we hearfrom the underwater photographer of the year relatives of the late russian opposition leader, alexei navalny, have been told that his body will not be released for another two weeks to allow time for further tests. navalny died unexpectedly in a prison camp in russia on friday. his widow says she believes her husband was poisoned with the nerve agent novichok — and that he was killed because the russian president couldn't break him. yulia navalnya vowed to continue his work fighting for their country. it comes as germany, sweden,

finland, norway and france summon the russian ambassadors in their capitals. our russia editor steve rosenberg is in moscow and has this report. for three days now, she's been trying to recover her son's body, but alexei navalny�*s mother — here in the middle — was told that investigators are not ready to release it or even where the body is. a clue perhaps, caught on cctv in the dead of night near mr navalny�*s remote penal colony — a prison convoy heading to a nearby town, just hours after the announcement of his death. it's thought this midnight motorcade may have been transporting his body. alexei navalny was an ambitious politician, promising a brighter future for russia. he once tried to run for president. he ended up in prison. now he's dead.

in a video statement filmed abroad, his widow yulia accused the kremlin of killing him and vowed to continue his fight to change russia. translation: having killed alexei, putin killed half- of me, half of my heart and half of my soul. but i still have the other half, and that tells me i have no right to give up. i will continue the work of alexei navalny, continue to fight for our country. today, yulia navalnaya was in brussels, meeting european foreign ministers. for years, she's kept a low profile. now she's vowing to unite opposition to vladimir putin. and the kremlin — what has it been saying about the death of its staunchest critic? very little. president putin has yet to make any public comments about the death of alexei navalny, but today the kremlin spokesman described accusations that it was the russian

leadership that killed him as "obnoxious and utterly unacceptable". at this makeshift shrine to alexei navalny, we discovered that many of the floral tributes have been cleared away. and yet muscovites were still coming here to honour the man who called for change but would never live to see it. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. our eastern europe correspondent sarah rainsford is in warsaw — and has more on what this means for any meaningful opposition in russia. yulia navalnya has really stepped deliberately and dramatically into the political spotlight with this speech. her grief at times was so raw that it was sometimes quite difficult even to watch. but it's her fury that she says is driving her on, and that leads her to say she can continue her husband's cause. and i think for many in many supporters of the russian opposition watching that, people who are feeling very despondent, they will have

found it uplifting. i think she does have a certain moral authority and she clearly is a strong woman. but can she put herself forward as a new political leader? well, first and foremost, of course, yulia navalnya is abroad. and i think after she's called vladimir putin a killer, she would find it very difficult and dangerous, in fact, to go back to russia. now, as for navalny�*s own political organisation, well, it's been banned as extremist. and all of his allies, his close allies are either in prison like he was or they're abroad for their own safety. basically, vladimir putin has spent the past two decades systematically crushing all political opposition in the country. but now, of course, over the past few days, we have seen people bringing flowers and leaving tributes to alexei navalny. these are people who do want change in russia, who are sympathetic to navalny�*s cause. and yulia navalnya has now called on them to unite in a fist and to punch vladimir putin's regime. but i think people really the fear is very strong and the sense of pointlessness.

and of course, it was alexei navalny who punched the hardest in his lifetime, and he paid an extremely high price for that. the crew of a british—owned cargo vessel have abandoned ship off yemen after it was hit by missiles fired by houthi fighters. a houthi military spokesman claimed that the ship, the rubymar, suffered "catastrophic damage" and had sunk — although there is no independent confirmation. and in the last few hours they claim they have attacked two more ships in the region, both us owned. our diplomatic correspondent james landale has been following the story. since november, houthi rebels based here in yemen have attacked merchant vessels steaming up and down the red sea. they say they're doing it to support palestinians in gaza, claiming they're mostly attacking ships linked to israel. the us or the uk. now the attack on the british vessel took place here on sunday close to the bab

alman darb strait between yemen and djibouti. the ship that was hit was the ruby map, a cargo was the rubymar, a cargo vessel flagged in belize operated from lebanon but owned by a british firm. and it was heading north bound for bulgaria. now, a spokesman for the houthis, which are backed by iran, said its armed forces attacked the ship with missiles. it suffered catastrophic damage and had sunk. now, there's no independent confirmation on this, but the uk authorities said the ruby march but the uk authorities said the rubymar was taking on water. it had been abandoned and the 2a crew had been rescued. now, all this is damaging trade as ships take the longer, more costly route around africa. and egypt's president fattah al—sisi said today that his revenues from the suez canal were down by 50% since the middle of january. us forces occasionally with raf warplanes, have hit back and attacked houthi military targets in yemen and a uk government spokesman said it and its allies reserve

the right to respond appropriately. and the european union also agreed today to set up its own naval mission to protect shipping. but so far, none of this appears to be deterring the houthis. their spokesman promised more escalation and claimed it had even made two further attacks, this time on us vessels down there in the gulf of aden. let's turn to the war in ukraine. just days away from the second anniversary of the conflict, ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky has said the situation remains �*extremely difficult' in several parts of the front line — with delays in western military aid impacting the fighting. russian forces have made some advances in the east of the country, and as america delays new funding to support he's been speaking a short while ago. translation: now, the situation is extremely difficult _ in several parts of the front — precisely, where the russian troops have concentrated the maximum reserves. they are taking advantage

of the delays in helping ukraine, and these are very tangible things. the shortage of artillery, the need for front line air defence. we're working as hard as possible with partners to restore and extend support. japan is negotiating an investment treaty with ukraine, vowing to keep up support for the reconstruction of the country, almost two years after russia's invasion. since russia invaded ukraine, japan has pledged more than $10 billion—worth of financial aid. in a meeting of prime ministers, fumio kishida reaffirmed japan's commitment to ukraine, with the two sides signed a number of agreements including on infrastructure rebuilding, demining, and agriculture. translation: japan will| continue to work together with ukraine until peace returns to the beautiful land of ukraine. following up on the results of the japan—ukraine economic reconstruction conference, we will work with the g7

and other countries to build international momentum for support for ukraine. i'm joined now by maki kobayashi from japan's ministry of foreign affairs. joining us live from tokyo, thank you so much forjoining us on newsday today. we heard from prime minister key sheet other but can you just talk us through some of the details of the agreements reached between the agreements reached between the two countries?— the two countries? yes, thank ou ve the two countries? yes, thank you very much. _ the two countries? yes, thank you very much, so _ the two countries? yes, thank you very much, so the - the two countries? yes, thank you very much, so the prime i you very much, so the prime minister showed first of all three principles of our cooperation, inclusiveness, partnership, technology, knowledge. he spoke about five actions and 56 documents were signed during the contras. he means to set the legal framework for promotion and it will be reviewed for upgrading, secondly support for financing

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requirements for entry visa and also our cooperation closing 27 priority areas. of them was the illumination of mines and degrees, living conditions, improve productivity of agriculture which is important not only for ukraine but also forfood not only for ukraine but also for food security for international community, and also new industries like biotechnology, i see digital, digitalisation and... i’m biotechnology, i see digital, digitalisation and... i'm sorry to “um digitalisation and... i'm sorry to jump in. — digitalisation and... i'm sorry toiump in. but _ digitalisation and... i'm sorry tojump in, but i _ digitalisation and... i'm sorry tojump in, but i want - digitalisation and... i'm sorry to jump in, but i want to - digitalisation and... i'm sorry to jump in, but i want to ask| tojump in, but i want to ask you are, of coursejapanese companies are known for rebuilding skills, especially after natural disasters but of course we're talking about an ongoing war here, so what timeframe are we talking about when you sayjapan timeframe are we talking about when you say japan is keen to help ukraine rebuild?- when you say japan is keen to help ukraine rebuild? some of our emergency _ help ukraine rebuild? some of our emergency assistance - help ukraine rebuild? some of our emergency assistance like | our emergency assistance like eliminating debris and mines

because people need leave even after the war and people need electricity, medical care, temporary infrastructure. we understand around 30% of people affected by mines and unexploded ordinance and we need to illuminate it, also temporary infrastructure like temporary infrastructure like temporary bridges and for better living conditions. according to world band ukrainian need m86 billion in next ten years, 15% for transportation, i2% for agriculture and 10% for energy. we really need to start working now reaching to mid and long term construction needs. i also want to ask _ term construction needs. i also want to ask you _ term construction needs. i also want to ask you about - term construction needs. i also want to ask you about financial| want to ask you about financial aid because there seems to be ukraine fatigue if you like,

especially in the united states but also in europe and also evenin but also in europe and also even injapan, some people in the public have been rather critical of the contrast of support for ukraine and japan's own earthquakes, with the prime minister �*s approval rating quite low, what is tokyo's commitment to ukraine? fix, commitment to ukraine? commitment to ukraine? commitment to ukraine? commitment to continue support to ukraine is steadfast, according to our medic colleagues the interest over ukrainian support is continuously high injapan. continuously high in japan. russian continuously high injapan. russian aggression against ukrainian cities, violation of international law and we have no room for support fatigue, support fatigue cannot be tolerated. we understand that you agree ukraine and facility for $50 million, 50 billion euros, already approved in aid package which includes 60

billion ukrainian war and are waiting for congress approval. the 6-7 waiting for congress approval. the g—7 foreign ministers almost make 17 security conference confirmed unwavering commitment for continuing support to ukraine. we can see that it support to ukraine. we can see thatitis support to ukraine. we can see that it is especially important to show a strong commitment to rule of law and not tolerate rule of law and not tolerate rule by force. so our commitment is... �* , commitment is... i'm so sorry to interrupt — commitment is... i'm so sorry to interrupt but _ commitment is... i'm so sorry to interrupt but we _ commitment is... i'm so sorry to interrupt but we have - commitment is... i'm so sorry to interrupt but we have run i to interrupt but we have run out of time, but we really appreciate you joining us here on newsday today.— on newsday today. thank you very much- — around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. three young children found dead at a house in bristol included a nine—month old baby. the children have been named by police as fares bash, seven, joury bash, three and baby mohammed bash.

a 43—year—old woman has been arrested on suspicion of murder. the former post office chairman, henry staunton, says he stands by comments he made in an interview with the sunday times after the business secretary, kemi badenochk, accused him of lying. mr staunton says he was told to stall compensation payments for sub—postmasters until after the general election, something which the government denies. about a million adults in england have type two diabetes but don't know it. new data from the office for national statistics also suggests about five million people may be on the cusp of developing the condition. you're live with bbc news. reasearchers in australia have identified the fastest growing black hole ever recorded.

this is an artist's rendition of it — it's so large it consumes the equivalent of the sun each day. i spoke earlier with christian wolf, an associate professor at australian national univeristy and part of the team who made the discovery. we found a black hole that is rapidly growing. there's lots of black holes out there. and when they're not eating anything, then they are really what the name says. they are black. they are not emitting any light. they arejust sleeping giants hiding in the darkness of space. but it is when they eat matter and especially when they eat lots of matter, that matter comes together to the black hole and swirls around in a storm like disk around a black hole that heats up and releases a lot of energy. and that makes them really bright, as bright as trillions of stars all put together in the most extreme cases like here. and what can these black holes tell us about the universe?

so one mystery is where these black holes actually came from. how have they been formed? initially, we've been thinking, black holes, we know how small black holes form they can form in the collapse of a massive star that ends its life in a supernova explosion where most of the star actually explodes into space. but its core remains as a tiny but massive black hole as a leftover. and then when they eat more matter, they could grow. and we've been in the past thinking that that also these supermassive black holes that seem to be sitting at the center of virtually every galaxy. also, the milky way has a black hole in the centre — that they have started out from such collapsing stars in the early universe and then grew step by step by eating more and more matter. but what we are finding now that we're doing really demographic studies of the most extreme black holes in the early universe, we see that we have remarkably massive black holes already at very early stages,

and we're wondering how to form them in the short time between the big bang and when we see them. so for example, this black hole that we're now talking about, this most extreme, one of them all, we see that one and a half billion years after the big bang. so it's when the universe was really only 10% of its present age or something. and also the james webb space telescope is making separately discoveries of not quite so fast growing and quite so massive black holes, but of black holes that are even closer in time to the big bang. and it seems to be that maybe these black holes have actually formed much before the galaxies around them and maybe the stars came later. so this is really interesting times now because our whole paradigm possibly needs to be turned all upside down. i'm speculating here. it's early days to to talk about this, but the voices

are growing louder that think maybe we've been we've been having the story upside down so far. singapore is hosting asia's largest airshow — on display will be the newest aircrafts and the best in aerobatic manoevers. major industry players will be showcasing the latest technology and discuss key topics such as defence and security. let's speak to our reporter, monica miller who is at the airshow. moniker, you are telling us about the buzzards back at the airshow, especially as travel demand recovers, but there are some challenges that the industry is facing at the moment. industry is facing at the moment-— industry is facing at the moment. . ., moment. there are, there are massive suwly _ moment. there are, there are massive supply chain - moment. there are, there are massive supply chain issues i moment. there are, there are | massive supply chain issues we were talking about that in many other industries but particularly in the aviation industry, they haven't quite caught up, i think that is because some people quit and then had special expertise when they were building these planes, so they had moved on to otherjobs. but it's really

also equipment pieces, some of these things take years to build and produce it and they haven't quite reached to their pre—pandemic levels. find haven't quite reached to their pre-pandemic levels.- pre-pandemic levels. and of course, sustainability - pre-pandemic levels. and of course, sustainability is - pre-pandemic levels. and of course, sustainability is a . course, sustainability is a huge topic for the industry, they want to get net zero by 2050, but that's quite an ambitious target, isn't it? it is. we did see airbus on sunday, it flew and 8350, those wide—body planes that many of his that have already been on, it was flying 35% of what is called sustainable aviation flow, this is the latest biofuel that the industry is looking out to get it to that goal. there's a problem with this, it's 3—5 times more expensive than traditional aviation fuel and not many people make it. they had this ambitious goal, even in singapore they had announced by 2026 it has two b at least 26%

of this fuel in the mix, it is very hard to find and it's very expensive. they will lodge attacks against customers and passengers to pay for this, the company's debt. that will range between the flight length and the class of that ticket, but nevertheless that effort is being made and it's one of the biggest issues talked about here at the airshow. monica miller at — here at the airshow. monica miller at the _ here at the airshow. monica miller at the singapore - miller at the singapore airshow, thank you so much for that update, and of course she'll be across all the big announcements from the airshow, so do stay tuned for that as well. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines. somalia has told the united nations security council that it believes a deal between ethiopia and the breakway region of somaliland amounts to a declaration of war. the deal would see ethiopia recognise somaliland's independence in exchange for a 50 year lease on a naval base and commercial port but somalia claims that this equates to annexation of the land. one of two female candidates

has dropped out of senegal�*s postponed presidential elections. rose wardini announced her withdrawal after it was alleged she was a dual french citizen which bars herfrom running. she is the second candidate to be barred for the same reason. roy hodgson has stepped down as the manager of crystal palace at the age of 76 — making him the oldest ever manager in the premier league. during his long career he managed a total of 17 clubs — some of them twice — and four international teams including england. i want to show you this remarkable image, showing a free diver examining whale bones on the sea bed off remote greenland. it was taken by swedish photographer alex dawson who won �*underwater photographer of the year', against more than 6,500 other entries. he's been talking to us about his work. it's all amazing.

i feel so honoured that somehow my image managed to make it to the top. we dived under thick ice that's close to a metre thick and my model, the free diver, she was swimming on one breath from the surface, trying to find me under the ice among these whale bones. it's a minky whale on the bottom that she's swimming by and yeah, it's a very challenging environment. —2 degrees in the water, its pitch black down there. yeah, it's a privilege and it's been a long, hard journey. i mean, i've been educating myself also in diving, in very advanced systems, very advanced cave diving, with vehicles that push you deep into the caves. it takes me to places that very, very few people have been able to go. the more people that can see my underwater photography and cinematography, the happier i am because it's such a different world and people need to know about it. we need to take care of what's

under the surface, we need to think from environmental perspective, so think this is all very relevant in many perspectives, as much as i'd like to show beauty. i like to show the beauty of the world, like, it makes me happy. a washington man who thought he had won a jackpot worth $340 million has sued the lottery companies powerball and the dc lottery, who claim they published his numbers by mistake. john cheeks said he felt "numb" when he first saw the winning numbers matched his ticket in january 2023, but that when he presented his ticket his claim was denied. according to court documents, the companies involved claim the confusion arose from a technical error. before we go — how's this for a goal? this was ryan hall, scoring straight from the kick—off during a local cup match on saturday. his clubs say it hit the back of the netjust over two

that's all for now — stay with bbc news. hello. this round of incredibly mild weather continues as we go through the next few days. on monday, we saw temperatures reach 15 degrees almost in parts of london. that makes it seven consecutive days of seeing the temperatures of 14 degrees or more and well above the average of 6—8 celsius. but that kind of weather will be back later this week — feels much more like february with temperatures 6—9 degrees for many, which will actually be higher than many have been by night recently. and if that's the case, we start tuesday — 7—9 degrees in western scotland, northern ireland. but it's here where we start to see the rain arrive, first of all. in fact, a spell of at times heavy rain sweeps across scotland, northern ireland during the morning, followed on by sunshine more extensively for the afternoon — a few showers in the highlands and ireland. through the afternoon, though, northern england and wales turn increasingly wet and windy. to the south and east

of that, many will stay dry during daylight hours, but fairly cloudy, some sunshine and again, 14—15 celsius will be possible. the patchy rain will, by the end of the afternoon and evening, edge its way southwards. it looks like it starts to fade, but then regains strength. after some clear skies for a time in the north with a touch of frost, cloud and rain will surge its way northwards later in the night on wednesday and mild weatherfights back once again. so it will be a very mild start to wednesday but a thoroughly wet one. these weather fronts bring in outbreaks of rain quite extensively, pushing its way eastwards with some strong and gusty winds throughout the day, too. wettest in the morning for many, and particularly so on hills exposed to those southerly gales brining up from the west. later, sunshine and showers — but rain will hold on across shetlands into the middle part of the afternoon and it may never fully clear the channel islands and the english channel. in the sunshine, it's going to be mild. southerly winds, a0 mile an hour winds, if not more. and temperatures again in double figures, if not low teens for the most part.

but that milder weather is eventually pushed out the way. this area of low pressure to the north of us, as it works its way eastwards, introduces winds from the north atlantic, and that brings a drop in temperature. clears away the rain slowly, though, that we see again across england, wales, eastern scotland on thursday. bright conditions into the west, but the showers will be a mixture of rain, hail and on the hills a bit of sleet and snow on the tops, too. temperatures dropping as we go through the day. and that cooler run continues through the rest of the week and into the weekend with further spells of wind and rain at times.

hello and welcome to asia business report. the latest on issues facing the industry. flat with the morning about the impact of high interest rates to come. hello and welcome to asia business report. i'm mariko 0i. let's begin this hour at the airshow because we are very much in focus on the region for passenger numbers, plane orders and its role in the supply chains of major manufacturers

we're joined chains of major manufacturers we'rejoined now chains of major manufacturers we're joined now by william and director general of the international air transport association joining us live, thank you so much forjoining us on the programme this morning and after the pandemic, travel demand has expanded very quickly and i want to start of the asking about the supply—chain issue and the delay of jet deliveries supply—chain issue and the delay ofjet deliveries and do you expect those issues to continue?— you expect those issues to continue? ., ., , �*, continue? unfortunately, it's been very — continue? unfortunately, it's been very frustrating - continue? unfortunately, it's been very frustrating for - been very frustrating for airlines and most recent 0utlook suggest that they may even continuing to 2026 and we are not going to see much improvement into 2024 although it's improving slightly but the outlook remains disappointing in terms of supplies at a disruption ongoing. fix, in terms of supplies at a disruption ongoing. a lot of reviewers — disruption ongoing. a lot of reviewers think _ disruption ongoing. a lot of reviewers think of - disruption ongoing. a lot of reviewers think of the - reviewers think of the mid—flight incident that happened on the boeing plane, do you think the number of

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