across southern britain, spell of heavy rain spreading from west to east, and again could cause issues of localised flooding, gradually turning more to sleet and snow over the hills in the north as the cold air begins to move southwards but it will be a bright end to the day across northern areas but chilly, as you will see, 5—9c. the cooler theme lasts friday into the weekend, sunshine and showers, the showers will have a wintry element in the north and nights will be cold with a touch of frost in places.

this is bbc news, the headlines: as international pressure mounts on israel to pause its offensive, the world health organization stages a second rescue mission from gaza's nasser hospital. the prince of wales says he wants to see an end to the fighting in gaza "as soon as possible", in a strongly worded intervention on the conflict. nd labour changes its position on the war — with its shadow foreign secretary calling for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire. police recover a body from the river thames, believed to be abdul shakoor ezedi — wanted over a south london chemical attack. the mother of alexei navalny has made a direct appeal to vladimir

putin to release his body to her. sport now and a full round up from the bbc sport centre. it appears kylian mbappe�*s destination is the one we all expected. the ps6 forward has agreed to join real madrid in the summer when his contract with the french club expires. no deal has yet been signed with real. but it's thought it'll be for five years and could be announced once it is no longer possible for the clubs to meet in this season's champions league. mainly, it is the glory, it's the titles. when they come here they know that his image and reputation is going to be broadcast all around the world. i know mbappe is already well known in this case but when they come to real madrid the image is strengthened much more. andreas brehme, who scored the goal

that gave west germany the world cup in 1990, has died at the age of 63. his winning penalty in the final against argentina was one of eight international goals the full back scored. and made him an instant german hero. brehme won 86 caps for his country. and also won bundesliga titles with both bayern munich and kaiserslauten, as well as winning serie a in italy while at inter milan. well, inter have said their players will wear black armbands in honour of brehme during their champions league match against atletico madrid on tuesday. they go into the last 16 first leg game unbeaten in the competition's group stage. and with an improved nine point lead in serie a after their nearest rivals dropped points at the weekend. while atletico finished top of their group and won 5—0 in the league at the weekend. like inter, psv go into the champions league knockout stage with a dominant lead in their domestic competition. theirs is ten points in the eredivisie. but for their opponents, it's very different. borussia dortmund are completely out of the title race in germany.

17 points behind leaders bayer leverkusen. and they've also been knocked out of the cup. the champions league provides the only route to silverware this season. napoli are on their third manager of the season after sacking walter mazzari just before their champions league last i6 tie with barcelona. mazzari took charge just three months ago and while he was thanked by the napoli owner for "having helped the team in a tricky period," the defending chapmoins arejust ninth in serie a. slovakia manager francesco calzona has been appointed until the end of the season, during which time he'll combine the twojobs. calzona is a former assistant manager at napoli. and that's all the sport for now. out of the united nations where the security council is hearing arguments around the situation in gaza —— and now to the united

nations. we can listen in. so gaza -- and now to the united nations. we can listen in. so that ultimately we _ nations. we can listen in. so that ultimately we can _ nations. we can listen in. so that ultimately we can together - nations. we can listen in. so that ultimately we can together help l ultimately we can together help create a future in which israelis and palestinians live in states of their own side by side in peace. we are committed to engaging constructively on our resolution with you in the days to come to that end. and we will continue to tirelessly engage in direct diplomacy and negotiations on the ground. thank you. i diplomacy and negotiations on the ground. thank you.— ground. thank you. i thank the united states _ ground. thank you. i thank the united states for _ ground. thank you. i thank the united states for the _ ground. thank you. i thank the | united states for the statement ground. thank you. i thank the - united states for the statement and i now_ united states for the statement and i now give _ united states for the statement and i now give the floor to the representative from china. studio: we are going to leave that ongoing conversation in the un

general assembly. what has been happening is that there was an algerian draft resolution about a ceasefire in gaza and 13 votes were in favour, the uk abstained and the us blocked its passage with a veto. this is the third time the us has exercised its veto on gaza at the un security council. we just heard from the us ambassador to the un, linda thomas greenfield. for more let's speak to our un correspondent nada tawfik. what exactly has happened there today? what exactly has happened there toda ? ,, . . what exactly has happened there toda ? ,, ., ., , ., today? the us again blocking an attem -t in today? the us again blocking an attempt in the — today? the us again blocking an attempt in the un _ today? the us again blocking an attempt in the un security - today? the us again blocking an l attempt in the un security council to get a resolution through that calls for an immediate humanitarian

ceasefire, something the us has objected to. they have supported its ally israel and their military operation and its attempt to go after hamas but quite frankly, the rest of the council has now four months been a un security council resolution. the arab group of nations warning that what is taking place in gaza amounts to collective punishment of palestinians, something the un agrees with as well, saying it amounts to a genocide, and we heard the algerian representative speak before the vote and he warned that the situation was reaching a criticaljuncture in gaza, where the call for a ceasefire would soon lose significance. he said every palestinian is a target

for death and extermination and genocide and we must ask ourselves, how many innocent lives must be sacrificed before the council deems it necessary to call for a ceasefire? 13 members endorsed the call for a ceasefire, the uk abstained and the us blocked it. the us ambassador to the un linda thomas greenfield said the resolution was wasteful and irresponsible and she actually put forward the argument that the resolution would put in jeopardy talks that the us is in at the moment with israel, egypt and qatar to reach a temporary pause in fighting for six weeks to get the hostages released. the us has proposed its own alternative resolution which registers its opposition to israel's plans of a ground incursion into rafah and the

ambassador said that that their proposed resolution was not an american effort to cover for an imminent ground incursion but rather it was a sincere statement of their concern for the 1.5 million civilians who have sought refuge in rafah. that proposal is still being debated. just rafah. that proposal is still being debated. , ., rafah. that proposal is still being debated. , , ., debated. just to break this down so viewers can — debated. just to break this down so viewers can understand _ debated. just to break this down so viewers can understand what - debated. just to break this down so viewers can understand what is - debated. just to break this down so i viewers can understand what is being tabled. algeria tabled something and the us vetoed that and the uk abstained, so what exactly has the us put forward as its own draft and what is happening with that? the us over the weekend _ what is happening with that? the us over the weekend had _ what is happening with that? the us over the weekend had signalled - what is happening with that? the usj over the weekend had signalled they were going to veto this resolution by algeria and they have proposed an alternative resolution. that resolution does use the word ceasefire for the first time but it calls for a temporary ceasefire as soon as practicable, and that very

much echoes language we have seen from president biden in public, saying he has used it in talks with benjamin netanyahu, to get the temporary pause in fighting for six weeks to get the hostages released, so it echoes the language there but it also has strong language on the us opposition to an israeli ground incursion into rafah, saying that would harm more civilians and forcibly displaced them potentially into neighbouring countries, a reference to egypt, saying it would be a threat to international peace and security, and the us ambassador said that resolution is very much a sincere representation of the concerns of the us for civilians in rafah but what we have heard from council members here is that it is time for an immediate ceasefire and they want to see that in the security council product. we will

leave that for _ security council product. we will leave that for now _ security council product. we will leave that for now but _ security council product. we will leave that for now but i'm - security council product. we will leave that for now but i'm sure l security council product. we will i leave that for now but i'm sure we will return to events there during the afternoon. now to another story making news in the uk. bbc news has uncovered important new details about the post office scandal here in the uk, in which hundreds of sub—postmasters were wrongly prosecuted. we've analysed documents from seven years ago, which show the government knew the post office had suddenly abandoned a secret investigation into the faulty horizon it system — even though it was an investigation that could have helped the postmasters prove their innocence. andy verity reports. fake digital signatures, suppressed internal reviews and a secret investigation —

evidence withheld from court but revealed, in confidential documents released through freedom of information and analysed by the bbc. they prove the post office learnt ten years ago from an internal review called project zebra that subpostmasters�* cash accounts could be fiddled with remotely without their knowledge, a fact that might have undone all their convictions, had the post office admitted it. a top qc, jonathan swift, said the findings contradicted years of denials and told post office chair tim parker, in february 2016, it must be investigated. we found out that parker hired auditors, deloitte, to trawl through every transaction on the horizon system going back to 1999 to find out how often remote fiddling had happened and why. ministers in david cameron's government knew about the investigation, including then business secretary sajid javid and baroness lucy neville rolfe. but then, injune, after subpostmasters started legal action, the investigation suddenly stopped.

it was like the world crashed on my head. it made me bankrupt. this subpostmaster was given a three—year sentence based on evidence from the horizon system and his conviction still has not been quashed. if deloitte's investigation into horizon had been completed, it might have helped falsely accused subpostmasters like him to prove something crucial — crucial evidence that the evidence used to convict, horizon�*s data on the cash in their branch accounts, couldn't be relied on. nice to see you, thank you. i showed him jonathan swift's recommendation that the post office must investigate how often remote fiddling happened, going back to 1999. do you think they followed the recommendations, what would be your guess? if they followed them i wouldn't have been inside prison. here's the thing, they did follow the recommendations. they did? they did. deloitte spent three months,

we discovered, going back through transactions. in march, they were appointed. in april, you lodge a litigation. injune, they stop deloitte completing the work. by knowing all this, why do we waste our time in prison and separated from family? i don't know. anyway... i'm sorry. it's very hard. nevermind. on the face of it it discloses a conspiracy by the post office to pervert the course ofjustice. the important feature of all of this is that in 2014, it appears that the post office board was alive to the true position and yet the post office board was responsible for maintaining and advancing the post office's defence to the claim in 2019. that was false.

a spokesperson for the post office said it was the public inquiry�*s role to reach a conclusion as to what happened. sajid javid was told the investigation was told to look into the suggestion that branch accounts might have been remotely altered, not that, in lawyers' opinion, they could be, as was baroness neville—rolfe, who was also told about the investigation being stopped. she said she looked forward to explaining her involvement at the inquiry. tim parker's lawyer said he sought and acted upon legal advice that he was given, and the documents don't show evidence that david cameron was told about the investigation. there's hope for narin now that he may eventually get compensation. but, alone and still officially branded a criminal, no amount of money could make up for the undeserved shame he and his family have wrongly been made to feel. andy verity, bbc news, ramgsgate. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. bbc news bringing you different

stories from across the uk. transforming textiles into unique pieces of clothing. the aim of this charity in haverfordwest is to prevent waste and cut fast fashion by promoting sustainable fashion, which they say is on the rise. we have donations from the community. so we take them, and then we upcycle them. people want to be bespoke. they want to look unique. and we've had, like, i would say, a 300% increase in profits on actually why it is good to shop here and the amazing quality that you can get from charity shops. pre—covid, the charity's waste was around 20%. recent records show it's now 5%. a 15 point reduction in items that end up in landfill. for more stories from across the uk, head to the bbc news website.

it's been a season of discontent for farmers around the world — in recent weeks we've seen protests in countries including the czech republic as you can see in these pictures, france, germany and spain. in a moment we'll be taking a look at the latest as farmers take to the streets in poland, and we'll have an update from india. but first — here in the uk — the prime minister rishi sunak has been addressing the national farmers union conference in birmingham. these shots show farmers in athens. these shots show farmers in athens. these are live pictures as they march through the capital, stepping up march through the capital, stepping up weeks of protests over rising costs, foreign competition and what they say is trying to recover from a period recoverfrom a period of catastrophic flooding and as they have been driving through the streets of the capital, they have been honking horns to cheers and waves from passers—by. hundreds and

hundreds of farmers who have gathered in athens there to take part in protests. the issue of farming has been a political topic across europe. the uk prime minister rishi sunak has been addressing the national farmers union conference in birmingham. he's the first prime minister to do so in 15 years. with more on here's our environment correspondentjonah fisher. cow moos in the fields and on the farms, all is not well. we're the end of the line in this farm. our kids don't want to take it on because there's no money in it. liz webster has 350 cows and says a combination of factors,

including brexit, rising costs and unpredictable weather, has left many farmers like herself at their wits�* end. are you still making a profit? is it still profitable to be a farmer? no, it's not! so why are you doing it? i don't know! because it's a way of life. sometime in the next 12 months, there's going to be a general election. and what farmers are hoping is that their concerns about, among other things, food security, prices and the environment will be key topics which politicians will have to address when they hit the campaign trail. and so it was that rishi sunak came to birmingham this morning to speak to the annual conference of the national farmers' union. this is the first time that a prime minister has come to this event since gordon brown. that's all the way back in 2008. i know that the transition from the common agricultural policy has been frustrating. it's taken time and i appreciate the perception that we didn't always get the balance exactly right. but i still believe that the vision is the right one. the services we provide must be

shaped around your needs. and we've got to build a culture that's based on trust. there was no new money, but he announced support for innovation and technology and moves to make the contracts between farmers and supermarkets more transparent. food security will also now be monitored every year. it's a big step in the right direction. so good news for farmers? good news, but a step. it's not completely walking the talk. we need to see more. we need to see a plan forfood production. i've got your back. thank you very much. applause the prime minister was met with polite applause. but many farmers all across europe are furious and have taken to the streets. this was wales last week. roads brought to a standstill over new rules designed to help nature recover. the farmers' perhaps impossible challenge — to increase production while keeping prices down and the environment protected.

jonah fisher, bbc news. there have been protests across europe and the rest of the world by farmers. including in poland. let's speak to our correspondent in warsaw, adam easton. why are polish farmers taking to the streets? the why are polish farmers taking to the streets? ,., why are polish farmers taking to the streets? ,. ., , ., , ., streets? the same reasons that farmers are _ streets? the same reasons that farmers are doing _ streets? the same reasons that farmers are doing this - streets? the same reasons that farmers are doing this across i streets? the same reasons that| farmers are doing this across the world, because they are not making enough and they say that proposals to cut the use of pesticides and fertilisers will be even more damaging to them but especially in poland, it is because of the cheap ukrainian grain which has flooded the polish market. polish grain stockpiles are at record highs and they say that basically, they can't make a living and farmers are asking

the eu and the polish government to put pressure on the eu to impose a complete ban on agriculture imports from ukraine. the government is sympathetic to an extent to the farmers and their demands but at the same time it is dreading this rather fine line between trying to encourage other countries around the world to donate to ukraine militarily and humanitarian aid and at the same time it is upsetting relations with ukraine because ukraine sees the actions of the polish farmers as acting on the side of the russians, because there was one protest at a border crossing today and some ukrainian grain in a railtrack was on the tracks and that was met with a strong protest from ukrainian officials who said this

was basically a sign that they should be punished first but also the protests are a sign that throughout the world solidarity with ukraine is being eroded on a daily basis, and they need help given their dire situation, they said. thanks forjoining us. now let's speak to our corresspondant in mumbai, archa na shukla. several roads around the capital delhi have been a block in recent protests. what is the latest when it comes to the protests in india? the demands on — comes to the protests in india? tue: demands on the comes to the protests in india? tte: demands on the farmers comes to the protests in india? t'te: demands on the farmers have comes to the protests in india? tte: demands on the farmers have been getting legislation that guarantees minimum support prices for their produce and they have stuck to that, and yesterday the government in an attempt to get out of the deadlock with the farmers, proposed they

would come to a five—year contract to purchase pulses and maize and cotton crops and guaranteed prices but the farmers said they were not guaranteed prices for that for all 23 crops, —— they will not. they say with the changing climate and depleted water resources, the yields are falling and they want more support from the government and they save the policies of the government are not in favour of farmers and they want that change and they are demanding they get higher prices for their produce and they are also demanding that the government comes clean on its pledge of dublin the income of farmers, promised that narendra modi made in 2016 —— doubling. in 2020, 2021, the protests from the farmers went on for over a year and the government had to take back and appear three controversial laws and the

government fears a repeat of that just before the election where narendra modi is seeking a third term. . ., ., , ., term. thanks for “oining us. -- and reeal term. thanks forjoining us. -- and repeal controversial _ term. thanks forjoining us. -- and repeal controversial laws. - stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. after a quiet start to this week, things are set to turn more unsettled over the next few days, as low pressure systems bring wet and windy weather to our shores, but it will be mild for the next couple of days before things turn colder from thursday onwards. this weather front sinking southwards across the country bringing some splashes of rain here and there. ahead of it, cloudy, breezy and mild, behind it brightens up for scotland and northern ireland with sunshine, some blustery showers for western scotland and feeling a bit cooler here behind the front, but ahead of it, very mild for the time of year, 13—14 or 15 degrees. through tonight, things turn a bit drier for northern, central and eastern areas, temperatures plummeting but it won't last across southern and western areas. wet, windy, milder weather spreads northwards, up to 10 degrees

in plymouth by the end of the night, touch of frost likely across central and north—eastern scotland. wednesday looks decidedly unsettled, a deeper area of low pressure moving across the country, more isobars on the chart so it will be windy with gales around the coast and the rain will be quite heavy as well, falling on saturated ground, causing some issues with localised flooding in places. gales are likely around irish sea coasts and across northern and eastern scotland but a blustery day for all. the rain takes its time to clear through the morning. into the afternoon it will brighten up with a few showers, northern and western areas, taking its time to clear east and south—east of england. the last of the mild days for now as it has been mild for more than a week now, 12 or 13 degrees, 8—11 across the north. and then into thursday, another area of low pressure crossing the country, bringing another spell of wet and windy weather. you will notice, as it pulls away into the north sea late on thursday we open the floodgates to a colder, west, north westerly wind and the cold air

will be with us for the end of the week into the weekend as well. a rather messy picture for thursday, wet, windy, certainly windy across southern britain, spell of heavy rain spreading from west to east, and again could cause issues of localised flooding, gradually turning more to sleet and snow over the hills in the north as the cold air begins to move southwards but it will be a bright end to the day across northern areas but chillier, as you will see, 5—9c. the cooler theme lasts, friday into the weekend, sunshine and showers, the showers will have a wintry element in the north and nights will be cold with a touch of frost in places.

live from london, this is bbc news. the us veto i demand for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in gaza. the prince of wales says he wants to see an end to the fighting in gaza "as soon as possible," in a strongly worded intervention on the conflict. and labour changes its position on the war, with its shadow foreign secretary calling for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire. the situation now in gaza is intolerable, with a dramatic loss of life, with so many people facing starvation. the mother of russian opposition figure alexei navalny demands

president putin release his body. translation: the decision - on the question depends only on you.