welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm steve lai. the headlines... after days of negotiations two major political parties in pakistan say they've agreed to form a coalition government. the us again vetoes a draught un security council resolution, blocking a demand for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in gaza. plus — why south korean doctors are striking over plans to introduce more trained physicians into the system. in developing news from pakistan — in a late night press conference,

two major political parties say they have reached an agreement to form a coalition government. this comes after a tense election campaign with allegations of vote rigging. these are the two men who will be taking the top jobs — asif ali zardari, from the centre left pakistan people's party, will be the candidate for the presidency — his second time in the role. and, set to reassume the prime ministerial role also for the second time — from the centre right, pakistan muslim league's shehbaz sharif, the younger brother of former prime minister nawaz sharif. bbc urdu's farhat javed, has been following the election closely and had this update on the late night announcement. it was sort of expected that soon there would be some announcement from any of three major parties in pakistan. and what we saw today in a late night press conference, pakistan's people's party and nawaz sharif,

pml—n and muslim league—nawaz they announced that they are going to form a coalition government. there has been quite a lot of back and forth between these two parties before they reached a power—sharing formula. and as you just mentioned, that one party is getting the presidency seat and the other one is going to be the prime minister. but then that is not it. there are many other federal ministries, for example, and many other key positions which are going to be distributed between the two parties that we would come to know in the coming days. and also there would be a vote in the parliament for the selection of prime minister. so we are expecting that the parties, which would be sitting on the opposition benches, they would also come up with, they would also nominate their candidate for this post. now, these two political dynasties have been arch rivals in the past. how will they work together? oh, yes. these two parties have a long history of, you know, building cases against each other, corruption cases that

both have been calling politically motivated cases. but in last few years, we have seen that there have been sitting together, for example, these two parties. these were two major parties to oust former prime minister imran khan from his office in 2022. so and then for the next two years, they successfully ruled the country. and now once again, there is this alliance. but, you know, running the running the government won't be easy for pakistan because for the last two years there has been a political turmoil and then there is economic instability in the country. pakistan's economy has been on the verge of default. and with that, there is a rising internal security situation. there has been terrorist attacks across the country. so these are the challenges that any any coalition that that any coalition that forms the government in pakistan will be facing. and these are not easy to tackle. and you mentioned imran khan that the opposition is built up of a number of independent mp, largely imran khan supporters. how will politics now work in pakistan? so as per pakistani laws,

any independent candidates, they have to form, they have to announce, announce their association with some political party within three days of final notification. so imran khan's party will they have already announced that they would be joining some small religious parties in the parliament, and that is to get the quota for reserved seats for women and minorities. so but it's more likely that they would now be sitting on the opposition benches because they won't have even after that alliance they won't they are not going to have the number that is required to form a simple a single government. so so they would be sitting on the opposition benches. and just a quick word on what happens next for imran khan. imran khan is in prisons. he is he has been sentenced for a maximum of 1a years in prison. so, you know, there is not really a legal way out for him to come out. but we are seeing that they are

trying to put some pressure. they are going to the courts with cases not only about rigging an election allegation of rigging an election, but also, you know, to get some relief for imran khan as well. but for now we don't see any legal way out for him. you can read more of the analysis on line, just head to the bbc news website or the app. two men have been charged with murder in connection with the shooting at a super bowl victory parade in kansas city last week. police say the violence — which left one person dead and 22 wounded — was sparked by an argument involving the pair. two teenagers have already been charged with separate offences, including resisting arrest and breaking gun laws. our washington correspondant tom bateman is following the developments. this has just come from the prosecutor injackson county in missouri, jean baker, who has announced that two men, as you say, charged with second degree murder.

their names are dominic miller and lindale mays, also charged with armed criminal action and unlawful use of a weapon. and remember, it was nearly a week ago now that that news began to break of a shooting at the super bowl victors parade in kansas city as the kansas city chiefs had just finish that open top bus parade. and there was a shootout next to a very busy part of the parade there. now, what had happened was police now say 22 people were injured and one woman killed in that. around a dozen or so of those injured were children under the age of 16. the youngest was eight years old. so now that's significant development with two people charged with second degree murder. there are another two juveniles who have also been charged, police say, with gun related offenses they have not been identified. and as to what happens next, well, the charges will be

prosecuted from this point. and as to the extent of the injuries, we know, as i say, that at least half of those were children, but eight were critically wounded. several remain in hospital. and we await further details as to their condition. the united states has again vetoed a un security council resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in gaza but it has proposed an alternative resolution calling for a temporary ceasefire, and opposing a major ground offensive by israel in rafah. the bbc's nada tawfik has the lastest on what this move from the us indicates. this is the third time the united states has exercised its veto to block security council draught resolution since october seventh. and what we heard from council members was a real fear of a looming catastrophe in russia, where

catastrophe in rafah, where more than 1.5 million palestinian civilians have been forced to seek shelter and where israel is planning a military incursion. now, the united states said they blocked the algerian draft because it would jeopardise talks under way between israel, egypt and qatar. those talks have stalled, though, and there are major gaps, but the united states says there are key elements on the table. nevertheless, the rest of the council didn't seem to feel the same way as the united states, underscoring the urgency and the overwhelming international consensus for a ceasefire, citing the concern about palestinian civilians, how their suffering has been intolerable, unbearable, as council members stated. now the united states has put forward an alternative draft resolution with some of the toughest language it has used yet. for the first time,

it makes mention of the word "ceasefire", but it calls for a temporary cease fire as soon as is practicable. now, that proposal also mentions that the united states is against any operation into rafah, that that would harm more civilians, that that could forcibly displace palestinians into neighboring countries such as egypt, and that it would be a threat to international peace and security. but some council members questioned the united states motive in bringing this alternative draught. russia, for example, said it was a bad faith attempt to distract from their veto. china said the us position is untenable. all of this signalling that if the us draught does get to a vote, even if it does have the support of at least nine members, what's needed to pass, that it could very well be blocked by russia and china who say they want to see an immediate cease fire.

the first pictures have emerged today from inside nasser hospital in southern gaza that was raided by israeli forces last week. a un convoy that was finally allowed in says the scenes around the hospital in khan younis are indescribable and conditions inside are ripe for the spread of disease. our diplomatic correspondent paul adams reports. one patient in a wheelchair. one patient on a stretcher can be set in the ambulance. in the darkness of nasser hospital, a rescue under way. for 14 patients, some of them elderly, a chance to escape a hospital on its knees. the war is nearby. this was not a simple operation. we don't see them here, but israeli soldiers control the hospital. the mission had to be carefully coordinated. the hospital is filthy, large parts of it deserted. you can think about the worst situation ever. you multiply it by ten and this is the worst situation i have seen in my life. it's the debris, it's the light, working in the darkness, patients everywhere.

israel says it had no choice but to raid the hospital. hamas, it says, was here in force. the army finding weapons and arresting scores of suspected gunmen. and in the pharmacy, a chilling discovery. medications supposed to be given to vulnerable israeli hostages. the medications remain, the hostages are gone. israel insists the hospital still works, but the charity medecins sans frontieres says nasser can no longer offer proper care. what's left of gaza's health system, they say, is barely functioning. further north, desperate scenes as trucks carrying flour are mobbed. gaza city hasn't seen aid in weeks, but after two chaotic convoys with shots fired and drivers beaten, the un has once again suspended deliveries. it's all too much for marianne, her home destroyed, her father dead. "what do you lack?" she's asked.

"everything," she says. "i miss bread." and the war still rages, despite distant talk of a cease—fire. in darabela in the middle of the gaza strip, air strikes are claiming dozens of lives. another hospital inundated — the injured, the confused, converging on a place that should offer refuge but only contains horror. like rafa, israel says it is yet to send troops into darabela for all the grief and death, it appears it can still get worse. paul adams, bbc news, jerusalem. surgeries have been delayed and hospitals have turned away patients after more than 1600 doctors in south korea went on strike on tuesday. junior doctors are protesting the government's plans to introduce more trained physicians into the system. observers say doctors

oppose the prospect of greater competition. however, groups of the korean medical association argue that an increase would be a strain under the national health security scheme for patients. trainee doctors must not hold people's lives hostage, says the hospital president. translation: protecting people's lives and health | is the reason the government exists. and it is the most basic constitutional duty. therefore, the government has a duty to efficiently manage medical resources to protect people's lives and health. i'm joined now by our reporter yuna ku. you know, how much power to these doctors have that they can as president union described it, taking peoples lives and hostage?- described it, taking peoples lives and hostage? before the government, _ lives and hostage? before the government, there _ lives and hostage? before the government, there have - lives and hostage? before the government, there have beenj government, there have been attempts by the previous government to expand medical

school quota, especially the characters in the previous government. they also tried to expand the quota but they also faced strikes from the doctors and they had to scrap the plan. so there are some doctors saying that we have never lost to the government, which means that the government is patiently showing week attitude towards the doctor's protest because as the president said if they go into protest, this tax is the medical system of the country and this threatens many patients, especially the ones in emergent needs such as cancer patients and pregnant women. 50 cancer patients and pregnant women. ., ., women. so south korea, as we understand — women. so south korea, as we understand it, _ women. so south korea, as we understand it, currently - women. so south korea, as we understand it, currently only i understand it, currently only has 2.5 doctors per 1000 people, that's the second lowest rate for oecd countries after mexico. there is clearly after mexico. there is clearly a need then, isn't there? how did you get so bad? figs

a need then, isn't there? how did you get so bad? $5 i a need then, isn't there? how did you get so bad? as i noted, the number _ did you get so bad? as i noted, the number of _ did you get so bad? as i noted, the number of medical- the number of medical school and tourists quotas state a little bit over 3000 since 2006 so it remains the same for almost 20 years. and the president is saying that we are seeing quickly ageing population and there are even several cases in which patients die out because they failed to get copper treatment at the right time. and this is due to lack of doctors. but doctors are opposing to this because they are saying the problem is that not the number of doctors but the problem is that most number of doctors are concentrated in popularfields such as plastic surgery and dermatology. and what they are saying is if government is trying to solve the problem, they have to seek ways to solve this disproportionate issue in

the medical service. find this disproportionate issue in the medical service.- the medical service. and 'ust cuickl , the medical service. and 'ust quickly. you i the medical service. and 'ust quickly, you know, i the medical service. and 'ust quickly, you know, tellh the medical service. and just quickly, you know, tell us. quickly, you know, tell us about public sentiment about this. presumably they would like to see more doctors enter the field. , , the field. yes, indeed. they are having _ the field. yes, indeed. they are having some _ the field. yes, indeed. they are having some surveys - the field. yes, indeed. they| are having some surveys and the field. yes, indeed. they i are having some surveys and it seems that around 70% and 80% of people are favourable toward government plan to expand the numbers and this is because they have been seeing this long protest of doctors and of course they are thankful for doctors and they were saying or fixed numbers for almost 20 years is almost too much considering the ageing population. and as dr continues on with air strikes, it seems the public sentiment might worsen after all.— the public sentiment might worsen after all. thank you very much. _ worsen after all. thank you very much. you _ worsen after all. thank you very much, you know. - worsen after all. thank you - very much, you know. speaking to us from seoul. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

let's look at some other stories making news. the chief inspector of borders and immigration, david neal, has been sacked. a home office statement said he had breached the terms of his appointment. it comes after he was quoted in a publication which says the uk border force failed to check the occupants of hundreds of private jets arriving last year. mr neal's contract had been due to expire next month. the sentence of the man found guilty of stabbing three people to death in nottingham last year is to be reviewed. valdo calocane was given an indefinite hospital order on the basis of diminished responsibility. the attorney general, victoria prentis, said the sentence was "unduly lenient". relatives of the victims have welcomed the announcement. the national trust is reopening the farne islands, off the northumberland coast, to visitors for the first time in two years. the bird sactuary is home to about 200,000 seabirds, including puffins and arctic terns. it had been closed because of an outbreak of avian �*flu.

it will be open again for march 25. you're live with bbc news. the mother of the russian opposition figure alexei navalny has made a direct appeal to president putin to release his body to her. standing outside the arctic prison where her son alexei died suddenly last week, lyudmila navalnaya said she wanted his body to be released immediately so she could give him a decent burial. take a listen. translation: behind my back, there is a colony - _ k3, the polar wolf — where on 16th february, my son alexei navalny died. it's the fifth day that i cannot see him. they won't hand over his body to me and they won't even tell me where he is. i speak to you, vladimir putin. the decision on the question depends only on you. let me finally see my son. i demand you immediately hand over the body of alexei so that i can bury him.

a man who was shot dead in spain last week is believed to be a russian helicopter pilot who defected to ukraine last year. in august, maxim kuzminov flew a helicopter into ukrainian territory, where he handed himself in. spanish police have not publicly confirmed the identity of the man, who was killed near alicante. bbc verify�*s nick eardley has the story. maksim kuzminov, a russian helicopter pilot who defected to ukraine and now appears to have been murdered just outside benidorm. this was september, when mr kuzminov was presented to the media in his new ukrainian home. he'd flown his russian helicopter over the border and surrendered to ukraine's forces. he was paid half a million dollars. moscow was furious. kuzminov was called a traitor on tv. this report says an order on his fate had been received. its implementation was just a matter of time. mr kuzminov didn't settle

in ukraine for long. he ended up in spain, near benidorm, and it's here that it appears to have been murdered last tuesday. spain's interior ministry confirmed to us a man had been shot several times. they wouldn't confirm it was mr kuzminov, but his identity has been widely reported in spanish media who say he was shot, then run over in this garage. spanish officials say the body was found with false documents. we've searched the internet for traces of a new identity. we can't find any social media use since kuzminov left russia. last night, russian television talked again of betrayal. this commander says god will now be kuzminov�*s judge, and that retribution will find him. but a number of questions remain unanswered tonight about who exactly killed maksim kuzminov and whether this could be another extrajudicial murder of a russian on foreign soil. nick eardley, bbc news.

it's been a season of discontent for farmers around the world — with thousands staging demonstrations in countries including the czech republic, poland and india — and with more expected. the reasons for the revolts are different and unique to each country, but they are united in their frustration. meghan owen brings us pictures from the protests. from quite's too busy city streets, so the scenes have been pretty dramatic. we've seen fires outside the eu headquarters in brussels. main routes into pop paris block, tear gas fired at protesters in india, and even cows brought to the pope's prayers at the vatican. most of this year's protests have been concentrated in europe and india and obviously the farmers in each country have their own reasons

for protesting, carbon cutting targets, inflation, bureaucracy and the import of ukrainian greens. so let's hearfrom and the import of ukrainian greens. so let's hear from some of the farmers themselves. translation: we of the farmers themselves. translation:— of the farmers themselves. translation: ~ ., , ., , translation: we are constantly hit with restrictions _ translation: we are constantly hit with restrictions regarding - hit with restrictions regarding ecology, restrictions we have to meet. translation: ., , to meet. translation: . , ., translation: our lands are one, translation: our lands are gone. our — translation: our lands are gone, our rights _ translation: our lands are gone, our rights are - translation: our lands are gone, our rights are gone. i translation: our lands are i gone, our rights are gone. they don't even give us the rights when we demand them. translation: when we demand them. tuna/mom- when we demand them. translation: , , w translation: the issue i face is excessive — translation: the issue i face is excessive bureaucracy, - translation: the issue i face is excessive bureaucracy, i - is excessive bureaucracy, i have to fill in forms all the time. �* ., ., time. and there are more protests _ time. and there are more protests to _ time. and there are more protests to come. - time. and there are more protests to come. here i time. and there are more | protests to come. here we time. and there are more - protests to come. here we see indian farmers bringing cranes and diggers ahead of him another march to the capital. spanish farmers are also protesting on wednesday. all in the hope that in such a fast moving world, they will be left behind. an olympic equestrian has been allowed to continue with his preparations for the paris olympics after briefly being stood down from competition for wearing a mankini during

a showjumping event. a complaint was raised with equestrian australia after shane rose donned the outfit at an event in new south wales. for more on this, we can cross live to sydney and join shane rose. i should warn our viewers if they want to google mankini, use caution. they want to google mankini, use caution-— use caution. it's the first event of _ use caution. it's the first event of the _ use caution. it's the first event of the season - use caution. it's the first event of the season for i use caution. it's the first i event of the season for us, there are a few official classes now, it's good to get the horses out for the first time in the year. the main attraction of the weekend is a fancy dress classwork people come and dress up horses and themselves in an array of different outfits. why i chose to do what i did, i, i was impersonating a friend of ours thatis impersonating a friend of ours that is quite a proud hairy

greek man and he said he's worn a mankini out before, so i put on a hairy suit and a mankini and to who tended to be him. if i had to guts to do that i should do the same myself. i thought it was quite a humorous act and unfortunately one person who remains nameless but in a complaint and it sort of all blew up from there. yes, so we had a _ all blew up from there. yes, so we had a bit — all blew up from there. yes, so we had a bit of _ all blew up from there. yes, so we had a bit of a _ all blew up from there. yes, so we had a bit of a look - all blew up from there. yes, so we had a bit of a look as - all blew up from there. yes, so we had a bit of a look as to - we had a bit of a look as to how that looks, thankfully there was some distance between us and the images. so how did you feel when they stood you down from competition? really disappointed. _ down from competition? really disappointed, really. _ down from competition? really disappointed, really. i- down from competition? really disappointed, really. ithink- disappointed, really. ithink it was sort of a, making a mountain out of a mole hill, and i didn't think it was overly outrageous, that type of costume could have been worn around australia at beaches, swimming pools, things like

that, probably not been worn on a horse before, but they thought there could be a potential to interrupt my preparations for paris, it was unfortunate. but the day was a fun day and i was just trying to create a little bit of humour for everyone and it was taken way out of context. so ou taken way out of context. so you must — taken way out of context. so you must be quite relieved then that you'll be able to continue with your chances to compete in paris, then? with your chances to compete in paris. then?— paris, then? you are, and actually — paris, then? you are, and actually i've _ paris, then? you are, and actually i've got _ paris, then? you are, and actually i've got a - paris, then? you are, and actually i've got a really i actually i've got a really important competition coming up injust a couple important competition coming up in just a couple of weeks' time and that's going to be a massive part of my preparation. it would've been chaos, really, it would've been chaos, really, i would have had to rethink my whole programme.— i would have had to rethink my whole programme. thank you very much for talking _ whole programme. thank you very much for talking to _ whole programme. thank you very much for talking to us, _ whole programme. thank you very much for talking to us, we're - much for talking to us, we're of time. shane rose, thanks for talking to us, and all the best for your pursuit of paris. thanks forjoining us here on bbc news, we'll have more for you throughout the day right

here, bye for now. hello. with the ground saturated across most parts of the uk right now, the prospect of more rain is only going to enhance the risk of flooding over the next few days. and rain it will be, also accompanied by some stronger winds as well. now, rainfall totals for the next two days shows that all of us will see that wetter weather. but it's these darker colors and the bright greens in the west, which shows the highest rainfall totals on the hills — over 50 millimetres — and where it is actually linked into this strip of cloud which stretches all the way from the caribbean towards us, bringing up air from the mid—atlantic. so it's again mild air. so even after that initial dip in temperatures, by the start of wednesday morning, it is going to be milder there but a pretty wet, miserable rush hourfor many. driest and brightest weather across orkney and shetland, rain's with you through the afternoon, but it's a day for some of you where the second half of the day is much better than the first. northern ireland brightening

up by lunchtime. bright conditions developing across scotland, northern and western england and wales will stay cloudy. east anglia, the south east and in the channel it will stay pretty wet. a windy day across the board. winds touching gale force. and even though it will be mild on the face of it, 11—13 degrees, it's that wind which will temper the feel. now that first batch of rain gets out of the way, but it still links into some more persistent rain around the english channel through the night and into thursday morning. another batch of pretty lively downpours will work the way in from the west, and that will be dividing line between the milder air that sits there through the night in the south—east and something colder to the north and west with some frost and ice. and that colder air will gradually push its way in as we go through into thursday, pushing across all parts of the uk as rain gradually clears its way eastwards and it'll push us back really to the way february should feel now. it's a mild start for much of england wales, outbreaks of rain heavy at times strong winds developing through the english channel. the rain does edge out

of the way british skies showers will develop and there'll be a mixture of rain, hail and also a bit of sleet and snow over the hills, too, with temperatures by the end of the afternoon in mid to high single figures. cold start to friday as well compared to what we've been used to. but again, it'll be a day of sunshine and showers. some of you have a better chance of staying dry than you will do over the next few days. but when the showers form again, they'll be on the heavy side, quite lively and it will be wintry over the hills just about anywhere. staying with the cooler conditions into the weekend, there will be some dry and bright weather and there'll be a few showers scattered around, too. take care.

the us has promised more major sanctions on russia. we'll look at what this could mean for the economy. and how climate change is hitting the panama canal exacerbating the supply chain crisis. hello and welcome to asia business report. i'm steve lai. let's begin in the us, where presidentjoe biden has just announced plans to impose "major" sanctions on russia. officials say the measures will target a range of items, including sources of revenue for the economy. more details will be provided on friday. the move follows the death of prominent russian opposition leader alexei navalny, and comes as the war in ukraine rages on. president biden has blamed russian counterpart putin for navalny�*s death. the bbc�*s erin delmore has more from new york.

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