksander? yes.

andrew from bbc. today he's still here. "yes, i remember you," he says. he shows me the wreckage of his old apartment block, hit by russian missiles. and he says he sees this war differently now. i want peace, peace, peace. so has your opinion changed? changed — many changed. so this is interesting. he's changed his opinion over the course of the last year. before, he said ukraine had to win this war. now he's saying there's been too much death, too much suffering. he wants talks, even if it means giving up land. peace is more important than victory. you can feel the weariness on the streets of lyman. british aid distributed here, mostly to pensioners, who ignore the sound of another explosion on the front lines.

"0ur youth are being exterminated." "if this continues, there'll be no ukraine left," says nadezhda. "this war will go on for a long time yet," says pasha. but it's not all gloom here. council workers are out doing what they can and a younger generation is just getting on with life. school is mostly online, but not entirely. "i've got everything i need," she says. a year ago, we found families hiding from the war in these cellars. and today, the dmitrichenko family are still here. but there's regular electricity now — waterfrom a pump outside, and irina, an accountant, is quietly determined. "we're waiting for

victory," she says. "we are all tired, but i don't see how we can negotiate with murderers." still, lyman�*s mayor is worried that america will stop supplying weapons to the ukrainian troops protecting his town. "we're fighting a monster," says aleksander. "so we need more outside military help. 0ur soldiers are doing their best, but they're running out of guns and ammunition." this small town feels torn between determination and despair. what unites it now is sheer exhaustion, the knowledge that this war will not be quickly won, and increasingly, the fear that ukraine's fate may yet be decided by foreign politicians in faraway capitals. andrew harding, bbc news in eastern ukraine.

a major search is under way after a child fell into water in leicester. we believe it is a family member and they are a locally —— a local family. it is monday afternoon, but we are still in the early stages of the investigation into the circumstances. it would be inappropriate of me to talk about the event itself. ijust want to reiterate we have all the specialist resources that you would possibly want in a case like this and our absolute priority is to find that little boy and return him to his family. thank you very much everybody, thank you. that press

conference _ everybody, thank you. that press conference just _ everybody, thank you. that press conference just wrapping - everybody, thank you. that press conference just wrapping up. - everybody, thank you. that press conference just wrapping up. to i everybody, thank you. that press i conference just wrapping up. to give conferencejust wrapping up. to give you a bit of background, a major search operation is under way after a river in leicester. police say the two—year—old boy was with his family, fell into the water on sunday afternoon. of course it is now monday afternoon here in the uk. emergency services did arrive yesterday and police are just answering those questions from some reporters. we will bring you updates on the next couple of minutes. hundreds of farmers have driven their tractors into the centre of the czech capital, prague, to protest against new eu agriculture policies. tractors have been parked in protest outside the czech agriculture ministry. farmers are demanding that the government end its support for the eu's green deal. the farmers say plans to halve pesticides, reduce fertiliser use and slash greenhouse gas emissions will ruin their livelihoods.

let's speak to our prague correspondent, rob cameron. what is happening, rob? well, the tractors that have lined the main north— south highway that goes right through the centre of prague are starting to slowly move onto other locations around the city. they are moving to a separate demonstration not far from the parliament. the government. they say they will continue to make their grievances hard. they said they are fed up of spiralling energy costs but also bureaucracy and now the eu's green deal which they say is making farming extremely difficult and is eating into their profits, so they are delivering their message by bringing their tractors, up to 800 tractors, and parting them in the busiest thoroughfare in the czech

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do with farming. they claim these protests are political and say the organisers are close to the far right pro—russian groups with a clear political agenda and they also include successful businessmen, farmers, who have millions of euros in eu farming subsidies already and they say they are worried about the fact that the government is starting to reach —— we distribute those subsidies to smaller farmers, so lots of issues at stake here over what has been a very visual protest here in the czech capital. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. bbc news — bringing you different stories from across the uk. it could have been a minor disaster. this stretch of canal in swindon suddenly developed a big hole in its bank, right where it crosses the river wray. so all the canal water could have flooded out. the worry is that a small leak can grow into a bigger leak and then

the water starts flowing and that erodes it more and more. and you get almost like a chain reaction. so in theory, you could reach a situation where the entire contents of the canal get dumped into the river below quite quickly. the council acted straightaway, getting teams out to put in a temporary dam and stop any waterflow. well, we created this cofferdam, which was to take the pressure off the off the particular problem. and also it allows us to drain out the water and work on this side of the bank to have a look at the bank. for more stories from across the uk, head to the bbc news website. you're live with bbc news. headteachers in england have been given government guidance on how to stop children from using mobile phones at school. ministers had committed to introducing a ban last year, but many schools already

have their own restrictions in place. unesco, the united nations education body, has warned that even being close to a smartphone has been linked with students being distracted in the classroom. based on its analysis, one in four countries have banned smartphones in school, either through law or guidance. these include france, which introduced its policy in 2018. the netherlands is due to bring in restrictions soon. the guidance in england includes giving children phones which have their apps disabled, as yunus mulla reports. i need that one too. good friends and in the first year of high school. but with year seven, there's also more time on their mobiles and screen time away from home. i can't find my friends at school because we normally have different... sometimes we have different lessons. sometimes i need to contact my parents. perhaps no surprise to find talk of taking those devices away during school hours hasn't

gone down well. like when you're trying to learn, it can be distracting. but like, i don't really see the harm at, like, lunchtime or break. i think it would, like, take away your freedom when you needed to call your parents or talk about something you don't know how to talk to a teacher about. for parent 0livia, her daughter having a mobile away from home is reassuring. and although the school has a strict policy, there are concerns. 0utside influences, i guess, sort of having access to the internet — that worries me and that she's not concentrating at school. and again, bullying is probably the biggest thing for me. according to government data, almost a third of secondary school pupils said mobile phones were being used without permission. 0ne survey found 44% of primary school parents are concerned about the time their children spend on electronic devices. that figure increases to half of all parents in secondary schools. many schools already have restrictions in place when it comes

to using mobiles in classrooms and on school premises. the guidance is aiming to make that approach consistent across all schools and they will be supported. in recent weeks, the mother of brianna ghey has called for tougher regulations on the use of social media. her daughter's killers had accessed and watched harmful and extremely violent material on their phones. i would like to see the law changed, so that children only have access to children's mobile phones. that could look exactly the same as an adult�*s mobile phone, but without the ability to download social media apps. year six is kind of the prime... you know, they're that little bit older, it's that transition to secondary school. tony guise is currently the longest serving secondary school headteacher in calderdale, west yorkshire. he doesn't know of a single headteacher who hasn't already taken action. the problem isn't the phones. the problem is what's on the phones.

it's the social media and access to social media on the phones that is causing the issue. isn't it a sign that government is making this a priority for you? when i go into school on monday, this isn't going to be on the top of my to do list. finding the next maths teacher, the next science teacher will be. balancing my next budget where school funding has not kept up with inflation. that's on my to do list. wondering which bit of the roof has blown off in the storm or which leaks i'm going to have to patch because of the rain — that'll be on my to do list. but actually, we implemented a mobile phone policy a long time ago. the move is being seen as bringing england in line with other countries, including france and italy. but some will question if it is too little too late. yunus mulla, bbc news. police in papua new guinea say they will use "all necessary force" to quell an outbreak of tribal violence in the country's highlands. it follows the killing of at least 60 men in an ambush in enga province as they reportedly prepared to attack a neighbouring group. communal violence in

papua new guinea is often caused by disputes over land and natural resources. 0ur sydney correspondent phil mercer gave us this update. well, we're hearing from the authorities in papua new guinea that they are revising down the number of people they believe to have been killed in this latest outbreak of tribal fighting in papua new guinea's highlands region. initially, they were saying between 50, possibly more than 60 people had been shot dead. they now say that 26 people have been murdered in an apparent ambush perpetrated by one warring faction on members of another, another warring tribe. but either way, this is a significant loss of life in papua new guinea. tribal conflict is quite common in that part of the highlands region, but such a heavy loss of life is drawing immense alarm not only in papua new guinea but here in australia.

papua new guinea is australia's nearest neighbour, and the prime minister of australia, anthony albanese, is saying that news of the massacre up north in png was extremely disturbing. it was a big night for 0ppenheimer at the baftas. it won seven awards, including best film and director, as well as best leading actor for cillian murphy, but the biggest—grossing movie of last year, barbie, didn't get any love in the end. it had five nominations and came away with nothing. our culture editor, katie razzall, was at the ceremony. last night, london was a who's who of the film world. britain and america united to celebrate movies, with the irish out in force. all in front of the world's photographers, and the president of bafta — the prince of wales. 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. yes. 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 a beautiful gown 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 really want to just thank my mom because she's the best person i know in the whole world.

and she inspires me every single day. we will come back to the baftas in a moment. this is a meeting of alexei navalny�*s widow heading into meetings in brussels with eu leaders. let's have a quick listen in as the camera repositions here. we canjust we can just see the start of that meeting taking place. they clearly didn't say a great deal, i think it was more for the photographers. as

this camera repositions and turns around, we will keep an eye on it, but clearly that meeting just taken place right now. we were expecting it, that invitation to join that meeting with eu leaders extended to the widow of alexei navalny. when that meeting wraps up will bring you the details of what was discussed. we have heard from yulia herself, where she described a couple of crucial points. this is the social media message that she posted. she started that with this, another person should be here in my place but that person was killed by vladimir putin. somewhere in present beyond the arctic circle putin didn'tjust kill alexei navalny as a

person, he wanted to kill a hope, our future. person, he wanted to kill a hope, ourfuture. we know person, he wanted to kill a hope, our future. we know exactly why putin killed alexei navalny. i will continue alexei navalny�*s work and i will continue to fight for our country. she finished that video message with these words, i am not afraid, don't you be afraid. meanwhile, close to the prison where alexei navalny died, we have a message from his representatives there saying they have still be denied access to his body. they were directed towards a mortuary, but they couldn't get in. they are waiting for access and we will wait for the outcome of that meeting with his widow, yulia, in brussels. stay with us for all the latest updates.

hello there. we're starting the new week off on a fine note. in fact, a ridge of high pressure bringing quite a lot of dry and sunny weather to our shores. another mild day to come, maybe not quite as mild as what we had over the weekend, particularly across northern and western areas. it's here where we'll see more of a breeze through the afternoon, a little bit of cloud here and there, maybe just one or two showers as well. elsewhere, variable cloud, but a lot of sunshine around, feeling quite pleasant with lighter winds in the south. up to 13 or 14 degrees again across the southeast, nine to ii or 12 further north. through this evening, we see first front move into scotland. that'll bring thick cloud outbreaks of rain, strengthening breeze. and then by the end of the night, this next front will arrive across the northwest of the country.

that'll bring more substantial rain here, more cloud around generally across western areas, and more of a breeze, too. it's the east and the southeast, which will see the lowest temperatures under the clearer skies, low single digits there, whereas temperatures will be rising a little bit further north and west as this weather front arrives. tuesday then looks a bit breezier. generally the isobars are closer together and we'll have this weather front spreading southwards across scotland and northern ireland into the afternoon. it'll be pushing southwards across england and wales. skies brighten up behind it, but there'll be some heavy, blustery showers, maybe some snow on the hills above 300 metres, some hail and thunder mixed in too. ahead of its rather cloudy skies, but again, mild up to 14 degrees here, a little bit fresher, further north and west behind the weather front. then, as we move through tuesday night into wednesday, we see a more substantial area of low pressure hurtle in off the atlantic. that's going to bring a pretty wet and windy day for many of us on wednesday. the heaviest of the rain will be pushing through during the morning period. strong winds, as well.

gales across northern areas, windy around irish sea coast, but it does brighten up into the afternoon. most of the rain clears through into the north sea. we'll see some scattered, blustery showers across northern and western areas. again, pretty mild for the time of year, 11 to 13 degrees. but the mild air doesn't last. from thursday onwards, we open the floodgates to more arctic air flow. it will be turning cooler for all areas, low pressure always nearby. so it'll stay relatively windy. in fact, we could see gales at times into next weekend. it will be showery at times, some sunshine, but we'll all notice it feeling a little bit cooler.

today at one: the widow of alexei navalny accuses the russian president valdimir putin of killing her husband. mr navalny was the main leader of the opposition in russia but died last week in the arctic prison where he was being held. translation: another person should be here in my place, _ but that person was killed by vladimir putin. we know exactly why putin killed alexei three days ago. we will tell you soon. also on the programme this lunchtime... a man who piloted a dinghy in the english channel is found guilty of the manslaugher of four migrants who drowned when it ran into difficulty. police reveal the ages of the children found dead in bristol. they were seven, three and ten months old. a woman has been arrested

on suspicion of murder. we reveal a hidden waiting list for nhs treatment in england which may include millions of patients not included in the officialfigures. and the winner is... if i can read it! 0ppenheimer. and 0ppenheimer is the big winner at the bafta film awards — but box office smash hit barbie walks away with nothing and come bbc news, crystal palace in the spotlight later, manager roy hodgson is in the hospital as they take on everton tonight. —— coming up take on everton tonight. —— coming up on bbc news. good afternoon. the widow of alexei navalny — the russian opposition leader who died injail last week — has accused the russian president

vladimir putin of killing him.