thank you for being with us. the widow of the late russian opposition leader alexei navalny has promised to carry on her husband's life's work after he died on friday and a russian prison. in a video posted on social media she promised to continue his fight for a free russia. she declared the president b putin was responsible for his death and said she knows exactly why her husband was killed, vowing to name names and show faces in the nearfuture. the kremlin denies any involvement. our eastern european correspondent has more on what this means for any meaningful opposition in russia. yulia navalny 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 navalny 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 navalna 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 ref —— rebels. the ship is claimed to have suffered catastrophic damage and has sunk although there is no independent verification. in the last few hours they have also claimed to attack two more ships in the region, both us own. james langdale has been following this 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 mar, 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 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. goodseu goodsell has recalled its ambassador to tel aviv in an escalating diplomatic row. —— resilient. it follows the president's controversial statements about israeli action in gaza. on sunday he described the conflict is a genocide, not a war, which would immediately

compared adolf hitler's decision to exterminate the jewish people. israel effectively banned brazilian media from visiting the country. his top advisor has described the decision as absurd. the brazilian president has been described by the israeli government as a persona non grata. in diplomatic terms that essentially means that he is considered not welcome in the country for official visits and this comes after he made points at a summit where he compared israel's actions in the gaza strip to the holocaust. 11 he ii he said what happened in gaza amounted to genocide and there had not happened except when the nazis decided to kill the jews. when the nazis decided to kill thejews. israel's when the nazis decided to kill the jews. israel's foreign minister at thejews. israel's foreign minister at a the jews. israel's foreign minister at a holocaust memorial injerusalem told memorial in jerusalem told brazil's memorial injerusalem told brazil's ambassador to israel

that he would be considered a persona non grata unless the brazil president withdrew comments. brazil has equally summoned the israeli ambassador for a meeting in rio to discuss this further. certainly this is a tense moment for both countries over this issue ahead of the g20 summit in rio this week, where g20 nations are meant to discuss what the g20�*s role is when it comes to tackling international tensions of which the war in israel and gaza will be a key topic. now, as we've been telling you, asia's most influential air show is kicking off this week in singapore. the event comes at a turbulent time for the industry, with concerns around the safety of boeing planes and a short supply of new aircraft needed for the covid rebound.

with geo—political tensions, governments are looking to make big orders on defence hardware on unmanned technology using artificial intelligence to fight conflicts in places like ukraine. let's cross over again to monica miller at the air show. of course, boeing is one of the biggest names in the industry and it is attending the air show this week. how can the air show this week. how can the company convince customers, given all the recent concerns around safety? it given all the recent concerns around safety?— around safety? it is a big question _ around safety? it is a big question i _ around safety? it is a big question i was _ around safety? it is a big question i was a - around safety? it is a big question i was a glaring l question i was a glaring omission earlier this week when we saw the planes flying and everything on display. boeing didn't bring a passenger plane which is highly unusual. that is because the 737 max family sunder investigation by us regulators at this time. now, that was because of alaska airlines flight in january. there were four missing bolts

to a door plug that dislodged in the flight. now, luckily no—one was hurt. this is incredibly damaging to this company. i spoke to some analysts to say, how does boeing — one of the world's biggest plane makers — get its reputation back? they said it will take a lot of time and trust. they will have to be scrutinised more than this plane has. that could take months, if not years, to build that confidence back. this months, if not years, to build that confidence back.- that confidence back. this air show is also _ that confidence back. this air show is also about _ that confidence back. this air show is also about defence, l show is also about defence, isn't it? we heard a plea from ukraine's president voldomyyr zelenskyy for more support. are you hearing anything about the conflict at the air show? eg�*s conflict at the air show? 5096 ofthe conflict at the air show? 5096 of the contributories, - of the contributories, participants, i should say, are from the defence industry. with the growing geopolitical tensions we have heard about on this program, they, if they continue and don't show signs of abating, this defence

industry is of interest. we heard from president voldomyyr zelenskyy. he is asking western allies to continue to help fund the war. ukraine does haven't a navy but they've been able to sink russian trips. a lot is because they had help from allies who are helping with defence mechanisms and financing, especially the united states. so the big things that people are looking here, a constant theme, drones, which is of important, notjust in ukraine but as well as what is going on in the suez canal and the red sea, but also we're looking at unmanned submarines — anything mayor time awareness will help with the red sea conflict as well as tensions in the taiwan strait in this part. so we will see, i assume today, as we have previously a lot of men with metal and epilets, taking a careful look at some of the items they might purchase. of the items they might purchase-— of the items they might urchase. �* ., ., . , purchase. another hot topic is

sustainability. _ purchase. another hot topic is sustainability. it's _ purchase. another hot topic is sustainability. it's a _ purchase. another hot topic is sustainability. it's a very - sustainability. it's a very ambitious target the industry has. , ., ., , ., ambitious target the industry has. , ., ., , has. they are hoping to be net zero by 2050. _ has. they are hoping to be net zero by 2050. one _ has. they are hoping to be net zero by 2050. one of- has. they are hoping to be net zero by 2050. one of the - has. they are hoping to be net zero by 2050. one of the only| zero by 2050. one of the only ways by the type of fuel. one thing is called sustainable aviation fuel, made of vegetable oils and animal fats. problem, is, it's hard to find and very expensive compared to traditional fuels. thank you from the singapore air show. thank you from the singapore airshow. he thank you from the singapore air show. he will be across the major announcements through the day and week. around the world, across the uk, this is bbc news. now other stories in the uk. junior doctors in northern ireland are to go on strike next month over pay. the 24—our

walk—out in march is the first strike. the union says doctors' pay has been eroded and what the government is offering is is unacceptable. about a million adults have type two diabetes but don't know. new data from the office for national statistics also suggests about 5 million people may be on the cusp of developing the condition -it — it can lead to complications. police say the father of a 2—year—old tried to rescue his son. additional specialists teams have joined the search for the missing boy. emergency services were call tolled the river soar late yesterday afternoon. you are live with bbc news. in the first case of its kind, a

man who piloted a dinghy carrying dozens of migrants from france to italy, four of whom drowned, has been found guilty of manslaughter. he agreed to pilot the growth in return for free crossing though he had no training in sailing. the case could have implications for future investigations, as our legal correspondent reports. a light in the dark. the early hours of december 2022, a fishing boat discovereds a migrant dinghy. men swim for their lives. 39 saved, at least four drowned. this man in the blue coat, ibrahim, accused of their manslaughter. he agreed to pilot the inflatable to england. overtwo pilot the inflatable to england. over two trials, prosecutors said he was

criminally responsible for the deaths when and when it took on water, he could have taken the dinghy back to france. one of the survivors, who is anonymous for legal reasons, said everyone feared they would drown. ., , everyone feared they would drown. , , drown. people stood up inside the boat and _ drown. people stood up inside the boat and then _ drown. people stood up inside the boat and then the - drown. people stood up inside the boat and then the boat - the boat and then the boat collapsed. i don't know whether he is a smuggler, refugee, asylum seeker, but he helped us and saved us. i don't know what to say. he was speeding the boatin to say. he was speeding the boat in order to get closer to the fishing boat. he swerved the fishing boat. he swerved the boat that helped us. this is why the — the boat that helped us. this is why the crosss _ the boat that helped us. this is why the crosss are - is why the crosss are dangerous, this boat is a similar construction to the one that ibrahim was in. board force filled wit items typical in a rescue. aids used on rivers, unsuitable. fuel bottles. foot pumps. look at this, the construction — it's a bouncy

castle. that's why they say these are a death trap. jurors were told that ibrahim had a free seat for piloting. prosecutors argued the deaths occurred as part of a criminal enterprise. the man was responsible for everyone's safety and could haven't foreseen the tragedy. he said he had no choice. the smugglers threatened to kill him when he had second thoughts. this manslaughter trial is unprecedented. manslaughter trial is unrecedented. ., , unprecedented. someone is responsible. _ unprecedented. someone is responsible. you _ unprecedented. someone is responsible. you can't - unprecedented. someone is responsible. you can't duck| unprecedented. someone is. responsible. you can't duck out of saying he was responsible simply because he says that he was in the same situation as the other migrants. he the same situation as the other miarants. . .,, the same situation as the other miarants. . , ., , migrants. he chose to be the man in charge? _ migrants. he chose to be the man in charge? yes. - migrants. he chose to be the man in charge? yes. more i migrants. he chose to be the i man in charge? yes. more than 140 people _ man in charge? yes. more than 140 people have _ man in charge? yes more than 140 people have been prosecuted for piloting boats since 2022, boats that brought 30,000 men, women and children on dangerous journeys. a trade the government is under huge political pressure to stop.

to ukraine now. we'rejust days from the second anniversary of the conflict and ukrainian president voldomyyr zelenskyy has said the situation remains extremely difficult in several markets of the front—lin, with delays in western military aid impacting the fighting. his comments come as russian forces made advances in the east. concerns are growing about how long the war could drag on. our correspondent visited a town a year ago. correspondent visited a town a yearago. he has correspondent visited a town a year ago. he has returned to find out how people are coping. how do you judge the mood of a country this big and broken? we came to a front—line town, a place seized by russian forces and liberated by ukraine in 2022. since then the closest front—lines have remained up the road.

this was alexander a year ago, with his cats. andrew, from bbc? ., ._ , andrew, from bbc? today he is still here- _ andrew, from bbc? today he is still here. "yes, _ andrew, from bbc? today he is still here. "yes, i— andrew, from bbc? today he is still here. "yes, i remember. still here. "yes, i remember you", he says. he shows me the wreckage of his old apartment block, hit by russian missiles. he says he sees this war differently now. i he says he sees this war differently now.- he says he sees this war differently now. i want peace, eace, differently now. i want peace, peace. peace- _ differently now. i want peace, peace, peace. has— differently now. i want peace, peace, peace. has your- differently now. i want peace, l peace, peace. has your opinion changed? _ peace, peace. has your opinion changed? changed, _ peace, peace. has your opinion changed? changed, many - peace, peace. has your opinion - changed? changed, many changed. this is interesting. _ changed? changed, many changed. this is interesting. he's _ 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 is saying there's too much death and 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 here. british aid distributed here, mostly to pensioners, who ignore the sound of another explosion on the front—lines. "our youth are

being exterminated. if this continues there will be no ukraine left" this lady says. "this war will go on for a long time yet", she says. but it's not all gloom here. council workers are doing what they can. a younger generation isjust getting on they can. 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. today this family are still here. there's regular electricity now. water from a

pump outside and this lady, an accountants quietly determined. "we're waiting for victory", she says. "we are all tired, but i don't see how we can negotiate with murdersers". still, the mayor worried that america will stop supplying weapons to the ukrainian troops protecting his town. eire we're fighting a monster", says alexander. "so we need more outside military help. our 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 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 far away capitals.

now researchers in australia have made an out—of—this—world discovery. they have identified the fastest growing black hole ever recorded, so large it consumes the equivalent of the sun and all its planets each day. the black hole amassed i7 the black hole amassed 17 billion times that of our solar system's sun. christian wolf is an associate professor at the australian national university, part of the discovery team. we found a part of the discovery team. - found a black hole that rapidly growing. there's lots out there. when they are not eating anything, then they are what the name says — black, not omitting life, just sleeping giants, hiding in the darkness of space. it is when they eat matter, and especially a lot, that matter comes together, to the black hole, and swirls around in a storm—like disc that heats up and releases a lot of energy. that makes them

really bright. that's as bright as trillions of stars all put together. in the most extreme cases like here.— together. in the most extreme cases like here. what can these black holes _ cases like here. what can these black holes tell _ cases like here. what can these black holes tell us _ cases like here. what can these black holes tell us about - cases like here. what can these black holes tell us about the - black holes tell us about the universe? 50 black holes tell us about the universe?— universe? so one mystery is where the — universe? so one mystery is where the black— universe? so one mystery is where the black holes - universe? so one mystery is where the black holes came | where the black holes came from. how have they been formed? initially, we've been thinking black holes — we know how smaller ones form, they can form in the collapse of a massive star that ends its life in a supanova explosion where most of the star explodes to space, but its core remains as a tiny but massive black hole as a leftover. then when they eat more matter, they could grow. we've been in the past thinking that these super massive black holes that seem to be sitting at the centre of virtually every galaxy, also the milky way has a black hole

— they started out as stars in the universe and grew step by step by eating more matter. now we're doing demographic stud disof the most extreme ones in termly universe, we see that we have remarkably massive black holes, already at very early stages. we're wondering, how to form them in the short time between the big bang and when we see them. this most extreme one of them all, we see that 1.5 billion years after the big bang. so it's when the universe was only 10% of its present age. also, the james webb space tell scope is making discoveries of not quite so massive black holes but of black holes closeer in time to the big bang. it seems to be that maybe these black holes have formed much before the

galaxies and maybe the stars came later. this is interesting. our whole paradigm possibly needs to turn upside down. i'm speculating. it is early days. the voices are growing louder that think, hmm, maybe we've been having the story upside down so far. that's fascinating. briefly, i understand this object is the brightest thing in the university. you found the previous record holder. do you think there will be even brighter things out there? i don't actually think so. even then, i've said that before — you should never say never. the previous one we found, we found at the start of our searches. now we have completed a search of 820% of the sky. we think that in that 80%, no bigger or faster growing thing could be hiding. however, there's about —a small fraction of the sky

hidden by our milky way galaxy and its dust shoulds that shield our view to what is behind. in principle, something could be sitting there even more impressive but we would haven't the technology at the moment to tell.— haven't the technology at the moment to tell. before we go, i want to show — moment to tell. before we go, i want to show you _ moment to tell. before we go, i want to show you this _ want to show you this remarkable image, showing a free diver examining the seabed of remote greenland, taken by a swedish photographer, alex dawson woe won underwater photographer of the year against 6,500 entries. he's been talking to us about his work. �* , ., ., ., work. it's all amazing. ifeel so honoured _ work. it's all amazing. ifeel so honoured that _ work. it's all amazing. i feel so honoured that somehowl work. it's all amazing. i feel i so honoured that somehow my image managed to make it to the top. we dive under big ice close to a metre thick. 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. i's

under the ice among these whale bones. is a minkhe whale she's swimming by. yes, very challenging environments. minus 2 degrees in the water. pitch black down there. yeah, it's a privilege and been a long, hard journey. i've been educating myself in diving, in very advanced systems and advanced cave diving, with vehicles that push you deep into 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 cinematographyt happier i am. it is such a different world. people immediate to know about it. we need to take care of what is under the surface. we need to think from an environmental perspective. i think this is all very relevant in many perspectives, as much as i like to show beauty. i like to show the beauty of the world. like, it makes me happy. an incredible image there. that is it for this edition of newsday.ly be back with business news shortly. join

fuss if you can. for now, thank you forjoining us a lot more on website. check that out. stay with bbc news. a round of incredibly mild weather continues through the next few days. monday, we saw temperatures reach 15 in parts of london. that makings it seven consecutive days we saw temperatures 14 or more and well above the average of 6—8le celsius. that weather will be back this week. it will feel more like february, with temperatures 6—9 for m higher than many have been by night recently. that's the case on tuesday. 7—9 degree, western scotland and northern ireland, but then we see the rain arrive. at times it will be heavy. it will be followed by extensive sunshine in the afternoon. a few showers in the

highlands and islands. northern england and wales will turn wet. some sunshine. again, 14/15 celsius will be possible. patchy rain will end southwards. it looks like it fades and regains strength. a touch of frost in the north. cloud or rain northwards on wednesday and mild weather fights back again. a very mild start to wednesday. a thoroughly wet one. these weather fronts bring thoroughly wet one. these weatherfronts bring rain extensively, pushing eastwards with strong winds throughout the day. the wettest in the morning for many, particularly so on hills exposed to the southerly gales. brightening from the west later. sunshine and showers. rain will hold on across shetland to the middle of the afternoon it may never fully clear. the channel islands and the english channel.

40mph winds if not more. temperatures in double figures in not low teens for the most part. that milder weather will leave and this low pressure to the north goes eastwards and with winds from the north atlantic which brings a job in temperature. it will clear the rain slowly we see across england, wales and eastern scotland on thursday. brighter for the west. the showers a mixture of rain, hail and on the hills, sleet and snow in the hills, sleet and snow in the top two. temperatures dropping through the day. the cooler run continues through the rest of the week and into the rest of the week and into the weekend with further spells of wind and rain at times.

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iam i am monica miller at the singapore airshow which is just about to kick off. we will find out how well the asia—pacific region is doing in terms of travel numbers compared to pre— pandemic times. and mining profit flat with bhp warning about the impact of high interest rates to come. hello there and welcome to asia business report. let us begin at the singapore airshow with

asia in focus for passenger numbers, plane orders and its role in the supply chains of major manufacturers. monica miller is there for us and joins us live. it looks like it is getting busy now? it joins us live. it looks like it is getting busy now?- joins us live. it looks like it is getting busy now? it is. we are less than _ is getting busy now? it is. we are less than one _ is getting busy now? it is. we are less than one hour - is getting busy now? it is. we are less than one hour from l are less than one hour from this event really kicking off. one thing we have been discussing a lot on the show and particularly at the airshow is our travel. when will we see the pre— pandemic numbers get back up again? particularly here in the asia—pacific region. to give us the latest information i am joined now by the director—general of the association of asia—pacific airlines. thank you forjoining us on the programme. where do we stand in terms of passenger traffic in the region? it is time to kick the pandemic to the curb because if you look at it, passengerfactors are the curb because if you look at it, passenger factors are as high as they have ever been and

the asia—pacific region is expected to